Sony Handycam CCD-TR2300 Service Manual page 37

You can record a tape from another VCR or TV program from a TV that has audio/
video outputs. Connect the camcorder to the VCR or TV.
(1) While pressing the small green button on the POWER switch, set it to VTR.
(2) Press @ REC and the button on far right together at the point where you want
to start recording.
In recording and'recording pause mode, S VIDEO and VIDEO/AUDIO jacks
automatically work as input jacks.
AUDIO OUT
: Signal flow
If your VCR or "IV is a monaural type, connect only the white plug for audio on both
the camcorder and the VCR or TV.
If you are going to connect the camcorder using the S video cable (not supplied) [a], you
do not need to connect the yellow (video) plug of the A/V connecting cable [b].
Do not connect the S video cable to the camcorder if your VCR or TV doesn't have any S
video jack.
To check the picture from a VCR or TV before recording
Press II afterpressing • REC.You can check the picturein theviewfinder.
To stop recording
Pressr-I.
Replacing recording o n a tape (insert editing)
You can insert a new scene from a VCR onto your originally recorded tape by
specifying starting and ending points.
Connections are the same as in "Recording from a VCR or TV" on the previous page.
(1) While pressing the small green button on the POWER switch, set it to VTR.
(2) On the VCR, locate the start point to be inserted and set it to playback pause
mode.
(3) On the camcorder, locate the point where the insert should end by pressing
or _, then press II to set it to playback pause mode.
(4) Press COUNTER RESET to set the counter to zero.
(5) On the camcorder, locate the point where the insert should begin by pressing
•4,41, then press • REC and II to set it to recording pause mode.
(6) Press ZERO MEM on the Remote Commander. The ZERO MEM indicator
flashes and the end point of the insert is stored in memory.
(7) Press II on the camcorder and the VCR simultaneously to start insert editing.
The insert editing stops automatically near the counter's zero point.
To change the end point
Press ZERO MEM on the Remote Commander so that the ZERO MEM indicator
disappears and begin from step 3.
Note on the inserted picture
The picture may be distorted at the end of the inserted portion when it is played back,
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