Editing with another VCR (continued)

Operation

(when recording on this VCR)

Before you start editing

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

Press INPUT SELECT to display “L2” 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

r 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 P PAUSE.

3

4

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

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

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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.

Note

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

Additional Operations

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Sony SLV-X817ME, SLV-X717ME, SLV-X717SG Operation When recording on this VCR, Before you start editing, To stop editing

SLV-X817ME, SLV-X717PS, SLV-X717SG, SLV-X817PS, SLV-X717ME specifications

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