Instruction Manual

CONTENTS
PRECAUTIONS...............................................................................2
FEATURES......................................................................................8
Symbols Used in this Owner's Manual .................................. 8
FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW........................................................11
Installing the Batteries in the Remote Control....................12
Using a Remote Control..................................................... 12
THE VCR / DVD RECORDER SWITCHING............................14
GUIDE TO ON-SCREEN DISPLAYS AND MENUS .... 15
On-Screen Display/Menu ................................................... 15
Main Menu.......................................................................... 17
FRONT PANEL DISPLAY GUIDE ............................................ 18
CONNECTION TO AN EXTERNAL TUNER ........................... 19
SETTINGS FOR THE VIDEO INPUT........................................20
CONNECTION TO A TV.............................................................21
CONNECTION TO A TV WITH AN HDMI™
COMPATIBLE PORT..................................................................22
CONNECTION TO AN AUDIO SYSTEM ................................. 24
INITIAL SETTING........................................................................25
SETTING THE CLOCK...............................................................26
Clock Setting.......................................................................26
FORMATTING A DISC................................................................27
Choosing the Recording Format of a Brand-New
DVD-RW ............................................................................. 27
Reformatting a Disc Manually.............................................28
SETTING A DISC TO PROTECT .............................................. 29
PLAYING THE DISCS IN OTHER DVD PLAYERS ............... 30
Auto Finalizing.....................................................................30
Finalizing a Disc..................................................................31
INFORMATION ON DVD RECORDING...................................33
Recording Mode..................................................................33
Restrictions on Recording...................................................33
SETTINGS FOR A RECORDING .............................................. 34
Make Recording Compatible...............................................34
Setting for Auto Chapter ..................................................... 34
Recording Audio Select (XP) .............................................. 35
Setting Aspect Ratio for Video Mode Recording _______ 35
BASIC RECORDING &
ONE-TOUCH TIMER RECORDING .......................................... 36
TIMER RECORDING...................................................................38
Flints for Timer Recording..................................................41
SATELLITE LINK ........................................................................ 42
SETTINGS FOR AN EXTERNAL DEVICE .............................. 44
Connection to an External Device.......................................44
Recording from an External Device .................................... 45
DV DUBBING ............................................................................... 46
Guide to DV and On-Screen Display .................................. 46
DVC to DVD Dubbing..........................................................47
DVC to VCR Dubbing ......................................................... 48
DVD/VCR DUBBING...................................................................49
INFORMATION ON PLAYBACK..............................................51
Structure of Disc Contents ................................................. 51
BASIC PLAYBACK.....................................................................52
Direct Playback ................................................................... 52
Playback from the Title List ................................................ 53
Playing Back an Audio CD and a CD-RW/-R
with MP3/WMA/JPEG Files.................................................54
Playing Васка DivX® .......................................................... 55
Using the Title/Disc Menu ................................................... 57
Pause .................................................................................. 57
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