16Additional information

Place directly on top of an amplifier, or other component in your stereo system that becomes hot in use.

Use near a television or monitor as you may experience interference—especially if the television uses an indoor antenna.

Use in a kitchen or other room where the recorder may be exposed to smoke or steam.

Use on a thick rug or carpet, or cover with cloth—this may prevent proper cooling of the unit.

Place on an unstable surface, or one that is not large enough to support all four of the unit’s feet.

Moving the recorder

If you need to move the recorder, first remove the disc, if loaded, and close the disc tray. Next, press STANDBY/ ON to switch the power to standby, checking that the POWER OFF indication in the display goes off. Wait at least two minutes. Lastly, disconnect the power cord. Never lift or move the unit during playback or recording— discs rotate at a high speed and may be damaged.

Resetting the recorder

If you need to, you can reset the recorder to all its factory settings.

1Make sure that the recorder is on.

2Using the front panel controls, press and hold

STOP and press STANDBY/ON.

The recorder turns off with all settings reset.

Specifications

General

Power requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 V to 240 V, 50 Hz / 60 Hz Power consumption

DVR-640H-AV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 W DVR-440H-AV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 W Power consumption in standby mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.61 W (Front panel display: off)

Weight

DVR-640H-AV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4 kg DVR-440H-AV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 kg

Dimensions

DVR-640H-AV . . . . . . . . . . .420 mm (W) x 69 mm (H) x 318 mm (D) DVR-440H-AV . . . . . . . . . . .420 mm (W) x 69 mm (H) x 318 mm (D)

Operating temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +5 °C to +35 °C Operating humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 % to 85 % (no condensation)

TV system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PAL/SECAM/ NTSC (external input only)

Readable discs

DVD-Video, DVD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, Video CD, Super VCD, CD, CD-R/-RW (WMA, MP3, JPEG, CD-DA)

Recording discs and formats

DVD-R/RW: VR mode and Video mode

DVD+R/+RW: +VR mode

DVD-RAM: VR mode

DVD-R DL: VR mode and Video mode

DVD+R DL: +VR mode

Video recording format

Sampling frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.5 MHz Compression format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MPEG

Audio recording format

Sampling frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 kHz Compression format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dolby Digital or Linear PCM (uncompressed)

Recording time

HDD

DVR-640H-AV (160 GB)

Fine (XP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Approx. 34 h Standard Play (SP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Approx. 68 h Long Play (LP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Approx. 136 h Extended Play (EP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Approx. 204 h Super Long Play (SLP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Approx. 272 h Super Extended Play (SEP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Approx. 340 h Manual Mode (MN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Approx. 34 to 455 h

DVR-440H-AV (80 GB)

Fine (XP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Approx. 17 h Standard Play (SP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Approx. 34 h Long Play (LP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Approx. 68 h Extended Play (EP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Approx. 102 h Super Long Play (SLP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Approx. 136 h Super Extended Play (SEP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Approx. 170 h Manual Mode (MN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Approx. 17 h to 227 h

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RCS-404H, RCS-505H, RCS-606H specifications

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