Additional Operations
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Editing with another VCR (continued)
Before you start editing
• Turn on your TV and set it to the
video channel.
• Press INPUT SELECT to display “L2”
in the display window.
• Press TAPE SPEED to select the tape speed (SP or LP for the PAL
system, and SP or EP for the NTSC system).
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 and 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.
Note
• If you start recording following the procedure above, the VCR won’t start recording
with the APC function. To record a tape with the APC function, press r REC again
during recording pause in step 3 so that the VCR analyses the tape. Then when you
start recording in step 4, press P PAUSE after the APC indicator stops flashing. If
you press P PAUSE before the APC indicator stops flashing, the APC function is
cancelled.
Operation
(when recording on this VCR)
P PAUSE
r REC