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Component Names & Functions

Front Panel

1OPERATE button and indicator
•This button is used to make it ready for use. Press again
to disable operation (Operate OFF mode).
•The indicator’s lighting condition depends on the condi-
tion of the DVD recorder and can be one of the following.
Lit in green : Operate ON.
Lit in orange: Operate OFF.
Notes
•The OPERATE button will have no effect if pressed while
the DVD recorder is in either Recording or Recording
Pause mode. This is also the case when perform ing final-
izing or erasing.
•The DVD recorder continues to use a small amount of
power even after it has been turned off using the OPER-
ATE button. If it will not be used for an extended period of
time, please set the POWER switch to OFF to avoid wast-
ing electricity.
•Do not turn the power off when in Operate On mode as
this can result in the DVD recorder being damaged.
•Malfunction may occur when switching to OPERATE ON
while pressing a key on a connected USB keyboard.
2Disc tray
The purpose of the disc tray is to hold DVDs.
This tray opens automatically when the OPEN/CLOSE but-
ton is pressed. In addition, the OPEN/CLOSE button can
be pressed again to close the tray.
Notes
•Do not push the disc tray as it is opening or closing.
•Do not place objects other than discs on the disc tray.
•Do not press down on the disc tray.
3BUSY indicator
This indicator flashes when the DVD recorder is in Record-
ing Pause mode or when it is performing time-consuming
operations such as title closing, finalizing, and erasing.
None of the DVD recorder’s buttons will have any effect if
pressed while the BUSY indicator is flashing.
4OPEN/CLOSE button and indicator
This button is used to open and close the disc tray.
In addition, the OPEN/CLOSE indicator is lit up while the
disc tray is opening, and also when it is open.
•If this button is pressed and held for at least 7 seconds,
the disc is ejected after it is finalized.
•The following operation is performed when ejecting a
CD-R/RW.
Any JPEG files captured to the memory of this DVD
recorder are automatically recorded to the CD-R/RW
and then the disc tray opens.
Note
The OPEN/CLOSE button will have no effect if pressed
while the DVD recorder is in either Recording or Recording
Pause mode. This is also the case when performing finaliz-
ing or erasing.
5Audio level indicator
These meters are used to indicate the curr ent level of
audio on Channel 1 and Channel 2.
Specifically, the audio level meters indicate the audio
recording levels when the DVD recorder is in Recording
mode, and the audio playback levels when it is in Playback
mode. (Adjustment of the audio recording levels:
XPage33.)
6LCD display
The LCD display is used to present important information.
During recording or playback, for exampl e, the title, chapter
number, and elapsed time are indicated on the LCD dis-
play. (XPage15 for more details.)
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