Maintenance and precautions
HDV format and recording/ playback

Your VCR 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 VCR is not compatible with the Cassette Memory function.

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 VCR 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 Blu-ray Disc recorders, etc.

Playback

Your VCR can play back pictures in both the HDV1080i specification and DV format.

Your VCR can play back pictures recorded in the HDV 720/30p format, but cannot output it from the HDV/DV (i.LINK) interface.

To prevent a blank section from being created on the tape

Go to the end of the recorded section using the end search (p. 32) before you begin the next recording when you have played back the tape.

Copyright signalxWhen you play back

If the cassette you play back on your VCR contains copyright signals, you cannot copy it to a tape in another device connected to your VCR.

xWhen you record

You cannot record software on your VCR that contains copyright control signals for copyright protection of software. [Cannot record due to copyright protection.] appears on the LCD screen, if you try to record such software. Your VCR does not record copyright control signals on the tape when it records.

Notes on usexWhen not using your VCR for a long time

Remove the cassette and store it.

xTo prevent accidental erasure

Slide the write-protect tab on the cassette to set it to SAVE.

REC: The cassette can be

recorded.REC

SAVE

SAVE: The cassette cannot be recorded (write- protected).

xWhen labeling the cassette

Make sure to place the label only on the locations shown in the following illustration so as not to cause a malfunction of your VCR.

Do not put a label along this border.

Labeling position

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