Making a recording

1Press MONITOR to display the selected input signal on the screen.

2Select the program number from which the recording is to be carried out using CHANNEL q or CHANNEL r .

Recording via the external jacks

Select either the front jack ('￿￿￿￿', '￿￿￿￿') or the jack ('EXT1', 'EXT2',')

 

at the back of the recorder, from which the recording is to be carried

 

out, using CHANNEL q or

CHANNEL r .

 

Selecting the recording mode (quality)

 

You can select between 'M1' (camcorder recordings/1 hour), 'M2' (2

 

hours), 'M2x' (2,5 hours), 'M3' (3 hours), 'M4' (4 hours) or 'M6' (6

 

hours) using REC MODE .

 

 

SAFE RECORD

 

 

 

 

 

Usually, a recording starts at the point where the previous recording

 

ended. This will delete all subsequent recordings.

 

If a new recording is to be

placed at the end of all recordings, hold

Tip

down REC/OTR

n

until '

￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿

 

 

' appears on the display.

 

3Press RECORD or REC/OTR n to start the recording.

a'￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿' (no signal) will appear on the display

 

b Check whether the cable jacks fit correctly.

 

b If the recording is made from a video recorder, adjust the 'tracking'

 

setting on the video recorder.

 

b In case of bad, non-standard video input signals, the DVD Recorder

Problem

may not be able to detect the signal.

Programming recordings

1Press TIMER s on the remote control.

2Select line 'Timer Programming' using B or A and confirm with C .

The current data will be displayed.

3Select the entry field with D or C .

4Enter the desired data with B , A or the number buttons 0..9 .

5Confirm with OK .

The data was stored in a TIMER block.

6

To end, press TIMER s .

Timer

Timer Programming

Rec

Date Ch. Start End Mode

01/22 01 08:30AM 10:00PM M1

Mo-Fr/Weekly

To store

Press SELECT

Press OK

7Switch off the DVD Recorder with STANDBY m .

A programmed recording will only function if the DVD Recorder is switched off using STANDBY m .

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Philips DVDR77/17 manual Making a recording, Programming recordings, Press Record or REC/OTR n to start the recording