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Hookup and
Settings
Recording Settings

Record Mode Set

You can set the picture quality for recording;
XP (High Quality), SP (Standard Quality),
LP (Low Quality), EP (Extend Quality).

Record Aspect

When DVD recording, you can set the recording
aspect ratio to suit the material you’re recording (16:9
or 4:3).

DV Recording Audio

You need to set this if you have a camcorder using
32kHz/12-bit sound connected to the front panel DV
IN jack.
Some digital camcorders have two stereo tracks for
audio. One is recorded at the time of shooting; the
other is for overdubbing after shooting.
On the Audio 1 setting, the sound that was recorded
while shooting is used.
On the Audio 2 setting, the overdubbed sound is
used.

TV Recording Audio

When TV recording with bilingual, you can choose
audio channel to record.
[Main+Sub] Main language and Sub language
[Main] Main language only
[Sub] Sub language only

Auto Chapter

When recording in Video mode, chapter markers are
put in specified setting. You can change this interval to
5 minutes, 10 minutes or 15 minutes. If you select
[None], switch off automatic chapter marking
altogether with the [None] setting.

MPEG4

When HDD recording, you can set the video recording
format to MPEG2 or MPEG4. If you want to record a
video with MPEG4 format, select [ON]. When this
choice is made, this unit will record the video with
MPEG4 format on the HDD.
[OFF] For MPEG2 recording in HDD mode
[ON] For MPEG4 recording in HDD mode

AV2 Recording

You can select the type of the signal when recording
video input signal from the device connected to the
EURO AV2 DECODER socket.
[Auto] The video input signal will automatically follow
the video signal received.
[CVBS] Only for recording CVBS input signal.
[RGB] Only for recording RGB input signal.
Disc Settings

Disc Format

If you load a completely blank disc, the recorder will
initialize the disc.
DVD-R: The recorder initialize the disc to Video
mode. The recording mode will always be Video
mode.
DVD-RW/DVD+RW/DVD+R(
DL)/
DVD-RAM: The
Initialize menu will appears. Select [OK] then press
ENTER. DVD-RW disc is initialized to Video mode.
Also, you can reformat the DVD-RW/DVD+RW/
DVD-RAM from the Setup menu as below.
1. Select [Disc Format] option then press B.
2. Press ENTER while [Start] is selected.
Format Disc menu appears.
3. Use b/ Bto select a desired mode (VR Mode or
Video Mode) then press ENTER.
Confirm message will appear.
For DVD+RWs, go to step 4.
4. Use b/ Bto select [OK] then press ENTER.
It takes a few moments to initialize the disc.
Caution
If you want to change the disc format, everything
recorded on the disc will be erased.