Sony 2-678-737-13(1) User Manual
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Chapter 2
Playback and Recording
Chapter 2 Playback and Recording
Connecting the unit to a monitor equipped
with an i.LINK jack
with an i.LINK jack
The video and audio signals are sent with hardly any
degradation, enabling high-quality playback to a
monitor with an i.LINK connector which supports
HDV, DVCAM, and DV format.
degradation, enabling high-quality playback to a
monitor with an i.LINK connector which supports
HDV, DVCAM, and DV format.
Notes
• Be sure that you set [HDV/DV SEL] in [IN/OUT
REC] menu to [AUTO] (default setting) before
connecting the monitor to the unit with the i.LINK
cable. If you change the setting after connecting the
i.LINK cable, the monitor may not recognize the
video signals correctly (page 67).
connecting the monitor to the unit with the i.LINK
cable. If you change the setting after connecting the
i.LINK cable, the monitor may not recognize the
video signals correctly (page 67).
• To connect the unit to a monitor equipped with an
i.LINK jack, you may need to set the monitor so that
it recognizes the unit.
it recognizes the unit.
For details, refer to your monitor’s instruction manual.
• When i.LINK is connected, the unit cannot output
video or audio only.
Notes
• To playback the picture recorded in HDV format
when you connect the monitor using an HDMI cable
or a component video cable, set [HDMI/CMPNT] of
[VIDEO OUT] in [IN/OUT REC] menu according to
your monitor (page 68). When the picture recorded in
DVCAM/DV format is played back, only a picture
with a quality equivalent with DVCAM/DV format of
480i (NTSC) or 576i (PAL) is output via
COMPONENT OUT jacks regardless of [HDMI/
CMPNT] setting.
or a component video cable, set [HDMI/CMPNT] of
[VIDEO OUT] in [IN/OUT REC] menu according to
your monitor (page 68). When the picture recorded in
DVCAM/DV format is played back, only a picture
with a quality equivalent with DVCAM/DV format of
480i (NTSC) or 576i (PAL) is output via
COMPONENT OUT jacks regardless of [HDMI/
CMPNT] setting.
• For details on output level from HDMI OUT jack and
COMPONENT OUT jacks, see “Specifications”
(page 100).
(page 100).
• To change the output level from COMPONENT OUT
jacks, see [480i LEVEL] in [IN/OUT REC] menu
(page 71)
(page 71)
.
• There are some restrictions on pictures output from
HDMI OUT jack and COMPONENT OUT jacks of
the unit.
the unit.
Refer to HDMI OUT jack 6, COMPONENT OUT jacks
5
5
in “Rear Panel” of the “Location and Function of
Parts” on page 19.
• If you connect the input connectors of the unit to the
output connectors of a monitor, a humming noise
may be generated or the image may be distorted. If
these phenomena occur, use INPUT SELECT switch
to select a signal that is not being input or disconnect
the cables.
may be generated or the image may be distorted. If
these phenomena occur, use INPUT SELECT switch
to select a signal that is not being input or disconnect
the cables.
• When you play back a tape with copyright protected
signals or input HDV signals with copyright
protection to HDV/DV jack, pictures and audio are
not output via HDMI OUT jack.
protection to HDV/DV jack, pictures and audio are
not output via HDMI OUT jack.
• When you play back an HDV-formatted tape with
copyright protected signals or input i.LINK signals
with copyright protection to HDV/DV jack, pictures
may be output in either 480i (NTSC) or 576i (PAL)
format regardless of the setting of [HDMI/CMPNT]
of [VIDEO OUT] in [IN/OUT REC] menu.
with copyright protection to HDV/DV jack, pictures
may be output in either 480i (NTSC) or 576i (PAL)
format regardless of the setting of [HDMI/CMPNT]
of [VIDEO OUT] in [IN/OUT REC] menu.
• The unit cannot up convert DVCAM/DV recordings
to HDV at output.
Playback
HVR-M25 (rear panel)
i.LINK cable (not supplied)
i.LINK jack
Monitor with an
i.LINK jack
i.LINK jack
: Signal flow