Sony DCR-PC115 Operating Instructions Manual page 6

Table of contents
Main Features .......................................... 4
Checking supplied accessories .............. 5
Quick Start Guide
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 ........... 15
Step 2 Setting the date and time ........ 16
Step 3 Inserting a cassette ................... 19
Recording - Basics
Recording a picture ............................... 20
Shooting backlit subjects
- BACK LIGHT ........................ 27
Shooting in the dark - NightShot/
Super NightShot ...................... 27
Self-timer recording ....................... 29
Checking the recording
- END SEARCH / EDITSEARCH /
Rec Review ...................................... 30
Playback - Basics
Playing back a tape ............................... 31
To display the screen indicators
- Display function ................... 32
Viewing the recording on TV .............. 35
Advanced Recording
Operations
Recording a still image on a tape
- Tape Photo recording ................. 36
Adjusting the white balance
manually .......................................... 40
Using the wide mode ........................... 41
Using the fader function ...................... 42
Using special effects - Picture effect .. 45
Using special effects - Digital effect ... 46
Using the PROGRAM AE function .... 49
Adjusting the exposure manually ...... 52
Focusing manually ................................ 53
Interval recording ................................. 55
Frame by frame recording
- Cut recording ............................... 57
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Advanced Playback
Operations
Playing back a tape with picture effects
........................................................... 58
Playing back a tape with digital effects
........................................................... 59
Enlarging images recorded on tapes
- Tape PB ZOOM ........................... 60
Quickly locating a scene using the zero
set memory function ...................... 61
Searching the boundaries of recorded
tape by title - Title search ............. 62
Searching a recording by date
- Date search ................................... 63
Searching for a photo
- Photo search/Photo scan ........... 65
Editing
Dubbing a tape ...................................... 67
Dubbing only desired scenes
- Digital program editing
(on tapes) ......................................... 69
Using with analog video unit and your
computer
- Signal convert function ............... 80
Recording video or TV programs ....... 81
Inserting a scene from a VCR
- Insert editing ................................ 84
Audio dubbing ...................................... 86
Superimposing a title ........................... 90
Making your own titles ........................ 93
Labeling a cassette ................................ 94
Customizing Your Camcorder
Changing the menu settings ................ 96
"Memory Stick" Operations
Using a "Memory Stick"
- introduction ................................ 104
Recording still images on "Memory
Stick"s
- Memory Photo recording ......... 112
Recording an image from a tape as a
still image ...................................... 118
Superimposing a still image in the
"Memory Stick" on an image
- MEMORY MIX .......................... 121
Recording moving pictures on
"Memory Stick"s
- MPEG movie recording ............ 126