Hitachi VM-E521A User Manual

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. 

Use synchro edit to record segments of a previously recorded tape when dubbing from the camcorder to a VCR. 
This requires an optional synchro edit cable. The Hitachi VM-E520A/E521A 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 Hookup Illustration 
1. Connect the synchro edit cable to the AV IN/OUT jack of your camcorder. 
2. Connect the synchro edit cable 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. 

Note: Some VCR's have an S-VIDEO IN jack. Connect the black S-VIDEO plug to the television instead of 
the yellow VIDEO plug. 

Turn on your VCR and place it in the camcorder input mode (consult your VCR manual for details). 
3. Insert the recorded tape in the camcorder and a blank tape into the VCR. 
4. Play the tape in the camcorder 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 polarity switch on the synchro edit cable. 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 camcorder is placed in playback. The recording VCR starts recording automatically. 
7. Press the F.FWD, REW, STOP, and Start/Stop buttons to pause the VCR. You can then search forward or 
back through the tape without affecting the tape in the VCR. 
Use the F.FWD and REW 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. 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 camcorder's linear time counter with memory ("Using Memory," 
p.41). 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. 

Simple programmable edit allows you to program your camcorder to select the scenes you want to copy from a 
pre-recorded tape. Use the edit remote control (optional) to easily copy scenes from a recorded tape in the 
camcorder (playback machine) onto a blank tape in a table-top VCR which handles infrared signals (recording 
machine). 

Note: Only the VM-RM20EDA edit remote control (optional) can be used with this camcorder. 
Note: Some VCRs cannot be operated by the edit remote control (optional). 

Example of Programmable Editing 

It is necessary to program the edit remote control to match the VCR before starting editing.