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Features and Benefi ts:

  

Direct, real-time recording from virtually any 
camcorder/VCR to DVD – no computer required!

  

Preserve precious home movies quickly and 
easily onto DVD and share with friends and family.

  

Real Time Recording With High Quality Hardware 
MPEG2 Encoding.

  

Compatible with standard 4.7GB or 8.5GB 
Double Layer DVD+R/+RW discs in 
stand-alone mode – Save up to 12 hours 
of video on a single disc!

  

3 recording quality modes, automatic menu and 
chapter creation, plus easy “start/stop/pause” 
recording make DVDirect easy to set up and use.

  

Can also be connected to computer via USB 2.0 
for 16X max. dual format, double layer DVD and 
CD burning.

  

Includes award winning Nero

 Software suite 

for computer attached DVD/CD burning.

 

VRD-VC10/DVDirect

Requires DVD+R DL media.

High-speed DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, 
CD-R, CD-RW discs required.

VRD-VC10 Specifi cations:

External Hybrid Standalone or Computer Attached DVD Recorder

STAND-ALONE OPERATION

SUPPORTED MEDIA 

DVD+R, DVD+R DL (Double Layer), DVD+RW

DVD RECORDING MODE

DVD+VR 

SUPPORTED VIDEO FORMAT 

MPEG2

AUTOMATIC CHAPTERING

5, 10 or 15 minutes 

RECORDING TIMES

HQ (single layer: 1 hour, double layer: 2 hours)
SP (single layer: 2 hours, double layer: 4 hours)
SLP (single layer: 6 hours, double layer: 12 hours) 

SUPPORTED SOUND FORMAT

Dolby

®

 Digital (AC3)

INPUTS

Composite video (yellow RCA jack) x 1
S-Video x 1
Analog audio 2ch (red and white RCA jacks) 

COMPUTER-ATTACHED OPERATION

 

SUPPORTED MEDIA TYPES & SPEEDS:

DVD+R DL: 2.4X CLV (max.) writing* 
DVD+R: 16X CAV (max.) writing**
DVD+RW: 4X CLV (max.) rewriting** 
DVD-R: 8X Z-CLV (max.) writing**
DVD-RW: 4X CLV (max.) rewriting**
DVD-ROM reading (single layer): 16X CAV (max.)
DVD-ROM reading (dual layer): 8X CAV (max.)
CD-R: 48X P-CAV (max.) writing**
CD-RW: 24X Z-CLV (max.) rewriting**
CD-ROM: 48X CAV (max) reading

INTERFACE Hi-Speed 

USB 

2.0 

(USB 1.1 compatible at slower speeds)

OS SUPPORT 

Compatible with Microsoft Windows

®

 2000 / 

Windows XP. 

BURST DATA TRANSFER RATE 

Hi-Speed USB 2.0: 480 Mbit/s max

RANDOM ACCESS TIME  

140 ms (CD-ROM), 135 ms (DVD-ROM)

BUFFER MEMORY

8 MB

BUFFER UNDER-RUN ERROR 
PROTECTION TECHNOLOGY 

Sony Power-Burn conformed

OTHER SPECIFICATIONS

DIMENSIONS (W x H x D)

6.46” x 2.6” x 9.21”

WEIGHT

1.2Lb

POWER CONSUMPTION

3.0A, +12V DC

PACKAGE CONTENTS

External VRD-VC10 DVD Recorder
NeroVision Express

 DVD video editing  

  & authoring software
Nero

 Burning ROM SE CD/DVD 

 mastering 

software

Ahead InCD

 drive letter recording software 

Nero

 ShowtimeTM soft DVD player software

Nero

 BackitUpTM backup software

AC Adapter & USB cable
User’s Manual & Quick Start Guide

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 

Pentium

®

 III 800 MHz or faster (or equivalent) 

 CPU 

minimum. 

Pentium IV 1.6GHz or faster (or equivalent) 
  CPU is recommended for real time video  
 authoring/editing
256 MB of RAM
10GB of hard disk space.  
Windows

®

 2000 or Windows

®

 XP Home or 

 Professional 

WARRANTY      

One Year Limited

*

**

Sony Electronics Inc. 
Information Technology Products Division 
3300 Zanker Road
San Jose, CA 95134

©2004 Sony Electronics Inc. Reproduction in part or in whole 
without prior written permission is prohibited. All rights reserved. 
Sony and DVDirect are trademarks of Sony. Microsoft and Windows 
are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are 

property of their respective owners. Non-metric weights and 
measurements are approximate. Features and specifi cations 
subject to change without notice.

Printed USA 10/04
B138

Rear Panel 

of DVDirect

http://www.sony.com/dvdirect

USB 2.0 Port 

(Computer 

Attachment Only)

S-Video Input

Composite Video Input

Left/Right Stereo 

Sound Inputs

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