Recording From An External Input; Recording From An External Components; Recording From A Digital Camcorder - NEC NDRV-62 Owner's Manual

Recording from an External Input

Recording from External Components
You can record from an external component, such as a
camcorder or VCR, connected to any of the recorder's
external inputs.
Make sure that the component you want to
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record from is connected properly to the
Recorder. See page 15.
Press AV/INPUT repeatedly to select the
2 2
external input to record from.
• Tuner: Built-in tuner
• AV1: Audio/Video Input mounted on back panel
• AV2: Audio/Video Input mounted on front panel
• DV: DV IN mounted on front panel
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Check that the Audio In settings DV Record Audio are
as you want them. See page 25.
Load a recordable disc or tape.
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Select the recording mode as necessary by
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pressing REC MODE repeatedly.
DVD: XP(High Quality), SP (Standard Quality),
LP (Low Quality),EP (Extended Quality)
VCR: SP (Standard Play), LP (Long Play)
Press REC (z) once.
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Recording will start. (The REC indicator lights in the
display window.)
Recording continues until you press STOP (
disc or tape is full.
To record for a fixed length of time, see Instant Timer
Recording on page 39.
Press STOP (x) to stop recording.
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If your source is copy-protected using CopyGuard, you will not
be able to record it using this recorder. See Copyright on page
8 for more details.

Recording from a Digital Camcorder

You can record from a digital camcorder connected to
the DV IN jack on the front panel of this recorder. Using
the recorder's remote, you can control both the cam-
corder and this recorder.
Before recording, make sure that the audio input for the
DV IN jack is set up (see page 25).
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• The source signal must be DVC-SD format.
• Some camcorders cannot be controlled using this
recorder's remote.
• If you connect a second DVD Recorder using a DV
cable, you cannot control the second DVD Recorder
from this one.
• You can't control this unit remotely from a component
connected to the DV IN jack.
• You can't record date and time information from a DV
cassette.
Make sure your digital camcorder is connected
1 1
to the front panel DV IN jack. See page 16.
Check that the DV audio input is as you require.
2 2
You can choose between Audio 1 (original audio) and
Audio 2 (overdubbed audio).
• DV Input is set from the DV Record Audio in sub-menu
of the Setup menu. See DV Record Audio on page 25
for more information.
Press AV/INPUT repeatedly to select the DV
3 3
input.
DV appears in the display window.
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) or the
Find the place on the camcorder tape that you
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want to the recording to start from.
For best results, pause playback at the point from which
you want to record.
• Depending on your camcorder, you can use this
recorder's remote to control the camcorder using the
STOP, PLAY and PAUSE functions.
Press REC (z) once to start recording.
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Recording is automatically stopped if the recorder
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detects no signal.
• You can pause or stop the recording by pressing
PAUSE/STEP (X) or STOP (x). You cannot
control the camcorder from this remote control
during recording.
• In Video mode, the final frame of the recording
may remain displayed on screen for a while after
recording stops.
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