Sony RDR-GXD360 manual

2-686-264- 11 (1) © 2006 Sony Corporation RDR-GXD360 D VD Recorder Operatin g Instructi ons To find out usef ul hint s, tips and infor mation abo ut Sony p roducts and services please visit: www.sony-europe.com/myproduct[...]

2 WARNING To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rai n or mois ture. To avoid el ectrical shock, do no t open the ca binet. Refer servicing to qualified personnel only. The mains lead m ust be changed only at a qu alified service shop. This appliance is classified as a CLASS 1 LASER product . The CLASS 1 LASER[...]

3 Precau tion s This equipm ent has been tes ted and found to com ply with the limits set out in t he EMC Directiv e using a connecti on cable short er than 3 metres. On safety Should any so lid objec t or liquid fall int o the cabin et, unplug th e recorder and have it checked by qualifie d personnel befor e operatin g it any further. On power sou[...]

4 Table of Contents WARNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Quick Guide to Di sc Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

5 Guid e to Dig ital S ervic es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 EPG (Electronic Prog ramme Guide) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Viewing a list of available channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Viewing programmes related to a specific c ategory . . . . .[...]

6 Erasing an d Editi ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 Before Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Erasing and Editin g a Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Erasing mul tiple title s (Erase T[...]

7 Quick Guide to Di sc Type s Recordable and play able discs Type Disc Logo Ico n used in this ma nual Format ting (new di scs) Compat ibilit y with oth er DVD play ers (finalisin g) DVD+RW Auto mat ically formatte d in +VR mo de (DVD+RW VIDEO) Playab le on DVD+RW compatib le pl ayers (autom atically f inalised) DVD- RW VR mode Format in VR mode (p[...]

8 Usabl e disc ver sions (as of Marc h 2006) • 8x-sp eed or sl ower DV D+RW s • 6x-sp eed or sl ower DVD -RWs (Ver.1.1 , Ver.1. 2 wi th CPR M *2 ) • 16x-speed or slower DVD+Rs • 16x-speed or slower DVD-Rs (Ve r.2.0, Ver.2. 1 wi th CPR M *2 ) • 8x-sp eed or sl ower DV D+R DL (Dou ble Lay er) discs “DVD+RW,” “DVD-RW,” “DVD+R,” ?[...]

9 “DVD VIDEO” and “CD” a re trademarks. Discs tha t cannot be play ed • PHOTO CDs • CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CD-RWs that are record ed i n a for mat di ffere nt f rom th e formats mentioned in th e tabl e above. • Data pa rt of CD -Ext ras • DVD-ROMs/DVD+RWs/DVD-RWs/ DVD+Rs/DVD-Rs that do n ot contain DVD Video or JPEG image f iles. • DVD Au[...]

10 Maximu m recordable numb er of titles * T he maximum le ngth for one title is eight hours. Note on play back oper ation s of DVD VIDEOs/V IDEO CDs Some playback operations of DVD VIDEO s/ VIDEO CDs may be intent ionally set by softw are prod ucers. Si nce thi s recorde r plays DVD VIDEOs/VIDEO CDs according to the disc co ntent s the softwa re p[...]

11 Hookup s and Settings Hookups and Se ttings Hookin g Up the Record er Follo w steps 1 throu gh 6 to hook up and adjust t he sett ings of t he rec order. Do not c onnect the mains lead u ntil you reach “Step 4: Connecting t he Mains Le ad” on page 15. b Notes • See “ Specifications” (page 99) for a list of supplied acces sories. • Plu[...]

12 Step 2: Connec ting the Video Cor ds Selec t one of the f ollowing p atterns, A throug h D , acc ording to the input jack on your TV monitor, p rojector, o r AV amplifi er (receive r). This wi ll enable y ou to view p ictures. A SCART input ja ck When you set “Easy S etup - Line1 O utput” to “S Vi deo” or “RG B” (pag e 19), use a SCA[...]

13 Hookup s and Settings When pl aying “wi de scre en” images Some recorde d images may no t fit your TV screen . To ch ange the picture si ze, see page 82. If you are connectin g to a VCR Connect your VCR to the L INE 3 jac k on the record er (p age 20). b Not es • Do not connec t more th an one type of video cord between t he record er and [...]

14 Step 3: Connec ting the Audio Cor ds Selec t one of the f ollowing p atterns, A or B , acco rding to the i nput jack o n your TV monitor, projector, or AV amplifie r (receiv er). This wil l enable you to liste n to sou nd. * T he yellow plug is used for vide o signals (page 12). A Digital audio inp ut jack If you r AV a mplifi er (r ecei ver) ha[...]

15 Hookup s and Settings z Hin t For correct spe aker locati on, see the operat ing instruct ions s upplied with th e connected compone nts. b Not es • D o not connect y our TV’s audio outp ut jac ks to the LINE IN (R-AUDIO-L) jacks at t he same time. This will c ause unwan ted noise to c ome from your TV’s speakers. • W ith connecti on B ,[...]

16 Step 5: Prepar ing th e Remote You can contr ol the reco rder using the suppli ed remot e. Inse rt two R 6 (size AA) batt eries by matchi ng t he 3 and # ends on the batteri es to the markings ins ide the battery co mpartment. When usi ng the remote, point it at the remote sensor on the record er. b Notes • If the su pplied remote interferes y[...]

17 Hookup s and Settings 2 With the TV [ / 1 button pr esse d down , enter the TV’s man ufacture r code using the number bu ttons. For in stance , to enter “09,” pr ess “0” then “9.” A fter you en ter the last num ber, rele ase the TV [ / 1 butto n. Code n umbers of co ntrollable TVs If more than one code number is listed, try enterin[...]

18 3 Sele ct “SETUP ,” and pre ss ENTER. 4 Sele ct “Others ,” and pre ss ENTER . 5 Sele ct “Command Mode,” and press ENTER . 6 Sele ct a Comma nd Mode (DV D1, DVD2, or DV D3), and p ress EN TER. 7 Set the Command M ode fo r the remo te so it mat ches the Command Mo de for the recorde r you set above. Follow the st eps be low to set the [...]

19 Hookup s and Settings Step 6 : Easy Setup Make the ba sic adjus tments by foll owing the on-scr een ins tructions in “Easy Se tup.” 1 Turn o n the record er and yo ur TV. Then switc h th e inp ut sel ector on yo ur TV so t hat the signal f rom the recorde r appear s on your TV screen. The initial settings message appears. • If t his me ssa[...]

20 Connec ting a VCR or Sim ilar Devi ce After di sconnecting t he recorder’ s mains l ead from the mains, connec t a VCR or simil ar recording device to t he LINE IN jack s of th is recorder . Use the DV IN ja ck on the front panel if the equi pment ha s a DV out put jack (i .LINK jack) (page 7 2). For details , refer to the inst ruction ma nual[...]

21 Hookup s and Settings Connect a VCR or si milar recording de vice to the LINE 2 IN jacks o f this recor der. If th e equipm ent has an S-video jack, you ca n use an S-video cor d instead of an audi o/video co rd. z Hin t When the connected equi pment outputs only monau ral sound, con nect to just the L(MONO) and VIDEO input j acks on t he front [...]

22 Connec ting t o a Satelli te or Di gital Tun er Connect a sate llite or digital t uner to this r ecorder us ing the LINE 3 ja ck. Disconnec t the recorder’s mains lead from the mains when conne cting the tu ner. To us e the Synchr o-Rec fu nction, s ee below. If the sate llite tun er can ou tput RGB sign als Thi s record er accep ts RGB signa [...]

23 Eight Bas ic Operati ons — Gettin g to Know Your DVD Recorder Eight Basi c Operat ions — Getting to Know Your DVD Re corder 1. In serti ng a Di sc 1 Press Z (open/clo se), and p lace a disc on t he disc tr ay. 2 Press Z (open/ cl ose) to clos e the disc tray. Wait until “LOAD” disappears from the fron t panel displ ay. Unus ed DVD s are [...]

24 4 Press z REC. Reco rding s tarts. Recording st ops au tomatically after 8 hou rs of conti nuous re cordin g or whe n the DVD is full. To stop re cording Pres s x REC STOP. No te th at it m ay tak e a f ew se cond s for record er to s top re cordin g. To wa tch an other TV prog ramme while recording If your TV is connect ed to the i LINE 1 – T[...]

25 Eight Bas ic Operati ons — Gettin g to Know Your DVD Recorder 3. Pl aying the R ecord ed Progr amme (T itle List) To play a recorded titl e, sele ct the tit le from the Title List. 1 Insert a D VD. See “1. Insertin g a Disc” on page 23. Playback sta rts automatic ally depending on the di sc. 2 Press TITL E LIST. To show the extend ed Title[...]

26 3 Select a title, an d press ENTER. The s ub-menu appears . The su b-m enu di spla ys op tion s appl icab le onl y t o the sele cted item. The displa yed opti ons diffe r dependi ng upon the model, si tuation, a nd disc type. 4 Select “P lay,” an d pres s ENTER . Playback sta rts from the selecte d title. To stop playbac k Pres s x (stop) . [...]

27 Eight Bas ic Operati ons — Gettin g to Know Your DVD Recorder 4. Di splayi ng the Playi ng/Re mainin g Time and Play Informa tion You ca n check th e playing t ime and remaining ti me of th e current t itle, ch apter, trac k, or di sc. Al so, you ca n chec k the dis c name r ecorded on t he DVD /CD. Press DISPLA Y. The disp lays diff er depen [...]

28 z Hints • If “DTS ” of “Audio C onnectio n” is set to “Off” in the “A udio” setup, the DT S track sel ection opt ion will not appear on the scree n even if the dis c contains DTS trac ks (page 85). • When “Auto Dis pla y” is set to “On” (de fault ) in the “Vide o” setup (page 84), in formatio n automa tica lly app[...]

29 Eight Bas ic Operati ons — Gettin g to Know Your DVD Recorder You ca n check th e remai ning disc space using the “Disc Info rmation” displa y. 1 Insert a disc. See “1. Insertin g a Disc” on page 23. 2 Press OPTIONS to se lect “Disc Info rmation, ” and press E NTER. The “Di sc Info rmatio n” displ ay appear s. Avail able settin[...]

30 5 Press < / M / m / , to select the chara cter yo u want to ente r, and pre ss ENTER . The s elect ed c har acte r appe ars at th e to p of th e di splay . Exam ple: In put Title Na me The type of ch aracters will change according to the lang uage you sel ect in “Ea sy Setup.” S ome langu ages allow you to enter an accent mark . To enter [...]

31 Eight Bas ic Operati ons — Gettin g to Know Your DVD Recorder 6. Labe lling and Prote cting a Disc You ca n execut e options ef fective for the entire d isc usi ng the “Dis c Informa tion” display . 1 Insert a disc. See “1. Insertin g a Disc” on page 23. 2 Press OPTIONS to se lect “Disc Info rmation, ” and press E NTER. The “Di s[...]

32 7. Play ing the Di sc on Other DV D Equ ipment (Finalis e) Fina lisi ng is ne cessar y whe n you play discs recorded wit h this recorder o n other DVD equi pment . When you finalise a DVD+RW, DV D-RW (Video mode), DVD+R, or DVD-R (Video mode), a DVD menu wil l be automati cally creat ed, which ca n be disp layed on other DVD equipment. Bef ore f[...]

33 Eight Bas ic Operati ons — Gettin g to Know Your DVD Recorder 1 Insert a disc. See “1. Insertin g a Disc” on page 23. 2 Press OPTIONS to se lect “Disc Info rmation, ” and press E NTER. The “D isc Infor mation” displa y appear s. 3 Select “F inalise ,” and pre ss ENTER. The display shows the a pproximate time requi red f or fi n[...]

34 8. Ref ormatt ing a di sc New discs are au tomat ically f ormatte d when inser ted. If nece ssary, you c an m anual ly re - format a DVD+RW or DVD-RW dis c to make a bla nk di sc. For D VD-RWs, you can selec t a reco rding f ormat (V R mode or Video mode ) accord ing to yo ur needs (page 65) . 1 Inser t a disc. See “1. In serting a Di sc” o [...]

35 Guide t o Digital Servic es Guide to Dig ital Services EPG (E lectr onic Progr amme Gui de) The Elec tronic Progr amme G uide is a gu ide showing t he televi sion progra mme schedule for a day or more at a time o n your televis ion (via the Digital Terr estrial Television tuner incl uded in t his reco rder ). The E PG pr ovid es a qu ick and eas[...]

36 K Icon tray Depen ding on th e channel and prog ramme set tings, som e icons may appear in th e disp lay: : Either the chan nel or the programme is locked ( page 78). : Timer e vent icon s (pag e 46) : Series Recording i con (pag e 47) L Indica tes the current time and date. 2 Press < / M / m / , or ente r a channe l numbe r using the num ber[...]

37 Guide t o Digital Servic es 1 Press . 2 Press the red butto n. The cat egory pop -up lis t appears . 3 Press M / m to select a catego ry, and pres s ENTE R. The selected c ategory is displaye d in a title bar at the top of the EPG display and only programmes related to that category will be shown in the lis t. Some example s of categ ory ty pes [...]

38 Availab le butto ns in t he Infor mation disp lay View ing a digi tal tex t servi ce Many digita l TV channels broadcast informatio n via t heir t ext serv ice. This digital servi ce include s high qu ality digit al text and graphi cs along w ith advan ced nav igation optio ns. Addi tionally, this recor der has access to dedi cated tex t channe [...]

39 Guide t o Digital Servic es 2 Once t he text page is disp layed ( this may take some ti me) , fol low th e on- screen i nstruction s to obta in your required selectio n. On some pages th e TV progra mme ma y also be di splayed on the text screen. On- screen instru ctions will info rm you how to chan ge the di splayed pr ogram me. If you ar e ins[...]

40 4 Select “F avourite s,” and pr ess ENTER . “Favo urite s Lis t 1” displ ay ap pear s. Press repeatedly to switch to a differe nt F avouri tes Lis t. This displa y shows all t he TV or Radio channe ls avail able to you. 5 Press TV/RA DIO to displa y either yo ur favourit e TV or favo urite Rad io chan nels at an y time. The Radio mode is[...]

41 Guide t o Digital Servic es Index The In dex applic ation is an easy w ay to display a scrolla ble lis t of all the tune d chan nels, inclu ding you r favour ites chan nel lists, and allow s one of t hese to be selected . 1 Whil e in normal operati on mode, pres s ENTE R. The In dex di spla y for the l ast displ ay yo u viewe d appe ars. For ins[...]

42 Timer Reco rding Before Recording Before you start recording … • C hec k th at th e di sc has enoug h av ailab le space for t he record ing (p age 29 ). For DVD+RWs and DVD-RWs, you can fr ee up dis c space by erasin g titles (pa ge 65). • Adjus t the recordi ng pi cture qu ality a nd pict ure size if necess ary (pag e 48). z Hint Timer re[...]

43 Time r Recor ding Pictu res with cop y protect ion cann ot be record ed on t his rec order. Whe n the recor der rece ives a cop y guard signal , the re corder contin ues to re cord but only a bl ank, grey c olou red scre en will be record ed. * The recorded di sc can be played only on CPR M comp atible e quipmen t (page 7) . Timer Re cord ing (S[...]

44 1 Press [TIMER] . 2 Press M / m to select the “Day an d Time” o r “M ode” r ow. T hen pr ess ENTER . 3 Select a n item using < / , and adjust us ing M / m . Then press ENT ER. To mak e addit ional chan ges to item s in differe nt r ows, retu rn to st ep 2. Th e adjustab le items are listed below. “Day and T ime”: Sets the date , s[...]

45 Time r Recor ding 2 Press M / m to sele ct the dura tion time. You can set t he durati on in increment s of 10 minutes, for a ma ximum of 60 minutes. 3 Selec t “OK” and pr ess ENT ER. One Touc h Time r If you use the SMART LINK connec tion, yo u can easily display the timer p rogramming menu. When the TV is turned on or in standby mode, pres[...]

46 4 Pres s ENTER. The sub menu appears with the descr iption of the progra mme dis played in the infor mation box. indicat es that the programme is a ge limited (pa ge 78). 5 Sele ct “Timer, ” and press E NTER. • In cas e of a cu rrent TV/ra dio br oad cast timer s etting, your r ecorder will immedia tely start record ing. • In case of a f[...]

47 Time r Recor ding Serie s Recordi ng is a fe ature wh ich uses inform ation from the Electron ic Program me Guid e to provid e the follow ing featu res: • Automatically record pro grammes in a series. • Record t he subse que nt part s of event s which are sp lit. • P rovide links to re comm ended prog rammes . b Not es • Th is function c[...]

48 5 Sele ct “Series Timer.” The select ed progr amme is set f or record ing an d appear s in the Tim er List (page 51). The oth er programmes in the series will be set f or reco rding (appe ar in the Ti mer List ) as each p revious recordin g is completed. For ex ample , if there are thre e progr amme s in a serie s, the seco nd progra mme wil[...]

49 Time r Recor ding 1 Before recording starts, press OPTI ONS to sel ect “Rec. Setti ngs,” and pr ess ENTE R. 2 Select the item you want to adju st, and pr ess ENTE R. The ad justme nt displa y appear s. Examp le: Rec. NR “Rec. Mode ”: Selects the recor ding mode fo r the desire d recording time and pict ure qual ity. For more in forma tio[...]

50 Checki ng/Ch angi ng/ Cancel ling Ti mer Setting s Ther e ar e two ways t o ch eck , cha nge or cancel th e timer settings. • Using the EPG • U sing the Timer List 1 Press . A timer se tting can b e identifi ed using the event b ar and the timer event icon displayed in the EPG display. For det ails, see page 4 5. 2 Press < / M / m / , to [...]

51 Time r Recor ding b Not e If you s et “Rep eat rec.” t o any op tion othe r than “Off” in step 3, your EPG timer recor ding will be converted into a standard ti mer recording . The timer even t icon disapp ears from the EPG displ ay. 1 Press SYSTE M MENU. The Syst em Menu a ppears . 2 Select “TIMER LIST, ” and p ress ENTE R. The Time[...]

52 “Inf o”: Displays the timer se tting informatio n box along wi th the dis c space r equired t o record the wh ole progra mme (acc ording to the selected reco rding mode). Pres s O RETURN to return to the Tim er L ist . To ch ange or ca ncel the se tting, r epeat steps 3 and 4 abov e. When th e time r setting s ove rlap The progr amme set las[...]

53 Time r Recor ding Record ing Fr om Connec ted Equipm ent You can set the record er to aut omatically record program mes fr om conne cted equipm ent that has a time r funct ion (su ch as a satelli te tuner) . Connect the equipment to the LINE 3 jack of t he re corde r (pa ge 22) . Whe n the conn ected eq uipment turns o n, the record er star ts r[...]

54 If the tim er sett ings of a Sync hro- Recor ding an d anoth er timer recordi ng overlap Regard less of whe ther or no t the progra mme is a Synch ro Rec program me, the prog ramme that st arts fir st has priority a nd the s econd programme sta rts recor ding only after the firs t prog ramme has finish ed. You ca n record from a c onnecte d VCR [...]

55 Playback Playback Playi ng 1 Insert a disc. • See “1. In serting a Dis c” o n page 23. • If you insert a DVD VIDEO, VIDEO CD, CD, DATA DVD, or DATA CD, pres s H . Pl ayba ck sta rts . 2 Press TITL E LIST. For details about the Title List, se e “3. Playing th e Recorded Progra mme (Title List)” on page 25. Example: DVD+RW 3 Select th [...]

56 To resum e playba ck fro m the point where you sto pped (Res ume Play ) When yo u press H aga in after yo u stop play back, t he reco rder resu mes play back from the point where you pr essed x . To s tart fr om t he be ginni ng, pres s OPTI ONS to selec t “Play Beginn ing,” a nd press ENTER. Playback starts from t he beginni ng of the tit l[...]

57 Playback To check the position of the buttons below, see the illu stration on page 55. For MP3 or JPEG operation s, see “P laying M P3 Audi o Tracks or JP EG Imag e Files” on page 61. To resume normal pla yback, p ress H . Playback options Buttons Operations AUD IO Sele cts one o f the audio tra cks reco rded o n the di sc when pressed repea[...]

58 b Notes • Angles a nd subtitles cannot be ch anged with titles recorded on this record er. • Slides hows made with a DVD camcorder can only be pla yed. Other play functi ons, such as fast forward, cannot b e used. Note s on playin g DTS s ound trac ks on a CD • When pl aying DTS- encoded CDs, excess ive noise will be hea rd from the LINE1-[...]

59 Playback b Not es • I f the o utlines of the ima ges on your screen become blur red, set “BNR” and/or “MNR ” to “Off.” • De pending o n the disc or t he scene bei ng played, the above BN R, MNR, or FNR effe cts may be hard to discern. And, these functions may not work with some screen sizes. • W hen using the “Shar pness” f[...]

60 You ca n play a prev iously recorded programme whil e record ing anothe r on the same disc. Playback continues e ven if th e recordin g is a timer recording. 1 While r ecord ing, p ress T ITLE LIST. The Title List a ppears. 2 Select t he title you wan t to pla y, and pres s ENTER . The s ub-menu appears . 3 Select “Pl ay”, an d pres s ENTER.[...]

61 Playback The dis play for ent ering the number appear s. Examp le: Titl e Sear ch The nu mber in pa renthe ses indic ates the total number of titles , tracks, etc. 2 Press the numb er butto ns to sel ect the number of the title, chap ter, tra ck, time co de, etc., you want. For exam ple: Ti me Search To find a sc ene at 2 ho urs, 10 minutes , an[...]

62 To stop playbac k or slide show Pres s x . To pause playbac k or slide show Pres s X . To pla y the be ginni ng of the t rack Press O PTIONS to s elect “Play Be ginning,” and pr ess ENT ER. To fas t forwar d or r eview a tr ack Pres s m / M du ring play back. To go to the next or previ ous MP3 au dio trac k or JPEG im age file Pres s . or &g[...]

63 Playback The re cord er can play the fol lowing trac ks and files : – MP 3 audio tra cks with the extensio n “.mp3. ” – JPEG image fi les with the extensio n “.jpeg” or “ .jpg. ” – J PEG image files that conform to the DCF* image fi le forma t. * “Design rule for Camera File system”: Image standar ds for digital cam eras re[...]

64 b Notes • Depending on th e software you use to c reate the DATA DVD/DATA CD, the playback order may differ from t he above illustrat ion. • No more tha n a total of 999 individual f olders can be played. (Fol ders that do not contain JPEG/ MP3 files are counted a s well.) • No mor e than a total of 9 99 folders a nd 9999 file s can be pl [...]

65 Erasing and Edi ting Erasing and Ed iting Before Editing This rec orde r offers variou s edit op tion s for vari ous di sc types. b Not es • Y ou may l ose the edited contents i f you rem ove the dis c or a timer r ecordin g start s while editi ng. • DVD discs created by DVD video cameras cannot be e dited on this recor der. • I f a messa [...]

66 Erasing and Ed iting a Title This secti on explains the basic edit functi ons. Note that ed iting is ir reversible. To edit DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs (VR mode) with out chang ing t he o rigin al r ecor dings, crea te a Playlist titl e (page 68). 1 Pres s TITLE LIS T. For DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs in VR mode, pres s < / , t o switch th e Title Lis ts, if necess ary[...]

67 Erasing and Edi ting 4 Repeat step 3 to selec t all of the titles you want to er ase. 5 When yo u finish selectin g titles , select “O K,” and pr ess ENTER . The list of the t itles to be erased a ppears for confirmati on. • To ch ange the selectio n, select “Cha nge,” an d repeat fr om step 3. 6 Select “O K” and pre ss ENTER . The[...]

68 You can manual ly insert a chapte r mark at any p oint you like duri ng playba ck. Pres s CHAPTER MARK at the poi nt wher e you want to divi de the tit le int o chap ters. Each time you pre ss the button, “Marking ...” app ears on the s creen an d the scen es to the left and right of th e mark beco me separ ate chapte rs. To era se chapt er [...]

69 Erasing and Edi ting 3 Select “S elect, ” and pre ss ENTER . 4 Select the title y ou want to include in the Pla ylist titl e, and pre ss ENTER. The display f or setting the start point (IN) appear s. The tit le starts t o play. • To re turn to th e beginni ng of the ti tle, pres s X and then pr ess . . 5 Select the IN poin t using m / M , [...]

70 To add the en tire title to the Pl aylist t itle as on e scene (Make a Play list) 1 Press TITLE LIST. If the Title List (Play list) ap pears, press , . 2 Select the title and press ENTER. The s ub-menu appears . 3 Sele ct “Ma ke a P layl ist,” and pres s ENTER . The selected title is a dded to the Titl e List (Pl ayl ist) . The title name is[...]

71 Erasing and Edi ting b Not e When the num ber of chapters in the title to be combined exceeds t he limit, t he chapt ers at the end are com bined in to a s ingle c hapter. You ca n divide a Pl aylist titl e. 1 Press TITL E LIST. If th e Ti tle L ist ( Origi nal) a ppe ars, pres s < . 2 Select a title, a nd press ENTER. The su b-menu ap pears.[...]

72 DV Dubbing Befor e DV Dubbi ng This section explains d ubbing with a dig ital vide o came ra vi a the DV I N jac k on the fron t panel . If yo u want to dub b y way o f the LIN E IN jac ks, s ee “ Recor ding from connec ted equipment wit hout a timer” on page 5 4. The DV IN jack on this recorde r conforms to the i.LINK standard. Follow the i[...]

73 DV Du bbing 3 Press INPU T SELEC T on the remot e repe atedly to se lect “DV.” The fr ont panel dis play c hang es as follows: 4 Press REC MOD E on the r emote repeate dly to select the record ing mode. The reco rding m ode chan ges as follow s: For d etail s abo ut th e reco rdin g mod e, see page 42. 5 Press OPTION S on the r emote t o sel[...]

74 Record ing an Entire DV Forma t Tape (One To uch Dubbin g) You ca n record the entir e conten ts of a DV / Digital8 format ta pe onto a disc with a single pres s of the ONE -TOUC H DUB butto n on the r ecorder . The record er cont rols th e digita l video camera for th e whole pr ocess, and compl etes the re cordi ng. How c hapt ers are c rea te[...]

75 DV Du bbing 2 Selec t “DV ED IT,” and press EN TER. The display asks if you wa nt to st art select ing scenes . • If y ou have previo usly s aved a progr am, the display asks if y ou want to edit an exi sting program or to create a new program. To r esume editin g the existing pro gram, select “Saved Data,” and go to s tep 9. 3 Selec t[...]

76 10 When y ou finish editing the scen e list, select “OK, ” and pres s EN TER. The displa y for enter ing the ti tle name appear s. T o ente r a n ew name, selec t “Ente r,” and fol low the ex planati ons on page 29. 11 Sele ct “OK,” and pres s ENTER. The title name is fi xed, and th e display asks i f you wa nt to start re cord ing. [...]

77 Settings a nd Adjus tments Settings and Ad justments Clock and La ngua ge Setti ngs (B asic) The “B asic” set up helps yo u to make c lock and lan guage settings for the rec order. 1 Press SYS TEM M ENU whi le the recor der is in s top mo de. 2 Selec t “SETUP ,” and pre ss ENTER. 3 Select “B asic, ” and pres s ENTER . The o ption s f[...]

78 Digit al TV sett ings (DTV S ettin gs) The “D TV Set tin gs” setu p enab les y ou to take ful l advantag e of Digi tal TV Broadc astin g servic es such a s favour ites channels s etting or to prevent c hildren’s viewi ng unsui table chan nels and prog rammes . 1 Pres s SYS TEM M ENU wh ile the recorder is in stop mode. 2 Sele ct “SETUP ,[...]

79 Settings a nd Adjus tments To lock channels 1 Once the “ Paren tal L ock” menu i s display ed, selec t “Lock Progr ammes ,” and pre ss ENTER. All avail able TV cha nne ls ar e dis play ed. 2 Pre ss T V/R ADI O to d ispl ay ei ther the TV or Radi o channels . The Radi o mode is indic ated by the pres enc e of a Radi o icon in the disp lay[...]

80 The “ Tuning” display a llows yo u to tune y our recorder a utomatical ly or to hid e unused or unwa nted pro gramme s and als o change t he orde r of t he pr ogra mmes on dis play . Select “Tuning” in “DTV Settings,” and press EN TER. Auto Tune This op tion ena bles you to captur e and store auto matica ll y all ava ilabl e ch annel[...]

81 Settings a nd Adjus tments Restor ation of hid den program mes Hidd en channe ls are iden tified by an icon next to the progra mme nu mber. In step 3 above pre ss M / m to select the chan nel you wa nt to restore , then pres s ENTER. The ico n next to the prog ramme nu mber disapp ears. z Hin ts • P ress the blue butto n to view the list showi[...]

82 Sign al Stren gth This i nformat ion scr een show s the sign al stren gth of th e broa dca st yo u are watc hing . 1 Select “Sig nal Strength ” in the “Tech nica l Infor mati on” and pr ess ENTER . The “Signal Strength” d isplay a ppears with the se lected chann el on view in the backgr ound. The “ Signal S trength” display co lo[...]

83 Settings a nd Adjus tments b Not e Depending on the disc, “4:3 Letter Box” ma y be selected automat ically in stead of “ 4:3 Pan Scan ” or vice versa. Comp onen t Out Select s whet her or not to o utput video si gnals from the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks. b Not es • W hen you se t “Lin e1 Output” to “RGB, ” you cannot s et “Com[...]

84 b Notes • If your TV does not acce pt S-video or RGB signals, no pic ture appears on the TV screen even if you s elect “S Video” or “RGB.” See the instru ctions suppl ied with your T V. • You cannot se lect “RGB” when “Com ponent Out” ab ove is se t to “On. ” • SMARTLINK is avai lable only when “Vi deo” is sel ect e[...]

85 Settings a nd Adjus tments Audio Set tings (Audi o) The “Audio” set up allows you to adjust the sound ac cord ing to the pla yback and conn ection c onditio ns. 1 Press SYS TEM M ENU whi le the recor der is in s top mo de. 2 Selec t “SETUP ,” and pre ss ENTER. 3 Selec t “Audio ,” and pre ss ENTER . The “A udio” se tup appe ars wi[...]

86 • MPEG (DVD VIDEOs only) Selec ts the type of MPEG au dio signal . • DTS (DVD VIDEOs only) Selects wheth er or not to outp ut DTS signals. • 48kHz/96kHz PCM ( DVD VIDEOs only) Sele cts t he s amplin g fr equenc y of the audi o sign al. b Note “48kHz/96kHz PCM” setting has no effect when audio sign als are output from the LIN E 2 OUT (R[...]

87 Settings a nd Adjus tments Recor ding S ettin gs (Recor ding) The “R ecordi ng” setu p allows y ou to adjus t record ing set tings. 1 Press SYS TEM M ENU whi le the recor der is in s top mo de. 2 Selec t “SETUP ,” and pre ss ENTER. 3 Selec t “Reco rding,” an d press ENTE R. The “R ecording” setup ap pears w ith the following opti[...]

88 Disc Settin gs (DV D) The “DVD” setup allows you to a djust parental control an d other DVD rela ted setting s. 1 Pres s SYS TEM M ENU wh ile the recorder is in stop mode. 2 Sele ct “SETUP ,” and pre ss ENTER. 3 Select “D VD,” an d press ENT ER. The “DVD” setu p appears with the following op tions. The defa ult settin gs are und [...]

89 Settings a nd Adjus tments 5 Sele ct “Lev el,” an d pres s ENTER. The se lection items fo r “Lev el” are disp laye d. The low er the v alue, the stricter the limitatio n. Discs rate d higher than the se lected le vel wil l be rest ricte d. 6 Select the level, and pres s ENTER. The Parental Control sett ing is complet e. To cance l the Pa[...]

90 Remote C ontrol S ettings / Factor y Setti ngs (O thers) The “O thers” setup al lows you t o set up othe r operational s ettings. 1 Pres s SYS TEM M ENU wh ile the recorder is in stop mode. 2 Sele ct “SETUP ,” and pre ss ENTER. 3 Sele ct “Others ,” and pre ss ENTER . The “ Others” setup ap pears w ith the following op tions. The [...]

91 Settings a nd Adjus tments Factory Setu p Allows you to select the setu p setting s by group, and retu rn them to their d efault settin gs. Note that all of your previous settin gs will be l ost. 1 Selec t “Facto ry Setup ” in “Othe rs,” an d pres s , or E NTER . The dis play for se lecting a group of setting s appears. 2 Select the grou[...]

92 Additional Information Trouble shoo ting If you e xperie nce any of the followi ng difficult ies while usin g the recorder, use this troub leshoo ting guid e to help reme dy the problem bef ore requestin g repairs . Should any pr oble m persis t, co nsul t your ne ares t Sony dealer. The pow er does no t turn on. , Check that t he mains l ead is[...]

93 Additional I nformation TV pro gramme p ictures are dist orte d. , Reorie nt the TV ae rial. , Adjust the pictur e (see the TV’ s instr uction manual). , Place the reco rder and TV farther apart. , Place t he TV and any bu nched ae rial cable s farther apart. , The aeri al cabl e is conne cted to the AERIAL OUT jack on t he recorder. Connect t[...]

94 An alte rnate audio track ca nnot be recor ded or pla yed. , When re cording fro m connec ted equip ment, se t “Li ne Au dio I nput” in OPTIONS menu to “Bi lingu al” (page 54). , Multili ngual tracks (main a nd sub) cannot be recorded on DVD+RWs, DVD-RWs (Video mode), DVD+Rs, or DVD-Rs (Vid eo mode ). To record the la nguag e, set “Bil[...]

95 Additional I nformation The MP3 a udio tra cks do not pl ay. , The MP3 audi o track s are not rec orded in a forma t that the reco rde r can play (page 6 1). The JPE G image file s do no t play. , The JPE G image files are not recor ded in a forma t that the reco rde r can play (page 6 1). , Progressive JPEG i mages cannot be played. The pr ogr [...]

96 Synch ro-Rec ording does n ot com plete. , The time r sett ing for the c onnected equipm ent overla pped the reco rder’s timer setting (page 5 4). , There was a p ower f ailur e dur ing the reco rdin g. The rec order a utomatically starts recording when th e satel lite receiver is turn ed on. , The Synchro -Rec function w as activated. Tur n o[...]

97 Additional I nformation The dis c tray does not open af ter you pr ess Z (ope n/close) . , It may take a few seco nds for the disc t ray to open af ter yo u have rec orded or edited a DVD. This is because t he recorder is adding disc data to the disc. The dis c tray does not open and “LOCK ED” a ppear s in t he f ront panel displ ay. , The d[...]

98 Self-di agnosis Func tion (When lette rs/numb ers appear in the d ispla y) When the se lf-dia gnosis func tion i s activat ed to prevent the re corder from mal functioning, a five -charac ter service number (e.g., C 13 00) with a combination o f a lett er and four numb ers appe ars in th e front p anel disp lay. In this case , check the followi [...]

99 Additional I nformation Notes ab out the discs • T o keep the disc clean, handle t he disc by its edge. Do not touc h the surfa ce. Dust , finge rprint s, or scra tche s on the di sc may cause it to malfunction. • Do not expose th e disc to direct s unlight o r hea t sources s uch as hot air duct s, or leav e it in a car parked in direct s u[...]

100 COMPONENT VIDEO OUT (Y, P B /C B , P R /C R ): Phono j ack/Y: 1 .0 Vp-p , P B /C B : 0.7 Vp-p, P R /C R : 0.7 Vp-p General Power requirements: 220-2 40 V AC, 50/60 Hz Power consumptio n: 26 W Dimensions (a pprox.): 430 × 65 × 328 mm (wid th/height/ depth) incl. proje cting pa rts Mass (appro x.): 3.7 kg Operating te mperature: 5ºC t o 35ºC [...]

101 Additional I nformation i.LINK is a more fa miliar term for IEEE 1394 data tran sport bu s propos ed by SONY , and is a trade mark appr oved by many co rporati ons. IEEE 1394 is an international stan dard standa rdized by the Institute of Electrical and Electro nics E ngineers . i.LINK’s maximum baud rate varies according t o the e quipment. [...]

102 Guide to Part s and Contr ols For more in forma tion, see the page s in pare nthese s. A Z (open/cl ose) butt on (23) B [ / 1 (on/stan dby) butt on (19 ) C Number b uttons (45, 60) The num ber 5 bu tton has a tact ile do t * . D PROG (programme) +/– buttons (23) The + butto n has a tac tile dot * . E AUDIO bu tton (57) The AUDIO button has a [...]

103 Additional I nformation A [ / 1 (on/st andby) butto n (19 ) B Fron t pane l displa y (103) C Disc tray (23) D A (open/c lose) button (23 ) E TIMER REC indicator (43) SYNCHRO REC indicator (53) F H (pla y) bu tton ( 55) G x (stop) butto n (55) H (remote sensor) (16) I z REC button (23) J x REC STOP b utton (23) K DV IN jack (72) L ONE-TOUCH DUB [...]

104 A AERIAL IN/OUT jacks (11) B DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL) jack (14) C LINE 2 OUT (R-AUDIO-L/VIDEO) jacks (12, 14) D LINE 2 OUT (S VIDEO) jack (12) E COMPONENT VIDEO OUT (Y, P B /C B , P R /C R ) jacks (12) F LINE 3 j ack ( 20) G AC IN terminal (15) H LINE 1 – TV jack (1 2) Rear panel[...]

105 Additional I nformation Langua ge Cod e List For det ails, see page 77. The l anguage spell ings co nform to the ISO 639: 1988 ( E/F) standa rd. Area Code For det ails, see page 88. Code Area Code Area Code Area Code Area 2044 Argentina 2047 Australia 2046 Austria 2057 Belgium 2070 Brazil 2079 Canada 2090 Chile 2092 China 2115 Denmark 2165 Finl[...]

106 Index Words in qu otat ions appe ar in the on -scr een di splays . Numerics 16:9 19 , 82 4:3 L etter Box 19 , 82 4:3 P an Sca n 19 , 82 “48kHz/96 kHz PCM” 86 A “A-B Erase ” 67 Adjusting playback picture 58 playb ack sound 59 recording picture 48 Aerial 11 Album 27 , 63 Album numb er 27 “Album Search” 60 Angle 55 Area cod e 105 AUDIO[...]

107 Erase all t itles 67 “Erase Titles” 66 “Exte nd Rec.” 44 F “Facto ry Setup” 91 Favour ites Setting a favourite list 39 Watchi ng or list ening to a fa vouri te channel 40 “File Sea rch” 60 “Finalise” 33 “Finalise Disc” 89 Finalisin g 32 “FNR” 58 “Format” 34 “Format DVD-RW” 89 Formattin g 34 Freeze F rame 57 F[...]

Sony Corporation Printed in Hungary Printed on 100% r ecycled paper. R Rear pa nel 104 REC 24 REC STOP 24 , 74 “Rec. Mode” 49 “Rec. Mo de Adjust” 44 , 87 “Rec. NR” 49 “Rec. Settings” 49 “Rec. Vid eo Equali zer” 49 Recordable discs 7 “Recor ding” 87 Recording 42 picture ad justment 48 recording format 7 recording mode 24 , 42[...]