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CONTENTS BASIC INFORMATION Introduction Terms IIIustration of the Front Panel IIIustration of the Rear Panel IIIustration of the Vacuum Fluorescent Display IIIustration of the Remote Control How to Install and Use the Remote Control Accessories Basic Operations SYSTEM CONNECTIONS Connecting to the TV set Connecting to the Ordinary Audio System Connecting to the Amplifier with DTS or Dolby Digital Decoders Connecting to the Amplifier with 5.
CONTENTS Exiting the Chapter Editing Mode EDITING A DISC OF A DVD ± R or DVD ± RW Summarization Entering the Disc Operation Mode Operations Exiting the Operation mode NORMAL PLAYBACK MODE Entering the Playback Mode Playback from the Menu Displayed Playback from the Title Displayed Ending Playback Program and shuffle playback Playback Process Control Programming titles, chapters or tracks to play in a favourite order Audio/Subtitle Selection Angle Selection PBC On/Off T-Time/Tr-Time Selection The Operation
BASIC INFORMATION INTRODUCTION Welcome! Your DVD recorder is ready to record DVD ± RW/DVD± R and to play prerecorded DVD disc. It is capable of recording great mass of AV input signals, such as TV programs, ordinary VCD or DVD player’s signals, DV camcorder recordings, etc. You can quickly access your recordings in the Index Picture Screen when playing recorded disc. The recordings you make on the Recorder will play on some other DVD players and DVD-ROM drives.
BASIC INFORMATION TERMS Recording quality Depending on the compression degree, there are four recording qualities to DVD± R/RW discs with 4.7GB (12CM single side) SLP: general definition, a single-side DVD disc can record about six hours program. EP: good definition, a single-side DVD disc can record about four hours program. SP: better definition, a single-side DVD disc can record about two hours program. HQ: best definition, a single-side DVD disc can record about one hour program.
BASIC INFORMATION TERMS (CONTINUED) Multiple camera angles function Certain DVD discs offer multiple camera angles function, When using such function, press the ANGLE button to view the scenes at different camera angles. Multiple dubbing languages function Various dubbing languages are recorded in some DVD discs. Multiple subtitles function Multiple language subtitles are recorded in some DVD discs. Press the SUBTITLE button to select different language subtitles.
BASIC INFORMATION IIIustration of the Front Panel 1 2 3 4 DVD RECORDER S-VIDEO DV IN USB 13 14 VIDEO SOURCE 5 6 CHANNEL 8 7 9 STOP PLAY PAUSE 10 11 12 AUDIO RIGHT LEFT 16 17 15 RECORD 18 1. Power switch button 2. Disc tray 3. Remote control sensor 4. Display 5.Record button 6. Source button 7. Channel down button 8. Channel up button 9. Open/Close button 10. Stop button 11. Play button 12. Pause button 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.
BASIC INFORMATION IIIustration of the Vacuum Fluorescent Display TV TS REC PBC Below are the lighting VFD items and their corresponding definitions. These items may light up accordingly depending on condition.
BASIC INFORMATION IIIustration of the Remote Control 1. Power button 2. Mute button 3. I/P button 4. Number (0~9) button 5. Audio button 6. Subtitle button 7. Setup button 8. Enter button 9. / / / button 10. Source button 11. Return button 12. Display button 13. Menu button 14. Volume down button 15. Volume up button 16. Program button 17. Random button 18. Play/Pause button 19. Stop button 20. Fast backward button 21. Fast forward button 22. Eject button 23. N/P button 24. Clear/Add button 25.
BASIC INFORMATION How to install and use the remote control Battery Installation Insert the batteries while observing the positive (+) and Negative (-) polarities. Service life of batteries The batteries normally last for a year although this depends on the operation and how often the remote control is used. If the remote control unit fails to work even when it is operated near the player, replace the batteries with new ones. Use size AAA UM-4 batteries (2 pieces).
BASIC INFORMATION Basic operations Mainly use the remote control to operate this unit. The function buttons on the front panel may also fulfill part of the operations. The feedback information of the system is mainly displayed on the TV screen, and part of the information is displayed on the VFD on the front panel. The operating functions for this unit are classified into six modes: PLAYBACK MODE, RECORDING MODE, EDITING MODE, DISC OPERATION MODE, SETUP MODE and TIMER TASK SETTING MODE.
SYSTEM CONNECTIONS Note Note Make sure that the player and other equipments are unplugged before connecting.
SYSTEM CONNECTIONS Connecting to the Ordinarty Audio System Illustration of the Rear Panel AUDIO VIDEO L CENTER VIDEO FL RL IN SCART IN OUT TV S-VIDEO INPUT R S-VIDEO Cb VIDEO OUTPUT Cr OPTICAL COAXIAL DIGITAL OUT SCART OUT SUBWOOFER FR RR 5.
SYSTEM CONNECTIONS Connecting to the Amplifier with DTS or Dolby Digital Decorders Illustration of the Rear Panel AUDIO VIDEO L VIDEO CENTER Y FL RL IN SCART IN OUT TV S-VIDEO INPUT R S-VIDEO Cb VIDEO OUTPUT Cr OPTICAL COAXIAL DIGITAL OUT SCART OUT SUBWOOFER FR RR 5.
SYSTEM CONNECTIONS Connecting to the Amplifier with 5.1CH Audio Input The Rear Panel of this Unit AUDIO VIDEO L VIDEO CENTER Y FL RL IN OUT TV S-VIDEO INPUT R S-VIDEO Cb VIDEO OUTPUT Cr OPTICAL COAXIAL DIGITAL OUT SUBWOOFER FR RR 5.1CH SURROUND AUDIO OUT SUBWOOFER FRONT SURROUND L Video In R CENTER Amplifier with 5.1CH Audio Input This unit is equipped with built-in Dolby Digital decoder (Dolby AC-3 decoder).
SYSTEM CONNECTIONS System Connection of Recording External Signals Connection of using rear panel input trminals S-VIDEO S-VIDEO Connect One of the Two Cables L Scart /RGB input VIDEO Monitoring Output Yellow IN AUDIO White R Red Red White Yellow 21 pin Scart connector to 21 pin Scart input on Television(option) The Rear Panel of this Unit AUDIO L VIDEO VIDEO CENTER Y FL RL IN SCART IN OUT TV S-VIDEO INPUT R S-VIDEO Cb VIDEO OUTPUT Cr OPTICAL COAXIAL DIGITAL OUT SUBWOOFER FR R
SYSTEM CONNECTIONS System Connection of Recording External Signals Connection of using front panel input terminals S-VIDEO S-VIDEO Connect One of the Two Cables VIDEO Monitoring Output Yellow L IN AUDIO White R Red Red Yellow White The Front Panel of the Unit DVD RECORDER S-VIDEO DV IN VIDEO AUDIO RIGHT LEFT USB RECORD SOURCE STOP CHANNEL PLAY PAUSE AUDIO VIDEO L VIDEO CENTER Y FL RL IN OUT TV S-VIDEO INPUT R S-VIDEO Cb VIDEO OUTPUT Cr OPTICAL COAXIAL DIGITAL OUT SUBW
QUICK START RECORDING GUIDE Summarization This unit has various external input signal terminals including S-video input, composite video input, TV tuner input, DVD input, and stereo audio input. You may record using any of these video and audio input signals. Recordable discs compatible with this unit are DVD± RW and DVD ± R. There are four recording modes to be selected, including SLP (6 hours), EP (4 hours), SP(2 hours) and HQ (1 hour).
QUICK START RECORDING GUIDE How to Receive the TV Program 1 5 According to the figure shown in section “System Connections- Connecting to TV set”, connect the system. Connect the power plugs of the TV and this unit to the outlet. Turn on this unit by pressing the [POWER] button, and switch the TV set to AV mode. Press the [SETUP] button to enter the System Setup mode, and then perform the Channel Scanning and Channel Fine Tuning according to the steps introduced in chapter “System Setup-Channel Turning” .
QUICK START RECORDING GUIDE Manual Recording(CONTINUED) SOURCE * * * * * * * SOURCE SOURCE SOURCE SOURCE SOURCE SOURCE SOURCE Front CVBS : Front panel composite video and audio inputs Front S-VIDEO: Front panel S-video and audio inputs Rear CVBS : Rear panel composite video and audio inputs Rear S-VIDEO : Rear panel S-video and audio inputs DV : Front panel DVD input SCART: Rear panel SCART input Tuner : Rear panel TV turner input QUALITY * QUALITY HQ : best definition, a single-side DVD disc can record
QUICK START RECORDING GUIDE To Control the DV Camera Recorder by this Unit (CONTINUED) 3 4 Pressing the [PLAY] button does not influence the unit, but to make the DV switch to normal playback. When pressing [PAUSE] button, if this unit is in recording mode, the recording will pause and the DV can not be influenced; on the other hand, if the unit is not in recording mode, it can not be influenced and the DV will pause. This operation can make the recording control bar disappear.
MANUAL RECORDING Summarization This function can make this unit record automatically according to the preset requirements when the preset time is coming. And it will resume the original mode after finishing the recording. To carry out this function. You should set down a record schedule first and then finish the configuring of the system according to the requirements on the schedule. Programming a Recording Steps 1 Press the [TIMER] button to display the record schedule menu shown as the following figure.
MANUAL RECORDING Operation Steps (CONTINUED) 4 Setting the recording quality: Highlight “Quality” item by [ ], [ ] buttons, press [ENTER] button to display the drop down list, select the right value from the list, then press [ENTER] button to confirm. Item Editor As for the recording quality, please refer to “Basic InformationTerms’ for details.
MANUAL RECORDING Operation Steps (CONTINUED) Item Editor If you select “Weekly”, after confirming by [ENTER] button, press [ENTER] button again to display the weekday list. 6 Setting the start time of recording Select the “Start” item by [ ], [ ] buttons in the “Item Editor” and press [ENTER] button to switch to input mode, as shown in the right figure. Input the time by number buttons, then press [ENTER] button to confirm.
EDITING A TITLE RECORDED After finish recording a DVD± RW disc, you may play it with this unit. When loading disc, the TV screen will display the following picture. Each little icon in the picture stands for a title, the words and numbers indicate information of the title. Title name, and “Title” is the default name. The date of recording this title. The time of recording this title. The record quality and length of the title. 1. TITLE 01/01/2000 03:25:02 SP 00:01:04 2.
EDITING A TITLE RECORDED Rename title Play title Edit title 1 2 Highlight a title icon you want to rename in the Rename title Title List and press [ ] button, then a menu will Erase title pop up as shown in the right figure. Overwrite title Overwrite disc Highlight “Rename title” item, and press [ENTER] button, then a key board menu will pop up. Title name: 1 TITLE 2 A B C D E F G H I J K 0 1 2 L M N O P Q R S T U V 3 4 5 W X Y Z ( ) - : ? .
EDITING A TITLE RECORDED Empty title RW DVD ± RW Record a new title Property Property SLP capability is 4:13:19 EP capability is 2:47:59 SP capability is 1:27:31 HQ capability is 0:43:15 Press [ ]button, then a menu will pop up ad shown in the top figure. 1.Select the “Record a new title”,and press [ENTER] button, the TV will turn to input mode and waiting for recording. 2. Select the “Property”,press [ENTER] button, then the current disc remain capability will display. Press [RETURN] button to exit.
EDITING A TITLE RECORDED Operation Steps selecting the Title/Chapter to be Edited 1 Enter the editing mode. 2 Select the Title/Chapter item by using [ ], [ ] buttons in the editing control menu. Selecting the Title/Chapter to be Edited (CONTINUED) 3 4 EDIT MODE Press [ENTER] button to make the Title/Chapter item in input mode.
EDITING A TITLE RECORDED Changing the Index picture When entering the DVD title menu (Press the [ENTER] button when playing), the title index will be shown on the screen as a little icon, standing for a title (Please refer to “Playback Mode”). The method of changing the title index is introduced in the following. 1 In the edit control menu, move the cursor by [ ], [ ] buttons to select the “Index picture”item.
Summarization Disc operations refer to certain functions about the disc in the loader, including viewing disc information, finalizing a disc, erasing disc content, erasing the title, lock/unlock the disc and so on. Entering Disc Operation Mode If you load unfinalizing DVD±R or DVD±RW disc, you can enter this mode. There are two ways to enter this mode. 1 During play, you can enter this mode by pressing [DISC OP] button.
NORMAL PLAYBACK MODE Entering the Playback Mode In the playback mode, this unit is works the same as a regular DVD player. The way to enter the playback mode is as follows: 1 Connect this unit with the TV set (Refer to “System Connection” for details), turn on the TV set and switch it to the AV input mode. Plug in the unit, then press [POWER] button to turn it on. Press [OPEN/CLOSE] button to open the disc tray. Load the disc to be played as shown in the illustration.
NORMAL PLAYBACK MODE Ending Playback 1 2 3 4 5 Press the [STOP] button. This unit enters the pre-stop mode. In this pre-stop mode, this unit automatically memorizes the pre-stop point. If you press [PLAY] button, this unit will resume the playback from the pre-stop point (Playback starts from the beginning of the pre-stopped track for MP3). If you press [STOP] button twice, this unit will enter stop mode and the memory is cleared. Press [OPEN/CLOSE] button to eject the tray. Take the disc out.
NORMAL PLAYBACK MODE Program and Shuffle Playback (CONTINUED) You can control the two list windows by the following points. * Move the cursor between left window and right window by [ ] , [ ]buttons. * Move the cursor up and down in one of the windows by [ ] , [ ] buttons. * Highlighting an item in left window, then pressing [CLEAR/ADD] button can added the item to right list window. * Highlighting an item in right window, then pressing [CLEAR/ADD] button can delete the item.
NORMAL PLAYBACK MODE Audio/ Subtitle Selection DVD 1 2 3 P r e s s [ D I S P L AY ] b u t t o n t w i c e t o o p e n t h e m a i n control menu. Highlight “AUDIO”/ “SUBTITLE” item by [ ], [ ] buttons, then press [ENTER]/[ ] button to open the drop down list shown as the right figure: Select one item from the list, and then press [ENTER] button to confirm. For DVD disc, the values of audio list will be DOLBY, DTS and so on. For VCD/SVCD, the values of audio list will be STEREO, LEFT and RIGHT.
NORMAL PLAYBACK MODE The operations of Function Buttons Most of the operations in playing mode can be done by menu or function buttons, some operations only can be done by menu, and other operations only can be done by function buttons.
NORMAL PLAYBACK MODE Playing JPEG/MP3/CD Disc When loading audio/file disc, the TV screen will display the disc content list and favourite/program list windows as shown in the following figure. From this you can do selection playback or program playback. 1 2 Move the cursor to the left window by [ ] button. Highlight your desired file or directory by [ ], [ ] buttons, and then press [ENTER] button. If the highlight item is file, the system will start playing it.
MENU INDEX FOR INITIAL SETUP Operation Interface and General Steps This section introduces the operation interface and general steps of the system setup. 1 Press [SETUP] button to enter system setup mode. Then the TV screen displays the system setup control menu, which is shown in the following: SYSTEM SETUP - GENERAL If the system displays , it means the system setup mode cannot be entered in 1 Screen saver ON current mode, so please exit this mode first.
MENU INDEX FOR INITIAL SETUP Screen Saver Setup (CONTINUED) 3 Move the cursor up and down to select “ON” or “OFF” by [ ], [ ] buttons. 4 Press [ENTER] button to turn on or off the screen saver function. Pressing any button can exit the screen saver mode after the screen saver picture appears. Progressive / Interlace Setup 1 In the general setup menu, use [ ], [ ] buttons to select “Progressive / Interlace” item and press [ENTER] button, then a list will appear. 2 Select “Progressive” or “interlace”.
MENU INDEX FOR INITIAL SETUP Restore Factory Setting 1 Select “Restore factory settings” by [ ! ], [ ] buttons in the general setup menu, then press 2 3 Restore factory settings System will reset all the setup items to the default value, OK to confirm, Cancel to exit. [ENTER] button, and the TV screen displays: OK Cancel Highlight “OK” in the menu by [ ],[ ] buttons. Press [ENTER] button to make all setup items restore the factory settings.
MENU INDEX FOR INITIAL SETUP Speaker setting 1 In the playback setup menu, select “ Speaker setting” by [ ], [ ] buttons, and press [ENTER] button, then the following screen will appear. Speaker Setting Front speaker Small Distance 4.5 M Center speaker Small Distance 4.5 M Surround speaker Small Distance 4.5 M Subwoofer Yes Dynamic range compressive Off TEST 2 OK Select “Ok”by [ ], [ ] buttons and press [ENTER] button to confirm.
MENU INDEX FOR INITIAL SETUP Rating Level Setup (CONTINUED) 6 To change the password, please highlight the “New Password” in the figure below and press [ENTER] button. New Password New password OK Confirm password Cancel 7 8 Select “New password” using the cursor buttons and input the new password by number buttons. Select “Confirm password” using the cursor buttons and input this password again by number buttons.
MENU INDEX FOR INITIAL SETUP Record Setup After setting, when recording, the values you set will become the default values of the corresponding items. 1 In the system setup control menu, select item “ ” by [ ], [ ] buttons and then press [ENTER] button to enter record setup menu.
MENU INDEX FOR INITIAL SETUP Default Input Signal Sources Selection 1 In the record setup menu, select “Default source” by [ ], [ ] buttons and press [ENTER] button, then a pop-up menu will appear. 2 Select the desired value by [ ], [ ] buttons and then press [ENTER] button. SYSTEM SETUP - GENERAL Auto chapter marker OFF Default source Tuner DV SCART Tuner Default quality There are several groups of input source ports.
MENU INDEX FOR INITIAL SETUP Language Settings This unit is equipped with various operation interface languages for your selection. 1 Enter the system setup mode. 2 In the system setup control bar, move the cursor up and down by [ ], [ ] buttons. Select item “ ”, and then press [ENTER] button to enter the language setup menu.
MENU INDEX FOR INITIAL SETUP DVD Subtitle Language Setup Some DVD discs have various subtitle languages and this setup is used to set the default DVD subtitle language. 1 In the language setup menu, select item “Subtite language” by [ ], [ ] buttons, and press [ENTER] button, then a list will pop up, which is shown as the following figure. 2 Select your desired language by [ ], [ ] buttons, and press [ENTER]. “OFF” means closing the subtitle output.
MENU INDEX FOR INITIAL SETUP Channel Tuning This unit is equipped with a TV tuner, by which you can receive TV signals. Before receiving TV signals, you must proceed tuning operation. The result of the operation will be saved and will not be lost after this unit is switched off. This operation can tune this unit automatically to receive the TV programs.
MENU INDEX FOR INITIAL SETUP Modify Channel Information(CONTINUED) 3 Change the Channel name: Highlight the “Name” item, press [ENTER] button, and then the right window of the same line will become input status shown as the following figure. Move the cursor to a character by [ ], [ ] buttons, and then change the character by [ ], [ ] buttons. After changing all the characters, press [ENTER] button to confirm. CHANNEL The changing sequence of the character when pressing [ ] button is as following: 0,1,2,..
MENU INDEX FOR INITIAL SETUP Modify channel Information (CONTINUED) Pressing [ ] button once to decrease the frequency. Pressing [ ] button once to increase the frequency. Sort Channel Order 1 Highlight item “Sort channel order”, and press CHANNEL SORT [ENTER] button, then a corresponding menu P000 Ch000 Unskip will appear, as shown in the right figure.
MNAU INDEX FOR INITIAL SETUP System Clock Setup 1 Enter the system setup mode. 2 In the system setup control menu, move the cursor to select item “ ” by [ ],[ SYSTEM SETUP -CLOCK ] Date(mm/dd/yy) 01/01/00 buttons, and then press [ENTER] button, Time(hh:mm:ss) 12:17:14 so the TV screen will display the time setup DivX(R) VOD OK window, which is shown as the right figure. 3 Select item “Date (mm/dd/yy)” and make it in input mode.
APPENDIX TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE When having problems with this unit, please check the chart below for a possible solution before requesting servicing. SYMPTOM CAUSE REMEDY No power 1. The power plug not connected 2. Power plug and socket not contact tightly 3. The power socket not switched on 1.Connect the power plug into the wall outlet securely 2.Plug again or change another socket 3.Switch on the power socket No sound 1.Signals not properly connected 2.Discs wrapped or dirty 3.
APPENDIX SPECIFICATIONS DVD, DVD ± R/RW, SVCD, VCD, CD, MP3, JPEG Playable discs Recordable discs DVD, DVD ± R/RW Recording formats DVD (MPEG II) Recording quality SLP (Standard Long Play), SP(Standard Play) EP(Extend Play), HQ(Perfect Quality). Composite video input S-video input(Y/C) DV camera jack input(IEEE1394, I-Link) RF input Analog audio input Input Composite video output S-video output(Y/C) Component video output(Y, Cb, Cr) 2CH analog mix audio output 5.
APPENDIX CREDITS Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby” and the double D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential unpublished works. 1992-1997 Dolby Laboratories, Inc. All rights reserved. This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is by protected method claims of certain U.S. Patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners.