1 Press HDD or DVD to select the recording destination.

If you select DVD, insert a disc (see “1. Inserting a Disc” on page 34).

2 Insert the source DV/Digital8 format tape into your DV camcorder.

For the recorder to record or edit, your DV camcorder must be set to video playback mode.

3 Press REC MODE on the remote repeatedly to select the recording mode.

The recording mode changes as follows:

For details about the recording mode, see page 147. Note that you cannot select further manual recording mode options.

4 Set the “External Audio” setting in the “Audio In” setup (page 123).

5 Set the “DV Input” setting in the “Audio In” setup (page 124).

You are ready to start dubbing. Select one of the dubbing methods on the following pages.

To playback DV/Digital8 format tape

You can check the contents of DV/Digital8 format tape before dubbing. For details, see “Playing from a DV Camcorder” on page 94.

bNotes

•You cannot connect more than one piece of digital video equipment to the recorder.

•You cannot control the recorder using another device or another recorder of the same model.

•You cannot record date, time, or the contents of the cassette memory onto the disc.

•If you record from a DV/Digital8 format tape that is recorded in multiple sound tracks, such as a tape with multiple sampling frequencies

(48 kHz, 44.1 kHz, or 32 kHz), no sound or an unnatural sound will be output when playing back the sampling frequency switch point on the disc.

•In order to use this recorder’s “Auto Chapter” setting (page 91), be sure to correctly set the clock on your digital video camera before shooting.

•The recorded picture may be momentarily affected or the start and end points of a title may be different from what you have set if the source DV/Digital8 format tape is in any of the following conditions. In this case, connect your DV camcorder to the LINE IN jack and follow the instructions of “Recording from Connected Equipment” (page 63).

–There is a blank space in the recorded portion of the tape.

–The tape’s time code is not sequential.

–If the picture size or the recording mode on the tape being dubbed changes.

•A blank or black coloured screen will be dubbed when the recorder is set to a different colour system from the DV tape contents’ system. Set “Input Line System” in the “Basic” setup to the same colour system as the DV tape contents’ system (page 118).

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