Sony DCR-TRV30 - Manual (Page 68)

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Using the A/V connecting cable
You can dub or edit on the VCR connected to your camcorder using your camcorder as
a player.
Connect your camcorder to the VCR using the A/V connecting cable supplied with
your camcorder.
Before operation
• Set DISPLAY to LCD in the menu settings. (The default setting is LCD.)
• Press the following buttons to make the indicator disappear so that they will not be
superimposed on the edited tape:
– DISPLAY
– DATA CODE
– SEARCH MODE on the Remote Commander
(1) Insert a blank tape (or a tape you want to record over) into the VCR, and insert
the recorded tape into your camcorder.
(2) Prepare the VCR for recording, then set the input selector to LINE.
Refer to the operating instructions of the VCR.
(3) Set the POWER switch to VCR.
(4) Play back the recorded tape on your camcorder.
(5) Start recording on the VCR. Refer to the operating instructions of your VCR.
When you have finished dubbing a tape
Press x on both your camcorder and the VCR.
You can edit on VCRs that support the following systems
8 mm, Hi8, VHS, S-VHS, VHSC, S-VHSC,
Betamax, ED Betamax, mini DV, DV, Digital8
If your VCR is a monaural type
Connect the yellow plug of the A/V connecting cable to the video input jack and the
white or the red plug to the audio input jack on the VCR or the TV. When the white
plug is connected, the left channel audio is output, and the red plug is connected, the
right channel audio is output.
— Editing —
Dubbing a tape
S VIDEO
VIDEO
AUDIO
IN
AUDIO/VIDEO
S VIDEO
: Signal flow