Recording Video Or Tv Programs.58 - Sony DCR-TRV8 Operating Instructions Manual

Recording video or TV programs
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. Turn down the volume of your
camcorder. Otherwise, the picture may be distorted.
(1)
Insert a blaidc tape (or a tape you want to record over) into your camcorder. If
you are recordirig a tape from the VCR, insert a recorded tape into the VCR.
(2)
Set the POWER switch to VTR.
(3)
Set DISPLAY to LCD in the MENU settings (p. 72). The picture from a TV or
VCR appears in the viewfinder or on the LCD screen.
(4)
Press • REC and the button on its right simultaneously on your camcorder,
then immediately press II on your camcorder.
(5)
Press on the VCR to start playback if you are recording a tape from VCR.
Select a TV program if you are recording from TV.
(6)
Press
II
on your camcorder at the scene where you want to start recording
from.
I—: Signal flow
Note
If you fast-forward or slow-playback on the other equipment, the image being recorded
may turn black and white. When recording from other equipment, be sure to play back
the origmal tape at normal speed.
If your VCR is a monaural type
Cormect the yellow plug of the A/V connecting cable to the video output jack and the
white or the red plug to the audio output jack on the VCR or the TV. When the white
plug is connected, the left channel audio is output, and the red plug is connected, the
right channel audio is output.
Connect using an S video cable (not supplied) to obtain high-quality pictures
With this cormection, 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.
This cormection produces higher quality DV format pictures.