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Turn on the video device and ready it for playback.

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Set the mode switch on the left side of DVDirect to
[STANDALONE].

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Turn on DVDirect.

The display window turns on.

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Press the eject button, and insert a disc.

A new blank disc will be formatted automatically. Wait until [Formatting the
disc.] in the display window disappears, and DVDirect becomes ready for
recording.

* If the video camera or VCR has an S VIDEO jack, use an S VIDEO cable (not supplied)

for improved picture quality (compared to a video cable). You also need to connect audio
cables for sound.

** If the digital video camera has a DV (i.LINK) jack, use a DV (i.LINK) cable (not

supplied) for improved picture quality (compared to a video or S VIDEO cable). If you
use a DV (i.LINK) cable, you can perform one touch recording (DV Full Dubbing feature)
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STANDALONE

PC/PRINT

Power
button

Formatting the disc.

This may take some time.

Please wait.

Menu

Check video cable

Select

Eject
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Summary of Contents for DVDirect VRD-MC1

Page 1: ...Corporation 2 661 941 02 1 7819901257B IT JP FR DE ES IT CS Video Recordable DVD Drive G sagyou Sony 01 TV 836599S VRD MC1 0119 VRD MC1i 0119 VRD MC1 kai nou hin 2661941011 2661941011 2661941011 VRD MC1 GB00COV FM VRD MC1 GB01COV1 book Page 1 Thursday January 19 2006 7 25 PM ...

Page 2: ...ence will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect...

Page 3: ... 32 DV Full Dubbing 33 Rec Quality 33 Auto Stop Timer 33 Auto Chaptering 34 Slide show BGM 35 Color system 35 Finalize disc 36 Erase disc 39 System 40 System Requirements 41 Setting Up the Computer 42 Installing the software 42 Connecting DVDirect to a computer 43 Disconnection 44 Using Memory Card slots 44 Using the Bundled Software 45 Launching Nero StartSmart 45 Notes on using other software wi...

Page 4: ... MC1 kai nou hin 2661941011 2661941011 2661941011 VRD MC1 GB02COV1TOC fm About the CompactFlash SD xD Picture Cards 52 Precautions 53 Support Overview 54 User support web site 54 Update the system software 54 Technical support 54 Specifications 55 GB01COV1 book Page 4 Thursday January 19 2006 7 25 PM ...

Page 5: ...patents and other intellectual property rights Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited Our product warranty is valid only when the supplied accessories including software are used in the specified or recommend...

Page 6: ...an archive photos on DVDs directly from memory cards without using a computer You can record photos as a slide show on DVDs playable on most DVD players Direct printing operation You can print out photos burned on DVDs or in a memory card directly by connecting this DVDirect to a PictBridge compatible printer with the supplied USB cable Computer controlled operation This DVDirect can be used as a ...

Page 7: ...he package contains the following items If any of these items are missing and or damaged please contact your dealer Quick Start Guide Operating Instructions this document Software disc Warranty card Note Make sure that you back up the supplied software disc on another disc as the software disc is not sold separately DVDirect Hi Speed USB cable Power cord AC adaptor MPA AC1 GB01COV1 book Page 7 Thu...

Page 8: ...s from a playback device or photos from a memory card B Mm Cursor Select button Selects a function C Stop button Stops recording D Record button Starts recording Lights in red when recording E Power button Turns DVDirect on or off F Disc tray Insert a disc here label side up Hint When you insert a disc into DVDirect make sure it rests flat under the four tabs G Eject button Opens and closes the di...

Page 9: ...L R connectors Connect the audio plugs of an AV cable not supplied when connecting DVDirect to a video device such as a video camera or VCR E VIDEO IN connector Connect the video plug of an AV cable not supplied when connecting DVDirect to a video device such as a video camera or VCR F S VIDEO IN connector Connect an S VIDEO cable not supplied when connecting DVDirect to a video device with an S V...

Page 10: ... the Memory Stick Duo into the Memory Stick Duo slot until you hear a click To remove push the Memory Stick Duo and pull out C Multi memory card slot Insert a Memory Stick SD Card or xD Picture Card Push each card into the multi memory card slot until you hear a click To remove push the card and pull out D CompactFlash Card slot Insert a CompactFlash Push the CompactFlash into the CompactFlash slo...

Page 11: ...tton operation auto setup function You can also perform the recording procedure manually by selecting the option from the main menu You can move to the setup screen setup menu for various setting from the main menu Press when Menu is displayed in the bottom left of the display window to move to the main menu Press Mm to select the desired operation and press or Select Video DVD Create video DVD pa...

Page 12: ...able One touch recording DV Full Dubbing feature page 17 When connecting your digital video camera with a DV jack to DVDirect using a DV i LINK cable you can burn the entire contents of a tape recorded by your digital video camera on a DVD with one touch of Record DVDirect controls the digital video camera for the whole process and completes creation of the video DVD DV or Digital8 camcorder only ...

Page 13: ... adaptor to DVDirect 2 Connect your video device to DVDirect with an AV S VIDEO or DV i LINK cable not supplied R AUDIO IN VIDEO IN S VIDEO IN L Signal flow Yellow White Red Yellow White Red S video cable AV cable To LINE OUT or OUTPUT on VCR DVR etc R AUDIO IN VIDEO IN S VIDEO IN L or DV IN Signal flow Yellow White Red Svideo cable AV cable DV i LINK cable To analog or digital video camera etc Co...

Page 14: ...ndow disappears and DVDirect becomes ready for recording If the video camera or VCR has an S VIDEO jack use an S VIDEO cable not supplied for improved picture quality compared to a video cable You also need to connect audio cables for sound If the digital video camera has a DV i LINK jack use a DV i LINK cable not supplied for improved picture quality compared to a video or S VIDEO cable If you us...

Page 15: ...orrectly or if the video playback is not displayed press Mm to select the correct input 8 Press Record on DVDirect Recording appears in the display window and Record lights up during recording Note If you stop playback on the video device during recording i e the video signal is interrupted DVDirect pauses and Record blinks To resume recording restart playback on the video device If no video signa...

Page 16: ...e DVD RW disc is automatically finalized and ejected 12 When finalizing is completed the disc is automatically ejected The video DVD is completed You can play the video DVD with other DVD players or DVD drive of computers Note It may take a few minutes to finalize To pause recording Press Record To resume recording press Record again To stop recording Press Stop To further record videos If you eje...

Page 17: ...d power cord and AC adaptor to DVDirect 2 Connect your digital video camera to DVDirect with a DV i LINK cable not supplied DV or Digital8 camcorder only MICROMV camcorder is not supported 3 Turn on the digital video camera and ready it for playback Hint For most digital video cameras switch the power mode button to the playback or VTR mode to play the tape or perform dubbing 4 Set the mode switch...

Page 18: ...o camera starts playback If the video tape is not at the beginning it is winded back to the start and played back automatically and DVDirect starts recording Recording appears in the display window and Record lights up during recording Record turns off and recording is completed Recording stops automatically when playback of the digital video camera ends Press the eject button to eject the disc an...

Page 19: ...out a Computer To pause recording Press Record To resume recording press Record again To stop recording Press Stop Note If the DV i LINK cable is disconnected during the recording procedure DVDirect can no longer detect signals from the video camera depending on the model In this case turn on the digital video camera and DVDirect again GB01COV1 book Page 19 Thursday January 19 2006 7 25 PM ...

Page 20: ...d will not be heard when previewing the disc in this DVDirect You cannot output video images to external devices such as TV You cannot play back a disc recorded on a device other than DVDirect or commercial DVD software 1 Turn on DVDirect The display window turns on 2 Press to display the main menu and press Mm to select DVD Video Preview and then press or Select Power button MemoryCard DVD Video ...

Page 21: ...lized disc The last title on the disc starts to play automatically Press to select the title you want to view To stop playback press Stop 98 free HQ 64 minutes Menu 01 01 Title 3 00 00 16 HQ Title 1 00 00 24 HQ Title 2 00 00 31 HQ Selected title highlighted in yellow 2 2 Prev Next Menu Current title number total title number Hints For a DVD RW disc the video titles appear in the display window as ...

Page 22: ...a digital camera You can preview the photo backup DVD created by DVDirect with the display window of DVDirect or computer DVD drives Slide show DVD pages 24 36 DVD with a photo slide show stored the photos JPEG file taken by a digital camera and can be compatible with common DVD video discs You can play the slide show DVD with commercial DVD players and preview photos as a slide show with a back g...

Page 23: ...es of photos in the photo DVD on the computer screen All photos are stored in the folder 100VRDMC Hints File names are automatically created when the photo DVD is created Storage location of photos in the photo DVD DSC00001 Desktop My Documents My Computer WinXP J C WinXP E D VRD_MC1 E AUDIO_TS DCIM 100VRDMC VIDEO_RM VIDEO_TS Sony MemoryStick MG G Control Panel DSC00002 DSC00003 DSC00004 GB01COV1 ...

Page 24: ...to its corresponding memory card slot Notes Insert only one memory card into a memory card slot Furthermore you cannot use more than one memory card slot at a time Do not insert a Memory Stick Duo with a Memory Stick Duo adaptor into the multi memory card slot 3 Set the mode switch on the left side of DVDirect to STANDALONE CF SD xD Memory Stick Duo CompactFlash Memory Stick SD Card xD Picture Car...

Page 25: ...anges 6 Photos in the memory card appears in the display window Press Mm to scroll the photos Display a photo to record and press Select to release the tick mark Press Select again to put a tick mark Hint Tick marks are applied for all photos when inserting a memory card and displaying photos If you intend to record all photos just press Record to start recording Power button Formatting the disc T...

Page 26: ...d after the new photo is displayed in the display window recording will start 8 Press to display the main menu and then press the eject button to eject the disc 9 The following message appears Select Yes and press Select and again select OK and press Select Hint If you select No the disc is ejected without finalizing This disc is not completed yet and cannot be played with other DVD players or DVD...

Page 27: ...omplete the disc according to the number and size of photos E g It may take about 10 to 15 minutes to record 100 photo files on DVD 11 DVDirect starts finalizing or a slide show is created and finalizing starts 12 When finalizing is completed the disc is automatically ejected The photo DVD is completed To further record photos If you eject a disc without finalizing after recording photos you can a...

Page 28: ...rd by connecting this DVDirect to a PictBridge compatible printer Note You cannot output the photo images to external devices such as TV 1 Turn on DVDirect The display window turns on 2 Press to display the main menu and press Mm to select Photo View Print and then press or Select 3 Press Mm to select DVD to view the photo DVD or select Memory Card to view the memory card and then press or Select ...

Page 29: ...s Mm to scroll and view the photos or display a photo to print One photo is displayed in the display window at a time Hint If you insert the formatted photo DVD first the Auto Setup function page 11 activates and the photo on the disc will be displayed automatically 6 Set the mode switch on the left side of DVDirect to PC PRINT Eject button 1 123 Print DVD Menu The selected disc or memory card is ...

Page 30: ...erating instructions of your printer for setup details See connection with a PictBridge compatible device 8 Press Record The following message appears 9 Connect your printer to DVDirect with the supplied USB cable 10 The printer starts printing The message Printing will disappear when printing is completed Select Menu Connect printer and check switch on left of unit Printing GB01COV1 book Page 30 ...

Page 31: ...he desired photo to print and then press Record Notes on viewing or printing photos You cannot view or print photos from a photo DVD created by a device other than DVDirect i e a computer created disc With DVDirect you can view and print photos complied with the JPEG format taken by a digital still camera Any other photo files e g JPEG files created edited or finished on a computer may not be guar...

Page 32: ...int Whenever Menu is displayed in the bottom left during operating DVDirect the main menu appears if you press 3 Press m to select Setup and press or Select The Setup menu appears Move the cursor by pressing Mm to select items or options to change and press or Select to confirm MemoryCard DVD Video Menu DVD DVD Video Preview Photo View Print Setup Select Rec Quality DV Full Dubbing Auto Stop Timer...

Page 33: ...l Dubbing Setting Default setting Feature ON Rewinds the tape in the digital video camera automatically and then start recording from the beginning of the tape OFF Starts recording from the point the tape in the digital video camera has been stopped Rec Quality Rec Quality Default setting Picture quality Recording time approx Single layer disc Double layer disc HQ High 1 hour 2 hours HSP R 1 5 hou...

Page 34: ...tween the points where you start and stop a recording When you create a photo DVD slide show DVD with DVDirect a chapter is created for 10 photos Video DVD Photo DVD Note Up to 49 titles a disc and 99 chapters a title can be created Depending on the condition of the videos or photos the number decreases Auto Chaptering Setting Default setting OFF 5min 10min 15min Title 1 Chapters Title 2 Start Rec...

Page 35: ...pre installed in DVDirect and cannot be changed Select the color system of the disc The disc cannot be played if the color system is different between the created disc and the DVD player Note The default setting of the color system is set appropriately in advance according to the shipping destination Keep this setting Slide show BGM Setting Default setting ON OFF Color system Setting Feature NTSC ...

Page 36: ...alize press m to select Finalize disc and press or Select The following message appears 2 Press Mm to select Yes and press Select The following message appears 3 Press Mm to select OK and press Select Finalize disc Erase disc Setup Select Menu AutoChaptering Slide showBGM Color system Finalize disc 5min ON NTSC Are you sure you want Finalize disc to finalize the disc Yes No Select Setup Disc will ...

Page 37: ...sc as a photo backup DVD select No To complete the disc as a slide show DVD select Yes Notes For a video DVD or photo backup DVD it takes a few minutes to complete finalizing For a slide show DVD it takes more time to complete the disc according to the number and size of photos E g It may take about 10 to 15 minutes to record 100 photo files on DVD 5 Finalizing is completed Finalizing Create a sli...

Page 38: ...neral DVD players To read the created disc on the general DVD drives of computers To distribute the created disc To complete the disc 100 no plan to add videos or photos on the same disc Discs not require finalizing To add videos on the same disc later by DVDirect To add photos on the same disc later by DVDirect In the middle of creating the disc not playable on the other DVD devices yet The follo...

Page 39: ... a disc to erase press m to select Erase disc and press or Select The following message appears 2 Press Mm to select Yes and press Select The following message appears 3 Press Mm to select Yes and press Select Erase disc Color system Slide showBGM Finalize disc Erase disc System NTSC ON Setup Select Menu Do you want to Erase disc Erase the disc Yes No Select Setup Are you sure you want Erase disc ...

Page 40: ...n erases all data You cannot erase individual titles or chapters 5 After erasing is completed the disc can be ejected You can check the system software version of DVDirect Press m to select System and press or Select to display the version in the display window Hint The system software is the built in software that makes DVDirect work System Erasing Successfully erased Menu GB01COV1 book Page 40 T...

Page 41: ...s Pentium 4 1 6 GHz recommended RAM 256 MB or higher 10 GB free hard disk space or more recommended Operating system Windows 2000 Professional referred to as Windows 2000 Windows XP Home Edition or Windows XP Professional referred to as Windows XP Hi Speed USB USB2 0 port 1 The above requirements are the minimum necessary requirements to write to disc normally Under actual operating conditions the...

Page 42: ...g Up the Computer 1 Insert the supplied software disc into a drive on the computer The installer will start automatically 2 Click INSTALL SUITE button to install the software 3 After installation is completed continue to install other options or click EXIT to finish installation Installing the software Click INSTALL SUITE GB01COV1 book Page 42 Thursday January 19 2006 7 25 PM ...

Page 43: ...11 VRD MC1 GB06OPE2 fm 1 Connect the supplied USB cable the power cord and the AC adaptor to DVDirect 2 Set the mode switch on the left side of DVDirect to PC PRINT 3 Turn on DVDirect 4 Turn on your computer Connecting DVDirect to a computer DC 12V IN USB Cable AC adaptor Power cord STANDALONE PC PRINT Power button Continued GB01COV1 book Page 43 Thursday January 19 2006 7 25 PM ...

Page 44: ...the shortcut menu 2 Operate following the message displayed if any 3 Disconnect the USB cable Note If you disconnect the USB cable without performing the procedure above your computer may operate erratically or data may be damaged Be sure to perform the procedure above before disconnecting the USB cable If you insert a memory card into the memory card slot of DVDirect when you use DVDirect as an e...

Page 45: ...the Nero StartSmart icon or start Nero StartSmart in the program menu Put a cursor on each icon or application to display the summary in a pop up window Click what you intend to use Using software other than the bundled software such as commercially available software shareware or freeware to write data to disc with this DVDirect is not under warranty and Sony provides no customer service Make sur...

Page 46: ...t in software that makes DVDirect work The default read write speed for CDs of this DVDirect is 40 speed With a single touch you can make the read write speed 48 speed Notes On rare occasions some discs may not be able to tolerate 48 speed causing them to break We recommend that you do not use deeply scratched brittle or other discs that may break at 48 speed This function does not guarantee a 48 ...

Page 47: ...e compatible with DVDirect Additional Information Compatible writable discs Disc type Logo Using without computer Using with computer Video DVD creation PhotoDVD creation Write Read Playback DVD R DVD R DL Double layer DVD RW DVD RW High speed DVD R DVD R DL Dual layer DVD RW CD R CD RW CD RW High speed CD RW ultra speed CD RW ultra speed plus R DL R DL Continued maximum x16 speed GB01COV1 book Pa...

Page 48: ...automatically adjust the writing speed or may not be able to write at all etc Even if discs are successfully written they may cause errors at the time of reading CD R discs Data can be written to this type of disc only once and once it has been written it cannot be erased Music CDs created on CD R disc media can be played on standard CD players CD RW discs Data can be written to and erased from th...

Page 49: ... almost all DVD drives However depending on the combination of the type of your player drive and the disc playback reading may not be supported or may not be possible In addition some drives do not support multi session multi border DVD ROM discs In these cases the drive may only read the first session border of the disc Further because of the differences in quality and characteristics between var...

Page 50: ...some drive functions may not always perform as expected When playing back DVD Video refer to the documentation accompanying each disc About copy protected DVDs Most DVD Video discs on the market are protected against unauthorized copy Attempting to copy protected discs violates copyright laws About copy controlled CDs This product is designed to play back discs conforming to the Compact Disc CD st...

Page 51: ...r in the supplied software disc To install the Memory Stick Formatter into your computer start the installer MSfmtInst240 exe located in the folder MSfmt on the software disc To launch the installed Memory Stick Formatter access Memory Stick Utility folder in the program menu of Windows However a Memory Stick formatted by a computer may not be usable depending on the digital camera In this case th...

Page 52: ...se With the multi memory card slot of DVDirect you can use Memory Stick SD Card and xD Picture Card With the CompactFlash Card slot of DVDirect you can use CompactFlash Storage Card Type I Type II and CF Card Type I Type II compatible CompactFlash Storage Card Not all the memory card operations are supported Notes on use You cannot use CompactFlash Cards with a power specification of 3V 3 3V or le...

Page 53: ...direct sunlight or near heat generating devices To protect important data always keep discs in their cases Do not wipe writable discs using a disc cleaner before recording data Instead use a blower to remove any dust Data may not be recorded properly if there are scratches or dust on the unrecorded area of writable discs Handle discs very carefully Handling memory cards Do not drop bend or submit ...

Page 54: ...ware or referred to as firmware The system software updates are available on the user support web site Access the site make sure that there is an update for your DVDirect and follow the instructions on the screen to proceed with download and installation Please visit the above web sites that provide technical support and other information on DVDirect and the supplied software When asking questions...

Page 55: ...pin i LINK IEEE1394 S100 DVC SD input VIDEO input 1 Vp p 75 ohms S VIDEO input Y 1 Vp p 75 ohms C 0 286 Vp p 75 ohms AUDIO input 2 Vrms Impedance more than 47 kilohms Memory Card slot Memory Stick Duo Memory Stick2 SD Memory Card2 xD Picture Card2 CompactFlash USB port Hi Speed USB USB 2 0 compliant LCD monitor 2 inch color LCD 1 For DV input from DV Digital8 camcorder only You cannot record video...

Page 56: ...rinted in China VRD MC1 2 661 941 02 1 G sagyou Sony 01 TV 836599S VRD MC1 0119 VRD MC1i 0119 VRD MC1 kai nou hin 2661941011 2661941011 2661941011 VRD MC1 GB09BCO fm GB01COV1 book Page 56 Thursday January 19 2006 7 25 PM ...

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