Before you start
Table of contents
Before you start . . . . . . . . . . 2
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Table of contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Functional overview . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installing batteries in the remote control . . . 10 Using a remote control . . . . . . . . . . 10 The VCR / DVD recorder switching . . . . . 10 Setup menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Display menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connection to a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Connection to a cable box or satellite box . . 15 Connection to an Audio System . . . . . . 16
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . 17
Easy DVD recording . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Initial setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Channel setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Getting channels automatically . . . . . . . 19 Adding / deleting channels . . . . . . . . . 20
Selecting the TV stereo or SAP . . . . . . . 21 Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Auto Clock Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Manual Clock Setting . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Setting the Daylight Saving Time . . . . . . 24
Selecting the TV aspect ratio . . . . . . . . 24
Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Information on DVD recording . . . . . . . 25 Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Recordable disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Recording speed . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Restrictions on recording . . . . . . . . . 26 Information on copy control . . . . . . . . 26 Making discs playable on other DVD player (Finalize) .26
Formatting a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Choosing the recording format of a blank disc . 27 Reformatting a disc . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Setting for Auto Chapter . . . . . . . . . 28
Basic recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Hints for Timer Recording . . . . . . . . . 33
Settings for an external source . . . . . . . 34 Connection to an external source . . . . . . 34 Recording from an external source . . . . . 35
Setting a disc to protect . . . . . . . . . . 35 Finalizing the discs . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Auto finalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Dubbing Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . 40
Information on DVD playback . . . . . . . 40 Basic playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Playing MP3 / WMA disc . . . . . . . . . 42 Playing discs using the Disc menu . . . . . 43 Playing back discs using the Title menu . . . 43 Pause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Special playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Resume playback . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Fast forward / Fast reverse . . . . . . . . 44 Skipping TV commercials during playback . . 44 Rapid Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Step by step playback . . . . . . . . . . 45 Slow forward / Slow reverse play . . . . . . 45 Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Marker Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Title / Chapter search . . . . . . . . . . 47 Track search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Time search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Repeat/Random/Program playback . . . . . 49 Repeat playback . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Random play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Program play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Selecting the format of audio and video . . . 50 Switching subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Switching audio soundtrack . . . . . . . . 51 Switching virtual surround system . . . . . . 51 Switching camera angles . . . . . . . . . 52 Visual Noise Reduction . . . . . . . . . . 52
Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Information on disc editing . . . . . . . . 53 Guide to a title list . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Editing discs in Video mode . . . . . . . . 53 Editing discs in VR mode . . . . . . . . . 53
Editing discs in Video mode . . . . . . . . 54 Deleting titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Putting names on titles . . . . . . . . . . 55 Setting or clearing chapter markers . . . . . 56
Editing discs in VR mode (Original) . . . . . 57 Deleting titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Setting titles to protect . . . . . . . . . . 58 Releasing titles from protecting . . . . . . . 59
Editing discs in VR mode (Playlist) . . . . . 60 Deleting titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Dividing a title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Combining titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Adding titles to a Playlist . . . . . . . . . 63 Deleting a Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Editing discs in VR mode (Original / Playlist) . 64 Deleting parts of titles . . . . . . . . . . 64 Putting names on titles . . . . . . . . . . 65 Setting or clearing chapter markers . . . . . 66 Setting pictures for thumbnails . . . . . . . 67
Changing the Setup menu . . . . . 68
Tour of the Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . 68 Language setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Display setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Audio setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Video setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Settings for Parental lock level . . . . . . . 73
VCR functions . . . . . . . . . . 75
Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Recording and
Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Index search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Time search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Other operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 RF output switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Language code . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . 83 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Español . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Limited Warranty . . . . . . Back Cover
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