Contents
Users Guide
Important Information
Product Registration
Table of Contents
Connection Pictures
Connections and Setup
Position cables properly to avoid audio interference
Types of discs your DVD player can play
Coaxial
Components Cables Needed
Audio/video
To watch one program while you record another
To play a videotape
Connection Digital Media Recorder + TV + VCR optional
Go to
To play a disc or a show you’ve
Recorded to the Digital Media Recorder
Connection Digital Media Recorder + TV + Cable Box
Connect the VCR to the TV optional
To watch TV satellite programming
Than the one pictured here
Connection Digital Media Recorder + TV + Satellite Receiver
Connect the satellite receiver to the TV
Output Audio L left
Please Read This Before Using the Digital Audio Jacks
Digital Media Recorder’s Audio Jacks
R right
Link cable
Complete the Interactive Setup
Setup and Connections
Install Batteries in the Remote
Turn on the TV and Digital Media Recorder
Guide Plus+ setup
Connection List
Channel Search
3d. Confirming Your Settings
Satellite Receiver
Channel List
Turn on the Digital Media Recorder to Watch TV
What to Expect
Guide Plus+ Program Guide
Button on TV remote
How to find your TV’s Video Input Channel
Button/Switch On the TV
Channel Number
Chapter
Remote Control
Explanation of Buttons
Find out if the remote can operate your TV
Remote Control
Programming the Remote to Operate your TV
Television Codes
1003, 1004, 1006, 1019, 1020
Remote Control
VCR Codes
Satellite
Cable Box
Audio Receivers RCA and Dimensia
Using the Recorder’s Features
Using the Recorder’s Features
Setting up timer recordings to record programs automatically
Recording from the Guide Plus+ on-screen programming guide
Copying music or pictures from a compact flash card
Copying music or pictures to the Digital Media Recorder
Copying from a disc to the Recorder’s hard disk drive
Renaming picture and/or music files
Playing programs you’ve recorded
About Guide Plus+ System Program Guide
Using the Guide Plus+ System
Guide Plus+ System Menu Bar
Action buttons
Listings Guide
Sort
Locking the Video Window
Messages
Setup
News
Promotions and Advertising
Playing Discs
Chapter
Regional Coding
Using Different Menus
To Load and Play Discs
Playback options
Playing Discs
Search Options
Quick Fast Forward and Quick Reverse
Time display Chapter Audio Angle Title Subtitles Repeat
Using the On-Screen Info Display
Time display Track
Selecting a Title on DVDs or a Track on CDs
Playing Discs DVDs
Time Display
Selecting a Chapter
AB Repeat
Using the Repeat Feature
Repeating Titles, Chapters, or Tracks
Changing the Audio Language
Random
Play Mode Feature Audio CDs
Changing the Camera Angle
Program
IntroScan
Playing Discs Audio CDs
Playing Video CDs VCDs
Playback Control PBC
Playing MP3 Discs
Playing Discs MP3s
For more help and recommendations about MP3 files, go to
Slide Show
Playing Discs Jpeg files
Viewing Jpeg files
Saving Jpeg files to the hard disk drive
Menu System
Overview of the Digital Media Recorder’s Menu System
How to navigate through on-screen menus
Menu System
Main Menu
Channels
Disc Menu
Pictures
Video
Music
Recordings
Setup
Memory Card
Password
Using Parental Controls
Lock and Unlock
To set Ratings
Rating Limits
Unrated Titles
Additional Information
Troubleshooting
Additional Information
Picture is distorted and/or fuzzy
No sound or distorted sound
Can’t advance through a movie
Play doesn’t begin
Can’t program the remote
Lost the remote control
Remote won’t work
Can’t get to Digital Media Recorder’s main menu
Handling Cautions
Maintenance of Cabinet
Cleaning Discs
Formation of Condensation
Back of the Digital Media Recorder
Explanation of Jacks from left to right
Front Panel Controls
Underneath the door
Video Jacks and Cables
Explanation of Input Jacks and Cables
Component Video Y, Pb, Pr Jacks and Cables
Audio/Video Jacks and Cables RCA-type
How you get service
Limited Warranty
What your warranty covers
For how long after your purchase
How state law relates to warranty
What your warranty does not cover
Limitation of Warranty
If you purchased your product outside the United States
Accessory Information
Memory Card Readers* Not Pictured
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