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.

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Your camcorder is not compatible with cassettes with Cassette Memory.

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 1080 effective scan lines of screen ruling (1080i, number of pixels 1440 × 1080 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 and terrestrial digital HDTV broadcastings and in Blu-ray disc recorders.

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) jack.

To prevent a blank section from being made on the tape

Go to the end of the recorded section using END SEARCH (p. 31) before you begin the next recording when you have played back the tape.

Copyright signal

When 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.

When 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

When not using your camcorder for a long time

Remove the cassette and store it.

To 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).

When labeling the cassette

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

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