Recording Video Or Tv Programmes - Sony Handycam DCR-PC115 Service Manual

DCR-PC115/PC115E/PC120BT/PC120E
Using with analog video unit and
your computer – Signal convert
function
Notes
•You need to install software which can
exchange video signals.
•Depending on the condition of the analog video
signals, the computer may not be able to output
the images correctly when you convert analog
video signals into digital video signals via your
camcorder. Depending on the analog video
unit, the image may contain noise or incorrect
colours.
•You can capture images and sound with an S
video cable (optional) instead of the A/V
connecting cable (supplied).
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Recording video or TV
programmes
Using the Remote Commander
In step 3, press z REC and MARK
simultaneously, then immediately press X. And
in step 5, press X at the scene where you want to
start recording from.
If your VCR is a monaural type
Connect 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 when the red
plug is connected, the right channel audio is
output.
If your TV or VCR has an S video jack
Pictures can be reproduced more faithfully by
using an S video cable (optional).
With this connection, you do not need to connect
the yellow (video) plug of the A/V connecting
cable.
Connect an S video cable (optional) to the S video
jacks of both your camcorder and the TV or VCR.
This connection produces higher quality DV
format pictures.
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 remote control misoperation. 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.
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X
X
1-26
Recording video or TV
programmes
Using the A/V connecting cable
You can record a tape from another VCR or a TV
programme from a TV that has video/audio
outputs. Use your camcorder as a recorder.
Before operation
Set DISPLAY to LCD in the menu settings. (The
default setting is LCD.)
(1) Insert a blank tape (or a tape you want to
record over) into your camcorder. If you are
recording a tape from the VCR, insert a
recorded tape into the VCR.
(2) Set the POWER switch to VCR on your
camcorder.
(3) Press z REC and the button on its right
simultaneously on your camcorder, then
immediately press X on your camcorder.
(4) Press N on the VCR to start playback if you
record a tape from a VCR. Select a TV
programme if you record from a TV. The
picture from a TV or VCR appears on the
screen.
(5) Press X on your camcorder at the scene where
you want to start recording from.
3
PAUSE
REC
OUT
S VIDEO
VIDEO
AUDIO
VCR
: Signal flow/
When you have finished dubbing a
tape
Press x on both your camcorder and the VCR.
Recording video or TV
programmes
Using the i.LINK cable (DV connecting
cable)
Simply connect the i.LINK cable (DV connecting
cable) (optional) to DV jack of your camcorder
and to DV OUT of the DV products. With a
digital-to-digital connection, video and audio
signals are transmitted in digital form for high-
quality editing.
(1) Insert a blank tape (or a tape you want to
record over) into your camcorder, and insert
the recorded tape into the VCR.
(2) Set the POWER switch to VCR on your
camcorder.
(3) Press z REC and the button on its right
simultaneously on your camcorder, then
immediately press X on your camcorder.
(4) Press N on the VCR to start playback. The
picture to be recorded appears on the screen.
(5) Press X on your camcorder at the scene where
you want to start recording from.
3
REC
DV
DV OUT
(optional)/
: Signal flow/
When you have finished dubbing a
tape
Press x on both your camcorder and the VCR.
(1)
(2)
(3)
z
X
(4) N
(5) X
S VIDEO
AUDIO/
VIDEO
x
(1)
(2)
(3)
z
X
(4) N
(5) X
PAUSE
DV
x
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