Owner's Manual

INTRODUCTION
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
SafetyPrecautions.......................2
TableofContents........................3
Overview.............................4-9
RecordableandPlayableDiscs.
. . . . . . . . . . .4
Disc-relatedterms......................5
AboutSymbols.........................5
About
DVD-R(-RW)
and
DVD+R(+RW)
disc . . . 6
AboutDVDrecording....................7
Precautions...........................9
NotesonDiscs.........................9
FrontPanel............................10
RemoteControlOverview................11
RearPanel............................12
HOOKUP
Connections........................13-17
ConnectingtotheAerial.................13
ConnectionstoYourTV.................13
HDMIconnection(RC198Honly).
. . . . . . . . .14
Connecting
to a cable box or satellite receiver . . 15
Connecting
an external decoder box . . . . . . . . 15
ConnectingtoanAmplifier...............16
Accessory
Audio/Video
(A/V)
Connections
toRecorder..........................17
ConnectingaDigitalCamcorder.
. . . . . . . . . .17
BeforeOperation.....................18-29
AutoSetUp..........................18
UsingtheHomeMenu..................18
GeneralSettings....................18-22
?AutoProgramming...............18-19
?ProgramEdit....................19-20
?AutoClockSet.....................21
?ManualClockSet...................21
?TVAspect........................21
?VCRPlayAspect...................21
?VCRPlaySystem...................22
?A V2Connection....................22
?PowerSaveMode..................22
?FactorySet.......................22
LanguageSettings.....................22
?DisplayLanguage..................22
?DiscLanguage.....................22
AudioSettings........................23
?DolbyDigital.......................23
?DTS.............................23
?MPEG...........................23
?SamplingFrequency................23
?DRC(DynamicRangeControl).
. . . . . . . .23
Lock
(Parental Control) Settings.
. . . . . . . . 24-25
?SetPassword......................24
?Rating...........................24
?AreaCode........................25
RecordingSettings..................25-26
?DiscRecordMode..................25
?VCRRecordMode..................25
?VCRRecordSystem................25
?DVRecordAudio...................26
?A
V2Recording.....................26
?AutoChapter......................26
DiscSettings.......................26-28
?Initialize..........................26
?Finalize..........................27
?DiscLabel........................27
?DiscProtect.......................28
?PBC.............................28
?AutoPlay.........................28
?AboutDivX(R).....................28
General
Explanation
of On-Screen
Display
. . . 29
PLAYBACK
Operation
with
DVD and Video CD. . . . . . . 30-33
PlayingaDivXMovieDisc................34
Audio CD and MP3/WMA
Operation
. . . . . . 35-36
PlayinganAudioCDorMP3/WMADisc.
. . . .35
Musicmenuoptions....................35
JPEGFileOperation....................37
VCRModeTapePlayback................38
RECORDING
BasicRecording.....................39-40
BasicRecordingfromaTV...............39
InstantTimerRecording.................39
CopyingfromDVDtoVCR...............40
CopyingfromVCRtoDVD...............40
TimerRecording.......................41
Timer
Recording
with
ShowView

System.
. .42
Recording
from an
External
Input
. . . . . . . 43-44
Recording
from an External
Components
. . . . 43
Recording
from a
Digital
Camcorder . . . . . . . . 43
WhatisDV?..........................44
EDITING
TitleListandChapterListMenu
. . . . . . . .45-48
TitleandChapterEditing.
. . . . . . . . . . . . .49-54
Titles,ChaptersandParts................49
AddingChapterMarkers.................49
ChangingTitleThumbnails...............49
MakingaNewPlaylist...................50
Adding
Additional
Title/Chapters
to the
Playlist
50
DeletingaTitle/Chapter.................51
DeletingaPart........................51
NamingaTitle........................52
CombiningTwoChaptersIntoOne.
. . . . . . . .52
MovingaPlaylistChapter................53
ProtectaTitle.........................53
HideaTitle/Chapter....................53
DivideOneTitleIntoTwo................54
TimeSearch..........................54
AdditionalInformation...................55
OverwriteRecording....................55
Viewing
Title List menu
displayed
on other
DVDrecordersorplayers................55
Playing
Your
Recordings
on other
DVDPlayers(FinalizingaDisc).
. . . . . . . . . .55
REFERENCE
LanguageCodeandAreaCodeList.
. . . . . . .56
Controlling
Your TV
with the
Supplied
Remote
. 57
Troubleshooting.....................58-59
Specifications.........................60