Eight Basic Operations

Getting to Know Your DVD Recorder

1.Inserting a Disc

+RW -RWVR-RWVideo+R

-RVR

-RVideoDVD VCD CD DATADVD DATA CD

Z OPEN/

CLOSE

1 Press Z OPEN/CLOSE, and place a disc on the disc tray.
2. Recording a Program

+RW -RWVR-RWVideo+R -RVR

-RVideo

This section introduces the basic operation to record a current TV program to a disc (DVD). For an explanation of how to make timer recordings, see page 39.

CH +/–

DISPLAY

z REC

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Recording/playing side facing down

x REC STOP

REC MODE

TV/VIDEO

Recorder

2 Press Z OPEN/CLOSE to close the disc tray.

Wait until “LOAD” disappears from the front panel display.

Unused DVDs are formatted automatically.

For DVD-RW discs DVD-RWs are formatted in the recording format (VR mode or Video mode) set by “Format DVD-RW” in the “DVD” setup.

For DVD-R discs

DVD-Rs are automatically formatted in Video mode. To format an unused DVD-R in VR mode, format the disc using the “Disc Information” display (page 37) before you make a recording.

If the disc is recordable on this recorder, you can manually re-format the disc to make a blank disc (page 37).

1 Insert a recordable DVD.

2 Press CH +/– to select the channel or input source you want to record.

3 Press REC MODE repeatedly to select the recording mode.

Each time you press the button, the display on the TV screen changes as follows:

For more details about the recording mode, see page 39.

4 Press z REC.

Recording starts.

Recording stops automatically after

8 hours of continuous recording or when the DVD is full.

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