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Dubbing (HDD/DVD)

Dubbing Method and Dubbing

Types

You can dub from HDD to DVD and DVD to HDD. It is
recommended to dub important programs recorded on HDD
to DVD for safe keeping.
•Can dub up to five titles (programs) in one session.
•Cannot dub programs that are not recorded properly.

Dubbing Method

TIMER DUBBING
Can set to dub during times the Recorder is not used like
at midnight.
DUB NOW
Start dubbing immediately.

Dubbing Types

High Speed Dubbing
• Copy titles recorded to HDD without any change of image
quality and recording length. This Recorder can perform
high speed dubbing with no loss of image quality of data
so there is no degradation.
• Time to dub varies according to the recording mode of
title (program) to dub or type of disc you use.
• When a blank 2X speed compatible disc is initialized with
other DVD recorder, dubbing may be done at 1X speed
even if high speed dubbing is selected.
Example: Approximate time it takes to dub when you dub
program 1 hour long
• Even if DVD-R is compatible to 4✕ speed dubbing the
Recorder will handle as disc compatible to 2✕ speed
dubbing.
• If you perform high-speed dubbing of a “Copy Once”
program, dubbing will not be done at 2✕-speed, even if
you use a 2✕-speed compatible disc.
Rate Conversion Dubbing (Constant Speed)
• Plays back titles of HDD and dubs to DVD-R/RW or plays
back titles of DVD-R/RW and dubs to HDD.
• Selects picture quality (recording mode) for dubbing. You
can select among 32 levels of recording modes so it is
convenient when you want to fit the programs into one
disc.
• You can select among 32 levels of recording mode by
using Manual setting but picture quality will not exceed
the quality of original.
• Time to dub is about the same as time required to record
the title in the beginning.
NOTE
• You cannot operate other functions while dubbing.
—Timer programming will not start while dubbing.
—You cannot record to HDD or playback titles on HDD
while dubbing.
• Exact recording will not operate along with TIMER
DUBBING.

Limitation during Dubbing

Stopping the Dubbing in the Middle
• When dubbing “Copy Once” enabled program from HDD
to DVD-RW (CPRM compatible) is stopped in the middle,
the part that was dubbed will be erased from HDD. If you
restart the dubbing, you can dub the remaining part as a
different title but overlap between title dubbed before and
after the stop might be off.
Dubbing Titles Including “Copy Once” En-
abled Program
• When dubbing titles including “Copy Once”, enabled
program on HDD to DVD-RW, use DVD-RW (VR mode)
Ver. 1.1 CPRM compatible disc.
• “Copy Once” enabled program recorded to HDD will
move (recorded program will be erased after the move) to
DVD-RW. (You cannot dub in Video mode even if you use
DVD-RW Ver. 1.1 CPRM compatible disc.)
NOTE
• Even if you select “HIGH SPEED DUBBING”, you may not
be able to increase the speed of dubbing from 1✕
depending on titles you want to dub and type of disc.
• When title on HDD that includes “Copy Once” enabled
title is divided into several chapters, you can add all the
chapters to dubbing list by adding one of the chapters to
dubbing list.

Dubbing Direction and Dubbing

Speed

Dubbing
Direction
Dubbing
Speed
HDD→DVD-RW
(VR mode)
Constant Speed
(Rate Conversion
Dubbing)
HDD→DVD-R/RW
(VIDEO mode)
DVD-R/RW→HDD
√
High Speed
(High Speed
Dubbing)
*1
*2
*1
✕Can dub.
— Cannot dub.
√Can High Speed Dub the recorded title if it is recorded
using “HI SP DUB PRIORITY”.
*1 Can just move the original title if that title is “Copy Once”
enabled.
*2 Cannot dub “Copy Once” enabled title.
✕
✕
✕—
✕
Recording Mode of Source Title
Using a 2✕-speed
compatible disc
FINE SP LP EP
Approx.
30 min Approx.
15 min Approx.
7.5 min Approx.
5 min
Using a 1✕-speed
compatible disc
Approx.
60 min Approx.
30 min Approx.
15 min Approx.
10 min
Required time