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Adv
anced Operations
A.DUB
A.DUB
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Preparations
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Connect the audio equipment or a video movie camera to
this VCR with an audio cable.
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Display the VCR picture on the TV.
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Insert the cassette on which the audio dubbing is to be
performed, and make sure that its erasure prevention tab is
not broken out.
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Press the INPUT SELECT button
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to select the AV Input
(external input) “A1”, “A2” or “A3” according to the socket(s)
on the VCR to which you have connected the source unit.
A1: When connected to the AV1 21-pin Scart socket
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A2: When connected to the AV2 21-pin Scart socket
g
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Make sure that “AV2” is set to “EXT”.
(See page 37.)
A3: When connected to the Audio Input sockets
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on the
front panel of this VCR
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Use the L connector for operations in the normal
(monaural) mode.
Operations
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Press the Play button
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on this VCR to start playback to
search for the point from which you want to start audio
dubbing.
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At the point from which you want to perform audio
dubbing, press the Pause/Still button
d
on this VCR to
put it in the still playback mode.
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Press the A.DUB button
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on this VCR to put it in the
recording pause mode.
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Start playback on the source unit so
that you can hear the sound.
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When you reach the point from which
you want to start audio dubbing,
press the Pause/Still button
d
on this VCR again to start
recording the new sound or start your narration.
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At the point where you want to stop audio dubbing,
press the Stop button
9
to finish recording.
Audio Dubbing
The audio dubbing function lets you record new sound onto
the normal (mono) audio track. Although this erases the
original sound on the normal audio track, the sound on the
Hi-Fi audio tracks remains unchanged. Use this function to
add narration or background music to a previously made
recordings.
Hints:
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The new sound is recorded on the normal audio track. The
original sound remains on the Hi-Fi audio tracks. The
sound recorded on the normal audio track is always in
mono.
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For audio dubbing with narration, you can use the built-in
microphone of the connected video movie camera.
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To listen to the sound recorded with audio dubbing, press
the AUDIO button
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during playback to select the normal
audio track. (For details, refer to page 36.)
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To listen to the sound recorded with audio dubbing
together with the original sound, first set “Audio mode”
to “MIX” (for details, refer to page 38) and then
press the AUDIO button
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during playback to select the
mixed sound.
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Audio equipment or
Video movie camera
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