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.

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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

 

 

 

-R

Functions available for DVD-Rs

 

DVD

Functions available for DVD

VIDEOs

 

 

 

Functions available for VIDEO CDs

VCD

or CD-Rs/CD-RWs in video CD

 

format

 

 

 

Functions available for music CDs

CD

or CD-Rs/CD-RWs in music CD

 

format

 

 

 

Functions available for DATA CDs

DATA CD

(CD-Rs/CD-RWs containing MP3*

 

audio tracks or JPEG files)

 

 

 

Functions available for DATA

DATA DVD

DVDs (DVD+RWs/DVD-RWs/

 

DVD+Rs/DVD-Rs containing

 

MP3* audio tracks or JPEG files)

 

 

 

Functions available for VHS

 

VIDEOs

 

 

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

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