Menus Through Setting and Adjusting 5 Chapter

Operating Menus

Menu Contents

Default settings are indicated with rectangles.

IN/OUT REC menu

Icon/Menu

Submenu

Setting

 

IN/OUT

HDV/DV SEL

Normally, set this menu to [AUTO]. Select this menu when you want to limit the output format

REC

(pages 37, 47,

during tape playback or limit the signals to be input or output from the HDV/DV jack.

 

57, 65)

This setting will affect analog outputs.

 

 

BAUTO :

Automatically switches signals to HDV format or DVCAM/DV format during

 

 

 

tape playback.

 

 

 

When an i.LINK cable is connected, signals in HDV format or DVCAM/DV

 

 

 

format will be switched automatically and signals from the HDV/DV jack

 

 

HDV :

will be input/output for recording/playback.

 

 

Outputs portions of signals recorded in HDV format during tape playback.

 

 

 

When an i.LINK cable is connected, only signals in HDV format from the

 

 

 

HDV/DV jack will be input/output for recording/playback. Also, select this

 

 

 

setting when the unit is connected via an i.LINK cable to a computer

 

 

DV :

supporting HDV format (see pages 47, 57).

 

 

Outputs signals of portions recorded in DVCAM/DV format during tape

 

 

 

playback. When an i.LINK cable is connected, only signals in DVCAM/DV

 

 

 

format from the HDV/DV jack are input or output for recording/playback.

 

 

 

Also select this setting when the unit is connected via an i.LINK cable to a

 

 

 

computer that supports DV format (see pages 47, 57).

Notes

Before changing the setting, be sure to disconnect the i.LINK cable, or turn the other device off. If an i.LINK cable is connected when you change the setting, the video equipment may not recognize the signals correctly.

If you select [AUTO], the screen turns off temporarily when HDV signals are switched to DVCAM/DV signals or vice versa. The video and audio also stops at the same time.

For details on the i.LINK output and the recording tape format, see pages 97 and 98.

REC

Switches the recording mode between DVCAM and DV format (SP mode only).

MODE

BDVCAM : Records in DVCAM format.

(pages 49, 67)

DV SP :

Records in DV format (SP mode).

Note

You cannot change the setting during recording.

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