Sony HVR-M15AU - Professional Video Cassete recorder/player Operating Instructions Manual page 14

Location and Function of Parts
HDV/DV jack (6-pin)
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Use this jack to input/output digital signals that comply
with the i.LINK standard. Use this jack when a device
connected to the unit has an i.LINK jack. If you connect
the unit and another device using the
you can minimize deterioration of picture quality during
recording, dubbing, or capturing still pictures, all by
means of digital signals processing.
For details, refer to the instruction manual of the external
device.
Notes
• When you connect a computer and the unit with an
i.LINK cable, check the direction of the jack. If you
forcibly insert the jack, the terminal may be damaged
or cause the unit to malfunction.
• This jack is only compatible with HDV (1080i)/
DVCAM/DV signals.
For details, see "About i.LINK" on page 74.
• If the unit is connected to a device equipped with an
i.LINK jack, when you intend to disconnect or
reconnect the i.LINK cable, turn off the device and
pull out the plug of its power cord from the AC outlet
beforehand. If you connect or disconnect the i.LINK
cable while the device is connected to the AC outlet,
high-voltage current (8 to 40 V) is output from the
i.LINK jack of the device to the unit. This may cause a
malfunction.
• Even though the HDV/DV jack of the unit is a 6-pin
type, no power is supplied.
For details on each setting when HDV/DV signals are input,
see "HDV/DV SEL" (page 50).
• When you change the video format setting of
[COMPONENT] in [VIDEO OUT] of the [IN/OUT
REC] menu, the video signal output from the
S VIDEO OUT jack, the VIDEO OUT jack, or the
HDV/DV jack may be distorted.
For details on the output of the HDV/DV jack, see "Notes
on all video output jacks" (page 14).
i CONTROL S jack
Connect this jack to a DSRM-10 remote control unit
(not supplied) to operate the unit.
You can also use a DSRM-20 (no longer manufactured:
not supplied).
Note
When you use a CONTROL S device, set
[COMMANDER] in the [OTHERS] menu to
[CONTROL S].
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Chapter 1 Overview
Notes on all video output jacks
• When you change the video format setting of
[COMPONENT] of [VIDEO OUT] in the [IN/OUT
REC] menu, the video signals output from S VIDEO
HDV/DV jack,
OUT jack, VIDEO OUT jack, or HDV/DV jack may
be distorted.
• The unit is only compatible with standard video
signals. If you input the types of video signals shown
below, recorded picture and sound may be distorted.
– Signals from some home game machines
– Blue background screen or gray background screen
images from a consumer VCR
– Pictures played at a speed other than normal by a
VCR that does not have TBC (Time Base Corrector)
– Video signals in which the sync signals are distorted
– Signals from a defective cassette (tape or recording
condition is bad) played by an analog VCR that does
not have TBC
• When DVCAM/DV signals which are input from the
HDV/DV jack, or video signals which are from the
VIDEO IN jacks or S VIDEO IN jacks, are output to
each analog output jack, the distortion of the video
signals occurs at the bottom of the TV monitor display
due to the jitter. Depending on the display area of the
TV monitor you have, the distortion of the picture may
appear at the bottom of the screen. This is not a
malfunction.
Pictures may be distorted or not be displayed
depending on the TV monitors. This will not appear
while recording with the unit.
Be aware of these phenomena when you connect other
recording device via the analog jacks of the unit.
• Depending on the TV monitor being connected, the
screen may blink or be distorted when DVCAM/DV
signals which are input from the HDV/DV jack, or
video signals which are from the VIDEO IN jacks or S
VIDEO IN jacks, are output to the VIDEO OUT jacks.
Be aware of these phenomena when you connect other
recording device to these jacks. This will not appear
while recording with the unit.
• During recording or in EE mode, the subcarrier of the
color signal to be output from the unit is not
synchronized with the horizontal sync signal. The
color of the picture or the horizontal position of the
picture may be distorted depending on the type of
monitor connected to the unit.