•The player and recorder rewind the tape automatically after duplication. However, depending on the specifications, some players do not automatically rewind the tape after duplication.
•Before you start duplication, make sure that the player finished loading the cassette.
MANUALq duplicate mode
1 Connect this unit and the player with an i.LINK cable (DV cable, not supplied). After turning on power of this unit and player, set the INPUT SELECT selector on this unit to DV.
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4 While pressing the DUP button, press the PLAY button on this unit.
This unit enters the
To adjust the point where duplication starts In step 4, while pressing the DUP button, press the PAUSE button and PLAY button. This unit will not start duplication until you press the PAUSE button again. After confirming that the PLAYER display has changed to READY (flashing) on the LCD monitor, adjust the duplication start point by operating the player, then press the PAUSE button on this unit to start duplication.
To stop duplication
Press the STOP button.
Notes
•You cannot pause during a duplicate process.
•The duplication starts after the i.LINK communication is established so that the first part of the source tape is dropped on the copied tape. Play back the source tape from the preceding point.
•Set auto repeat to OFF when the player has an auto repeat function.
•You may not be able to duplicate the first part of the source tape. Locate the recorded portion on the source tape, then start duplicating.
•If there is a blank portion on the tape, the first part of the recorded portion that follows may be dropped on the copied tape.
•If you start duplication at some midpoint in the tape, the search function may not work correctly on the
copied tape or problems may occur when editing. It is recommended that you select AUTOq
or AUTOqfor the duplicate mode.
•Before start duplication, make sure that the player finished loading the cassette.
Detecting a blank portion during duplication
If the unit detects a blank portion in the tape in the player during duplication, the skip function will automatically skip the blank portion, reducing the recorded part of the tape. (This function is available only when the duplicate mode is AUTOq
or AUTOq.)
The operations of the player and recorder (this unit) when a blank portion is detected are as follows:
Player detection status | Player/Recorder (this unit) | |
| operation | |
Detects a blank portion | Player: Continues playing the | |
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| tape. |
| Recorder: Continues | |
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| recording. |
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10 seconds after detection | Player: Continues playing the | |
of a blank portion |
| tape another 10 |
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| seconds and searches |
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| forward. |
| Recorder: Stops. | |
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Detects next recorded | Player: | Rewinds the tape at |
portion |
| about – 2 times |
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| normal speed to the |
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| location |
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| immediately before |
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| the blank portion |
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| ends. |
| Recorder: Remains stopped. | |
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| |
Returns to the location | Player: After entering the | |
immediately before the |
| playback pause mode, |
blank portion ends |
| starts playing the tape. |
Recorder: After entering the recording pause mode, starts recording.
This unit does the above operations automatically, reducing the blank portion for 10 or more seconds in duplicating a tape.
Notes
•If the duplicate mode has been set to MANUALq, this unit will not skip a blank portion even if detects one.
•Depending on the specifications, the skip function may not work on some players.
•When this unit resumes duplication, the first part of the recorded portion may be dropped on the copied tape.
•A recorded portion of less than one minute between two blank portions may not be duplicated.
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