EDITING EN 37

Dubbing To Or From A VCR

To use this camcorder as a player

1 Following the illustrations, connect the camcorder and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the VCR.

 

 

 

 

 

2 Start playback on the camcorder. ( pg. 17)

 

 

 

 

 

3 At the point you want to start dubbing, start recording

 

 

To S/AV

 

 

on the VCR. (Refer to the VCR’s instruction manual.)

 

 

 

 

4 To stop dubbing, stop recording on the VCR, then stop

 

connector

 

Open the cover.

 

 

 

 

playback on the camcorder.

 

 

 

 

 

S/AV/Editing cable

 

mark

NOTES:

 

(provided)

 

 

● It is recommended to use the AC Adapter as the power

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

supply instead of the battery pack. ( pg. 11)

 

 

 

 

 

● To choose whether or not the following displays appear on

 

 

 

 

 

the connected TV

 

 

 

 

 

• Date/time

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Set “DATE/TIME” to “AUTO”, “ON” or “OFF”.

( pg. 27, 31) Or, press DISPLAY on the remote control

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to turn on/off the date indication.

 

 

 

 

 

• Time code

 

 

 

 

 

Set “TIME CODE” to “OFF” or “ON”. ( pg. 27, 31)

 

“Y/C”/“CVBS”

 

Cable Adapter*

• Indications other than date/time and time code

 

 

Set “ON SCREEN” to “OFF”, “LCD” or “LCD/TV”.

Video Out Select

 

 

( pg. 27, 31)

 

 

Switch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To VCR

TV

VCR

A Not connected

B To S-VIDEO IN or OUT**

C Yellow to VIDEO IN or OUT

D Red to AUDIO R IN or OUT

E White to AUDIO L IN or OUT

*If your VCR has a SCART connector, use the provided cable adapter. (The provided cable adapter accepts only output signals from this camcorder. To use this camcorder as a recorder, use a commercially available cable adapter.)

**Connect when your TV/VCR has an S-VIDEO IN/OUT connector. In this case, it is not necessary to connect the yellow video cable.

NOTE:

Set the video out select switch of the cable adapter as required:

Y/C: When connecting to a TV or VCR which accepts Y/C signals and uses an S-Video cable.

CVBS: When connecting to a TV or VCR which does not accept Y/C signals and uses an audio/video cable.

To use this camcorder as a recorder (GR-D231/230 only)

1 Following the illustrations, connect the camcorder and the VCR.

2 Set “REC MODE” to “SP” or “LP”. ( pg. 27)

3 Set the camcorder’s Power Switch to “PLAY”.

4 Set “S/AV INPUT” to “A/V.IN” or “S.IN”*. ( pg. 27, 30)

*Select “S.IN” when using S-VIDEO OUT connector on your TV/VCR.

5 Press the Recording Start/Stop Button to engage the Record-Pause mode.

●The “ A/V.IN ” or “ S.IN ” indication appears on the screen.

6 Start playback on the player.

7 At the point you want to start dubbing, press the Recording Start/Stop Button to start dubbing. The indication rotates.

8 Press the Recording Start/Stop Button again to stop

dubbing. The indication stops rotating.

NOTES:

●After dubbing, set “S/AV INPUT” back to “OFF”.

●Analogue signals can be converted to digital signals with this procedure.

●It is also possible to dub from another camcorder.