Table Of Contents - Sony DCRPC120 Operating Instructions Manual

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
Step 2 Setting the date and time ........ 16
Step 3 Inserting a cassette ................... 18
Recording - Basics
Recording a picture ............................... 19
Shooting backlit subjects
- BACK LIGHT ........................ 26
Shooting in the dark - NightShot/
Super NightShot ...................... 26
Self-timer recording ....................... 28
Checking the recording
- END SEARCH / EDITSEARCH /
Rec Review ...................................... 29
Playback - Basics
Playing back a tape ............................... 30
To display the screen indicators
- Display function ................... 31
Viewing the recording on TV .............. 34
Advanced Recording
Operations
Recording a still image on a tape
- Tape Photo recording ................. 35
Adjusting the white balance
manually .......................................... 39
Using the wide mode ........................... 40
Using the fader function ...................... 41
Using special effects - Picture effect .. 44
Using special effects - Digital effect ... 45
Using the PROGRAM AE function .... 48
Adjusting the exposure manually ...... 51
Focusing manually ................................ 52
Interval recording ................................. 54
Frame by frame recording
- Cut recording ............................... 56
6
Advanced Playback
Operations
8 Playing back a tape with picture effects
........................................................... 57
Playing back a tape with digital effects
........................................................... 58
Enlarging images recorded on tapes
- Tape PB ZOOM ........................... 59
Quickly locating a scene using the zero
set memory function ...................... 60
Searching the boundaries of recorded
tape by title - Title search ............. 61
Searching a recording by date
- Date search ................................... 62
Searching for a photo
- Photo search/Photo scan ........... 64
Editing
Dubbing a tape ...................................... 66
Dubbing only desired scenes
- Digital program editing
(to a tape) ......................................... 68
Using with analog video unit and your
computer
- Signal convert function
........................................................... 79
Recording video or TV programs ....... 80
Inserting a scene from a VCR
- Insert editing ................................ 83
Audio dubbing ...................................... 85
Superimposing a title ........................... 89
Making your own titles ........................ 92
Labeling a cassette ................................ 93
Customizing Your Camcorder
Changing the menu settings ................ 95
"Memory Stick" Operations
Using a "Memory Stick"
- introduction ................................ 103
Recording still images on "Memory
Stick"s
- Memory Photo recording ......... 111
Recording an image from a tape as a
still image ...................................... 117
Superimposing a still image in the
"Memory Stick" on an image
- MEMORY MIX .......................... 120