Yamaha DRX-2 manual

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i General information General information IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS 1. Read Instructions — All the safety and operating instructions should be read befor e the appliance is operated. 2. Retain Instructions — The safety and operating instructions should be retained for futur e refer ence. 3. Heed W arnings — All warnings on the applianc[...]

General information ii English Laser safety This unit employs a laser .T o prev ent possible eye injury , only a qualified service person should remove the cov er or attempt to service this device . CAUTION Use of controls or adjustments or perf ormance of procedures other than those specified herein ma y result in hazardous radiation exposure. V[...]

iii General information Caution Read this befor e operating your unit. 1 To assure the finest perf ormance , please read this man ual carefull y . K eep it in a safe place for futur e refer ence. 2 The recommended operating temperatur e range for the Recorder is fr om 15˚C-35˚C (Celsius). Exceeding these ranges ma y cause unstable recor ding res[...]

General information iv English F eatures Digital H ome Cinema Introducing Y AMAHA D VD recorder in your home theater en vironment! Dolby Digital and DTS ar e suppor ted. Y ou can enjoy super dynamic theatrical sound by connecting to A V receiv er/amplifier . Dolb y Digital Dolby Laboratories standard for transmitting 5.1 channels. Fiv e full-value[...]

1 Table of contents Ta b le of contents A quick preview ............................3 The remote control ................................................................................. 3 Additional TV functions ..........................................................................4 Front of the device .........................................[...]

Table of contents 2 English 9. Managing the disc contents ....................................... 47 General ..................................................................................................... 47 EDIT .......................................................................................................... 47 Editing recording tit[...]

3 A quick preview A quick pr e view The r emote contr ol B B B B /I Switch on or off: Press to switch set on or off, interrupt menu function, interrupt a pr ogrammed recording (TIMER) MONIT OR This button lets you switch betw een the TV receiver (internal tuner) in the D VD recorder (TV pictur e on the TV set) and pla yback on the D VD recor der A/[...]

A quick preview 4 English This remote contr ol can also operate TV set made by different man ufacturers. For mor e information, see “Using DRX-2 remote control f or your TV set”. y y y y SKIP Selects next title/sear ch forwards : Briefly press the button during pla yback: Goes to next chapter/ film or next title Hold down the button: Searches[...]

5 A quick preview Auxiliar y jacks on the fr ont panel Fr ont of the de vice ST ANDBY/ON Switches the unit on or off, interrupt a function, interrupt a programmed r ecording (TIMER) F F F F (Open/Close) Open/close disc tra y REC Records the curr ent TV channel W W W W Pla ys a recor ded disc T T T T Selects pre vious title/search backwar ds Y Y Y Y[...]

A quick preview 6 English Input (IN-EXT2) Input (IN-EXT1) Output (OUT -2) Output (OUT -1 480p/480i) Back of the unit MAINS Mains jack: Connection to the mains supply (120V/60Hz) ANTENNA Aerial input : Connection of the aerial TV Aerial output : Connection of the TV set S-VIDEO IN S-Video input: Connection for an additional device (channel n umber ?[...]

7 A quick preview Output (DIGIT AL AUDIO OUT) The following symbols ma y appear on your D VD Recorder displa y: The following messages ma y appear in your D VD recorder displa y: CO AXIAL OUTPUT Connection of a digital audio device (amplifier/r eceiver) using a coaxial digital cable OPTICAL OUTPUT Connection of a digital audio device (amplifier/r[...]

A quick preview 8 English READING Disc being read MENU UPDT Once recor ding has been successfully completed the table of contents is created INIT MENU The menu structur e is created after the first recor ding has been made on a new disc COPY PRO T Y ou ha ve tried to cop y a cop y-protected D VD/video cassette W AIT Please wait until this message [...]

9 Introduction 1. Intr oduction What is a D VD? D VD (Digital V ersatile Disc) is a new storage medium that combines the convenience of the compact disc with the latest digital video technology . DVD video uses modern MPEG2 data compression technology that enables an entire f eature film to be stored on a single five inch disc. Ho w good is the r[...]

Introduction 10 English The following discs can be used in y our D VD recor der for pla yback and recor ding: Pla yback and recording Pla yback only: Discs y ou can use D VD+R W (Digital V ersatile Disc + re writable) D VD+R (Digital V ersatile Disc + Recordable) D VD Video (Digital V ersatile Disc) D VD-R (DVD-Recor dable) D VD-R W (D VD-Rewritabl[...]

11 Introduction Because D VD films are usually not released at the same time in all r egions of the world, all D VD play ers are k ey ed to a specific region code. Discs can be assigned an optional region code. If the region codes of the pla yer and disc do not coincide, pla yback is not possible. This device will only pla y Region 1 D VDs or D V[...]

Connecting your DVD recorder 12 English 2. Connecting y our D VD r ecor der Y ou must install the supplied batteries into the r emote control befor e you can use it. 1 Unpack the remote contr ol and the two AA (LR-6) batteries. 2 Open the batter y compartment, inser t the batteries in accordance with the polar - ity markings, and then close the bat[...]

13 Connecting your DVD recorder To enjoy the best pictur e quality when pla ying D VDs, you need to connect the D VD r ecor der to your TV using one of the following connection (the connection y ou choose will most lik ely depend on the connections supported by your TV). COMPONENT VIDEO (best picture quality) Component video connections offer the b[...]

Connecting your DVD recorder 14 English Using an S-Video cable Since S-Video cables carry only video signals, separate audio connections are necessar y . 1 Using an S-Video cable (5) , connect the D VD recor der’ s S-VIDEO output to an S-Video input on your TV . 2 Using the supplied AUDIO L/R cable (4) , connect the D VD recorder’ s A UDIO L/ R[...]

15 Connecting your DVD recorder Y ou can connect a VCR to the DVD r ecorder’ s IN-EXT 2 and OUT 2 sockets. If you ha ve an S-VHS VCR, you could connect the D VD recorder’ s S-VIDEO output to an S-Video input on the VCR, and connect the D VD recor der’ s A UDIO L/R outputs to analog audio inputs on the VCR. Y ou can transfer y our home movies [...]

Connecting an AV receiver 16 English 3. Connecting an A V r eceiv er The following connections allo w you to enjoy D VD pla yback via your A V receiver . 1 Connect an S-Video cable (7) from the D VD recor der’ s S-VIDEO output to an S-Video input on your A V receiver . 2 Connect a composite video cable (8) fr om the D VD recor der’ s VIDEO (CVB[...]

17 Connecting an AV receiver To enjoy sur round sound (Dolby Digital, DTS, MPEG-2), you need to connect one of the D VD recorder’ s digital audio outputs to a multichannel A V amp with an appropriate surr ound-sound decoder built-in. Y our D VD recorder has both coaxial and optical digital audio outputs. The format you choose will most lik ely de[...]

Connecting an AV receiver 18 English The following connections allo w you to recor d programs fr om your VCR or set-top box to y our D VD recor der via your A V receiv er . 1 If your VCR or set-top box is connected to y our A V receiver with an S-Video cable, connect an S-Video cable (10) fr om your A V receiv er’ s S-Video output to the S-Video [...]

19 Connecting an AV receiver •) Mak e sure that all necessar y connections ar e made before connecting the D VD recor der to the power suppl y . •) Plug the po wer cable supplied into the P ower connector on the r ear of the recor der . •) Plug the mains plug into an AC outlet. •) Switch on the TV set and select the pr ogramme number that y[...]

Installing your DVD recorder 20 English 4. Installing y our D VD r ecor der After successfully connecting y our D VD recorder to the TV set and other additional devices as described in the pr evious chapters, this chapter will show you how to start the initial installation. The D VD recorder automatically seeks out and stor es all a vailable TV cha[...]

21 Installing your DVD recorder 7 Select the desired scr een format position using w or v . These settings will only be used if y ou inser t a D VD that contains this information. 8 Confirm with ENTER/OK . 9 After you connect the aerial (or cable TV , satellite receiver , etc .) to the D VD recor der , press ENTER/OK . The automatic TV channel sea[...]

Installing your DVD recorder 22 English During installation, all available TV channels are searched f or and stored. If the channel assignments of your cable or satellite TV pr ovider change or if you ar e reinstalling the D VD recorder , e .g. after moving house , you can start this procedur e again. This will replace the stor ed TV channels with [...]

23 Installing your DVD recorder After you ha ve performed the automatic channel sear ch you ma y not agree with the sequence in which the individual TV channels hav e been allocated to the programme positions (programme n umbers). Y ou can use this function to rearrange the TV channels already stor ed or to delete TV channels you don’ t want or t[...]

Installing your DVD recorder 24 English Y ou can select the countr y and, for D VD pla yback, the language for the subtitles and the audio language. Please note that with some D VDs the audio language and/or subti- tle language can be changed only via the D VD menu. Moreo ver , when recording the sound of a TV channel, you can switch betw een stere[...]

25 Installing your DVD recorder 7 Select “ Stereo ” or “ SAP ” with w or v and confirm with ENTER/OK . 8 To end, press SY STEM-MENU . If you intend to use the VCR Plus+ ® programming system, you must first assign Guide channel numbers to the TV channels. 1 Press SY STEM-MENU on the remote control. The menu bar will appear . 2 Select “ [...]

Installing your DVD recorder 26 English This function uses the information sent via the local PBS channel to automatically set the time/date. For this r eason, you must enter the PBS channel that sends this addi- tional information. When the D VD Recorder chooses a wrong PBS channel or the displa yed time/date is wrong, you must manuall y set the d[...]

27 Installing your DVD recorder If the time is incorr ect, this could be due to a weak or disrupted TV signal. If this is the case, switch off the automatic function. 1 Press SY STEM-MENU on the remote control. The menu bar will appear . 2 Select “ ” using t or u . 3 Select line “ Installation ” using w or v and confirm with u . 4 Select l[...]

On-screen information 28 English 5. On-scr een information Y ou can check or change many of the functions and settings of y our D VD recor der via the system menu bar . The menu bar cannot be display ed during recor ding. Press SY STEM-MENU to open and close the menu bar (main men u). Use t and u to select the rele vant function. Use w to confirm [...]

29 On-screen information The status field shows the curr ent operating mode (status) of the D VD recor der and the type of disc inserted. This displa y can be disabled. Disc type symbols Repeat track Repeat chapter Repeat from A to the end Repeat from A to B Camera angle Child lock enabled Resume pla yback Illegal action Status field D VD+R W D V[...]

On-screen information 30 English Operating mode symbols This field is located in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen. The aerial signal, the TV channel and the TV channel name for the selected programme ar e displa yed. This box appears abo ve the tuner information bo x. When a timer recor ding is set, it shows the timer icon and the start t[...]

31 Playback 6. Pla yback With this D VD recorder y ou can play back the f ollowing systems: •) D VD Video •) (Super) Video CD Disc •) D VD+R W Disc •) D VD+R Disc •) D VD-R W (video mode , finalized) •) D VD-R •) CD-R •) CD-R W •) Audio CD •) MP3 CD Y ou can operate the video recor der using the remote contr ol or the buttons o[...]

Playback 32 English 1 If pla yback does not start automatically , press PLA Y . This will appear on the displa y: title, chapter , elapsed time. 2 To stop pla yback, press ST OP on the remote contr ol or A on the D VD recor der . 3 To eject the disc, press F (Open/Close) on the fr ont of the D VD recorder . 1 If the disc is write-protected or a fi[...]

33 Playback Y ou can also use the D VD recorder to pla y audio CDs 1 Insert an audio CD . Pla yback starts automatically . 2 Stop pla yback using ST OP . The number of tracks and the total time ar e dis- pla yed. MP3 (MPEG1 Audio La yer -3) files are highly compressed m usic files. Using this technol- ogy the data volume can be compressed b y a f[...]

Playback 34 English Important notes for pla yback: In accordance with SDMI (Secur e Digital Music Initiative), the digital audio output is turned off during MP3 pla yback. Only the first session of a multi-session CD will pla y back. 1 Insert an MP3 CD . Pla yback starts automatically . 2 Stop pla yback using ST OP . The number of albums is displa[...]

35 Additional playback features 7. Additional pla yback featur es If there is mor e than one title or chapter on a disc you can change to another title or chapter as follo ws. Howev er if there ar e several cha pters within a title , these will be selected. The title can then still be selected via the menu bar . 1 During pla yback, press y to go to[...]

Additional playback features 36 English 1 During pla yback, press PA USE to stop pla yback and display a still pictur e. It will proceed to a next frame when y ou press PA USE again. 2 To continue pla yback, press PLA Y . 1 During pla yback press PA USE on the remote contr ol. Now press e or r to switch to slow motion. 2 Y ou can switch betw een di[...]

37 Additional playback features Y ou can mark entire sections or the whole disc f or endless playback. Depending on the type of disc (D VD video, D VD+R W , video CD) you can select a chapter , title or the entire disc. D VD+R W and D VD+R cannot repeat an entir e disc. 1 Select the desired cha pter , title or the entire disc and start pla yback. 2[...]

Additional playback features 38 English If the disc contains sequences recor ded from differ ent camera angles, the angle box appears, showing the number of a vailable angles, and the angle being shown. Y ou can then change the camera angle if you wish. 1 Press ANGLE . 2 Use w or v to select the requir ed angle in the angle box. 3 To go to an y ang[...]

39 Additional playback features Many pr e-recor ded D VD discs hav e more than one audio language. The language ini- tially selected for pla yback will be the one you selected when you first set up the D VD recor der . How ever y ou can change the audio language of the inserted disc at any time. Y ou can change the audio language either using the [...]

Manual recording 40 English 8. Manual r ecor ding Use the “Manual recor ding” function to spontaneously start recording (e.g. to record a TV show alr eady in progr ess). In the “index displa y” select the title to be overwritten or “ Empty title ” with w , v . If you insert recor dings between existing r ecordings, check the lengths of [...]

41 Manual recording 1 Switch on the TV set and select the programme number f or the D VD recorder . 2 Insert a disc on which the recording is to be made. This disc is then check ed for content and system. “READING” will appear on the displa y . 3 If necessar y , use the MONIT OR button on the remote contr ol to switch to the internal tuner in t[...]

Manual recording 42 English 6 Use the ST OP button on the remote contr ol or A on the machine to stop the recor ding. “MENU UPDT” will appear on the displa y . The D VD recorder is writing the list of contents. W ait until the message disap- pears from the displa y . The recor ding is then complete . 1 During recor ding press PA USE , f or exam[...]

43 Manual recording 1 Insert a disc . 2 If necessar y , use the MONIT OR button on the remote contr ol to switch to the internal tuner in the D VD recorder . 3 Use CH+ or CH- to select the pr ogramme number (channel name) you want to recor d. 4 Press REC S on the r emote control. 5 Each time you pr ess REC S you will add 30 min utes to the recordin[...]

Manual recording 44 English m To ensure you don’ t accidentally delete a recording y ou can protect the entir e disc. Y ou can only ev er protect the entir e disc. Y ou cannot protect individual recor dings. 1 Insert the disc to be protected. 2 Press DISC-MENU . The index scr een will appear . 3 While the index screen is displa yed press ST OP on[...]

45 Manual recording On a recor ded D VD+R W disc you can add another r ecording to an existing title. This recor ding is added to the title as a “chapter”. The existing information will be overwrit- ten starting from this point. Titles will also be overwritten that follo w the current title depending on the length of the new r ecording. The rec[...]

Manual recording 46 English Y ou can select the picture quality of the r ecording using the r ecording quality featur e and hence the maximum r ecording time per disc. Y ou can check the quality by changing the r ecording mode and then watching the pic- ture fr om the built-in tuner ( MONIT OR button). When you pla yback the recorded material, the [...]

47 Managing the disc contents 9. Managing the disc contents When a recor ding is made to disc , the following additional information is also stor ed at the beginning of the recor ding: •) Name of the r ecording If the TV station does not transmit a name , only the channel number and time will be stored as the name •) Length of the r ecording ?[...]

Managing the disc contents 48 English Inser t cha pter mark ers During pla yback, you can set or delete chapter mark ers within a title. The maximum number of cha pters per disc is 124 and 99 per title . If one of these limits is reached the f ollowing message will appear on the screen: “ T oo many chapters ”. Y ou need to delete some mark ers [...]

49 Managing the disc contents Deleting chapter mark ers Within a title you can delete either all mark ers or individual markers. 1 While the rele vant chapter is pla ying, press EDIT on the remote contr ol. The “ EDIT menu ” appears on the TV screen. 2 Use w to select either “ Delete chapter marker ” for this chapter or “ Delete all marke[...]

Managing the disc contents 50 English Some TV stations transmit the title (name) of a programme. In this case , the name will be included automatically (e.g. “R OCKY”). Otherwise , the only the programme n umber (programme name) and the time ar e stored as the name of the r ecording. The name of the recor ding can only be changed after the reco[...]

51 Managing the disc contents This screen a ppears before the first title and contains general information about the curr ent disc . Y ou can: •) change the name of the disc •) activate or deactivate write pr otection on the disc •) Finish editing (mak e the disc DVD compatible) •) finalise a D VD+R •) delete a D VD+R W To get to this d[...]

Managing the disc contents 52 English 3 The screen displa ys “ This will tak e ” to show how long the pr ocess will last. 4 To confirm press ENTER/OK . “ W orking ” appears on the TV screen. A bar will mov e from left to right indicating pr ogress. Finalising D VD+R discs This featur e is required to pla y back a D VD+R disc in a D VD pla [...]

53 Programming a recording (TIMER) 10. Pr ogramming a r ecor ding (TIMER) Use “Programming a r ecording (TIMER)”, to automatically start and stop a recording at a later date. The D VD recorder will switch to the right pr ogramme number and begin r ecording at the corr ect time . With this D VD recorder , you can pre-pr ogramme up to six recordi[...]

Programming a recording (TIMER) 54 English Thanks to this programming system, you no longer need to tediously enter the date, TV channel, star t and end times. All the information needed for pr ogramming is contained in the PlusCode programming n umber . This 8-digit PlusCode number is found in most TV listings for magazines. 1 Switch on the TV . S[...]

55 Programming a recording (TIMER) 7 If all information is corr ect, press the ENTER/OK button. The pr ogramming information is stor ed in a TIMER block. 8 To end, press TIMER . 9 Insert a recordable disc (one without write pr otection). The disc you ha ve inserted will be checked. 0 Switch the D VD recorder off with B /I . The programmed r ecordin[...]

Programming a recording (TIMER) 56 English 9 Switch off with B /I . The programmed r ecording will only function pr operly if the D VD recorder has been switched off using the B /I button. If any of the TIMER blocks are in use, “ TIMER ” will light up on the recorder displa y . 1 Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number fo[...]

57 Programming a recording (TIMER) Pr oblem solving for pr ogrammed r ecordings PROBLEM SOLUTION The D VD recor der is not responding ✓ While a pr ogrammed recording is being made, you cannot operate y our D VD recor der manually . If you want to cancel the pr ogrammed recor ding, press B /I . “ Switch off, timer recording ” flashes on the T[...]

User preferences 58 English 11. User pr efer ences In this section you will learn ho w to set your user pref erences on the D VD recorder . The symbols ha ve the follo wing meanings: 1 Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the D VD recor der . 2 Press SY STEM-MENU on the remote control. The menu bar appears. 3 Select ?[...]

59 User preferences Depending on which audio outputs are used, you can select the settings in this menu. If you onl y use the analogue audio output ( AUDIO L, R ), select the settings “ Off ” in the “ Digital output ” menu. “ Digital output ” For de vices connected to the DIGIT AL AUDIO OUT jack, you can select from the following settin[...]

User preferences 60 English Y ou can choose the following settings in this men u: “ Playback audio ” Pla yback audio language “ Recording audio ” A choice between Ster eo and SAP “ Subtitle ” Subtitle language “ Menu ” Screen men u language Y ou can select the following functions in this men u: “ Status bo x ” Along with the on [...]

61 User preferences In this menu y ou can make the changes that r elate to the disc: “ Access control ” Please read the next cha pter on “Access control (child lock)”. “ Auto resume ” If pla yback of a pre-r ecorded D VD video disc or video CD is interrupted (button ST OP or F Open/Close ) when the disc is reloaded (disc is started) pla[...]

Access control (Child Lock) 62 English 12. Access contr ol (Child Lock) This featur e enables discs to be locked for childr en. When Child Lock is on, a 4-digit code (PIN) needs to be entered befor e a disc can be pla yed. Y ou can also decide whether the inserted disc should alwa ys be play ed or should be pla yed only once, despite the child lock[...]

63 Access control (Child Lock) Locking unlock ed discs To lock a disc that was formerly authorised f ollow the instructions below . 1 Insert a disc . Pla yback star ts automatically . If the playback does not start automat- ically , press PLA Y . 2 Press the ST OP button while the “ ” icon is visible. The icon changes to “” . The disc is no[...]

Access control (Child Lock) 64 English Changing the countr y The set filter values depend on the respectiv e countr y . It is theref ore necessary to enter the countr y to which these filter values appl y . 1 Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the D VD recor der . 2 Switch on the D VD recorder using B /I . 3 Press [...]

65 Before you call an engineer 13. Befor e y ou call an engineer If you ha ve any pr oblems using this D VD recor der , the reason ma y be one of the follow- ing. Y ou can also call the customer ser vice centr e in your country . If the problem is not listed belo w , or if the instructions fail to help, turn off the power to the unit, disconnect th[...]

Before you call an engineer 66 English I cannot pla yback (Super) Video CDs ✓ It is possible that this (Super) Video CD contains a menu and the “PBC” is switched off. Y ou can see this in status field “ PBC OFF ”. T o activate this function, proceed as follows: 1 Press SY STEM-MENU while the (Super) Video-CD is inser ted. 2 Select “ ?[...]

67 Before you call an engineer A D VD+R W disc cannot be play ed on certain D VD play ers ✓ If a recor ding is too shor t, it is possible that a DVD pla yer cannot detect it: Please obser v e the following “Minimum r ecording times”: Recording mode “ M1 ”: 5 minutes, “ M2 ”: 10 minutes, “ M2x ”: 13 minutes, “ M3 ”: 15 minutes,[...]

Appendix 68 English Appendix Y our D VD recorder r emote control can transmit sev eral commands to TV sets of dif- fer ent brands. The following k eys will operate the TV set: - V OL + increase TV volume - V OL - decrease TV volume - MUTE m ute TV Some other k eys normally operate the D VD recorder , but will operate the TV set when you k eep TV SH[...]

69 Appendix Remote contr ol set-up codes for tele vision Abex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1066 Admiral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013, 1028, 1075 Aiko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012 Akai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005 Alaron . . . . . . . . . [...]

Appendix 70 English Disc F ormats Suppor ted Disc type Pla yback Recording D VD+R W • • D VD+R • • D VD-R W (Video mode) • – D VD-R • – D VD-Video • – Super Video CD • – Video CD • – Audio CD • – CD-R • – CD-R W • – Recordable Disc F ormats Medium D VD+R W: Phase-Change ReWritable D VD+R: dye-based Diameter 1[...]

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