Advanced Techniques
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Note:
If the VCR is connected to a television and the VCR/TV selector is set to VCR, you can
monitor the tape being dubbed.
Using Synchro Edit
Use synchro edit to record only segments of a previously recorded tape when dubbing from the
camera/recorder to a VCR. This requires an optional synchro edit cord. The Hitachi VM-
E56A/E58A uses a flying erase head to eliminate glitches or rainbow noise that sometimes
occurs between edits. Your VCR must have the EDIT IN jack to use the synchro edit.
Synchro Edit Diagram
1. Connect the synchro edit cord to the AV IN/OUT jack of your camera/recorder.
2. Connect the synchro edit cord to the AUDIO IN, VIDEO IN, and EDIT IN jacks of your VCR.
Connect either the right or left audio plug into your VCR if it has only one AUDIO IN jack.
Turn on your VCR and place it in the camera/recorder input mode (consult your VCR manual for
details).
3. Insert the recorded tape in the camera/recorder and a blank tape into the VCR.
4. Play the tape in the camera/recorder until you find the place you want to record. Press the
Start/Stop button.
5. Press the RECORD button on the VCR. It automatically sets to pause. If the VCR begins to
record instead of pausing you need to change the position of the switch on the synchro edit cord.
Stop the VCR, change the position of the switch, and press the RECORD button on the VCR.
6. Press the S.EDIT button on the remote control and the last few seconds of the recorded tape
reviews in the viewfinder and then the camera/recorder is placed in playback. The recording
VCR starts recording automatically.
7. Press the F.FWD, REW/REVIEW, STOP and Start/Stop buttons to pause the VCR. You can
then search forward or back through the tape, fast forward, or rewind the tape without affecting
the tape in the VCR.
Use the F.FWD and REW/REVIEW buttons to search the tape. Press the PLAY button to resume
normal playback. To resume recording on the tape in the VCR, press the Start/Stop button and
then the S.EDIT button.
To fast forward or rewind the tape, press the STOP button, then F.FWD or REW/REVIEW. To
return to recording on the tape in the VCR, press the STOP button, then the PLAY button, then
the Start/Stop button, and then the S.EDIT button.
8. To stop recording at a certain point turn on the camera/recorder's linear time counter with
memory ("Using Memory," p 19). Press the COUNTER RESET button on the remote control
where you wish the recording to stop. The linear time counter resets to 0:00:00M. Rewind to the
point where you wish to start recording and start copying. When the linear time counter reaches
0:00:00 the recording stops automatically, pausing the VCR in the record mode.
Note:
If the tape counter reads "0:00:00M" you cannot start recording.
