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The following product named "HDV-Recorder" carries the CE seal of conformity on the basis of the guidelines 89/336/EWG of the Commission of the European Community mutual recognition of their conformity. This recorder is meant for use with hard-drives carrying the CE seal of conformity. This statement is given in responsibility for the manufacturer: MacroSystem Digital Video AG, Schöllinger Feld 28, 58300 Wetter, Germany Remarks on Safety This device conforms to the relevant safety regulations
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Contents Page 1. General information.......................................................................................... 5 2. HDV-Recorder .................................................................................................... 5 2.1 What is the HDV-Recorder?.................................................................. 5 2.2 The functions of the HDV-Recorder..................................................... 6 2.3 Supported modes ...............
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Legal notices To avoid making mistakes during operation, we recommend that you carefully follow the instructions provided in this manual. We have taken a great deal of care whilst programming and checking this software. Nevertheless, since it is not possible to guarantee totally error-free software applications in all environments and at any time, we unfortunately cannot rule out the possibility that some errors may have crept in. MacroSystem Digital Video AG and its dealers therefore do not g
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5 Telefonsupport 1. General information Ring vår support för tekniska frågor. Ha systemets serienummer tillgängligt. Congratulation on purchasing the HDV- Recorder! We would like to thank you for putting trust in Måndag-Fredag 10.00 till 16.00 our company and hope that this product shall meet your expectations. 019-12 38 07 This manual explains how to use the HDV- Recorder, its on screen menus and the single functions. For further questions and suggestions you can of course contact us d
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6 7 IEEE 1394. The recorder stores this material if 3. Connections you wish. After that, the video can be output digitally to DVD or analogue via VGA to a hi-res TFT monitor with a resolution of up to 1920 x 1200 pixels and up to 60 Hz frame rate. 2.2 The functions of the HDV-Recorder • Real-time (RT) playback of videos directly from an HDV camera • Recording a video from an HDV camera directly to the exchangeable hard-drive • Trimming the recorded HDV footage • Playback o
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6 7 optic cable to connect with a digital audio start from CD. amplifier. Now select if you wish to start a complete Switching to either is not required as the signal installation (all data is deleted!) or an update is output both analogue and digitally at the installation. Once you have opted for the same time. installation method, you merely need to confirm again to make sure. If you are using a PS2 keypad/keyboard, connect The installation now begins automatically. After it with the pur
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8 9 To power down the HDV-Recorder, select the Interlacing: This activates and deactivates the `Power Off´ item in the main menu with the De-Interlacing mode. keypad/keyboard. You can read how to select a menu item in the next chapter. PAL: In this sub-menu, you can select whether PAL videos are played back in a 50 or 60 Hz mode. 7. The single menus Display: This sub-menu allows you to set the monitor resolution. 7.1 The Main Menu Power Off: This switches off the recorder. Exit: In selectin
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8 9 with the arrow up/arrow down keys, and once 7.3 The Playback Menu you have pressed the Ok key, the recorder software shall ask you: `Start recording?´ Make sure to select `Yes´ and press the Ok key to begin recording the video to the hard-drive. (Pressing the Exit key or selecting `No´ would return you to the Record Menu.) If you have accidentally selected an already used storage bank, the system will warn you about it. In this menu, which can be accessed also (if no To end the recordi
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1 0 1 1 Once you have stopped playback, the system This menu works just like the Playback Menu. returns to the normal live signal video display However, the item `Play all films´ is missing. or a grey screen appears with the text `No HDV Requirement for sending and copying a film is a Signal´. camera with a recording mode or a recorder. With the `cut and paste´ function, you can move After selecting a film from a bank and having the position of the films in order to rearrange the started it,
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1 0 1 1 your recorded video. 7.7 The Preference Menu After entering the menu, a requester appears, allowing you to select the film that is to be trimmed. After selecting, the trim menu appears: In this menu, you can use the arrow up and down keys to select either `De-Interlaced´ or `Loop´. If you select ´De-Interlaced´, you can now further determine between Interlaced and De-Interlaced In the background, you can see the first frame of using the left and right arrow keys. the footage. Use
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1 2 1 3 interlaced video in the camera. 7.8 The PAL Menu The supported monitors are consistently Progressive Scan monitors, as they stem not from the video field but from the computer use. The video must therefore be rendered into a Progressive video from its Interlaced origin to In this menu, you can use the left/right arrows avoid artefacts. Normally, this results in a video to switch between `60 Hz monitor´ and `50 with 25 or 30 frames (Hz), similar to cinema monitor´. movies. This pi
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1 2 1 3 example, we had chosen 1920x1200, most projector beamers would show no picture and the user would hence not be in a position to set t the required resolution. This default setting can be brought back any time by pressing the `Reset monitor´ key for a longer time (app. 10 seconds). If, for example, the recorder has been used with a 1920x1200 monitor and then is to be used in combination with a 1024x768 projector in the mean time, the projector will initially display no picture. P
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