Recording From A Vcr, Tv Or Analog Camcorder (Analog Line-In) - Canon XM2 Instruction Manual

Recording from a VCR, TV or Analog Camcorder (Analog Line-in)

You can record a video played on your VCR or analog camcorder (for digital camcorder, see p. 97)
or a TV program onto a tape in the XM2, if the TV or other device has audio/video outputs.
• If an anomalous signal is sent from the TV or VCR, the images recorded on the tape may also be
anomalous (although it may not appear so on the TV image), not recorded at all, or COPYRIGHT
PROTECTED DUBBING RESTRICTED may appear in the viewfinder.
• You cannot dub tapes recorded with the copyright protective signal.
Preparations
1. Connect the camcorder to the VCR, TV or another camcorder.
2. Prepare the device. (Example connecting to a VCR)
• Set the TV/Video selector on the television to Video. For further details, see "Connections for
Playback on a TV Screen" (
• Turn on the VCR. Load your recorded cassette, and put the VCR in playback pause mode.
• See your TV and VCR instruction manuals for details.
3. Slide the camcorder's POWER switch to PLAY (VCR) and TAPE/CARD switch to
TAPE.
4. Load a blank cassette.
STV-250N Stereo Video Cable
: Signal flow
S-150 S-video Cable
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AUDIO
R
VIDEO
S-VIDEO
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