Press SET/SELECT.
● Pressing D.SOUND starts playback of the currently selected sound effect. You can check it without recording it onto the tape. Press D.SOUND again to stop the sound effect playback midway.
NAVI STORE Button

VIDEO/MEMORY Switch

Power Switch

Lock Button

D.SOUND Button SNAPSHOT Button
INDEX/NAVI

MENU Button

Button

 

 

+, – Button

SET/SELECT Button

Recording Digital Sound Effects

The sound effects pre-stored in the provided memory card can be dubbed onto a tape.

1Load a cassette. ( pg. 15)

2Load the provided memory card. ( pg. 16)

3Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “VIDEO”.

4Set the Power Switch to “A” or “M” while pressing down the Lock Button located on the switch.

5Open the LCD monitor fully, or pull out the viewfinder fully.

6Press INDEX. The Index Screen for sound effects ( pg. 26) appears.

I NDEX

 

EXPLOS I ON

Selected Sound

S I REN

LAUGHTER

RACE CAR

DOOR BELL

BUZZER

FANFARE

7Press + or – to select the desired sound effect.

8

9Press D.SOUND during recording. The selected sound effect indication with a “ ” mark appears moving and the sound effect is recorded onto the tape.

●The sound effect cannot be heard from the speaker during recording. Connect a headphone to the headphone connector to hear the sound effect.

To cancel recording the sound effect midway...

Press D.SOUND again. The camcorder stops recording the sound effect and the sound effect indication disappears.

Downloading sound data from Web Site

You can download sound data available at our Web Site (see below for URL) and transfer them from your PC to the memory card using a USB cable to create more sound effects.

http://www.jvc-victor.co.jp/english/download/ d-sound/index.html

●You can also use the PC card adapter CU-VPSD60, floppy adapter CU-VFSD50 or USB reader/writer CU-VUSD70 to transfer sound data from a PC to the memory card.

●Sound data should be copied into the memory card’s DCSD\100JVCGR folder.

●The file names should be in numerical sequence starting from DVC00001.mp3. If you are using the provided memory card, file names should be from DVC00013.mp3 since 12 sound effects are pre- stored as DVC00001.mp3 through DVC00012.mp3.

NOTES:

●Sound effects can also be used for Audio Dubbing. ( pg. 56)

●Sound effects can also be selected during D.S.C. playback mode. ( pg. 25, 26)

●Sound effects created on a PC can be transferred to a memory card by copying them into the memory card’s sound folder with the specified file name. For details, refer to the instruction manual of the provided software. However, some sound (effects) created on a PC cannot be played back with this camcorder.

NAVIGATION Function

The Navigation Function helps you check tape contents by making thumbnail images on a memory card.