TVGuardian DRM-2001G manual

DVD Recorder with 80GB Hard Drive DRM-2001G 20060425 User ’ s Manual[...]

Safety Instructions W ARNING : T o prevent fi re or electric shock, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture. Never attempt to open the cabinet; dangerous high voltages are presented in the unit. Refer servicing to quali fi ed service personnel when necessary . M AINTENANCE N OTICE : Do not put the unit: near strong magnetic fi elds, somewhere[...]

T able of Contents Identi fi cation of Controls 4 Remote Control 5 System Connections 7 System Setup 10 TVGuardian® Feature 19 Recording Mode 20 Creating a Y esDVD™ 23 T imer Recording 24 Play Mode 26 Hard Disc Drive Play Mode 33 Disc Operation 37 Hard Disc Drive Editing 39 T itle Editing 42 Chapter Editing 43 T roubleshooting 45 Speci fi cati[...]

Identi fi cation of Controls 4 F RONT P ANEL R EAR P ANEL 1. Power button 2. Standby LED 3. IR (Remote Sensor) 4. DVD Door 5. Display 6. Open/Close button 7. Source button 8. Play button 9. Stop button 10. Record button 1 1. Digital video input 12. Audio input (front left) 13. Audio input (front right) 14. Composite video input (front) 1. RF signa[...]

Remote Control 5 1. EJECT button 2. DV button 3. HDD button 4. NUMBERS (0-9) buttons 5. SETUP/EXIT button 6. LEFT DIRECTION/REPLA Y button RIGHT DIRECTION/SKIP button (UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT) 7. OK button 8. TIMER button 9. TIME SHIFT button 10. REC/OTR button (RECORD/ONE-TOUCH RECORD) 1 1. PLA Y button 12. STOP button 13. REVERSE button 14. PREVIOUS b[...]

Remote Control 6 T o install batteries and use remote control: Notes: Do not drop the remote control or leave it in places with high humidity . Do not leave the IR remote sensor exposed to direct sunlight or bright light. Do not mix old and new batteries should they need replacing. Do not use rechargeable batteries. Remote range = 16 feet. • • [...]

System Connections 7 C ONNECT TO A TV Before connecting the system, be sure to turn off the power source of this unit and other devices. There are three kinds of video outputs in this unit: component video, S-video, and composite video. Y ou can select one of the available video inputs of the TV and make the connection. In terms of picture quality [...]

System Connections 8 C ONNECTING TO 5.1 C HANNEL A MPLIFIER C ONNECTING TO AN A MPLIFIER WITH D IGIT AL D ECODER In audio setup, set the “Digital Output Mode” to “LPCM Output” (For details, see “System Setup: Digital Audio Output” section.) When using a digital signal output (coaxial or optical), the Analog Output cable is not needed fo[...]

System Connections 9 C ONNECTION FOR R ECORDING E XTERNAL S IGNALS ( FRONT PA N E L SIGNAL ) Before connecting with external signals be sure to turn off the power source of this unit and other devices. Notes: Refer to your user ’s manual when connecting the unit. T urn off the power and unplug both units before setting up any connections. • •[...]

System Setup 10 Operation Interface and General Steps This section will introduce the menu interface of the System Setup and general operation steps. • Press the “SETUP” button to enter the System Setup mode. The system setup control bar menu will appear on the top of the OSD, as shown in the following chart. • Use the ▲ or ▼ button to [...]

System Setup 11 Recording Quality 1. In the Recording Settings menu, use the ▲ or ▼ button to select the “Default Quality” item, and press the “OK” button to drop down a menu. 2. Use the ▲ or ▼ button to select a desired value and press the “OK” button. 3. Press the “RETURN” button to return to the upper level menu and set u[...]

System Setup 12 Modify Channel Use the ▲ or ▼ button to Select the “Modify Channel” item, in dialog chart select “OK”. If you want to edit channels for the received TV programs, select the “Modify Channel” item, press “OK” button to con fi rm, in the pop up channel edit dialog box, use the ▲ or ▼ button and the “OK” but[...]

System Setup 13 TV Display 1. In the Play Settings menu, press the “OK” button to select the “TV aspect ratio” item and a drop down menu will appear . 2. Use the ▲ or ▼ button to select a proper setting value and press the “OK” button to con fi rm. • 16:9WS is suitable for a wide screen TV . • Pan Scan is suitable for a TV with[...]

System Setup 14 Y esDVD 1. In the General Settings menu, use the ▲ or ▼ button to move the cursor , select the “Y esDVD” item and press the “OK” button. 2. When you want to create a “Y esDVD disc” select “ON”. If not, select the “OFF”. • If you want to know more about creating a Y esDVD, see the “Creating a Y esDVD” se[...]

System Setup 15 SETUP MENU-LANGUAGE T o satisfy the needs of consumers in different regions, the unit provides various interfaces languages. 1. Enter the system setup mode. 2. In the System Setup control bar menu, use the ▲ or ▼ button to move the cursor , select the “Language” item, and press the “OK” button to enter the Language Setti[...]

System Setup 16 SETUP MENU-DA TE/TIME Date-Time Setting The time and date have to be set before a timed recording can be set. There are two ways to set the product clock: AUTO setting and MANUAL setting. 1. Press the “INPUT” button on the remote control to display the SYSTEM SET -UP MENU. 2. Use the CURSOR buttons to highlight Date-T ime Settin[...]

System Setup 17 SETUP MENU-PREFERENCES Reset to Factory Default When your unit doesn’t work properly , it is possibly due to some wrong settings. Please try the “Reset to Factory Default” function to see if the unit can restore to its normal working status. 1. In the General Settings menu, use the ▲ or ▼ button to select the “Reset to F[...]

System Setup 18 SETUP MENU-TIME SHIFT Time shift default source: T uner (ON): When the system is turned on, it will enter the tuner and time shift on state automatically . FCVBS (OFF): It will enter FCVBS and time shift OFF state automatically . Time shift buffer mode: Use the arrow button to highlight the T ime Shift buf fer mode row and press the[...]

TVGuardian® Feature 19 This product supports TVGuardian Foul Language F iltering T echnology , o ering your family the v er y best control of objectionable language in your home. H OW IT WOR KS : T VGuardian® ( T VG)  lters out objectionable language by monitoring the closed-captioned (CC) information. When T VG® detects objectionable word[...]

Recording Mode 20 Recording modes: • There are various external signal inputs in the unit, including S-Video, composite video, TV tuning, DV input and stereo audio input. Y ou can select any group of audio and video signals from these inputs for recording. • There are six available recording modes of different qualities, including SLP (6 hours)[...]

Recording Mode 21 Recording Quality: Y ou can select from up to six record quality settings to de fi ne the picture quality of the recordings and 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 “ADD/CLEAR” butt[...]

Recording Mode 22 Record from hard drive to optical disc Press the “HDD” button and enter into the HDD display state. Press the “ADD/CLEAR” button to select the fi ve titles you desire to copy to DVD. Press the “REC” key to copy selected fi le to DVD. Notes: • In DVD tray , there should be a blank re-writable DVD disc, or the disc w[...]

Instructions for Creating a Y esDVD™ 23 W HAT IS Y esDVD™ Y esDVD™ is a product of Y esVideo (ww w .yesvideo .com) that allow s you to transfer y our videotapes or other video content to a DVD+R/RW with the professional quality f eatures found in Hollywood DVDs. Y esDVD™ will automatically: Analyze your video and cr eate chapter points at n[...]

T imer Recording 24 Y ou can set-up the unit to schedule recordings to begin and end at a speci fi c time. Y ou can record to the hard drive or directly to a DVD. This feature is useful if you know the speci fi c quality , time, date, and channel of a program you want to record in advance. 1. Press the “TIMER” button to enter the timer record[...]

T imer Recording 25 Setting up the starting time of recording: In the “Item Editor” dialog box, use the arrow buttons and the “OK” button to highlight the “Start” option. Enter a value between 0:00 and 23:59 with the number buttons and press the “OK” button to con fi rm. This function is used to set up the starting time of the reco[...]

Play Mode 26 Menu Description In the Play Mode, the system control is done through the menu operations or function keys. 1. Enter the Play Mode. 2. Press the “DISPLA Y” button to show or hide the control bar menu. The following charts are control bar menus for DVD, VCD, CD and MPEG 4 respectively . Please note that the menu may vary to some ext[...]

Play Mode 27 OPERA TION Auto Play - Pre-Recorded Discs 1. Press the “EJECT” button to open the disc tray . 2. Insert the available disc. • Do not put the disc upside-down. The smooth side should face downward, while the printed side should face upward. 3. Press the “EJECT” button to close the disc tray . The system will start playing. Ent[...]

Play Mode 28 Play Mode Control • There are four playing modes for the unit: Normal Play , Repeat Play , Program Play and Random Play . • The operations are as follows. Normal Play 1. Press the “DISPLA Y” button to enter the menu. 2. Press the ▲ or ▼ and “OK” buttons to select the fi rst item in the menu, Play Mode. 3. Press the ▲[...]

Play Mode 29 Random Play • Set the value of the menu control item as “Random”. The system will start Random Play . • In this mode, the system will randomly play the chapters or tracks of the disc. PLA YBACK CONTROL Menu Operation Most of the play process control operations can be done through the menu. T o enter the play control bar menu: 1[...]

Play Mode 30 SELECTION PLA Y MODE Title Selection This section only applies to DVD discs. 1. Enter the play control bar menu. 2. Press the ▲ or ▼ button to select the “T itle” item. 3. Press the “OK” button to enter the input mode. 4. Press the number buttons to enter the T itle Number to be selected. 5. Press the “OK” button to pla[...]

Play Mode 31 “GOTO” Button In the playing status, press the “GOTO” button to cycle through various options in the play control bar menu. With the above-mentioned operations, you can use the remote control to enter the corresponding value and skip to the corresponding location directly . Note: For CD and MUSIC discs, do not press the “GOTO[...]

Play Mode 32 Subtitle Selection Some DVD discs may have more than one kind of subtitle. Y ou can select one of them as the output. 1. In the play control bar menu, select the “Subtitle” item. • There are some digits under the icon. The number on the right is the total number of subtitle languages provided by the disc; the one on the left is t[...]

Hard Disc Drive Play Mode 33 Hard Disc Drive Playback • Press the remote control Hard Disc Drive (HDD) button or in the NA VIGA TION mode, switch to HDD/Playback state. • During HDD playback, the following remote control keys are valid: K EY R ESUL T N OTE Play Play (resume) Follows pause Pause Pause/Stop Stop Stop Will return to title list. Sa[...]

Hard Disc Drive Play Mode 34 Time Shifting When the unit is turned on or you press the “TIME SHIFT” button from other menus, the last viewed TV channel will be tuned in. T o LIVE record: 1. Press the “T ime Shift” button. 2. Press “REC” T o watch recorded broadcast: 1. Press ◄ arrow . 2. Press “STOP” 3. Press “PLA Y” Notes: ?[...]

Hard Disc Drive Play Mode 35 Y ou can navigate in T ime Shifting mode and control the audio by using the following remote control keys: K EY R ESUL T N OTE CH +/- Change the channel By default, changing the channel will erase all T ime Shifting required for the current channel. 0-9 Change the channel FF Fast Forward (Press to cycle through 4, 8, 32[...]

Hard Disc Drive Play Mode 36 While in T ime shifting mode, you can use the following keys for other operations: K EY R ESUL T N OTE HDD HDD title list Recording continues DVD Play disc Recording continues unless you want to record to a DVD DISPLA Y Display information list Recording continues EJECT Open/close disc tray Recording continues POWER Pow[...]

Disc Operation 37 The Disc Operation means operations done to recordable discs in the drive, including browsing disc information, fi nalizing a disc, removing disc content, deleting the last title, setting compatibility and write protection, etc. Entering the Disc Operation Mode: 1. Place the DVD with your recorded content in the recorder . 2. On [...]

Disc Operation 38 Record a New Title: 1. In the Disc Operation menu, use the ▲ or ▼ button to select the “Record a New T itle” item and press the “OK” button. The system will change to TV status. 2. Press the “INPUT” button to switch to other input sources. 3. Press the “REC/OTR” button to enter a new title. Overwrite Disc: 1. I[...]

Hard Disc Drive Editing 39 Editing from the Hard Drive: • Five operations are possible: Play , Delete, Split, Segment, Change Index Picture and Rename. • When you edit a title, its corresponding representation on the HDD title list will bear the edit icon to remind you. • During HDD edit operation, you can continue to record. 1. Press the rig[...]

Hard Disc Drive Editing 40 Segment This option brings up the Segment screen. Y ou can navigate the program (similar to Playback screen) and mark a location for the beginning of a segment followed by a location for the end of a segment. When you enter the Segment screen, the title will automatically start playing. Y ou can use the playback navigatio[...]

Hard Disc Drive Editing 41 Rename This option brings up the on-screen keyboard. Y ou can type in the title. Use the arrows to highlight the desired key . Press “OK”. Note: This operation is allowed only if the title is not protected or locked Lock Once you have highlighted the program on the HDD title list, bring up the Popup menu by pressing t[...]

T itle Editing 42 Editing Titles: 1. Enter the T itle Editing Mode 2. In the T itle Display mode, press the ► button to pop up the following dialog box. 1. T itle Name 2. Recording Date 3. Starting T ime of the Recording 4. The Length of the Recording 5. Recording Quality 1. Play T itle: play the current title 2. Edit T itle: enter the T itle Edi[...]

Chapter Editing 43 Menu Description: The chapter editing control bar menu is as shown on the right and the meanings for each item are as follows: 1. T itle: The number on the left under the icon is the current title to be edited; the right is the total number of the titles in the disc. 2. Chapter: The number on the left is the current chapter; the [...]

Chapter Editing 44 Splitting the title: 1. In the Editing Mode control bar menu, use the ▲ or ▼ buttons to split the title and press the “OK” button. 2. When playing to a certain position, press the “OK” button, and the system begins to split the current chapter . 3. The chapter is divided into two titles at this position: the current p[...]

T roubleshooting Guide 45 Before c ontacting ser vice personnel, please check possible problems and solutions belo w : S YMPTOM P OSSIBLE C AUSE R EMEDY No power Power supply disc onnected Bad connection between power plug and receptacle Po wer of receptacle swit ched o 1. 2. 3. Connect to power supply Plug again or replace r eceptacle with new [...]

T echnical Speci fi cations 46 Supported disc formats DVD , DVD+R/RW , DVD-R/R W , SVCD , VCD , JPEG, MPEG4 Supported recordable disc functions DVD+R/RW , DVD-R/R W Recording f ormat DVD , MPEG-II Recording quality HQ (Perfect Quality), SP (Standard Play), SP+, LP (Extended Play), EP (Long Play), SLP (Super Long Pla y) Input Composite video input [...]

Glossary of T erms 47 TERM DEFINITION Chapter Chapter ref ers to the subtitle of each title of division on the DVD image or music. Normally , one title c ontains several chapters. Each chapt er has its own unique number so it can be searched easily . Compatibility (F inalize) C ompatibility (Finalize) means to pr ocess the information stored in the[...]

Glossary of T erms 48 TERM DEFINITION Region code In order to prot ec t intellectual propert y , the r elevant organization has divided the world int o 6 regions. Each region can only use DVD pla yers and DVD discs with certain region codes. The six regions are: 1 Canada, USA and its possessions 2 Japan, Europe , South Africa, Middle East (includin[...]