Recording Step by Step | Philips 7819901511 manual

Recording

•You may not be able to record a program from TV or from another device connected to this recorder, if the source material is copy-protected (e.g. set in ‘Copy- Once’ or ‘Copy-Never’ modes)..

•You CANNOT record/copy a rented or purchased video/ disc from another device (video cassette recorder, DVD player, DVD recorder, etc.) connected to this recorder.

•This DVD recorder adopts the DVD+VR recording format, which enjoys a relatively greater compatibility. However, it is still likely that recordings made with this recorder may not be able to be played back on other DVD recorders or DVD players.

Recording: Step by Step

Follow the steps to start your ﬁrst recording.

Step 1. Correctly connect all the cables

Connecting up Your DVD Recorder (p.9)

Connecting to External Devices(p.11)

Step 2. Choose a recordable disc with enough space

Check the disc types supported by the DVD recorder you are using.

Discs Types Supported (p.4)

Recording Mode (p.42)

Step 3. Format the disc

If you use blank DVD-RW discs to record, you will need to format the discs before recording. Pressto select ‘Quick Preparation’ or ‘Full Preparation’, then press OK.

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Step 4. Start recording

For Example, to record from TV, you need to select a channel ﬁrst. Press TV(MODE) to select ‘TV’ as the signal source. then press CH and CH  to select a desired channel.

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You can select a channel by pressing number buttons (0-9) and OK. (For Channel 6, press 6, then OK. For Channel 55, press 5, 5 and OK.)

Press  RECORD to start recording.

To pause recording, press PAUSE/STEP.

For recording from other source, see the rest part of this chapter.

Step 5. Stop recording

Press  STOP to stop recording.To start another record- ing session, press  RECORD again after the previous recording is stopped.

Each new recording session is placed after the previous session unless a certain recording title is set to be overwrit- ten.

Overwriting a Title (p.37)

Step 6. Finalize the disc

For DVD+R. DVD-R and DVD-RW(formatted in ‘Quick Preparation’ mode), ﬁnalization is a necessary step if you want the discs to be played back on other compatible devices. Use the ‘Disc Tool’ in ‘Tools’ to complete the process.

Using Tools: Disc Tools (p.21)

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You need to complete the channel scanning process before recording from TV..

Setting TV Channels (p.15)

Beforing recording, you can set the recording mode through RecordingRecording Mode in the Setup menu.