2 Press Z (open/close) to close the disc tray.

Wait until “LOADING” disappears from the front panel display.

For details on how to insert and format a new disc, see “Inserting and Formatting a Disc” (page 31).

3 Insert the source DV/Digital8 format tape into your digital video camera.

For the recorder to record or edit, your digital video camera must be turned on and set to video playback mode.

4 Press INPUT SELECT on the remote repeatedly to select “DV.”

The selected input changes as follows:

TV programme

 

 

position

LINE1

LINE2

DV LINE4 LINE3

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

The recording mode changes as follows:

HQ SP EP SLP

For details about the recording modes, see page 41.

6 Set the AMP/DVD switch to DVD, and press SET UP on the remote.

7

The Setup Display appears.

 

Select

 

[Rec Setting], and press ,.

8

Select [DV Audio Input], and press ,.

 

 

 

 

 

Rec Setting

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rec Mode Set

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rec Aspect Ratio

 

 

 

 

 

 

DV Audio Input

Stereo 1

 

 

 

 

 

Auto Chapter

Stereo 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Stereo 1] (default): Records original sound only. Normally select this when dubbing a DV format tape.

[Stereo 2]: Records additional sound only. Select this only if you have added a second audio channel when recording with your digital video camera.

9 Select an option, and press ENTER.10Press O RETURN to turn off the SetupDisplay.11Press H to start playing the DV/Digital8 format tape.

The playback picture appears on the screen.

12While watching the screen, search for the point you want to start recording by pressing m/M.

13When you find the point you want, press X.14Press z REC.

Playback starts from the selected point, and the recorder starts recording.

To stop recording

Press x. Note that it may take a few seconds for the recorder to stop recording.

Notes

•If you want to play the disc on other DVD equipment, finalize the disc (page 39).

•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.

•When dubbing from a DV/Digital8 format tape by way of the DV IN jack, the recorder starts recording about five seconds after the tape starts playing.

•If you dub a DV/Digital8 format tape that has been edited on a PC using the DV IN jack, any audio recorded on the Stereo 2 track may only be recorded as noise.

•If you record from a DV/Digital8 format tape with a sound track that is recorded in 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.

•The recorded picture may be momentarily affected if the picture size of the source image changes, or if there is nothing recorded on the tape.

•When dubbing from the DV IN jack, pictures are recorded only in 4:3 size regardless of the [Rec Aspect Ratio] setting in [Rec Setting] Setup (page 82). You can select the picture size for DVD-RWs (VR mode) only.

•Noise may occur when you switch the audio sampling mode (e.g.48 kHz/16 bits t 32 kHz/12 bits).

•The video or sound may drop out during the recording of start/stop points on the tape.

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