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              WARNING
Precautions              
On placement
On recording                
Copyrights
Copy guard function                
IMPORTANT NOTICE
              Seven Basic Operations
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              Ways to Use Your DVD Recorder
              Quick Guide to Disc Types
              Recording Features
Editing Features                
Rewrite
Auto                
Manual
              Playable discs
Icon used                
Characteristics
in this                
manual
              Maximum recordable number of titles
Disc                
Number of titles
Note on playback operations of DVD VIDEOs/ VIDEO CDs                
Region code (DVD VIDEO only)
              Hooking Up the Recorder
Step 1: Unpacking              
Step 2: Connecting the Aerial Cable
              Step 3: Connecting the Video Cords
When playing “wide screen” images                
If you are connecting to a VCR
              Using the PROGRESSIVE button
Progressive                
Interlace
              Step 4: Connecting the Audio Cords
              Step 5: Connecting the
Power Cord (Mains Lead)              
Step 6: Preparing the Remote
4Release [/1                
Buttons
Operations                
Code numbers of controllable TVs
              Controlling the volume of your AV amplifier (receiver) with the remote
Hookups                
and
1Slide the TV/DVD switch to DVD                
Hold down
              If you have a Sony DVD player or more than one Sony DVD recorder
1Press SYSTEM MENU                
2Select “SETUP,” and press ENTER
3Select “Options,” and press ENTER                
4Select “Command Mode,” and press
              Step 7: Easy Setup
              Connecting a VCR or Similar Device
              Connecting to the LINE 2 IN jacks on the front panel
              Connecting to a Satellite or Digital Tuner
              1.Inserting and Formatting a DVD Disc (Disc Info)
              4Select “Format,” and press ENTER
5Select “OK,” and press ENTER              
2. Recording a Programme
To stop recording                
To pause recording
To watch another TV programme while recording                
1Insert a recordable DVD
              3.Playing the Recorded Programme (Title List)
              3Select a title, and press ENTER
4Select “Play,” and press ENTER                
To stop playback
About the Title List for DVD-RWs(VR mode)                
To change the title order (Sort)
              4.Displaying the Playing Time and Play Information
              Checking the playing/remaining time
Press TIME/TEXT repeatedly                
Front panel display
              5.Changing the Name of a Recorded Programme
5Press </M/m/, to select the character you want to enter, and press ENTER                
6Repeat steps 4 and 5 to enter the remaining characters
1Press TITLE LIST                
2Select a title, and press ENTER
              6.Labelling and Protecting a Disc
              7.Playing the Disc on Other DVD Equipment (Finalize)
3Select “Finalize,” and press ENTER                
4Select “OK,” and press ENTER
              Unfinalizing a disc
For DVD-RWs(Video mode)                
For DVD-RWs(VR mode)
3Select “Unfinalize,” and press ENTER                
Timer Recording
              Recording mode
Press REC MODE repeatedly to switch the recording modes                
Recording stereo and bilingual programmes
ZWEITON (German stereo) system                
NICAM system
              Timer Recording (Standard/ ShowView)
              Press [TIMER]
Select an item using </, and adjust using M/m                
To stop recording during timer recording
Rec Mode Adjust                
If the timer settings overlap
              Recording TV programmes using the ShowView system
Timer                
1Press [TIMER]
              Using the Quick Timer function
Press z REC repeatedly to set the duration                
To cancel the Quick Timer
Adjusting the recording picture quality and size                
2Select the item you want to adjust, and press ENTER
              Creating chapters in a title
When recording on a DVD-RW(VR mode)                
When recording on other recordable discs
              Checking/Changing
Cancelling Timer Settings                
(Timer List)
              Recording From Connected Equipment
              Select the line input audio when recording a bilingual programme on the
4Press REC MODE repeatedly to select the recording mode                
6Press SYNCHRO REC
To cancel Synchro Rec              
Recording from connected equipment without a timer
              Playing
              To resume playback from the point where you stopped (Resume Play)
To play restricted DVDs (Parental Control)                
To lock the disc tray (Child Lock)
Playback              
Playback options
              Notes on playing DTS sound tracks on a CD
              Adjusting the picture quality
2Select an item, and press ENTER                
3Press </, to adjust the setting, and press ENTER
Adjusting the sound quality                
3Press </M/m/, to select the option, and press ENTER
              Playing a previous recording while making another (Simultaneous Rec and Play)
1While recording, press TITLE LIST                
3Select “Play”, and press ENTER
              Searching for a Title/ Chapter/Track, etc
              Playing MP3 Audio Tracks or JPEG Image Files
              Selecting a JPEG album or image
3Select “View Album,” and press ENTER                
4Select an image, and press ENTER
To stop viewing the JPEG image                
To view the previous or next picture
              MP3 audio tracks or JPEG image files that the recorder can play
              About playback order of albums, tracks, and files
Structure of disc contents              
Before Editing
              Erasing and Editing a Title
              Erasing a chapter (Delete Chapter)
              Erasing multiple titles (Erase Titles)
2Press TOOLS to select “Erase Titles,” and press ENTER                
4Repeat step 3 to select all of the titles you want to erase
5When you finish selecting titles, select “OK,” and press ENTER                
6Select “OK” and press ENTER
              Creating and Editing a Playlist
5Select the IN point by pressing m/M, and press ENTER                
6Select the OUT point by pressing m/M, and press ENTER
7Select “OK,” and press ENTER                
8Select the scene you want to re-edit,and press ENTER
              Moving a Playlist title (Change Order)
1Press TITLE LIST to turn on the Title List (Playlist) menu                
2Select the title you want to move, and press ENTER
3Select “Change Order,” and press ENTER              
Combining multiple Playlist titles (Combine)
2Press TOOLS to select “Combine,” and press ENTER                
4Repeat step 3 to select all of the titles you want to combine
6Select “OK,” and press ENTER                
7Select a name, and press ENTER
              Before DV Dubbing
              Recording an Entire DV
Format Tape (One Touch                
Dubbing)
              Program Edit
              8When you finish editing the Scene List, select “OK,” and press ENTER
9Select “OK,” and press ENTER                
10 Select “Start,” and press ENTER
              Aerial Reception and Language Settings (Settings)
              Receivable channels
TV system                
Channel coverage
Station Name                
Adjustments and Settings
              Channel List (Changing/Disabling the channels)
              TV Guide Page
Clock                
Auto Adjust (Auto Clock Set)
Present Time (Manual Clock Set)              
Video Settings (Video)
              Pause Mode (DVDs only)
Progressive Mode                
Line Input
Line1 Input                
Line3 Input
              Audio Settings (Audio)
              Audio Connection
              Recording and Parental Control Settings (Features)
              One Touch Dubbing
Finalize Disc (for all recordable discs except DVD-RWin VR mode)                
Colour System
Screen Saver              
Disc and Remote Control Settings/Factory Settings (Options)
              Easy Setup
(Resetting the Recorder)              
Troubleshooting
The picture does not fill the screen                
An alternate audio track cannot be recorded
              Sound
There is no sound                
Playback
Information Additional                
Sound distortion occurs
              Recording/Timer recording/ Editing
Recording does not start immediately after you press z REC                
Nothing was recorded even though you set the timer setting correctly
Recording does not stop immediately after you press x REC STOP                
Recording does not stop after you press
              Recording from the equipment with a timer
Nothing was recorded even though you set the Synchro-Recsetting correctly                
Synchro-Recordingdoes not complete
Display                
The clock has stopped
              Self-diagnosisFunction (When letters/numbers appear in the display)
              Notes About This Recorder
On operation                
On adjusting volume
On cleaning                
On cleaning discs
              Specifications
              About i.LINK
              Guide to Parts and Controls
Remote            
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              Front panel
              Front panel display
Rear panel              
Glossary
              MPEG Audio (page 75)
Original (page 57)                
Playlist (page 57)
Progressive format (page 15)                
Title (page 52)
              Language Code List
Area Code              
Index