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Useful features
This DVD Video recorder records high quality images
to rapid random access capable DVD-RAM media.
This has resulted in many new features that out
perform older tape formats. The following information
summarizes a few of these features.
Instant recording
You no longer need to search for empty disc space. By
pressing the recording button, the unit finds available
recording space and begins recording right away.
There is no need to worry about overwriting already
recorded content.
Instant play
There is no need to rewind or search forward. Direct
Navigator guides you to the beginning of the recorded
video immediately.
Chasing playback
There is no need to wait until
recording is complete. Without
stopping recording, you can play
the video currently being
recorded from its beginning.
Simultaneous Recording
and Playback
While recording, you can play
another video program that was
recorded previously.
Time Slip
During play and also while
recording, you can jump to the
scene you wish to view by
specifying the skip time.
Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories.
“Dolby” and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby
Laboratories.
“DTS” and “DTS 2.0 K Digital Out” are trademarks of Digital
Theater Systems, Inc.
Apparatus Claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 4,631,603, 4,577,216, and
4,819,098, licensed for limited viewing uses only.
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.
MPEG Layer-3 audio decoding technology licensed from
Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson multimedia.
VCR Plus K and PlusCode are registered trademarks of Gemstar
Development Corporation. The VCR Plus K 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
Table of contents
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Useful features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Control reference guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
STEP 1 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
STEP 2 Plug-in Auto Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
STEP 3 Channel settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
STEP 4 Set up to match your television
and remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Disc information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Recording television programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Recording modes and approximate recording times . . . . . . . . 17
Selecting audio to record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Recording from a video cassette recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using VCR Plus T number to make timer recordings . . . . . . . . 19
Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Check, change or delete a program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Operations during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Editing operations during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Changing audio during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using menus to play MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Using on-screen menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Disc menu–Setting disc content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Play menu–Change play sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Video menu–Change picture quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Audio menu–Change sound effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Editing titles/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Editing titles/chapters and playing chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Title operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Creating, editing and playing play lists . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Creating play lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Editing and playing play lists/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Play list operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Disc setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Disc Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Disc Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Format disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Select First play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Finalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
FUNCTIONS window and Status messages . . . . . . . . . 35
FUNCTIONS window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Changing the unit’s settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Summary of settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Clock settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Product Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Limited Warranty (ONLY FOR U.S.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Limited Warranty (ONLY FOR CANADA) . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back cover
Getting started
Recording
Playing back
Editing
Convenient functions
Reference
Referencia rápida en español . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
(Spanish Quick Reference)