Sony DCR-HC42 manual Dubbing to other recording devices, See page 59 for connection details

Dubbing to other recording devices

You can copy the picture played back on your camcorder to other recording devices (such as VCRs).

1Connect your VCR to your camcorder as a recording device.

See page 59 for connection details.

2Prepare your VCR for recording.

When dubbing to the VCR, insert a cassette for recording.

When dubbing to the DVD recorder, insert a DVD for recording.

If your recording device has an input selector, set it to the input mode.

3Prepare your camcorder for playback.

Insert the recorded cassette.

For DCR-HC42:

Set [TV TYPE] (p. 34) according to the playback device (TV, etc.).

4Start the playback on your camcorder, and record it on the VCR.

Refer to the operating instructions supplied with your recording device for details.

5When the dubbing is finished, stop your camcorder and the VCR.

•The following cannot be output via the DV interface:

–Indicators

–[PICT. EFFECT] (p. 50), [D. EFFECT] (p.

49) or PB zoom (p. 25).

– Titles that are recorded on other camcorder.

•To record the date/time and camera settings data, display them on the screen (p. 55).

•When connected using an i.LINK cable (optional), the recorded picture becomes rough when a picture is paused on your camcorder while recording to a VCR.

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