Sony CCD-TRV99 User Manual

You can locate the beginning of a desired program easily by marking an index signal
during recording or playback and searching for it later.

You can mark an index signal during recording or playback.

Press INDEX MARK on the Remote Commander in recording standby or playback
pause mode. The INDEX MARK indicator appears in the viewfinder or the LCD screen
with the MARK indicator flashing. When recording or playback starts, the MARK
indicator stops flashing. This shows that the index signal is being marked. Then the
INDEX MARK indicator will disappear.

Press INDEX MARK on the Remote Commander at the point you want to locate later.

Notes on marking
• Make sure you mark index signals at more than two-minute intervals. Otherwise, you

may not be able to search for them correctly.

• If you stop recording while the index signal is being marked (the INDEX MARK

indicator lights in the viewfinder), the search may not be completed correctly.

• If you mark an index signal on the tape with the Data Code recorded, the Data Code

will be erased at the point on which the index signal is marked. When playing back
this tape, the camcorder keeps displaying the Data Code immediately before the
erased one.

• A black band appears when you mark index signal during playback, and the sound

cannot be heard. This does not affect the picture and sound that are already recorded.

• You cannot mark the index signal during photo recording.
• An index signal is marked automatically when you start recording from with the

POWER switch to VTR. When you start recording from recording pause mode,
however, an index signal is not marked.

• You cannot mark an index signal on a tape with the red mark on the cassette exposed.
• You cannot mark the index signal during 5-second recording, recording only while

pressing the START/STOP button, or during fade-out.

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