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Adjustment of VCR‘s against Camcorder Timing

VCR

(Recording deck)

Select Dial

Lock!

Power Dial

 

M

A

5S

OFF

 

Y

 

A

 

L

 

P

 

Lock button

Display

 

48kHz MODE

FULL SOUND

 

32kHz MODE

SOUND1

4

SYNCHRO

 

0 . 0

 

DISPLAY

 

ON

 

TIMECODE

OFF

END

Playback Menu

48kHz MODE

FULL SOUND

32kHz MODE

SOUND1

4SYNCHRO

0 . 0

 

DISPLAY

ON

 

TIMECODE

OFF

END

 

 

MENU button

4 ACCESS PLAYBACK MENU

Point the remote control at the camcorder’s remote sensor and press R.A. EDIT ON/OFF to make the Random Assemble Editing menu disappear, then press MENU. The Playback Menu appears on the TV screen.

5 SELECT FUNCTION

Move the pointer and highlight bar to “SYNCHRO” by rotating the Select Dial, then press it. The value for “SYNCHRO” is high- lighted.

6 INPUT CORRECTION DATA

Based on the diagnostics performed (pg. 64), you can now increase the VCR’s speed by rotating the Select Dial upward. You can also slow down the VCR’s speed by rotating the Select Dial downward. The adjustment range is from –1.3 to +1.3 seconds, in 0.1-second increments.

7 CLOSE MENU

Press the Select Dial twice.

•Now perform Random Assemble Editing beginning with step 2 on page 61.

NOTES:

Before performing actual Random Assemble Editing, do a few Random Assemble Editing trial runs to check whether the value you have input is appropriate or not, and make adjustments accordingly.

Depending on the recorder, there may be situations where the timing difference cannot be fully corrected.

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JVC GR-DV808 manual Input Correction Data, Recording deck Select Dial

GR-DV808 specifications

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