User manual SONY CCD-TRV408

[. . . ] 3-072-314-13 (1) Video Camera Recorder Operating Instructions Before operating the unit, please read this manual thoroughly, and retain it for future reference. Owner's Record The model and serial numbers are located on the bottom. Record the serial number in the space provided below. Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product. Model No. ACSerial No. CCD-TRV608 CCD-TRV107/TRV108/TRV308/ TRV408/TRV608 2002 Sony Corporation Welcome! Congratulations on your purchase of this Sony Handycam VisionTM. [. . . ] Title setting The title color changes as follows: WHITE y YELLOW y VIOLET y RED y CYAN y GREEN y BLUE The title size changes as follows: SMALL y LARGE The background color changes as follows: FADE y WHITE y YELLOW y VIOLET y RED y CYAN y GREEN y BLUE y BLACK 56 Dubbing a tape easily Easy Dubbing Step 4: Selecting the dubbing mode You can choose either normal recording (NORMAL) or interval recording (PREVIEW). (1) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select MODE SEL, then press the dial. (2) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select the mode to dub, then press the dial. NORMAL: you can record into the VCR normally. PREVIEW: you can make a time-lapse dubbing by setting the camcorder to automatically playback and standby sequentially. [a] [b] [c] 5s 5s [a]: Recording (VCR) [b]: Waiting time (VCR) [c]: Playback time (camcorder) Editing 25 s 30 s 25 s 30 s 1 EASY DUBBING 0 :0 0 :0 0 START TITLE SEL NORMAL MODE SEL SETUP NORMAL [ E A S Y DU B ] : E ND EASY DUBBING 0 :0 0 :0 0 START TITLE SEL MODE SEL NORMAL SETUP PREVIEW NORMAL [ E A S Y DU B ] : E ND 57 Dubbing a tape easily Easy Dubbing Step 5: Performing Easy Dubbing Make sure that your camcorder and VCR are connected, and that the VCR is set to recording pause. When you use a video camera recorder, set its POWER switch to VTR/VCR. Set the POWER switch of your camcorder to PLAYER. (1) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select START, then press the dial. (2) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select EXECUTE, then press the dial. When dubbing ends, your camcorder and VCR stop automatically. To stop dubbing during editing Press x on your camcorder. To quit the Easy Dubbing function Your camcorder stops when dubbing is complete. Then the display returns to START in the menu settings. Press EASY DUBBING to quit the Easy Dubbing function. Note If you set the background color to FADE in step 3, the picture may not appear properly depending on the connected VCR. You cannot record on the VCR when: The tape has run out. The write-protect tab is set to expose the red mark. The button used to cancel recording pause is not correct. NOT READY appears on the screen when: START is not carried out. 58 -- PC Connection -- Viewing images using your computer USB Streaming (Windows users only) CCD-TRV608 only If you connect your camcorder and computer by the supplied USB cable, you can view images live from your camcorder and images recorded on a tape on your computer. Furthermore, if you caputure images live from your camcorder and images recorded on a tape to your computer, you can process or edit it by computer software and append it to e-mail. Using the USB Streaming function Installing the USB driver (p. Installing "PIXELA ImageMixer Ver. 1. 0 for Sony" (p. Capturing images with "PIXELA ImageMixer Ver. 1. 0 for Sony" (p. 63 to 66). Recommended computer environment OS: Microsoft Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Home Edition or Windows XP Professional (standard installation) However, operation is not assured if the above environment is an upgraded OS. If you are using Windows 98, you cannot capture sounds. CPU: Minimum 500 MHz Intel Pentium III or faster (800 MHz or faster recommended) Application: DirectX 8. 0a or later Sound system: 16 bit stereo sound card and speakers Memory: 64 MB or more Hard disk: Minimum 200 MB available hard disk space for installation 1 GB hard disk space or more recommended for working area (depending on the file size of editing the images) Display: 4 MB VRAM video card, Minimum 800 600 dot High color (16 bit color, 65 000 colors), Direct Draw display driver capability (At 800 600 dot or less, 256 colors and less, this product will not operate correctly. ) Others: This product is compatible with DirectX technology, so it is necessary to install DirectX. [. . . ] 22 Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 O, P, Q Operation indicators . . . . . . . . . . . 97 ORC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]