04Getting started
Making your first recording
This quick guide shows you how to make a basic recording of a TV program to a recordable DVD.
Recording is covered in much more detail in chapter 6 (Recording).
STANDBY/ON |
CH+ |
CH– |
REC |
DVD RECORDER |
1If they aren’t already on, switch on your TV and this recorder.
Press STANDBY/ON to switch on.
•Make sure that the video input on your TV is set to this recorder.
2 Press OPEN/CLOSE (front panel only) to open the disc tray.
3Load a blank
•When you load a new, blank
4Use the CH +/– buttons to select the TV channel you want to record from.
•You can also use the +/– buttons on the front panel if the recorder is stopped.
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•Antenna channels are numbered 2 through 69. Cable channels are numbered 1 through 125.
5 Press REC to start recording.
•By default, the recording will be in SP (standard play) mode, which will give you around two hours of recording from a blank DVD disc. The different recording mode and their recommended uses are covered in mode detail in Chapter 6.
• You can pause recording by pressing . Press REC or again to restart recording.
6 When you want to stop recording, press .
Playing back your recording
The TV program you just recorded should be on the DVD disc as a single title with one or more chapters.
• Press to start playback.
If you want to stop playback before the end of the recording, press .
Using the built-in TV tuner
Changing TV channels
There are three different ways to select TV channels. Note that you can’t change the TV channel during playback, recording or during recording standby.
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4 5 6
7 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
CH+
ENTER
CH–
•CH +/– buttons on the remote
•Number buttons on the remote – For example, to select channel 4, press 4 then ENTER; for channel 34, press 3, 4, ENTER; for channel 102, press 1, 0, 2, ENTER. (If you don’t press ENTER, the channel changes after a few seconds.)
•+/– buttons on the front panel
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