Manual Assembly Editing

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Tip:

If you play the 8mm tape too far, you can Rewind it and then play back to your Begin or End point.

You can also Pause the 8mm deck, and then press the Begin or End key. However, Automatic Assembly Editing works best when you do as little "fine- tuning" of your tape location as possible. Try to avoid playing and backing up too much, and your edit points will be much more accurate.

The Scene List number will automatically move to Scene 2. Repeat the above procedure to program the beginning and end of the scene with Josh opening his tool kit.

The Scene List number will automatically move to Scene 3. Now, if you want to, you can move the 8mm tape forward to Tape Counter position 00:11:06 and begin programming the third scene, of the kids eating birthday cake. However, there’s a short cut. Press the Scene key to move the Scene List number to Scene 4. Now, you can program the begin- ning and end of Scene 4, of the kids playing with the toys. You’re already at the ‘begin’ point, because you’re going to begin Scene 4 where Scene 2 left off.

When you finish programming Scene 4, press the Scene key repeatedly until you get back to Scene List number 3. Now, Play or Fast-Forward to the scene with the kids eating birthday cake, and program that scene.

You’ve programmed all four scenes. Now, press Stop to stop the 8mm deck, then press the Copy Tape key. The 8mm/VHS Dual-Deck VCR will automatically copy Scene 1 (opening the toy car), then Scene 2 (opening the tool kit), then Scene 3 (eating cake), then Scene 4 (playing with toys).

Tip:

You might find manual editing easier if you change the RECORD SOURCE in the VHS Menu to 8mm, change AUTO PLAY/REW in the AUTO FEATURES MENU to OFF, and perform your edit with the On Screen Display turned on.

You can also do assembly editing manually on the 8mm/VHS Dual-Deck VCR. Let’s say that you have a scene of all the kids leaving the birthday party, but this scene is on a different 8mm tape. Here’s how you would add that scene to the end of the VHS tape you just made:

1.Insert the 8mm tape with the new scene, and the VHS tape of the birthday party.

2.Make sure the VHS deck is the active deck (check the front panel indicator light, and press 8mm/VHS if you need to switch deck control).

3.Play the VHS tape to the last frame of the last scene,

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