Sony DCR-TRV50 Operating Instructions (primary manual) - Page 82

Searching a recording by date - DATE SEARCH Note If one day's recording is less than two minutes, your camcorder may not accurately find the point where the recording date changes. If a tape has a blank portion between recorded portions The date search may not work correctly. Cassette memory The tape with cassette memory can hold six recording dates. If you search among seven or more dates, see "Searching for the date without using cassette memory" below. Searching for the date without using cassette memory (1) Set the POWER switch to VCR. (2) Press MENU, then select CM SEARCH in to OFF with the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial (p. 205). (3) Press SEARCH MODE on the Remote Commander repeatedly until the DATE SEARCH indicator appears. The indicator changes as follows: DATE SEARCH t PHOTO SEARCH t PHOTO SCAN t (no indicator) (4) Press . on the Remote Commander to search for the previous date or press > on the Remote Commander to search for the next date. Your camcorder automatically starts playback at the point where the date changes. Each time you press . or > your camcorder searches for the previous or next date. To stop searching Press x. 82