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 Programme

+RW -RWVR-RWVideo+R -RVR

-RVideo

This section introduces the basic operation to record a current TV programme to a disc (DVD). For an explanation of how to make timer recordings, see page 42.

PROG +/–

DISPLAY

z REC

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Recording/playing side facing down

x REC STOP

REC MODE

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 34) 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 34).

TV/DVD TV t

1 Insert a recordable DVD.

2 Press PROG +/– to select the programme position 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 42.

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