Hitachi VM-E220A - Manual (Page 36)

Advanced Techniques - 36 -
Using Audio/Video Dubbing
Use audio/video dubbing to record audio and video from the camcorder's built-in microphone and camera onto a
previously recorded tape in the camcorder.
Remote Control Audio/Video Dubbing Buttons
1. Connect your camcorder to the television, following "Connecting to a Television with Audio In and Video In
Jacks" on page 27.
2. Turn on your television and place it in the camcorder input mode (consult your television manual for details).
3. Hold down the red button on the CAM/OFF/VIDEO switch while sliding the switch to VIDEO.
4. Insert a previously recorded tape in the camcorder.
5. Use the wireless remote control and press the PLAY button. Use the PLAY, F.FWD, and REW buttons to find
the place where you want to stop dubbing. Press the PAUSE (START/STOP) button.
6. Display the linear timer counter with memory ("Using Memory," p.42). Press the COUNTER RESET button to
set the linear time counter to 0:00:00M.
7. Use the REW and PLAY buttons to find where you wish to start dubbing. Press the PAUSE (START/STOP)
button.
8. Press and hold the A/V DUB button while pressing the PLAY button. This places the camcorder in A/V DUB
pause mode.
9. Press the PAUSE (START/STOP) button. The audio/video dubbing starts. When the linear time counter
reaches 0:00:00M the camcorder stops automatically, recording only the portion of the tape that you selected.
Note: If the camcorder is in AV DUB pause or STILL mode for more than 5 minutes, the camcorder stops
automatically to protect the tape.
Note: Automatic date recording is disabled during audio/video dubbing.
Note: When the audio/video dubbed portion is played back, noise may appear at the end of the dubbed
portion.
Using Synchro Edit
Use synchro edit to record segments of a previously recorded tape when dubbing from the camcorder to a VCR.
This requires an optional synchro edit cable. The Hitachi VM-E220A uses a flying erase head to eliminate glitches
or rainbow noise that sometimes occurs between edits. Your VCR must have the EDIT IN jack to use the synchro
edit.
Synchro Edit Hookup Illustration
1. Connect the synchro edit cable to the AV IN/OUT jack of your camcorder.
2. Connect the synchro edit cable to the AUDIO IN, VIDEO IN, and EDIT IN jacks of your VCR. Connect either the
right or left audio plug into your VCR if it has only one AUDIO IN jack.
Turn on your VCR and place it in the camcorder input mode (consult your VCR manual for details).
3. Insert the recorded tape in the camcorder and a blank tape into the VCR.
4. Play the tape in the camcorder until you find the place you want to record. Press the Start/Stop button.
5. Press the Record button on the VCR. It automatically sets to pause. If the VCR begins to record instead of
pausing you need to change the position of the polarity switch on the synchro edit cable. Stop the VCR, change
the position of the switch, and press the Record button on the VCR.
6. Press the S.EDIT button on the remote control and the last few seconds of the recorded tape reviews in the
viewfinder and then the camcorder is placed in playback. The recording VCR starts recording automatically.
7. Press the F.FWD, REW, STOP, and Start/Stop buttons to pause the VCR. You can then search forward or
back through the tape without affecting the tape in the VCR.
Use the F.FWD and REW buttons to search the tape. Press the PLAY button to resume normal playback. To
resume recording on the tape in the VCR, press the Start/Stop button and then the S.EDIT button.
To fast forward or rewind the tape, press the STOP button, then F.FWD or REW. To return to recording on the
tape in the VCR, press the STOP button, then the PLAY button, then the Start/Stop button, and then the S.EDIT
button.
8. To stop recording at a certain point turn on the camcorder's linear time counter with memory ("Using Memory,"
p.42). Press the COUNTER RESET button on the remote control where you wish the recording to stop. The linear
time counter resets to 0:00:00M. Rewind to the point where you wish to start recording and start copying. When
the linear time counter reaches 0:00:00 the recording stops automatically, pausing the VCR in the record mode.
Note: If the tape counter reads "0:00:00M" you cannot start recording.