Sony DSR-450WSL/450WSPL User Manual

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Using an i.LINK Connection

  

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While recording material consecutively by time on an 
external VTR, the material needed for editing can be 
recorded clip by clip using the internal VTR of the 
camcorder.

Set the REC TRIGGER switch to INT ONLY.

Press the recording button of the external VTR.

Recording starts on the external VTR. 

Press the REC button on the camcorder.

Recording starts on the internal VTR. Pressing the 
REC button switches between recording and pausing 
using the internal VTR.

You can check the playback image recorded on an external 
VTR that is connected to the camcorder for backup.

Connect the camcorder to the external VTR using an 
i.LINK cable (DV cable).

Set the REC TRIGGER switch to PARALLEL or EXT 
ONLY.

Press the STOP button on the camcorder to set the 
internal VTR of the camcorder to stop mode, or press 
the EJECT button to eject the cassette.

Start playback on the external VTR.

The i.LINK on the camcorder changes to input mode, 
and the playback image from the external VTR is 
displayed on the viewfinder and the LCD monitor, and 
through the MONITOR OUT connector.

• The i.LINK on the camcorder changes to input mode 

only when the connected external equipment is played 
back. (When the REC TRIGGER switch is set to INT 
ONLY, the i.LINK does not change to input mode.)

• The playback image from the external VTR cannot be 

recorded using the internal VTR of the camcorder.

• Depending on the external equipment connected, the 

playback image may be overlapped or skipped over if the 
playback signal contains jitter. However, this is not a 
malfunction.

• In order to check the video image when a DSR-1500A/

1800A/2000A or similar equipment is connected to the 
camcorder, it is necessary to set the input to a setting 
other than i.LINK. When the input is set to i.LINK, 
i.LINK is only used for input and no signal is output via 
the i.LINK connection. Therefore, a gray image is 
displayed on the camcorder.

Using an i.LINK cable (DV cable) to connect a digital 
video cassette recorder with an i.LINK connector to the 
camcorder, digital copy of video and audio can be carried 
out.

Make the settings below to prepare the external VTR.

• Set REC MODE to the same recording mode as that 

of the camcorder.

• In NTSC color system, when the recording mode is 

set to DVCAM, select either DF or NDF.

• Set AUDIO MODE to either 4-channel or 2-channel 

mode, according to the tape that is played on the 
camcorder.

Pause recording on the external VTR.

Play the tape on the camcorder.

Check the playback on the camcorder, and when 
playback reaches the scene that you want to record, 
start recording again on the external VTR.

The copy to the external VTR starts.

When copy to the external VTR is finished, release the 
recording pause on the external VTR, and then stop 
playback of the tape on the camcorder.

DSR-1800A/45, etc.

i.LINK cable 
(DV cable)