Hookups

DVD recorder

To DV IN

i.LINK cable (not supplied)

DV output

Digital video camera

: Signal flow

Z

TOOL

M/m, ENTER

REC MODE

INPUT SELECT

aTurn on your TV and this recorder, then set the TV to the connected channel (“VIDEO” etc.).

bPress Z, and place a recordable disc on the tray.

If you plan to do additional editing, use a DVD-RW.

cPress Z to close the disc tray.

Wait until “LOAD” disappears from the front panel display.

If you inserted a blank DVD-RW in step 2, format the disc in VR mode.

dInsert the source DV/Digital8 format tape into the digital video camera.

For the recorder to record or edit, the digital video camera must be set to video playback mode.

ePress INPUT SELECT repeatedly to select “DV.”

The front panel display changes as follows.

Programme

L1

L2

L3

L4

DV

position

fPress REC MODE repeatedly to select the recording mode.

The recording mode changes as follows:

HQ HSP SP LP EP SLP

gSelect the audio input for the digital video camera using the Tool menu.

A Press TOOL.

B Press M/m to select “DV Audio Input,” then press ENTER.C Press M/m to select the item, then press

ENTER.

•Stereo1 (default)

•MIX (both stereo 1 and stereo 2)

•Stereo2

You are ready to start recording.

zHint

You can adjust the settings for the recording picture before recording. See “Adjusting the Recording Picture Quality and Size” (page 30).

Notes

•You cannot connect more than two pieces of digital video equipment to the recorder.

•Depending on the digital video equipment, you may not be able to control the equipment.

•You cannot control the recorder using another device or another recorder of the same model.

•You cannot record date, time or the contents of the cassette memory onto the disc.

•If you record from a DV/Digital8 format tape with a sound track that is recorded in multiple sampling frequencies (48 kHz, 44.1 kHz, or 32 kHz), no sound will be output when playing back the switched point on the disc.

•In order to use this recorder’s Auto Chaptering feature, be sure to correctly set the clock on your digital video camera before shooting.

•The recorded picture may be momentarily affected if the picture size of the source image changes, or if there is nothing recorded on the tape.

The following functions are available

◆One Touch Dub (page 61)

Records the entire contents of a DV/Digital8 format tape to a disc of your choice with a single touch of the ONE TOUCH DUB button.

◆Program Edit (page 62)

Allows you to select scenes from a DV/Digital8 format tape, and then automatically records the selected scenes to a disc of your choice.

60 Before Recording/Editing