Recording
video
or "iV 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 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 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
ff 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.
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PAUSE
•
VIDEO
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: Signal flow
Note
If you fast-forward
or slow-playback
on the other equipment,
the image being recorded
may hun black and white. When recording
from other equipment,
be sure to play back
the original tape at normal speed.
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 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 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.
This connection
produces
higher quality DV format pictures.