Playback Formats and Outputs

The relationship between format and output signals during playback is as follows.

Analog signal outputs

YES: output present / NO: no output

 

 

 

Analog video outputs

 

Analog audio outputs

 

 

 

Composite

S-video 3), 4)

Component video 3)

Composite

Analog audio 6)

Output

 

 

video 3), 4)

 

 

 

video (text

 

 

signal

 

 

 

 

SD

HD

information) 5)

 

 

 

 

 

Y/CPST

 

Y/CPST

Y/CPST

(SUPER)

AUDIO

AUDIO

Output

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPST

OUT 1/3

OUT 2/4

connector

 

 

 

Pr/R-Y/S-C

Pr/R-Y/S-C

Pr/R-Y/S-C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recorded format on the tape

 

Pb/B-Y/S-Y

Pb/B-Y/S-Y

Pb/B-Y/S-Y

 

 

 

 

DV

DVCAM 1)

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

 

 

DV (SP) 1)

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

 

 

DVC-PRO (25 Mbps) 1), 2)

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

 

 

DV (LP) 1)

NO 7)

NO 7)

NO 7)

NO 7)

NO 7)

NO

NO

 

HDV

1080 60i

YES 8)

YES 8)

YES 8)

YES

YES 8)

YES 9)

YES 9)

 

 

1080 50i

YES 8)

YES 8)

YES 8)

YES

YES 8)

YES 9)

YES 9)

 

 

720 30P

YES 8)

YES 8)

YES 8)

YES 10)

YES 8)

YES 9)

YES 9)

 

1)Can be used in 525/60, 625/50 format.

2)DVCPRO format Cue track playback, and playback in a format other than 25 Mbps are not possible.

3)With the INTERFACE SELECT >VIDEO OUTPUT menu item, select whether to output a composite signal and S-video signal (simultaneous output possible), an SD component signal, or an HD component signal.

4)A composite signal and S-video signal can be output simultaneously.

5)With the DISPLAY CONTROL >CHARA. DISPLAY menu item you can select not to display text information.

6)With the INTERFACE SELECT >AUDIO OUTPUT menu item, you can select whether to output channel 1 and 2 signals or channel 3 and 4 signals.

7)DV(LP) format: servo unlocked (the image quality is reduced, but adequate for checking the recording content). Audio is not output. The DV format indicator on the front panel flashes.

8)The signal is output down-converted from HD. (Select the down- converted format in the DOWN CONVERTER EDGE CROP or SQUEEZE menu item.)

9)Audio recording is only possible in 2-channel mode.

10)Output in 720 60P format.

Note

This unit does not support input/output, recording, or tape playback of an HDV format signal other than 1080/60i, 1080/50i format (1080/30F, 1080/25F, 1080/24F, 720/ 25p, 720/24p, and so on). This unit also does not support HDV extended format 4-channel audio signal input/ output, recording, or tape playback. Video recorded in HDV 720/30p format can be played back, but cannot be output from the HDV/DV connector.

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