Basic editing

(when recording on this VCR)

Before you start editing

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

•Press INPUT SELECT or PROG +/– to display “L1” or “L2” (or “L3”: SLV-EZ77AS/EZ77NZ only) in the display window.

•Press SP/LP (SP/EP)* to select the tape speed (SP or LP for the PAL system, and (for SLV-EZ77AS/ EZ77NZ only) SP or EP for the NTSC system).

*SP/LP for SLV-EZ66AZ

XPAUSE

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 X PAUSE.

3

4

Press z REC on this VCR and set it to recording pause.

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

To stop editing

Press the x STOP buttons on both VCRs.

Tips

•To edit more precisely, press the X PAUSE 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 X PAUSE 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 z REC 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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