Sony Digital Video Camera Recorder TRV940, TRV950 Operating Instructions

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Playback – Basics
To display the screen indicators – Display function
Press DISPLAY/TOUCH PANEL on your camcorder or DISPLAY on the Remote
Commander supplied with your camcorder. The indicators disappear on the screen. To
make the indicators appear, press DISPLAY/TOUCH PANEL or DISPLAY again.
About date/time and various settingsYour camcorder automatically records not only images on the tape but also the
recording data (date/time or various settings when recorded) (data code).
1Set the POWER switch to...

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Playing back a tape
To not display various settings
Set DATA CODE to DATE in the menu settings (p. 216).
The display changes as follows when you press DATA CODE :
date/time y no indicator
Various settings
Various settings are your camcorder’s information when you have recorded. In the
recording, the various settings will not be displayed.
When you use the data code, bars (-- -- --) appear if:
–A blank portion of the tape is being played back.
–The tape is unreadable due to tape damage or noise.
–The...

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Playback – Basics
Playing back a tape
Various playback modes
To operate video control buttons, set the POWER switch to VCR.
To play back pause (viewing a still picture)Press X during playback. To resume normal playback, press N or X.
To advance the tapePress M in the stop mode. To resume normal playback, press N.
To rewind the tapePress m in the stop mode. To resume normal playback, press N.
To change the playback directionPress  on the Remote Commander during playback to reverse the playback...

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In the various playback modes
•Sound is muted.
•The previous picture may remain as a mosaic image during playback.
When the playback pause lasts for five minutes
Your camcorder automatically enters the stop mode. To resume playback, press N.
Slow playback
The slow playback can be performed smoothly on your camcorder. However, this
function does not work for an output signal through the 
 DV Interface.
When you play back a tape in reverse
Horizontal noise may appear at the center, or the top and bottom...

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Playback – Basics
Connect your camcorder to your TV with the A/V connecting cable supplied with your
camcorder to watch playback picture on the TV screen. You can operate the video
control buttons in the same way as when you monitor playback pictures on the screen.
When monitoring playback pictures on the TV screen, we recommend that you power
your camcorder from a wall outlet using the AC power adaptor (p. 19). Refer to the
operating instructions of your TV.
Open the jack cover. Connect your...

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You can record still images on a “Memory Stick” in the tape recording or tape recording
standby. You can also record still images on a tape (p. 51).
Before operation
•Insert a “Memory Stick” into your camcorder.
•Set PHOTO REC in 
 to MEMORY in the menu settings (The default setting is
MEMORY).
(1)In the standby, keep pressing PHOTO lightly until a still image appears. The
CAPTURE indicator appears. Recording does not start yet. To change from the
selected still image to another image, release PHOTO...

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Advanced Recording Operations
Image size of still images
Image size is automatically set to 640 × 480.
When you want to record still images in different size, use the Memory Photo recording
(p. 135).
When the POWER switch is set to CAMERA
You cannot select image quality.
The image quality when you set the POWER switch to MEMORY/NETWORK (DCR-
TRV950 only) is used. (The default setting is SUPER FINE).
During and after recording still images on a “Memory Stick”
Your camcorder continues recording on...

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Recording still images on a “Memory Stick” during tape recording
Recording images with the flash
The flash pops up automatically. The default setting is auto (no indicator). To change
the flash mode, press  (flash) repeatedly until the flash mode indicator appears on the
screen.
Each press of 
 (flash) changes the indicator as follows: t  t  t (no indicator) Auto red-eye reduction: The flash fires before recording to reduce red-eye. Forced flash: The flash fires regardless of the surrounding...

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Advanced Recording Operations
Recording still images on a “Memory Stick” during tape recording
You cannot shoot images with the flash during the following operations:
–Tape Recording
–Shutter speed (1/30 or smaller) adjustment
The flash does not fire even if you select auto (no indicator) and 
 (auto red-eye
reduction) during the following operations:
–Spot light
–Shutter speed adjustment
–Sunset & moon of PROGRAM AE
–Landscape of PROGRAM AE
–Exposure
–Flexible Spot Meter
When you use an external...

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Recording still images on a “Memory Stick” during tape recording
Self-timer recording
You can record still images on a “Memory Stick” with the self-timer. You can also use
the Remote Commander for this operation.
Before operation
•Insert a “Memory Stick” into your camcorder.
•Set PHOTO REC in 
to MEMORY in the menu settings.(The default setting is
MEMORY.)
(1)In the standby, press FN and select PAGE2.
(2)Press SELFTIMER.
The 
 (self-timer) indicator appears on the  screen.
(3)Press PHOTO deeper.
The...