Sony Digital Video Camera Recorder TRV940, TRV950 Operating Instructions

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Customizing Your Camcorder
Changing the default settings with the menu
Icon/item
MEMORY SET
STILL SET
BURST
QUALITY
IMAGESIZE
MOVIE SET
IMAGESIZE
REMAIN
Mode
zOFF
NORMAL
EXP BRKTG
MULTI SCRN
zSUPER FINE
FINE
STANDARD
z1152 × 864
640 × 480
z320 × 240
160 × 112
zAUTO
ONMeaning
To not record continuously
To record from four to 13 images continuously
(p. 137)
To record three images continuously with
different exposure
To record nine images continuously, display the
images on a single page divided into...

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Changing the default settings with the menu
Icon/item
MEMORY SET
PHOTO SAVE
FILE NO.
DELETE ALL
FORMAT
Mode
——
zSERIES
RESET
——
zRETURN
OKPOWER
switch
VCR
VCR
MEMORY/
NETWORK
MEMORY/
NETWORK
MEMORY/
NETWORK Meaning
To copy still images on the tape onto the
“Memory Stick” (p. 163)
To assign numbers to file in sequence even if the
“Memory Stick” is changed
To reset the file numbering each time the
“Memory Stick” is changed
To delete all unprotected images (p. 179)
To cancel formatting
To format an...

213
Customizing Your Camcorder
Changing the default settings with the menu
Icon/item
PRINT SET
DATE/TIME
CM SET
TITLE
TITLEERASE
TITLE DSPL
CM SEARCH
TAPE TITLE
ERASE ALL
Mode
zOFF
DATE
DAY&TIME
——
——
zON
OFF
zON
OFF
——
——Meaning
To make prints without the recording date and
time
To make prints with the recording date (p. 181)
To make prints with the recording date and time
To superimpose a title or make your own title
(p. 119, 122)
To erase the title you have superimposed
(p. 121)
To display the title...

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Icon/item
TAPE SET
REC MODE
AUDIO MODE
qREMAIN
MIC LEVEL
Meaning
To record in the SP (Standard Play) mode
To increase the recording time to 1.5 times the
SP mode
To record in the 12-bit mode (two stereo sounds)
To record in the 16-bit mode (one stereo sound
with high quality)
To display the remaining tape bar:
•For about eight seconds after a cassette is
inserted and your camcorder calculates the
remaining amount of tape
•For about eight seconds after N or
DISPLAY/TOUCH PANEL is pressed
To always...

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Customizing Your Camcorder
Changing the default settings with the menu
Icon/item
SETUP MENU
CLOCK SET
USB STREAM
USBCONNECT
LTR SIZE
LANGUAGE
DEMO MODE
Mode
——
zOFF
ON
zNORMAL
PTP
zNORMAL
2×
zENGLISH
FRANÇAIS
ESPAÑOL
PORTUGUÊS
zON
OFFMeaning
To set the date or time (p. 20).
To deactivate the USB streaming
To activate the USB streaming
To connect and recognize the “Memory Stick”
drive.
To connect and only copy a “Memory Stick”
image from your camcorder to a computer
(only with Windows XP or Mac OS X)...

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Icon/item
OTHERS
DATA CODE
AREA SET
DST SET*
BEEP
COMMANDER
Meaning
To display date, time and various settings
during playback when pressing the DATA
CODE button (p. 41)
To display date and time during playback when
pressing the DATA CODE button
Temporarily change the area where you are
using your camcorder
Not during daylight saving time
During daylight saving 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...

217
Customizing Your Camcorder
Changing the default settings with the menu
Icon/item
OTHERS
DISPLAY
REC LAMP
VIDEO EDIT
Meaning
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 person is not aware of the recording
To cancel video editing.
To make program and dub on the tape in the
other VCR (p. 98)
To make...

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START/STOP does not operate.
The power goes off.
You cannot record still images on a
“Memory Stick” in the recording or
recording standby.
You cannot record still images on a
tape.
The image on the viewfinder screen
is not clear.
The SteadyShot does not work.
The autofocusing does not work.
If you run into any problem using your camcorder, use the following table to
troubleshoot the problem. If the problem persists, remove the power supply and contact
your Sony dealer or local authorized Sony service...

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Troubleshooting
Symptom Cause and/or Corrective Actions
•The LCD panel is open.
cClose the LCD panel (p. 28).
•The contrast between the subject and background is too
high. This is not a malfunction.
•This is not a malfunction.
•The shutter speed is reduced. This is not a malfunction.
•If 10 minutes elapse after you set the POWER switch to
CAMERA or DEMO MODE is set to ON in the menu
settings when neither a cassette nor a “Memory Stick” is
inserted, your camcorder automatically starts the...

220
Types of trouble and how to correct trouble
In the playback
Symptom Cause and/or Corrective Actions
•The POWER switch is not set to VCR.
cSet it to VCR (p. 39).
•The cassette has run out of the tape.
cRewind the tape (p. 39).
•The video heads may be dirty.
cClean the heads using the cleaning cassette (optional)
(p. 237).
•The stereo tape is played back with HiFi SOUND set to 2
in the menu settings.
cSet it to STEREO (p. 210).
•The volume is turned to minimum.
cTurn up the volume (p. 39).
•AUDIO MIX...