Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product DCR-HC21 Sony
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T ransferring Foot age from the S ONY DCR-HC21 The DV form at video recor ded by t he S o ny Ha ndyCa m need s to b e tr ansf err ed o ff the MiniDV t ape to be edi t ed o r vi ewed e ls ew here. A co m puter is used t o “capt ur e” the video, and co nv ert to a m ore r eadily playable for m at.
7. Sele ct Sony DV Device f o r ca p t ure, cl i ck Next 8. Name y o ur video, and loc at i on to sav e. Re m embe r to use a driv e t hat has genero us am o u nts o f space, as each minute of vi deo can consume 178 MB o f di sk space.
8. Conn ect camera (DV port ) to co mputer usin g Fire w i r e ca ble. Camera Connected me ssa ge sh oul d show o n s c r e e n. I f it i s n ’ t m a k e s u r e t h e mo d e s w it c h is s e t t o c a me r a mo d e : 9. Click Im po rt butto n to start captur ing the wh o le tape f ro m current po i nt, OR 10.
Burning video footage directl y fro m a camera or file to D VD using iDVD iDVD all o ws y o u to burn f o ot age f ro m eit her a file or DV cam co r der to DVD usi ng OneStep DVD . T h is is t he simplest way wi t h the i Li fe so f t ware to creat e a D VD t hat pl a ys as a single movie.
Burning Footag e Direct to DVD Usin g Creation Station DVD Re co r der This m et hod r equ i r es use o f a M a nn Librar y M a c i nto sh C r e a t io n S t a t io n . T here are t wo i n the Stone Com put in g area , each with a Panasonic VHS-DVD Reco rder att ached.
• If as k ed, se lect Yes to fo rmat di sc , pr ess start. Form at pro cess sh o u l d t ake aprox. 1 mi nut e. o Pr e ss O K a fte r do ne o Pres s R eturn on rem ote (b utto n 2 3 on di agram ) • On re m ot e (re m embe r to poi n t at rec orde r), Pr es s REC MODE (button 13) an d select recording mode [SP ( 2 hrs per DVD) or LP (4 h rs)].
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