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 Precautions
Power Cord Protection
Supplied Accessory
Nonuse Periods
 Precautions cont’d
Location and Handling
Copyright
Copy Protection
 Cleaning the Cabinet
Cleaning Discs
Auto Head Cleaning
Servicing
 Table of contents
 Features
Symbol Description
Playback
Compatibility
 Functional overview
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 Rear Panel
Remote Control
Functional overview cont’d
 CLEAR/C-RESET button VCR / DVD DVD mode
VCR mode
REV E / r button VCR / DVD DVD mode
Audio button VCR / DVD DVD mode
 Child Lock function
Installing batteries in the remote control
About the remote control
 VCR/DVD recorder Switching
VCR Mode
DVD Mode
Guide to On-Screen Displays
 Setup menus
Required Setting
Playback
Display
 VCR functions Others
Front Panel Display Guide
Display message
 Connecting to a TV
Basic TV connection
14 EN
VCR and Basic DVD Connection
 Connecting to a TV cont’d
Connecting to external equipment
Editing Setup menu
AV3 Front
 Connecting to an Audio System
16 EN
 Turn on the unit Select the DVD mode Open the disc tray
Easy DVD recording
This unit can record on the following type of discs
Ing, select the rewritable DVD-RW type disc
 Mode Channel
Easy DVD recording cont’d
 Channel setting
Auto Tuning
 Channel setting cont’d
Manual Tuning
Select Manual Tuning using Cursor K / L, then press Enter
After completion, press Setup to exit
 Move
To skip a Preset channel
To select a channel
 Setting the clock
Clock Setting
Select Clock Setting using Cursor K / L, then press Enter
Default date will appear
 Enter
 Recording mode
Information on DVD recording
Type of discs
Recordable discs
 Information on DVD recording cont’d
Information on copy control
Making discs playable in other DVD players Finalise
Usable discs
 Select Format Mode using Cursor K / L, then press Enter
Formatting a disc
Choosing the recording format of a brand-new DVD-RW disc
Formatting is completed
 Setting Auto Chapter
Formatting a disc cont’d
Recording Audio Select XP
PCM
 Insert a recordable disc Stop mode, press Setup
If you want to cancel formatting, select No
Reformatting a disc manually
Popup window will appear and prompt you to confirm
 Setting External Input Audio
Setting Bilingual Recording Audio
 Basic recording / One-touch Timer Recording OTR
 Timer Recording
 If the timer programming did not complete correctly
Timer Recording cont’d
To stop the timer recording in progress
 Hints for Timer Recording
Priority of overlapped settings
If the starting time is same
If the recording time is partially overlapped
 Select Satellite Link using Cursor K / L, then press Enter
Satellite Link
Preparation on this unit
Press Enter
 Recording from external equipment
Settings for external equipment
Satellite Link cont’d
 DV dubbing
Guide to DV and On-Screen Display
 DV dubbing cont’d
 Dubbing Mode
Select Dubbing Mode using Cursor K / L, then press Enter
Recording menu will appear
Option window will appear
 Select VCR DVD using Cursor K / L, then press Enter
Select DVD VCR using Cursor K / L, then press Enter
Press Dubbing
Press Stop C to stop the recording
 To cancel the disc protect
Select Finalise using Cursor K / L, then press Enter
Finalising discs
40 EN
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Auto finalise
You start Connections
Getting started Recording
 Information on playing back DVDs
Playable discs
Colour systems
Region codes
 Press Stop C to stop play- back
Hint for DVD playback
Playing back a DVD-RW / DVD-R / DVD+RW / DVD+R disc
 Playing back an MP3 / Jpeg
Basic playback cont’d
Playing back a DVD-Video / CD / Video CD
 Playing back a DivX
 Hint
DivX Official DivX Certified product
 Playing back discs using the Disc menu
Select an item using Cursor
Press Menu List
B, then press Disc menu
 PBC function for Video CDs
Playing back a disc using the Title menu
Playing back a Video CD using the Title menu
 Cancelling and Recalling the PBC function
PBC function for Video CDs cont’d
Special playback
Resume playback
 Special playback cont’d
Fast forward / Fast reverse
Skipping TV commercials during playback
CM Skip
 Pause
Rapid Play
During playback, press Pause F
Press Play B to resume play- back
 Step by step playback
Slow forward / Slow reverse playback
52 EN
Pause
 Marker Setup
Select the icon using Cursor / B, then press Enter
Zoom
During playback, press Display
 Search
Title / Chapter search
Track search
Display
 Time search
Search cont’d
Direct Search
 Repeat/Random/Programme playback / Slide Show
Repeat playback
 CD Playback Mode menu will appear Audio CD
Select Random Play using Cursor K / L, then press Enter
Repeat/Random/Programme playback / Slide Show cont’d
Random playback
 Programme playback
Slide Show
 Switching subtitles
Select DivX VOD using
Select Playback using Cursor
DivX VOD
 Selecting the format of audio and video cont’d
Switching audio soundtrack
Switching virtual surround system
 Switching camera angles
Icon using
Reducing block noise
Select Cursor / B, then press
 Original and Playlist VR mode
Information on disc editing
Guide to a title list
Edit the recorded disc
 Information on disc editing cont’d
Editing discs
DVD-RW
DVD-R
 Select Title Delete using Cursor K / L, then press Enter
Editing discs
Deleting titles
Press Return or Stop C to exit
 Select Edit Title Name using Cursor K / L, then press Enter
Editing discs cont’d
Editing title names
Press Return and then Return or Stop C to exit
 Guide to edit title name
Abc 123
 Select Chapter Mark using Cursor K / L, then press Enter
Adding or deleting chapter marks
Confirmation window will appear. e.g. Add
Delete
 Adding a chapter mark
Chapter mark is added
Deleting a chapter mark
Chapter mark is deleted
 Setting pictures for thumbnails
Picture is set as the thumbnail
 Select Scene Delete using Cursor K / L, then press Enter
Deleting a part of a title
 Or Playlist is more than
Select Delete using Cursor K / L, then press Enter
Part of the title is deleted
 Dividing a title
You can divide a title into two new titles Press first
 Select Title Combining using Cursor K / L, then press Enter
Combining titles
You can combine two titles into a single title Press first
If either one of the two
 Adding titles to a Playlist
Follow the on page 64 to display the Playlist
 Select Yes using Cursor s / B, then press Enter
Erasing all Playlist
Playlist is deleted
Deleting a Playlist will Not increase the available
 Setting or releasing the title protection
Select Protect using Cursor K / L, then press Enter
To protect a whole disc DVD-RW VR mode Only
Confirm the indication OFF ON. Press Enter again
 Setting or clearing all chapter marks in one title
Chapter marks are added
You cannot select a chapter
Mark interval that exceeds
 Tour of the Setup menu
78 EN
 Language setting
Select a setting using Cursor
Audio Default Original
Subtitle Default OFF
 Angle Icon Default on
Language setting cont’d
Display setting
 Display setting cont’d
Audio setting
Screen Saver Default 10 minutes
FL Dimmer Default Bright
 Audio setting cont’d
Select a setting using Cursor K / L, then press Enter
 Video setting
Dynamic Range Control Default on
 Video setting cont’d
TV System Default PAL Set the TV system
Video Out Default Scartrgb
Select Yes using Cursor
 Select Parental Lock using Cursor K / L, then press Enter
DVD-Videos Parental Lock level
Proceed with either of the following steps
All
 Your setting is activated If you select No, proceed to step
Change the password
DVD-Videos Parental Lock level cont’d
Yes
 Playback
 Recording and One-touch Timer Recording OTR cont’d
One-touch Timer Recording
Select the recording mode using REC MODE. See
Turn on the unit and insert a recordable tape
 Index search
 Selecting the Sound Mode
Mode Audio output Display on
Other operations
Hi-Fi Stereo Sound System
 SET
Troubleshooting
VCR / DVD
 DVD
92 EN
 Process is cancelled, the disc MAY not work
VCR
 Troubleshooting cont’d
Error message Cause Solution
 Language code
Language Code
 Glossary
Cprm
DTS
Jpeg
 Specifications
Video recording format
Audio recording format
Receivable channels
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