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VCR Plus+ and PlusCode are registered trademarks of Gemstar Development Corporation.TheVCR Plus+ system is manufactured under license from Gemstar Development Corporation.

Pats. 5,307,173; 5,335,079; 4,908,713; 4,751,578; and 4,706,121

Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby,” “Pro Logic” and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential Unpublished Works.

©1992-1997 Dolby Laboratories, Inc.All rights reserved.

“DTS” and “DTS Digital Out” are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc.

DCDi is a trademark of Faroudja, a division of Sage Inc.

This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners.

Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited.

TRUSURROUND, , and symbol are trademarks of SRS Labs,Inc.TRUSURROUND technology is manufactured under license from SRS Labs, Inc.

Introduction__________________________________2

DVD Recorder ____________________________________________ 2 Cleaning discs _____________________________________________ 2 Remote control____________________________________________ 2

Installation ___________________________________3

Connections - back of your DVD Recorder _____________________ 3 Step 1: Connecting to the antenna or Cable TV signal _____________ 3 Step 2: Connecting to a TV __________________________________ 3 Step 3: Connecting to audio equipment _________________________ 4 Step 4: Connecting to other equipment (optional) ________________ 5 Step 5: Connections - Front of your DVD Recorder (optional) ______ 6 Step 6: Power supply________________________________________ 6 Switching on ______________________________________________ 6 First time setup: Initial setup__________________________________ 7

Functional overview __________________________9

Front of recorder __________________________________________ 9 Back of Recorder _________________________________________ 10 Display__________________________________________________ 11 Remote control___________________________________________ 12

Operation___________________________________13

Important notes for operation _______________________________ 13 Loading discs _____________________________________________ 13 Disc types _______________________________________________ 13 On-screen display information _______________________________ 14 Index Picture Screen _______________________________________ 18 User preferences__________________________________________ 19

Recording ___________________________________24

Before you start recording __________________________________ 24 Manual recording of a TV channel or from a video camera ________ 24 Timer programming _______________________________________ 26 If a timer recording is incorrect ______________________________ 28

Playback ____________________________________30

Playing a DVD+RW/+R disc _________________________________ 30 Playing a pre-recordedDVD-Video disc _______________________ 30 Playing a (Super) Video CD _________________________________ 30 General features __________________________________________ 31 Special DVD+RW/+R features _______________________________ 34 Special DVD-Video features _________________________________ 34 Special VCD features ______________________________________ 35 Playing an Audio CD _______________________________________ 36

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