Sony DCR-PC100 Manual

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You can search for a still picture you have recorded on a mini DV tape (photo search).
You can also search for still pictures one after another and display each picture for five
seconds automatically regardless of cassette memory (photo scan). Use the Remote
Commander for these operations.
Use this function to check or edit still pictures.
Searching for a photo by using cassette memory
You can use this function only when playing back a tape with cassette memory (p. 114).
(1Set the POWER switch to VTR.
(2Set CM SEARCH in 
 to ON in the menu settings (p. 76). Default setting is
ON.
(3Press SEARCH MODE on the Remote Commander repeatedly, until the photo
search indicator appears.
The indicator changes as follows:
TITLE SEARCH 
t DATE SEARCH t PHOTO SEARCH t PHOTO SCAN
t no indicator
(4Press . or > on the Remote Commander to select the date for playback.
Your camcorder automatically starts playback of the photo having the date
that you selected.
To stop searching
Press x.
In the 
 mark
• The bar in the 
 mark indicates the present point on the tape.
• The   mark in the 
 indicates the actual point you are trying to search.
If a tape has a blank portion between recorded portions
The photo search function may not work correctly.
The available number of photos that can be searched using the cassette memory
The available number is up to 12 photos. However, you can search 13 photos or more
using the scanning photo function.
Searching for a photo – Photo search/
Photo scan
POWER
LOCK
VTR
MEMORY
CAMERA
OFF
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4
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PHOTO  SEARCH
1   SEP /   5 / 99     5 : 30 PM
2   SEP /   6 / 99     8 : 50 AM
3   DEC / 24 / 99   1 0 : 30 AM
4   JAN  /   1 / 00   11 : 25 PM
5   FEB / 11 / 00     4 : 11 PM
6   ARP / 29 / 00     1 : 45 PM
PHOTO  SEARCH
1   SEP /   5 / 99     5 : 30 PM
2   SEP /   6 / 99     8 : 50 AM
3   DEC / 24 / 99   1 0 : 30 AM
4   JAN  /   1 / 00   11 : 25 PM
5   FEB / 11 / 00     4 : 11 PM
6   ARP / 29 / 00     1 : 45 PM
SEARCH
MODE