Wintal DVDRX160 manual

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    US ER MAN U A L D VDR X 1 6 0[...]

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    1 Safet y Instruc tions y DA N G E R S YM B O L  e li g htnin g fl a sh with arrowhead symbol wit h in an equi l ater a l trian g l e is inten d e d t o alert the u ser to the p resence o f d an g erous vo l ta g e in t h e unit. W ARNING SY MBOL  e exc l amation poin t wit h in an e q ui l ater a l t rian gl e is inten d e d to a l ert t h [...]

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    2 1. READ THI S MAN U AL A f ter unpacking this product read the manual care f ull y and f ollow all the o perat i n g i nstr uct i ons . 2 . P O WER SOU R C E S  is p roduct should be o p erated only f rom the typ e o f power source indicated o n the unit. If you are not sure of the type o f p ower su pp ly to your home, consult your product de[...]

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    3 11 . O BJE C T S AND LI Q UID S Never push objec ts into this product as t h at cou l d r esu l t in a fi r e o r e l ect ri c s h oc k. Never spi ll l i q ui d s on t h e pro d uct . 12 . A T TA C HMENT S Do not us e attac h ments not r ecommended by the p roduc t manu f acturer a s the y ma y cause ha z ards . 1 3 . A CCESSORIES Do not place t[...]

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    4 CO NTENT S SAFET Y IN S TRUC T ION S 1 BASIC INFORM A TION 6 F EA T U RE S O F THE RE CO RDER 6 TERM S 6 IDENTIFICA TION OF C ONTROL S 8 REMO TE CO NTR OL 9 REMO TE CO NTR OL INSTRU C TIONS 1 0 SYSTEM C ONNECTION 1 1 CO NNE C TIN G THE VIDE O O UTPUT T O Y O UR T V 1 1 C OMPO SIT E VID EO  TY P IC AL C ON NE CTI ON  1 1 S  VIDEO CONNEC T[...]

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    5 D VD PLA Y M ODE 25 ENTER THE PLA Y M O DE 2 5 MENU DESCRI PTION 2 5 D ISPLA Y  OSD  2 6 US B PLA YBA C K 2 8 HDD PLA Y M ODE 28 HDD PLA YBA CK 2 8 TIME S HIFT 2 9 SYSTEM SET UP 3 2 O PER A T I O N INTERF A C E AND G ENER AL S TEP S 3 2 A UT O CHAPTER MA RKER 3 2 REC ORD Q UA L I T Y 3 3 APS  A UTO PR OGR A M SCAN  3 3 MODIF Y CHANNEL[...]

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    6 B as i c In fo rm at i o n Features of the Recorder  e machine is capable of processing and recording various video signals into high qua lity DVD disc and HDD, such as the input s ignals of T V , ordinary dis c p layer an d DV . In addition, the machine can be us ed a s a DVD p layer of ex cellent p er formance. It has all the f unc tions of [...]

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    7 R E CO RDIN G Q UA L I T Y For DVD R/R W disc with the capacit y of 4.7GB and HDD disc with capacit y of 160GB , there are 6 diff erent recordin g qualities available to the user with lower q ualities allo wing f or longer recording times.  e recording modes available are: 4 .7 G B DVD 1 60 G B HD D QU ALIT Y S LP ( Super Long Play ) : 6 HR S[...]

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    8 Identi fi ca tio n o f C ontrol s F ron t Panel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 S TA N D  B Y D I SC TR A Y O PEN / CLOSE P LA Y / PAU S E D V D H DD / DU B R E C SOU R C E 1 . 2. 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8. D V IN  1 394 M INI FIREWIRE  S V I D E O INPUT CO MP OS ITE VIDE O INP U T S TERE O A U DI O INP U T S US B INP U T D I S PL A [...]

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    9 Remote C ontrol 1. ST AND BY - T urn t h e unit on or set t h e unit to Stan db y mo d e. 2. DVD - Pr e ss to view or p lay o p tical disc content. While in DVD p layback, pressin g DVD wi ll b rin g up t h e DVD men u . 3 . HDD /DUB - Press to view HDD tit l e l ist or t h e d u bb in g menu . 4. FILE/USB - Press to enter File Manage r 5. D V -P[...]

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    10 Remote C ontrol Ins truc tion s Notes : Do not drop the remote controller or leav e it in places o f high hum idit y. Do not leave the In f rared receiver expos ed to direc t sun li g ht or bri g ht li g ht . Do not us e new an d o ld b att eri es to g et h er . T r y not to use rec h ar g ea bl e b att er ie s . ■ ■ ■ 3 0º 3 0 º R EM O [...]

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    11 S y stem C onnect i o n y Con nec ting t he vid eo output to y our TV In order to use the DVD Recor der , you’ll need to make a video connec tion to your T V .  e ca p abilities of your T V and the cables you have on hand will determine the con ne c tions y ou can use .  ere are 3 p ossible connection t y p es : - C om p osite Video : ?[...]

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    12 S - Video Connec tion  is is a higher quality connection than st andard com p osite video, and requires a special S- Vide o cable ( not included ) .  e S-Video connector is distinguishable by its 4 pins, as shown b elow. I f your T V has an S-Video input jack, i t ’s recommended that y ou use this t y pe of connect ion for be t ter pic t[...]

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    13 Au dio Output Co nnec tion s  is unit features a variety of audio outputs for connection to a receiver or other audio equipment. - Use the included A/V cable to connec t the stereo audio outputs f or connection to a T V or stereo receiver . - Optical and Coaxial di g ital audio outputs send an encoded di g ital bitstream, suit able for receiv[...]

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    14 S ystem Connection for r ecordin g ex terna l signals ( Rear Pa nel Signal Inp ut ) A udio / Video in p uts are p rovided on the front and back side of your DVDRX1 6 0 for connection of out side audio / vide o sources such as VCRs , Camcorders , DVD Pla yers etc . E xter nal sources must support Composite Vide o and S- Vide o or stereo audio to [...]

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    15 S ystem Conn ec tion fo r recor ding externa l digit al signals ( F ron t Panel ) W hen connecting ex ternal signals , be sure to switch off the power source of the unit and other devices Rec or d in g Mo de g Intr oduction  ere are various external signal inputs in the unit, including S- Vi d eo C omposite Vide o T V tun i n g D V in p ut S[...]

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    16 Sele c ting T uner Channel In T uner Mo de: P res s t h e b utton CH+ / - on remote contro l to se l ect t h e c h anne l P res s t h e num b er k eys an d t h en press SELEC T b utton to s e l ect t h e c h anne l Recor ding to D VD or HDD S elec t recordin g tar g et drive ( DVD or HDD ) P ress Source button once to sw itch to manual r ecordin[...]

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    17 D V (Digital Video ) Recor ding  is unit can per form real-time mon itorin g and recordin g for a DV th rou g h the IEEE 1 394 serial por t (D V). ■ C onnect the DV to the unit ( for details , se e System Connection: System Connection for Recordin g ). ■ Switch on the p ower of the unit. ■ P res s t h e Source b utton unti l DV In put i[...]

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    18 Timer R ecording Y ou can set up your DVDR X 160 to s chedule recordings to begin and e nd at speci fi c times . T o do this : P res s t h e TIMER b utton to enter t h e timer recor d in g menu, as sh own. Y ou can set up to 8 di ff erent scheduled recordings at once. In t h e timer recor d in g menu, use t h e UP or DOWN b uttons to selec t a[...]

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    19 Set u p the star t time o f the recordin g : In t h e timer recor d in g set up b ox, us e t h e arrow b uttons an d t h en press t h e SELEC T b utton to h i ghl i gh t t h e Star t option. Enter a time between 0 : 0 0 and 2 3 : 59 with the num ber buttons and press SELEC T to con fi rm. Set up the end time of the re cording: S et the recordin[...]

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    20 C ha p ter Editin g pg Chapter Editing Mode In DVD mo d e, p res s ‘ DVD’ to en ter t h e DVD ti t l e menu. Se l ect a title and p ress the RIGHT but ton to show the Title Menu and select ‘ E d i t Ti t l e ’ to e n te r t h e E d i t M e n u . C HAPTER EDIT IN G THE C HAPTER EDIT IN G F U N C TI O N I S O NL Y A VA I L A B L E O N U NF[...]

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    21 HDD Editin g g HDD Edit In HDD mode editin g options for each title are accessed f rom the Title List menu. Press the RI GHT ARROW to access the p o p u p m e n u . Note: Y ou can access t h e E d it Menu w h i l st recor d in g . W hile editing an icon a ppears next to the title in the title list . D ELET E I f a title is not Protected or Lo ck[...]

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    22 S E G MEN T S egment mode allows you to hide seg ments f rom the recording. Such as ad break s . Seg ments will be sk ipped when played back f rom t he Hard Drive and will not be copied to DVD usin g DUB. S e g ments can b e re-e d ite d . Wh en you enter t h e Se g ment Mo d e t h e tit l e wi ll automati c a ll y star t p l ayi n g . Y ou c an[...]

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    23 R ENAME  is option b rings up t h e on-screen k ey b oar d ,. H ere, you can enter a tit l e name. Use t h e ARROW s to h ig hl ig h t t h e d esir e d k ey, an d use S ELEC T to enter that k e y . When y ou have en tered the title name, sele c t OK to fi nish. Title name: TITLE A B C D E F G H I J K 0 1 2 L M N O P Q R S T U V 3 4 5 W X Y Z[...]

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    24 Di sc O p erat i o n p Intr oduction DVD disc operations include browsing disc information, fi nalising a disc, removing disc content, deleting the last title, setting c om p atibility and write p rotec ti on, e tc. Menu Descriptio n P l a y : P la y the content o f the current disc. Rename Disc : R ename the disc ( def ault name: M Y DVD ). Er[...]

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    25 Title Editin g g Ente r the Title Editin g Mode In the DVD Title Displa y mo de, press the RIGHT AR RO W to pop up the following dialog box. 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 Play Tit le : P la y the current title. E d i t Ti t l e : Enter the Title Editing mode, simi lar to the Chapter Editing mode. R e n a m e Ti tle :  e oper ation is the same as that for[...]

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    26 Displa y ( OSD ) W hile pla ying D VD, press OSD for menu . M O DE :  e mode option adjust s the playback modes.  e options are: Normal, A-B Repeat, Chapter Repeat, Title Repeat, Progr am a n d R a n do m . T RI C K:  e T rick option g ives you your transpor t options: Play , Prestop, Stop, Pause, Step, Fast For ward x2 , Fast For w ard[...]

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    27 C ha p ter: O p tion to ski p available cha p ters . A U DI O: Adjust to desired audio setting. Note: For options such as D olby Di g ital, a compatible audio system must be use d) . S UBTITLE: Selec t desired subtitle lan g ua g e ( suppor ted by the disc ). AN G LE: Sele ct your de sired camera an g le, i f available on disc. T - T IME : Allow[...]

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    28  e GO T O Button  e GO T O f eature allo ws you to jump easily to any point on the disc. With GOT O, you can make jumps o f time, chapters, and titles . Just c ycle throu g h the di ff erent steps with the GO T O button and use the number buttons to enter the plact you w ant to skip to .  e f ollowing is an exam ple o f a DVD pla ying.[...]

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    29 Time Sh if t Timeshif t allows you to p ause and rewind live television.  e unit contin uou sly records an hour “buff er, ” which can b e rewound or paused without missing an y o f the program . T imeshif t onl y works in T V mo de. T imeshi f ting begins recording only when the unit is switched on. I f the unit is paused for 60 minutes,[...]

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    30 W hen y our DVDRX1 6 0 is turned on, the s y stem will star t in T uner mode.  e timeshi f t bu ff er will st ar t recordin g . I f the timeshi f t bu ff er mode is set to ref resh ( See System Setup ) and you chan g e channels, the timeshi f t bu ff er will be lost. No me ssage will b e provided prior to d oin g so. However i f the timesh[...]

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    31 W hile in Timeshi f ting mode, you can us e the f ollowing k eys f or other operations : Key Fu nc tio n No te H DD HDD Tit l e Lis t R ecor d in g Continue s DVD Pl a y Disc reco r d ing continues un l ess you w ant to recor d to DVD Fi l e / US B US B Mode T o p lay slideshow f rom USB drive or co p y f rom USB to D VD - Recordin g Continue s [...]

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    32 Sy stem S et U p yp Operati on Interf ace an d General St eps  is sec tion will introduce the menu interf ace of the System Setup and general operation . P ress the SET UP button to enter the System Setup mode. Now the system setup menu will appear on the top of the OSD, as shown i n the following chart. U se t h e ▲ o r ▼ b uttons to s e[...]

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    33 Record Quali t y In the Recording Settings menu, us e the ▲ or ▼ b uttons to sele ct the D ef ault Quality of recordings and press the SELEC T button to d rop d own a menu. U se t h e ▲ o r ▼ b uttons to s e l ect a d esir e d va l ue an d press t h e SELEC T b utton . P ress the RE TURN but ton to return to the u pp er level menu and se[...]

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    34 I f you want to edit the channels stored, se lec t ‘Modi f y Channel then press SELECT but ton to con fi rm ,. In the channel edit dailog box , use the ▲ o r ▼ button and the SELECT but ton to selec t and con fi rm.  e options are as f ollow : P rogram Number ! Current TV progr am numbe r Name: Y ou can e d it t h e pro g ram name d i[...]

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    35 Set Up Me nu - V ideo TV TYP E  e unit su pp ort s t wo di ff erent television systems. NTSC is the te l evision system t h at is a d opte d in t h e Nort h American re g ion. P AL is the television system this is ado p ted t y p ically in the rest of the world es p ecia lly i n Eu ro p e, and Australasia . In t h e Genera l Setti n g menu, [...]

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    36 V IDE O OU TP U T F O RMA T In the General S etting menu, us e the ▲ or ▼ b utton to move the cursor , sele ct the Vide o Output Format item a nd press t h e SELEC T b utton . S elec t the Progressive or Interlace option for video sc an o utput mode, and press the SELEC T button to con fi rm.  is f unction c an do by pressin g PSC AN but[...]

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    37 L P C M OU TP UT  e unit can set LPCM96K and LPCM 48 K as the audio sampling f requency. NOTE: S ee your amplifi er manual if unsure . Set Up Me nu - Lan guage S YSTEM L ANG U AGE To s a t i s f y the need s o f consumers in di ff erent coun t ries , the unit provi d es various menu l an g ua g e settin g s. Enter the system setu p mode . I[...]

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    38 D I SC MEN U LAN GU A GE U se th e ▲ or ▼ button to sele ct the language you w ant and press the SELEC T button .  e system wi ll g ive priority to t h is set tin g as t h e DVD men u language. If the DVD pla ye d does not supp ort the s elec ted language, the set ting will be invalid . Y ou can c h an g e t h e d isc menu l an g ua g e a[...]

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    39 P R OG RA M If you selec t Auto in the Da te- Time s etting optical bar , you must s elec t a Public Broadcasting Station (PBS cha nnel in USA ) which i s available in your area, the clock will set its elf automatically by tuning to this chan nel D A T E  DD / MM /YYYY  U se the CUR SOR buttons o f the remote control to selec t the Da t e [...]

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    40 C HAN G E P A SS W O R D 1 . T t modif y a pas sword, u se arrow button to Change pas sword. P ress the SELEC T button and a dialog box will pop up as shown in t h e ri gh t c h ar t. 2. Use arrow buttons to selec t the ‘ Enter p ass word here’ box and e nter the password with number buttons . 3. Use arrow b uttons to s e l ect t h e ‘ Inp[...]

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    41 B as i c In fo rm at i o n SETUP MENU - Ti me shif t H ARD DI S K INF O S hows the informa tion on HDD size S PA C E MANA G EMEN T A utomatic: W h en Space Mana g ement is ‘ Auto mat ic ’ an d t h e HDD i s full , the system will over write un p rotected titles in a FIFO ( First In First Out ) scheme ( the exception is when the title is sele[...]

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    42 A pp endix ( T rouble shootin g Guide ) pp ( g ) Befo re co ntact in g ser vice per sonnel, plea se che ck possible c auses accordin g to the followin g instr uc tion . S ympt o m P ossi bl e Caus e R eme d y N o Power 1 . Power Su pp ly disconnec ted ; 2.  e p ower of the socket is sw itched off . 1 . Connec t to the p ower su pp ly . 2 . T[...]

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    43 DI S C T YPE S S UPP O RT ED DV D±R W Pl ay b ac k , Recor d in g D V D ± R P la y back D VD - Vi d e o R ecor d in g S V C D P la y back C D- Au d i o Pl ay b ac k C D-R / R W P la y back M P3 P la y back J PE G Pl ay b ac k Ko da k P la y back REC ORDING M edia D VD± R , DVD ± RW Dia m eter 1 2 cm C a p acit y 4. 7GB Reco r d in g Tim e A [...]

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    44 At t achme nt Sup por ted Media ( D VD± R ) RE CO MMENDE D ME D I A S PEE D MAN UF A C TURER ID Max Wr i t e Sp eed: 8x DVD - R T D K 4x R IC OH JP N TDK 8 x R I CO H JP N D VD + R T D K 4x R IC OH J P N TDK 8 x R IC OH JP N N O T RE CO MMENDED ME D I A S PEE D MAN U FA C T U RER ID M a x W r ite S pee d : 8x D V D - R P RINC O 4x P RINC O FU S[...]

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    US ER MAN U A L D VDR X 1 60[...]