Sony DCR-PC1 - Manual (Page 69)

Replacing recording on a tape
- insert editing
You can insert a new scene from a VCR onto your or^inally recorded tape by
specifying starting and ending points.
Connection is the same as in "Using the DV connecting cable" on page 67. In recording
and recording pause mode, DV IN/OUT jack automatically works as input jack.
You can only operate with Remote Commander.
(1) While pressing the small green button on the POWER switch, set it to VTR.
(2) On the VCR, locate the start just before point to be inserted and set to playback
pause mode.
(3) On the camcorder, press ► to set it to playback mode, and then locate the point
where the insert should end by pressing or ►►. Then press II to set it to
playback pause mode.
(4) Press ZERO SET MEMORY on the Remote Commander. The ZERO SET MEMORY
indicator flashes and the end point of the insert is stored in memory.
(5) On the camcorder, locate the point where the insert should begin by pressing -4^,
then press • REC on the Remote Commander to set it to recording pause mode.
(6) First press II on the VCR, and after a few seconds press II on the camcorder to start
insert editing.
The insert editing stops automatically near the counter's zero point. Press ■ to set the
camcorder to stop mode.
To change the end point
Press ZERO SET MEMORY on the Remote Commander so that the ZERO SET
MEMORY indicator disappears and begin from step 3.
To record without setting the end point
Skip steps 3 and 4. Press ■ when stopping insert editing.
Notes on the inserted picture '
• The pictoe may be distorted at the end of the inserted portion when it is played
back.
• The picture and sound recorded on the portion where you insert a new scene will be
erased when you insert a new scene.
• If you insert a new scene (picture and sound) on a tape recorded by other camcorder
(including DCR-PCl), the picture and sound quality may become worse.