DVD recorder operation

AV record quality

HDD DVD-RAM DVD-RW DVD-R

You can select from 5 combined picture and sound quality recording settings prior to actual recording. Actual selection applied becomes the default setting for the normal recording or programmed recording.

e.g.

 

AV record quality

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HDD

Setting 1

DVD

 

– – –

 

 

 

 

Manual 6.6 L-PCM

SP

4.6

 

 

D/M1

 

 

 

Custom setting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Setting

Mode

Rate

Audio quality

 

 

 

1

Manual

6.6

 

 

L-PCM

 

 

 

2

SP

4.6

 

 

D/M1

 

 

 

3

LP

2.2

 

 

D/M1

 

 

 

4

Manual

6.0

 

 

D/M2

 

 

 

5

Manual

3.2

 

 

D/M1

 

 

 

Total recording time: 71min.

 

 

 

 

(with 4.7 GB unused)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•To make a combination of picture and sound quality settings.

1)Press the / / / buttons to select the desired item (“Mode”, “Rate”, or “Audio quality”).

2)Press the ADJUST button to change the setting of each item.

•To apply the combination of picture and sound quality settings.

1)Press the / / / buttons to select a media to record on (HDD or DVD).

2)Press the ADJUST button to change the setting.

You can confirm the available recording time for the selected setting on the bottom screen.

3)Press the ENTER button.

Notes

•A combination of picture and sound quality settings can be set for HDD and DVD-RAM respectively.

•You can change the combination of picture and sound quality settings also by displaying the Quick Menu on a LIBRARY MENU or during stop mode, then selecting “AV Record Quality”. Either of the above methods updates the setting of this recorder.

•If you set “SP” or “LP”, you cannot select “L-PCM”.

•Depending on the sound quality settings, the upper limit for the picture quality setting differs.

•You can adjust the manual rate for picture quality by

0.2 Mbps from 2.0 to 9.2. (You cannot set the rate from 1.4 to 2.0.)

Picture record mode

 

 

 

Introduction

 

 

 

 

HDD DVD-RAM DVD-RW DVD-R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusts problems with the brightness of video signals of

Recording

buttons to select the mode.

 

 

 

TV broadcasts or other external input.

 

 

 

Press the / buttons to select the source, and the

/

 

 

(Only use this setting when you cannot adjust the

 

 

 

brightness satisfactorily with the Custom picture setting in

 

 

the Picture/Audio settings (

Page 157) of this

 

 

 

recorder.)

 

 

 

Playback

Important:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• This setting changes the video signal to record and the

 

 

 

recorded signal is not returned to the original state even

 

when this setting is changed after recording. When

 

 

 

duplicating from VHS tape, if you can check the video

 

 

 

recording state beforehand, we recommend first playing

 

back for a while and checking the overall brightness

 

 

Editing

tendency, then setting an appropriate mode.

 

 

 

 

 

Standard:

 

 

 

 

The brightness of signals received with this recorder

 

and external input signals is adjusted automatically.

 

This is normally the setting to use.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mode 1:

 

 

 

 

This setting is used to record the signals darker when

Library

the screen is too bright.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mode 2, 3, 4:

 

 

 

 

As the number rises, the signals are recorded brighter. Use these modes to adjust the brightness.

HDD

DVD-RAM DVD-RW DVD-R

Function

Audio input level

 

 

Sets the audio input level of recorded sound.

setup

 

Press the

/ buttons to select the desired item, and

 

then press the / buttons to adjust the input level.

 

 

TV/Cable

(L):

Others

Sets the input level for the left channel.

 

 

 

(R):

 

Sets the input level for the right channel.

 

Line1, 2, 3 (L):

Sets the input level for the left channel of the external input connectors.

(R):

Sets the input level for the right channel of the external input connectors.

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RD-XS32SU, RD-XS32SC specifications

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