Playing And Recording From A Dv Camcorder; Playing From A Dv Camcorder; Recording From A Dv Camcorder - Pioneer DVR-745H-S Operating Instructions Manual

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Playing and recording from a DV camcorder

Chapter 7
Playing and recording from a
DV camcorder
You can play back and record video from a
DV camcorder connected to the DV IN jack
on the front panel of this recorder.
Important
• If you connect a second recorder using a
DV cable, you cannot control the second
unit from this one.
• You can't control this unit remotely from
a component connected to the DV IN
jack.

Playing from a DV camcorder

1 Make sure your DV camcorder is
connected to the front panel DV IN jack.
2 From the Initial Settings menu, check
that the DV audio input is setup as you
require.
See DV Input on page 109 for more on this.
• Check also that the Audio In settings for
External Audio and Dual Mono
Recording/Bilingual Recording are as
you want them (see Audio In on
page 108).
HOME
MENU
3 Select 'DV', then 'DV Video
Playback' from the Home Menu.
4 Start playback on the camcorder.
Images from the camcorder should appear
on your TV.
• To record the incoming video, press
HDD/DVD to select the HDD or a DVD
for recording, then press
STOP REC to finish recording.
If there is no signal from the device
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connected to the DV jack, or the signal is
copy-protected, recording will pause. It
will automatically restart once there is a
recordable signal.
• The recorder will only start recording
from the DV IN jack if there is a valid
signal. Recording will pause if the signal
is interrupted during recording.
• If your source is copy-protected using
Copy Guard, you will not be able to
record it. See Restrictions on video
recording on page 34 for more details.
Recording from a DV
camcorder
Using the recorder's remote, you can control
both the camcorder and this recorder.
• The source signal must be DVC-SD
format.
• Some camcorders cannot be controlled
using this recorder's remote.
• You can't record date and time
information from DV cassette.
• During DV recording, if a part of the tape
is blank, or has copy-protected material
on it, this recorder will pause recording.
Recording will restart automatically
when there is a recordable signal.
However, if there is more than 10
seconds of blank tape, this recorder will
stop recording and the camcorder
should stop (depending on the
REC. Press
camcorder).
Important