Playing From A Dv Camcorder; Recording From A Dv Camcorder - Pioneer DVR-LX61D Operating Instructions Manual

Playing and recording from a DV/HDD camcorder
09
Chapter 9
Playing and recording from a
DV/HDD camcorder
You can also play back and record video
from a DV camcorder connected to the DV
IN jack on the front panel of this recorder.
It is also possible to connect an HDD
camcorder to the recorder's USB port and
copy the images of the HDD camcorder to
the 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 Setup menu, check
that the DV audio input is setup as you
would like.
See DV Input on page 141 for more on this.
• Check also that the Audio In settings for
External Audio and Bilingual
Recording are as you want them (see
Audio In on page 140).
HOME
MENU
3 Display the Home Menu.
ENTER
4 Select 'DV/HDD-Cam' > 'DV
Video Playback'.
5 Start playback on the camcorder.
Images from the camcorder should appear
on your TV.
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• To record the incoming video, press
HDD or DVD to select the HDD or a DVD
for recording, then press  REC. Press
STOP REC to finish recording. If there
is no signal from the device 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 62 for more details.
Recording from a DV
camcorder
• The source signal must be DVC-SD
format.
• 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 two
minutes of blank tape, this recorder will
stop recording and the camcorder
should stop (depending on the
camcorder).
Copying from a DV source
Using the recorder's remote, you can control
both the camcorder and this recorder.