
Playing and recording from a DV camcorder | 09 |
Chapter 9
Playing and recording from a DV camcorder
You can play back and record video from a DV camcorder connected to the DV IN jack on the front panel of this recorder.
Important
•If you connect a second recorder using a DV cable, you cannot control the second unit from this one.
•You can’t control this unit remotely from a component connected to the DV IN jack.
Playing from a DV camcorder
1Make sure your DV camcorder is connected to the front panel DV IN jack.
2From the Initial Setup menu, check that the DV audio input is setup as you would like.
See DV Input on page 133 for more on this.
•Check also that the Audio In settings for External Audio and Bilingual Recording are as you want them (see Audio In on page 132).
3HOME MENU Select ‘DV’, then ‘DV Video Playback’ from the Home Menu.
4Start playback on the camcorder. Images from the camcorder should appear on your TV.
•To record the incoming video, press HDD/DVD to select the HDD or a DVD
for recording, then press REC. Press STOP REC to finish recording.
If there is no signal from the device connected to the DV jack, or the signal is
•The recorder will only start recording from the DV IN jack if there is a valid signal. Recording will pause if the signal is interrupted during recording.
•If your source is
Recording from a DV camcorder
•The source signal must be
•You can’t record date and time information from DV cassette.
•During DV recording, if a part of the tape is blank, or has
Copying from a DV source
Using the recorder’s remote, you can control both the camcorder and this recorder.
Important
•Some camcorders cannot be controlled using this recorder’s remote.
•For best results when recording from a DV camcorder to this recorder, we recommend cueing the camcorder to the place you want to start recording from and setting the camcorder to
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