Sony CCD-F301 - Manual (Page 26)

Insert Recording
You can insert a new scene from a VCR or
TV onto your originally recorded tape. (U)
Before You Begin
• Connection IS Itie same as m "Recording from
Another VCR or a TV".
• Set the VCR in the playback pause mode at the
beginning of the scene to be recorded.
• Set the POWER of the camcorder to VTR and
display the counter in the viewfinder.
1 Locate the end point where the insert
should end by pressing '44 or during
playback.
2 At the end point, press COUNTER RESET.
The counter is reset to "0.00:00".
3 Locate the start point where the insert
should begin.
4 At the start point, set the camcorder into
recording pause mode.
5 Press ZERO MEM.
The end point of the insert is stored m
memory.
6 Press II of both units to start Insert
recording.
You can monitor the picture being inserted in
the viewfinder screen
The insert recording will slop automatically near
the zero point on the counter.
To change the end point
Press ZERO MEM so that the ZERO MEM
indicator disappears, and operate again from
step 1
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Using the Tape Counter
(V) During recording or playback, the digits on the
counter indicate the recording or playback lime
To Index the Whole Tape
Press COUNTER RESET at the beginning of the
tape so that the counter shows "0 00 00 Write
down the counter reading at a particular point so
that you can easily find that point later by
referring to the tape counter.
To Return to a Pre-Registered Point
1 During playback, press COUNTER RESET
at the point you want to locate later.
2 Press I when the playback is finished, as
usual.
3 Press ZERO MEM.
The "ZERO MEM indication blinks in the
viewfinder.
4 Press -44 or
The tape rewinds or advances and stops
automatically when the counter reaches
approximately "0.00 00
Notes on the tape counter and ZERO MEM button
• The counter reading and the point of Ihe lape may
nol correspond exactly Use Ihn counter as a guide
There will be a tune l.ig ol several seconds nspHiCially
when you repeat fast forward running rewinding or
when you play back a lape recorded m both
lp and
SP modes mixed
• Be sure to press ZERO MEM afiei you slop the lape
II does nol lu'iclion during playback
• The ZERO MEM mode is canceled auiomatically
once the lape is rewound or sent forward to the pomt
where you pre registered