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Connecting an External

Device (i.LINK

Connection)

When an HDV-compatible video format (SP 1080/60i, SP 1080/50i, or SP 1080/24P) is selected, you can record the same images as those recorded on the memory card in this camcorder on an external device connected to the i.LINK(HDV) connector, or record the playback picture of the external device on the memory card in the camcorder.

Nonlinear editing conforming to the HDV format is also enabled.

Notes

When you set i.LINK I/O” of the OTHERS menu to “Enable,” no signal is output from the SDI OUT connector.

When the video format is not SP mode, signal input/output via the i.LINK connector is not enabled, even if “i.LINK I/O” is set to “Enable.”

Use the i.LINK(HDV) connector only for one- to-one i.LINK connection.

Recording the Camcorder Picture on an External Device

When you set the camcorder to Camera mode, the picture being shot with this camcorder is output as an HDV stream via the i.LINK(HDV) connector. It can be recorded on a connected HDV recorder in synchronization with the REC START/STOP operation on this camcorder.

1 Perform the preparatory settings of the camcorder.

Set the video format to SP 1080/60i, SP 1080/50i, or SP 1080/24P.

Set “i.LINK I/O” (page 129) of the OTHERS menu to “Enable.”

Set “Trigger Mode” (page 130) of the OTHERS menu to “Both” or “External.” Both: To record both on the memory card in the camcorder and on the external device External: To record only on the external device

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