Customising Your Camcorder; Changing The Menu Settings - Sony Handycam DCR-PC115 Service Manual

Labelling a cassette
To erase the label you have made
Select and decide upon [C] with the control
button in step 4. The last character is erased.
To change the label you have made
Insert the cassette to change the label, and
operate in the same way to make a new label.
If you set the write-protect tab of the tape to
lock
You cannot label a cassette. Slide the write-
protect tab to release the write protection.
If the tape has too many index signals
You may not be able to label a cassette because
the memory is full. In this case, delete data you
do not need.
If you have superimposed titles in the cassette
When the label is displayed, up to four titles also
appear.
When the "-----" indicator has fewer than 10
spaces
The cassette memory is full.
The "-----" indicates the number of characters
you can select for the label.
To erase the character
Press [C]. The last character is erased.
To enter a space
Select [ Z& ? ! ], then select the blank part.
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— Customising Your Camcorder —
Changing the menu
settings
To change the mode settings in the menu
settings, select the menu items with the control
button. The default settings can be partially
changed. First, select the icon, then the menu
item and then the mode.
(1) Set the POWER switch to CAMERA, VCR or
MEMORY, press MENU.
(2) Press v/V on the control button to select the
desired icon, then press z or B.
(3) Press v/V on the control button to select the
desired item, then press z or B.
(4) Press v/V on the control button to select the
desired mode, then press z.
(5) If you want to change other items, select
RETURN and press z or b, then repeat steps
2 to 4.
For details, see "Selecting the mode setting of
each item" (p. 133).
1
CAMERA
MA NU A L S E T
MENU P ROGR AM A E
P E F F E C T
D E F F E C T
WH T B A L
A U T O S H T R
[ ME NU ] : E ND
VCR
MA NU A L S E T
P E F F E C T
D E F F E C T
[ ME NU ] : E ND
MEMORY
MA NU A L S E T
P ROGR AM A E
WH T B A L
[ ME NU ] : E ND
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C
C
(1)
(2) v V
z B
(3) v V
z B
(4) v V
z
(5)
b
2
T A P E S E T T A P E S E T
R E C MOD E R E C MOD E S P
A UD I O MOD E A UD I O MOD E
R EMA I N R EMA I N
R E T URN
[ ME NU ] : E ND [ ME NU ] : E ND
or
3
T A P E S E T T A P E S E T
R E C M O D E R E C M O D E
A UD I O MOD E A UD I O MOD E
R EMA I N A U T O R EMA I N A U T O
R E T URN R E T URN ON
[ ME NU ] : E ND [ ME NU ] : E ND
or
4
T A P E S E T T A P E S E T
R E C M O D E R E C M O D E
A UD I O MO D A UD I O MOD E
R EMA I N A U T O R EMA I N ON
R E T URN ON R E T URN
[ ME NU ] : E ND [ ME NU ] : E ND
DCR-PC115/PC115E/PC120BT/PC120E
Labelling a cassette
Erasing all the data in cassette
memory
You can erase all the data in cassette memory at
once.
(1) Set the POWER switch to CAMERA or VCR.
(2) Press MENU, then select and decide upon
ERASE ALL in with the control button
(p. 132).
(3) Select and decide upon OK with the control
button. OK changes to EXECUTE.
(4) Select and decide upon EXECUTE with the
control button. ERASING flashes on the
screen. When all the data is erased,
COMPLETE is displayed.
To cancel deleting
Select and decide upon RETURN with the control
button in step 4.

Changing the menu settings

To make the menu display disappear
Press MENU.
This manual refers to selecting and
deciding upon items by the above
procedure as "Select and decide
upon [(item name)]."
Menu items are displayed as the following
icons:
MANUAL SET
CAMERA SET
VCR SET
LCD/VF SET
MEMORY SET
PRINT SET
CM SET
TAPE SET
SETUP MENU
z
OTHERS
English
Selecting the mode setting of each item
Menu items differ depending on the position of the POWER switch. The screen shows only the items
you can operate at the moment.
Icon/item Mode
PROGRAM AE ——
P EFFECT ——
D EFFECT ——
WHT BAL ——
AUTO SHTR
z ON
OFF
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(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
z is the default setting.
Meaning
To suit your specific shooting requirement (p. 68).
To add special effects like those in films or on the TV
to images (p. 63, 78).
To add special effects using the various digital
functions (p. 65, 79).
To adjust the white balance (p. 57).
To automatically activate the electronic shutter when
shooting in bright conditions.
Not to automatically activate the electronic shutter
even when shooting in bright conditions.
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POWER
switch
CAMERA
MEMORY
VCR
CAMERA
VCR
CAMERA
CAMERA
MEMORY
CAMERA
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