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PHONES MIC
REMOTE
LOCAL
EJECT
OPERATE
REC LEVEL
CH-2/4
CH-1/3
SHIFT
SET
SELECT
SHIFT
MENU
HOLD SHIFT A. DUB
ADVANCE PRESET
REW STOP FF
REC PLAY
PAUSE
ON/OFF
MENU
OVER
OVER
HMSF
AUDLOCK
SP
32k 48k
SLAVE PB NDF
SERVORF
DEW
AUTO OFF
HOLD
CH 2/4
CH 1/3
VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER BR-DV600UA
dB4030 20 10 0
V.IN/A.MONI A.OUT COUNTER
DV CTL
TC
UB
CH-1/2
CH-3/4
Y/C
(CPN)
LINE
L
R
MIX
MIX
6 RECORDING
Recording preparation
Loading a cassette
Check that the erasure prevention tab is set to allow
recording.
Insert the cassette in the cassette loading slot.
Input video signal selection
Select the input video signal with the switch on the front
panel or menu switch.
5Selection with the switch on the front panel
• Menu switch setting
No. 054 <SLIDE SW FUNCTION> ......... VIDEO
[PLAY] button
[REC] button
[PAUSE] button
[STOP] button
Recording
1
Press the [PLAY] button while holding down the
[REC] button.
[Recording starts.
2Press the [PAUSE] button to temporarily stop recording.
To restart recording, press the [PLAY] button.
To stop recording, press the [STOP] button.
Notes:
•If the unit remains in the Pause mode for more than
5 minutes, the Stop mode is automatically engaged
to prevent the tape from being damaged. If tape
remaining time is less than 3 minutes or the unit is
being used in a low-temperature environment, the
Stop mode is engaged within about 3 minutes.
•When a tape recorded on this unit is played back on
a consumer MiniDV VCR, the sound level may be
low.
•During recording, the upper section of the picture may
be distorted or deflect. This is not a malfunction.
[REC LEVEL] control
[VIDEO INPUT] switch
Audio sampling rate setting
Select the audio sampling rate with the No. 245 <SAMPLING
RATE> menu switch.
The number of usable audio channels is determined by the
sampling frequency selected with the No. 245 <SAMPLING
RATE> menu switch.
532 kHz: 4 channels
In normal recording, signals are recorded on CH1 and CH2. In
the audio dubbing mode, signals are recorded on CH3 and CH4.
548 kHz: 2 channels
Signals are recorded on CH1 and CH2. Audio dubbing is not
possible.
Adjust the audio recording level with the [REC LEVEL]
control.
V. IN
switch
No. 109 <VIDEO
INPUT2> menu
switch
Not required.
Not required.
Select “Y/C”.
Select
“COMPONENT”.
Selected input connector
Selects digital signals input to the
[DV IN/OUT].
Selects composite video signals
input to the [LINE IN] connector.
Selects Y/C signals input to the [Y/
C IN] connector.
Selects component signals input to
the [COMPONENT IN] connectors.
Y/C
(CPN)
DV
LINE
Y/C
(CPN)
* To switch the audio output, use the No. 211 <AUDIO MONITOR> menu
switch.
5Selection with the menu switch
• Menu switch setting
No. 054 <SLIDE SW FUNCTION> ......... AUDIO
No. 108 <VIDEO
INPUT SELECT>
LINE
Y/C
COMPONENT
IEEE 1394
Selected input connector
Selects composite video signals input to
the [LINE IN] connector.
Selects Y/C signals input to the [Y/C]
connector.
Selects component video signals input to
the [COMPONENT IN] connectors.
Selects digital signals input to the [DV IN/
OUT] connector.
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V.IN/A.MONI A.OUT COUNTER
DV CTL
TC
UB
CH-1/2
CH-3/4
Y/C
(CPN)
LINE
L
R
MIX
MIX
PHONES MIC
REMOTE
LOCAL
EJECT
OPERATE
REC LEVEL
CH-2/4
CH-1/3
SHIFT
SET
SELECT
SHIFT
MENU
HOLD SHIFT A. DUB
ADVANCE PRESET
REW STOP FF
REC PLAY
PAUSE
ON/OFF
MENU
OVER
OVER
HMSF
AUDLOCK
SP
32k 48k
SLAVE PB NDF
SERVORF
DEW
AUTO OFF
HOLD
CH 2/4
CH 1/3
VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER BR-DV600UA
dB4030 20 10 0
6 RECORDING
[PLAY] button
[REC] button
[PAUSE] button
[STOP] button
[REC LEVEL] control
[A. DUB] button
Audio dubbing
Signals can only be recorded on CH3 and CH4.
1Set the No. 245 <SAMPLING RATE> menu switch to
“32K”.
Set the video input to a position other than “DV IN”.
(Audio dubbing is not possible with digital audio
input.)
See “Recording preparation” on page 26.
2Press the [PLAY] button to play back the tape.
3Press the [PAUSE] button at the position from which
you want to start recording audio.
While holding the [PAUSE] button, press the
[A.DUB] button.
The Audio Dubbing Pause mode cannot be engaged
unless the VCR is in the Stop mode. First engage the
Stop mode. Then, while holding down the [PAUSE]
button, press the [A. DUB] button.
• Audio dubbing
If audio dubbing is disabled for any reason — for
example, if a section of tape recorded using 48 kHz
sampling is backspaced in the Pause mode — the “Adb
inh” indication is shown and the VCR enters the Stop
mode.
4Adjust the audio recording level with the [REC
LEVEL] control.
5Press the [PLAY] button to start audio dubbing.
[Audio signals are recorded on CH3 and CH4.
To stop audio dubbing temporarily, press the [PAUSE]
button.
6To end audio dubbing, press the [STOP] button.
•Audio dubbing is not possible on tapes recorded with
48 kHz sampling frequency.
•If audio dubbing is performed repeatedly on a short
section of the tape, there may be some noise when
this section is played back.
•For audio dubbing, use a tape recorded with this unit.
If another tape is used, first dub it to a tape on this
unit. When audio is dubbed on a tape recorded on
another VCR (including another BR-DV600UA/EA),
sound and picture may be distorted.
•During audio dubbing, noise might be visible on the
playback picture. But it is not a trouble of
BR-DV600UA/EA. Audio dubbing itself is proceeded
normally.
•It is not possible to use the audio dubbing function to
record the CH1/2 playback signal on CH3/4 (sound-
on-sound).
Notes:
48k
32k
CH1
CH1/CH2
CH2
CH3/CH4
Reference
Recording section on the tape
In the MiniDV format, one video frame consists of 10
tracks. Each track includes recording sections for audio,
video and sub code (time code, date, time).
As shown in the diagram, the audio recording section
provides 2 channels or 4 channels depending on the
sampling rate frequency selected. In the Audio Dubbing
mode, audio signals are recorded in the CH3 and CH4
section which is created when the 32 kHz sampling
frequency is selected.
Audio area
Video area
Sub code area