Copying From A Video Cassette Recorder; Manual Recording - Panasonic DMR-BW500 Operating Instructions Manual

Copying from a video cassette recorder

e.g., Connecting to the AV3 or DV input terminals on the front
≥Turn off the unit and other video equipment before connecting.
This unit
DV IN
DV cable
(IEEE 1394, 4-pin)
Other video equipment
Connect to Audio/Video output terminals.
If the audio output of the other equipment is monaural
Connect to L/MONO on the AV3 input terminals at the front.
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The S VIDEO terminal achieves a more vivid picture than the
VIDEO terminal.
When recording from the unit's DV terminal
≥Use only DV cable with ferrite core.
≥Select the type of audio recording from "Audio Mode for DV Input"
in the Setup menu (➡ 86).
≥When recording from DV equipment (e.g., digital video camcorder),
you can record audio/video recordings from DV tape only.
≥When "Rec for High Speed Copy" (➡ 84) is set to "On" and you
make a copy, the copy will be made using the picture size selected
in "Aspect for Recording" (➡ 84) of the Setup menu.
Recording of 16:9 image such as wide broadcasting (➡ 28)
[Note]
≥If video is copied from another piece of equipment to this unit, then
the video quality will be degraded.
≥While copying from DV input or executing the "Recording via AV3
input"
– Copy will stop when timer recording starts.
– Chasing playback, simultaneous rec and play, switching of the
broadcast or input cannot be performed.
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S VIDEO VIDEO L/MONO - AUDIO- R
AV3 IN
Yellow White Red
S Video
Audio/Video
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cable
cable

Manual recording

[HDD]
Preparation
≥Press [DRIVE SELECT] to select the HDD drive.
≥When recording bilingual programmes (➡ 28, Important notes for
recording)
≥When the output signal from the external equipment is NTSC,
change the "TV System" to "NTSC" in the Setup menu (➡ 87).
1
While stopped
Press [INPUT SELECT] to select the
input channel for the equipment you
have connected.
e.g., If you have connected to AV3 input terminals, select
"AV3".
2
Press [REC MODE] to select the
recording mode.
≥DR, FR mode cannot be selected.
3
Start play on the other equipment.
4
When you want to start recording
Press [¥ REC].
Recording starts.
To skip unwanted parts
Press [;] to pause recording. (Press again to restart recording.)
To stop recording
Press [∫].
Using Flexible Recording (➡ 32)
Almost all videos and BD-Video/DVD-Video on sale have
been treated to prevent illegal copying. Any software that
has been so treated cannot be recorded using this unit.