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Table of contents

Main Features ...............................................

4

Getting started

 

Using this manual ......................................

10

Checking supplied accessories .................

13

Step 1

Preparing the power supply ........

14

Connecting to a wall outlet

 

 

(wall socket) ...................................

14

Using with a battery pack

 

 

(optional) ........................................

15

Step 2

Setting the date and time .............

19

Step 3

Inserting a cassette ........................

22

Editing

 

Dubbing a tape ...........................................

67

Dubbing only desired scenes – Digital

 

program editing (on tapes) ................

71

Using with an analog video unit

 

and your computer

 

– Signal convert function ....................

88

Inserting a scene from the other VCR

 

– Insert Editing ....................................

90

Audio dubbing ...........................................

93

Viewing images recorded on tapes on

 

your computer

 

(Windows user only) ..........................

96

Basic Operations

 

Playing back a tape ....................................

23

Viewing the recording on TV ...................

30

Recording from the other VCR or TV .....

32

Advanced Operations

 

Playing back a tape with

 

picture effects .......................................

36

Playing back a tape with

 

digital effects ........................................

38

Enlarging images recorded on tapes

 

– Tape PB ZOOM ................................

41

Quickly locating a scene using the

 

zero set memory function ..................

43

Superimposing a title ................................

44

Making your own titles .............................

49

Labeling a cassette .....................................

52

Searching the boundaries of recorded

 

tape by title – Title search ..................

56

Searching a recording by date

 

– Date search ........................................

58

Searching for a photo

 

– Photo search/Photo scan ................

61

To display the screen indicators

 

– Display function ...............................

64

Customizing Your VCR

 

Changing the menu settings ...................

107

“Memory Stick” Operations

 

Using a “Memory Stick”

 

– introduction .....................................

118

Recording an image from a tape as a

 

still image ...........................................

127

Recording a picture from a tape as a

 

moving picture ..................................

131

Recording edited pictures as a moving

 

picture – Digital program editing

 

(on “Memory Stick”s) .......................

135

Copying still images from a tape

 

– Photo save .......................................

140

Viewing a still image

 

– Memory photo playback ...............

142

Viewing a moving picture

 

– MPEG movie playback ..................

147

Viewing images recorded on “Memory

 

Stick”s on your computer ................

150

Copying the image recorded on

 

“Memory Stick”s to tapes ................

162

Enlarging still images recorded on

 

“Memory Stick”s

 

– Memory PB ZOOM ........................

164

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