Sony DCR-TRV38E Service Manual page 95

Recording video or TV programs
Recording video or TV programs
Before operation for connecting with the A/V connecting cable
Set DISPLAY in
(The default setting is LCD.)
The POWER switch should be set to
Operate by touching the panel.
(1) Insert the blank tape (or the tape you want to record over) into your
camcorder. If you are recording the tape from the VCR, insert the recorded
tape into the VCR.
(2) Press FN and select PAGE3.
(3) Press REC CTRL.
(4) Press REC PAUSE.
(5) Press N on the VCR to start playback if you record the tape from a VCR.
Select a TV program if you record from a TV. The picture from playback side
appears on the screen.
(6) Press REC START at the scene where you want to start recording from.
When you have finished dubbing the tape
Press x on your camcorder, and then press the stop button on the VCR.
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 when the red plug is connected,
the right channel audio is output.
If your VCR has an S video jack
See page 44 for details.
When using the i.LINK cable
•Before recording, make sure if the DV IN indicator appears on the screen. The DV IN
indicator may appear on both equipment.
•Recording of only the picture or sound cannot be done.
to LCD in the menu settings when using the A/V connecting cable.
REC CTRL
REC
PAUSE
.
RET.
REC
START
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