Wintal DVDR-X160 User manual

1

Safet

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Instructions

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DANGER SYMBOL

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in an equi

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triang

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t

o alert the user to the

p

resence o

f

d

an

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erous vo

l

ta

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e in t

h

e unit.

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ARNING SYMBOL

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to a

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ert t

h

e user to

t

he

p

resence o

f

im

p

ortant o

p

eration and

m

aintenance (servicin

g

) instructions in the

m

anua

l

accompanyin

g

t

h

e unit.

 is symbol indicates there is a dangerous voltage within the

H

DD+DVD RECORDER, which may have su

ﬃ

cient ma

g

nitude

t

o constitute a risk of electric shock if not handled correctly. To

a

void the risk o

f

electric shock, do not open the housing at any time.



is product incorporates copyri

g

ht protection technolo

g

y that is protected by method claims of certain U. S. Patents and other

r

ights owners. Use o

f

this copyright protection technology must be authorised by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended

f

or home and other limited viewin

g

uses only unless otherwise authorised by Macrovision corporation. Reverse en

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ineerin

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or

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isassem

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p

ro

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ite

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W

ARNIN

G

T

o prevent ﬁ re or electric shock, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture. Never attempt to open the cabinet, dan

g

erous hi

g

h

voltage is present inside the unit. Re

f

er servicing to

q

uali

ﬁ

ed service personnel when necessary.

M

AINTENAN

C

E N

O

TI

CE

D

o not put the unit: near strong magnetic

ﬁ

eld, somewhere exposed to direct sunlight or near heat radiation e

q

uipment

(

such as a heater), at top of other heat radiation ob

j

ects, in a place with bad ventilation and much dirt, somewhere sub

j

ect to

vibration and instability, somewhere exposed to moisture or rain.  e unit shall be installed in a smooth and dry place with

g

ood

ve

n

t

il

at

i

o

n.

When the unit is moved from a cold place to a warm one, the laser head mi

g

ht collect condensation and the unit mi

g

ht not

work normally. In this case, keep the power on for an hour or two

(

with no disc loaded

)

before playin

g

normally

.

C

lean the sur

f

ace o

f

the unit with some neutral detergent. Do not use organic solvents such as alcohol or gasoline. Never polish

th

e unit wit

h

san

d

paper.

If the unit is not to be used for a lon

g

time, disconnect the power plu

g

from the wall outlet. Note: Do not pull the power cord

when

y

ou disconnect the unit

f

rom the wall outlet

.

For optimum performance, do not place heavy ob

j

ects on the unit

.

CAUTIO

N



e unit uses a

l

aser system. To prevent

d

irect exposure to t

h

e

l

aser ra

d

iation,

d

o not attempt to open t

h

e ca

b

inet. Visi

bl

e

l

aser

m

ay radiate when the cabinet is o

p

ened or the interlocks are defeated.

Do

n

ot

sta

r

e

in

to

l

ase

r

bea

m

s.

Keep this manual properly for future reference. If the unit re

q

uires servicing, please contact the seller or our service centre

.

N

o naked ﬂ ame sources, such as lighted candles, should be placed on the apparatus.

Attention should be drawn to environmental as

p

ect o

f

battery dis

p

osal

.

■

2

1. READ THI

S

MAN

U

AL

A

fter unpacking this product read the

manual care

f

ull

y

and

f

ollow all the

o

perat

i

n

g

i

nstruct

i

ons.

2

. P

O

WER

SOU

R

C

E

S



is

p

roduct should be o

p

erated only

f

rom the type o

f

power source indicated

o

n the unit. If you are not sure of the type

o

f

p

ower su

pp

ly to your home, consult

your product dealer or local power

c

ompany.

3

. GROUNDING OR POLARIZATION

If this product is equipped with a

polarized alternating current line plug

(a plu

g

havin

g

one blade wider than the

o

ther), it will ﬁ t into the outlet only one

w

a

y

.  is is a safet

y

feature. If

y

ou are

unable to insert the plu

g

f

ully into the

o

utlet, try reversin

g

the plu

g

. If the plu

g

s

hould still fail to ﬁ t, contact

y

our

e

lectrician to replace your obsolete

o

utlet. Do not defeat the safety purpose

o

f the polarized plug.

¡ I

f

this product is e

q

uipped with a three-

w

ire

g

roundin

g

type plu

g

, it will only ﬁ t

i

nto a grounding type power outlet.  is

i

s a sa

f

et

y

f

eature. I

f

y

ou are Unable to

i

nsert t

h

e p

l

u

g

into t

h

e out

l

et, contact

your electrician to re

p

lace your obsolete

o

utlet. Do not de

f

eat the sa

f

ety purpose

o

f the

g

roundin

g

type plu

g.

4. VENTILATI

O

N

Sl

ots an

d

openin

g

s in t

h

e ca

b

inet are

p

rovided for ventilation and to ensure

o

peration o

f

the product and to protect it

from overheatin

g

. Do not block or cover

these openings.

5

. HEA

T

P

osition the unit awa

y

from heat sources

s

uch as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or

other products (includin

g

ampliﬁ ers) that

p

roduce

h

eat

.

6. WATER AND M

O

I

S

TURE

Do not use this product near water such

as near a

b

at

h

tu

b

, was

h

b

ow

l

,

k

itc

h

en

s

ink, or laundr

y

tub, in a wet basement,

near a swimmin

g

pool or the like.

7. CLEANIN

G

Unplu

g

this product

f

rom the A/C

outlet before cleanin

g

. Use a damp cloth

to clean the unit. Do not use liquid or

ae

r

oso

l

c

l

ea

n

e

r

s

.

8

. POWER CORD PROTECTION

P

ower supply cords should be routed so

t

h

at t

h

ey are not

l

i

k

e

l

y to

b

e wa

lk

e

d

on or

pinched by items placed upon or against

them. Pay particular attention to cords at

p

l

u

g

s, convenience receptac

l

es, an

d

t

h

e

p

oint where they exit from the

p

roduct.

9

.

O

VERL

O

ADIN

G

Do not overload wall outlets or extension

co

r

ds

as

t

hi

s

ca

n r

esu

l

t

in

a

ri

s

k

of

ﬁ

r

e

o

r

e

l

ectric s

h

oc

k.

1

0. LI

G

HTNIN

G

Unplu

g

the unit from the wall outlet

d

uring storms to prevent damage

f

rom

l

i

gh

tnin

g

an

d

power sur

g

es.

3

11.

O

BJE

C

T

S

AND LI

Q

UID

S

Never push objects into this product as

t

h

at

cou

l

d

r

esu

l

t

in

a

ﬁ

r

e

o

r

e

l

ect

ri

c

s

h

oc

k.

Never spi

ll

l

i

q

ui

d

s on t

h

e pro

d

uct.

12 .ATTA

C

HMENT

S

Do not use attac

h

ments not

r

ecommended by the

p

roduct

manu

f

acturer as the

y

ma

y

cause hazards

.

1

3

. ACCESSORIES

Do not place this product on an unstable

platform.  e product may fall, causin

g

s

erious injury or serious damage to the

product.

14. DISC TRA

Y

Keep your

ﬁ

n

g

ers clear o

f

the disc tray

as it is c

l

osin

g

. Ne

gl

ectin

g

to may cause

s

erious personal injury.

1

5

.

B

U

RD

E

N

Do not place heavy objects on the

product.  e ob

j

ect may

f

all causin

g

s

erious persona

l

in

j

ury an

d

serious

d

amage to the product.

16. DI

SCS

Do not use a cracked

,

de

f

ormed or

r

epaire

d

isc.



ese

d

iscs are easi

l

y

b

ro

k

en

an

d

may cause serious persona

l

in

j

ury an

d

p

roduct mal

f

unction.

17. DAMA

G

E RE

Q

UIRIN

G

S

ERVI

C

E

U

nplug the unit

f

rom the A/C outlet

and re

f

er servicing to

q

uali

ﬁ

ed service

personnel under the followin

g

conditions:

W

hen the power cord or plug is

d

ama

g

e

d.

If liquid has been spilled into or

o

bjects have

f

allen into the product.

I

f

the product has been exposed to

r

a

i

n or water

.

I

f

the

p

roduct does not o

p

erate

norma

ll

y.

If the

p

roduct has been dro

pp

ed or

d

amaged in any way

.

Wh

en t

h

e pro

d

uct ex

h

i

b

its a

d

istinct

c

han

g

e in performance.

a.

b

.

c.

d

.

e

.

f.

1

8.

S

ERVI

C

IN

G

D

o not attem

p

t to service this

p

roduct

y

oursel

f

as this may ex

p

ose you to

dan

g

erous volta

g

e or other hazards. Refer

a

ll servicing to qualiﬁ ed service personnel.

19

. REPLA

C

EMENT PART

S

B

e sure the service technician has

u

sed authorized replacement parts.

Unaut

h

orize

d

su

b

stitutions may resu

l

t in

ﬁ re

,

electric shock

,

or other hazards.

2

0. SAFETY CHECK

Upon completion o

f

any service or

repairs, as

k

t

h

e service tec

h

nician to

p

erform safety checks to determine

t

hat the product is in proper operatin

g

con

d

ition.

2

1. BATTERY

US

A

G

E

B

attery

l

ea

k

a

g

e may resu

l

t in

b

o

d

i

l

y in

j

ury

or damage to the unit. In order to avoid

b

attery problems, please

f

ollow  ese

i

nstruct

i

ons.

I

nstall all batteries correctl

y

, with +

a

nd - ali

g

ned as marked on the unit.

D

o not mix batteries (old/new,

carbon/ alkaline, etc.

)

Re

m

ove

batte

ri

es

w

h

e

n

t

h

e

u

ni

t

i

s

n

ot used for a lon

g

time

.

•

4

CO

NTENT

S

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1

BASIC INFORMATION 6

F

EAT

U

RE

S

O

F THE RE

CO

RDER

6

TERM

S

6

IDENTIFICATION OF CONTROLS 8

REMOTE CONTROL 9

REMOTE CONTROL INSTRUCTIONS 10

SYSTEM CONNECTION 11

CO

NNE

C

TIN

G

THE VIDE

O

UTPUT T

O

Y

O

UR TV 1

1

C

OMPOSITE VIDEO



TYPICAL CONNECTION



1

S

VIDEO CONNECTION

1

2

CO

MP

O

NENT VIDE

O

CO

NNE

C

TI

O

N

1

2

A

U

DI

O

OU

TP

U

T

CO

NNE

C

TI

O

N

S

1

3

ANTENNA & TV

CO

NNE

C

TI

O

N

S

13

S

YSTEM CONNECTION FOR RECORDING EXTERNAL SIGNALS REAR PANEL SIGNAL INPUT

1

4

FRONT AV INPUTS



VIDEO IN, SVIDEO IN



1

4

S

YSTEM CONNECTION FOR RECORDING EXTERNAL DIGITAL SIGNALS FRONT PANEL 1

5

RECORDING MODE 15

INTRODUCTION 1

5

MANUAL RE

CO

RDIN

G

1

5

S

ELE

C

TIN

G

T

U

NER

C

HANNEL

1

6

RECORDING TO DVD OR HDD

1

6

RE

CO

RDIN

G

Q

UALITY

1

6

O

NE TOUCH RECORDING



OTR



1

6

D

V DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDING 1

7

FILE MANAGER

1

R

7

HDDT

O

DVD RE

CO

RDIN

G

1

7

T

IMER RECORDING

1

8

CHAPTER EDITING 20

C

HAPTER EDITING MODE

2

0

MEN

U

DE

SC

RIPTI

O

N

2

0

EXIT THE

C

HAPTER EDITIN

G

2

0

HDD EDITING 21

H

DD

E

D

IT

2

1

DISC OPERATION 24

INTRODUCTION

2

4

MENU DE

SC

RIPTI

O

N

2

4

EDIT DISC



DVD



2

4

TITLE EDITING 25

ENTER THE TITLE EDITIN

G

M

O

DE

2

5

DVD PLAY MODE 25

ENTER THE PLAY M

O

DE 2

5

MENU DESCRIPTION

2

5

D

ISPLAY



OSD



2

6

US

B PLAYBA

C

K 2

8

HDD PLAY MODE 28

HDD PLAYBACK 2

8

TIME

S

HIFT 2

9

SYSTEM SET UP 32

O

PERATI

O

N INTERFA

C

E AND

G

ENERAL

S

TEP

S

3

2

AUTO CHAPTER MARKER 3

2

RECORD

Q

UALITY

3

APS



AUTO PROGRAM SCAN



3

MODIFY CHANNEL

3

PROGRAM TABLE 3

4

S

ET UP MENU  VIDE

O

3

5

T

V TYPE

3

5

S

ET UP MENU  AUDIO

3

6

S

ET UP MENU  LAN

G

UA

G

E

3

7

S

ETUP MENU  DATE

/

TIME 3

8

S

ETUP MENU  PREFERENCES 3

9

BASIC INFORMATION 41

S

ETUP MENU  TIME SHIFT

4

1

APPENDIX (TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE) 42

D

I

SC

TYPE

S

UPP

O

RTED

4

3

RE

CO

RDIN

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4

3

V

IDE

O

PERF

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RMAN

C

E

4

3

AUDI

O

PERF

O

RMAN

C

E

4

3

OU

TP

U

T

CO

NNE

C

TI

O

N

S

4

3

INPUT CONNECTIONS

4

3

PHY

S

I

C

AL

4

3

SPECIFICATIONS 43

ATTACHMENT 44

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Features of the Recorder



e machine is capable of processing and recording various video signals into high quality DVD disc and HDD, such as the input signals

of

TV, ordinary disc

p

layer and DV.

In addition, the machine can be used as a DVD

p

layer of excellent

p

erformance. It has all the functions of an ordinary DVD

p

layer.

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TV Tuner In

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Op

tical/ Coaxial Out

p

u

t

1

.

2.

3

.

4.

5

.

MULTIPLE DVD RECORDING

Q

UALIT

Y



e machine provides users with 6 recording

q

ualities.  e resolution and recording time will vary according to di

ﬀ

erent recording

q

ua

l

ity an

d

you can

d

eci

d

e to ma

k

e a

h

ig

h

qua

l

ity recor

d

ing or

l

ower qua

l

ity wit

h

a

l

onger recor

d

ing time

.

M

U

LTIPLE RE

CO

RDIN

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M

O

DE

S

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e machine permits 3 modes of recordin

g

such as normal manual recordin

g

, timer recordin

g

and OTR

(

One Touch Recordin

g)

.

S

IMPLE MEN

U

O

PERATI

O

N



e machine em

p

loys a user friendly-friendly menu o

p

eration. Most of o

p

erations use only several key

p

resses

.

SU

ITABLE F

O

R THE F

O

LL

O

WIN

G

DI

SCS



e DVDRX250 supports the following discs and ﬁ le types:

DVD, DVD±R/RW, VCD, SVCD, CD-DA, Mixed CD-DA, MPEG4, DIVX, MP3,

J

PEG multi-

f

ormat discs.

Recor

d

ing:

S

in

gl

e Layer DVD±R an

d

DVD±RW

d

iscs

.

Terms

H

DD



HARD DRIVE DISC



& DVD



DIGITAL VERSATILE DISC



HDD and DVD disc are highly compact devices for storage. Video information is stored in MPEG-II format.

S

tora

g

e capacity on your DVDRX250 is 250GB

.

DVD

±

R

W DIS

C

D

V

D±R

W

d

i

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so

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tab

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be

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to

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d

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ri

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n

about

1

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t

im

es

.

DVD

±

R

DISC

DVD±R disc is also called write-once DVD disc, it can be recorded to only once.  e recorded disc can be played on other DVD players

o

nly after bein

g

ﬁ nalised, then it can not be recorded to a

g

ain.

E

RA

S

IN

G

THE DI

SC

Erasin

g

the disc means removin

g

information stored on the DVD or hard disc.

C

OMPATIBILITY



FINALISE



Com

p

atibility

(

Finalise

)

means to

p

rocess the disc so as to make it com

p

atible with other DVD

p

layers. Without this

p

rocess, the disc can

o

nly be

p

layed on this machine.  is

f

unction is relevant to DVD R or DVD-RW discs.

7

R

E

CO

RDIN

G

Q

UALITY

For DVD R/RW disc with the capacity of 4.7GB and HDD disc with capacity of 250GB, there are 6 diﬀ erent recording qualities available

to the user with lower

q

ualities allowing

f

or longer recording times.  e recording modes available are:

4

.7

G

B DVD

2

50GB HDD QUALIT

Y

S

LP

(

Super Long Play)

:

6

HR

S

2

82HRS

L

OW

EP

(

Extended Play

)

:

4

HR

S

188HR

S

MO

DERATE

LP

(

Long Play): 3HRS 141HRS NORMAL

S

P+

(

Standard Pla

y

Plus

)

:

2

½

H

R

S

117HR

S

GOO

D

S

P

(

Standard Play):

2

HR

S

94HRS VERY

GOOD

HQ

(

Hi

g

h Quality

)

:

1

H

R

47HR

S

B

E

ST

TITLE

Each di

ﬀ

erent recording is called a “Title.” Titles are assigned a number

f

or easy access and identi

ﬁ

cation.

C

HAPTER

S

Each title can contain one or more “Chapters.” And each chapter is numbered so that it can be

f

ound easily

.

TRACKS

Music on an audio disc is split up into “Tracks.” Tracks are also numbered

f

or ease o

f

use.

MULTIPLE ANGLES FUNCTION

S

ome DVD’s allow certain scenes to be viewed

f

rom di

ﬀ

erent an

g

les.  is

f

unction is available only i

f

it is

f

eatured on the DVD you are

w

atc

h

in

g

.

M

U

LTIPLE LAN

GU

A

G

E

S

F

U

N

C

TI

O

N

S

ome DVD’s are recorded in several diﬀ erent lan

g

ua

g

es.  e diﬀ erent lan

g

ua

g

es can be accessed by selectin

g

the lan

g

ua

g

e menu.

SU

BTITLE F

U

N

C

TI

O

N

S

ome DVDs contain subtitles in diﬀ erent lan

g

ua

g

es. By pressin

g

the SUBTITLE key on your remote while watchin

g

your DVD, you may

c

ycle through the di

ﬀ

erent subtitles

.

P

R

OG

RE

SS

IVE AND INTERLA

C

ED

Interlaced picture mode displays only hal

f

o

f

the resolution o

f

progressive mode at once, making progressive scan a better option

f

or

c

ompati

bl

e te

l

evisions. Make sure your television su

pp

orts Pro

g

ressive Scan before selectin

g

this o

p

tion

.

8

Identi

ﬁ

cation o

f

C

ontrol

s

Front Panel

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

S

TANDB

Y

D

I

SC

TRAY

O

PEN

/

CLOSE

P

LAY

/

PAUSE

D

V

D

H

DD

/

DU

B

R

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C

SOU

R

C

E

1

.

2.

3

.

4

.

5

.

6

.

7

.

8.

D

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INPUT

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S

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9

.

10

.

11.

12

.

13

.

14.

15.

12

Rear Panel

1

2

357

46 8910

R

F I

N

RF IN

R

F

OUT

RF OUT

S

TERE

O

AUDI

O

INPUT

S

STEREO AUDIO INPUTS

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IDE

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T

VIDEO INPUT

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MP

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ITE VIDE

O

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TP

UT

COMPOSITE VIDEO OUTPUT

C

OAXIAL DIGITAL AUDIO

COAXIAL DIGITAL AUDIO

OU

TP

U

T

OUTPUT

1

.

1.

2

.

2.

3

.

3.

4.

5

.

5.

6.

5

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H AUDI

O

UTPUT

5.1CH AUDIO OUTPUT



FL, FR, SL, SR, CEN, SW



FL, FR, SL, SR, CEN, SW

C

OMPONENT

/

PROGRESSIVE SCAN VIDEO

COMPONENT/ PROGRESSIVE SCAN VIDEO

OU

TP

U

T

OUTPUT

S

VIDE

O

OU

TP

UT

SVIDEO OUTPUT

O

PTICAL DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPU

T

OPTICAL DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT

7

.

7.

8

.

8.

9

.

9.

10.

11

2

3

3 55

7

4

6

8

9

10

9

Remote

C

ontrol

1. STANDBY - Turn t

h

e unit on or set t

h

e unit to Stan

db

y mo

d

e.

2. DVD - Press to view or

p

lay o

p

tical disc content. While in DVD

p

layback,

pressin

g

DVD wi

ll

b

rin

g

up t

h

e DVD menu

.

3

. HDD/DUB - Press to view HDD tit

l

e

l

ist or t

h

e

d

u

bb

in

g

menu

.

4. FILE/USB - Press to enter File Manage

r

5. DV-Press to se

l

ect DV IN as input source

.

6. TIMER - Access the timer menu for scheduled recordin

g

setup

.

7

. F

U

N

C

TI

O

N

8

/

9. FWD

/

REV - Scan in

f

ast reverse or

f

orward on DVD or CD.

10. NUMBER KEYS - Enter numeric va

l

ues w

h

i

l

e settin

g

options.

11. SELECT - Select o

p

tion in menus. Play a disc, cha

p

ter or track with some discs. For

ot

h

er

d

iscs, press PLAY

k

ey

.

12. SETUP - Access the on-screen setup Menu for settin

g

s ad

j

ustment.

13. EDIT - Access the edit menu

f

or DVD + R/RW editing options

.

14. OSD - Brin

g

up the on-screen display showin

g

in

f

ormation

f

or the playback

sess

i

on

.

15. CH

(

-/+

)

- Adjust Channels.

16. VOL

(

-/+

)

- Press to turn the volume -/+.

17. ANGLE - Select between multiple an

g

les with DVD discs that support this feature

.

18. MUTE - Tem

p

orarily cancel audio

p

layback

.

19. ZOOM - Press to ma

g

ni

f

y the screen with DVD JPG or other disc

.

20. A

U

DI

O

-

S

e

l

ect an au

d

io trac

k

on DVD

d

isc or ot

h

er

d

iscs

.

21. OPEN / CLOSE - O

p

en /Close the disc tray.

22. TV / REC MODE – Switch to TV mode, chan

g

e between Timeshi

f

t and Manual

recor

d

in

g

mo

d

es.

23. SOURCE - Press to select through audio/video input sources.

24. QUALITY- Se

l

ect t

h

e recor

d

ing

q

ua

l

ity mo

d

e: HQ, SP, SP+, LP, EP, SLP.

25. REC - Press to

b

e

g

in a

l

ive recor

d

in

g.

26. PLAY/PAUSE- playback a disc, chapter or track. Press again during playback to

pause. P

l

ay

b

ac

k

or Pause t

h

e

d

isc.

27. STOP - Press once to sto

p

pl

ay

b

ac

k

an

d

h

o

ld

t

h

e

l

ast

p

osition in memory.

Playback can be resumed where it was le

f

t o

ﬀ

by pressing PLAY. Press twice to

c

l

ear t

h

e

l

ast p

l

ay

b

ac

k

position.

28/29. PREV/NEXT - A

d

vance to t

h

e next trac

k

or

pl

ay

p

revious trac

k

on DVD or ot

h

er

d

i

sc

.

3

0. GOTO - To Select your desired time, chapter o

f

the disc to play

.

3

1. ADD/CLEAR - Use to delete characters when enterin

g

words, further more, you

can use it to program your playback order

.

3

2. MENU - Access DVD or other disc’s menu, and can turn PBC

f

unction ON/OFF

w

h

en p

l

ayin

g

VCD/SVCD.

3

3.

(

UP/DOWN/RIGHT/LEFT

)

- Use direction keys to highlight the item you desired

.

3

4. RETURN - Resume playback

f

or DVD discs or other discs

.

3

5. SLOW/SORT - Durin

g

playback, press to scan in slow forward. If in Title list .Press

to sort the HDD titles.  e Sort can be based on ascending or descending record

time, or t

h

e sort can

b

e

b

ase

d

on tit

l

e name.



e switc

h

cyc

l

es t

h

rou

gh

t

h

ese

o

p

t

i

ons

.

3

6. STEP - Ste

p

by ste

p

layback.

3

7. SUB-T - Se

l

ect an avai

l

a

bl

e Su

b

tit

l

e

.

3

8. TITLE - Access t

h

e tit

l

e screen on DVD

d

iscs,

d

isp

l

ayin

g

a

g

rap

h

ica

l

representation

o

f

the recordings and providing easy Navigation

.

3

9. REPEAT - Se

l

ect to repeat c

h

apter, Tit

l

e or Disc.

40. A-B RPT - Set the be

g

innin

g

and end points of a section to repeat.

41. PSCAN - Select the video out

f

ormat

f

or progressive scan mode or Interlace Scan

.

42. PAL/NTSC - Set t

h

e vi

d

eo system to PAL, NTSC or mu

l

ti system

.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

1

0

10

11

12

13

14

1

5

15

1

6

16

1

7

17

1

8

18

19

2

0

20

21

22

2

3

23

24

25

2

6

26

27

2

9

29

30

31

3

2

32

28

33

34

35

36

3

7

37

38

39

4

0

40

41

42

10

Remote

C

ontrol Instruction

s

Notes

:

Do not drop the remote controller or leave it in places o

f

high humidity.

Do not leave the In

f

rared receiver exposed to direct sun li

g

ht or bri

g

ht li

g

ht

.

Do not use new an

d

o

ld

b

atteries to

g

et

h

er. Try not to use rec

h

ar

g

ea

bl

e

b

atteries.

■

3

0º

3

0

º

R

EM

O

TE

CO

NTR

OL

Your remote contro

l

wi

ll

o

perate from a 30º angle.

However you will always

g

et

t

h

e

b

est resu

l

t w

h

en you

d

irect

the remote to the IR sensor

l

ocated

o

n

t

h

e

u

ni

t

.

11

S

y

stem Connect

i

o

n

y

Connecting the video output to your TV

In order to use the DVD Recorder, you’ll need to make a video connection to your TV.  e ca

p

abilities of your TV and the cables you

have on hand will determine the connections

y

ou can use.



ere are 3

p

ossible connection ty

p

es

:

-

C

om

p

osite Video

:

 e most widely used connection.  is unit includes an A/V cable

f

or Com

p

osite Video

.

-

S

-Video

:

A higher quality connection that requires a special S-Video cable and an S-Video capable TV.

-

Component Vi

d

eo:



e

h

ig

h

est

q

ua

l

ity vi

d

eo connection. Supporte

d

on

h

ig

h

-en

d

TVs an

d

re

q

uires a specia

l

ca

bl

e.

Composite Video (Typical Connection)



is unit ships with a composite video (A/V) cable for connection to TV with a standard video input as shown below .  is is the most

w

idely used ty

p

e of connection. On most TV’s, this connector is coloured yellow, and is normally accom

p

anied by stereo audio in

p

uts,

c

oloured red and white

f

or stereo channels ri

g

ht and le

f

t respectively

.

First, use the su

pp

lied A/V cable to connect to the com

p

osite video in

p

ut on your TV, this is normally a yellow coloured connector

that matches the video output on the back o

f

this unit.

If you wish to hear sound throu

g

h the TV, connect the red and white stereo audio connections as well

.

Turn on the TV and DVD recorder and select the AV mode on your television.  is is usually done by pressing

‘

TV/AV’ or

‘

Mode’ on

y

our television remote. Consult

y

our TV manual

f

or

f

urther instructions on how to do so.

1.

2.

CO

MP

OS

ITE VIDE

O

C

onnect t

h

e Ye

ll

ow Vi

d

eo

L

ead and the Red and White

A

ud

i

o

L

eads

to

t

h

e

bac

k

of

y

our TV, usin

g

t

h

e supp

l

ie

d

AV

C

able.

D

VDRX2

5

0

TELEVI

S

I

ON

12

S-Video Connection



is is a higher quality connection than standard composite video, and requires a special S-Video cable

(

not included

)

.



e S-Video connector is distinguishable by its 4 pins, as shown below. I

f

your

T

V has an S-Video input jack, it’s recommended that

y

ou use this t

y

pe of connection for better picture qualit

y

.

Component Video Connection



e highest

q

uality connection, Component video, re

q

uires three separate cables for the video connection

(

red green and blue

)

.

Component video can output in two modes: YCbCr (interlaced) and YPbPr (progressive scan). Progressive scan will yield a higher

q

uality

i

ma

g

e, however, some televisions will not support this mode

(

consult your manual before attemptin

g

to output pro

g

ressive mode

)

.

PR

OG

RE

SS

IVE

SC

AN: RE

S

ETTIN

G

THE VIDE

O

OU

TP

U

T

I

f you inadvertently switch the OUTPUT FORMAT setting to PROGRESSIVE while using a

s

tandard TV not ca

p

able o

f

PSCAN, you will lose video. I

f

this ha

pp

ens, reset the recorder to its

default video settin

g

s by pressin

g

P

SCAN an

d

SELECT

o

n

the

r

e

m

ote

.

SVIDEO CONNECTION

Use a S-Video Cable, connecting the

S-Video output from your DVDRX250 to

t

he correspondin

g

input on your TV

Tu

rn

o

n

t

h

e

u

ni

t

a

n

d

se

l

ect

‘D

V

D M

ode

’

On your TV se

l

ect t

h

e S-Vi

d

eo Input.

 is is normally done by pressin

g

‘

TV/AV’

or ‘MODE’ on the remote. Consult

y

our

TV

m

a

n

ua

l f

o

r f

u

r

t

h

e

r in

st

r

uct

i

o

n

s

o

n

h

ow to do so.

1

.

2.

3

.

TELEVISIO

N

S

D

VDRX250

D

VDRX250

CO

MP

O

NENT

CO

NNE

C

TI

O

N

First, connect a component lead (not included)

f

rom the YCb/Pb Cr/Pr terminals on the

DVDRX250 to the com

p

onent in

p

ut on your

T

V. If you wish to use pro

g

ressive scan, ensure

t

hat you connect to a YPbPr in

p

ut.

Select the com

p

onent in

p

ut on your TV

(

consult your manual for more information)

To switch between interlaced and progressive

scan modes,

p

ress PSCAN on the remote, then

S

ELE

C

T.

1

.

2.

3

.

TELEVI

S

I

ON

13

Audio Output Connections



is unit features a variety of audio outputs for connection to a receiver or other audio equipment.

-

Use the included A/V cable to connect the stereo audio outputs

f

or connection to a TV or stereo receiver.

-

Optical and Coaxial di

g

ital audio outputs send an encoded di

g

ital bit stream, suitable for receivers with Dolby decodin

g

capability.

 ese outputs require special cables not included

.

Antenna & TV Connections

Y

our DVDRX250 is available with an antenna pass through connection. Use an antenna or cable TV connection to connect the RF input

a

n

d

RF

out

to

co

nn

ect

to

a

T

V

.

DVDRX25

0

T

ELEVI

S

I

ON

AV RE

C

EIVER WITH

D

I

G

ITAL A

U

DI

O

INP

UT

D

V

DR

X2

50

T

ELEVI

S

I

O

N

A

NTENNA OR CABLE CONNECTION

W

ITH

OU

T PA

SS

THR

OUG

H

CO

NNE

C

T

O

R

14

System Connection for recording external signals (Rear Panel Signal Input)

A

udio/ Video in

p

uts are

p

rovided on the front and back side of your DVDRX250 for connection of outside audio/ video sources such

as VCRs, Camcorders, DVD Players etc. External sources must support Composite Video and S-Video or stereo audio to be suitable

f

or

r

ecor

d

in

g.

FRONT AV Inputs (Video In, S-Video In)

CO

MP

OS

ITE VIDE

O

INPUT

CO

NNE

C

TI

O

N

D

V

DR

X25

0

DVD PLAYER

,

VCR

,

STB ETC.

DVDRX2

50

DVD PLAYER

,

VCR

,

STB ETC.

S-VIDEO or

COMPOSITE

15

System Connection for recording external digital signals (Front Panel)

W

hen connecting external signals, be sure to switch oﬀ the power source of the unit and other devices

Recor

d

in

g

Mo

de

g

Introduction



ere are various external signal inputs in the unit, including

S-Vi

d

eo

C

omposite Vide

o

T

V tun

i

n

g

D

V in

p

ut

Stereo audio input

Y

ou can select any

g

roup o

f

audio and video si

g

nals

f

rom these inputs

f

or recordin

g.

I

N

S

ERTIN

G

A NEW DI

SC

U

pon insertin

g

a new

d

isc, t

h

e unit nee

d

s to initia

l

ise t

h

e

d

isc.

P

lease wait until this is ﬁ nished to start recording

!

Manual Recording

Recording Source

Y

ou can select which video input the unit should record

f

rom.  e

f

ollowing options are available

T

u

n

e

r

Front CVBS

(

Com

p

osite

)

Front

S

-VIDE

O

D

V Input

Press the SOURCE button (re

p

eatedly

)

to chan

g

e the video source and select one of the above.

Note: If you are recordin

g

from a rear source, make sure your audio connections are connected to the rear audio inputs

.

I

f

you are recording

f

rom a

f

ront source, make sure your audio connections are connected to the

f

ront audio inputs.

■

DV

IN/OUT

D

VDRX250

US

B FLA

S

H DRIVE

C

AMCORDER WITH IEEE1

39

4 OUTPUT

DV AND U

S

B INPUT

S

Refer to the manual of

y

our

m

ini

ﬁ

r

ew

ir

e

o

r

usb

dev

i

ce

fo

r

f

urther instructions on how

t

o connect

16

Selecting Tuner Channel

In Tuner Mode:

P

ress t

h

e

b

utton CH+

/

- on remote contro

l

to se

l

ect t

h

e c

h

anne

l

P

ress t

h

e num

b

er

k

eys an

d

t

h

en press SELECT

b

utton to se

l

ect t

h

e c

h

anne

l

Recording to DVD or HDD

S

elect recordin

g

tar

g

et drive

(

DVD or HDD

)

P

ress Source button once to switch to manual recording mode, and press DVD or HDD/DUB button to switch between DVD or

HDD R

eco

r

d

.

If you have a recordable media in the tray, you can press REC and start recordin

g

(

OTR

)

to DVD. Press Stop to ﬁ nish recordin

g

.

To pause the recording, press the PLAY/PAUSE button on the remote control . Press the PLAY/PAUSE button or the REC button to

r

esume recordin

g

. Recordin

g

will continue until the STOP button on the remote control or the product

f

ront panel is pressed

.

N

ote

:

1

. In SOURCE status for Manual Recordin

g

, the procedures for recordin

g

to common DVDs: (please refer to the illustrations for the

p

ositions of OPTICAL DISC and HARD DISC

)

W

hen the TV dis

p

lays OPTICAL DISC,

p

ress REC button to record to the o

p

tical disc

;

Wh

en t

h

e TV

d

isp

l

ays Har

d

DISC, press DVD

b

utton, an

d

t

h

en press REC

b

utton to recor

d

to t

h

e optica

l

d

isc

.

Recording Quality

Y

ou can select from up to six record

q

uality settings to deﬁ ne the amount of space you want to use on the DVD/HDD.

Higher quality recordings will consume more space and low quality recordings will consume less space on the DVD/HDD.

NOTE: Use the QUALITY button to switch between diﬀ erent record

q

uality options

.

4

.7

G

B DVD

25

0

G

B HDD

Q

UALIT

Y

S

LP

(

Super Long Play)

:

6

HR

S

2

82HR

S

LO

W

EP

(

Extended Pla

y)

:

4

HR

S

188HR

S

MO

DERATE

LP

(

Lon

g

Play): 3HRS 141HR

S

N

O

RMAL

S

P+

(

Standard Pla

y

Plus):

2

½

H

R

S

117HR

S

GOOD

S

P

(

Standard Play

)

:

2

HR

S

94HR

S

VERY

GOOD

H

Q

(

High Quality):

1

H

R

47HRS

B

ES

T

One Touch Recording (OTR)



is function enables you to set up the timer durin

g

the recordin

g

process. Once the scheduled time is reached, the system will stop

r

ecording automatically

.

Enter the Recordin

g

Mode and start recordin

g.

For

d

esire

d

timer recor

d

in

g

, press t

h

e REC

b

utton once or severa

l

times.

 e recording time will increase by 30 minutes with every press of the REC button. If the scheduled time exceeds the

recordable time o

f

the disc, normal recordin

g

mode will restore.

I

f the timer recordin

g

is paused or stopped, the system will cancel the timer recordin

g

process.

■

1.

2

.

■

17

DV (Digital Video) Recording



is unit can perform real-time monitorin

g

and recordin

g

for a DV throu

g

h the IEEE 1394 serial port (DV).

■

C

onnect the DV to the unit (for details, see System Connection: System Connection for Recordin

g

).

■ Switch on the

p

ower of the unit.

■

P

ress t

h

e Source

b

utton unti

l

DV Input is se

l

ecte

d

.

■

Switch on the Power button of the DV, set it to CAMERA mode, and start monitorin

g.

■

P

ress the REC button to start recording.

(

Other operations is the same as in the Recording Mode

)



is unit can also record the VCR content of the DV

.

■  e connection method is the same as stated in the ﬁ rst 3 ste

p

s of ste

p

1 above.

■

Switch on the Power button o

f

the DV unit to enter Pla

y

back mode

■

P

ress t

h

e REC

b

utton to start recor

d

in

g

■

During the recording process, press the PAUSE button to suspend recording of the unit, and press again to suspend the DV unit.

To restore play o

f

the DV unit, press the PLAY button; i

f

you press the REC button, the play o

f

the DV unit and the recordin

g

will

resume at t

h

e same time.

While paused the FWD, REV buttons operate the DV; if you press the STOP button, the recording of the unit will stop ﬁ rst, press

a

g

ain to stop the play o

f

the DV

.

File Manager

File manager allows you to browse, play and copy ﬁ les across the three storage devices

(

DVD, HDD and USB

)

. Press FILE/USB to

e

nter the

ﬁ

le mana

g

er.

To navigate the ﬁ le manager, use the arrow keys to select a ﬁ le or folder. Pressing select on a compatible media ﬁ le will start playback.

P

ressin

g

Ri

g

ht on a

ﬁ

le will call up the

ﬁ

le sub menu, with the options as

f

ollows:

C

opy: allows you to copy a ﬁ le to another destination. Selecting copy brings up the destination window, navigate to select the copy

d

estination. Once you have selected the drive and

f

older to copy to, press ri

g

ht and select Complete to be

g

in the copy.

D

elete: will delete the ﬁ le. Note that some ﬁ les may be copy protected and unable to delete

.

R

ename: will call up a keyboard to rename the ﬁ le. Take care to preserve the extension of the ﬁ le.

(

xxxx.mp3, xxxx.jpg, etc

)

Move: similar to copy, however the

ﬁ

le is removed

f

rom the source directory.

C

reate

d

ir: wi

ll

create a su

b

d

irectory in t

h

e current

d

irectory, enter usin

g

t

h

e

k

ey

b

oar

d

Select all: selects all the ﬁ les in the current directory. Any actions, such as co

p

y, move or delete a

pp

ly to the selected ﬁ les.

Unselect all: Deselects all

ﬁ

les in director

y

.

Note: pressin

g

add/clear will select/unselect individual ﬁ les

HDD-to-DVD Recording

P

ress t

h

e HDD

/

DUB

b

utton to enter into t

h

e HDD mo

d

e

.

P

ress ADD/CLEAR to se

l

ect t

h

e tit

l

es t

h

at you

d

esire to

c

o

p

y to

D

V

D.

P

ress t

h

e HDD/DUB

b

utton a

g

ain to copy t

h

e

s

elected ﬁ les to DVD.

1.

2

.

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SC

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S

HIN

G

I

CO

N

O

N

THE UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE SCREEN TO

I

NDICATE THE RECORDING PROCESS.

For other options Press DVD,

TV/Video, USB, SETUP or TIMER keys

HDD

No. CH Date Time Title

001

F

-

5V

20/09/06

1

5

:1

9

T

itl

e

1

0

2

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-

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MP

2

0

/

09

/

06 1

3

:4

2

T

itl

e

2

0

3

F-

S

2

/

09

/

06 10:4

1

T

itle

3

S

P PA

L

00

:

38

:

52

Press Add/Clear key to

select program(s)

Press Dub key to copy

selected program(s)

to DVD

Press Sort key to sort

programs by name, date

or time

18

Timer Recording

Y

ou can set up your DVDRX250 to schedule recordings to begin

and end at speci

ﬁ

c times. To do this

:

P

ress t

h

e TIMER

b

utton to enter t

h

e timer recor

d

in

g

menu,

as shown.

Y

ou can set up to 8 di

ﬀ

erent scheduled recordings at once.

In t

h

e timer recor

d

in

g

menu, use t

h

e UP or DOWN

b

uttons

to select a record, then

p

ress the SELECT button

.

S

et up t

h

e input source

In the Timer Recordin

g

Setup box, select “SOURCE” from

the menu and use the

U

P or D

O

WN and

S

ELE

C

T buttons to

select

the

sou

r

ce

.

Recor

d

to

:

Y

ou may select hard drive or DVD

(

O

p

tical Disc

)

as the

d

estination

f

or the recordin

g.

Set Recor

d

ing Qua

l

ity:

S

elect Qualit

y

from the menu and use the UP or DOWN and

S

ELECT buttons to select the

q

uality value (see Recording

Quality for more information).

Set u

p

Recordin

g

Time:

S

elect ‘Mode’

f

rom the menu and select one o

f

the options in

t

h

e

l

ist

:

Wee

kly

: Recor

d

Once a Wee

k

D

ai

ly:

Recor

d

Dai

l

y Mon

d

ay to Fri

d

ay

O

nce: Record for one time on the s

p

eciﬁ ed date and

t

im

e

Set up Recor

d

ing Date

:

For weekly recordings > move the cursor to the right control

unit in t

h

e row an

d

press t

h

e SELECT

b

utton to pop up a wee

k

l

ist. Se

l

ect a proper va

l

ue accor

d

in

g

to your nee

d

.

For Once on

l

y recor

d

in

g

s > Se

l

ect ONCE an

d

press t

h

e SELECT

b

utton.



e

d

ate input e

d

itor

b

ox wi

ll

appear on t

h

e ri

gh

t.

Highlight the box and the SELECT button, then use the number

buttons to enter the date in the

f

orm o

f

DD/MM/YY, press the

S

ELECT button to conﬁ rm. If the input is invalid, the system

w

ill prompt an input error message. At the same time, the Date

Input Editor Box will be le

f

t empty. Please enter the date a

g

ain

.

1.

2

.

3.

4.

5

.

6

.

7

.

Press Select to review a scheduled recording or

create a new one, press Functions for other options.

Timer Recording

No. Source Quality Date Start

1

2

3

End Record

4

5

6

UP/ DOWN or 0~9 to change the value,

SELECT to conﬁ rm the value.

Timer Recording Setup

Sou

r

ce

Reco

r

d

t

o

Q

ualit

y

Mode

Da

t

e

S

t

a

r

t

E

n

d

Titl

e

O

n

ce

21

/09/06

0 0 : 2 4

0

: 2 4

My

Titl

e

O

K

Ca

n

ce

l

C

H

0

2

9

C

H

0

2

8

F

ront

S

-VIDE

O

C

H

0

2

9

Record expedites only on the date set

Timer Recording Setup

S

ourc

e

Reco

r

d

t

o

Q

ualit

y

Mode

Da

t

e

S

tar

t

E

n

d

Titl

e

0 0 : 2 4

0

: 2 4

My

Titl

e

O

K

Ca

n

ce

l

C

H

0

2

9

W

eekl

y

D

a

ily

O

n

ce

O

nc

e

H

D

SP

19

Set u

p

the start time o

f

the recordin

g

:

In t

h

e timer recor

d

in

g

set up

b

ox, use t

h

e arrow

b

uttons an

d

t

h

en press t

h

e SELECT

b

utton to

h

i

ghl

i

gh

t t

h

e Start option.

Enter a time between 0:00 and 2

3

:

59

with the number buttons

and press SELECT to con

ﬁ

rm.

Set up the end time of the recording:

S

et the recording end time

f

ollowing the instructions above

a

f

ter havin

g

hi

g

hli

g

hted the End option.

S

et up t

h

e recor

d

tit

l

e:

U

se

▲

or

▼

t

o change letters and then press the SELECT

butto

n

to

e

n

te

r i

t.

A

fter completin

g

setup, hi

g

hli

g

ht the OK button and press

S

ELE

C

T

.

P

ress t

h

e TIMER

b

utton to exit t

h

e timer recor

d

in

g

setup

men

u.

I

f

the system is operating

ﬁ

ve minutes be

f

ore the scheduled

time

f

or recordin

g

, an in

f

ormation box will pop up, promptin

g

you w

h

et

h

er to start recor

d

in

g

or not. To recor

d

,

h

i

ghl

i

gh

t OK

and

p

ress the SELECT button to con

ﬁ

rm.

I

f

the in

f

ormation box is le

f

t unattended, the unit will

automatica

ll

y recor

d

an

d

wi

ll

continue accor

d

in

g

to t

h

e set

s

chedule.

I

f

the system is in standby status, it will enter the recordin

g

mo

d

e automatica

ll

y 3 minutes in a

d

vance an

d

start recor

d

in

g

to schedule

.

D

ELETIN

G

A TIMER RE

CO

RDIN

G:

S

ELECT ANY TIMER RECORDING ITEM AND

PRESS THE ADD/CLEAR BUTTON TO DELETE IT

8

.

9.

10

.

1

.

12

.

13

.

UP/ DOWN or 0~9 to change the value,

SELECT to conﬁ rm the value.

Timer Recording Setup

Sou

r

ce

Reco

r

d

t

o

Q

ualit

y

Mode

D

a

t

e

S

t

a

r

t

E

n

d

Titl

e

C

H

0

2

9

HDD

SP

O

nc

e

21/09/06

0 0 : 2 4

0

: 2 4

My

Ti

t

le

O

K

C

ancel

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