Sony CCD-TRV118 Service Manual page 230

Recording video or TV programs
Using the i.LINK cable
You can record a tape from a VCR that has DV outputs. Use your camcorder as a
recorder.
Simply connect the i.LINK cable (optional) to DV of your camcorder and to DV OUT
of the DV products. With a digital-to-digital connection, video and audio signals are
transmitted in digital form for high-quality editing.
(1) Insert a blank tape for recording into your camcorder, and insert the recorded
tape into the VCR.
(2) Set the POWER switch to VCR on your camcorder.
(3) Press z REC and the button on its right simultaneously on your camcorder,
then immediately press X on your camcorder.
(4) Press N on the VCR to start playback.
The picture to be recorded appears on the screen of your camcorder.
(5) Press X on your camcorder at the scene where you want to start recording
from.
3
VCR
DV
: Signal flow
When you have finished dubbing a tape
Press x on both your camcorder and the VCR.
You can connect one VCR only using the i.LINK cable.
When you dub a picture in digital form
The color of the display may be uneven. However, this does not affect the dubbed
picture.
PAUSE REC
DV OUT
i.LINK cable
(optional)
is marked on
this side.
DV
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