About this manual

•Instructions in this manual describe the controls on the remote. You can also use the controls on the recorder if they have the same or similar names as those on the remote.

•The on-screen display illustrations used in this manual may not match the graphics displayed on your TV screen.

•The explanations regarding discs in this manual refer to discs created on this recorder. The explanations do not

apply to discs that are created on other recorders and played back on this recorder.

• Icons, such as DVD or , listed at the top of each explanation indicate what kind of media can be used with the function being explained. For details about playable discs, see “Quick Guide to Disc Types” on page 30.

Icon

Meaning

 

 

+RW

Functions available for DVD+RWs

 

-RWVR

Functions available for DVD-RWs

in VR (Video Recording) mode

 

 

 

-RWVideo

Functions available for DVD-RWs

in video mode

 

 

 

+R

Functions available for DVD+Rs

 

-RVR

Functions available for DVD-Rs in

VR (Video Recording) mode

 

 

 

-RVideo

Functions available for DVD-Rs in

video mode

 

 

 

DVD

Functions available for DVD

VIDEOs

 

 

 

Functions available for VIDEO

VCD

CDs, Super VCDs, or CD-Rs/CD-

RWs in video CD format or Super

 

 

VCD format

 

 

CD

Functions available for music CDs

or CD-Rs/CD-RWs in music CD

 

format

 

 

 

Functions available for DATA CDs

DATA CD

(CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD-RWs

 

containing MP3*1 audio tracks,

 

JPEG image files, or DivX*2 video

 

files)

 

 

Icon Meaning

Functions available for DATA DATA DVD DVDs (DVD-ROMs/DVD+RWs/

DVD-RWs/DVD+Rs/DVD-Rs containing MP3*1 audio tracks, JPEG image files, or DivX*2 video files)

Functions available for VHS

VIDEOs

*1 MP3 (MPEG1 Audio Layer 3) is a standard format defined by ISO/MPEG which compresses audio data.

*2 DivX® is a video file compression technology, developed by DivXNetworks, Inc.

DivX, DivX Certified, and associated logos are trademarks of DivXNetworks, Inc. and are used under license.

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