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RECORDING
Settings for digital signal input

Selecting digital input signal

Set the INPUT SELECT switch located on
the front panel to HDV/DV.
Inputs IEEE1394 terminal HDV or DV digital
video.
For audio, digital audio is input from the
IEEE1394 terminal.

Settings for digital video format

Set according to whether the IEEE1394 termi-
nal input video format is HDV or DV.
Set the IEEE1394 switch on the front panel,
according to the video format of the input
signal.
HDV :To input HDV format signals, set to
this position. The HDV indicator on
the front panel will light.
DV :To input DV format signals, set to
this position. The HDV indicator on
the front panel will turn off.
Memo
zDuring digital signal input, make sure the
IEEE1394 switch setting matches the input
signal video format. When the switch setting
does not match the video format, no recording
operation is available.
zDuring HDV signal input, match the HD signal
format (60Hz or 50Hz) to the input signal for-
mat.
(XPage40 “Selecting HD signal format”)
zRecording/output signal format during HDV or
DV signal input: XPage33
Selecting input signal
IEEE1394 switch
INPUT SELECT switch
HDV indicator light

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tting SYSTEM Menu screen

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C LONG P. TIME
h
is is for setting the time for BR-HD50 to
n
ter the tape protection mode if there is a
ng recording pause.
N
DEX WRITE: SYSTEM [2/2] Menu
h
is is for selecting whether to record index
g
nals automatically when recording starts.
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YSTEM menu details: XPage67 to 69)

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tting VIDEO Menu screen

UT FORMAT [60]/[50]
e
lect the EE image format output from the
D
MI OUT terminal and the COMPONENT
UT terminal. (Cross converter video)
e
tting [60]: NATIVE/480I/480P/1080I/720P
e
tting [50]: NATIVE/576I/576P/1080I/720P
ONITOR SELECT
o
automatically match the EE image format
u
tput from the HDMI terminal to the video for-
at of the connected display, set this menu
e
m to HDMI[A].
S
ettings: HDMI[A]/OUT FRMT]
O
WN CONV. MODE
h
e HDV signal is a wide-screen video signal.
W
hen HDV signals are input, the output from
e LINE OUT terminal and Y/C OUT terminal
i
ll be down-converted EE images (480i/576i).
e
t the style for displaying the down-con-
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rted EE image on a display with a 4:3 aspect
a
tio.
h
is will also apply to down-converted EE
m
ages (480i/576i) output from the COMPO-
E
NT OUT terminal.
S
ettings: SQUEEZE/LETTER BOX/SIDE-
U
T]
P
CONV. MODE
p
-converts DV input signals or DV/DVCAM
e
corded tape playback signals, and sets the
d
eo mode for output from the COMPONENT
UT terminal.
S
ettings: FULL/SIDE P.]
V
IDEO menu details: XPage73 to 75)

Settings for recording the time code

Select the time code to record, from the data in
the built-in time code generator or from the
time code data input from the IEEE1394 termi-
nal, using TC DUPLI.: DV in the TC/UB/
CLOCK [1/2] Menu screen. To record the time
code from the IEEE1394 terminal, set TC
DUPLI.: DV to AUTO or NON DROP. (In DV
mode only)
(Setting time code recording: XPage60, 61)
Memo
zAudio mode
During digital signal input, the audio mode is
identical to the IEEE1394 terminal input signal
mode.
DV format : 48K, 44.1K, or 32K mode
HDV format: 48K mode
During digital signal input, the AUDIO MODE:
DV setting in the AUDIO menu is invalid.
zTime/Date display
During DV signal input, data from the built-in
clock cannot be recorded.
The date/time data input from the IEEE1394
terminal is recorded, regardless of the menu
settings.
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tting related Menu screen