Philips DVDR-980 Service Manual

DVD-Video Recorder DVDR980 & DVDR985

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Contents Page Contents Page

1 Technical Specifications and

Connection Facilities 2 2 Warnings, Laser Safety Instructions and Notes 5 3 Directions for Use 7 4 Mechanical Instructions and Exploded Views 33 5 Diagnostic Software Descriptions and

Troubleshooting 38 6 Block and Wiring Diagram

Block Diagram 93

Wiring Diagram 94 7 Electrical Diagrams And Print-Layouts Diagram PWB

Power Supply (Diagram 1) 95 97-100

Power Supply (Diagram 2) 96 97-100

Display Panel (Diagram 1) 101 102->

Front AV Part 105 106

IR & Standby Panel 107 107

Analog Board: All In One 1 (Diagram 1) 108 121->

Analog Board: All In One 2 (Diagram 2) 109 121->

Analog Board: Tuner / Demodul. (Diagram 3) 110 121->

Analog Board: In / Out 1 (Diagram 4) 111 121->

Analog Board: In / Out 2 (Diagram 5) 112 121->

Analog Board: In / Out 3 (Diagram 6) 113 121->

Analog Board: In / Out 4 (Diagram 7) 114 121->

Analog Board: Sound Processing (Diagram 8) 115 121->

Analog Board: Follow Me (Diagram 9) 116 121->

Analog Board: VPS (Diagram 10) 116 121->

Analog Board: Power Supply (Diagram 11) 117 121->

Copyright 2002 Philips Consumer Electronics B.V. Eindhoven, The Netherlands. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise without the prior permission of Philips.

Analog Board: Audio Converter (Diagram 12) 118 121-> Analog Board: RGB-YUV Conv. (Diagram 13) 119 121-> Analog Board: Digital In / Out (Diagram 14) 119 121-> Analog Board: Fan Control (Diagram 15) 120 121-> DVIO Front Board 129 129 DVIO Board: 1394 Interface (Diagram 1) 130 135-> DVIO Board: Microprocessor (Diagram 2) 131 135-> DVIO Board: FIFO & Control ( Diagram 3) 132 135-> DVIO Board: DVCODEC (Diagram 4) 133 135-> DVIO Board: A/V Output (Diagram 5) 134 135-> Digital Board: VSM Buffer Mem. (Diagram 1) 139 148-> Digital Board: AV Dec. STI5508 (Diagram 2) 140 148-> Digital Board: AV Decoder Mem. (Diagram 3) 141 148-> Digital Board: Video Enc. Empress(Diagram 4) 142 148-> Digital Board: VIP CVBS Y/C (Diagram 5) 143 148-> Digital Board: Video In/Out (Diagram 6) 144 148-> Digital Board: Progressive Scan (Diagram 7) 145 148-> Digital Board: Progressive Scan (Diagram 8) 146 148->

Digital Board: Audio Clock (Diagram 9) 147 148-> 8 Electrical Alignments 157 9 Circuit Descriptions and 160

List of Abbreviations 322 10 Spare Part List 327

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Published by MT 0261 Service PaCE Printed in the Netherlands Subject to modification EN 3122 785 11970

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Technical Specifications and Connection Facilities

1. Technical Specifications and Connection Facilities

1.1 General:

Mains voltage : 220V-240V (198 -

264V AC) for Europe/

Asia Mains frequency : 50 Hz - 60Hz Power consumption mains : 32 W Power consumption standby : < 7 W Power consumption low power stand-by : < 3 W

1.2 RF Tuner

Test equipment:Fluke 54200 TV Signal generator Test streams:PAL BG Philips Standard test pattern

1.2.1 System:

PAL B/G, PAL D/K, SECAM L/L’, PAL I

1.2.2 RF - Loop Through:

Frequency range : 45 MHz - 860 MHz Gain: (ANT IN - ANT OUT) : -4 dB /±2 dB

1.2.3 Radio Interference:

input voltage /3 tone method (+40 dB min) : typ. 80 dBµV at 75Ω

1.2.4 Receiver:

PLL tuning with AFC for optimum reception Frequency range: : 45.25 MHz - 860 MHz Sensitivity at 40 dB S/N : ≥ 60dBµV at 75Ω

(video unweighted )

1.2.5 Video Performance:

Channel 25 / 503,25 MHz, Test pattern: PAL BG PHILIPS standard test pattern, RF Level 74 dBV Measured on SCART 1 Frequency response: : 1 MHz - 4.00 MHz ±

2 dB Group delay ( 0.1 MHz - 4.4 MHz ) : 0 nsec ± 30 nsec

1.2.6 Audio Performance:

Audio Performance Analogue - HiFi:

Frequency response at SCART 1 (L+R) output: : 40 Hz - 15 kHz / ± 1.5

dB S/N according to DIN 45405, 7, 1967 : and PHILIPS standard test pattern video signal: : -50 dB unweighted Harmonic distortion ( 1 kHz, ± 25 kHz deviation ): : 0.5 %

Audio Performance NICAM:

Frequency response at SCART 1(L+R) output: : 40 Hz - 15 kHz ± 1.5

dB S/N according to DIN 45405, 7, 1967 : and PHILIPS standard test pattern video signal: : -60 dB unweighted Harmonic distortion (1 kHz): : 0.1 %

1.2.7 Tuning

Automatic Search Tuning

scanning time without antenna : 2. 5 min. PAL stop level (vision carrier) : 75 V, 75 Maximum tuning error of a recalled program : ± 62.5 kHz Maximum tuning error during operation : ± 100 kHz

Tuning Principle

automatic B,G, I, DK and L/L’detection manual selection in "STORE" mode

1.3 Analogue Inputs

1.3.1 SCART 1 (Connected to TV)

Pin Signals: 1 - Audio R 1.8V RMS  2 - Audio R  3 - Audio L 1.8V RMS  4 - Audio GND , 5 - Blue/Chroma GND , 6 - Audio L  7 - Blue out/ Chroma in 0.7Vpp ± 0.1V into 75 Ohm (*)  8 - Function switch <2V = TV

>4.5V / <7V = asp. ratio 16:9 DVD

>9.5V / <12V = asp. ratio 4:3 DVD  9 - Green GND , 10 - P50 control  11 - Green 0.7Vpp ± 0.1V into 75 Ohm (*) 12 - Nc 13 - Red/Chroma GND , 14 - fast switch GND , 15 - Red out/ Chroma out 0.7Vpp ± 0 .1V into 75 Ohm (*)

± 3dB 0.3Vpp Chroma (burst)  16 - fast switch RGB/ CVBS or Y <0.4V into 75 Ohm = CVBS

>1V / <3V into 75 Ohm = RGB  17 - Y/CVBS GND OUT , 18 - Y/CVBS GND IN , 19 - CVBS/Y 1Vpp ± 0.1V into 75 Ohm (*)  20 - CVBS/Y  21 - Shield ,

1.3.2 SCART 2 (Connected to AUX)

Pin Signals: 1 -Audio R 1.8V RMS  2 -Audio R  3 -Audio L 1.8V RMS  4 -Audio GND , 5 -Blue/Chroma

GND , 6 -Audio L  7 -Blue in/

Chroma out ± 3dB 0.3Vpp Chroma (burst)  8 -Function

switch  9 -Green GND , 10 -P50 control 

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11 -Green  12 -Nc 13 -Red/Chroma

GND ,

14 -fast switch

GND ,

15 -Red in/

Chroma in 

16 -fast switch

RGB/ CVBS or Y 

17 -CVBS GND

OUT ,

18 -CVBS GND

IN ,

19 -CVBS/Y/R GB

sync 1Vpp ± 0.1V into 75 Ohm (*)  20 -CVBS/Y  21 -Shield ,

(*) for 100% white

1.3.3 Audio/Video Front Input Connectors

Audio

Input voltage : 2 Vrms Input impedance : >10kΩ

Video - Cinch

Input voltage : 1 Vpp ± 0.1V Input impedance : 75 Ω

Video - YC (Hosiden)

Input voltage Y : 1Vpp ± 0.1V Input impedance Y : 75 Ω Input voltage C : burst 300 mVpp ± {x}

Input impedance C : 75 Ω

1.3.4 Cinch Audio/Video Line Input Rear

Audio (EXT1)

Input voltage : 2 Vrms Input impedance : >10k Ω

Video (EXT4)

Input voltage : 1 Vpp ± 0.1V Input impedance : 75 Ω

SNR C - AM : > -65 dB SNR C - PM : > -65 dB Bandwidth Y : 5 MHz ± 1 dB

1.4.3 SCART (RGB)

SNR : > -65 dB on all output Bandwidth : 5 MHz ± 1 dB

1.5 Audio Performance

1.5.1 Cinch Output Rear

Output voltage 2 channel mode : 2Vrms ± 1.5dB Output voltage 5.1 channel Dolby : 1.41Vrms ± 1.5dB Channel unbalance (1kHz) : <0.85dB Crosstalk 1kHz : >105dB Crosstalk 20Hz-20kHz : > 95dB Frequency response 20Hz- 20kHz : ± 0.1dB max Signal to noise ratio : >100 dB Dynamic range 1kHz : >90dB Dynamic range 20Hz-20kHz : >88dB Distortion and noise 1kHz : >90dB Distortion and noise20Hz-20kHz : >80dB Intermodulation distortion : >87dB Phase non linearity : ± 1ο max. Level non linearity : ± 0.5dB max. Mute (spin-up, pause, access) : >100dB Outband attenuation: : > 50dB above 25kHz

1.5.2 Scart Audio

Output voltage 2 channel mode : 2Vrms ± 1.5dB Output voltage 5.1 channel Dolby : 1.41Vrms ± 1.5dB Channel unbalance (1kHz) : <0.85dB Crosstalk 1kHz : >105dB Crosstalk 20Hz-20kHz : > 95dB Frequency response 20Hz- 20kHz : ± 0.1dB max Signal to noise ratio : >100 dB Dynamic range 1kHz : >90dB Dynamic range 20Hz-20kHz : >88dB Distortion and noise 1kHz : >90dB Distortion and noise20Hz-20kHz : >80dB Intermodulation distortion : >87dB Phase non linearity : ± 1o max Level non linearity : ± 0.5dB max Mute (spin-up, pause, access) : >100dB Outband attenuation: : > 50dB above 25kHz

1.3.5 YC Input Rear (Hosiden; EXT3)

1-GND ! 2 -GND ! 3-Input voltage Y 1Vpp ± 0.1V/ 75 Ω  4-Input voltage C Burst 300 mVpp ± {x} dB/ 75 Ω

1.4 Video Performance

All outputs loaded with 75 Ohm SNR measurements over full bandwidth without weighting.

1.4.1 CVBS Output Rear (EXT4)

SNR Luminance : > -65 dB SNR Chrominance AM : > -65 dB SNR Chrominance PM : > -65 dB Bandwidth Luminance : 5 MHz ± 1 dB

1.4.2 YC Output Rear (Hosiden ; EXT3)

SNR : > -65 dB

1.6 Digital Output

1.6.1 Coaxial

CDDA/ LPCM (incl MPEG1) : according IEC958 MPEG2, AC3 audio : according IEC1937 DTS : according IEC1937,

amendment 1

1.6.2 Optical

identical to coaxial

1.7 Digital Video Input (IEEE 1394)

1.7.1 Applicable Standards

Implementation according: IEEE Std 1394-1995 IEC 61883 - Part 1 IEC 61883 - Part 2 SD-DVCR (02-01-1997)

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Specification of consumer use digital VCR’s using 6.3 mm magnetic tape - dec.1994 Mechanical connection according: Annex A of 61883-1

1.7.2 Audio Quality

Output voltage 2 channel mode : 2Vrms +/- 1.5dB Channel unbalance (1kHz) : Tbd Crosstalk 1kHz : > 85 dB Crosstalk 20Hz-20kHz : > 95 dB Frequency response 20Hz- 12kHz : +/- 1dB max Signal to noise ratio : >95 dB Dynamic range 1kHz : tbd Dynamic range 20Hz-20kHz : Tbd Distortion and noise 1kHz : >65dB Distortion and noise 20Hz-20kHz : >65dB Intermodulation distortion : >80dB Phase non linearity : tbd Level non linearity : tbd Outband attenuation : tbd

1.8 P50 System Control

Via SCART pin nr 10

Technical Specifications and Connection Facilities

1.9 Dimensions and Weight

Height of feet : 12mm Apparatus tray closed : WxDxH :435 x 325 x

Apparatus tray open : WxDxH :435 x 465 x

Weight without packaging : 5.67 Kg Weight accesoiries : 1.675 Kg

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1.10 Laser Output Power & Wavelength

1.10.1 DVD

Output power during reading : 0.8mW Output power during writing : 20mW Wavelength : 660nm

1.10.2 CD

Output power : 0.3mW Wavelength : 780nm

Safety Instructions, Warnings, Notes, and Service Hints

2. Safety Instructions, Warnings, Notes, and Service Hints

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2.1 Safety Instructio ns

2.1.1 General Safety

Safety regulations require that during a repair:

• Connect the unit to the mains via an isolation transformer.

• Replace safety components, indicated by the symbol ,

only by components identical to the original ones. Any

other component substitution (other than original type) may

increase risk of fire or electrical shock hazard.

Safety regulations require that after a repair, you must return the unit in its original condition. Pay, in particular, attention to the following points:

• Route the wires/cables correctly, and fix them with the

mounted cable clamps.

• Check the insulation of the mains lead for external

damage.

• Check the electrical DC resistance between the mains plug

and the secondary side:

1. Unplug the mains cord, and connect a wire between the two pins of the mains plug.

2. Set the mains switch to the 'on' position (keep the mains cord unplugged!).

3. Measure the resistance value between the mains plug and the front panel, controls, and chassis bottom.

4. Repair or correct unit when the resistance measurement is less than 1 MΩ.

5. Verify this, before you return the unit to the customer/ user (ref. UL-standard no. 1492).

6. Switch the unit ‘off’, and remove the wire between the two pins of the mains plug.

2.1.2 Laser Safety

This unit employs a laser. Only qualified service personnel may remove the cover, or attempt to service this device (due to possible eye injury).

2.2 Warnings

2.2.1 General

• All ICs and many other semiconductors are susceptible to electrostatic discharges (ESD, "). Careless handling during repair can reduce life drastically. Make sure that, during repair, you are at the same potential as the mass of the set by a wristband with resistance. Keep components and tools at this same potential. Available ESD protection equipment: – Complete kit ESD3 (small tablemat, wristband,

connection box, extension cable and earth cable) 4822 310 10671.

– Wristband tester 4822 344 13999.

• Be careful during measurements in the live voltage section. The primary side of the power supply (pos. 1005), including the heatsink, carries live mains voltage when you connect the player to the mains (even when the player is 'off'!). It is possible to touch copper tracks and/or components in this unshielded primary area, when you service the player. Service personnel must take precautions to prevent touching this area or components in this area. A 'lightning stroke' and a stripe-marked printing on the printed wiring board, indicate the primary side of the power supply.

• Never replace modules, or components, while the unit is ‘on’.

2.2.2 Laser

• The use of optical instruments with this product, will increase eye hazard.

• Only qualified service personnel may remove the cover or attempt to service this device, due to possible eye injury.

• Repair handling should take place as much as possible with a disc loaded inside the player.

• Text below is placed inside the unit, on the laser cover shield:

Laser Device Unit

Type : Semiconductor laser

GaAlAs

Wavelength : 650 nm (DVD)

: 780 nm (VCD/CD)

Output Power : 20 mW

(DVD+RW writing)

:0.8 mW

(DVD reading)

:0.3 mW

(VCD/CD reading)

Beam divergence : 60 degree

Figure 2-1

Note: Use of controls or adjustments or performance of

procedure other than those specified herein, may result in hazardous radiation exposure. Avoid direct exposure to beam.

CAUTION VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN AVOID EXPOSURE TO BEAM ADVARSEL SYNLIG OG USYNLIG LASERSTRÅLING VED ÅBNING UNDGÅ UDSÆTTELSE FOR STRÅLING ADVARSEL SYNLIG OG USYNLIG LASERSTRÅLING NÅR DEKSEL ÅPNES UNNGÅ EKSPONERING FOR STRÅLEN VARNING SYNLIG OCH OSYNLIG LASERSTRÅLNING NÄR DENNA DEL ÄR ÖPPNAD BETRAKTA EJ STRÅLEN VARO! AVATTAESSA OLET ALTTIINA NÄKYVÄLLE JA NÄKYMÄTTÖMÄLLE LASER SÄTEILYLLE ÄLÄ KATSO SÄTEESEEN VORSICHT SICHTBARE UND UNSICHTBARE LASERSTRAHLUNG WENN ABDECKUNG GEÖFFNET NICHT DEM STRAHL AUSSETSEN DANGER VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN AVOID DIRECT EXPOSURE TO BEAM ATTENTION RAYONNEMENT LASER VISIBLE ET INVISIBLE EN CAS D'OUVERTURE EXPOSITION DANGEREUSE AU FAISCEAU

Figure 2-2

2.2.3 Notes

Dolby

Manufactered under licence from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby”, “Pro Logic” and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential Unpublished Works. ©1992-1997 Dolby Laboratories, Inc. All rights reserved.

Figure 2-3

Trusurround

TRUSURROUND, SRS and symbol (fig 2-4) are trademarks of SRS Labs, Inc. TRUSURROUND technology is manufactured under licence frm SRS labs, Inc.

Figure 2-4

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Video Plus

“Video Plus+” and “PlusCode” are registered trademarks of the Gemstar Development Corporation. The “Video Plus+” system is manufactored under licence from the Gemstar Development Corporation.

Figure 2-5

Macrovision

This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be autorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited.

Safety Instructions, Warnings, Notes, and Service Hints

3. Directions For Use

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INTRODUCTION 7

Box contents

First check and identify the contents of your DVD

recorder package, as listed below:

- DVD recorder

- Remote Control Handset with separately-packed

batteries

- 2-core power cord

SCART

cable

- S-video cable

- Antenna (aerial) cable

- Audio cable

- Video cable

- DVD+RW disc

- User Manual

- Warranty card

If any item should be damaged or missing, please inform

your supplier without delay.

Keep the packaging materials; you may need them to

transport your recorder in the future.

Placement

l Place the recorder on a firm, flat surface.

l Keep away from domestic heating equipment and

direct sunlight.

l In a cabinet, allow about 2.5 cm (1 inch) of free

space all around the recorder for adequate

ventilation.

l The lense may cloud over when the DVD recorder

is suddenly moved from cold to warm surroundings.

Playing a CD/DVD is not possible then. Leave the

DVD recorder in a warm environment for two

hours before use, so the moisture can evaporate.

l The recorder should not be exposed to dripping or

splashing, no objects filled with liquids, such as vases,

should be placed on the recorder.

Cleaning discs

Some problems may occur because the disc inside the

recorder is dirty. To avoid these problems clean your

discs regularly, in the following way:

l When a disc becomes dirty, clean it with a cleaning

cloth. Wipe the disc from the centre out.

Caution:

Do not use solvents such as benzine, thinner,

commercially available cleaners, or anti-static

spray intended for analogue discs.

Do not use commercially available cleaning discs

to clean the lens, as these discs may damage the

optical unit.

Remote control

Loading the batteries

l Open the battery compartment cover.

l Insert two 'AA' (LR-6) batteries as indicated inside

the battery compartment.

l Close the cover.

Caution:

Do not mix old and new batteries. Never mix

different types of batteries (standard, alkaline,

etc.). This may reduce the lifetime of the

batteries.

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6 INTRODUCTION

Introduction

DVD Video Recorder

DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) is the new storage medium

that combines the convenience of the Compact Disc

with the latest advanced digital video technology.

DVD-Video uses state-of-the-art MPEG2 data

compression technology to register an entire movie on a

single 5-inch disc. DVD’s variable bitrate compression,

running at up to 9.8 Mbits/second, captures even the

most complex pictures in their original quality.

The crystal-clear digital pictures have a horizontal

resolution of over 500 lines, with 720 pixels (picture

elements) to each line. This resolution is more than

double that of VHS, superior to Laser Disc, and entirely

comparable with digital masters made in recording

studios.

DVD recording is the next step in video technology.

DVD+ReWritable (DVD+RW) uses phase-change media,

the same technology that formed the basis for CD-

ReWritable. A high-power laser is used to change the

reflectivity of the recording layer. This process can be

repeated more than a thousand times. DVD+Recordable

(DVD+R) uses discs based on an organic dye, a

technology pioneered with the successful CD-

Recordable format, to produce discs that keep your data

for a lifetime.

Your Philips DVD recorder is a recorder and player

for digital video discs, with a two-way compatibility

to the universal DVD-Video standard. This means that:

- existing pre-recorded DVD-Video discs can be

played on your Philips DVD recorder and

- recordings, made on your Philips DVD recorder, can

be played on most DVD-Video players and

DVD-ROM drives.

With it, you will be able to record TV programmes or

to edit and archive your own camcorder recordings.

Superb digital picture and sound quality, quick access to

the tracks you have recorded and extensive playback

features contribute to a completely new video

experience.

From now on you will enjoy full-length movies with true

cinema picture quality, and stereo or Multi-channel

sound (depending on the disc, and on your playback set-

up).You will find your recorder remarkably easy to use,

by way of the On-Screen Display on your TV and the

display on the DVD recorder, in combination with the

remote control.

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INSTALLATION 9

Connecting to audio equipment

Connecting to A/V receiver or A/V

amplifier with digital Multi-channel

decoder

The best possible sound quality is obtained by

connecting your DVD recorder to an A/V receiver with

Multi-channel decoder (Dolby Digital, MPEG 2 and DTS).

Digital Multi-channel sound

Digital Multi-channel connection provides the optimum

sound quality. For this you need a Multi-channel A/V

receiver that supports one or more of the audio types

supported by your DVD recorder (MPEG 2, Dolby

Digital and DTS). For this you can check the receiver

manual and the logos on the front of the receiver.

l Connect the recorder’s digital audio output to the

corresponding input on the receiver. Use a digital

coaxial cable (7) or a digital optical audio cable (8).

If you do not own a digital coaxial audio cable (not

supplied), you may use the supplied video cable (4).

Note:

If the audio type of the digital output does not match the

capabilities of your receiver, the receiver will produce a

strong, distorted sound. The audio type of the DVD disc in

play is displayed in the Status Window, when changing the

language. 6 Channel Digital Surround Sound via digital

connection can only be obtained if your receiver is equipped

with a Digital Multi-channel decoder.

If you cannot connect your DVD recorder to an A/V

receiver with Multi-channel decoder, choose one of the

following alternatives.

Connecting to a receiver equipped with

two channel digital stereo (PCM)

l Connect the recorder’s digital audio output to the

corresponding input on your receiver. Use the

supplied video (CVBS) cable (7) or an optional

digital optical audio cable (8).

l After installation you will need to activate PCM on

the DVD recorder’s digital output (see ‘User

Preferences’).

Connecting to a receiver equipped with

Dolby Pro Logic

l Connect the recorder to the TV set and connect the

recorder’s audio Left and Right output sockets to the

corresponding inputs on the Dolby Pro Logic

Audio/Video receiver, using the audio cable supplied (6).

l Make the appropriate Sound settings for Analogue

Output in the user preferences menu.

Connecting to a TV set equipped with a

Dolby Pro Logic decoder

l Connect the recorder to the TV set as described in

chapter ‘Connecting to a TV set’.

Connecting to a receiver with two channel

analogue stereo

l If you have a receiver with two-channel analogue

stereo without any of the above mentioned sound

systems, connect the audio Left and Right output

sockets to the corresponding sockets on your

receiver, amplifier or stereo system. Use the audio

cable supplied (6).

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8 INSTALLATION

Installation

Connections - back side of your

DVD recorder

- Please refer to your TV set, VCR, Stereo System and

any other User Manual(s) as necessary to make the

optimal connections.

- Do not connect the power until all other connections

are made.

- Do not connect your DVD recorder to your TV set

via your VCR, because the video quality could be

distorted by the copy protection system.

- For better sound reproduction you can connect the

recorder audio outputs to your amplifier, receiver,

stereo system or A/V equipment. For this see

‘Connecting to A/V receiver or A/V amplifier’.

Caution:

Do not connect the recorder’s audio output to

the phono input of your audio system in order to

avoid damage to your equipment.

Connecting to the antenna

l Remove the antenna (aerial) cable plug from your

TV set and insert it into the antenna socket at the

back of the DVD recorder.

l Plug one end of the antenna (aerial) cable supplied (1)

into the TV socket on the DVD recorder and the other

end into the antenna input socket on your TV set.

Connecting to a TV set

To obtain the highest possible picture and sound quality

from your TV set it is recommended to use the

SCART

connector on both DVD recorder and TV set.

l Connect the bottom

SCART

connector (EXT 1) to

the TV set, using the

SCART

cable supplied (2) as

shown in the drawing. If your TV set is equipped

with EasyLink or Cinema Link, make sure you use

the correct

SCART

connector. For this refer to the

user manual of your TV set.

If your TV set is not equipped with a

SCART

connector,

you can connect the DVD recorder with the S-video

(Y/C) sockets.

S-video (Y/C) connection

l Connect the S-video output socket to the

corresponding input socket on the TV set, using the

supplied S-video cable (3).

l Connect the audio Left (white) and Right (red)

output sockets to the corresponding sockets on the

TV set using the audio cable supplied (5).

If your TV set is not equipped with S-video sockets, then

connect the DVD recorder with the CVBS sockets to

your TV set.

Video (CVBS) connection

l Connect the Video (CVBS) output socket (yellow)

to the corresponding input socket on the TV set

using the video cable supplied (4).

l Connect the audio Left (white) and Right (red)

output sockets to the corresponding sockets on the

TV set using the audio cable supplied (5).

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INSTALLATION 11

Power supply

l Make sure that all necessary connections are made

before connecting the DVD recorder to the power

supply.

l Plug the power cable supplied into the Power

connector on the rear of the recorder.

l Plug the mains plug into an AC outlet.

Note:

Always check if the local mains voltage matches the required

220V - 240V.

When the recorder is in the Standby position, it is still

consuming some power.

If you wish to disconnect your DVD recorder completely from

the mains, withdraw the plug from the AC Outlet.

When the DVD recorder is disconnected from the mains, TV

channels and timer data will be stored typically 1 year.

Switching on

l Switch on the TV set and select the programme

number that you have chosen for video playback

(see operating manual for your TV set).

l Press B STANDBY/ON.

‰ The recorder display lights up. If you have not yet

installed your DVD recorder, it will enter ‘virgin

mode’. In this mode you will have to set your

personal preferences.

First time set-up: virgin mode

After switching on the DVD recorder for the very first

time the ‘virgin mode screen’ will appear.

In ‘virgin mode’ you may have to set your preferences

for some of the recorder features.

If the ‘virgin mode screen’ does not appear, your DVD

recorder has been installed already. You may still change

the settings via the ‘installation menu’.

Depending on the kind of TV set, preferences will have

to be set manually or they will be taken over

automatically from the TV set.

Automatic setting

When your TV set is equipped with EasyLink

, Cinema

Link

, N

IEW

Link

, SmartLink

, Q-Link

MegaLogic

, the TV settings will be taken over from the

TV set but they cannot be changed manually afterwards.

When preferences are taken over from your TV set, the

message ‘

Easy Link loading data from TV

please

wait

’ will appear.

Menus for which no preferences are available will be

displayed. They have to be set manually.

Note:

Preferences have to be set in the order in which the item

menus will appear on the screen.

If the recorder is switched off while setting user preferences,

all preferences have to be set again after switching the

recorder on again.

The ‘virgin mode’ will only be concluded after the

preferences for the last item have been confirmed.

Follow TV

Easy Link

loading data from TV -

please wait

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10 INSTALLATION

Connecting to other equipment

Use the top

SCART

connector (EXT 2) on your DVD

recorder to make connections to a:

- Satellite receiver or Set top box,

- VCR,

- DVD-Video player

Most pre-recorded video cassettes and DVD discs are

copy protected. If you try to copy them the display

shows ‘COPY PROTECT’.

For installation of a decoder, see ‘User Preferences’ -

‘Installation’.

Notes:

- If the power is off or Low Power Standby is selected (see

User Preferences - features), the signal from EXT 2 will not

be passed on to the TV set on EXT 1.

- EasyLink functionality will not be available to devices

connected via the DVD recorder’s EXT 2

SCART

connector.

Connections - frontside of your

DVD recorder

Camcorder connection

l If you have a DV, Digital 8, Hi-8 or S-VHS(C)

camcorder, connect the S-video input socket to the

corresponding output socket on the camcorder,

using the S-video cable supplied (1) and connect the

audio cable (3) supplied.

l Otherwise connect the Video input socket (yellow)

to the corresponding output socket on the

camcorder using the video cable supplied (2) and

connect the audio Left (white) and Right (red) input

sockets to the corresponding sockets on the

camcorder using the audio cable supplied (3).

l If your camcorder has mono sound, use only the left

audio connector. In this case the sound will be

recorded on both audio channels.

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Camcorder

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INSTALLATION 13

Country

Select your country. This is used as input for the

‘Parental Control’ feature (see ‘Access Control’) as well

as the searching of TV channels.

Auto TV Channel Search

Make sure the antenna is connected. See ‘Connecting to

the antenna’. Your DVD recorder will search for all TV

channels.

It stores channels in the sequence they are found.

l Confirm with OK.

‰ Auto search starts. This can take several minutes.

‰ When Auto search is completed ‘

Autom

search complete

XX channels found

’ appears

on the TV screen.

After Auto channel search you can have TV channels

stored automatically in the same order as your TV set.

See ‘User preferences installation’ - ‘Follow TV’.

Time/Date

When Channel auto search is completed the actual Time

and Date are also set automatically.

If the time in the DVD recorder display is not correct,

the clock must be set manually.

l Adjust ’

Time

’, ’

Year

’, ’

Month

’, ’

Date

’ if required,

with the w (down cursor) or v (up cursor) key.

l Change values with the the t (left cursor) or u

(right cursor) key or the digit keys 0-9.

l To end, press OK.

Note:

All these items may have to be set after first start up (‘virgin

mode’). After that they can always be adapted in the user

preferences menu. When your TV set is equipped with

EasyLink the TV set presets will be taken over from the TV

set but they cannot be changed manually afterwards.

Virgin mode settings are now completed.

All settings can still be changed. See ‘User preferences’.

Autom search

To continue

Press OK

Autom search complete

XX channels found

Time

Year

Month

Date

09 40

2001

Please wait

Autom.search

Searching for TV channels

XX channels found

Virgin mode

Country

Press OK to continue

Austria

Belgium

Denmark

Finland

France

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12 INSTALLATION

Manual setting

When a menu is displayed:

l Use the wv (down up cursor) keys to go through

the options in the menu. The icon of the selected

option will be highlighted.

l Use OK to confirm your selection and to select the

next menu.

The following items may have to be set in virgin mode:

Menu language

The on-screen menus of DVD-Video discs will be

displayed in the language you choose.

Audio language

The sound of DVD-Video discs will be in the language

you choose, provided this is available on the disc in play.

If not, speech will revert to the first spoken language on

the disc. Also the DVD-Video disc menu will be in the

language you choose, provided this is available on the disc.

Subtitle language

The subtitles of DVD-Video discs will be in the language

you choose provided this is available on the disc in play. If

not, subtitles will revert to the first subtitle language on

the disc.

TV Shape

You can choose:

16:9

if you have a wide screen (16:9) TV set.

4:3

if you have a regular (4:3) TV set. In this case you

can also choose between:

Letterbox

for a ‘wide-screen’ picture with black

bars at the top and bottom,

Pan Scan

, for a full-height picture with the sides

trimmed. If a disc has Pan Scan, the picture then

moves (pans) horizontally to keep the main action

on the screen.

Directions For Use

Virgin mode

4 3 letterbox

4 3 panscan

16 9

TV Shape

Press OK to continue

Virgin mode

English

Menu language

Español

Français

Ita iano

Deutsch

Virgin mode

English

Press OK to continue

Audio language

Español

Français

Português

Italiano

Press OK to continue

Virgin mode

English

Subtitle language

Español

Français

Português

Italiano

Press OK to continue

Directions For Use

English

FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW 15

Ap a a s Ca ms o U S aen N s

463 603 45 7 2 6 4 8 9 0 8 nd 4 9 7093

c n ed o m d v ew ng u es on y

AUX- /0

EXT 2

TO TV 0

EXT 1

EXT 4 EXT 3

MAINS

- connection to the mains

- RF connection to TV set

ANTENNA

- RF connection to antenna/cable TV signal

Video (CVBS)

- OUT: for connection to a TV, receiver or amplifier with CVBS video inputs

- IN: for connecting a video source with CVBS outputs

S-video (Y/C)

- OUT: for connection to a TV, receiver or amplifier with S-video (Y/C) inputs

- IN: for connecting a video source with S-video (Y/C) outputs

AUX I/O (EXT II)

- for connection to a satellite receiver, decoder, video recorder, set top box

etc. via

SCART

TO TV I/O (EXT I)

- for connection to a TV with

SCART

AUDIO OUT L/R

- connection to an amplifier, receiver, stereo system or

to a TV that is not equipped with a

SCART

connector

AUDIO IN L/R

- connection to the audio output of a video source that

is not equipped with a

SCART

connector

OUT OPTICAL

- connection to an amplifier, receiver or stereo system

with a digital (optical) audio input

OUT COAX

- connection to an amplifier, receiver or stereo system

with a digital (coaxial) audio input

Rear of recorder

English

Functional overview

14 FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW

UDOEO VDO

DGTA

B STANDBY/ON

- switches the recorder to power/standby mode

Standby indicator

- lights up red when the recorder is in standby mode

- lights up green when the recorder is operative

Infrared remote control receiver

MONITOR

- switches between disc mode and monitor mode

Display

- displays the current status of the recorder

CHANNEL

- to select channels manually

9 STOP

- stops video/audio play or recording

2 PLAY

- starts video/audio play

0 RECORD

- direct recording of the selected programme

on TV or the recorder (depending on the

DIRECT RECORD setting)

Disc loading tray

AUDIO (Left/Right)

- Audio input socket left/right to

connect a camcorder or video

recorder

VIDEO (CVBS)

- Video input socket to connect a

camcorder or video recorder

S-VIDEO

- Video input socket to connect a

camcorder or video recorder

/ OPEN/CLOSE

- opens/closes the disc tray

AUTO/MAN REC VOLUME

- to adjust the recording level

automatically or manually

MANUAL

- 3 4 to increase/decrease

the recording level

Front of recorder

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FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW 17

MONITOR ON/OFF

REC/OTR

PLAYSTOP FSS

FORWARDREVERSE

NEXT PREVIOUS

PAUSE SLOW

CLEAR

VOL

SELECT

TIMER

MUTE

T/C

ZOOM ANGLE SUBTITLE AUDIO

DIM REPEAT REPEAT SCAN

A/CH

ZYa

ON/OFF B

DISC MENU

- displays DVD disc menu or index

picture screen

SYSTEM MENU

- displays recorder system menu

bar

w v u t

- down/up/right/left cursor

movement

RETURN

- return to previous menu on

(S)VCD disc

CLEAR

- delete last entry/clear timer

TIMER

- displays the ‘timer menu’

SELECT

- switches between different values

in a menu

- switches between record modes

in the Index Picture Screen and in

monitor mode

- acknowledge menu selection

0-9

- numerical key pad

T/C

- select title

- select chapter

A/CH Alternate Channel

- switches to the previous TV

channel

SIDE SWITCH

- enables other keys to operate

the TV set (see Appendix)

DIM

- changes brightness setting of

display

REPEAT

- repeat chapter, track, title, disc

REPEAT A-B

- repeat sequence

SCAN

- playback of the first 10 seconds

of each chapter within a title

(DVD) or the first 10 seconds of

each track on a disc

(

VCD/CD

)

MONITOR

- switches between disc mode and

monitor modeJ - previous chapter, track or title

- direct recording of the currently

selected programme

- next chapter, track or title

- search backward

;

- pauseH- slow motionR - search forward

- stop

FSS

- displays Favorite Scene Selection

menu for DVD+RW or DVD+R

disc2- play

VOL +/–

- TV volume up/down

- TV Mute ON/OFF

CH +/–

- programme up/down

a ZOOM

- enlarge video image

ANGLE

- select DVD camera angle

Z SUBTITLE

- subtitle language selector

Y AUDIO

- audio language selector

Remote control

English

16 FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW

Display

Directions For Use

DECODER

- Decoder activated for current preset

DVD

- DVD Video disc inserted

DVD+R

TIMER

VPS/PDC

RECORD

CHANNEL

- Recording in progress

- Preset name or number

- Timer programmed or active

- Video Programming System/Programme Delivery Control active on current preset

- DVD+Recordable disc inserted

DVD+RW

- DVD+Rewritable disc inserted

TITLE

- DVD title number

TRACK

- VCD/CD track number

VCD

- Video CD inserted

TRACK TIME

TOTAL TIME

TOTAL REMAIN

minutes and seconds

in hours, minutes and seconds

- Track time in minutes and seconds

- Total playback or recording time in hours,

- Audio CD inserted

SVCD

- Super Video CD inserted

- Remote control active (flashing)

- Total remaining playback or recording time

HQ - SP - LP - EP

- Selected recording mode: High Quality,

Standard Play, Long Play or Extended Play

CHAPTER

- DVD chapter number

VPS/PDC

DECODER

CHANNEL

RECORD

TIMER

SAT

SP LP EP

CHAPTER TOTAL TIME REMAINTRACK

TITLE TRACK

DVD CDVRW

OVER

SAT

NICAM STEREO

-30-40 -10-20 0

MANUAL

OVER

PCMDTS D GITALMPEG

- Recorder prepared for or engaged in satellite

-30-40 -10-20 0

NICAM

preset

STEREO

dB scale

recording

- Stereo sound from tuner

- NICAM digital stereo sound on current

- indicates recording volume when using

Disc bar

formatting progress

manual level control

- Displays disc content, recording level or

DIGITAL - DTS - MPEG - PCM

MANUAL

- Manual recording level control

- Active audio format

Directions For Use

English

OPERATION 19

DVD-RW

Only plays if it is recorded in Video mode and has been

finalized.

CD Digital Audio

You can play digital audio CDs in conventional style

through a stereo system, using the keys on the remote

control and/or front panel, or via the TV set using the

on-screen display (OSD).

Super Audio CD

Of hybrid SACD discs, the CD layer can be played.

(Super) Video CD

Depending on the material on the disc (a movie, video

clips, a drama series, etc.) these discs may have one or

more tracks, and tracks may have one or more indexes,

as indicated on the disc case. To make access easy and

convenient, your recorder lets you move between

tracks, and between indexes.

CD-R/CD-RW

Plays if it contains Audio CD.

The following disc types cannot be used at

all, neither for recording nor for playback:

DVD-RAM

DVD-Audio

On-screen display information

System menu bar

The system menu bar can be called up by pressing any of

the following keys on the remote control: SYSTEM

MENU, T/C, ANGLE, Z SUBTITLE, Y

AUDIO and a ZOOM.

Widescreen (16:9) TV sets may show only part of the

system menu bar in certain screen modes. Select a

different screen mode on the TV to see the full menu.

A number of recorder functions can be controlled via

the system menu bar. You can navigate between the two

parts of the system menu bar with the t (left cursor)

and the u (right cursor) key.

System menu bar icons

PART 1 PART 2

User preference Sound

Title/Track Step motion

Chapter/Index Slow motion

Audio language Fast motion

Subtitle language Time search

Angle

Zoom

Temporary Feedback Field

The system menu bar contains a ‘Temporary Feedback

Field’ with information concerning prohibited actions,

playback modes, available angles, etc.

ZOOM ANGLE SUBTTLE AUDO

DM REPEAT REPEAT SCAN

A/CH

ZYa

ReWritable

Recordable

English

18 OPERATION

Important notes for operation

You can switch on the DVD recorder with the

B STANDBY/ON key. Keep your DVD recorder

connected to the mains at all times to ensure that

programmed recordings can be made and that the

television functions normally.

Both the DVD recorder and the remote control have an

’Emergency interrupt’ button. You can use the

B STANDBY/ON button to interrupt a function.

When you have an operating problem, you can interrupt

the function and start again.

When you switch off the DVD recorder, the display will

briefly show ‘WAIT’.

Loading discs

1 Press / OPEN/CLOSE on the front of the

recorder. The disc loading tray opens.

2 Lay your chosen disc in the tray, label side up.

Make sure it is sitting properly in the correct recess.

3 Press / Open/Close, to close the tray.

‰ ‘READING’ appears in the status box and on the

recorder display. If the inserted disc is pre-recorded

or write-protected, playback always starts

automatically.

You can always unload a disc by pressing

/ OPEN/CLOSE again or pressing 9 STOP on the

remote control for two seconds.

Note:

If ‘Child Lock’ is set to ON and the disc inserted is not in the

‘child safe’ list (not authorized), the PIN code must be entered

and/or the disc has to be authorized. (see ‘Access Control’)

Disc types

You will recognize the different types of discs, that can

be used in your DVD recorder by the logo. Depending

on the disc type you can either use it for recording and

playback or playback only. Some discs are not suitable at

all to be used in the DVD recorder.

In the next table a summary is given of all excisting disc

types and their DVD recorder compatibility.

The following disc types can be used for

recording and playback:

DVD+RW

Records and plays; In case of a new blank disc, after the

first recording, some more time (up to two minutes) is

needed to make the disc compatible with DVD-Video

players.

DVD+R

Records and plays.

The following disc type can be used for

playback only:

DVD-Video

DVD-R

Only plays if it contains DVD-Video.

Operation

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FORWARDREVERSE

SLOW

REC/OTR

PAUSE

MONTOR ON OFF

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OPERATION 21

Disc type icons

DVD+RW

DVD+R

DVD-Video

Super Video-CD

Video-CD

no disc

disc error

Disc status icons

recording

stop

playing

pause play

record pause

erasing

fast forward

fast reverse

slow motion

Tuner info box

The tuner info box is located at the bottom left of the

screen and is displayed in monitor mode (See: Recording

Checking input). It displays the currently selected input.

When the tuner is selected it shows programme number

and/or channel name.

Current channel

No signal

Copy-protected signal

Timer info box

The timer info box is located above the tuner info box

and is displayed in monitor mode. It displays the current

status of the timer.

When a timer is programmed it shows a timer indication

and the start time or date of the first programmed

recording.

Timer event due today

Timer event due on another day

When an OTR recording is in progress it shows the end

time.

OTR recording in progress

When no timer is programmed it displays the current

time.

Current time

Note:

Tuner info box and timer info box disappear during playback

and after recording is started.

Warning box

The warning box will be displayed near the bottom of

the screen when appropriate. For instance: ‘

Disc locked

’.

Disc locked

10: 13 h r

10: 15h r

10: 13 h r

12 BBC1

BBC1

slow

erasing

0 ;

pause

;

pause

play

stop

rec

DVD+R

English

20 OPERATION

Scan

Repeat All

Repeat Title

Repeat Track

Repeat Chapter

Repeat A to end

Repeat A-B

Angle

Child Lock On

Child Safe

Resume

Action prohibited

User preference menu operation

l Press SYSTEM MENU on the remote control.

l Select in the system menu bar and press w

(down cursor).

‰ The user preferences menu appears.

l Use the t u v w (left right up down cursor) keys

to toggle through the menus, sub menus and

submenu options.

‰ When a menu item is selected, the cursor keys

(on the remote control) to operate the item are

displayed next to the item.

l Press OK to confirm and return to the main menu.

The following functions can be operated via the user

preference menu.

User preference menu icons

Picture settings

Sound settings

Language settings

Feature settings

Remote control settings

Record settings

Installation

l You can navigate between the various items of the

user preferences menu with the v (up cursor) and

the w (down cursor) key. To select an item press u

(right cursor) key.

l By pressing SYSTEM MENU the system menu bar

will disappear from the screen.

Status box

The status box on the left hand side of the screen

displays the current status of the recorder and the disc

type loaded for several seconds.

Directions For Use

-- --- off on off

Directions For Use

English

OPERATION 23

User preferences

Setting user preferences

You can set your user preferences for some of the

recorder features. (See ‘Operation’ - ‘User preferences

menu operation’)

The following items can be adapted:

Picture settings

TV Shape

With TV Shape you can adjust the output of your DVD

Recorder to optimally fit your TV screen. You can

choose:

16:9

if you have a wide screen (16:9) TV set.

4:3

if you have a regular (4:3) TV set. In this case you

can also choose between:

Letterbox

: for a ‘wide-screen’ picture with black

bars at the top and bottom,

Pan Scan

: for a full-height picture with the sides

trimmed. If a disc has Pan Scan, the picture then

moves (pans) horizontally to keep the main action

on the screen.

Black level shift (NTSC only)

Adapts the colour dynamics to obtain richer contrasts.

Select ‘

’ or ‘

Off

’.

Video shift

Factory setting is such that the video will be centered on

your screen. Use this setting to adjust the position of

the picture on your TV set by scrolling it to the left or

right.

SCART

Video

Factory setting is RGB. Select ‘

video

’ (Y/C) via

SCART

when connecting to an S-VHS recorder.

Sound settings

Digital output

Factory setting ‘

All

’ means that both coaxial and optical

outputs are switched on, and that Dolby Digital Multi-

channel is fed to the outputs as such MPEG audio is

converted to PCM. If your equipment doesn’t include a

digital Multi-channel decoder, set the digital output to

‘

PCM only

’ (Pulse Code Modulation). Both coaxial and

optical outputs are then switched on, and Dolby Digital

and MPEG audio are converted to PCM. If you are not

connecting equipment with a digital input, change the

setting to ‘

Off

’.

Analogue output

Select ‘

Stereo

’, ‘

Surround

’ or ‘

3D Sound

’. Factory

setting is Stereo.

D g tal output

Analogue output

N ght mode

Sound

-- --- off on off

Stereo

Surround

3D sound

TV shape

Black Level sh ft

V deo sh ft

SCART v deo

P cture

OK to ex t

-- --- off on off

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22 OPERATION

Index Picture Screen

The Index Picture Screen displays an overview of the

titles recorded on the disc. Each title is represented by

an index picture. Next to the index picture the

programme name, duration, recording mode and

recording date of the title are shown. If no name is

known, the DVD recorder will fill in the source and the

time of the recording instead.

Empty spaces (erased titles, or blank space at the end of

the disc) are also shown as such.

l At maximum three titles will be shown on the

screen at once. If more titles are present, you can

navigate to those with the wv (down up cursor)

keys.

l On the right hand side of the Index Picture Screen,

you can see the disc bar. This gives an overview of

all titles on the disc, as well as any empty spaces.

On the disc bar, an arrow – the disc pointer –

indicates your current position on the disc. From

this point you may resume playback or recording.

l If you navigate trough the list of titles with wv

(down up cursor) or J PREVIOUS / K NEXT, the

disc pointer will move along.

l Press 9 STOP to reset the disc pointer to the

beginning of the disc.

l To move the disc pointer to the end of the last title,

keep K NEXT pressed.

l If you navigate from an Index Picture to the box

right next to it (containing name, rec mode, etc.),

you enter the title settings menu (see under

‘Managing disc content - Title settings’).

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Current title

Index Picture

- image that represents a recorded title

Disc Pointer

upcoming timer event

will be overwritten by

Indication what disc area

Title description

- programme name

of current title on disc

- shows number and place

- duration + recording mode

- recording date

Cue to go to Disc Info Screen

or to title on previous screen

Other title

ZDF 11:11

00: 00: 55 -SP

T h u 08 02 2001

VRT 11:13

00: 00: 57 -SP

T h u 08 02 2001

Empty title

1: 15

59-SP

00: 00:

01 Z D F

Disc Bar

all titles on disc

- shows an overview of

Cue to go to title on next screen

Tuner Info Box

- displays the selected channel

Timer Info Box

- displays the current time or time/date

of the next timer programme

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PBC

This feature is only available when a (Super) Video CD is

loaded. It allows you to disable or enable the PBC

(Playback Control) menu of VCD discs. See under

‘Special VCD features’: Factory settings is ‘

’.

Finalise disc

This option is only available on unfinalised DVD+R discs.

See ‘Managing disc content - Finalising a DVD+R disc’.

Remote Control settings

Key sound

The recorder makes a ‘beep’ sound upon every key

command given via recorder or remote control keys.

Select ‘

Off

’ to disable this sound. Factory setting is ‘

’.

Remote control used

If you want to use the remote control of a Philips DVD

player instead of the standard DVD recorder remote

control, select ‘

DVD player

’. Factory setting is ‘

DVD

recorder

’.

System information

When you move further down in the Remote Control

settings menu, the system status screen will appear.

Press v (cursor up) to go back.

Record Settings

Record mode

By selecting a recording mode you define picture quality

of recordings and maximum recording time for a disc.

Mode Picture quality Total recording

time

HQ best possible 60 minutes

(High Quality) picture quality

SP pre-recorded 120 minutes

(Standard Play) DVD quality

LP better than 180 minutes

(Long Play) S-VHS picture quality

EP better than 240 minutes

(Extended Play) VHS picture quality

In practice, the DVD recorder may record a few

minutes more than indicated. For playback, the correct

recording mode will automatically be selected.

The HQ mode is optimised for recording via the

external inputs. For tuner recordings it is recommended

to use SP, LP or EP.

l In the record settings menu, select ‘

Record mode

’.

l Alter the recording mode with t or u (left right

cursor).

l Confirm with the OK key.

l To end, press SYSTEM MENU.

An alternative way to select the record mode is available

in the Index Picture Screen and in monitor mode:

l Press SELECT.

‰ The new record mode appears on the screen and

the display.

It is not possible to switch record modes during

recording.

Record Mode: LP

Record settings

To exit press

SYSTEM MENU

Record mode

Direct record

Sat record

Auto chapters

LP EP rec mode Stndrd

Off

OPERATION 25

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24 OPERATION

Surround: Select this setting when using equipment

with a Dolby Surround Pro Logic decoder.

In this setting the 5.1 audio channels (Dolby

Digital, MPEG-2) are downmixed to a

Surround-compatible 2-channel output.

3D Sound: In a set-up without rear speakers (analogue

stereo output), this option remixes the six

channels of digital surround (Dolby Digital,

MPEG-2) into a two speaker output, while

retaining all of the original audio information.

The result is the listening sensation of being

surrounded by multiple speakers.

Connected audio system Digital out Analogue out

Amplifier or TV with two channel Off Stereo

analogue stereo

Amplifier or TV with Dolby Surround Off Surround

or Dolby Pro Logic

Amplifier with two channel digital PCM only Stereo

stereo

A/V receiver with Multi-channel All Stereo or

decoder (Dolby Digital, MPEG, DTS) Surround

Multi-channel A/V receiver with Off Surround

6-ch connectors

Night Mode

Night mode optimizes the dynamics of the sound with

low volume playback for less disturbance in quiet

environments. This only works for Dolby Digital audio

on DVD-Video discs.

Language settings

The preferred language can be adapted via the system

menu bar. Also see ‘virgin mode’. Settings can be

changed for:

- Playback audio language

- Subtitle language

- Menu language

- Country setting.

Feature settings

Access Control

Access Control contains the following features:

Child Lock - When Child Lock is set on, a 4-digit code

needs to be entered in order to play discs.

Parental Level - Allows the conditional presentation of

DVD discs containing Parental Level information.

Change country - Allows conditional presentation of

DVD-Video discs containing country information.

Change code - To change the pin code.

See ‘Acces Control’.

Adapt disc format

This option is only available when a DVD+RW or

DVD+R disc recorded on a different brand of recorder

is loaded. You can adapt the menu to your own

recorder.

A DVD+RW video disc that has been recorded on a

different type or brand of recorder can be played, but

may not provide all features commonly available to

DVD+RW discs, such as the on-screen disc bar, the disc

settings menu, the title settings menu, and editing. If the

disc is not write-protected, the disc format can be

adapted to the own recorder, after which these

functions are available.

Status box

The status box displays the current status of the recorder

and the disc type loaded (See ‘Operation’ - ‘On-screen

display information’). You can switch it On or Off.

Off

= always Off.

= displayed together with the system menu bar or

displayed temporarily (disappears after time-out)

when changing the playback or record status.

Factory setting is ‘

’.

Auto resume

The Auto resume setting only applies to pre-recorded

DVD-video and Video CD discs only - not only to the

disc in the recorder but also to the last twenty discs you

have played.

If ‘

Auto resume

’ is set to ‘

’, playback will start from

the point where it was stopped the last time the disc

was played.

When ‘

Auto resume

’ is set to ‘

Off

’, the recorder will

start playing from the beginning of a disc. In this case you

can still resume when appears on screen by

pressing 2 PLAY. Factory setting is ‘

’.

Low power standby

If low power standby is ‘

’, the recorder will consume

minimum power in standby mode.

Factory setting is ‘

Off

’.

Notes:

When the recorder is in low power standby mode:

- the output of the equipment connected to EXT 2 will not

be passed through to the TV set on EXT 1,

- the Display will be Off,

- the Standby indicator on the recorder will still light up in

standby mode.

Directions For Use

Features

Enter code...OnOff

Off

-- --- off on off

Access control

Status box

Autoresume

Low power standby

PBC

Directions For Use

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OPERATION 27

Manual TV channel search

You can perform a search to select and store TV

channels manually. If the DVD recorder is connected via

EasyLink, this function is not available.

l Press SYSTEM MENU.

l Select ‘

Installation

’.

l Select ‘

Manual search

’.

l In the line ‘

Channel

freq

.’ select the display for:

Freq

: frequency

: channel

: special channel

l If you know the frequency or channel of the desired

TV channel, you can enter the data in line

‘

Entry

’ with the digit keys 0-9. If you don’t

know the frequency or channel of the TV channel of

your choice, press u (right cursor) to start channel

search.

l In the line ‘

Programme number

’ select the

programme number you want, using t or u (left

right cursor) or digit keys 0-9.

l If you want to change the TV channel name, press

the u (right cursor) key in line ‘

TV channel name

’.

l Select the character you want to change with the t

(left cursor) or u (right cursor) key.

l Change the character with the w (down cursor) or

v (up cursor) key.

l Press OK to confirm.

This DVD recorder can receive HiFi sound transmissions

in NICAM Stereo. However, if sound distorsion occurs,

due to poor reception, you can switch off NICAM:

l In the line ‘

NICAM

’ select ‘

’ or ‘

Off

’ with the t

(left cursor) or u (right cursor) key.

If you want to change the automatic TV channel setting,

select the line ‘

Fine tuning

’. With the t (left cursor) or

u (right cursor) key you can vary the automatic TV

channel setting.

Important: This re-tuning is only necessary and useful

in special cases, e.g. when stripes appear on your TV

screen when using a cable-TV system.

l Press OK to store the TV channel.

l To end, press SYSTEM MENU.

Connecting a decoder:

l Switch on the TV set and select the programme

number for the DVD recorder.

l Select the TV programme you wish to link with the

decoder function with CH+ or CH-.

l Press SYSTEM MENU

l Select ‘

Installation

’.

l Select ‘

Manual search

’.

l Select ‘

Decoder

’.

l Select ‘

’ with t (left cursor) or u (right cursor).

l Confirm with OK.

‰ ‘

DECODER

’ apperars on the display.

l To end, press SYSTEM MENU.

Sort/Clear TV channels manually

l If the DVD recorder is connected to the TV set

with EasyLink or a similar system, manual sort

cannot be executed. In all other cases, you can

select.

l Press SYSTEM MENU.

l Select the line ’

Installation

’.

l Select the line ’

Sort TV channels

’.

l Select the TV channel to which you want to allocate

a programme number (starting with ‘

P01

’) with the

v (up cursor) or w (down cursor) key and press the

u (right cursor) key.

l Select the desired position with v or w (up down

cursor) key.

l To store, press OK.

l To end, press SYSTEM MENU.

Time/Date

To adjust ‘

Time

’, ‘

Year

’, ‘

Month

’ and ‘

Date

’ with the

digit keys 0-9. Switch between fields with the wv

(down up cursor) keys.

Installation

To exit press

SYSTEM MENU

Time/ Date

Time

Year

Month

Date

09: 38

2001

Installation

To sort

Press

To exit press

SYSTEM MENU

Sort TV channels

PO1 NED 1

...

PO2 NED 2

PO3 NED 3

PO4 RTL 4

PO5 RTL 5

PO 6 VERON

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26 OPERATION

Direct record

With the Direct Record function switched ‘

’ and the

DVD recorder switched to standby, the channel number

selected on your television will be automatically taken

over by the DVD recorder, at the moment it starts

recording. This only applies for televisions connected via

SCART

, which have video output via

SCART

or which have

EasyLink. Factory setting is ‘

Off’

l In the record settings menu, select ‘

Direct record

’.

l Select ‘

’. If you select ‘

Off

’, the function will be

switched off.

l Confirm with OK.

l To end, press SYSTEM MENU.

Sat record

You can only use this function, when you have a satellite

receiver, which can control other equipment by a

’programming’ function. In this mode your DVD

recorder starts recording when the satellite receiver

releases a signal. The start and end of the recording is

controlled via one of the

SCART

sockets.

l In the record settings menu, select ‘

Sat record

’.

l Select the

SCART

socket to which the satellite

receiver is connected with t or u (left right cursor).

l Confirm with OK.

l Insert a recordable DVD+RW disc.

l Press B STANDBY/ON.

‰ When this function is switched on,

SAT

appears

on the display.

‰ The DVD recorder is now prepared for

recording.

Factory setting is ‘

Off

’.

Auto chapters

If autochapters is ‘

’ every five to six minutes a

chapter marker (beginning of a new chapter) is inserted

during recording. This enables easy navigation through a

title during playback. In either case you can manually

insert chapter markers afterwards. (See ‘Managing disc

content’ - ‘Edit in playback mode’.)

LP/EP rec mode

In long play or extended play recording mode you can

select the ‘

Sport

’ setting to optimize the video

recording for images that contain fast movements, like

sports programmes. The setting does not influence high

quality or standard play recording mode.

Factory setting is ‘

Stndrd

’.

Installation

Auto TV Channel Search

Your DVD recorder will search for all TV channels.

It stores channels in the sequence they are found. (See

‘Installation - First time Set-up’)

Note:

All channels stored so far will be erased.

Follow TV

With Follow TV you can programme the same channel

sequence on the DVD recorder as on the TV set.

This only functions if the recorder socket (EXT1) and

the TV set are connected with a

SCART

cable. Additional

equipment connected to socket EXT2 must be switched

off.

l Press OK.

‰ If the DVD recorder recognizes that the TV set

has been connected with a

SCART

cable, ‘TV01’

appears on the display.

‰ When ‘NOTV’ (no signal from TV set) appears on

the display, the TV channels can not be allocated

automatically. In this case read ‘Manual TV channel

search’.

l Select programme number ‘1’ on the TV set.

l Confirm with OK on the remote control of the

DVD recorder.

‰ The DVD recorder compares the TV channels on

the TV set and the DVD recorder. If the channels

match, this channel is stored at ‘P01’.

l Wait until 'TV02’ appears and repeat the previous

two steps for programme number 2 and the rest of

the channels you want to store.

l To end, press SYSTEM MENU.

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Sort TV channels

Manual search

Follow TV

Autom.search

Time Date

To exit press

SYSTEM MENU

TV 01

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RECORDING 29

The following programme numbers are provided for

recording from external sources:

‘EXT1’ : TV set via

SCART

socket

‘EXT2’ : for recording from external sources via

SCART

socket

’EXT3’ : rear S-video

‘EXT4’ : rear CVBS

‘CAM1’ : front S-video (Y/C)

‘CAM2’ : front Video (CVBS)

l Press RECORD (on the recorder) or REC/OTR

(on the remote control).

‰

RECORD

is shown on the display.

‰ The status box is shown on the screen for a few

seconds.

l To bring back the status box during recording press

SYSTEM MENU. Pressing SYSTEM MENU once

more will remove the status box again.

l Press

;

PAUSE to pause recording. You can

resume recording by pressing

;

PAUSE once more.

The DVD recorder will make a seamless connection.

l Press 9 STOP to stop recording. If you are recording

from a camcorder watch the video output of the

DVD recorder on the TV - instead of the camcorder

viewer - to determine the right moment to stop.

l The Index Picture Screen is updated.

‰ ‘MENU UPDATE’ is shown on the display.

l After a short recording on a new DVD+RW disc, a

few minutes will be needed to complete the

formatting of the disc.

Safe Recording

When you start recording on a DVD+RW disc by briefly

pressing the RECORD or REC/OTR key, a recording

on DVD+RW will be made from the current position of

the disc pointer. To prevent this do the following:

l Hold the RECORD key (on the recorder) or

REC/OTR key (on the remote control) press for

about two seconds until ‘SAFE RECORD’ appears

on the display.

l The recorder automatically jumps to the end of the

last title on the disc and starts recording.

‰ If no free space is left. The display will show

‘DISC FULL’. Safe record is not possible then.

Recordings on DVD+RW are always automatically made

after the last title on the disc.

Direct Record

With Direct Record you can start recording immediately

from the programme selected on the TV set.

l Make sure ‘

Direct record

’ is switched ‘

’.

(See record settings).

l On the TV set, select the programme number you

want make the recording from.

l Make sure the DVD recorder is switched to

standby.

l Press RECORD (on the recorder) or REC/OTR

(on the remote control).

Notes :

- Don’t select another programme number on your TV set,

until the ‘WAIT’ on the display of your DVD recorder

disappears. This can take up to one minute.

- When ‘NOTV’ appears on the display, the programme

number could not be found. The DVD recorder switches off

automatically.

- If your loudspeakers are connected (via an amplifier /

receiver) to your DVD recorder, the sound will be delayed

relative to the TV picture when recording directly from the TV

set.

- You can use Direct Record in combination with Safe Record.

Manual audio control

You can control the audio recording level of your DVD

recorder manually.

l In monitor mode, press AUTO/MAN REC

VOLUME on the DVD recorder.

‰ The display will show the current audio level and

MANUAL

appears.

CHANNEL

DVD RW

TTLE

CHAPTER T ME

REMAN

-3040 -0-20 0

OVER

-3040 10-20 0

OVER

STEREO

RECORD

MANUAL

MONTOR ON/OFF

RECOTR

PLAYSTOP FSS

FORWARDREVERSE

NEXT PREVOUS

PAUSE S OW

CHVOL

MUTE

TC ACH

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28 RECORDING

Before you start recording

Recordings on a DVD disc are called ‘titles’. Every title

consists of one or more chapters.

For more information about how to go to other titles or

chapters see ‘Playback - general features’.

Important:

Recordings on a DVD+RW disc are normally

started from the position of the so-called disc

pointer, i.e. the point where the last recording

was stopped. From there on earlier recordings

may be overwritten without notice, unless the

disc is write protected. In this respect your DVD

recorder behaves just like a Video Cassette

Recorder.

If you want to make a recording without the risk

of overwriting earlier recordings use the safe

Record Function (see Manual Recording - Safe

Record)

In the Index Picture Screen you can select the point

where you want to start your recording. Use the wv

(down up cursor) and 5 REVERSE/ 6 FORWARD

keys. You can see the the current location on the disc

bar, indicated by the arrow.

Your DVD recorder always checks the disc that you

have inserted:

‰ When a DVD+RW disc is inserted on which

recordings have been made, the Index Picture

Screen is shown on your TV screen.

‰ If the inserted disc is a completely empty

recordable disc, the message ‘EMPTY DISC’ appears

on the display.

‰ If the inserted disc is a DVD+RW disc with a

content that is not DVD-Video compatible (e.g. a

data disc), a dialog box is shown with the option to

erase or eject the disc. You can only record on this

disc after erasing it with the RECORD key.

Note:

- On a disc containing PAL recordings, no NTSC recordings

can be made and vice versa. On an empty disc, either type of

recordings can be made.

- No recordings can be made from so-called ‘Pseudo-PAL’ or

PAL-60 sources.

‰ A disc can hold up to 48 titles (including empty

titles). When this maximum is reached the on-

screen message ‘

Too many titles

’ appears, if you

want to make a new recording. You have to erase a

title first next to an empty title. (See ‘Managing Disc

Content’.)

Manual recording

Checking input

Normally, the DVD recorder displays the contents of

the disc on screen.

l Press MONITOR in order to switch to the internal

tuner, or whichever other source is selected, if you

want to check the input before starting a recording.

‰ On the TV screen, you will see the actual picture

quality that you will get if you record: the video has

been encoded and decoded again. This is why you

will see a delay of about 1.5 seconds when using a

‘live’ source such as a camera.

l In monitor mode you can choose programme

numbers directly with the digit keys 0-9 on the

remote control.

l Press SELECT repeatedly to select the desired

record mode.

l Press MONITOR again to go back to disc mode.

Recording

l Insert a recordable DVD+RW or DVD+R disc.

l Normally, the DVD recorder displays the contents

of the disc on the screen.

l Use the MONITOR button to see the currently

selected TV channel.

l Use CHANNEL 3 or CHANNEL 4 (on the

recorder) or CH+, CH- (on the remote control) to

select the programme number (programme name)

from which you wish to record.

‰ When a TV channel transmits a channel name,

it will be shown on the display.

Recording

Directions For Use

Disc is not a DVD video disc

stop

TITLE 2

DVD+RW

TITLE 1

CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2

Press OK to open tray or

press REC to erase disc

11: 15

01 B B C 1

Directions For Use

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RECORDING 31

l Enter the entire PlusCode number (up to nine digits)

printed in your TV guide next to the start time of a

TV programme. If you made a mistake, you can

correct it with CLEAR.

l Confirm with OK.

l If the VIDEO Plus+ system does not recognize the

TV channel, the message ‘

Please enter

programme number

’ will appear on screen. Select

the required programme number (programme name)

with tu(left right cursor) or the digit keys 0-9 and

confirm with OK.

‰ The data will appear on the TV screen.

l Press u (right cursor).

l Use SELECT to select the programming key at

daily or weekly intervals.

: Recording at daily

intervals from Mondays to Fridays inclusive.

Weekly

Recording at weekly intervals on the same day of

the week.

l Press u (right cursor).

l Use SELECT to switch VPS/PDC on or off.

‰ When VPS/PDC is switched on, the start time is

marked with an asterisk.

l Press u (right cursor).

l Use SELECT to select the recording mode (‘

’,

‘

’, ‘

’).

l Confirm with OK.

‰ The data has been stored in a timer block.

l To end, press TIMER.

l Make sure that you inserted a recordable disc.

If you inserted a write-protected disc recording

will be refused.

l Switch off with B STANDBY/ON.

Timer programming without the VIDEO

Plus+ system

l Press TIMER on the remote control.

l Select ‘

Timer programming

’ with v (up cursor) or

w (down cursor).

l Press u (right cursor).

l Enter the date with v (up cursor) or w (down

cursor), or with the digit keys 0-9.

Timer

To exit

Press TIMER

ShowView programming

Timer programming

Timer list

C EAR SELECT

TMER

Timer

ShowView programming

Date

09 N E D 1 09: 35 11: 35 S P

Prog. Start

VPS

PDC End

Rec

Mode

LP/ SP

Press SELECT

To store

Press OK

Timer

VIDEO Plus+ programming

Please enter

programme number

Timer

Mo- Fr/ Weekly

Press SELECT

To store

Press OK

ShowView programming

ShowView number

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30 RECORDING

l Adjust the recording level with MANUAL 3 or 4

on the DVD recorder, so that the ‘0 dB’ mark lights

up during the loudest parts of the recording.

l You can switch back to automatic audio level control

by pressing AUTO/MAN REC VOLUME again.

‰ The display will show the current disc position

and

MANUAL

disappears.

Recording with automatic switch-off (OTR

One-Touch Recording)

l Insert a recordable DVD+RW or DVD+R disc.

l Use CHANNEL 3 or CHANNEL 4 (on the

recorder) or CH+, CH- (on the remote control) to

select the programme number (programme name)

from which you wish to record.

l Press RECORD (on the recorder) or REC/OTR

(on the remote control) twice.

‰ A recording will be made of 30 minutes.

‰ The required end time of the recording is shown

in the timer box on screen. The remaining recording

time is shown on the display.

l Press RECORD or REC/OTR again to obtain a

30 minute increment.

l Shortly after pressing REC/OTR, OTR can be

cancelled by pressing CLEAR.

Timer programming

The DVD recorder needs the following information for

every programmed recording:

- the date on which the recording is to be made;

- the channel;

- the start and stop time of the recording;

- VPS/PDC on or off;

- the recording mode (HQ, SP, LP or EP).

The DVD recorder stores all the information mentioned

above in a timer block. You can programme up to six

timer blocks, one month in advance.

When you have programmed the timer, a red line on

the disc bar (both on the display and on the Index

Picture Screen) indicates what part of the disc will be

overwritten by the programmed recording from the

current disc position (on DVD+RW) or after the last

title (on DVD+R).

When all timer blocks are full, the options timer

programming and VIDEO Plus+ programming cannot be

accessed. For clearing a timer block, see ‘How to clear a

timer block’.

Timer programming with the VIDEO

Plus+

system

A PlusCode number is a number of up to nine digits,

printed in most TV guides next to the start time of a TV

programme.

All the information required for a programming is

contained encoded in the PlusCode programming number.

l Select ‘

VIDEO Plus+ programming

’ with v (up

cursor) or w (down cursor).

l Press u (right cursor).

What is ’VPS’/‘PDC’?

With ’VPS/PDC’, the TV station controls the

beginning and the length of the programmed

recording. This means that the video recorder

switches itself on and off at the right time even if a

TV programme you have programmed begins earlier

or finishes later than expected.

Usually the start time is the same as the VPS/PDC

time. If, however, in the TV guide, in addition to a TV

programmes start time, a different VPS/PDC time is

given, e.g.: ’20.15 (VPS 20.14)’, you must enter ’20.14’

as the start time exactly to the minute. If you want

to enter a time that differs from the VPS/PDC time,

you must switch off ’VPS/PDC’.

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MONTOR ON/OFF

CHVOL

SELECT

TMER

CLEAR

NEXT PREVOUS

RECOTR

MUTE

PLAYSTOP SS

ORWARDREVERSE

PAUSE SLOW

/C A CH

TMER

C EAR SELECT

10: 15h r

Timer

To exit

Press TIMER

Timer list

ShowView programming

Timer programming

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RECORDING 33

How to check or alter a timer block

l Press TIMER on the remote control.

l Select ‘

Timer list

’ with w or v (down up cursor).

l Press u (right cursor).

l Select the timer block you want to check or alter

with w or v (down up cursor).

l Press u (right cursor).

l Select what you want to check or alter with t or u

(left right cursor).

l Alter data with w or v (down up cursor) or with

the digit keys 0-9.

l Confirm with OK.

l To end, press TIMER.

l Switch off by pressing B STANDBY/ON.

How to clear a timer block

l Press TIMER on the remote control.

l Select ‘

Timer list

’ with w or v (down up cursor).

l Press u (right cursor).

l Select the timer block you want to clear with w or

v (down up cursor).

l Press CLEAR.

l Confirm with OK.

l Switch off by pressing TIMER.

CLEAR SELECT

TMER

Timer

Timer list

Date

091214

NED 1

RTL 2

VRT

09 35

21 00

20 30

11 35

23 00

22 00

SPSPSP

Prog Start

VPS

PDC End

Rec

Mode

Total record time 05 30

To exit

Press TIMER

To change

Press

Timer

To exit

Press TIMER

ShowView programming

Timer programming

Timer list

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32 RECORDING

l If desired, select recording at daily or weekly

intervals in the field ‘

Date

’ with SELECT. ‘

’:

Recording to be made from Mondays to Fridays

inclusive. ‘

Weekly

’: Recording at weekly intervals on

the same day of the week.

l Press u (right cursor).

l Enter the programme number from which you want

to record. If you want to record from an external

source, select ‘

EXT1

’, ‘

EXT2

’, ‘

EXT3

’, ‘

EXT4

’, ‘

CAM1

’

or ‘

CAM2

’ with vw (up down cursor).

l Press u (right cursor).

l Enter the Start time with vw (up down cursor) or

the digit keys 0-9.

l After entering the Start time, use SELECT to

switch VPS/PDC on or off. With most TV stations

the VPS/PDC time is always the same as the start

time.

‰ When VPS/PDC is switched on, the start time is

marked with an asterisk.

l Press u (right cursor).

l Enter the End time with vw (up down cursor) or

the digit keys 0-9.

l Use SELECT to choose the recording mode ‘

’,

‘

’, ‘

’ or ‘

’.

l If you made a mistake, you can go back with t (left

cursor).

l Confirm with OK .

‰ The data has been stored in a timer block.

l To end, press TIMER .

‰ Make sure that you inserted a disc without write

protection. If you inserted a write-protected

(locked) disc, recording will be refused.

l Switch off with B STANDBY/ON.

Programming with ’N

IEW

Link’

This DVD recorder is equipped with the function

’N

IEW

Link’. If your television is also equipped with

this function, you can mark TV programmes on the

television for programming. These TV programmes will

automatically be transmitted to a timer block on the

DVD recorder. If you clear the marking of the TV

programme on the television, the corresponding timer

block on the DVD recorder will also be cleared.

For more information, read the instruction manual of

your TV set.

If a timer setting is incorrect

The following warnings can be displayed in the timer

menu:

Collision

recording programme overlaps with another recording

programme.

Solution:

l Ignore by pressing TIMER. The programme

with the earlier start time will be recorded

completely before the later programme starts.

l Edit one or both timers.

l Delete one of the recording programmes.

Please enter programme number

The VIDEO Plus+ system does not recognize the TV

channel.

Solution:

l Select the required programme number

(programme name) with t or u (left right

cursor).

l Confirm with OK.

PlusCode number wrong

You entered an incorrect PlusCode number or the

incorrect date.

Solution:

l Repeat the entry or end by pressing TIMER.

Weekend programming

not possible

Date was incorrectly entered. Daily programming can

only be used for recordings to be made from Mondays

to Fridays inclusive.

Memory full

The maximum number of recording programmes is used.

Solution:

l Delete one of the recording programmes.

Directions For Use

Rec

Mode

VPS

PDC End

Prog. Start

Timer programming

Timer

Date

09 N E D 1 09: 35 11: 35 S P

To store

Press OK

Mo Fr Weekly

Press SELECT

Directions For Use

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PLAYBACK 35

General features

Note:

Unless stated otherwise, all operations described are based

on remote control operation. A number of operations can also

be carried out via the system menu bar on the screen. (see

‘System menu bar operation’)

Moving to another title/track

When a disc has more than one title or track, you can

move to another title as follows:

l Press T/C.

l Press K NEXT during play to step forward to the

next title.

l Press J PREVIOUS during play to return to the

beginning of the current title. Rapidly press

J PREVIOUS twice to step back to the previous

title.

l To go directly to any title or track, enter the title

number using the numerical keys 0-9.

Notes:

- If the number has more than one digit, press the keys in

rapid succession.

- If the system menu bar is on screen, make sure the icon

is selected.

Moving to another chapter/index

When a title on a disc has more than one chapter or a

track has more than one index, you can move to

another chapter/index as follows:

l Press K NEXT during play to select the next

chapter/index.

l Press J PREVIOUS during play to return to the

beginning of the current chapter/index. Rapidly press

J PREVIOUS twice to step back to the previous

chapter/index.

l To go directly to any chapter or index, enter the

chapter or index number using the numerical keys

0-9.

Notes:

- If the number has more than one digit, press the keys in

rapid succession.

- If the system menu bar is on screen, make sure the icon

is selected.

Slow Motion

l Select (Slow motion) in the system menu bar.

l Use the w (down cursor) key to enter the slow

motion menu.

‰ The recorder will now go into pause mode.

l Use the t u (left right cursor) keys to select the

required speed: ‘-

’, ‘-

’ or ‘-

’

(backward); ‘

’, ‘

’ or ‘

’ (forward).

l Select ‘

’ to play at normal speed again.

l If ; PAUSE is pressed, the speed will be set to ‘

’.

l Press 2 PLAY to exit slow motion mode.

l Press v (up cursor) to delete the slow motion menu.

You can also select Slow Motion speeds by using the

SLOW key on the remote control.

1 1 2 1 4 1 8 0 1 8 1 4 1 2 1

RECOTR

PLAY

STOP

FORWARDREVERSE

PREVOUS

PAUSE SLOW

FSS

TRACK 1 TRACK 2

NDEX 1 INDEX 2 INDEX 3 INDEX 1 INDEX 2

VIDEO CD

TITLE 1

TITLE 2

CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2

DVD VIDEO

REC/OTR

P AYSTOP FSS

FORWARDREVERSE

NEXT PREVOUS

PAUSE SLOW

C EAR SE EC

ZOOM ANGLE SUBTTLE AUDO

DM REPEAT REPEAT SCAN

A/CH

ZYa

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34 PLAYBACK

Playing a DVD+RW or DVD+R

disc

l Insert a DVD+RW or DVD+R disc.

‰ If the inserted disc is write-protected, playback

starts automatically otherwise the Index Picture

Screen appears.

l Press 2 PLAY.

‰ Playback starts automatically from the point

where it was stopped the last time the disc was

played or recorded. If you want to start playback

from the beginning of the disc, you can do so via the

Index Picture Screen (see ‘Index Picture Screen’).

‰ If the disc is a new blank disc, the display will

show ‘EMPTY DISC’.

l To stop playback at any time, press 9 STOP.

‰ You return to the Index Picture Screen.

Playing a pre-recorded DVD-

Video disc

Some DVD discs are produced in a way that requires

specific operation or allows only limited operation

during playback. In these cases the recorder may not

respond to all operating commands. When this occurs,

please refer to the instructions in the disc inlay. When a

appears on the TV screen, the operation is not

permitted by the recorder or the disc.

l Insert a pre-recorded DVD-Video disc. Make sure

the label is facing up. If the disc is two-sided, make

sure the label of the side you want to play is facing

up.

‰ When ‘

autoresume

’ is set to ‘

’ (see ‘User

Preferences’) playback starts automatically from the

point where it was stopped, the last time the disc

was played.

‰ When ‘

autoresume

’ is set to ‘

Off

’, the disc will

play from the start of the disc. You can however

resume play from the point at which you stopped,

the last time the disc was played, by pressing

2 PLAY when appears on screen.

‰ The currently playing title and chapter number

are displayed on the recorder display. The elapsed

time is shown also.

Notes:

- DVD movies to be released at different times in different

regions of the world, all players have region codes and discs

can have an optional region code. If you load a disc of a

different region code to your recorder, you will see the region

code notice on the screen. The disc will not play, and should

be unloaded.

- The region code is stated on a label on the

back side of your recorder.

- Regional coding is not applicable for

recordable DVD discs.

l The disc may invite you to select an item from a

menu. If the selections are numbered, press the

appropriate numerical key; if not, use the w v u t

(down up right left cursor) keys to highlight your

selection, and press OK.

l To stop play at any time, press 9 STOP.

‰ The default screen will appear, giving information

about the current status of the recorder.

Note:

During playback you can display and enter the menu by

pressing DISC MENU.

Playing a (Super) Video CD disc

l Insert a (Super) Video CD.

‰ When ‘

autoresume

’ is set to ‘

’ (see ‘User

Preferences’) playback starts automatically from the

point where it was stopped, the last time the disc

was played.

‰ The disc may invite you to select an item from a

menu. If the selections are numbered, press the

appropriate numerical key 0-9.

l To stop play at any time, press 9 STOP.

‰ The default screen will appear.

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PLAYBACK 37

Scan

Plays the first 10 seconds of each chapter/index on the

disc.

l Press SCAN.

l To continue play at your chosen chapter/index,

press SCAN again or press 2 PLAY.

Time search

The Time Search function allows you to start playing at

any chosen time stamp.

l Select (Time Search) in the system menu bar.

l Press w (down cursor).

‰ The recorder will now go into pause mode.

‰ A time entry box appears on the screen showing

the elapsed playing time of the current disc.

l Use the digit keys 0-9 to enter the required start

time. Enter hours, minutes and seconds in the box.

‰ Each time an item has been entered, the next

item will be highlighted.

l Press OK to confirm the start time.

‰ The time entry box will disappear and play starts

from the selected time position.

Zoom

The Zoom function allows you to enlarge the video

image and to pan through the enlarged image.

l Select a Zoom in the system menu bar.

l Press w v (down up cursor) to activate the Zoom

function and select the required zoom factor; 1.33

or 2 or 4.

‰ The recorder will go into pause mode.

‰ The selected zoom factor appears below the

Zoom icon in the system menu bar and ‘

Press OK

to pan

’ appears below the system menu bar.

‰ The picture will change accordingly.

l Press OK to confirm the selection.

‰ The panning icons appear on the screen:

wvut(down up right left cursor) and OK.

l Use the wvut(down up right left cursor) keys

to pan all over the screen.

l When OK is pressed only the zoomed picture will

be shown on the screen.

l If you wish to zoom at any moment, press a Zoom

and select the required zoom factor as described

above.

l Press 2 PLAY to exit zoom mode.

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Still Picture and Step Frame

l Select (picture by picture) in the system menu

bar.

l Use the w (down cursor) key to enter the picture

by picture menu.

‰ The recorder will now go into pause mode.

l Use tu(left right cursor) keys to select previous

or next picture.

l Press 2 PLAY to exit picture by picture mode.

l Press v (up cursor) to exit the picture by picture

menu.

You can also step forward by using the ; PAUSE

repeatedly on the remote control.

l Select (Fast motion) in the system menu bar.

l Use the w (down cursor) keys to enter the fast

motion menu.

l Use the t u (left right cursor) keys to select the

required speed: ‘-

’, ‘-

’ or ‘-

’ (backward); ‘

’,

‘

’, ‘

’ (forward).

l Select ‘

’ to play at normal speed again.

l Press 2 PLAY to exit fast motion mode.

l Press v (up cursor) to delete the fast motion menu.

To search forward or backward through different speeds,

you can also press 5 REVERSE or 6 FORWARD

again.

Repeat

DVD Discs - Repeat chapter/title/disc

l To repeat the currently playing chapter, press

REPEAT.

‰ appears on screen.

l To repeat the currently playing title, press REPEAT

a second time

‰ appears on screen.

l To repeat the entire disc, press REPEAT a third

time

‰ appears on screen.

l To exit repeat mode, press REPEAT a fourth time.

Video CDs - Repeat track/disc

l To repeat the currently playing track, press

REPEAT.

‰ appears on screen.

l To repeat the entire disc, press REPEAT a second

time.

‰ appears on screen.

l To exit repeat mode, press REPEAT a third time.

Repeat A-B

To repeat or loop a sequence in a title:

l Press REPEAT A-B at your chosen starting point;

‰ appears on screen.

l Press REPEAT A-B again at your chosen end

point;

‰ repeat appears on screen, and the repeat

sequence begins.

l To exit the sequence, press REPEAT A-B.

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PLAYBACK 39

Special VCD features

Playback Control (PBC)

l Make sure PBC is switched ‘

’. See ‘User

Preferences-features settings’.

l Load a (Super) Video CD with PBC and press

2 PLAY.

‰ The PBC menu appears on screen.

l Go through the menu with the keys indicated on the

TV screen until your chosen passage starts to play.

If a PBC menu consists of a list of titles, you can

select a title directly.

l Enter your choice with the numerical keys 0-9.

l Press RETURN to go back to the previous menu.

Playing an audio CD

l Insert the disc.

‰ After loading the disc, playback starts

automatically.

‰ If the TV set is on, the Audio CD screen appears.

‰ During play, the current track number and its

elapsed playing time will be shown on the screen

and the recorder display.

l To stop play at any time, press 9 STOP.

‰ The number of tracks and the total playing time

will be shown on the screen and the recorder

display.

Pause

l Press ; PAUSE during play.

l To return to play, press 2 PLAY.

l To search forwards or backwards through the disc

at 4x normal speed, press 5 REVERSE or 6

FORWARD.

‰ Search begins.

l To step up to 8x normal speed, press 5 REVERSE

or 6 FORWARD again.

‰ Search goes to 8x speed, and the sound is muted.

l To return to 4x normal speed, press 5 REVERSE

or 6 FORWARD again.

l If the TV set is on, search speed and direction are

indicated on the screen each time 5 REVERSE or

6 FORWARD is pressed.

l To end the search, press 2 PLAYor 9 STOP as

desired.

Moving to another track

l Press K NEXT during play to step forward to the

next track.

l Press J PREVIOUS during play to return to the

beginning of the current track. Rapidly press

J PREVIOUS twice to step back to the previous

track.

l To go directly to any track, enter the track number

using the numerical keys 0-9.

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38 PLAYBACK

Special DVD-Video features

Menus on the disc

For titles and chapters, selection menus may be included

on the disc.

The DVD’s menu feature allows you to make selections

from these menus. Press the appropriate numerical key;

or use the wvut(down up right left cursor) keys to

highlight your selection, and press OK .

Title menus

l Press DISC MENU .

‰ If the current title has a menu, this appears on

the screen. If no menu is present in the title, the

disc menu will be displayed.

l The menu can list camera angles, spoken language

and subtitle options, and chapters for the title.

l To exit the title menu, press DISC MENU again.

Note:

Most DVD discs do not have separate disc and title menus.

Disc menu

If a DVD-Video disc has separate disc and title menus,

you can navigate to the disc menu as follows:

l Press T/C followed by DISC MENU .

‰ The disc menu is displayed.

l To remove the disc menu, press DISC MENU

again.

Camera Angle

If the disc contains sequences recorded from different

camera angles, the angle box appears, showing the

number of available angles, and the angle being shown.

You can then change the camera angle if you wish.

l Use the wvkeys to select the required angle in the

angle box.

l To go to any angle directly, enter the angle number

using the numerical keys 0-9.

‰ After a small delay, play changes to the selected

angle. The angle box remains displayed until multiple

angles are no longer available.

Changing the audio language

l Select Y (Audio) in the system menu bar.

l Press Y AUDIO or wv(down up cursor)

repeatedly to step through the different languages.

l You can enter the required language number directly

using the numerical keys 0-9.

Subtitles

l Select Z (Subtitle) in the system menu bar.

l Press Z SUBTITLE or wv(down up cursor)

repeatedly to step through the different subtitles, or

to switch the subtitles off.

l You can enter the required subtitle number directly

using the numerical keys 0-9.

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Access control

Child Lock (DVD and VCD)

When activating Child lock, only discs that are authorised

can be played without PIN code.

The recorder memory maintains a list of 50 authorized

(‘Child safe’) disc titles. A disc will be placed in the list

when ‘Play Always’ is selected in the ‘Child protect’ dialog.

Each time a ‘Child safe’ disc is played it will be placed on

top of the list. When the list is full and a new disc is added,

the least recently used will be removed from the list.

Activating/deactivating the child lock

l Select ‘

Access control

’ in the features menu using

wv (down up cursor) and press u (right cursor).

l Enter a 4-digit PIN code of your own choice using

the digit keys 0-9.

l Enter the code a second time.

l Move to ‘

Child lock

’ using wv (down up cursor).

l Move to Ç / É using the u (right cursor) key.

l Select Ç using wv (down up cursor).

l Press OK or t (left cursor) to confirm and press

SYSTEM MENU again to exit the menu.

‰ Now unauthorized discs will not be played unless

the 4-digit code is entered.

l Select É to deactivate the Child Lock.

Note:

Reconfirmation of the 4-digit PIN code is necessary when:

The code is entered for the very first time (see above);

The code is changed (see ‘Changing the 4-digit code’);

The code is cancelled (see ‘Changing the 4-digit code’);

Both Child Lock and Parental Control are switched Off and

the code is requested.

Authorizing discs when Child Lock is

activated

l Insert the disc.

‰ The ‘Child protect’ dialog will appear. You will be

asked to enter your secret code for ‘

Play once

’ or

‘

Play always

’. If you select ‘

Play once

’, the disc

can be played as long as it is in the recorder and the

recorder is in the On position. If you select ‘

Play

always

’, the disc will become Child safe

(authorized) and can always be played even if the

Child lock is set to ‘

’.

Note:

Double sided DVD discs may have a different ID for each

side. In order to make the disc ‘Child safe’, each side has to

be authorized.

Multi volume VCD disc may have a different ID for each

volume. In order to make the complete set ‘Child safe’, each

volume has to be authorized.

Securing discs

l Insert the disc.

‰ Playback starts automatically.

l Press 9 STOP while { is visible.

‰ | will appear and the disc is now banned i.e. it is

not Child safe any longer.

Play once

Play always

Choose 'Play always' to insert the disc in

the child safe list

locked

Acc ss Control

Access control

Status box

Autoresume

Low power standby

PBC

-- --- off on off

Child lock

Parental level

Change country

Change code

Access control

Status box

Autoresume

Low power standby

PBC

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Repeat track/disc

l To repeat the currently playing track, press

REPEAT.

‰ ‘

Repeat track

’ appears on screen.

l To repeat the entire disc, press REPEAT a second

time.

‰ ‘

Repeat disc

’ appears on screen.

l To exit repeat mode, press REPEAT a third time.

Repeat A-B

To repeat or loop a sequence:

l Press REPEAT A-B at your chosen starting point;

‰ ‘

Repeat A

’ appears on screen.

l Press REPEAT A-B again at your chosen end

point;

‰ ‘

Repeat A

’ appears on the display, and the

repeat sequence begins.

l To exit the sequence, press REPEAT A-B again.

Scan

Plays the first 10 seconds of each track on the disc.

l Press SCAN.

l To continue play at your chosen track, press SCAN

again or press 2 PLAY.

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ACCESS CONTROL 43

Changing the 4-digit code

l Select ‘

Access control

’ in the features menu using

wv (down up cursor) and press u (right cursor).

l Enter the old code.

l Move to ‘

Change code

’ using w (down cursor).

l Press u (right cursor).

l Enter the new 4-digit PIN code.

l Enter the code a second time and reconfirm with OK.

l Press SYSTEM MENU to exit the menu.

Note:

If you forgot your code, press

STOP four times while in

the access control PIN code box and exit with OK. Access

control is now switched off. You can then enter a new code

as described above.

Access control

Status box

Autoresume

Low power standby

PBC

-- --- off on off

Child lock

Parental level

Change country

Change code

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42 ACCESS CONTROL

Parental Level (DVD-Video only)

Movies on pre-recorded DVD discs may contain scenes

not suitable for children. Therefore discs may contain

‘Parental Control’ information which applies to the

complete disc or to certain scenes on the disc.

These scenes are rated from 1 to 8 and alternative, more

suitable scenes are available on the disc. Ratings are

country dependent. The ‘Parental Control’ feature allows

you to prevent discs from being played by your children

or to have certain discs played with alternative scenes.

Activating/Deactivating Parental Control

l Select ‘

Access control

’ in the features menu using

wv (down up cursor) and press u (right cursor).

l Enter your 4-digit PIN code using the digit keys 0-9.

If necessary enter the code a second time.

l Move to ‘

Parental level

’ using wv (down up cursor).

l Move to the Value Adjustment ba r using u (right

cursor).

l Use the wv(down up cursor) keys or the

numerical keys 0-9 on the remote control to select

a rating from 1 to 8 for the disc inserted.

Rating 0 (displayed as ‘– –’):

Parental Control is not activated. The disc will be played

in full.

Ratings 1 to 8 (1 = childsafe - 8 = adults only):

The disc contains scenes not suitable for children. If you

set a rating for the recorder, all scenes with the same

rating or lower will be played. Higher rated scenes will

not be played unless an alternative is available on the

disc. The alternative must have the same rating or a

lower one. If no suitable alternative is found, play will

stop and the 4-digit code has to be entered.

l Press OK or t (left cursor) to confirm and press

SYSTEM MENU again to exit the menu.

Country

l Select ‘

Access control

’ in the features menu using

wv (down up cursor) and press u (right cursor).

l Enter the four digit PIN code.

l Move to ‘

Change country

’ using w (down cursor).

l Press u (right cursor).

l Select a country using wv (down up cursor).

l Press OK or t (left cursor) to confirm and press

SYSTEM MENU again to exit the menu.

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Belgium

De mark.

Access control

Status box

Finland

Auto resume

Low power standby

PBC

-- --- off on off

Child lock

Parental level

Change country

Access control

Status box

Change code

Autoresume

Low power standby

PBC

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MANAGING DISC CONTENT 45

Disc Settings

For each DVD+RW or DVD+R disc the settings can be

changed to your personal preference in the disc settings

menu.

l In the Disc Info Screen press u (right cursor).

‰ You will now enter the ‘disc settings’ menu.

Changing the Disc Name

l In the Disc Info Screen press u (right cursor).

‰ You will now enter the ‘disc settings’ menu.

l Enter the new name. A name may contain a

maximum of 64 characters.

l Use tu(left right cursor) for the position of the

characters. Use wv (down up cursor) to change

characters.

l Use SELECT to toggle between capitals and lower

case characters.

l Use CLEAR to erase a character.

l Confirm by pressing OK.

Protection of recordings

l In the Disc Info Screen press u (right cursor).

‰ You will now enter the ‘disc settings’ menu.

l Select ‘

Protection

’ and press u (right cursor).

l Select ‘

Protected

’ with wv(down up cursor).

l Press OK on the remote control to confirm.

‰ No further changes can be made to the disc.

It will also disable most title/disc settings options, as

well as the complete edit menu.

‰ Future editing is only possible after resetting the

Protection feature to ‘

Unprotected

’ again.

Erasing a disc

This option is only aivailable for DVD+RW discs that are

not erase-protected.

l In the Disc Info Screen press u (right cursor).

‰ You will now enter the ‘disc settings’ menu.

l Select ‘

Erase disc

’ and press OK.

‰ The message '

This will erase all titles

’ is

displayed.

l Press OK to confirm or t (left cursor) to cancel.

‰ ‘

Erasing disc

’ is shown until the action is

completed.

‰ After the disc has been erased, the Index Picture

Screen will show the free space on the disc.

Finalising a DVD+R disc

While a DVD+RW disc can be played instantly on most

DVD players, a DVD+R disc can be played only on the

DVD recorder until it is finalised. After finalisation no

changes can be made to the disc anymore.

l In the Disc Info Screen press u (right cursor).

‰ You will now enter the ‘disc settings’ menu.

l Select ‘

Finalise disc

’ and press OK to confirm.

‰ ‘

Finalise disc

’ is shown until the action is

completed.

‰ After finalisation the Index Picture Screen will

appear.

If the DVD+R disc was recorded on a different brand of

DVD recorder you may not be able to access the Disc

Settings screen. In this case you can use the ‘

Finalise

disc

’ option in the features menu of the user

preferences menu.

Access control

Status box

Autoresume

Low power standby

Finalise disc

Features

Enter code ...OnOff

Off

Press OK

-- --- off on off

Settings for Summer h liday

Summer holiday

Disc name

Pr o t ction

Era se disc

Finalise isc

Unpro t e cte d

Pre s OK

Settings for Summer holiday

Summer holiday

Disc name

Protection

Erase disc

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Managing disc content

Title settings

For each title on a DVD+RW or DVD+R disc the

default settings can be changed to your personal

preference in the title settings menu.

Changing the title name

l In the Index Picture Screen, select the required title

with wv (down up cursor).

l Press u (right cursor) to enter the title settings menu.

l Enter the new name. A name may contain a

maximum of 64 characters.

l Use tu(left right cursor) for the position of the

characters. Use wv(down up cursor) to change

characters.

l Use SELECT to toggle between capitals and lower

case characters.

l Use CLEAR to erase a character.

l Confirm by pressing OK.

Play full title

l In the Index Picture Screen, select the required title

with wv (down up cursor).

l Press u (right cursor) to enter the title settings menu.

l Select ‘

Play full title

’.

When this item is selected the title will be played in full,

including hidden chapters. Follow the instructions on the

screen. (See ‘managing disc content - Favorite Scene

Selection’)

Erasing a title

You may simply erase a title on DVD+RW by recording

over it, but if you want to erase the whole title instantly,

do the following:

l In the Index Picture Screen, select the required title

with wv (down up cursor).

l Press u (right cursor) to enter the title settings menu.

l Select ‘

Erase this title

’

‰ The message '

This will completely erase this

title

', '

Press OK to confirm

' is shown.

l Press OK to confirm.

‰ ‘

Erasing title

...’ is shown until the action is

completed.

‰ After the title has been erased, the Index Picture

Screen will show an empty space instead. If there

was an empty space in front of or behind this title,

then these are combined into one empty space.

Empty spaces of less then one minute will not be

shown.

On DVD+R titles can also be erased but the space

occupied cannot be used anymore. During

finalisation erased titles are removed from the Index

Picture Screen.

Disc Info Screen

l When on the Index Picture Screen, press 9 STOP.

‰ You are now on Title 1.

l Press v (up cursor).

‰ You enter the Disc Info Screen.

l Press w (down cursor) to exit the Disc Info Screen.

The Disc Info Screen contains the following

information:

Directions For Use

BBC soccer

Name

Play full title

Erase this title

Settings for title BBC soccer

Compatibility status

- indicates compatibility of any edits

with DVD players

Video system

- PAL or SECAM

- NTSC

Disc description

DVD+R disc status

- unlocked

- locked

- disc name

Summer holiday5

- date of last recording

- total recording duration

- finalised

02:05:10 used5

Sun 13 12 99

Unlocked555

PAL555

Edits

DVD playback

23 13 h r

12 BBC1

Cue to go back to the Index Picture

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Inserting chapter markers

l In play mode press FSS on the remote control,

to call up the FSS menu.

l Select ‘

Insert chapter marker

’.

l Press OK on the remote control to insert a marker.

The maximum number of chapter markers is 99.

When this maximum is reached the on-screen message

‘

Too many chapters

’ appears. You have to delete some,

before inserting new chapter markers.

During recording you can add chapter markers by

pressing FSS on the remote control. The message

‘

Chapter marker inserted

’ will appear on the screen.

Hiding chapters

Initially all chapters are visible. You can hide chapters or

make them visible again on playback. In FSS mode however

hidden chapters are displayed in a dimmed mode.

l In play mode press FSS on the remote control to

call up the FSS menu.

l Select ‘

Current chapter

‘

’

with w or v (down up

cursor).

l Select ‘

Visible

’ or ‘

Hidden

’ with the u (right cursor)

key.

l You can toggle between ‘

Visible

’ and ‘

Hidden

’

directly from any line in the FSS menu with the

SELECT key on the remote control.

Deleting chapter markers

You van combine a chapter with the previous chapter in

the current title by deleting the chapter at the beginning

of the current chapter.

l In play mode press FSS on the remote control

to call up the FSS menu.

l Select ‘

Delete chapter marker

‘.

l Press OK on the remote control to confirm

‰ ‘

Deleting marker

’ will appear.

You can delete all chapter markers (manually and

automatically generated) in the current title.

l In play mode press FSS on the remote control

to call up the FSS menu.

l Select ‘

Delete chapter markers

‘.

l Press OK on the remote control to confirm

‰ ‘

Deleting markers

’ will appear.

Changing the index picture

You can define the current video frame as a miniature

picture to be used for this title’s entry in the Index

Picture Screen.

l In play mode press FSS on the remote control

to call up the FSS menu.

l Select ‘

New index picture

‘.

l You can use ; PAUSE and/or x SLOW to

accurately choose the desired picture.

l Press OK on the remote control to confirm.

‰ ‘

Updating menu

’ will appear.

p ay

1 2

Favourite scene selection

Insert chapter marker

Current chapter

Delete chapter marker

Delete all chapter markers

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Making your edits DVD-compatible

If one or more titles have been edited (see ‘Favourite

Scene Selection’), then the edits will play on your DVD

recorder, but a DVD player may show the original

versions instead of the edits. You can prepare your

DVD+RW discs so that also a DVD player will show the

edited version. This is not possible with DVD+R discs.

l If the Disc Settings menu shows the option ‘

Make

edits DVD compatible

’, select this option. If the

menu does not show this option, then your

DVD+RW disc is already compatible, and no

conversion is needed.

l Press OK on the remote control to confirm.

‰ The messages ‘

This will take

...’ and ‘

Press OK

to confirm

’ will appear to indicate how long the

action will take.

l Press OK on the remote control to confirm.

‰ ‘

Processing...

’ and a progress bar are shown

until the action is completed.

Favourite Scene Selection

The basic function of any edit operations is to improve

accessibility and handling of your recordings. For instance:

scenes you do not want to see during playback (e.g.

commercials during a movie) can be marked as chapters

and made hidden. During playback you will see your

recording without the hidden chapters as one sequence.

Note:

In between the scenes the picture may freeze for a short moment.

Each title consists of chapters. With the FSS menu any

chapter can be made hidden or made visible again.

Normally, during recording, chapter markers are inserted

automatically every five to six minutes (this setting can be

changed in the record settings menu). After the recording

is finished, you can manually add and remove chapter

markers via the FSS menu. Both automatically generated

and manually inserted chapter markers can be removed.

After editing, the modified version of a title is the default

playback version. The original can be accessed via the

‘

Play full title

’ option in the title settings menu. Other

DVD players may still play the original. To guarantee

that the edited version will play on these DVD players,

choose ‘

Make edits DVD

compatible

’ in the disc

settings menu (only available on DVD+RW discs).

Calling up the FSS menu

l Play the title you want to edit.

l Press the FSS key on the remote control.

‰ The video image is overlayed with a transparant edit

menu. Title and chapter information appear in an

information box at the top of the screen.

Note:

The Favourite Scene Selection menu may disappear after

about five minutes if you do not edit any information.

l Use w or v (down up cursor) to toggle through the

menu’s functions.

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Disc name

Protection

Unprotected

Press OK

Make edits DVD compatible

Erase disc

TMER

CLEAR SELECT

PLAYSTOP FSS

NEXT PREV OUS

FORWARDREVERSE

REC/OTR

PAUSE S OW

MONTOR ON/OFF

Press OK

Hidden

Favourite scene selection

1 1

Insert chapter marker

Current chapter

Delete chapter marker

Delete all chapter markers

play

Use picture as index

Divide title

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TROUBLESHOOTING 49

Troubleshooting

If it appears that the DVD recorder is faulty, first consult this checklist. It may be that something has been overlooked.

Under no circumstances attempt to repair the system yourself; this will invalidate the warranty. Look for the specific

symptom(s). Then perform only the actions listed to remedy the specific symptom(s).

Symptom Remedy

The recorder does not respond to • The remote control may be configured for a second DVD recorder.

the remote control Hold SELECT+1 pressed simultaneously to revert to DVD recorder 1.

• Aim the remote control directly at the sensor on the front of the

recorder.

• Avoid all obstacles which may interfere with the signal path.

• Inspect or replace the batteries.

Keys on the DVD recorder do not work • The DVD recorder may still be in Virgin mode. See ‘First time set-up:

virgin mode’.

• Otherwise disconnect and reconnect the DVD recorder from the

mains.

• If this does not solve the problem, check if the remote control still

works. If so, the recorder is probably in trade mode.

Disconnect the recorder from the mains and reconnect it while holding

/ OPEN/CLOSE and 9 STOP pressed.

No picture • Check if the TV set is switched on.

• Check the video connection.

• When the DVD recorder is connected to the TV set via

SCART

, you

may not see the picture at the DVD recorder after selecting the correct

programme number on your TV set when a timer recording takes place.

• This way, you can still view another device (e.g. a satellite receiver).

• To view the DVD recorder press TV/DVD on the remote control.

Distorted picture distorted sound • Check the disc for fingerprints and clean with a soft cloth, wiping from

centre to edge.

• Sometimes a small amount of picture distortion may appear. This is

not a malfunction.

Recorder does not play disc • Ensure the disc label is upwards and that the right disc type is inserted.

• Clean the disc.

• Check if the disc is defective by trying another disc.

• Check if the region code of the disc matches the region code of the

recorder. (pre-recorded DVD discs only). See ‘playing a pre-recorded

DVD-Video disc’.

• Check if Child Lock is activated.

Distorted sound from HiFi amplifier • Check to make sure that no audio connections are made to amplifier

phono input.

• Check to make sure that analogue input of the amplifier is not

connected to the digital output of the DVD recorder.

Distorted or black and white picture with • The disc format is not according to the TV set used (PAL/NTSC).

DVD or Video CD disc

No audio at digital output • Check the digital connections.

• Check the settings menu to make sure that the digital output is set to

on.

• Check if the audio format of the selected audio language matches your

receiver capabilities.

Recorder does not respond to all • Some operations are not permitted by the disc. Refer to the

operating commands during playback instructions in the disc inlay.

of a DVD-Video disc

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Dividing a title

On a DVD+RW disc you split one title into two

separate titles. (On DVD+R this is not possible.)

l On the Index Picture Screen, select the title you

want to divide.

l Press 2 PLAY.

l Go to the point where you want to divide the title

and press ; PAUSE.

l Press FSS.

‰ The Favourite Scene Selection menu is shown.

l Select ‘

Divide title

’.

l Press OK on the remote control to confirm.

‰ ‘

Dividing title...

’ is shown until the action is

completed. This divide operation cannot be undone.

The Index Picture Screen will show two titles instead of

one. Both will have the same name. If you want to

change the name, you can do so in the title settings

menu. For one of the two resulting titles, a new index

picture is created.

If you want to divide one title into more than two titles,

use the above procedure several times.

Append recording

This function is only available on DVD+RW discs.

If you want to append a video recording to an earlier

recorded title, do the following.

l On the Index Picture Screen, select the title to

which you want to add a video recording.

l Press 2 PLAY.

l At the point where you want to append the title

press ; PAUSE.

l To monitor the video input you may press

MONITOR.

l Press RECORD (on the recorder) or REC/OTR

(on the remote control).

The video recording will now be appended from this

point. Video material beyond this point is overwritten.

This may include titles following the current title.

Any remaining video material that is not overwritten,

which may include the last part of the original title, is

maintained. You can access these titles from the Index

Picture Screen.

Directions For Use

NEXT PREV OUS

RECOTR

NEXT PREV OUS

REC/OTR

MONTOR ON OFF

ORWARDREVERSE

PAUSE SLOW

FORWARDREVERSE

PAUSE SLOW

NEXT PREV OUS

REC/OTR

P AYSTOP SS

PLAYSTOP FSS

SELECT

C EAR

TMER

a P

Hidden

Favourite scene selection

1 2

Insert chapter marker

Current chapter

Delete chapter marker

play

Press OK

Delete all chapter markers

Use picture as index

Divide title

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Diagnosis programme

If the recorder is still faulty you can start the Diagnosis

Programme in the recorder.

You can operate the Diagnosis Programme by following

the instructions step by step.

Instructions

l Unplug the power cord of the recorder.

l Press the 2 PLAY key and keep them pressed

while you plug the recorder.

‰ On the display the message ‘BUSY’ appears

together with a counter. This counter indicates the

termination of the test when zero is reached.

‰ After a few minutes the message on the local

display changes over from ‘BUSY’ to ‘FAIL’ or to

‘PASS’.

‰ If the message ‘FAIL’ appears on the display,

there is apparently a failure in your recorder and

your recorder should be repaired.

l Consult your dealer or the Philips Customer Care

Centre for the nearest Service Repair Shop in your

country. The phone number is given in your

warranty booklet.

l If the message ‘PASS’ appears on the display, there

is apparently no failure in your recorder, in this case

the failure can be caused by incorrect interpretation

of the operating instructions or a wrong disc is used

or your recorder is not correctly connected. In this

case you should consult your dealer or the Philips

Customer Care Centre for further assistance in

solving the problem.

l If the problem remains, then consult your Philips

Customer Care Centre.

System limitations

DVD+RW and DVD+R discs may not play on certain

DVD Video players.

A DVD+RW video disc that has been recorded on a

different type or brand of recorder can be played, but

may not provide all features commonly available to

DVD+RW discs, such as the on-screen disc bar, the disc

settings menu, the title settings menu, and editing.

Refer to ‘Adapt disc format’. If the disc is write-

protected, the status cannot be changed.

When using manual recording, the DVD recorder will

warn before adapting the format of the disc or removing

non-video data. When using timer recording however,

the DVD recorder will always start to record, unless the

disc is write-protected. Menus, edits and other data

recorded on a different device (e.g. a PC) may be lost.

Because of the Variable Bit Rate, a title map take up less

or more space than the overwritten title, even though

the duration is the same. As a result, a part of the

original title may remain, or a part of the next title may

be lost. The maximum deviation is five minutes.

After a power interruption during recording, the Index

Picture Screen will may not match with the actual video

content on the disc. The last recorded title may be lost.

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The recorder does not record • Make sure that the recorder is switched to standby before the timer

timer programme starts.

No new title can be recorded • Check if the maximum number of titles has been reached (message:

‘

too many titles

’ on screen). If so, delete a title next to a free space.

• Check if the disc is write protected. If so, unlock the disc in the disc

settings menu (message: ‘

Disc locked

’ on screen).

• Check if the (DVD+R) disc has been finalized. If so, no new titles can

be recorded anymore.

Service codes on the display • Clean the disc. The recording was most probably done correctly.

‘Disc warning’ message on screen • A write error has occured, but it could be corrected. No user action

is required.

‘Disc error’ message on screen • A write error has occured from which the recorder could not

recover. Inspect the disc and clean it if necessary (refer to ‘Intoduction -

Cleaning discs’ for cleaning instruction). Record (overwrite) again over

the same part of the disc to see if the problem is solved

Disc errors • A disc might be corrupted because of dust, scratches or fingerprints.

If the disc cannot be accessed anymore, use the back-up disc erase

procedure to repair it. Proceed as follows:

1. Clean the disc.

2. Put disc in the drawer (do not close the tray).

3. Press and hold CLEAR for several seconds until the tray closes.

Two languages are ‘mixed’ when • When the TV set does not automatically detect the dual-language

recording from a stereo VCR signal,use left/right audio balance on the TV set to amplify the one or

the other language.

The disc cannot be erased because the 1. Open the tray while leaving the disc in.

Index Picture Screen does not appear 2. Hold CLEAR pressed for around 5 seconds until the tray closes. The

disc is technically not yet erased but you can start a new recording like

on a blank disc.

The Index Picture Screen does not appear • Take out the disc. Clear the disc. Insert the disc.

but the titles on the disc can still be played Choose ‘Adapt to own disc format’ (See ‘User Preferences - Features).

A DVD player shows the Index Picture • Press 9 STOP to exit the Index Picture Screen, then press 2 PLAY.

Screen but does not react to

the 2 PLAY key

A DVD+RW disc does not play • There are DVD Players that will not play recordings made with a DVD

on a certain DVD player Recorder. With a special procedure the recorder will solve this problem

for some players. Proceed as follows:

1. Put the disc in the drawer (do not close the tray)

2. Press and hold the 2 key on the remote control for several seconds

until the tray closes. The disc is now modified.

3. If the change has no effect, you may perform the same procedure

with the 3 key on the remote control.

Note :

Modifying the disc can solve the problem for a specific player model, but

playback in other DVD players may no longer be possible.

It is therefore recommended to use this procedure carefully and only when

needed.

• To revert the disc to the original state, follow the same procedure

with the 1 key on the remote control.

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52 GLOSSARY

This section explains most important terms, abbreviations, and acronyms used in this document.

Term Explanation

AC-3 Audio Coding 3, also known as Dolby Digital. Multi-channel digital audio

compression system from Dolby Labs.

A/V Audio/Video

Chapter A part of a title.

Disc Bar A graphical representation of the contents of a (DVD+RW) disc.

Disc Pointer An arrow indicating the current playback/recording position on the

DVD+RW disc, displayed on the ‘disc bar’.

DTS Digital Theater System. A high-end Multi-channel audio compression

format.

DV Digital Video. A camcorder format for high-quality video, different from

MPEG. It is converted into MPEG 2 Video when recorded on DVD+RW

DVD Digital Versatile Disc

DVD+R DVD+Recordable. The write-once disc standard used by the DVD

recorder.

DVD+RW DVD+ReWritable. One of the disc standards used by the DVD

recorder.

EasyLink If your TV set and your video recorder are equipped with this feature,

they can exchange information to adjust certain settings to each other,

such as the TV channel order and other user preferences.

FSS Favorite Scene Selection. see ‘Managing disc content’.

i.LINK Also known as ‘FireWire’ and ‘IEEE 1394’. A cable for transfer of high-

bandwidth digital signals, as used by Digital Video camcorders.

Index Picture Screen A screen that gives an overview of a DVD+RW disc, wih ‘index

pictures’ that each represent a recording.

MPEG Motion Picture Experts Group. A collection of compression systems for

digital audio and video.

IEW

Link A system that enables easy programming of a video recorder via a TV

set. Also see EasyLink.

NICAM System for reception of digital stereo TV sound.

NTSC See TV system.

OSD On-screen Display. The ‘user interface’ by which you can control the

DVD recorder via the TV screen.

OTR One-Touch Recording. With this feature you can easily start a

recording (by pushing just one button) and select the switch-off time in

intervals of 30 minutes.

Glossary

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