Eight Basic Operations — Getting to Know Your DVD Recorder

 

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Inserting a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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2.

Recording a Programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Checking the disc status while recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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3.

Playing the Recorded Programme (Title List) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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4.

Displaying the Playing/Remaining Time and Play Information . . . . . . . . .

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Checking the playing/remaining time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Checking the remaining disc space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Changing the Name of a Recorded Programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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6.

Labelling and Protecting a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Labelling a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Protecting a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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7.

Playing the Disc on Other DVD Equipment (Finalise) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Finalising the disc using Z (open/close) button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Finalising the disc using “Disc Information” display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Unfinalising a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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8.

Reformatting a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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For Freeview users only

Guide to Digital Services (For Freeview users only) . . . . . . . . .48

EPG (Electronic Programme Guide) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Viewing a list of available channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Viewing programmes related to a specific category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Programme Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Displaying the programme information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Viewing a Digital Text Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Selecting digital text from dedicated digital teletext channels . . . . . . . . . 51 Selecting digital text from other channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Favourites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Setting the Favourites List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Watching or listening to a favourite channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Timer Recording (For Freeview users only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Before Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Recording mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Unrecordable pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Timer Recording (Standard/EPG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Setting the timer manually (Standard). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Recording TV programmes using the EPG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Recording programmes using Series Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Using the Quick Timer function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Adjusting the recording picture quality and size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Creating chapters in a title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Checking/Changing/Cancelling Timer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Checking/changing/cancelling using the EPG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Checking/changing/cancelling using the Timer List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Recording from Connected Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Recording from connected equipment with a timer (Synchro Rec). . . . . 67 Recording from connected equipment without a timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

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