Sony XDCAM EX PMW-EX1 - Manual (Page 114)

Connecting an External Device (i.LINK Connection) 114
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such a signal using the nonlinear editing system,
a malfunction may occur, depending on the
nonlinear editing software in use.
• If you specify a search speed other than 4 or 15
times normal with the nonlinear editing system,
no i.LINK signal is fed out. In such a case, the
picture on the LCD monitor may stay frozen.
• High-speed playback picture may not be
displayed on the computer screen, depending on
the nonlinear editing software in use.
Setting on this camcorder
Set “i.LINK I/O” of the OTHERS menu to
“Enable.”
For operations of the nonlinear editing software,
refer to the operation manual of the software.
The HDV stream input from a device connected
via the i.LINK connector can be recorded on an
SxS memory card in this camcorder.
The timecodes superimposed on the i.LINK input
are recorded regardless of the settings of the
camcorder.
1
Set the external signal to a format that
can be recorded on the camcorder.
Signals of 1440
× 1080/59.94i can be
recorded when “Video Format” (page 108) is
set to SP 1080/60i or SP1080/24P. Signals of
1440
× 1080/50i can be recorded when set to
SP 1080/50i.
Recording is not allowed with other
combinations of “Video Format” and input
signals.
2
Set “i.LINK I/O” (page 107) of the
OTHERS menu to “Enable.”
3
Set the camcorder to Media mode.
4
Press the STOP button to set the
camcorder to STOP mode.
The input image is displayed on the LCD
monitor/EVF screen and the monitor
connected via the COMPONENT OUT
connector or A/V OUT connector.
The audio signal is output from the built-in
speaker (or headphones connected to the
headphone jack) and the speaker of the
monitor connected to the A/V OUT
connector.
5
Press the REC START/STOP button on
the handle.
Recording begins.
Notes
• The REC START/STOP button on the grip does
not function.
• An error is generated in the following cases. In
such a case, cancel Recording mode by pressing
the REC START/STOP button.
—The video format of input signal does not
match that specified on the camcorder.
—A copy-protected stream is being fed in.
• If the input to the camcorder becomes no signal
during recording, the tally lamps and the
i.LINK zREC status indication on the LCD
monitor/EVF screen flash, indicating that no
signal is being recorded on the SxS memory
card.
When an input signal is resumed, recording is
restarted, incrementing the clip number on the
memory card.
Recording External Input Signals