Recording and Playback 2 Chapter

Recording

Recording Procedures

This section describes the procedures used to record signals sent from another VCR to this unit. For details on the procedures required when using a computer as a player, refer to the instruction manual of your computer or the user’s manuals of the software installed on it.

For details on the input and output of the wide-screen aspect ratio information, see “Notes on Wide-screen Aspect Ratio Information” on page 103 (GB).

1 After checking that the REC/SAVE switch on the cassette is set to REC, checking the tape for slack and confirming that the qindicator is off, hold the cassette so that the tape window is facing upward, then insert it into this unit.

The cassette is automatically loaded into the unit and the tape will be ready to record.

For details on the REC/SAVE switch and checking the tape for slack, see “Notes on Video Cassettes” on page 30 (GB).

For details on inserting a cassette, see “To insert a cassette” on page 31 (GB).

Note

Do not insert the cassette forcibly. The unit may be damaged.

2 Press the playback button on the player.

The player starts playback.

3 On this unit, press the PLAY button while holding the REC button down.

The unit starts recording. If AUTO INDEX on the VTR SET menu is set to ON, the index is marked.

Note

When you do not want to mark an index at the beginning of the recording, set AUTO INDEX on the VTR SET menu to OFF.

For details on the VTR SET menu, see “VTR SET menu” on page 90 (GB).

To stop recording

Press the STOP button on this unit.

To pause recording

Press the PAUSE button on this unit.

To start recording using the Remote Control Unit (DSRM-20, not supplied)

On the Remote Control Unit, press the PLAY button while holding the REC button down.

Recording Functions

Marking an index

By pressing the INDEX button on the unit or the INDEX WRITE button on the Remote Commander during recording, you can mark an index signal at any place on the tape. The index signal is inserted for five seconds. If you mark an index at the scene you want to search for, you can easily find the scene later.

If AUTO INDEX on the VTR SET menu is set to ON, the index signal is marked automatically when the unit in the stop mode starts recording.

While the index is being marked, the “INDEX MARK” indicator appears for about seven seconds on the Data screen (see page 27 (GB)).

If you use a cassette with cassette memory, the index will also be marked in the cassette memory.

Notes

•You cannot mark a new index while the “INDEX MARK” indicator is being displayed.

•If you record on a portion of the tape where an index has been marked, the index will be erased. You cannot delete just an index while keeping the image or sound.

•You cannot mark an index during playback, duplicating or audio dubbing operations. The INDEX button and the INDEX WRITE button are disabled in these operations.

•The cassette memory space available limits the number of indexes that you can mark. When you use a previously recorded tape for repeated recordings, make more memory space available by erasing unwanted items using ITEM ERASE or ERASE ALL on the CM SET menu before you start recording.

To use an index during playback

You will need the Remote Commander or the Remote Control Unit (DSRM-20, not supplied).

For details on the playback functions using the Remote Commander, see “Searching using the search function” in “Playback Functions” on page 37 (GB).

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Chapter 2 Playback and Recording