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This document will guide you through the
process of recording to the Pioneer DVD
Recorder owned by the Department of
Education. For other information on using
the DVD Recorder, including a picture
showing how to connect a digital video
camera, please consult the main DVD recorder
page.
NOTE: Before beginning your DVD recording project,
consult the following list of specifications for the
type of DVD-R you will need to use with our DVD Recorder.
The DVD-R disc must be:
- 2X speed
- "For General" type (as opposed to "For Authoring
type")
- Single-sided and single-density (4.7GB capacity)
AND, from one of the following companies:
- Hitachi Maxell, LTD
- Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (Verbatim)
- Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
- Pioneer Video Corporation
- TDK Corporation
Connecting the DVD Recorder
- You'll
Need:
- Camcorder with power supply and
video source material
- TV monitor
- DVD Recorder with s-video cable
connected to the back of the monitor
(in the port marked output-all the way
to left when facing back of
recorder).
- Firewire cable from camcorder to
DVD Recorder.
Connect all of the equipment before you
turn on any of the equipment. Set your
camera on VCR mode, and make sure your tape
is rewound to the point at which you want
to start recording your DVD.
Power up and press the STANDBY/ON button
on the front of the DVD Recorder to
begin.
Recording the DVD
- Open the drawer on the front of the
DVD Recorder and insert a blank
DVD.
- Close the drawer. "LOAD" should
appear on the front of the DVD
Recorder.
- Press "TOP MENU" on the remote
control.
- Select "DV RECORD".
- Press "REC START". You'll hear the
camera start and see your video running
behind the on-screen commands. You will
not hear the audio
with the video.
- Press ENTER (center button on the
remote) to finish recording. An
on-screen message will let you know how
many seconds it will take to finish
recording.
Follow this process for every separate
title you want on your DVD. (Titles will
show up on a menu list on your final
DVD.)
Add titles before you finalize your DVD
(a process necessary to make your DVD
readable in players other than the DVD
Recorder).
Adding Titles
- To create titles, press the "TOP
MENU" button on the remote
control.
- Scroll to title (using the joystick
marked 'Enter'), and click (press in on
the 'Enter' button) on the unnamed
title on the right side of the menu
screen.
- When you press Enter, you will see
the "Input Title Name" screen.
- Delete the default title by putting
the cursor in teh title bar then
scrolling down and pressing
delete.
- Select title names by using the
remote to navigate the symbol palette.
(Remember that the Enter key in the
middle of the remote is also a
joystick.)
- Press "MENU" on the remote to
exit.
Finalizing the DVD
Do NOT do this when practicing!
- Press "SETUP" on the remote.
- Press "DISC SETUP".
- Press "FINALIZE" and "START".
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