User manual SONY CCD-TR7

[. . . ] 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. You will soon be producing home video that you can enjoy for years to come. [. . . ] [a] Subject is too dark because of backlight. Be sure to release this adjustment condition by pressing BACK LIGHT again. Otherwise, the picture will be too bright under normal lighting condition. This function is also effective under following conditions: · At the beach under strong sunshine · A subject with a light source nearby or a mirror reflecting light · A white subject against a white background. Especially when you shoot a person wearing shiny clothes made of silk or synthetic fiber, his or her face tends to become dark if you do not use this function. You can select from three PROGRAM AE (Auto Exposure) modes to suit your shooting situation. When you use PROGRAM AE, you can capture high-speed action or night views. Select the best mode by using the following examples. A golf swing or a tennis match in fine weather with the ball captured clearly · Playing back certain scenes with high-speed movements in clear, sharp picture Å Twilight mode · Note on shutter speed The shutter speed in each PROGRAM AE mode is as follows: Sports mode ­ between 1/60 to 1/500 High-speed shutter mode ­ 1/4000 Twilight mode ­ 1/60 AUTO mode ­ 1/60 (or 1/100 when the Steady Shot is on ­ CCD-TRV21/TRV29/ TRV211 only) Your camcorder has two modes besides normal start/stop mode. These modes enable you to take a series of quick shots resulting in a lively video. : Recording starts when you press START/STOP, and stops when you press it again (normal mode). When monitoring the playback picture by connecting the camcorder to your TV, we recommend you to use the house current for the power source. While playing back on a TV screen, close the LCD panel. Otherwise, picture distortion may occur. If your TV is already connected to a VCR Open the jack cover and connect the camcorder to the LINE IN inputs on the VCR by using the supplied A/V connecting cable. : Signal flow If you connect directly to TV Connect the camcorder to the inputs on the TV by using the supplied A/V connecting cable. You can create your own video program by editing with any other h 8 mm, H Hi8, j VHS, k S-VHS, VHSC, K S-VHSC, l Betamax or ¬ ED Betamax VCR that has video/audio inputs. Turn down the volume of the camcorder while editing. Otherwise, picture distortion may occur. (2) Insert a blank tape (or a tape you want to record over) into the VCR and insert your recorded tape into the camcorder. (3) Play back the recorded tape on the camcorder until you locate the point where you want to start editing, then press P to put the camcorder in playback pause mode. Your camcorder is supplied with a lithium battery installed. [. . . ] (P6-120) Image device CCD (Charge Coupled Device) Viewfinder Electronic viewfinder CCD-TRV11/TRV21/ TRV211:Black and white CCD-TRV19/TRV29/ TRV119:Color Lens Combined power zoom lens, F1. 8 to 100, 000 lx CCD-TRV21/TRV29/TRV211: 4 to 100, 000 lx Recommended illumination More than 100 lx * Minimum illumination expresses the light level a camcorder requires to produce a picture. Phono jack, 1 Vp-p, 75 , unbalanced Audio output Monaural, Phono jack, 327 mV, (at load impedance 47 k), impedance less than 2. 5 V (AC power adaptor) Average power consumption During camera recording using the LCD CCD-TRV11/TRV19/TRV119: 4. [. . . ]