Recording to a VCR or Digital Video Device

You can copy your recordings by connecting the camcorder to a VCR or a digital video device. If you connect a digital video device, you can copy recordings with virtually no generation loss in image and sound quality.

Connecting the Devicesq Connecting a VCR

See Playing Back on a TV Screen ( 35).

w Connecting a Digital Video Device

Refer also to the instruction manual of the digital video device.

DV

Signal flow

Commercially available DV cable

Recording

CAMERA

PLAY (VCR)

CARD CAMERA

CARD PLAY

1.Set the camcorder to PLAY (VCR) mode and load a recorded cassette.

If you are connecting via AV terminal, check the setting ( 35).

2.Connected device: Load a blank cassette and set the device to record pause mode.

3.Locate the scene you wish to copy and pause playback shortly before the scene.

4.Play back the tape.

5.Connected device: Begin recording when the scene you wish to copy appears. Stop recording when copying is complete.

6.Stop playback.

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