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Dubbing from DV Camcorder
This section explains dubbing with a DV
camcorder via the DV IN jack on the front
panel. If you want to dub by way of the
LINE IN jacks, see “Recording from
Connected Equipment” on page 45.
The DV IN jack on this recorder conforms to
the i.LINK standard.
Follow the instructions in “Preparing for DV
camcorder dubbing,” and then move on to
the section on dubbing. For more
information about i.LINK, see “About
i.LINK” on page 114.

Before you start DV camcorder dubbing…

• Check that the HDD of the recorder has
enough available space for the dubbing
(page82) . You can open up disc space by
erasing titles (page67).
How chapters are created
The contents dubbed to the HDD become a
single title. This title is divided into chapters.
Chapters are created for each shooting
session on the tape and each pause during
dubbing.
To use this recorder’s auto chapter setting,
be sure to correctly set the clock on your DV
camcorder before shooting.
You can connect a DV camcorder to the DV
IN jack on the recorder to dub or edit from a
DV/Digital8 format tape. Operation is
straightforward because the recorder will
fast forward and rewind the tape for you –
you do not need to operate your DV
camcorder.
Refer as well to the instruction man ual
supplied with the DV camcorder before
connecting.
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• You cannot make a recording while DV
camcorder dubbing.
• The DV IN jack is for input only. It will not
output signals.
• You cannot use the DV IN jack when:
–signal input to the DV IN jac k on the front
panel or recorder operation cannot be
performed correctly when using a digital video
camera (see “About i.LINK” on page114).
Connect the camera to the LINE IN jack and
follow the instructions of “Recording from
Connected Equipment” on page 45.
–the input signal is not in DVC-SD format. Do
not connect a MICRO MV format digital video
camera even if it has an i.LINK jack.
–the images on the tape conta in copy protection
signals, which limit recording.
• Set the recorder and DV camcorder to the same
colour system (page92).
• When the total number of titles on the HDD
exceeds 999, you cannot dub the contents on the
DV camcorder to the recorder.

Hookups

1Insert the source DV/Digital8 format

tape into your DV camcorder, and set

the DV camcorder to video playback

mode.

Preparing for DV camcorder

dubbing

DVD recorder
to DV IN
i.LINK cable
(not supplied)
DV output
DV camcorder
: Signal flow