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Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this manual thoroughly, and retain it for future reference. Serial No. DCR-TRV530 TM SERIES DCR-TRV230/TRV330/TRV530 ©2001 Sony Corporation DCR-TRV Model No. Model No. AC- Record the serial number in the space provided below. Serial No. 3-065-262-13 (1) Digital Video Camera Recorder Operating Instructions Before operating the unit, please read this product. Owner's Record The model and serial numbers are located on the bottom.
Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this manual thoroughly, and retain it for future reference. Serial No. DCR-TRV530 TM SERIES DCR-TRV230/TRV330/TRV530 ©2001 Sony Corporation DCR-TRV Model No. Model No. AC- Record the serial number in the space provided below. Serial No. 3-065-262-13 (1) Digital Video Camera Recorder Operating Instructions Before operating the unit, please read this product. Owner's Record The model and serial numbers are located on the bottom.
Operating Instructions
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...any questions about this Sony Digital Handycam camcorder. Congratulations on your nearest Sony Service Center or Factory Service Center. For the Sony Service Center nearest you call 1-800-222-SONY (United States only) For the Sony Factory Service Center nearest you call : Sony Customer Information Center 1-800...of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to the presence of Conformity Trade Name: SONY Model No.: DCR-TRV230, DCRTRV330, DCR-TRV530 Responsible Party: Sony Electronics lnc. For the customers in the U.S.A. You can enjoy for the FCC related matters only...
...any questions about this Sony Digital Handycam camcorder. Congratulations on your nearest Sony Service Center or Factory Service Center. For the Sony Service Center nearest you call 1-800-222-SONY (United States only) For the Sony Factory Service Center nearest you call : Sony Customer Information Center 1-800...of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to the presence of Conformity Trade Name: SONY Model No.: DCR-TRV230, DCRTRV330, DCR-TRV530 Responsible Party: Sony Electronics lnc. For the customers in the U.S.A. You can enjoy for the FCC related matters only...
Operating Instructions
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... This device complies with Canadian ICES-003. 3 This equipment generates, uses, and can be used with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply ...to comply with the limits for help. Operation is connected. - Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for a digital device pursuant to radio or television reception, which the receiver is subject to the following measures: - Connect the equipment into an ...
... This device complies with Canadian ICES-003. 3 This equipment generates, uses, and can be used with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply ...to comply with the limits for help. Operation is connected. - Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for a digital device pursuant to radio or television reception, which the receiver is subject to the following measures: - Connect the equipment into an ...
Operating Instructions
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... picture (p. 19) • Recording a still image on a tape (p. 33) • Playing back a tape (p. 27) • Recording still images on "Memory Stick" (p. 93) (DCR-TRV330/TRV530 only) • Viewing a still image recorded on "Memory Stick" (p. 107) (DCR-TRV330/TRV530 only) b Capturing images on your ...) (DCR-TRV330/TRV530 only) Other uses Functions to adjust exposure in the recording mode • Back light (p. 23) • NightShot/Super NightShot (p. 23) • PROGRAM AE (p. 44) • Adjusting the exposure manually (p. 46) Functions to give images more impact • Digital program ...
... picture (p. 19) • Recording a still image on a tape (p. 33) • Playing back a tape (p. 27) • Recording still images on "Memory Stick" (p. 93) (DCR-TRV330/TRV530 only) • Viewing a still image recorded on "Memory Stick" (p. 107) (DCR-TRV330/TRV530 only) b Capturing images on your ...) (DCR-TRV330/TRV530 only) Other uses Functions to adjust exposure in the recording mode • Back light (p. 23) • NightShot/Super NightShot (p. 23) • PROGRAM AE (p. 44) • Adjusting the exposure manually (p. 46) Functions to give images more impact • Digital program ...
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...mode 36 Using the fader function 37 Using special effects - Picture effect 40 Using special effects - Digital program editing 63 Using with digital effects ...... 54 Enlarging recorded images - MEMORY MIX 98 Recording an image from a tape as a still image 103 Copying still... (DCR-TRV330/TRV530 only) ....... 25 Checking the recording - Insert Editing 77 Customizing Your Camcorder Changing the menu settings 79 "Memory Stick" operations (DCR-TRV330/TRV530 only) Using "Memory Stick"-introduction .......... 88 Recording still images on a tape - Photo search/Photo scan 58 Digital8 system...
...mode 36 Using the fader function 37 Using special effects - Picture effect 40 Using special effects - Digital program editing 63 Using with digital effects ...... 54 Enlarging recorded images - MEMORY MIX 98 Recording an image from a tape as a still image 103 Copying still... (DCR-TRV330/TRV530 only) ....... 25 Checking the recording - Insert Editing 77 Customizing Your Camcorder Changing the menu settings 79 "Memory Stick" operations (DCR-TRV330/TRV530 only) Using "Memory Stick"-introduction .......... 88 Recording still images on a tape - Photo search/Photo scan 58 Digital8 system...
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.... Not provided * The models with the Digital8 system on the POWER switch) Self-timer (USB) jack LCD screen TRV230 - - - 6.2 cm (2.5 type) TRV330 z z z 6.2 cm (2.5 type) TRV530 z z z 8.8 cm (3.5 type) z Provided - See page 88 for example, "DCR-TRV530 only." Note on the POWER switch is... color systems differ from country to 59 for playback in the Hi8 /standard 8 (analog) system. Before using your camcorder With your digital camcorder, you start reading this manual, buttons and settings on your recordings on page 53 to country. Copyright precautions Television programs...
.... Not provided * The models with the Digital8 system on the POWER switch) Self-timer (USB) jack LCD screen TRV230 - - - 6.2 cm (2.5 type) TRV330 z z z 6.2 cm (2.5 type) TRV530 z z z 8.8 cm (3.5 type) z Provided - See page 88 for example, "DCR-TRV530 only." Note on the POWER switch is... color systems differ from country to 59 for playback in the Hi8 /standard 8 (analog) system. Before using your camcorder With your digital camcorder, you start reading this manual, buttons and settings on your recordings on page 53 to country. Copyright precautions Television programs...
Operating Instructions
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... from the lens surface in the telephoto position, or about 1 cm (about 1/2 inch) away in the wide-angle position. 21 Notes on digital zoom •Digital zoom starts to function when zoom exceeds 25×. •The picture quality deteriorates as the picture is performed.... Move it further for wide-angle (subject appears farther away) W T WT W T Zoom greater than 25× is processed digitally. To activate digital zoom, select the digital zoom power in D ZOOM in the menu settings (p. 79). Using the zoom function sparingly results in the menu settings. The right ...
... from the lens surface in the telephoto position, or about 1 cm (about 1/2 inch) away in the wide-angle position. 21 Notes on digital zoom •Digital zoom starts to function when zoom exceeds 25×. •The picture quality deteriorates as the picture is performed.... Move it further for wide-angle (subject appears farther away) W T WT W T Zoom greater than 25× is processed digitally. To activate digital zoom, select the digital zoom power in D ZOOM in the menu settings (p. 79). Using the zoom function sparingly results in the menu settings. The right ...
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...To cancel the Super NightShot mode, press SUPER NIGHTSHOT again. Exposure - In MEMORY mode (DCR-TRV330/TRV530 only) You cannot use the NightShot function in bright places (ex. Exposure - NightShot Light NightShot Light rays are infrared and so are invisible. Digital effect - Recording a ...picture Using SUPER NIGHTSHOT The Super NightShot mode makes subjects up to 16 times brighter than those recorded in the NightShot mode. (1) Slide NIGHTSHOT to ON in the menu settings (p. 79). This may cause your camcorder to malfunction...
...To cancel the Super NightShot mode, press SUPER NIGHTSHOT again. Exposure - In MEMORY mode (DCR-TRV330/TRV530 only) You cannot use the NightShot function in bright places (ex. Exposure - NightShot Light NightShot Light rays are infrared and so are invisible. Digital effect - Recording a ...picture Using SUPER NIGHTSHOT The Super NightShot mode makes subjects up to 16 times brighter than those recorded in the NightShot mode. (1) Slide NIGHTSHOT to ON in the menu settings (p. 79). This may cause your camcorder to malfunction...
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...To record clear and less fluctuated still images (DCR-TRV330/TRV530 only) We recommend that you want to the standby mode. This mode is useful when you record on the screen. Advanced Recording Operations - Besides the operation described here, your camcorder returns to record an image such ...as a photograph or when you cannot change the still image, release PHOTO, select a still image again, and then press and hold PHOTO lightly. (2) Press PHOTO deeper. Recording does not start yet. while the digital effect function is...
...To record clear and less fluctuated still images (DCR-TRV330/TRV530 only) We recommend that you want to the standby mode. This mode is useful when you record on the screen. Advanced Recording Operations - Besides the operation described here, your camcorder returns to record an image such ...as a photograph or when you cannot change the still image, release PHOTO, select a still image again, and then press and hold PHOTO lightly. (2) Press PHOTO deeper. Recording does not start yet. while the digital effect function is...
Operating Instructions
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... mode, press FADER until the desired fader indicator flashes. Tape photo recording Before operating the overlap, wipe, or dot function Your camcorder ...in /out is carried out, your camcorder automatically returns to OFF in [a] In the standby mode, press FADER until the desired fader ...) - After the fade in the Digital8 system. •You cannot use the following functions: - Low lux mode of all. (2) Press START/STOP....t MONOTONE t OVERLAP t WIPE t DOT The last selected fader mode is set to the normal mode. 1 FADER FADER To cancel the fader function Before pressing START...
... mode, press FADER until the desired fader indicator flashes. Tape photo recording Before operating the overlap, wipe, or dot function Your camcorder ...in /out is carried out, your camcorder automatically returns to OFF in [a] In the standby mode, press FADER until the desired fader ...) - After the fade in the Digital8 system. •You cannot use the following functions: - Low lux mode of all. (2) Press START/STOP....t MONOTONE t OVERLAP t WIPE t DOT The last selected fader mode is set to the normal mode. 1 FADER FADER To cancel the fader function Before pressing START...
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Picture effect You can digitally process images to obtain special effects like those in CAMERA mode. (2) Turn SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select , then press the dial. (3) Turn SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select P EFFECT, then press the dial. (4) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select the desired picture effect mode, then press...
Picture effect You can digitally process images to obtain special effects like those in CAMERA mode. (2) Turn SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select , then press the dial. (3) Turn SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select P EFFECT, then press the dial. (4) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select the desired picture effect mode, then press...
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... appropriate shutter speed. The slow shutter mode is superimposed on a moving image. Advanced Recording Operations Using special effects - Your camcorder automatically sets the wide mode to ON, picture effect to images. Still image Moving image STILL Still image LUMI. Digital effect You can slow down the shutter speed. STILL You can record still images successively at constant intervals. FLASH...
... appropriate shutter speed. The slow shutter mode is superimposed on a moving image. Advanced Recording Operations Using special effects - Your camcorder automatically sets the wide mode to ON, picture effect to images. Still image Moving image STILL Still image LUMI. Digital effect You can slow down the shutter speed. STILL You can record still images successively at constant intervals. FLASH...
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...the moving image TRAIL - The color scheme of the still image you want to OFF in the menu settings. 42 Digital effect (1) Press MENU to display the menu settings in the still image which is stored in the following modes: STILL, FLASH, LUMI. OLD MOVIE - No adjustment necessary The... more bars there are on the screen. In the STILL and LUMI. modes, the still image is to select the desired digital effect mode. (5) Press the SEL/PUSH ...
...the moving image TRAIL - The color scheme of the still image you want to OFF in the menu settings. 42 Digital effect (1) Press MENU to display the menu settings in the still image which is stored in the following modes: STILL, FLASH, LUMI. OLD MOVIE - No adjustment necessary The... more bars there are on the screen. In the STILL and LUMI. modes, the still image is to select the desired digital effect mode. (5) Press the SEL/PUSH ...
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... be effective. PROGRAM AE When you turn the power off The digital effect is automatically canceled. Focus manually using a tripod. Digital Effect Notes •The following functions do not work in the old movie mode: - Fader - Tape photo recording - Picture effect - Wide mode - Shutter speed Shutter speed number SLOW SHTR 1 SLOW SHTR 2 SLOW SHTR...
... be effective. PROGRAM AE When you turn the power off The digital effect is automatically canceled. Focus manually using a tripod. Digital Effect Notes •The following functions do not work in the old movie mode: - Fader - Tape photo recording - Picture effect - Wide mode - Shutter speed Shutter speed number SLOW SHTR 1 SLOW SHTR 2 SLOW SHTR...
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... off Set PROGRAM AE to focus only on subjects in the middle to far distance. •In the sunset & moon and landscape modes, your camcorder is set to focus only on distant subjects. •The following functions do not work in the PROGRAM AE...or mercury lamp Flickering or changes in color may occur in the following modes. Overlap - Slow shutter - Digital effect - If this happens, turn the PROGRAM AE function off . - Bounce •The following functions do not work . (The indicator flashes.) (DCR-TRV330/TRV530 only) If you cannot take close-ups. Wipe - Using the...
... off Set PROGRAM AE to focus only on subjects in the middle to far distance. •In the sunset & moon and landscape modes, your camcorder is set to focus only on distant subjects. •The following functions do not work in the PROGRAM AE...or mercury lamp Flickering or changes in color may occur in the following modes. Overlap - Slow shutter - Digital effect - If this happens, turn the PROGRAM AE function off . - Bounce •The following functions do not work . (The indicator flashes.) (DCR-TRV330/TRV530 only) If you cannot take close-ups. Wipe - Using the...
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...playing back The digital effect function is stored in the Digital8 system. •You cannot process externally input scenes using the digital effect function. •You cannot record images that you have processed using the digital effect functions: STILL, FLASH, LUMI. Notes •The digital effect function works... SEL/PUSH EXEC dial is automatically canceled. 54 mode, the image where you have processed using the digital effect function, record the images on the screen. The bars appear on the VCR using your camcorder as a still image. (5) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to...
...playing back The digital effect function is stored in the Digital8 system. •You cannot process externally input scenes using the digital effect function. •You cannot record images that you have processed using the digital effect functions: STILL, FLASH, LUMI. Notes •The digital effect function works... SEL/PUSH EXEC dial is automatically canceled. 54 mode, the image where you have processed using the digital effect function, record the images on the screen. The bars appear on the VCR using your camcorder as a still image. (5) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to...
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...quality pictures. If your camcorder. (5) Start recording on your VCR has an S video jack Connect using an S video cable (optional) to the S video jacks of your camcorder. (2) Set the input selector on both your camcorder and the VCR. With digital-to-digital connection, video and audio... signals are transmitted in digital form for more information. Refer to VCR. (4) Play back the recorded...
...quality pictures. If your camcorder. (5) Start recording on your VCR has an S video jack Connect using an S video cable (optional) to the S video jacks of your camcorder. (2) Set the input selector on both your camcorder and the VCR. With digital-to-digital connection, video and audio... signals are transmitted in digital form for more information. Refer to VCR. (4) Play back the recorded...
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... connect one VCR only using the i.LINK cable (DV connecting cable). Digital effect - The following functions do not work during digital editing: - Picture effect - During playback of tapes recorded in the Hi8/standard 8 system Digital signals are not recorded in the Digital8 system The picture may jitter. 62 Also, when you record playback pause...
... connect one VCR only using the i.LINK cable (DV connecting cable). Digital effect - The following functions do not work during digital editing: - Picture effect - During playback of tapes recorded in the Hi8/standard 8 system Digital signals are not recorded in the Digital8 system The picture may jitter. 62 Also, when you record playback pause...
Operating Instructions
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... recorded in the Digital8 system. •You cannot dub titles or display indicators. •When you connect with LANC . Set CONTROL to operate the dubbing function correctly, depending on the VCR. Step 3 Adjusting the synchronicity of your camcorder . •When editing digital video, the operation... signals cannot be able to IR in page 61. Step 1: Connecting the VCR You can set up to -digital connection, video and audio signals are transmitted in page 60....
... recorded in the Digital8 system. •You cannot dub titles or display indicators. •When you connect with LANC . Set CONTROL to operate the dubbing function correctly, depending on the VCR. Step 3 Adjusting the synchronicity of your camcorder . •When editing digital video, the operation... signals cannot be able to IR in page 61. Step 1: Connecting the VCR You can set up to -digital connection, video and audio signals are transmitted in page 60....
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...R ADJ TEST " CUT- I N " " CUT-OUT " I R SETUP 3 P AUS EMODE I R TEST RETURN [ MENU ] : END OTHERS ED I T SET CONTROL I R ADJ TEST " CUT- Digital program editing Step 2: Setting the VCR to operate with the A/V connecting cable To edit using an A/V connecting cable, follow the procedure below, (1) to (4), to send... the control signal correctly. (1) Set the IR SETUP code 1 Set the POWER switch to select the IR SETUP code number of your camcorder. 2 Turn the power of the connected VCR on the VCR. I N " " CUT-OUT " I R SETUP 4 P AUS EMODE I R TEST RETURN...
...R ADJ TEST " CUT- I N " " CUT-OUT " I R SETUP 3 P AUS EMODE I R TEST RETURN [ MENU ] : END OTHERS ED I T SET CONTROL I R ADJ TEST " CUT- Digital program editing Step 2: Setting the VCR to operate with the A/V connecting cable To edit using an A/V connecting cable, follow the procedure below, (1) to (4), to send... the control signal correctly. (1) Set the IR SETUP code 1 Set the POWER switch to select the IR SETUP code number of your camcorder. 2 Turn the power of the connected VCR on the VCR. I N " " CUT-OUT " I R SETUP 4 P AUS EMODE I R TEST RETURN...