Editing onto another tape

You can create your own video program by editing with any other h8 mm, HHi8, mini DV, DV, jVHS, kS-VHS, ðVHSC, KS-VHSC or l Betamax VCR that has video/audio inputs.

Before editing

Connect the camcorder to the VCR using the supplied A/V connecting cable. Set the input selector on the VCR to LINE, if available.

Set EDIT to ON in the menu system (p. 26).

Starting editing

(1) Insert a blank tape (or a tape you want to record over) into the VCR, and insert your recorded tape into the camcorder.

(2) Play back the recorded tape on the camcorder until you locate the point just before where you want to start editing, then press Pto set the camcorder in playback pause mode.

(3) On the VCR, locate the recording start point and set the VCR in recording pause mode.

(4) First press Pon the camcorder, and after a few seconds press Pof the VCR to start editing.

To edit more scenes

Repeat steps 2 to 4.

To superimpose the title while you are editing

You can superimpose the title while you are editing. Refer to “Superimposing a title” (p. 41).

To stop editing

Press pon both the camcorder and the VCR.

Note on the DISPLAY function

– CCD-TR516 only

If you have displayed the viewfinder screen indicators on the TV, erase the indicators by pressing DISPLAY on the Remote Commander so that they will not be superimposed on the edited tape.

Note on Fine Synchro Edit

If you connect a video deck that has the Fine Synchro Edit feature to the LANC ljack of the camcorder, using a LANC cable (not supplied), the edit will be even more precise.

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