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Settings for External Equipment

Connection to External Equipment

Video

VR

DVD-RW

DVD-RW DVD-R DVD+RW

DVD+R

VCR

Connect the external equipment using either the input jacks, AV1, AV2 (Rear) or AV3 (Front). However, for AV3 jacks, you have to select S-VIDEO input or VIDEO input jacks depending on the connected devices.

Use a commercially available Scart, S-Video or Video cable and an Audio cable for this connection.

1 In stop mode, press [SETUP]. Select “General Setting” using [U / D], then press [ENTER].

2 Select “Video” using [U / D], then press [ENTER].

3 Select “Select Video” using [U / D], then press [ENTER].

4 Select the input jack type to be used using [U / D], then press [ENTER].

General Setting

Playback

 

Display

TV Aspect

Video

Select Video

Recording

Video Out

Clock

Select Video - AV3(Front)

Video In

Channel

S-Video In

DivX

 

Reset All

 

If you want to use VIDEO input jack (Composite), select “Video In”.

If you want to use S-VIDEO input jack, select “S-Video In”.

5 Press [SETUP] to exit.

Recording from External Equipment

Video

VR

DVD-RW

DVD-RW DVD-R DVD+RW

DVD+R

VCR

Before recording from external equipment, see page 20 for connection instructions.

1 Turn the TV and the unit on, and select the input of the TV to which the unit is connected.

2 When you want to record to the disc: Press [DVD].

Press [OPEN / CLOSE O] to open the disc tray, then place the disc to record on.

Press [OPEN / CLOSE O] again to close the disc tray.

When you want to record to a tape: Press [VCR].

Insert the tape with a record tab into the cassette compartment.

3 Select the input terminal to which the external equipment is connected. (AV1, AV2, or AV3)

To use the input jacks on the back of the unit, select the “AV1” or “AV2” position by pressing [INPUT SELECT ] on the remote control or using [PROG. / ].

To use the input jacks on the front of this unit, select “AV3” position by pressing

[INPUT SELECT ] on the remote control or using [PROG. / ].

You can also select the input terminals by using [the Number buttons].

-For AV1, press [0], [0], [1].

-For AV2, press [0], [0], [2].

-For AV3, press [0], [0], [3].

4 Select a recording mode using [REC MODE].

Refer to “Recording Mode” on page 26 for DVD or page 72 for VCR.

5 Press [I REC] (DVD / VCR) on the unit to start recording.

6 Press the PLAY button on the external recording component.

7 For disc:

Press [S (STOP)] on the unit to stop recording.

For tape:

Press [O/S (STOP / EJECT)] on the unit to stop recording.

Note

During recording, if a signal other than PAL is detected (such as NTSC), recording is paused.

If you want to monitor the programme that you are recording, make sure the device such as a Satellite Box is turned off when it is connected to AV2.

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Toshiba D-VR17KB Settings for External Equipment, Connection to External Equipment, Recording from External Equipment

D-VR17KB specifications

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