User manual SONY CCD-TR317E

[. . . ] Before operating the unit, please read this manual thoroughly, and retain it for future reference. Congratulations on your purchase of this Sony Handycam® camcorder. With your Handycam, you can capture life's precious moments with superior picture and sound quality. Your Handycam is loaded with advanced features, but at the same time it is very easy to use. [. . . ] If you take 5 minutes or longer to enter characters in the standby mode while a cassette is in your camcorder The power automatically goes off. The characters you have entered remain stored in memory. Turn STANDBY down once and then up again, then proceed from step 1. We recommend setting the POWER switch to PLAYER or removing the cassette so that your camcorder does not automatically turn off while you are entering title characters. If you select [ ] The menu for selecting alphabet and Russian ] to return to the characters appear. Connect your camcorder to the VCR using the A/V connecting cable supplied with your camcorder. (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)Set the input selector on the VCR to LINE. Refer to the operating instructions of your VCR for more information. (4)Play back the recorded tape on your camcorder. Refer to the operating instructions of your VCR for more information. When you have finished dubbing a tape To prevent deterioration of pictures from dubbing set EDIT to ON in the menu settings before dubbing. You can edit on VCRs that support the followingsystems 8 mm, Hi8, Digital8, VHS, S-VHS, VHSC, S-VHSC, Betamax, mini DV or DV EDIT ON . First, select the icon, then the menu item and then the mode. (5) If you want to change other items, select RETURN and press the dial, then repeat steps from 2 to 4. Menu items are displayed as the following icons: CAMERA SET PLAYER SET TAPE SET SETUP MENU OTHERS Menu items differ according to whether the POWER switch is set to PLAYER or CAMERA. The viewfinder screen shows only the items you can operate at the moment. 31) To record in the 16:9FULL mode To use the NightShot Light function (p. Meaning -- To minimize picture deterioration when editing To correct jitter To not correct jitter. Set TBC to OFF when playing back a tape on which you have dubbed over and recorded the signal of a TV game or similar machine. To reduce picture noise To reduce a conspicuous afterimage when the picture has a lot of movement 43 To play back a tape recorded in the NTSC colour system on a PAL system TV To play back a tape recorded in the NTSC colour system on a TV with the NTSC 4. Note on the playback of the NTSC tapes You can play back tapes recorded in the NTSC video system. [. . . ] Do not bend the mains lead forcibly, or place a heavy object on it. This will damage the cord and may cause fire or electrical shock. Prevent metallic objects from coming into contact with the metal parts of the connecting section. If this happens, a short may occur and the unit may be damaged. [. . . ]