Sony UVW-1800 Operating Instructions Manual page 24

4-4 (E) Chapter 4 Recording and Playback
This section describes the connections, switch settings, and basic operating
procedures for recording a component video signal and audio signal.
Connect this unit as the recorder and a UVW-1600/1600P as the player as shown in
the following figure. To check the video and audio signals being recorded, connect
the UVW-1800/1800P to a monitor as described in the Section "Playback
Operation" (page 4-2(E)).
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If you do not input a reference video signal, the monitor picture will be subject to
vertical instability. When carrying out recording, always input a reference video
signal.
For details of reference video signals, see the Section "Reference Video Signals" (page 3-5(E)).
Connections