HDD Camcorder Dubbing

Before HDD Camcorder Dubbing

You can dub the contents of a Sony HDD camcorder to the hard disk drive of the recorder via the USB jack on the front panel. Methods to dub from the HDD camcorder include:

•One-Touch Dubbing (Incremental Dubbing)

•Dubbing using the on-screen display (Incremental Dubbing/Full Dubbing)

Follow the instructions in “Preparing for HDD camcorder dubbing,” and then move on to the section on dubbing.

zHints

•If you want to dub by way of the LINE IN jacks, see “Recording from Connected Equipment” on page 47.

•If you want to record the contents of the HDD camcorder on a DVD, dub them to the HDD of the recorder first, and then edit the title on the HDD and dub it to a DVD.

•Parts finished dubbing remain on the recorder when the HDD space of the recorder becomes full or you stop dubbing partway.

•Dolby Digital 5.1 ch audio recorded in the HDD camcorder can be dubbed to the recorder in the same format, without down-conversion.

bNotes

•No timer recordings or other operations are available when dubbing from the HDD camcorder.

•The supported device is Sony HDD SD (standard definition) camcorder released in or before April 2008.

•The recorder does not support the AVCHD format (HD (high definition) image quality). You can dub MPEG-2 format images (SD (standard definition) images) only.

•When the HDD camcorder contains still images and moving images, only moving images can be dubbed to the recorder.

•Playlist made with the HDD camcorder cannot be dubbed to the recorder.

•You cannot set the recording mode for HDD camcorder dubbing.

•When dubbing from the HDD camcorder, the recorder recognises and uses the shooting date and time information of the HDD camcorder. If the HDD camcorder’s clock is incorrect, the recorder may not dub the contents properly. Set the HDD camcorder’s clock correctly before shooting.

•Images of the HDD camcorder are not displayed when dubbing.

•You cannot record date, time, or the contents of the HDD camcorder memory onto the recorder.

•If you dub the contents recorded in high quality mode in the HDD camcorder to the recorder, it may take longer to finish dubbing than the recording.

•Set the recorder and HDD camcorder to the same colour system.

How titles and chapters are created

In each dubbing operation, the contents dubbed to the recorder are divided into titles by the shooting date. If the date has been changed to the next day during one shooting session, the shot image is included in the title of the date when the shooting session started. The title is divided into chapters. Each shooting session on the HDD camcorder becomes a chapter.

zHint

The title names are automatically labelled as “USB

*** (start time of the first shooting session).”

bNote

The dubbed contents are divided into titles in the following cases, even if they were all recorded in the same day:

–When the total recording time exceeds 12 hours.

–When the total number of scenes exceeds 99.

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