Recording Images From A Tv Or Vcr/Dvd Device (Except For Dcr-Dvd92/Dvd602) - Sony HANDYCAM DCR-DVD703 Operating Manual

Recording images from a TV or VCR/DVD device
(Except for DCR-DVD92/DVD602)
You can record pictures or TV programs
from a VCR or TV onto a disc using your
camcorder.
You cannot record TV programs which allow
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you to record once, or have copy control
technology.
1
Connect your camcorder to the
TV or VCR/DVD device using the
A/V connecting cable (supplied).
Connect your camcorder to the output
jacks of a TV or VCR/DVD device. See
page 78 for details on how to make the
proper connections.
2
If you are recording from a VCR/
DVD device, insert the cassette
or DVD disc into the playback
device.
3
Slide the POWER switch down
repeatedly to light up the
(Play/Edit) lamp.
4
Touch
If you connected your camcorder to the
device which has the S VIDEO jack,
touch [SET]  [VIDEO INPUT] 
[S VIDEO] 
Touch [SET] to change the recording mode
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or adjust the volume.
Touch [SET]  [DISC REMAIN] 
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[ON] to display the remaining disc indicator
all the time.
5
Insert a blank disc into your
camcorder.
Format the disc if you use a new DVD-
RW/DVD+RW (p.51).
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 [REC CTRL].
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6
Start playing the cassette or the
disc on the playback device, or
select a TV program.
The picture played on the connected
device appears on the LCD screen of
your camcorder.
7
Touch [REC] at the point you
want to start recording.
8
Touch at the point you want
to stop recording.
9
Touch [END].
There may be a time difference between the
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point where you press [REC] and the actual
point that the recording starts/stops.
You cannot record a picture as a still image
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even if you press the PHOTO button during
recording.
You cannot record images from a TV with no
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output jacks.