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Synchronized Recording – DV (i.LINK) Cable Connection

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The differences between Synchronized Recording and Manual Recording.

Synchronized Recording

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Eject button

Connect a digital video camera with a DV (i.LINK) cable.

Turn on the drive and insert a disc.

Press [REC] to start recording.

Make sure “DV” is displayed before recording, or display “DV” by pressing [INPUT SELECT].

Press [STOP] to stop recording.

Recording is completed. Eject the disc.

If “Finalize?” appears when ejecting the disc.

Select [Yes] or [No] and continue.

For details, please see What is “Finalize”? on the back side.

– DV (i.LINK) Cable Connection

The digital video camera will play/stop automatically carried out with the REC/STOP buttons on the drive.

– AV Cable Connection

The drive will start/stop recording automatically when you start/stop playback on the video device.

The drive starts/stops recording when it detects signals from the video device.

Manual Recording

You can start/stop recording manually by operating the drive and the connected device (Video camera/VCR etc.) respectively.

Need to operate manually both the drive and the connected devices.

Play/Stop automatically

Rec/Stop automatically

Start/Stop recording

Synchronized Recording – AV Cable Connection

Connect a video camera or VCR with an AV cable.

If the connected device has an S VIDEO jack, use an S video cable.

Eject button

Turn on the drive and insert a disc.

Press [REC] to standby for recording.

Make sure “VIDEO” is displayed before recording, or display “VIDEO” by pressing [INPUT SELECT].

When you start playback on the video device, recording starts automatically.

Recording pauses automatically when you stop playback on the video device.

Press [STOP] to stop recording.

Recording is completed. Eject the disc.

If “Finalize?” appears when ejecting the disc.

Select [Yes] or [No] and continue.

For details, please see

What is “Finalize”?

on the back side.

Manual Recording

What is “Finalize”?

It means to make the created disc compatible with other DVD devices, so that the disc can be played back on them.

Finalizing the disc

Connect a video camera or VCR.

If the connected device has an S VIDEO or DV jack, use an S video or i.LINK cable.

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Eject button

Turn on the drive and insert a disc. Set the video device to the

Press [INPUT SELECT] to display “VIDEO.”

If the device is connected to S-VIDEO or DV jack, select “S-VIDEO” or “DV”.

playback pause mode.

[Finalize?] appears when ejecting the disc* after recording.

Press [SELECT] to select “Yes” and press [FUNCTION/ENTER].

* DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD-RW discs

•To record more on the disc, select [No].

•You cannot play back the disc on other DVD devices until the disc is finalized.

Press [SELECT] again to select “Yes” and press [FUNCTION/ENTER] to start finalizing of the disc.

• Finalizing of the disc may take about some minutes.

• Finalized disc cannot be incrementally written.

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Start playback on the video device, and press [REC] to start recording.

Press [STOP] to stop recording, and stop playback on the video device.

Recording is completed. Eject the disc.

If “Finalize?” appears when ejecting the disc.

Select [Yes] or [No] and continue.

For details, please see What is “Finalize”? .

QUICK REFERENCE

SYNC

OFF

FUNCTION

Finalize disc

Erase All

Auto Play

Auto Chaptering

Stop Timer

Legend

F FUNCTION/ENTER button S SELECT button

INPUT

DV IN

VIDEO S-VIDEO

(ANY)

Press “REC” c recording starts.

Press “REC” to standby for incoming signal c start the source. When signal is detected recording starts.

Press “REC” c start the source (VCR etc.)

Operation

Press F until “Finalize?” c S to select [Yes] c F c S to select [Yes] c F

Press F until “Erase All?” c S to select [Yes] c F c S to select [Yes] c F

Press F until “Auto Play?” c S to select [Yes] c F

Press F until “Auto Chp” c S to select desired time c F

Press F until “Stop Timer” c S to select desired time c F

Note

Refer to Operating Instructions for more information.

Start Recording

Stop Recording

Press “STOP”

If DVD+R, DVD-R and DVD-RW are used, DVDirect will ask “Finalize?” when ejecting

S to select [Yes] c F

Note

Finalize disc makes it compatible with DVD players. See What is “Fanalize?”.

Erase all contents of a disc. This function works with DVD+RW and DVD-RW.

Resulting disc starts the playback upon insertion to a DVD player.

Writes in chapter breaks at set time interval (5, 10, 15min, none)

Recording will stop automatically after the preset time.