Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-9 Symbol Used in this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Notes on Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Recordable and Playable Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Playable Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Regional Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Availability of copying or moving feature . . . . . . .6 About the internal hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Remote Control Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Hookup and Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Connecting to the Aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Connections to Your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Connecting to an Amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Accessory Audio/Video (A/V) Connections

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Using the Home Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Initial Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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General Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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General Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Auto Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Program Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Auto Clock Set / Manual Clock Set . . .

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TV Aspect / Display Mode . . . . . . . . . .

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Progressive Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . .17

AV2 Connection / Power Save Mode . .

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Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Language Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Audio Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Dolby Digital / DTS / MPEG . . . . . . . .

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Sampling Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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DRC (Dynamic Range Control) . . . . . .

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Vocal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Lock Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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DivX Registration Code . . . . . . . . . . .

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Recording Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Record Mode Set / Record Aspect . . . .

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DV Recording Audio / TV Recording Audio .19

Auto Chapter / AV2 Recording . . . . . . .

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Disc Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Disc Format / Finalize . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Disc Label / Disc Protect / PBC . . . . . .

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General Explanation of On-Screen Display

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Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23-33 General Playback Features . . . . . . . . . . . . .23-26 Playing a DivX Movie File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Playing an Audio CD or MP3/WMA file . . . . . . .28 Program Playback with Audio CD and MP3/WMA file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Viewing a JPEG File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30-31 Editing a MP3/WMA, JPEG, DivX file . . . . . .32-33

Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34-41

About DVD recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 About HDD recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Timeshift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Basic Recording from a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Instant Timer Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Timer Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Timer Recording with SHOWVIEW® System . . . . .38 Checking Timer Recording Details . . . . . . . . . .39 Recording from an External Input . . . . . . . . . . .39 Recording from DV Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Simultaneous recording and playback . . . . . . . .41

Playback another title during recording . . . .41 Time Slip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Title List and Chapter List Menu Overview . . . .42

HDD, VR Mode: Original and Playlist Editing

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Adding Chapter Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Changing Title Thumbnails . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Making a New Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Adding Additional Title/Chapters to the Playlist .44

Deleting an Original or Playlist Title/Chapter

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Deleting a Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Naming a Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Time Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Sort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Undoing/Redoing the Last Deletion . . . . . . .

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Combining Two Titles Into One . . . . . . . . . .

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Divide One Titles Into Two . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Combining Two Chapters Into One . . . . . . .

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Moving a Playlist Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Hide a Chapter/Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Protect a Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Dubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50-52 Before Dubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Dubbing from HDD to DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Dubbing from DVD to HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 One Touch Copy (HDD to DVD) . . . . . . . . . . . .52 One Touch Copy (DVD to HDD) . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53-57 Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 Overwriting Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Viewing Title List menu displayed on other DVD Recorders or Players . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 Playing Your Recordings on Other DVD Players (Finalizing a Disc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Language Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55-56 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Introduction

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