Pioneer DVR-550H-S Operating Instructions - Page 64
Playing and recording from a, DV camcorder
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07 Playing and recording from a DV camcorder Chapter 7 Playing and recording from a DV camcorder You can play back and record video from a DV camcorder connected to the DV IN jack on the front panel of this 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. • 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 35 for more details. Recording from a DV camcorder Playing from a DV camcorder • The source signal must be DVC-SD format. 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 109 for more on this. • Check also that the Audio In settings for External Audio and Dual Mono Recording/Bilingual Recording are as you want them (see Audio In on page 108). • 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 HOME camcorder). MENU 3 Select 'DV', then 'DV Video Playback' from the Home Menu. 4 Start playback on the camcorder. Images from the camcorder should appear Copying from a DV source Using the recorder's remote, you can control both the camcorder and this recorder. on your TV. • To record the incoming video, Use the Important HDD and DVD button to select the HDD • Some camcorders cannot be controlled or a DVD for recording, then press using this recorder's remote. ì REC. Press STOP REC to finish • For best results when recording from a recording. DV camcorder to this recorder, we If there is no signal from the device recommend cueing the camcorder to the connected to the DV jack, or the signal is place you want to start recording from copy-protected, recording will pause. It and setting the camcorder to play-pause. will automatically restart once there is a 64 recordable signal. En