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Contents
Frequently Asked Questions ...... 7

Care and Safety Information

Setup ............................................................ 10
Cleaning discs............................................. 10
About recycling ......................................... 10
General Information
Introduction ............................................... 11
Accessories supplied ................................11
Region codes.............................................. 11

Basic Connections - DVD

recorder

Step 1: Connecting the antenna cables 12
Step 2: Connecting the video cable....... 13
Option 1: Using Composite Video jack
(good picture quality) .................................. 13
Option 2: Using S-Video jack
(excellent picture quality)........................... 13
Option 3: Using Y Pb Pr jacks
(best picture quality).................................... 13
Step 3: Connecting the audio cables..... 14
Option 1: Using Audio jacks....................... 14
Option 2: Using Coaxial jack ..................... 14

Optional Connections

TV has only an antenna input jack ........ 15
Connecting to a Cable Box or
Satellite Receiver....................................... 16
Connecting to a VCR or other similar
device........................................................... 17
Connecting to a VCR and Cable Box/
Satellite Receiver....................................... 18
Connecting a camcorder to the front
jacks.............................................................. 19
Option 1: Using DV IN jack....................... 19
Option 2: Using S-VIDEO In or
VIDEO In jack................................................ 19
Remote Control......................... 20~21
Main Unit ...............................................22
Jacks behind the flap .................................... 22

Getting Started

Step 1: Inserting Batteries .......................23
Using the remote control to operate
the system ...................................................... 23
Step 2: Setting the TV ...............................23
Step 3: TV channel programming ...........24
Automatic TV channel search.................... 24
Modifying Channel Information................. 25
Step 4: Setting the language .................... 26
Step 5: Setting the time & date .............. 26

Recording

Disc 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)............. 30~31
Setting a timer recording from an
external Cable Box/Satellite Receiver ..... 31
Timer recording (VCR Plus+® System) 32
Changing/Deleting a timer recording ...33

Editing/Finalizing 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
About title editing..................................... 37
Accessing title editing menu ...................37
Video editing.................................................. 37
Rename title................................................... 38
Erase title........................................................ 38
Overwrite title (DVD+RW only).............. 38
Overwrite from the selected title ............ 38
Append recording......................................... 38
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