DVD Recorder User Manual

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Table of Contents
WARNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Guide to Parts and Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Hookups and Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Hooking Up the Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Step 1: Connecting the Aerial Cable and Set Top Box Controller . . . . . . . 15
A: Connecting a set top box receiver
(RDR-AT105/AT107/AT205 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
B: Connecting the aerial cable only (no set top box receiver). . . . . . . . 17
Step 2: Connecting the Video Cords/HDMI Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
About the SMARTLINK features (for SCART connections only). . . . . . 20
About the “Control for HDMI” functions for ‘BRAVIA’ Sync
(for HDMI connections only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Step 3: Connecting the Audio Cords/HDMI Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Step 4: Connecting the Mains Lead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Step 5: Preparing the Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Controlling TVs with the remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
If you have a Sony DVD player or more than one Sony DVD
recorder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Changing programme positions of the recorder using the remote . . . . 24
Step 6: Easy Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Setting up the GUIDE Plus+
®
system
(RDR-AT105/AT107/AT205 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Connecting a VCR or Similar Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Connecting to the LINE 1/DECODER jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Connecting to the LINE 2 IN jacks on the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Connecting to a Satellite or Digital Tuner (RDR-AT100/AT200 only) . . . . 31
Connecting an External Decoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Connecting a decoder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Setting external decoder (PAY-TV/Canal Plus analogue decoder)
programme positions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
1. Inserting a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
2. Recording a Programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Checking the disc status while recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
3. Playing the Recorded Programme (Title List) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Displaying the playing time and play information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4. Changing the Name of a Recorded Programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
5. Labelling and Protecting a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Labelling a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Protecting a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
6. Playing the Disc on Other DVD Equipment (Finalise) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Unfinalising a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
7. Reformatting a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Seven Basic Operations — Getting to Know Your DVD Recorder