User manual

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1. General information
Congratulation on purchasing the HDV-
Recorder!
We would like to thank you for putting trust in
our company and hope that this product shall
meet your expectations.
This manual explains how to use the HDV-
Recorder, its on screen menus and the single
functions.
For further questions and suggestions you can
of course contact us directly at the following
addresses:
in Europe:
MacroSystem Digital Video AG
Postfach 020240
58290 Wetter
Germany
in USA:
MacroSystem US
5485 Conestoga Court
Boulder, Colorado
USA 80301
Phone
0 +49 (0)2335/960-0 (Germany)
303-440-5311 (North America)
E-Mail
[e-mail] (Germany)
[e-mail] (North America)
Fax
0 +49 (0)2335/960-100 (Germany)
303-440-5322 (North America)
The most up-to-date information on
MacroSystem products and product dealers can
be found on the internet.
Please visit our Website:
http://www.macrosystem.de (Germany)
http://www.macrosystem.us (North America)
Phone Support
If you have special technical questions, you can
call our technical support hotline:
(Germany)
Monday -Thursday from 10.00 to 17.00 hours
Friday 10.00 to 16.00 hours
+49 (0)2335/960-112
(North America)
Monday - Friday 9a.m. - 5p.m. (Mountain Stan-
dard Time)
303-801-1010
Outside of these times you can email or fax us.
Messages received in this way are handled du-
ring business hours.
E-Mail Support
[e-mail] (Germany)
[e-mail] (North America)
[e-mail] (N.A.)
[e-mail] (N .A.)
Fax Support
+49 (0)2335/960-110 (Germany)
303-801-1058 (North America)
Please note: In order to help you as efciently
as possible, make sure to have your unit’s serial
number at hand or your customer number,
should they be known to you.
2. HDV-Recorder
2.1 What is the HDV-Recorder?
The HDV-Recorder serves as a storage (recorder)
and playback device for video material recorder
with an HDV camera.
With the aid of the HDV-Recorder, it is possible
to display and play HDV footage on smaller
and more cost-effective TFT monitors in HDV
quality, create backups of HDV material on the
removable hard-drive and to copy HDV video
(camera -> recorder -> camera).
The footage is fed to the recorder via Firewire/