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Table of Contents

General

Care and Safet y Information ..........................................................................................8

Setup precauti ons .................................................................................................................................................8
Cleaning discs ........................................................................................................................................................8
About recycling .....................................................................................................................................................8

Product Informat ion ...................................................................................................9-10

Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................... 9
Accessories supp lied ...........................................................................................................................................9
Region codes ..........................................................................................................................................................9
Copyright notice ...................................................................................................................................................9
Product feature s .................................................................................................................................................10
Possible simulta neous operations .................................................................................................................10

Product Overview

Main Unit ......................................................................................................................... 11

Remote Control ........................................................................................................12-14

Using the remote co ntrol ................................................................................................................................14

Connections

Step 1: Basic Recor der Connections .......................................................................15-17

Connecting the a ntenna cables ......................................................................................................................15
Connecting the v ideo cables ...........................................................................................................................16
Connecting the au dio cables ...........................................................................................................................17

Step 2: Optional Connections ..................................................................................18-19

Connecting to a Ca ble Box or Satellite Rece iver .....................................................................................18
Connecting a DV camc order ..........................................................................................................................19
Connecting anot her video device ..................................................................................................................19

Step 3: Insta llation and Setup .................................................................................20 -22

Finding the correc t viewing channel ............................................................................................................ 20
Setting the OS D language ...............................................................................................................................20
Select the count ry of your residence ...........................................................................................................21
Setting the T V channel programme s ............................................................................................................21
Setting the dat e & time ....................................................................................................................................22

Recording

Recording ................................................................................................................... 2 3-28

Recording media ................................................................................................................................................ 23
Recording settin gs ............................................................................................................................................24
RECORD settin gs .............................................................................................................................................25
Recording from vario us sources .............................................................................................................26-27
Instant time -off recording ...............................................................................................................................28
Watching disc playb ack during VCR recording .........................................................................................28
Watching another sou rce during recording .............................................................................................. 28

Timer Recording ....................................................................................................... 29-32

About timer record ing ......................................................................................................................................29
Timer recording ( SHOWVIEW® / VIDEO Plus+ Syste m) .....................................................................29-3 0
Timer recording (m anually) ......................................................................................................................30-32
Changing/ Dele ting a timer recording ..........................................................................................................32