NEC NDH-81 NDH-161 owner manual Contents

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	.10-21
Rear Panel	. . .10
Connecting to the Aerial	. . .10
Connections to Your TV	. . . .11
Connecting to an Amplifier	. . .12
Accessory Audio/Video (A/V) Connections	. . . .13
Using the Home Menu	. . .14
Initial Settings	. . .14
General Operation	. . .14
General Settings	.14-16
Auto Programming	. . .14
Program Edit	. . .15
Manual Clock Set	. . .16
TV Aspect / Display Mode	. . .16
Progressive Scan	. . .16
Power Save Mode	. . .16
Initialization	. . .16
Language Settings	. . .17
Audio Settings	. . .17
Dolby Digital / DTS / MPEG	. . . .17
Sampling Frequency	. . .17
DRC (Dynamic Range Control)	. . . .17
Vocal	. . .17
Lock (Parental Control) Settings	. . . .18
Rating / Set Password / Area Code . . .	. . . .18
DivX Registration Code	. . .18
Recording Settings	. . .19
Record Mode Set / Record Aspect . . . .	. . . .19
DV Recording Audio / TV Recording Audio .19
Auto Chapter	. . .19
Disc Settings	.19-20
Disc Format	. . .19
Finalize / Disc Label	. . .20
Disc Protect / PBC	. . .20
General Explanation of On-Screen Display	. . . .21

Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22-32 General Playback Features . . . . . . . . . . . . .22-25 Playing a DivX Movie File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Playing an Audio CD or MP3/WMA file . . . . . . .27 Program Playback with Audio CD and MP3/WMA file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Viewing a JPEG File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29-30 Editing a MP3/WMA, JPEG, DivX file . . . . . .31-32

Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33-39 About DVD recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 About HDD recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Timeshift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Basic Recording from a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Instant Timer Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Timer Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Checking Timer Recording Details . . . . . . . . . .37 Recording from an External Input . . . . . . . . . . .37 Recording from DV Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Simultaneous recording and playback . . . . . . . .39

Playback another title during recording . . . .39 Time Slip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Editing	.40-47
Title List and Chapter List Menu Overview . . . .40
HDD, VR Mode: Original and Playlist Editing	. . .41
Adding Chapter Markers	. . .41
Changing Title Thumbnails	. . .41
Making a New Playlist	. . .42
Adding Additional Title/Chapters to the Playlist .42
Deleting an Original or Playlist Title/Chapter	. . .43
Deleting a Part	. . .43
Naming a Title	. . .44
Time Search	. . .44
Sort	. . .45
Undoing/Redoing the Last Deletion	. . .45
Combining Two Titles Into One	. . .45
Divide One Titles Into Two	. . .46
Combining Two Chapters Into One	. . .46
Moving a Playlist Chapter	. . .47
Hide a Chapter/Title	. . .47
Protect a Title	. . .47

Dubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48-50 Before Dubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Dubbing from HDD to DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Dubbing from DVD to HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 One Touch Copy (HDD to DVD) . . . . . . . . . . . .50 One Touch Copy (DVD to HDD) . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51-55 Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Overwriting Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Viewing Title List menu displayed on other DVD Recorders or Players . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Playing Your Recordings on Other DVD Players (Finalizing a Disc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Language Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Area Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53-54 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Introduction

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