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You can record additional audio to the original sound on the tape by connecting audio
equipment or a microphone. If you connect the audio equipment, you can add sound to
your tape already recorded in the 12-bit mode by specifying starting and ending points.
The original sound will not be erased.

You can record additional audio in the following:
• Dubbing with the built-in microphone
• Connecting the microphone (optional) to the MIC jack
• Connecting the microphone (optional) to the intelligent accessory shoe
• Connecting the A/V connecting cable to the AUDIO/VIDEO jack (DCR-TRV22/

TRV33 only)

The audio input to be recorded will take precedence over others in the following order:
• MIC jack
• Intelligent accessory shoe
• AUDIO/VIDEO jack (DCR-TRV22/TRV33 only)
• Built-in microphone

No connection is necessary. (If no external microphone is connected, audio recording
will be performed automatically by the built-in microphone.)

You can check the recorded picture and sound by connecting the AUDIO/VIDEO jack
to a TV.
The recorded sound is not output from the speaker. Check the sound by using the
headphones or TV.

MIC (PLUG IN
POWER)

Microphone
(optional)

: Signal flow

Remove the shoe cover, then connect the microphone.

Note
When dubbing with the AUDIO/VIDEO jack (DCR-TRV22/TRV33 only) or the built-in
microphone, pictures are not output through the S VIDEO jack or AUDIO/VIDEO jack.
Check the recorded picture on the screen. You can check the recorded sound by using
headphones.

LINE OUT

L

R

AUDIO/
VIDEO

AUDIO R

Audio equipment

Do not connect the
video (yellow) plug.

: Signal flow

White

Red

A/V connecting cable
(supplied)

AUDIO L

Microphone (optional)

Shoe cover

Choose a connection mentioned on page 97, and connect audio equipment or
microphone to your camcorder. Then follow the procedure below.

The POWER switch should be set to 

.

Operate by touching the panel.

(1) Insert the recorded tape into your camcorder.
(2) Locate the recording start point. Press 

 to start playing back. To pause

playing back, press 

 at the recording start point. You can fine adjust the

recording start point by pressing 

/

.

(3) Press FN and select PAGE3.
(4) Press A DUB CTRL.

The A DUB CTRL screen appears.

(5) Press AUDIO DUB. The green 

X

 indicator appears on the screen.

(6) Press 

 on your camcorder and at the same time start playing back the

audio you want to record.
The new sound is recorded in stereo 2 (ST2) during playback. While recording
new sound, the red 

 indicator appears on the screen.

(7) Press 

 on your camcorder at the point where you want to stop recording.

You cannot perform audio dubbing:
•On the tape recorded in the 16-bit mode
•On the tape recorded in the LP mode
•When the   DV Interface is connected
•On blank portions of a tape
•When the write-protect tab of the cassette is set to lock

To add new sound to previously recorded sections more precisely
During playback, press ZERO SET MEMORY at the point where you want to stop
recording new sound.
Follow the procedure on page 75. Recording automatically stops at the point where
ZERO SET MEMORY was pressed.

We recommend that you add new sound on the tape recorded with your
camcorder
If you add new sound on the tape recorded with another camcorder (including other
DCR-TRV19/TRV22/TRV33), the sound quality may become deteriorated.

REC 

PAUSE

RET.

REC 

PAUSE

RET.

REC 

PAUSE

RET.

REC 

PAUSE

RET.

REC 

PAUSE

RET.

REC 

PAUSE

RET.

REC 

PAUSE

RET.

A  DUB  CTRL     

RET.

REC 

START

REC 

START

REC 

START

REC 

START

REC 

START

REC 

START

REC 

START

AUDIO
  DUB

The POWER switch should be set to 

.

Operate by touching the panel.

(1) Play back the tape on which you added audio.
(2) Press FN to display PAGE1.
(3) Press MENU to display the menu.
(4) Select AUDIO MIX in 

, then press EXEC (p. 178).

(5) Press r/R to adjust the balance between the original sound (ST1) and the new

sound (ST2), then press EXEC.
About 5 minutes after you disconnect the power source or remove the battery
pack, the setting of AUDIO MIX returns to the original sound (ST1) only. The
default setting is original sound only.

VCR  SET

H i F i  SOUND
AUD I O  M I X
A/V

c

DV  OUT

ST1

ST2

EXIT

RET.

EXEC

R

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