HDMI mode

HDMI (DVI) connection

The HDMI connection (High Definiton Multimedia Interface) allows digital picture and sound transmission via a connecting cable, e.g. to Loewe Flat TV sets. The digital picture and sound data are transmitted without data compression and therefore lose none of their quality. In the equipment connected, no analogue/digital conversion is necessary, which might also have lead to losses in quality.

DVI signals can be also be reproduced by the HDMI connection using a DVI/HDMI adapter cable. This is possible because HDMI is based on DVI and is downwardly compatible. That means that the digital video signals are transmitted via HDMI

-no audio signals are transmitted, though. In addition, both use the same copy protection method HDCP (High Definition Content Protection).

Switch off the TV set/monitor with HDMI connection and recorder.

Connect recorder to TV set/monitor via HDMI connection as described on page 16.

Switch on the TV set/monitor.

Switch on the recorder after 30 seconds.

Log in the HDMI connection in the connection wizard of the TV set (see user guide TV set).

➠DVI: If a DVI-HDMI adapter cable is used for transmission, connect the analog or digital audio outputs on the recorder with the corresponding inputs of the TV set as described on pages 16 and 19.

Leave the existing SCART connection as it is to record from the TV.

HDMI operation

Switch the TV set over to the HDMI AV input (takes place automatically in connection with a Loewe Flat-TV set, see page 16).

Press the RES button on the recorder repeatedly to set the desired picture resolution (e.g. 576i, 576p, 720p, 1080i).

➠You can only set resolutions which your TV set/monitor is capable of. For optimum picture quality, select the resolution 1080i on the recorder.

Open the disc drawer.

Insert the selected disc in the drawer with the side to be played facing down.

Close the drawer. Call main menu.

34Select FILM.

56Select HDD, HDD DivX or Disc. Confirm selection with OK.

A menu appears on the screen.

5 634Select title on DVD.

Depending on the medium, playing starts automatically or is started with the Play button or you have to make entries in the menu.

➠The other sockets (S-Video and Component Video) have no function during the 720p or 1080i mode.

➠If your TV set is unable to process a sampling frequency of 96kHz, set the sampling rate to 48 kHz in the Setup menu under “Sound” (page 29).

If you have selected this option, the recorder will automatically convert all 96kHz signals to 48kHz-signals.

➠This recorder performs no internal (2-channel) decoding of DTS soundtracks. In order to enjoy DTS multi-channel surround sound, this recorder must be connected by one of the digital audio outputs to a DTS-compatible receiv- er.

➠If the “Dolby Digital” or “MPEG” option has not been set to “PCM” in the Sound menu (page 29), no sound is output through the TV set.

➠The HDMI connection to the recorder is operated as a signal output. Please proceed as described on page 52 if you want to record from an external signal source with the recorder.

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