— Editing —

Dubbing a tape

Using the A/V connecting cable

Connect your camcorder to the VCR using the A/V connecting cable supplied with your camcorder.

Set the input selector on the VCR to LINE, if available. Refer to the operating instructions of your VCR.

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

(2) Set the POWER switch to VCR.

(3) Play back the recorded tape on your camcorder.

(4) Start recording on the VCR.

Refer to the operating instructions of your VCR.

S VIDEO

IN

AUDIO/VIDEO

S VIDEO

 

VIDEO

AUDIO

: Signal flow

When you have finished dubbing a tape

Press x on both your camcorder and the VCR.

Before a dubbing

Set DISPLAY to LCD in the menu settings. (Default setting is LCD.)

When you dub a tape

Turn off indicators displayed on the LCD screen by pressing following buttons. Otherwise, those indicators will be also recorded.

On your camcorder:

DISPLAY/TOUCH PANEL, DATA CODE

On the remote commander:

DISPLAY, DATA CODE, SEARCH

You can edit on VCRs that support the following systems

8 mm, Hi8, Digital8, VHS, S-VHS, VHSC, S-VHSC,

Betamax, ED Betamax, mini DV or DV

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If your VCR is a monaural type

Connect the yellow plug of the A/V connecting cable to the video input jack and the white or the red plug to the audio input jack on the VCR or the TV. When the white plug is connected, the left channel audio is output, and when the red plug is connected, the right channel audio is output.

Connect using an S video cable (not supplied) to obtain high-quality pictures With this connection, you do not need to connect the yellow (video) plug of the A/V connecting cable.

Connect an S video cable (not supplied) to the S VIDEO jacks of both your camcorder and the VCR.

This connection produces higher quality DV format pictures.