Table of contents

 

Overview ........................................................

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Features ................................................................................

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Names of parts...............................................

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Hard Disk Recording Unit .................................................

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LCD screen display .............................................................

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Getting prepared ...........................................

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Preparing the power supply .............................................

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Using in VIDEO mode ..................................

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Connecting this unit to a camcorder ..............................

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Menu settings ....................................................................

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Menu organization ......................................

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Recording images from the camcorder to this
unit ...............................................................

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Recording images

 

(POWER switch at the VIDEO side) ..............................

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Playback the image from the camcorder ...

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Playback (POWER switch to VIDEO) ............................

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Useful functions in combination with HVR- V1U/V1N/

V1E/V1P ............................................................................

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Using in COMPUTER mode ..........................

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Folder saving format ...................................

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Folder organization ..........................................................

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HDD organization ............................................................

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Trouble shooting..........................................

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Warning indicators ......................................

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Notes on using the hard disk drive ............

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About i.LINK .................................................

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Specifications ...............................................

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Precautions ...................................................

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Getting the best performance from the

 

battery pack .................................................

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On trademarks

• “InfoLITHIUM” is a trademark of Sony Corporation.

• i.LINK and are trademarks of Sony Corporation.

HDV and the HDV logo are trademarks of Sony Corporation and Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.

Microsoft, Windows, and Windows Media are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.

Pentium is a trademark or registered trademark of Intel Corporation.

All other product names mentioned herein may be the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Furthermore, ™ and “®” are not mentioned in each case in this manual.

Notes on the License

ANY USE OF THIS PRODUCT OTHER THAN CONSUMER PERSONAL USE IN ANY MANNER THAT COMPLIES WITH THE MPEG-2 STANDARD FOR ENCODING VIDEO INFORMATION FOR PACKAGED MEDIA IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED WITHOUT A LICENSE UNDER APPLICABLE PATENTS IN THE MPEG-2 PATENT PORTFOLIO, WHICH LICENSE IS AVAILABLE FROM MPEG LA, L.L.C., 250 STEELE STREET, SUITE 300, DENVER, COLORADO 80206.

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