PYLE Audio DVR-940HX-S Playing and recording from a DV camcorder, Playing from a DV camcorder

09Playing and recording from a DV camcorder

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.

connected to the DV jack, or the signal is copy-protected, recording will pause. It will automatically restart once there is a recordable signal.

•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 copy-protected using Copy Guard, you will not be able to record it. See Restrictions on video recording on page 68 for more details.

Playing from a DV camcorder

1Make sure your DV camcorder is connected to the front panel DV IN jack.

2From the Initial Settings menu, check that the DV audio input is setup as you require.

See DV Input on page 143 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 142).

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 HDD1 or a DVD for recording, then press REC. Press

STOP REC to finish recording.

If there is no signal from the device

Recording from a DV camcorder

Using the recorder’s remote, you can control both the camcorder and this recorder.

Important

•The source signal must be DVC-SD format.

•Some camcorders cannot be controlled using this recorder’s remote.

•You can’t record date and time information from DV cassette.

•During DV recording, if a part of the tape is blank, or has copy-protected material on it, this recorder will pause recording. Recording will restart automatically when there is a recordable signal. However, if there is more than 10 seconds of blank tape, this recorder will stop recording and the camcorder should stop (depending on the camcorder).

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1 DVR-940HX-S:If the external HDD is connected (HDD2), this can also be selected.