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Table of contents
Main Features .......................................... 4
Quick Start Guide
– Recording on a tape ............................... 12
– Recording on a “Memory Stick” .......... 14
Getting Started
Using this manual ..................................... 20
Checking supplied accessories................ 23
Step 1 Preparing the power source......... 24
Installing or removing the battery
pack ................................................ 24
Charging the battery pack................. 26
Connecting to a wall socket .............. 30
Step 2 Setting the date and time ............. 31
Step 3 Using the touch panel ................... 34
Recording – Basics
Recording a picture................................... 37
Shooting backlit subjects
– Back light function.................... 47
Shooting in the dark
– NightShot/Super NightShot/
Colour Slow Shutter .................... 48
Checking recordings
– End search/Edit search/Rec
Review ................................................. 51
Playback – Basics
Playing back a tape ................................... 53
To display the screen indicators
– Display function ....................... 54
Viewing a recording on the TV ............... 59
Advanced Recording Operations
Recording still images on a “Memory
Stick” during tape recording standby
or tape recording ................................ 61
Self-timer recording .................................. 64
Adjusting the white balance manually
............................................................... 66
Using the wide mode ............................... 68
Using the fader function .......................... 70
Using special effects – Picture effect ...... 73
Using special effects – Digital effect ....... 74
Using PROGRAM AE .............................. 77
Adjusting the exposure manually .......... 79
Using the spot light-metering function
– Flexible Spot Meter ......................... 80
Focusing manually.................................... 81
Using the spot focus function
– Spot Focus ........................................ 83
Interval Recording .................................... 84
Frame by frame recording
– Frame recording .............................. 86
Recording with all the pixels
– Progressive Recording Mode ........ 87
Using the viewfinder ................................ 89
Advanced Playback Operations
Playing back a tape with picture effect....
91
Playing back a tape with digital effect ... 92
Enlarging images recorded on the tape
– Tape PB ZOOM ............................... 93
Quickly locating a scene
– Zero set memory ............................. 95
Searching the boundaries of the recorded
tape by title
– Title search ....................................... 96
Searching a recording by date
– Date search ....................................... 97
Editing
Dubbing a tape .......................................... 99
Dubbing only desired scenes
– Digital program editing (on a tape)
............................................................. 102
Recording video or TV programmes ... 113
Inserting a scene from a VCR
– Insert editing .................................. 117
Audio dubbing ........................................ 119
Superimposing a title on a cassette with
Cassette Memory .............................. 125
Making your own titles .......................... 128
Labelling a cassette with Cassette Memory
............................................................. 130
Erasing all the data in Cassette Memory
............................................................. 132
“Memory Stick” Operations
Using a “Memory Stick”
– Introduction ................................... 133
Selecting the quality and size of image
data ..................................................... 138
Recording still images on a “Memory
Stick”
– Memory Photo recording ............. 142
Recording an image from a tape as a still
image .................................................. 150