Psychology Department Video Camera

*Note: it requires mini-DVDs to record, which should be able to be played on any DVD player, computer, etc.

To check out the video camera and tripod:

• Make sure you have reserved it on the calendar in the binder in the main office (on top of the filing cabinets behind the mailboxes) for the day(s) and time(s) that you will need it ahead of time. Robin is a good person to ask for help with this. Be sure to reserve/sign it out under “video camera” not “digital camera” as the “digital camera” refers to a still photo camera.
• Ask an office staff member for the key to the filing cabinet where the video camera is stored when you are picking it up.
• Make sure you sign out the video camera on the table on the sheets behind the calendar in the binder in the main office.
• Return the video camera when you are finished using it.
• Remember to sign it back in when you return it to the main office on the sheets behind the calendar in the binder in the main office.

To record:

• Plug in the video camera and turn on the power (green button)
• Open the DVD compartment on the right side of the camera and insert the mini-DVD (the side with writing faces out). Close the door.
• Open the door on the left side of the camera. It should say STBY in green on the opened screen indicating the camera is in standby mode
• Push any of the REC buttons to record. You will know it’s recording when it says REC on the screen in red.
• To record for approximately 1 hour (or more than 30 minutes) make sure LP (“long” play) is displayed on the screen (it should be set up this way, as long as no one changes it – there is a menu you can access to change this setting between “long” and “standard” SP play)

After each session the DVDs will need to be finalized in order to be viewed on any other DVD player or computer. Note that this does not have to be done immediately after recording. To finalize DVDs:

• Press FINALIZE on the inside of the DVD recorder next to the screen
• Use the round navigation button and push it down 2 times to highlight EXECUTE
• Push the navigation button to the right to READY
• Push the navigation button down to YES
• Push the navigation button in
• Once the disc has been finalized, push FINALIZE again to exit the finalization process
• Turn the power off by pushing the same button that you pushed to turn it on.