22 Front Panel

STANDBY-ON y Button and Light

Press the STANDBY-ON y button to turn on or off the power of the DVD Recorder. The STANDBY-ON light will be red if the DVD Recorder power is off (standby). The STANDBY-ON light will be green when the power is on.

IR (infrared) remote sensor

The sensor receives signals from the remote. Point the remote here, not at your TV, when using the remote control to operate the DVD Recorder.

MONITOR button

Press to choose disc mode or Monitor mode. In disc mode, use the Index Picture Screen, view Disc playback, or make recordings. In Monitor mode, watch or record TV channels through the DVD Recorder. Details are on page 19.

Display

Information about the current status of the

Recorder appears here. Details are on page 23.

CHANNEL 98 buttons

Press to change TV channels while in Monitor mode.

STOP C button

Press to stop playback or recording.

PLAY : button

Press to begin Disc playback.

DVDR985 DVD RECORDER

RECORD

S-VIDEO

VIDEO

L AUDIO R

DV

DV (digital video) i-LINK (CAM3);

 

RECORD I button

S-VIDEO In (CAM1); VIDEO In

 

Press to begin recording

(CAM2); and AUDIO In

 

the currently selected TV

(CAM1/2) jacks

 

channel or source.

To access these jacks, remove the

 

Details are on page 19.

protective cover by pulling the left side

 

OPEN/CLOSE A button

of the cover toward you. Replace the

 

cover when the jacks are not in use.

 

Press to open or close the Disc tray.

Use these jacks when connecting a

 

 

camcorder or other equipment to the

 

*AUTO MAN REC VOLUME button

DVD Recorder. Details are on page 15.

 

 

(Automatic/Manual Recording Volume)

When recording material that is play-

 

 

Press to adjust the recording volume auto-

ing on the other equipment, choose

 

 

matically or manually. Details are on page 45.

the CAM (Camera) channel that cor-

 

 

 

responds to the jack to which the

 

 

equipment is connected. Details are on

 

REC VOLUME 98 buttons

page 19.

 

 

Press to increase or decrease the volume when manually

The descriptions/names of each jack

 

 

adjusting the recording volume. Details are on page 45.

are to the left of the jacks, in order

 

 

 

from left to right.

 

Disc Tray

If your Personal Computer has an IEEE

 

 

Insert a Disc here. Load the Disc

1394 Firewire connector, you may

 

 

with the label facing up.

connect it to the Recorder’s DV i-

 

 

Details are on page 18.

LINK jack. Limited applications may be

 

 

 

available.

 

 

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