Editing with another VCR (continued)

Operation

(when recording on this VCR)

 

X PAUSE

Before you start editing

 

• Turn on your TV and set it to the

 

video channel.

 

• Press INPUT SELECT or PROG +/–

 

to display “L” in the display window.

 

• Press SP/LP to select the tape speed.

z REC

1 Insert 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.

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

3 Press zREC on this VCR and set it to recording pause.

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

To stop editing

Press the xSTOP buttons on both VCRs.

Tips

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

To cut out unwanted scenes while editing, press X PAUSE on this VCR when an unwanted scene begins. When it ends, press XPAUSE again to resume recording.

Note

If you start recording following the procedure above, the VCR will not start recording with the APC function. To record a tape with the APC function, press zREC again during recording pause in step 3 so that the VCR analyses the tape. Then when you start recording in step 4, press X PAUSE after the APC indicator stops flashing. If you press X PAUSE before the APC indicator stops flashing, the APC function is cancelled.

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