Playback from a disc

General notes on playback

With this DVD recorder you can play back the following systems: •) DVD Video

•) (Super)Video CD Disc •) DVD+RW Disc

•) DVD+R Disc

•) DVD-RW (video mode, finalized) •) DVD-R

•) CD-R •) CD-RW •) Audio CD •) MP3-CD

You can operate the video recorder using the remote control or the buttons on the front of the DVD recorder.

aThe display will read '￿￿￿'

bThe child lock has been activated for the inserted disc. Read the sections on 'Child lock' and 'Releasing a disc' in the chapter on 'Access control (child lock).

aThe menu on the screen is showing an 'X'

bSome DVD discs can be manufactured so that certain steps are required before the disc can be played, or so that only limited operation is possible during playback. When an 'X' appears on the screen the selected feature is not possible.

aThe screen is showing regional code information

bSince DVD films are not normally released in all parts of the world at the same time, all DVD players have a specific regional code. Discs can be given a regional code. If the regional codes differ between the player and the disc, playback is not possible.

b The regional code is shown on the label on the back of the machine. b The regional code does not apply to recordable DVDs.

aI can see the message '￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿'

bThe disc does not contain any recordings.

a'￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿￿' will appear on the display

bRecording could not be completed correctly because of a disc error. Check the disc and clean it if necessary.

aA dialog box appears asking you whether you want to delete the contents or eject the disc

bThe disc inserted is a DVD+RW but its contents are not DVD video-compatible (e.g. a data disc). Recordings on this disc can only be made if the entire disc is first deleted with the REC/OTR n button.

Switch over to the actual TV channel during

playback

As soon as you turn on the DVD recorder, the currently selected TV channel on the DVD-Recorder is recorded in a temporary storage (Time shift Buffer).

Recordings in the time shift buffer will be automatically deleted e.g. after 3 hours if the period of the time shift buffer is set to 3 hours (factory setting).

You can play back a disc, while the current TV show is still being recorded.

1To interrupt playback from a disc, press TUNER

P You will see the TV-show from the selected TV channel on the DVD-recorder

OTo continue playback, from the disc press DISC MENU .

Inserting a disc

1Press the OPEN/CLOSE J button on the front.

￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿

PThe disc tray will open. While the disc tray is opening, the display shows '￿￿￿￿￿￿￿' and then '￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿' when the tray is fully open.

2Carefully place the disc in the tray with the label facing up and press PLAY G or OPEN/CLOSE J .

P '￿￿￿￿￿￿￿' and then '￿￿￿￿￿￿￿' will appear in the display. The information on the disc will be read.

How do I insert a double-sided DVD?

Double-sided discs do not have labelling over the whole surface. The labelling for each side is in the centre of the disc. To play a side its label must be facing up.

Opening/closing the tray using the remote control

You can open and close the disc tray using the remote control.

Press and hold the STOP h button on the remote control until the dialog box shows '￿￿￿￿￿￿￿' or '￿￿￿￿￿￿￿'.

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HDRW 720/17 specifications

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