How to convert analog video tapes to digital format?
Hook up the output connector of you VCR (or analog camcorder) to analog port in your digital camcorder, using analog DV cable. Set the digital cam to VCR mode. Put a clean DV tape in your camcorder. Press Record on the DV camera. Wait until the timecode reads 3 seconds or so, then press Pause. Now you’re ready to start playing the analog tape. Make sure the tape you want to dub is in the VCR or analog camcorder and that it is rewound to the beginning. Then press Play on the analog device. In a couple of seconds the tape will start playing. Either release the Pause button on digital camcorder as soon as you press Play on the analog tape side, or wait until you see the first image pop up on the camera’s LCD. Now the dub is in progress. You should see the red light on the digital camcorder’s LCD, indicating that it’s recording, and the images from the analog tape should be displaying there too.
