Sony DCR-DVD300 Operating Instructions - Page 10

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 outlet 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/ Color 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 10 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 Finalizing a disc for other players Finalizing a disc 63 Playing back a finalized 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 Recording on a finalized disc - Unfinalizing (VIDEO mode DVD-RWs only) ... 70 Recording again on a used disc - Formatting (DVD-RWs only 72