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Album Function
The album function lets you collect desired scenes (both moving and still pictures) and create the equivalent of a photo album on
a video cassette.
The pictures can be copied onto the cassette from a video movie camera, a digital still camera or another VCR for a desired time
that you can select (3–20 seconds).
Preparations:
• Switch on VCR.
• Connect a digital still camera, a video movie camera or another
external source to the Video Input socket
(42)
and Audio Input
sockets
(43)
on the front panel of this VCR (AV1/AV2 cannot
be used with this function).
• Display the VCR picture on the TV.
• Insert a cassette with intact erasure prevention tab.
1
Press the [STILL ALBUM] button on the remote
control to put the VCR in the recording pause mode.
• The VCR automatically selects the AV Input
(external input) [A3] and then switches over to the
recording pause mode. The figure for the preset
recording time (seconds) appears on the VCR
display. The initial setting is [05] (5 seconds).
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2
Start playback on the source unit to search for the
point from which you want to copy onto this VCR.
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3
When that point is reached, press the [STILL ALBUM]
button on the remote control of this VCR again to start
recording. The VCR records the picture (and sound)
for 5 seconds and then automatically switches over to
the recording pause mode.
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4
Repeat above steps 2 and 3 to record other scenes in
succession.
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5
When you have recorded all of the desired scenes,
press the [Stop] button.
To Change the Recording Time:
After step 1 or 3, press the [INDEX]
L
or [INDEX]
K
button
(31)
to change the recording time.
You can set any time between [3] and [20] seconds.
Hints:
• If you connect a digital still camera, use a camera equipped with a video output socket. Use the cable supplied with the still
camera to connect it. For details, also read the operating instructions of the equipment to be connected.
• If you leave the VCR in the recording pause mode for more than 5 minutes in step 1 or 3, the VCR automatically stops to protect
the video heads. In this case, press the [STILL ALBUM] button
(6)
again to put the VCR in the recording pause mode again.
• If you want to add background music or narration to the scenes recorded with the album function, perform Audio Dubbing as
explained on the previous page.
• Depending on the output system of the digital still camera, the pictures may not be recorded correctly (e.g. NTSC output).
AV3 IN
INTELLIGENT TIMER
AV3 IN
INTELLIGENT TIMER
VIDEO
VIDEO
L/MONO AUDIO R
L/MONO AUDIO R
Recording unit (this VCR)
Recording unit (this VCR)
(43)
(42)
Video movie camera
Digital still camera
VCR
1
2
1
2
3
7
8
0
9
4
5
6
INPUT SELECT
Í
DIRECT TV REC TV ASPECT
AV LINK
TV / TEXT
TRACKING/V-LOCK
VOLUME
STILL ALBUM REPLAY
REC
VCR
DATE
CANCEL
AUDIO OSD/DISPLAY RESET
SP/LP/EP
r
s
r
s
r
s
ON
OFF
TV
SV/V +
AV
+
–
+
–
MENU
EXIT
OK
PROG. / CHECK
TIMER
I-TIMER
Á
LIBRARY/SEARCH
INDEX
5
1,3
REC
REC
REC
Indication when the recording
time is set to [10]
VCR Display
STILL ALBUM
STILL ALBUM
