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Connect your camcorder to your TV with the A/V connecting cable supplied with your
camcorder to watch playback picture on the TV screen. You can operate the video
control buttons in the same way as when you monitor playback pictures on the screen.
When monitoring playback pictures on the TV screen, we recommend that you power
your camcorder from a wall outlet using the AC power adaptor (p. 19). Refer to the
operating instructions of your TV.

Open the jack cover. Connect your camcorder to the TV with the A/V connecting cable
supplied with your camcorder. Then, set the TV/VCR selector on the TV to VCR.

Connect your camcorder to the LINE IN input on the VCR by using the A/V connecting
cable supplied with your camcorder. Set the input selector on the VCR to LINE.

Connect the yellow plug of the A/V connecting cable to the video input jack and the
white or the red plug to the audio input jack on the VCR or the TV. If you connect the
white plug, the sound is L (left) signal. If you connect the red plug, the sound is R
(right) signal.

If your TV has an S video jack
Pictures can be reproduced more faithfully by using an S video cable (optional). With
this connection, you do not need to connect the yellow (video) plug of the A/V
connecting cable. Connect the S video cable (optional) to the S video jacks on both your
camcorder and the TV.
This connection produces higher quality DV format pictures.

To display the screen indicators on TV
Set DISPLAY to V-OUT/LCD in the menu settings (p. 217).
Then, press DISPLAY/TOUCH PANEL on your camcorder. To turn the screen
indicators off, press DISPLAY/TOUCH PANEL on your camcorder again.

TV

S VIDEO

AUDIO/VIDEO

S VIDEO

VIDEO

AUDIO

IN

: Signal flow

Yellow

White

Red

A/V connecting cable (supplied)

You can record still images on a “Memory Stick” in the tape recording or tape recording
standby. You can also record still images on a tape (p. 51).
Before operation
•Insert a “Memory Stick” into your camcorder.
•Set PHOTO REC in 

 to MEMORY in the menu settings (The default setting is

MEMORY).

(1) In the standby, keep pressing PHOTO lightly until a still image appears. The

CAPTURE indicator appears. Recording does not start yet. To change from the
selected still image to another image, release PHOTO once and press it lightly
again.

(2) Press PHOTO deeper.

Recording is complete when the bar scroll indicator disappears.
The image while pressing the button deeply is recorded on the “Memory
Stick.”

Notes
•When recording a still image, do not shake your camcorder. If you do so, the image

may flutter.

•You cannot record still images on a “Memory Stick” during following operations

( The 

 indicator flashes on the screen.):

– Wide mode
– Fader
– Picture effect
– Digital effect
– MEMORY MIX

“Memory Stick”
For details, see page 126 for more information.

PHOTO

PHOTO

1 / 6

CAPTURE

SFN

640

SFN

640

[a] : Number of the recorded images
[b] : Approximate number of the images that can be recorded on the “Memory Stick”

Image size of still images
Image size is automatically set to 640 

× 480.

When you want to record still images in different size, use the Memory Photo recording
(p. 135).

When the POWER switch is set to CAMERA
You cannot select image quality.
The image quality when you set the POWER switch to MEMORY/NETWORK (DCR-
TRV950 only) is used. (The default setting is SUPER FINE).

During and after recording still images on a “Memory Stick”
Your camcorder continues recording on tape.

When you press PHOTO on the Remote Commander
Your camcorder immediately records the image that is on the screen when you press
the button.

To record still images on a “Memory Stick” during tape recording
You cannot check an image on the screen by pressing PHOTO lightly. The image when
you press PHOTO will be recorded on the “Memory Stick.”

To record images with higher quality
We recommend that you use the Memory Photo recording (p. 135).

Title
The title cannot be recorded.

The flash pops up automatically. The default setting is auto (no indicator). To change
the flash mode, press   (flash) repeatedly until the flash mode indicator appears on the
screen.

Each press of   (flash) changes the indicator as follows:

 t   t 

 t (no indicator)

 Auto red-eye reduction: The flash fires before recording to reduce red-eye.

 Forced flash:

The flash fires regardless of the surrounding brightness.

 No flash:

The flash does not fire.

The flash is automatically adjusted to the appropriate brightness. You can also change
FLASH LVL to the desired brightness in the menu settings (p. 208). Try recording
various images to find the most appropriate setting for FLASH LVL.

Notes
•Attaching the lens hood  or a conversion lens (optional) may block the light from the

flash or cause lens shadow to appear.

•You cannot use an external flash (optional) and the built-in flash at the same time.
•

 (auto red-eye reduction) may not produce the desired effect depending on

individual differences, the distance to the subject, the subject not looking at the pre-
recording flash or other conditions.

•A flash effect cannot be obtained easily when you use forced flash in a bright location.
•When recording with the flash, it takes longer to prepare for image capture. This is

because your camcorder starts to charge power for firing after the flash pops up.
Darken the surroundings by covering the lens, and press PHOTO lightly so that your
camcorder starts to charge power after the flash pops up.

•If it is not easy to focus on the subject automatically, for example, when recording in

the dark, use the focal distance information (p. 77) for focusing manually.

When the flashlight does not reach to the subject
The color of the image may change.

If you leave your camcorder for five or more minutes after removing the power
supply
Your camcorder returns to the default setting (auto).