Owner's Manual

RECORDING
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Recording
Overview
About
DVD
recording
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This recorder cannot make
recordings
on CD-R or
CD-RW discs.
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Our
company
takes no
responsibility
for
recording
fail-
ure due to
power
cuts,
defective
discs,
or
damage
to
the recorder.
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Fingerprints
and small scratches on a disc can affect
playback
and/or
recording performance.
Please take
proper
care of
your
discs.
Disc
types
and
recording
formats, modes,
and
settings
This recorder can
play
three different kinds of DVD disc:
pre-recorded
DVD-Video
discs,
DVD-RW and DVD-R
discs. The disc format for DVD-R discs is
always
"Video
format"---the same as
pre-recorded
DVD-Video discs.
This means that once
finalized,
you
can
play
a DVD-R
in a
regular
DVD
player.
By
default,
the DVD-RW disc format is Video
Recording
format,
though you
can
change
this to Video
format,
if
required. (Reinitializing
the disc will erase the contents
of the
disc.)
The
recording
mode is
closely
related to the disc for-
mat. If the disc format is Video
Recording
format,
then
the
recording
mode is VR
mode;
if the disc format is
Video
mode,
then the
recording
mode is Video mode
(except
for
DVD-Video,
which is not
recordable,
and so
does not have a
recording mode).
Within the
recording
modes
(which
are fixed for the
whole
disc)
are the record
settings.
These can be
changed
as
required
for each
recording
and determine
the
picture quality
and how much
space
the
recording
will take
up
on the disc.
About
HDD
recording
Recording
to the internal hard disk drive
(HDD)
is basi-
cally
similar to
recording
to a VR mode DVD-RW disc.
You have the full choice of
recording quality options,
including
the manual
mode,
and of course
you
can
record,
erase and re-record as
many
times as
you
like.
The
capacity
of the hard disk drive means that
you
can
store
many
hours of video on
it,
even in the
higher qual-
ity recording
modes. To
help you organize
the
contents,
the HDD is divided into ten
groups.
You can name and
use these
groups
as
you
like---for
example, you might
have a
group
for
movies,
another for TV
shows,
and
one for camcorder
recordings.
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The maximum number of titles that can be recorded on
the HDD is 255.
Notes for
recording
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The
recording
times shown are not exact because the
recorder uses variable bit-rate video
compression.
This means that the exact
recording
time will
depend
on the material
being
recorded.
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When
recording
a TV
broadcast,
if the
reception
is
poor
or the
picture
contains
interference,
the record-
ing
times
may
be shorter.
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If
you
record still
pictures
or audio
only,
the
recording
time
may
be
longer.
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The
displayed
times for
recording
and time
remaining
may
not
always
add
up
to
exactly
the
length
of the
disc.
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The
recording
time available
may
decrease if
you
heavily
edit a disc.
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If
using
a DVD-RW
disc,
make sure
you change
the
recording
format
(Video
mode or VR
mode)
before
you
record
anything
on the disc. See
page
26
(Disc
Format)
for how to do this.
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When
using
a DVD-R
disc,
you
can
keep recording
until the disc is
full,
or until
you
finalize the disc.
Before
you
start a
recording
session,
check the
amount of
recording
time left on the disc.
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When
using
a DVD-RW disc in Video
mode,
recording
time available will
only
increase if
you
erase the last
title recorded on the disc.
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The Erase Title
option
in the Title
List-Original
menu
only
hides the
title,
it does not
actually
erase the title
from the disc and increase the
recording
time avail-
able
(except
for the last recorded title on a DVD-RW
disc in Video
mode).
Recording
TV
audio channels
This recorder can record either NICAM or
regular
audio.
If the NICAM
setting (page 20)
is set to
Auto,
then if the
broadcast is
NICAM,
you
can record the NICAM audio.
If the broadcast is
non-NICAM,
the
regular
audio is
always
recorded.
Recording
time and
picture quality
There are three
preset recording quality
modes:
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HQ
--
Highest quality setting, gives
about 1 hour of
recording
time on a DVD disc.
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SQ
--
Default
quality,
sufficient for most
applications,
gives
about 2 hours of
recording
time on a DVD.
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LQ
--
Slightly
lower video
quality,
but doubles the
recording
time on a DVD to around 4 hours.