User manual SONY DCR-TRV210

[. . . ] You will soon be producing home video that you can enjoy for years to come. To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture. A moulded plug complying with BS1363 is fitted to this equipment for your safety and convenience. Should the fuse in the plug supplied need to be replaced, a 5 AMP fuse approved by ASTA or BSI to BS1362 (i. [. . . ] Icon/item HiFi SOUND Mode z STEREO 1 2 TBC* z ON OFF Meaning To play back a stereo tape or dual sound track tape with main and sub sound To play back a stereo tape with the left sound or a dual sound track tape with main sound To play back a stereo tape with the right sound or a dual sound track tape with sub sound 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 To adjust the balance between the stereo 1 and stereo 2 VCR/PLAYER VCR/PLAYER VCR/PLAYER POWER switch VCR/PLAYER To palyback a tape recorded on your camcorder on a PAL system TV To palyback a tape recorded in the NTSC colour system on a TV with the NTSC 4. 43 mode To automatically select the system (Hi8/ standard 8 or Digital8 ) that was used to record on the tape, and play back the tape To play back a tape that was recorded in the Hi8/standard 8 system when your camcorder does not automatically distinguish the recording system To convert digital video signals into analog video signals via your camcorder. To convert analog video signals into digital video siginals via your camcorder. * When you play back tapes recorded in the Hi8/standard 8 system only. ** DCR-TRV730E/TRV828E/TRV830E only Notes on AUDIO MIX · When playing back a tape recorded in the 16-bit mode, you cannot adjust the balance. You can adjust the balance only for tapes recorded in the Digital8 system. Notes on NTSC PB When you play back a tape on a Multi System TV, select the best mode while viewing the picture on the TV. Note on PB MODE The mode will return to the default setting when: ­ you remove the battery pack or power source. Z BRT NORMAL To set the brightness on the LCD screen backlight normal BRIGHT To brighten the LCD screen backlight To adjust the colour on the LCD screen, turning the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to adjust the following bar -- When you select BRIGHT, battery life is reduced by about 10 percent during recording. 22) To display selected menu items in normal size To display selected menu items at twice the normal size To make the demonstration appear To cancel the demonstration mode To display date, time and recording data during playback To display date and time during playback To set the clock to the local time. turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to set a time difference. The clock changes by the time difference you set here. If you set the time difference to 0, the clock returns to the originally set time. To output the melody when you start/stop recording or when an unusual condition occurs on your camcorder To output the beep instead of the melody To cancel all sound including shutter sound CAMERA MEMORY You cannot select DEMO MODE when a cassette is inserted in your camcorder. DEMO MODE is set to STBY (Standby) at the factory and the demonstration starts about 10 minutes after you have set the POWER switch to CAMERA without a cassette inserted. When NIGHTSHOT is set to ON, the "NIGHTSHOT" indicator appears on the screen and you cannot select DEMO MODE in the menu settings. Note on DATA CODE Various setting when recorded are not displayed on the screen during MPEG movie playback (moving picture playback. Icon/item COMMANDER Mode z ON OFF Meaning To activate the Remote Commander supplied with your camcorder To deactivate the Remote Commander to avoid remote control misoperation caused by other VCR's remote control To show the display on the LCD screen and in the viewfinder To show the display on the TV screen, LCD screen and in the viewfinder To light up the camera recording lamp at the front of your camcorder To turn the camera recording lamp off so that the subject is not aware of the recording To make programme and perform video editing (p. 86) To adjust and set the synchronicity of your camcorder and a VCR for dubbing in edit set mode (p. 86) To turn off the backlight on display window To turn on the backlight VCR/PLAYER VCR/PLAYER POWER switch CAMERA VCR/PLAYER MEMORY Note If you press DISPLAY with DISPLAY set to V-OUT/LCD in the menu settings, the picture from a TV or VCR will not appear on the screen even when your camcorder is connected to outputs on the TV or VCR. [. . . ] If any problem occurs, unplug your camcorder and contact your nearest Sony dealer. System Video recording system 2 rotary heads Helical scaning system Audio recording system Rotary heads, PCM system Quantization: 12 bits (Fs 32 kHz, stereo 1, stereo 2), 16 bits (Fs 48 kHz, stereo) Video signal PAL colour, CCIR standards Recommended cassette Hi8/Digital8 video cassette Recording/playback time (using 90 min. Hi8 video cassette) SP mode: 1 hour LP mode: 1 hour and 30 minuites Fastforward/rewind time (using 90 min. 8) 0 lx (lux) (in the NightShot mode)* * Objects unable to be seen due to the dark can be shot with infrared lighting. [. . . ]