Press rREC on this unit and set it to recording pause.

Basic editing

(when recording on this unit)

Before you start editing

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

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

Press TAPE SPEED to select the tape speed (SP or LP for the PAL system, and SP or EP for the NTSC system).

PPAUSE

rREC

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) unit. Search for the point to start recording and press PPAUSE.

3

4 To start editing, press the PPAUSE buttons on both units at the same time.

To stop editing

Press the pSTOP buttons on both units.

Tips

To edit more precisely, press the PPAUSE buttons on the units to release pause.

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

You can dub sound onto the normal audio track through a microphone while editing. Set KARAOKE ON/OFF to ON before you start dubbing.

Note

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

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