Searching For A Photo - Photo Search/Photo Scan; Editing; Dubbing A Tape - Sony DCR-TRV30E Service Manual

Searching for a photo
– Photo search/Photo scan
You can search for a still image you have
recorded on a tape (photo search).
You can also search for still images one after
another and display each image for
5 seconds automatically regardless of cassette
memory (photo scan). Use the Remote
Commander for these operations.
Use this function to check or edit still images.
Searching for a photo by using
cassette memory
Before operation
•You can use this function only when playing
back a tape with cassette memory.
•Set CM SEARCH in to ON in the menu
settings (p. 134). (The default setting is ON.)
(1) Set the POWER switch to VCR.
(2) Press SEARCH MODE on the Remote
Commander repeatedly, until the PHOTO
SEARCH indicator appears.
The indicator changes as follows:
TITLE SEARCH t DATE SEARCH t
PHOTO SEARCH t PHOTO SCAN t
no indicator
(3) Press . or > on the Remote Commander
to select the date for playback. Your
camcorder automatically starts playback of
the photo having the date that you selected.
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PHOTO S E ARCH
1 5 / 9 / 0 1 1 7 : 3 0
SEARCH
2 6 / 9 / 0 1 8 : 5 0
MODE
3 2 4 / 1 2 / 0 1 1 0 : 3 0
4 1 / 1 / 0 2 2 3 : 2 5
5 1 1 / 2 / 0 2 1 6 : 1 1
6 2 9 / 4 / 0 2 1 3 : 4 5
3
PHOTO S E ARCH
1 5 / 9 / 0 1 1 7 : 3 0
. >
2 6 / 9 / 0 1 8 : 5 0
3 2 4 / 1 2 / 0 1 1 0 : 3 0
4 1 / 1 / 0 2 2 3 : 2 5
5 1 1 / 2 / 0 2 1 6 : 1 1
6 2 9 / 4 / 0 2 1 3 : 4 5
To stop searching
Press x.
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Searching for a photo
– Photo search/Photo scan
Scanning photo
(1) Set the POWER switch to VCR.
(2) Press SEARCH MODE on the Remote
Commander repeatedly, until the PHOTO
SCAN indicator appears.
The indicator changes as follows:
TITLE SEARCH t DATE SEARCH t
PHOTO SEARCH t PHOTO SCAN t
no indicator
(3) Press . or > on the Remote
Commander.
Each photo is played back for about 5 seconds
automatically.
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To stop scanning
Press x.
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(2)
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(3) . >
MENU
x
(1)
(2)
t t
t t
(3) . >
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SEARCH
MODE PHOTO 0 0
SCAN
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VCR
OFF(CHG)
CAMERA
MEMORY
x
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Searching for a photo
– Photo search/Photo scan
In the mark
•The bar in the mark indicates the
present point on the tape.
•The mark in the indicates the actual
point you are trying to search.
If a tape has a blank portion between
recorded portions
The photo search/photo scan function may not
work correctly.
The available number of photos that can be
searched using the cassette memory
The available number is up to 12 photos.
However, you can search 13 photos or more
using the scanning photo function.
Searching for a photo without
using cassette memory
(1) Set the POWER switch to VCR.
(2) Set CM SEARCH in
to OFF in the menu
settings (p. 134).
(3) Press SEARCH MODE on the Remote
Commander repeatedly, until the PHOTO
SEARCH indicator appears.
The indicator changes as follows:
DATE SEARCH t PHOTO SEARCH t
PHOTO SCAN t no indicator
(4) Press . or > on the Remote Commander
to select the photo for playback. Each time
you press . or >, your camcorder
searches for the previous or next photo.
Your camcorder automatically starts playback
of the photo.
To stop searching
Press x.
— Editing —

Dubbing a tape

Using the A/V connecting cable
You can dub or edit on the VCR connected to
your camcorder using your camcorder as a
player.
Connect your camcorder to the VCR using the
A/V connecting cable supplied with your
camcorder.
Before operation
•Set DISPLAY to LCD in the menu settings. (The
default setting is LCD.)
•Press the following buttons to make the
indicator disappear so that they will not be
superimposed on the edited tape:
– DISPLAY
– DATA CODE
– SEARCH MODE on the Remote Commander
(1) Insert a blank tape (or a tape you want to
record over) into the VCR, and insert the
recorded tape into your camcorder.
(2) Prepare the VCR for recording, then set the
input selector to LINE.
Refer to the operating instructions of the VCR.
(3) Set the POWER switch to VCR.
(4) Play back the recorded tape on your
camcorder.
(5) Start recording on the VCR. Refer to the
operating instructions of your VCR.
S VIDEO
AUDIO/VIDEO
: Signal flow/
When you have finished dubbing a
tape
Press x on both your camcorder and the VCR.
(1)
(2)
(3)
t t
t
(4) . >
. >
x
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
IN
S VIDEO
VIDEO
AUDIO
x
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