Chapter 3: Recording, Playback & Features
Watching TV
Turn on the DVD/VCR to watch TV
1.Turn on the TV, and tune the TV to the correct Video Input Channel (this channel corresponds to the input jacks on your TV that you used to connect the DVD/VCR to the TV).
2.Turn on the DVD/VCR (the DVD/VCR’s main menu appears).
3.Since the Watch TV menu is already highlighted, just press the OK button on the remote (the DVD/VCR tunes to the last station you watched and a channel banner appears).To see the channel banner after it disappears from the screen, press INFO on the remote control.
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The Channel Banner
While watching TV, press INFO on the remote control to see the channel banner.The information that appears in the channel banner depends upon the information sent from the broadcaster. For example, the rating, the program name, and the time the program ends are not always sent by the broadcaster.
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DVD Recording
After you load a DVD+R or DVD+RW disc into the DVD/VCR’s disc tray, there are several ways to record programming.When you insert a blank DVD+R or DVD+RW disc, the DVD/VCR will need to format the disc so you may need to wait several seconds.The quickest way to start recording is to press the RECORD button while you’re watching a show (the recording banner appears).You don’t even need to remember to press the stop button if you use the Express Recording feature in the recording banner (see next section).
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player. The DVD recorder automatically asks you |
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if you want to finalize a disc when it is finished |
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If you need to finalize a disc later, select the Disc |
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press OK. Once the disc is finalized you won’t be |
| The first time you load a DVD+R or DVD+RW disc, the DVD/VCR will format it. This should only | |
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select Start Record to start this recording. | When you press the RECORD button on the remote or on the front of the DVD recorder, the Express | ||
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Duration | 1h 27 min | Recording screen appears. Here you can choose the duration of the recording, the quality, and destination | |
(whether you want to record to tape or disc). For the duration, each time you press RECORD or the right arrow | |||
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Recording Quality | 1 (1h 47 min) | button, the recording time increases by 30 minutes, up to the maximum limit.The DVD recorder will record for | |
Destination | DVD+R/+RW | the amount of time you specified and then stop automatically.At anytime during the recording, you can bring up | |
Start Record | Cancel | the Express Recording screen by pressing RECORD again and then extending the recording time .To cancel the | |
recording, highlight and select Cancel in the Express Recording screen. | |||
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Press > to change the recording duration or use the digits to enter the duration.
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