Getting started
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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
).
1 If 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.
3 Load a blank DVD-R or DVD-RW disc with the
label side face-up, using the disc tray guide to align
the disc.
• When you load a new, blank DVD-RW disc, the
recorder will take a moment to initialize it for
recording.
4 Use 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.
•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.
•
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
DVD RECORDER
REC
STANDBY/ON
CH+
CH–
123
456
7890
ENTER
CH+
CH–
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