Pioneer DVR-532H-S, DVR-633H-S, DVR-531H-S, DVR-533H-S User Manual

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DVR-633H-S DVR-533H-S DVR-532H-S DVR-531H-S

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Operating Instructions

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Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate your model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them away in a safe place for future reference.

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

The lightning flash with arrowhead, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.

CAUTION:

TO PREVENT THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE – THE SERIAL NUMBER FOR THIS EQUIPMENT IS LOCATED IN THE REAR.

PLEASE WRITE THIS SERIAL NUMBER ON YOUR ENCLOSED WARRANTY CARD AND KEEP IN A SECURE AREA. THIS IS FOR YOUR SECURITY.

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Information to User

Alteration or modifications carried out without appropriate authorization may invalidate the user’s right to operate the equipment.

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NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to

Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

– Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. – Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. – Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. – Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

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CAUTION : USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES OTHER THAN THOSE

SPECIFIED HEREIN MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS RADIATION EXPOSURE.

CAUTION : THE USE OF OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH THIS PRODUCT WILL INCREASE EYE HAZARD.

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WARNING – TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK

HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.

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CAUTION: This product satisfies FCC regulations when shielded cables and connectors are used to connect the

unit to other equipment. To prevent electromagnetic interference with electric appliances such as radios and televisions, use shielded cables and connectors for connections.

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This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

Cet appareil numérique de la Classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

READ INSTRUCTIONS — All the safety and

operating instructions should be read before the product is operated.

RETAIN INSTRUCTIONS — The safety and

operating instructions should be retained for future reference.

HEED WARNINGS — All warnings on the product

and in the operating instructions should be adhered to.

FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS — All operating and use

instructions should be followed.

CLEANING — The product should be cleaned only

with a polishing cloth or a soft dry cloth. Never clean with furniture wax, benzine, insecticides or other volatile liquids since they may corrode the cabinet.

ATTACHMENTS — Do not use attachments not

recommended by the product manufacturer as they may cause hazards.

WATER AND MOISTURE — Do not use this

product near water — for example, near a bathtub, wash bowl, kitchen sink, or laundry tub; in a wet basement; or near a swimming pool; and the like.

ACCESSORIES — Do not place this product on an

unstable cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table. The product may fall, causing serious injury to a child or adult, and serious damage to the product. Use only with a cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table recommended by the manufacturer, or sold with the product. Any mounting of the product should follow the manufacturer’s instructions, and should use a mounting accessory recommended by the manufacturer.

CART — A product and cart combination should be

moved with care. Quick stops, excessive force, and uneven surfaces may cause the product and cart combination to overturn.

VENTILATION — Slots and openings in the cabinet

are provided for ventilation and to ensure reliable operation of the product and to protect it from overheating, and these openings must not be blocked or covered. The openings should never be blocked by placing the product on a bed, sofa, rug, or other similar surface. This product should not be placed in a built-in installation such as a bookcase or rack unless proper ventilation is provided or the manufacturer’s instructions have been adhered to.

POWER SOURCES — This product should be

operated only from the type of power source indicated on the marking label. If you are not sure of the type of power supply to your home, consult your product dealer or local power company.

LOCATION – The appliance should be installed in a

stable location.

NONUSE PERIODS – The power cord of the

appliance should be unplugged from the outlet when left un-used for a long period of time.

GROUNDING OR POLARIZATION

• If this product is equipped with a polarized alternating current line plug (a plug having one blade wider than the other), it will fit into the outlet only one way. This is a safety feature. If you are unable to insert the plug fully into the outlet, try reversing the plug. If the plug should still fail to fit, contact your electrician to replace your obsolete outlet. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized plug.

• If this product is equipped with a three-wire grounding type plug, a plug having a third (grounding) pin, it will only fit into a grounding type power outlet. This is a safety feature. If you are unable to insert the plug into the outlet, contact your electrician to replace your obsolete outlet. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the grounding type plug.

POWER-CORD PROTECTION — Power-supply

cords should be routed so that they are not likely to be walked on or pinched by items placed upon or against them, paying particular attention to cords at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the product.

OUTDOOR ANTENNA GROUNDING — If an

outside antenna or cable system is connected to the product, be sure the antenna or cable system is grounded so as to provide some protection against voltage surges and built-up static charges. Article 810 of the National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70, provides information with regard to proper grounding of the mast and supporting structure, grounding of the lead-in wire to an antenna discharge unit, size of grounding conductors, location of antenna-discharge unit, connection to grounding electrodes, and requirements for the grounding electrode. See Figure A.

LIGHTNING — For added protection for this

product during a lightning storm, or when it is left unattended and unused for long periods of time, unplug it from the wall outlet and disconnect the antenna or cable system. This will prevent damage to the product due to lightning and power-line surges.

POWER LINES — An outside antenna system

should not be located in the vicinity of overhead power lines or other electric light or power circuits, or where it can fall into such power lines or circuits. When installing an outside antenna system, extreme care should be taken to keep from touching such power lines or circuits as contact with them might be fatal.

OVERLOADING — Do not overload wall outlets,

extension cords, or integral convenience receptacles as this can result in a risk of fire or electric shock.

ELECTRIC SERVICE EQUIPMENT

Fig. A

OBJECT AND LIQUID ENTRY — Never push

objects of any kind into this product through openings as they may touch dangerous voltage points or short-out parts that could result in a fire or electric shock. Never spill liquid of any kind on the product.

SERVICING — Do not attempt to service this

product yourself as opening or removing covers may expose you to dangerous voltage or other hazards. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel.

DAMAGE REQUIRING SERVICE — Unplug this

product from the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions:

• When the power-supply cord or plug is damaged.

• If liquid has been spilled, or objects have fallen into the product.

• If the product has been exposed to rain or water.

• If the product does not operate normally by following the operating instructions. Adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating instructions as an improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage and will often require extensive work by a qualified technician to restore the product to its normal operation.

• If the product has been dropped or damaged in any way.

• When the product exhibits a distinct change in performance — this indicates a need for service.

REPLACEMENT PARTS — When replacement parts

are required, be sure the service technician has used replacement parts specified by the manufacturer or have the same characteristics as the original part. Unauthorized substitutions may result in fire, electric shock, or other hazards.

SAFETY CHECK — Upon completion of any service

or repairs to this product, ask the service technician to perform safety checks to determine that the product is in proper operating condition.

WALL OR CEILING MOUNTING — The product

should not be mounted to a wall or ceiling.

HEAT — The product should be situated away from

heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other products (including amplifiers) that produce heat.

GROUND CLAMP

GROUND CLAMPS

POWER SERVICE GROUNDING ELECTRODE SYSTEM (NEC ART 250, PART H)

NEC — NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE

ANTENNA LEAD IN WIRE

ANTENNA DISCHARGE UNIT (NEC SECTION 810-20)

GROUNDING CONDUCTORS (NEC SECTION 810-21)

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DANGER

VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN. AVOID DIRECT EXPOSURE TO BEAM.

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 authorized 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.

CAUTION – PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK DO

NOT USE THIS (POLARIZED) PLUG WITH AN EXTENSION CORD.

RECEPTACLE OR OTHER OUTLET

UNLESS THE BLADES CAN BE FULLY INSERTED TO PREVENT BLADE EXPOSURE.

ATTENTION –

POUR PREVENIR LES CHOCS ELECTRIQUES NE PAS UTILISER CETTE FICHE POLARISEE AVEC UN PROLONGATEUR UNE PRISE DE COURANT OU UNE AUTRE SORTIE DE COURANT, SAUF SI LES LAMES PEUVENT ETRE INSEREES A FOND SANS EN LAISSER AUCUNE PARTIE A DECOUVVERT.

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POWER-CORD CAUTION

Handle the power cord by the plug. Do not pull out the plug by tugging the cord and never touch the power cord when your hands are wet as this could cause a short circuit or electric shock. Do not place the unit, a piece of furniture, etc., on the power cord, or pinch the cord. Never make a knot in the cord or tie it with other cords. The power cords should be routed such that they are not likely to be stepped on. A damaged power cord can cause a fire or give you an electrical shock. Check the power cord once in a while. When you find it damaged, ask your nearest PIONEER authorized service center or your dealer for a replacement.

This product is for general household purposes. Any failure due to use for other than household purposes (such as long-term use for business purposes in a restaurant or use in a car or ship) and which requires repair will be charged for even during the warranty period.

This product includes FontAvenue® fonts licenced by NEC corporation. FontAvenue is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation.

WARNING: Handling the cord on this product or cords associated with accessories sold with the product will expose you to lead, a chemical known to the State of California and other governmental entities to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm.

Wash hands after handling

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NOTE TO CATV SYSTEM INSTALLER

THIS REMINDER IS PROVIDED TO CALL THE CATV SYSTEM INSTALLER’S ATTENTION TO ARTICLE 82040 OF THE NEC THAT PROVIDES GUIDELINES FOR PROPER GROUNDING AND, IN PARTICULAR, SPECIFIES THAT THE CABLE GROUND SHALL BE CONNECTED TO THE GROUNDING SYSTEM OF THE

his product contains mercury. Disposal of this material may be regulated due to environmental considerations. For disposal or recycling information, please contact your local authorities or the Electronics Industries Alliance : www.eiae.org.

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BUILDING, AS CLOSE TO THE POINT OF CABLE ENTRY AS PRACTICAL.

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Recording equipment and copyright: You may use

this product only to reproduce or copy materials for which you own the copyright or have obtained permission to copy from the copyright owner or for which you otherwise have a legal right to reproduce or copy. Unless you own the copyright or have obtained permission from the copyright owner or otherwise have a legal right to reproduce or copy, you may be violating the law, including copyright law, and may be subject to payment of damages and other remedies.

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Selecting fine audio equipment such as the unit you’ve just purchased is only the start of your musical enjoyment. Now it’s time to consider how you can maximize the fun and excitement your equipment offers. This manufacturer and the Electronic Industries Association’s Consumer Electronics Group want you to get the most out of your equipment by playing it at a safe level. One that lets the sound come through loud and clear without annoying blaring or distortion-and, most importantly, without affecting your sensitive hearing.

Sound can be deceiving. Over time your hearing “comfort level” adapts to higher volumes of sound. So what sounds “normal” can actually be loud and harmful to your hearing. Guard against this by setting your equipment at a safe level BEFORE your hearing adapts.

To establish a safe level:

• Start your volume control at a low setting.

• Slowly increase the sound until you can hear it

comfortably and clearly, and without distortion.

Once you have established a comfortable sound level:

• Set the dial and leave it there.

We Want You Listening For A Lifetime

Used wisely, your new sound equipment will provide a lifetime of fun and enjoyment. Since hearing damage from loud noise is often undetectable until it is too late, this manufacturer and the Electronic Industries Association’s Consumer Electronics Group recommend you avoid prolonged exposure to excessive noise. This list of sound levels is included for your protection.

Decibel Level Example

30 Quiet library, soft whispers 40

Living room, refrigerator, bedroom away from traffic 50 Light traffic, normal conversation, quiet office 60 Air conditioner at 20 feet, sewing machine 70 Vacuum cleaner, hair dryer, noisy restaurant 80

Average city traffic, garbage disposals, alarm clock at two feet.

THE FOLLOWING NOISES CAN BE DANGEROUS UNDER CONSTANT EXPOSURE

Subway, motorcycle, truck traffic, lawn mower 100 Garbage truck, chain saw, pneumatic drill 120 Rock band concert in front of speakers, thunderclap 140 Gunshot blast, jet plane 180 Rocket launching pad

Information courtesy of the Deafness Research Foundation.

Taking a minute to do this now will help to prevent hearing damage or loss in the future. After all, we want you listening for a lifetime.

CAUTION

This product is a class 1 laser product, but this product contains a laser diode higher than Class 1. To ensure continued safety, do not remove any covers or attempt to gain access to the inside of the product. Refer all servicing to qualified personnel.

The following caution label appears on your unit. Location: inside of the unit

CLASS 3B VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION

CAUTION

WHEN OPEN, AVOID EXPOSURE TO THE BEAM. RADIATIONS LASER VISIBLES ET INVISIBLES DE CLASSE 3B

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Contents

01 Before you start

Features What’s in the box Putting the batteries in the remote control Using the remote control Disc / content format playback compatibility About the internal hard disk drive

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02 Connecting up

Rear panel connections Front panel connections Easy connections Using other types of video output Connecting to a cable box or satellite receiver (1) Connecting to a cable box or satellite receiver (2) Connecting to an AV amplifier or receiver Connecting other AV sources Plugging in

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03 Controls and displays

Front panel Remote control Display

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04 Getting started

Switching on and setting up Setting up the TV Guide On Screen™ system Selecting the hard disk or DVD for playback and recording Making your first recording Using the built-in TV tuner Basic playback Using the Home Menu Displaying disc information on-screen

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05 Using the TV Guide On Screen™ interactive program guide

Introduction Using the TV Guide On Screen™ system The Listings screen Recording programs Setting program reminders Searching for programs Scheduling recordings and reminders Changing setup options TV Guide On Screen™ FAQ and troubleshooting

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06 Recording

About DVD recording About HDD recording Recording time and picture quality Recorded audio Restrictions on video recording Setting the picture quality/recording time Basic recording from the TV Simultaneous recording and playback Recording from an external component Recording from a DV camcorder Playing your recordings on other DVD players Initializing a recordable DVD disc

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07 Playback

Introduction Navigating discs and the HDD Using the Disc Navigator to browse the contents of a disc. Scanning discs

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Frame advance/frame reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

The Play Mode menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Displaying and switching subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Switching DVD soundtracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Switching audio channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Switching camera angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

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08 Copying and back-up

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

One Touch Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Using Copy Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Using disc back-up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

09 Editing

The Disc Navigator screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Command menu panel options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Editing accuracy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

HDD genres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

10 The PhotoViewer

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11 The Disc Setup menu

Introduction Basic settings Initialize settings Finalize settings Optimize HDD Initialize HDD

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12 The Video/Audio Adjust menu

Setting the picture quality for TV and external inputs Setting the picture quality for disc playback Audio DRC

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13 The Initial Setup menu

Using the Initial Setup menu

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14 Additional information

Resetting the recorder Setting up the remote to control your TV

Screen sizes and disc formats Minimum copying times Troubleshooting Frequently asked questions About DV Manual recording modes Additional information for cable/satellite/STB (set-top box) users Language code list Country/Area code list On-screen displays and recorder displays Handling discs Cleaning the pickup lens Condensation Hints on installation Glossary Specifications

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Index

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Before you start

Chapter 1

Before you start

Features

• Built-in TV Guide On Screen™ interactive program guide

The TV Guide On Screen™ system is a free, interactive onscreen TV programming guide. You can see what’s on TV today and in the coming week, search TV listings by program categories or by using your own keywords, and even set the recorder to record programs with the press of a button.

Please note: The TV Guide On Screen™ interactive program guide incorporated in this product supports and provides listings for cable-ready televisions, cable set-top-box supplied from most cable operators, and digital cable services as well as over-the-air broadcasts. TV Guide On Screen™ does not support or provide listings for any satellite services. Satellite subscribers should use the manual recording features built into this unit to record shows.

• HDD recording

Record video on the DVR-633H-S’s internal 160 GB (gigabyte) hard disk (HDD), or the DVR-533H-S/DVR532H-S/DVR-531H-S’s 80 GB HDD.

With both recordable DVD and a high-capacity HDD in the same recorder, you have the flexibility to keep recordings on the HDD or record to DVD.

• Copy between HDD and DVD

You can copy recordings between the HDD and DVD. When copying to DVD you can usually use the highspeed copy feature.

You can also choose to copy material at a different recording quality from the original. For example, you might want to copy an XP mode (highest quality) recording on the HDD to SP (standard play) quality on a DVD so that you can fit other recordings on the same disc.

• One Touch Copy

One Touch Copy makes copying the currently playing title from HDD to DVD, or DVD to HDD as simple as pressing a button.

• High quality, real-time copying

When recording to the HDD, picture quality data is also stored so that picture quality can be optimized when making real-time copies to DVD later.

(This is applicable only to MN16–32 HDD recordings (Video Mode Off), or MN12–32 / XP+ recordings (Video Mode On).

HDD

• Chase play

Using chase play you can start watching a recording from the beginning, while continuing to record. For example, you could set a timer recording for a program that you’re going to miss the first 15 minutes of, then start watching while the recorder is still recording the program 15 minutes ahead of you.

• Simultaneous recording and playback

VR mode HDD

HDD and DVD playback and recording are completely independent. For example, you can record a broadcast program to a recordable DVD, while watching another recording you already made on the same DVD.

• On-screen Help

Use the help screen for the current operation.

• Disc Navigator

The on-screen Disc Navigator makes finding your way around the contents of a disc or the HDD easy. For recordable DVD and HDD content, moving thumbnail images are displayed for ease of use. The Disc Navigator is also where you can edit HDD and recordable DVD content.

• Home Menu

The Home Menu gives you on-screen access to all the recorder’s features in one convenient place, from setting up the recorder, to programming a timer recording and editing a recording.

• Progressive scan-compatible

Compared to standard interlaced video, progressive scan effectively doubles the amount of video information fed to your TV or monitor. (Check your TV/monitor for compatibility with this feature.)

• Cinema-style surround sound in your home

Connect this recorder to a Dolby Digital and/or DTScompatible AV amp/receiver to enjoy full surround sound effects from Dolby Digital and DTS DVD discs.

• One Touch Recording

Use One Touch Recording to start recording immediately in 30 minute blocks. Each time you press the button, the recording time is extended by another 30 minutes, up to six hours.

HELP

VR mode HDD

button on the remote control to display a



REC

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• Optimized recording

Optimized recording adjusts the recording quality automatically if a timer recording will not fit onto a disc with the settings that you made.

Please note that the quality of recordings may be reduced if a longer recording time is used.

• Super high quality HDD recording

Using the

XP+

recording mode you can record super

HDD

high quality video (around 15 Mbps data transfer rate) to the HDD.

• High quality 16-bit Linear PCM audio

In the

LPCM

recording mode, audio is recorded in uncompressed 16-bit Linear PCM format. This delivers great sounding audio to accompany the high picture quality.

• Picture quality adjustment features

During playback, you can adjust various picture quality settings to improve the picture. You can also adjust the recording picture quality. For example, if you want to make a DVD copy of an old video tape, you can optimize the picture quality before transferring it to disc.

• Find what you want to watch quickly and easily

Unlike video tape that needs to be wound to the correct place, you can jump right to the part of a DVD disc or the HDD that you want to watch. Search for a point on a disc by title, chapter or time.

• Manual recording

In addition to six preset recording quality modes, the manual recording mode allows you to access 34 different recording quality/time settings, giving you precise control over the recording.

• Record from a DV camcorder

DVR-633/533H-S only

This recorder has a built-in DV (Digital Video) input for connection to a DV camcorder. This makes it ideal for transferring camcorder footage to DVD or HDD for editing.

• Safe, non-destructive editing

VR mode

When editing Play List content, the actual content of the disc (the Original content) is not touched. The edited version (the Play List content) just points to various parts of the Original content.

• Play Video mode recordings on a regular DVD

Video mode

player

Discs recorded using the Video mode can be played back on regular DVD players, including computer DVD drives

compatible with DVD-Video playback

* ‘DVD-Video format’ recording: The use of the DVD-Video format for recording on DVD-R and DVD-RW discs is referred to as recording in ‘Video mode’ on Pioneer’s DVD recorders. Supporting playback of DVDR / DVD-RW discs is optional for manufacturers of DVD playback equipment, and there is DVD playback equipment that does not play DVD-R or DVD-RW discs recorded in the DVD-Video format. Note: ‘Finalization’ is required.

• WMA, MP3 and JPEG file playback

This recorder can play WMA and MP3 audio files and JPEG picture files on CD-R, CD-RW or CD-ROM discs.

• Disc Back-up

The disc back-up feature gives you a convenient way to back-up important material on a finalized Video mode DVD to another recordable DVD disc. The material is first copied to the HDD, then on to a second DVD disc.

• Recovery Recording

HDD

When a timer recording is set to use DVD but the disc loaded at the time of the recording is unrecordable, the program will automatically be recorded to the HDD.

Note on copying: You may use this product only to reproduce or copy materials for

which you own the copyright or have obtained permission to copy from the copyright owner or for which you otherwise have a legal right to reproduce or copy. Unless you own the copyright or have obtained permission from the copyright owner or otherwise have a legal right to reproduce or copy, you may be violating the law, including copyright law, and may be subject to payment of damages and other remedies.

What’s in the box

Please confirm that the following accessories are in the box when you open it.

• Remote control

• AA/R6P dry cell batteries x2

• Audio/video cable (red/white/yellow)

• G-LINK™ cable

• RF antenna cable

• Power cable

• Blank DVD-RW disc

• Quick start guide

• These operating instructions

• Warranty card

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Putting the batteries in the remote control

1 Open the battery compartment cover on the back of the remote control.

2 Insert two AA/R6P batteries into the battery compartment following the indications ( the compartment.

3 Close the cover.

Important

Incorrect use of batteries can result in hazards such as leakage and bursting. Please observe the following:

• Don’t mix new and old batteries together.

• Don’t use different kinds of batteries together— although they may look similar, different batteries may have different voltages.

• Make sure that the plus and minus ends of each battery match the indications in the battery compartment.

• Remove batteries from equipment that isn’t going to be used for a month or more.

• When disposing of used batteries, please comply with governmental regulations or environmental public instruction’s rules that apply in your country or area.

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) inside

Using the remote control

Please keep in mind the following when using the remote control:

• Make sure that there are no obstacles between the remote and the remote sensor on the unit.

• Remote operation may become unreliable if strong sunlight or fluorescent light is shining on the unit’s remote sensor.

• Remote controllers for different devices can interfere with each other. Avoid using remotes for other equipment located close to this unit.

• Replace the batteries when you notice a fall off in the operating range of the remote.

• When the batteries run down or you change the batteries, the remote control mode and TV preset codes are automatically reset. See

Mode

on page 96 and

your TV

on page 98 to reset them.

• Use within the operating range in front of the remote control sensor on the front panel, as shown.

• You can control this recorder using the remote sensor of another Pioneer component using the

CONTROL IN

connections

on page 14 for more information.

Setting up the remote to control

23ft

jack on the rear panel. See

Remote Control

Rear panel

Disc / content format playback compatibility

General disc compatibility

This recorder is compatible with a wide range of disc types (media) and formats. Playable discs will generally feature one of the following logos on the disc and/or disc packaging. Note however that some disc types, such as recordable CD and DVD, may be in an unplayable format—see below for further compatibility information.

DVD-Video DVD-R DVD-RW

Video CDAudio CD CD-R

CD-RW

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• Also compatible with KODAK Picture CD

•

is a trademark of DVD Format/Logo Licensing

Corporation.

About DualDisc playback

•

is a trademark of Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd.

DVD-R/RW compatibility

This recorder will play and record DVD-R/RW discs. Compatible media:

• DVD-RW Ver. 1.1, Ver. 1.1 / 2x, Ver. 1.2 / 2–4x and Ver.

1.2 / 2–6x

• DVD-R Ver. 2.0 and Ver. 2.0 / 4x / 8x / 16x, and Ver. 2.1 / 1–8x / 1–16x

Recording formats:

• DVD-R/RW: Video Recording (VR) format and DVDVideo format (Video mode)

Readable formats:

• DVD-R/RW: Video Recording (VR) format and DVDVideo format (Video mode)

Note that older models of DVD recorders and DVD writers may reject DVD-RW Ver. 1.2 discs and/or corrupt the data on the disc. If you want to share DVD-RW discs between this recorder and an older recorder/writer, we recommend using Ver. 1.1 discs.

The following table shows older Pioneer DVD recorders’ limited compatibility with DVD-RW Ver. 1.2 discs.

Model

DVR-7000

DVR-810H/DVR-57H DVR-210/DVR-310/DVR-510H

Playable Recordable

Yes

1,2,3

CD-R/RW compatibility

This recorder cannot record CD-R or CD-RW discs.

• Readable formats: CD-Audio, Video CD, ISO 9660 CDROM* containing MP3, WMA or JPEG files *

ISO 9660 Level 1 or 2 compliant. CD physical format: Mode1, Mode2 XA Form1. Romeo and Joliet file systems are both compatible with this recorder.

• Multi-session playback: Yes (except CD-Audio and Video CD)

• Unfinalized disc playback: CD-Audio only

Compressed audio compatibility

• Compatible media: CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW

• Compatible formats: MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 (MP3), Windows Media Audio (WMA)

• Sampling rates: 44.1 or 48kHz

• Bit-rates: Any (128Kbps or higher recommended)

• Variable bit-rate (VBR) MP3 playback: Yes

• VBR WMA playback: No

• WMA encoder compatibility: Windows Media Codec 8

(files encoded using Windows Media Codec 9 may be playable but some parts of the specification are not supported; specifically, Pro, Lossless, Voice and VBR)

• DRM (Digital Rights Management) file playback: No (see also DRM in the

• File extensions: .mp3, .wma (these must be used for the recorder to recognize MP3 and WMA files – do not use for other file types)

• File structure: Up to 99 folders / 999 files (if these limits are exceeded, only files and folders up to these limits are playable)

Glossary

on page 110)

Discs should be finalized in this recorder before playing. Unfinalized

VR mode and Video mode discs may not play.

Cannot read the CPRM information

you load a disc. However, this will not affect playback.

Copy-once protected disc titles will not play.

will show in the display when

About DualDisc playback

A DualDisc is a new two -sided disc, one side of which contains DVD content –video, audio, etc. –while the other side contains non-DVD content such as digital audio material.

The non-DVD, audio side of the disc is not compliant with the CD Audio specification and therefore may not play.

It is possible that when loading or ejecting a DualDisc, the opposite side to that being played will be scratched. Scratched discs may not be playable.

The DVD side of a DualDisc plays in this product. DVD-Audio content will not play.

For more detailed information on the DualDisc specification, please refer to the disc manufacturer or disc retailer.

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WMA (Windows Media Audio) compatibility

The Windows Media® logo printed on the box indicates that this recorder can playback Windows Media Audio content.

WMA is an acronym for Windows Media Audio and refers to an audio compression technology developed by Microsoft Corporation. WMA content can be encoded by

using Windows Media Windows Media

series.

Microsoft, Windows Media, and the Windows logo are trademarks, or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

Player for Windows® XP,

Player 9 or Windows Media® Player 10

JPEG file compatibility

• Compatible formats: Baseline JPEG and EXIF 2.2* still image files *

File format used by digital still cameras

• Sampling ratio: 4:4:4, 4:2:2, 4:2:0

• Horizontal resolution: 160 – 5120 pixels

• Vertical resolution: 120 – 3840 pixels

• Progressive JPEG compatible: No

• File extensions: .jpg, .jpeg, .jif, .jfif (must be used for the recorder to recognize JPEG files – do not use for other file types)

• File structure: The recorder can load up to 99 folders / 999 files at one time

that this on the disc then more can be reloaded)

PC-created disc compatibility

Discs recorded using a personal computer may not be playable in this unit due to the setting of the application software used to create the disc. In these particular instances, check with the software publisher for more detailed information.

Discs recorded in packet write mode (UDF format) are not compatible with this recorder.

Check the DVD-R/RW or CD-R/RW software disc boxes for additional compatibility information.

(if there are more files/folders

Frequently asked questions

• What’s the difference between DVD-R and DVD-RW?

The most important difference between DVD-R and DVD-RW is that DVD-R is a record-once medium, while DVD-RW is a re-recordable/erasable medium. You can re-record/erase a DVD-RW disc approximately 1,000 times.

For more information, see page 49.

• What’s VR mode?

VR (Video Recording) mode is a special mode designed for home DVD recording. It allows flexible editing of recorded material compared to ‘Video mode’. On the other hand, Video mode discs are more compatible with other DVD players.

• How do I change the format of a disc?

Both DVD-R and DVD-RW discs can be initialized for Video mode or VR mode recording. DVD-R discs are ready for Video mode recording when you first load them into the recorder. You can, however, initialize them for VR mode recording from the Disc Setup menu.

DVD-RW discs can be initialized and re-initialized for either mode at any time (although initializing will erase all the data on the disc).

• Can I play my recordable discs in a regular DVD player?

Generally, DVD-R discs and DVD-RW discs recorded in Video mode* are playable in a standard DVD player, but they must be ‘finalized’ first. This process fixes the contents of the disc to make them readable to other DVD players as DVD-Video discs.

DVD-R discs recorded in VR mode are not playable in standard DVD players, but may be playable in other DVD recorders and DVD-ROM drives (in the case of DVD-ROM drives, the disc will need to be finalized first).

DVD-RW discs recorded in VR mode are playable in some players and other recorders.

Note that discs may not play due to recording or disc characteristics, scratches or dirt on the disc or pickup lens, etc.

This label indicates playback compatibility with DVD-RW discs recorded in VR mode (Video Recording format). However, for discs recorded with a record-only-once encrypted program, playback can only be achieved using a CPRM compatible device.

Note that Pioneer cannot guarantee that discs recorded using this recorder will play on other players.

About DVD recording

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‘DVD-Video format’ recording: The use of the DVDVideo format for recording on DVD-R and DVD-RW discs is referred to as recording in ‘Video mode’ on Pioneer’s DVD recorders. Supporting playback of DVD-R / DVDRW discs is optional for manufacturers of DVD playback equipment, and there is DVD playback equipment that does not play DVD-R or DVD-RW discs recorded in the DVD-Video format. Note: ‘Finalization’ is required.

This recorder supports the recording of ‘copy-once’ broadcast programs using the CPRM copy protection system (see CPRM on page 50) on CPRM-compliant discs in VR mode. CPRM recordings can only be played on players that are specifically compatible with CPRM.

• Do I need two DVD recorders for editing? What kind of editing can I do?

Unlike editing video tape, you only need one DVD recorder to edit discs. With VR mode discs, you can edit by making a ‘Play List’ of what to play and when to play it. On playback, the recorder plays the disc according to the Play List.

Original

Title 1

Chapter 1

Play List

Title 2Title 1

Title 3Title 2

Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 2

Chapter 2Chapter 1Chapter 2

Throughout this manual, you will often see the words Original and Play List to refer to the actual content and the edited version.

•

Original

content refers to what’s actually recorded

on the disc.

•

Play List

content refers to the edited version of the

disc—how the Original content is to be played.

Please use the recorder following the guidelines below to protect against possible HDD failure.

The HDD should not be regarded as a place to store recordings permanently. We recommend that you back up your important recordings onto DVD-R/RW discs in order to protect against accidental loss.

Pioneer cannot under any circumstances accept resposibility for any direct or indirect loss arising from any inconvenience or loss of recorded material resulting from HDD failure.

• Do not move the recorder while it is on (this includes during EPG download when the display shows

EPG

• Install and use the recorder on a stable, level surface.

• Do not block the rear vent/cooling fan.

• Do not use the recorder in excessively hot or humid places, or in places that may be subject to sudden changes in temperature. Sudden changes in temperature can cause condensation to form inside the recorder. This can be a cause of HDD failure.

• While the recorder is switched on (including during EPG download when the display shows

EPG

), do not unplug from the wall socket or switch the electricity off from the breaker switch.

• Do not move the recorder immediately after switching it off. If you need to move the recorder, please follow the steps below:

After the message

POWER OFF

is shown in the

display, wait at least two minutes.

Unplug from the wall socket.

Move the recorder.

• If there’s a power failure while the recorder is on there is a chance that some data on the HDD will be lost.

• The HDD is very delicate. If used improperly or in an unsuitable environment, it is possible that the HDD will fail after a few years of use. Signs of problems include playback unexpectedly freezing and noticeable block noise (mosaic) in the picture. However, sometimes there will be no warning signs of HDD failure. If the HDD fails, no playback of recorded material will be possible. In this case it will be necessary to replace the HDD unit.

About the internal hard disk drive

The internal hard disk drive (HDD) is a fragile piece of equipment. Depending on the conditions under which it is used, or through careless use, it is possible that the recorded contents will be damaged or lost completely, or that normal playback and recording will not be possible. Please understand that in the event of repair or replacement of the HDD or related components, all your HDD recordings will be lost.

Optimizing HDD performance

As you record and edit material on the HDD, the data on the disk becomes fragmented, eventually affecting the recorder’s performance. Before this happens, the recorder will warn you that it is time to optimize the HDD (which you can do from the Disc Setup menu; see

Optimize HDD

on page 88).

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Chapter 2

Connecting up

Rear panel connections

1 32 4 5

AC IN

G-LINK

CONTROL

DIGITAL

OUT

OPTICAL

78 6

1 AC IN

After making all other connections, connect to a power outlet using the supplied power cable only.

2 Audio/video inputs 1 and 3

Two sets of audio/video inputs (stereo analog audio; composite and S-video video) that you can use to connect to satellite receivers, TVs, VCR or other source component for recording.

3 Audio/video outputs 1 and 2

Two sets of audio/video outputs (stereo analog audio; composite and S-video video) that you can use to connect TVs or monitors.

4 COMPONENT VIDEO OUT

A high-quality video output for connecting to a TV or monitor with a component video input.

VHF/UHF IN

Connect your TV antenna to the jack. The signal is passed through to the

(RF IN)/OUT

VHF/UHF IN (RF IN)

VHF/UHF OUT

jack for connection to your TV.

6 OPTICAL DIGITAL OUT

A digital audio output for connecting to an AV amp/ receiver, Dolby Digital/DTS decoder or other equipment with optical digital input.

7 CONTROL IN

Use to control this recorder from the remote sensor of another Pioneer component with a terminal and bearing the Pioneer

CONTROL OUT CONTROL IN

of the other component to the

of this recorder using a mini-plug cord.

CONTROL OUT

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mark. Connect the

INPUT 1

VIDEOAUDIO

S-VIDEO

INPUT 3

OUTPUT 1

VIDEOAUDIO

S-VIDEO

OUTPUT 2

COMPONENT

VIDEO OUT

VHF/ UHF

IN OUT

8 G-LINK™

Use to connect the supplied G-LINK™ cable for use with the TV Guide On Screen™ interactive program guide and a control-capable set-top box.

Front panel connections

VIDEO

INPUT 2

109

L(MONO)

AUDIO

S-VIDEO

DV IN

On the right side of the front panel a flip-down cover hides more connections.

9 DV IN (DVR-633/533H-S only)

A DV input i.LINK connector, suitable for connecting a DV camcorder.

10 Audio/video input 2

Audio/video input (stereo analog audio; composite and S-video video), especially suitable for camcorders, game consoles, portable audio, etc.

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Easy connections

The setup described here is a basic configuration that allows you to record TV programs on both this recorder and your VCR. When watching recordings from this recorder, set your TV to input 1; switch to input 2 to watch a video playing in the VCR.

Important

• This recorder is equipped with copy protection technology. Do not connect this recorder to your TV via a VCR (or your VCR via this recorder) using AV cables, as the picture from this recorder will not appear properly on your TV.

• Before making or changing any rear panel connections, make sure that all components are switched off and unplugged from the wall outlet.

A/V

IN 1

VCR

AC IN

DIGITAL

G-LINK

CONTROL

OUT

OPTICAL

1 Connect your TV antenna/cable TV outlet to the

VHF/UHF IN (RF IN)

jack on this recorder.

2 Use an RF antenna cable (one is supplied) to connect the VHF/UHF OUT jack on this recorder to the antenna input on your VCR.

• If you are not connecting a VCR in the chain, connect this recorder directly to your TV and skip the next step.

3 Use an RF antenna cable to connect the antenna output on your VCR to the antenna input on your TV.

A/V

IN 2

VHF/UHF

OUT

VHF/UHF

INPUT 1

VIDEOAUDIO

INPUT 3

VIDEOAUDIO

S-VIDEO

OUTPUT 2

A/V

OUT

VHF/UHF

OUT

VHF/

OUTPUT 1

UHF

IN OUT

COMPONENT

VIDEO OUT

S-VIDEO

VHF/UHF IN (RF IN)

Antenna/cable TV wall outlet

4 Connect the AUDIO and VIDEO OUTPUT jacks (1 or 2) to a set of audio/video inputs on your TV.

Use the supplied three-pin audio/video cable. It is colorcoded to help you match them up (red/white for the right/ left audio connections and yellow for video in/outs). Make sure you match up the left and right outputs with their corresponding inputs for correct stereo sound.

5 Connect your VCR to your TV (A/V IN 2 above) using a set of audio and video cables.

• See the following page if you want to use S-video or component video cables for the video connection.

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Using other types of video output

This recorder has standard (composite), S-video and component video outputs. The main difference between them is the quality of the picture. S-video delivers a better picture than composite video, while component video gives better picture quality still. The variety of outputs also gives you the flexibility of connecting your particular equipment using the best connection type available.

COMPONENT

S-VIDEO

INPUT

1 2

INPUT

AC IN

DIGITAL

G-LINK

CONTROL

OUT

OPTICAL

1 Connecting using an S-video output

S-video carries the picture as separate color and luminance (brightness) signals.

There are two S-video outputs for connection to TVs, monitors, VCRs or other equipment.

• Use an S-video cable (not supplied) to connect an S-VIDEO OUTPUT (1 or 2) to an S-video input on your TV, monitor (or other equipment).

INPUT 1

VIDEOAUDIO

INPUT 3

VIDEOAUDIO

S-VIDEO

OUTPUT 2

VHF/

OUTPUT 1

UHF

IN OUT

COMPONENT

VIDEO OUT

S-VIDEO

2 Connecting using the component video output

Component video carries the picture as two separate color signals, plus a luminance (brightness) signal.

See also

Component Video Out

on page 92 for how to set up the component video output for use with a progressive scan-compatible TV.

• Use a component video cable (not supplied) to connect the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks to a component video input on your TV, monitor (or other equipment).

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DIGITAL

OUT

CONTROL

G-LINK

OPTICAL

Connecting to a cable box or satellite receiver (1)

If you are using a cable box or satellite receiver with only a few scrambled channels, follow the setup on this page1. If many or all the channels are scrambled, we recommend using the setup on the following page.

Using the setup on this page you can:

• Record unscrambled channels by selecting them on this recorder.

• Record scrambled channels by selecting them on the cable box/satellite receiver.

• Watch one channel while recording another.

Important

• Do not connect this recorder ‘through’ your VCR, satellite receiver or cable box. Always connect each component directly to your TV or AV amp/receiver.

3 Connect the audio/video output of your cable box/satellite receiver to the INPUT 1 jacks on this recorder using a set of A/V cables.

This enables you to record scrambled TV channels.

4 Plug the supplied G-LINK™ cable to the G-LINK™

A/V IN 1

A/V OUT

VHF/UHF

OUT

jack.

This enables you to control the tuner in the cable box through the TV Guide On Screen

system.

Position the IR transmitter end of the G-LINK™ cable so that the IR receiver on your cable box will pick up the control signals (see diagram).

Cable box/ Satellite receiver

VHF/UHF

OUT

INPUT 1

AC IN

G-LINK

CONTROL

DIGITAL

OUT

OPTICAL

VIDEOAUDIO

S-VIDEO

INPUT 3

OUTPUT 2

Antenna/cable TV wall outlet

1 Connect RF antenna cables as shown.

VHF/

OUTPUT 1

UHF

IN OUT

COMPONENT VIDEO OUT

VIDEOAUDIO

S-VIDEO

VHF/UHF IN (RF IN)

See the manual that came with your cable box if you’re

G-LINK cable

not sure where the IR receiver is on the front panel. Alternatively, experiment with the remote control, operating it from very close range until you find the place where the receiver responds.

This enables you to watch and record TV channels.

2 Connect the AUDIO and VIDEO OUTPUT jacks (1 or 2) on this recorder to a set of audio/video inputs on your TV using a set of A/V cables (as supplied).

This enables you to watch the output from this recorder.

Note

1. The diagram shows standard video connections, but you can alternatively use the S-video or component video connections if they’re available.

2.The TV Guide On Screen™ interactive program guide provides listings for cable-ready, cable box, and digital cable services as well as over-theair broadcast. It does not provide listings for satellite services. Satellite subscribers can use the manual recording features built into this unit to record shows.

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DIGITAL

OUT

CONTROL

G-LINK

OPTICAL

Connecting up

Connecting to a cable box or satellite receiver (2)

If many or all the channels you receive by cable or satellite are scrambled, we recommend using this setup. Using the setup on this page you can:

• Record any channel by selecting it on the cable box/satellite receiver.

Important

• Do not connect this recorder ‘through’ your VCR, satellite receiver or cable box. Always connect each component directly to your TV or AV amp/receiver.

4 Plug the supplied G-LINK™ cable to the G-LINK™ jack.

This enables you to control the tuner in the cable box

through the TV Guide On Screen

VHF/UHF

A/V IN 1

AC IN

INPUT 1

DIGITAL

G-LINK

CONTROL

OUT

OPTICAL

VIDEOAUDIO

S-VIDEO

INPUT 3

VHF/UHF

OUT

VHF/

OUTPUT 1

UHF

IN OUT

COMPONENT

VIDEO OUT

VIDEOAUDIO

S-VIDEO

OUTPUT 2

VHF/UHF

IN (RF IN)

A/V OUT

VHF/UHF

OUT

Cable box/ Satellite receiver

Position the IR transmitter end of the G-LINK™ cable so that the IR receiver on your cable box will pick up the control signals (see diagram).

G-LINK cable

See the manual that came with your cable box if you’re not sure where the IR receiver is on the front panel. Alternatively, experiment with the remote control, operating it from very close range until you find the place where the receiver responds.

system.

Antenna/cable TV wall outlet

1 Connect RF antenna cables as shown.

This enables you to watch and record TV channels.

2 Connect the AUDIO and VIDEO OUTPUT jacks (1 or 2) on this recorder to a set of audio/video inputs on your TV using a set of A/V cables (as supplied).

This enables you to watch discs.

3 Connect the audio/video output of your cable box/satellite receiver to the INPUT 1 jacks on this recorder using a set of A/V cables.

This enables you to record scrambled TV channels.

Note

1. • The setup on this page does not allow you to watch one channel and record another.

• The diagram shows standard video connections, but you can alternatively use the S-video or component video connections if they’re avail-

able.

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Connecting to an AV amplifier or receiver

To enjoy multichannel surround sound you need to connect this recorder to an AV amp/receiver using the digital optical output. In addition to the digital connection, we recommend also connecting using the stereo analog connection.

You’ll probably also want to connect a video output to your AV amp/receiver. Use the standard (composite) video output (as shown here), or the S-video or component video connections.

See also speakers if the recorder is not set up to work with your AV amp/receiver.)

Audio Out Settings

on page 93 for how to set up the digital audio output. (Noise may be output from your

Important

• Do not connect this recorder to your TV ‘through’ your VCR or other component using A/V cables. Always connect it directly to your TV.

VHF/UHF

AV amp/ receiver

DIGITAL IN

OPTICAL

AC IN

DIGITAL

G-LINK

CONTROL

OUT

OPTICAL

1 Connect RF antenna cables as shown.

This enables you to watch and record TV channels.

2 Connect the AUDIO and VIDEO OUTPUT jacks (1 or 2) on this recorder to a set of audio/video inputs on your AV amp/receiver.

VIDEO

OUT

A/V

VHF/UHF

OUT

INPUT 1

INPUT 3

VIDEOAUDIO

S-VIDEO

VIDEOAUDIO

OUTPUT 2

Antenna/cable TV wall outlet

VHF/

OUTPUT 1

UHF

IN OUT

COMPONENT

VIDEO OUT

S-VIDEO

VHF/UHF

IN (RF IN)

3 Use an optical digital audio cable (not supplied) to connect the OPTICAL DIGITAL OUT jack on this recorder to an optical digital input on your AV amp/ receiver.

This enables you to listen to multichannel surround

sound.

4 Connect the AV amp/receiver’s video output to a video input on your TV.

Note

1. If your AV amp/receiver doesn’t have an optical digital input, but has a coaxial type, converter boxes that convert from optical to coaxial are available at specialist audio dealers.

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Connecting up

Connecting other AV sources

Connecting a VCR or analog camcorder

 OPEN/CLOSE

HDD/DVD



TOP MENU

ENTER

ONE TOUCH

HOME

COPY

 REC





RETURN

AUDIO/VIDEO

OUTPUT

 STANDBY/ON

1 2

Analog camcorder

AUDIO/VIDEO

INPUT

VCR

1 Connect a set of audio and video inputs of your VCR or camcorder to a set of outputs on this recorder.

This enables you to record from this recorder to your VCR or camcorder.

• You can use standard video or S-video cables for the video connection.

2 Connect a set of audio and video outputs of your VCR or camcorder to a set of inputs on this recorder.

This enables you to record tapes from your VCR or camcorder.

• You can use standard video or S-video cables for the video connection.

• The front panel connections make convenient connections for a camcorder input.

PULL - OPEN

AUDIO/VIDEO

OUTPUT

INPUT

Connecting a DV camcorder

DVR-633/533H-S only

Using the front panel

DV IN

jack, it is possible to connect a DV camcorder or video deck, or DVD-R/RW recorder and digitally transfer DV tapes or DVD-R/RW discs to DVD-R/RW.

Important

• This jack is for connection to DV equipment only. It is not compatible with digital satellite receivers or DVHS video decks.

 OPEN/CLOSE

HDD/DVD



TOP MENU

ENTER

ONE TOUCH

HOME

COPY

 REC





RETURN

 STANDBY/ON

OUT

PULL - OPEN

DV IN

DV camcorder

1 Use a DV cable (not supplied) to connect the DV jack of your DV camcorder/video deck to the front panel

DV IN

jack of this recorder.

Plugging in

After checking all the connections, plug in the recorder.

1 Use only the supplied power cable to connect this recorder to a power outlet.

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Controls and displays





Chapter 3

Controls and displays

Front panel

4 53 71 2 6 8





STANDBY/ON

OPEN/CLOSE

TOP MENU

HOME





18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9

ENTER

RETURN

HDD/DVD



ONE TOUCH

COPY



REC

PULL - OPEN

1 STANDBY/ON

Press to switch the recorder on/into standby.

2 Disc tray

3 DISC NAVIGATOR/TOP MENU

Press to display the Disc Navigator screen, or the top menu if a DVD-Video disc is loaded.

4 OPEN/CLOSE

Press to open/close the disc tray.

5 HDD/DVD indicator

Lights blue when the HDD is selected; orange when DVD is selected.

6 HDD/DVD

Press to switch between the hard disk drive (HDD) and DVD for recording and playback.

7 MENU

Press to display a DVD-Video disc menu.

8 Front panel display and IR remote sensor

See

Display

on page 24 for details.

9 Front panel inputs

(page 14)

Pull the cover down where indicated to access the front panel input jacks (audio, video and DV

). Especially convenient for connecting camcorders and other portable equipment.

10 ONE TOUCH COPY

(page 66) Press to start One Touch Copy of the currently playing title to DVD or the HDD. See also the

Note on copying

page 9.



Press to stop recording.

12 REC

Press to start recording. Press repeatedly to set the recording time in 30 minute blocks.

13 RETURN

Press to go back one level in the on-screen menu or display.

///

Used to navigate all on-screen displays. Press

and ENTER

ENTER

select the currently highlighted option. When stopped, the

/

buttons can also be used to

change the TV channel.

15 HOME MENU

(page 32) Press to display the Home Menu, from which you can navigate all the functions of the recorder.



Press to start or restart playback.



Press to pause or resume playback.



Press to stop playback.

Note

1.DV input on DVR-633/533H-S only

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Controls and displays

Remote control

1 2

STANDBY/ON

ONE TOUCH



HDD DVD

GHI JKL MNO

PQRS TUV WX YZ

+ CLEAR

SUBTITLE ANGLE PLAY MODE

AUDIO

DISC NAVIGATOR

TOP MENU

HOME MENU

TV GUIDE

REV SCAN PLAY FWD SCAN

PAUSE STOP CM

CASE

SELECTION

REC

STOP REC



TV CONTROL



INPUT

CHANNEL

SELECT

1 ONE TOUCH COPY

Press to start One Touch Copy of the currently playing title to DVD or the HDD. See also the page 9.

2 Remote control indicator

Lights when setting up the remote control for use with a TV (page 98) and when setting the remote control mode (page 96).

3 STANDBY/ON

Press to switch the recorder on/into standby.

4 OPEN/CLOSE

Press to open/close the disc tray.

5 HDD

(page 27) Press to select the hard disk (HDD) for recording or playback.

OPEN/CLOSE

COPY

INPUT

DEF

ABC

SELECT

CLEAR

ENTER

RETURN

INFO HELP DISPLAY

OK BACK SKIP

NEXT STEP/SLOW

REC MODE TIMER REC

VOLUME

DVD RECORDER

(page 66)





Note on copying

6 DVD

(page 27)

Press to select the DVD for recording or playback.

7 INPUT SELECT

(page 53)

Press to change the input to use for recording.

8 Alphanumeric buttons, + and CLEAR

Use the number buttons for track/chapter/title selection; channel selection, and so on. The same buttons can also be used to enter names for titles, discs and so on.

Use the + button to enter non-alphanumeric characters and symbols.

Use

CLEAR

to clear an entry and start again.

9 CH +/–

(page 28)

Press to change the channel of the built-in TV tuner.

10 DVD playback functions

AUDIO

(page 29, 64, 65) Changes the audio language or channel. (When the recorder is stopped, press to change the tuner audio.)

SUBTITLE

(page 64) Displays/changes the subtitles included in multilingual DVD-Video discs.

ANGLE

(page 65) Switches camera angles on discs with multi-angle scenes.

11 PLAY MODE

(page 61) Press to display the Play Mode menu (for features such as search, repeat and program play).

12 DISC NAVIGATOR

(page 58, 76)

/ TOP MENU

(page 30) Press to display the Disc Navigator screen, or the top menu if a DVD-Video disc is loaded.

13 MENU

(page 30) Press to display the disc menu if a DVD-Video disc is loaded. While in the TV Guide On Screen™ system, press to display the panel menu.

///

Used to navigate all on-screen displays. Press

and ENTER

ENTER

select the currently highlighted option.

15 HOME MENU

(page 32) Press to display the Home Menu, from which you can navigate all the functions of the recorder.

16 RETURN

Press to go back one level in the on-screen menu or display. Also use to exit the TV Guide On Screen™ system.

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Controls and displays

17 TV Guide On Screen™ navigation

TV GUIDE

Press to access the TV Guide On Screen™ system; press again to exit.

INFO

Press to see additional information for the highlighted TV Guide On Screen™ item.

18 HELP

Press for help on how to use the current GUI screen.

19 DISPLAY

Displays/changes the on-screen information displays.

20 Playback controls



Press to start reverse or forward scanning. Press again to change the speed.



Press to start playback.



PAUSE

Press to pause playback or recording.



Press to stop playback.

CM BACK (commercial back)

Press repeatedly to skip progressively backward through the audio or video playing.

CM SKIP (commercial skip)

Press repeatedly to skip progressively forward through the audio or video playing.



Press to skip to the previous or next title/chapter/ track/folder; or to display the previous or next menu page.

Also use to display the previous/next page of a TV Guide On Screen™ listing.



During playback, press to start slow-motion playback; while paused, press to show the previous or next video frame.

Also use to display the previous/next day of a TV Guide On Screen™ listing.

(page 32)

(page 29)

REV SCAN / FWD SCAN  (page 60)

PLAY

STOP

PREV / NEXT

STEP/SLOW  (page 60)



21 Recording controls



REC

Press to start recording. Press repeatedly to set the recording time in blocks of 30 mins. With a program highlighted in the TV Guide On Screen™ system, press to set that program to record.



STOP REC

Press to stop recording.

REC MODE

Press repeatedly to change the recording mode (picture quality).

TIMER REC

Press to set a timer recording from the TV Guide On Screen™ system.

22 TV CONTROL

After setting up, use these controls to control your TV.

(page 51)

(page 44)

(page 27)

(page 98)

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Controls and displays

Display

2 43 5 61



9 78

Lights during playback; blinks when playback is paused.



Lights when copying.



Lights during recording; blinks when recording is paused.

4PM

Lights to indicate PM (after midday) for the clock display.

(page 37) Lights when a timer recording has been set. (Indicator blinks if the timer has been set to DVD but there isn’t a recordable disc loaded, or the timer has been set to HDD but the HDD is not recordable.)

SAP

(page 29) Lights when the currently selected TV channel has a Second Audio Program channel.

(page 93) Indicates which channels are recorded when Dual Mono is selected.

(page 92) Lights when the component video output is set to progressive scan.

OVER

(page 93)

Lights when the analog audio input level is too high.

6 Recording quality indicators

(page 50)

Lights when the recording mode is set to XP (best quality).

Lights when the recording mode is set to SP (standard play).

LP / SLP

Lights when the recording mode is set to LP (long play) or

SLP

(super long play).

EP / SEP

Lights when the recording mode is set to EP (extended play) or

SEP

(super extended play).

Lights when the recording mode is set to MN (manual recording level) mode.

7CH

(page 28)

Channel indicator for the built-in TV tuner.

8 Character display

9R / RW

Indicates the type of recordable DVD loaded: DVD-R or DVD-RW.

10 PL

(page 76) Lights when a VR mode disc is loaded and the recorder is in Play List mode.

2 3

(page 96) Shows the remote control mode (if nothing is displayed, the remote control mode is 1).

Lights when an unfinalized Video mode disc is loaded.

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Getting started

Chapter 4

Getting started

Switching on and setting up

When you switch the recorder on for the first time, you can make several basic settings using the Setup Navigator feature. This takes you through setting the clock, the internal TV tuner and the video output settings.

If you’re using the recorder for the first time, we strongly recommend you use the Setup Navigator before starting to use the recorder.

STANDBY/ON



4 With ‘Start’ highlighted press ENTER to start using the Setup Navigator.

• Highlight

5 Use the

Initial Setup

Basic

Basic Tuner

Video Out

Audio In

Audio Out

Language

Recording

Playback

Cancel

if you want to exit here.

Clock Setting

Complete this setup before you

Help

start using your recorder.

Setup Navigator

English

Start

Cancel

Please use the Initial Setup if you want to make more detailed settings.

/

buttons to select ‘Antenna’ or ‘Cable’ depending on how you receive your terrestrial TV channels, then press ENTER.

You can also select

Do not set

if you don’t need the recorder to retune all the channels (if you’re using the Setup Navigator for a second time, for example).

Initial Setup

ENTER

1 Switch on your TV and set the video input to this recorder.

2 Press the



STANDBY/ON button on the remote

control or the front panel to switch on.

When you switch on for the first time, your TV should display the Setup Navigator screen. (If the Setup Navigator doesn’t appear, you can also access it from the Initial Setup menu; see page 92).

3 Use the

/

buttons to select an OSD language,

then press ENTER.

Basic

Tuner

Video Out

Audio In

Audio Out

Language

Recording

Playback

After selecting automatic tuning. This takes a couple of minutes to complete.

If EPG data is downloaded, the clock will automatically be set and you can skip to step

Clock Setting

Help

Setup Navigator

Antenna

Tun ing

Auto Channel Setting

English

Antenna

Cable

Do not Set

Cable

Cancel

below.

the recorder starts

7/68

6 Select ‘Auto’ for automatic time setting, then

Initial Setup

Basic

Tuner

Video Out

Audio In

Audio Out

Language

Recording

Playback

Language

Clock Setting

Help

Setup Navigator

English

français

This will also set the audio, subtitle and DVD menu

press ENTER.

Initial Setup

Basic

Tuner

Video Out

Audio In

Audio Out

Language

Recording

Playback

Clock Setting

Help

Setup Navigator

Auto

Manual

language preferences.

Note

1.If you want to adjust the clock after EPG data is downloaded, you must reset the unit to its default settings. You can then set the clock manually from the Initial Setup menu.

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Getting started

• Auto clock setting

Some TV channels broadcast time signals together with the program. This recorder can use these signals to set the clock automatically.

Use the

/

buttons to set ‘Clock Set CH‘ to the channel preset number that broadcasts a time signal, then move the cursor down to ‘Start’ and press ENTER.

Initial Setup

Basic

Tuner

Video Out

Audio In

Audio Out

Language

Recording

Playback

Clock Setting

Auto Clock Setting

Help

Date

Setup Navigator

Time

Clock Set CH

11 / 17 / 2004 Wed

11 : 20 AM

Start

The recorder takes a short while to set the time. After you see that the time has been set, select

If the time could not be set automatically, press to go back to the previous screen and select

to proceed.

RETURN

Manual

• Manual clock setting

If no stations in your area are broadcasting time signals, you can set the clock manually.

Use the

Press

/

Initial Setup

Basic

Tuner

Video Out

Audio In

Audio Out

Language

Recording

Playback



then use the

buttons to set your time zone.

Clock Setting

Manual Clock Setting

Help

Time Zone

Setup Navigator

D.S.T

Off

/

buttons to set

USA

Alaska

1/2

Summer Time to On or Off, then press ENTER.

Select On if you are currently using summer (daylight saving) time.

Set the current date and time.

Basic

Tuner

Video Out

Audio In

Audio Out

Language

Recording

Playback

• Use the

Initial Setup

Clock Setting

Manual Clock Setting

Help

Date

Setup Navigator

Time

Time Zone

D.S.T

/

buttons to change the value in the

01 / /01

00 : 00 AM

USA Alaska

Off

2/2

2005 SAT

highlighted field.

• Use the

/

buttons to move from one field to

another.

• Press

ENTER

to finish setting the time.

7 Select the kind of TV you have, ‘Wide (16:9)’ or ‘Standard (4:3)’.

Initial Setup

Use the

Basic

Tuner

Video Out

Audio In

Audio Out

Language

Recording

Playback

/

Clock Setting

TV Screen Size

Help

Wide(16:9)

Setup Navigator

Standard(4:3)

buttons to select, then press

ENTER

8 Is your TV compatible with progressive scan video?

Initial Setup

Use the

Compatible

Basic

Tuner

Video Out

Audio In

Audio Out

Language

Recording

Playback

/

Clock Setting

Progressive

Help

Setup Navigator

buttons to select

, or

Don’t Know

Compatible

Not Compatible

Don't Know

Compatible, Not

, then press

ENTER

• Note that progressive scan video is only output through the component video outputs (see page 16).

9 Press ENTER to finish setting up, or select ‘Go Back’ if you want to start again.

Initial Setup

Basic

Tuner

Video Out

Audio In

Audio Out

Language

Recording

Playback

Clock Setting

Setup is complete!

Help

Enjoy using your DVD recorder!

Setup Navigator

Finish Setup

Go Back

That completes basic setup using the Setup Navigator.

Other settings you can make

After setting up using the Setup Navigator, you should be ready to start enjoying your DVD recorder. It’s possible, however, that you may want to make a couple of additional settings, depending on how the recorder is set up for TV broadcasts.

• Manual channel setting – This setting lets you skip channels where there is no station, as well as manually tune to stations. See page 92.

• Setting up the remote to control your TV – You can set up the supplied remote control to control many brands of TV. See

on page 98.

Setting up the remote to control your

Manual CH Setting

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Getting started

HDD DVD

STANDBY/ON

OPEN/CLOSE

HDD DVD

REC

PAUSE

PLAY

STOP REC







Setting up the TV Guide On Screen system

The TV Guide On Screen™ system1 is a free, interactive on-screen television program guide. The system offers program listings, searching by keyword, timer recording, reminders and more. The TV Guide On Screen system is a convenient way to find out what's on right now or during the coming week, by channel or by genre. It also allows you to automatically set your viewing and recording selections quickly and easily.

This setup provides you with TV listings in your area.

1 Press TV GUIDE to begin setup.

The TV Guide On Screen welcome screen is displayed.

2 Press ENTER to go to the first setup screen.

3 Select the country in which you are using your recorder.

Tip

• If you need to change any of the settings you just made later on, select

Setup

from the Service bar in

the main Guide screen.

Selecting the hard disk or DVD for playback and recording

The

HDD

and

DVD

buttons (remote control and front panel) are used to select the hard disk (HDD) or DVD for playback and recording. The indicator in the front panel display shows which is currently selected.

Making your first recording

This quick guide shows you how to make a basic recording of a TV program on either the HDD, or to a recordable DVD.

Recording is covered in much more detail in chapter 6 (

Recording

4 Follow the on-screen instructions to set up the TV Guide On Screen system.

At the bottom of each screen you’ll see the buttons you need to navigate that screen.

• If for any reason you need to cancel the setup process before it’s completed, you will be asked the next time you switch on whether you want to start setting up again, or whether to leave it until later.

Note

1.The TV Guide On Screen™ interactive program guide provides listings for cable-ready, cable box, and digital cable services as well as over-theair broadcast. It does not provide listings for satellite services. Satellite subscribers can use the manual recording features built into this unit to record shows.

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HDD DVD

ENTER

Getting started

1 If they aren’t already on, switch on your TV and this recorder.

Press  STANDBY/ON

• Make sure that the video input on your TV is set to this recorder.

2 Press HDD to record to the HDD, or DVD to record to a recordable DVD.

If you choose to record to the HDD, skip to step 5 now.

3 Press  OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc tray.

4 Load a blank DVD-R or DVD-RW disc with the label side face-up, using the disc guide to align the disc.

• When you load a new, blank DVD-RW disc, the recorder will take a moment to initialize it for recording.

• Blank DVD-R discs are ready for Video mode recording out of the box.

5 Use the CH +/– buttons to select the TV channel you want to record from.

• You can also use the if the recorder is stopped.

• Antenna channels are numbered 2 through 69. Cable channels are numbered 1 through 125.

6 Press  REC to start recording.

• By default, the recording will be in SP (standard play) mode, which will give you around two hours of recording from a blank DVD disc. The different recording modes and their recommended uses are covered in more detail in the chapter on Recording.

• You can pause recording by pressing Press



REC

7 When you want to stop recording, press



STOP REC.

Playing back your recording

The TV program you just recorded should be on the HDD or DVD disc as a single title with one or more chapters.

• Press  PLAY to start playback.

If you want to stop playback before the end of the recording, press

to switch on.

/

or  PAUSE



STOP

buttons on the front panel



PAUSE

again to restart recording.

Using the built-in TV tuner

Changing TV channels

There are three different ways to select TV channels. Note that you can’t change the TV channel during playback, recording or during recording standby.

•

CH +/–

buttons on the remote

Number buttons

• select channel 4, press press

3, 4, ENTER

ENTER

•

/

buttons on the front panel

Changing cable channels

When a cable box is connected, you can use the remote to change cable channels (up to 999).

If your cable box is connected to the RF antenna input on this recorder:

• Use the CH +/– or the number buttons to change the cable channel

In this case, you can’t change the channel of the built-in tuner.

If your cable box is connected to a set of AV inputs:

1 Use the INPUT SELECT button to change to the cable box input.

2 Use the CH +/– or the number buttons to change the cable channel

on the remote – For example, to

then

ENTER

; for channel 34,

; for channel 102, press 1, 0, 2,

1. Antenna channels are numbered 2 through 69. Cable channels are numbered 1 through 125.

Note

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Getting started

Changing audio channels

Some TV programs are broadcast with both a main and a Second Audio Program (SAP). You can change the TV audio using the

AUDIO

button.

• Press AUDIO to change the TV audio.

The current audio channel is displayed on-screen.

Mono SAP

Stereo

• If

SAP

is selected, but there is no SAP channel being

broadcast, you will still hear the main audio channel.

• If the sound is poor quality when set to can often improve it by changing to

Stereo

Mono

, you

Basic playback

This section shows you how to use your recorder for playback of discs (DVD, CD, etc.), and for playback of video from the HDD. More playback features, such as repeat and program play, are covered in page 57.

STANDBY/ON



HDD DVD

ENTER

OPEN/CLOSE



Playback

• Some DVD-Video discs don’t allow certain playback controls to operate at certain points in the disc. This is not a malfunction.

1 Press  STANDBY/ON to switch on.

Also turn on your TV and make sure that it is set to the correct video input.

2 Press HDD to playback from the HDD, or DVD to play a DVD.

If playing video from the HDD, skip to step 5 below.

3 Press  OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc tray.

4 Load a disc.

Load a disc with the label side facing up, using the disc tray guide to align the disc (if you’re loading a doublesided DVD-Video disc, load it with the side you want to play face down).

• If you want to play a DTS audio CD, please first read the note on page 31.

• Please see

compatibility

Disc / content format playback

on page 10 if you want to play a Dual

Disc (DVD/CD hybrid discs).

5 Press  PLAY to start playback.

• If you’re playing a DVD-Video or Video CD, a disc menu may appear when you start playback. Use the

///

menus, and the number buttons and

buttons and

ENTER

to navigate DVD disc

ENTER

for

Video CD menus.

• When playing video from the HDD, playback will automatically stop after the end of a title is reached.

• See the following sections for more details on playing specific kinds of discs.

6 To stop playback, press  STOP.

7 When you’ve finished using the recorder, eject the disc and switch the recorder back into standby.

• To open/close the disc tray, press  OPEN/CLOSE Remove the disc before putting the recorder into standby.

• Press



STANDBY/ON

to switch the recorder into

standby.

PLAY

STOP

Important

• Throughout this manual, the term ‘DVD’ means playback-only DVD-Video discs and DVD-R/RW. If a function is specific to a particular kind of DVD disc, it is specified.

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Getting started

Playing DVD discs

The table below shows the basic playback controls for DVD-Video, and recordable DVD discs.

PLAY

Press to start playback. If

STOP

PAUSE

REV SCAN FWD SCAN

PREV NEXT

CLEAR

ENTER

SKIPCMBACK

STEP/SLOW



TOP MENU MENU

ENTER

RESUME

back starts from the place last stopped.

Press to stop playback. You can resume playback from the same point by pressing  PLAY again to cancel the resume function.)

Pauses playback, or restarts playback when paused.

Press to start scanning. Press repeatedly to increase the scanning speed.

Press to skip to previous/next chapter/title.

Except VR mode:

chapter number then press directly to that chapter within the currently playing title. On some discs, you can also use the number buttons to select numbered items in the disc menu.

VR mode only:

title number then press

All:

and start again.

(Commercial back/skip) Each press skips backward/forward progressively up to a maximum of ten minutes forward or three minutes back.

During playback, press to start slowmotion playback. Press repeatedly to change the playback speed. While paused, press to advance a single frame in either direction.

Press to display the menu of a DVD-Video disc.

Use the cursor buttons to navigate DVDVideo disc menus; press items.

is displayed on-screen, play-

During playback, enter a

Press

CLEAR

to clear a number entry

. (Press  STOP

ENTER

to skip

ENTER

to select

Playing from the HDD

The table below shows the basic playback controls when playing video recorded on the hard disk (HDD).

PLAY

Press to start playback. If

RESUME

back starts from the place last stopped. Playback automatically stops after the end of a title is reached.

STOP

Press to stop playback. You can resume playback from the same point by pressing  PLAY again to cancel the resume function.)

PAUSE

Pauses playback, or restarts playback when paused.

REV SCAN FWD SCAN

Press to start scanning. Press repeatedly to increase the scanning speed.

PREV NEXT

Press to skip to previous/next chapter/title.

During playback, enter a title number then press Press start again.

CLEAR

ENTER

SKIPCMBACK

(Commercial back/skip) Each press skips backward/forward progressively up to a maximum of ten minutes forward or three minutes back.

STEP/SLOW

During playback, press to start slow-



motion playback. Press repeatedly to change the playback speed. While paused, press to advance a single frame in either direction.

is displayed on-screen, play-

. (Press  STOP

ENTER

to skip directly to that title.

CLEAR

to clear a number entry and

RETURN

Press to return to the previous level of a DVD-Video disc menu.

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Getting started

Playing CDs and WMA/MP3 discs

The table below shows the basic playback controls for audio CDs

, and WMA/MP3 files.

PLAY

Press to start playback.

STOP

Press to stop playback.

PAUSE

Pauses playback, or restarts playback when paused.

REV SCAN FWD SCAN

Press to start scanning. Press again to increase the scanning speed. (There are two scan speeds; the current scan speed is shown on-screen.)

PREV NEXT

Press to skip to previous/next track (or folder for WMA/MP3 disc).

During playback, enter a track number then press track. Press

CLEAR

start again.

ENTER

to skip directly to that

CLEAR

to clear a number entry and

Playing Video CDs

The table below shows the basic playback controls for Video CDs.

Some discs feature Playback Control (PBC for short) menus. These discs show PBC in the display when you load them and display a menu on-screen from where you

can select what to watch.

PLAY

Press to start playback. If

RESUME

back starts from the place last stopped.

STOP

Press to stop playback. You can resume playback from the same point by pressing  PLAY again to cancel the resume function.)

PAUSE

Pauses playback, or restarts playback when paused.

REV SCAN FWD SCAN

Press to start scanning. Press repeatedly to increase the scanning speed.

PREV NEXT

Press to skip to previous/next track. When a PBC menu is displayed, press to display the previous/next page.

During playback, enter a track number then press track. Press

CLEAR

start again. While a PBC menu screen is displayed,

ENTER

use to select numbered menu items.

is displayed on-screen, play-

. (Press  STOP

ENTER

to skip directly to that

CLEAR

to clear a number entry and

SKIPCMBACK

Each press skips backward/forward progressively up to a maximum of ten minutes forward or three minutes back. Note that this function doesn’t work when playing in PBC mode.

STEP/SLOW

During playback, press to start slow-



motion playback. Press repeatedly to change the playback speed (forward only). While paused, press to advance a single frame (forward only).

RETURN

Press to display the disc menu of a Video CD playing in PBC mode.

Note

1. If you want to play a DTS audio CD, make sure the recorder is connected to a DTS-compatible amp/receiver with a digital connection. Noise will be output through the analog outputs. Also make sure that on page 65).

2. When playing in PBC mode, some playback features, such as search, repeat and program play are not available. You can play a PBC Video CD in non-PBC mode by pressing  to start playback instead of  PLAY

STEREO

is selected using the

AUDIO

button (see

Switching audio channels

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HDD DVD

DISPLAY

Getting started

Using the Home Menu

From the Home Menu screen you can access all the features of the recorder.

Note that some options in the Home Menu may be grayed out sometimes, indicating that they are not available at the present time. For example, the Photoviewer option is grayed out unless there is a disc loaded that contains JPEG image files.

Press

Use the the option you want. To exit the Home Menu, press

HOME MENU

Disc Navigator

TV GUIDE

Timer Recording

Play Mode

Photo Viewer

///

Disc Navigator

(page 58,

page 76)

TV GUIDE

(page 35)

Timer Recording

(page 37)

Play Mode

Photo Viewer

(page 61)

(page 85)

to display the Home Menu screen:

Disc Setup

Initial Setup

Video/Audio Adjust

Copy

buttons followed by

ENTER

HOME MENU

ENTER

to select

Home menu options

Disc Setup

Initial Setup

(page 87)

(page 92)

Video/Audio Adjust

(page 89)

Copy

(page 66)

Displaying disc information onscreen

You can display various on-screen information about the disc loaded or the HDD.

1 Press DISPLAY repeatedly to display/change the on-screen information.

• Press once to show the HDD and removable disc (DVD, etc.) activity together. Press again to show the status of just the currently selected playback/ recording device (HDD or removable disc).

• The on-screen display automatically disappears after 150 minutes.

2 To hide the information display, press DISPLAY repeatedly until it disappears.

The example displays below are a guide only; actual displays vary according to the disc loaded, etc.

HDD and removable disc activity display

Press

DISPLAY

(DVD, etc.) activity. Use the

once to see the HDD and removable disc

HDD

and

DVD

buttons to

switch between the two kinds of display.

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Getting started

The example displays below show high-speed copying from HDD to DVD, and HDD chase playback.

Rec Mode SP(2h00m/DVD)

HDD

Remain 10h35m Stop

Rec Mode SP(2h00m/DVD)

HDD

Remain 10h35m Chase Play Rec

Hi-Speed Copy

0h08m left

DVD-RW Video

Remain –h––m Stop

DVD-RW Video

Remain 0h52m Stop

Recording time

Relative playback position

Stop display 1

1 2

 Stop DVD-RW VR Original

Disc Name : Comedy shows

3 64 5

Resume XP (1h00m/DVD) Finalized

Rem. 0h35m Copy Once

109

WNBC

Stereo

1 DVD-RW Original / Play List

If a VR mode disc is loaded, this shows whether playback is currently set to

Original

Play List

During preview playback of the Copy List, this shows

Copy List

2 Disc type and mode

Shows the disc type ( and the disc mode for recordable DVD, if applicable ( or

Video

HDD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD

, etc.),

3 Recording mode and time

Shows the current recording mode (XP, SP, LP, etc.), and the total recording time of the disc.

4 Resume

Shows

Resume

if playback can be resumed from the last

place stopped.

5 Recording time remaining

Shows the approximate recording time left on the disc in the current recording mode.

6 Station call letters or TV channel

Shows the station call letters or TV channel preset for the built-in TV tuner.

7 Audio mode

Shows the broadcast audio mode for the current channel preset (

Mono, Stereo

, etc.).

8 Copy control information

Shows recording restrictions of the current channel program.

9 Disc name

Shows the disc name. (For CDs, this area shows playable files other than CD audio tracks; for example,

Multi-format: WMA/MP3

10 Finalized

Shows

Finalized

if a recordable DVD is finalized.

Stop display 2

1 2 3

 Stop DVD-RW VR Original

Titles : Original 99 Lock Disc : On

11/14/2005 MON 6:52 PM Copy Once EVENING NEWS

Play List 15

1 Broadcast program name

2 Date and time

3 Number of titles/tracks on disc

For a VR mode DVD-RW, the number of Original and Play List titles are shown separately.

Play display 1

1 2 3 4

 Play DVD-R Video

3–2 0. 00. 13 Chapters 15 Title Total

0h11m52s

1 Number of chapters in title

2 Current title and chapter number

(For CD/Video CD, shows current track; for WMA/MP3, shows current folder and track; for JPEG disc, shows current folder and file.)

3 Elapsed title time

(For CD, WMA, MP3, shows elapsed track time; for Video CD, shows elapsed disc time.)

4 Total running time of title

5 Angle indicator

Lights during multi-angle scenes.

WNBC

Stereo

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Play display 2

 Play DVD-R Video

Hi-Speed Copy Title Name 11/21 soccer game:

3–2 0. 05. 13 ! # Chapter Time Chapter Total



0. 00. 21 0h01m52s

4.32Mbps

2 3 4

1 Chase playback, simultaneous record/playback, copy, disc back-up

Indicates that recording, copying or back-up is in progress.

2 Elapsed chapter time

3 Total running time of chapter

4 Data transfer rate

Shows the current data rate being read from the disc.

5 Copy protected material (!) / PureCinema indicator (#)

Shows ‘!’ if the playback material is copy-once protected.

Shows ‘

’ if the current video is 24 fps, progressive scan.

Recording display

1 2 3 4

Tip

• When using the simultaneous play and record feature, the display shows information for playback only.

• During real-time copy, the copy source playback information is displayed.

• The Video mode disc displays become the same as a DVD-Video disc once the disc is finalized.

• The total recording time figure shown in parenthesis is calculated based on a 12cm/4.7GB disc at the displayed record setting.

• Recording and playback times for TV recordings are approximately 0.1% shorter than the actual time. This is because of the slightly different frame rates of TV broadcasts versus DVD.

• The frame number is shown next to the elapsed time display when the disc is paused.

•

Copy Once

Can’t Record

messages may appear in the stop or recording displays. These indicate that the broadcast TV program contains copy control information.

 Rec DVD-R Video

30. 00. 15 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM XP (1h00m/DVD) Rem. 0h35m EVENING NEWS

WNBC

Stereo

Copy Once

1 Current title number

2 Elapsed recording time

3 Timer recording start and stop times

Shows the start and stop times if the current recording is a timer recording.

4 Remaining recording time available

Shows the amount of space left on the disc in the current recording mode.

5 Recording mode

Shows the current recording mode (XP, SP, LP, etc.), and the total recording time of the disc.

6 Broadcast program title

Note

1.Data transfer rate shows the amount of video and audio information recorded on the disc. It is not an indication of picture/audio quality.

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Using the TV Guide On Screen™ interactive program guide

Chapter 5

Using the TV Guide On Screen

™

interactive program guide

Introduction

Before you can start using the TV Guide On Screen system, you’ll need to set it up. If you haven’t already done this, please turn to

Screen system

on page 27 before proceeding.

Legal Notices

In the United States, TV GUIDE and other related marks are registered marks of Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. and/or one of its affiliates. In Canada, TV GUIDE is a registered mark of Transcontinental, Inc. and is used under license by Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc.

Aux Etats Unis TV GUIDE et d’autres marques relatives sont des marques déposées de Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. et/ ou d’une de ses sociétés affiliées. Au Canada TV GUIDE est une marque déposée de Transcontinental Inc., utilisée sous licence de Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc.

The TV Guide On Screen system is manufactured under license from Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. and/or one of its affiliates.

Le systéme TV Guide On Screen est fabriqués sous licence de Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. et/ou d’une de ses sociétés affiliées.

The TV Guide On Screen system is protected by one or more of the following issued United States patents 6,498,895; 6,418,556; 6,331,877; 6,239,794; 6,154,203; 5,940,073; 4,908,713; 4,751,578; 4,706,121.

Le systéme TV Guide On Screen est protégés par un ou plusieurs brevets émis aux Etats Unis, comme le 6,498,895; 6,418,556; 6,331,877; 6,239,794; 6,154,203; 5,940,073; 4,908,713; 4,751,578; 4,706,121.

Setting up the TV Guide On

Using the TV Guide On Screen system

Many of the screens have common elements to make using the system easier.

SCHEDULE

LISTINGS

1 Video window

the current program while using the guide.

2 Panel ads and panel menu entry

or product advertising (and the panel menu).

3 Service bar

the guide.

4 Time slot

horizontally.

5 Information box

highlighted item.

– Allows you to continue watching

– Space for show

– Gives access to the various services of

– Half-hour time slots are displayed

– Shows information about the

TV Guide On Screen icons

Various icons are used to convey information or show the status of an item.

Info button

• available; press the

• the current program.

Progress Bar

– Additional information is

INFO

button to display.

– Shows the elapsed time of

3 4

•

HDTV

– Indicates that a program is a high-

definition broadcast.

New

•

Note

1 The TV Guide On Screen™ interactive program guide provides listings for cable-ready, cable box, and digital cable services as well as over-the-

air broadcast. It does not provide listings for satellite services. Satellite subscribers can use the manual recording features built into this unit to record shows.

– The program is new (not a repeat).

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•

Stereo

– The program is broadcast in stereo.

•

– The program is broadcast with closed

captioning.

•

TV Rating

– Indicates the age rating for the

program.

Record Once

•

Record Daily

– One-time only recording.

– Record a program Monday

through Friday at the same time each day.

•

Record Regularly

– Record the same program

any day it airs on the same channel at the same time.

•

Record Weekly

– Record a program every week

at the same time/day.

Record Suspend

•

– The program is set to record, but is suspended because of a conflict with another recording (it remains in the schedule). The recording resumes when the conflict is cleared.

•

Record Off

– The program remains in the list, but will not be recorded until the frequency is changed to one of the above.

•

Remind Once

– One-time only reminder.

TV Guide On Screen navigation

The table below shows a summary of the remote buttons you’ll use to navigate the TV Guide On Screen system.

Key

TV GUIDE

///

ENTER

INFO



REC

Number buttons









What it does

Press to display the TV Guide On Screen system (also use to exit).

Use to navigate screens (highlight an item).

Press to conﬁrm a selection or execute an action. Can also be used to display the panel menu when a forthcoming program is highlighted.

Press to display the panel menu.

Press to cycle through the available information for the current program or screen.

Press to set the highlighted program to record.

Use for numeric entry.

Press to select the previous/next page of information (where applicable).

Press to select the previous/next day.

Remind Daily

•

– Remind Monday through Friday

at the same time each day.

•

Remind Regularly

– Remind the same program

any day it airs on the same channel at the same time.

•

Remind Weekly

– Remind every week at the

same time/day.

•

Remind Suspend

– A reminder is set of the program, but is suspended because of a conflict with another reminder (it remains in the schedule). The reminder resumes when the conflict is cleared.

•

Remind Off

– A reminder is set for the program,

but it is currently off (it remains in the schedule).

The Listings screen

You can consider the Listings screen as the ‘home’ screen of the TV Guide On Screen system. This is the screen you see when you press

From the Listings screen you can:

• View eight days of program listings.

• Display information about individual programs.

• Select a program to start watching.

• Set a program to remind.

• Set a program to record.

• See a thumbnail display of any channel in the video window.

• Access panel and channel ads.

TV GUIDE

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SCHEDULE

LISTINGS

SCHEDULE

LISTINGS

1 Press TV GUIDE to display Listings screen.

SCHEDULE

LISTINGS

• With Listings highlighted in the Service bar at the top of the screen, press

• Press

2 Use the

TV GUIDE

///

INFO

to display help information.

anytime to exit.

buttons to navigate the

Listings screen.

• With a currently showing program highlighted, press

ENTER

to start watching.

• Move right for later time slots.

• Use the



and  buttons to display listings for the

previous/next day.

• Press

INFO

to display information about the currently

highlighted channel (if available).

3 To set the highlighted program to record, press



REC.

•

time

Weekly

Off

– Record the same program at the same

/day every week.

– Keep the recording in the schedule, but

don’t record it.

•

No record icon

– Don’t set a recording.

Note that setting a program to record in this way will result in a recording using all the default options (see also

Changing the Default Options

on page 46).

If you want to set a recording using settings other than the default, use the panel menu.

Recording programs

The simplest way to record a program is to highlight the program you want to record and press described above), but if you want to set the recording options to anything other than the default, the place to do it is the Recording Options menu panel. Here you can adjust the start and end time, the destination of the recording, the recording quality and so on.

1 From the program listings, highlight the program you want to record.



REC

(as

SCHEDULE

LISTINGS

2 Press MENU to display the Episode Options panel menu.

Pressing  REC Press



just once will set the program to record.

REC

repeatedly to change the frequency of the

recording:

•

Once

– Just record the highlighted program.

Regularly

• airs on the same channel at the same time

Note

1 The program will still be recorded if it starts any time up to the midway point of the originally scheduled program. For example, up to 9:15 for

a 9:00 to 9:30 program.

– Record the same program any day it

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3 Highlight ‘set recording’ and press ENTER.

4 Set the recording options:

Use the buttons to change the setting.

5 Once all the settings have been made, press ENTER to highlight ‘schedule recording’, then press ENTER again.

/

buttons to highlight a field; use the

•

frequency

recorded just the same channel), or same time/day). There’s also an puts the program in the recording schedule but doesn’t record it (you can set it to record later).

•

start

or up to 120 mins. before or after the scheduled time.

•

end

or up to 120 mins. before or after the scheduled time.

•

recorder

recording.

•

quality

– select whether the program will be

Once, Regularly

Weekly

– set the start time of the recording to

– set the end time of the recording to

– select whether you want a DVD or HDD

– set the recording mode.

(at the same time on

(every week at the

Off

option which

/

On time

When the recording is about to start

The TV Guide On Screen™ system alerts you when a scheduled recording is about to start and gives you the chance to cancel the recording if you no longer need it.

When you see the on-screen alert, select either:

• change channel; start recording

• don’t change channel; cancel recording

If there’s a scheduled recording conflict when a recording is about to start, you’ll be alerted to this too. You can select to record the conflicting program, or cancel the recording.

Canceling and stopping a timer recording in progress

After a timer recording has started, you can cancel the program (but continue recording), or stop recording completely if you need to.

REC STOP REC



1 During timer recording, press and hold  REC for three seconds.

Only the program is canceled (the timer indicator

disappears); recording continues so that you can manually stop recording whenever you like.

2 When you want to stop recording completely, press



STOP REC.

Tip

• You can also stop a timer recording immediately by pressing confirm.



STOP REC

, then selecting

Yes

The recording is now set (and will appear in the schedule) and you’ll be returned to the main listings area.

• If you want to cancel the recording, highlight and press

ENTER

cancel

Preventing use of the recorder before a timer recording (child lock)

You can make all the front panel and remote control buttons inoperative using the child lock feature. This is useful when you set a timer recording and want to make sure that the timer settings are not changed before recording has finished.

1 If the recorder is on, switch it into standby.



2 Press and hold three seconds to lock the controls.

The front panel display briefly shows are pressed on the remote or front panel, displayed again.

• To unlock the recorder, press and hold the front panel for three seconds until the display shows

UNLOCK

STOP on the front panel for

LOCK

. If any buttons

LOCK



STOP

is briefly

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• To cancel a timer recording when the recorder is locked, first unlock the recorder (see above), then press and hold



REC

for three seconds.

Setting program reminders

By setting a program reminder you can have the recorder alert you when a program is about to start on another channel. You can set reminders for individual episodes of a program, or every time a program airs.

1 From the program listings, highlight the program you want to set a reminder for.

LISTINGS

SCHEDULE

2 Press MENU to display the Episode Options panel menu.

Use the

/

buttons to highlight a field; use the

/

buttons to change the setting.

•

frequency Once, Regularly

channel), or

– select whether to be reminded just

(at the same time on the same

Weekly

(every week at the same time/ day). There’s also an Off option which puts the program in the reminder schedule but no reminder is given (you can set it to remind later).

•

auto tune

– set whether the recorder should automatically change channels when a reminder is due, or not.

•

when

– set when the reminder is displayed (before,

on time, or after a program has started).

5 Once all the settings have been made, press ENTER to highlight ‘schedule reminder’, then press ENTER again.

SCHEDULE

LISTINGS

3 Highlight ‘set reminder’ and press ENTER.

4 Set the reminder options:

The reminder is now set (and will appear in the schedule) and you’ll be returned to the main listings area.

When a reminder appears on-screen

Depending on the settings you made, your program reminder will appear on your TV screen around the time the program is scheduled to start. You can then highlight the program and press highlight

hide reminders

leave the channel unchanged. If more than one reminder is set for the same time, select

the program you want using the The reminder will remain on-screen for three minutes

before it automatically disappears.

ENTER

to tune to the program, or

to dismiss the reminder and

/

buttons.

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3 Press  to move to the search sub-categories and

Searching for programs

The Search screen lets you search for programs alphabetically, by category or by keyword. You can also search for HDTV programs.

Searching by category

Here you can search for programs by category, and then by a further sub-category if you want.

1 Select ‘SEARCH’ from the Service bar at the top of the screen.

select the sub-category you want.

The sub-categories available depend on the category you chose in the last step.

4 Press ENTER to display a listing of upcoming programs that match the categories you chose.

2 Press use the

The available categories are:



to move to the search category bar, then

/

• Movies

• Sports

• Children

• Educational

• News

• Variety

• Series

• HDTV

buttons to select a search category.

5 Highlight a program listing and press MENU to display the Episode Options menu panel.

See

The search Episode Options menu

See also

Editing

recordable discs.

1 Press HDD or DVD to select the hard disk drive or DVD.

2 Press HOME MENU and select ‘Disc Navigator’ from the on-screen display.

Alternatively, you can press straight to the Disc Navigator screen.

HDD

on page 76 for more on editing

DISC NAVIGATOR

to go

Changing the display style of the Disc Navigator

You can choose to display titles in the Disc Navigator in various different ways, sorted alphabetically, by recording date, by genre, and so on. You can also choose whether to display four or eight titles on the screen at the same time.

1 From the Disc Navigator’s title list, press  to display the view options panel.

The View Options panel

Disc Navigator (HDD)

Style

4 Titles

Sort order

Recent First

NEW first

Genre

All Genres

HDD

Remain

30h30m

12/3 FRI 11:00PM

11/29 MON 7:00PM 12/3FRI 11:00PM 4ch SP

11/29Mon 7:00PM 2ch SP

12/3 FRI 8:00PM 12/3FRI 8:00PM 9ch SP

12/2 THU 10:00PM 12/2THU 10:00PM 7ch SP

11/29 MON 7:00PM 11/29MON 7:00PM 2ch SP

10Titles

2h00m(1.0G)

1h00m(1.0G)

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Playback

2 Use the

/

buttons to select ‘Style’, ‘Sort Order’ or ‘Genre’, then press ENTER to see the available view options.

•

Style

– Select four or eight titles per screen view

Sort Order

•

Disc Navigator (HDD)

12/3 FRI 11:00PM

11/29 MON 7:00PM 12/3FRI 11:00PM 4ch SP

11/29Mon 7:00PM 2ch SP

12/3 FRI 8:00PM 12/3FRI 8:00PM 9ch SP

12/2 THU 10:00PM 12/2THU 10:00PM 7ch SP

11/29 MON 7:00PM 11/29MON 7:00PM 2ch SP

Style

4 Titles

Sort order

Recent First

NEW first

Genre

All Genres

Remain

30h30m

4 Titles

8 Titles

Cancel

All Genres

HDD

– Sort by date (most recent first),

10Titles

2h00m(1.0G)

1h00m(1.0G)

unwatched first, title name or recording date (oldest first)

•

Disc Navigator (HDD)

12/3 FRI 11:00PM

11/29 MON 7:00PM 12/3FRI 11:00PM 4ch SP

11/29Mon 7:00PM 2ch SP

12/3 FRI 8:00PM 12/3FRI 8:00PM 9ch SP

12/2 THU 10:00PM 12/2THU 10:00PM 7ch SP

11/29 MON 7:00PM 11/29MON 7:00PM 2ch SP

Style

Recent first

4 Titles

New first

4 Titles

By title

Sort order

By rec.date

Recent First

NEW first

Cancel

Genre

All Genres

HDD

Remain

30h30m

Genre

– Display all genres or just a selected genre

10Titles

2h00m(1.0G)

1h00m(1.0G)

Using the Disc Navigator with playback-only discs

DVD-Video CD Video CD WMA/MP3

1 Press HOME MENU and select ‘Disc Navigator’ from the on-screen display.

Alternatively, for a CD, Video CD or WMA/MP3 disc, you can press the Disc Navigator screen.

2 Select what you want to play.

Use the select.

Depending on the type of disc you have loaded, the Disc Navigator looks slightly different.

• When a DVD is loaded, titles are shown on the left,

• When a CD or Video CD

• When a WMA/MP3 disc is loaded, a list of folders and

DISC NAVIGATOR

///

to highlight items and

, which takes you straight to

ENTER

chapters on the right. Select a title, or a chapter within a title.

is loaded, a list of the tracks

is displayed.

tracks is displayed (as shown below). Select a folder or a track within a folder.

Disc Navigator

CD WMA/MP3

Folder (01-03)

01.Rock

02.Pop

03.Dance

Track(001-004)

001.Intro

002.Escape

003.Everything You Say

004.What I Do

Style

4 Titles

Sort order

NEW first

Genre

All Genres

Remain

30h30m

3 Use the

Disc Navigator (HDD)

12/3 FRI 11:00PM

11/29 MON 7:00PM 12/3FRI 11:00PM 4ch SP

4 Titles

Recent First

All Genres

HDD

/

All Genres

No Category Free1 Free2

Free3 Free4 Free5

11/29Mon 7:00PM 2ch SP

12/3 FRI 8:00PM 12/3FRI 8:00PM 9ch SP

12/2 THU 10:00PM 12/2THU 10:00PM 7ch SP

11/29 MON 7:00PM 11/29MON 7:00PM 2ch SP

buttons to select an option, then

10Titles

2h00m(1.0G)

1h00m(1.0G)

Playback starts after you press

• For discs that contain both CD-Audio tracks and WMA/MP3 tracks, you can switch the playback area between while the disc is stopped.

press ENTER.

The title list display is updated according to the new display preferences.

4 Press  to return to the title list.

Note

1.It’s not possible to use the Disc Navigator when playing a Video CD in PBC mode.

and

WMA/MP3

ENTER

. This can only be done

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PLAY

STEP/SLOW



Playback

Scanning discs

You can fast scan discs at various speeds, forwards or backward.

1 During playback, press  or  to start reverse or forward scanning.

• The scanning speed is shown on-screen.

2 Press the same button repeatedly to increase the scanning speed.

•

3 To resume normal playback, press

REV SCAN PLAY FWD SCAN

DVD HDD

Forward: SCAN 1

(1.5x Quick View)  SCAN 2  SCAN 3 

SCAN 4 Reverse: Reverse play



 SCAN 4

Video CD WMA/MP3

Forward/Reverse: SCAN 1



SCAN 2

SCAN 1  SCAN 2  SCAN 3



PLAY.

Playing in slow motion

DVD HDD Video CD

You can play video at various slow motion speeds. DVDs and video on the HDD can be played in slow motion in either direction, while Video CDs can only be played

forwards in slow motion.

1 Press  or  to start slow motion reverse or forward playback.

2 Press the same button repeatedly to change the slow motion speed.

3 To resume normal playback, press

SLOW 1/16 SLOW 1/8

SLOW 1/2

SLOW 1/4



PLAY.

Note

1.• Only analog audio is output when scanning audio CDs.

• No subtitles are displayed when scanning DVDs.

• Analog and digital sound is output when scanning DVDs with Dolby Digital or Linear PCM sound on forward from the optical digital output, Except during chase playback and simultaneous recording/playback) No sound is output when using other scan speeds.

• No sound is output when scanning from the HDD, except on forward forward

SCAN 1

• Depending on the disc, normal playback may automatically resume when a new chapter is reached on a DVD disc.

2.Depending on the disc, reverse playback may not be smooth.

3.• The picture quality during slow motion playback is not as good as during normal playback and depends on the disc being played.

• Reverse slow-motion playback may not be as smooth as forward and may be better with some discs than others.

• Depending on the disc, normal playback may automatically resume when a new chapter is reached on a DVD disc.

• No sound is output during slow-motion playback.

SCAN 1

. (Linear PCM is output from the optical digital output during

SCAN 1

. (Linear PCM is output

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Playback

HDD DVD

PLAY MODE

CLEAR

ENTER

CLEAR

PLAY

Frame advance/frame reverse

DVD HDD Video CD

You can advance or back up video on a DVD disc or the HDD frame-by-frame. With Video CDs, you can only use

frame advance.

PLAY

PAUSE

STEP/SLOW



1 During playback, press  PAUSE.



2 Press

or  to back up or advance one frame.

• Hold down  or  for continuous frame reverse/ frame advance.

3 To resume normal playback, press  PLAY.

The Play Mode menu

ALL

The Play Mode menu gives you access to search functions, repeat and program play functions.

Important

• You can’t use the Play Mode features with Video CDs playing in PBC mode, or while a DVD disc menu is being displayed. For other restrictions, see the following sections.

1 Press PLAY MODE to display the Play Mode menu screen.

Play Mode

Search Mode A-B Repeat Repeat Program

Time Search Title Search Chapter Search

• You can also access the Play Mode menu from the Home Menu (press

2 Use the

///

• To exit the Play Mode menu, press

PLAY MODE

HOME MENU

and ENTER to navigate.

HOME MENU

Search Mode

ALL

The Search Mode feature lets you start playback from a specified point in a disc by time

folder/track number.

1 Select ‘Search Mode’ from the Play Mode menu.

2 Select one of the search options.

or by title/chapter/

Note

1.• The picture quality when using frame reverse is not as good as frame advance.

• Depending on the disc, normal playback may automatically resume when a new chapter is reached on a DVD disc.

2.When using time search, playback may occasionally start slightly before or after the time you input.

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3 Use the number buttons to enter a title/chapter/ folder/track number or the search time (in hours, minutes & seconds).

Play Mode

Search Mode A-B Repeat Repeat Program

Time Search (HDD, DVD):

into the current title, press minutes and 20 seconds into the title, press

Time Search (Video CD):

30 seconds into the current track, press

Title/Chapter/Folder/Track Search:

press

. Alternatively, you can use the

Time Search Title Search Chapter Search

Input Time

0.00.00

For example, for 25 minutes

2, 5, 0, 0

. For 1 hour and 15

1, 1, 5, 2, 0

For example, for 2 minutes and

2, 3, 0

For example, for track 6,

/

buttons.

4 Press ENTER.

Tip

• You can often select what you want to watch on a DVD disc from the disc menu. Press

to display the disc menu.

TOP

A-B Repeat

DVD

The A-B Repeat function allows you to specify two points (A and B) within a track or title that form a loop which is

played over and over.

1 During playback, select ‘A-B Repeat’ from the Play Mode menu.

2 With ‘A (Loop Start)’ highlighted, press ENTER at the point you want the loop to start.

Play Mode

Search Mode A-B Repeat Repeat Program

Video CD HDD

A (Loop Start) B (Loop End) Off

• When playing a DVD-Video/Video mode DVD, or from the HDD, the start and end points of the loop must be in the same title.

4 To resume normal playback, select ‘Off’ from the A-B Repeat menu.

• You can also press

CLEAR

to cancel A-B Repeat play if no menu OSD (such as the Play Mode menu) is displayed.

Repeat play

ALL

There are various repeat play options, depending on the kind of disc loaded, or if you’re using the HDD for playback. It’s also possible to use repeat play together with program play to repeat the tracks/chapters in the

program list (see

Program play

on page 63).

1 Select ‘Repeat’ from the Play Mode menu.

2 Select a repeat play mode.

Play Mode

Search Mode A-B Repeat Repeat Program

VR mode

• For VR mode DVD discs, select

Title

Repeat Chapter

DVD-Video Video mode

Repeat Disc Repeat Title Repeat Chapter Repeat Off

(or

HDD

Repeat Disc, Repeat

Repeat Off

• For HDD, DVD-Video and Video mode DVD discs,

Repeat Title

select

Off

Video CD

• For CDs and Video CDs, select

Repeat Track

(or

Repeat Off

Repeat Chapter

Repeat Disc

(or

Repeat

WMA/MP3

After setting the loop start point, the highlight will automatically move down to

B (Loop End)

• For WMA/MP3 discs, select

Folder

Repeat Track 3 With ‘B (Loop End)’ highlighted, press ENTER at the point you want the loop to end.

Playback immediately jumps back to the start point and plays the loop round and round.

Note

1.• If you switch camera angles during A-B repeat play, A-B repeat is canceled.

• You can’t use A-B Repeat with WMA/MP3 discs.

2.If you switch the camera angle during repeat play of a DVD-Video disc, repeat play is canceled.

Repeat Disc, Repeat

(or

Repeat Off

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3 To resume normal playback, select ‘Repeat Off’ from the Repeat Play menu.

• You can also press

CLEAR

to cancel repeat play if no menu OSD (such as the Play Mode menu) is displayed.

Program play

DVD-Video

This feature lets you program the play order of titles/ chapters

1 Select ‘Program’ from the Play Mode menu.

2 Select ‘Input/Edit Program’ from the list of program options.

The Program edit screen that appears depends on the kind of disc loaded.

On the left side is the program list, then to the right is a list of titles (DVD, HDD), folders (WMA/MP3), or tracks (CD, Video CDs). On the far right is a list of chapters (DVD, HDD) or tracks (WMA/MP3).

3 Select a title, chapter, folder or track for the current step in the program list.

DVD or HDD:

within a title to the program list.

• To add a title, select the title.

• To add a chapter, first highlight the title, then press



HDD CD

/folders/tracks on a disc or the HDD.

Play Mode

Search Mode A-B Repeat Repeat Program

Input/Edit Program Start Program Play Cancel Program Play Erase Program List

Video CD WMA/MP3

You can add a whole title, or a chapter

and select a chapter from the list.

Program

Step

01.001

02.

03.

04.

05.

06.

07.

08.

Title (01-03)

Title 01 Title 02 Title 03

Chapter(001-015)

Chapter 001 Chapter 002 Chapter 003 Chapter 004 Chapter 005 Chapter 006 Chapter 007 Chapter 008

CD or Video CD:

Step

01.04

02.

03.

04.

05.

06.

07.

08.

WMA/MP3:

Select a track to add to the program list.

Program

Track (01-10)

Track 01 Track 02 Track 03 Track 04 Track 05 Track 06 Track 07 Track 08

Total Time 0.00.00

You can add a whole folder, or a track within

a folder to the program list.

• To add a folder, select the folder.

• To add a track, first highlight the folder, then press



and select a track from the list.

Program

Step

01.01

02.

03.

04.

05.

06.

07.

08.

After pressing

Folder (01-03)

01.Rock

02.Pop

03.Dance

ENTER

to add the title/chapter/folder/

Track(001-004)

001.Intro

002.Escape

003.Everything You Say

004.What I Do

track, the step number automatically moves down one.

• To insert a step into the program list, highlight the step number where you want to insert another step, then select a chapter/title/folder/track as usual. After pressing

ENTER

, all the subsequent steps move

down one.

• To delete a step from the program list, highlight the step you want to delete, then press

CLEAR

4 Repeat step 3 to build up a program list.

A program list can contain up to 24 titles/chapters/ folders/tracks.

5 To play the program list, press  PLAY.

Program play remains active until you turn off program play (see below), erase the program list (see below), eject the disc or switch off the recorder.

• You can use repeat play with program play. Start playback of the program list then select

Repeat

from the Repeat Play Mode menu (see

Repeat play

on page 62).

Program

Note

1.When playing a program list of DVD-Video chapters, chapters not included in the program list may be sometimes be played, depending on the disc.

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Playback

Tip

• To save your program list and exit the program edit screen without starting playback, press

PLAY MODE

• You can change the program list by selecting

Edit

Program

• During program play, press

from the Play Mode Program menu.



HOME

Input/

to skip to the next

program step.

• Press

CLEAR

during playback to switch off program play (if no menu OSD, such as the Disc Navigator, is displayed). Press while stopped to erase the program list.

Other Program play functions

As well as creating and editing a program list, you can start program play, cancel program play, and erase the program list from the Play Mode menu.

1 Press PLAY MODE and select ‘Program’ from the list of functions on the left.

2 Select a program play function.

•

Input/Edit Program Start Program Play

•

– See above

– Starts playback of a saved

program list

•

Cancel Program Play

– Turns off program play, but

does not erase the program list

•

Erase Program List

– Erases the program list and

turns off program play

1 Press SUBTITLE repeatedly to select a subtitle option.

The current subtitle language is shown on-screen and in the front panel display.

Subtitle: 1/2 English

The toucan lives in tropical forests

2 To switch off subtitles, press SUBTITLE then CLEAR.

Switching DVD soundtracks

DVD-Video

When playing a DVD disc recorded with two or more soundtracks (often in different languages), you can

switch the soundtrack during playback. Check the disc packaging for details of the soundtrack

options.

• Press AUDIO repeatedly to select an audio

Displaying and switching subtitles

DVD-Video

soundtrack.

Some DVD discs have subtitles in one or more languages; the disc box will usually tell you which subtitle languages are available. You can switch subtitle

language during playback.

Check the disc packaging for details of the subtitle options.

• The sound may drop out for a few seconds when switching soundtracks.

AUDIO SUBTITLE

CLEAR

• Some discs feature both Dolby Digital and DTS soundtracks. There is no analog audio output when DTS is selected. To listen to the DTS soundtrack, connect this recorder to a DTS decoder or AV amp/ receiver with built-in DTS decoder via the digital output. See on page 19 for connection details.

Note

1.• Some discs only allow you to change subtitle language from the disc menu. Press

• To set subtitle preferences, see

2.• Some discs only allow you to change audio language from the disc menu. Press

• To set audio language preferences, see

Subtitle Language

Audio Language

on page 94.

Audio : 1/2 Dolby Digital 2/0CH

Connecting to an AV amplifier or receiver

TOP MENU

to access.

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TOP MENU

AUDIO

ANGLE

Switching audio channels

VR mode HDD CD Video CD

For HDD1 or VR mode content that has both a main and a SAP (Secondary Audio Program) audio channel, you

can switch between main (

), SAP (R), or both (

When playing Video CDs and audio CDs you can switch between stereo, just the left channel or just the right channel.

AUDIO

1 To display/switch the audio channel, press AUDIO repeatedly.

The audio channel(s) currently playing are indicated onscreen.

VR mode HDD

•

L+R

– Both channels (default)

•

– Left/main channel only

– Right/SAP channel only

•

CD Video CD

•

Stereo

– Stereo (default)

•

1/L

– Left channel only

•

2/R

– Right channel only

WMA/MP3

L+R

Switching camera angles

DVD-Video

Some DVD-Video discs feature scenes shot from two or more angles—check the disc box for details: it should be

marked with a icon if it contains multi-angle scenes. When a multi-angle scene is playing, the same icon

appears on screen to let you know that other angles are available (this can be switched off if you prefer—see

Angle Indicator

• To switch the camera angle, press ANGLE.

• The angle number is displayed on-screen.

• If the disc was paused, playback starts again with the new angle.

• Repeat play is canceled if you change the angle while repeat playback is active.

• You can also change the angle from some DVD-Video disc menus. Press

on page 96).

TOP MENU

to access.

Note

1.Only when HDD Video Mode is set to Off. See also

2.When playing a Dual Mono recording on a VR mode disc, if you are listening to the Dolby Digital soundtrack via the digital output, you cannot switch the audio channel. Set if you need to switch the audio channel.

Dolby Digital Out

HDD Recording Format

Dolby Digital  PCM

on page 95.

(see

Dolby Digital Out

on page 93) or listen via the analog outputs

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ONE TOUCH

COPY

Copying and back-up

Chapter 8

Copying and back-up

You can identify copy-once protected material during

Introduction

Use the copying features of this recorder to:

• Back up important recordings stored on the HDD to a DVD.

• Make a DVD copy of a recording on the HDD to play in another player.

• Transfer video from a DVD to the HDD for editing.

• Transfer edited video from the HDD to DVD.

The simplest way to copy a title is to use the One Touch Copy feature. This copies the currently playing HDD title to DVD, or DVD title to the HDD. See page 66 for detailed instructions.

For more sophisticated copying tasks you can build a Copy List of titles to copy, and edit titles so that you only copy the bits you want. See for detailed instructions.

Where possible, the recorder will copy your recordings at high-speed. Depending on the recording mode, the kind of disc loaded and various other factors, copying can be as fast as one minute per hour of video. See

copying times

(Please note that additional time is required for initializing and finalizing a disc.)

If you want to save disc space you can copy video at a lower recording quality (for example, an XP recording on the HDD copied to SP on a DVD). Copying in this way is always done in real-time.

When real-time copying from the HDD to a Video mode DVD, the chapter markers in the original material are not copied. Chapter markers are put into the copy at intervals, according to the Auto Chapter (Video) setting (see also

on page 100 for more on copying times.

Auto Chapter (Video)

Using Copy Lists

One Touch Copy

on page 67

Minimum

on page 95).

playback by displaying disc information on-screen. If the current title is copy-once protected, an exclamation mark (

) is shown (see

law, including copyright law, and may be subject to payment of damages and other remedies.

One Touch Copy

* See also The One Touch Copy feature copies the currently playing

or selected (in the Disc Navigator) HDD title to DVD, or DVD title to HDD. The whole title is copied, regardless of where in the title you start the copy.

HDD to DVD copies are made in the same recording mode. When copying DVD to HDD, the copy is made in whatever recording mode is currently set.

Make sure that a recordable DVD-R/RW disc is loaded when trying to copy from the HDD.

Play display 2

above.

on page 34).

Restrictions on copying

Some video material is copy-once protected. This means that it can be recorded to HDD, but it can’t then be freely copied again. If you want to transfer copy-once protected material from HDD to DVD, you’ll need to use a VR mode disc compatible with CPRM Ver. 1.1 or higher (see

on page 50

once protected title can be added to the Copy List, and after it’s been copied, the title is erased from the HDD (it is therefore not possible to copy a locked title that is copyonce protected).

for more on this). Only one instance of a copy-

CPRM

1 If you’re copying from DVD to the HDD, use the REC MODE button to select a recording mode.

Note that selecting a recording mode higher than the title playing will not result in a better quality recording.

2 During playback, press ONE TOUCH COPY to copy the current title.

The front panel display indicates that the title is being copied.

• High-speed copying is used when copying from the HDD to DVD. Playback continues while copying.

• Real-time copying is used when copying from DVD to the HDD. Playback restarts from the beginning of the title.

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RETURN

HOME MENU

ENTER

PREV NEXT

Canceling One Touch Copy

You can cancel a One Touch Copy once it’s started.

• Press and hold ONE TOUCH COPY for more than a second.

Copying is canceled and the video already copied is erased.

• If you cancel a HDD to DVD-R copy, the space available for recording does not return to the precopy figure.

Notes on copying using One Touch Copy

Copying to DVD

• Title name, chapter markers, as well as thumbnail picture markers for the Disc Navigator, are also copied. However, if you copy to a Video mode DVD-R/ RW, only the first 40 characters of a name are copied.

• The chapter markers in the copy may not be in exactly the same positions as the original when recording on to a Video mode disc.

• You can’t use the One Touch Copy function to copy a title if any part of the title is copy-once protected.

•A title that contains mixed aspect ratios can’t be copied to a Video mode disc. Use a VR mode disc for this type of material.

• Low resolution ( material can’t be copied to a Video mode disc. Use a VR mode disc for this type of material.

• When HDD Recording Format is set to Video Mode Off, titles recorded in high-speed copied to a Video mode DVD. Please use a VR mode disc.

• Recordings of dual mono broadcasts cannot be highspeed copied to a Video mode DVD. Please use a VR mode disc.

•

XP+

titles cannot be copied to DVD at high-speed.

SEP

through LP modes1) widescreen

LP/MN9–15

modes cannot be

Using Copy Lists

* See also At its simplest, a Copy List is just a list of HDD or DVD

titles that you want to copy. When copying HDD titles to DVD, you can, however, edit the titles in your copy list, erasing chapters you don’t need, or re-naming titles, for example. Edits you make to titles in the Copy List do not affect the actual video content; only the ‘virtual’ content of the Copy List. So you can freely erase and modify anything in your Copy List safe in the knowledge that the actual content is not being altered.

Copying from HDD to DVD

• The recorder can only store one Copy List at a time.

• Resetting the recorder to its factory settings (see

1 Press HOME MENU and select ‘Copy’.

on page 66.

Important

Resetting the recorder

List.

on page 98) will erase the Copy

Copying to the HDD

• The maximum title length for copying is 12 hours.

• Title name and chapter markers are also copied, except when copying from a finalized Video mode disc.

• Thumbnail picture markers and chapter markers for the Disc Navigator are copied, but their position in the copy may be slightly changed from the original.

• If some part of the title being copied is copyprotected, copying will start, but the copy-protected portions will not be copied.

Note

1.In manual recording mode these equate to

MN1–15

(Video Mode Off) or

MN1–11

Disc Navigator

TV GUIDE

Timer Recording

Play Mode

Photo Viewer

(Video Mode On).

Disc Setup

Initial Setup

Video/Audio Adjust

Copy

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2 Select ‘HDD  DVD’.

If this is the first time to create a Copy List, skip to step 4 below.

Copy

HDD DVD

DVD HDD

Disc Back-up

DV Record

3 If there is already a Copy List stored in the recorder, choose whether to ‘Create New Copy List’ or ‘Use Existing Copy List’.

If you select

• Selecting

Use Existing Copy List

Copy

Use Existng Copy List

Create New Cppy List

Create New Copy List

, skip to step 8 below.

will erase any Copy

List already stored in the recorder.

4 Select VR mode or Video mode for the copy.

For certain kinds of material you must use VR mode; for greater compatibility with other players, use Video mode.

5 Use the

/

buttons to highlight titles you want to copy, pressing ENTER after each one to add it to the Copy List.

Select Title

Recent first

All Genres

Copy

HDD DVD (Video mode)

11/29 MON 11/29Mon 7:00PM 2ch SP

Copy List Total Current DVD Remain

11/29Mon 7:00PM 2ch SP 7:00PM 2h00m(1.0G)

1.2G

10 Title

Return

Titles you’ve added to the Copy List are highlighted in pink.

There are some restrictions on titles that can be added to the Copy List if you are copying to a Video mode DVD:

• When adding titles that contain copy-once protected material, the copy-once parts will not be added.

• When adding titles that contain material of more than one aspect ratio (screen size), each part with a different aspect ratio will be added as a separate title if high-speed copying is possible.

Depending on the title

, high-speed copying may not be

possible to a Video mode disc.

6 Press  to display the command menu panel.

The Command Menu panel

Copy

HDD DVD

Select Recording Format

Please select the recording format for the disc.

Copying of bilingual broadcasts and

VR Mode

copy-once protected material is possible.

Video Mode High compatibility mode. Must be final-

ized for playback on other equipment.

Note

1.• Widescreen titles recorded at low resolution (

• LP/

MN9–15

recordings when HDD Recording Mode is set to Video Mode Off.

SEP

through LP/

MN1–15

(Video Mode Off) or

• Dual mono recordings.

• Combined titles that were originally recorded using different recording modes.

•

XP+

titles.

Select Title

Recent first

All Genres

Copy

HDD DVD (Video mode)

11/29 MON 11/29Mon 7:00PM 2ch SP

11/29Mon 7:00PM 2ch SP 7:00PM 2h00m(1.0G)

Copy List Total Current DVD Remain

MN1–11

(Video Mode On).

10 Title

Return

Confirm

1.2G

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7 Select ‘Next’ to move on to the Title Edit screen.

•

Cancel

changes.

Copy

Edit Title

HDD DVD (Video mode)

00PM 2ch SP

11/29Mon 7:00PM 2ch SP

11/29Mon 7:00PM 2ch SP 7:00PM 2h00m(1.0G)

Copy List Total Current DVD Remain

1.2G

8 To edit a title, highlight it using the

3 Title

Return

/

Repeat this step for as many titles you have that need editing.

9 Press  to display the command menu panel.

10 Select ‘Next’ to proceed to the Start Copy screen.

buttons, then press ENTER.

Copy

Edit Title

HDD DVD (Video mode)

00PM 2ch SP

11/29Mon 7:00PM 2ch SP

Erase Title Name Erase Section Move Preview

11/29Mon 7:00PM 2ch SP 7:00PM 2h00m(1.0G)

Cancel

Copy List Total Current DVD Remain

1.2G

A menu of editing commands appears:

•

Erase

– Erase individual titles from the Copy List (see

page 70).

•

Title Name

– Name or rename a title in the Copy List

3 Title

Return

• Select recording quality (see

• Select disc name. Input a name of up to 64 characters for a VR mode disc or 40 characters for a Video mode disc. (The input method is similar to that of naming titles; see

Title Name

• Select Video mode DVD after copying.

style from the following screen.

(see page 70).

•

Erase Section Move

•

– Change the order of titles in the Copy List

– Erase part of a title (see page 71).

(see page 71).

•

Preview

– Check the content of a title in the Copy List

(see page 72).

•

Divide

– Divide a title in the Copy List into two (see

page 72).

•

Combine

– Combine two titles in the Copy List into

11 Select ‘Start Copy’ to start copying.

one (see page 72).

•

Chapter Edit

– Edit chapters within a Copy List title

(see page 72):

•

Divide

•

– Divide a chapter into two.

Erase/Move

– Erase a chapter/Change the

chapter order.

•

Combine

•

Set Thumbnail

– Combine two chapters into one.

– Set the thumbnail frame for a title

(see page 73).

•

Recording Mode

– Set the picture quality of the copy

(see page 73).

•

Dual Mono Audio

– Set how dual mono audio should be copied when copying from HDD to Video mode DVD (see page 74).

Note

1.If a timer recording is scheduled to start during copying, the disc will not be finalized.

– Exit the Copy List screen without saving any

Copy

Edit Title

HDD DVD (Video mode)

11/29Mon 7:00PM 2ch SP

11/29Mon 7:00PM 2ch SP 7:00PM 2h00m(1.0G)

Copy List Total Current DVD Remain

Recording Mode

Input Disc Name

1.2G

if you want to change the

Recording Mode

if you want to change the

3 Title

Return

Confirm

on page 73).

on page 70.)

Finalize

if you want to automatically finalize a

Copy HDD DVD (Video Mode)

Start Copy

HDD

DVD-RW

Copy Time 0h00m

Recording Mode Disc Name

Finalize

Copy List Total Current DVD Remain

Off

1.2G

Select a title menu

Return

Recording Mode Input Disc Name

Finalize

Start Copy

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Copying from DVD to HDD

Important

• The DVD to HDD Copy screen isn’t accessible when a finalized Video mode disc is loaded. However, you can still use the One Touch Copy function (See

Touch Copy

on page 66).

• The recorder can only store one Copy List at a time.

• The Copy List will be erased if: – any of the titles on the DVD disc are erased or edited. – the disc tray is opened. – playback is switched between Play List and Original. – the DVD disc is re-initialized or finalized. – the recorder is reset to its factory settings (see

Resetting the recorder

on page 98).

• It may not be possible to copy from a DVD disc that was recorded on a different DVD recorder or a PC.

1 Press HOME MENU and select ‘Copy’.



2 Select ‘DVD/CD

HDD’.

3 If there is already a Copy List stored in the recorder, choose whether to ‘Create New Copy List’ or ‘Use Existing Copy List’.

• Selecting

Create New Copy List

will erase any Copy

List already stored in the recorder.

4 Use the

/

buttons to highlight titles you want to copy, pressing ENTER after each one to add it to the Copy List.

Titles you’ve added to the Copy List are highlighted in pink.

5 Press  to display the command menu panel.

6 Select ‘Next’ to move on to the Title Edit screen.

7 To edit a title, highlight it using the

/

buttons, then press ENTER.

A menu appears of Copy List editing commands:

•

Erase

– Erase individual titles from the Copy List (see

page 70).

•

Move

– Change the order of titles in the Copy List

(see page 71).

•

Preview

– Check the content of a title in the Copy List

(see page 72).

•

Cancel

– Exit the Copy List screen without saving any

changes.

Repeat this step for as many titles you have that need editing.

One

8 Press  to display the command menu panel.

9 Select ‘Next’ to proceed to the Start Copy screen.

• Select

Recording Mode

recording quality (see

if you want to change the

Recording Mode

on page 73).

10 Select ‘Start Copy’ to start copying.

Erase

Use this command to erase individual titles from the Copy List.

1 Highlight the title you want to erase.

2 Select ‘Erase’ from the command menu panel.

3 Select ‘Yes’ to confirm or ‘No’ to cancel, then press ENTER.

Erase ?

Yes

Tip

• You can erase a title quickly by pressing

CLEAR

when

the title is highlighted. Confirm the edit by pressing

ENTER

Title Name

Use this command to name or rename titles in the Copy List (the names of the original titles remain unchanged). When copying to a Video mode disc, the name length is limited to 40 characters; for a VR mode disc, the limit is 64 characters.

1 Highlight the title you want to name (or rename).

2 Select ‘Title Name’ from the command menu panel.

3 Input a name for the selected title.

Input Title Name

11/04Wed 12:30PM 2ch LP

CAPS small

• Use the

///

•A name generated automatically by the recorder will already be in the name input section of the screen. Use the

/

position.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M . , ? ! N

P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ( ) : ;

A A A A A A Æ

D 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 < = > _ &

OK Clear Space

µ ¶ ·

and

E E E E I I I I #

–

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–

ENTER

to select characters.

N O O O O O ø U U U U Y ß $

+ – / @ [ ¥ ] ˆ ÷ x ± { | } £ \ § ¨ © ¬ – ®

buttons to change the cursor

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• Select

• You can also use the

CAPS

case, or use the



small

to change to upper or lower-

CASE SELECTION

CLEAR

buttons (

button to delete

/

characters directly (press and hold for two seconds to delete the whole name). For other remote control key shortcuts, see

input a name

Using the remote key shortcuts to

on page 79.

• For discs formatted on a different DVD recorder, you will see only a limited character set.

4 Highlight ‘OK’ then press ENTER to enter the name and return to the Copy List.

• To return to the main Copy List screen without saving changes to the title name, press

RETURN

Erase Section

Using this command you can delete a part of a Copy List title, ideal for cutting out the commercial breaks in a recording made from the TV.

1 Highlight the title containing the section you want to erase.

2 Select ‘Erase Section’ from the command menu panel.

The Erase Section screen appears from which you can mark the start and end points of the section to erase.

3 Select the type of edit.

Please select the type of editing. Video Mode Compatible Editing is recommended for compatibility with high-speed copying.

•

Video Mode Compatible Editing

cannot be set with absolute precision, but highspeed copying to Video mode DVD will be possible.

•

Frame Accurate Editing

preserved, but high-speed copying to Video mode DVD will not be possible.

• For more information about these options, see

Editing accuracy

on page 77

DVD RECORDER

Video Mode Compatible Editing

Frame Accurate Editing

– Edit points

– Exact edit points are

4 Highlight ‘From’ then use the playback controls (

, , , 

, etc.) to find the start of the section

to erase, then press ENTER.

The bar at the bottom of the screen indicates the current play position in the title. After pressing

ENTER

, a marker

shows the start of the section.

Erase Section (HDD Copy)

From

Exit

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 Play Pause

5 Highlight ‘To’ then, in the same way, find the end of the section to erase, then press ENTER.

After pressing

ENTER

, another marker indicates the end

of the section, with the section itself marked in red.

6 Select ‘Yes’ to confirm, or ‘No’ to cancel, then press ENTER.

Erase ?

Yes

In the thumbnail viewer you can see a few seconds of video either side of the marked section to see how the edit will look.

Move

Use this command to change the order of titles in the Copy List.

1 Highlight the title you want to move and press ENTER.

2 Select ‘Move’ from the command menu panel.

3 Move the insert bar to the new position for the title and press ENTER.

Insertion positionTitle to move

Edit Title

Copy

HDD DVD (Video mode)

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3 Title

Return

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Copy List Total Current DVD Remain

1.2G

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Preview

Use this command to check what’s in a title.

1 Highlight the title you want to preview.

2 Select ‘Preview’ from the command menu panel.

The selected title starts to play. Use any of the usual playback controls to scan, skip, play in slow-motion, etc.

3 To get back to the Copy List, press RETURN.

Divide

Use this command to make two titles from a title already in the Copy List.

1 Highlight the title you want to divide.

2 Select ‘Divide’ from the command menu panel.

3 Select the type of edit.

Please select the type of editing. Video Mode Compatible Editing is recommended for compatibility with high-speed copying.

Video Mode Compatible Editing

•

Video Mode Compatible Editing

cannot be set with absolute precision, but highspeed copying to Video mode DVD will be possible.

•

Frame Accurate Editing

preserved, but high-speed copying to Video mode DVD will not be possible.

• For more information about these options, see

Editing accuracy

4 Use the playback controls (, , , , etc.) to find the place you want to divide the title.

Divide Title (HDD Copy)

Divide

Cancel

5 Press ENTER to divide the title at the current playback position.

on page 77

DVD RECORDER

Frame Accurate Editing

– Exact edit points are

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Combine

Use this command to make a single title from two titles in the Copy List. The second title selected will be appended to the first.

1 Highlight the title you want to combine with another, then press ENTER.

This title will not move. The next title you select will be appended to this one.

2 Select ‘Combine’ from the command menu panel.

3 Select the title you want to append to the first, then press ENTER.

This title will effectively move to be added to the end of the first title. In the example belowe, title 3 will be appended to title 1.

This title will not move This title will be appended

Edit Title

Copy

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3 Title

Return

4 Select ‘Yes’ to confirm or ‘No’ to cancel, then press ENTER.

OK to combine titles

1 and 3 ?

Yes

Chapter Edit

The Chapter Edit option gives you access to several commands that you can use to edit chapters within a Copy List title.

1 Highlight the title that contains the chapters you want to edit.

2 Select ‘Chapter Edit’ from the command menu panel.

3 Select the type of editing.

Please select the type of editing. Video Mode Compatible Editing is recommended for compatibility with high-speed copying.

DVD RECORDER

Video Mode Compatible Editing

Frame Accurate Editing

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•

Video Mode Compatible Editing

cannot be set with absolute precision, but highspeed copying to Video mode DVD will be possible.

•

Frame Accurate Editing

– Exact edit points are preserved, but high-speed copying to Video mode DVD will not be possible.

• For more information about these options, see

Editing accuracy

on page 77

4 Select the command you want:

•

Divide

– Divide a chapter into two or more parts: Use

the playback controls (

, , , 

point at which you want to divide the chapter, then press

ENTER

Edit Chapter (HDD Copy)

1–1

 Play

Exit

Divide

Erase/Move

Combine

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You can keep dividing the chapter as many times as you wish (up to 99 per title).

Erase/Move

•

– Erase or move chapters: Select the chapter you want to erase/move and press Select whether you want to erase or move the chapter.

Move command only:

chapter, and press

Edit Chapter (HDD Copy)

Combine

•

– Combine two adjacent chapters into one:

Select the destination for the

ENTER

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Chapter

002 003 005004001

Exit

Divide

Erase/Move

Combine

Highlight the bar divider between two adjacent chapters and press

Edit Chapter (HDD Copy)

002 003 005004001

Exit

Divide

Erase/Move

Combine

ENTER

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5 Select ‘Exit’ to get back to the main Copy List screen.

Erase Move

Cancel

– Edit points

, etc.) to find the

ENTER

Set Thumbnail

You can change the thumbnail picture that appears in the four-title display of the Disc Navigator for a title to any frame that appears in that title.

1 Highlight the title you want to change the thumbnail picture for.

2 Select ‘Set Thumbnail’ from the command menu panel.

The thumbnail setting screen appears from which you can find the frame you want.

3 Use the playback controls (, , , , etc.) to find a suitable frame, then press ENTER to set.

You can also use the chapter and time search features (press

PLAY MODE

Set Thumbnail (HDD Copy)

Exit

), and the

CM SKIP

 Play Pause

buttons.

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4 Select ‘Exit’ to return to the Copy List screen.

Recording Mode

1 Select ‘Recording Mode’ from the command menu panel.

2 Use the for the copy.

•

High-Speed Copy1 – The Copy List is copied at the

same recording quality as the original.

•

XP, SP, LP, EP, SLP, SEP, MN2 – The Copy List is

copied at the specified recording quality in real-time. (Note that if you copy at a higher quality setting than the original, the copy will not be better quality than the original.)

If you select setting (

Recording Quality box that appears.

•

Optimized

adjusted so that the Copy List fits on to the space available on the disc. Copying is carried out in realtime.

/

buttons to select a recording mode

above, you can also change the level

MN1–MN32, LPCM

2,4

– The recording quality is automatically

XP+3) from the

Note

1.When copying to a Video mode DVD, the chapter markers in the copy may not be in exactly the same position as the original.

2.When the copy mode is set to something other than High-Speed Copy for copying to a Video mode DVD, the chapter markers of the original are not copied. Chapter markers are put into the copy at regular intervals, according to the Auto Chapter setting (see also

Auto Chapter (Video)

on page 95).

3.XP+ mode available only when copying to HDD.

4.Optimized mode only available when copying to DVD.

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When you change the recording mode setting, you can see how much disc space it will require. If this is more than is available, it shows up in red and you won’t be able to start copying. In this case, either change the recording quality, or press

RETURN

to go back to the Copy List

screen and erase one or more titles from the Copy List.

3 Press ENTER.

Dual Mono Audio

1 Select the title containing the audio you want to change.

2 Select ‘Dual Mono Audio’ from the command menu panel.

3 Use the

/

buttons to select a dual mono audio

option.

4 Press ENTER.

Using disc back-up

* See also This feature offers a simple way to make a back-up copy

of a finalized Video mode disc. The data is copied first to the hard disk drive

disc.

1 Press HOME MENU, select ‘Copy’, then ‘Disc Backup’.

2 Select a back-up option.

Disc Back-up

on page 66.

, then on to another recordable DVD

3 Press  OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc tray and load the disc you want to make a back-up of, then close the disc tray.

You can only make back-up copies of finalized Video mode discs.

Disc Back-up

No Disc.

Please load a disc to be backed-up.

Cancel

Start

4 Select ‘Start’.

Disc Back-up

Read from disc and save to HDD.

Start reading?

Cancel

Start

• To see the progress of the back-up, press

• You can cancel the back-up process by pressing

TOUCH COPY

for more than one second.

DISPLAY

ONE

5 When the data has been copied, press  OPEN/ CLOSE to open the disc tray. Take out the disc and load a blank* recordable DVD.

* If you’re using a DVD-RW, the disc doesn’t have to be blank, although the previous contents of the disc will be erased in the back-up process.

Disc Back-up

Disc content saved to Hard Disk Drive.

Please eject the disc and load a

recordable disc

Cancel

Start

Start new disc back-up

Resume writing date

Erase back-up date

There are three back-up options:

•

Start new disc back-up

– Start making a back-up of

a disc.

•

Resume writing data

– Record the back-up data

already on the HDD to a recordable DVD.

•

Erase back-up data

– Erase the back-up data on the

HDD.

Note

1.It is not possible to play this material directly from the HDD.

You can use a DVD-R Ver. 2.0 disc, or DVD-RW Ver. 1.1 or Ver. 1.2 for the back-up.

• If you back-up a DVD-R disc to DVD-RW, you cannot undo the finalization later.

• Actual recordable capacity of discs vary so there may be cases where the contents of the disc you’re backing-up will not fit on to a particular blank disc. If this happens, please try another brand of disc.

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6 Select ‘Start’ to start writing the backed-up data to the blank disc.

Disc Back-up

Write back-up data from Hard Disk Drive.

The disc contents will be overwritten.

OK to start?

Cancel

Start

• To see the progress of the back-up, press

• You can cancel the back-up process by pressing

TOUCH COPY

for more than one second. However,

DISPLAY

ONE

this will make the disc unusable (although if you are using a DVD-RW disc you can re-initialize it in order to make it usable again—see

DVD disc

on page 56.)

Initializing a recordable

7 After the recorder has finished recording the back-up disc, you can select whether to make another back-up of the same data or exit.

Disc Back-up

Disc back-up finished.

To make another back-up copy, please load

a recordable disc.

Cancel

Start

• Select

Start

to make another back-up copy or

Cancel

to finish. If you want to make another back-up copy, return to step

above.

8 If you don’t need to keep the back-up data on the HDD, you can delete it now.

Select

Yes

to delete the data from the HDD; select No to

keep it (you can delete it later if you want to).

Disc Back-up

The backed-up data is still on the HDD.

Erasing it will increase the free space

available. OK to Erase?

Yes

• If you decide to leave the back-up data on the HDD, you can make back-up copies to recordable DVD discs anytime from the Disc Back-up menu.

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Style

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Original

Editing

Chapter 9

Editing

The Disc Navigator screen

The Disc Navigator screen is where you can edit video content on unfinalized Video mode and VR mode DVD

, as well as video content on the internal hard disk

discs drive.

HDD DVD

AUDIO

DISC NAVIGATOR

ENTER

HOME MENU

PREV NEXT

RETURN

DISPLAY

Title list style

Title list order

selection

Available

recording time

View options panel

Genre

Disc Navigator (HDD)

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Recent First

All Genres

HDD

Remain

30h30m

Title thumbnail Title information

Title list

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Command menu panel

Selected title

• You can also access the Disc Navigator from the Home Menu (press

Navigator

then press

HOME MENU

• From the title list, press menu panel. Use the

/

ENTER



, select

Disc

to display the command and

ENTER

buttons to

navigate the menus.

• When in the title list, use the (



) buttons to display the previous/next page if

PREV (

) and

there are more titles than can be displayed.

• Press

DISPLAY

to change the title information

displayed in the title list.

• If you are editing a VR mode disc you can display the Play List by selecting panel (press



options, then

Play List

, then select

Play List

from the view options

Play List

from the view

DVD RECORDER

1 Press HDD or DVD to select the hard disk drive or the DVD.

2 Press DISC NAVIGATOR to display the Disc Navigator screen.

Playback will automatically stop when you do this.

Note

1.It isn’t possible to edit video on DVD-RAM discs using this recorder.

• You can switch between the HDD and the DVD Disc

HDD

and

DVD

Navigator screens using the

buttons

(front panel or remote).

Titles on the HDD marked with a icon are recently recorded titles that haven’t yet been played.

3 To exit the Disc Navigator, press HOME MENU

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Command menu panel options

The table below shows which commands you can use with which video type.

(page 78)

Create

(page 78)

Play

(page 78)

Erase

Edit > Title Name

(page 78)

Edit > Set Thumbnail

Edit > Erase Section

Edit > Divide

(page 80)

Edit > Chapter Edit

Edit > Set Genre

Edit > Lock

Edit > Move

Edit > Combine

Genre Name

Multi-Mode

Undo

(page 84)

(page 82)

(page 83)

(page 79)

(page 80)

(page 81)

HDD

 









 



Video mode



VR mode (Original)



VR mode

(Play List)



Editing accuracy

Some editing (and Copy List) commands ask you whether you want to keep Video mode compatibility or frame accuracy (

accurate editing

Frame accurate editing is very precise. The edit point is accurate to the exact frame you choose. However, this accuracy is not preserved in any copy you make if you use the high-speed copy function to make a Video mode DVD.

Video mode compatible editing is less precise. The edit point you choose will only be accurate to within 0.5–1 second. On the other hand, these edit points will be preserved if you use high-speed copy to make a Video mode DVD.

Video mode compatible editing

, or

Frame

HDD genres

The large capacity of the HDD means that there may be many hours of video in the recorder. To help you organize your HDD video content you can assign different genres to titles. There are five genres (set initially to that can be named and renamed as you like.

FREE1–5

)

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Create

VR mode

Play List only

Use this function to create a Play List and add titles to it. Before you can use this command, make sure that the

Play List is switched on in the view options panel on the left.

1 Select ‘Create’ from the command menu panel.

Disc Navigator (DVD)

4 Titles

Play List

DVD

VR Mode

Remain

0h30m

No title

0Titles

Play

Erase

2h00m(1.0G)

Edit

2h00m(1.0G)

Create

Undo

1h00m(1.0G)

2 Select a title to add to the Play List.

Use the press

/

buttons to highlight an Original title then

ENTER

to add it and display the Play List.

3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 to add as many titles as necessary to the Play List.

Play

HDD Video mode VR mode

Use this function to start playback of a title.

1 Highlight the title you want to play.

2 Select ‘Play’ from the command menu panel.

Playback of the title you selected starts.

Disc Navigator (HDD)

4 Titles

Recent First

All Genres

HDD

Remain

30h30m

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Play

Erase

2h00m(1.0G)

Edit

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Genre Name

Multi-Mode

1h00m(1.0G)

Erase

HDD Video mode VR mode

Use this function to erase unwanted titles. When you erase titles from the HDD or Original titles

from a VR mode DVD-RW, the available recording space increases accordingly. Erasing a title from a Video mode DVD-RW disc increases the available recording time only if it is the last title on the disc.

Erasing Play List titles, or titles from a DVD-R, VR mode or Video mode, will not result in any more free space on the disc.

1 Highlight the title you want to erase.

2 Select ‘Erase’ from the command menu panel.

3 Select ‘Yes’ to confirm or ‘No’ to cancel, then press ENTER.

Tip

• You can erase a title quickly by pressing

CLEAR

when

the title is highlighted. Confirm the edit by pressing

ENTER

Title Name

HDD Video mode VR mode

You can give titles new names of up to 64 characters long for VR mode and HDD recordings, and up to 40 characters for Video mode recordings.

1 Highlight the title you want to name (or rename).

2 Select ‘Edit’ > ‘Title Name’ from the command menu panel.

Disc Navigator (HDD)

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All Genres

HDD

Remain

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Play

Title name

Erase

2h00m(1.0G)

Set Thumbnail Erase Section

Edit Divide

Chapter Edit

2h00m(1.0G)

Multi-Mode

Set Genre

Genre Name

Lock

Cancel

1h00m(1.0G)

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3 Input a name for the selected title.

Input Title Name

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CAPS small

• Use the

///

•A name generated automatically by the recorder will already be in the name input section of the screen. Use the

/

position.

• Select

CAPS

case, or use the



• You can also use the characters directly (press and hold for two seconds to delete the whole name). For other remote control key shortcuts, see

input a name

• For discs formatted on a different DVD recorder, you will see only a limited character set.

4 Highlight ‘OK’ then press ENTER to enter the name and return to the main Disc Navigator screen.

• To return to the main Disc Navigator screen without saving changes to the title name, press

Using the remote key shortcuts to input a name

The table below shows the remote control key shortcuts that you can use to input characters in the name input screen. Pressing a button repeatedly cycles through the characters shown.

If you want to enter two characters in succession that are both on the same button (for example a press



to advance the cursor one space manually

between inputting the two characters.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M . , ? !

P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ( ) : ;

A A A A A A Æ

D 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 < = > _ &

OK Clear Space

µ ¶ ·

and

E E E E I I I I #

–

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ENTER

to select characters.

N O O O O O ø U U U U Y ß $

buttons to change the cursor

small

to change to upper or lower-

CASE SELECTION

CLEAR

button to delete

Using the remote key shortcuts to

below.

buttons (

and an R),

/

RETURN

Key Characters Key Characters

. , ’ ? ! – & 1

a b c 2 ä à á â ã

æ ç

d e f 3 è é ë ê



g h i 4 î ï ì í ¡

j k l 5 £

[cursor back]

/[change case]



<space>

( ) _ / : ; ” ` ^ @ # ∗ % ¥ | + =

m n o 6 ö ô ò ó ø ñ



CLEAR



[ﬁnish name input]

p q r s 7 $

ÿ/ß

t u v 8 ü ù û ú

w x y z 9

[cursor forward]

[clear character]

{ } [ ] < >

lower-case: ÿ; upper-case: ß

Set Thumbnail

HDD Video mode VR mode

You can change the thumbnail picture that appears in the Disc Navigator for a title to any frame that appears in that title.

1 Highlight the title you want to change the thumbnail picture for.

2 Select ‘Edit’ > ‘Set Thumbnail’ from the command menu panel.

The thumbnail setting screen appears from which you can find the frame you want.

Disc Navigator (HDD)

4 Titles

Recent First

All Genres

HDD

Remain

30h30m

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10Titles

Play

Title name

Erase

2h00m(1.0G)

Set Thumbnail Erase Section

Edit Divide

Chapter Edit

2h00m(1.0G)

Multi-Mode

Set Genre

Genre Name

Lock

Cancel

1h00m(1.0G)

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3 Use the playback controls (, , , , etc.) to find a suitable frame, then press ENTER to set.

Set Thumbnail (HDD)

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 Play Pause

You can also use the chapter and time search features (press

PLAY MODE

), and the

CM SKIP

buttons.

4 Select ‘Exit’ to return to the Edit screen.

Erase Section

HDD VR mode

Using this command you can delete a part of a title, ideal for cutting out the commercial breaks in a recording made from the TV.

1 Highlight the title containing the section you want to erase.

2 Select ‘Edit’ > ‘Erase Section’ from the command menu panel.

HDD only:

•

Video Mode Compatible Editing

cannot be set with absolute precision, but highspeed copying to Video mode DVD will be possible.

•

Frame Accurate Editing

preserved, but high-speed copying to Video mode DVD will not be possible.

• For more information about these options, see

Editing accuracy

Select the type of edit.

Please select the type of editing. Video Mode Compatible Editing is recommended for compatibility with high-speed copying.

Video Mode Compatible Editing

DVD RECORDER

Frame Accurate Editing

– Exact edit points are

on page 77

– Edit points

4 Highlight ‘From’ then use the playback controls (

, , , 

, etc.) to find the start of the section

to erase, then press ENTER.

The bar at the bottom of the screen indicates the current play position in the title. After pressing

ENTER

, a marker

shows the start of the section.

Erase Section (HDD)

From

Exit

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5-1

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 Play Pause

5 Highlight ‘To’ then, in the same way, find the end of the section to erase, then press ENTER.

After pressing

ENTER

, another marker indicates the end

of the section, with the section itself marked in red.

6 Select ‘Yes’ to confirm, or ‘No’ to cancel, then press ENTER.

In the thumbnail viewer you can see a few seconds of video either side of the marked section to see how the edit will look.

• When editing VR mode Original content, you may not be able to erase very short sections (less than five seconds).

Divide

HDD VR mode

Use this command to divide a title into two. Note that once divided, the two new HDD titles cannot be recombined into one again.

1 Highlight the title you want to divide.

2 Select ‘Edit’ > ‘Divide’ from the command menu panel.

HDD only:

Play List only

Select the type of edit.

Please select the type of editing. Video Mode Compatible Editing is recommended for compatibility with high-speed copying.

DVD RECORDER

Video Mode Compatible Editing

Frame Accurate Editing

•

Video Mode Compatible Editing

– Edit points cannot be set with absolute precision, but highspeed copying to Video mode DVD will be possible.

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•

Frame Accurate Editing

preserved, but high-speed copying to Video mode DVD will not be possible.

• For more information about these options, see

Editing accuracy

on page 77

4 Use the playback controls (, , , , etc.) to find the place you want to divide the title.

Divide Title (HDD)

Divide

Cancel

5 Press ENTER to divide the title at the current playback position.

6 Select ‘Yes’ to confirm you want to divide the title, or ‘No’ to cancel.

Chapter Edit

HDD VR mode

When editing a VR mode DVD or video on the HDD you can edit individual chapters within a title, with commands for erasing, combining and dividing.

1 Highlight the title that contains the chapters you want to edit.

2 Select ‘Edit’ > ‘Chapter Edit’ from the command menu panel.

HDD only:

Select the type of edit.

Please select the type of editing. Video Mode Compatible Editing is recommended for compatibility with high-speed copying.

Video Mode Compatible Editing

– Exact edit points are

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Rec. time

5–1

00.00.09.15

Play Pause



Divided titles cannot be combined. OK?

Yes

DVD RECORDER

Frame Accurate Editing

0h01m

•

Video Mode Compatible Editing

– Edit points cannot be set with absolute precision, but highspeed copying to Video mode DVD will be possible.

•

Frame Accurate Editing

– Exact edit points are preserved, but high-speed copying to Video mode DVD will not be possible.

• For more information about these options, see

Editing accuracy

on page 77

4 Select the command you want:

•

Divide

– Divide a chapter into two or more parts: Use

the playback controls (

, , , 

, etc.) to find the point at which you want to divide the chapter, then press

ENTER

Edit Chapter (DVD VR mode Play List)

1–1

 Play

Exit

Divide

Erase/Move

Combine

0.00.00

11/29Mon 6:00PM 4ch XP

1h00m

Rec. time

Chapters

You can keep dividing the chapter as many times as you wish (up to 999 chapters per DVD disc or 99 chapters per HDD title).

•

Erase1/Move2 – Erase or move chapters: Select the

chapter you want to erase/move and press Select whether you want to erase or move the chapter.

Edit Chapter (DVD VR mode Play List)

Move command only:

chapter, and press

•

Combine3 – Combine two adjacent chapters into

11/29Mon 6:00PM 0ch XP

Erase Move

1h00m

Rec. time

0h01m

Chapter

Cancel

Exit

Divide

Erase/Move

Combine

002 003 005004001

Select the destination for the

ENTER

one: Highlight the bar divider between two adjacent chapters and press

ENTER

Edit Chapter (DVD VR mode Play List)

Exit

Divide

Erase/Move

Combine

002 003 005004001

11/29Mon 6:00PM 4ch XP

Rec. time

1h00m

ENTER

5 Select ‘Exit’ to get back to the main Disc Navigator screen.

Note

1.When editing VR mode Original content, it may not be possible to erase chapters less than five seconds long.

2.VR mode Play List only.

3.It may not always be possible to combine two chapters, even though they are adjacent. If a chapter has been divided into three, then the middle chapter erased, it is not possible to combine the two remaining chapters into one.

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Set Genre

HDD

Use this command to assign a genre to a title.

1 Highlight the title you want to assign a genre to.

2 Select ‘Edit’ > ‘Set Genre’ from the command menu panel.

4 Titles

Recent First

All Genres

Remain

30h30m

3 Use the

Disc Navigator (HDD)

12/3 FRI 11:00PM

11/29 MON 7:00PM 12/3FRI 11:00PM 4ch SP

11/29Mon 7:00PM 2ch SP

12/3 FRI 8:00PM 12/3FRI 8:00PM 9ch SP

12/2 THU 10:00PM 12/2THU 10:00PM 7ch SP

HDD

/

11/29 MON 7:00PM 11/29MON 7:00PM 2ch SP

buttons to select a genre for the

10Titles

Play

Title name

Erase

2h00m(1.0G)

Set Thumbnail Erase Section

Edit Divide

Chapter Edit

2h00m(1.0G)

Multi-Mode

Set Genre

Genre Name

Lock

Cancel

1h00m(1.0G)

title, then press ENTER.

Disc Navigator (HDD)

4 Titles

Recent First

All Genres

HDD

Remain

30h30m

12/3 FRI 11:00PM

11/29 MON 7:00PM 12/3FRI 11:00PM 4ch SP

11/29Mon 7:00PM 2ch SP

12/3 FRI 8:00PM 12/3FRI 8:00PM 9ch SP

12/2 THU 10:00PM 12/2THU 10:00PM 7ch SP

11/29 MON 7:00PM 11/29MON 7:00PM 2ch SP

Play Title name

No Category

Erase

2h00m(1.0G)

Set Thumbnail

Free1 Erase Section

Edit

Free2 Edit Chapter

Free3 Divide

Free4

2h00m(1.0G)

Multi-Mode

Set Genre

Free5

Genre Name

Lock

Cancel

1h00m(1.0G)

10Titles

Lock

HDD Video mode VR mode

You can lock a title so that it can’t be edited or erased accidently. If you do need to edit it, you can always unlock it later.

Original only

2 Select ‘Edit’ > ‘Lock’ from the command menu panel.

Disc Navigator (HDD)

4 Titles

Recent First

All Genres

HDD

Remain

30h30m

12/3 FRI 11:00PM

11/29 MON 7:00PM 12/3FRI 11:00PM 4ch SP

11/29Mon 7:00PM 2ch SP

12/3 FRI 8:00PM 12/3FRI 8:00PM 9ch SP

12/2 THU 10:00PM 12/2THU 10:00PM 7ch SP

11/29 MON 7:00PM 11/29MON 7:00PM 2ch SP

10Titles

Play

Title name

Erase

2h00m(1.0G)

Set Thumbnail Erase Section

Edit Divide

Chapter Edit

2h00m(1.0G)

Multi-Mode

Set Genre

Genre Name

Lock

Cancel

1h00m(1.0G)

An unlocked title will become locked; a locked title will be unlocked. Locked titles are shown in the Disc Navigator with a padlock icon.

Move

VR mode

Play List only

Use this function to re-arrange the playing order of Play List titles.

1 Highlight the title you want to move.

2 Select ‘Edit’ > ‘Move’ from the command menu panel.

Disc Navigator (DVD)

11/29 MON 7:00PM

11/29 MON 7:00PM 11/29Mon 7:00PM 2ch SP

11/29Mon 7:00PM 2ch SP

12/2 THU 10:00PM 12/2Thu 10:00PM 7ch SP

12/3 FRI 8:00PM 12/3Fri 8:00PM 9ch SP

12/3 FRI 11:00PM 12/3Fri 11:00PM 9ch SP

Remain

4 Titles

Play List

DVD

VR Mode

0h30m

3 Select a new position in the Play List for the title, then press ENTER.

10Titles

Play

Title name

Erase

2h00m(1.0G)

Set Thumbnail

2h00m(1.0G)

Erase Section

Edit

Divide

Chapter Edit

2h00m(1.0G)

Multi-Mode

Move

Genre Name

Combine

Cancel

1h00m(1.0G)

Important

• You can’t undo any edits made before changing the lock status. You also can’t undo a lock/unlock command using the

Undo

option from the Disc

Navigator menu.

1 Highlight the title you want to lock (or unlock).

Disc Navigator (DVD)

4 Titles

Play List

DVD

VR Mode

Remain

0h30m

After pressing displayed.

11/29 MON 7:00PM

11/29 MON 7:00PM 11/29Mon 7:00PM 2ch SP

11/29Mon 7:00PM 2ch SP

12/2 THU 10:00PM 12/2Thu 10:00PM 7ch SP

12/3 FRI 8:00PM 12/3Fri 8:00PM 9ch SP

12/3 FRI 11:00PM 12/3Fri 11:00PM 9ch SP

ENTER

, the new, updated Play List is

2h00m(1.0G)

1h00m(1.0G)

10Titles

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Combine

VR mode

Play List only

Use this function to combine two Play List titles into one.

1 Highlight the title you want to combine.

This title will remain in the same place after combining with another title.

2 Select ‘Edit’ > ‘Combine’ from the command menu panel.

Disc Navigator (DVD)

4 Titles

Play List

DVD

VR Mode

Remain

0h30m

11/29 MON 7:00PM

11/29Mon 7:00PM 2ch SP

12/2 THU 10:00PM 12/2Thu 10:00PM 7ch SP

12/3 FRI 8:00PM 12/3Fri 8:00PM 9ch SP

12/3 FRI 11:00PM 12/3Fri 11:00PM 9ch SP

10Titles

Play

Title name

Erase

2h00m(1.0G)

Set Thumbnail

2h00m(1.0G)

Erase Section

Edit Divide

Chapter Edit

2h00m(1.0G)

Multi-Mode

Move

Genre Name

Combine

Cancel

1h00m(1.0G)

3 Select another title to combine with the first.

This title will be appended to the first title selected. After pressing

ENTER

, the new, updated Play List is

displayed.

Disc Navigator (DVD)

4 Titles

Play List

DVD

VR Mode

Remain

0h30m

11/29 MON 7:00PM

11/29Mon 7:00PM 2ch SP

12/2 THU 10:00PM 12/2Thu 10:00PM 7ch SP

12/3 FRI 8:00PM 12/3Fri 8:00PM 9ch SP

12/3 FRI 11:00PM 12/3Fri 11:00PM 9ch SP

10Titles

2h00m(1.0G)

1h00m(1.0G)

Genre Name

HDD

Use this command to rename one of the five userdefinable genres (

1 Select ‘Genre Name’ from the command menu panel.

Recent First

All Genres

Remain

Disc Navigator (HDD)

4 Titles

HDD

30h30m

Free 1–5

12/3 FRI 11:00PM

11/29 MON 7:00PM 12/3FRI 11:00PM 4ch SP

11/29Mon 7:00PM 2ch SP

12/3 FRI 8:00PM 12/3FRI 8:00PM 9ch SP

12/2 THU 10:00PM 12/2THU 10:00PM 7ch SP

11/29 MON 7:00PM 11/29MON 7:00PM 2ch SP

Play

Erase

2h00m(1.0G)

Edit

2h00m(1.0G)

Genre Name

Multi-Mode

1h00m(1.0G)

10Titles

2 Use the

/

buttons to select one of the user-

definable genre names, then press ENTER.

Disc Navigator (HDD)

4 Titles

Recent First

All Genres

HDD

Remain

30h30m

12/3 FRI 11:00PM

11/29 MON 7:00PM 12/3FRI 11:00PM 4ch SP

11/29Mon 7:00PM 2ch SP

12/3 FRI 8:00PM 12/3FRI 8:00PM 9ch SP

12/2 THU 10:00PM 12/2THU 10:00PM 7ch SP

11/29 MON 7:00PM 11/29MON 7:00PM 2ch SP

10Titles

Play

Free1

Erase

Free2

2h00m(1.0G)

Free3

Edit

Free4 Free5

2h00m(1.0G)

Multi-Mode

Cancel

Genre Name

Cancel

1h00m(1.0G)

3 Input a name for the genre.

The name can be up to 12 characters long.

Input Genre Name

Free 1

A B C D E F G H I J K L M . , ? !

CAPS

small

OK Clear

P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ( ) : ;

A A A A A A Æ

N O O O O O ø U U U U Y ß $

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 < = > _ &

µ ¶ ·

E E E E I I I I #

–

1/41/23

–

Space

4 To finish entering the name, highlight ‘OK’ and press ENTER.

Multi-Mode

HDD

Multi-Mode allows you to select several titles, then select a command that will be applied to all of them. In this way you can select multiple titles and then erase them all at once, for example.

1 Select ‘Multi-Mode’ from the command menu panel.

Disc Navigator (HDD)

12/3 FRI 11:00PM

12/3FRI 11:00PM 4ch SP

12/3 FRI 8:00PM 12/3FRI 8:00PM 9ch SP

12/2 THU 10:00PM 12/2THU 10:00PM 7ch SP

11/29 MON 7:00PM 11/29MON 7:00PM 2ch SP

4 Titles

Recent First

All Genres

HDD

Remain

30h30m

2 Select titles from the title list.

Use the titles are marked with a

/

and

ENTER

buttons to select. Selected



10Titles

Play

Erase

2h00m(1.0G)

Edit

2h00m(1.0G)

Genre Name

Multi-Mode

1h00m(1.0G)

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3 Select ‘Next’ from the command menu panel.

Disc Navigator (HDD)

4 Titles

Recent First

All Genres

HDD

Remain

30h30m

Multi-Mode

11/29 MON 7:00PM 11/29Mon 7:00PM 2ch SP

12/2 THU 10:00PM 12/2Thu 10:00PM 7ch SP

12/3 FRI 8:00PM 12/3Fri 8:00PM 9ch SP

12/3 FRI 11:00PM 12/3Fri 11:00PM 9ch SP

2h00m(1.0G)

Single Mode

1h00m(1.0G)

10Titles

4 Select the command that you want applied to all the marked titles.

For example, select

Disc Navigator (HDD)

4 Titles

Recent First

All Genres

HDD

Remain

30h30m

Erase

to erase all the marked titles.

Multi-Mode

11/29 MON 7:00PM 11/29Mon 7:00PM 2ch SP

12/3 FRI 8:00PM 12/3Fri 8:00PM 9ch SP

12/3 FRI 11:00PM 12/3Fri 11:00PM 9ch SP

10Titles

Erase

Lock

2h00m(1.0G)

Unlock

Change Genre

2h00m(1.0G)

Single ModeSingle Mode

Cancel

1h00m(1.0G)

Once the command is completed, Multi-Mode is automatically exited.

Frequently asked questions

• Why doesn’t the available recording time increase when I erase titles from a VR mode DVD-R?

When you erase titles from a DVD-R, the titles are no longer displayed, but the content remains on the disc. DVD-R is a write-once medium; it can’t be erased or rewritten.

•I can’t edit my disc!

You may find that as the available recording time is reduced on a VR mode DVD-R disc, editing is no longer possible. This is because information about your edits requires a certain amount of disc space. As you edit, this information builds up, eventually preventing you from editing further.

Undo

Video mode VR mode

If you make a mistake while editing, you can generally undo it. There are three levels of undo (in other words, you can undo the last three edits you made).

1 Select ‘Undo’ from the command menu panel.

• You can’t undo anything after exiting the Disc Navigator screen.

Disc Navigator (DVD)

4 Titles

Play List

DVD

VR Mode

Remain

0h30m

11/29 MON 7:00PM

No title

11/29Mon 7:00PM 2ch SP

0Titles

Play

Erase

2h00m(1.0G)

Edit

Create

2h00m(1.0G)

Undo

1h00m(1.0G)

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The PhotoViewer

Chapter 10

The PhotoViewer

From the PhotoViewer you can view JPEG photos and picture files stored on a CD-ROM/R/RW1 on your TV.

Currently selected thumbnail

PhotoViewer

Currently selected folder in folder list

Pages in folder list

File Date/Time

01. 12/12 TUE

02. 12/13 WED

03. 12/14 THU

04. 12/15 FRI

05. 12/16 SAT

06. 12/17 SUN

07. 12/18 MON

08. 12/19 TUE

Chair No. 2 5/12/2003 10:00AM Size 1920 x 1440

1/2 1/3

File information

Pages in file view

Incompatible/unknown file

Playing a slideshow

1 Press HOME MENU and select ‘PhotoViewer’ to display the PhotoViewer screen.

• The PhotoViewer is only accessible when a disc containing JPEG files is loaded.

• If you encounter a disc that will not play, check that the disc and file formats are compatible with this recorder (see

disc compatibility

2 Use the folder list.

The first nine images from the selected folder are displayed as thumbnails in the main part of the screen.

• The larger the file size, the longer it takes the recorder to load the file.

3 Press ENTER or  to move to the thumbnail view area.

The first thumbnail image is highlighted.

• To get back to the folder list, press when the leftmost thumbnail is highlighted).

JPEG file compatibility

and

on page 12).

/

buttons to select a folder from the

RETURN

PC-created

(or 

4 Use the

///

to select a thumbnail.

• Use the  and  buttons to display the previous/ next page of thumbnails.

5 Press ENTER or  PLAY to start playing a slideshow from the selected thumbnail.

• Use the  previous/next picture, or the

NEXT 

buttons to display the



PAUSE

button to

pause the slideshow.

• Depending on the aspect ratio, some pictures may be displayed with black bars top and bottom, or left and right.

• Large picture files may take a few seconds to display. This is normal.

6 Press  STOP or RETURN to return to the thumbnail view area.

7 To return to the folder view area, press RETURN (or



when the leftmost thumbnail is highlighted).

• To exit the PhotoViewer, press

HOME MENU

Note

1.Up to 999 files or 99 folders are viewable, but if there are more files/folders than this on the disc it is still possible to view them all using the Reload function (see the following page).

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The PhotoViewer

Reloading files from a disc

If you have a disc with a large number of files and/or folders, you can still view all the images using the reload function.

1 Use the  button to navigate to the last entry in the folder list (‘Read next: ...’).

2 Press ENTER to load the next batch of up to 999 files/99 folders from the disc.

It will take a moment (at most a minute) to load in the images.

Zooming the image

During a slideshow you can zoom in to enlarge a portion of the picture by a factor of two or four. You can also move the area of the picture displayed.

1 During a slideshow, use the CHANNEL + button to zoom the picture.

2x Zoom



Repeated presses cycle between zoom off, 2x zoom and 4x zoom. The zoom factor is displayed on-screen.

2 Use the

///

to move the zoomed area

within the picture.

Rotating an image

You can rotate the displayed picture during a slideshow so you can always view pictures the right way up, whichever way they were taken.

• During a slideshow, press ANGLE to rotate the displayed picture clockwise by 90º.

Press

ANGLE

repeatedly to continue rotating the picture

in increments of 90º.



Note

1.You can press resume reloading.)

HOME MENU

to exit the PhotoViewer screen while the recorder is reloading images. (If you enter the PhotoViewer again, it will

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The Disc Setup menu

Chapter 11

The Disc Setup menu

• Select

Introduction

From the Disc Setup menu you can name discs, lock the contents to prevent accidental recording and erasure, initialize and finalize discs. The Disc Setup menu is accessed from the Home menu:

• Press HOME MENU and select ‘Disc Setup’.

Basic settings

Input Disc Name

VR mode Video mode

When you initialize a disc for recording, the recorder automatically assigns a name for the disc ranging from

DISC 1

function to change the default disc name to something

DISC 99

more descriptive. This name appears when you load the disc and when you display disc information on-screen.

1 Select ‘Input Disc Name’ from the Basic options, then ‘Next Screen’.

. You can use the Input Disc Name

Disc Setup

Basic

Initialize

Finalize

Optimize HDD

Input Disc Name

Lock Disc

Next ScreenInput Disc Name

case, or use the



• You can also use the characters directly (press and hold for two seconds to delete the whole name). For other remote control key shortcuts, see

input a name

• For discs formatted on a different DVD recorder, you will see only a limited character set.

Lock Disc

VR mode

• Default setting:

Set to On to prevent accidental recording, editing or erasing of the disc loaded. If you need to unlock the disc to make edits, select

Important

•A locked disc can still be initialized (which will completely erase the disc).

CAPS

Disc Setup

Basic

Initialize

Finalize

Optimize HDD

small

to change to upper or lower-

CASE SELECTION

CLEAR

buttons (

button to delete

Using the remote key shortcuts to

on page 79.

Off

Input Disc Name

Lock Disc

Off

/

2 Input a name for the disc up to 64 characters long for a VR mode disc, or 40 for a Video mode disc.

Input Disc Name

• Use the

DISC7

///

/

A B C D E F G H I J K L M . , ? !

CAPS small

A A A A A A Æ

N O O O O O ø U U U U Y

D 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 < = > _ &

P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ( ) : ;

E E E E I I I I

–

µ ¶ ·

–

ENTER

Space

Clear

and

buttons to change the cursor

ß $

to select characters.

position.

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The Disc Setup menu

Initialize settings

DVD-R DVD-RW

You can initialize a recordable DVD disc for either VR mode or Video mode recording.

The first time you load a new DVD-RW disc, it will be automatically initialized for recording according to the DVD-RW Auto Init. setting in the Initial Setup menu (see page 95).

New DVD-R discs are ready for Video mode recording when you load them, but it is also possible to initialize them for VR mode recording.

The initialize menu here lets you reinitialize a disc, for example if you want to change the recording format of the disc. See

Initializing a recordable DVD disc

on page 56

for detailed instructions.

Finalize settings

Finalize

DVD-R DVD-RW

Finalizing ‘fixes’ the recordings in place so that the disc can be played on a regular DVD player or computer equipped with a suitable DVD-ROM drive.

See

Playing your recordings on other DVD players

page 55 for detailed instructions.

Optimize HDD

HDD

You’ll see a message appear on-screen recommending you optimize the HDD.

As you record, erase and edit recordings, the HDD file system gradually becomes fragmented. Periodically, the HDD will need optimizing to ‘clean up’ all the fragmented files.

Important

• Optimizing the HDD can take as long as eight hours. During optimization, playback and recording are not possible.

• Canceling optimization mid-way does not undo the optimization already done, so the HDD will be partly optimized.

• Select ‘Optimize HDD’ from the disc Setup menu.

Disc Setup

Basic

Initialize

Finalize

Optimize HDD

Start Optimization

• Select ‘Start’ to optimize.

A progress bar indicates how long there is left to go.

Start

Undo Finalize

DVD-RW

You can undo the finalization on DVD-RW discs recorded on this recorder in Video mode. You need to do this if you want to record more material or edit material already on the disc.

You can also undo the finalization of VR mode discs which have been finalized on other DVD recorders. If when you load a disc the message

recorded. Undo the finalization

command to be able to record on the disc using this recorder.

1 From the Disc Setup menu, select ‘Finalize’, then ‘Undo Finalize’ from the finalize options.

2 Select ‘Start’.

This disc cannot be

is displayed, use this

Initialize HDD

HDD

When your DVD recorder is working without a problem this option is not visible in the Disc Setup menu. However, if the HDD file system becomes corrupted for some reason, you initialize the HDD to fix the problem. Note that initializing the HDD will erase all the data on it.

• Select ‘Initialize HDD’ from the disc Setup menu.

Disc Setup

Basic

Initialize

Finalize

Initialize HDD

Optimize HDD

Initialize

• Select ‘Start’ to initialize.

Start

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The Video/Audio Adjust menu

Chapter 12

The Video/Audio Adjust menu

Using the Video/Audio Adjust menu you can set up the picture quality for the built-in tuner and external inputs, for disc playback, and for recording.

You can press

Setting the picture quality for TV and external inputs

the current preset (

4 Press ENTER to select the preset.

Picture Creation lets you choose a set of picture quality settings for the built-in TV tuner and for each external input. There are several preset settings that suit various sources, or you can create up to three of your own sets.

Choosing a preset

1 With the recorder stopped, press HOME MENU and select ‘Video/Audio Adjust’.

Disc Navigator

TV GUIDE

Timer Recording

Play Mode

Photo Viewer

Disc Setup

Initial Setup

Video/Audio Adjust

Copy

Creating your own set

There are three user presets in which you can save your own set of picture quality settings.

1 Follow the user presets (Memory 1, 2 or 3).

2 Select ‘Detailed Settings’.

3 Use the setting you want to adjust.

2 Select ‘Video Adjust’.

3 Use the

• Use the

/

buttons to change the preset.

Tuner

Detailed Settings

INPUT SELECT

button to switch between the

1ch

You can adjust the following settings:

built-in TV tuner and the external inputs.

• Use the

CH +/–

buttons to change the channel of the

built-in TV tuner.

There are six presets available:

•

Tuner

– suitable for general TV broadcasts

•

VCR

– suitable for video cassettes

•

LDP

– suitable for Laserdiscs

Memory1

•

Memory2 Memory3

•

– user preset 1 – user preset 2 – user preset 3

DISPLAY

Choosing a preset

/

Memory1

Prog. Motion

PureCinma

3D-Y/C

YNR

CNR

Detail

White AGC

• Prog. Motion

to see the individual settings for

Tuner, VCR

LDP

above and select one of

1ch

Memory1

Detailed Settings

buttons to select the picture quality

Motion Still

Auto1

Motion

Off

Min

Still

Max

Off

– Adjusts the motion and still picture

quality when video output is set to progressive.

• PureCinema

– This setting optimizes the picture for film material when the video output is set to progressive. Usually this is best left set to switching to

3-D Y/C

•

• YNR

Off

if the picture appears unnatural.

– Adjusts the brightness/color separation.

– Adjusts the amount of noise reduction (NR)

applied to the Y (brightness) component.

• CNR

– Adjusts the amount of noise reduction (NR)

applied to the C (color) component.

•

Detail

– Adjusts how sharp edges appear.

1ch

Auto

; try

Note

1.When the DV input is selected, only

Prog. Motion

and

PureCinema

settings can be adjusted.

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The Video/Audio Adjust menu

•

White AGC

adjustment.

•

White Level Black Level

•

Black Setup

• level.

•

Gamma Correction

darker images.

•

Hue

green.

•

Chroma Level

4 Use the selected picture quality setting.

5 When you have all the settings as you want them, press HOME MENU to exit.

You can now use the preset for any other input or the built-in TV tuner.

– Turn on for automatic white level

– Adjusts the intensity of white. – Adjusts the intensity of black. – Corrects the standard reference black

– Adjusts the brightness of

– Adjusts overall balance between red and

– Adjusts how rich the colors appear.

/

buttons to adjust the currently

Memory1

•

Memory2

•

Memory3

You can press the current preset (

– user preset 1 – user preset 2 – user preset 3

DISPLAY

to see the individual settings for

TV(CRT), PDP

Professional

4 Press ENTER to select the preset.

Creating your own set

There are three user presets in which you can save your own set of picture quality settings for disc playback.

1 Follow the user presets (Memory 1, 2 or 3).

2 Move the cursor down and select ‘Detailed Settings’.

Choosing a preset

Memory1

Detailed Settings

above and select one of

Tip

• To see more of the picture as you adjust different settings, press

ENTER

after selecting the setting you

want to adjust.

Setting the picture quality for disc playback

This setting determines how the picture will look when playing discs.

Choosing a preset

1 With a disc playing (or paused), press HOME MENU and select ‘Video/Audio Adjust’.

2 Select ‘Video Adjust’

3 Use the

There are six presets available:

TV(CRT)

•

PDP Professional

•

/

buttons to change the setting.

TV(CRT)

Detailed Settings

– suitable for standard cathode-ray tube TVs

– suitable for plasma display screens

– suitable for professional monitors

3 Select the picture quality setting you want to adjust.

Memory1

Prog. Motion

PureCinma

YNR

BNR

Detail

White Level

Black Level

Motion Still

Auto1

Off

Min

Max

MaxMin

You can adjust the following settings:

• Prog. Motion

– Adjusts the motion and still picture

quality when video output is set to progressive.

• PureCinema

– This setting optimizes the picture for film material when the video output is set to progressive. Usually this is best left set to

Auto 1

; try switching to

Auto 2, On

Off

if the

picture appears unnatural.

•

YNR

– Adjusts the amount of noise reduction (NR)

applied to the Y (brightness) component.

• BNR

– Adjusts the amount of noise reduction (NR) applied to the block noise (artefacts visible in areas of flat color, caused by MPEG compression).

•

Detail

– Adjusts how sharp edges appear.

•

White Level

– Adjusts the intensity of white.

Note

1.When

White AGC

is On, the

White Level

setting can’t be adjusted.

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•

Black Level Black Setup

• level.

•

Gamma Correction

darker images.

•

Hue

green.

•

Chroma Level

4 Use the selected picture quality setting.

5 When you have all the settings as you want them, press HOME MENU to exit.

Tip

• To see more of the picture as you adjust different settings, press want to adjust.

– Adjusts the intensity of black.

– Corrects the standard reference black

– Adjusts the brightness of

– Adjusts overall balance between red and

– Adjusts how rich the colors appear.

/

buttons to adjust the currently

ENTER

after selecting the setting you

Audio DRC

• Default setting:

When watching Dolby Digital material at low volume, it’s easy to lose low level sounds completely—including some of the dialog. Switching on Audio DRC (Dynamic Range Control) can help by bringing up the low level sounds, while controlling high level peaks.

1 During playback or when paused, press HOME MENU and select ‘Video/Audio Adjust’.

2 Select ‘Audio Adjust’.

3 Use the ‘Max’.

Audio DRC

Exactly how much difference you can hear between the settings will depend on the material.

Tip

• Audio DRC is not effective when listening to a disc via the digital output when

Dolby Digital

from your AV amplifier/receiver.

Off

/

buttons to adjust DRC from ‘Off‘ to

MaxOff

Dolby Digital Out

. In this case adjust the dynamic range

is set to

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The Initial Setup menu

Chapter 13

The Initial Setup menu

Using the Initial Setup menu

The Initial Setup menu is where you can set various recorder options for sound, picture, language and so on. Some settings can only be changed when the recorder is stopped. During playback or recording these settings are

grayed out in the Initial Setup menu. Except for the Setup Navigator, menu screens are exited automatically after 20 minutes of inactivity.

• Press HOME MENU and select ‘Initial Setup’.

In the table below, the default option is marked with a •.

Setting

Basic Settings

Clock Setting Auto

• The clock must be set in order to use timer recording.

• When using EPG data download, the clock is set automatically and this setting is unavailable. To be able to use this setting again, reset the unit to its default settings.

Help Setting On •

Setup Navigator Start

Tuner Settings

Auto Channel Setting Antenna •

Manual CH Setting Next Screen

• Note that you can’t use the Auto Channel Setting or the skip feature (in the Manual Channel Setting) after completing the TV Guide setting.

Video Out Settings

Component Video Out Interlace •

Options Explanation

Set the channel that broadcasts a clock signal and the clock will be set automatically.

Manual •

Off

Cable

Progressive

If there is no channel that broadcasts a clock signal in your area, you can set the time and date manually.

Switches on the automatic Help screens for GUI displays.

Switches off the automatic Help screens for GUI displays. (Press on the remote to manually display the Help screen.)

Select to start the Setup Navigator. See also

on page 25

Select if you receive channels from an antenna. It takes a few moments for the auto tuning to complete.

Select if you receive channels via cable. It takes a few moments for the auto tuning to complete.

Proceed to the next screen if you need to adjust any of the settings made by auto tuning.

• Change channels using the

• To skip the displayed channel (because there is no station assigned to that channel), change the

• To manually ﬁne tune the channel, change the then adjust the

Select if your monitor/TV is not compatible with progressive-scan video.

Select if your monitor/TV is progressive-scan compatible. Check the operating instructions that came with your monitor/TV if you’re not sure.

Level

setting.

CH +/–

Skip

setting to On.

Switching on and setting

buttons.

AFT

setting to

HELP

Off

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The Initial Setup menu

Setting

Options Explanation

Audio In Settings

External Audio Stereo •

Select if the audio from the currently selected external input is standard stereo.

Dual Mono

When the external audio is from the DV input, an audio subcode channel within the DV audio tells the recorder whether the audio is stereo or dual mono. This has priority over the setting you make here.

Dual Mono Recording L •

Select if each channel carries a separate soundtrack.

Select to record the left channel of an external dual mono source when recording to DVD in Video mode, to HDD with HDD Recording Format set to Video Mode On, or in

When recording dual mono audio to DVD in VR mode (except in in

LPCM

mode), both audio channels are recorded and you can switch to the one you want on playback.

DV Input Stereo 1 •

As above, but for right channel recording.

LPCM

mode), or to HDD with HDD Recording Format set to Video Mode Off (except

Select to use the ‘live’ audio track (recorded during the video shoot)

LPCM

mode.

from a camcorder that supports two stereo audio tracks.

Stereo 2

Select to use the overdubbed audio track from a camcorder that supports two stereo audio tracks.

Mix

Select one of the three settings to use a mix of the two stereo audio tracks.

Input Level (L1–L3) -6dB – +6dB

(default: 0 dB)

Adjust the input level separately for each of the external inputs from –6dB to +6dB in steps of 3dB.

Audio Out Settings

Digital Out On •

Off

When set to

Off

, all the following Audio Out settings are grayed out.

Dolby Digital Out Dolby Digital •

Activates the digital audio output.

Deactivates the digital audio output.

Output a Dolby Digital signal when a Dolby Digital source is being played.

Dolby Digital  PCM

Convert Dolby Digital sources to Linear PCM output. Use if your connected equipment doesn’t have a Dolby Digital decoder.

DTS Out On •

Off

Output a DTS signal when a DTS source is being played.

Switch off the digital output when a DTS source is being played. Use when your connected equipment doesn’t have a DTS decoder. In this case, use the analog audio outputs.

96 kHz PCM Out 96 kHz  48 kHz •

Convert 96 kHz digital audio sources to 48 kHz output. Use if your connected equipment doesn’t support 96 kHz sampling rate.

96 kHz

MPEG Out MPEG

Output 96 kHz digital audio when a 96 kHz source is being played.

Output an MPEG audio signal when a source using MPEG audio is being played.

MPEG  PCM •

Convert sources with MPEG audio to Linear PCM output. Use if your connected equipment doesn’t have an MPEG audio decoder.

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The Initial Setup menu

Setting

Language Settings

OSD Language English •

Audio Language English •

Discs do not necessarily have audio in your selected language. Also, some discs override the Audio Language preference.

Subtitle Language English •

Discs do not necessarily have subtitles in your selected menu language. Also, some discs override the Subtitle Language preference.

Auto Language On •

For Auto Language to be effective, the Audio Language and Subtitle Language options must be set to the same language.

DVD Menu Language w/Subtitle Language

Discs do not necessarily have menus in your selected menu language.

Subtitle Display On •

Some discs may override these settings.

Options Explanation

Sets the language of the on-screen displays to English.

français

French

Other

French

Other

Off

English

French

Other

Off

Assist Subtitle

Sets the language of the on-screen displays to French.

Sets the default audio language for DVD-Video playback to English.

Sets the default audio language for DVD-Video playback to French.

Select to set the default audio language to something other than the ones listed. See page 97.

Sets the default subtitle language for DVD-Video playback to English.

Sets the default subtitle language for DVD-Video playback to French.

Select to set the default subtitle language to something other than the ones listed. See page 97.

On this setting:

• DVD-Video discs whose main audio track is in your default language will play using that language, without subtitles.

• Discs whose main audio track is not in your default language but that have a subtitle track in your default language will play the original audio track with subtitles.

Select to play DVD-Video discs according to your audio and subtitle language preferences.

•Sets the language of DVD-Video menus to the same as that set for the subtitle language.

Sets the language of DVD-Video menus to English.

Sets the language of DVD-Video menus to French.

Select to set the DVD menu language to something other than the ones listed. See page 97.

Select to have discs display subtitles according to your Subtitle Language and Auto Language preferences.

Select to switch off subtitle display.

Select to display special additional assistive subtitles, where available.

Selecting other languages for language options

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The Initial Setup menu

Setting

Options Explanation

Recording Settings

Manual Recording On (go to setup)

All the standard recording modes, plus

MN1–32, LPCM

and

XP+

modes can be set.

Off •

Just the standard recording modes (XP, SP, LP,

EP, SLP

and

SEP

) can be

set.

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