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Location and Function of Parts
Notes on all video output jacks
•When you change the video format setting of [HDMI/CMPNT] and [DOWN COVERT] of [VIDEO OUT] in [IN/OUT REC] menu, [ALLSCAN MODE] in [DISPLAY SET] menu, or [HDV t DV CONV] and [DOWN CONVERT] in [i.LINK SET], the image may be distorted for a moment. Also, the above settings may cause the restrictions on the video output of the unit.
For details, refer to the table on page 85 and the instructions of each menu setting.
•When you change the video format setting of [HDMI/CMPNT] of [VIDEO OUT] in [IN/OUT REC] menu, the video signals output from S VIDEO
OUT jack, VIDEO OUT jack, or HDV/DV jack may be distorted.
•The unit is only compatible with standard video signals. If you input the types of video signals shown below, recorded picture and sound may be distorted.
–Signals from some home game machines
–Blue background screen or gray background screen from a consumer VCR
–Pictures played at a speed other than normal by a VCR that does not have the TBC (Time Base Corrector)
–Video signals in which the sync signals are distorted
–Signals from a defective cassette (tape or recording condition is bad) played by an analog VCR that does not have TBC
•To absorb the jitter of input video signals, the distortion of video signals are processed in the underscan portion. You may see this procedure on an underscan monitor, yet this is not a malfunction. Also, the picture recorded on the tape will not be affected.
•During recording or in EE mode, the subcarrier of the color signal to be output from the unit is not synchronized with the horizontal sync signal. The color of the picture or the horizontal position of the picture may be distorted depending on the type of monitor connected to the unit.
•To output video signals to VIDEO, S VIDEO, or COMPONENT OUT jacks without text data, set DISPLAY OUTPUT switch to OFF, or press DATA CODE or SEARCH SELECT button on the remote commander.
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