Contents
DVD Recorder User’s Guide
Important Information
Product Registration
Table of Contents
Things to consider before you connect
Connections and Setup
Unpack the Box
Coaxial TV + cable Audio/video Box Video
Coaxial Audio/video Video
Coaxial TV + satellite p Audio/video Receiver Video
Component Video Y, Pb, Pr Jacks and Cables
Explanation of Input Jacks and Cables
Back of the DVD Recorder
Video Jacks and Cables
Explanation of Jacks from left to right
To watch one program while you record another
To play a disc
4a. Connect the audio cables
Connection DVD Recorder + TV
Connect the DVD Recorder to the TV
Way Splitter provided RF Coaxial cable
Tune the TV to its Input 1 channel or Vid 1 channel
To the channel you want to watch
Connection DVD Recorder + TV + Basic Cable Box
Yellow White
Back of your satellite
Satellite Receiver
Than the one pictured here
DVD Recorder
Connection DVD Recorder + TV + Satellite Receiver
Connect the satellite receiver to the DVD Recorder
Connect the satellite receiver to the TV
Connecting your DVD Recorder to an audio/video receiver
Advanced Audio Connection Information
Turn on the TV and DVD Recorder
Install Batteries in the Remote
Complete the Interactive Setup
Select on-screen menu language
Time Zone
Channel Search
Channel List
Daylight Savings Time
Turn on the DVD Recorder to Watch TV Time and Date
What to Expect
Watch TV
Main Menu Appears
RCA, GE, and Proscan TVs
How to find your TV’s Video Input Channel
Next Steps
Other Brands of TVs
Chapter
Skip to the beginning of the preceding chapter or track
Remote Control
Explanation of Buttons
Clear Removes on-screen menus and displays
Direct Entry
Find out if the remote can operate your TV
Programming the remote to operate your TV
Automatic Code Search
Understanding the Input button
Using the remote to operate other components
Know the mode
Turn on the satellite receiver or cable box
Th Remote Control
Code ListTVs for TV button
Cable Box
Code List
Satellite
Recording, Playback & Features
Watching TV
Recording, Playback, & Features
Recording
Using the different disc menus for recorded titles
Timer Recordings
Appears
Disc Library
Recording, Playback & Features
Editing the Disc Library’s Contents
Other Sorting Options-Show All Discs
Using the Info Display while playing DVD+R and DVD+RW discs
Playback
Editing Titles with the Hide Chapter Feature
Chapter
Types of discs you can play
Playing Discs
Regional Coding
To Load and Play Discs
Playback options
Using Different Menus
Search Options
Quick Fast Forward and Quick Reverse DVD and Audio CD only
Time display Chapter Audio
Using the On-Screen Info Display
Time display Track Play Mode Repeat IntroScan
Title Subtitles Repeat
Subtitle Icon DVD
Time Display DVD,Video CD, and Audio CD
Chapter Icon DVD
Hour Seconds Minutes
AB Repeat
Repeat Icon DVD,Video CD, and Audio CD
Repeating Titles, Chapters, or Tracks
Audio Icon DVD and Video CD
Random
Play Mode Icon Audio CD
Camera Angle Icon DVD
Program
IntroScan Icon Audio CD
Playing Discs You Recorded DVD+R and DVD+RW
Playback Control PBC Icon Video CD
Example of folder list
Playing mp3 or Jpeg files
Creating an mp3 Disc on Your Computer
Example of mp3 files Example of Jpeg files
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Menu System
Menu System
How to navigate through on-screen menus
Previous menu Remote to access
Overview of the DVD Recorder’s Menu System
Disc
Go to
Timers
3 Letterbox 3 Standard 16 x
Lock and Unlock
Setup
Using Parental Controls
Rating Limits
To set Ratings
Unrated Titles
Recording Options
Installation
Memory Card Menu
Additional Information
Try unplugging the AC power cord and plugging it back
Troubleshooting General Problems
Additional Information
Playback Problems
Insert a disc with the label side facing up
Recording/Copying Problems
Won’t record
Handling Cautions
Maintenance of Cabinet
Cleaning Discs
Formation of Condensation
Front of the DVD Recorder
Underneath the door
Limited Warranty
How to Order
Accessory Information
DVD Recorder
Coaxial cable
Input Output
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