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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.

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.

4 Repeat above steps 2 and 3 to record other scenes in

succession.

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

L/MONO

AUDIO

L/MONO

AUDIO

Recording unit (this VCR)

(43)

(42)

Video movie camera

Digital still camera

VCR

123

INPUT SELECT

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

ON OFF

SV/V

–

EXIT

PROG. / CHECK

TIMER

I-TIMER

LIBRARY/SEARCH

INDEX

1,3

REC

Indication when the recording

time is set to [10]

VCR Display

STILL ALBUM