Recording From External Input; Recording From External Components; Recording From A Digital Camcorder - NEC NDRV-60 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 17.
Press AV repeatedly to select the external input
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to record from.
• Tuner: Built in tuner
• AV1: AUDIO IN 1 / VIDEO IN 1 mounted on back panel
• AV2: INPUT 2 (VIDEO, AUDIO (L/R), S VIDEO IN)
mounted on front panel
• DV: DV IN mounted on front panel
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• NTSC signal cannot be recorded.
• 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: SP (Standard Quality), LP (Low Quality),
XP(High 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 40.
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
9 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.
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• 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
to the front panel DV IN jack. See page 17.
Check that the DV audio input is as you require.
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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 repeatedly to select the DV input.
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DV appears in the display window.
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.
x
) or the
• In Video mode, the final frame of the recording
may remain displayed on screen for a while after
recording stops.
For timer recording to work properly on this
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recorder, the digital camcorder must also be
switched on and in operating.