Sony DVD Recorder RDR HXD910 User Manual

2-636-511-11(3)

DVD Recorder

Operating Instructions

RDR-HXD710

RDR-HXD910

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Sony.

recorder with cable television

transmission may require

authorization from the cable

television transmitter and/or

• If the hard disk needs to be formatted

or replaced, it will be done at the

discretion of Sony. All contents of

the hard disk drive will be erased,

including contents that violate

Precautions

This equipment has been tested and

found to comply with the limits set out

in the EMC Directive using a

programme owner.

• This product incorporates copyright

protection technology that is

protected by U.S. patents and other

intellectual property rights. Use of

this copyright protection technology

must be authorized by Macrovision,

and is intended for home and other

limited viewing uses only unless

otherwise authorized by

connection cable shorter than 3 metres.

On power sources

On safety

• The recorder is not disconnected

from the AC power source (mains) as

long as it is connected to the wall

outlet, even if the recorder itself has

been turned off.

• If you are not going to use the

recorder for a long time, be sure to

disconnect the recorder from the wall

outlet. To disconnect the AC power

cord (mains lead), grasp the plug

itself; never pull the cord.

• Before disconnecting the AC power

cord (mains lead), check that the

recorder’s hard disk is not operating

(recording or dubbing) on the front

panel display.

Should any solid object or liquid fall

into the cabinet, unplug the recorder

and have it checked by qualified

personnel before operating it any

further.

Macrovision. Reverse engineering or

disassembly is prohibited.

About the hard disk drive

The hard disk has a high storage

density, which enables long recording

durations and quick access to the

written data. However, it can easily be

damaged by shock, vibration or dust,

and should be kept away from magnets.

To avoid losing important data,

observe the following precautions.

• Do not apply a strong shock to the

recorder.

• Do not place the recorder in a

location subject to mechanical

vibrations or in an unstable location.

• Do not place the recorder on top of a

hot surface, such as a VCR or

amplifier (receiver).

Copy guard function

Since the recorder has a copy guard

function, programmes received

through an external tuner (not

supplied) may contain copy protection

signals (copy guard function) and as

such may not be recordable, depending

on the type of signal.

On placement

• Place the recorder in a location with

adequate ventilation to prevent heat

build-up in the recorder.

• Do not place the recorder on a soft

surface such as a rug that might block

the ventilation holes.

• Do not place the recorder in a

confined space such as a bookshelf or

similar unit.

• Do not place the recorder in a

location near heat sources, or in a

place subject to direct sunlight,

excessive dust, or mechanical shock.

• Do not place the recorder in an

inclined position. It is designed to be

operated in a horizontal position

only.

• Keep the recorder and discs away

from equipment with strong

magnets, such as microwave ovens,

or large loudspeakers.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Caution: This recorder is capable

of holding a still video image or

on-screen display image on your

television screen indefinitely. If

you leave the still video image or

on-screen display image

displayed on your TV for an

extended period of time you risk

permanent damage to your

• Do not use the recorder in a place

subject to extreme changes in

temperature (temperature gradient

less than 10 °C/hour).

• Do not move the recorder with its

mains lead connected.

television screen. Plasma display

panels and projection televisions

are especially susceptible to this.

• Do not disconnect the mains lead

while the power is on.

• When disconnecting the mains lead,

turn off the power and make sure that

the hard disk drive is not operating

(the clock is displayed in the front

panel display and all recording or

dubbing has stopped).

• Do not move the recorder for one

minute after you have unplugged the

mains lead.

If you have any questions or problems

concerning your recorder, please

consult your nearest Sony dealer.

About this manual

• Do not place heavy objects on the

recorder.

• Do not attempt to replace or upgrade

the hard disk by yourself, as this may

result in malfunction.

Check your model name

On recording

The instructions in this manual

are for 2 models: RDR-HXD710

and RDR-HXD910. Check your

model name by looking at the

front panel of the recorder.

• Note that the contents of the

recording cannot be compensated for

under any and all conditions,

including conditions that may arise

due to a malfunction of this unit.

• Make trial recordings before making

the actual recording.

If the hard disk drive should

malfunction, you cannot recover lost

data. The hard disk drive is only a

temporary storage space.

• In this manual, the internal hard disk

drive is written as “HDD,” and

“disc” is used as a general reference

for the HDD, DVDs, or CDs unless

otherwise specified by the text or

illustrations.

About repairing the hard

disk drive

• The contents of the hard disk drive

may be checked in case of repair or

inspection during a malfunction or

modification. However, the contents

will not be backed up or saved by

Copyrights

• Television programmes, films, video

tapes, discs, and other materials may

be copyrighted. Unauthorized

recording of such material may be

contrary to the provisions of the

• Instructions in this manual describe

the controls on the remote. You can

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also use the controls on the recorder

if they have the same or similar

names as those on the remote.

• The on-screen display illustrations

used in this manual may not match

the graphics displayed on your TV

screen.

• RDR-HXD710/HXD910 are used

for illustration purposes.

• The explanations regarding DVDs in

this manual refer to DVDs created on

this recorder. The explanations do

not apply to DVDs that are created

on other recorders and played back

on this recorder.

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Table of Contents

Important Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

WARNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Ways to Use Your DVD Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Quick Guide to Disc Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Recordable and playable discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Playable discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Hookups and Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Hooking Up the Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Step 1: Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Step 2: Connecting the Aerial Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Step 3: Connecting the Video Cords/HDMI Cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

About the SMARTLINK features (for SCART connections only ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8

Using the PROGRESSIVE button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Step 4: Connecting the Audio Cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Step 5: Connecting the Mains Lead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Step 6: Preparing the Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Controlling TVs with the remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Controlling the volume of your AV amplifier (receiver) with the remote. . . . . . . . . 23

If you have a Sony DVD player or more than one Sony DVD recorder. . . . . . . . . 24

Step 7: Easy Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Connecting a VCR or Similar Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Connecting to the LINE 3 jac k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6

Connecting to the LINE 2 IN or LINE 4 IN jacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Connecting to a Satellite or Digital Tuner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Seven Basic Operations — Getting to Know Your DVD Recorder

1. Inserting and Formatting a DVD Disc (Disc Info) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Inserting a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Formatting a DVD disc (Disc Info ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 9

2. Recording a Programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Checking the disc status while recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

3. Playing the Recorded Programme (Title List) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

4. Displaying the Playing Time and Play Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Checking the playing/remaining time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

5. Changing the Name of a Recorded Programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

6. Labelling and Protecting a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Labelling a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Protecting a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

7. Playing the Disc on Other DVD Equipment (Finalise) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Unfinalising a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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Guide to Digital Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

EPG (Electronic Programme Guide) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Viewing a list of available channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Viewing programmes related to a specific category. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Programme information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Displaying the programme information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Viewing a digital text service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Selecting digital text from dedicated digital teletext channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Selecting digital text from other channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Favourites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Setting a favourite list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Moving to a different favourite list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Watching or listening to a favourite channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Timer Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Before Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Recording mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Unrecordable pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 9

Timer Recording (Standard/EPG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 9

Setting the timer manually (Standard) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Recording TV programmes using the EPG application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Using the Quick Timer function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Adjusting the recording picture quality and size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Creating chapters in a title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Checking/Changing/Cancelling Timer Settings (EPG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Checking/Changing/Cancelling Timer Settings (Timer List) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Automatically erasing old titles (Auto Title Erase) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 7

Recording From Connected Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Recording from connected equipment with a timer (Synchro Rec) . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Recording from connected equipment without a timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Playing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Playback options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Adjusting the picture qualit y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3

Adjusting the sound quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Pausing a TV Broadcast (TV Pause ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5

Playing from the beginning of the programme you are recording

(Chasing Playback) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Playing a previous recording while making another (Simultaneous Rec and Play)66

Searching for a Title/Chapter/Track, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Searching by Thumbnail (Visual Search). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 7

Searching by title number or time code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Playing MP3 Audio Tracks or JPEG Image Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Selecting an MP3 album or trac k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 8

Selecting a JPEG album or imag e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 9

About MP3 audio tracks and JPEG image files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

MP3 audio tracks or JPEG image files that the recorder can play. . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

About playback order of albums, tracks, and files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

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Erasing and Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Before Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Edit options for the HDD and DVD-RWs (VR mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Edit options for DVD+RWs/DVD-RWs (Video mode)/DVD+Rs/DVD-Rs. . . . . . . . 73

Erasing and Editing a Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Erasing a chapter (Delete Chapter). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Erasing a section of a title (A-B Erase) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Erasing multiple titles (Erase Titles) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Dividing a title (Divide). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Erasing all titles on the dis c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6

Erasing titles to open up disc space (Disc Map) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Creating chapters manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Creating and Editing a Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Moving a Playlist title (Change Order). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Combining multiple Playlist titles (Combine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Dividing a Playlist title (Divide) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Dubbing (HDD y DVD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Before Dubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

About “Dub Mode” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Dubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Dubbing a single title (Title Dub) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Dubbing multiple titles (Dub Selected Titles). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

DV Dubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Before DV Dubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Preparing for DV dubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Recording an Entire DV Format Tape (One Touch Dubbing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Program Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Settings and Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Clock and Language Settings (Settings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Digital TV settings (DTV Settings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Favourites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Parental Lock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Technical Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Video Settings (Video) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Audio Settings (Audio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Recording and Parental Control Settings (Features) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Parental Control (Password) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Disc and Remote Control Settings/Factory Settings (Options) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Easy Setup (Resetting the Recorder) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

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Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Self-diagnosis Function (When letters/numbers appear in the display) . . . . . . . . . . 109

Notes About This Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 10

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

About i.LINK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Guide to Parts and Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 17

Language Code List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Area Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Digital TV Channel List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

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Ways to Use Your DVD Recorder

Recording/Playback

Compatible media and reference pages

HDD

RWVR RWVideo

Quick access to recorded titles

– Title List

“3. Playing the Recorded Programme (Title List)” on

page 32

Play the beginning of a title

while it is being recorded

– Chasing Playback

RWVR

HDD

“Playing from the beginning of the programme you are

recording (Chasing Playback)” on page 65

HDD

VCD

RWVR RWVideo

Watching one title while

recording another

– Simultaneous Rec and Play

DATA DVD DATA CD

“Playing a previous recording while making another

(Simultaneous Rec and Play)” on page 66

Dubbing/Editing

Compatible media and reference pages

Creating your own programme

– Playlist

RWVR

HDD

“Creating and Editing a Playlist” on page 77

Copying a recorded title to and

from the HDD

– Dubbing (HDD y DVD)

HDD

RWVR RWVideo

“Dubbing (HDD y DVD)” on page 79

Automatic dubbing of DV tapes

– DV Dubbing

HDD

RWVR RWVideo

“DV Dubbing” on page 84

A list of recordable and playable discs is on page 10.

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Quick Guide to Disc Types

Recordable and playable discs

Icon used in Formatting

this manual (new discs)

Compatibility with other DVD

players (finalising)

Type

Disc Logo

Hard disk drive

(internal)

(Formatting

unnecessary)

Dub HDD contents to a DVD to

play on other DVD players

HDD

Automatically

formatted in +VR

mode

Playable on DVD+RW

compatible players

(automatically finalised)

DVD+RW

Playable only on VR mode

compatible players (finalisation

unnecessary)

mode

Format in VR mode

(page 29)

RWVR

DVD-

Playable on most DVD players

(finalisation necessary)

(page 39)

Video

mode

Format in Video mode

(page 29)

RWVideo

DVD+R

Playable on most DVD players

(finalisation necessary)

(page 39)

Automatically

formatted

DVD+R DL

DVD-R

Playable on most DVD players

(finalisation necessary)

(page 39)

Automatically

formatted

“DVD+RW,” “DVD-RW,” “DVD+R,” “DVD+R DL,”

and “DVD-R” are trademarks.

Usable disc versions (as of March 2005)

• 8x-speed or slower DVD+RWs

• 6x-speed or slower DVD-RWs (Ver.1.1, Ver.1.2

CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media) is

a coding technology that protects copyrights for

images.

with CPRM

)

• 16x-speed or slower DVD+Rs

• 16x-speed or slower DVD-Rs (Ver.2.0, Ver.2.1)

• 2.4x-speed DVD+R DL (Double Layer) discs

This logo applies to 4x and 6x speed DVD-RW discs.

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Recording Features

Editing Features

Change Delete

Auto

Rewrite

Manual

Chapter

(page 76)

Record

A-B Erase Playlist

Chapter

(page 99)

16:9 sizes title name title

Yes

Only if the recording mode is LSP, SP, HSP, or HQ.

Erasing titles does not free up disc space.

Discs that cannot be recorded on

• 8 cm discs

• DVD-Rs in VR mode (Video Recording format)

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Playable discs

Icon used

in this

Type

Disc Logo

Characteristics

manual

Discs such as movies that can be purchased or

rented

DVD VIDEO

VIDEO CD

DVD

VCD

VIDEO CDs or CD-Rs/CD-RWs in VIDEO

CD/Super VIDEO CD format

Music CDs or CD-Rs/CD-RWs in music CD

format that can be purchased

DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs/DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs/

DVD-ROMs containing JPEG image files

DATA DVD

DATA CD

—

DATA DVD

DATA CD

CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD-RWs containing MP3

audio tracks or JPEG image files

8 cm DVD+RW, DVD-RW, and DVD-R

recorded with a DVD video camera.

(Still images recorded with a DVD video

camera cannot be played.)

8 cm DVD+RW/

DVD-RW/DVD-R

—

“DVD VIDEO” and “CD” are trademarks.

Discs that cannot be played

• PHOTO CDs

• CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD-RWs that are not

recorded in music CD or Video CD format, or do

not contain MP3 or JPEG files

• Data part of CD-Extras

• DVD-ROMs that do not contain JPEG files or

are not in DVD Video format

• DVD Audio discs

• DVD-RAMs

• HD layer on Super Audio CDs

• DVD VIDEOs with a different region code

(page 13)

• DVD-Rs recorded in VR mode (Video

Recording format)

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Maximum recordable number of titles

Music discs encoded with copyright protection

technologies

Disc

Number of titles*

This product is designed to play back discs that

conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard.

Recently, various music discs encoded with

marketed by some record companies. Please be

aware that among those discs, there are some that

do not conform to the CD standard and may not be

playable by this product.

HDD

300

DVD-RW/DVD-R

DVD+RW/DVD+R

DVD+R DL

* The maximum length for each title is eight hours.

Note on playback operations of DVD VIDEOs/

VIDEO CDs

Note on DualDiscs

A DualDisc is a two sided disc product which

mates DVD recorded material on one side with

digital audio material on the other side.

However, since the audio material side does not

conform to the Compact Disc (CD) standard,

playback on this product is not guaranteed.

Some playback operations of DVD VIDEOs/

VIDEO CDs may be intentionally set by software

producers. Since this recorder plays DVD

VIDEOs/VIDEO CDs according to the disc

contents the software producers designed, some

playback features may not be available. Also, see

the instructions supplied with the DVD VIDEOs/

VIDEO CDs.

b Notes

• Some DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs, DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs, or

CD-RWs/CD-Rs cannot be played on this recorder due

to the recording quality or physical condition of the

disc, or the characteristics of the recording device and

authoring software. The disc will not play if it has not

been correctly finalised. For more information, see the

operating instructions for the recording device.

• You cannot mix VR mode and Video mode on the same

DVD-RW. To change the disc’s format, reformat the

disc (page 29). Note that the disc’s contents will be

erased after reformatting.

Region code (DVD VIDEO only)

Your recorder has a region code printed on the rear

of the unit and will only play DVD VIDEOs

(playback only) labelled with identical region

codes. This system is used to protect copyrights.

DVD VIDEOs labelled

recorder.

will also play on this

ALL

If you try to play any other DVD VIDEO, the

message “Playback prohibited by region code.”

will appear on the TV screen. Depending on the

DVD VIDEO, no region code indication may be

labelled even though playing the DVD VIDEO is

prohibited by area restrictions.

• You cannot shorten the time required for recording

even with high-speed discs.

• It is recommended that you use discs with “For Video”

printed on their packaging.

• You cannot add new recordings to DVD+Rs, DVD-Rs,

or DVD-RWs (Video mode) that contain recordings

made on other DVD equipment.

• In some cases, you may not be able to add new

recordings to DVD+RWs that contain recordings made

on other DVD equipment. If you do add a new

recording, note that this recorder will rewrite the DVD

menu.

Region code

RDR–XXXX

00V 00Hz

NO.

00W

0-000-000-00

• You cannot edit recordings on DVD+RWs, DVD-RWs

(Video mode), DVD+Rs, or DVD-Rs that are made on

other DVD equipment.

• If the disc contains PC data unrecognizable by this

recorder, the data may be erased.

• You may not be able to record on some recordable

discs, depending on the disc.

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Hookups and Settings

Hooking Up the Recorder

Follow steps 1 to 7 to hook up and adjust the settings of the recorder.

b Notes

• Plug cords securely to prevent unwanted noise.

• Refer to the instructions supplied with the components to be connected.

• You cannot connect this recorder to a TV that does not have a SCART or video input jack.

• Be sure to disconnect the mains lead of each component before connecting.

Step 1: Unpacking

Check that you have the following items:

• Audio/video cord (phono plug × 3 y phono plug × 3) (1)

• Mains lead (1)

• Aerial cable (1)

• Remote commander (remote) (1)

• R6 (size AA) batteries (2)

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Step 2: Connecting the Aerial Cable

Connect the aerial cable by following the steps below. Do not connect the mains lead until you reach

“Step 5: Connecting the Mains Lead” on page 21.

DVD recorder

to AERIAL IN

AERIAL

HDMI OUT

LINE 1-TV

LINE

PB/

DIGITAL OUT

COAXIAL

AUDIO VIDEO

VIDEO

AUDIO VIDEO

VIDEO

PCM/DTS/MPEG/DOLBY DIGITAL

OPTICAL

OUT

LINE

OUT

COMPONENT

VIDEO OUT

PR/

~AC IN

AERIAL

OUT

to AERIAL OUT

Aerial cable (supplied)

: Signal flow

1 Disconnect the aerial cable from your TV and connect it to AERIAL IN on the rear panel of the

recorder.

2 Connect AERIAL OUT of the recorder to the aerial input of your TV, using the supplied aerial

cable.

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Step 3: Connecting the Video Cords/HDMI Cords

Select one of the following patterns A through E, according to the input jack on your TV monitor,

projector, or AV amplifier (receiver). This will enable you to view pictures.

A Connecting to a SCART input jack

When you set “Line1 Output” to “S Video” or “RGB” in “Easy Setup” (page 25), use a SCART cord that

conforms to the selected signal.

B Connecting to a video input jack

Category

City

Houses

No Event...

Tennis

30 min View

24H

EPG (Electronic Programme

Guide)

A Indicates the TV or Radio mode. The Radio

The EPG provides a quick and easy way to:

• View a complete list of all available channels.

• View a channel list related to a chosen category.

• Set a programme to be recorded (page 51).

mode is indicated by a Radio icon

B Indicates the Local Channel Number and

the Channel name of the programme that is

currently highlighted in the list

C Indicates the currently highlighted

programme and allows you to move around

the list

Viewing a list of available

channels

D Channel name

E Indicates the currently viewed programme

F Indicates if a timer recording is associated

Number

buttons, SET

with the event (page 52)

Coloured

control

G Coloured Control buttons

CLEAR

buttons

H Truncated programme title in case the name

is too long to be displayed in the cell

I Event bar (e.g. Indicates a timer recording

</M/m/,,

ENTER

O RETURN

has been set during this time)

J Time slot

K Icon tray. Depending on the channel and

programme settings some icons may appear

in the display:

: Either the channel or the programme is

locked (page 90)

: Timer event icons (page 52)

L Indicates the current time and date

1 Press the button to display the EPG.

This display consists of an information box

and a ten channel programme list covering a

two hour period.

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2 Press the </M/m/, buttons or enter a

channel number using the number buttons

to move around the list.

Viewing programmes related to a

specific category.

If you press the , button after highlighting

the last programme on the right, the schedule

for the next two hours is displayed (depending

on availability from the broadcaster).

This feature allows you to search for programmes

Category

City

Houses

No Event...

Tennis

30 min View

24H

3 Press the GREEN button to toggle the

display between the 2 hours schedule

viewing (half hour time slots) and the 30

minutes schedule viewing (15 minutes

time slots).

Coloured

control

buttons

4 Press the

buttons to display the

M/m,

ENTER

O RETURN

previous/next ten channels.

5 Press the BLUE/YELLOW buttons to view

the next or previous 24 hours programme

schedule.

6 Select a programme you wish to view.

Once highlighted, press the ENTER button.

The full screen dialog appears with the

description of the programme displayed in the

information box.

1 Press the

button to display the EPG.

2 Press the RED button. The category pop-up

list appears.

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All Programmes

7 Select “View Channel,”and press ENTER

to view the programme.

040 DDE NEWS 15

Thu 27 Oct

10:30

11:00

11:30

12:00

DDE NEWS 15

DDE News

NCE

Live from Prague

NCE News

No Event Information

z Hints

CMY

All Programmes

AAC

Opening...

John's...

Foreign Markets - Mor...

Hobbies and Interests

No Event...

Fabulous...

EFF News

• The time range can be moved up to 8 days from the

current time.

• In step 2 above, you can access directly the desired

channel position by using the numbered buttons on the

remote control.

Favourite List 1

NCE 1

EFFFavNoeuwriste List 2 EFF News

Channel J

Favourite List 3

Weather

Family

Drive in ...

No Event...

HGF

No Event Information

Favourite List 4

NCE 5

Back

City

Houses

Tennis

3 Press the M/m buttons to highlight the

category you want, then press the ENTER

button.

The chosen category is displayed in a title bar

at the top of the EPG display and only

programmes related to that category will be

shown in the list.

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◆ Some examples of category types are as

follows:

All Programmes: This gives a complete

channel list.

Favourite List 1: Displays the favourite

channels you have stored in the Favourite list

1 folder (page 45).

Films: Displays movies available for viewing.

News: Displays all news channels.

Entertainment: Displays all entertainment

channels.

Programme information

The programme information display provides a

quick and easy way to:

• View descriptions of the programmes being

broadcast now and next on the current channel.

• View descriptions of the programmes being

broadcast now and next on the other channels.

• Switch between TV and RADIO channels.

Sports: Displays all sports channels.

Kids: Displays all children’s channels.

Music: Displays all music channels.

Displaying the programme

information

4 Press the M/m buttons to highlight a

current time broadcasted programme you

wish to view, then press the ENTER button.

The sub menu appears with the description of

the programme displayed in the information

box.

Number

buttons, SET

5 Select “View Channel,”and press ENTER

to view the programme.

CLEAR

TV/RADIO

To scroll the Category display by page (Page

mode)

O RETURN

</M/m/,,

ENTER

Press

while the Category display is

turned on to change to the previous/next Category

page.

z Hint

In Step 4 above, the EPG application also allows you to

set a timer recording, see page 52 for more details.

1 Press the

button to display the

programme information screen.

The Information display appears showing a

description of the current programme on view.

Thu 27 Oct 10:32

Information

040 J9

051 NCE

001 DDE NEWS 15

DDE News

Current Event

10:30-11:00

005 CMY

News with reports from Britain an arround the world.

007 AAC

012 NCE 1

023 EFF News

032 Channel J

2 Press the </, buttons to toggle the

display between a description of the

current programme and the next

programme on that channel.

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3 Press the M/m buttons or enter a channel

number using the number buttons to

display programme information on other

channels.

Viewing a digital text

service

4 Press the TV/RADIO button to switch

between the TV and Radio channels

Many digital TV channels broadcast information

via their text service. This digital service includes

high quality digital text and graphics along with

advanced navigation options. Additionally, this

recorder has access to dedicated text channels

transmitted by the broadcasters.

5 When viewing information for the currently

highlighted channel, press the ENTER

button to exit the information display and

view the programme.

b Note

The appearance, content and navigation methods of all

digital text services are decided by the broadcaster.

To scroll the Information display by page

(Page mode)

Press

while the Information display is

Selecting digital text from

dedicated digital teletext

channels

turned on to change to the previous/next page.

z Hint

Press the

button while the Information screen is

turned on to toggle only the channels registered in the

latest displayed Favourite List, see “Moving to a

different favourite list” on page 46.

Number

buttons, SET

PROG +/–

CLEAR

Coloured

control

buttons

</M/m/,,

ENTER

1 Select a dedicated channel that is

broadcasting digital text.

If you do not know the number of a dedicated

digital text channel, you can use the

‘Electronic Programme Guide’ by pressing

the

button to find one (page 41).

2 Once the text page is displayed (this may

take some time), follow the on-screen

instructions to obtain your required

selection.

On some pages the TV programme may also

be displayed on the text screen. On-screen

instructions will inform you how to change

the displayed programme.

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3 If you are instructed to press ‘OK’ or

‘Select’ when viewing the text pages,

press the ENTER button.

Favourites

The Favourite application gives you the option to:

• Store your favourite channels into one of four

TV or four Radio lists.

• Add or delete channels to the Favourites List.

• Quickly display a favourite channel on screen.

4 When you have finished viewing the text

service, follow the on screen instructions,

or press the PROG +/- button to exit.

Selecting digital text from other

channels

Setting a favourite list

Digital text services may also be available on

other digital channels. This is sometimes indicated

by a small symbol on your TV screen,

superimposed on the programme you are

watching.

Number

buttons, SET

1 Select a channel.

CLEAR

TV/RADIO

Coloured

control

2 Press the

(Text) button or RED button or

the button indicated on screen by the

broadcaster.

SYSTEM

buttons

</M/m/,,

ENTER

O RETURN

3 Once the text information is displayed, you

can access required information by using

the </M/m/, buttons, the coloured

buttons and/or the numbered buttons on

the remote control.

If you are instructed to press ‘OK’ or ‘Select’

when viewing the text pages, press the

ENTER button on your remote control.

4 When you have finished viewing the text

service displays, follow the on screen

instructions, or press the PROG +/- button

to exit.

1 Press SYSTEM MENU.

The System Menu Display appears.

2 Select “SETUP,” and press ENTER.

The Setup Display appears.

3 Select “DTV Settings,” and press ENTER.

SETUP

Settings

DTV Settings

Video

Favourites

Parental Lock

Tuning

Audio

Technical information

Features

Password

Options

Easy Setup

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4 Select “Favourites,” and press ENTER

The DTV Settings- Favourites List 1 display

appears.

Moving to a different favourite list

1 While a Favourite List is displayed, press

repeatedly the YELLOW button on the

remote control until the favourite list you

want to view is displayed.

Favourites List 1

Programme

001

Service

DDE News

AAC

002

003

NCE 5

004

Channel J

Digital Teletext

Favourites List 3

005

Programme Service

Page Up

Page Down

Next List

Show Fav

001

002

003

004

005

DDE News

AAC

NCE 5

This display shows all the TV or Radio

channels available to you.

Channel J

Digital Teletext

Page Up

Page Down

Next List

Show Fav

5 Press the TV/RADIO button to display

either your favourite TV or favourite Radio

channels at any time.

2 To add a channel to this new list, press the

M/m buttons to highlight the channel you

wish to add and press the ENTER button.

The Radio mode is indicated by the presence

of a Radio icon

in the Favourite List panel.

3 When you have stored all your favourite

channels, press the RETURN button

repeatedly to come back to normal

operation.

6 Press the M/m buttons or enter a channel

number to highlight a channel you want to

add as a favourite, then press the ENTER

button.

Favourites List 1

Watching or listening to a

favourite channel

Programme

001

Service

DDE News

AAC

002

003

NCE 5

004

Channel J

Digital Teletext

005

Page Up

Page Down

Next List

Show Fav

Number

buttons, SET

If you do not wish to choose from one of the

five channels in the display, press the RED or

GREEN button to view the previous or next

five channels available.

CLEAR

TV/RADIO

Coloured

control

buttons

Deleting a favourite channel

</M/m/,,

A channel selected as a favourite is identified by

an icon next to the programme number.

In Step 6 above press the M/m buttons to highlight

the channel you want to delete from your

Favourite List, then press ENTER: the icon

next to the programme number disappears.

ENTER

O RETURN

1 While in normal operation mode, press

the button on the remote control.

A Favourite List display appears.

z Hints

•

Press the BLUE button to view the list showing only

your favourite channels.

• Press the BLUE button once again when you wish to

return to the previous favourite channel setting display.

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Indicates the currently viewed channel

Index

Thu 27 Oct 10:32

Favourite List 1

040 DDE NEWS 15

The Index application is an easy way to display a

scrollable list of all the tuned channels, including

your favourites channel lists, and allows one of

these to be selected.

001

003

010

022

025

NCE

Live from Prague

10:12 - 12:00

09:35 - 10:45

10:00 - 11:00

10:10 - 10:50

10:30 - 10:37

No Event Information

CMY

Opening

AAC

News

NCE 1

Weather

Add to List

List

Number

buttons, SET

Each favourite list is represented by a

coloured button.

CLEAR

TV/RADIO

Coloured

control

2 Press the TV/RADIO button to display

either your favourite TV or favourite Radio

channels at any time.

buttons

The Radio mode is indicated by the presence

O RETURN

</M/m/,,

ENTER

of a Radio icon

in the Favourite List panel.

3 Press the coloured buttons on the remote

control that represents the desired list to

be displayed.

1 While in normal operation mode, press the

ENTER button on the remote control.

The Index display appears.

4 Press the M/m button to highlight the

channel you wish to view or listen to, then

press the ENTER button.

Thu 27 Oct 10:32

Channel List

040

DDE NEWS 15

001

NCE

Live from Prague

10:12 - 12:00

09:35 - 10:45

10:00 - 11:00

10:10 - 10:50

10:30 - 10:37

003

010

022

025

No Event Information

To scroll the Favourite List display by page

(Page mode)

CMY

Opening

AAC

News

Press

while the Favourite List display is

NCE 1

turned on to change to the previous/next page.

Weather

List

z Hint

If you wish, the currently viewed channel can be added

to the favourite list. Simply press the coloured button

indicated in the display to add it to the list.

Press the TV/RADIO button to display either

the TV or the Radio channels at any time.

The Radio mode is indicated by the presence

of a Radio icon

in the Index panel.

3 Press the coloured buttons on the remote

control if you wish to display your

Favourites Lists.

4 Press the M/m buttons to highlight the

desired channel, then press the ENTER

button to exit the index menu and view the

selected channel.

To scroll the Index display by page (Page mode)

Press

while the Index display is turned

on to change to the previous/next page.

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Recording Recording time (hours)

mode

HDD

DVD*

Timer Recording

RDR-

HXD710

RDR-

HXD910

Before Recording

Before you start recording…

• This recorder can record on various discs. Select

the disc type according to your needs (page 10).

• Check that the disc has enough available space

for the recording (page 29). For HDD,

DVD+RWs, and DVD-RWs, you can free up

disc space by erasing titles (page 76).

HQ (High 33

quality)

HSP

1 hr.

30 min.

107

(Standard

mode)

LSP

135

2 hr.

30 min.

• Adjust the recording picture quality and picture

size if necessary (page 53).

103

137

204

164

217

325

428

z Hint

Timer recordings will be made regardless whether or not

the recorder is turned on. You can turn off the recorder

without affecting the recording even after recording

starts.

SLP

SEP (Long 269

duration)

b Notes

* The recording time for DVD+R DL (Double Layer)

discs is as follows:

HQ: 1 hour 48 minutes

HSP: 2 hours 42 minutes

SP: 3 hours 37 minutes

• If any digital teletext is operated while recording, it’s

contents will be recorded on the disc.

• If the subtitles are displayed while recording, they will

be recorded on the disc.

• To play a recorded disc on other DVD equipment,

finalise the disc (page 39).

LSP: 4 hours 31 minutes

LP: 5 hours 25 minutes

EP: 7 hours 14 minutes

SLP: 10 hours 51 minutes

SEP: 14 hours 28 minutes

Recording mode

“HQ+” recording mode

Like the SP or LP recording mode of VCRs, this

recorder has eight different recording modes.

Select a recording mode according to the time and

picture quality you need. For example, if picture

quality is your top priority, select the High Quality

mode (HQ). If recording time is your priority,

Super Extended Play mode (SEP) can be a

possible choice. Note that recording times in the

following table are approximate and the actual

times may differ. Note also that the maximum

continuous recording time for a single title is eight

hours. Contents beyond this time will not be

recorded.

“HQ+” records pictures in higher quality than HQ

on the HDD. Set “HQ Setting” in “Features” setup

to “HQ+” (page 100). Maximum recording time is

21 hours for RDR-HXD710, or 34 hours for RDR-

HXD910. “HQ” appears in the display.

b Note

Situations below may cause slight inaccuracies with the

recording time.

– Recording a programme with poor reception, or a

programme or video source of low picture quality

– Recording on a disc that has already been edited

– Recording only a still picture or just sound

Press REC MODE repeatedly to switch the

recording modes.

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Unrecordable pictures

Timer Recording (Standard/

EPG)

Pictures with copy protection cannot be recorded

on this recorder.

When the recorder receives a copy guard signal,

the recorder continues to record but only a blank,

grey coloured screen will be recorded.

RWVR RWVideo

HDD

You can set the timer for a total of 30 programmes

up to one month in advance.

There are two methods to set the timer: the

standard method and EPG method.

Copy control

signals

Recordable discs

• Standard: Set the date, time, and programme

position of the programme manually.

Copy-Free

RWVR

HDD

• EPG: Set a programme to be recorded based on

the information provided by the EPG (Electronic

Programme Guide) (page 51). This method

allows you to set the timer up to 8 days from the

current time (depending on programme

availability from the broadcaster).

RWVideo

Copy-Once

Copy-Never

HDD

(CPRM*)

RWVR

None (a blank screen is

recorded)

* The recorded disc can be played only on CPRM

compatible equipment (page 10).

Setting the timer manually

(Standard)

[TIMER]

</M/m/,,

ENTER

TOOLS

x REC STOP

1 Press [TIMER].

Timer - Standard

Set the timer manually.

Cancel

Date

Start

Stop Source

Prog.

Media

Today

Details

Mode: SP

Update: - -

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To cancel this function, press TOOLS while the

Timer List is displayed. Select “Rec Mode

Adjust” and press ENTER. Select “Off” and press

ENTER.

2 Select an item using </, and adjust

using M/m.

“Date”: Sets the date.

The item changes as follows:

Today y Tomorrow y …… y Thu

28.10 (1 month later) y Sun (every Sunday)

y …… y Sat (every Saturday) y

Mon-Fri (Monday to Friday) y Mon-Sat

(Monday to Saturday) ySun-Sat (Sunday to

Saturday) y Today

If the timer settings overlap

Overlapped timer settings are shown as follows.

Timer

These timer settings overlap. Do you want to continue?

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“Start”: Sets the start time.

“Stop”: Sets the stop time.

“Source”: Selects the input source as follows:

TV y Line (External input) y Radio y

Cancel

“Prog.”: Selects the TV/Radio programme

position or input line.

To store the setting as shown, select “OK.” The

programme that starts first has priority and the

second programme starts recording only after the

first programme has finished (page 57).

“Media”: Selects the media, HDD or DVD.

• If you want to change the setting for the

Mode or Update functions, select “Details”

and press ENTER. Select an item using </

, and set using M/m.

To cancel the overlapped setting, select “Cancel.”

To confirm, change, or cancel timer recording

See “Checking/Changing/Cancelling Timer

Settings (Timer List)” on page 56.

“Mode”: Selects the recording mode

(page 48).

“Update” (HDD only): Automatically records

over a previously recorded programme that is

set to be recorded daily or weekly.

To return to the Timer programming menu,

select “Previous” and ENTER.

To extend the recording duration time while

recording

Press TOOLS during recording to select

“Extend Rec,” and press ENTER.

• If you make a mistake, select the item and

change the setting.

Extend Rec. Time

Set the timer extend function.

3 Select “OK,” and press ENTER.

The Timer List (page 56) appears. The

TIMER REC indicator lights up on the front

panel and the recorder is ready to start

recording.

Cancel

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Extend Time

Off

Unlike a VCR, there is no need to turn off the

recorder before the timer recording starts.

Press M/m to select the duration time.

You can set the duration in increments of 10

minutes, for a maximum of 60 minutes.

Select “OK” and press ENTER.

To stop recording during timer recording

Open the remote’s cover and press x REC STOP.

Note that it may take a few seconds for the

recorder to stop recording.

One Touch Timer

If you use the SMARTLINK connection, you can

easily display the timer programming menu.

When the TV is turned on or in standby mode,

press [TIMER]. The recorder automatically turns

on and the TV’s input is switched to the recorder.

The Timer programming menu appears.

Rec Mode Adjust

If there is not enough available disc space for the

recording, the recorder automatically adjusts the

recording mode to enable the entire programme to

be recorded. This function is normally set to “On.”

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z Hint

You can play the recorded programme by selecting the

programme title in the Title List.

Recording TV programmes using

the EPG application

b Notes

The EPG application is a feature that simplifies

setting the timer. Just select the programme you

wish to record in the EPG display. The date, time,

and channel of that programme are set

automatically.

• If a message indicating that the disc is full appears on

the screen, change the disc, or make available space for

the recording (HDD/DVD+RW/DVD-RW only)

(page 75).

• Check that the clock is correctly set before setting the

timer recording. If not, the timer recording cannot be

made.

To record a satellite programme, turn on the satellite

tuner and select the satellite programme you want to

record. Leave the satellite tuner turned on until the

recorder finishes recording. If you connect equipment

with a timer function, you can use the Synchro Rec

function (page 58).

DVD

HDD

Number

buttons, SET

Coloured

control

buttons

CLEAR

• Even if the timer is set for the same daily or weekly

programme, the timer recording cannot be made if it

overlaps with a programme that has priority. “

” will

appear next to the overlapped setting in the Timer List.

Check the priority order of the settings.

</M/m/,,

O RETURN

• Even if the timer is set, timer recordings cannot be

made while recording a programme that has priority.

• The Rec Mode Adjust function only works with a timer

recording. It does not function with Quick Timer or

Synchro Rec. In addition, the Rec Mode Adjust

function does not work when recording to the HDD

while “Auto Title Erase” is set to “On.”

ENTER

x REC

STOP

1 Press HDD or DVD.

When you record to a DVD, insert a

recordable DVD (see “Inserting a Disc” on

page 29).

2 Press the

button to display the EPG.

3 Press the </M/m/, buttons or enter a

channel number using the number buttons

to move around the list.

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To know more about the navigation options in

the EPG application, see page 41.

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◆ Some examples of timer event icon types

are as follows:

4 Select a current time TV/radio broadcast or

a future programme you wish to record.

Once highlighted, press the ENTER button.

The sub menu appears with the description of

the programme displayed in the information

box.

(red): Indicates the programme is set as

timer and whole programme can be recorded.

(grey): Indicates the programme is set as

timer but only a part of the programme can be

recorded. (e.g. because of timer setting

overlap).

Event Action

Select an action for this event

Timer

View Channel

Modify

(red): Indicates the programme is now

recording.

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To scroll the EPG display by page (Page mode)

Cancel

Press

while the EPG display is turned on

to display the previous/next ten channels.

In case is displayed: Indicates that the

programme is age limited (page 90).

To stop recording during timer recording

Open the remote’s cover and press x REC STOP.

Note that it may take a few seconds for the

recorder to stop recording.

5 Select “Timer,” and press ENTER.

The Timer setting confirmation display

appears

Timer

If the timer settings overlap

See page 50.

Do you want to record this event?

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To confirm, change, or cancel timer recording

See “Checking/Changing/Cancelling Timer

Settings (EPG)” (page 55).

Cancel

Modify

z Hint

“Modify,” allows you to adjust the timer

setting, see page 55.

The Rec Mode Adjust function also works with this timer

method (page 50).

6 Select “OK,” and press ENTER.

• In case of a current TV/radio broadcast timer

setting, your recorder will immediately start

recording.

b Notes

• It is not possible to extend the recording duration time

of the timer recording set using the EPG application

timer setting.

• This recorder is featured with an EPG timer auto extend

functionality that allows EPG timer recordings to be

made in case of broadcast early start (before the

scheduled start time) or broadcast late finishing (after

the scheduled end time).

• In case of a future programme timer setting,

you can see that an event bar and a new icon

appears in the EPG display indicating that a

timer event is associated to that programme.

• The EPG programme start and end time are determined

by the broadcaster.

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Your recorder will automatically begin

recording when the programme starts.

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Using the Quick Timer function

Adjusting the recording picture

quality and size

You can set the recorder to record in 30-minute

increments.

You can adjust the recording picture quality and

picture size.

Press z REC repeatedly to set the duration.

Each press advances the time in 30-minute

increments. The maximum duration is six hours.

(normal recording)

0:30

1:00

5:30 6:00

The time counter decreases minute by minute to

0:00, then the recorder stops recording (power

does not turn off). Even if you turn off the recorder

during recording, the recorder continues to record

until the time counter runs out.

Note that the Quick Timer function does not work

if “TV Direct Rec” is set to “On” in “Features”

setup (page 99).

</M/m/,,

ENTER

TOOLS

To cancel the Quick Timer

Press z REC repeatedly until the counter appears

in the front panel display. The recorder returns to

normal recording mode.

1 Before recording starts, press TOOLS to

select “Rec Settings,” and press ENTER.

Rec. Settings

Select the item you want to change.

Rec Mode :

HDD Line Rec. Picture Size:

DVD Line Rec. Picture Size:

Rec NR :

Auto

16 : 9

Rec Video Equalizer

2 Select the item you want to adjust, and

press ENTER.

The adjustment display appears.

Example: Rec NR

Rec NR

Off

“Rec Mode”: Selects the recording mode for

the desired recording time and picture quality.

For more information, see “Recording mode”

on page 48.

“HDD Line Rec. Picture Size”: Sets the

picture size of the programme to be recorded

on the HDD.

• 4:3: Sets the picture size to 4:3.

• 16:9: Sets the picture size to 16:9 (wide

mode).

• Auto (default): Automatically selects the

actual picture size.

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“DVD Line Rec. Picture Size”: Sets the

picture size of the programme to be recorded

on the DVD.

• 4:3: Sets the picture size to 4:3.

• 16:9 (default): Sets the picture size to 16:9

(wide mode).

Creating chapters in a title

The recorder can automatically divide a recording

(a title) into chapters by inserting chapter marks

during recording. To disable this function, set

“Auto Chapter” in “Features” setup to “Off”

(page 99).

“DVD Line Rec. Picture Size” works with

DVD-Rs and DVD-RWs (Video mode) when

the recording mode is set to HQ, HSP, SP, or

LSP. For all other recording modes, the screen

size is fixed at “4:3.”

For DVD-RWs (VR mode), the actual picture

size is recorded regardless of the setting. For

example, if a 16:9 size picture is received, the

disc records the picture as 16:9 even if “DVD

Line Rec. Picture Size” is set to “4:3.”

For DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs, the screen size is

fixed at “4:3.”

When recording on the HDD or a DVD-RW (VR

mode)

The recorder detects changes in the picture and

sound and automatically inserts chapter marks.

You can also insert and erase chapter marks

manually (page 76).

When recording on other recordable discs

Chapter marks are inserted at approximately 6-

minute intervals during recording.

b Note

“Rec NR” (noise reduction): Reduces noise

contained in the video signal.

When dubbing (page 79), the chapter marks in the

dubbing source are not retained in the dubbed title.

“Rec Video Equalizer”: Adjusts the picture in

greater detail.

Press M/m to select the item you want to

adjust, then press ENTER.

• Contrast: Changes the contrast.

• Brightness: Changes the overall brightness.

• Colour: Makes the colours deeper or lighter.

3 Adjust the setting using </M/m/,, and

press ENTER.

The default setting is underlined.

“Rec NR”: (weak) Off 1 ~ 2 ~ 3 (strong)

“Rec Video Equalizer”:

• Contrast: (weak) –3 ~ 0 ~ 3 (strong)

• Brightness: (dark) –3 ~ 0 ~ 3 (bright)

• Colour: (light) –3 ~ 0 ~ 3 (deep)

Repeat steps 2 and 3 to adjust any other items.

b Notes

• If one programme contains two picture sizes, the

selected size is recorded. However, if the 16:9 signal

cannot be recorded as 16:9, it is recorded as 4:3.

• Remnants of images may appear on your screen when

using “Rec NR.”

• “Rec Video Equalizer” does not affect the input of the

DV IN jack and does not work with RGB signals.

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3 Press the M/m buttons to select the

options. Once highlighted, press the

ENTER button.

Checking/Changing/

Cancelling Timer Settings

(EPG)

The sub menu appears:

“Modify”: Changes the timer setting. Select

an item using </, and adjust using M/m.

Select “OK” and press ENTER.

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HDD

You can check, change, or cancel timer settings

using the EPG menu.

Modify

Modify the timer setting.

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Off

- -

Number

buttons, SET

Cancel

Coloured

control

buttons

b Note

CLEAR

If you set “Record every” to an other option than “Off”,

then your EPG timer recording will be converted into a

standard timer recording: the timer event icon disappears

from the EPG display.

</M/m/,,

ENTER

O RETURN

“Erase”: Erases the timer setting. Select “OK”

and press ENTER.

Erase

Are you sure you want to erase this timer setting?

1 Press the

button to display the EPG.

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A timer setting can be identified thanks to the

event bar and the timer event icon displayed in

the EPG screen. For details, see page 51.

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2 Press the </M/m/, buttons to select a

future timer event you want to check/

change/cancel. Once highlighted, press

the ENTER button.

Select “Close” to return to the EPG screen.

To change or cancel the setting, repeat steps 2

and 3 above.

The Event Action menu appears.

Event Action

Select an action for this event

Timer

View Channel

Modify

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: Indicates the setting being recorded on a

DVD.

: Indicates the setting that the Update

function is set for.

Checking/Changing/

Cancelling Timer Settings

(Timer List)

When all of the timer settings do not fit on the

list, scroll bar appears.

To view the hidden timer settings, press M/m.

RWVR RWVideo

HDD

3 Select the timer setting you want to check/

change/cancel, and press ENTER.

The sub-menu appears.

You can check, change, or cancel timer settings

using the Timer List.

4 Select one of the options, and press

ENTER.

“Modify”: Changes the timer setting.

Select an item using </, and adjust using

M/m. For the recording Mode or Update

functions, select “Details” and change the

settings (page 50). Select “OK,” and press

ENTER.

SYSTEM

</M/m/,,

ENTER

O RETURN

Modify

TOOLS

Cancel

Modify the timer setting.

Date

Start

Stop Source

Prog.

AAB

Media

HDD

Details

Mon-Sat 22:00 22:15 TV

Mode:SP

Update: On

1 Press SYSTEM MENU.

“Erase”: Erases the timer setting. Select

“OK,” and press ENTER.

The System Menu appears.

2 Select “TIMER LIST,” and press ENTER.

Erase

The Timer List appears.

Are you sure you want to erase this timer setting?

10:30

TIMER LIST

Mon-Sat

22:00-22:15 AAB

Mon-Sat 22:00-22:15 AAB

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Fri 29.10 21:00-22:00 GHI

Sat 30.10 16:00-17:00 DEF

SLP

Cancel

“Check Overlap”: Checks for overlapped

settings.

Timer information displays the recording

date, time, recording mode, etc.

: Indicates that the setting is overlapped by

another setting.

Check Overlap

These timer settings overlap.

Fri

29.10 20:30-21:30 DEF

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(green): Indicates the setting can be

recorded.

(red): Indicates the setting currently being

recorded.

(grey): Indicates that the setting cannot be

Select “Close” to return to the Timer List.

recorded in the selected recording mode.

: Indicates the setting being recorded on

the HDD.

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“Info”: Displays the timer setting information

box along with the disc space required to

record the whole programme (according to the

selected recording mode).

To turn off the Timer List

Press TIMER LIST or O RETURN.

z Hint

While recording, you cannot modify the timer setting for

the current recording, but you can extend the recording

duration of the recording time (page 50).

Information

Mon-Sat

AAB

22:30-22:15

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b Notes

• Even if the timer is set, timer recordings cannot be

made while recording a programme that has priority.

• Even if the timer is set for the same daily or weekly

programme, the timer recording cannot be made if it

overlaps with a programme that has priority. “

” will

appear next to the overlapped setting in the Timer List.

Check the priority order of the settings.

Press O RETURN to come back to the

Timer List.

To change or cancel the setting, repeat steps 3

and 4 above.

Automatically erasing old titles

(Auto Title Erase)

HDD

When the timer settings overlap

The programme that starts first has priority and the

second programme starts recording only after the

first programme has finished.

If there is not enough space for a timer recording,

the recorder automatically erases old titles

recorded on the HDD. The oldest, played title is

erased. The protected titles are not erased.

7:00

8:00

9:00

10:00

1 Press TIMER LIST.

will be cut off

The Timer List appears.

When the recordings start at the same time

The programme that is set last has priority. In this

example, timer setting B is set after A, so the first

part of timer setting A will not be recorded.

2 Press TOOLS to select “Auto Title Erase,”

and press ENTER.

3 Select “On,” and press ENTER.

The default setting is “Off.”

7:00

8:00

9:00

10:00

When the end time of one recording and the

start time of another are the same

After finishing the previous recording, the other

recording may be delayed.

7:00

9:00

10:00

To scroll the list display by page (Page mode)

Press while the list display is turned on.

Each time you press , the entire Timer

List changes to the previous/next page of timer

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3 Press INPUT SELECT repeatedly to select

“L3.”

Recording From Connected

Equipment

4 Select the line input audio when recording

a bilingual programme on DVD-RWs (VR

mode).

RWVR RWVideo

HDD

Press TOOLS to select “Line Audio Input,”

and press ENTER. Then select “Bilingual,”

and press ENTER.

5 Press REC MODE repeatedly to select the

DVD

HDD

recording mode.

For details about the recording mode, see

page 48.

6 Set the timer on the connected equipment

to the time of the programme you want to

record, and turn it off.

</M/m/,,

7 Press SYNCHRO REC.

ENTER

The SYNCHRO REC indicator lights up on

the front panel. The recorder is ready to start

Synchro-Recording.

TOOLS

The recorder automatically starts recording

when it receives an input signal from the

connected equipment. The recorder stops

recording when the connected equipment

turns off.

X REC PAUSE

x REC STOP

REC MODE

SYNCHRO REC

INPUT SELECT

To stop recording

Press x REC STOP or SYNCHRO REC.

Recording from connected

equipment with a timer (Synchro

Rec)

To cancel Synchro Rec

Press SYNCHRO REC.

The SYNCHRO REC indicator on the recorder

turns off.

You can set the recorder to automatically record

programmes from connected equipment that has a

timer function (such as a satellite tuner). Connect

the equipment to the LINE 3 jack of the recorder

(page 28).

When the connected equipment turns on, the

recorder starts recording a programme from the

LINE 3 jack.

b Notes

• The recorder starts recording only after detecting the

video signal from the connected equipment. The

beginning of the programme may not be recorded

regardless of whether or not the recorder’s power is on

or off.

• During Synchro-Recording, other operations such as

normal recording cannot be done.

• To use the connected equipment while the recorder is

standing by for Synchro-Recording, cancel Synchro-

Recording by pressing SYNCHRO REC. Be sure to

turn off the connected equipment and press

SYNCHRO REC to reset Synchro-Recording before

the timer recording starts.

• The Synchro Rec function does not work with some

tuners. For details, see the tuner’s operating

instructions.

1 Before recording, select HDD or DVD.

If you select DVD, insert a recordable DVD

(see “Inserting a Disc” on page 29).

2 Set “Synchro Rec” in “Features” setup to

“Record to HDD” or “Record to DVD”

(page 100).

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• While the recorder is standing by for Synchro-

Recording, the Auto Clock Set function (page 89) does

not work.

5 Press X REC PAUSE to set this recorder to

record pause.

6 Insert the source tape into the connected

equipment and set to playback pause.

If the timer settings of a Synchro-Recording

and another timer recording overlap

Regardless of whether or not the programme is a

Synchro Rec programme, the programme that

starts first has priority and the second programme

starts recording only after the first programme has

finished.

7 At the same time, press X REC PAUSE on

this recorder and the pause or play button

on the connected equipment.

Recording starts.

To stop recording, press x REC STOP on this

recorder.

7:00

8:00

9:00

10:00

First

programme

If you connect a digital video camera with a DV

IN jack

See “DV Dubbing” on page 84 for an explanation

of how to record from the DV IN jack.

Second

programme

will be cut off

z Hint

You can adjust the settings for the recording picture

before recording. See “Adjusting the recording picture

quality and size” on page 53.

Recording from connected

equipment without a timer

b Notes

You can record from a connected VCR or similar

device. To connect a VCR or similar device, see

“Connecting a VCR or Similar Device” on

page 26. Use the DV IN jack on the front panel if

the equipment has a DV output jack (i.LINK jack).

• When recording a video game image, the screen may

not be clear.

• Any programme that contains a Copy-Never copy

guard signal cannot be recorded. The recorder

continues to record, but a blank screen will be recorded.

1 Press HDD or DVD.

If you select DVD, insert a recordable DVD

(see “Inserting a Disc” on page 29).

2 Press INPUT SELECT to select an input

source according to the connection you

made.

The front panel display changes as follows:

programme

position

3 Select the line input audio when recording

a bilingual programme on DVD-RWs (VR

mode).

Press TOOLS to select “Line Audio Input,”

and press ENTER. Then select “Bilingual,”

and press ENTER.

4 Press REC MODE repeatedly to select the

recording mode.

For details about the recording mode, see

page 48.

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Example: DVD-RW (VR mode)

Playback

TITLE LIST ORIGINAL

4.3 / 4.7GB

12 Tennis

AAB

Fri 28.10. 2005 13:00 (0H30M) LSP 0.9GB

11 Travel

Playing

DEF

AAB

GHI

Wed 26.10. 2005 20:00 (0H30M) SEP 0.3GB

10 Mystery

HDD

RWVR RWVideo

Tue 25.10. 2005 9:00 (1H00M) SLP 0.8GB

World Sports

DVD VCD

CD DATA DVD DATA CD

Wed 19.10. 2005 20:00 (1H00M) SEP 0.6GB

3 Select the title, and press ENTER.

The sub-menu appears.

DVD

HDD

4 Select “Play,” and press ENTER.

PROG +/–

Playback starts from the selected title.

To use the DVD’s Menu

When you play a DVD VIDEO, or a finalised

DVD+RW, DVD-RW (Video mode), DVD+R, or

DVD-R, you can display the disc’s menu by

pressing TOP MENU or MENU.

TITLE LIST

TOP MENU

</M/m/,,

ENTER

TOOLS

To play VIDEO CDs with PBC functions

PBC (Playback Control) allows you to play

VIDEO CDs interactively using the menu on your

TV screen.

When you start playing a VIDEO CD with PBC

functions, the menu appears.

INPUT SELECT

PROGRESSIVE

Select an item using the number buttons and press

ENTER. Then, follow the instructions in the menu

(press H when “Press SELECT” appears).

The PBC function of Super VIDEO CDs does not

work with this recorder. Super VIDEO CDs are

played in continuous play mode only.

To stop playback

Press x.

H/X/x

To playback quickly with sound (Scan Audio)

When you press M during playback of a title

recorded in the HDD, you can play quickly with

dialogue or sound (“x1.5” appears).

No sound is output when you press M two or

more times to change search speed.

1 ^{Press HDD or DVD.}

• If you select DVD, insert a disc (see

“Inserting a Disc” on page 29).

• If you insert a DVD VIDEO, VIDEO CD, or

CD, press H. Playback starts.

2 Press TITLE LIST.

For details about the Title List, see “3. Playing

the Recorded Programme (Title List)” on

page 32.

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To resume playback from the point where you

stopped (Resume Play)

When you press H again after you stop

playback, the recorder resumes playback from the

point where you pressed x.

To start from the beginning, press TOOLS to

select “Play Beginning,” and press ENTER.

Playback starts from the beginning of the title/

track/scene.

One Touch Play

If you use the SMARTLINK connection, you can

easily start playing.

Press H. The recorder and your TV

automatically turn on and the TV’s input is

switched to the recorder. Playback starts

automatically.

One Touch Menu

If you use the SMARTLINK connection, you can

easily display the Title List.

Press TITLE LIST. The recorder and your TV

automatically turn on and the TV’s input is

switched to the recorder. The Title List appears.

The point where you stopped playing is cleared

when:

– you open the disc tray (except for HDD).

– you play another title (except for HDD).

– you switch the Title List menu to Original or

Playlist (HDD/DVD-RW in VR mode only).

– you edit the title after stopping playback.

– you change the settings on the recorder.

– you turn off the recorder (VIDEO CD/CD/

DATA DVD/DATA CD only).

z Hints

• You can also use the H button in step 3 (page 60) to

start playback.

• Even if you select “Factory Setup” in “Options” setup

(page 102), the Child Lock remains set.

– you make a recording (except for HDD/DVD-

RWs in VR mode).

– you switch between JPEG and MP3.

b Note

You cannot resume playback during TV Pause.

To play restricted DVDs (Parental Control)

If you play a restricted DVD, the message “Do

you want temporarily change parental control to

*?” appears on your TV screen.

Select “OK” and press ENTER.

The display for entering your password

appears.

Enter your four-digit password using the

number buttons.

Press ENTER to select “OK.”

The recorder starts playback.

To register or change the password, see “Parental

Control (DVD VIDEO only)” on page 99.

To lock the disc tray (Child Lock)

You can lock the disc tray to prevent children from

ejecting the disc.

When the recorder is turned on, hold down x until

“LOCKED” appears in the front panel display.

The Z (open/close) button does not work while

the Child Lock is set.

To unlock the disc tray, hold down x until

“UNLOCKED” appears in the front panel display

when the recorder is turned on.

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Playback options

To check the position of the buttons below, see the illustration on page 60.

Buttons

(audio)

Operations

Selects one of the audio tracks recorded on the disc when pressed repeatedly.

: Selects the language.

DVD

HDD

RWVR

DVD

HDD

RW^VR: Selects the main or sub sound.

VCD CD

: Selects stereo or monaural audio tracks.

VCD CD

(subtitle)

Selects a subtitle language when pressed repeatedly.

DVD

(angle)

Selects an angle when pressed repeatedly.

If various angles (multi-angles) for a scene are recorded on the disc, “

appears in the front panel display.

”

DVD

PROGRESSIVE

Switches the type of video output signal to interlace or progressive format

(page 19).

RWVR

HDD

RWVideo

DVD

VCD

(instant replay/

Replays the scene/briefly fast forwards the scene.

instant advance)

RWVR

HDD

RWVideo

DVD

. (previous)/

> (next)

Goes to the beginning of the previous/next title/chapter/scene/track.

For the HDD, you cannot go to the beginning of the previous/next title.

Fast reverses/fast forwards the disc when pressed during playback.

Search speed changes as follows:

(fast reverse/fast forward)

fast reverse fast forward

m1 T t 1M

m2 T T t t 2M

m3 T T T t t t 3M

When you press and hold the button, fast forward/fast reverse continues at the

selected speed until you release the button.

When you press M once during playback of a title recorded in the HDD, you

can play quickly with sound (“x1.5” appears).

^*2m3 and 3M are only available for the HDD and DVDs.

Plays in slow motion when pressed for more than one second in pause mode.

Plays one frame at a time when pressed briefly in pause mode.

(slow, freeze frame)

RWVR

HDD

RWVideo

DVD

VCD

* Playback direction only

X (pause)

Pauses playback.

To resume normal playback, press H.

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b Notes

• Angles and subtitles cannot be changed with titles

recorded on this recorder.

Adjusting the picture quality

• 96 kHz PCM audio and DTS audio do not have

surround effects.

• The surround effects do not work while performing

playback quickly with sound.

HDD

RWVR RWVideo

DVD VCD

1 Press TOOLS during playback to select

“Video Settings,” and press ENTER.

Notes on playing DTS sound tracks on a CD

• When playing DTS-encoded CDs, excessive noise will

be heard from the analogue stereo jacks. To avoid

possible damage to the audio system, the consumer

should take proper precautions when the analogue

stereo jacks of the recorder are connected to an

amplification system. To enjoy DTS Digital

Surround™ playback, an external 5.1-channel decoder

system must be connected to the digital jack of the

recorder.

Video Settings

Select the item you want to change.

Y NR :

C NR :

BNR :

MNR :

DVE :

Off

PB Video Equalizer

• Set the sound to “Stereo” using the

(audio)

button when you play DTS sound tracks on a CD

(page 62).

2 Select an item, and press ENTER.

The adjustment display appears.

“Y NR” (luminance noise reduction):

Reduces noise contained in the luminance

element of the video signal.

Notes on playing DVDs with a DTS sound track

DTS audio signals are output only through the DIGITAL

OUT (COAXIAL or OPTICAL) jack.

When you play a DVD with DTS sound tracks, set

“DTS” to “On” in “Audio” setup (page 97).

“C NR” (chroma noise reduction): Reduces

noise contained in the colour element of the

video signal.

“BNR” (block noise reduction): Reduces

“block noise” or mosaic like patterns in the

picture.

“MNR” (mosquito noise reduction): Reduces

the faint noise appearing around the outlines

of the images. The noise reduction effects are

automatically adjusted within each setting

range according to the video bit rate and other

factors.

“DVE” (digital video enhancer): Sharpens the

outlines of the images.

“PB Video Equalizer” (Playback video

equalizer): Adjusts the picture in greater

detail.

Select an item and press ENTER.

• Contrast: changes the contrast.

• Brightness: changes the overall brightness.

• Colour: makes the colours deeper or lighter.

• Hue: changes the colour balance.

3 Press </, to adjust the setting, and

press ENTER.

The default settings are underlined.

“Y NR”: (weak) Off

“C NR”: (weak) Off

“BNR”: (weak) Off

“MNR”: (weak) Off

“DVE”*: (weak) Off

3 (strong)

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“PB Video Equalizer”:

“Audio Filter”: Selects the digital filter to

reduce noise above 22.05 kHz (Fs* is 44.1

kHz), 24 kHz (Fs is 48 kHz), or 48 kHz (Fs is

above 96 kHz).

• Sharp(default): Provides a wide frequency

range and spatial feeling.

• Slow: Provides smooth and warm sound.

“AV SYNC”: When the video is delayed, this

function delays the audio for synchronization

with the video (0 to 120 milliseconds). Larger

numbers indicate a longer audio delay for

synchronization with the video. When

dubbing to a VCR or other video recording

equipment, be sure to return this setting to 0

ms (default).

• Contrast: (weak) –3 ~ 0 ~ 3 (strong)

• Brightness: (dark) –3 ~ 0 ~ 3 (bright)

• Colour: (light) –3 ~ 0 ~ 3 (deep)

• Hue: (red) –3 ~ 0 ~ 3 (green)

Repeat steps 2 and 3 to adjust any other items.

* “1” softens the outlines of the images. “2”

enhances the outlines and “3” enhances them more

than “2.”

b Notes

• If the outlines of the images on your screen become

blurred, set “BNR” and/or “MNR” to “Off.”

• Depending on the disc or the scene being played, the

above BNR, MNR, Y NR, or C NR effects may be hard

to discern. And, these functions may not work with

some screen sizes.

* Sampling frequency of audio source. This

function only adjusts the output signals from the

LINE 1 – TV, LINE 3, or LINE 2 OUT (AUDIO

L/R).

• When using the DVE function, noise found in the title

may become more apparent. In this case, it is

recommended that you use the BNR function with the

DVE function. If the condition still does not improve,

set the DVE level to “1” or “Off.”

3 Press </M/m/, to select the option,

and press ENTER.

b Notes

Adjusting the sound quality

• There may be little effect by changing the Audio Filter

depending on the disc or playback environment.

• To enjoy the surround TVS modes, set “Digital Out” to

“On” and “Dolby Digital” to “D-PCM” and “MPEG”

to “PCM” in “Audio” setup.

HDD

RWVR RWVideo

DVD VCD CD

DATA CD

1 Press TOOLS during playback to select

“Audio Settings,” and press ENTER.

• The volume may be reduced when surround effects are

set.

• When the playback signal does not contain a signal for

the rear speakers, the surround effects will be difficult

to hear.

2 Select an item, and press ENTER.

“Surround” (TVS): Selects one of the

surround modes.

• In addition, the surround effects may also be difficult to

hear depending on the title being played and the

environment where the recorder is being used.

• When you select one of the surround modes, turn off

the surround settings of the connected TV or amplifier

(receiver).

• Make sure that your listening position is between and

at an equal distance from your speakers, and that the

speakers are located in similar surroundings.

• When you use the DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL) jack to

listen to MPEG audio signals and set “MPEG” to

“MPEG” in “Audio” setup, no sound will come from

your speakers if you select one of the TVS modes.

• The surround effects do not work while performing

playback quickly with sound.

TVS* (TV Virtual Surround) lets you enjoy

virtual surround sound effects created from

the front left and right speakers. The selected

setting is displayed in the front panel display

for a few seconds.

• Off: No surround effect

• Dynamic: Creates one set of virtual rear

speakers.

• Wide: Creates five sets of virtual rear

speakers.

• Night: Creates five sets of virtual rear

speakers. Effective at low volume.

• Standard: Creates three sets of virtual rear

speakers. Effective when you use two

separate front speakers.

*TVS was developed by Sony to produce home

surround sound with just a stereo TV.

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Pausing a TV Broadcast (TV Pause)

Playing from the beginning of the

programme you are recording

(Chasing Playback)

You can pause a current TV broadcast, and then

continue watching the programme at a later time.

This is useful when you receive an unexpected

phone call or visitor while watching TV.

RWVR

HDD

“Chasing Playback” allows you to view the

recorded part of a programme while the recording

is being made. You do not need to wait until the

recording finishes.

1 While viewing a TV broadcast with this

recorder, press X.

The picture pauses. You can pause the picture

for up to three hours.

Press TOOLS while recording to select

“Chasing Playback,” and press ENTER.

Playback starts from the beginning of the

programme you are recording.

News

ABCD

Stereo

When you fast forward to the point that you are

recording, Chasing Playback returns to normal

playback.

TV pause

b Notes

• For DVD-RWs (VR mode), this function does not

work when recording:

– on a 1x-speed DVD-RW.

– in the HQ or HSP recording mode.

• The DVD’s picture on your TV screen freezes for a few

seconds when you fast forward/fast reverse or instant

replay/advance the recording.

• Chasing Playback is possible from one minute or more

after recording starts.

• Even if you fast forward the recorded programme,

there will always be a time difference of about one

minute or more between the recorded programme and

the current TV broadcast.

2 Press X or H again to resume watching

the programme.

b Notes

• Paused titles are not saved to the HDD.

• This function is cancelled when:

– x (stop) is pressed.

– PROG +/– is pressed.

– DVD is pressed.

– Z (open/close) is pressed.

– TITLE LIST is pressed.

– INPUT SELECT is pressed.

–

(Electronic Programme Guide) is pressed.

– the recorder is turned off.

– a timer recording or Synchro Recording is started.

– DV dubbing or regular dubbing is started.

• It may take a few seconds to resume playback of the

paused programme.

• Even if you fast forward the recorded programme,

there will always be a time difference of about one

minute or more between the recorded programme and

the current TV broadcast.

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Example: Play a DVD while recording to the

HDD.

Playing a previous recording while

making another (Simultaneous Rec

and Play)

While recording, press DVD and insert the

DVD into the recorder.

Press TITLE LIST to display the DVD Title

List.

HDD

RWVR RWVideo

DVD VCD CD DATA DVD DATA CD

Select the title you want to play, and press

ENTER.

“Simultaneous Rec and Play” allows you to view

a previously recorded programme while recording

programmes. Playback continues even if a timer

recording starts. Use this function as follows:

• While recording to the HDD:

Select “Play” from the sub-menu, and press

ENTER.

Playback starts from the selected title.

Play another title on the HDD.

Play a previously recorded programme on a

DVD by pressing DVD.

• While recording to a DVD:

Play a previously recorded programme on the

b Note

You cannot play a DVD or VIDEO CD recorded in the

NTSC colour system while recording on the HDD. When

playing a VIDEO CD, be sure to set “Colour System” to

“PAL” (page 100).

HDD by pressing HDD.

• While recording to a DVD-RW (VR mode)

Play another title on the same DVD-RW (VR

mode) disc.

Simultaneous Rec and Play function does not work

when you record:

– on a 1x-speed DVD-RW.

– in the HQ or HSP recording mode.

Picture noise may appear depending upon the

condition of the recording, or when playing a title

recorded in the HQ or HSP recording mode. The

picture freezes for a few seconds when you use fast

forward/fast reverse or instant replay/advance.

You can also play a DVD VIDEO, VIDEO CD,

Super VIDEO CD, CD, DATA DVD, or DATA

CD while recording on the HDD.

Example: Play another title on the HDD while

recording to the HDD.

While recording, press TITLE LIST to

display the HDD Title List.

Select the title you want to play, and press

ENTER.

Select “Play” from the sub-menu, and press

ENTER.

Playback starts from the selected title.

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Searching by title number or time

code

Searching for a Title/

Chapter/Track, etc.

HDD

RWVR RWVideo

DVD VCD

CD DATA DVD DATA CD

You can search a disc by title, chapter, scene or

track. As titles and tracks are assigned individual

numbers, select the title or track by entering its

number. You can also search for a scene using the

time code.

Number

buttons, SET

CLEAR

1 Press TOOLS during playback to select a

search method, and press ENTER.

“Title Search” (for DVDs)

</M/m/,,

ENTER

“Chapter Search” (for HDD/DVDs)

“Track Search” (for CDs/DATA CDs)

“Search” (for VIDEO CDs)

TOOLS

“Album Search” (for DATA DVDs/DATA

CDs)

“Time Search” (for HDD/DVDs): Searches

for a starting point by entering the time code.

“File Search” (for DATA DVDs/DATA CDs)

The display for entering the number appears.

Example: Title Search

Searching by Thumbnail (Visual

Search)

Title : -- (21)

HDD

RWVR RWVideo

The number in parentheses indicates the total

number of titles, tracks, etc.

Each chapter is displayed as a thumbnail. You can

search for the desired scene visually.

2 Press the number buttons to select the

number of the title, chapter, track, time

code, etc., you want.

1 Press TOOLS during playback to select

“Visual Search,” and press ENTER.

For example: Time Search

To find a scene at 2 hours, 10 minutes, and 20

seconds, enter “21020.”

9 World Sports

VISUAL SEARCH

If you make a mistake, press CLEAR to

cancel the number, then select another

number.

Chapter 4(30)

0:12:45

3 Press SET.

The recorder starts playback from the selected

number.

2 Select a scene using </,, and press

ENTER.

Playback of the selected scene is started.

b Note

“Title Search” is not applicable to the HDD.

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Selecting an MP3 album or track

Playing MP3 Audio Tracks

or JPEG Image Files

1 Press TITLE LIST.

The album list appears.

DATA DVD DATA CD

To change the page, press

You can play MP3 audio tracks and JPEG image

files on DATA CDs (CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD-

RWs) or JPEG image files on DATA DVDs

(DVD-ROMs/DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs/DVD-RWs/

DVD-Rs).

TITLE LIST

Music Album

Opera

Classic

Dance

Symphony

Samba

Live

Jazz

Piano

Jazz

My heart

Paradise

The Best

Pop music

2 Select an album, and press ENTER.

The sub-menu appears.

3 Select “View Album,” and press ENTER.

The track list appears.

To change the page, press

TITLE LIST

</M/m/,,

ENTER

TITLE LIST

The Best

01 Holiday

02 Lonely

03 Candy

04 Rainy day

05 Station

06 Magic

TOOLS

m/M

07 Moon

08 Butterfly

TIME/TEXT

DISPLAY

4 Select a track, and press ENTER.

“Play”: Plays the track.

“Play Beginning”: Plays the beginning of the

track.

“Track Data”: Shows data about the track

such as artist and album name.

1 Insert a disc.

See “Inserting a Disc” on page 29.

2 Press H.

For MP3 discs, playback starts from the first

MP3 audio track on the disc.

To stop playback

Press x.

For JPEG files, a slideshow of the pictures on

the disc begins.

If the DATA CD contains both MP3 audio

tracks and JPEG image files, playback starts

from the JPEG image files the first time H is

pressed.

To fast review or forward a track

Press m/M during playback.

To go to the previous or next MP3 audio track

Press . or > during playback. If you

repeatedly press . or >, you will go to the

previous or next album.

To go to the previous or next album

Press

during playback.

z Hint

Press the

(audio) button to switch between stereo

or monaural audio tracks.

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To change the slideshow speed

Selecting a JPEG album or image

Press TOOLS while the album list or image list is

displayed to select “Slideshow Speed,” and press

ENTER. Then select the speed from “Fast”

(quick), “Normal,” and “Slow.”

1 Press TITLE LIST.

The album list appears.

To change the page, press

To go to the previous or next album

Press

while the JPEG image is displayed.

TITLE LIST

Photo Album

Flowers

Aquarium

Festival

Hiking

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Summer

Winter

• If you are playing a DATA CD that has both MP3 and

JPEG files, you can switch between photo and music

albums by using the </, buttons when the album

list is displayed.

• You can rotate a JPEG image by using the </,

buttons when the image is displayed.

Tennis match

Zoo

Consert

Party

Winter

• Press DISPLAY repeatedly to show information about

the JPEG album or image on your TV screen. Then

press TIME/TEXT to toggle between the current

selected image number and album number.

2 Select an album, and press ENTER.

The sub-menu appears.

3 Select “View Album,” and press ENTER.

The image list appears.

b Notes

To change the page, press

• If the DVD disc, such as a disc from a DVD video

camera, contains both video and JPEG images, only the

video can be played back.

TITLE LIST

• Some JPEG files, especially files of three million

pixels or more, may lengthen the slideshow interval.

• Rotated JPEG images will not be saved when you press

x or switch to another folder.

• Images larger than 720 × 480 will be reduced to 720 ×

480 when displayed.

Zoo

• Images larger than 4 mega bytes cannot be displayed.

• Progressive JPEG images cannot be displayed.

• When you attempt to play a broken file or a file that

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4 Select an image, and press ENTER.

“View Image”: Shows the image on the entire

screen.

does not satisfy the play conditions,

the recorder cannot play the file.

appears but

“Slideshow”: Shows the images in the album

as a slideshow.

“Image Data”: Shows data about when the

picture was taken.

To stop viewing the JPEG image

Press x.

To view the previous or next picture

Press ./> while the picture is displayed.

To rotate a picture

Press TOOLS while the image is displayed to

select “Rotate Right” or “Rotate Left,” and press

ENTER.

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About MP3 audio tracks and JPEG

image files

MP3 audio tracks or JPEG image

files that the recorder can play

MP3 is audio compression technology that

satisfies certain ISO/MPEG regulations. JPEG is

image compression technology.

The recorder can play the following tracks and

files:

– MP3 audio tracks with the extension “.MP3,”

“.mp3,” or “Mp3.”

– JPEG image files with the extension “.JPEG,”

“.jpg,” “.JPG,” “.Jpg,” “.jpeg,” or “.Jpeg.”

– JPEG image files that conform to the DCF*

image file format.

* “Design rule for Camera File system”: Image standards

for digital cameras regulated by JEITA (Japan

Electronics and Information Technology Industries

Association).

You can play MP3 (MPEG1 Audio Layer 3)

format audio tracks and JPEG image files on

DATA CDs (CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD-RWs) or

JPEG image files on DATA DVDs (DVD-ROMs/

DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs/DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs).

DATA CDs discs must be recorded according to

ISO9660 Level 1, Level 2 or Joliet format for the

recorder to recognize the MP3 tracks. DATA

DVDs must be recorded in Universal Disc Format

(UDF). You can also play discs recorded in

MultiSession.

b Notes

• The recorder will play any data with the extension

“.MP3,” “.mp3,” “Mp3,” “.JPEG,” “.jpg,” “.JPG,”

“.Jpg,” “.jpeg,” or “.Jpeg” even if they are not in MP3

or JPEG format. Playing these data may generate a loud

noise which could damage your speaker system.

• The recorder does not conform to audio tracks in

mp3PRO format.

See the instructions supplied with the CD-R/CD-

RW/DVD-R/DVD-RW drives and the recording

software (not supplied) for details on the recording

format.

Note on MultiSession/Border discs

• Some files cannot be played.

• The letters that cannot be displayed are replaced with

“*.”

If MP3 audio tracks or JPEG image files are

recorded in the first session/border, the recorder

will also play MP3 audio tracks or JPEG image

files in other sessions/borders. If audio tracks and

images in Music CD format or Video CD format

are recorded in the first session/border, only the

first session/border will be played back.

b Note

The recorder may not be able to play some DATA CDs/

DATA DVDs created in the Packet Write format.

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z Hints

• If you add numbers (01, 02, 03, etc.) to the front of the

track/file names when you store the tracks (or files) in

a disc, the tracks and files will be played in that order.

• Since a disc with many trees takes longer to start

playback, it is recommended that you create albums

with no more than two trees.

About playback order of albums,

tracks, and files

Albums play in the following order:

Structure of disc contents

Tree 1 Tree 2 Tree 3 Tree 4 Tree 5

b Notes

• Depending on the software you use to create the DATA

DVD/DATA CD, the playback order may differ from

the above illustration.

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• No more than a total of 199 individual folders can be

played. (Folders that do not contain JPEG/MP3 files

are counted as well.)

• No more than a total of 999 folders and files can be

played. (Files other than JPEG/MP3 files, and folders

that do not contain JPEG/MP3 files are counted as

well.)

• No more than 200 folders and files can be recognized

in a single folder. (Folders that do not contain JPEG/

MP3 files are counted as well.)

• Proceeding to the next or another album may take some

time.

• This recorder supports MP3 audio bit rates up to 160

kbps.

Album MP3 audio track/

JPEG image file

When you insert a DATA CD/DATA DVD and

press H, the numbered tracks (or files) are

played sequentially, from 1 through 7.

For JPEG image file, press

to go to the next

album. (For instance, when you want to go from 1

to 2.)

Any sub-albums/tracks (or files) contained within

a currently selected album take priority over the

next album in the same tree. (Example: C

contains D so 4 is played before 5.) When you

press TITLE LIST and the list of album names

appears (page 35), the album names are arranged

in the following order: A t B t C t D t

F t G. Albums that do not contain tracks (or

files) (such as album E) do not appear in the list.

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To create and edit Playlist titles

A Playlist is a group of Playlist titles created from

the original title for editing purposes. When you

create a Playlist, only the control information

necessary for playback, such as the playback

order, is stored on the disc. Since the original titles

are left unaltered, Playlist titles can be re-edited.

Erasing and Editing

Before Editing

This recorder offers various edit options for

various disc types. Before you edit, check the disc

type in the front panel display, and select the

option available for your disc (page 10).

Example: You have recorded the final few

matches of a football tournament on a DVD-RW

(VR mode). You want to create a digest with the

goal scenes and other highlights, but you also want

to keep the original recording.

b Notes

• You may lose the edited contents if you remove the disc

or a timer recording starts while editing.

• DVD discs created by DVD video cameras cannot be

edited on this recorder.

Original

Playlist

Edit options for the HDD and DVD-

RWs (VR mode)

RWVR

HDD

In this case, you can compile highlight scenes as a

Playlist title. You can even rearrange the scene

order within the Playlist title (“Creating and

Editing a Playlist” on page 77).

The advanced edit functions available for Playlist

titles are:

– Setting protection against erasure (HDD only)

(page 73).

– Labelling a title (page 73).

You can enjoy advanced edit functions. First you

have two options for the HDD and DVD-RWs

(VR mode): editing either the original recording

(called the “original”), or the playback

information created from the original (called a

“Playlist”). Since each is different in nature and

offers different merits, read the following and

select the one that better suits your needs.

– Erasing a title (page 73).

To edit original titles

– Erasing multiple titles (page 75).

– Erasing a section of a title (A-B Erase) (page 74).

– Rearranging the title order (page 78).

– Dividing a title into multiple titles (page 75).

– Combining multiple titles into one title

(page 78).

Edits made to the original titles are final. If you

plan to retain an unaltered original recording,

create and edit a Playlist (see below). The edit

functions available for original titles are:

– Labelling a title (page 73).

– Setting protection against erasure (page 73).

– Erasing a title (page 73).

– Erasing a chapter (page 74).

– Erasing multiple titles (page 75).

– Erasing a section of a title (A-B Erase) (page 74).

– Erasing all titles on the disc (page 76).

– Erasing a chapter (page 74).

– Dividing one title into two titles (HDD only)

(page 75).

z Hint

You can display the disc’s Playlist titles in the Title List

(Playlist), or the original titles in the Title List (Original).

To switch the two Title Lists, press TOOLS while a Title

List is displayed, and select “Original” or “Playlist.”

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b Notes

• The Playlist title calls up data from the original titles for

playback. When an original title is used for a Playlist

title, the original title cannot be erased.

• If a message appears and indicates that the disc’s

control information is full, erase or edit unnecessary

titles.

• Playlist titles containing titles recorded with the “Copy-

Once” copy protection signal cannot be dubbed or

moved (page 80).

Erasing and Editing a Title

RWVR RWVideo

HDD

This section explains the basic edit functions. Note

that editing is irreversible. To edit the HDD or

DVD-RWs (VR mode) without changing the

original recordings, create a Playlist title

(page 77).

Edit options for DVD+RWs/DVD-

RWs (Video mode)/DVD+Rs/DVD-Rs

RWVideo

You can perform simple edits. Since Video mode

titles are actual recordings on the disc, you cannot

undo any edits you make. The edit functions

available for Video mode titles are:

– Setting protection against erasure (page 73).

– Labelling a title (page 73).

TITLE LIST

</M/m/,,

ENTER

– Erasing a title (page 73).

– Erasing multiple titles (page 75).

TOOLS

– Erasing a section of a title (A-B Erase)

(DVD+RWs only) (page 74).

m/M

– Erasing all titles on the disc (page 76).

– Erasing titles to open up disc space (Disc Map)

(DVD+RWs and DVD-RWs (Video mode)

only) (page 76).

CHAPTER

MARK

CHAPTER

MARK ERASE

b Notes

• When editing a DVD+R or DVD-R, finish all editing

before finalising the disc. You cannot edit a finalised

disc.

• The available disc space does not increase even when

you erase titles for DVD+Rs and DVD-Rs.

• If a message appears and indicates that the disc’s

control information is full, erase or edit unnecessary

titles.

1 Press TITLE LIST.

For HDD titles or DVD-RWs in VR mode,

press TOOLS and select “Original” or

“Playlist” from the TOOLS menu to switch

the Title Lists, if necessary.

2 Select a title, and press ENTER.

The sub-menu appears.

3 Select an option, and press ENTER.

You can make the following edits to the title.

“Erase”: Erases the selected title. Select “OK”

when asked for confirmation.

“Protect”: Protects the title. Select “On” when

the Protection display appears. “ ” appears

next to the protected title. To cancel the

protection, select “Off.”

“Title Name”: Allows you to enter or re-enter

a title name (page 36).

“Set Thumbnail”: Changes the title’s

thumbnail picture that appears in the Title List

(page 34).

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“A-B Erase”: Erases a section of the title

(page 74).

“Delete Chapter”: Erases chapter units of the

title while viewing thumbnails (see below).

“Divide”: Divides a title into two titles

(page 75).

Erasing a section of a title

(A-B Erase)

RWVR

HDD

You can select a section (scene) in a title and erase

it. Note that erasing scenes in a title cannot be

undone.

z Hints

• You can erase multiple titles at one time (page 75), or

erase all of the titles on the disc at once (page 76).

• You can automatically erase titles that have already

played.

1 After step 2 of “Erasing and Editing a

Title,” select “A-B Erase” and press

ENTER.

• You can label or re-label DVDs (page 38).

The display for setting point A appears.

• To return to the beginning of the title, press

X and then press ..

b Note

DVD-RW (VR mode) playlist titles cannot be protected.

A–B Erase (Set point A)

5 Weather

Erasing a chapter (Delete Chapter)

RWVR

HDD

Thumbnails are displayed for each chapter. You

can easily select and erase a section in a title.

Note that erasing a chapter cannot be undone.

Playback point

1 After step 2 of “Erasing and Editing a

Title,” select “Delete Chapter,” and press

ENTER.

2 Select point A by pressing m/M, and

press ENTER.

The display for setting point B appears.

2 Select a thumbnail of the chapter using

3 Select point B by pressing m/M, and

</,, and press ENTER.

press ENTER.

Delete Selected Chapters 9 World Sports

The display asks for confirmation.

• To reset either point A or B, select “Change

A” or “Change B,” and go to step 2 or 3.

• To preview the title without scenes to be

erased, select “Preview” (except for

DVD+RWs).

Chapter 4(30)

0:12:45

Cancel

Reset All

4 Select “OK,” and press ENTER.

The scene is erased, and the display asks

whether to erase another scene.

• To continue, select “Yes,” and repeat from

step 2.

• To cancel the selection, press ENTER again.

• To erase multiple chapters, repeat step 2.

• To reset all selections, select “Reset All.”

3 Select “OK,” and press ENTER.

• To finish, select “No.”

The display asks for confirmation.

4 Select “Yes,” and press ENTER.

z Hint

A chapter mark is inserted after the scene was erased. The

chapter mark divides the title into separate chapters on

either side of the mark.

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b Notes

• Images or sound may be momentarily interrupted at the

point where you erase a section of a title.

• Sections shorter than five seconds may not be erased.

• For DVD+RWs, the erased section may be slightly

different from the points you selected.

Dividing a title (Divide)

RWVR

HDD

If you want to dub a long title to a disc but do not

want to reduce the picture quality, divide the title

into two shorter titles. Note that dividing a title

cannot be undone.

* Only playlist titles can be divided for DVD-RW (VR

mode).

Erasing multiple titles (Erase

Titles)

RWVR RWVideo

HDD

1 Press TITLE LIST.

You can select and erase more than one title at one

time using the TOOLS menu.

Press TOOLS and select “Playlist” from the

TOOLS menu to switch the Title Lists, if

necessary.

1 Press TITLE LIST.

2 Select a title, and press ENTER.

2 Press TOOLS to select “Erase Titles,” and

The sub-menu appears.

press ENTER.

The display for selecting titles to be erased

appears.

3 Select “Divide,” and press ENTER.

The display for setting the dividing point

appears. The title starts to play in the

background.

3 Select a title, and press ENTER.

A check mark appears in the check box next to

the selected title.

• To return to the beginning of the title, press

X and then press ..

• To clear the check mark, press ENTER

again.

Divide

Vacation

• To clear all of check marks, select “Reset

All.”

Erase Titles

Select the titles to erase.

Tennis

28.10

26.10

25.10

19.10

17.10

Cancel

Travel

Mystry

World Sports

Family

Reset All

4 Select the dividing point by pressing m/

M, and press ENTER.

4 Repeat step 3 to select all of the titles you

want to erase.

The display asks for confirmation.

• To change the dividing point, select

“Change.”

5 When you finish selecting titles, select

“OK,” and press ENTER.

5 Select “OK,” and press ENTER.

The display for entering the title name

appears.

The list of the titles to be erased appears for

confirmation.

• To change the selection, select “Change,”

and repeat from step 3.

• To use the same title name as before, select

“No.”

6 Select “OK” and press ENTER.

6 Select “Yes,” and press ENTER to enter a

The titles are erased.

new name.

Follow the explanations on page 36. After you

enter a new name, the title is divided in two.

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3 Select a title by pressing </,, and

press ENTER.

Erasing all titles on the disc

The display for selecting titles to be erased

appears.

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HDD

• To cancel the selection, press ENTER again.

• To erase more titles, repeat step 3.

1 Press TOOLS to select “Disc Info,” and

press ENTER.

Disc Map

The “Disc Information” display appears.

2 Journey

2 Select “Erase All,” and press ENTER.

Fri 17.9.2004 20:00 (1H00M)

SP 0.6GB

3 Select “OK,” and press ENTER.

All titles on the disc are erased (except the

protected titles).

Erase

Cancel

Selected title

Erasing titles to open up disc

space (Disc Map)

4 Select “Erase,” and press ENTER.

The display asks for confirmation.

RWVideo

5 Select “OK,” and press ENTER.

The selected titles are erased, freeing up disc

space.

When recording on a DVD+RW or DVD-RW

(Video mode), the recorder searches for the largest

open space and records there. Before you start,

check the disc status by using Disc Map, and erase

titles to create a space large enough for the

recording.

• To change the selection, select “Change.”

Creating chapters manually

1 Insert a disc and press TITLE LIST.

RWVR

HDD

2 Press TOOLS to select “Disc Map,” and

You can manually insert a chapter mark at any

point you like during playback or recording.

press ENTER.

The “Disc Map” display appears.

• To check the open space, select the space by

pressing </,.

Press CHAPTER MARK at the point where you

want to divide the title into chapters.

Each time you press the button, “Marking...”

appears on the screen and the scenes to the left and

right of the mark become separate chapters.

Disc Map

Empty Title

HQ: 0H30M

LP : 1H30M

2.3 GB

LSP: 1H15M

SEP: 4H00M

HSP: 0H45M

EP : 2H00M

SP : 1H00M

SLP: 3H00M

To erase chapter marks

You can combine two chapters by erasing the

chapter mark during playback.

Erase

Cancel

• When b or B appears on either side of the

screen, you can scroll sideways by pressing

</,.

Press ./> to search for a chapter number, and

while displaying the chapter containing the

chapter mark you want to erase, press CHAPTER

MARK ERASE.

The current chapter combines with the previous

chapter.

b Notes

• When dubbing, any chapter marks you enter will be

erased.

• To insert a chapter mark manually during recording, set

“Auto Chapter” in “Features” setup to “Off.”

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5 Select the IN point by pressing m/M,

and press ENTER.

Creating and Editing a

Playlist

The display for setting the end point (OUT)

appears, and the title continues to play in the

background.

RWVR

HDD

6 Select the OUT point by pressing m/M,

and press ENTER.

Playlist edit allows you to edit or re-edit without

changing the actual recordings. You can create up

to 97 Playlist titles.

The display asks for confirmation.

To reset the IN or OUT point, select “Change

IN” or “Change OUT” and repeat step 5 or 6.

To view the selected scene, select “Preview.”

b Note

Once you create a Playlist title from original titles, you

will be unable to erase or edit the original titles.

7 Select “OK,” and ENTER.

The Scene List menu appears with all of the

selected scenes.

1 Press TITLE LIST.

Total duration of

the selected scene

2 Press TOOLS to select “Create Playlist,”

Total number of scenes

and press ENTER.

Scene List

Total 0:13:19

Scenes 1

Create Playlist

Select a title to start capturing.

Scene List

Cancel

World Sports

Quit

ORIGINAL

0:10:26 - 0:23:45

Tennis

28.10

26.10

25.10

19.10

17.10

15.10

Add

Travel

Mystry

Preview

World Sports

Family

Nature

• To add more scenes, select “Add” and go to

step 3.

• To preview all of the captured scenes in the

listed order, select “Preview.”

3 Select the title you want to include in the

Playlist title, and press ENTER.

The sub-menu appears.

“Capture”: Adds a section of the title to the

Playlist title as one scene.

“Capture All”: Adds the entire title to the

Playlist title as one scene. After capturing the

title, go to step 8.

8 Select the scene you want to re-edit, and

press ENTER.

The sub-menu appears.

“Move”: Changes the scene order.

“Erase”: Erases the scene. The selection is

cancelled.

“Preview”: Displays thumbnail pictures of the

scenes.

“Change IN”: Allows you to change the IN

point, and repeat from step 5.

“Change OUT”: Allows you to change the

OUT point, and repeat from step 6.

4 Select “Capture,” and press ENTER.

The display for setting the start point (IN)

appears. The title starts to play in the

background.

• To return to the beginning of the title, press

X and then press ..

Capture(Set IN point)

9 World Sports

9 When you finish editing the Scene List,

select “OK,” and press ENTER.

The display for entering the title name

appears. To enter a new name, select “Enter”

(page 36).

10 Select “OK” to use the default name, and

press ENTER.

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To play the Playlist title

2 Press TOOLS to select “Combine,” and

press ENTER.

Press TOOLS while the Title List menu is turned

on. Then, select “Playlist” and press ENTER.

When the Title List (Playlist) menu appears, select

a title and press H.

The display for selecting titles appears.

3 Select a title, and press ENTER.

A number indicating the order in which you

selected the title appears.

z Hint

To cancel the selection, press ENTER again.

When a Playlist title is created, the IN and OUT points

will become chapter marks, and each scene will become

a chapter.

Combine

Select the titles to combine.

Yacht

25. 9

17. 9

15. 9

Cancel

Cruising

Journey

Vacation

b Note

Reset All

The picture may pause when the edited scene is played.

Moving a Playlist title (Change

Order)

4 Repeat step 3 to select all of the titles you

want to combine.

To cancel all of the selections, select “Reset

All.”

RWVR

You can change the Playlist title order within the

Title List (Playlist).

5 Select “OK,” and press ENTER.

The list of titles to be combined appears.

To change the selection, select “Change” and

go to step 3.

1 Press TITLE LIST to turn on the Title List

(Playlist) menu.

Combine

Combine the titles in the following order.

If the Title List (Original) menu appears, press

TOOLS and select “Playlist.”

Yacht

25. 9

Cruising

25. 9

2 Select the title you want to move, and

press ENTER.

The sub-menu appears.

Change

Cancel

3 Select “Change Order,” and press ENTER.

Change Order

6 Select “OK,” and press ENTER.

The display for selecting a title name from

among the selected titles appears.

To enter a new name, select “Enter Text,” and

follow the explanations on page 36.

To change the selection, select “Change” and

go to step 3.

Vacation

Where do you want to move this title?

Journey

15.9

Cancel

17.9

4 Select a new location for the title by

pressing M/m, and press ENTER.

The title moves to the new location.

7 Select a name, and press ENTER.

The titles are combined.

Combining multiple Playlist titles

(Combine)

b Note

When the number of chapters in the title to be combined

exceeds the limit, the chapters at the end are combined

into a single chapter.

RWVR

HDD

1 Press TITLE LIST to turn on the Title List

(Playlist) menu.

Dividing a Playlist title (Divide)

If the Title List (Original) menu appears, press

TOOLS and select “Playlist.”

RWVR

HDD

You can divide a Playlist title. For operations, see

page 75.

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• For a title whose picture size (16:9 or 4:3) is

mixed:

– When dubbed from the HDD to DVD-RW

(Video mode) or DVD-R, the picture size is

determined by the setting in “DVD Line Rec.

Picture Size” (page 53).

– When dubbed from HDD to DVD+RW or

DVD+R, the picture size is always 4:3.

– When dubbed from HDD to DVD-RW (VR

mode), the originally recorded picture size is

retained.

Dubbing (HDD y DVD)

Before Dubbing

RWVR RWVideo

HDD

In this section, “dubbing” refers to “copying a

recorded title on the internal hard disk drive

(HDD) to another disc, or vice versa.” You can

select to dub one title at a time (Title Dubbing –

see “Dubbing a single title (Title Dub)” on

page 81), or multiple titles all at once (Multiple

Title Dubbing – see “Dubbing multiple titles (Dub

Selected Titles)” on page 82).

z Hints

• When you dub a Playlist title, it is recorded as an

Original title.

• When dubbed from a DVD to the HDD, the picture size

and the sound types originally recorded are retained.

Before you start, read the following precautions,

which are common to both dubbing methods.

b Notes

• To play a dubbed disc on other DVD equipment,

finalise the disc (page 39).

If you want to record from a digital video camera

connected to the DV IN jack, see “DV Dubbing”

on page 84. To record from equipment connected

to the LINE IN jacks, see “Recording from

• The recorder may not function as described depending

on the disc status. Follow the instructions that appear on

the screen.

• You cannot dub from DVD VIDEOs to the HDD.

• Thumbnails that you have set for the originally

recorded title (page 34) will not be retained in the

dubbed title.

connected equipment without a timer” on page 59.

Before you start…

• Select the disc type according to your needs

(page 10). This recorder can record on various

discs.

• You cannot record both the main and sub sound

on a DVD+RW, DVD-RW (Video mode),

DVD+R, or DVD-R. You can only record the

main sound.

• Timer recordings and Synchro-Recording do not

start during dubbing. Before you start, check the

Timer List menu to see if there is any timer

recording due to start during dubbing.

• When “Auto Chapter” of “Features” setup is set

to “On,” chapter marks are automatically

inserted at approximately 6-minute intervals

while dubbing from the HDD to a DVD, or when

the recorder detects picture and sound changes

while dubbing from a DVD to the HDD. The

chapter marks in the dubbing source are not

retained in the dubbed title.

About “Dub Mode”

With this recorder, the recording mode for

dubbing is displayed as “Dub Mode.” Two

dubbing method are available: High-speed

Dubbing and Rec Mode Conversion Dubbing.

Read the following and select according to the

required time, disc space, and picture quality.

Dubbing at high-speed (High-speed Dubbing)

RW^VR/ ^RWVideo

HDD

Allows you to dub what you have stored in the

HDD to a high-speed DVD (8x-speed

DVD+RWs/6x-speed DVD-RWs/16x-speed

DVD+Rs/16x-speed DVD-Rs, or slower versions

of each disc type), without changing the recording

mode.

Set “Dub Mode” to “Fast” in “Title Dub” or “Dub

Selected Titles” display (page 81). You cannot

select “Fast” when titles that cannot be dubbed at

high speed are selected (such as the titles displayed

in “Notes” below). The minimum required time is

as follows (approximate).

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Required times for High-speed Dubbing from

HDD to DVD (for 60-minute programme)

Rec Mode Conversion Dubbing

RWVideo

RWVR

HDD

Speed

2.4x

Allows you to dub from the HDD to a DVD or vice

versa, in a dubbing mode that differs from the

original recordings. For example, when you dub

an HQ title (data size is large) in SP mode, you can

reduce the data size, saving more titles using less

space.

High-

DVD+R

Rec.

mode

speed speed

speed speed (Double

DVD-R DVD+R Layer)

DVD-

DVD+

10 min. 10 min. 8 min. 8 min. 25 min.

Select a mode different from the original recording

in “Dub Mode” in the steps of “Dubbing a single

title (Title Dub)” on page 81 or “Dubbing multiple

titles (Dub Selected Titles)” on page 82.

When a title recorded to HDD in HQ or HQ+ mode

is converted to another mode, the recorder

automatically assigns an appropriate bit rate, thus

retaining the original picture quality as much as

possible.

HSP

6 min. 6 min. 5 min. 5 min. 16 min.

40 sec. 40 sec.

40 sec.

5 min. 5 min. 3 min. 3 min. 12 min.

45 sec. 45 sec. 30 sec.

LSP

4 min. 4 min. 3 min. 3 min. 10 min.

3 min. 3 min. 2 min. 2 min. 8 min.

20 sec. 20 sec. 30 sec. 30 sec. 20 sec.

2 min. 2 min. 2 min. 2 min. 6 min.

30 sec. 30 sec.

15 sec.

b Note

The picture quality will not improve even if a title is

converted to a recording mode of better picture quality.

SLP

SEP

1 min. 60

40 sec. min.

1 min. 60

15 sec. min.

min.

1 min. 60

15 sec. min.

56 sec. 60

min.

Dubbing restriction

You cannot dub movies and other DVD Videos to

the HDD. Also, when dubbing from a DVD to the

HDD, a gray, blank screen will be recorded for

scenes that contain a copy protection signal.

The values in the above table are for reference only.

Actual times for dubbing also require time for creating

disc’s control information and other data.

This is the maximum recording speed of this recorder.

The value may vary depending on the disc condition.

Also, this recorder may be unable to record at the

maximum speed for discs that support recording

speeds exceeding the maximum value.

Copy

protection

signals

Dubbing

Copy-Free

(No copy

protection

signal)

The maximum drive speed of this recorder is 6x when

using 6x-speed or faster DVD+RWs.

RWVR

RWVideo

HDD

The maximum drive speed of this recorder is 8x when

using 8x-speed or faster DVD+Rs/DVD-Rs.

High-speed dubbing is not available when dubbing

titles recorded in SLP and SEP mode to DVD+RWs

and DVD+Rs.

Copy-Once

RWVR

b Notes

* CPRM-compatible DVD-RWs (VR mode) only

CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media) is a

coding technology that protects copyrights for images.

• High-speed Dubbing is not available for the following

titles:

– Titles recorded in HQ+.

– Titles that contain both main and sub sounds (except

DVD-RWs (VR mode)).

– Titles recorded in mixed picture size (4:3 and 16:9

etc.), (except DVD-RWs (VR mode)).

• When dubbed to a DVD-RW (Video mode)/

DVD+RW/DVD+R/DVD-R, remnants of edited titles

may remain on the disc. If you edit a title, use the Rec

Mode Conversion Dubbing method. This will smooth

out the pauses between the scenes.

• When dubbing to a DVD+R DL disc, the video may be

momentarily interrupted at the point where the layers

switch.

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Move

HDD

RWVR

Dubbing

Titles containing “Copy-Once” copy protection

signals can be moved only from HDD to DVD-

RW (VR mode)* (after the title is moved, the

original title in the HDD is erased). The “Move”

function is performed using the same procedure as

dubbing (page 81). Titles containing “Copy-

Once” copy protection signals are indicated with

RWVR RWVideo

HDD

Dubbing a single title (Title Dub)

1 ^{Insert the DVD that you are going to dub to}

or from.

b Notes

2 Press HDD or DVD to select the source.

• The following titles in the HDD cannot be moved.

– Protected titles

3 Press TITLE LIST to turn on the Title List

– Playlist titles

menu.

– Original titles referenced from the playlist

• If the move operation is stopped before completion, the

title in the HDD is not erased.

4 Select a title, and press ENTER.

The sub-menu appears.

* CPRM-compatible DVD-RWs (VR mode) only.

5 Select “Dubbing,” and press ENTER.

The display for selecting the dubbing mode

appears.

If a title with

(page 81) is selected in the

title list, a confirmation screen is displayed.

To “Move,” select “Yes.”

Title Dub

2.0GB

2.6GB

This title will be dubbed. Set the dub mode.

1 World Cup Final

Rec Mode: SP

Dub Mode

SP 2.0GB

Start

Cancel

A Size of the title (approximate)

B Direction of dubbing

C Available space on the disc to be

dubbed (approximate)

D Information about the title to be dubbed

E Dubbing mode and the space that

remains after dubbing (approximate)

6 Select “Dub Mode.”

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7 Select a dubbing mode by pressing M/m.

Dubbing multiple titles (Dub

Selected Titles)

Fast*

HSP

LSP

SEP

SLP

A maximum of 30 selected titles can be dubbed at

once. You can select the dubbing mode for each

title.

* Appears when High-speed Dubbing is available

for the title (page 79).

8 Select “Start,” and press ENTER.

The dubbing indication appears in the front

panel display (page 35).

1 Insert the DVD that you are going to dub to

or from.

2 Press HDD or DVD to select the source.

To automatically adjust the dubbing mode

(Auto Dub Mode)

3 Press TITLE LIST to turn on the Title List

menu.

If there is not enough available space on the target

disc, the recorder automatically selects a dubbing

mode with lower picture quality according to the

available space. If there is insufficient disc space

in the selected dubbing mode, the following

display appears after step 8.

4 Press TOOLS to select “Dub Selected

Titles,” and press ENTER.

Dub Selected Titles 0.0GB

Select title(s) in the order you want to dub them.

ORIGINAL

4.6GB

Start

Cancel

World Tour – Asia 3

World Cup Final

25.6

20.6

18.6

11.6

Title Dub

Settings

Reset

World Tour – Asia 2

World Tour – Asia 1

There is not enough memory for the dubbing.

Select "Auto Dub Mode" or adjust the mode.

Auto Dub Mode

Reset

Cancel

5 Select titles in the order you want to dub,

and press ENTER.

Select “Auto Dub Mode” and press ENTER to

start dubbing. To manually select another dubbing

mode, select “Reset,” and go to step 7.

The titles are numbered in the selected order.

To cancel the selection, press ENTER again.

If a title with

(page 81) is selected in the

title list, a confirmation screen is displayed.

To “Move,” select “Yes.”

To stop dubbing

Press TOOLS to select “Stop Dubbing,” and press

ENTER. When asked for confirmation, select

“Yes,” and press ENTER.

6 Repeat step 5 to select all of the titles you

want to dub.

To make adjustments for each of the titles,

select “Settings” (see “To adjust the settings

for each title” below). To cancel all of the

selections, select “Reset,” and go to step 5.

z Hints

• If disc space is still insufficient for the selected dubbing

mode, erase unnecessary parts of the title, or free up

disc space by erasing titles on the disc (page 76).

• You can turn off the recorder during dubbing. The

recorder completes dubbing even after being turned off.

7 Select “Start,” and press ENTER.

The dubbing indication appears in the front

panel display (page 35).

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To adjust the settings for each title

You can make detailed settings for each of the

selected titles during Multiple Title Dubbing.

To automatically adjust the dubbing mode

(Auto Dub Mode)

If there is not enough available space on the target

disc, the recorder automatically selects a dubbing

mode with lower picture quality according to the

available space. The same dubbing mode is set for

all of the titles. If disc space is insufficient for the

selected dubbing mode, the following display

appears after step 7 of “Dubbing multiple titles

(Dub Selected Titles)” on page 82.

In step 6 of “Dubbing multiple titles (Dub

Selected Titles)” on page 82, select “Settings”

and press ENTER.

The following display for making the

adjustments appears.

To re-select titles, select “Change,” and go to

step 5 of “Dubbing multiple titles (Dub

Selected Titles)” above. To have the recorder

adjust the dubbing mode so all of the selected

titles fit in, select “Auto mode.”

Dub Selected Titles

There is not enough memory. Select

"Auto Dub Mode" or change the selection.

Auto Dub Mode

Change

Cancel

Dub Selected Titles

2.1GB

4.6GB

Adjust the settings for the dubbing here.

Start

Select “Auto Dub Mode” and press ENTER. If

you have selected only one title, select “OK.”

World Tour – Asia 1

Rec Mode: SP

11.6

Cancel

Dub Mode: Fast 0.3GB

World Tour – Asia 2

Rec Mode: SP

18.6

Auto mode

Change

Dub Mode: Fast 0.3GB

To stop dubbing

World Tour – Asia 3

Rec Mode: SP

25.6

Press TOOLS to select “Stop Dubbing,” and press

ENTER. When asked for confirmation, select

“Yes,” and press ENTER.

Dub Mode: Fast 0.3GB

World Cup Final

Rec Mode: SP

20.6

Dub Mode: Fast 1.2GB

1 Total size of the selected titles

z Hints

• You can turn off the recorder during dubbing. The

recorder completes dubbing even after being turned off.

• You can start Multiple Title Dubbing by selecting

“DUBBING” from the System Menu.

2 Direction of dubbing

3 Available space on the disc to be

dubbed (approximate)

4 Information about the title to be dubbed

(title name, original recording mode,

dubbing mode, and data size after

dubbing)

5 Order of dubbing

Select the title which you want to adjust, and

press ENTER.

The sub-menu appears.

“Dub Mode”: Selects the dubbing mode for

each title (page 79).

“Change Order”: Moves the title to change the

dubbing order. Press M/m to select a new

location, and press ENTER.

“Cancel”: Cancels the title selection. The title

is excluded from dubbing.

Select an option, and press ENTER.

When you finish making adjustments, select

“Start,” and press ENTER.

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b Notes

• The DV IN jack is for input only. It will not output

signals.

DV Dubbing

• You cannot use the DV IN jack when:

– your digital video camera does not work with this

recorder. Connect the camera to the LINE IN jack

and follow the instructions of “Recording from

connected equipment without a timer” on page 59.

– the input signal is not in DVC-SD format. Do not

connect a MICRO MV format digital video camera

even if it has an i.LINK jack.

Before DV Dubbing

This section explains dubbing with a digital video

camera via the DV IN jack on the front panel. If

you want to dub by way of the LINE IN jacks, see

“Recording from connected equipment without a

timer” on page 59.

– the images on the tape contain copy protection

signals, which limit recording.

• If you want to play the disc on other DVD equipment,

finalise the disc (page 39).

To record from the DV IN jack

The DV IN jack on this recorder conforms to the

i.LINK standard. You can connect any other

equipment that has an i.LINK (DV) jack, and

record digital signals.

Hookups

DVD recorder

Follow the instructions in “Preparing for DV

dubbing,” and then move on to the section on

dubbing. For more information about i.LINK, see

“About i.LINK” on page 112.

to DV IN

z Hint

If you plan to do additional editing on a disc after the

initial dub, use the DV IN jack and record on a DVD-RW

(VR mode) or HDD.

i.LINK cable (not supplied)

Preparing for DV dubbing

DV output

You can connect a digital video camera to the DV

IN jack on the recorder to record or edit from a

DV/Digital 8 format tape. Operation is

Digital video camera

straightforward because the recorder will fast

forward and rewind the tape for you – you do not

need to operate your digital video camera. Do the

following to start using the “DV Edit” functions of

this recorder.

: Signal flow

See the instruction manual supplied with the

digital video camera as well before connecting.

1 Press HDD or DVD to select the recording

destination.

If you select DVD, insert a disc (see “Inserting

a Disc” on page 29).

2 Insert the source DV/Digital 8 format tape

into your digital video camera.

For the recorder to record or edit, your digital

video camera must be set to video playback

mode.

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b Notes

3 Press INPUT SELECT on the remote

repeatedly to select “DV.”

The front panel display changes as follows:

Programme

• You cannot connect more than one piece of digital

video equipment to the recorder.

• You cannot control the recorder using another device

or another recorder of the same model.

• You cannot record date, time, or the contents of the

cassette memory onto the disc.

position

• If you record from a DV/Digital 8 format tape that is

recorded in multiple sound tracks, such as a tape with

multiple sampling frequencies (48 kHz, 44.1 kHz, or

32 kHz), no sound or an unnatural sound will be output

when playing back the sampling frequency switch

point on the disc.

• In order to use this recorder’s “Auto Chapter” setting

(page 86), be sure to correctly set the clock on your

digital video camera before shooting.

4 Press REC MODE on the remote repeatedly

to select the recording mode.

The recording mode changes as follows:

LSP

HSP

SEP

SLP

For details about the recording mode, see

page 48.

• The recorded picture may be momentarily affected if

the picture size of the source image changes, or if there

is nothing recorded on the tape.

5 Press TOOLS on the remote to select “DV

Audio Input,” and press ENTER. Then,

select the setting for the audio input.

“Stereo1” (default): Records original sound

only. Normally select this when dubbing a DV

format tape.

“Mix”: Records both stereo 1 and 2.

“Stereo2”: Records additional audio only.

Select “Mix” or “Stereo2” only if you have

added a second audio channel when recording

with your digital video camera.

You are ready to start dubbing. Select one of

the dubbing methods on the following pages.

z Hints

• You can turn off the recorder during dubbing. The

recorder completes dubbing even after being turned

off.

• You can adjust the settings for the recording picture

before recording. See “Adjusting the recording picture

quality and size” on page 53.

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Recording an Entire DV

Format Tape (One Touch

Dubbing)

Program Edit

RWVR RWVideo

HDD

You can select scenes from a DV/Digital 8 format

tape, and then automatically record selected

scenes to the HDD or a DVD.

RWVR RWVideo

HDD

You can record the entire contents of a DV/

Digital 8 format tape onto a disc with a single

press of the ONE-TOUCH DUB button on the

recorder. The recorder controls the digital video

camera for the whole process, and completes the

recording.

To use this function, you will do the following:

Connect your digital video camera and

prepare for recording

Select and edit the scenes you want to dub

How chapters are created

Using the recorder’s remote control, fast forward

or rewind the tape to select the scenes. At this

point, the selected scenes are not copied to the

disc. The recorder only remembers the IN and

OUT points of the scenes that you selected for

dubbing. You can also reset, erase, or change the

order of the scenes.

The contents dubbed to the HDD or DVD become

a single title. When “Auto Chapter” of “Features”

setup is set to “On,” this title is divided into

chapters. When dubbing to the HDD or a DVD-

RW (VR mode), each shooting session on the tape

becomes a chapter on the disc. For other discs, the

recorder divides the title into chapters at

approximately 6-minute intervals.

Dub the selected scenes

Follow steps 1 to 5 of “Preparing for DV

dubbing” on page 84, and press ONE-TOUCH

DUB on the recorder.

The recorder rewinds the tape and then starts

recording the tape contents.

After you have selected the scenes, the recorder

will fast forward and rewind the tape

automatically and record the scenes to the HDD or

a DVD.

When the recording is finished, the recorder

rewinds the tape in the digital video camera.

How chapters are created

The contents dubbed to the HDD or DVD become

a single title. When “Auto Chapter” of “Features”

setup is set to “On,” this title is divided into

chapters. When dubbing to the HDD or a DVD-

RW (VR mode), each shooting session on the tape

becomes a chapter on the disc. For other discs, the

recorder divides the title into chapters at

approximately 6-minute intervals.

To stop during recording

Open the remote’s cover and press x REC STOP.

Note that it may take a few seconds for the

recorder to stop recording.

z Hints

• If you set “Finalise Disc” of “One Touch Dubbing” to

“Auto” in “Features” setup (page 100), the recorded

disc (except DVD-RW (VR mode)) will automatically

be finalised after recording is finished.

• You can play back a previously recorded title on the

HDD while One Touch Dubbing is in progress.

1 Follow steps 1 to 5 of “Preparing for DV

dubbing” on page 84, and press SYSTEM

MENU.

b Notes

• When a blank space between the recordings on the tape

continues for more than five minutes, One Touch

Dubbing ends automatically.

• The recorder records a blank for five minutes before it

stops dubbing. To stop the blank recording, press

x REC STOP.

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2 Select “DV EDIT,” and press ENTER.

The display asks if you want to start selecting

scenes.

6 Select “OK,” and press ENTER.

A new Scene List menu appears with the

selected scene.

To add a scene, select “Add.”

Scenes Selection

Do you want to select a scene?

Total 0:00:22

Scenes 1

DV EDIT

SCENE LIST

Start

Cancel

0:00:30-0:00:52

0H00M22S

• If you have previously saved a programme,

the display asks if you want to edit an

existing programme or to create a new

programme. To resume editing the existing

programme, select “Saved Data,” and go to

step 6.

Quit

Add

A Thumbnail picture

B Time information

3 Select “Start,” and press ENTER.

The display for setting the IN point (start of

the scene) appears.

C Total duration of the program

D Total number of scenes

The scene starts to play in the background.

7 When you finish adding scenes, select the

scene you want to edit, and press ENTER.

The sub-menu appears.

Select scene(Set IN point)

“Move”: Changes the scene order. Follow the

explanations on the screen to change the order

by pressing M/m and ENTER.

Controlling...

“Erase”: Erases the scene. When asked for

confirmation, select “OK.”

“Preview”: Plays the selected scene.

“Change IN”: Changes the start of the scene.

Repeat from step 4.

“Change OUT”: Changes the end of the scene.

Repeat from step 5.

4 Select the IN point by pressing m/M,

and press ENTER.

The display for setting the OUT point (end of

the scene) appears. The scene starts to play in

the background from the IN point.

8 When you finish editing the Scene List,

5 Select the OUT point by pressing m/M,

select “OK,” and press ENTER.

and press ENTER.

The display for entering the title name

appears. To enter a new name, select “Enter,”

and follow the explanations on page 36.

The display asks if you want to add the

selected scene to the Scene List menu.

To preview the scene, select “Preview.”

To reset either the IN or OUT point, select

“Change IN” or “Change OUT,” and repeat

from step 4.

Title Name

Enter the title name.

Scenes Selection

DV 11.10.03 13:30 - 12.11.03 16:46

Do you want to capture the scene

between IN 0:00:30 and OUT 0:00:52?

Enter

Cancel

Preview

Change IN

Change OUT

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9 Select “OK,” and press ENTER.

The default title name is fixed, and the display

asks if you want to start recording.

To change the disc media, select “Media” and

press M/m. To change the dubbing mode,

select “Dub Mode” and press M/m.

DV Dubbing

2.6GB

Change the dubbing mode if necessary.

Select "Start" to start dubbing.

Media

DVD

Dub Mode

SP 0.8GB

Start

Cancel

Data capacity required for the dubbing.

10 Select “Start,” and press ENTER.

The recorder starts recording the tape contents

as programmed.

• If the recording does not fit due to the

dubbing mode you selected, the display asks

if you want to continue.

To change the dubbing mode, select “Reset”

and repeat from step 9.

To have the recorder adjust the dubbing

mode, select “Auto Dub Mode.”

• If there is not enough disc space even after

changing the dubbing mode, the display

asks if you want to record halfway.

To continue, select “OK.”

To stop during recording

Open the remote’s cover and press x REC STOP.

Note that it may take a few seconds for the

recorder to stop recording.

b Notes

• Contents recorded to the HDD or a DVD may not be

recorded as programmed if the tape’s time code is not

sequential or there are blanks between the recordings

on the tape. In this case, see “Recording from

connected equipment without a timer” on page 59.

• The start and end points of a programme may be

different from what you have set if the source DV/

Digital 8 format tape is in any of the following

conditions:

– Recording mode was changed during the recording.

– There is a blank space in the recorded portion of the

tape.

• If you set the beginning of the tape as the IN point and

the end point as the OUT point, the IN and OUT points

may move slightly during dubbing.

• You cannot set a scene to be shorter than one second.

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Press M/m to set the day, and press ,.

Set the month, year, hour, and minutes in

sequence. Press </, to select the item to be

set, then press M/m to set the numbers. The

day of the week is set automatically.

Settings and Adjustments

Clock and Language

Settings (Settings)

To change the numbers, press < to return to

the item to be changed, and press M/m.

The “Settings” setup helps you to make clock and

language settings for the recorder.

Press ENTER to start the clock.

Press the O button to come back to the

Settings display.

1 Press SYSTEM MENU while the recorder is

in stop mode.

Language

2 Select “SETUP,” and press ENTER.

DVD Menu (DVD VIDEO only)

Switches the language for the DVD menu.

3 Select “Settings,” and press ENTER.

The Settings display appears with the

following options.

Audio

Switches the language of the sound track.

When you select “Original,” the language given

priority in the disc (DVD VIDEO only) or

broadcasted by a digital channel is selected.

SETUP

Settings

DTV Settings

Video

Clock

Language

Audio

Features

Password

Options

Subtitle

Switches the language of the subtitles recorded on

the disc (DVD VIDEO only) or broadcasted by a

digital channel (when available).

Easy Setup

When you select “Audio Follow,” the subtitle

language changes according to the language you

selected for the sound track.

Clock

Normally the clock is set automatically thanks to

the time and date information broadcasted by the

local network package.

If the recorder does not receive a time signal from

any service, you may set the clock manually.

Therefore, please proceed as follows.

z Hint

If you select “Others” in “DVD Menu,” “Subtitle,” or

“Audio,” select and enter a language code from

“Language Code List” on page 119 using the number

buttons.

◆To set the clock manually

b Note

If you select a language in “DVD Menu,” “Subtitle,” or

“Audio” that is not recorded on the DVD VIDEO, one of

the recorded languages will be automatically selected.

After step 3 above, select “Clock,” and press

ENTER.

Settings - Clock

Present Time :

Sat 1. 1. 2005 0:00

Select “Present Time,” and press ENTER.

Clock - Present Time

Set the time and date manually.

2005 0:00

Sat 1

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• If you have not yet registered a password,

the display for registering a new password

appears.

Digital TV settings

(DTV Settings)

DTV Settings - Parental Lock

Enter a new password.

The DTV Settings Setup enables you to take full

advantage of Digital TV Broadcasting services

such as favourites channels setting or to prevent

children’s viewing unsuitable channels and

programmes.

Cancel

Enter your four-digit password using the M/m

buttons or the number buttons, then select

“OK” and press ENTER.

1 Press SYSTEM MENU while the recorder is

in stop mode.

2 Select “SETUP,” and press ENTER.

The Parental Lock menu appears

3 Select “DTV Settings,” and press ENTER.

The DTV Settings Setup Display appears with

the following options.

DTV Settings - Parental Lock

Lock Channels

Set Age Limit

SETUP

b Note

Settings

DTV Settings

Video

Favourites

Parental Lock

Tuning

If you forget your password, you will have to reset it by

selecting “Password” under “Factory Setup” in Options

Setup (page 102).

Audio

Technical information

Features

Password

Options

Easy Setup

◆To lock channels

Once the Parental Lock menu displayed,

select “Lock Channels,” and press ENTER.

Favourites

The DTV Settings- Lock Channels display

appears.

The Favourite Display allows you to store and

organize your favourite channels into one of four

TV or four Radio lists.

Please refer to page 45 for detailed Favourites

Channels settings.

Lock Channels

Programme

001

Service

DDE News

AAC

002

003

NCE 5

004

Channel J

Digital Teletext

005

Parental Lock

Page Up

Page Down

Show Locked

The Parental Lock Display enables you to lock

certain channels you consider unsuitable and to set

an age limit so that any programme classed above

that age by the broadcaster is restricted.

This display shows all the TV channels

available to you.

Press the M/m buttons or enter a channel

number to highlight a channel you want to

lock, then press the ENTER button.

After step 3 above, select “Parental Lock,”

and press ENTER.

A locked channel is identified by the icon

next to the programme number

• When you have already registered a

password, the display for entering the

password appears.

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Lock Channels

Tuning

Programme

001

Service

DDE News

AAC

002

The Tuning Display allows you to tune your

recorder automatically or to hide unused or

unwanted programmes and also change the order

of the programmes on display. During these

procedures you may be requested to enter your

password. Refer to page 90 for information.

003

NCE 5

004

Channel J

Digital Teletext

005

Page Up

Page Down

Show Locked

If you do not wish to lock one of the five

channels in the display, press the RED or

GREEN button to view the previous or next

five channels available.

Follow steps 1 to 3 of “Digital TV settings

(DTV Settings)” on page 90, then select

“Tuning,” and press ENTER.

Press the O button to come back to the

Parental Lock menu.

The DTV Settings - Tuning menu appears.

Tuning

◆To unlock channels

Auto Tune

Programme Hide

Programme Sort

In Step 2 above press the M/m buttons to

highlight the channel you want to unlock, then

press ENTER: the icon next to the

programme number disappears.

Press the O button to come back to the

Parental Lock menu.

Auto Tune

This option enables you to capture and store

automatically all available channels.

z Hints

Press the BLUE button to view the list showing only

the locked channels.

• Press the BLUE button once again when you wish to

return to the previous channel list display.

•

Once the DTV Settings - Tuning menu

displayed, select “Auto Tune,” and press

ENTER.

The Auto Tune Start Display appears.

• Press

while the Lock Channels display is

turned on to change to the previous/next page.

Auto Tune

Do you want to start auto tuning ?

◆ To set the Age Limit

Yes

Once the Parental Lock menu displayed,

select “Set Age Limit,” and press ENTER.

Set Age Limit

Select “Yes” in the menu option and press

ENTER.

An event will be locked when it is rated as

The Auto Tune display appears showing a

tuning progress bar and the number of

channels found.

unsuitable for children below the following age:

Age:

Auto Tune

Press the M/m buttons to set the desired age

limit and press ENTER.

Number of channels found:

b Notes

Searching ...

• To operate correctly, this feature relies on the

broadcaster sending the correct age classification for

each programme.

• If you select the Parental Lock channel activated, “This

channel has been locked” appears on the gray screen

and it is recorded.

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When Auto Tune has ended, a completion

display appears indicating the number of TV

and Radio channels that have been found and

stored.

GREEN button to view the previous or next

five channels available.

Once you have hidden the unwanted channels

as desired, press the ^Obutton repeatedly to

return to the main menu.

Auto Tune

Number of channels found:

Number of TV Channels:

Number of Radio Channels:

◆Restoration of hidden programmes

Hidden channels are identified by an icon next

to the programme number.

Tuning has sucessfully completed

In Step 3 above press the M/m buttons to highlight

the channel you want to restore, then press

ENTER: the icon next to the programme

number disappears.

Press the ENTER button to remove the

display and view the first channel captured.

z Hints

•

Press the BLUE button to view the list showing only

the hidden channels.

Programme Hide

This option allows you to hide (disable) unused or

unwanted channels.

• Press the BLUE button once again when you wish to

return to the standard programme hide display.

The hidden programmes will be skipped when you

press PROG +/– and will not appear in the EPG

applications.

Programme Sort

This option allows you to change the channel

order in the on-screen programme list.

Once the DTV Settings - Tuning menu

displayed, select “Programme Hide,” and

press ENTER.

The DTV Settings- Programme Hide display

appears showing all the TV or Radio channels

available to you.

Once the DTV Settings - Tuning menu

displayed, select “Programme Sort,” and

press ENTER.

The Programme Sort Display appears

showing the list of all tuned channels.

Programme Hide

Programme Sort

Programme

001

Service

DDE News

AAC

Programme

001

Service

002

DDE News

AAC

003

NCE 5

002

004

Channel J

Digital Teletext

003

NCE 5

005

004

Channel J

Digital Teletext

Page Up

Page Down

Show Hidden

005

Page Up

Page Down

Press the TV/RADIO button to display either

the TV or Radio channels.

The Radio mode is indicated by the presence

Press the M/m buttons or enter a programme

number to highlight the channel you wish to

move, then press the ENTER button.

A tick icon appears next to the selected

programme number and a Swap option

appears in the display.

of a Radio icon

in the display.

Press the M/m buttons or enter a channel

number to highlight a channel you want to

hide, then press the ENTER button.

Programme Sort

Programme Hide

Programme

001

Service

Programme

001

Service

DDE News

AAC

DDE News

AAC

002

003

NCE 5

003

NCE 5

004

Channel J

Digital Teletext

004

Channel J

Digital Teletext

005

Page Up

Page Down

Show Hidden

Page Up

Page Down

Swap

If you do not wish to choose from one of the

five channels in the display, press the RED or

If you do not wish to choose from one of the

five channels in the display, press the RED or

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GREEN button to view the previous or next

five channels available.

Signal Strength

This information screen shows the signal strength

of the broadcast you are watching.

Press the M/m buttons to highlight the

programme number you wish your selected

channel to appear on.

Select “Signal Strength,” in the DTV Settings

- Technical Information display and press

ENTER.

Programme Sort

The Signal Strength display appears with the

selected channel on view in the background.

Programme

001

Service

DDE News

AAC

002

Signal Strength

003

NCE 5

004

Channel J

Digital Teletext

Signal Strength

Signal Quality

Good

005

Average

Page Up

Page Down

Swap

The Signal Strength display coloured bars

correspondences are as follows:

Press the BLUE button to swap channel

position. Your selected channel appears on the

programme number selected in step 3.

Good:

(Green)

Average:

(Yellow)

Poor:

(Red)

Repeat this procedure to move other channels.

Once you have moved all channels as desired,

press the ^Obutton repeatedly to return to the

main menu.

Press the PROG +/– buttons to check the

signal strength of the other tuned channels.

After viewing the information displayed,

press the ^Obutton to come back to the

Technical Information menu.

Technical Information

Follow steps 1 to 3 of “Digital TV settings

(DTV Settings)” on page 90, then select

“Technical Information,” and press ENTER.

The DTV Settings - Technical Information

menu appears.

Digital Software Upgrade

Periodically Sony will issue upgrades for the

software that was initially installed in your

recorder. These upgrades will automatically be

received and enabled. If desired, you can disable

this option as follows:

Technical Information

Manufacturer Information

Signal Strength

Select “Digital Software Upgrade,” in the

DTV Settings - Technical Information display

and press ENTER.

Digital Software Upgrade :

The Digital Software Upgrade menu option

appears

Manufacturer Information

This information screen shows you the current

version of software installed in your recorder.

Technical Information

Manufacturer Information

Signal Strength

Once the DTV Settings - Technical

Information displayed, select “Manufacturer

Information,” and press ENTER.

Digital Software Upgrade :

Off

After viewing the information displayed,

press the ^Obutton to come back to the

Technical Information menu.

Press the M/m buttons to highlight “Off,” and

press ENTER.

b Notes

• Sony recommend that you always leave this option set

to “On”.

• To receive the upgrade, the unit must be powered on

and watching a BBC channel. It will take up 30 minutes

to upgrade the unit. The new software will be available

once the unit has been placed into standby, and then

back to normal operating mode.

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Video Settings (Video)

Video settings will adjust items related to the

image, such as size and colour.

Choose the settings according to the type of TV or

tuner connected to the DVD recorder.

4:3 Letter Box

4:3 Pan Scan

1 Press SYSTEM MENU while the recorder is

in stop mode.

2 Select “SETUP,” and press ENTER.

3 Select “Video,” and press ENTER.

The “Video” setup appears with the following

options. The default settings are underlined.

b Note

Depending on the disc, “4:3 Letter Box” may be selected

automatically instead of “4:3 Pan Scan” or vice versa.

SETUP

HDMI Resolution (RDR-HXD910 only)

Selects the type of video signals output from the

HDMI OUT jack. When you select “Auto”

(default), the recorder outputs video signals of the

highest resolution acceptable for your TV. If the

picture is not clear, natural or to your satisfaction,

try another option that suits the disc and your TV/

projector, etc. For details, refer also to the

instruction manual supplied with the TV/

projector, etc.

Settings

DTV Settings

Video

TV Type :

16 : 9

Auto

Full

HDMI Resolution :

Pause Mode :

4:3 Output :

Audio

Features

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Options

Component Out :

Progressive Mode :

Scart Setting

Off

Auto

Easy Setup

Line4 Input :

Video

TV Type

Sets the picture size when playing back a title

recorded from 16:9 size video (page 53) or a 16:9

size commercial DVD video.

Auto

Normally, select this.

Select the playback picture size according to the

type of connected TV (wide-screen/wide mode

TV or conventional 4:3 screen TV).

1920x1080i

1280x720p

Sends 1920x1080i video signals.

Sends 1280x720p video signals.

720x480/

576p

Sends 720x480/576p video

signals.

16:9

Select this when connecting to a

wide-screen TV or TV with a wide

mode function.

b Note

4:3 Letter

Box

Select this when connecting to a

4:3 screen TV. Displays a wide

picture with bands on the upper

and lower portions of the screen.

Even when a setting other than “Auto” is selected and the

connected TV cannot accept the resolution, the recorder

automatically adjusts the video signals that are suitable

for the TV.

4:3 Pan

Scan

Select this when connecting to a

4:3 screen TV. Automatically

displays a wide picture on the

entire screen and cuts off the

portions that do not fit.

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Pause Mode (HDD/DVDs only)

Progressive Mode

Selects the picture quality in pause mode.

DVD software can be divided into two types: film

based software and video based software. Video

based software is derived from TV, such as

dramas and sit-coms, and displays images at 30

frames/60 fields (25 frames/50 fields) per second.

Film based software is derived from film and

displays images at 24 frames per second. Some

DVD software contains both Video and Film.

In order for these images to appear natural on your

screen when output in PROGRESSIVE mode (50

or 60 frames per second), the progressive video

signal needs to be converted to match the type of

DVD software that you are watching.

You can fine-tune the progressive 525p/625p

video signal that is output when you press

PROGRESSIVE (“PROGRESSIVE” lights up).

Note that you must connect to a progressive

format TV using the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT

jacks (page 16).

Auto

The picture, including subjects

that move dynamically, is output

with no jitter. Normally select this

position.

Frame

The picture, including subjects

that do not move dynamically, is

output in high resolution.

4:3 Output (RDR-HXD910 only)

This setting is effective only when you set “TV

Type” in “Video” to “16:9.”

Note that this setting is effective only for HDMI

connection.

Full

Select this when you can change

the aspect ratio on your TV.

Normal

Select this when you cannot

change the aspect ratio on your

TV. Shows a 16:9 aspect ratio

signal with black bands on left and

right sides of the image.

Auto

Automatically detects thesoftware

type (Film-based or Video-based)

and selects the appropriate

conversion mode. Normally select

this position.

Video

Fixes the conversion mode to the

mode for Video-based software.

Scart Setting

16:9 aspect ratio TV

Sets the method of inputting/outputting signals

from the SCART jacks on the rear panel of the

recorder. Select an option for each of the items

below according to the combination of jacks and

methods that you are going to use.

Component Out

Selects whether or not to output video signals

from the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks.

◆Line1 Output

Selects a method of outputting video signals for

the LINE 1 – TV jack.

Outputs the component video

signals. Select this when you want

to view progressive signals.

Off

Outputs no signals.

RGB

Outputs RGB signals.

Outputs video signals.

Outputs S-video signals.

Video

S Video

b Notes

• When you set “Line1 Output” to “RGB,” you cannot

set “Component Out” to “On.”

• When you connect the recorder to a monitor or

projector via only the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT

jacks, do not select “Off.” If you select “Off” in this

case, the picture may not appear.

b Notes

• If your TV does not accept S-video or RGB signals, no

picture appears on the TV screen even if you select “S

Video” or “RGB.” See the instructions supplied with

your TV.

• You cannot select “RGB” when “Component Out”

above is set to “On.”

• SMARTLINK is available only when “Video” is

selected.

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◆Line3 Input

Selects a method of inputting video signals for the

LINE 3 jack. The picture will not be clear if this

setting does not match the type of video input

signal.

Audio Settings (Audio)

The “Audio” setup allows you to adjust the sound

according to the playback and connection

conditions.

Video/

RGB

Inputs video signals or RGB

signals.

1 Press SYSTEM MENU while the recorder is

in stop mode.

S Video

Inputs S-video signals.

◆ Line3 Output

Selects a method of outputting video signals for

the LINE 3 jack.

2 Select “SETUP,” and press ENTER.

3 Select “Audio,” and press ENTER.

The “Audio” setup appears with the following

options. The default settings are underlined.

Video

Outputs video signals.

Outputs S-video signals.

S Video

SETUP

Audio ATT :

Off

Settings

DTV Settings

Video

Audio DRC :

Downmix :

Standard

Dolby Surround

Line4 Input

Audio Connection

Audio

Selects a method of inputting video signals for the

LINE 4 IN jack on the rear panel of the recorder.

Features

Password

Options

Easy Setup

Video

Inputs video signals.

S Video

Inputs S-video signals.

Audio ATT (attenuation)

If the playback sound is distorted, set this item to

“On.” The recorder reduces the audio output level.

This function affects the output of the following

jacks:

– LINE 2 OUT R-AUDIO-L jacks

– LINE 1 – TV jack

– LINE 3 jack

Select this when the playback

sound from the speakers is

distorted.

Off

Normally select this position.

Audio DRC (Dynamic Range Control) (DVDs

only)

Makes the sound clear when the volume is turned

down when playing a DVD that conforms to

“Audio DRC.” This affects the output from the

following jacks:

– LINE 2 OUT R-AUDIO-L jacks

– LINE 1 – TV jack

– LINE 3 jack

– DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL or COAXIAL)/

HDMI OUT (RDR-HXD910 only) jack only

when “Dolby Digital” is set to “D-PCM”

(page 97).

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Audio - Audio Connection

Digital Out :

Dolby Digital :

Standard

TV Mode

Normally select this position.

D-PCM

PCM

MPEG :

DTS :

Off

Makes low sounds clear even if

you turn the volume down.

48kHz/96kHz PCM :

Audio(HDMI) :

48kHz/16bit

Auto

Wide

Range

Gives you the feeling of being at a

live performance.

Select “Digital Out,” and press ENTER.

Off

Normally select this position.

Downmix (DVDs only)

Switches the method for mixing down to two

channels when you play a DVD which has rear

sound elements (channels) or is recorded in Dolby

Digital format. For details on the rear signal

components, see “4. Displaying the Playing Time

and Play Information” on page 34. This function

affects the output of the following jacks:

– LINE 2 OUT R-AUDIO-L jacks

The influence of the digital circuit

upon the analogue circuit is

minimal.

Select “On,” and press ENTER.

Set the digital output signal.

• Dolby Digital (HDD/DVDs only)

Selects the type of Dolby Digital signal.

– LINE 1 – TV jack

– LINE 3 jack

D-PCM

Select this when the recorder is

connected to an audio component

lacking a built-in Dolby Digital

decoder. The surround effects of

output signals are determined by

the “Downmix” setting item in

“Audio” setup.

– DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL or COAXIAL)/

HDMI OUT (RDR-HXD910 only) jack when

“Dolby Digital” is set to “D-PCM” (page 97).

Dolby

Surround

Normally select this position.

Multi-channel audio signals are

output to two channels for

enjoying surround sounds.

Dolby

Digital

Select this when the recorder is

connected to an audio component

with a built-in Dolby Digital

decoder.

Normal

Multi-channel audio signals are

downmixed to two channels for

use with your stereo.

b Note

Audio Connection

If the HDMI OUT jack (RDR-HXD910 only) is

connected to equipment not compatible with DOLBY

DIGITAL signals, the “D-PCM” signals will be

automatically output even when you select “Dolby

Digital.”

The following setup items switch the method of

outputting audio signals when you connect a

component such as an amplifier (receiver) with a

digital input jack.

For connection details, see “Step 4: Connecting

the Audio Cords” on page 20.

Select “Dolby Digital,” “MPEG,” “DTS,”

“48kHz/96kHz PCM,” and “Audio(HDMI)”

(RDR-HXD910 only) after setting “Digital Out”

to “On.”

• MPEG (DVD VIDEO only)

Selects the type of MPEG audio signal.

PCM

Select this when the recorder is

connected to an audio component

without a built-in MPEG decoder.

If you play MPEG audio sound

tracks, the recorder outputs stereo

signals via the DIGITAL OUT

(COAXIAL or OPTICAL) jack.

If you connect a component that does not accept

the selected audio signal, a loud noise (or no

sound) will come out from the speakers, and may

affect your ears or cause speaker damage.

MPEG

Select this when the recorder is

connected to an audio component

with a built-in MPEG decoder.

Select “Audio Connection” in “Audio,” and

press ENTER.

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b Note

• Audio (HDMI) (RDR-HXD910 only)

Selects the type of audio signal output from the

HDMI OUT jack.

If the HDMI OUT jack (RDR-HXD910 only) is

connected to equipment not compatible with MPEG

audio signals, the “PCM” signals will be automatically

output even when you select “MPEG.”

AUTO

Normally, select this position.

Outputs the optimum audio signal

that can be received by the TV

based on the “Digital Out” settings

(page 97).

• DTS (DVD VIDEO only)

Selects whether or not to output DTS signals.

Select this when the recorder is

connected to an audio component

with a built-in DTS decoder.

PCM

Converts Dolby Digital or 96 kHz

PCM signals to 48kHz/16 bit

PCM.

Off

Select this when the recorder is

connected to an audio component

without a built-in DTS decoder.

b Notes

• A loud noise (or no sound) will be output if you connect

the recorder to a TV that is not compatible with

DOLBY DIGITAL/DTS signals and “Auto” is

selected. In this case, select “PCM.”

b Note

When HDMI output (RDR-HXD910 only) is performed

to equipment not compatible with DTS signals, the

signals will not be output regardless of the “DTS” setting.

• Set “Digital Out” to “On” when outputting compressed

audio signals to an HDMI compatible TV.

• 48kHz/96kHz PCM (DVD VIDEO only)

Selects the sampling frequency of the audio

signal.

48kHz/

16bit

The DVD video audio signal is

converted to 48kHz/16bit and

output.

96kHz/

24bit

All signals containing 96kHz/

24bit are output without

conversion. However, the signals

are output at 48kHz/16bit if

contained.

b Notes

• “48kHz/96kHz PCM” setting has no effect when audio

signals are output from the LINE 2 OUT (R-AUDIO-

L) jacks. If the sampling frequency is 96kHz, signals

are simply converted to 96kHz analog signals and

output.

• When you use the DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL or

OPTICAL) jack to listen to MPEG audio signals and

set “MPEG” to “MPEG” in “Audio” setup, no sound

will come from your speakers if you select one of the

Surround TVS modes.

• If the HDMI OUT jack (RDR-HXD910 only) is

connected to equipment not compatible with 96 kHz

signals, 48kHz PCM will be automatically output even

when you select “96kHz/24bit.”

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b Notes

• The actual chapter mark interval may vary depending

on the amount of information contained in the video to

be recorded.

• Chapter marks are automatically inserted where the

recordings start on the tape when “Auto Chapter” is set

to “On” during DV dubbing to the HDD or a DVD-RW

(VR mode).

Recording and Parental

Control Settings (Features)

The “Features” setup allows you to adjust

recording and parental control settings.

Parental Control (DVD VIDEO only)

Playback of some DVD VIDEOs can be limited

according to a predetermined level, such as the age

of the users. Scenes may be blocked or replaced

with different scenes.

1 Press SYSTEM MENU while the recorder is

in stop mode.

2 Select “SETUP,” and press ENTER.

3 Select “Features,” and press ENTER.

The “Features” setup appears with the

following options. The default settings are

underlined.

Select “Parental Control” in “Features,” and

press ENTER.

• If you have not entered a password, the

display for registering a new password

appears.

SETUP

Features - Parental Control

TV Direct Rec :

Auto Chapter :

Parental Control

One Touch Dubbing

Synchro Rec

Settings

DTV Settings

Video

Enter a new password.

Audio

Record to HDD

Features

Password

Options

HQ Setting

PAL

Cancel

Colour System

Screen Saver

Easy Setup

• When you have already registered a

password, the display for entering the

password appears.

TV Direct Rec (HDD/DVD+RW/DVD-RW/

DVD+R/DVD-R only)

Features - Parental Control

Allows you to easily record what

you are watching on the TV using

SMARTLINK.

Enter your password.

Cancel

Off

Turns off the TV Direct Rec

function.

Enter your four-digit password using the

number buttons, then select “OK” and press

ENTER.

Auto Chapter

Selects whether to automatically divide a

recording (a title) into chapters during recording

or dubbing.

Features - Parental Control

Level :

Off

For the HDD or a DVD-RW (VR

mode), the recorder detects

changes in the picture and sound

and automatically inserts chapter

marks.

For other recordable discs, the

recorder inserts chapter marks at

approximately 6-minute intervals.

Standard :

USA

Select “Standard,” and press , or ENTER.

The selection items for “Standard” are

displayed.

Features - Parental Control

Level :

Off

Standard :

USA

Others

Off

No chapter mark is inserted.

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Select a geographic area as the playback

limitation level, and press ENTER.

The area is selected.

• When you select “Others,” press the number

buttons to select and enter an area code in

the table (page 119). Then select “OK” and

press ENTER.

Synchro Rec

Selects the recording destination used for

Synchro-Recording (page 58).

Recordto

HDD

Records to the HDD.

Recordto

DVD

Records to DVDs.

Select “Level,” and press ENTER.

The selection items for “Level” are displayed.

Features - Parental Control

HQ Setting (HDD only)

Selects the HQ mode used for recording on the

HDD (page 48).

Level :

Off

Standard :

HQ+

Records in higher quality

(approximate 15 Mbps).

The lower the value, the stricter the limitation.

Discs rated higher than the selected level will

be restricted.

Records in the standard HQ mode.

Colour System

Selects the colour system when playing VIDEO

CDs (including Super VIDEO CDs).

Select the level, and press ENTER.

The Parental Control setting is complete.

To cancel the Parental Control setting for the

disc, set “Level” to “Off” in step 6.

PAL

Plays a disc in PAL colour system.

NTSC

Plays a disc in NTSC colour

system.

To change the password, you will have to set

it in the Password Setup Display (page 101).

b Notes

Screen Saver

• If you forget your password, you will have to reset it by

selecting “Parental Control” of “Factory Setup” in

“Options” setup (page 102).

The screen saver image appears when you do not

use the recorder for more than 10 minutes while an

on-screen display, such as the System Menu, is

displayed on your TV screen. The screen saver

image helps prevent your display device from

becoming damaged (ghosting).

• When you play discs which do not have the Parental

Control function, playback cannot be limited on this

recorder.

• Depending on the disc, you may be asked to change the

Parental Control level while playing the disc. In this

case, enter your password, then change the level.

Off

Turns on the screen saver function.

Turns off the function.

One Touch Dubbing

Displays the following options for the One Touch

Dub function.

◆Finalise Disc (for all recordable discs except

DVD-RW in VR mode)

Selects whether or not to finalise the disc

automatically following One Touch Dubbing

(page 86).

Auto

Automatically finalises the disc

following One Touch Dubbing.

Manual

Allows you to finalise the disc

manually.

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Parental Control

(Password)

Disc and Remote Control

Settings/Factory Settings

(Options)

This “Password” Setup allow you to set or to

modify the password that gives access to Parental

Control settings.

The “Options” setup allows you to set up other

operational settings.

1 Press SYSTEM MENU while the recorder is

in stop mode.

1 Press SYSTEM MENU while the recorder is

in stop mode.

2 Select “SETUP,” and press ENTER.

3 Select “Password,” and press ENTER.

3 Select “Options,” and press ENTER.

The “Options” setup appears with the

following options. The default settings are

underlined.

The Password Setup Display appears

• If you have not yet set a password, the

display for registering a new password

appears.

SETUP

Settings

DTV Settings

Video

Format DVD-RW :

Dimmer :

Password

Normal

Off

Power Save :

Auto Display :

Command Mode :

Factory Setup

Enter a new password.

Audio

Features

Password

Options

DVD3

Cancel

Easy Setup

• When you have already registered a

password, the display for entering the

password appears.

Format DVD-RW (DVD-RW only)

The recorder automatically starts formatting in

VR mode or Video mode, whichever is selected

below, when a new, unformatted DVD-RW is

inserted.

Password

Enter your password.

Automatically formats the disc in

VR mode.

Cancel

Video

Automatically formats the disc in

Video mode.

If you wish to change your password, first

enter your current password using the number

buttons, then select “OK” and press ENTER.

The display for registering a new password

appears.

Dimmer

Adjusts the lighting of the front panel display.

Normal

Bright lighting.

4 Enter your new four-digit password using

the number buttons, then select “OK” and

press ENTER.

Power

Save

Low lighting. Turns off the

lighting when the power is off.

b Note

When “Power Save” in “Options” setup is set to “On,”

the front panel display is turned off during standby

regardless of this setting.

b Note

If you forget your password, you will have to reset it by

selecting “Parental Control” of “Factory Setup” in

“Options” setup (page 102).

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The display for selecting a group of settings

appears.

Power Save

Selects whether this recorder is in power save

mode when the power is turned off (standby).

Select the group of settings you want to return

to default from “Settings,” “DTV Settings,”

“Video,” “Audio,” “Features,” “Password,”

“Options,” and “All,” and press , or

ENTER.

Sets to power save mode. The

front panel display is off when the

recorder is in standby.

Off

Does not set to power save mode.

Normally, select this.

Select “Start,” and press ENTER.

The selected settings return to their default

settings.

b Notes

Press ENTER when “Finish” appears.

• Power Save mode does not function when a Synchro

Recording is set, even when “Power Save” is set to

“On.”

• The SMARTLINK features are not available when

“Power Save” is set to “On.”

• The

(Electronic Programme Guide) button located

on the front panel is invalid when “Power Save” is set

to “On” and the recorder is turned to off.

Auto Display

Automatically displays

information on the screen when

the recorder is turned on, etc.

Off

Displays information only when

DISPLAY is pressed.

Command Mode

Changes the Command Mode of the recorder if

other DVD equipment is assigned the same

Command Mode. Be sure to match the Command

Mode switch on the remote to the setting made

here. For details, see “If you have a Sony DVD

player or more than one Sony DVD recorder” on

page 24.

DVD1

Select this if the default Command

Mode conflicts with other DVD

equipment.

DVD2

Select this if the default Command

Mode conflicts with other DVD

equipment.

DVD3

The default Command Mode of

the recorder.

Factory Setup

Allows you to select the setup settings by group,

and return them to their default settings. Note that

all of your previous settings will be lost.

Select “Factory Setup” in “Options,” and

press , or ENTER.

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Easy Setup

(Resetting the Recorder)

Select this to run the “Easy Setup” programme.

1 Press SYSTEM MENU while the recorder is

in stop mode.

2 Select “SETUP,” and press ENTER.

3 Select “Easy Setup,” and press ENTER.

SETUP

Settings

DTV Settings

Video

Audio

Features

Password

Options

Easy Setup

4 Press ENTER.

5 Select “Start.”

6 Follow the instructions for “Easy Setup”

(page 25) from step 2.

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Picture noise appears.

, If the picture output signal from your recorder

passes through your VCR to get to your TV, or if

you are connected to a combination TV/VIDEO

player, the copy-protection signal applied to

some DVD programmes could affect picture

quality. If you still experience this problem even

when you connect your recorder directly to your

TV, try connecting your recorder to your TV’s S

VIDEO input.

, You have set the recorder to progressive format

(the PROGRESSIVE indicator lights up) even

though your TV cannot accept the progressive

signal. In this case, press PROGRESSIVE until

the PROGRESSIVE indicator turns off.

, Even if your TV is compatible with progressive

format (525p/625p) signals, the image may be

affected when you set the recorder to progressive

format. In this case, disconnect first the HDMI

cord from the recorder (RDR-HXD910 only) and

press PROGRESSIVE so that the

Additional Information

Troubleshooting

If you experience any of the following difficulties

while using the recorder, use this troubleshooting

guide to help remedy the problem before

requesting repairs. Should any problem persist,

contact the Sony Customer Information Centre on

08705 111 999

(Monday-Friday from 8:30am to 6:00pm)

Power

The power does not turn on.

, Check that the mains lead is connected securely.

PROGRESSIVE indicator turns off and the

recorder is set to normal (interlace) format.

, You are playing a DVD recorded in a colour

system that is different from your TV.

, Noises may appear in the pictures recorded on

the HDD, which is due to the characteristics of

HDD, and is not a malfunction.

, When playing a double-layer DVD, the video

and audio may be momentarily interrupted at the

point where the layers switch.

Tuner

The channel is not found or stored or missed.

, Make sure that your aerial is properly connected

to the recorder.

, Confirm with your dealer that you are in an area

that can receive a digital signal.

, Check your aerial installation.

Picture

There is no picture or the picture noise appears

when connected to the HDMI OUT jack (RDR-

HXD910 only).

, Try the following: 1Turn the recorder off and

on again. 2Turn the connected equipment off

and on again. 3Disconnect and then connect the

HDMI cord again.

, If the HDMI OUT jack is used for video output,

changing the “HDMI Resolution” setting in the

“Video” setup may solve the problem (page 94).

Connect the TV and the recorder using a video

jack other than the HDMI OUT, and switch the

TV’s input to the connected video input so that

you can see the on-screen displays. Change the

“HDMI Resolution” setting in the “Video” setup,

and switch the TV’s input back to HDMI. If the

picture still does not appear, repeat the steps and

try other options.

There is no picture.

, Re-connect all connecting cords securely.

, The connecting cords are damaged.

, Check the connection to your TV (page 15).

, Switch the input selector on your TV (such as to

“VCR”) so that the signal from the recorder

appears on the TV screen.

, Check that “Scart Setting” in “Video” setup is set

to the appropriate item that conforms to your

system (page 95).

, If you connect the recorder to your TV via only

the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks, set

“Component Out” in “Video” setup to “On”

(page 95).

, This recorder cannot record NTSC signals.

, A scrambled channel is selected.

, When playing a double-layer DVD, the video

and audio may be momentarily interrupted at the

point where the layers switch.

, The recorder is connected to an input device that

is not HDCP compliant (page 16).

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TV programme reception does not fill the

screen.

, Select the correct source using the INPUT

SELECT button, or select a channel of any TV

programme using the PROG +/– buttons.

The playback picture or TV programme from

the equipment connected through the recorder

is distorted.

, If the playback picture output from a DVD

player, VCR, or tuner goes through your recorder

before reaching your TV, the copy-protection

signal applied to some programmes could affect

picture quality. Disconnect the playback

equipment in question and connect it directly to

your TV.

Picture break up

, Signal strength low.

, Check aerial installation.

TV programme pictures are distorted.

, Reorient or upgrade the TV aerial.

, Adjust the picture (see the TV’s instruction

manual).

The picture does not fill the screen.

, Set “TV Type” in “Video” setup in accordance

with the screen size of your TV (page 94).

, Place the recorder and TV farther apart.

, Place the TV and any bunched aerial cables

farther apart.

, The RF cable is connected to the AERIAL OUT

jack on the recorder. Connect the cable to the

AERIAL IN jack.

The picture does not fill the screen, even

though the picture size is set in “TV Type” in

“Video” setup.

, The picture size of the title is fixed.

The picture is black and white.

TV channels cannot be changed.

, The channel is hidden (page 92).

, A timer recording started, which changed the

channels.

, Check that “Line1 Output” of “Scart Setting” in

“Video” setup is set to the appropriate item that

conforms to your system (page 95).

, If you are using a SCART cord, be sure to use

one that is fully wired (21 pins).

, The Parental Lock is activated (page 90).

The picture from equipment connected to the

recorder’s input jack does not appear on the

screen.

Sound

There is no sound.

, If the equipment is connected to the LINE 1 – TV

jack, select “L1” in the front panel display by

pressing PROG +/– or INPUT SELECT.

If the equipment is connected to the LINE 2 IN

jacks, select “L2” in the front panel display by

pressing PROG +/– or INPUT SELECT.

If the equipment is connected to the LINE 4 IN

jacks, select “L4” in the front panel display by

pressing PROG +/– or INPUT SELECT.

If the equipment is connected to the LINE 3 jack,

select “L3” in the front panel display by pressing

PROG +/– or INPUT SELECT.

, Re-connect all connections securely.

, The connecting cord is damaged.

, The input source setting on the amplifier or the

connection to the amplifier is incorrect.

, The recorder is in reverse play, fast-forward,

slow motion, or pause mode.

, If the audio signal does not come through the

DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL or COAXIAL)/

HDMI OUT (RDR-HXD910 only) jacks, check

the “Audio Connection” settings in “Audio” setup

(page 97).

, A scrambled channel is selected.

If the equipment is connected to the DV IN jack,

(this is usually for a digital video camera

connection), select “DV” in the front panel

display by pressing PROG +/– or INPUT

SELECT.

No sound is output from the HDMI OUT jack

(RDR-HXD910 only).

, Try the following: 1Turn the recorder off and

on again. 2Turn the connected equipment off

and on again. 3Disconnect and then connect the

HDMI cord again.

, When an S video cable is connected to the

recorder’s LINE 4 IN jack, set “Line4 Input” in

“Video” setup to “S Video” (page 96).

, The HDMI OUT jack is connected to a DVI

device (DVI jacks do not accept audio signals).

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, The equipment connected to the HDMI OUT

jack does not conform to the audio signal format,

in this case set “Audio(HDMI)” of “Audio

Connection” in “Audio” setup to “PCM”

(page 98).

, Moisture has condensed inside the recorder.

Remove the disc and leave the recorder turned on

for about half an hour until the moisture

evaporates.

, If the disc was recorded on another recorder, the

recorder cannot play the disc if it was not

finalised (page 39).

Sound distortion occurs.

, Set “Audio ATT” in “Audio” setup to “On”

(page 96).

The recorder does not start playback from the

beginning.

, Resume play was activated (page 61).

, You have inserted a DVD whose Title menu or

DVD menu automatically appears on the TV

screen when it is first inserted. Use the menu to

start playback.

Sound is noisy.

, When playing a CD with DTS sound tracks,

noise will come from the LINE 2 OUT R-

AUDIO-L jacks, LINE 1 – TV jack, or LINE 3

jack (page 63).

The recorder starts playing automatically.

, The DVD VIDEO features an auto playback

function.

The sound volume is low.

, The sound volume is low on some DVDs.

The sound volume may improve if you set

“Audio DRC” in “Audio” setup to “TV Mode”

(page 96).

Playback stops automatically.

, If the DVD has an auto pause signal, the recorder

stops playback at the auto pause signal.

, Set “Audio ATT” in “Audio” setup to “Off”

(page 96).

, One of the Surround TVS effects is selected

(page 64).

Some functions such as Stop, Search, or Slow-

motion Play cannot be performed.

, Depending on the DVD, you may not be able to

do some of the operations above. See the

An alternate audio track cannot be recorded.

, When recording from connected equipment, set

“Line Audio Input” in TOOLS menu to

“Bilingual” (page 59).

instruction manual supplied with the disc.

, Any discs other than DVD-RWs (VR mode)

cannot be used for recording both main and sub

sounds.

, If you have connected an AV amplifier to the

DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL or COAXIAL) jacks

and want to change the audio track for a DVD-

RW (VR mode) during playback, set “Dolby

Digital” of “Audio Connection” in “Audio” setup

to “D-PCM” (page 97).

The language for the sound track cannot be

changed.

, Multilingual tracks are not recorded on the DVD

being played.

, The DVD VIDEO prohibits the changing of the

language for the sound track.

, Try changing the language using the DVD

VIDEO’s menu.

The subtitle language cannot be changed or

turned off.

, Multilingual subtitles are not recorded on the

DVD VIDEO.

Sound break up

, Signal strength low.

, Check aerial installation.

, The DVD VIDEO prohibits changing of the

subtitles.

, Try changing the subtitle using the DVD

VIDEO’s menu.

, The subtitles cannot be changed for the titles

recorded on this recorder.

Playback

The recorder does not play any type of disc

(except HDD).

, The disc is upside down. Insert the disc with the

labelled side facing up.

, The disc is not correctly inserted.

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, Other timer setting overlapped the timer setting

(page 57).

, There is no DVD inside the recorder.

, There is not enough disc space for the recording.

, The recorder was in the process of DV Dubbing.

, A scrambled channel is selected.

The angles cannot be changed.

, Multi-angles are not recorded on the DVD

VIDEO being played.

, You are trying to change the angles when “

does not appear on the TV screen (page 62).

, The DVD VIDEO prohibits changing angles.

”

, The Channel activated Parental Lock is selected.

, Try changing the angle using the DVD VIDEO’s

menu.

Recording does not stop immediately after you

press x REC STOP.

, The angles cannot be changed for the titles

recorded on this recorder.

, It will take a few seconds for the recorder to input

disc data before recording can stop.

The MP3 audio tracks do not play.

, The MP3 audio tracks are not recorded in a

format that the recorder can play (page 70).

Recording does not stop after you press x.

Open the remote’s cover and press

REC STOP.

The JPEG image files do not play.

Timer recording is not complete or did not start

from the beginning.

, There was a power failure during recording. If

the power recovers when there is a timer

recording, the recorder resumes recording.

Should the power failure continue for more than

1 hour, reset the clock (page 89).

, The JPEG image files are not recorded in a

format that the recorder can play (page 70).

, Progressive JPEG images cannot be played.

TV Pause does not work.

, You are recording to the HDD or the HDD is full.

, Other timer setting overlapped the timer setting

(page 57).

, Disc space was not enough.

Recording/Timer recording/

Editing

Contents previously recorded were erased.

, Data that has been recorded on a DVD with a PC

will be erased from the disc when the disc is

inserted.

, “Auto Title Erase” in the TOOLS menu (appears

when you press TOOLS while the Timer List

menu is turned on) is set to “On” (page 57).

The programme position cannot be changed

from the programme position you are

recording.

, Set the TV’s input source to “TV.”

Recording does not start immediately after you

press z REC.

The title was updated and recorded over (page 50).

, Operate the recorder only after “LOAD,”

“FORMAT,” or “INFOWRITE” disappears

from the front panel display.

Recording from the equipment

with a timer

Nothing was recorded even though you set the

timer setting correctly.

, There was a power failure during recording.

, The recorder’s internal clock stopped due to a

power failure that lasted for more than 1 hour.

Reset the clock (page 89).

Nothing was recorded even though you set the

Synchro-Rec setting correctly.

You forgot to turn off the connected equipment.

Turn off the connected equipment and set the

recorder to Synchro-Rec standby mode (page 58).

, The channel was hidden after the timer recording

was set. See “Programme Hide” on page 92.

, Disconnect the mains lead from the mains, and

connect it again.

, The programme contains copy protection signals

that restrict copying.

, The recorder was not set to the Synchro-

Recording standby mode. Press SYNCHRO

REC to have the recorder stand by for recording.

Make sure the SYNCHRO REC indicator lights

up on the front panel (page 58).

, The recorder is connected to the TV output jack

of the connected equipment.

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, The remote is not pointed at the remote sensor on

the recorder.

Synchro-Recording does not complete.

, The timer setting for the connected equipment

overlapped the recorder’s timer setting

(page 59).

, Different command modes are set for the

recorder and remote. Set the same command

mode (page 24). The default command mode

setting for this recorder and the supplied remote

is DVD3.

, There was a power failure during the recording.

The recorder automatically starts recording

when the satellite receiver is turned on.

, The Synchro-Rec function was activated. Turn

off the satellite receiver and cancel the Synchro-

Rec function (page 58).

, Set the TV/DVD switch to DVD (page 23).

Other Sony equipment responds to the remote.

, The same command mode is set for both the

equipment and recorder. Set a different

command mode for the recorder (page 24).

Display

Others

The clock has stopped.

, Set the clock again (page 89).

, The clock stopped due to a power failure that

lasted for more than 1 hour. Reset the clock

(page 89).

The recorder does not operate properly.

, Restart the recorder. Press down [/1 on the

recorder for more than ten seconds until

“WELCOME” appears in the front panel display.

, When static electricity, etc., causes the recorder

to operate abnormally, turn off the recorder and

wait until the clock appears in the front panel

display. Then, unplug the recorder and after

leaving it off for a while, plug it in again.

The TIMER REC indicator is flashing.

, The disc does not have enough space.

, Insert a recordable disc inside the recorder.

The recording mode indication is incorrect.

, When the recording or dubbing is less than three

minutes, the recording mode indication may be

displayed incorrectly. The actual recording itself

is correctly made in the selected recording mode.

, After playing titles recorded in SLP and SEP

mode, the recording mode indication may

Five numbers or letters are displayed in the

front panel display.

, The self-diagnosis function was activated (see

the table on page 109).

change depending on the recorded programme.

The disc tray does not open after you press Z

(open/close).

, It may take a few seconds for the disc tray to

open after you have recorded or edited a DVD.

This is because the recorder is adding disc data to

the disc.

The clock does not appear in the front panel

display.

, “Dimmer” in “Options” setup is set to “Power

Save” (page 101).

, The “Power Save” in “Options” setup was set to

“On,” and the recorder is in standby (page 102).

The disc tray does not open and “TRAY

LOCKED” appears in the front panel display.

, Contact your Sony dealer or local authorized

Sony service facility.

Remote control

The remote does not function.

, Batteries are weak.

, The remote is too far from the recorder.

, The remote’s manufacturer code returned to the

default setting when you replaced the batteries.

Reset the code (page 22).

“RECOVERY” appears in the front panel

display.

, The recorder’s recovery function was activated

when the recorder was turned on because the

power was turned off or failed during recording.

Leave the recorder on until “RECOVERY”

disappears from the front panel display.

, Turn on the recorder.

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“HDD ERROR” appears in the front panel

display.

Self-diagnosis Function

(When letters/numbers

appear in the display)

, The hard disk error occurred. Press down @/1 on

the recorder for ten seconds until “WELCOME”

appears in the front panel display. If this does not

resolve the problem, format the recorder’s HDD

by pressing down the HDD button on the

recorder for more than ten seconds until

“FORMAT” appears in the front panel display.

Note that all the contents recorded on the HDD

will be erased. If this does not fix the problem,

contact your nearest Sony dealer.

When the self-diagnosis function is activated to

prevent the recorder from malfunctioning, a five-

character service number (e.g., C 13 00) with a

combination of a letter and four numbers appears

in the front panel display. In this case, check the

following table.

First three

characters of

the service

number

Cause and/or corrective

action

“FAN ERROR” appears in the front panel

display.

, Check that the vent on the rear of the recorder is

not blocked. Then, immediately disconnect the

mains lead. Leave the recorder off for a while,

then re-connect the mains lead, and press [/1 on

the recorder.

C 13

There is a problem in the HDD.

, Contact your nearest Sony

dealer or local authorized

service facility.

The DVD is dirty.

The Parental Lock does not work.

, Check the Parental Lock options settings

(page 90).

, Clean the disc with a soft

cloth.

C 31

The DVD/CD is not inserted

correctly.

, Re-insert the disc correctly.

Mechanical sound is heard when the recorder

is off.

, While the recorder is updating the EPG

information, operational noises (such as the

internal fan) may be heard, even when the power

is off. This is not a malfunction.

E XX

(xx is a number)

To prevent a malfunction, the

recorder has performed the self-

diagnosis function.

, Contact your nearest Sony

dealer or local authorized

Sony service facility and

give the five-character

service number.

The disc tray does not open and you cannot

remove the disc after you press Z (open/

close).

Example: E 61 10

, Turn off the recorder. Once the clock appears in

the front panel display, disconnect the mains

lead. (If the recorder does not turn off or if the

clock does not appear in the front panel display,

disconnect the mains lead anyway.) Connect the

mains lead again while pressing down A on the

recorder, and release the button when the disc

tray opens. Then, keep [/1 on the recorder

pressed for about ten seconds until

“WELCOME” appears in the front panel display.

“LOCKED” appears in the front panel display.

, The disc tray is locked. Cancel the Child Lock

(page 61).

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Notes about the discs

• To keep the disc clean, handle the disc by its

edge. Do not touch the surface. Dust,

fingerprints, or scratches on the disc may cause

it to malfunction.

Notes About This Recorder

On operation

• If the recorder is brought directly from a cold to

a warm location, or is placed in a very damp

room, moisture may condense on the lenses

inside the recorder. Should this occur, the

recorder may not operate properly. In this case,

remove the disc and leave the recorder turned on

for about half an hour until the moisture

evaporates.

• Do not expose the disc to direct sunlight or heat

sources such as hot air ducts, or leave it in a car

parked in direct sunlight as the temperature may

rise considerably inside the car.

• After playing, store the disc in its case.

• Clean the disc with a cleaning cloth. Wipe the

disc from the centre out.

• When you move the recorder, take out any discs.

If you don’t, the disc may be damaged.

On adjusting volume

Do not turn up the volume while listening to a

section with very low level inputs or no audio

signals. If you do, the speakers may be damaged

when a peak level section is played.

On cleaning

• Do not use solvents such as benzine, thinner,

commercially available disc/lens cleaners, or

anti static spray intended for vinyl LPs.

• Do not use the following discs.

– A disc that has a non-standard shape (e.g.,

card, heart).

Clean the cabinet, panel, and controls with a soft

cloth slightly moistened with a mild detergent

solution. Do not use any type of abrasive pad,

scouring powder or solvent such as alcohol or

benzine.

– A disc with a label or sticker on it.

– A disc that has cellophane tape or sticker

adhesive on it.

About repairing the hard disk drive

• It may be necessary to access data stored on the

hard disk for testing purposes; there is no

intention to copy or store the data, titles or any

other information.

• If replacement or initialization (format) is

required, the hard disk will be formatted at our

discretion. In this case, please note that all of the

contents recorded there will be erased (including

any data found to violate copyright law).

On cleaning discs

Do not use a commercially available cleaning

disc. It may cause a malfunction.

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COMPONENT VIDEO OUT

(Y, P^B/CB, PR/CR):

Specifications

Phono jack/Y: 1.0 Vp-p, P^B/CB: 0.7 Vp-p,

R/CR: 0.7 Vp-p

System

HDMI OUT (RDR-HXD910 only):

Laser: Semiconductor laser

Transmission standards: DVB-T

Type A (19-pin)

General

Power requirements: 220-240 V AC, 50/

60 Hz

Power consumption:

RDR-HXD710: 57 W

Channel coverage: UHF channels B21 - B69

RDR-HXD910: 60 W

Dimensions (approx.): 430 × 75 × 328 mm

(width/height/depth) incl. projecting parts

Hard disk drive capacity:

RDR-HXD710: 160 GB

RDR-HXD910: 250 GB

Mass (approx.):

RDR-HXD710: 5.2 Kg

RDR-HXD910: 5.3 Kg

Operating temperature: 5ºC to 35ºC

Operating humidity: 25% to 80%

Supplied accessories:

Audio/video cord (1)

The above channel coverage merely ensures the

channel reception within these ranges. It does not

guarantee the ability to receive signals in all

circumstances.

Aerial out: 75-ohm asymmetrical aerial socket

Video recording format: MPEG Video

Audio recording format/applicable bit

rate: Dolby Digital 2 ch/256 kbps

Inputs and outputs

LINE 2 OUT

(AUDIO): Phono jack/2 Vrms/10 kilohms

(VIDEO): Phono jack/1.0 Vp-p

(S VIDEO): 4-pin mini DIN/Y:1.0 Vp-p,

C: 0.3 Vp-p (PAL)

Mains lead (1)

Aerial cable (1)

Remote commander (remote) (1)

R6 (size AA) batteries (2)

LINE 2 IN/LINE 4 IN

(AUDIO): Phono jack/2 Vrms/more than

22 kilohms

Specifications and design are subject to change

without notice.

Compatible colour systems

(VIDEO): Phono jack/1.0 Vp-p

(S VIDEO): 4-pin mini DIN/Y:1.0 Vp-p,

C: 0.3 Vp-p (PAL)

This recorder is designed to record using the PAL

colour system and play back using the PAL or

NTSC colour systems.

LINE 1 – TV: 21-pin

CVBS IN/OUT

S-Video/RGB OUT (upstream)

LINE 3: 21-pin

CVBS IN/OUT

S-Video/RGB IN

S-Video OUT (downstream)

DV IN: 4-pin/i.LINK S100

DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL): Optical output jack/

–18 dBm (wave length: 660 nm)

DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL): Phono jack/

0.5 Vp-p/75 ohms

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i.LINK baud rate

About i.LINK

i.LINK’s maximum baud rate varies according to

the equipment. Three maximum baud rates are

defined:

The DV IN jack on this recorder is an i.LINK-

compliant DV IN jack. This section describes the

i.LINK standard and its features.

S100 (approx. 100 Mbps*)

S200 (approx. 200 Mbps)

S400 (approx. 400 Mbps)

What is i.LINK?

i.LINK is a digital serial interface for handling

digital video, digital audio and other data in two

directions between equipment having the i.LINK

jack, and for controlling other equipment.

i.LINK-compatible equipment can be connected

by a single i.LINK cable. Possible applications are

operations and data transactions with various

digital AV equipment. When two or more i.LINK-

compatible equipment are connected to this

recorder in a daisy chain, operations and data

transactions are possible with not only the

equipment that this recorder is connected to but

also with other devices via the directly connected

equipment.

Note, however, that the method of operation

sometimes varies according to the characteristics

and specifications of the equipment to be

connected, and that operations and data

transactions are sometimes not possible on some

connected equipment.

The baud rate is listed under “Specifications” in

the instruction manual of each equipment. It is

also indicated near the i.LINK jack on some

equipment.

The maximum baud rate of equipment on which it

is not indicated such as this unit is “S100.”

When units are connected to equipment having a

different maximum baud rate, the baud rate

sometimes differs from the indicated baud rate.

* What is Mbps?

Mbps stands for megabits per second, or the amount of

data that can be sent or received in one second. For

example, a baud rate of 100 Mbps means that 100

megabits of data can be sent in one second.

i.LINK functions on this recorder

For details on how to dub when this recorder is

connected to other video equipment having DV

jacks, see page 84.

The DV jack on this recorder can only input DVC-

SD signals. It cannot output signals. The DV jack

will not accept MICRO MV signals from

equipment such as a MICRO MV digital video

camera with an i.LINK jack.

For further precautions, see the notes on page 84.

For details on precautions when connecting this

recorder, also see the instruction manuals for the

equipment to be connected.

b Note

Normally, only one piece of equipment can be connected

to this recorder by the i.LINK cable (DV connecting

cable). When connecting this recorder to i.LINK-

compatible equipment having two or more i.LINK jacks

(DV jacks), see the instruction manual of the equipment

to be connected.

About the name “i.LINK”

i.LINK is a more familiar term for IEEE 1394 data

transport bus proposed by SONY, and is a

trademark approved by many corporations.

IEEE 1394 is an international standard

standardized by the Institute of Electrical and

Electronics Engineers.

Required i.LINK cable

Use the Sony i.LINK 4-pin-to-4-pin cable (during

DV dubbing).

i.LINK and are trademarks.

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Guide to Parts and Controls

For more information, see the pages in parentheses.

Remote

Buttons with an orange dot next to them can be used with

your TV when the TV/DVD switch is set to TV.

A TV/DVD switch (22)

B Z (open/close) button (29)

C [/1 (on/standby) button (25)

D HDD button (31)

DVD button (29)

E t TV/VIDEO, TV/DVD button (22)

F PROG (programme) +/– buttons (31)

The + button has a tactile dot*.

G Number buttons (51, 67)

SET button (51)

The number 5 button has a tactile dot*.

H CLEAR/-/-- (ten digit) button (51)

I 2(volume) +/– buttons (22)

Text button (45)

K TV/RADIO button (45)

(audio) button (62)

The

button has a tactile dot*.

M [TIMER] button (49)

N Coloured multimedia applications &

interactive services control buttons (41)

O SYSTEM MENU button (24, 86)

TITLE LIST button (32, 60, 68 , 73)

GUIDE (Electronic Programme Guide)

button (41)

P </M/m/,/ENTER button (25)

INFO button (43)

Favourite button (46)

S TOOLS button (29)

T O RETURN button (56)

(instant replay)/

buttons (32, 68)

(instant advance)

V TOP MENU button (60)

W MENU button (60)

(62)

X mc

CM (search) buttons

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Y ./> (previous/next) buttons (62)

(subtitle) button (62)

Z H (play) button (60)

X (pause) button (62)

es DISPLAY button (34)

TIME/TEXT button (35)

x (stop) button (60)

The H button has a tactile dot*.

(angle) button (62)

ef INPUT SELECT button (59, 85)

wj z REC button (31)

eg COMMAND MODE switch (DVD 1,2,3)

X REC PAUSE button (31)

x REC STOP button (31)

(24)

eh PROGRESSIVE button (19)

wk CHAPTER MARK/CHAPTER MARK

ERASE buttons (76)

* Use the tactile dot as a reference when operating the

recorder.

wl REC MODE button (31)

e; SYNCHRO REC button (58)

Front panel

RDR-HXD710/HXD910

A [/1 (on/standby) button (25)

B Front panel display (35, 115)

C Disc tray (29)

K ONE-TOUCH DUB button (86)

L SYSTEM MENU button (24)

TOOLS button (29)

M </M/m/,/ENTER button (25)

D A (open/close) button (29)

N O RETURN button (25)

E TIMER REC indicator (50)

SYNCHRO REC indicator (58)

GUIDE (Electronic Programme Guide)

button (41)

F HDD button/indicator (31)

DVD button/indicator (29)

P ./> (previous/next) buttons (62)

(remote sensor) (22)

Q PROGRAM +/– buttons (31)

The + button has a tactile dot*.

H H (play) button (60)

X (pause) button (62)

x (stop) button (60)

R REC MODE button (48)

INPUT SELECT button (59, 85)

S LINE 2 IN (S VIDEO/VIDEO/L(MONO)

I z REC button (31)

AUDIO R) jacks (27)

X REC PAUSE button (31)

x REC STOP button (31)

* Use the tactile dot as a reference when operating the

recorder.

DV IN jack (84)

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Front panel display

DVD RW VCD

HDD

DVD

PROGRESSIVE

SMARTLINK

A HDD/DVD indicators

E Displays the following (35):

• Playing time/remaining time

Displays the selected media and the

playing/recording/dubbing status.

• Current title/chapter/track/index number

• Recording time/recording mode

• Clock

• Programme position

• TV Direct Rec indication (31): “TV”

appears in the right most two digits.

B Disc type*/recording format

C Audio signal indicators (34)

D TV indicator (31)

(angle) indicator (62)

G SMARTLINK indicator (18)

H PROGRESSIVE indicator (19)

* Displays DATA CDs as “CD.”

z Hint

You can turn off the front panel display when the recorder is turned off by setting “Dimmer” to “Power Save” in

“Options” setup (page 101).

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Rear panel

RDR-HXD910

AERIAL

HDMI OUT

LINE 1-TV

LINE 3

PB/

DIGITAL OUT

COAXIAL

AUDIO VIDEO

VIDEO

AUDIO VIDEO

S VIDEO

PCM/DTS/MPEG/DOLBY DIGITAL

OPTICAL

OUT

LINE

OUT

COMPONENT

VIDEO OUT

PR/

~AC IN

RDR-HXD710

AERIAL

LINE 1-TV

LINE 3

DIGITAL OUT

COAXIAL

PB/

AUDIO VIDEO

VIDEO

AUDIO VIDEO

S VIDEO

PCM/DTS/MPEG/DOLBY DIGITAL

OPTICAL

OUT

LINE

OUT

COMPONENT

VIDEO OUT

PR/

~AC IN

A AERIAL IN/OUT jacks (15)

B HDMI OUT (high-definition multimedia

interface out) jack (RDR-HXD910 only)

(16)

C LINE 1 – TV jack (16)

D LINE 3 jack (26)

E COMPONENT VIDEO OUT (Y, P^B/CB,

P^R/CR) jacks (16)

F AC IN terminal (21)

G LINE 2 OUT (S VIDEO) jack (16)

H LINE 2 OUT (R-AUDIO-L/VIDEO) jacks

(16, 20)

I LINE 4 IN (S VIDEO) jack (27)

J LINE 4 IN (R-AUDIO-L/VIDEO) jacks

(27)

K DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL/OPTICAL)

jacks (20)

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DVD+RW (page 10)

Glossary

A DVD+RW (read “plus RW”) is a recordable and

rewritable disc. DVD+RWs use a recording

format that is comparable to the DVD VIDEO

format.

Chapter (page 67)

Sections of a picture or a music feature that are

smaller than titles. A title is composed of several

chapters. Depending on the disc, no chapters may

be recorded.

DVD-R (page 10)

A DVD-R is a recordable disc that is the same size

as a DVD VIDEO. Contents can be recorded only

once to a DVD-R, and will have the same format

as a DVD VIDEO.

Copy protection signals (page 49)

Copy restriction set by copyright owners, etc.

These signals are included in some software or TV

programmes and restrict recording on this

recorder.

DVD-RW (page 10)

A DVD-RW is a recordable and rewritable disc

that is the same size as a DVD VIDEO. The DVD-

RW has two different modes: VR mode and Video

mode. DVDs created in Video mode have the

same format as a DVD VIDEO, while discs

created in VR (Video Recording) mode allow the

contents to be programmed or edited.

Dolby Digital (page 97)

Digital audio compression technology developed

by Dolby Laboratories. This technology conforms

to multi-channel surround sound. The rear channel

is stereo and there is a discrete subwoofer channel

in this format. Dolby Digital provides the same

discrete channels of high quality digital audio

found in “Dolby Digital” theater surround sound

systems.

Good channel separation is realized because all of

the channel data is recorded discretely, and little

deterioration occurs because all channel data

processing is digital.

DVD VIDEO (page 12)

A disc that contains up to eight hours of moving

pictures on a disc the same diameter as a CD.

The data capacity of a single-layer and single-

sided DVD is 4.7 GB (Giga Byte), which is 7

times that of a CD. The data capacity of a double-

layer and single-sided DVD is 8.5 GB, a single-

layer and double-sided DVD is 9.4 GB, and

double-layer and double-sided DVD is 17 GB.

The picture data uses the MPEG 2 format, which

is a worldwide standard of digital compression

technology. The picture data is compressed to

about 1/40 (average) of its original size. The DVD

also uses a variable rate coding technology that

changes the data to be allocated according to the

status of the picture. Audio information is

recorded in a multi-channel format, such as Dolby

Digital, allowing you to enjoy a more real audio

presence.

DTS (page 98)

Digital audio compression technology by Digital

Theater Systems, Inc. This technology conforms

to multi-channel surround sound. The rear channel

is stereo and there is a discrete subwoofer channel

in this format. DTS provides the same discrete

channels of high quality digital audio.

Good channel separation is realized because all of

the channel data is recorded discretely, and little

deterioration occurs because all channel data

processing is digital.

Furthermore, various advanced functions such as

the multi-angle, multilingual, and Parental

Control functions are provided on the DVD.

DVD+R (page 10)

A DVD+R (read “plus R”) is a recordable disc that

is the same size as a DVD VIDEO. Contents can

be recorded only once to a DVD+R, and will have

the same format as a DVD VIDEO.

EPG (page 41)

The Electronic Programme Guide is a guide

showing programmes which can be displayed on a

conventional television (via the Digital Terrestrial

Television tuner included in this recorder) as the

now and next programmes or the television

schedule for a day or more at a time.

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Hard disk drive (page 3)

Progressive format (page 19)

A hard disk drive is a whole mechanical system

that consists of disks and drive. Disks are flat,

circular, rigid plates coated with a thin magnetic

media. Magnetic heads record data on the rapidly

spinning disks, and this enables the speedy and

efficient reading and writing of data.

Compared to the Interlace format that alternately

shows every other line of an image (field) to create

one frame, the Progressive format shows the entire

image at once as a single frame. This means that

while the Interlace format can show 25-30 frames/

50-60 fields in one second, the Progressive format

can show 50/60 frames in one second. The overall

picture quality increases and still images, text, and

horizontal lines appear sharper.

HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface)

(page 16)

HDMI is an interface that supports both video and

audio on a single digital connection. The HDMI

connection carries standard to high definition

video signals and multi-channel audio signals to

AV components such as HDMI equipped TVs, in

digital form without degradation.

Title (page 67)

The longest section of a picture or music feature

on a DVD, movie, etc., in video software, or the

entire album in audio software.

The HDMI specification supports HDCP (High-

bandwidth Digital Contents Protection), a copy

protection technology that incorporates coding

technology for digital video signals.

Track (page 67)

Sections of a music feature on a CD/VIDEO CD

(the length of a song).

Interlace format (page 19)

Interlace format shows every other line of an

image as a single “field” and is the standard

method for displaying images on television. The

even number field shows the even numbered lines

of an image, and the odd numbered field shows the

odd numbered lines of an image.

MPEG Audio (page 97)

International standard coding system used to

compress audio digital signals authorized by ISO/

IEC. MPEG 2, used on DVDs, conforms to up to

7.1-channel surround.

Original (page 72)

Titles actually recorded on a HDD/DVD-RW (VR

mode). Erasing original titles frees up disc space.

Playlist (page 72)

Playback information created from the actual

recordings on a HDD/DVD-RW (VR mode). A

Playlist leaves the original titles as they are, and

contains only the information needed to control

playback. A Playlist title takes up very little disc

space.

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Language Code List

For details, see page 89.

The language spellings conform to the ISO 639: 1988 (E/F) standard.

Code Language

1027 Afar

1183 Irish

1347 Maori

1507 Samoan

1508 Shona

1509 Somali

1511 Albanian

1512 Serbian

1513 Siswati

1514 Sesotho

1515 Sundanese

1516 Swedish

1517 Swahili

1521 Tamil

1028 Abkhazian

1032 Afrikaans

1039 Amharic

1044 Arabic

1045 Assamese

1051 Aymara

1052 Azerbaijani

1053 Bashkir

1057 Byelorussian

1059 Bulgarian

1060 Bihari

1061 Bislama

1066 Bengali;

Bangla

1067 Tibetan

1070 Breton

1079 Catalan

1093 Corsican

1097 Czech

1103 Welsh

1105 Danish

1109 German

1130 Bhutani

1142 Greek

1144 English

1145 Esperanto

1149 Spanish

1150 Estonian

1151 Basque

1157 Persian

1165 Finnish

1166 Fiji

1186 Scots Gaelic

1194 Galician

1196 Guarani

1203 Gujarati

1209 Hausa

1349 Macedonian

1350 Malayalam

1352 Mongolian

1353 Moldavian

1356 Marathi

1357 Malay

1358 Maltese

1363 Burmese

1365 Nauru

1217 Hindi

1226 Croatian

1229 Hungarian

1233 Armenian

1235 Interlingua

1239 Interlingue

1245 Inupiak

1248 Indonesian

1253 Icelandic

1254 Italian

1257 Hebrew

1261 Japanese

1269 Yiddish

1283 Javanese

1287 Georgian

1297 Kazakh

1298 Greenlandic

1299 Cambodian

1300 Kannada

1301 Korean

1305 Kashmiri

1307 Kurdish

1311 Kirghiz

1369 Nepali

1376 Dutch

1525 Telugu

1527 Tajik

1528 Thai

1379 Norwegian

1393 Occitan

1403 (Afan)Oromo

1408 Oriya

1417 Punjabi

1428 Polish

1435 Pashto;

Pushto

1436 Portuguese

1463 Quechua

1481 Rhaeto-

Romance

1482 Kirundi

1483 Romanian

1489 Russian

1491 Kinyarwanda

1495 Sanskrit

1498 Sindhi

1501 Sangho

1502 Serbo-

Croatian

1529 Tigrinya

1531 Turkmen

1532 Tagalog

1534 Setswana

1535 Tonga

1538 Turkish

1539 Tsonga

1540 Tatar

1543 Twi

1557 Ukrainian

1564 Urdu

1572 Uzbek

1581 Vietnamese

1587 Volap k

1613 Wolof

1632 Xhosa

1665 Yoruba

1684 Chinese

1697 Zulu

1313 Latin

1326 Lingala

1327 Laothian

1332 Lithuanian

1334 Latvian;

Lettish

1171 Faroese

1174 French

1181 Frisian

1503 Singhalese

1505 Slovak

1506 Slovenian

1345 Malagasy

1703 Not specified

Area Code

For details, see page 100.

Code Area

2044 Argentina

2047 Australia

2046 Austria

2057 Belgium

2070 Brazil

2079 Canada

2090 Chile

2165 Finland

2174 France

2109 Germany

2248 India

2238 Indonesia

2254 Italy

2276 Japan

2304 Korea

2363 Malaysia

2362 Mexico

2149 Spain

2376 Netherlands

2390 New Zealand

2379 Norway

2427 Pakistan

2424 Philippines

2436 Portugal

2489 Russia

2499 Sweden

2086 Switzerland

2528 Thailand

2184 United

Kingdom

2092 China

2115 Denmark

2501 Singapore

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Digital TV Channel List

Only the main transmitters are listed. For further details or updates refer to the web site

http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/transmitters/tv_trans/index.shtml

MAIN TRANSMITTERS BBC ITV&C4 SDN MuxB MuxC MuxD

London & South East

Bluebell Hill

Crystal Palace

Dover

Heathfield

Oxford

South -West

Beacon Hill

Caradon Hill

Huntshaw Cross

Redruth

q; Stockland Hill

Channel Islands

qa Fremont Point

South

No Digital Transmission

qs Hannington

qd Midhurst

qf Rowridge

West

Mendip

East

Sandy Heath

Sudbury

Tacolneston

Midlands (West)

Ridge Hill

Sutton Coldfield

The Wrekin A

Midlands (East)

Waltham

Northern Ireland

Brougher Mountain

Divis

Limavady

North

Belmont

Emley Moor

North-West

Winter Hill

North-East

Bilsdale

Caldbeck

Chatton

Pontop Pike

Scotland

Angus

Black Hill

Sandale

Bressay

Craigkelly

Darvel

No Digital Transmission

Durris

Eitshal

Keelylang Hill

Knock More

Rosemarkie

Rumster Forest

Selkirk

Wales

Blaenplwyf

Carmel

Llanddona

Moel-y-Parc

Presely

Wenvoe

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Digital Services

Digital Text viewing 44

Index

“C NR” 63

EPG 41

Favourites 45

Index 47

Programme information

“Capture All” 77

“Capture” 77

CD 12

Words in quotations appear in

the on-screen displays.

“Change IN” 77, 87

“Change OUT” 77, 87

Chapter 35, 54, 76, 117

CHAPTER MARK 76

CHAPTER MARK ERASE

Chapter number 35

“Chapter Search” 67

Chasing Playback 65

“Check Overlap” 55, 56

Checking/changing/cancel-

ling timer settings (Timer

List) 56

Numerics

Digital Software Upgrade 93

Digital video camera 84

“Dimmer” 101

“Disc Info” 29, 38, 76

Disc Map 76

Disc Settings 29, 38, 76, 101

Disc space 30

Disc types 10

16:9 25, 94

4:3 Letter Box 25, 94

“4:3 Output” 95

4:3 Pan Scan 25, 94

“48kHz/96kHz PCM” 98

“A-B Erase” 74

Adjusting

Display

front panel display 35,

115

“Divide” 75

Dolby Digital 20, 97, 117

“Downmix” 97

DTS 98, 117

“Dub Mode” 79, 88

Dubbing

playback picture 63

playback sound 64

recording picture 53

Aerial 15

Child Lock 61

Cleaning discs 110

Clock 25, 89

Album 35, 71

“Colour” 54, 63

“Colour System” 100

Colour systems 111

“Combine” 78

Album number 35

“Album Search” 67

Angle 62

“Dub Mode” 79

High-speed Dubbing 79

Rec Mode Conversion

Dubbing 80

Area code 119

Audio 62, 96

“Audio Connection” 25

Audio cord 20

“Audio DRC” 96

“Audio Filter” 64

“Audio” 89

“Audio Settings” 64

“Auto Chapter” 99

“Auto Display” 102

“Auto Title Erase” 57

Auto Tune 25, 91

“AV SYNC” 64

“Command Mode” 24, 102

“Component Out” 95

Component video input 16

COMPONENT VIDEO OUT

“Settings” 83

“DV Audio Input” 85

DV Dubbing 84

One Touch Dubbing 86,

100

Program Edit 86

“DV EDIT” 87

DV IN 84

Connecting 16

the aerial cable 15

the audio cords 20

the video cords 16

“Contrast” 54, 63

Controlling TVs with the re-

mote 22

Copy control signals 49

Copy protection 117

Copy-Free 49

Copy-Never 49

Copy-Once 49

CPRM 10

“Create Playlist” 77

Creating chapters 76

“DVD Line Rec. Picture Size”

“DVD Menu” 89

DVD VIDEO 12, 117

DVD+R 10, 117

DVD+RW 10, 117

DVD-R 10, 117

DVD-RW 10, 117

DVD-RWs (Video mode) 73

“DVE” 63

Batteries 22

“Bilingual” 58, 59

“BNR” 63

“Brightness” 54, 63

DATA CD 12

“Digital Out” 97

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HDMI OUT 16, 17

“Hue” 63

Easy Setup 25, 103

Editing 72, 77

DV Edit 84

Enter characters 36

EPG

One Touch Dubbing 86, 100

One Touch Menu 61

One Touch Play 61

One Touch Timer 50

“Options” 101

i.LINK 112

Index 47

INPUT SELECT 59, 85

Interlace 118

Interlace format 118

Viewing a list of availa-

ble channels 41

Viewing programmes re-

lated to a specific catego-

ry. 42

Original 33, 72, 118

Page mode 33

Parental Control 61, 99

Parental Lock 90

Parts and controls 113

“Password” 101

“Pause Mode” 95

“PB Video Equalizer” 63

PBC 60

“Erase All” 76

“Erase” 56, 73, 77, 87

“Erase Titles” 75

JPEG image files 68

“Extend Rec” 50

Labelling 38

Language 89

LINE 2 IN 27

LINE 3 26

LINE 4 IN 27

“Line Audio Input” 58, 59

“Line1 Output” 95

“Line3 Input” 96

“Line3 Output” 96

“Line4 Input” 96

“Factory Setup” 102

Favourites

Picture quality 53, 63

Picture size 53

Deleting a channel from

the Favourites List 46

Moving to a different fa-

vourite list 46

“Play Beginning” 61

Play mode 35

Playable discs 12

Playback 12, 35, 60, 62

fast forward 62

Setting a favourite list 45

Watching or listening to

a favourite channel 46

“Features” 99

“File Search” 67

“Finalise Disc” 100

“Finalise” 39

Finalising 39

“Format DVD-RW” 101

“Format” 29

Formatting 29

Freeze Frame 62

Front panel 114

Front panel display 35, 115

fast reverse 62

freeze frame 62

instant advance 62

instant replay 62

JPEG image files 68

MP3 audio tracks 68

resume play 61

Mains Lead 21

Manual Clock Set 89

Manufacturer Information 93

MENU 60

scan audio 60

DVD’s Menu 60

Top menu 60

“Mix” 85

“MNR” 63

“Modify” 56

“Move” 77, 87

MP3 audio tracks 68

MPEG 97, 118

slow-motion play 62

Playing status bar 35

Playlist 33, 72, 77, 118

“Power Save” 102

“Present Time” 89

“Preview” 77, 87

Programme Edit 86

Programme Hide 92

Programme information 43

Programme Sort 92

Progressive 19, 118

“Progressive Mode” 95

“Protect Disc” 38

“Protect” 73

GB 30

Number buttons 37

Handling discs 110

“HDD Line Rec. Picture Size”

HDMI

Protection

“Audio (HDMI)” 98

“HDMI Resolution” 94

disc 38

title 73

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“Set Thumbnail” 73

Signal Strength 93

Simultaneous Rec and Play 66

Slow-motion play 62

SMARTLINK 18

Sort 33

Sound quality 64

“Stereo1” 85

“Stereo2” 85

Quick guide to disc types 10

“Unfinalise” 40

Unfinalising 40

Usable discs 10, 12

Quick Timer 53

Rear panel 116

REC 31

Rec Mode Adjust 50

“Rec Mode” 53

VIDEO CD 12

Video cord 16

“Video” 25, 95, 94

Video input 16

Video mode 10

“Video Settings” 63

Visual Search 67

VR mode 10, 72

Subtitle 62, 89

Super VIDEO CD 12

Surround 64

“Rec NR” 54

REC PAUSE 31

“Rec Settings” 53

REC STOP 86

Synchro Rec 58

“Rec Video Equalizer” 54

Recordable discs 10

Recording 48, 58, 99

picture adjustment 53

recording format 10

recording mode 32, 48

recording time 32

“Update” 50

Technical Information 93

Thumbnail picture 34

“Time Search” 67

TIME/TEXT 35

TIMER 49

“Y NR” 63

Timer List 56

Timer recording

check/change/cancel 55,

while watching another

programme 31

Recording time 48

RECOVERY 108

Region code 13

Remaining time 35

Remote 22, 113

Resetting the recorder 103

Resume Play 61

“RGB” 25, 95

EPG timer setting 51

manual setting 49

Rec Mode Adjust 50

Synchro Rec 58

Title 35, 118

TITLE LIST 60

Title List 32, 60

Sort 33

Thumbnail 34

“Title Name” 73

Title number 35

“Title Search” 67

TOP MENU 60

Track 118

“Track Search” 67

Troubleshooting 104

“TV Direct Rec” 31, 99

TV Pause 65

“TV Type” 25, 94

TV/DVD switch 22

TV/VIDEO 31

TVS (TV Virtual Surround)

S VIDEO 16

“S Video” 25, 95

Scan Audio 60

“Scart Setting” 95

Scene List 77

Screen Saver 100

“Search” 67

Searching

fast reverse/fast forward

locating the beginning of

the title/chapter/track 62

scan audio 60

search mode 67

visual search 67

SET 23, 37

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