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Editing
You can record a tape from another VCR or a TV program from a TV that has video/
audio outputs. Use your camcorder as a recorder. You can connect either the A/V
connecting cable (supplied) or i.LINK cable (optional).
If you connect with the i.LINK cable (optional), video and audio signals are transmitted
in digital form for high-quality editing.
audio outputs. Use your camcorder as a recorder. You can connect either the A/V
connecting cable (supplied) or i.LINK cable (optional).
If you connect with the i.LINK cable (optional), video and audio signals are transmitted
in digital form for high-quality editing.
Connecting to the VCR or the TV
Connecting with the A/V connecting cable
Connecting with the i.LINK cable
Recording video or TV programs
AUDIO/
VIDEO
VIDEO
S VIDEO
VIDEO
AUDIO
OUT
S VIDEO
: Signal flow
White
Red
A/V connecting cable (supplied)
TV
VCR
Yellow
i.LINK
DV
Interface
: Signal flow
i.LINK cable (optional)
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Recording video or TV programs
If your VCR is a monaural type
Connect the yellow plug of the A/V connecting cable to the video input jack and the
white or the red plug to the audio input jack on the VCR or the TV. When the white
plug is connected, the left channel audio is output, and when the red plug is connected,
the right channel audio is output.
Connect the yellow plug of the A/V connecting cable to the video input jack and the
white or the red plug to the audio input jack on the VCR or the TV. When the white
plug is connected, the left channel audio is output, and when the red plug is connected,
the right channel audio is output.
If your VCR has an S video jack
See page 45 for details.
See page 45 for details.
When using the i.LINK cable
•Before recording, make sure if the DV IN indicator appears on the screen. The DV IN
•Before recording, make sure if the DV IN indicator appears on the screen. The DV IN
indicator may appear on both equipment.
•You cannot record the picture or the sound separately.
Recording video or TV programs
When connecting with the A/V connecting cable
Set DISPLAY in
Set DISPLAY in
to LCD in the menu settings. (The default setting is LCD.)
The POWER switch should be set to
.
Operate by touching the panel.
(1) Insert a blank tape (or a tape you want to record over) into your camcorder. If
you are recording from the tape on the VCR, insert the recorded tape into the
VCR.
VCR.
(2) Set your camcorder to recording pause.
1
Press FN and select PAGE3.
2
Press REC CTRL.
3
Press REC PAUSE.
(3) Press N on the VCR to start playback if you record from the tape on the VCR.
Select a TV program if you record from a TV. The picture from the playback
side appears on the screen.
side appears on the screen.
(4) Press REC START at the scene where you want to start recording from.
When you have finished dubbing the tape
Press
on your camcorder, and then press the stop button on the VCR.
Using the Remote Commander
In Step 2, press z REC and MARK simultaneously, then immediately press X. In Step
4, press X at the scene where you want to start recording from.
4, press X at the scene where you want to start recording from.
Note on the Remote Commander
Your camcorder works in the commander mode VTR 2. Commander modes 1, 2 and 3
are used to distinguish your camcorder from other Sony VCRs to avoid erroneous
remote control operation. If you use another Sony VCR in the commander mode VTR 2,
we recommend changing the commander mode or covering the sensor of the VCR with
black paper.
Your camcorder works in the commander mode VTR 2. Commander modes 1, 2 and 3
are used to distinguish your camcorder from other Sony VCRs to avoid erroneous
remote control operation. If you use another Sony VCR in the commander mode VTR 2,
we recommend changing the commander mode or covering the sensor of the VCR with
black paper.
REC
PAUSE
REC CTRL
RET.
REC
START
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Editing
You can insert a new scene with sound from a VCR onto your originally recorded tape
by specifying the insert start and end points. Use the Remote Commander for this
operation.
Connections are the same as on page 89. Insert the cassette containing the desired scene
to insert into the VCR.
by specifying the insert start and end points. Use the Remote Commander for this
operation.
Connections are the same as on page 89. Insert the cassette containing the desired scene
to insert into the VCR.
[A] The tape that contains the scene to be inserted
[B] The tape before editing
[C] The tape after editing
[B] The tape before editing
[C] The tape after editing
The POWER switch should be set to
.
Operate by touching the panel.
(1) On the VCR, locate just before the insert start point [a], then set the VCR to
playback pause.
(2) On your camcorder, locate the insert end point [c], then set it to playback
pause.
(3) Press ZERO SET MEMORY on the Remote Commander. The ZERO SET
MEMORY indicator flashes and the end point of the insert is stored in memory.
The tape counter shows “0:00:00”.
The tape counter shows “0:00:00”.
(4) On your camcorder, locate the insert start point [b] and set your camcorder to
recording pause.
1
Press FN and select PAGE3.
2
Press REC CTRL.
3
Press REC PAUSE.
(5) First press X on the VCR, and after a few seconds press REC START on your
camcorder to start inserting the new scene with sound.
Inserting automatically stops near the zero point on the tape counter. Your
camcorder automatically stops recording and the zero point set with ZERO
SET MEMORY is cleared from memory.
Inserting automatically stops near the zero point on the tape counter. Your
camcorder automatically stops recording and the zero point set with ZERO
SET MEMORY is cleared from memory.
Inserting a scene from a VCR
– Insert editing
– Insert editing
[a]
[b]
[c]
[A]
[B]
[C]
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To change the insert end point
Press ZERO SET MEMORY on the Remote Commander again after Step 4 to erase the
ZERO SET MEMORY indicator and begin from Step 2.
ZERO SET MEMORY indicator and begin from Step 2.
Using the Remote Commander
In Step 4, press z REC and MARK simultaneously, then immediately press X. In Step
5, press X at the scene where you want to start recording from.
5, press X at the scene where you want to start recording from.
To insert a scene without setting the insert end point
Skip Step 2 and 3. Press x on the Remote Commander or
Skip Step 2 and 3. Press x on the Remote Commander or
on your camcorder
when you want to stop inserting.
Inserting a scene from a VCR – Insert editing
3
ZERO SET
MEMORY
0:00:00
ZERO SET
MEMORY
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