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Connecting an External Device (i.LINK Connection)
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Connecting External Devices
For information on XDCAM Transfer, visit the web
sites shown in “XDCAM EX web sites” on page 15
or on the cover page of the supplied CD-ROM.
When an HDV-compatible video format (SP
1080/60i, SP 1080/50i, or SP 1080/24P) is
selected, you can record the same images as those
recorded on the memory card in this camcorder
on an external device connected to the
i.LINK(HDV) connector, or record the playback
picture of the external device on the memory card
in the camcorder.
Nonlinear editing conforming to the HDV format
is also enabled.
Notes
• When you set i.LINK I/O” of the OTHERS
menu to “Enable,” no signal is output from the
SDI OUT connector.
• When the video format is not SP mode, signal
input/output via the i.LINK connector is not
enabled, even if “i.LINK I/O” is set to “Enable.”
• Use the i.LINK(HDV) connector only for one-
to-one i.LINK connection.
When you set the camcorder to Camera mode, the
picture being shot with this camcorder is output as
an HDV stream via the i.LINK(HDV) connector.
It can be recorded on a connected HDV recorder
in synchronization with the REC START/STOP
operation on this camcorder.
1 Perform the preparatory settings of the
camcorder.
• Set the video format to SP 1080/60i, SP
1080/50i, or SP 1080/24P.
• Set “i.LINK I/O” (page 129) of the
OTHERS menu to “Enable.”
• Set “Trigger Mode” (page 130) of the
OTHERS menu to “Both” or “External.”
Both: To record both on the memory card
in the camcorder and on the external device
External: To record only on the external
device
Connecting an External
Device (i.LINK
Connection)
Recording the Camcorder Picture
on an External Device