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Sony VRD-VC10 - page 1
Operating I nstructions © 2004 Sony C orporation 2-514-544- 11 (1) 7819900949 IT JP FR DE ES IT CS Video Recordable DVD Drive VRD-VC10 ...
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2 Safety Regul ations WARNING You ar e cauti oned tha t any ch ange s or modificati ons not ex pressly appro ved in this manua l could void yo ur auth ority to op erate this equipme nt. To prev ent f ire or shoc k haza rd, do not e xpose the unit to rain or mo isture. To avoid elec trical sh ock, do no t ope n the cabinet. Refer serv icing to quali ...
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3 CAUTION The ma ins plu g on th is eq uipment m ust be use d to di sconne ct ma ins po wer. Pleas e ensure that t he socket o utlet is ins talled nea r the equ ipment and shall be ea sily Access ible. Acht ung Zur Trennu ng vom Netz ist de r Netzseck er aus der Steckdo se zu ziehen , welche sich in der Nähe des Gerätes befind en muß un d leich ...
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4 Table of Contents Safety Regulations ....................... ... 2 Introduction Features ...... ................. ............ ........ 6 Stand-alone operation ....... ........ 6 Computer-controlled operation . 6 Others ......... ................. ........... ... 6 Unpacking .. ................. ............ ........ 7 Parts and controls ........ ...
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5 • is a tradem ark of Sony C orpora tion. • Pentium is a re gister ed tr adem ark of I ntel Cor porati on. • Microso ft and Window s are r egis tered t radem arks of M icros oft Co rporat ion. • Other syst em and pr oduc t names used h erein ar e regis tered tra dem arks or tradem arks of their respec tive manufactu rers, a lthough the ™ ...
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6 B Intro ducti on Features This drive offers the fol lowing features. You can use this drive as a stand-alon e DVD recorder to record vi deos on DVD+R o r DVD+RW discs directly from conn ected vide o came ras an d AV devi ces. ❑ Synchr onized record ing allo ws the drive to record videos au tomatically , synchron ized with the operat ions carrie ...
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7 Introducti on Unpack ing Pleas e confir m that the pack age con tains the following item s. If any of these items appear to be missi ng and /or dama ged, pl ease cont act y our d ea ler. •D r i v e • Hi-S pee d USB cab le × 1 • Power cord • AC adaptor (MPA-AC1) • Quick Start Guid e • Oper ating instruc tions (this do cument ) • Ner ...
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8 Parts and controls Front Pa nel A Disc tray Insert discs h ere, label sid e to the left. Hin t When yo u insert a disc into the dri ve, make sure that you set t he disc insi de the two lower pins . Whe n usi ng th e driv e h orizo ntal ly, make sure that it is und er the four pins . B Eject button Opens and cl oses the d isc tray. C Display windo ...
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9 Introducti on Display Window The disp lay wi ndow work s only w hen the drive is used as the stan d-alone DVD recorder (p. 11), and indicates the following: A Input signal ( p. 14, 18) B Video signal indicato r ( p. 14, 18) C Recording mode ( p. 21) D Status and warning messages ( p. 48) E Time display (time passed o r time remaining) ( p. 17, 20 ...
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10 System requirem ents When conne cted to a co mputer, the drive should be used wit h a system th at meets th e following requiremen ts 1) . ❑ CPU: Pentium III, 800 MHz o r higher (with NeroVision Express: Pentiu m 4, 1.6 GH z re comm ended ) ❑ RAM: 256 MB or higher ❑ 1 GB (with NeroVision Express: 10 GB) free hard disk space ❑ Operating s ...
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11 Stand-al one Ope ration - Usi ng the Drive as a DVD Record er B Sta nd-al one O per ation - Us ing t he Dr ive as a DV D Reco rde r Creati ng DVDs You can use this drive as a stand-alone DVD recorder to record videos on DVD+R or DVD+RW discs directly from a connected video cameras or video devices such as VCRs. Note Stand-al one ope ration of th ...
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12 In stand-alone operation, you can use only DVD+RW or DVD+R discs. Note You cann ot make a ddition al recordi ng on discs that ha ve been c reated using c ompu ters or other DVD recorders by the stand-alon e operation. Three record ing modes are available. Select a recor ding mode according to your priority - picture quality or recording duration ...
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13 Stand-al one Ope ration - Usi ng the Drive as a DVD Record er What are titles and chapters? DVD contents consist of sections, called titles, and smaller sub-sections, called chapters. On this drive, a title is created between the points where you start and sto p a recording. Chapters are created automa tically at specified intervals (5, 10, or 1 ...
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14 Synchronized reco rding You can record videos on DVD+RW or DVD+R discs while playing them back on your video d evice. Connect the video device to the drive using an AV cable, and the drive will start/stop recording automatically when you start/stop playback on the video device. In synchronized recording, the drive starts/stops recording when it ...
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15 Stand-al one Ope ration - Usi ng the Drive as a DVD Record er 2 Turn on th e drive. The bu sy indic ator lig hts up in gree n. 3 Pres s EJECT, a nd insert a disc. A new blank di sc is formatted aut omatically. Wait until [For mat] on the display window chang es to [Ready]. Busy indicator EJECT button Recording side . Contin ued ...
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16 4 Sele ct the re cording condi tions. To select a reco rding mode, see “Selecti ng a recording mo de” on p age 21. To select a cha pter interval, se e “Selecti ng a chapter inte rval” on pa ge 21. To se lec t how to st art play back, see “S elec ting auto mati c play back mo de” on page 22. 5 Press REC on the drive . The driv e com e ...
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17 Stand-al one Ope ration - Usi ng the Drive as a DVD Record er 6 Start pl ayback on the video dev ice. [Recor ding] app ears on th e displ ay window an d the RE C butto n lights up duri ng rec ord ing. [SIG] on the disp lay windo w indicat es that t he driv e is receivi ng sig nals from the vi deo device . • Recording stops automatically when p ...
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18 Manual recording You can start/pause/stop recording manually by operatin g the drive and the connected device re spectively. 1 Connect a v ideo dev ice. See “ Synch roni zed rec ord ing” on page 14 . 2 Turn on the driv e. The busy i ndica tor li ghts up i n green. 3 Press EJECT, and in se rt a disc . A new blank disc is formatted automatical ...
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19 Stand-al one Ope ration - Usi ng the Drive as a DVD Record er 4 Sele ct the re cord ing co nditions . To select a rec ording mo de, see “Selec ting a reco rding mode” on page 21 . To select a chap ter interval, see “Selecti ng a chapter i nterval” on p age 21. To select how t o start play back, see “Sel ecting aut omatic pl ayback mod ...
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20 7 Press STO P to stop reco rdin g. [STOP] app ears on the d isplay wind ow, and st op pla yback on the vi deo de vice. Wait fo r a moment until [Ready] appears. Note on using a DVD+R disc To play a recorde d DVD+R on DVD devices, you need to finalize the disc after recordin g ( p. 22). To pause recording Press PAUSE. [Pause] appears on the displ ...
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21 Stand-al one Ope ration - Usi ng the Drive as a DVD Record er Addition al op erations Pres s RE C MO DE. Each time you press the button, [HQ], [SP], or [SLP] appears in sequence. See page 12 for details on the recording mode. Note You cannot do this opera tion durin g recordin g. See page 13 for details on chapters. 1 Display [Auto Chp] by press ...
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22 You can set automatic playback mo de on the disc before recording. In the default setting ([No]), the disc is to start playback with displaying the menu screen of the title recorded. 1 Display [AutoPlay? ] by pressing FUNCTION/E NTER. Each time y ou press th e button, [F inalize?], [Erase All?], [Au to Play?], [Auto Chp], or [ Player Type] ap pe ...
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23 Stand-al one Ope ration - Usi ng the Drive as a DVD Record er 2 Pres s EJECT, a nd insert a disc. Wait until [Ready] appears on the displ ay window. 3 Press FUNCTION/ENTER repe atedly to display [Fin alize?] on the disp lay windo w. Each time you pre ss the but ton, [Fina lize? ], [Erase All?], [Auto Play?], [Auto Chp], or [Playe rType] appe ars ...
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24 Notes • Dep endin g on the disc c ondition , recordi ng condit ion, or DV D device, disc s may not play even if th e discs ar e final ized. • The drive can fi nalize only the di scs r ecorded on this dri ve. • It may take about five m inutes or more to finalize a disc. Please wait until [Final ize Comple te] is displayed. You can erase the ...
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25 Stand-al one Ope ration - Usi ng the Drive as a DVD Record er 7 Press FUNCTION/ENTER. Erasing of the di sc starts. When erasing is complete, [Ready] appears. 8 Eject th e disc. Note You can not era se tit le by ti tle, or ch ap ter by ch apte r. Double layer discs may encounter a compatibility problem with some DVD players. Changing the player-t ...
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26 B Using the Drive as an E xternal DV D Drive Connecting the drive to a computer Connect the drive to a computer using the supplied USB cable to us e the drive as an external DVD drive. When connecting the drive to your computer for the first time, you need to install the driver software. Note When the drive is conn ected to a computer, you can n ...
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27 Using the D rive as an External DV D 3 Turn on y our com puter. 4 Connect th e other en d of the USB c able to y our com puter. Note Pleas e conn ect t he driv e dir ectly t o a U SB conn ector on th e comput er. 5 Install the dr ive on the comp uter. On Windows XP , see belo w. On Windows 20 00, see page 30. On Wind ows XP 1 Insert t he sup pli ...
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28 2 Check [Ins tall fr om a li st or s pecific loca tion (Ad vance d)] ( 1 ), then click [Next] ( 2 ). The following screen will appear. 3 Check [Se arch for th e best driver i n thes e locatio ns.] ( 1 ), [Include t his loc ation in th e searc h:] ( 2 ), click [Browse ] ( 3 ), browse for the dr ive yo u insert the softwa re dis c, then clic k [OK ...
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29 Using the D rive as an External DV D 4 Make sure that “Son y VR D-VC10 [ Video Captur e]” is di splayed , then cli ck [Conti nue An yway] . The followin g screen will appear. 5 Click [ Finish ], and c ontin ue to in stall the writi ng so ftware in the supplie d soft ware dis c followi ng the instruc tions on the screen . ...
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30 On Windows 2000 1 Insert the suppli ed softwar e disc into a driv e on the compu ter. The following screen will appear. 2 Click [Next]. The following screen will appear. 3 Che ck [Sea rch f or a s uitab le dr ive r for my devic e (recommen ded)] ( 1 ), then clic k [Next] ( 2 ). The following screen will appear. ...
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31 Using the D rive as an External DV D 4 Check [Spec ify a l ocation] ( 1 ), then c lick [Nex t] ( 2 ). The followin g screen will appear. 5 Click [Browse] ( 1 ), br owse for th e drive y ou inser t the softwa re disc ( 2 ), then cli ck [OK] ( 3 ). The followin g screen will appear. 6 Make su re that “VRD -VC10 [Vi deo Cap ture]” is display ed ...
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Sony VRD-VC10 - page 32
32 7 Click [Yes ]. The following screen will appear. 8 Click [Fi nish], and continue to ins tall the writi ng softwar e in the supplied software disc fo llowin g the i nstruction s on th e scre en. The disc onne ction procedu re var ies dep ending on yo ur OS. When your computer detects the drive successfully, appears on the Windows task bar. Whe n ...
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33 Using the D rive as an External DV D About software Use the supplied software to create discs and play back DVDs. The supplied software disc contains the following software. (Refer to the PDF or online documentation of each software for details about their operation.) Nero StartSmart Serves as the command center to quickly start all the software ...
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34 • Using software other than the supplied software (such as commercially available software, share ware, or freewar e) to write data to disc with this drive i s not un der w arranty and So ny pr ovides no custo mer ser vice. • Make sure that the supplied writing software and other writing software do not coexist on your compu ter. Especially ...
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35 Using the D rive as an External DV D Maximizing performance Make s ure t hat yo u use h igh-s peed certif ied di scs fo r whic h this opera tion h as been guaranteed by Sony. For the latest information about these discs, visit the user support web site. W hen using discs other than those mentioned above, the drive may limit writing speed to pres ...
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36 B Disc s Compatible discs The following discs are compatible with the drive. DVD 1) Supporte d by the drive. Dependin g on your soft ware and disc, this speed may va ry. Disc types Logo Read Wri te Writ e (Stand - alone) Write s peed 1) DV D + R 1 × to 16 × D VD+R DL (Dou ble laye r) 1 × to 2.4 × DV D + RW 1 × to 4 × DV D -R — 1 × to 8 ...
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37 Dis cs CD Notes • Only round disc s should be used with th is drive. N ever use odd -shaped d iscs (stars, h earts, card shape , etc.), othe rwise th e drive ma y be dama ged. • It is not guaranteed to write to or play back 99-minut e discs. • With 8 cm di scs, you must pla ce the drive horizontall y. Disc types Logo Read Wr ite Write spe ...
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38 We rec omme nd th at yo u only use di scs for whi ch op erat ion h as bee n guaranteed. You can obtain the latest list of writable discs for which operation with this drive has been guaranteed at the user support web site (see page 45 for details). Note You can sa fely use most disc f ormats t hat comp ly with th e approp riate standards wi th t ...
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39 Dis cs Features of writable discs You can use various discs with the drive to write data. Refer to the table b elow to fi nd the ty pe of disc tha t match es what you want to do. Note You can acce ss/play back th e data writ ten to the discs ab ove wit h most drives /players that support their formats. How ever, so me combin ations of dri ves/pl ...
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40 Writable CDs and compatibility The drive can write to CD-R and CD-RW discs, wh en used with writing software. To play back (read ) these CD-R and CD-RW discs on oth er CD-ROM drives, make settings on the writing software according to the purpose of the data. CD-R discs Data can be wr itten to this type of disc only once, and once it has been wri ...
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41 Dis cs Further, because of the differences in quality and characteristics betwee n vari ous CD-RO M driv e, CD pl ayer , CD- R di sc, an d CD -RW di sc manuf acture rs, pla yback may not b e possibl e depe nding o n the c ombina tion. Writable DVDs and compatibility The drive can write to DVD+R DL, DVD+R and DVD-R discs, as well as to DVD+RW and ...
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42 Precautions on writ ing/playin g discs Write speed and compatible discs • When writing data to disc at high speeds, you m ust use the appropriate type of dis c. • Set the writing speed on your writing softwar e. For details about the setting procedures, refer to your writing software documenta tion. • Writing speed may be adjusted automati ...
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43 Dis cs About cop y controlled CDs This pr oduct i s desig ned to play bac k discs conform ing to th e compa ct disc (CD) standard. Audio CDs encoded with copyright p rotection technology are now marketed by various record compan ies. Be aware that some of these discs do not confo rm to th e CD stan dard an d you ma y not be a ble to play th em b ...
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44 B Addi tional Informat ion Precautions Operation and storage con ditions Avoid u sing o r stor ing the driv e in a ho t or humid location, or whe re it mig ht be subje ct to seve re vi bration or dire ct sunli ght. Transportat ion • Please repack the drive in its origina l carton when sh ipping by itself. • If the drive is to be ship ped whi ...
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Sony VRD-VC10 - page 45
45 Add iti on al In fo rma tio n Support o verview You can find the f oll owing i nfor matio n on this web site. The info rmation is per iodically updat ed, so we re commen d that yo u visit regularly. • Informa tion about the dr ive • In form ation ab out the soft ware supp lied with the drive • Latest firmware • Frequen tly as ked qu esti ...
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Sony VRD-VC10 - page 46
46 Specification s Recording (s tand-alone) Video sign al forma t NTSC color Video enco ding for mat MEPG-2 Aud io enco ding form at Dolby Digi tal 2 ch Recordable d isc DVD+R, DVD+R (DL), DVD+RW Disc recor ding for mat DVD+VR format DVD/CD drive Writing systems DVD: Random writ e Sequenti al write CD: Track-at- once Disc-at-once Session -at-on ce ...
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47 Add iti on al In fo rma tio n General Power DC 12 V (supplied from the DC IN jack) Con sum ptio n Max. 3. 0 A AC adapt or AC 10 0 - 240 V Use a power co rd approp riate to the regi on or c ountr y of us e. Size Approx. 66 × 164 × 234 mm (W × H × D) (exclu ding th e proj ecting parts) Weight Approx. 1.8 kg ( drive only ) Oper ating t emper at ...
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Sony VRD-VC10 - page 48
48 Troubleshooting If you experience any of the following difficu lties while using the drive, use this troubleshooting guide to held remedy the problem before requesting repa irs . Shou ld an y pro blem persi st, cons ult yo ur dea ler . Symptom Cause /r eme d y See A recor ded dis c cann ot be played bac k. c If the d isc is a DVD+R disc, i t may ...
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49 Add iti on al In fo rma tio n Rec ord in g Pr oh ibit ed c Copyrig ht prot ection signal (CGMS or Macr ovision) was de tected . Y ou cann ot re cord the so urce. p. 5 Insert Blank Disc c The di sc may ha ve bee n al ready record ed on othe r recor dable de vice that is n ot co mpati b le with this driv e. Use a blank disc. c This will appear als ...
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