Hdvformat And Recording/Playback - Sony Handycam HDR-FX7 Operating Manual

HDVformat and recording/playback
Your camcorder is capable of recording in
both HDV and DV formats.
You call use mini DV format cassettes only.
Use a cassette with the M_n_-_ mark.
Your camcorder is not compatible with
cassettes with Cassette Memory.
What is the HDV format?
The HDV format is a video format
developed to record and play back digital
high definition (HD) video signals on a DV
cassette.
Your camcorder adopts the Interlace mode
with 1,080 effective scan lines of screen
ruling (1080i, number of pixels 1,440 x
1,080 dots).
The video bit rate for recording is about 25
Mbps.
i.LINK is adopted for the digital interface,
enabling a digital connection with an HDV
compatible TV or computer.
• HDV signals are compressed in MPEG2 lormat,
which is adopted in BS (broadcast satellite)
digital, terrestrial digital HDTV broadcastings,
in Blu-ray Disc recorders, etc.
Playback
Your camcorder can play back pictures in
both the DV format and HDVI080i
specification.
Your camcorder can play back pictures
recorded in the HDV 720/30p format, but
cannot output it from the _. HDV/DV
interface (i.LINK).
To prevent a blanksection frombeing
created on thetape
Go to the end of the recorded section using
[END SEARCH] (p. 44) before you begin
the next recording when you have played
hack the tape.
Copyrightsignal
N When youplayhack
If the cassette you play back on your
camcorder contains copyright signals, you
cannot copy it to a tape in another video
camera connected to your camcorder.
N
When you record
You cannot record software on your
camcorder that contains copyright control
signals for copyright protection of software.
[Cannot record due to copyright
protection.] appears on the LCD screen, or
on the viewfinder if you try to record such
software. Your camcorder does not record
copyright control signals on the tape when
it records.
Noteson use
N When not usingyour camcorderfor a
longtime
Remove the cassette and store it.
N To prevent accidental erasure
Slide the write-protect tab on the cassette to
set it to SAVE.
REC: The cassette can be
recorded.
SAVE: The cassette cannot be
recorded (write-protected).
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