Contents

English

Frequently Asked Questions

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7

Care and Safety Information

 

 

Setup precautions

10

Cleaning discs

10

About recycling

10

General Information

11

Introduction

11

Accessories supplied

11

Region codes

11

Basic Connections - DVD recorder

Step 1: Connecting the antenna cables12

Step 2: Connecting the video cable

13

Option 1: Using Scart socket

13

Option 2: Using S-Video socket

13

Option 3: Using Video (CVBS) socket .13

Step 3: Connecting the audio cables ...

14

Option 1: Using an audio cable

14

Option 2: Using a coaxial cable

14

Optional Connections

 

 

Connecting to a Cable Box or

 

 

Satellite Receiver

15

Connecting to a VCR or other

 

 

similar device

16

Connecting to a VCR and Cable Box/

 

Satellite Receiver

17

Connecting a camcorder to the

 

 

front sockets

18

Using S-VIDEO In or VIDEO In socket .18

Main Unit

19

Sockets behind the flap

19

Remote Control

20~21

Getting Started

 

Step 1: Inserting Batteries

22

Using the remote control to operate

 

the system

22

Step 2: Finding your viewing channel..

22

Step 3: Select the country of your

 

residence

23

Step 4: TV channel programming

23

Automatic TV channel search

23

Modifying Channel Information

24

Sorting the TV channels

25

Step 5: Setting the language

25

Step 6: Setting the time & date

26

Recording

 

Discs for recording

27

Recording settings

27

Auto Chapter Markers

28

Default Source

28

Default Recording Mode

28

Manual recording

29

One Touch Recording - automatic

 

turn-off

29

About timer recording

30

Timer recording (manually)

30

Setting a timer recording from an external Cable Box/Satellite Receiver...31

Timer recording (VIDEO Plus+®

 

System)

32

Changing/Deleting a timer recording. 33

Simultaneous recording and playback 33

Editing/Finalising Recording

 

About disc editing

34

Accessing disc editing menu

34

Rename disc

35

Erase disc (DVD+RW only)

35

Record new title

35

Overwrite disc (DVD+RW only)

35

Make compatible (DVD+RW only)

36

Lock/Unlock disc (DVD+RW only)

36

Playing your recordings (DVD+R) on

 

other DVD players

36

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