LCD Display and On-Screen Content

On-Screen Content

In addition to loop through and playback screens, the monitor connected to the DVD recorder’s VIDEO LINE OUT or Y/C OUT terminal can display the following.

● Status messages

● Event messages

● Alarm messages

● The Setup Menu (☞ Page 59)

●Recording-operation control screens : REC CONTROL panel (☞ Page 40)

The Setup Menu and a part of the Status messages are displayed on the monitor of the DVI OUT terminal.

Status Messages

The DVD recorder’s setting condition and operation status are indicated by status messages, and these messages are displayed on loop through or playback screens.

No.	Item		Description
2	Title number / Chapter	Use TITLE/CHAPTER / INDEX from the DISPLAY MENU screen to indicate whether or
	number / Index number /	not this is to be displayed.
	Counter	OFF	: No information is displayed
		TITLE+CHAPTER: Title No., chapter No. and elapsed time of chapter (hr: min: sec) are
			displayed.
		INDEX+TITLE	: Title No. and total elapsed time (hr: min: sec) are displayed.

3	Date / Time	Use TIME/DATE from the DISPLAY MENU screen to select the way in which the date
		and time are displayed.

Status Messages of the DVI OUT terminal

REC

REC	: While Recording
PAUSE	: While Recording Pause
FULL	: While Disc is Full
WAIT	: While Finalizing
	While Recording stop
	While Closing title
	While Canceling finalization
	While Loading

OFF	: No information is displayed.
DATE	: Only the date is displayed.
TIME	: Only the time is displayed.
TIME+DATE	: Both date and time are displayed.
● The date display style can be changed using DATE STYLE from the DISPLAY MENU
screen.
Recording mode : The date and time from the internal clock are displayed.
Playback mode : The date and time of disc recording are displayed. Minute/Second
	displays will not be in continuous sequence during playback of
	timelaps recorded discs.

Remaining time

Status Messages of the VIDEO LINE or Y/C OUT terminal

The DISPLAY MENU screen can be used to indicate whether or not status messages are to be displayed.

●To display status messages:

Set DISPLAY from the DISPLAY MENU screen to ON.

●The various items of status information for display can be selected.

●If DISPLAY is set to OFF, no status information will be displayed.

4	Use REMAIN from the DISPLAY MENU screen to indicate whether or not this is to be
	displayed.
	Recording mode : The amount of video that can still be recorded on the current disc is
	displayed (in minutes). Only hours will be displayed when the
	remaining time is 900 minutes or more.
	Playback mode : Not displayed
	* Remaining time is to be used as a general guide, not as an exact figure.

FINALIZE

DISC TITLE

04/05/06

11:20:00

000 min

DVD-RW

REC

TITLE 01 00:11:22

CHAPTER 01 00:11:22

Data relevant to recording:

If the SET UP button is pressed while in Recording mode, the video encode quality and the audio encoding format will be displayed. If the SET UP button is then pressed once again, this information is removed from the screen.

5	REC CONTROL panel	Provided that a recordable disc has been inserted, this panel will be displayed whenever
5	REC CONTROL panel	REC CONTROL from the REMOTE menu screen is set to ON.
		REC CONTROL from the REMOTE menu screen is set to ON.
		The REC CONTROL panel can be used to control recording operations. (☞ Page 43)
		● This is displayed even when the DISPLAY item is set to OFF.

6	DISC STATUS /	When a disc is inserted into the DVD recorder, one of the following disc status is displayed
6	DISC STATUS /	on the monitor screen (Approximately 3 seconds)
	Index display	on the monitor screen (Approximately 3 seconds)
	Index display	DVD-R	: The current disc is a non-finalized DVD-R.
		DVD-R	: The current disc is a non-finalized DVD-R.
		DVD-RW	: The current disc is a non-finalized DVD-RW.
		DVD+R	: The current disc is a non-finalized DVD+R.

No.	Item		Description

1	Operation Mode	This area indicates the DVD recorder’s current mode of operation.
		Use RECORDER MODE from the DISPLAY MENU screen to indicate whether or not
		this is to be displayed.
		NO DISC	: The DVD recorder currently contains no disc.
		EJECT	: The current disc is being ejected.
		STOP	: Stop mode
		REC	: Recording mode
		PAUSE	: Recording Pause mode
		PLAY	: Playback mode
		STL	: Still mode
		FWD >>	: Fast-forward playback (low speed)
		FWD >>>	: Fast-forward playback (high speed)
		REV <<	: Fast-reverse playback (low speed)
		REV <<<	: Fast-reverse playback (high speed)
		SLOW >>>	: Slow-forward playback (high speed)
		SLOW >>	: Slow-forward playback (low speed)
		SLOW <<<	: Slow-reverse playback (high speed)
		SLOW <<	: Slow-reverse playback (low speed)
		LOADING	: A disc is being loaded.
		RESTORE	: Disc recovery in progress. (☞ Page 17)

DVD+RW	: The current disc is a non-finalized DVD+RW.
DVD	: The current disc is a finalized DVD-R/RW or DVD+R/RW.
INVALID DISC : The current disc is neither DVD-R/RW or DVD+R/RW.
	(Displayed while being inserted.)
● The following will be displayed when index is erased. (3 seconds)
INDEX ERASE: Displayed when erasing index.
This is not displayed if DISPLAY from the DISPLAY MENU screen is to OFF.

Disc Repair Feature

When the power supply is cut off during recording or other operations on this unit, there is a feature to repair the disc.

After the power supply is cut off during recording or other operations, the disc repair (RESTORE) will automatically start when the power is supplied again.

Cautions

●Do not switch off or plug out the power cord during disc repair.

●The repair might not be possible depending on the disc.