Sony DCR-TRV30 Manual

You can search for a still image you have recorded on a tape (photo search).
You can also search for still images one after another and display each image for
5 seconds automatically regardless of cassette memory (photo scan). Use the Remote
Commander for these operations.
Use this function to check or edit still images.

Searching for a photo by using cassette memory

Before operation
• You can use this function only when playing back a tape with cassette memory.
• Set CM SEARCH in 

 to ON in the menu settings (p. 103). (The default setting is

ON.)

(1)

Set the POWER switch to VCR.

(2)

Press 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

no indicator

T

PHOTO SCAN

(3)

Press . 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.

• 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/photo scan 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

3

.

>

2

SEARCH

MODE

PHOTO S E ARCH

1

SEP /

5 / 0 1

5 : 3 0 P M

2

SEP /

6 / 0 1

8 : 5 0 A M

3

DEC / 2 4 / 0 1 1 0 : 3 0 A M

4

J AN /

1 / 0 2 1 1 : 2 5 P M

5

F EB / 1 1 / 0 2

4 : 1 1 P M

6

APR / 2 9 / 0 2

1 : 4 5 P M

PHOTO S E ARCH

1

SEP /

5 / 0 1

5 : 3 0 P M

2

SEP /

6 / 0 1

8 : 5 0 A M

3

DEC / 2 4 / 0 1 1 0 : 3 0 A M

4

J AN /

1 / 0 2 1 1 : 2 5 P M

5

F EB / 1 1 / 0 2

4 : 1 1 P M

6

APR / 2 9 / 0 2

1 : 4 5 P M