In SERIES RECORD mode, user simply
selects the particular length tape they are
using in the camcorder by pressing the down
button. OFF disables the feature. EXIT
will exit back to the default splash screen
if SERIES RECORD is enabled. An “F”
will appear in the camcorder’s viewfinder
(GY-DV5000 series only) as well as the DR-
DV5000 front panel LCD. RETRODISK
RECORD and RETRO CACHE RECORD
are not possible with SERIES RECORD.
When in SERIES RECORD and on the
default splash screen, pressing MENU
will go directly to the SERIES RECORD
menu. It is then possible to EXIT SERIES
RECORD mode.
Split Slave
In this mode, DR-DV5000 is controlled
by the camcorder, but separately from the
camcorder’s tape transport. DR-DV5000 is
slaved to the GY-DV5000 camcorder’s VTR
button on the side of GY-DV5000. Every time
this button is pressed, DR-DV5000 directly
begins recording (not REC-PAUSE) in the
particular RECORD MODE that is selected.
When pressed a second time, DR-DV5000
goes into STOP mode (except in RETRO
RECORD modes. Another press of the VTR
button on the camcorder again starts
RECORD again. At this point, a new track
is created on disk.
When used with RETRO DISK or RETRO
CACHE modes, as soon as SPLIT SLAVE is
set, the DR-DV5000 begins recording to disk.
A press of the VTR REC trigger button on the
side of the GY-DV5000 camcorder kicks DR-
DV5000 out of Retro Disk or Retro Cache and
goes into standard REC. When the VTR
trigger button on the side of the GY-DV5000
camcorder is triggered back into REC PAUSE
mode, DR-DV5000 once again goes into
RETRO DISK or RETROCACHE mode.
It is possible to play a tape back on
GY-DV5000 and record to DR-DV5000
in SPLIT SLAVE mode.
HDDBYPASS
HDD Bypass mode allows the connected
FireWire HDD to be mounted/dismounted to
a computer without removing. In this mode,
the computer connects to the HDD I/O port
on the DR-DV5000 Rear Connector Panel.
WARNING:Do not connect DR-DV5000 to a
computer until the HDD port in the set up
menu has been set to Bypass.
When HDD Bypass is selected, the following
will display on the DR-DV5000 LCD:
If this screen does not appear, the DR-
DV5000 HDD I/O port is set for use with
external drives.
To set the HDD Port go to the Main Menu
and select SETUP -> HDD PORT to set. User
is prompted as in screen above: Once set, it
will be possible to set DR-DV5000 to HDD
Bypass mode.