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Hookups – Sony RDR-GX7 User Manual

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Before Recording/Editing

Hookups

a Turn on your TV and this recorder, then set

the TV to the connected channel (“VIDEO”
etc.).

b Press Z, and place a recordable disc on the

tray.

Make sure that the disc has enough free space to
record the contents of your tape.

c Press Z to close the disc tray.

Wait until “LOAD” disappears from the front panel
display.
If you use a new DVD, formatting starts
automatically. When using a new DVD-RW, select
the recording format, VR or Video.

d Insert the source DV/Digital8 format tape

into the digital video camera.

For the recorder to record or edit, the digital video
camera must be set to video playback mode.

e Press INPUT SELECT on the remote

repeatedly to select “DV.”

The front panel display changes as follows.

f Press REC MODE on the remote repeatedly

to select the recording mode.

The recording mode changes as follows:

g Select the audio input for the digital video

camera using the Tool menu.

A Press TOOL.

B Press M/m to select “DV Audio Input,” then

press ENTER.

C Press M/m to select the item, then press

ENTER.
• Stereo1 (default)
• Mix (both stereo 1 and stereo 2)
• Stereo2

You are ready to start recording.

z

Hint

You can adjust the settings for the recording picture before recording.
See “Adjusting the Recording Picture Quality and Size” (page 30).

Notes

• You cannot connect more than two pieces of digital video equipment

to the recorder.

• Depending on the digital video equipment, you may not be able to

control the equipment.

• You cannot control the recorder using another device or another

recorder of the same model.

• You cannot record date, time or the contents of the cassette memory

onto the disc.

• If you record from a DV/Digital8 format tape with a sound track that

is recorded in multiple sampling frequencies (48 kHz, 44.1 kHz, or 32
kHz), no sound will be output when playing back the switched point on
the disc.

• In order to use this recorder’s Auto Chaptering feature, be sure to

correctly set the clock on your digital video camera before shooting.

• The recorded picture may be momentarily affected if the picture size

of the source image changes, or if there is nothing recorded on the tape.

DVD recorder

To DV IN

i.LINK cable
(not supplied)

DV output

Digital video camera

: Signal flow

TOOL

M

/

m

, ENTER

REC MODE

Z

INPUT SELECT

L2

L1

L3

L4

DV

Programme
position

HQ

SP

LP

EP

HSP

SLP