Editing

You can use your VCR as the playback or recording VCR. You can use a camcorder as the playback VCR and your VCR as the recording VCR. Refer also to the other components’ instruction manuals for connection and its operations.

AMake connections

Example 1: When another VCR is VHS VCR

Example 3: When another VCR is S-VHS VCR and when using this VCR as the recording VCR

	This VCR (for recording)

To AUDIO input		To S-VIDEO input

	This VCR
To AUDIO/VIDEO IN	To AUDIO/VIDEO OUT

When using this VCR	When using this VCR
as the recording VCR,	as the playback VCR,
connect this VCR’s	connect this VCR’s
AUDIO/VIDEO IN	AUDIO/VIDEO OUT
connectors to the	connectors to the

Audio cable (not supplied)

To audio output

S-video cable (not supplied)

To S-video output

audio/video output

audio/video input

connectors on another

VCR.

To audio/video output

To audio/video input

Another VCR

●If another VCR is monaural, connect this VCR’s AUDIO L IN (or OUT) connector to the audio output (or input) connector on another VCR.

Example 2: When another VCR is S-VHS VCR and equipped with S-VIDEO input connector.

	This VCR (for playback)

To AUDIO OUT		To S-VIDEO OUT

Audio cable									S-video cable
(not supplied)									(not supplied)

To video input

To S-video input

Another VCR (for recording)

Another VCR (for playback)

BLoad cassettes

Insert the playback cassette into the playback VCR and the cassette to be recorded on into the recording VCR.

CSelect input mode on recording VCR

Select the correct external input on the recording VCR. On this VCR (when using this VCR as the recording VCR);

Select “F-1” — when connecting the other VCR to the audio/video input connectors on the front panel.

Press AUX or CHr/ton the Remote. Or on the VCR, press PAUSE[CH], and then FF[CH+] or REW[CH–]. See step 2 in “Basic Recording” ( pg. 9).

DSelect video input connector on recording VCR

When using this VCR as the recording VCR, select the appropriate mode ( pg. 12).

When using S-VIDEO input connector on the front panel, set “FRONT AUX INPUT” to “S-VIDEO”.

When using VIDEO input connector on the front panel, set

“FRONT AUX INPUT” to “VIDEO”.

ESelect edit mode

Set the edit mode to “ON” for the VCRs if such a mode is equipped.

●On this VCR, set “PICTURE CONTROL” to “EDIT” ( pg. 11).

FStart playback

Press PLAY (4) on the playback VCR.

GStart recording

Press REC (7) on the recording VCR.

Various connection for editing tapes

The following three methods can be used for editing tapes.

●VHS to S-VHS editing (VIDEO-VIDEO connection): Although the picture quality is inherently limited by the original VHS quality, the edited tape has better picture quality than those made by VHS-to-VHS editing.

●S-VHS to VHS editing (VIDEO-VIDEO connection): Since the original source is recorded in S-VHS mode, the edited tape has better picture quality than those made by VHS-to-VHS editing.

●S-VHS to S-VHS (S-VIDEO connection):

Original picture quality of S-VHS made can be duplicated with minimal picture degradation. This is the best editing method you can use on S-VHS VCRs.

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