User Manual - Page 6

For DCR-PC9.

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Table of contents
Main Features................................................4
Checking supplied accessories ................... 5
Quick Start Guide ................................8
Getting started
Using this manual ...................................... 10
Step 1 Preparing the power supply ........ 12
Installing the battery pack .................. 12
Charging the battery pack .................. 13
Connecting to a wall outlet ................ 16
Step 2 Setting the date and time ..............17
Step 3 Inserting a cassette ......................... 19
Step 4 Using the touch panel ................... 20
Recording – Basics
Recording a picture .................................... 22
Shooting backlit subjects
– BACK LIGHT ............................ 29
Shooting in the dark – Nightshot/
Super Nightshot........................... 29
Self-timer recording ........................... 31
Checking the recording
– END SEARCH / EDITSEARCH /
Rec Review ........................................... 32
Playback – Basics
Playing back a tape..................................... 34
Viewing the recording on TV ................... 40
Advanced Recording
Operations
Recording a still image on a tape
– Tape Photo recording ...................... 41
Using the wide mode .................................44
Using the fader function ............................ 45
Using special effects – Picture effect ........ 48
Using special effects – Digital effect ........ 49
Using the PROGRAM AE function .......... 52
Adjusting the white balance manually ... 55
Adjusting the exposure manually ............ 57
Using the spot light-metering mode
– Flexible Spot Meter........................... 58
Focusing manually ..................................... 59
Interval recording ....................................... 60
Frame by frame recording
– Cut recording .................................... 62
Using the viewfinder ................................. 63
Advanced Playback
Operations
Playing back a tape with picture effects.. 65
Playing back a tape with digital effects ...66
Enlarging images recorded on tapes
– Tape PB ZOOM ................................ 67
Quickly locating a scene using the zero set
memory function ................................. 68
Searching the boundaries of recorded tape
by title – Title search ........................... 69
Searching a recording by date
– Date search ........................................ 70
Searching for a photo
– Photo search/Photo scan ................ 72
Editing
Dubbing a tape ............................................ 75
Dubbing only desired scenes
– Digital program editing ................... 77
Using with an analog video unit and your
computer – Signal convert function.. 88
Recording video or TV programs ............ 89
Inserting a scene from a VCR
– Insert editing .....................................92
Audio dubbing............................................ 94
Superimposing a title .................................98
Making your own titles ........................... 101
Labeling a cassette .................................... 103
Customizing Your Camcorder
Changing the menu settings ................... 105
“Memory Stick” Operations
Using a “Memory Stick”
– introduction ..................................... 112
Recording still images on “Memory Stick”
– Memory Photo recording .............. 122
Recording an image from a tape as a still
image ................................................... 126
Recording moving pictures on “Memory
Stick”s – MPEG movie recording .... 129
Recording a picture from a tape as a
moving picture................................... 131
Superimposing a still image in a “Memory
Stick” on a moving picture
– MEMORY MIX................................ 135
Copying still images from a tape
– Photo save........................................ 140
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