User manual SONY DCM-M1

[. . . ] AC-VQ800 Serial No. DCM-M1 ©2000 Sony Corporation Welcome! Congratulations on your purchase of this Sony MiniDisc AV Recorder. With your MiniDisc AV Recorder, you can capture life's precious moments with superior picture and sound quality. Your MiniDisc AV Recorder 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. Usable MiniDiscs Use an MD DATA2 disc having this logo. [. . . ] (6) Touch EXEC. TRACK DIVIDE CANCEL EXEC CONTINUE FINISH (7) Touch FINISH. After the PLEASE WAIT message, which appears while the change is written in the disc, the new track made by dividing appears next to the original track. To operate the menu You can use the control dial. To cancel dividing Touch CANCEL. 70 Dividing tracks You cannot divide the track if: ·the track is shorter than about 2 seconds. Note on the dividing position The dividing position is automatically adjusted so that both tracks become at least 0. 5 second long. To adjust the dividing position You can use the control dial. Turn the control dial to adjust the position and press the dial to confirm. Index image of the track made by dividing The scene at the divided position becomes the index image. Recorded time of the track made by dividing It is same as the original track. To divide other tracks Touch CONTINUE in step 7. Editing Combining the divided track If the divided track has been moved away from the original track, you cannot recombine them. First line them up in the same order as the original track. (1) Touch EDIT. TRACK COMBINE appears at the top of the screen. (4) Touch the last track to be included in the group. After the PLEASE WAIT message, which appears while the change is written in the disc, only the first track of the group is displayed on the index display. REMAIN 01:23 0001 7. 4. 1999 2:58PM 00:07 Group icon To operate the menu You can use the control dial. You cannot group the tracks if: the disc is protected. If you include a protected track in the group The entire group track becomes protected. If you release protecting in the track information display of this group track, all tracks in the group become unprotected tracks. 74 Grouping the tracks A group track can be included in the group You can include a group track when making another group. If you release grouping of the tracks, all tracks are released and become individual tracks. To group other tracks Touch CONTINUE in step 5. You cannot select the following items on the group track ·PLAY menu 9 FRAME SEQUENCE (You can, however, select from the shortcut menu during playback. ) ·EDIT menu - TRIM - DIVIDE - STILL FRAME CAPTURE - INDEX IMAGE CHANGE ·DRAWING/EFFECT menu - DRAWING - SCENE TRANSITION - PICTURE EFFECT Editing Releasing the tracks from the group If you want all the tracks to appear individually on the index display after you have moved or copied the tracks in a group, release the group. (1) Touch EDIT. All the tracks in the group appear individually. After the PLEASE WAIT message, which appears while the change is written in the disc, the index display appears. To release other group tracks Touch CONTINUE in step 4. 75 Making a photo track from a movie You can make a new photo track of a desired scene in a movie. Scroll the menu by touching v or V, or by turning the control dial. [. . . ] 27 Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Dubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 N, O Normal charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 NTSC system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]