Sony DCR-DVD200E User Manual

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Table of contents

Read this first

What you can do with your

DVD Handycam ............................... 4

What is the difference between

DVD-R and DVD-RW? .................... 6

How to prepare and use your DVD

Handycam ......................................... 8

Getting started

Using this manual ................................. 12
Checking the supplied accessories ..... 14
Step 1 Preparing the power source ... 15

Installing/removing the battery

pack ............................................ 15

Charging the installed battery

pack ............................................ 16

Showing the remaining battery time

– BATTERY INFO .................... 18

Connecting to a wall socket .......... 18

Step 2 Opening the LCD screen .......... 19
Step 3 Turning on the power .............. 20
Step 4 Setting the date and time ........ 21

Simple setting of the clock using a

time difference ......................... 23

Step 5 Adjusting the LCD screen and

the viewfinder ................................. 24
Adjusting the brightness of the LCD

screen ......................................... 24

Adjusting the viewfinder .............. 25

Step 6 Preparing a disc for recording . 26

Shooting movies/still images

Shooting movies/still images ............. 28

Before shooting ............................... 28
Shooting movies ............................. 29
Shooting still images ...................... 34

Shooting techniques to match your

circumstances .................................. 41
Shooting backlit subjects

– BACK LIGHT ........................ 41

Shooting in the dark

– NightShot/Super NightShot/
Colour Slow Shutter ................ 41

Shooting with the subject checking

the image – Mirror mode ........ 43

Self-timer recording ....................... 43
Adjusting the white balance

manually ................................... 44

Shooting for the wide-screen TV

– Wide mode ............................ 45

Optimizing the camera

automatically
– PROGRAM AE ...................... 47

Adjusting the exposure

manually ................................... 48

Focusing manually ......................... 49

Shooting with special effects .............. 50

Using fader

(for movies only) ...................... 50

Using special effects – Picture

effect/Digital effect ................. 51

Other functions ...................................... 53

Checking the last scene

– Review .................................... 53

Deleting the last scene

(DVD-RWs only) ...................... 53

Changing the disc title ................... 54

Viewing the recordings

Playing a disc on your camcorder ...... 55

Choosing and viewing a recording

– Visual Index ........................... 55

Various playback modes ............... 57
To display the indicators during

playback – Display .................. 58

Magnifying recorded images

– PB ZOOM .............................. 60

Playing still images automatically

– Slide Show ............................. 61

Viewing recordings on TV ................... 62

If your TV is already connected

to a VCR .................................... 62

If your TV or VCR is a monaural

type ............................................ 62

If your TV or VCR has a 21-pin

connector
(EUROCONNECTOR) ............ 62

Finalising a disc for other
players

Finalising a disc ..................................... 64
Playing back a finalised disc on other

players .............................................. 66
Playing back a disc on DVD

players ....................................... 66

Playing back movies on a computer

with a DVD drive installed .... 68

Showing still images on a computer

with a DVD drive installed .... 68

Structures and file names of movies

and still images ........................ 69