Sony RDR-HXD910 manual

2-636-511- 11 (3) © 2005 Sony Corporation D VD Recorder Operatin g Instructi ons RDR-HXD710 RDR-HXD910[...]

2 Importan t Informat ion Should you experience a problem with this recorder, please refer to the trouble shooting section on p age 104. If you are un able to rectify the problem , contact the Sony C ustomer Information Centre on 08705 111 999 (Monday-Friday from 8:30am to 6:00pm) Please en sure you hav e the followin g informat ion availab le befo[...]

3 Precau tion s This equipment has been tested and found to compl y with the limits set out in the EMC Directive using a connection cable shorter than 3 metres. On safety Should any solid obj ect or liquid fa ll into the cabinet, unp lug the r ecorder and have it checked b y qualified personnel before operating it any furthe r. About the har d disk[...]

4 also use the controls on the recorder if they have the same or similar names as those on the remote. • The on-screen display ill ustrations used in this manual may not matc h the graphics displayed on your TV screen. • RDR-HXD710/HXD910 are used for illustra tion purposes . • The explanations regardin g DVDs in this manual re fer to DVDs cr[...]

5 Table of Contents Important In formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 WARNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

6 Guid e to D igital Serv ices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 EPG (Electroni c Programme Guide) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Viewing a list of available channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Viewing programmes re[...]

7 Erasing a nd Edit ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Before Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Edit options for the HDD and DVD-RWs ( VR mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Edit options fo r DV[...]

8 Addi tion al In form atio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Self-diagnosi s Function (When lette rs/numbers appe ar in the display ) . . . . . . . . . . 109 Notes About This Reco [...]

9 Ways to Use Your DVD Re corder Recording/Playbac k Compa tible med ia and refe rence pa ges Quick a ccess to r ecorded titles – Title L ist , “3. Play ing the Recorded Progr amm e (Titl e List)” on page 32 Play t he b eginnin g of a t itle while it is being recorded – Chas ing Pl ayback , “Playi ng from th e beginn ing of th e progra mm[...]

10 Quick G uide t o Disc Typ es Usable disc vers ions (a s of March 20 05) • 8x-speed or sl ower DVD+RWs • 6x-speed or slower DVD-RWs (Ver. 1.1, Ver.1.2 with CPRM *1 ) • 16x- spee d or slowe r DVD +Rs • 16x- spee d or slow er DV D-R s (Ver .2.0, Ve r.2 .1) • 2.4x-speed DVD+R DL (Double Layer) disc s “DVD+RW,” “DVD-RW,” “DVD+R,?[...]

11 Discs tha t cannot be reco rded on • 8 c m discs • DVD-Rs in VR mode (Video Recordin g format) *3 Only if the recor ding mode is LSP, SP , HSP, or H Q. *4 Erasing t itles d oes not free up d isc sp ace. Reco rding Featu res Editing Fe atures Rewri te (page 48) Auto Chapter (page 99) Manua l Chapter (page 76) Record 16:9 si zes (pag e 53) Cha[...]

12 “DVD VIDEO” and “CD” are trademarks. Discs tha t cannot be playe d •P H O T O C D s • CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD-RWs that are not recor ded in mu sic CD or Video CD form at, or do not cont ain MP3 or J PEG f iles • Data p art of CD-E xtras • DVD-R OMs tha t do not contai n JPE G fil es or are no t in DVD Vide o format • DVD Audi o dis cs[...]

13 Maximum recordable n umber of t itles * The maxi mum le ngth for each ti tle is eight hours. Note o n play back oper atio ns of DV D VIDE Os/ VIDEO CDs Some playback operations of DVD VIDEOs/ VIDEO CDs may be intenti onally set by softwa re producers. S ince this r ecorder pla ys DVD VIDEOs/VIDEO CDs acc ording to the disc conten ts the s oftwa [...]

14 Hookups and Settings Hooki ng Up the Re cor der Follow steps 1 to 7 to hook up and adj ust the settings of the re cord er. b Notes • Pl ug cords securely to preven t unwan ted nois e. • Refer to the inst ructions s upplied with t he com ponents to be c onnected. • You cannot connect th is recorder to a TV that do es not have a SCART or vid[...]

15 Hookup s and Settings Step 2 : Co nnecti ng t he Aer ial C able Conne ct the ae rial cabl e by fo llowin g the ste ps below . Do not conne ct the mai ns lead until yo u reach “Ste p 5: Conne cting the Mains Lead” on page 21 . 1 Disco nnect t he ae rial cable f rom you r TV and c onnec t it to AERI AL IN on the r ear p anel of the recorder. 2[...]

16 Step 3: Conne cting the Vide o Cord s/HDMI C ords Select one of the fo llow ing patter ns A thro ugh E , according to th e input jac k on your TV monitor, projector, or AV amplifi er (recei ver). This will enable y ou to view p ictures. A Connec tin g to a SCA RT inp ut ja ck When yo u set “Line1 Outpu t” to “ S Vide o” or “R GB” i n[...]

17 Hookup s and Settings When pl aying “w ide scr een” i mages Some recorde d images may no t fit your TV scree n. To cha nge t he pi ctur e si ze, see pa ge 9 4. If you are connectin g to a VCR Connect your VC R to the LINE 3 jack on the record er (p age 26) . b Not es • Do not conn ect mo re tha n one type of vi deo co rd between t he recor[...]

18 If the co nnec ted TV (or other con nected equipment s uch as a se t top box) complies with SMARTLINK, NexTView Link *3 , MEGALOGIC *1 , EASYLINK *2 , CINEMALINK *2 , Q-Link *3 , EURO VIEW LINK *4 , or T-V LINK *5 , th is re cord er automatical ly runs the SMARTLINK function after you complet e the connection pattern A on pag e 16 ( the SMARTL I[...]

19 Hookup s and Settings By using the PRO GRES SIVE button , you can sele ct th e sign al fo rmat i n whic h th e reco rder output s video signa ls: inte rlace o r prog ressiv e. 1 Conn ect the r ecorder using the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks (pattern D on pa ge 1 6). 2 Set “Component Out” in “Video” setup to “On” (pag e 95). 3 Press the P[...]

20 Ste p 4: Conne cting the Audi o Cord s Sel ect on e of the fo ll owing p atter ns A or B , according to th e input jack on your TV monitor, projec tor, or AV amplif ier (receiver) . This will enable you t o listen t o sound. A Conn ecting to audio L/R in put jac ks This con nect ion wil l use your TV’s or st ereo amplifi er’s (re ceiv er’s[...]

21 Hookup s and Settings z Hin t For correct spe aker locati on, see the operat ing instruct ions s upplied with th e connect ed comp onents. b Not es • Do not connect your TV’s audio outp ut jacks to th e LINE IN (R-AUDIO-L) ja cks at the sam e time. This will cause unwanted noise to come from your TV’s speakers. • In the co nnectio n A , [...]

22 Step 6: Pr epar ing the Remote You c an co ntrol the record er u sing t he su ppli ed remote. In sert two R6 (size AA) batteries by matchi ng the 3 and # ends on the batte ries to the markings inside the battery c ompartment. When using t he remote, point it at the r emote senso r on th e re cord er. b Notes • If the supplied re mote interfere[...]

23 Hookup s and Settings 4 Releas e [ / 1 . When the TV/DVD switc h is set to TV, the remote performs the follo wing: * If you use the num ber buttons to se lect the TV’s program me pos ition, pre ss -/-- follow ed by th e numb er buttons for two-di git number s. To oper ate th e t TV/DV D bu tton (for S CART con necti ons only ) When the TV/DVD [...]

24 Code nu mbers of c ontrolla ble AV amplifie rs (receivers) If more th an one code n umber is lis ted, try entering th em one at a time unt il you find th e one that work s with you r AV amplifier (receive r). If the supplied r emote inte rferes with your oth er Sony DVD recor der or pl ayer, set the com mand mode number for this record er and th[...]

25 Hookup s and Settings Step 7 : Easy Set up Make the basic ad justments b y followin g the on- screen i nstructio ns in “Eas y Setup.” 1 Turn o n the re corder and swi tch the inpu t select or on your TV so that the sig nal from the reco rder a ppears on your TV screen. The message about the initia l settings appears. • If this messag e doe[...]

26 Connec tin g a V CR or S imila r De vice After disco nnecting the re corder’s main s lead from the mains , connect a VCR or similar rec ording device to the LINE I N jacks of this re corder. Use the DV IN jack on t he front pane l if th e equipment has a DV output jack (i.LINK ja ck) (page 84). See also the inst ruction ma nual supplie d with [...]

27 Hookup s and Settings Connect a VCR or similar recording de vice to the LINE 2 IN or LI NE 4 IN jacks of this re corder. If the equipm ent ha s an S-v ideo jack, you ca n use an S- video cor d inst ead of an au dio/vi deo co rd. z Hin t When the connected equipm ent outputs only monau ral sound, connect only the L (MONO) and VIDEO input jacks on[...]

28 Connec tin g to a Sate lli te or Digit al T uner Connect a sa tellite or d igital tuner to this rec order using th e LINE 3 jack. Disconn ect the reco rder’s mains lead fr om the mains w hen connec ting th e tun er. To us e th e Sy nchro- Rec func tion , see bel ow. If the s atellite tuner can output RG B signa ls This recorder accepts RGB sig[...]

29 Seve n Basic Ope rations — Getting to Know Your DVD Re corder Seven Ba sic Oper ations — Getting to Know Your DVD Re corder 1. Ins ertin g and F orma tting a DVD D isc (Disc Info ) 1 Press DVD. 2 Press Z (open/clos e), and place a di sc on the dis c tray. 3 Press Z (open/clo se) to clo se the di sc tray. Wait until “ LOAD” disappears fro[...]

30 3 Move the cursor down th e TOOLS menu unti l “Disc Info” i s sele cted, and pres s ENTER . Exampl e: Wh en a DVD-RW (V R mode ) is insert ed. 1 “Disc Name” (DVD only) 2 “Media”: Disc ty pe 3 “Format”: Recording fo rmat type (DVD- RW only) 4 “On”/“Off” : Indicates whethe r protection is set (DVD-RW in VR mode only) 5 “T[...]

31 Seve n Basic Ope rations — Getting to Know Your DVD Re corder 2. Re cording a Prog ramme Thi s sect ion intr oduc es t he bas ic op erat ion t o record the c urrent TV programme to th e hard disk (HDD) or to a disc ( DVD). For an explanation of how to make ti mer re cord ings , see pag e 48. 1 Press HDD or DVD. When you record to a DVD, insert[...]

32 You can check the re cord ing info rm ation s uch as recordi ng time or di sc type. Press DISPLAY twice du ring rec ording. The re cordin g infor matio n appe ars. A Disc type/fo rmat B Recordin g status C Recordin g mode D Recording ti me Press DISPLAY to turn off t he displa y. 3. Play ing the Reco rded Progra mme (Title List ) To play a recor[...]

33 Seve n Basic Ope rations — Getting to Know Your DVD Re corder Title List with Thumbnail Images (Example: DVD-RW in VR mode) Extended Title List A Disc type: Displays a me dia type, HDD or DVD. Also displ ays the title type (Ori ginal or Pla ylist ) for DVD-R Ws (VR mode ). B Disc space (remaind er/total) C Title informa tion: Displays t he tit[...]

34 To ch ange a title thumbn ail p icture (Thumb nail) ( HDD/D VD-RW i n VR mode only ) You ca n sel ect a favo urit e scen e for the thu mbnai l picture shown in t he Title List menu. 1 Press TITL E LIST in stop mode . 2 Select a t itle who se thum bnail pi cture yo u want to c hange, and p ress EN TER. The su b-men u appear s. 3 Select “S et Th[...]

35 Seve n Basic Ope rations — Getting to Know Your DVD Re corder B Available functions for DVD VIDEOs ( angle/ audio/ subtitle, et c.), or playback data for DATA DVDs and DATA CDs C The cu rrent sel ected f unctio n or au dio setting (appea rs only tempor arily) Exampl e: Dolby Di gital 5. 1 ch D The current se lected angle Displa y 2 Exampl e: W[...]

36 Exampl e: When p layin g a VIDEO C D Exampl e: When p layin g a CD Track pl aying t ime and the curre nt trac k/index n umber m Remainin g time of the c urren t track m Playing tim e of the d isc m Remainin g time of the di sc m CD text ( when ava ilable) Exampl e: When p layin g an MP 3 aud io t rack Playing ti me and numbe r of th e current tr[...]

37 Seve n Basic Ope rations — Getting to Know Your DVD Re corder 5 Press < / M / m / , to select th e char acter you wan t to ent er, and p ress ENTER. The se lecte d charac ter ap pears at the top of the display. Example: Input Ti tle Name 6 Repeat step s 4 an d 5 t o ent er the remaini ng ch aract ers. To eras e a char acter, m ove t he curs[...]

38 6. Labe lling an d Protec ting a Disc You can execu te opti ons effe ctive for the en tire disc us ing the D isc In form atio n displa y. 1 Insert a disc. See “I nsert ing a Disc” on page 29 . 2 Press TO OLS to s elect “Dis c Info,” a nd press ENT ER. Exampl e: Wh en th e in serted disc is a DVD- RW (VR mode ). 3 Selec t “Disc Name,”[...]

39 Seve n Basic Ope rations — Getting to Know Your DVD Re corder 7. Pl ayin g th e Disc on O the r DVD Equi pmen t (Fi nalis e) Final ising is ne cessar y when y ou pla y discs recorded with this recorder o n other DVD equipm ent. When you finalis e a DVD+RW, DVD-RW (Video mode), DVD+R, or DVD-R, a DVD menu will b e autom atically created , whic [...]

40 For DVD -RWs ( Video mo de) DVD-RW (Video mode) t hat have bee n finalise d to prohib it addi tional record ing or editing ca n be unfinali sed to al low furt her recor ding or editing. For DVD-R Ws (VR mode ) If you ca nnot rec ord or edi t on a DVD -RW ( VR mode) tha t has be en finalised with othe r DVD equipment, “T his disc was finalis ed[...]

41 Guide t o Digital Serv ices Guide to Dig ital Services b Not e Digital S ervices ava ilability de pends on the broa dcaster . Digital Services are not in stantly avai lable when the recorder i s first turned on. EPG (El ectro nic Pr ogramm e Guide ) The E PG pr ovid es a qu ick and easy w ay t o: • View a complete list of all avai lable channe[...]

42 2 Press the < / M / m / , buttons or enter a channel nu mber u sing t he number butt ons to move arou nd the list. If you pr ess the , but ton a fte r high lig htin g the last pro gramme on the right , the schedule for the n ext two ho urs is dis played ( depen ding on ava ilabi lity f rom the broad caster ). 3 Press the GREEN b utton to togg[...]

43 Guide t o Digital Serv ices ◆ Some ex ample s of cate gory ty pes are as follows: All Programmes : This give s a complete channe l list. Favour ite Lis t 1: Disp lays th e favo urite channe ls you hav e st ored i n the Favo urite l ist 1 folder (page 45) . Films: Disp lays movies ava ilable for vie wing. News: Displays all news channels. En te[...]

44 3 Press the M / m butto ns or e nter a chan nel number using t he number butt ons to displ ay progr amme in forma tio n on othe r channel s. 4 Press the TV/R ADIO button to s witch betw een the T V and Rad io chann els 5 When vie wing informa tion for th e currently highlig hted chann el, pr ess th e ENTER button to exit the info rmation di spla[...]

45 Guide t o Digital Serv ices 3 If you are instruct ed to press ‘OK’ or ‘Selec t’ whe n viewi ng the text pag es, press the EN TER bu tton. 4 When y ou ha ve fi nished v iewing the text service, follow the on scre en instruc tions, or press the PROG +/- bu tton to exit. Digital text se rvices may also be available on other digit al channel[...]

46 4 Selec t “Favou rites, ” and pre ss ENTER The D TV Set tin gs- Fa vour ites List 1 dis play appe ars. This disp lay show s all the TV or Radi o channe ls avai lable to yo u. 5 Press the TV/R ADIO button to di splay eith er your favou rite TV o r favo urite R adi o chann els at any time. The Ra dio mod e is indica ted by th e presen ce of a [...]

47 Guide t o Digital Serv ices Each favour ite list is re pres ente d by a colour ed button . 2 Press the TV/R ADIO button to dis play eith er your f avour ite TV o r favo urite R adio chann els at any tim e. The Radi o mode is i ndicated by the pre sence of a Rad io icon in the Favourite List panel. 3 Press the colo ured bu ttons o n the re mote c[...]

48 * Timer Recording Before Recording Before you start recording … • This record er ca n rec ord on var ious di scs . Selec t the dis c type accord ing t o your n eeds (pa ge 10) . • Chec k that the disc ha s enou gh avai lable space for th e recording ( page 29). F or HDD, DVD+RWs, and DVD-RWs, you can fre e up disc space by er asing tit les[...]

49 Time r Recor ding Pictu res with copy prot ectio n cann ot be reco rded on th is recor de r. Whe n the rec order re ceiv es a copy gu ard s ignal, the rec order co ntinue s to re cord but only a blan k, grey col oured s creen w ill be rec orded. * The recorded di sc can be played only on CP RM compa tible e quipmen t (page 10). Timer Rec ordin g[...]

50 2 Select an item using < / , and ad just usin g M / m . “Dat e”: Sets th e date. The it em change s as foll ows: Today y Tomorrow y …… y Thu 28.10 (1 month la ter) y Su n (ev ery Su nday) y …… y Sat (eve ry Saturd ay) y Mon- Fri ( Monda y to Frid ay) y Mon-Sa t (Mond ay t o Sa turday ) y Sun- Sat (Sun day to Satu rday ) y Tod ay ?[...]

51 Time r Recor ding z Hin t You can play the reco rded progra mme by select ing the program me titl e i n the T itle List. b Not es • If a messa ge indica ting that th e disc i s full appears on the sc reen, chan ge the dis c, or mak e availab le space f or the recording (HDD/DVD+RW/DVD-RW only) (page 75). • Check that th e clock is cor rectly[...]

52 4 Select a cur rent time TV/rad io broad cast o r a future programme you wish to record. Once h ighli ghted , pre ss the ENTE R but ton. The sub m enu ap pears wit h the des criptio n of the pro gr amm e d isp lay ed in t he in form at ion box. In case is displaye d: Ind icate s that the programme is age limite d (page 90). 5 Selec t “Time r,?[...]

53 Time r Recor ding You can set the re cord er to r ecor d in 30 -minu te incr ement s. Press z RE C repeated ly to set the dura tion. Each pres s adva nces the time in 30 -min ute increments. The maximum durati on is six hou rs. The time coun ter decrea ses minute by minute to 0:00, then the re corder stops re cordi ng (powe r does not tu rn off [...]

54 “D VD Line Re c. Pictur e Size”: Se ts the pict ure siz e of the progra mme to be r ecorde d on the DVD. • 4:3: Set s th e pi ctur e siz e to 4:3. • 16: 9 (defau lt): Se ts the p icture size to 16:9 (wide mode). “D VD Line R ec. Pict ure Siz e” works w ith DVD-Rs and DVD-RWs (Video mod e) when the recordi ng mode is set to HQ, HSP, S[...]

55 Time r Recor ding Checki ng/ Changi ng/ Cance lling Timer S ettings (EPG) You ca n check , change , or canc el tim er setti ngs using the EPG men u. 1 Press the bu tton to disp lay the EPG. A timer se tting can be identi fied thank s to the event bar and the timer event icon displayed in the EPG scr een. For deta ils, see p age 51. 2 Press the &[...]

56 Checki ng/ Changi ng/ Cancellin g Timer Settings (Timer Lis t) You can chec k, change, or cancel time r settings using the Timer Li st. 1 Press SYSTE M MENU. The Sy stem Me nu appe ars. 2 Selec t “TIME R LIST,” and pres s ENTE R. The Timer List appea rs. Timer inf ormation disp lays the recording date, time , recording mo de, etc. : Indicat [...]

57 Time r Recor ding “Info”: Displ ays the timer settin g information box alo ng wit h the dis c space re quir ed to recor d the who le prog ram me (acc ording to the select ed recordin g mode). Press O RETURN to come back to the Timer List. To cha nge o r ca ncel th e se tting, repe at st eps 3 and 4 abov e. When th e timer setti ngs ov erlap [...]

58 Recor ding Fr om Conn ected Equip ment You can set th e recor der t o autom atical ly reco rd progr amme s from conn ecte d equipm ent t hat ha s a timer functi on (such as a satelli te tuner). Connect the equi pment to the LIN E 3 jack of the re cord er (pag e 28). When the conn ected eq uipme nt tu rns on, t he reco rder st arts re cord ing a [...]

59 Time r Recor ding • Whi le the recorde r is st anding b y for Synchro- Record ing, the Auto Clock S et funct ion (page 89) does not work. If the t imer se tting s of a Sync hro-R ecord ing and anot her t imer reco rdin g overlap Regard less of whethe r or no t the pro gramm e is a Synchr o Rec progr amm e, the prog ram me that starts first has[...]

60 Playback Playi ng 1 Press HDD or DVD. • If you select DVD, insert a disc ( see “Ins ertin g a Disc” on page 29). • If you insert a DVD VIDEO, VIDEO CD, or CD, pre ss H . Playback star ts. 2 Press TITLE LI ST. For details abou t the Title List, see “3. Playin g the Recorded Programme (Titl e List)” on page 32. Example: DVD-RW (VR mode[...]

61 Playback To resu me playb ack from the po int wher e you stoppe d (Resu me Play) When you pres s H again after yo u stop playb ack, the r ecord er re sumes pl ayba ck fr om the point where yo u press ed x . To start fro m the be ginning, press TOOL S to select “ Play Be ginning, ” and pres s ENTER. Playback start s from the beginning of the [...]

62 To check the position of the buttons below, see the illustratio n on page 60. To resume normal playba ck, press H . Playback options Buttons Operations (aud io) Selec ts on e of the au dio track s rec orded o n the disc when p ressed repe ated ly. : Sele cts th e la nguag e. : Selects t he main or sub sound. : Sele cts st ereo or monau ral au di[...]

63 Playback b Not es • An gles an d subtitl es ca nnot be change d with ti tles reco rd ed o n t his reco rd er. • 96 kH z PCM audio and D TS audio d o not have surround e ffects. • The surr ound effects do not wor k while performing playback quickly with sound. Notes on pl aying DTS sou nd trac ks on a CD • When playing DTS -encode d CDs, [...]

64 “ PB Video Eq ualizer ”: • Con trast : ( weak) –3 ~ 0 ~ 3 (strong) • Bri ghtnes s: (d ark) –3 ~ 0 ~ 3 (bri ght) • Co lour: ( light ) – 3 ~ 0 ~ 3 (dee p) • Hu e: (r ed) –3 ~ 0 ~ 3 (gre en) Repe at step s 2 an d 3 t o adju st any oth er it ems. * “1” so ftens th e outlin es of the imag es. “2 ” enhances the out lines a [...]

65 Playback You ca n pause a cu rren t TV bro adcast , and then continue watchi ng the programme at a later time. This is us eful when you rec eive an unexpe cted phone call or v isitor while watchi ng TV. 1 Whil e viewin g a TV bro adcast w ith thi s recorder, press X . The pict ure paus es. You can pa use the pic ture for up to thr ee hours . 2 P[...]

66 “Simu ltaneous Rec and Play” allows you to vie w a previous ly recorded p rogramme while re cording programmes. Pl ayback continues even if a timer recordi ng starts . Use this f unction a s follows: • While recordi ng to the HDD: Play another ti tle on th e HDD. Play a pr evious ly re cord ed progr amme on a DVD by pressing DVD. • While[...]

67 Playback Search ing fo r a Title/ Chapt er/Tr ack, etc. Each ch apte r is disp laye d as a t humbna il. Yo u can search for t he des ired sce ne v isual ly. 1 Pres s TOOLS durin g pla yback to se lect “Visua l Sear ch,” a nd pres s ENTE R. 2 Selec t a scen e us ing < / , , and press ENTE R. Playb ack of the select ed scen e is start ed. Y[...]

68 Playi ng MP3 Audi o Trac ks or JPEG Image Fi les You can play MP 3 audi o tracks and JPEG image files on DATA CDs (CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD- RWs) or JPEG i mage files on DATA DVDs (DVD-ROMs/DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs/DVD-RWs/ DVD-Rs). 1 Insert a disc. See “I nsert ing a Disc” on page 29 . 2 Press H . For MP 3 disc s, play back s tarts from th e first MP3 au dio[...]

69 Playback 1 Press TITL E LIST. The albu m list a ppears. To ch ange t he p age, pres s / . 2 Select an al bum, a nd pr ess EN TER. The su b-men u appear s. 3 Select “View Album,” and pr ess ENTER. The im age list a ppears. To ch ange t he p age, pres s / . 4 Select an ima ge, and pres s ENTE R. “View Image”: Shows the image on the enti re[...]

70 MP3 is au dio co mpres sion techno logy t hat satisf ies certa in ISO/MPEG reg ulations. J PEG is image compre ssion tec hnology. You can play MP 3 (MP EG1 Au dio Laye r 3) format audi o tracks and JPEG image files on DATA CDs (CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD-RWs) or JPEG image files on DATA DVDs (DVD-ROMs/ DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs/DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs). DATA CDs dis cs must [...]

71 Playback Albu ms play in the fo llowin g orde r: Structure of di sc cont ents When you insert a DATA CD/DATA DVD and press H , the n umb ered track s ( or fi les) are played seque ntially , from 1 thro ugh 7 . For JPEG image file, pre ss to go to the next album. (For instance, when yo u want to go from 1 to 2 .) Any sub-alb ums/tracks (o r files[...]

72 Erasing and Ed iting Befo re Edi tin g This record er offe rs v arious edit op tion s for variou s disc typ es. Be fore you edit, c heck the disc type in the fron t panel dis play, a nd selec t the option availa ble for your disc (pag e 10). b Notes • You may lose the edite d content s if you rem ove the disc or a time r recor ding sta rts whi[...]

73 Erasing and Edi ting b Not es • Th e Playl ist title calls u p data fr om the or iginal ti tles for playba ck. Wh en an orig inal title is used for a Playlis t title, the original t itle cannot be erase d. • If a messa ge appear s and indi cates th at the di sc’s control in formation is fu ll, erase or edi t unnecessary titl es. • Pla yl[...]

74 “A-B Erase”: Erases a sec tion of th e title (page 7 4). “Del ete Chap ter” : Erases chapte r units of the title wh ile viewing th umbnails (see below). “Divide”: Div ides a tit le into two titles (page 7 5). z Hints • You can erase mul tiple title s at one time (page 75), or eras e all of the tit les on the disc at onc e (page 76 [...]

75 Erasing and Edi ting b Not es • Im ages or sound may be m omentari ly inter rupted at th e point where you erase a sectio n of a title. • Se ctions shorter than five second s may not be erase d. • For DVD+RWs, the erased sect ion may be slightly different from th e points you sele cted. You ca n sele ct and er ase more tha n one title at o[...]

76 1 Press TO OLS to s elect “Dis c Info,” a nd press ENT ER. The “Di sc Info rma tion” displa y appea rs. 2 Select “Era se A ll,” an d pre ss ENTER . 3 Select “OK, ” and pres s ENTE R. All title s on the di sc ar e er ased (exce pt th e protected tit les). When recording on a DVD+RW or DVD-RW (Vid eo mo de), th e reco rder searche [...]

77 Erasing and Edi ting Creati ng and Editing a Playlis t Playlist edit al lows you to ed it or re -edit without chang ing th e actu al record ings . You can cr eat e up to 97 Play list titl es. b Not e Once y ou crea te a Playlis t title from original titl es, you will be u nable to erase or e dit t he ori ginal titles. 1 Press TITL E LIST. 2 Pres[...]

78 To pla y the P laylist title Press TOOLS while th e Title List me nu is turned on. Then, se lect “Playlis t” and pres s ENTER. When the Title List (P laylist ) menu appears, sel ect a title an d press H . z Hint When a Pl aylist title i s creat ed, the IN and OUT points will be come ch apter marks, an d each s cene will beco me a chapter. b [...]

79 Dubbin g (HDD y DVD) Dubbing (HDD y DVD) Before Dubbing In this secti on, “dub bing” refers to “co pying a recorded title on th e intern al hard dis k drive (HDD) to another disc , or vice versa.” You can select to dub one t itle at a time (Title Dubbing – see “D ubbing a single ti tle (Title Dub)” on page 81), or multiple titles a[...]

80 Required time s for High -speed Dubb ing from HDD to DVD (for 6 0-minute programme) *1 *1 The va lues in t he above table are for referen ce only. Actual time s for dubbing al so require time for creating disc’s cont rol inform ation and oth er data. *2 This is the maxi mum re cording s peed of this r ecorder . The value may vary depe nding on[...]

81 Dubbin g (HDD y DVD) Move , Titl es conta ining “ Copy- Once” copy pr otec tion signals c an be move d only from HDD t o DVD- RW (VR mode)* (after t he title i s moved, the original ti tle in the HDD is erased). Th e “Move” function is p erformed u sing the same procedure as dubbin g (pag e 81). Title s contai ning “Co py- Once” copy[...]

82 7 Select a dubbin g mode by pre ssing M / m . * Appears when High-speed Dubbin g is available for the tit le (page 79) . 8 Select “Start ,” and press ENTER. The dubbi ng indi catio n appea rs in the fr ont panel d isplay ( page 3 5). To a utomat ica lly a djus t t he du bbin g mo de (Auto D ub Mode ) If th ere i s not enough availabl e space[...]

83 Dubbin g (HDD y DVD) To adjust t h e setting s for each title You ca n mak e detaile d sett ings fo r eac h of the selected titles during Multi p le Title Dubbing. 1 In step 6 of “Dub bing multip le title s (Dub Selected Ti tles)” on pag e 82, select “Setti ngs” and pre ss ENTER . The fo llowi ng di splay fo r maki ng the adjust ments ap[...]

84 DV Dubbing Befo re DV Dubb ing This se ction explains dubbin g wit h a digi tal vide o camer a via the DV IN j ack on the front pa nel. If you wa nt to d ub by w ay of t he LIN E IN jac ks, se e “Rec o rdin g from co nnected eq uipme nt with out a timer ” on page 5 9. To record from the DV IN jack The DV IN jack on th is record er conforms t[...]

85 DV Dubbi ng 3 Press INPU T SELEC T on the remot e repe atedly to se lect “DV.” The fr ont panel dis play c hanges as follows: 4 Press REC MOD E on th e remot e rep eatedl y to selec t the rec ording mode. The reco rdi ng mode c hange s as fo llow s: For details about the record ing mode, se e page 48. 5 Press TOO LS on the rem ote to select [...]

86 Record ing an E ntire DV Form at Tap e (One Touc h Dubbi ng) You c an rec ord the entir e conten ts of a DV/ Digital 8 format tape onto a disc with a single press of the ONE-TOUCH DUB button on the record er. Th e recor der co ntrols the digit al vide o came ra for the wh ole pr ocess, an d completes the reco rdin g. How c hapte rs are cr eated [...]

87 DV Dubbi ng 2 Selec t “DV ED IT,” and pr ess ENTE R. The dis play ask s if you want to start selec ting scene s. • If you ha ve pre viously sa ved a pr ogram me, the di splay as ks if you want to ed it an existing pr ogramme or to create a new programme. To r esume editin g the exist ing programme, se lect “Save d Data,” and go t o ste[...]

88 9 Select “OK,” and press EN TER. The default tit le name is fixed, and the display asks if y ou want to s tart reco rding. To chan ge t he dis c medi a, se lect “ Media ” and press M / m . To change the dubbi ng mode , sele ct “Dub Mode ” and pr ess M / m . 10 Select “Start ,” and press ENTER. The reco rder start s recordin g the[...]

89 Settings a nd Adjus tments Settings and Ad justments Clock and Lang uage Setti ngs (S ett ings) The “S ettings” setup he lps yo u to make clock and language settings for th e record er. 1 Pres s SYSTE M MENU whi le the re cord er is in stop mo de. 2 Selec t “SETU P,” an d press ENT ER. 3 Selec t “Se ttin gs,” and pr ess ENTE R. The S[...]

90 Digi tal TV set tings (DTV Se ttings) The DTV Setting s Setup en able s you to take full advant age of D igital TV Br oadcas ting servic es such as favour ites ch annels setting o r to prev ent child ren’s view ing un suitab le cha nnels a nd progra mmes . 1 Press SYSTEM MENU while the r ecord er is in sto p mode. 2 Selec t “SETUP ,” and p[...]

91 Settings a nd Adjus tments If you do not wi sh to loc k one of the five chan nels in th e displa y, pres s the R ED or GREE N button to view t he previ ous or nex t five ch anne ls availa ble. 3 Press t he O button to c ome back to th e Parenta l Lock me nu. ◆ To unl ock channel s 1 In St ep 2 a bove press the M / m butto ns to highlight th e [...]

92 When A uto Tune has en ded, a com plet ion display app ears i ndicat ing t he number of T V and Radi o chann els that ha ve been fo und and stor ed. 3 Press the ENTER button to remove th e display and vie w the fir st chann el capt ured. Programme Hide This o ption a llows you to hide (d isabl e) unus ed or unwan ted chan nels. The h idden p rog[...]

93 Settings a nd Adjus tments GREE N button to view t he previ ous or nex t five ch anne ls availa ble. 3 Press t he M / m buttons to highlight the prog ramme nu mber you wi sh your selec ted channe l to appe ar on. 4 Press th e BLUE button to swap c hannel posit ion. Y our sel ected chan nel app ears on th e programme number se lected in step 3. 5[...]

94 Video S ettings (Vid eo) Video settin gs will adj ust items r elated to th e image , such as siz e and colo ur. Choose t he set tings acc ording to the type of TV or tuner con nected to t he DVD recorde r. 1 Press SYSTEM MENU while the r ecord er is in sto p mode. 2 Selec t “SETUP ,” and pr ess ENTE R. 3 Selec t “Vide o,” and pres s ENTE[...]

95 Settings a nd Adjus tments Pause Mode (HDD/DVDs only ) Selects th e picture quality in pause mode. 4:3 Out put (RDR- HXD91 0 only) This setting is effect ive only when you set “TV Type” in “Vide o” to “16:9. ” Note that this setti n g is effective only for HDMI conn ection. Compon ent O ut Select s whethe r or no t to output video si[...]

96 ◆ Line3 Inpu t Select s a m ethod o f in putting vide o sign als for th e LINE 3 jack . The pi cture wi ll not b e clea r if thi s setting does no t match t he type of video inpu t signal . ◆ Line 3 Outp ut Sel ects a meth od of output ting vide o sign als for the LINE 3 jack . Line4 I nput Select s a m ethod o f in putting vide o sign als f[...]

97 Settings a nd Adjus tments Downmix (DVDs on ly) Switches the method f or mixing down t o two chan nels whe n you play a DVD which has rear sound el ement s (chan nels) or is recor ded in D olby Digital format. F or det ails on the re ar signal components, se e “4. Displa ying the Playing Time and Play Info rmati on” o n page 34. This func ti[...]

98 b Note If the HDMI OUT jack (RDR-HXD910 only) is connect ed to e q uipment not compatib le wit h MPEG audio signa ls, the “PCM” signal s will be a utoma ticall y output even whe n you select “MPE G.” • DTS (DVD VIDEO only) Selects whethe r or not t o output DTS signa ls. b Note When HDMI ou tput (RDR-HXD910 on ly) is perform ed to equi[...]

99 Settings a nd Adjus tments Recor ding and Parent al Contro l Setting s (Featu res) The “F eatu res” setu p allo ws y ou t o ad just record ing a nd parent al cont rol set tings . 1 Pres s SYSTEM MENU while t he recor der i s in stop mo de. 2 Selec t “SETU P,” an d press ENT ER. 3 Select “Features, ” and press ENTER. The “F eature s[...]

100 4 Select a geogra phic are a as the pl ayba ck limitation level, and press ENTER. The ar ea is sele cted. • Whe n you select “Oth ers,” press t he nu mber butt ons t o sele ct and en ter a n area code in the t able (pag e 11 9). Th en sel ect “ OK” and press ENTER. 5 Select “Leve l,” and press ENTE R. The se lect ion i tems for ?[...]

101 Settings a nd Adjus tments Paren tal Co ntro l (Passw ord) Th is “Pa ss wo rd” S etu p al low you to se t or to modif y the pass word th at gives a ccess to Pa rental Contr ol setti ngs. 1 Pres s SYSTE M MENU whi le the re cord er is in stop mo de. 2 Selec t “SETU P,” an d press ENT ER. 3 Select “P assword,” and pres s ENTER . The P[...]

102 Power Sav e Select s whethe r this r ecorder is in pow er sav e mode when the power is turn ed off (s tandby). b Notes • Power Save mode does not func tion when a Synchro Recor ding is set, even when “Po wer S ave” is set to “On . ” • The SMARTLINK f eatures ar e not available when “Power Sa v e” is set to “On . ” • The (E[...]

103 Settings a nd Adjus tments Easy S etup (Rese tting the Reco rder) Select this to ru n the “E asy Setu p” progr amme . 1 Pres s SYSTEM MENU while t he recor der i s in stop mo de. 2 Selec t “SETU P,” an d press ENT ER. 3 Selec t “Easy Se tup, ” and pre ss ENTER . 4 Press ENTER. 5 Select “Start .” 6 Follow th e instructio ns for ?[...]

104 Additional Info r mation Troubl esh ootin g If you exper ience a ny of the follow ing d ifficul ties while u sing th e recor der, us e this tr oubles hootin g guide t o help rem edy the pr oblem before requ esting repair s. Shoul d any p roblem persi st, contac t the Sony C ust omer Info rma tion C ent re on 08705 111 999 (Mond a y-Fri day from[...]

105 Additional Informat ion TV pro gramm e recep tio n does not fill the scr een. , Sele ct the co rrect source usi ng the INP UT SELEC T butt on, or select a channel of any TV program me using the PR OG +/– butto ns. Pictu re br eak up , Sig nal st ren gth low. , Chec k aerial install ation. TV pro gramme p ict ures ar e disto rted. , Reorie nt [...]

106 , The equipm ent conn ected t o the HDMI OU T jack does not conform to the audio signal format, in this cas e set “Audi o(HDMI)” of “Audio Connec tion” in “Audio” setup to “PCM” (page 98). Sound di sto rtion oc curs . , Set “Au dio ATT” in “A udio” setup to “On” (page 96). Sound i s noi sy. , When pla ying a CD wi th[...]

107 Additional Informat ion The angl es can not be ch anged . , Multi -angl es are not record ed on the DVD VIDEO be ing playe d. , You ar e trying t o cha nge the angles w hen “ ” does no t appear on the TV screen (page 62). , The D VD V IDEO prohi bits changin g an gles. , Try cha nging the angl e using the DVD VIDE O’s menu. , The angl es [...]

108 Synch ro-Rec ord ing do es not complet e. , The timer setting for the conne cted equ ipment overla pped the record er’s timer se tting (page 59). , There wa s a power failure during the reco rding. The re corder au tomatic ally st arts record ing when th e satellite receiver is turned on. , The Sync hro-Rec fun ction was ac tivated. Tu rn off[...]

109 Additional Informat ion “HDD ERROR” appears in the fron t panel displ ay. , The har d disk error o ccurred. Pre ss down @ / 1 on the recorde r for ten seconds unti l “WELCOM E” appear s in the front panel disp lay. If this does not resolve the pro blem, format the recorder’s HDD by pressing down the HDD button on the recorde r for mor[...]

110 Note s About Th is Rec orde r On oper atio n • If th e reco rder is br ought di rectl y from a col d to a warm locati on, or is pl aced in a ve ry dam p room, moist ure may conde nse on the lenses inside th e recorder . Should th is occur, the recorder ma y not oper ate properl y. In this case, remo ve the di sc an d leave the re cord er turn[...]

111 Additional Informat ion Spec ific ations System Laser: Semi condu ctor laser Transmission standar ds: DVB-T Channe l coverag e: U HF chann els B 21 - B69 The ab ove chann el co verage m erely ensur es the channel re ception with in these range s. It does not guarantee the abili ty to rec eive signal s in al l circu mstan ces. Aerial out: 75-oh [...]

112 Abou t i.LIN K The DV IN jack on th is recorder is an i .LINK- compliant DV IN jack. This section describ es the i.LINK sta ndard an d its fea tures. What is i.LIN K? i.LINK is a di gital seri al interf a ce for h andling dig ital vi deo, digit al audio and ot her data in two dire ctio ns betwe en eq uipment havi ng the i.LINK jac k, and for co[...]

113 Additional Informat ion Guide to Parts an d Controls For m ore in formation, see the p ages i n parent heses. Buttons wi th an oran ge dot nex t to them c an be used wi th your TV when the TV/DVD switch i s set to TV. A TV/DVD switch (22) B Z (ope n/close) b utton (29) C [ / 1 (on/standb y) but ton (25 ) D HDD butto n (31) DVD butto n (29) E t [...]

114 Y . / > (previou s/next ) button s (62) Z H (pla y) butt on ( 60) X (pause) button (62) x (stop) button (60) The H bu tton ha s a tactil e dot*. wj z REC button (31) X REC PAUSE button (31) x REC STOP bu tton ( 31) wk CHAPTER MARK/CHAPTER MARK ERASE button s (76) wl REC MODE bu tton (31) e; SYNCHRO REC button (58) ea (subt itle) bu tton ( 62[...]

115 Additional Informat ion A HDD/DVD indicators Displays t he selected me dia and t he play ing/rec ording/ dubbing sta tus. B Disc type*/recording format C Audio sign al indi cators ( 34) D TV in dicat or (31) E Displays the following (35 ): • Playing ti me /remaining time • Current title/chap ter/track /index number • Recor ding tim e/rec [...]

116 RDR-HXD91 0 RDR-HXD71 0 A AERIAL IN/OUT jacks (1 5) B HDMI OUT (high -definiti on multimed ia interface out) jack (RDR-HXD910 only) (16) C LINE 1 – TV jack (16 ) D LINE 3 jack (26) E COMPONENT VIDEO OUT (Y, P B /C B , P R /C R ) jacks (16) F AC IN termina l (21) G LINE 2 OUT (S VIDEO) jack (16) H LINE 2 OUT (R-AUDI O-L/VIDEO) jack s (16, 20 )[...]

117 Additional Informat ion Glos sary Chapter (p age 67) Secti ons of a pict ure or a m usic fe ature t hat are smaller than title s. A title is composed of se veral chapt ers. Depe nding on t he di sc, no chapte rs may be recor ded. Copy p rotec tion s ignal s (pa ge 49) Copy res tricti on set by co pyrigh t owne rs, etc . These si gnals ar e incl[...]

118 Hard disk d rive ( page 3 ) A ha rd d isk dr ive i s a w hole mech anic al sys tem that co nsist s of disk s and dri ve. Disk s are f lat, circula r, rigi d plates co ated with a th in magn etic medi a. Magn etic he ads r ecord da ta on the rapi dly spinni ng disk s, and this en ables th e speedy and effic ient re ading an d writ ing of da ta. [...]

119 Additional Informat ion Langua ge C ode L ist For det ails, see page 89 . The l angua ge spe lling s co nform t o the IS O 63 9: 19 88 (E /F) standa rd. Area Code For det ails, see page 10 0. Code Area Code Area Code Area Code Area 2044 Argentina 2047 Australia 2046 Austria 2057 Belgium 2070 Brazil 2079 Canada 2090 Chile 2092 China 2115 Denmark[...]

120 Digit al TV Ch annel Li st London & South East Bluebell Hill 5 9 24 27 45 42 3 9 Crystal Palace 25 22 32 28 34 2 9 D o v e r 6 86 15 5 5 8 5 7 6 0 Heathfield 34 2 9 48 47 54 51 Oxford 34 68 51 52 48 2 9 South -West Beacon Hill 52 61 58 54 56 64 Caradon Hill 34 31 48 21 24 27 Huntshaw Cross 54 58 61 64 53 57 Redruth 3 9 42 45 4 9 43 50 Stock[...]

121 Index Words in quotations a ppear in the on -sc reen displa ys. Numerics 16:9 25 , 94 4:3 Letter Box 25 , 94 “4:3 Output” 95 4:3 Pan Sc an 25 , 94 “48kHz/96 kHz PCM” 98 A “A-B Erase” 74 Adjusting playba ck pic ture 63 playba ck soun d 64 recordin g pi cture 53 Aerial 15 Album 35 , 71 Album nu mbe r 35 “Album Search ” 67 Angle 62[...]

122 E Easy Setu p 25 , 10 3 Editing 72 , 77 DV Edit 84 Enter characters 36 EPG Viewing a list of availa- ble chan nel s 41 View ing pr ogramm es re - lated to a specific catego- ry. 42 “Erase All” 76 “Erase” 56 , 73 , 77 , 87 “Erase Titles” 75 “Extend Rec” 50 F “Factory Se tup” 102 Favo urit es Deleting a channel from the Favour[...]

123 Q Quic k gu ide t o di sc ty pes 10 Quick Timer 53 R Rear panel 116 REC 31 Rec Mode Adjus t 50 “Rec Mode” 53 “Rec NR” 54 REC PAUSE 31 “Rec Settings” 53 REC STOP 86 “Rec V ideo Equal izer” 54 Recordable di scs 10 Recording 48 , 58 , 99 pictur e adj ustmen t 53 recording format 10 recordin g mod e 32 , 48 recording ti m e 32 “Up[...]

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