User`s guide

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We have tested the following decks and media converters, which do the job successfully. If your
deck is not listed below, you can use the compatibility check below to test your deck.
DV Decks - Caption Compatible (partial list)
• Panasonic AJ-D650, AJ-D455
• SONY DHR-1000
• SONY DSR-11, DSR-20, DSR-30, DSR-40, DSR-80
• SONY GV-D300 portable
• SONY DCR-TRV110, TRV720, TRV820 Digital8 camcorder
• JVC DV-3000
Sony DVMC-DA2 Media Converter - Caption Compatible
Converts Analog Video to Digital Video, or Digital Video to Analog with timecode information.
Sony brings a new media converter that allows to convert analog signal, such as 8mm or VHS to
a digital video signal that is output to i.LINK/FireWire interface.
DV Decks - Not Caption Compatible (partial list)
The following video decks and video cameras do not do the proper transfer of caption data onto
NTSC video.
But you can still record closed captioned DV video using any DV video deck
,
including the ones below, even though you cannot play back the video with captions from these
decks. This is a subtle, but important distinction.
• CANON XL-1 camcorder
• SONY DSR-PD100
• SONY DSR-85
• Panasonic AG-DV1000
Note from a Sony Rep. on DSR 45, 50 and 85:
The DSR-45 does output Closed Captions only in NTSC and only on the monitor out connector.
Not the component, main video or S-Video outputs. There is no
magic mod to my knowledge to turn this on and it has been asked for previously to my
recollection.
By the way, among the DVCAM products, CC only exists in NTSC machines or NTSC mode.
The DSR-85 never supported Closed Captioning, the DSR-45 as you now know only outputs CC
on the monitor output and the DSR-50 only outputs CC on the video output. All the other
DVCAM machines basically output Closed Captioning. The POSC Group at 800-883-6817 has
this information in their FAQ database.
Please refer the customer to the Sales brochure and maybe give a heads-up to
the other Sales people who may need to know this gotcha. Sorry again for
the bad news.