— Editing on Other Equipment —
Dubbing a tape
You can dub and edit tapes using your camcorder for playback and another VCR for
recording. Turn down the volume of your camcorder while editing. Otherwise, the
picture may be distorted.
Connect your camcorder to the VCR using the A/V connecting cable supplied with
your camcorder.
Set the input selector on the VCR to LINE, if available.
(1) Insert a blank tape (or a tape you want to record over) into the VCR, and insert
the recorded tape into your camcorder.
(2) Set the POWER switch to VTR.
(3) Play back the recorded tape on your camcorder.
(4) Start recording on the VCR.
: Signal flow
When you have finished dubbing a tape
Press p on both your camcorder and the VCR.
To prevent deterioration of pictures from dubbing
Set EDIT to ON in the MENU settings before dubbing.
If you have displayed the screen indicators on the TV
Make the indicators disappear by pressing DISPLAY so that they will not be
superimposed on the edited tape.
You can edit on VCRs that support the following systems
h 8 mm, H Hi8, j VHS, k S-VHS,
¬ ED Betamax,
If your VCR is a monaural type
Connect the yellow plug for video and the white plug for audio on both your
camcorder and the VCR. You do not need to connect the red plug. With this connection,
the sound will be monaural.
Connect using an S video cable (not supplied) to obtain high-quality pictures
With this connection, you do not need to connect the yellow (video) plug of the A/V
connecting cable.
Connect an S video cable (not supplied) to the S video jacks of both your camcorder and
the VCR.
S VIDEO
VIDEO
AUDIO
mini DV or
IN
VHSC, K S-VHSC, l Betamax,
DV
S VIDEO
VIDEO
AUDIO
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