Sony SLV-E580EG VCR User Manual


 
Editing 59
Basic editing
(when recording on this
VCR)
Before you start editing
Turn on your TV and set it to the
video channel.
Press INPUT SELECT to display “L2”
(“L1”, “L3”) in the display window.
Press SP/LP to select the tape speed, SP or LP.
On this VCR, set EDIT in the VIDEO OPTIONS menu to ON. If the
other VCR has a similar function, turn it on also.
1 Insert a source tape with its safety tab removed into the other
(playback) VCR. Search for the point to start playback and set it to
playback pause.
2 Insert a tape with its safety tab in place into this (recording) VCR.
Search for the point to start recording and press P PAUSE.
3 Press r REC on this VCR to set it to recording pause.
4 To start editing, press the P PAUSE buttons on both VCRs at the same
time.
To stop editing
Press the p STOP buttons on both VCRs.
Tips
To edit more precisely, press the P PAUSE buttons on the VCRs to release pause.
To cut out unwanted scenes while editing, press P PAUSE on this VCR when an
unwanted scene begins. When it ends, press P PAUSE again to resume recording
(Assemble Editing).
Note
If you start editing following the procedure above, the VCR won’t start recording
with the OPC function. To record a tape with the OPC function, press r REC again
during recording pause in step 3 so the VCR analyses the tape. Then, when you
start editing in step 4, press P PAUSE after the OPC indicator stops flashing. If you
press P PAUSE before the OPC indicator stops flashing, the OPC function is
cancelled.
r REC
P PAUSE