Pinnacle Instant DVD Recorder
User’s Guide
GB
Instant DVD Recorder
User’s Guide
GB/US August 2005
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Contents
OVERVIEW 1
W
ELCOME
INSTALLING AND STARTING DVD RECORDER 2
I
NSTALLING THE INSTANT
S
TARTING THE INSTANT
1
DVD R
DVD R
ECORDER
ECORDER
2
2
CREATING A DVD 3
T
HE DIRECT-TO-DISC WIZARD
The Start Window 3
Window 1: Select video source 4
Window 2: Select a burner and insert the DVD 7
Window 3: Select menu style 9
Window 4: Start recording 12
A
DVANCED MODE
Advanced Mode 14
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FINISH RECORDING 16
F
INISH RECORDING
16
LICENSE AGREEMENT 17
Pinnacle End User License Agreement 17
User’s Guide i
Overview
W
ELCOME
The Instant DVD Recorder makes it possible for you to quickly and easily burn videos
direct-to-disc, i.e. from your video source directly to a DVD – without complicated
intermediate storage on your hard disk!
You simply have to connect your video source, start Instant DVD Recorder and after just
a few steps your burned DVD will be completed.
Instant DVD Recorder makes it possible for you to burn videos to your DVD from
various devices: whether its a TV card, a DV camcorder or an analog video source - the
Instant DVD Recorder creates a DVD with the video you choose.
In addition, you can decide whether you would like to be guided by the Direct-to-Disc
Wizard through the individual settings in an easily understandable way or instead save
even more time by performing all of the necessary settings directly in a single window.
And now have lots of fun with your Instant DVD Recorder!
User’s Guide 1
Installing and Starting DVD Recorder
I
NSTALLING THE INSTANT
Instant DVD Recorder and Studio Plus 10/Studio MediaSuite
If the Instant DVD Recorder is included in the Studio Plus 10/Studio MediaSuite, the
program will be installed at the same time Studio Plus is installed.
This installation is described in detail in the Pinnacle Studio MediaSuite manual.
Instant DVD Recorder (stand-alone)
DVD R
ECORDER
The following steps explain how to install the Instant DVD Recorder as a stand-alone
program:
1. Insert the Instant DVD Recorder CD into your CD drive. The setup program will start
automatically. If it does not start automatically, manually start the installation by
double-clicking the file autorun.exe.
2. Follow the instructions given by the installation program.
During installation, you will be prompted to enter the serial number. The serial
number is either on the Instant DVD Recorder CD, on the CD jewel case or you
received the serial number after buying the program online.
S
TARTING THE INSTANT
There are different ways to start the Instant DVD Recorder depending on the variation of
the product you bought.
Instant DVD Recorder and Studio Plus 10
If you installed the Instant DVD Recorder with Studio Plus 10, the easiest way to start
the Instant DVD Recorder is to click the Studio Launcher on your desktop or open the
Start menu and go to Programs
DVD R
¾
Studio 10 ¾ Studio Launcher.
ECORDER
Instant DVD Recorder and Studio MediaSuite
If the Studio MediaSuite has also been installed with Studio Plus 10, you can start the
Studio MediaSuite by clicking the Studio Launcher on your desktop or opening the Start
menu and go to Programs
Instant DVD Recorder
If you have bought the Instant DVD Recorder as a stand-alone program, you can start it
by simply clicking the Instant DVD Recorder icon on your desktop or opening the
Windows Start menu and going to Programs
Recorder.
2
Instant DVD Recorder
¾
Studio 10 or Studio MediaSuite ¾ Studio Launcher.
¾
Instant DVD Recorder ¾ Instant DVD
Creating a DVD
T
HE DIRECT-TO
The Start Window
The Start Window of the Direct-to-Disc Wizard opens after the Instant DVD Recorder
has been started.
-D
ISC WIZARD
Here you can decide whether you want to have the Wizard guide you through the
various settings in an easily understandably way or whether you would prefer to perform
all of the necessary settings directly in Advanced Mode.
We recommend that let the Wizard guide you through the program at the beginning and
only later perform the necessary settings in Advanced Mode after you have become
familiar with the Instant DVD Recorder.
User’s Guide 3