Pioneer DVR-660H-S Operating Instructions - Page 63
Playing and recording from a, DV/HDD camcorder
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Playing and recording from a DV/HDD camcorder 07 Chapter 7 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 115 for more on this. • Check also that the Audio In settings for External Audio and Dual Mono Recording are as you want them (see Audio In on page 114). HOME MENU 3 Display the Home Menu. 4 ENTER Select 'DV/HDD-Cam' > 'DV Video Playback'. 5 Start playback on the camcorder. Images from the camcorder should appear on your TV. • To record the incoming video, press HDD or DVD to select the HDD or a DVD for recording, then press REC. Press F STOP REC to finish recording. If there is no signal from the device connected to the DV jack, or the signal is copyprotected, 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 36 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. 63 En