Sylvania DVR90DE owner manual Before you start, Features

Beforeyoustart

Features

Not only playing the discs of DVD or CD, but this DVD recorder features for you recording to DVD discs and editing them after that.

Followings are what you can do with this DVD recorder.

Before you start

Recording

This DVD recorder is compatible for you with both DVD-RW, which is rewritable repeately, and DVD- R, which is available for recording once. You can choose either one for your convenience.

Up to 8 program recording:

You can program the unit to record up to 8 pro- grams, up to a year in advance. Daily or weekly pro- gram recordings are also available.

One-touch timer recording:

Easily you can set a recording time as you prefer. Every time the REC button pressed during record- ing, the recording time will be increased by 30 min- utes up to 4 hours. The recording automatically stops when the recording time you set is reached.

REC MONITER:

Just one press of REC MONITOR button makes you available for confirming of the recording picture quality with the current recording mode before you attempt to record the program. You can change the recording mode to another here.

Automatic Chapter marker setting:

Chapter markers will be put on recordings as you set in SETUP menu before attempting to record. It greatly helps you to edit the recordings as you pur- pose.

Automatic Title menu making:

The DVD recorder makes title menus automatically as the recordings are made.

Automatic PLAYLIST making (VR mode):

The Playlist will be prepared from the Original list, so that you can edit titles in Playlist as you prefer. The original list is kept as it is.

Play

Theater surround sound in your home:

When connenting the DVD recorder to an amplifer or a decorder which is compatibale with Dolby Digital, you are allowed to experience the theater surround sound from discs with those sorround sound systems.

Quick search for what you want to watch:

You can easily find the part you want to watch using serch function. Search for a point on a disc by title, chapter, or time.

Start to play from Original Playlist:

Title playing is available from either an original list or Playlist.

Editing

Setting/Clearing chapter markers:

You can easily add chapter markers anywhere in your recordings for easy editing. (VR mode)

Making your own Playlist:

With the original remains as it is, you can edit titles on Playlist variously as you prefer.

Putting names on titles (Page XX) Setting pictures for thumbnails (Page XX) Setting/clearing chapter markers (Page XX) Deleting parts of titles (Page XX) etc

Protecting titles:

To avoid erasing titles, the protect function is useful when it is ON in the original list.

Compatibility

Available for playing discs recorded with Video mode on a regular DVD player (Video mode):

Discs recorded with the Video mode can be played on regular DVD players, including computer DVD drives compatible with DVD-Video playback*.

*DVD-Video Format (Video mode) is a new format for recording on DVD-R/RW discs that was approved by the DVD Forum in 2000. Adoption of this format is optional for manufactures of DVD playback devices, and there are DVD-Video players, DVD-ROM drives or other DVD play- back devices that do not play DVD-R/RW discs recorded in the DVD-Video Format.

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