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When you dub a picture in digital form
The color of the display may be uneven. However, this does not affect the dubbed
picture.

If you record playback pause picture with the   DV IN/OUT jack
The recorded picture becomes rough. And when you play back the picture using your
camcorder, the picture may jitter.

Before recording
Make sure if the DV IN indicator appears on the screen. The DV IN indicator may
appear on both equipment.

You can insert a new scene from a VCR onto your originally recorded tape by
specifying the insert start and end points. Use the Remote Commander for this
operation. Connections are the same as on page 80 or 81.
Insert a cassette containing the desired scene to insert into the VCR.

[A]: A tape that contains the scene to be superimposed
[B]: A tape before editing
[C]: A tape after editing

(1) Set the POWER switch to VCR on your camcorder.
(2) On the connected VCR, locate just before the insert start point [a], then press X

to set the VCR to the playback pause mode.

(3) On your camcorder, locate the insert end point [c] by pressing m or M.

Then press X to set it to the playback pause mode.

(4) Press ZERO SET MEMORY on the Remote Commander.  The ZERO SET

MEMORY indicator flashes and the end point of the insert is stored in
memory. The tape counter shows “0:00:00.”

(5) On your camcorder, locate the insert start point [b] by pressing m, then press

z

 REC and the button on its right simultaneously.

(6) First press X on the VCR, and after a few seconds press X on your camcorder

to start inserting the new scene.
Inserting automatically stops near the zero point on the tape counter. Your
camcorder automatically returns to the recording pause mode.

0:00:00

ZERO SET

MEMORY

ZERO SET

MEMORY

REC

Press ZERO SET MEMORY again after step 5 to erase the ZERO SET MEMORY
indicator and begin from step 3.

Note
The picture and sound recorded on the portion between the insert start and end points
will be erased when you insert the new scene.

If you insert scenes on the tape recorded with other camcorder (including other
DCR-TRV15/TRV17)
The picture and sound may be distorted. We recommend that you insert scenes on a
tape recorded with your camcorder.

When the inserted picture is played back
The picture and sound may be distorted at the end of the inserted portion. This is not a
malfunction.
The picture and sound at the start point and the end point may be distorted in the LP
mode.

To insert a scene without setting the insert end point
Skip steps 3 and 4. Press x when you want to stop inserting.

You can record an audio sound to add to the original sound on a tape by connecting
audio equipment or a microphone. If you connect the audio equipment, you can add
sound to your recorded tape by specifying starting and ending points. The original
sound will not be erased.
Select one of the following connections to add an audio sound.

You can check the recorded picture and sound by connecting your camcorder to a TV
with the A/V connecting cable.
The recorded sound is not output from a speaker. Check the sound by using the TV or
headphones.

Intelligent Accessory Shoe

Microphone (optional)

: Signal flow

MIC
(PLUG IN
POWER)

Microphone (optional)

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No connection is necessary.

Note
When dubbing with the AUDIO/VIDEO jack or the built-in microphone, pictures are
not output through S VIDEO jack or the AUDIO/VIDEO jack. Check the recorded
picture on the screen. You can check the recorded sound by using headphones.

If you make all the connections
The audio input to be recorded will take precedence over others in the following order.
•MIC (PLUG IN POWER) jack
•Intelligent accessory shoe
•AUDIO/VIDEO jack
•Built-in microphone

LINE OUT

L

R

AUDIO L

AUDIO R

AUDIO/
VIDEO

Audio equipment

Do not connect the
video (yellow) plug.

: Signal flow

White

Red

(1) Insert the recorded tape into your camcorder.
(2) Set the POWER switch to VCR on your camcorder.
(3) Locate the recording start point by pressing N on the Remote Commander.

Then press X at the point where you want to start recording to set your
camcorder to the playback pause mode.

(4) Press AUDIO DUB. The green 

X

 indicator appears on the screen.

(5) Press X on your camcorder and start playing back the audio you want to

record at the same time.
The new sound is recorded in stereo 2 (ST2) during playback.

(6) Press x on your camcorder at the point where you want to stop recording.

Adjust the balance between the original sound (ST1) and the new sound (ST2) by
selecting AUDIO MIX in 

 in the menu settings (p. 98).

Five minutes after when you disconnect the power source or remove the battery pack,
the setting of AUDIO MIX returns to the original sound (ST1) only. The default setting
is original sound only.

VCR  SET

H i F i  SOUND
AUD I O  M I X
A / V  DV  OUT
  RETURN

 [MENU] : END

ST1

ST2

Notes
• New sound cannot be recorded on a tape already recorded in the 16-bit mode (32 kHz,

44.1 kHz or 48 kHz) (p. 101).

• New sound cannot be recorded on a tape already recorded in the LP mode (p. 101).
• You cannot add audio with the   DV IN/OUT jack.
• You cannot add audio on the blank portion of the tape.

If an i.LINK cable (DV connecting cable) (optional) is connected to your camcorder
You cannot add a sound to a recorded tape.

To add new sound more precisely
Press ZERO SET MEMORY on the Remote Commander at the point where you want to
stop recording later in the playback mode.
Carry out steps 3 to 5. Recording automatically stops at the point where ZERO SET
MEMORY was pressed.

We recommend that you add new sound on a tape recorded with your camcorder
If you add new sound on a tape recorded with another camcorder (including other
DCR-TRV15/TRV17), the sound quality may become worse.

If you set the write-protect tab of the tape to lock
You cannot record on a tape. Slide the write-protect tab to release the write protection.

If you use a tape with cassette memory, you can superimpose the title. When
you play back the tape, the title is displayed for five seconds from the point
where you superimposed it.

You can select one of eight preset titles and two custom titles (p. 92). You can also select
the color, size and position of titles.

(1) In CAMERA or VCR mode, press MENU to display the menu.
(2) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select 

 in the menu settings, then press

the dial.

(3) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select TITLE then press the dial.
(4) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select 

, then press the dial.

(5) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select the desired title, then press the dial.

The title flashes.

(6) Change the color, size, or position, if necessary.

1

Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select the COLOR, SIZE or POSITION,
then press the dial. The item appears.

2

Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select the desired item, then press the
dial.

3

Repeat steps 1 and 2 until the title is laid out as desired.

(7) Press the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial again to complete the setting.

In the recording, playback or playback pause mode:
The “TITLE SAVE” indicator appears on the screen for five seconds and the
title is set.
In the standby mode:
The “TITLE” indicator appears.  And when you press START/STOP to start
recording,  “TITLE SAVE” appears on the screen for five seconds and the title
is set.

PRESET  TITLE

HELLO!
HAPPY  BIRTHDAY
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
CONGRATULATIONS!
OUR  SWEET BABY
WEDDING
VACATION
THE  END

 [MENU] : END

PRESET  TITLE

HELLO!
HAPPY  BIRTHDAY
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
CONGRATULATIONS!
OUR  SWEET BABY
WEDDING
VACATION
THE  END
  RETURN

 [MENU] : END

PRESET  TITLE

HELLO!
HAPPY  BIRTHDAY
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
CONGRATULATIONS!
OUR  SWEET BABY
WEDDING
VACATION
THE  END
  RETURN

 [MENU] : END

TITLE

VACATION

 [EXEC] : SAVE  [MENU] : END

SIZE

SMALL

 [EXEC] : SAVE  [MENU] : END

T I T L E

VACATION

SIZE

LARGE

VACATION

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If you set the write-protect tab to lock
You cannot superimpose or erase the title. Slide the write-protect tab to release the write
protection.

To use the custom title
If you want to use the custom title, select 

 in step 4.

If the tape has a blank portion
You cannot superimpose a title on the portion.

If the tape has a blank portion in the middle of the recorded parts
The title may not be displayed correctly.

The titles superimposed with your camcorder
•They are displayed by only the DV 

 format video equipment with index titler

function.

•The point you superimposed the title may be detected as an index signal when

searching a recording with other video equipment.

If the tape has too many index signals
You may not be able to superimpose a title because the memory is full. In this case,
delete data you do not need.

Not to display titles
Set TITLE DSPL to OFF in the menu settings (p. 100).

Title setting
•The title color changes as follows:

WHITE 

y YELLOW y VIOLET y RED y CYAN y GREEN y BLUE

•The title size changes as follows:

SMALL 

y LARGE

You cannot input 13 characters or more for a LARGE size.

•If you select the title size “SMALL,” you have 9 choices for the title position.

If you select the title size “LARGE,” you have 8 choices for the title position.

One cassette can have up to about 20 titles, if one title consists of five characters
However, if the cassette memory is full with date, photo and cassette label data, one
cassette can have only up to about 11 titles with five characters each.
Cassette memory capacity is as follows:
•6 date data (maximum)
•12 photo data (maximum)
•1 cassette label (maximum)

The cassette memory is full. If you erase the title in the cassette, you can label it.

(1) Set the POWER switch to CAMERA or VCR, and then press MENU to display

the menu.

(2) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select 

 in the menu setting, then press the

dial.

(3) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select TITLEERASE, then press the dial.

Title erase display appears.

(4) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select the title you want to erase, then press

the dial.
“ERASE OK ?” indicator appears.

(5) Make sure the title is the one you want to erase, and turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC

dial to select OK, then press the dial. OK changes to EXECUTE.

(6) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select EXECUTE, then press the dial.

ERASING indicator flashes, then COMPLETE indicator appears.

Select RETURN in step 6.

MENU

CM  SET

T I TLE
T I TLEERASE
T I TLE  DSPL
CM  SEARCH
TAPE  T I TLE
ERASE  ALL
  RETURN

 [MENU] : END

CM  SET

T I TLE
T I TLEERASE
T I TLE  DSPL
CM  SEARCH
TAPE  T I TLE
ERASE  ALL
  RETURN

 [MENU] : END

TITLE ERASE

1   HELLO !
2   CONGRATULAT I ONS !
3   HAPPY  NEW  YEAR !
4   PRESENT
5   GOOD  MORN I NG
6   WEDD I NG

 [MENU] : END

T I TLE  ERASE

4   PRESENT

  ERASE  OK ?

RETURN
OK

 [MENU] : END

READY

You can make up to two titles and store them in cassette memory. Each title can
have up to 20 characters.

Press MENU to display the menu in CAMERA or VCR mode.

Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select 

, then press the dial.

Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select TITLE, then press the dial.

Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select 

, then press the dial.

Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select the first line (CUSTOM1 SET) or
second line (CUSTOM2 SET), then press the dial.

Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select the column of the desired character,
then press the dial.

Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select the desired character, then press the
dial.

Repeat steps 6 and 7 until you have selected all characters and completed the
title.

To finish making your own titles, turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select
[SET], then press the dial.

(10) Press MENU to make the title menu disappear.

1

2

3

4

TITLE  SET

CUSTOM1 SET
CUSTOM2 SET

 [MENU] : END

TITLE  SET

CUSTOM1 SET
CUSTOM2 SET
  RETURN

 [MENU] : END

PRESET  TITLE

HELLO!
HAPPY  BIRTHDAY
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
CONGRATULATIONS!
OUR  SWEET BABY
WEDDING
VACATION
THE  END

 [MENU] : END

TITLE  SET

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

 [MENU] : END

TITLE  SET

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

 [MENU] : END

TITLE  SET

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

 [MENU] : END

TITLE  SET

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

 [MENU] : END

TITLE  SET

S – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

 [MENU] : END

TITLE  SET

CUSTOM1 SET
CUSTOM2 SET
  RETURN

 [MENU] : END

In step 5, select CUSTOM1 SET or CUSTOM2 SET, depending on which title you want
to change, then press the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial. Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to
select [

C], then press the dial to delete the title. The last character is erased. Enter the

new title as desired.

If you take five minutes or longer to enter characters in the standby mode while a
cassette is in your camcorder
The power automatically goes off. The characters you have entered remain stored in
memory. Set the POWER switch to OFF (CHG) once and then to CAMERA again, then
proceed from step 1.
We recommend setting the POWER switch to VCR or removing the cassette so that
your camcorder does not automatically turn off while you are entering title characters.

To delete the title
Select [

C]. The last character is erased.

To enter a space
Select [Z&  ?!], then select the blank part.

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If you use a tape with cassette memory, you can label a cassette. The label can
consist of up to 10 characters and is stored in cassette memory. When you insert
the labelled cassette and turn the power on, the label is displayed for about five
seconds.

(1) Insert the cassette you want to label.
(2) Set the POWER switch to VCR.
(3) Press MENU to display the menu.
(4) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select 

, then press the dial.

(5) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select TAPE TITLE, then press the dial. Tape

title display appears.

(6) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select the column of the desired character,

then press the dial.

(7) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select the desired character, then press the

dial.

(8) Repeat steps 6 and 7 until you finish the label.
(9) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select [SET], then press the dial.

The label is stored in memory.

CM  SET

T I TLE
T I TLEERASE
T I TLE  DSPL
CM  SEARCH
TAPE  T I TLE
ERASE  ALL

 [MENU] : END

TAPE  T I TLE

 [MENU] : END

TAPE  T I TLE

 [MENU] : END

TAPE  T I TLE
M

 [MENU] : END

TAPE  T I TLE

 [MENU] : END

MENU

CM  SET

T I TLE
T I TLEERASE
T I TLE  DSPL
CM  SEARCH
TAPE  T I TLE
ERASE  ALL

 [MENU] : END

TAPE  T I TLE

 [MENU] : END

In step 6 turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select [

C], then press the dial. The last

character is erased.

Insert the cassette to change the label, and operate in the same way to make a new label.

If you set the write-protect tab of the tape to lock
You cannot label the tape. Slide the write-protect tab to release the write protection.

The cassette memory is full. If you erase the title in the cassette, you can label it.

If you have superimposed titles in the cassette
When the label is displayed, up to four titles also appear.

When the “-----” indicator has fewer than 10 spaces
The cassette memory is full.
The “-----” indicates the number of characters you can select for the label.

To enter a space
Select [Z&  ?!], then select the blank part.

To change the mode settings in the menu settings, select the menu items with the SEL/
PUSH EXEC dial. The factory settings can partially changed. First, select the icon, then
the menu item and then the mode.

(1) In CAMERA, MEMORY (DCR-TRV17 only) or VCR mode, press MENU.
(2) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select the desired icon, then press the dial to

set.

(3) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select the desired item, then press the dial to

set.

(4) Turn the SEL/PUSH EXEC dial to select the desired mode, then press the dial

to set.

(5) If you want to change other items, select 

 RETURN and press the dial, then

repeat steps 2 to 4.

For details, see “Selecting the mode setting of each item” (p. 97).

CAMERA

MANUAL  SET

PROGRAM  AE
P  EFFECT
D  EFFECT
WHT  BAL
AUTO  SHTR

 [MENU] : END

VCR

MANUAL  SET

P  EFFECT
D  EFFECT

 [MENU] : END

MEMORY

MANUAL  SET

PROGRAM  AE
WHT  BAL

 [MENU] : END

MANUAL  SET

PROGRAM  AE
P  EFFECT

OTHERS

WORLD TIME
BEEP

0  HR

OTHERS

WORLD TIME
BEEP
COMMANDER
DISPLAY
REC  LAMP
  RETURN

ON
OFF

MENU

OTHERS

WORLD TIME
BEEP
COMMANDER
DISPLAY
REC  LAMP

OTHERS

WORLD TIME
BEEP
COMMANDER
DISPLAY
REC  LAMP
  RETURN

ON

OTHERS

WORLD TIME
BEEP
COMMANDER
DISPLAY
REC  LAMP
  RETURN

OFF

OTHERS

WORLD TIME
BEEP
COMMANDER
DISPLAY
REC  LAMP
  RETURN

0  HR

OTHERS

WORLD TIME
BEEP
COMMANDER
DISPLAY
REC  LAMP
  RETURN

ON
OFF

(DCR-TRV17 only)

Press MENU.

MANUAL SET
CAMERA SET
VCR SET
LCD/VF SET
MEMORY SET (DCR-TRV17 only)
PRINT SET (DCR-TRV17 only)
CM SET
TAPE SET

 

SETUP MENU
OTHERS

z

 is the default setting.

Menu items differ depending on the position of the POWER switch. The screen shows
only the items you can operate at the moment.

  —

  —

   —

   —

z

ON

OFF

z

OFF

ON

z

OFF

20

×

120

×

z

OFF

ON

z

ON

OFF

z

ON

OFF

To suit your specific shooting requirement
(p. 49)

To add special effects like those in films or on
the TV to images (p. 45, 57).

To add special effects using the various digital
functions (p. 46, 58)

To adjust the white balance (p. 41).

To automatically activate the electronic shutter
when shooting in bright conditions.

Not to automatically activate the electronic
shutter even when shooting in bright conditions.

Not to use the self-timer function

To use the self-timer function

To deactivate the digital zoom. Up to 10

×

 zoom

is carried out.

To activate the digital zoom. More than 10

×

 to

20

×

 zoom is performed digitally (p. 24).

To activate the digital zoom. More than 10

×

 to

120

×

 zoom is performed digitally (p. 24).

—

To record a 16:9 wide picture (p. 42).

To compensate for camera-shake.

To cancel the SteadyShot function. Natural
pictures are produced when shooting a
stationary object with a tripod.

To use the NightShot Light function (p. 27).

To cancel the NightShot Light function.

CAMERA
MEMORY

VCR
CAMERA

VCR
CAMERA

CAMERA
MEMORY

CAMERA

CAMERA

CAMERA

CAMERA

CAMERA
MEMORY

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CAMERA
MEMORY