BenQ DE320 manual

We l c o m e English DE320 DVD R e corder Us e r ’ s M a n u a l[...]

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i Table of Content s English Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................. 1 Features .............................................................................................. 1 Compatible media types ................................................................... 1 Input/outpu[...]

ii Table of Contents Engli sh Setting Time an d Date ...................................................................................................... 32 Manually searching fo r TV channels ....................................................... 34 Re-positioning/adding/dele ting TV channels ......................................... 35 Languag[...]

iii Table of Contents English Adding chapt er markers dur ing play back ....................................................................... 72 Hiding /showing chapt ers ................................................................................................. 74 Deleting chap ters .........................................................[...]

iv Table of Contents Engli sh Changing/deleting the parent control password .................................... 94 How to chan ge parent contro l pass word ........................................................................ 94 Troubleshooting ...................................................................... 95 Product Specifications ....[...]

1 Introduction English Introduction Thank you for purcha sin g the BenQ DE320 D VD Recorder. With the DVD Recor der, you can either: • play your prerecorded DVDs and CDs, or • record TV pro grams or vid eo device (VCR or Camcord er) recordings onto DVDs . The easy menu system also provides you w i th ready access t o its advanced features, such[...]

2 Introduction Engli sh DVD-RW DVD-R and DVD- RW must be recorded and finali zed in Video Mode. Audio CD VCD, VCD2.0 SVCD CD-R music/ MP3 mus ic CD-RW musi c/MP3 music Photo CD Input/output interface SCART input/output • SCART in put/output to oth er auxiliary A /V devices • SCART input/ou tput to TV Inputs for Recording •T V A n t e n n a ?[...]

3 Introduction English Getting to know the BenQ DE320 DVD Recorder Front panel 1 8 6 5 4 3 2 12 11 10 9 7 No: But to n Descrip tion 1 Disc tray Place dis c face do wn (label s ide up) her e. 2 Open/Close Press to o pen and cl ose the d isc tray . 3 Previ ous Press to jump to previou s chapter/tra ck. 4 / Play/pause Press t o play a di sc. 5 St o p [...]

4 Introduction Engli sh Rear panel No. Button Description 1 Antenna input For conn ecting the TV antenna or a CA TV cab le. 2 Antenna output For conn ecting to the antenna input ter minal of you r TV . 3 SCA R T au xiliary input/ outp ut For conn ecting to the SCART inp ut/output soc ket on othe r A/V de vices. 4 SCART TV in put/output For conn ect[...]

5 Introduction English The Remote Control Icon Button Description Power on/ standby Press t o turn the DVD Recorder ON or OF F (standby). Eject Pres s to open o r close di sc tray . Ti m e r reco rding Press t o show/ hide the ’ T ime r recording ’ menu. Edit Press t o show/ hide the ’ Edit’ menu. TV/DVD Press t o switch between TV an d DVD[...]

6 Introduction Engli sh Icon Button Descriptio n V o lume Press to i ncrease o r decreas e audio vol ume. Mute Press to turn off so und tempor arily . Pres s again to resume so und. Channel Press to s elect th e previous or next ch annel. Record Press to start recording from the presentl y sele cted i nput so urce. Record stop Press to s top play i[...]

7 Introduction English Front display panel The f ront panel featu res a mu ltifunc tion displa y locat ed on t he rig ht. In forma tion di splayed and the ir respectiv e meanings are shown in the tabl e below: 1 3 5 2 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 6 4 21 No. Description 1 Lit when pl aying is i n progress. 2 Lit when pl aying is i n progre[...]

8 Introduction Engli sh On-screen display (OSD) menus Playback Status box The Playback Sta tus box located on t he right to p corner of the screen contain s informati on about the play back status of cu rrent di sc. This bo x appears when the Status Display option is selected in the Feature men u. 12 Lit when rec eiving a Ni cam audio signal (in re[...]

9 Introduction English Operation mode ic ons in the Playback sta tus Box Timer and Tuner Information Box In the Timer a n d Tuner I nformation box, you can check the status of TV tune r and externa l signal sour ce and view informati on about timer recordings. ’SETUP’ menu You can define the i nitial setup of the DVD Re corder fr om the ’SETU[...]

10 Introduction Engli sh Launch the ’SETUP’ menu by pressin g the Setup button o n the remote c ontrol. Navigating the ’SETUP’ menu Press the Down or Up butto n on the remote control to move the highlight bar to the desired i tem. Press the Right button on the r emote control to ent er (activate) the currently select ed (highlighted) menu i[...]

11 Introduction English Navigating the ’T/C Tools’ menu Press the Down or Up butto n on the remote control to move the highlight bar to the desired i tem. Press the Right or Lef t button on the remote control to s elect an option . Press the OK button on the remot e control to confirm th e selection. ’Edit Chapters’ menu When playing a n un[...]

12 Connecting the DV D Recorder Engli sh Connecting the DVD Recorder Connecting to a display devi ce (TV or projector) The DVD Recorder needs to be co nnected to a d isplay de vice so tha t you can vi ew a DVD be ing played, and so that you can use t h e DVD Recor der On-Screen Displa y (OSD) menus. You can con nect the DVD Recorder t o a display d[...]

13 Connecting the DVD Rec order English Connecti ng the DVD Recorder to a TV usi ng a component video cab le Examine your TV to determin e if it has unused component vi deo sockets avai lable: - If so , you can c ontinue with this procedur e. - If n ot, you will need to reassess whic h cables you c an use to c onnect to the TV . How to connect the [...]

14 Connecting the DV D Recorder Engli sh Connecti ng the DVD Recorder to a TV usi ng an S-Video cable Examine your TV to determin e if it ha s an unused S-Video socket available: - If so , you can c ontinue with this procedur e. - If n ot, you will need to reassess whic h cables you c an use to c onnect to the TV . How to connect the DVD Recorder t[...]

15 Connecting the DVD Rec order English Connecti ng the DVD Recorder to a TV usi ng an A/V cable Examine your TV to determin e if it has un used composite Video A/V sockets av ailable: - If so , you can c ontinue with this procedur e. - If n ot, you will need to r eassess how y ou can connect t o the TV . How to connect the DVD Recorder to a TV usi[...]

16 Connecting the DV D Recorder Engli sh Connecting the DVD Recorder to a TV using a SCART cable Examine your TV to determine if it has un used SCART socket avai lable: - If so , you can c ontinue with this proc edure. - If not, y ou will need to reassess how you can con nect to the TV . How to conne ct the DVD Recorder to a TV usin g the SCART cab[...]

17 Connecting the DVD Rec order English Connecting the DVD Recorder to the TV antenna cable You should connect the DVD Rec order to the TV an tenna cable b etween the antenna and the TV. The DVD Reco rder has an An tenna input soc ket and a TV o utput socket on the rear pa nel for t his pu rpos e. This is a l oop-t hrough t erm inal, provided so th[...]

18 Connecting the DV D Recorder Engli sh Connecting the DVD Recorder to your surround sound system You can con nect the DVD Reco rder to a digi tal audio multi-channel de coding device (such as an amplifier or dev ice equipped with MPEG2, Do lby Di gital, DTS, or 2-channel PCM deco ding function) us ing the digita l audio out let. This req uires a [...]

19 Connecting the DVD Rec order English How to connect to a dig i tal audio decodi ng device using a di gital optica l cable 1 Take a suitab le optical digit al audio ca ble (no t provided) an d connect one en d to the OPTIC AL terminal on the re ar of the DVD Recorder lab elled ’DIGITAL A UDIO OUT’. 2 Connect the o ther end of the di gital opt[...]

20 Connecting the DV D Recorder Engli sh Connecting the DVD Recorder to your stereo sound system You can co nnect the DVD Recorder to an analog au dio device (suc h as a stereo) using a stereo audio cable. How to connect to a stereo system using a stereo audio cable 1 Take a suitable ster eo audio cable (not prov ided) an d connect one end to the O[...]

21 Connecting the DVD Rec order English Connecting an A/ V device to the DVD Recorder You can connect an A/V device like a Video Casse tte Recorder (VCR), satellite receiver, Digital Video (DV) cam era or Digit al-8 Video came ra to the DVD Record er so that you can rec ord from a satellite rec eiver or copy your videos onto DVDs. Permanent connect[...]

22 Connecting the DV D Recorder Engli sh Connecti ng a VCR to the DVD Recorder usi ng an S-video cable How to connect a VCR using an S-Video cab l e: 1 Locate a suita ble S-Video cable (not provi ded) and connect o ne end to the IN terminal on t h e rear of the D VD player labelled ’S-VIDEO’. 2 Connect the other end of the S-V i deo cab le to t[...]

23 Connecting the DVD Rec order English Connecti ng a VCR to the DVD Recorder using an A/V cable How to connect a VCR using an A/V cable: 1 Locate the A/V cable ( p rovided ) and connect one end to the IN terminals on the rear of the DVD player labelled ’VIDEO’. 2 Connect the other end o f the A/V cable to the appropri ate A/V socket s on the r[...]

24 Connecting the DV D Recorder Engli sh Connecting a satellite receiver or VCR to the DVD Recorder using a SCART cab le How to connect a VCR using a SCART cable: 1 Take a SCART cable (not provided) and connect one e nd to the SCAR T termina l on the rear of the DVD player labelled ’AUX I/O’. 2 Connect the other end o f the SCART cable to th e [...]

25 Connecting the DVD Rec order English Connecting a Camcorder to the DVD Recorder using a DV cable By connecti ng a Digita l Video (DV) o r Digital-8 Ca mcorder to the DVD Re corder, you can copy your mo vies from the camco rder onto DVDs . How to connect a DV Cam corder using a DV ca ble: 1 Locate a suitable DV (IEEE 1394) cable (no provid ed), a[...]

26 Connecting the DV D Recorder Engli sh Connecting a Camcorder to the DVD Recorder using an A/V cable If your Cam corder has A/V sockets , you can us e an A/V cable to connect i t to the DVD Recorder. How to connect a Cam corder using an A /V cable: 1 Locate the A/V cable ( provided), and connect one e n d of it to the ap propriate A/V sockets in [...]

27 Initializing t he DVD Recorder English Initializing the DVD Recorder When you firs t connect po wer to the DVD Recorder, it wi ll automatically d i splay a n initial setup screen (virg in mode), and won 't operate norm ally until it is setup. This startup behavior only ever needs t o take place once, as the DVD Recor der permanently reme mb[...]

28 Initializing the DVD Recorder Engli sh Remote control setup How to install the batteries in the remote control 1 Locate the two AA (UM3) batteries an d the remote control unit. 2 Unpack the remote control a nd turn it over to expo se its back si de. Open the battery compartm ent cover by s liding it a s indicated in the followi ng picture: 3 Unp[...]

29 Initializing t he DVD Recorder English Connecting power 1 Locate the power cor d from the pac kage. 2 Connect the DV D Recorder to ma ins power us ing the powe r cord. 3 Press the power button on the front panel to t urn on the DVD Recorder.[...]

30 Initializing the DVD Recorder Engli sh Initial startup (vi rgin mo de) This procedu re is only required when the DV D Recorder is plugged in and power ed up for the first time ever. Befo re you proceed, you must have already c onnected the DVD Recor der to a display devic e and turned th at device on so that you can see the OSD ’SETUP ’ menu[...]

31 Initializing t he DVD Recorder English 7. Press the Setup button on the remote c ontrol. You will be prompted to make sure if TV or CAT V antenna is co nnected. I f yo u w ish t o rec or d TV programs onto D VDs using the DVD R ecor der , you should connect t he antenna ca ble to the D VD Rec order be fore con tinuing with the initializatio n pr[...]

32 Initializing the DVD Recorder Engli sh 8. After the chann els are scanned and stored, the DVD Recorder will att empt to download time a nd date informati on from your local TV or CATV broadca sting system, an d ’Downlo ading Ti me & Date’ wi ll display on-screen. If yo ur local TV or CATV system does not support automatic setup of time a[...]

33 Initializing t he DVD Recorder English Tip: You can also use the Up or Down buttons to adjust the value. For example: To ente r the t i me 4 :15, p ress ’0 ’, ’4’ , ’1’ a nd ’5’. To ent er the time 12: 34, pr ess ’1’, ’ 2’, ’3’ an d ’4’ . How to save the settings Press the Setu p button on the r emote control to s[...]

34 Initializing the DVD Recorder Engli sh Manually s earching for TV channels You can m ake the DVD Recorder res et and replac e its previ ously stored channel data with new channel data by running the cha nnel sear ching co mmand. CAUTION This will eras e all previously stored channel settings. 1. If a disc is play ing, press the Stop button on th[...]

35 Initializing t he DVD Recorder English Re-positio ning/adding/ deleting TV channels How to delete channels: 1. Display the chan nel frequency list. See "How to view a listing o f stored TV channels:" above . 2. Press the Up or Down but tons to move the highlight bar to the channel frequency you wish to delete, and t hen press the Clear[...]

36 Initializing the DVD Recorder Engli sh 3. Press the Right button, and then press the Up or Down button to select ’ Manual Search ’ a nd then press the OK button. 4. Press the Up or Down but ton to move the highlight bar to one of the following opti ons: Channel/Freq. : Display/entry of frequencies Entry /Searc h :Display/entry of special pr [...]

37 Initializing t he DVD Recorder English 8. The ’ Decoder ’ item w ill be hig hlighted a utomatica lly. Som e TV chann els send c oded TV signals that can o nly be viewed properly with a purchased or rented decoder . You can connect such a decoder (descrambler) to your DVD Recor der. Press the OK butto n and to gg le the fo llo w ing options u[...]

38 Initializing the DVD Recorder Engli sh Language settings You can sele ct a de fault la nguag e other t han En glish fo r play back of audi o and s ubtitl es on appropriat e DVDs whi ch have been auth ored to incl ude more than on e language. You ca n also select a l anguage for the DVD Reco rder OSD (O n-Screen Display) ’S ETUP’ menus. The d[...]

39 Initializing t he DVD Recorder English Setting the ’S etup’ clock The ’Setup’ clock is used by the DVD Recorder when it saves video files o n to DVD, an d for determinin g timer fun ctions. The tim e is als o displayed on the fr ont panel when the DVD Recorder is in sta ndby mode (after initi alization). Should you need to manually alter[...]

40 Playing a disc Engli sh Playing a disc General information The DVD Reco rder supports playba ck of the foll owing ty pes of disc s: • DVD (prerecorded) • VCD/SVCD •D V D + R W • DVD+R (video mo de, finalized) • DVD-RW (video mode, finalized) • DVD-R (video mode, finalized) • CD-RW • CD-R • Music CD •M P 3 C D • Photo CD You[...]

41 Playing a disc English while the tr ay is openin g, the message ’OPENI NG’ shows on the DVD Recor der's display panel. Once the disc tray i s open, and while the tray remain s open, th e message ’TRA Y OPEN’ displays. 5 Place the disc on the tray with the label side fa cing upwar d—with disc reco rding surfac e down. 6 To close th[...]

42 Playing a disc Engli sh Playing a disc How to start play ing a disc: To start pl aying a s topped or paused di sc, press either: - the Play/pause button on the r emote control; or - the Play button the DVD Recor der. How to stop playing a disc: To stop playing a disc, press ei ther: - the Stop button on the remote contr ol; or - the Sto p button[...]

43 Playing a disc English Playing a recordable DVD If a recorda ble DVD is pro tected against r ecording (DVD +RW) or has been finali zed (DVD+R), the DVD Recorder wi ll play the disc auto mat ically. If it doesn’t, y ou can manually start play. See below. If a recorda ble DVD can be edited (it is ei ther unprotected or not finalized), then the P[...]

44 Playing a disc Engli sh 5. The ’Adapt Disc Menu’ dialogue will display on-screen. Press the Up or Down button on the r emote control to select ’ OK to Replace Menu ’, and then press the OK button. 6. Press the button on the remote control, and t hen press the Play/pause button on the remote con trol; or the Play button on the DV D Record[...]

45 Playing a disc English Playing a music CD You can play a music CD on the DVD Recorder, an d the audio wi ll be output to the audio out terminals on the rear of the DVD Reco rder. 1. When playin g a music CD, press the Title/chapt er button on th e remote control. T he T/ C Tools men u will disp lay on-screen. 2. Press the Up or Down b utto n to [...]

46 Playing a disc Engli sh -t h e Sto p button o n the DVD Recorder . How to eject a disc: To open the disc tra y , press either: - the Eject button on the remote control; or - the Eject button on the DVD Recorder. Playing an MP3 CD MP3 (MPEG1 Audio Layer-3) is a highly compress ed media f ile form at. T his tech nology can compress data to a tent [...]

47 Playing a disc English How to stop playing a n MP3 CD: To stop playing a disc, press either : - the Sto p button on the rem ote control; or - the Sto p button on t he DVD Recorder. How to eject a disc: To open the disc tra y , press either: - the Eject button on the remote contr ol; or - the Eject button on the DVD Recorder. How to start play in[...]

48 Playing a disc Engli sh Playing a VCD/SVCD Some VCDs/S VCDs are equi pped with P BC (Play Ba ck Control ) function , which m eans that it supports specia l playback functions (e.g. menu functio n ). To use t hese functions, the VCDs/ SVCDs must be compatible with PBC (see instructio ns on the VCD package), and the PBC function of the DVD Rec ord[...]

49 Playing a disc English Operations w hile playing a disc If a DVD con tains ma ny titles o r chapters, you can j ump to a different title or chapter by following the instructions below: How to select a title on a DVD: 1. While playing a DVD, press the T itl e/chapter button. The T/C Too ls menu displays on-screen. 2. Make sure the ’ Titl e ’ [...]

50 Playing a disc Engli sh Searching a disc You can use the fast fo rward or fast r everse func tion to find a certain passage while playing a disc. T he DVD Recorder offers fa st forwar d and fa st reverse functions at 4x, 8x, 16x or32x. If you want to play a passag e in slow mot ion, the DVD Recorder offers slow forward an d reverse function at 1[...]

51 Playing a disc English 2. Press the Up or Down button to highligh t the ’ St ep ’ item. 3. Press the Right button for step forward or press the Lef t button for step revers e. 4. Press the Play/pause button to resume normal speed. Searching the disc by time 1. While playing a disc, press t he Title/chapter button. The T/C T ools menu display[...]

52 Playing a disc Engli sh Still p icture 1. To pa use disc playing or recordin g, press the Play/ pa u s e button on the remote con trol. 2. To resume playi n g or r ecording a paused di sc, press the Play/pause button on the remo te cont rol.[...]

53 Playing a disc English Repeat pl ay You can m ark entire se ctions or the wh ole disc for repeated pla yback. Depend ing on the typ e of disc (DVD video, DVD+ RW , video CD) yo u can select a chap ter, title or the entir e disc. 1. Select the desired chapter, title or disc a nd start playin g it. 2. Whil e playing, p ress the Repeat mode button [...]

54 Playing a disc Engli sh Repeat a sequenc e (A-B) You can repea t a certain s equence within a title or cha pter. 1. While playing a disc, press t he Repeat mode button on the remote contro l several times unti l ’ Repeat A- ’ ap pears o n-screen. 2. At the position you wish to start the rep eat sequence, press the OK button. The word ’ Rep[...]

55 Playing a disc English Changing the camera angle If a DVD co ntai ns vi deo r ecor ded fr om di ffer en t angles, you can view t he different angles during pla yback. 1. While playing a disc, press t he Title/chapter button. The T/C Too ls menu displays on-screen. 2. Press the Down button to select th e ’ Angle ’ item. If you are unable to s[...]

56 Playing a disc Engli sh Zoom You can enlar ge and pan a paused vi deo image with the zoom functi on. 1. While playing a disc, press t he Title/chapter button. The T/C Too ls menu displays on-screen. 2. Press the Down button to select th e ’ Zoom ’ item and then press t he OK button. 3. Press the OK button to select a zoom- in rate (x1, x1.3,[...]

57 Playing a disc English Audi o lan guage Pre-recorded D VD videos of ten come with m ultiple audio la nguages. T he DVD Recorder will play the disc w ith the language you have selec ted in the ’SETUP’ menu (refer to " U ser selectable DVD Recorder preferenc es" on page 85 for detai l s). You can change the lan guage at any time whil[...]

58 Playing a disc Engli sh Subtitle la nguage Pre-recorded D VD videos often come with subtitles i n several la nguages. Th e DVD Record er will play the disc with the s ubtit le language you have selected in the ’SETUP’ menu (refer to "User selectable DV D Recorder preferences " on page 85 for details) or the default subti tle langua[...]

59 Playing a disc English Surround sound effect Some DVD videos p rovide Surro und sound effect . You can set the DVD Recorder to play the sound effect follow ing the steps below. 1. While playing a disc that prov ides Surround sound effect, press the T itle/ch apter button on the remote con trol. The T/C Tools menu dis plays on- screen. 2. Press t[...]

60 Playing a disc Engli sh Playing a photo CD You can use the DVD Recorder to play phot o CDs. If you want to play a photo CD on the DVD Recorder, please no te the following requirements when making a photo CD: • Directory levels: no more t h an 8 • File format: JPEG File Interchange Format (JFIF) wit h baseline lossy JPEG (version 1.02) • Fi[...]

61 Playing a disc English 2. Press the OK button and the thumbnails on th e next pa ge will display on-sc reen. 3. Press the OK button again to view thumbnails on di fferent pages. Viewing thumbnails in different folders 1. With the thumbnails of ph otos on the C D displayed on-screen, press the Righ t , Left , Up or Down button to highlight ’ Ro[...]

62 Playing a disc Engli sh Repeat : Select this option and press th e Left or Right button to select ’ On’ or ’ Off ’ to turn on or off the repeat play function of the slide show. 3. To return to the thumbnail screen, press the Sto p button.[...]

63 Recording English Recording Recordable m edia types The BenQ DE320 DVD Record er allows you to make recor dings on two differen t types of media: DVD +R W : ReWrit able Di gital Versa til e Dis cs (DVD ), which means y ou can recor d data on the disc at several di fferent times until the disc is full, including o ver previous r ecordings. DVD +R[...]

64 Recording Engli sh Record mode The Record mode setting deter mines the recordi ng quality and the total disc play ing time of your DVDs r ecorded u sing the DVD Recorder. You sh ould set the rec ord mode bef ore starting a recording , as the mode canno t be changed dur ing a recording s ession. The possib le recor d modes a re: Not e: HQ is the [...]

65 Recording English Manual recordin g EXT2 : Selects the signal source from the devic e connected to the SCA RT TO TV I/O termina l or S-Video/Composi te Video (AV) and Audio L/R input terminals on the rear panel. Tips Should you have multiple input devices connected using separate video inputs (Composite Video, S- Video or SCART) you should switc[...]

66 Recording Engli sh 5. To st op recording press either the Sto p (or Record stop ) button on the remote cont rol or th e Sto p button on the DVD Recorder . W hen you st op r ecor ding, the title is closed, an d the file details ar e w ritte n to the medium. The DVD R ecor der cr eates the table of c ontents o f the reco rding. Sleep mode recordin[...]

67 Recording English Satellit e Recordin g You can us e Satellite Rec ording if yo u own a s atellite receiver that can control other devic es via the SCART cable and pr ogramming feature (Timer). 1. Place an unfin a lized suit able DVD in the disc tray. 2. Press the Setup button on the remote control, and the ’SETUP’ menu will display o n-scre[...]

68 Recording Engli sh Pausing recording 1. During rec ording, you can pause at any time by pressing the Play/pause button on the remote cont rol. The Pause Rec. icon w ill displa y on-s cree n. 2. To resume reco rding, press the Play/ p ause button on the remote con trol. 3. To st op recording press either the Sto p ( or Record stop ) button on the[...]

69 Timer recording English Timer recording General Inform ation The timer recor ding functi on will start an d stop recording t he video you've selec ted at the time and date you set. The DVD Recorder allows you t o program it to record up t o 8 recordings in the future. You can progra m for single event rec ordings a t a specific da te and ti[...]

70 Timer rec ording Engli sh Setting up timer recording 6. Press the Down button to selec t ’ VPS/ PDC ’ and then press the OK button to enable or disa ble the VPS/PDC function. Tip VPS (video programming system) and PDC (program delivery control) are used to control the start and end time of a rec ording. Usually the st art time is the s ame a[...]

71 Timer recording English 10. Press the Power /st andby bu tton to turn off t he DVD Recorder (so that th e timer programming can take effect). W h en t he tim er recordin g func tion is tr igge red, the messa ge ’ TIM ER ’ w ill sh ow on the front displa y panel. If timer r ecording is set w hile the antenna cable is di sconnected from the DV[...]

72 Managing recordings Engli sh Managing recordings General information The follo wing additional inform ation is a lso stored at th e beginni ng of the recordin g : • Index picture o f the record ing • Name of the r ecording • Input source o f the record ing • Date of the record ing • Length of the rec ording • Recording mode (Quality [...]

73 Managing recordings English How to insert cha pter markers during pla yback: 1. Whil e playing a s uitable un protected and unfinali zed recordable DVD+RW t ype disc, go t o the scene where you wish to in sert a chapter marker. 2. Press the Edit button on the remote con trol to open the ’Edit Chapt ers’ menu. 3. With the highlight on the ’[...]

74 Managing recordings Engli sh Hiding/showing chapters By default all chapter s on a disc are visi ble. You can hide c h apters for pla yback (e.g. commerci al skipping) or make them visible ag ai n. In editing mode, hidden c hapters are displayed in grey. 1. Press the Play/pause button on the remote control while th e correspon ding chapter is b [...]

75 Managing recordings English Deleting chap ters Within a title, you ca n either erase indi vidual chapte r markers or all markers. 1. Whil e playing a s uitable un protected and unfinali zed recordable DVD+RW t ype disc, go t o the chapter you wish to d elete. 2. Press the Edit button on the remote con trol to open the ’Edit Chapt ers’ menu. [...]

76 Managing recordings Engli sh Editing title (name) In general, th e input source (or the TV ch annel number) used wh en recording will be stored as the name of title. This can only be cha nged after the rec ording has been com pleted. 1. Whil e playing a s uitable un protected and unfinali zed recordable DVD+RW t ype disc, press the Play l ist/me[...]

77 Managing recordings English Playing all titles (including hidd en chapters) If you have hidden certain chapters of a title, you can view the entire ti tle, including the hidden chap ters, by fo llowing the steps b elow: 1. Wh ile playing a suit able disc , press the Play list/ menu button on the remo te control t o display the disc con tent menu[...]

78 Managing recordings Engli sh Dividing titles With this function you can div ide one existing title i nto two differen t titles. How ever, these titles cannot be combin ed once divided. 1. Wh ile playing a suit able disc , press the Play list/ menu button on the remo te control t o display the disc con tent menu. 2. Press the Up or Down b utto n [...]

79 Managing recordings English Erasing a record ing/title You can add to or erase conten ts from any unfi nali zed suitable recorda ble DVD. Once erased however, tho s e prog rams cannot be recovere d and reused aga in. You can eras e individua l recordings from a disc as sh own belo w: 1. Whil e playing a s uitable un protected and unfinali zed re[...]

80 Managing recordings Engli sh Disc Settings The disc settings s creen displa ys above the first title in the disc play list and contains general informa tion about the c urrent disc. You can: • give the dis c a name • finish editing (make edit s DVD player compatible) for DVD+ RW only; • finalize a di sc (for DVD+R disc only, so tha t you c[...]

81 Managing recordings English Finalizing edits Even if one or more titles have been edited, a DVD player may still show the origi nal title. You can prepare y our disc so that a DVD player wi ll read the edited ti tle instead. 1. Whil e playing a s uitable un protected and unfinali zed recordable DVD+RW t ype disc, press the Play l ist/menu button[...]

82 Managing recordings Engli sh Finalizing a DVD+R Dis c You must finalize a DV D+R disc before playing i t on general DVD p layers, however, yo u do not have to finalize a disc i f you wa nt to play it only the DVD Recorder. Once the disc has been fi nalized no further rec ordings or ch anges can b e made to that disc. 1. Whil e playing a DV D+R d[...]

83 Managing recordings English Erasing a DVD+ RW Disc 3. Press the Up or Down bu tto n to s ele ct ’ F eature ’, and then press the Right button. 4. Press the Up or Down bu tto n to s ele ct ’ Adapt Disc Format ’, and then press the OK button. 5. The ’Adapt Disc Menu’ dialogue will display on-screen. Press the Up or Down button on the r[...]

84 Managing recordings Engli sh 10. Press the Up or Down bu tton to s elect ’ OK to Erase Disc ’, and the press the OK button. 11. Press the OK button again to confirm. Preventing unintended erasure of a DVD+RW Disc To pr eve nt a rec ordi ng fr om be ing ac cide nta lly erased, you can set the DV D Recorder to protect the enti re disc fr om fu[...]

85 User selectable DV D Recorder preference s English User selectable DVD Recorder preferences In this section you wi ll learn how to personali ze (set your prefer ences) the DVD Recorder. Meanings of the symbol s below are as follows: Video S etup (See "Video S etup" on page 85) Sound Setup (See "Sound Setup" on pag e 86) Featu[...]

86 User select able DVD Re corder preferences Engli sh Video Shift: You can press the OK button and then press the Lef t or Right button to adjust the position of the picture on your TV left or right to sui t your TV. YUV Output : You can set the f ormat of v ideo output fro m the component vi deo terminal of the DVD Recorder ac cording to the acce[...]

87 User selectable DV D Recorder preference s English ’ Surround ’: For devices with Dolby Surroun d Pro Logic decoder. 3 Press the OK butt on to con fir m. Nigh t Mode Night mode optimizes the sound effe ct at low vo lume. You are therefo r e less likely to di sturb your neigh bors with th is though tful featu re with out reducing the fun of e[...]

88 User select able DVD Re corder preferences Engli sh Language Setup Aud io Select the a udio lang uage when play ing a DVD. Subtitle Select the subtitle languag e when playing a DVD. Men u Select the language for the OSD menu. Country Select the country where the DV D Recorder is inst alled. For more info rmation, refer to "L anguage setting[...]

89 User selectable DV D Recorder preference s English SAT Reco rd Refer to "Satellite Recordin g" on page 67 for d etails. Dual Language When recordin g bilingual TV progr ams, you ca n use th is setting to s elect a la nguage for recording (La nguage1 or La nguage 2). To select a languag e: 1 Select the ’ Dual Language ’ item from th[...]

90 Parental control Engli sh Parental control Movies on p re-recorded DVDs may co ntain scenes that are unsuita ble for children. Some di scs may conta in parental control l evel info rmation that applies to the entire di sc or to certain scenes on the di sc. The appropriate sc enes h ave filter levels that r ange from 1 ~ 8. 8 is the most restrict[...]

91 Parental control English 4 Some ma terial may be inappr opriate for childr en under 1 3. Suitable for people 14 y ears of age or ol der . Those un der 14 should view with an adult. No rental or purchase by those under 14. Par ents cautio ned. Ma y contain violenc e, coarse l anguage and/or se xual ly sugge stive scenes. Appropr ié pour le s per[...]

92 Parental control Engli sh Activating/deactivatin g parental control (child-l ock) How to activate parental control 1. Press the Setup button on the remote contr ol. The ’SET UP’ men u wi ll displa y on-screen. 2. Press the Up or Down b utto n to select the ’ Feat ure ’ item, and then press the Right button. 3. Press the OK button. You wi[...]

93 Parental control English Changing the access control country setting The set filter levels are differen t in different c o untries. Therefore, you must enter the country t o which these filter levels apply. 1. Press the Setup button on the remote control. The ’SET UP’ men u wi ll displa y on-screen. 2. Press the Up or Down bu tton to select [...]

94 Parental control Engli sh Changing/deleting the parent control password How to change parent control password 1. Press the Setup button on the remote contr ol. The ’SET UP’ men u wi ll displa y on-screen. 2. Press the Up or Down b utto n to select the ’ Feat ure ’ item, and then press the Right button. 3. Press the OK button. You will be[...]

95 Troubleshooting English Troublesh ooting If you have an y problems with the BenQ DE 320 DVD Rec order, please check the following questions and solution s before ca lling your local BenQ cust omer service cen tre for assistance. The DVD Recorder is not responding when you press a button, a nd the ’IS TV ON?’ message is showing on the front d[...]

96 Troubleshooting Engli sh a particular r e gion fr om being able t o be play e d in a n y other regions. U nder this sc heme, the world has been d ivided into six r e gions (as sho w n in the figur e below) w ith all compli ant DVD p l a yers and D VD titles sold in those regions c ontaining t he appr opriate region c ode for the region. Only whe[...]

97 Troubleshooting English - Check the t imer se tti ngs. Refer to "Se tting up ti mer recordin g" on pag e 70. • A locked disc was inserted: - R emo ve disc loc k. Refer to "Pr eventing unin tended e rasure of a D VD+R W Disc" on page 84. • A finalized DVD+R has been in serted: - Chang e disc. No audio signal at the digital[...]

98 Troubleshooting Engli sh The default settings o f the DVD Recorder is as follows: SETUP/menu option Default setti ng Video TV Shape 4:3 PanScan Black Level Off (unche cked) Video Shift Left YUV Out put Interl aced Video Output CVBS+ RGB Sound Digi tal Outpu t Off Analog O utput Stereo Night Mode O ff (unchecked ) Feature Access Control Level: Of[...]

99 Product Specifications English Product Spec ifications Item Description Model na me BenQ DE 320 DVD Recorde r Suppor ted playb ack disc typ es DVD DVD-R DVD-RW DVD+R DVD+RW VCD SVCD CD (audio) CD-R (audio) CD-RW (audio) CD (photo) Suppor ted reco rdable dis c types DVD+R DVD+RW Audio s ignal comp ressio n format MPEG2 MPEG1 MP3 Video sign al rec[...]

100 Product Specifications Engli sh Specifications may be changed withou t notice due to constant produc t improvements. Oper ating temp erat ure 5~ 3 5 Opera ting humi dity 25% ~ 75% ° C ° C[...]