Sony RDR-GX33 - Manual (Page 27)

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Eight Basic Operations
— Getting to Know Your DVD Recorder
1. Inserting a Disc
1
Press Z OPEN/CLOSE, and place a
disc on the disc tray.
2
Press Z OPEN/CLOSE to close the
disc tray.
Wait until “LOAD” disappears from the
front panel display.
Unused DVDs are formatted
automatically.
• For DVD-RW discs
DVD-RWs are formatted in the
recording format (VR mode or Video
mode) set by “Format DVD-RW” in
the “DVD” setup.
• For DVD-R discs
DVD-Rs are automatically formatted in
Video mode. To format an unused
DVD-R in VR mode, format the disc
using the “Disc Information” display
(page 37) before you make a
recording.
If the disc is recordable on this recorder,
you can manually re-format the disc to
make a blank disc (page 37).
2. Recording a Program
This section introduces the basic operation to
record a current TV program to a disc (DVD).
For an explanation of how to make timer
recordings, see page 39.
1
Insert a recordable DVD.
2
Press CH +/– to select the channel or
input source you want to record.
3
Press REC MODE repeatedly to select
the recording mode.
Each time you press the button, the
display on the TV screen changes as
follows:
For more details about the recording
mode, see page 39.
4
Press z REC.
Recording starts.
Recording stops automatically after
8 hours of continuous recording or when
the DVD is full.
+ R
DVD VCD CD
DATA CD
-RW VR -RW
Video
+ RW -R VR
DATA DVD -R
Video
Z OPEN/
CLOSE
Recording/playing side facing down
+ RW -RW VR -RW
Video
-R VR
+ R
-R
Video
z REC
CH +/–
REC MODE
DISPLAY
TV/VIDEO
x REC
STOP
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