Recording pictures from a VCR (Continued)

6 Start playing the cassette on your VCR.

The picture played on the VCR appears on the LCD screen of your camcorder.

7 Press X (PAUSE) again at the point you want to start recording.

8 Press x (STOP) to stop recording.

bNotes

•You cannot record TV programs from the HDV/DV interface (i.LINK).

•You can record pictures from DV devices only in the DV format.

•Note the following when connecting with an i.LINK cable:

–The recorded picture becomes rough when a picture is paused on your camcorder while recording to a VCR.

–You cannot record the picture and sound separately.

–If you pause or stop the recording and restart it, the picture may not be recorded smoothly.

zTip

•When a 4:3 video signal is input, it appears with black bands on the right and left sides on the screen of your camcorder.

Recording still images

Be sure to insert a “Memory Stick Duo” for recording in your camcorder beforehand, and set [PHOTO/EXP.FOCUS] to [PHOTO] (the default setting) (p. 71).

1 Perform steps 1 to 4 in “Recording movies.”

2 Start playing the cassette.

The pictures on the VCR appear on the screen of your camcorder.

3 Press the PHOTO/EXPANDED FOCUS button at the scene you want to record.

bNote

•Movies will be fixed to image size [ 1.2M] when playing back in the HDV format. Movies

will be fixed to image size [ 0.2M] (16:9) or [VGA (0.3M)] (4:3) when playing back in the DV format.

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