Recording settings, Manual Recording, Navi Mark

13The Initial Setup menu

• Select by code number: Press (cursor down) then use the number buttons to enter the 4-digit language code.

See Language code list on page 108 for a list of available languages and corresponding codes.

3 Press ENTER to confirm and exit the screen.

Recording settings

Manual Recording

• Default setting: Off

Initial Setup
Basic	Manual Recording	On (go to setup)
Tuner	Optimized Rec	Off
Video Out	Navi Mark
Audio In	Auto Chapter (Video)
Audio Out	Frame Accurate
Language	DVD-RW Auto Init.
Recording
Playback

On the default setting there are four different recording time/picture quality settings, FINE, SP, LP and EP. If you want to create a custom setting, switch on Manual Recording and select one of the 32 manual settings.

When recording, you can select your Manual Recording setting using the REC MODE button.

1Select ‘On (go to setup)’ to display the manual recording setting screen.

					32ch

HDD Remain	2h33m			DVD Remain 2h00m
EP		LP		SP	FINE
					Preview

MN 9 (4h00m/DVD)			2.60Mbps


2 Use the	(cursor left/right) buttons to
change the manual recording level.
• You can also use the		and	buttons to cycle

between levels MN1, MN9, MN21 and MN32.

• To preview the recording quality, press (cursor down) and select Preview. To return to the level adjust screen, press ENTER.

3Press ENTER to set the manual recording level and return to the menu screen.

Note

•The preset picture quality settings correspond to the following manual settings: FINE: MN32, SP: MN21, LP: MN9, EP: MN1.

•See page Manual recording modes on page 107 for detailed information on the manual recording levels.

Optimized Rec

• Default setting: Off

Initial Setup
Basic	Manual Recording	On
Tuner	Optimized Rec	Off
Video Out	Navi Mark
Audio In	Auto Chapter (Video)
Audio Out	Frame Accurate
Language	DVD-RW Auto Init.
Recording
Playback

On the default setting, if a timer program (standard, easy or VCR Plus+ programming system) is set but there isn’t enough space on the disc at the recording quality set, the recording will start, but it will be cut off when the disc is full. Set Optimized Rec to On to have the recorder automatically adjust the recording quality to fit the available disc space.

Note

•You may notice a reduction in picture quality if the recorder has to fit a lot of extra material into the remaining time available on the disc.

•If, even on recording level MN 1, there is insufficient space available on the disc, the recording is made at level MN 1 but recording will stop once the disc is full.

•Optimized Recording only compensates for the first (earliest starting) timer program if more than one has been set.

•Optimized recording works only with DVD recordings.

Navi Mark

• Default setting: 0 seconds

Initial Setup
Basic	Manual Recording	0 seconds
Tuner	Optimized Rec	30 seconds
Video Out	Navi Mark	3 minutes
Audio In	Auto Chapter (Video)
Audio Out	Frame Accurate
Language	DVD-RW Auto Init.
Recording
Playback

In the Disc Navigator, each title is shown with a still frame picture to remind you what it is. This setting lets you decide the default still frame. The default setting of 0 seconds takes the first frame of the title, but you can also set it to 30 seconds or 3 minutes into the title (if the title is shorter than the setting, then the first frame is used).