Contents
01 Before you start
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 What’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Putting the batteries in the remote control . . . . . . . . 10 Using the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Disc / content format playback compatibility . . . . . . 11
02 Connecting up
Rear panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Front panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Easy connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Using other types of video output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Connecting to a cable box or satellite receiver (1) . . . 16 Connecting to a cable box or satellite receiver (2) . . . 17 Connecting to an AV amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Connecting other AV sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Plugging in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
03 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
06 Recording
About DVD recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Recording time and picture quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Restrictions on video recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Setting the picture quality/recording time . . . . . . . . 43 Basic recording from the TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Setting a timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Timer recording FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Simultaneous recording and playback . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Recording from an external component . . . . . . . . . . 51 Automatic recording from a satellite tuner . . . . . . . . 51 Recording from a DV camcorder
07 Editing
The Disc Navigator screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Disc Navigator menu options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Editing VR mode Original and Video mode
content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Creating and editing a VR mode Play List . . . . . . . . . 62
04 Getting started
Switching on and setting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Making your first recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Using the
08 Disc History
Using the Disc History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
09 The PhotoViewer
Playing a slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
05 Playback
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Using the Disc Navigator to browse the contents
of a disc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Navigating discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Scanning discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Playing in slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Frame advance/frame reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 The Play Mode menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Displaying and switching subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Switching DVD soundtracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Switching audio channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Switching camera angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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10 The Disc Setup menu
Basic settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Initialize settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Finalize settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
11 The Video/Audio Adjust menu
Setting the picture quality for TV and external
inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Setting the picture quality for disc playback . . . . . . . 73 Audio DRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
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