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Welcometo the growing family of owners of PHILIPS equipment.
Thankyou for buyinga HDRW 720/00-02 .
Time-shiftTV viewing is possiblewith thehard disk drive(HDD) in
yourDVD-Recorder./Hard Disk Bystoring therecording in atime shift
buffer,you can 'rewind' to a scene you missed while the current TV
showis stillbeing recorded.
Recordingsin thetime shiftbuffer willbe automaticallydeleted e.g.
after3 hours if the period of the time shift buffer is set to 3 hours
(factorysetting).
Moreover,you can play back a DVD disc or a recorded title from the
HDDwhile thecurrent TV channelis beingrecorded in the
background.
Youcan store recordings from the time shift buffer on the built-in
HDDand transfer(archive) them later on aDVD+RW/+R disc.
Furthermoreyour Philips DVD Recorder /Hard Disk is a device for
recordingon DVD+RW/+RDiscs and for playingdigital video discs see
nextchapter. In the rest of the user manual the DVD Recorder/Hard
Diskwill bementioned as DVD-Recorder.
Pleasetake the timeto read thisoperating manual before usingyour
DVDRecorder. It containsimportant information on howto setup
andoperate the device.
Wehope youwill enjoyyour new DVDRecorder / HardDisk,
yourPhilips team!
If youhave any problems operating the device, please read the section
entitled'Before you call an engineer'. If this doesn't help you to
resolvethe problem, please call the customersupport service for
yourcountry.
Thetelephone numbers and e-mail addresses can be found at the end
ofthis instructionmanual.
Youcan alsovisit the website 'http://www.p4c.philips.com'.
Discs you can use
Thefollowing discs can beused inyour DVDrecorder for playback
andrecording:

Recording and playback

DVD+RW(Digital Versatile Disc +rewriteable)
usesphase changemedia, the sametechnology on which
rewritableCDs arebased. A high-performancelaser is
usedto change the reflective properties of the recording
layer;this process canbe repeated more thana thousand
times.
DVD+R(Digital Versatile Disc + recordable)
Unlikea DVD+RWdisc, this disc can onlybe writtento
once.If itis notfinalised after arecording, further
recordingscan be addedto it. Oldrecordings can belater
deletedbut theycan no longerbe overwritten.The
deletedrecordings (titles) are marked'Deleted title'.
Beforethis disccan be playedin a DVDplayer, it mustbe
finalisedin the DVDrecorder. Once thisprocess is
complete,no further recordingscan be added.

Playback only

DVDVideo (DigitalVersatile Disc)
isa storagemedium that combines the convenienceof
thecompact disc with the latest digital video technology.
DVDvideo usesmodern MPEG2 datacompression
technologythat enables anentire feature filmto be
storedon a singlefive-inch disc.
DVD-R(DVD-Recordable)
Thesediscs can onlybe playedback if therecording was
madein videomode and therecording was finalised.
DVD-RW(DVD-Rewritable)
Thesediscs can onlybe playedback if therecording was
madein videomode and therecording was finalised.
AudioCD (CompactDisc Digital Audio)
SuperAudio CD
(playsonly the CD layerof ahybrid SACD disc)
VideoCD (Format 1.0, 1.1, 2.0)
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Introduction