aPress HOME to turn on the Home Menu.

bSelect to display the icons.

cSelect from Line1, Line2, HDV, or DV according to the connection and press

ENTER.

Video content from the external device appears.

dPress OPTIONS to display the Options menu.

eSet the connected device to playback pause mode.

fSelect [Import to HDD], and then press the play or pause button on the external device.

To stop recording, press OPTIONS and select [Stop Import].

zHints

•You can adjust the video quality and the size before recording (page 60).

•When using the IMPORT button on the server, you can select the recording mode. Press HOME, and select [Settings] – [Import Settings] – [External Input Rec mode] ([XR], [SR], [LR], or [ER]).

Notes

•You cannot turn off the power during import.

•The HDD records up to 300 titles. Although the actual number may be lower depending on the use.

•A title that exceeds eight hours cannot be imported.

•Any video titles from the HDD cannot be copied to a BD-R/BD-RE if the total playback time of the selected titles exceeds 12 hours.

•Import from a commercially available BD-ROM or a DVD VIDEO is not allowed.

Playing data while it is being recorded (Chasing playback)

aPress HOME to turn on the Home Menu.

bSelect to display the icons.

cSelect the input currently being imported, and press OPTIONS.

The Options menu appears.

dSelect [Chasing Playback] and press ENTER.

Notes

•Playback picture pauses if you catch up the point of current recording.•The function become available one minute after the recording has started.

Group names for imported video titles

On the Home Menu, imported video titles are grouped as below.Categories Details

“x-Pict Story” Video titles created from “x-Pict Story HD” (or its Playlist titles).

CategoriesDetails
Personal VideoIncludes video titles imported from discs

 

or external devices via the LINE 1/LINE

 

2, or DV/HDV input jacks. (Playlist titles

 

also belong to this group).

 

 

Notes about Importing Videos

• Connection to Sony DV/Digital8 format camcorders and Sony

 

digital HD camcorders has been confirmed. MICROMV

 

format camcorders cannot be connected to the server’s i.LINK

 

jack as their i.LINK jack differs in signal format. Use an S

 

VIDEO jack or an audio/video jack for connection.

 

• HDV/DV import is not available when the server is importing

 

or copying.

 

Importing

– The output jack on the digital video camera is not compatible
• The HDV 1080i/DV IN jack on the server is for input only. No

 

signals can be output.

 

• You cannot use the HDV 1080i/DV IN jack when:

 

with the HDV 1080i/DV IN jack on the server. Connect the

to

device to the LINE IN jack, and follow the steps in

HDD

“Importing videos from external devices” (page 40).

 

– The recordings on the tape contain copy protection signals.

 

• The server is not interoperable with other i.LINK devices or a

 

server of the same model.

 

• Data in the cassette memory of the tape are not recorded.

 

• Importing and copying will end if the tape contains a blank that

 

lasts five minutes or more.

 

• When importing from DV devices, the server records the blank

 

section on the DV tape for five minutes before finishing

 

recording. To stop importing, press IMPORT. When importing

 

from HDV devices, no blank section will be recorded.

 

• If the picture configuration is changed midway or a blank is

 

contained on the source data, the imported or copied content

 

may be affected.

 

• Check that the clock of the digital camcorder is correctly set. If

 

incorrect, Playlist making and Auto Chapter Mark function

 

will not work for HDD import.

 

• The dated Playlist function may not work properly if the tape

 

contains blanks, or data mixed with HDV and DV signals.

 

• The imported/copied pictures and sound may be interrupted

 

momentarily, when the source data is:

 

– Recorded in multiple recording modes.

 

– Contains multiple picture configurations.

 

– Contains blanks.

 

– Contains both HDV and DV signals.

 

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