User manual

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DV Control
The mini FireWire connection behind the frontpanel of the Media Giant allows you to connect your DV
camera directly to the Media Giant and view or record your home videos on the internal harddisk.
• Connect your DV camera to the mini Firewire connection [7] on the front of the Media Giant.
• Turn on your DV camera and set it to ‘Playback’ mode.
• Press the ‘DV’ button (39
) on your remote control to initialize the ‘DV Control’ mode.
The Media Giant will display the DV Controls on your screen:
[ DV Control Panel ]
You can select the buttons of the DV Control panel with the navigation buttons (15
) on the remote control.
You can confirm your selection with the ‘Enter’ button (26
) on the remote control.
When you have selected ‘Play’ in the DV Control window and your movie is playing, you can press the ‘Rec’
(19
) button on the remote control to start recording your DV movie to the harddisk.
Tip:
When you are recording, you can hide the DV Control panel by pressing the ‘DV’ button (39) on your
remote control. The panel will be shown again after pressing the ‘DV’ button a second time.
You can stop this recording by pressing the ‘Stop’ button (23
) on the remote control.
The recorded movies will be listed in the recordings-list, as described in chapter 10.
To exit the DV Control mode, press the ‘Return’ button (14
) on the remote control.