46 EN EDITING

Dubbing to or from a VCR

To use this camcorder as a recorder

1 Following the illustrations, connect the

 

 

 

 

camcorder and the VCR’s output connectors.

 

 

2 Set the camcorder’s power switch to “PLAY”.

 

 

3 Set “REC MODE” to “SP” or “LP”.

 

 

( pg. 33, 38)

 

To S/AV

4 Set “S/AV INPUT” to “A/V IN” or “S IN”*.

Open the cover.

connector

( pg. 33, 38)

 

* Select “S IN” when using S-VIDEO OUT

S-Video/Audio/Video cable

mark

connector on your TV/VCR.

(provided)

 

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.

 

TV

6 Start playback on the player.

 

 

 

 

7 At the point you want to start dubbing, press

VCR

 

the recording start/stop button to start dubbing.

 

 

The

indication rotates.

A To S-VIDEO IN or OUT*

B Yellow to VIDEO IN or OUT

C Red to AUDIO R IN or OUT

D White to AUDIO L IN or OUT

*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.

To use this camcorder as a player

1 Following the illustrations, connect the camcorder and the VCR’s input connectors.

2 Start playback on the camcorder. ( pg. 20)

3 At the point you want to start dubbing, start recording on the VCR. (Refer to the VCR’s instruction manual.)

4 To stop dubbing, stop recording on the VCR, then stop playback on the camcorder.

NOTES:

●It is recommended to use the AC adapter as the power supply instead of the battery pack. ( pg. 14)

●To choose whether or not the following displays appear on the connected TV

•Date/time

Set “DATE/TIME” to “AUTO”, “ON” or “OFF”. ( pg. 33, 38) Or, press DISPLAY on the remote control to turn on/off the date indication.

•Time code

Set “TIME CODE” to “OFF” or “ON”. ( pg. 33, 38)

•Indications other than date/time and time code Set “ON SCREEN” to “OFF”, “LCD” or “LCD/ TV”. ( pg. 33, 38)

8 Press the recording start/stop button again to

stop dubbing. The indication stops rotating.

9 Press 8 to return to the normal playback mode.

NOTES:

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

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

●It is also possible to dub from another camcorder.