Sony Handycam DCR-PC9 Operating Instructions Manual page 90

Recording video or TV programs
If your TV or VCR has an S video jack
Connect using an S video cable (optional) 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 (optional) to the S video jacks of both your camcorder and the
TV or VCR.
This connection produces higher quality DV format pictures.
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 jack of the DV products. With digital-to-digital connection, video
and audio signals are transmitted in digital form for high-quality editing.
Before operation
Set DISPLAY to LCD in the menu settings (p. 105). (The default setting is LCD.)
(1) Insert
a blank tape (or a tape you want to record over) into your camcorder,
and insert the recorded tape into VCR.
(2) Set the POWER switch to VCR.
(3) Press FN and select PAGE3.
(4) Press REC CTRL.
(5) Press REC PAUSE.
(6) Press D_ on the VCR to start playback. The picture from the DV products
appears on the screen of your camcoder.
(7) Press REC START at the scene where you want to start recording.
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DV
9O
(optional)
: Signal flow