Samsung DVD-HR720 instruction manual Before you start, Open/Close

Recording from external equipment you are watching

Before you start

Check that the disc has enough available space for the recording. Adjust the recording mode.

	1	Press the HDD			or DVD		button.
		If you select DVD, press the OPEN/CLOSE							button and
		place a recordable disc on the disc tray. Press the
		OPEN/CLOSE			button to close the disc tray.
		Wait until LOAD			disappears from the front panel display.
		If an unused DVD-RAM disc is used, whether to format
		or not will be asked first. (See page 79)
		If an unused DVD-RW disc is used, whether to initialize
		or not will be asked first. (See page 79)
		Press the INPUT button to select the input source
	2 according to the connection you made.
		The front panel display changes in the following
		sequence:
			➞ CH Number			➞ AV 1 ➞ AV 2		➞ DV
		If you connect a digital camcorder, press the INPUT
ecordingR		button to select DV . (See page 83)
		Press the REC MODE					button repeatedly, (or press
	3 the REC MODE					button, then press the …† buttons)
		to select the recording speed (quality).
			➞ SP ➞ LP ➞ EP				➞ XP
				Record Mode		SP 031:39

4	Press the REC	button.
	Information concerning the external input mode is

displayed on the screen, then recording begins.

Icon( ) is displayed on the front panel.

- To pause recording -

•Press the REC PAUSE button to pause a recording in progress.

•Press the REC PAUSE button again during pause to resume recording.

•You can switch channels by pressing the

CH ( ) buttons while recording pauses.

-To stop recording -

Press the STOP ( ) button to stop or finish a recording in progress.

•When using DVD-RAM/-RW/-R discs, the message “Updating the information of disc. Please wait for a moment” is displayed.

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