Sony Handycam DCR-DVD7 - User Manual

Digital Video Camera Recorder
Operating Guide
2-597-462-11 (1)
© 2005 Sony Corporation
Recording/
Playback
Getting Started
16
30
Enjoying your
DVD Handycam
10
Playback on DVD devices
40
Using the recorded disc
46
Using the Setup items
48
Editing on DVD Handycam
66
Dubbing
72
Using a Computer
75
Troubleshooting
80
Additional Information
97
Easy
Handycam
25
DCR-DVD7

Summary

Getting Started

Step 1: Checking supplied items

List of items included with the camcorder.

Step 2: Charging the battery pack

Procedure for charging the camcorder's battery pack.

Step 3: Turning the power on, and holding your camcorder

Easy Handycam - using your camcorder with automatic settings

Operate your camcorder with ease

Simplified operation for beginners with automatic settings.

Recording with ease

Recording

Start recording.

Instructions on how to begin recording movies or still images.

Playback

Start playing back.

Instructions on how to start playing back recorded content.

To check the remaining battery

Making the disc compatible with DVD players or DVD drives (Finalizing)

Steps for finalizing

Step-by-step guide to finalize recorded discs for playback.

Deleting all of the scenes on the disc (Formatting)

Deleting all of the scenes on the disc (Formatting)

How to format discs to erase all content and prepare for reuse.

Editing the original data

Deleting images

Using a Computer

Installing the software

Troubleshooting

Overall operations;Easy Handycam

Solutions for general operational problems and Easy Handycam issues.

Disc

Recording

Warning indicators and messages

Self-diagnosis display;Warning indicators

Description of warning messages

Sony Handycam DCR-DVD7 Specifications

General

Effective Pixels (Video)	680K
Optical Zoom	10x
Digital Zoom	800x
Lens	Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar
Focus	Auto/Manual
Viewfinder	Color
Recording Format	MPEG2
Video Signal	NTSC
USB	Yes
Type	Camcorder
Recording Media	DVD-RW, DVD+RW
Image Sensor	CCD
Image Sensor Size	1/5.5"
LCD Screen Size	2.5 inch
Microphone	Stereo
Image Sensor Pixels	680, 000 pixels