Sony DCR-SR80E User Manual

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Connect your camcorder to the TV 
or VCR/DVD device with the A/V 
connecting cable (supplied) 
1 or 
the A/V connecting cable with S 
VIDEO (optional) 
2.
• Connect your camcorder to the output jacks 
of a TV or VCR/DVD device.
2
If you are recording from a VCR/
DVD device, insert the video tape 
or the DVD into the playback 
device.
3
Slide the POWER switch to light up 
the  
(PLAY/EDIT) 
lamp.
4
Touch  
t [REC CTRL].
If you connected your camcorder to the 
device which has the S VIDEO jack, 
touch [SET] 
t [VIDEO INPUT] t 
[S VIDEO] 
.
• Touch [SET] to change the recording mode 
or adjust the volume.
• Touch [SET] 
t [
REMAIN] 
t [ON] 
to display the remaining hard disk free space 
indicator all the time.
5
Start playing the cassette or the 
DVD on the play back device, or 
select a TV program.
The image played on the connected 
device appears on the LCD screen of your 
camcorder.
6
Touch [REC] at the point you want 
to start recording.
7
Touch 
 at the point you want 
to stop recording.
8
Touch [END].
• There may be a time difference between the point 
where you press [REC] and the actual point that 
the recording starts/stops.
• You cannot record an image as a still image even 
if you press PHOTO during recording.