Sony RDR-VX420 manual

PAL 2-672-433- 11 (1)GB © 2006 Sony C orporation Video Ca ssette Re corder/ D VD Recorder Oper ating Inst ruction s RDR-VX420 To find out usefu l hints, tips and in formati on about Sony prod ucts and services please visit: www.sony-eu rope.com/myproduct[...]

2 WARNIN G To redu ce the ri sk of f ire or electric shock, do not ex pose this ap paratu s to rai n or moistur e. To avoid electri cal shock , do not open th e cabine t. Refer servicing to qua lifi ed pers onne l onl y. The main s lead m ust only be change d at a q ualified service shop. This a pplia nce is c lass ified as a CLASS 1 LASER product.[...]

3 • Keep the recorder , discs, and cassette s away f rom equip ment with stro ng magnets, such a s microwave o vens, or large loudspeake rs. • Do not place heavy objects on the reco rd er. • When you move t he recorder, tak e out any discs. If you do not, the disc may be dam aged. On recording • Contents of the recor ding cannot be comp ens[...]

4 About thi s manual • Inst ructions in this manua l describe the con trols on the remote . You can a lso use the co ntrols on the recorder if they have the same or simi lar nam es as th ose on the remote. • The on-sc reen displ ay illustrati ons used in this ma nual may not matc h the graphics dis played on your TV screen . • The ex planatio[...]

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6 Table of Contents WARNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What is a Video Ca ssette Recorder /DVD Recorder? . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

7 VCR Operat ion VCR Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Playing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 3 Playback Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

8 What is a Vide o Cass ette Recorde r/DVD Reco rder? This is a DVD recorder with built- in VHS video deck, and all ows recordin g/playback o f DVD discs a nd VHS tapes. DVD editing i s also poss ible. Recording and timer re cording Record TV programmes on a DVD or VHS tap e, either ma nually or u sing the timer. Easy sele ction between DVD and VCR[...]

9 Creating your own pr ogramme - Playlist Recor d a prog ramme o n a DVD-RW (VR m ode) or DVD-R (VR mode), t hen erase, move, or add scenes as you like without chang ing the o riginal conten ts. One Touch Dubbing - DV Dubbing Conn ect your di gital vi deo camer a to the DV IN jack and press the ONE TOUCH DUBBING butt on to dub a DV f ormat ta pe ov[...]

10 How to Use th e On-S creen Menus The followi ng three di splays are mainly used to operate th is record er. Onc e you become f amiliar with th e basic op eration s, you will find the reco rder eas y to use. System Menu The Syst em Menu ap pears w hen you pres s SYSTEM MENU, an d provid es entries t o all of the reco rder’s main func tions, suc[...]

11 Sub-menu The su b-menu ap pears whe n you sel ect an item from a l ist menu (e .g., a title fr om the Titl e List menu), and press EN TER. The s ub-menu d isplays opti ons app licab le o nly to the se lect ed it em. T he disp laye d options di ffe r dependin g on the situati on and disc type. Select an option b y pressing M / m and ENTER. Exampl[...]

12 Hookups and Settings Hooki ng Up t he Reco rder Follow steps 1 to 7 to hoo k up and adj ust the settin gs of the r ecorder . Notes • Plug cord s securel y to prevent u nwante d noise. • See t he instructions supplied wi th the component s to be connect ed. • You cannot con nect this recorder to a T V that doe s not have a SCART or video in[...]

13 Hookups and Settings ONE-TOUCH DUBBING Step 2 : Conn ectin g the Aer ial C able Conne ct the aeri al cable by followi ng the step s below . Do not co nnect the m ains lead until you re ach “Ste p 5: Con necting th e Mains Le ad” (pag e 19). 1 Disco nnect th e aeria l cabl e from you r TV an d connec t it t o AERIA L IN on the re ar panel of [...]

14 Step 3 : Conn ectin g to Yo ur TV Connecting to the L INE 2 OUT jacks Conne ct the supp lied aud io/vide o cord to t he LINE 2 OUT (V IDEO /AUDIO L/R) jack s of the reco rder. To enj oy hig her qu ality im ages, c onnect an S video co rd (no t sup plied) instead of th e yellow (vide o) plug. When using this connection, be sure to connect the aud[...]

15 Hookups and Settings Connecting to the SCART jack Connect to the LINE 1-TV jack us ing a SCA RT cord (n ot suppli ed). Be sure to make th e connect ions firml y t o avoi d hu m an d noi se. See the operating instr uctions supplied with the TV to be connected. When yo u use this co nnection , select “Video ” or “RGB” for t he Li ne 1 out [...]

16 If your TV has co m ponent video input jacks Connect to the COMPONENT VIDEO O UT jacks usin g a component video cord (not supplie d) or three video cor ds (not supplied ) of t he same kin d and length. You will enjoy acc urate colo ur repro duction a nd high quality images. When you use t his connection, se lect “On” for the c omponent out s[...]

17 Hookups and Settings Step 4: C onnecting to Y our AV Amplifie r (Receive r) Select one of the fo llowin g pattern s A or B , acc ording to th e input j ack on your A V amplif ier (rece iver). This wil l enable y ou to listen t o sound th rough yo ur AV am plifier (r eceive r). When yo u use this co nnection , select the type of jack you are us i[...]

18 A Connec ting to audio L/R jac ks Thi s conn ection use s a s tereo amplifi er’s (recei ver’s ) two fron t speak ers for s ound. You can enjoy th e surrou nd functi on that cre ates virt ual sp eakers from t wo stere o speakers. Select fro m “Su rround 1,” “Sur round2 ,” or “S urround3” of the su rround effect s (page 3 6). Surro[...]

19 Hookups and Settings Step 5 : Conn ectin g the Mains Le ad Plug th e record er and TV mains leads in to the main s. After yo u connect the main s lead, you must wait for a short wh ile before oper ating th e recor der . You ca n operat e the recorder o n ly afte r the front panel displa y lights u p and the recorde r enters standb y mode. If you[...]

20 Controlling TVs w ith the remote You can ad just the r emote contro l’s signal to contro l your TV. If you co nnected the reco rder to an AV amp lifier (recei ver), yo u can al so use t he sup plied rem ote to control the AV amplif ier’s (recei ver’s) volume. Notes • Depe nding on the c onnected unit , you may not be able to control your[...]

21 Hookups and Settings Controlling the v olume of your AV amplifier (rece iver) with the remote 1 Slide th e TV/ DVD·VIDEO switch to DV D·VI DEO. 2 Hold down "/ 1 , and en ter the manufac turer code ( see th e table below) for yo ur AV ampl ifier (re ceiver ) using the number buttons . 3 Releas e "/1 . The 2 +/– bu tton s contr ol th[...]

22 Step 7 : Easy Setup Follow the s teps bel ow to make the min imum numbe r of basic ad justm ents for using th e recorder. If you do no t complete Eas y Setup, it will appe ar each t ime yo u turn on y our record er. Settings a re made in the follo wing order. m m m m m m 1 Turn on the TV. 2 Press "/ 1 . The re corder turns on . 3 Swit ch th[...]

23 Hookups and Settings If the current da te and time is n ot set, set the cloc k manua lly. Press M / m t o se t the day an d press , . S et the mont h, year, hour , minutes i n the same w ay. Set “Auto Adj ust” to “On” to activate the Auto Cl ock Set func tion. The r ecord er adjusts the cloc k automati cally w henev er the r ecorder is t[...]

24 16 Select the type of jack (if an y) you are using to c onne c t to an amplifier (receiv er). If you di d not connec t an AV am plifier (recei ver), se lect “No ,” then g o to step 21. If you co nnecte d an AV am plifier (r eceive r) using a n audio co rd to the LIN E 2 OUT (AUDIO L/R) or AUDIO OUT L/R jacks, select “ Yes: LINE 2 OUT (R-AU[...]

25 Hookups and Settings If you have a Sony DVD player or more than one Sony DVD recorder If the supplied r e mote in terferes w ith y our other Sony DV D recorde r or play er, set the co mmand mode number for thi s record er and th e supplie d remot e t o one that diff ers from the othe r Sony DVD recorder o r play e r. The default command mode set[...]

26 Connec ting A nothe r VCR o r Simi lar De vice When you con nect additi o nal eq uipment to this re corder, be sure to connect th e mains lea d only after all conn ections are c omple te (page 1 9). See also the inst ruction manual sup plied with the connec ted equi pment. To record on this recorder , select an input source ( LINE 2 or LINE 3) t[...]

27 Hookups and Settings Connecting to the LI NE 3/DECOD ER jack Connect another VCR or similar recording device to the LINE 3 /DECODER jack usin g a SCART cord (not su pplied ). When y ou turn o n th e co nnect ed eq uipment , the recorde r au tomat ica lly s ends the signal fr om the equipment t o the TV without turning itself o n. Notes • Do no[...]

28 Connec ting t o a Sa telli te or Digital Tuner Connect a sat e llite or digit al tuner t o this recorder u sing the LINE 3/DECODER jack. Disconnect the reco rder’s mains le ad from the main s when co nnecti ng the tu ner. When you t urn on the tuner, the r e corder automatically sends th e signal from the tu ner to the TV without turning itsel[...]

29 Hookups and Settings[...]

30 Quic k Guide t o Disc Types Recor dable and Pl ayable D iscs Usable disc ve rsio ns (as of Fe brua ry 2006 ) • 4×-s peed or slow er DV D+RWs • 2×-speed or slower DVD-RWs (Ver .1.1, Ver.1 .1 with CPRM *1 ) • 4×-speed or slower DVD-RWs (Ver .1.2, Ver.1 .2 with CPRM) • 16×-speed or sl o wer DVD+Rs • 16×-speed or slower DVD-Rs (Ve r.2[...]

31 Quick Guide to Dis c Types *1 CPRM ( Content Pr otectio n for Recorda ble Media) is a coding technol ogy that protects copyrights for imag es. *2 Unused DVD-RWs are automa tically formatted according to the s etting of “Format DVD-RW” in “Featur es” setup (page 1 07). *3 Erasing title s only frees up disc space if you eras e the last t i[...]

32 12 cm/8 cm discs Discs tha t cannot be recorded on •8 c m d i s c s • DVD-RAMs Disc Ty pe 12 cm 8 cm Playback Recording Playback Recording DVD+RW Yes Yes Yes No DVD-RW VR mode Yes Y es Yes No Video mode Yes Y es Yes No DVD-R VR mode Yes Yes — — Video mode Yes Y es Yes No DVD+R Yes Yes — —[...]

33 Quick Guide to Dis c Types Playa ble Disc s “DVD VIDEO” and “CD” logos a re trademarks. * A logical form at of files and folders on DATA-CD s, defined by ISO (I nternational Organizatio n for Standardi zation). z Hin t This recorder plays 12 cm/8 cm DVD-R AMs that contai n DVD Video, MP3, or JPEG files. Only discs without (o r removed fr[...]

34 Note o n playba ck operati ons of DVD V IDEOs / VIDE O CDs Some playback operations of DVD VIDEOs/ VIDE O CDs may be intentio nally set by so ftwa re producers. S ince thi s recor der plays DVD VIDEOs/VIDEO CDs a ccording to t he disc cont ent s the softwar e pr oduc ers desig ned, some playba ck feat ures may not be availabl e. Als o, see the i[...]

35 DVD Pla yback DVD Playback Playi ng 1 Press DVD to opera te the DVD reco rder. 2 Press Z (o pen/close ), and place a disc o n the dis c tray. 3 Press Z to close th e disc tray. Wait until “ LOAD” disappears from the front panel disp lay. 4 Press H (play). Playba ck star ts. To stop playback Press x (stop). z Hints • When playing a DVD+RW, [...]

36 Play back Op tions Z X . x SUR ZOOM REPEAT MENU H M / m / < / , , ENTER Numb er button s O RETURN > / Button Operation Disc Z (open/cl ose) Stops play ing and opens the disc tray. All discs (audio ) Selec ts one of the aud io trac ks recorded on the di sc when pressed rep eatedly. : Selects the au dio format or lang uage. : Selects stere o[...]

37 DVD Pla yback SUR (surround) Surround le ts you enjoy surrou nd sound effec ts by using sound imaging t o creat e virtual r ear s peaker s from a st ereo TV or two fron t speakers (page 18). Select s one o f the effe cts when p ressed r epeatedly . “Off”: No surround effec t “Surroun d1”: Creat es one set of virtu al surround spe akers. [...]

38 To resum e normal playback after play ing at vari ous spee ds, press H . z Hints • You can change p layback options, such as subti tle, audio tr ack, angle, etc., using t he TOOLS m enu (page 11) . • Duri ng playback or pause mode , the recorder’s m / M buttons and the r emote’s . / > b uttons work the same way (page 37). Hold th e bu[...]

39 DVD Pla yback Playing quickl y with sound (Scan Audio) (DVD s with Dolby Dig ital soundtra cks only) You c an play quickly w it h di alog ue or sou nd during FF1 fa st-for ward of a DVD with Dol by Digital soundt racks. Simply press M durin g playba ck. z Hin t To turn off th e Scan Audio functi on, set “Sca n Audio” to “Off” in the “ [...]

40 Locking the reco rder (Child Lock) You c an lo ck al l of th e buttons o n the re corder so that t he sett ings are not cancell ed by mist a ke. With th e recorder turn ed on and stoppe d , hol d down x on th e record er for m ore t han ten s econd s. The reco rder tur ns off an d “CHIL D LOCK” appear s in the front pane l display. The in di[...]

41 DVD Pla yback C Title informat ion: Displays the title number, title name, recording d ate, a n d rec ording mode. “ ” indicates a protecte d title, while “ ” ind icates unprotec ted. D Clock 4 Select the title , and press EN TER. The su b-menu ap pears. 5 Select “Play,” and press EN TER. Playback starts f rom the se lected tit le on[...]

42 Note Depending o n the d isc, you ma y not be able to u se the TOOLS menu to searc h for a titl e/chapt er/tra ck, or enter the ti me code fo r a pl ayback po int. Bookmarking a favouri te scene (Bookmark) You c an ha ve the re corder store speci fic portions of a dis c in memory an d play t hem immediately whene ver you wan t (Bookma rk). Up to[...]

43 DVD Pla yback Playi ng MP3 Audi o Tracks and JPEG Image Fil es You ca n play DATA CD s (CD-ROMs /CD-Rs/ CD-RWs)/DATA DVDs (DVD-ROMs/ DVD+RWs/DVD-RWs/DVD+Rs/DVD-Rs) that contai n MP3 au dio tracks or JPEG ima ge files. Playing MP3 audio tracks You c an play M P3 audi o tracks on DAT A CDs o r DATA DVDs. 1 Press DVD to opera te the DVD reco rder. [...]

44 To switch between MP3 audi o tracks a nd JPEG image fil es Press x , a n d pre ss TOP MENU. z Hint When playb ack of all th e M P3 aud io track s within th e album f inishes, the reco rder stops. Playing JPEG image f iles You can play JPEG image f iles on DATA CDs or DATA DVDs. 1 Press DVD to o perate t he DVD re corder . 2 Place a DATA CD/DA TA[...]

45 DVD Pla yback Enjoying a s lide show with sound When a di sc contai ns both MP 3 audio tra cks and JPEG image f iles, you can en joy a slide s how wi th sound. 1 Press DVD to opera te the DVD reco rder. 2 Inse rt a DAT A CD/DA TA DVD cont aini ng both the MP3 aud io tracks and JPEG i mage files. The display for selecting a media type appear s. 3[...]

46 Notes • Some DATA CDs or DATA DVDs cannot be played on this recorder depe nding on file format. • Only one session of a multi-session DATA DVD can be played ba ck. • Only alphabet and numb ers can b e used for album or track name s. Anything else is dis played as an aste risk. • The recorder wi ll play a ny data with the extension “.MP[...]

47 DVD Pla yback E Programme po sition or input sourc e *2 F Date and time *1 Also appe ars in stop mode with Re sume Play activated (p age 39). *2 Title type (original or Playlist) for DVD-RWs (VR mode)/DVD-Rs (VR mode). Viewing informatio n on the front panel displa y You can vie w the info rmation on the fron t panel display . Press TIM E/TEXT r[...]

48 DVD Recording Before Recording Before you start recording … • Th is reco rder ca n record on vario us disc s types . Select the d isc type acco rding to y our nee ds (page 3 0). • Chec k that th e disc has en ough av ailable space for th e recording ( p age 4 6). For DVD+RWs or DVD-RWs, you can free up di sc space by erasing titles (page 6[...]

DVD Re cordi ng 49 NICAM sys tem When a s tereo or biling ual NICA M based programme is received, “STEREO” and “NICA M” ap pear in the f ront pan el displa y. To record a NICAM programme, be sure to set “Man ual S et” – “Tu ner Audi o” to “NIC AM” (defau lt) in the “Tuner Pres et” set up (page 1 00). If the sound is not cl[...]

50 DVD Reco rdin g Withou t the Timer 1 Press DVD to o perate t he DVD re corder . 2 Press Z (open/cl ose), an d place a recor dable d isc on the disc tr ay. 3 Press Z to close the disc t ray. Wait until “ LOAD” disappears from the front panel d isplay. Unused disc s are automatically fo rmatted. For the DVD-RW/DVD-R’s recording forma t (VR m[...]

DVD Re cordi ng 51 Recording using th e Quick Timer (One-touch Timer Recordi ng) You can set the recorder to record i n 30-mi nute incr ements. 1 Press DVD to opera te the DVD reco rder. 2 Press z REC re peated ly to set the duratio n. Each press i ncreases the time by 30 minutes, up to ei ght hours* . “ c ” and “O TR” light up, a nd the re[...]

52 DVD Time r Record ing (Stan dard/ VIDEO Plus +) You can set the timer fo r a total of 12 progra mme s together wi th DVD and VCR timer re cording, up to one mon th in adva nce. Note that the maximu m continuous reco rding time for a s ingle title is 12 hours. Conten ts beyond this time will not be recorded. There are two methods to set the timer[...]

DVD Re cordi ng 53 F “Mode”: S elects the recordi ng mode (page 48). To use th e Rec Mod e Adjust fun ction (page 53), select “AUTO.” G “PDC”: Sets the PDC fu nction. See “About the PDC function” (p age 53). • If y ou make a mistake, se lect the item and change the s etting. 6 Press ENTER. The Tim er List men u (page 5 7) appear s[...]

54 Notes • To record a sat ellite p rogram me, tur n on the sate llite tuner and se lect the satelli te programme you want to reco rd. Leav e the satell ite tuner tur ned on until the recorder fi nishes recordin g. If you connect equipm ent with a timer fun ction, you can use the Synchr o Rec function ( page 55). • Even when c orrectly set, the[...]

DVD Re cordi ng 55 The c indicator lig hts up in the front panel display, a nd th e record er is re ady to s tart record ing. If the c indicator flashes in the fr o nt panel disp lay, check that a record able d isc is inse rted and tha t there is enough disc space for the reco rding. To stop recordi ng Press x twice. Note that it may take a few sec[...]

56 4 Press RE C MODE repeat edly to s e lect th e recording mode. The disp lay chan ges on th e TV screen as follows : For det ails about the recor ding mode , see page 48. 5 Press SYSTEM MENU while the recor der is in sto p mode . 6 Selec t “Setup,” and pres s ENTER . 7 Selec t “Feature s,” and pre ss ENTER. The “F eatures” setup app e[...]

DVD Re cordi ng 57 Chang ing or Cance lling DVD Timer Setti ngs (T imer L ist) You can change or can c el timer s e ttin gs using the Timer List menu. 1 Press SYSTE M MENU . The Syst em Menu a ppears . 2 Selec t “Timer ,” and pre ss ENTER. 3 Select “Timer List,” and press ENTER. Timer informa tion disp lays the recordin g date, time , recor[...]

58 Notes • Even when c orrectly set, the progr amme may not be record ed if another recordi ng is underway, or other priori tized timer s etting o verlap s. For prior ity, se e page 53. • You cannot change the tim er settings for a recording currently underway. • The Timer List displays both the DVD recorder and VCR ti mer setti ngs. Recor di[...]

DVD Re cordi ng 59 4 Press REC MODE repeat edly to select th e recording mode. The dis play change s on the TV s creen as follows: For details about the record ing mode, see page 48. 5 Select the line input audio. Set “Line Audio Input” t o “Ster eo” or “Bil ingu al” in the “Au d io” setu p (page 106). 6 Inser t the so urce tape int[...]

60 DVD Editing Befo re Edi ting This recorder of fers variou s edit opti ons for variou s disc types . Before you edit, c heck th e disc type and select th e option availabl e for your disc (pag e 30). Notes • You may lose the e dited conten ts if you rem ove the disc or a time r record ing starts while edit ing. • You cannot edit recordings on[...]

DVD Ed itin g 61 z Hin t You can sw itch the Ti tle List to show original or Playlis t. While th e Title L ist menu i s turned on, pres s ORIGINAL/ PLAYLIST repeated ly. Notes • Yo u cannot p rotect Pla ylist titl es. • If a messa ge appea rs and indicat es that the di sc’s contr ol inform ation i s full, erase unnecess ary ti tles. • On ce[...]

62 4 Selec t an opti on, and pr ess ENT ER. You ca n select fr om the following : “Title Erase ”: Erases t he selected t itle. Select “OK” when asked for conf irmation. “Cha pter Era se” *1 : Allows you to select a chapter in the tit le and erase it (se e below). “Pro tect” *2 : Protects the t itle. Select “On” when the Prot ect[...]

DVD Ed itin g 63 Erasing a sect ion of a title (A-B Erase) You can se lect a section (scene) wit h in a title and erase i t. Note tha t erasing scenes f rom orig inal titles can not be und one. 1 Press TITL E LIST. When editing a DVD-RW (VR mode) or DVD-R (VR mode), pr ess ORIGINAL/ PL AYLI ST to swit ch to the “T itl e List (Origi nal),” if ne[...]

64 4 Press ENTER a t the poi nt whe re you wa nt to divide the title . You ca n use H , , . / > , x , and X to find the point. “Div ide” is select ed. 5 Pres s ENTE R. The disp lay ask s for conf irmatio n. To reset th e dividin g point, se lect “No” a nd press ENTER, then repeat from step 4. 6 Select “Yes,” a nd pre ss EN TER. The d[...]

DVD Ed itin g 65 Changi ng th e Name o f a Titl e You ca n enter a t itle name o f up to 32 ch aracte rs. Since the displayed number of character s is limited, their app earance in menus su ch as Title Lis t may b e differ ent. When the dis play for enter ing char acters appears, follow t he steps below. 1 Press DVD to opera te the DVD reco rder. 2[...]

66 Creat ing a Play list Playlist titles allow you t o edit without ch anging the orig inal re cordings ( see “Edit options for DVD-RWs (VR mode)/DVD-Rs (VR mo de)” on page 60) . You can cr eate a Play list title by combining up to 99 se ctions (sc enes) from origi n al titles. Notes • If you e rase an origin al titl e used in a Pl aylist, th[...]

DVD Ed itin g 67 Playing a Playl ist title 1 Press TITL E LIST. 2 Press ORIGIN AL/PLAYLIST to swit c h to the “Playli st” Title L ist. 3 Select a Pla ylist title, an d press ENT ER. The su b-menu ap pears. 4 Select “Play,” and press EN TER. z Hin t When a P laylist ti tle is crea ted, the sta rt and end points will bec o me chapte r marks, [...]

68 4 Selec t “Edit Pl aylist ,” and pre ss ENTER. The “Playlist” Title List appears. 5 Select a Playlist title, and pre ss ENTER. The su b-menu ap pears. 6 Selec t an opti on, and pr ess ENT ER. Select fr om the following optio ns. For details, see th e pages i n paren theses. “Title Er ase”: Eras es the title. Select “OK ” when ask[...]

DVD Ed itin g 69 3 Select a Playl is t titl e to be combi n ed. 4 Press ENTER. The display a sks fo r confir ma tion. 5 Select “Y es,” and pres s ENTER. The display asks whether t o rename t h e title . To us e the same name as b efore, se lect “No ” and pr ess EN TER to f inish. 6 Select “Y es,” and pres s ENTER. The “T itle Name” [...]

70 Moving a scene ( M ove) You can change th e scene or der wit hin the Pla ylist title. 1 Follow ste p s 1 to 7 of “Editing a Playlist” (page 67). The “E dit Scene” display ap pears. 2 Selec t the scene yo u want to m ove, and press ENT ER. 3 Selec t “Move, ” and press ENTER. 4 Select a new loc ation us ing < / , , and press ENT ER.[...]

DVD Ed itin g 71 Copying a scene ( Copy) You ca n copy and a dd a selecte d scene. 1 Follow s teps 1 to 7 of “Editing a P layli st” (page 67). The “E dit Scene” displa y appears. 2 Selec t the sce ne you want to copy, and pres s ENTE R. 3 Selec t “Copy ,” and pre ss ENTER. 4 Select a loca tion to copy to using < / , and pr ess ENTER.[...]

72 C “Disc Format” (DVD+RWs/DVD- RWs/DVD-Rs only): Erases all conten ts of the di sc, inc luding pr otect ed titles, a nd makes a bl a nk disc (excep t DVD-Rs). For DVD-RWs, select a recording format (“VR Mode” or “Vide o Mode”) accordi ng to your needs. To format unused DVD -Rs in VR mode, selec t “VR Mode” and t hen “OK.” D ?[...]

73 VCR Playback VCR Playback Playi ng 1 Press VIDEO to oper ate the VC R. 2 Inser t a tape. Playback starts a utomatica lly if you insert a tape with its safety tab re mo ved. 3 Press H (play). The fr ont pane l dis play sho ws the pl ayi ng time. When t he ta pe reac hes the en d, it will rewi nd automaticall y . To stop playback Press x (stop). T[...]

74 Adjusting the pi cture (tracking) You can manually adjust tra cking if the recordin g quality is too poor to be remedied by the VCR’s automatic tracking (a tracking meter ap pears during the automatic tracking). Press TRACKING +/–. The trac king meter appears. Press TRACKING +/– re peatedly unti l the dist ortion di sappears . To res ume a[...]

75 VCR Playback Play back Op tions *1 Can be pressed up t o four times to forward about two mi nutes. *2 For 10 seconds in SP or LP mod e/for 15 seconds in EP mode. To resume normal pla yback, p ress H . Notes • The sou nd is mute d during playba ck at various speeds. • The pict ure may show no ise during hi gh-speed reve rse play. Button Ope r[...]

76 Search ing Us ing Va rious Functi ons The VCR automatically marks the tape with an index si gnal at th e point wh ere each recordin g begins . You can ea sil y fin d a sp ecif ic po int u sing v ario us search fun ctions. Note During DVD recording, you cannot use VCR search functions. 1 Press VIDE O to oper ate th e VC R. 2 Press TO OLS. 3 Selec[...]

77 VCR Playback Displ aying the P layin g Time and Play Informa tion You ca n check pl ayback i nformati on, such as elapsed or remaini ng time, recording mo de, e tc ., on the TV screen . Press DISPLAY during pla yback. The inf ormation di splay app ears. Each time you p ress the button, the display chan ges as fo llows: Tape an d disc info rmatio[...]

78 Select ing the Sound D uring Play back Pres s (a udio) repe atedly dur ing playba ck. * No indica tor appears on the f ront panel displa y when you p lay a tape without Hi-fi r ecording. How soun d is reco rded on a vi deo tape The VCR records so und onto two se parate tr a cks. Hi-fi audio is re corded o nto the ma in trac k along with t he pic[...]

79 VCR Recording VCR Recording Before Recordi ng Before you start recording… • T his VC R record s in VHS format. • Check that th e tape is longer than the recording time (page 7 7). Notes • Timer reco rdings cannot be ma d e i f the r ecorder is turned on (page 81). T he recorder au tomati call y turns off after a recording has f inished. [...]

80 VCR Reco rdin g Withou t the Timer 1 Press VIDE O to oper ate th e VC R. 2 Insert a tape with its s afety t ab in pl ace. 3 Press PRO G +/– or INPUT SELEC T repeate dly to selec t the program m e posit ion or input source you want to record. 4 Press RE C MODE repeat edly to s e lect th e reco rding mode, “SP” or “L P.” For det ails abo[...]

81 VCR Recording To canc el the Qu ick Timer Press z REC repeated ly unt il t he count er appe ars in the front panel displa y . The recorder retur ns to norma l rec ording mode. To stop recordi ng Press x twice. Checking the remaini ng tape length You ca n check t he recor ding inf ormatio n, such as rem ain ing t ape le ng th or r ecor din g mo d[...]

82 3 Press TIMER. • If the Ti mer programmin g (VIDEO Plus+) menu appear s, pres s < to sw itch the disp lay t o “Stand ard.” 4 Select an it em usi ng < / , an d adjust usin g M / m . A “Media”: S elect “VCR.” B “Date”: S ets the da te using M . To reco rd the s ame pro gramm e every d ay or the same day ev ery week, pr ess [...]

83 VCR Recording About t he PDC functi on PDC signals ar e transmitted with TV programmes in som e broadc ast syste ms. Thes e signals e nsure that ti mer record ings are made regard less of any broadc ast delay s, early st arts, or bro adcast interr uptions. ◆ To us e the PD C func tion Set “PDC” t o “On” i n ste p 4 above . The re corde[...]

84 5 Pres s ENTE R. The date , start and st op time s, program me position, r e cordi ng mode, PDC sett in g (page 83 ), etc. ap pear. • If y ou want to change th e setting , press < / , to sele ct the ite m and pres s M / m to chang e the set ting. To re-en ter the Plus Code numbe r, press CLEAR. 6 Selec t “VCR” for “Media,” an d pres[...]

85 VCR Recording Record ing From Conn ected Equip ment Wi th a Time r (Synch ro Rec) You can set the recorder to a u tomatic ally re cord progra mme s from conne cted equ ipmen t that has a timer funct ion (such as a satelli te tuner). Connect the equipment to the LINE 3/DECODER jack on the rea r of the reco rder (p age 28). When the connec ted equ[...]

86 Notes • The record er start s record ing on ly after detecting th e video s ignal from t he connecte d equipme nt. The beginnin g of the programme may not be recorded regardle ss of whe ther or not the recor der’s power is on or off. • To use the c onnected equipm ent during Synchro- Rec standby, canc el the standby mode by pressing SYNCHR[...]

87 VCR Recording 4 Select the timer setting y o u wan t to chang e or canc el, and pr ess ENTER . The su b-menu ap pears. 5 Select on e of the options , and pres s ENTE R. “Edit”: Changes the timer setting. Select an item using < / , and adju st using M / m . Press ENTER. “Delete”: E rases the ti mer setti ng. Selec t “OK” and pr ess[...]

88 Recor ding From Conn ected Equip ment With out a Timer You can record from a connect e d VCR or simil a r device . For connec tion deta ils, see “Con nectin g Another VCR or Simil a r Device” o n page 26. 1 Press VIDE O to oper ate th e VC R. 2 Insert a tape with its s afety t ab in pl ace. 3 Press INPU T SELECT repeatedl y to select an in p[...]

89 Dubbing (T APE y DVD) Dubbing (TAP E y DVD) Dubbi ng From a VHS Tap e to a DVD You ca n eas ily re cord (dub ) a VHS tape to a d isc. Before dubb ing, make the nec essary audio se ttings on the VCR. ◆ How titles and chapters are created The re corde r takes ea ch reco rding on t he VHS tape and automa tically di vides t hem into ti tles as the[...]

90 Notes • Dubbing cannot b e made when: – using a non-recordable DVD. – using VHS softwar e with copy guard functio ns. • Dubbing stops wh en: – the VHS tape rea ches the end and stops. – the VHS video deck or the DVD deck is stopped. – the disc rem aining tim e runs out . • The Syste m Menu, TOOLS menu, and inf ormation display ar[...]

91 Dubbing (T APE y DVD) 2 Insert a sou rce disc. 3 Press DVD to opera te the DVD reco rder. 4 Press TOP MENU or TI TLE LIST t o select a title. 5 Start playin g the DVD, a nd th en pr ess x (stop) or X (paus e) at th e poin t where you want to s tart dubbin g. To select DVD sound, language, or subtitle, press (audio) or (sub title) du ring playba [...]

92 5 Select “Prog ram Dubbing ,” and pre ss ENTER . 6 Selec t “Create D ubbing Li st,” and p ress ENTER . If you ha ve perform ed Progra mme Du bbing befo re, the di splay asks for co nfirmati on. To continue , selec t “Yes ” and press E NTER. The display for selecting ti tles appears. 7 Select the title you want to d ub, and p ress ENT[...]

93 Dubbing (T APE y DVD) To stop dubbing Press x . Note that it may take a few seconds for the record er to stop d ubbing. z Hin ts • The brig htness of the pla yback video may differ from that during normal DVD playback. • The DVD playback time may diffe r slightly from th e VHS ta pe counter value. • The sou nd being played back (ma in, sub[...]

94 1 Press DVD to o perate t he DVD re corder . 2 Insert a disc. 3 Press SYSTEM ME NU whil e the rec order is in sto p mode . The Sy stem Me nu appears. 4 Select “Disc Setting,” and press EN TER. The “Di sc Setting ” display ap pears. 5 Select “Disc Fin alize, ” and press ENTE R. The disp lay ask s for conf irmatio n. 6 Sele ct “Fin a[...]

95 DV D ubbin g (DV t DVD ) DV Dubbing (DV t DV D) Befor e DV Du bbin g Thi s sec tion expl ains du bbin g wi th a digi tal vide o camer a via th e DV IN jac k on the fr ont pane l. If you wa nt to dub by w ay of the L INE 2 IN jack s, see “Rec ording From Connec ted Equipm ent With out a Timer” on page 58 . To record fro m the DV IN jac k The [...]

96 Dubbi ng From a DV Fo rmat Tape t o a DVD You ca n recor d a DV fo rmat ta pe onto a disc. Th e reco rder co ntrols the digital v ideo camer a. You can fas t forward , rewind, p lay in slow motion, and stop the tape to select the scenes using the o n- scre en m enu. To simp ly dub the en tire cont ents of a DV f ormat tape (On e Touch D ubbing),[...]

97 DV D ubbin g (DV t DVD ) 10 Selec t “DV A udio In put,” and pr ess ENTE R. “Ste reo 1”: Reco rds or igina l sound only . Normally select th is when dubbing a DV format t ape. “Ste reo 2” : Reco rds addi tional au dio only. “Mix” : Record s original and addi tional sounds . Selec t “Stereo 2” or “M ix” if yo u have ad ded [...]

98 Dubbing an entire D V format tape t o a DVD (One Touch Dubbing) You c an reco rd the enti re cont ents of a D V forma t tape ont o a disc wit h a single pr ess of the O NE TOUCH DUBBING button. The recorder c ontrols the dig ital video cam era fo r the whol e proces s, and completes t he recording. 1 Follow step s 1 to 11 of “Dubbin g From a D[...]

99 Settings and Adjustments Settings and Ad justments Using the Se tup Di splay s By usi ng the setup displ ays, you can make va riou s adjust ments t o items su ch as pictur e and sound , as well as select a languag e for the subtitl es. The set up display s are use d in the follo wing way . Note Playbac k settings st ored on the disc take pr iori[...]

100 Some item s di spla y a d ialo gue box t hat requires a d dit ional sett ings. Examp le: When “P arenta l” in “Optio ns” setup is selected. 5 Selec t an opti on, and pr ess ENT ER. The cu rrently selected op tion is disp layed next to the setup i tem. Exampl e: When “ 16:9” is set. To return to the previous display Press O RETURN. T[...]

101 Settings and Adjustments Example 2 Sele ct an op tion and pr ess ENT ER. “Prog ram”: Press M / m repe atedly to s elect the progra mme position (1 to 80 ) for the ch annel and pre ss ENTER. “Cha nnel”: P ress M / m to select t he chan nel numbe r (002 to 255 ) and press ENTER. “AFT”: Fine tu nes the chan nel to obta in a clear er pi[...]

102 Clock Setti ng (Cl ock Se t) The “Clock Set” s e tup a llows you to ma ke cloc k settin gs for th e reco rder. Select “C lock Se t” in the “S etup” disp lay. Auto Adju s t Turns on the Auto Clock Set function when a c hannel in yo ur local area b roadc asts a ti me sig nal. The Au to Clock Set funct ion is activate d wheneve r the r[...]

103 Settings and Adjustments Video S ettings (Vid eo) The “Video” s etup allows y ou to adjust it ems related to the image, such as size and colour. Choose the settin gs accordi ng to the type of TV o r tuner co nnected to the re corder. Sel ect “ Video ” in the “ Setup” d ispl ay. The default setti ngs are underlined. TV Type Selects t[...]

104 Compon ent Out Select s whethe r or not to ou tput vide o signals from the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks. Notes • When you se t “Line 1 Output” to “RGB,” you cannot set “Compo nent Out” to “On. ” • When you c onnect the recorde r to a monitor or projector via only the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks, do not select “Off, ” as the p[...]

105 Settings and Adjustments Audio Setti ngs (A udio) The “Audio” se tup allows you to adjus t the soun d accord ing to th e playback and con nection conditions. Select “Audio” in the “Setup” display . The default setti ngs are underlined. Digital O ut Select s if a udio si gnals ar e out put from the DIGITAL AUDIO OUT (OPTICAL or COAXI[...]

106 Downmix (DV Ds only) Switches the method f o r mixin g down to two chan nels w hen you play a DV D which has r ear soun d elements (channel s) or is recor ded in Do lby Digital format. For det a ils on the rear signa l components, s ee “ A Connecting to audio L/R jacks ” on pa ge 18. Thi s affe cts the ou tput fro m the followi ng jacks: ?[...]

107 Settings and Adjustments Recor ding an d VCR Set tings (Featu res) The “F eature s” set up al lows y ou to change the tape lengt h , auto play and au to repeat settings . Sel ect “Fe atur es” in the “Set up” display . The default setti ngs are underlined. DVD Auto Chapte r Automatica lly divides a recordin g (a title) into chap ters[...]

108 Synch ro Recordi ng DVD Bilingu al Rec. (for al l recordable discs except DVD -RWs/DVD-Rs in VR mode ) Selects the soun d to be rec orded o n the di sc. This setting is not necessary when r ecording on DVD- RWs (VR mod e)/DVD-Rs (VR mod e) that reco rd both th e main and sub s ounds. Langua ge, Parenta l Cont rol Setting s/Factory Se ttings (Op[...]

109 Settings and Adjustments Parental (D VD VIDEOs o nly) Playback of some DVD VIDEOs can b e limited accord ing to a predet ermined level, s uch as the a ge of the us ers. Scen es may be bloc ked or rep laced with di fferen t scene s. 1 Sele ct “Pa rent al,” and pres s ENT ER. • If you have not en tered a p asswo rd, the displ ay for r egist[...]

110 Factory Setting Allows you to return the setup setti ngs to their defaul t settings . Note th at all of your previou s settings will be los t. 1 Select “F actory Setting, ” and press EN TER. 2 Select “S tart,” an d press EN TER. The setup se ttings return to their d efaul t settin gs. 3 Press EN TER when “Finish” ap pears. The power[...]

111 Additi o nal I nformation Additional Inform ation Troubl eshooting If yo u expe rience an y of th e followi ng diffi culti es while u sing the r ecorde r, use this troubles hooting guide t o help re medy th e problem before reque sting r epai rs. S hould an y pr oble m pers ist, consul t your near est Sony dealer. Power The po wer does not turn[...]

112 The pla yback pic ture or T V programme from the eq uipmen t connect ed th rough t he rec order is distor ted. , If the pla yback pictu re output fro m a DVD player, VCR, o r tuner goe s through your reco rder before re aching your TV , the copy- protect ion signal appli ed to some progr ammes could affect picture quality. Disco nnect the playb[...]

113 Additi o nal I nformation , While t he record er is re ading disc informat ion, playba ck operatio ns will not work . The la nguage for th e soundtr ack c annot be changed . , Multilin gual tracks ar e not record ed on the di sc being pl ayed. , The DV D VIDEO prohibits th e changing of t he language for the soundtrack. , Try chan ging the l an[...]

114 Timer rec ording is no t complete or did not star t from th e begin ning . , There was a powe r failure during re cording. , The reco rder ’s inter nal clock stop ped due to a power fail ure. The cloc k is automatic ally set by PDC (page 10 2), but it is displayed as “--:--” or is no t corre ctly r eset in the case of PDC s ignal not bei [...]

115 Additi o nal I nformation Nothin g happen s when z RE C is presse d. , Make sure the tape is not at its end. VCR Timer recording The ti mer does not opera te. , Chec k that the cl ock is set . , Make sure a tape has been inserted. , Check t hat the safety tab has not been removed. , Make sure the tape is not at its end. , Make sure a programme [...]

116 “CAN NO T RECORD BE CAUSE OF HIGH TEMP.” appear s in the fro nt panel di splay . , Check tha t the v ent on th e rear of the r ecorder is not bloc ked. Then, turn off the recorde r, wait until the clock ap pears in the f ront panel d isplay, and dis conn e ct the mains lea d. Leave th e recorde r off for a while, then re-connec t the mains [...]

117 Additi o nal I nformation • Do not use the foll owing di scs. – A disc t hat has a non-stan dard sha pe (e. g., card, heart). – A di sc with a label or sticke r on it . – A disc t hat has cell ophane t ape or st icker adhesi ve on it . Sympto ms caus ed by contami nated video heads When t he video h eads are dirty, clea n the video head[...]

118 [Timer sectio n] Clock Quartz locked Timer indi cation 24-hour cycle Timer se tting 12 program mes in total (m ax.) Input s and out puts LINE 2 IN VIDEO IN, phono jack (1) Input si gnal: 1 Vp-p, 75 ohms, unbal anced, sync negat ive AUDIO IN, pho no jacks (2) Input level: 327 mVrms Input im pedanc e: mor e than 47 kilohms S VIDEO, 4-p in, mini-D[...]

119 Additi o nal I nformation About i.LIN K The DV IN jack on this record er is an i .LINK- compliant DV IN jack. This s ection descr ibes the i.LINK stand ard and its features . What i s i.L INK? i.LINK is a digital serial interfa c e f or handlin g digital video, digital audio a nd oth er data in tw o directi ons betwee n equipme nt having t he i[...]

120 Guide t o Parts and Con trols For more info rmatio n, see the page s in parenthe ses. Front panel Butt ons o n the rec order ha ve th e sa me fu nctio n as the butt ons on th e re mote i f they ha ve the sa me or similar names . A "/1 (on/standb y) button (2 2) B Disc tray (35, 50) C A (open /close) bu tton (3 6, 50) D DVD t button (90) T [...]

121 Additi o nal I nformation Remote For DV D functi ons Butt ons with an orang e dot ne xt to th em ca n be used with your TV when th e TV/DVD·VIDEO switch is se t to TV. A TV/DVD·VIDEO switch (20) B Z (ope n/cl ose) b utton (35, 50) C DVD button (35, 50) D Num ber b uttons *1 (20, 54 ) SET button *2 E CLEAR / -/-- (t en digit) b utton ( 20, 42)[...]

122 ws ?/1 (on/st andb y) bu tton (2 2) wd PROG (pro gramme) +/ – buttons * (20, 50) wf 2 (volu me) +/ – buttons (20) wg t TV/VIDEO b utton (20) wh INPUT SELEC T button (50 , 58, 9 6) wj SUR ( surro und) bu tton (36 ) wk SYSTEM M ENU button (1 0) TITLE LIST b utton (40, 61 ) TIMER bu tton (52) wl MENU butt on (35) e; TOOLS butt on (11, 41) ea ([...]

123 Additi o nal I nformation For VCR functions A TV/DVD·VIDEO switch (20) B Z (eject) button (73) C Numbe r button s (2 0, 83) *1 SET button *2 D CLEAR / -/-- (ten d igit) button (2 0 , 73) E (audio) button *1 (78) F DISPLA Y butto n (77 ) TIME/TEXT butto n (77) G SYSTEM M ENU butt on (10) H O RETURN button (2 2 ) I . (pr evi ous)/ > (next) bu[...]

124 Front panel dis play A DVD playing/record ing status B Disc type/rec ording f ormat C Audio si gnal indi cator s D TV in dica tor (2 0) E STERE O indica tor (48) F NICAM i ndicato r (48) G VIDEO play ing/rec ording status H Tape i ndicato r I Timer indicator (52, 81) J Displays the f ollowing (47, 77): • Playing t ime /remain ing time • Cur[...]

125 Additi o nal I nformation Glos sary Chapter (p age 41) Secti ons of a pictur e or a musi c feature t hat are smaller than title s. A title is c omposed of several chapt ers. Depe nding on t he disc, no chapters may be recor ded. Copy p rotection sign als (page 49) Copy res triction s et by copy right ow ners, etc . These si gnals are include d [...]

126 Interlace format Inter lace form at shows every ot her line of an image as a single “ fiel d” and is th e standard method for displaying images o n television. The even number fi eld shows the even nu mbered l ines of an i mage, a nd the odd num bered field s hows th e odd n umbered l ines of a n image. Origin al (p age 60 ) Titles act uall[...]

127 Index Words in quotatio ns appear in the on -screen dis play s. Numerics 16:9 23 , 103 4:3 Letter Box 23 , 103 4:3 Pan Sc an 23 , 103 A “A-B Erase” 63 “Add” 70 Aerial 13 Album 43 Angle 36 “Audio” 10 8 Audio 36 “Audio DRC” 106 “Audio ” setup 105 “Auto Adju st” 102 Auto Clock S et 102 “Auto Play ” 107 “Auto Pre set?[...]

128 LINE 3/DECODER 28 “Line Audi o Input” 55 , 59 , 106 LP mode 79 M Mains lead 19 Man ual cl ock set 102 “Manual Set” 100 MARK ER 42 MENU 35 Menu Top menu 35 “Modify ” 69 “Move” 70 MP3 a udio t racks 43 MPEG 105 N NICAM 49 , 79 Number bu ttons 20 , 41 , 54 , 83 O One To uch Dubb ing 98 On-screen d isplay Setup Di splay 99 Sub-m enu[...]

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