Dubbing A Tape - Sony Handycam DCR-PC115 Service Manual

Searching for a photo
– Photo search/Photo scan
Scanning photo
(1) Set the POWER switch to VCR.
(2) Press SEARCH MODE on the Remote
Commander repeatedly until the PHOTO
SCAN indicator appears.
The indicator changes as follows:
DATE SEARCH t PHOTO SEARCH
T PHOTO SCAN
no indicator
(3) Press . or > on the Remote
Commander.
Each photo is played back for about five
seconds automatically.
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To stop scanning
Press x.
If a tape has a blank portion between
recorded portions
The photo search/photo scan function may not
work correctly.
The available number of photos that can be
searched using the cassette memory
The available number is up to 12 photos.
However, you can search 13 photos or more
using the scanning photo function.
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Dubbing a tape

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,
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 when the red
plug is connected, the right channel audio is
output.
If your VCR has an S video jack
Pictures can be reproduced more faithfully by
using an S video cable (optional).
With this connection, you do not need to connect
the yellow (video) plug of the A/V connecting
cable.
Connect an S video cable (optional) to the S video
jacks of both your camcorder and the VCR.
This connection produces higher quality DV
format pictures.
Using the i.LINK cable (DV connecting
cable)
Simply connect the i.LINK cable (DV connecting
cable) (optional) to DV jack of your camcorder
and to DV IN of the DV products. With a digital-
to-digital connection, video and audio signals are
transmitted in digital form for high-quality
editing. You cannot dub the titles, display
indicators or the contents of cassette memory or
letters on the "Memory Stick" index screen.
Set the input selector on the VCR to the DV input
position if the VCR is equipped with the input
selector.
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(2)
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SEARCH
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SCAN
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DCR-PC115/PC115E/PC120BT/PC120E
— Editing —
Dubbing a tape
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 on the Remote Commander
– 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.
Connect the A/V connecting cable to
AUDIO/VIDEO jack.
Refer to the operating instructions of the VCR.
(3) Set the POWER switch to VCR on your
camcorder.
(4) Play back the recorded tape on your
camcorder.
(5) Start recording on the VCR. Refer to the
operating instructions of your VCR.
S VIDEO
AUDIO/VIDEO
: Signal flow/
Dubbing a tape
(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.
Set the input selector to LINE. Refer to the
operating instructions of the VCR.
(3) Set the POWER switch to VCR on your
camcorder.
(4) Play back the recorded tape on your
camcorder.
(5) Start recording on the VCR. Refer to the
operating instructions of the VCR.
DV
: Signal flow/
(optional)/
When you have finished dubbing a
tape
Press x on both your camcorder and the VCR.
You can connect one VCR only using the i.LINK
cable (DV connecting cable)
See page 241 for more information about i.LINK.
Pictures processed by the picture effect, the
digital effect or PB ZOOM function
Pictures processed by the picture effect, the
digital effect or PB ZOOM function are not
output through the DV jack.
If you record a playback pause picture with
the DV jack
The recorded picture becomes rough. And when
you play back the picture using the other video
equipment, the picture may jitter.
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