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USING THE REMOTE CONTROL UNIT (cont.)

Display

6e Audio Dub

Standby mode

POWER Switch

Lock Button

Speaker

Stereo microphone

Remote sensor

External microphone input connector

Located beneath the cover.

AV OUT (headphone) connector

DISPLAY

A.DUB

PLAY

PAUSE

STOP

Audio Dubbing

The audio track can be customized only when recorded in the 12-bit mode ( pg. 23).

NOTES:

●Audio Dubbing is not possible on a tape recorded in16-bit audio, on a tape recorded in the LP mode or on a blank portion of a tape.

●To perform Audio Dubbing while watching on the television, make connections ( pg. 38).

1 Play back the tape to locate the point where editing will start, then press PAUSE (6).

2 While holding A.DUB (e) on the remote control, press PAUSE (6). “6e” appears.

3 Press PLAY (4) , then begin “narrating”. Speak into the microphone.

•To pause dubbing, press PAUSE (6).4 To end Audio Dubbing, press PAUSE (6), then STOP (5).To hear the dubbed sound during playback . . ..... set “12BIT MODE” to “SOUND 2” or “MIX” in theMenu Screen ( pg. 35, 36).

NOTES:

●Audio dubbing is also possible using an optional microphone connected to the MIC connector on the Docking Station.

●Sound is not heard from the speaker during Audio Dubbing. To hear sound, connect optional headphones to the AV OUT connector.

●While an optional microphone is connected, the built-in microphone is disabled.

●When editing onto a tape that was recorded at 12-bit, the old and new soundtracks are recorded separately.

●If you dub onto a blank space on the tape, the sound may be disrupted. Make sure you only edit recorded areas.

●If feedback or howling occurs during TV playback, move the camcorder’s microphone away from the TV, or turn down the TV’s volume.

●If you change from 12-bit to 16-bit in mid-recording and then use the tape for Audio Dubbing, it is not effective from the point where 16-bit recording began.

●During Audio Dubbing, when the tape moves to scenes

recorded in the LP mode, scenes recorded in 16-bit audio or a blank portion, Audio Dubbing stops ( pg. 70).

●To perform Audio Dubbing with a video unit connected

to the camcorder’s AV connector, first set “AV/S-VIDEO” to “IN” in the Menu Screen ( pg. 35). You can hear sound from the video unit using optional headphones.