Sony HVR-Z5E Camcorder User Manual


 
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3 Connect your VCR as a player to
your camcorder.
When an i.LINK cable is connected, the
format of the input signal (
or ) will be
indicated on the LCD screen of your
camcorder (This indicator may appear
on the screen of the playback device but
it will not be recorded).
4 Insert a cassette into the VCR.
5 Set your camcorder to recording
pause.
While pressing X (PAUSE), press both
z REC (record) buttons
simultaneously.
6 Start playing the cassette on your
VCR.
The picture played on the VCR appears
on the LCD screen of your camcorder.
7 Press X (PAUSE) again at the
point you want to start recording.
8 Press x (STOP) to stop
recording.
b Notes
You cannot record TV programs from the
HDV/DV interface (i.LINK).
User bits are not recorded when dubbing from a
DVCAM (DV) device via an i.LINK cable.
You can record pictures from DV devices only
in the DVCAM (DV) format.
Note the following when connecting with an
i.LINK cable:
The recorded picture becomes rough when a
picture is paused on your camcorder while
recording to a VCR.
You cannot record the picture and sound
separately.
If you pause or stop the recording and restart
it, the picture may not be recorded smoothly.
If video signals inputted to your camcorder via
the HDV/DV jack experience the
phenomenon of jittering (variation in
frequency), that jittering is transmitted to the
video signals outputted from the A/V remote
connector. When you monitor a movie on a TV
connected to your camcorder via the A/V
remote connector, images may be distorted or
not be displayed. Jittering will not affect
recording of the movie on a tape with your
camcorder but may affect recording of the
movie with another VCR connected to your
camcorder via the A/V remote connector.
z Tips
When a 4:3 video signal is input, it appears with
black bands on the right and left sides on the
screen of your camcorder.
Recording pictures from a VCR (Continued)