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32 EN BASIC OPERATIONS ON DVD DECK
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1Load a recordable disc.
●For details, refer to APlacing A DiscB (Apg. 8).
2Press DV/HDD/DVD on the unit repeatedly or DVD on the
remote so that the DVD lamp lights up on the unit.
3Press PR +/– or the number keys to select the channel you
wish to record. You can also press INPUT SELECT JK on the
unit to select.
4Press REC MODE repeatedly to select the recording mode,
then press ENTER.
●Each time you press REC MODE, the recording mode changes
as follows:
XP N SP N LP NEP N FR60-FR360* N FR420, FR480 N
(Back to the beginning)
* The value is selectable from 1 to 6 hours in 5-minutes interval by
pressing DE repeatedly after selecting
A
FR60–FR360
B
. To change the
value in 30-minutes interval, press and hold DE.
●For details on the recording mode, see the right column.
5Press R on the unit to start recording. Or while holding R, press
I on the remote control.
●The DVD recording lamp lights up on the unit.
6Press R and W on the remote control simultaneously to pause
recording.
●To resume recording, press R and I simultaneously.
7Press o twice to stop recording.
●It takes about 10 seconds to end the writing session when you
stop recording.
NOTES:
●It is recommended to format a DVD-RAM disc before use if you
use the disc on this unit for the first time.
●When using a brand-new DVD-RW disc, format the disc either in
VR mode or in Video mode. (Apg. 78)
●Recordings made on DVD-R/RW disc must be finalised to play
back on other DVD players. Perform AFinalise A Disc (DVD Deck
Only)B (Apg. 79).
●You can record up to 99 programmes and 99 play lists on each
disc.
●Some programmes can only be recorded one time.
●When recording is started, an index of the first part of recording is
automatically recorded. (Apg. 49) To record satellite
programmes, refer to page 48. To delete the index, refer to
page 51.
●Recording sometimes may stop or cannot be performed even if
there is enough available capacity remaining on the disc.
●It is not possible to record on both DVD and HDD simultaneously.
Recording Mode
MPEG2 format is used as recording format. As a guide for picture
quality, the AbpsB unit is used to represent how much data can be
recorded per second. The larger this value is, the better the picture
quality becomes but more capacity is required for the recording.
Select XP or SP for programmes where quick movement occurs,
such as sports programmes, and LP or EP for talk shows, etc. with
relatively less movement.
The recording modes for a 4.7 GB disc are set as follows:
●For details on FR mode, refer to AFree Rate FunctionB (Apg. 34)

Basic Recording

●Turn on the unit.
●Turn on the TV and select the AV mode.
●Slide the TV/CABLE/SAT/DVD switch to DVD.
ATTENTION:
It is not possible to record programmes on a DVD-R disc which
has already been finalised.
R
INPUT SELECT JK
DV/HDD/DVD REC MODE
WIo
I
R
0-9
REC MODE
DVD
PR+/
-
W
o
CABLE/SAT
DVDTV
ENTER
Recording
mode
Recording amount
(approx.)
Maximum recording
time (approx.)
XP 10 Mbps 1 hour
SP 5 Mbps 2 hours
LP 2.5 Mbps 4 hours
EP 1.6 Mbps 6 hours
FR60-FR360
(Apg. 34) The amount varies
depending on the
selected time.
1 – 6 hours
FR420 7 hours
FR480 8 hours
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