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AVCHD Recording and Playback: Using an Optional AVCHD Board
To make a recording in AVCHD from a P2 card, perform the
required clip editing in playlist mode and play back the final
video to record it on an SD memory card.
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Preparing for dubbing
1
Set recording and playback format.
Perform the following settings in the listed setup menus.
2
Set setup menu No.028 (AVCHD FMT)
appropriately.
Select AVCHD recording rate (PH, HA, HG or HE).
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NOTE:
• Selecting 720P will engage PH mode regardless of AVCHD FMT
setting.
3
Insert an SD memory card in the slot.
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Starting dubbing to AVCHD
1
Create material required for dubbing using playlist.
2
Press the SHIFT + REC button.
Playback from the current playlist location starts
simultaneous with recording to the SD memory card.
This type of recording records the time code in the
playback material.
Recording stops when playback reaches the end or if the
SD memory card becomes full and further recording is not
possible.
3
Press STOP at the end.
Recording and playback stop.
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NOTE:
• If input reference signal is not stable during dubbing, dubbed
video will be distorted.
Input stable reference signal, or perform dubbing without
inputting reference signal (internal reference).
External signals are simultaneously recorded to a P2 card and
an SD memory card. It is not possible to record only to an SD
memory card.
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Preparing for recording
1
Set up for AVCHD recording.
Set setup menu No. 170 (AVCHD REC) to ON.
2
Select a recording format.
Set the P2 card and AVCHD recording formats as shown
below in the listed setup menus.
3
Set recording audio channels.
AVCHD recording uses 2 channels for recording.
Use setup menu No. 774 (AVCHD A CH) toset recording
channels.
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Recording to P2 cards and SD memory cards
1
Engage P2 card recording/playback mode.
2
Press the REC + PLAY button to start recording.
Simultaneous recording on the P2 card and SD memory
card starts.
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NOTE:
• If P2 card recording is not possible, AVCHD recording will not
be possible either.
• The “REC P2&AVCHD” indicator appears in the LCD monitor
when an AVCHD recording is made to an SD memory card.
• AVCHD recording is not available when 480i or 576i is set in
setup menu No. 020 (SYS FORMAT).
• AVCHD recording is not available when something other than
59.94 or 50 is set in setup menu No. 25 (SYSTEM FREQ).
• The start and end of recording will not match the clip recorded
on the P2 card.
• Loop recording is not performed in AVCHD even when setup
menu No. 041 (LOOP REC) is set to ON.
• The same time code as that on the P2 card is recorded.
• Use the menu in AVCHD mode to set metadata for an AVCHD
recording.
• AVCHD recording is not possible for composite signal input and
1394 input.
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Press the STOP button to end recording.
Recording P2 card material in AVCHD
020
SYS FORMAT
1080i or 720p
025
REC FORMAT(HD)
DVCPROHD, AVC-I 100,
AVC-I 50
Recording Remote Input Signals
25
SYSTEM FREQ
59.94 or 50
020
SYS FORMAT
1080i or 720p
025
REC FORMAT(HD)
DVCPROHD, AVC-I 100,
AVC-I 50
028
AVCHD FMT
PH, HA, HG, HE