HDV format and recording/playback
Your camcorder is capable of recording in both HDV and DV formats.
You can use mini DV format cassettes only.
Use a cassette with the 
mark.
Your camcorder is not compatible with the Cassette Memory function.
Copyright signal
xWhen you play back
If the cassette you play back on your camcorder contains copyright signals, you cannot copy it to a tape in another video camera connected to your camcorder.
What is the HDV format?
The HDV format is a video format developed to record and play back digital high definition (HD) video signals on a DV cassette.
Your camcorder adopts the Interlace mode with 1,080 effective scan lines of screen ruling (1080i, number of pixels 1,440 × 1,080 dots).
The video bit rate for recording is about 25 Mbps.
i.LINK is adopted for the digital interface, enabling a digital connection with an HDV compatible TV or computer.
•HDV signals are compressed in MPEG2 format, which is adopted in BS (broadcast satellite) digital, terrestrial digital HDTV broadcastings, in
Playback
Your camcorder can play back pictures in both the DV format and HDV1080i specification.
Your camcorder can play back pictures recorded in the HDV 720/30p format, but cannot output it from the 
HDV/DV interface (i.LINK).
To prevent a blank section from being created on the tape
Go to the end of the recorded section using [END SEARCH] (p. 41) before you begin the next recording when you have played back the tape.
xWhen you record
You cannot record software on your camcorder that contains copyright control signals for copyright protection of software. [Cannot record due to copyright protection.] appears on the LCD screen, or on the viewfinder if you try to record such software. Your camcorder does not record copyright control signals on the tape when it records.
Notes on use
xWhen not using your camcorder for a long time
Remove the cassette and store it.
xTo prevent accidental erasure
Slide the
REC: The cassette can be
recorded.REC
SAVE
SAVE: The cassette cannot be recorded
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