MENU/BRIGHT Wheel

Display

V I DEO MENU

1RE TURN

SOUND MODE

1 2B I T MODE

SYNCHRO + 1 . 0

REC MODE

COPY

Remote sensor

EN57

ADJUSTMENT OF VCR/CAMCORDER TIMING

4 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/BRIGHT. The Menu Screen appears.

5 Rotate MENU/BRIGHT to select “ ” and press it. “VIDEO MENU” appears. Then, rotate it to “SYNCHRO” and press it. The value for “SYNCHRO” is highlighted.

6 Based on the diagnostics performed ( pg. 56), you can now advance the VCR’s record timing by rotating MENU/BRIGHT towards “+”. You can also delay the VCR’s record timing by rotating MENU/BRIGHT towards ”. The adjustment range is from –1.3 to +1.3 seconds, in 0.1-second increments.

Press MENU/BRIGHT to finish the setting.

7 Rotate MENU/BRIGHT to select “1RETURN” and press it twice.

Now perform Random Assemble Editing beginning with step 4 on page 54.

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.

VCR

(Recording deck)

TV

R.A.EDIT

ON/OFF

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JVC GR-DVL309, GR-DVL109, GR-DVL108, GR-DVL308 EN57, Adjustment of VCR/CAMCORDER Timing, MENU/BRIGHT Wheel Display

GR-DVL109, GR-DVL309, GR-DVL308, GR-DVL108 specifications

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