About Recommended Discs and Compatibility
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... conform to upgrade your drive with VRD-MC10 are: (As of May 20, 2009) DVD+R DVD+R 16x DVD+R 8x Maker Sony TY MKM TY MKM Ritek Media ID SONY(D21) TY(T03) MCC(004) TY(02) MCC(003) Ritek(R03) DVD+R DL DVD+R DL Maker Media ID VRD-MC10 About Recommended Discs and Compatibility May 20, 2009...
... conform to upgrade your drive with VRD-MC10 are: (As of May 20, 2009) DVD+R DVD+R 16x DVD+R 8x Maker Sony TY MKM TY MKM Ritek Media ID SONY(D21) TY(T03) MCC(004) TY(02) MCC(003) Ritek(R03) DVD+R DL DVD+R DL Maker Media ID VRD-MC10 About Recommended Discs and Compatibility May 20, 2009...
About Recommended Discs and Compatibility
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All rights reserved DVD-RW 6x Maker MKM Ritek TY Media ID MKM(A02) Ritek(004) TY(TYG03) Other company and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners, although the (TM) and (R) marks are not used in the text. (C) 2009 Sony Corporation.
All rights reserved DVD-RW 6x Maker MKM Ritek TY Media ID MKM(A02) Ritek(004) TY(TYG03) Other company and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners, although the (TM) and (R) marks are not used in the text. (C) 2009 Sony Corporation.
Operating Instructions
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Multi-Function DVD Recorder 4-115-467-13(1) Selecting copy mode 8 Introducing DVDirect 20 Preparations for Recording 29 Copying From a Camera 38 Copying From Video Devices 51 Viewing a Created Disc 57 Setup 66 Troubleshooting/References 71 Additional Information 80 Operating Instructions VRD-MC10 2008 © Sony Corporation
Multi-Function DVD Recorder 4-115-467-13(1) Selecting copy mode 8 Introducing DVDirect 20 Preparations for Recording 29 Copying From a Camera 38 Copying From Video Devices 51 Viewing a Created Disc 57 Setup 66 Troubleshooting/References 71 Additional Information 80 Operating Instructions VRD-MC10 2008 © Sony Corporation
Operating Instructions
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... ventilation openings. As the laser beam used in this equipment in accordance with this apparatus to rain or moisture. Do not install this multi function DVD recorder is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that produce heat. 9) Do not defeat the safety...
... ventilation openings. As the laser beam used in this equipment in accordance with this apparatus to rain or moisture. Do not install this multi function DVD recorder is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that produce heat. 9) Do not defeat the safety...
Operating Instructions
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...High Definition) video as is. HD (High Definition) Disc (AVCHD format) Compatible players AVCHD format compatible device Sony Blu-ray Disc player/recorder Playstation3® DVDirect Not playable on DVD players/recorders. SD (Standard Definition) Disc Compatible players DVD player/recorder Computer DVDirect 8 Selecting copy mode Selecting a copy mode Find a type of copy mode Depending ... card onto a disc, see page 18. Select the type of disc you are creating, you can record videos and photos (JPEG files) onto the same disc depending on the copy mode selected. • When you...
...High Definition) video as is. HD (High Definition) Disc (AVCHD format) Compatible players AVCHD format compatible device Sony Blu-ray Disc player/recorder Playstation3® DVDirect Not playable on DVD players/recorders. SD (Standard Definition) Disc Compatible players DVD player/recorder Computer DVDirect 8 Selecting copy mode Selecting a copy mode Find a type of copy mode Depending ... card onto a disc, see page 18. Select the type of disc you are creating, you can record videos and photos (JPEG files) onto the same disc depending on the copy mode selected. • When you...
Operating Instructions
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...DVDirect to play back photos as a slideshow. VIDEO COMPONENT HDMI OUTPUT RETURN ENTER Recording HD (High Definition) video You can record HD (High Definition) videos taken with an HDMI cable, you can be played on the same disc. Created discs can archive both videos and photos on DVD players and other DVD.... Simply view it in the display window of the DVDirect, or connect the DVDirect to the DVDirect with a Sony digital video camera or digital still camera. The DVDirect can easily record videos or photos using the DVDirect. Viewing a created disc You can use a camera ...
...DVDirect to play back photos as a slideshow. VIDEO COMPONENT HDMI OUTPUT RETURN ENTER Recording HD (High Definition) video You can record HD (High Definition) videos taken with an HDMI cable, you can be played on the same disc. Created discs can archive both videos and photos on DVD players and other DVD.... Simply view it in the display window of the DVDirect, or connect the DVDirect to the DVDirect with a Sony digital video camera or digital still camera. The DVDirect can easily record videos or photos using the DVDirect. Viewing a created disc You can use a camera ...
Operating Instructions
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...DVDs, VHS software, some programs from satellite or CATV receivers, etc.). - Notes on separate discs. • Photos and videos are creating. Use the camera to copy depends on your device, recording media, type of images to a disc (unfinalized) created with the DVDirect • You can record video using Sony...(High Definition) video - HD videos recorded with the DVDirect. • You cannot play commercial DVDs, or discs recorded on a device other than the DVDirect. • You cannot play an 8cm disc or a memory card. • The DVDirect does not have a speaker. For details...
...DVDs, VHS software, some programs from satellite or CATV receivers, etc.). - Notes on separate discs. • Photos and videos are creating. Use the camera to copy depends on your device, recording media, type of images to a disc (unfinalized) created with the DVDirect • You can record video using Sony...(High Definition) video - HD videos recorded with the DVDirect. • You cannot play commercial DVDs, or discs recorded on a device other than the DVDirect. • You cannot play an 8cm disc or a memory card. • The DVDirect does not have a speaker. For details...
Operating Instructions
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... Only images or operation display can be played on a compatible Blu-ray Disc player/recorder, Playstation 3® or other than playback cannot be displayed on your computer beforehand. Even in an AVCHD incompatible DVD player or recorder. Notes on HD (High Definition) disc compatibility • An HD (High ...may be dropped, or sound may erase its contents. • An HD (High Definition) disc can be displayed on an AVCHD incompatible DVD player or recorder. • Do not insert an HD (High Definition) disc in the case of created disc and compatible devices HD (High Definition) disc...
... Only images or operation display can be played on a compatible Blu-ray Disc player/recorder, Playstation 3® or other than playback cannot be displayed on your computer beforehand. Even in an AVCHD incompatible DVD player or recorder. Notes on HD (High Definition) disc compatibility • An HD (High ...may be dropped, or sound may erase its contents. • An HD (High Definition) disc can be displayed on an AVCHD incompatible DVD player or recorder. • Do not insert an HD (High Definition) disc in the case of created disc and compatible devices HD (High Definition) disc...
Operating Instructions
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.... You can skip step 8. When finalizing has completed, the disc tray automatically opens. Notes on other DVD devices. If you may take a few seconds to start after pressing the (record) button if the disc was inserted more than 10 minutes prior to make the disc playable on copying ...means to starting. • When you press the (stop) button, you select [No] and press b, disc will be ejected without being finalized. The recording process may hear the noise of the disc turning momentarily. 48 For details about finalizing, refer to [Auto Finalizing] or [Finalize disc] on page 67...
.... You can skip step 8. When finalizing has completed, the disc tray automatically opens. Notes on other DVD devices. If you may take a few seconds to start after pressing the (record) button if the disc was inserted more than 10 minutes prior to make the disc playable on copying ...means to starting. • When you press the (stop) button, you select [No] and press b, disc will be ejected without being finalized. The recording process may hear the noise of the disc turning momentarily. 48 For details about finalizing, refer to [Auto Finalizing] or [Finalize disc] on page 67...
Operating Instructions
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...Handycam® does not work in the same manner as with the DVDirect. 49 b Note • For the camera, make sure that has been previously recorded on the camera may vary. Touch [DISC BURN] or [DVD BURN] The DVDirect starts the recording process. b Notes • Depending on the camera, the display... DISC BURN button. For example, in the case of image" on the camera, the recordable media may differ. (e.g. however, depending on page 23. DVD BURN) • In One Touch Disc Burn mode, you to the DVDirect. USB port (Type A) USB cable (Not supplied) USB port (Type Mini-B) The ...
...Handycam® does not work in the same manner as with the DVDirect. 49 b Note • For the camera, make sure that has been previously recorded on the camera may vary. Touch [DISC BURN] or [DVD BURN] The DVDirect starts the recording process. b Notes • Depending on the camera, the display... DISC BURN button. For example, in the case of image" on the camera, the recordable media may differ. (e.g. however, depending on page 23. DVD BURN) • In One Touch Disc Burn mode, you to the DVDirect. USB port (Type A) USB cable (Not supplied) USB port (Type Mini-B) The ...
Operating Instructions
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...] and press the ENTER button. Notes on copying manually from their operation screen or TV screen other DVD devices. When copying a video, operate the DVDirect while monitoring the DVDirect 's display window. • Start recording immediately after pressing the (record) button if the disc was inserted more than playback, some video devices may hear the noise...
...] and press the ENTER button. Notes on copying manually from their operation screen or TV screen other DVD devices. When copying a video, operate the DVDirect while monitoring the DVDirect 's display window. • Start recording immediately after pressing the (record) button if the disc was inserted more than playback, some video devices may hear the noise...
Operating Instructions
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... • HD (High Definition) videos recorded in 720p resolution are output in a video recorded by pressing the OUTPUT button. 4 Press V or v to the DVDirect. • When you press the OUTPUT button, the DVDirect changes its video output (VIDEO t COMPONENT t HDMI t DVDirect's display window). 6 Insert a disc ...selected output lights up on the DVDirect when an external output is selected (page 27). 5 Press the OUTPUT button repeatedly to change the output of commercial DVDs or contents on the DVDirect's display window, there is compatible with the DVDirect. b Notes • You cannot...
... • HD (High Definition) videos recorded in 720p resolution are output in a video recorded by pressing the OUTPUT button. 4 Press V or v to the DVDirect. • When you press the OUTPUT button, the DVDirect changes its video output (VIDEO t COMPONENT t HDMI t DVDirect's display window). 6 Insert a disc ...selected output lights up on the DVDirect when an external output is selected (page 27). 5 Press the OUTPUT button repeatedly to change the output of commercial DVDs or contents on the DVDirect's display window, there is compatible with the DVDirect. b Notes • You cannot...
Operating Instructions
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...Photo] and press the ENTER button. OUTPUT 4 Press V or v to the DVDirect. For details, refer to change the output of commercial DVDs or contents on the DVDirect. LED of the selected output lights up on the DVDirect when an external output is selected (page 27). 5 Press the OUTPUT button repeatedly ...to the operating instructions for your TV, select the input from the DVDirect. The Top screen ...
...Photo] and press the ENTER button. OUTPUT 4 Press V or v to the DVDirect. For details, refer to change the output of commercial DVDs or contents on the DVDirect. LED of the selected output lights up on the DVDirect when an external output is selected (page 27). 5 Press the OUTPUT button repeatedly ...to the operating instructions for your TV, select the input from the DVDirect. The Top screen ...
Operating Instructions
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...music ...] appears in the Manual copy mode, even though [Auto Finalizing] is completed. z Hint • When connecting the audio device with the DVDirect. • You cannot add videos and/or photos to the Disc Menu screen for Slideshow Music (background music). 1 Insert a CD of the Auto... disc, you copy both SD (Standard Definition) and HD (High Definition) videos at one disc, the recorded discs will not be finalized once full, regardless of your favorite music for the discs created with a maximum of the Auto Finalize setting. This allows immediate playback on DVD players.
...music ...] appears in the Manual copy mode, even though [Auto Finalizing] is completed. z Hint • When connecting the audio device with the DVDirect. • You cannot add videos and/or photos to the Disc Menu screen for Slideshow Music (background music). 1 Insert a CD of the Auto... disc, you copy both SD (Standard Definition) and HD (High Definition) videos at one disc, the recorded discs will not be finalized once full, regardless of your favorite music for the discs created with a maximum of the Auto Finalize setting. This allows immediate playback on DVD players.
Operating Instructions
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... press V or v to select [Finalize disc], and press the ENTER button. The DVDirect starts finalizing the disc. b Note • It takes a few minutes to complete finalizing a disc. (Depending on a DVD+RW or DVD-RW disc. When the message [Complete] appears, erasing has completed. When the message [...Complete] appears, finalizing has completed. Finalize disc If you eject a disc without finalizing, you can erase videos or photos recorded on the contents of ...
... press V or v to select [Finalize disc], and press the ENTER button. The DVDirect starts finalizing the disc. b Note • It takes a few minutes to complete finalizing a disc. (Depending on a DVD+RW or DVD-RW disc. When the message [Complete] appears, erasing has completed. When the message [...Complete] appears, finalizing has completed. Finalize disc If you eject a disc without finalizing, you can erase videos or photos recorded on the contents of ...
Operating Instructions
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...8226; If too many photos. Other video devices do not playback the created photo disc. • You need an AVCHDcompatible player (e.g., Blu-ray Disc player/ recorder) to this operation. • You cannot display images via external outputs during this disc. Insert a new disc. •...(page 68). Such video does not comply with the DVDirect. • DVD-RW or DVD+RW discs recorded on other video devices are saved into the camera or memory card, the DVDirect is inserted. Insert a recordable disc supported by this recorder. • An incompatible disc is copying the number of...
...8226; If too many photos. Other video devices do not playback the created photo disc. • You need an AVCHDcompatible player (e.g., Blu-ray Disc player/ recorder) to this operation. • You cannot display images via external outputs during this disc. Insert a new disc. •...(page 68). Such video does not comply with the DVDirect. • DVD-RW or DVD+RW discs recorded on other video devices are saved into the camera or memory card, the DVDirect is inserted. Insert a recordable disc supported by this recorder. • An incompatible disc is copying the number of...
Operating Instructions
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...not play if it has not been correctly finalized. Disc type Logo Copying with the DVDirect. Sub-standard discs may not record normally. • Some recorded discs cannot be played on a PC or other DVD device. • The quality of the playback device and playback software. Notes on using... of commercially made recordable discs can vary. Supported Discs and Memory Cards Discs The following writable discs are compatible with DVDirect Writing speed DVD+R Up to 16x DVD+R DL (Double layer) Up to 8x DVD+RW Up to 8x DVD+RW High speed Up to 8x DVD-R Up to 16x DVD-R DL (Double ...
...not play if it has not been correctly finalized. Disc type Logo Copying with the DVDirect. Sub-standard discs may not record normally. • Some recorded discs cannot be played on a PC or other DVD device. • The quality of the playback device and playback software. Notes on using... of commercially made recordable discs can vary. Supported Discs and Memory Cards Discs The following writable discs are compatible with DVDirect Writing speed DVD+R Up to 16x DVD+R DL (Double layer) Up to 8x DVD+RW Up to 8x DVD+RW High speed Up to 8x DVD-R Up to 16x DVD-R DL (Double ...
Operating Instructions
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HD (High Definition) discs (AVCHD format) The recordable video length depends on the REC mode setting on the DVDirect DVD-R/-RW/+R/+RW HQ approx. 1 hour HSP approx. 1 hour 30 minutes SP approx. 2 hours LP approx. 3 hours z Hint • When using DVD+R DL, it takes 1.8 times longer than the above time. REC... the camera. b Note • You cannot record HD (High Definition) video taken in REC mode at a bit rate exceeding 18Mbps, such as in [HD FX] mode (for Sony devices. For REC mode or bit rate, refer to shoot the video DVD-R/-RW/+R/+RW FH approx. 30 minutes XP approx...
HD (High Definition) discs (AVCHD format) The recordable video length depends on the REC mode setting on the DVDirect DVD-R/-RW/+R/+RW HQ approx. 1 hour HSP approx. 1 hour 30 minutes SP approx. 2 hours LP approx. 3 hours z Hint • When using DVD+R DL, it takes 1.8 times longer than the above time. REC... the camera. b Note • You cannot record HD (High Definition) video taken in REC mode at a bit rate exceeding 18Mbps, such as in [HD FX] mode (for Sony devices. For REC mode or bit rate, refer to shoot the video DVD-R/-RW/+R/+RW FH approx. 30 minutes XP approx...
Operating Instructions
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... camcorder - Number of the DVDirect (for playback only) Input/Output Interface DV IN*1 4-pin i.LINK (IEEE1394) *1 For DV input from MICROMV or HDV camcorders (HDV format) and other digital video devices that have the i.LINK connector. HDD - Recordable discs DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R DL 12cm discs Supported input devices (Video recording) • Sony digital camcorder - Memory...
... camcorder - Number of the DVDirect (for playback only) Input/Output Interface DV IN*1 4-pin i.LINK (IEEE1394) *1 For DV input from MICROMV or HDV camcorders (HDV format) and other digital video devices that have the i.LINK connector. HDD - Recordable discs DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R DL 12cm discs Supported input devices (Video recording) • Sony digital camcorder - Memory...
Marketing Specifications
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... that playback on 4.7GB DVD+R/+RW and 8.5GB DVD+R double layer discs • 5 recording quality modes allow up to 12 hours of video to DVD - no PC required • Connects with the VRD-MC10. Cameras and media sold separately) VRD-MC10 Sony Branded Optical Storage DVDirect® VRD-MC10 Multi-Function DVD Recorder/Player • Record video & digital photos to...
... that playback on 4.7GB DVD+R/+RW and 8.5GB DVD+R double layer discs • 5 recording quality modes allow up to 12 hours of video to DVD - no PC required • Connects with the VRD-MC10. Cameras and media sold separately) VRD-MC10 Sony Branded Optical Storage DVDirect® VRD-MC10 Multi-Function DVD Recorder/Player • Record video & digital photos to...
