To

Touch

change the

 

playback

(frame)

direction*

 

 

 

play back

[ySLOW]

slowly**

To reverse direction:

 

(frame) t

 

[ySLOW]

 

 

play back 2

(double speed)

times faster

To reverse direction:

(double speed)

(frame) t

 

(double speed)

 

 

play back frame

(frame) during

by frame

playback pause.

 

To reverse direction:

 

(frame) during

 

frame playback.

 

 

*Horizontal lines may appear at the top, bottom, or in the center of the screen. This is not a malfunction.

**Pictures output from the DV Interface (i.LINK) cannot be played back smoothly in slow mode.

2Touch [ RET.] t .

To return to the normal playback mode,

touch (Play/Pause) twice (once from frame playback).

bNotes

•You will not hear the recorded sound. You may see mosaic-like images of the previously played picture.

A DUB CTRL (Audio dubbing)

Using the internal stereo microphone

(p. 69), you can add sound to a tape already recorded in 12-bit mode (p. 42) without erasing the original sound.

bNotes

•You cannot record additional audio:

–When the tape has been recorded in the 16-bit mode (p. 42).

–When the tape has been recorded in the LP mode.

– When your camcorder is connected via an

i.LINK cable.

 

– When the tape has been recorded in 4CH MIC

 

mode on other camcorders.

 

– On blank sections of the tape.

 

– When the tape has been recorded in a TV

 

color system other than that of your

 

camcorder (p. 59).

 

– When the write-protect tab of the cassette is

 

set to SAVE (p. 60).

 

– On sections recorded in HDV format.

 

• When you add sound, the picture will not be

 

output from the A/V Remote Connector. Check

 

the picture on the LCD screen or the viewfinder.

 

• You can only record additional audio over a

 

tape recorded on your camcorder. The sound

 

may deteriorate when you dub audio on a tape

 

recorded on other camcorders (including other

Using

DCR-HC52/HC54 camcorders).

 

Recording sound

the

Insert a recorded cassette into your

Menu

camcorder beforehand.

1 Slide the POWER switch repeatedly to turn

 

on the PLAY/EDIT lamp.

 

2 Touch

(Play/Pause) to play back the

 

tape, then touch it again at the point where you want to start recording the sound.

3Touch t [PAGE3] t [A DUB CTRL] t [AUDIO DUB].

X appears.

60min 0:00:00:00

A DUB CTRL

RET.

AUDIO

DUB

4Touch (Play).

Your camcorder starts audio recording via the internal stereo microphone.

appears while recording the new sound in stereo 2 (ST2) during the playback of the tape.

5 Touch (Stop) when you want to stop recording.

To dub on other scenes, repeat step 2 to select scenes, then touch [AUDIO DUB].

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