You can copy and edit the picture played back on your camcorder to other recording devices (such as VCRs).
1 Connect your VCR to your camcorder as a recording device (p. 86).
2 Prepare your VCR for recording.
•Insert a cassette for recording.
•If your VCR has an input selector, set it to the input mode.
3 Prepare your camcorder for playback.
•Insert the recorded cassette.
•Slide the POWER switch to select the PLAY/EDIT mode.
4 Start the playback on your camcorder, and record it on the VCR.
Refer to the operating instructions supplied with your VCR for details.
5 When the dubbing is finished, stop your camcorder and the VCR.
bNotes
•When your camcorder is connected to the VCR via the 
DV Interface, you cannot record the title, indicators and words entered on the index screen of the “Memory Stick.”
•When dubbing using the A/V connecting cable, press DSPL/BATT INFO to hide indicators such as time code (p. 54). Otherwise, they will be recorded on the tape.
•To record the date/time and camera settings data, have them displayed on screen (p. 54).
•Pictures edited with Picture effect ([PICT. EFFECT] p. 68), Digital effect (p. 41, 48), or Playback zoom (p. 53) cannot be output via the 
DV Interface.
•When connected using the i.LINK cable, the recorded picture becomes rough when a picture is paused on your camcorder while recording to a VCR.
•When you dub the tape recorded on other devices in
the Hi8 
/standard 8 mm 
system via the 
DV Interface, the picture may fluctuate. This is not a
malfunction. Digital signals are output as image signals from the 
DV Interface during playback.
Dubbing/Editing
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