Getting Started - Sony DCR-TRV8 Operating Instructions Manual

Getting started-
Ising this manual
The instructio_as in this manual are forthetwo models listed i nthetable below. Before
you start readingthis manual and operating your camcorder,check themodel number
by lookingatthebottom of your camcorder.The DCR-TRV10 isthemodel used for
illustration purposes.Otherwise,the model name isindicated intheiUuslzations. Any
differences inoperationareclearly i ndicated inthetext, f orexample,"DCR-TRV10
only."
As you read through this manual, buttonsand settings o n your camcorder areshown in
capital letters.
e.g. SetthePOWER switch toCAMERA.
When you carryout an operation, y ou can hear a beep sound toindicate thatthe
operation isbeingcarriedout.
Types of differences
DCR-
DV synchro-editing
MEMORY mark*
(on the POWER switch)
• Provided
-- Not provided
TRV8 TRV10
* The model with MEMORY marked on the POWER switch is provided with memory
functions. See page 79 for details.
Your camcorder is based on the DV format. You can only use mini DV cassettes with
your camcorder. We recommend you to use a tape with cassette memory CIII.
The functions which depend on whether the tape has the cassette memory or not are:
• End search (p. 24, 27)
• Searching a recording by date - date search (p. 49)
• Photo search (10.52).
The functions you can operateonlywith thecassette m emory are:
• Searchingtheboundaries ofrecordedtapeby title - title search(p. 51)
•
Superimposing
a title
(p.
65)
• Making your own titles (p. 68)
• Labeling a cassette (p. 70).
For details, see page 109.
You see this mark in the introduction of the features that operate only with
cassette memory.
Tapes with cassette memory are marked by (IJI (Cassette Memory).