Sony Handycam Vision CCD-TRV17 Operating Instructions Manual page 53

Dubbing a tape
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
8 mm, Hi8, Digital8, VHS, S-VHS, VHSC, S-VHSC,
Betamax, ED Betamax, mini DV or DV
If your VCR is a monaural type (CCD-TRV87 only)
Connect the yellow plug for video and the white plug for audio on both your
camcorder and the VCR. You do not 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
(CCD-TRV67/TRV87 only)
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.
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