Panasonic nv-fj730b User Manual

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 

 and Audio Input 

sockets 

 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.

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).

Start playback on the source unit to search for the 
point from which you want to copy onto this VCR.

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.

Repeat above steps 2 and 3 to record other scenes in 
succession.

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 

 

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 

 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)

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

+

–

+

–

Á

LIBRARY/SEARCH

INDEX

Indication when the recording 
time is set to [10]

VCR Display

STILL  ALBUM

STILL  ALBUM