Location and Function of Parts

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6HDMI OUT jack

Use to output HDMI signals. HDMI OUT jack outputs both pictures and audio.

To connect a device which equipped HDMI input connector, use HDMI OUT jack on the unit.

HDMI OUT jack outputs high-quality video with even less signal deterioration in quality than COMPONENT OUT jacks.

You can set the output video format by using [HDMI/ CMPNT] of [VIDEO OUT] in [IN/OUT REC] menu. Text data is superimposed on a monitor in the same way as COMPONENT OUT jacks connection (page 25).

Notes

Use an HDMI cable with HDMI logo.

When you connect the unit with other device, some of the devices do not display pictures or sounds. Also, when you connect the unit in the way described below, the unit or the device connected to the unit may be damaged.

–When HDMI OUT jack on the unit is connected to the HDMI OUT jack on the device.

–When HDMI OUT jack on the unit is connected to the HDMI OUT jack of the same unit.

There are following restrictions on the output of HDMI OUT jack.

•When you play back an HDV-formatted tape with copyright protected signals or input HDV signals,

including copyright protected signals via HDV/DV jack, pictures and audio cannot be output from HDMI OUT jack. (Copy-protected signals and programs such as digital broadcasts are also included.)

•You cannot output EE picture of analog video (NTSC, PAL) that are input from VIDEO IN jack, S VIDEO IN jack to HDMI OUT jack. In this case, text data and menus cannot be displayed either. When you play back a DVCAM or DV (SP)-formatted tape recorded in either NTSC or PAL format, pictures are output to HDMI OUT jack.

•You cannot output EE picture and sound of DVCAM/

DV signals (NTSC, PAL) that are input from HDV/ DV jack to HDMI OUT jack.

•Sounds output via HDMI OUT jack of the unit is 2- channel (stereo). In case of playing back a tape recorded in 4-channel (32 kHz), audio recording, or pausing audio recording, to output the sound of CH3 and CH4 during post recording, select CH-3/4 with AUDIO OUTPUT SELECT switch. By selecting MIX with this switch, mixed sounds can be output to HDMI OUT jack as well.

•Sounds output via HDMI OUT jack are output with 16 bit of 48 kHz, 2-channel linear PCM mode regardless of the tape played back, the setting of the

menus, or the signal format input to HDV/DV jack.

•When images are output in 720p format, some of the text image data (outer frame: underscan portion) on the monitor may appear cut out. In this case, check the text image data on LCD monitor of the unit or on a monitor using S VIDEO OUT jack or VIDEO OUT jack. Also, when your monitor has an underscan function, you can check all the text data on the monitor during full screen underscan.

•When you change the video format setting of [HDMI/ CMPNT] of [VIDEO OUT] in [IN/OUT REC] menu, the video signal output from S VIDEO jack, VIDEO

jack, or HDV/DV jack may be distorted.

•If a monitor or other device connected to the unit does not have a resolution display mode selected with [HDMI/CMPNT] of [VIDEO OUT] in [IN/OUT REC], noise may occur on the picture of the monitor, or a humming noise may be output from the speakers. Also, the picture may not be displayed or the sound may not be output. Be sure to check the displayable resolutions of the monitor by referring the operational instructions of your monitor, and select the appropriate menu for the unit.

•Depending on the monitor you have, the picture and sound on the monitor may be distorted when you change the resolution of the picture. This is not a malfunction.

•Some monitors have a specification that does not allow them to display personal contents (such as a movie recorded for private use) played on the unit.

To play the video properly, use COMPONENT OUT jacks or VIDEO jacks to connect the monitor and the unit.

7RESET button

If you press this button with the tip of a ballpoint pen or similar tool, the following settings are initialized.

–[CLOCK SET] (page 78) and [60i/50i SEL] (page 79) in [OTHERS] menu.

–The setting on the unit except the menu settings.

8AC IN connector

Connects to an AC outlet using the supplied power cord.

Even if the unit is in the standby mode, it consumes power. To turn the unit off completely, pull the plug out from the AC outlet.

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