Basic editing

(when recording on this VCR)

rREC

Before you start editing

P PAUSE

 

Turn on your TV and set it to the video channel.

Press INPUT SELECT to display “L2” or “L1” in the display window.

Press SP/LP to select the tape speed, SP or LP.

On this VCR, set EDIT in the VIDEO OPTIONS menu to ON. If the other VCR has a similar function, turn it on also.

1Insert a source tape with its safety tab removed into the other (playback) VCR. Search for the point to start playback and set it to playback pause.

2Insert a tape with its safety tab in place into this (recording) VCR. Search for the point to start recording and press P PAUSE.

3Press r REC on this VCR to set it to recording pause.

4To start editing, press the P PAUSE buttons on both VCRs at the same time.

To stop editing

Press the p STOP buttons on both VCRs.

Tips

To edit more precisely, press the P PAUSE buttons on the VCRs to release pause.

To cut out unwanted scenes while editing, press P PAUSE on this VCR when an unwanted scene begins. When it ends, press P PAUSE again to resume recording (Assemble Editing).

Note

If you start editing following the procedure above, the VCR won’t start recording with the OPC function. To record a tape with the OPC function, press rREC again during recording pause in step 3 so the VCR analyses the tape. Then, when you start editing in step 4, press P PAUSE after the OPC indicator stops flashing. If you press P PAUSE before the OPC indicator stops flashing, the OPC function is cancelled.

Editing

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