Playback

• If you connect the input connectors of the unit to the output connectors of a monitor, a humming noise may be generated or the image may be distorted. If these phenomena occur, use the INPUT SELECT switch to select a signal that is not being input, or disconnect the cables.

• To connect the i.LINK cable between a monitor and

 

the unit, use an HDV or DV-compatible monitor. To

 

 

 

play back a tape recorded in the HDV mode on a DV-

 

 

 

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compatible monitor, set [HDV t DV CONV] of

[i.LINK SET] in the [IN/OUT REC] menu to

 

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[DVCAM] or [DV SP] before connecting the unit with

the i.LINK cable.

Playback

For details, refer to your monitor’s instruction manual.

 

 

• With HDV signals, interlace to progressive or

and

progressive to interlace conversions cannot be made

and be output via the HDV/DV jack.

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(or DV) format during playback of HDV recorded in

 

• When HDV signals are down-converted to DVCAM

progressive and output to the HDV/DV jack, the signals are converted to the interlace system. 1080/24p and 1080/30p are converted to 480i, and 1080/25p to 576i, respectively (page 35).

•Some general consumer television sets are provided with a function to control equipment connected with the i.LINK cable. Such a function, however, may not work with the unit.

Settings for Playback

Preparation on the unit

Notes

•Text information is superimposed to the VIDEO OUT jack, S VIDEO OUT jack, COMPONENT OUT jacks, and HDMI OUT jack. To output video signals without

text data, set the DISPLAY OUTPUT switch to OFF.

For details on the DISPLAY OUTPUT switch, see page 8. For details on text data, see “Displaying Various Data” on page 23.

•To view a tape recorded in HDV format by connecting the unit to a monitor that has a 4:3 aspect ratio, set

[DOWN CONVERT] of [VIDEO OUT] in the [IN/ OUT REC] menu to the desired mode (page 71).

1 Power on the monitor, then set the monitor’s input switch according to the signals input.

2 Turn the unit on.

Playback Procedures

1 Insert a cassette and confirm that the q (cassette) indicator lights.

2 Press the PLAY button on the unit.

The unit starts playback.

To stop playback

Press the STOP button on the unit.

To pause playback

Press the PAUSE button on the unit.

Notes

•During playback, distortion of picture or noise in audio may occur at the portion where the recording format changes.

•You cannot play back an image recorded in DV (LP) mode on the unit.

•If the unit is playing a tape recorded with mixed video signals of the 60i system and 50i system, the picture and sound will be distorted on any portion of a tape where the recording system changes.

•During pause, a picture recorded on a tape in HDV format cannot be output from the HDV/DV jack.

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