Table of contents
Getting started
Useful features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 HDD (Hard disk drive) handling care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Disc and card handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Unit care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Inserting, Removing the SD card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Note to owners of progressive compatible
PAL system televisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Using
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Main unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 The unit’s display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
STEP 1 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 STEP 2 Channel reception settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Set up to match your television and remote control. . 20
To enjoy progressive video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Recording
Recording television programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Rec for High Speed dubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Playing while you are recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Direct TV Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Recording from digital/satellite receiver or decoder. . . . . . . . . 25
Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using the GUIDE Plus+ system to make timer recordings . . . 26 Using SHOWVIEW number to make timer recordings . . . . . . . . 26 Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Check, change or delete a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Making timer recordings on the television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Linked timer recordings with external equipment
(digital/satellite
Playing back
Playing recorded video contents/
Playing
Operations during play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Simple editing operations during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Changing audio during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using menus to play MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Playing still pictures (JPEG/TIFF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Useful functions during still picture play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using
Using
Editing
Editing titles/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Editing titles/chapters and playing chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Title operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Creating, editing and playing playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Creating playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Editing and playing playlists/chapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Playlist operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Editing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Picture and folder operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Transferring (Dubbing)
Transferring (dubbing) titles or playlists . . . . . . . . . . . 43
One Touch Transfer (dubbing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . 44 Transferring (dubbing) a finalized
Recording from a video cassette recorder. . . . . . . . . . 47
Manual recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 DV automatic recording (DV AUTO REC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Transferring (dubbing) still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . 48 Transferring (dubbing) all the still pictures on a
Convenient functions
HDD, disc and card management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Setting the protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Providing a name for a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Erasing all titles and
Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Child Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Changing the unit’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Summary of settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Tuning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Clock settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 TV System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Reference
Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back cover
Table of contents / Useful features
Useful features
This DVD Recorder records high quality pictures to rapid random access capable HDD (Hard disk drive) and
Instant recording
You no longer need to search for empty disc space. By pressing the recording button, the unit finds available recording space and begins recording right away. There is no need to worry about overwriting already recorded content.
1 Sec. Quick Start for Recording & EPG Display
From the power on, recording starts in about 1 second§ after the REC button is pressed. If the GUIDE button is pressed while the unit is off, the Electronic Program Guide (EPG) displays in less than 1 second. (Quick Start Mode)
§Only when recording to the HDD or
HDD recording
You can keep on recording your favorite programmes to an internal HDD that is able to record up to 355 hours [EP (8 Hours) mode]. You can also high speed transfer (dub) your favorite programmes to
SD card slot, DV input terminal
≥The SD card slot of this unit lets you play digital camera photographs and transfer (dub) them from a card to
≥The DV automatic recording function of this unit lets you easily transfer (dub) a video to the HDD by connecting only a single DV cable.
Instant play
There is no need to rewind or search forward. Direct Navigator guides you to the beginning of the recorded video immediately.
Chasing playback
There is no need to wait until recording is complete. Without stopping recording, you can play the video currently being recorded from its beginning.
Simultaneous Recording and Playback
While recording, you can play another video programme that was recorded previously.
Time Slip
During play, and also while recording, you can jump to the scene you wish to view by specifying the skip time.
The GUIDE Plus+ system
The GUIDE Plus+ system provides programme information from the host station displayed on the television like a TV programme magazine. Setting up to record a broadcast is easy too. Simply select the desired programme from the displayed list. You can also search for desired programmes by displaying only the programmes in a certain category.
≥This service may not be available in some areas.
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