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Recording a Program
Using Two VCRs for Copying and Editing Tapes
Operating Instructions
(Refer to hookup on page 6.)
Use this VCR as the playback VCR and the other VCR as the recording VCR. If you have two compatible VCRs,
use the AutoEdit feature
described below.
1.
Turn on the TV and VCRs.
2.
Tune TV to the VCR viewing channel, either 3, 4, or TVÕs video
input.
3.
If you have connected your VCR using Option A
(page 6)
, tune
recording VCR to channel 3 or 4 Ñ the one selected in the
Output
Channel
feature in the
PREFERENCES
menu.
If you have connected your VCR using Option B
(page 6),
press
INPUT
on the recording VCR to select
L1
to record from the jacks
on the back of the VCR or
L2
to record from the jacks on the front
of the VCR.
4.
Insert the tape you want to copy into playback VCR. Insert a blank
tape with safety tab in place into recording VCR.
To prevent recording on-screen displays from the playback VCR,
press
DISPLAY
three times.
See page 22 for details.
5.
Press
PLAY
, then
PAUSE
on playback VCR when you reach the
point on the tape or program where you want to begin copying. If
the tape was not recorded on the playback VCR, streaks may
appear and you may need to adjust tracking.
6.
Press
RECORD
, then
PAUSE
, on recording VCR.
7.
Press
PAUSE
buttons on both VCRs at the same time to begin
copying the tape.*
8.
Edit out segments that you do not want to copy by pressing
PAUSE
on recording VCR to stop copying the tape. Then locate
the next segment you want to copy on the playback VCR by using
FWD
,
REW
, and
PLAY
.
Press
PAUSE
on the playback VCR. Press
PAUSE
at the same time
on both VCRs to resume copying.
9.
Press
STOP
on both VCRs when you are finished.
* You may turn off the TV after the recording has started as it does not
have to be on to copy a tape.
Using Dual Remote with AutoEdit
TM
Use this VCR as the playback VCR and set it to respond to
VCR2•LD
on the remote
as described on page 14.
Use your other compatible VCR as the recording VCR, which should respond to
VCR1
.
1.
Follow steps
1 – 4
in the ÒOperating InstructionsÓ above.
2.
Press
VCR1
on remote to control recording VCR. Press
REC
, then
PAUSE,
to put recording VCR in pause mode.
3.
Press
VCR2•LD
on remote to control playback VCR.
4.
Use
FF
,
REW
, and
PLAY
to locate the point where you want to
begin copying. Press
PAUSE
while VCR is playing to put playback
VCR in pause mode.
5.
Press
EDIT
on remote to start the VCRs copying.
6.
Press
EDIT
again when you want to stop the tape from copying.
7.
Repeat steps
4 – 6
as needed.
8.
Press
VCR1
,
STOP
, then
VCR2•LD
,
STOP
, when you are finished.
Caution:
The unauthorized
recording of television
programs and other
materials may infringe the
rights of others.
