Canon MVX-45i, MVX40i RecordingEditingto a VCR or Digital Video Device, Connecting the Devices

RecordingEditingto 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.

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Connecting the Devices

Connecting a VCR

See Playing Back on a TV Screen ( 41).

Connecting a Digital Video Device

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

			Digital video device
			(e.g. camcorder)
		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 ( 41).

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.

We recommend powering the camcorder from a household power source.

When connecting a VCR, the quality of the edited tape will be slightly lower than that of the original.

When connecting a digital video device:

-If the picture does not appear, reconnect the DV cable or turn the camcorder off and back on again.

-Proper operation cannot be guaranteed for all digital video devices equipped with a DV terminal. If operation does not work, use the S-video or AV terminal.

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