Hama RDR-HX900 manual

2-103-583- E1 (3 ) © 2004 Sony Corporation D VD Recorder Operatin g Instructi ons RDR-HX900/HX1000[...]

2 WARNIN G To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture. To avoid electrical shock, do not open the cabin et. Refer s ervicing to qualified personnel only. The mains lead m ust only be changed at a qualified se rvice shop. This appliance i s classified a s a CLASS 1 L ASER product. T he CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT MARKING i[...]

3 • Do not place heavy objects on the reco rd er. On recording • N ote th at the cont en t s of the recording c a nnot be compensated for under any and all conditio ns, including co nditions tha t ma y arise due to a m alfunc tio n of this unit. • Make tri al r eco rdings b efor e making the ac tual r ecord ing. Abo ut the ha rd dis k dri v e[...]

4 Table of Contents WARNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Ways to Use Your DVD Record er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

5 Dubbing (HDD y DVD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Before Dubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Dubbing a Single Title (Title Du b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Dubbing [...]

6 Ways t o Use Y ou r DVD Re corder Quick access to recorded titl es – Title Lis t , Display the Title List to see all o f the titles on the disc, in cludin g recor ding da te, channel , record ing mode and thumbnail image (page 33). Play the beginni ng of a title whil e it is being re corded – Chasing Play back , If you are usin g a DVD-RW (VR[...]

7 Creating your own pr ogramme – Playli st , Record a programme o n a DVD-RW (VR mode), then d elete, m ove and add scen es at will to create your own, orig in al prog ramm e (pag e 68). Copying a recorded t itle to and fr om the HDD – Dubbing (HDD y DVD) , Create copies of your favourite titles for safek eepin g by dubb ing them to a DVD, or m[...]

8 Quick G uide t o Di sc Typ es Recordable and play able discs Usabl e disc vers ions (as o f M ay 2004 ) • 4x-speed or slower DVD+RWs • 2x-speed or slower DVD-RWs ( V er.1.1, Ver.1.1 with CPRM* 1 ) • 8x-speed or slower DVD+Rs • 8x-speed or sl ower DVD-Rs (Ver.2.0 ) “DVD+RW,” “DVD-RW,” “DVD+R,” and “ DVD-R,” are trad emarks.[...]

9 Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s No No Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s No No No No Ye s Y es * 2 No Y es * 2 No Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Y es * 3 Y es * 3 Ye s No Ye s No No Ye s No No Y es Y es Y es Y es Y es Y es No No No Recording Features Editing Features Rewrite (page 41) Aut o Chapter (page 93) Manual Chapter (page 68) Record 16:9 sizes (pa[...]

10 Playable dis cs Discs tha t cannot be playe d • All CD-ROMs (including PHOTO CDs) • C D -Rs / C D - RWs, ot her th an thos e re cord ed in musi c CD f or mat, MP 3 form at, or V i deo CD format • Data pa rt of C D-Extra s • DVD-ROMs • D VD A udio discs • DVD-RAMs • HD laye r on S u per Audi o CDs • DVD VIDEOs with a differe nt re[...]

11 Note o n playba ck oper a tions o f DVD V IDEO s/ VIDEO CDs Some playback operations of DVD VIDEOs/ VIDEO CDs may be intenti onally set by s oftware producers. S ince this r ecorder plays DVD VIDEOs/VIDEO CDs acc ording to the d isc conten ts the s of tware produce rs des i gn ed, so m e playba ck fe atures m ay n ot be av ailable. Also , see th[...]

12 Hookups and Settings Hooki ng Up the Re corde r Follow steps 1 to 7 to hoo k up and adjust the settings of the re cord er . Notes • Pl ug cords securel y to prevent unwante d noise. • Refer to the instru ctions s upplied with the component s to be conn ected. • You cannot connect th is r ecor de r to a TV that do es not hav e a SCART or vi[...]

13 Hookup s and Settings Step 2 : Conn ecti ng th e Aeri al Cab le Conne ct the ae rial ca ble by foll owing the step s below . Do not co nnect th e main s lead unt il you re ach “Ste p 5: Con ne cting the Main s Le ad” (p ag e 19). 1 Disco nnect t he ae rial cab le fr om you r TV an d conn ect it to AER IAL I N on th e rear pan el of th e reco[...]

14 Ste p 3: Conne cting the Vi deo Cords Select one of the fo llow in g pa tterns A th rough D , according to th e input jack on your TV monitor, projector, or AV amplifier (r eceiver). This will enable you to v iew pictures . Audio connecti o ns are explai ne d in “Ste p 4: Con nectin g t he Audi o Co rds” (pa ge 1 7). Note Do not connect m or[...]

15 Hookup s and Settings A Connecting to a SCART input jack Conn ect usin g a SCART cord (not supp lied ) to the L I N E 1 - T V j a c k a n d y o u r T V . B e s u r e t o m a k e t h e connectio ns firmly to avoid hum and noise. See the operating instr uctio n s supplie d with the TV to be co nn ected. Als o, when you set “L i ne 1 Outpu t” t[...]

16 •T V D i r e c t R e c You ca n easi ly re cord wha t you a re wat chi ng on your TV (p age 48 ). • One To uch Play You ca n tu rn on the recorde r and TV, se t the TV’s inp ut to th e re cord er, and s ta rt pl ayba ck with on e touch of th e H (play) button (page 5 5). • One To uch Men u You can turn o n the recorde r and TV, se t the [...]

17 Hookup s and Settings Step 4 : Conn ecti ng th e Aud io Cor ds Select one of th e following p atterns A or B , according to the input jack on your TV monitor, projecto r, or AV a mplifier (receive r). This will en able you to li sten to sound. z Hin t For corr ect speake r loc ation, se e the op erating instruction s supp lied wit h the c onnect[...]

18 A Connecting to audio L /R input jacks This con ne ction wi l l use yo ur TV’ s or st er eo ampli fi er’s (receive r’s ) two speakers for soun d. Connect us ing the a udi o/ v ideo cor d (s uppli ed) . • Surroun d effect (pag e 56) TV: D ynam ic, Wi de, Nigh t Stereo am plifie r (re cei v er): St and ard, N i ght Note Do not connec t the[...]

19 Hookup s and Settings Step 5 : Conn ecti ng th e Mains Le ad Connect the su pplied mains lead to the AC IN termin al of th e re cord er. Then plug the recor de r and TV mains leads (powe r cords) int o the mains. Afte r y ou co nn ec t th e ma ins lead , you must wait for a short whi le bef ore op eratin g the reco rder. You ca n oper at e th e [...]

20 Controlling TVs w i th the remote You can ad just the r emote’s signal to contro l your TV. If you co nnect ed the re co rder to an AV am p lifie r (recei ve r), you can use the su pp lied re mote t o control the AV amplif ier ’s (rec e ive r’ s) volume. Notes • Depending on the connected unit, you m ay not be able to control your TV or [...]

21 Hookup s and Settings Controlling the v olume of your AV amplifier (rece iver) with the remote 1 Slide th e TV/DVD sw itch to DVD. 2 Hold down [ / 1 , an d enter the manufac turer code ( see the table below) for yo ur AV ampl ifier (receiv er) usin g the number bu ttons . 3 Releas e [ / 1 . The 2 (volume) +/– bu ttons contr ol the AV amplif i [...]

22 3 Selec t “Opt io ns, ” and pre ss ENTER . 4 Selec t “Comma nd Mode,” an d press ENTER . 5 Selec t the Com mand mo de (DVD 1, DV D2, or DVD3), an d pre ss ENTER. 6 Slide th e COMMAND M ODE switch on the remot e so it ma tche s th e mode you select ed ab ove . To return to the prev io us step Press O RETURN. Step 7: Ea sy Setup Follow the[...]

23 Hookup s and Settings 3 Switch the input se lector on your TV so tha t the si gn al fro m the re corder ap pears on your TV scre en . “Initial s ettings necessary to operate the DVD recor der will be ma de . You ca n ch ange t he m later us ing Setu p. Befor e you star t, chec k that you have made al l n ece ssary c onnec ti o ns.” appear s.[...]

24 10 Select the setting that m atches your T V type. “16:9” : For wide -scree n TVs or standard TV s with a wide screen mode . “4:3 Letter Box”: For standard TVs. Disp lays “wide s cree n” pi ctures with band s on the upper and lower s ec tio ns of the scree n. “4:3 P an Scan”: For stan dard TVs. Automatically displays “wide scr [...]

25 Hookup s and Settings 20 Press EN TE R. The Setu p Disp lay for t he DTS si gnal app ears. 21 Sel ec t whet her or not you wish t o send a DTS signa l to your amplifier (receiv er), and pr ess ENTER. If your A V am plifie r (rec ei ve r) has a D T S deco der, se lect “On .” Ot herwi se, sel ect “Of f.” 22 Pr ess ENTER w he n “Fini sh?[...]

26 Connec tin g a VCR or S imila r Devi ce After disco nnecting the recorder ’s mains lead from th e ma ins, conn ect a VCR or similar r ecording device to the LINE I N jacks of this recorder. Use the DV IN ja ck on the fro nt panel if the equipment h as a DV output jack (i.LINK jack) (page 77). See also the inst ruction ma nual supplie d with th[...]

27 Hookup s and Settings Connecting to the LINE 2 IN or LINE 4 IN jacks Connect a VCR or similar recording de vice to the LINE 2 IN or LINE 4 IN jack s of this recorder. If the equipm e nt has an S-video jack, yo u can use an S-video cord ins tead of an audio/ vi de o cord . z Hin t When the con ne ct ed equi pm ent outputs onl y mona ur a l sou nd[...]

28 Connec tin g to a Sate llit e or Di gital Tun er Connect a sat e llite or digital tuner to this re corder using the LINE 3/DECODER jack. Disco nnect the reco rd er’s m ai n s le ad fro m th e main s whe n co nnec ting th e tuner. To us e the Sy nchr o-Re c func tion, s ee below. If the s atellite tuner can output RG B signals This recorder acc[...]

29 Hookup s and Settings Connec tin g a PAY -TV/C anal P lus Decode r You c an wat ch or r ecord P AY-T V/Can al Plus p rogr ammes i f you c onnec t a dec oder (n ot supp lied) to the record er. Di s co nnect th e record er’s m ai ns lead from th e main s w hen c onn ecting the de co der. Connecting a d ecoder AERIAL IN LINE 4 IN DIGITAL OUT COAX[...]

30 Setting PAY-TV/Canal Plus chan nels To watch o r reco rd PAY- TV / C an al Plus programmes, set your record er to rec eive the chan nel s using th e on -scr ee n displ ay. In order to set t he c hanne ls corr ectly, be sure to fol lo w al l of th e s te ps be l ow. 1 Press SYSTE M MENU . The Sy st em M e nu appe ar s. 2 Selec t “SETUP ,” and[...]

31 Hookup s and Settings 10 Select “Sy stem , ” an d pr e ss ENT ER . 11 Press M / m to sele ct an avai l able TV system, B G, DK, I, or L, and pres s ENTE R . To rece ive broadc as ts in Franc e, se lect “L.” 12 Sel ect “No rmal/C ATV,” and pre ss ENTE R . 13 Select “Norm a l,” and press ENT ER . To pres et CATV (Cable Telev ision [...]

32 Guide to Dis plays Using the On -Scree n Menus This se ction intr oduce s the Syst em Me nu, TOO LS menu, a nd s ub-me nu. By using th ese d isplays , you can perf orm m os t of the rec order ’ s op erati ons . System Menu The Syst em M enu ap pe ars wh en you pres s SYSTEM M ENU, an d prov id es ent r ies to all of the reco rder’s ma in fun[...]

33 Guide t o Disp lays TOOLS The TOOL S men u ap pear s w he n you pres s TOO LS , and d i spla ys o p t ion s ap plic ab le to th e entire d isc (e.g. disc protection ), record er (e.g. audio s ettin gs duri ng re cord ing), or mult iple ite ms on a list me nu (e.g. erasi ng multiple t itles). The disp l a yed option s differ de pending on th e si[...]

34 Standard Title List (Example: DVD-RW in VR mode) “Zoom ed” Title Lis t A Disc type: Displays a medi a type, HDD or DVD. Also displ ays the titl e type (Original o r Play l ist) fo r DV D -RW s (VR m ode ). B Sort but t ons: Sorts the titl e or der (se e belo w). C Zoomin g ind ic a tor : Shows th e cu rren t z oom stat us . D Disc name (DVD [...]

35 Guide t o Disp lays 4 Whil e wat c hing the pl ay back pict u re, pres s H , X , or m / M to se lect th e s cene yo u want to set for a thu mbnail pic t u r e , and press ENTER. The scene is set for t h e title’s thu mbnail pict ure. To turn off the Title List Press TITL E LIS T. z Hin t After record ing, the fi rst scen e of the recording (t [...]

36 Exampl e: DVD-R W (VR mode ) A “Disc Name” (DVD only) B “Media”: Disc ty pe C “Format”: Recording fo rmat type (DVD- RW only) D “Title no.”: Total n u mber of titles E “Protecte d”: Indicates wheth er protectio n is set (DVD-RW in VR mode o nly) F “Date”: Dat es of when the old est and the most recent titles were recorded[...]

37 Guide t o Disp lays Finalizi ng a DVD (preparing a d isc for playback on o ther equipment) Final iz in g i s ne cess ar y w he n you pl a y discs recorded w ith this recorder o n other DVD equipm ent. When you finali ze a DVD+RW, DVD-RW (Video mode), DVD+R, or DVD-R, a DVD menu will be au tomatically cre ated, which can be displayed on other DVD[...]

38 Check ing the Play Inform ation an d Playing Time You can chec k the playing ti me and remaining time of the current title, ch apte r, or track. Also, you can ch eck th e di s c name re cord ed on t he DVD/CD. Press D I SPLAY repeat edly. Each time you p ress the butt o n, the display chan ges as follows : The d isplay s dif fer d epe nding on t[...]

39 Guide t o Disp lays z Hin ts • If “DTS” is set to “Of f” in Audio S etup, the D TS tra ck selection option will not appear on the sc reen eve n if the di sc contains DTS tr acks (page 92) . • When “Auto Displa y” is set to “On” (defa ult ) in Options Setup ( page 97), pl ayback in formation automat ically a p pears when t he [...]

40 How to Ente r Char act ers You can label a DVD, ti tle, or program by ente ring charac ters. You can en ter u p to 64 char acter s for a title or disc name, but the actual number of charac ters di splay ed in th e menu s such as the Title List wi ll va ry. Whe n the dis play for en tering charac ters app ears , fol low t he steps bel o w. 1 Pres[...]

41 Record ing Recording Before Recording Before you start recording… • T his r ecorder can rec ord on variou s dis cs. Selec t the disc type accordi ng to your needs (p age 8). • C h eck t hat t he disc ha s enou gh availab le sp ac e for the r e cording (page 35). For HDD, DVD+RWs, and DVD-RWs, you can free up disc s pac e by eras ing titl e[...]

42 ZWEITON (Ge r man stereo) syste m When a stereo o r bilin gual ZWEIT ON based programme is re ceived, “STEREO” or “BILINGUAL” appears in the front panel d isplay. NICAM syste m When a st e reo or bi li ng ual NICA M base d progra mme i s rece iv ed , “NIC A M” app ears in the fro nt pa nel displ ay . To record a NICAM programme, be s[...]

43 Record ing Wait until “ LOAD” disappears from the fro nt panel di splay. Unus ed D V D s are f ormat t ed a utoma tical ly . 2 Press [TI MER] . • If the Timer programming (ShowView) menu ap pe ars, pres s < to s wit c h th e disp lay t o “Stand ard.” 3 Select an item u s ing < / , and adjus t using M / m . “Date” : Sets t he [...]

44 If the t imer settings ov erlap Overlapped timer setti ngs are shown as f o llows. To store th e se tting as sho wn, se le ct “OK.” Th e programme th at star ts first has priority and the seco nd pro gra mme st arts re cord in g on ly a fte r t he first pr ogra m m e ha s finis h e d. To cance l the o verlap ped se tting , sele ct “Can cel[...]

45 Record ing 1 Press HDD or DVD. If you s elect DVD, insert a recordable DVD. 2 Press [TI MER] . • I f the Timer progra mming (Stand ard) menu appear s, press < to switch the dis play to “ShowView.” 3 Press the numbe r butto ns to ent er the ShowV iew nu mber, and press SET. • If you ma ke a mist ake, pr ess CLE AR and re- enter the co [...]

46 Checki ng/Ch angi ng/ Cancellin g Timer Settings (Timer Lis t) You can chec k, change, or cancel time r settings using the Timer Li s t m e nu. 1 Press SYSTE M MENU . The Sy st em M e nu appe ar s. 2 Selec t “TIME R LIST,” and pres s ENTER . Timer inf ormation disp lays the recording date, time , recording mo de, etc. : Indicat es that the s[...]

47 Record ing When th e timer se ttin gs overl ap The programme tha t starts fi rst has pri o rity and t he second progr amme start s re cord ing on ly after t h e first pr ogra m m e has fin ished . ◆ When th e re cord ings sta rt at th e same t ime The programme that is se t last has priorit y. In this example, ti mer settin g B is set after A,[...]

48 Recor ding Withou t the Timer 1 Press HDD or DVD to selec t a media. When you selec ted DVD, insert a r e cordable DVD. 2 Press PROG +/– to s elec t the prog ramm e posit i on or in put source you want t o record. 3 Press RE C MODE repeated ly to select the recording mode. Each time you p ress the butto n, the display chan ge s on the TV scre [...]

49 Record ing z Hin t If you do no t want to wa tch TV while recording, you can turn off the T V. Wh e n usi ng a de c ode r, ma ke sur e to leave it on. Notes • After pressing z REC, it may take a shor t while to sta rt recording. • You cannot change the recor di ng mode while recording or dur in g recording paus e. • If there is a power fai[...]

50 “HDD Rec. Picture S ize”/“DVD Rec. Pictur e Size”: Sets th e pict ur e s iz e of th e p rogr amme to be recorded . • 4:3 (default) : Sets the p icture size to 4 :3. • 1 6:9: Set s the pi cture s iz e t o 16: 9 (wide mode). • Auto (HDD only): Automati cally select s the actu al pi ctur e siz e. “DVD Rec. Pictur e Size” works wit[...]

51 Record ing Record ing From Connected Equip ment Wi th a Timer (Synch ro Rec) You can set the recorder to a utomatical ly record progra mme s from co nnected equip ment t hat has a timer funct ion (s uc h as a sate llite tuner). Connect the equipment to the LINE 3/DECODER jack of the re co rd er (page 28). When t he c onnec te d eq uipme nt turn [...]

52 If the t imer settings o f a Synch ro-Reco rding and anot her ti mer r eco rding overl ap Regardl e ss of wh et he r or not t he p rogr am m e is a Synchr o Rec progr amm e, th e progra mme t hat starts first has priorit y and th e second progr amme starts record ing only after the f irst programme has fin ishe d. Recor din g From Conn ected Equ[...]

53 Record ing 3 Select the line inp ut audio wh en recordin g a bili ngu al prog ram me on th e HDD o r DVD- RWs (VR mode). Press TOOLS to display the TOOLS menu. Select “Line Audio Input” and press ENTER. Sele ct “ Bilin gual” an d pr ess EN TER. For details about bilingual re cording, se e page 41. 4 Press REC MODE repeat edly to s elect [...]

54 Playback Playi ng 1 Press HDD or DVD. • I f yo u sele ct DVD , pr ess Z ( open/cl ose) and place a DVD or CD on the disc tr a y. Then press th e bu tton aga in to cl os e th e disc tray . • If you insert a DVD VIDEO, VIDEO CD, CD, or DATA CD, press H . Playback star ts. 2 Press TITLE LI ST. For details about the Title List, see “Using the [...]

55 Playback – you edit the tit le after stoppin g playback. – y ou chan ge the se tting s on th e re cord er . – you turn off the recorder (VIDEO CD/CD/ DATA CD only). – you make a record ing (except f or HDD/DVD- RWs in V R mode ). To pl ay r estr icted DVDs (Par enta l C ontro l) If you pl ay a restri c ted DVD, the message “ Do you wa [...]

56 Playback options Buttons Operations Discs Z (open/close ) Stops play and ope ns the disc tray. All discs (audio) Selects on e of the audi o trac ks rec ord ed on the disc when pre s sed re peated ly. : Selects th e language. : Select s the main or su b sound. : Se lects ster eo or mona ural au di o tracks. (subtitle) Select s a subtitle langu a [...]

57 Playback To resume norma l pla yback , p re ss H . SUR (surrou nd) Selects one of t he TVS ef fects when pre ssed repe atedly. TVS* (TV Virtual Surro und) lets you enjoy virt ual surround so und effects c reated from the front l eft and right spea kers. The se lected setting is displayed i n the front panel di splay fo r a few seco nds. “TVS O[...]

58 Notes • To enjoy t he TVS function, set “ Digital Output” to “On” and “Dol by Digital” to “D- PCM” i n Audio Setup. • When the playback sig nal does not contain a signal fo r the rea r speaker s, the surround e ffects wil l be diff icult to hear. • When you select one of the surrou nd modes, tu rn off the surround se tting [...]

59 Playback 4 Press < / , to adjust the se t ting, an d pres s ENTE R. The defa ult sett ings ar e un derlin ed . “ Y NR ” : (weak) O ff 1 2 3 (str o ng) “ C NR ” : (weak) Of f 1 2 3 ( st r ong ) “ BNR ” : (weak) Off 1 2 3 (str on g) “ DVE ” *: (w eak) Of f 1 2 3 (strong) “ PB Video Eq ualizer ”: • Cont r a s t: (w eak ) ?[...]

60 Chasin g Playback / Simult aneous Re c an d Play You ca n view the be ginning o f a p rogramm e whil e it is b eing recor ded. You can a lso play a title or previo usly re corde d pr ogra m m e while rec ordin g . Playing from the be ginning of the programme you are recor ding (Chasin g Playback) “Chas i ng P layb ack ” allows you to v i ew [...]

61 Playback 3 Select the title you want to play, and press ENTER. 4 Selec t “P lay” fr om t he s ub-me nu, and pr es s ENTER. Playback starts fro m the sele cted title . Notes • The DVD’s pl ayback picture on your TV screen freezes for a few secon ds whe n you f as t forw ard/ fast reverse or instant r eplay/ad vance dur ing Simulta neous R[...]

62 3 Press the numbe r butt ons to se lect th e number o f the titl e, chapte r, track, tim e code, etc., y ou want. For ex am p le: Tim e Search To find a scen e at 2 hou rs, 10 m inutes , and 20 second s, ente r “210 20. ” If you make a mistake, press CLEAR to cancel th e numbe r, then sel ec t anoth er numbe r. 4 Press SET. The reco rder sta[...]

63 Playback Play ba c k ord er of MP3 audi o tr ac k s Album s con taining MP3 au dio tra cks pl ay in t he foll owing orde r. A t B t C t D t F t G . Al bums th at do not co ntain tra cks (suc h as albu m E ) are skippe d. When y ou inser t a DATA CD a nd pres s H , the numbered t racks ar e played s equenti a lly, from 1 th rough 7 . Any su b-alb[...]

64 Editing Befo re Edi tin g This recorder of fers v a rious ed it opti ons for variou s disc typ es. Be fore y ou ed it, c heck th e disc type in the fr on t pane l d is pl ay , and sel ec t the option ava ilabl e f or you r di sc (pag e 8) . Note You may lose the edit e d contents if you remove the disc or a timer reco rding st arts w hil e editi[...]

65 Edit ing The adva nced edit fu nction s availa ble for Playlis t titles ar e: – Labell i n g a t i tl e (page 65). – Erasing a title (page 65). – Erasing multiple titles ( page 66). – Erasing a section of a title (A-B Erase) (page 66). – Rearranging the title or de r (p age 70). – Dividing a title into multi ple titl es (page 70). ?[...]

66 “Pr otect”: Protec ts the t itl e. Sele ct “On” w hen the Pr ot ection di sp lay appear s. “ ” appear s next to th e protec te d t it l e. To ca ncel th e protecti on, select “ Off.” “Title Name”: Allows y ou to e nter or re-ent er a title name (page 40). “Set Thumbnail”: C hanges the title ’s thum bnail pictur e that a[...]

67 Edit ing 3 Select a title, a nd press ENTER. A chec k mark appea rs in the ch eck box nex t to the sele cted title . To clear t he check mark , pres s ENT ER agai n. To cl ear all of check marks, selec t “Reset All. ” • Wh en the title is prot ec te d, the displ ay asks for confirma tion. To continue, sel ect “Cha ng e,” and w h en the[...]

68 Creating chapters man ually You can manua lly insert a chapter mark at a ny point y ou l ike duri ng play back o r reco rd ing. Press CHAP TER MARK at t he point wher e y ou want to divide the title into chapters . Each time you p ress the butt on, “Marking...” appe ars on th e screen and the scene s to the l eft and right of the mark be com[...]

69 Edit ing 3 Select the title you want to inclu de in the Playlist ti tle, and press ENTER. A chec k mark appea rs in the ch eck box nex t to the sele cted title . To clear t he check mark , press ENTER again. To se lect all of t he ti tles, select “S elect All.” 4 Repeat step 3 to ad d more titles. To go to the next page of titles, press m . [...]

70 12 Select the s cene you want to edit, and press ENT ER. The su b- m en u appe ars. “Move” : Changes the scen e order. “Eras e”: Eras es the sc ene. The se lect ion i s cancel led. “Pre view”: Disp lays thu mbn ail pict ures o f the scenes . “Cha nge IN” : Al l o w s you to c han ge th e IN point , an d r epeat fr om step 8. “C[...]

71 Edit ing Combining multiple P laylist titles (Combine) 1 Press TITLE LIST to turn on the Title List (Playlist) m enu. If the Title List (Original) m enu appear s, press TOOLS and select “ Playlist.” 2 Press TOOLS t o select “C ombi ne ,” an d pres s ENTE R. The displa y for sel ecting ti tles appears. 3 Select a title, a nd press ENTER. [...]

72 Dubbing (HDD y DVD) Before Dubbing In this se ction, “d ubbin g” refe rs to “co pyi ng a recorded title on t h e internal hard d isk drive (HD D ) to an other di sc, or vic e vers a. ” You can select to d ub one title at a t ime (Title Dubbi ng – see “Dubbin g a Si ngle Tit le (Titl e Dub)” on page 74) , o r m ul t ip l e ti t le s[...]

73 Dubbin g (HDD y DV D) Note that spee ds shown i n the tab le are an approx imat e of th e m aximu m du bbing sp eed. *1 Maximum r ecording spee d of th is record er. *2 When dubbing to DVD+Rs, the dubbi ng spe e d is x1-speed. Notes • High-speed Dubbing is not available for the f oll owing titl es: – T itles re cord ed i n HQ +. – T itles [...]

74 Dubb ing a Sing le Titl e (Tit le Dub) 1 Insert th e DVD th at yo u are go ing to dub to or from . 2 Select the s our ce by pres sing HD D or DVD . 3 Press TITLE LIST to tur n on th e Titl e Lis t menu. 4 Select a title a nd press ENTER. The su b- m en u appe ars. 5 Selec t “Dubb i ng” and pr ess ENTE R. The disp lay for sele cting t he d ub[...]

75 Dubbin g (HDD y DV D) Dubbing Mul tiple Titles (Dub Se lected Titles) 1 Insert the DV D that you are go ing to dub to or fro m. 2 Selec t the sour ce by pre ssing H DD or DVD. 3 Press TITLE LIST to turn on the Title List menu. 4 Press TOOLS . The TOOL S men u ap pears. 5 Selec t “Dub Sel ected T itles, ” and pre ss ENTE R. The displa y for s[...]

76 “Change Orde r”: Moves t h e title to change t he dubb in g or de r. Pres s M / m to sel ect a new location, an d press ENTER. “Cancel”: Cancels t he t itle s election . The tit le is exclud ed from dubbing . 3 Selec t an opti on, an d press EN TER. 4 When yo u fin ish making adju stments, select “S t art,” and pre ss E NTER. To a ut[...]

77 DV Dubbing (DV t HDD/DVD ) DV Dubbing (DV t HDD/DVD) Befor e DV Dubb ing This sect ion ex plains dubbin g with a digital vi deo camer a v ia the D V IN j ack on the fron t pa nel. If you w ant to dub by w ay of the LINE I N ja cks, see “R ecording From Co nnecte d Equipm ent Wi thout a Time r” on page 5 2. To record fro m the DV IN jack The [...]

78 1 Press HDD or DVD. If you s elect DVD, press Z (open/ close) and place a DV D on the d isc tra y. Pr ess Z again to close the disc tray. Wait until “ LOAD” disappears from the front panel d is pl ay . If you use an unused DVD, f o rmatting start s automatical ly . 2 Insert the sourc e DV forma t tap e int o your digit al vi deo camera . For[...]

79 DV Dubbing (DV t HDD/DVD ) Record ing an Entire DV Format Tap e (One Touch Dubbi ng) You can re cord the ent ire cont ents of a DV form at tape onto a disc with a single press of the ONE TOUCH DUBBING button. The record er controls the digit al video c amera for t h e who le pr ocess, and completes th e recording. ◆ How chapt er s ar e cr ea t[...]

80 Progr am Ed it You ca n select sc enes from a DV form at tape, an d then au tomatically rec ord selected scenes to a d isc of your c hoice. To use this functi on, yo u wi ll do t he fo llowin g: m Using t h e recorder’s remote control, fast forward or rew in d the tap e t o se lect th e scen es . At this point, t he s electe d s cenes ar e not[...]

81 DV Dubbing (DV t HDD/DVD ) 3 Selec t “Sta r t,” and pr ess ENTE R. The disp lay fo r settin g the IN point (start of the sc en e) appea rs. The scen e start s t o pl a y in the ba ckgroun d. 4 Select the IN p oint by pre ssing m / M , and pr ess ENTER. The dis play f or setti ng the OU T po int (end o f the sc ene) app ears. Th e scene s tar[...]

82 9 Select “OK,” and press EN TER. The default tit le name is fixed, and the display asks i f you want to star t reco rdin g. To c hange the d isc med ia, se lect “ Media” and pr ess M / m . To chang e the du bb ing mod e, se lect “Du b Mode” an d press M / m . 10 Select “Sta r t, ” an d pre s s ENT ER. The reco rder start s record[...]

83 Settings a nd Adjus tments Settings and Ad justments Using the Setup Disp lays By using th e Se tup Disp lays, you c an make vario us adjus tments to items such as pi cture an d sound, as well as se lect a l ang uage for th e subtit les. The Se tup Di spla ys are us ed in th e foll owin g way. Note Playbac k settings store d in some titles t ake[...]

84 In thi s case, see “ Parental Contro l” in “Rec or di ng a nd Par ent a l Contro l S et ti ng s (Feature s)” (page 93). 5 Selec t an opti on, an d press EN TER. The cu rr en tly sel ec ted opt io n is disp l aye d next to th e se tup ite m . Exampl e: when “4:3 Lett er Bo x” is set. To turn off the di s play Press SY STEM M EN U rep [...]

85 Settings a nd Adjus tments 4 Selec t “S ys tem,” an d press EN T ER. 5 Sel ect a n av ail abl e TV syst em , BG , DK , I, or L, and pr es s EN T ER (pag e 86). 6 Select “No rmal/C A TV, ” a nd press E N TER . 7 Selec t “No rmal ,” and press EN T ER. To set CATV (Cable Te levision) chann els, sele ct “CAT V.” 8 Sele ct “ Chann e[...]

86 ◆ Rec ei vab le chann els ◆ Tunin g the Fren ch CATV ch annel s This re corder can scan the CAT V channels B to Q and the HY P ER freque ncy ch an nels S21 to S41. On the Channel S et menu, the channels are indicat ed as S01 t o S44. F or exampl e, chan nel B is indicated by Channel Set number S01, and channel Q is indicate d by Channel Set [...]

87 Settings a nd Adjus tments Stat i on Name Changes or enter s a new s ta tio n nam e (u p t o 5 charac ters ) . The reco rd er mu st re ceiv e ch annel informatio n (for inst ance, SMAR TLINK infor m at ion) fo r statio n nam es to appear automatical ly . 1 Follow ste ps 1 to 3 o f “Using the S etup Disp lays” ( page 83 ) to select “Set tin[...]

88 Clock Auto Adju s t Turns on the A uto Clock Set fu nction whe n a cha nnel in yo ur lo cal ar ea br oadcas ts a time s ignal . 1 Follo w st ep s 1 to 3 of “U s in g the Set up Disp lays” ( page 83) t o select “Setting s” in the Setup D i sp lay. 2 Select “Clock, ” and press ENTE R. 3 Sel ect “ Auto Ad just,” and pr ess ENTER. 4 [...]

89 Settings a nd Adjus tments Video S ettings (Vid eo ) Video set tings will adj u st items related to the imag e, suc h as size and col o ur. Choose t he settings acc ording to the type of TV, tuner , or de coder con nect ed to the D V D re corder . 1 Pres s SYSTEM MENU whi le the re corder is in stop mo de. 2 Selec t “SETUP ,” and pr e ss ENT[...]

90 Progressive M ode DVD softwar e can be di vided into t wo types: film based soft w ar e and video ba sed software . Vide o based softw ar e is derived fro m TV, suc h as drama s a nd sit-com s, and di splays image s at 30 fram es/60 f ields (25 fr ames /50 fi elds) per secon d. Film based softwa re is derived from fil m and displ ays im ages a t[...]

91 Settings a nd Adjus tments Audio Set tings (Aud io) The Au dio Setup allows you to ad just the so und accord ing to th e playba ck and conne ct io n conditions. 1 Pres s SYSTEM MENU whi le the re corder is in stop mo de. 2 Selec t “SETUP ,” and pr e ss ENT ER . 3 Selec t “Audi o ,” and pr ess ENTE R. The Aud io Setu p ap pear s w i th th[...]

92 Digital O u t Selects if audio signa ls are ou tput via t he DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL or COAXIAL) jacks. ◆ To set t he digital o utput sign al The fo llow ing se t up i tems swi tch the me thod of out pu tting aud io sign a ls when you conn ect a compo nent suc h as an a m plifier (rec ei ve r) with a digital i n put jack. For co nnect ion de tail[...]

93 Settings a nd Adjus tments Recor ding and Pa rent al Contro l Setting s (Featu res) The Features Setup allo ws you to adjust recording and pa re ntal co nt rol set t ings. 1 Pres s SYSTEM MENU whi le the re corder is in stop mo de. 2 Selec t “SETUP ,” and pr e ss ENT ER . 3 Select “Features, ” and press ENTER. The Feat ur es Setu p appea[...]

94 3 Select t he TV guide page num ber you wa nt to modi fy , and pres s E N TER. 4 Press the n umber buttons or < / M / m / , to enter the TV gui d e page n um b er, and pr ess ENTER to confirm the s e tting. • I f you ma ke a mista ke , press C LEA R to re- enter the co rr ec t num be r. To set or cha nge an ot he r TV gui de p age numbe r, [...]

95 Settings a nd Adjus tments 4 Selec t a ge og raph ic area a s t he pl a yback limitation level, and press ENTER. The area is sele ct ed . • W hen you se lect “O thers ,” pres s the nu mber butto n s to sel ec t and enter an ar ea code in the t able (see be low) . Then sele ct “OK” and press ENTER. 5 Sele ct “Lev el , ” and press EN[...]

96 One Touc h Dubb in g Displays th e follo wing options for th e One Touch Dub f unctio n. ◆ Fina lize Disc (for all re cordab le d iscs ex cept DVD-RW in VR mode ) Select s whethe r or not to fi n alize t he d isc automatical ly following One Touch Dubbing (pag e 79). Colour Sy st em Sel ects t he co lour system when p laying VID EO CDs (i nclu[...]

97 Settings a nd Adjus tments HDD Bi lingual Rec . (HDD on ly) Select s the so und to be re co rded on the HD D . Note If you s et the r ecording m ode to be change d while dubbing from a DVD to the HDD, the sound recorde d in the source (DVD) is applied regardless of t his setting. DVD Bilingu al Rec . (for all reco rda bl e dis cs except DVD- RW [...]

98 Easy S etup (Rese tting the Reco rder) Sele ct th is to run th e Ea sy S e t u p pro gra m me . 1 Press SYSTEM M ENU while the rec order is in sto p mode. 2 Selec t “SETUP ,” and pr e ss ENTER . 3 Selec t “Easy Se tup,” and pre ss ENTER . 4 Pres s EN TE R. 5 Select “Star t, ” an d pre ss ENT ER . 6 Foll ow the i nstru ction s for Eas[...]

99 Additional Informat ion Additional Inform ation Troubl eshooting If yo u expe rienc e any o f the f ollow ing diffi culti es while u sing t he recor der, use t his trou blesho oting guide t o he lp rem edy th e pr ob lem be fore reque sting r epair s. S hould any prob lem pe rsis t, consul t you r near es t S ony dea le r . Power The po w er doe[...]

100 If the eq uipment is connec ted to the DV IN jac k, (this is usu al ly f or a di gi tal video ca m era connec tion) , select “DV ” in the front pane l display by pre ssing PRO G +/ – or IN PUT SELECT. , When an S video cabl e is c onnec te d to the recorde r’s LI NE 4 IN jac k, set “Line 4 Inp ut” in Video Set up to “S V id eo” [...]

101 Additional Informat ion The rec order does no t start pl aybac k from t he begin ning. , Resu me play w as ac tivate d (page 5 4). , You have inserted a DVD who se Title menu or DVD menu automat i cally appears on t he TV scr ee n wh e n it is f ir st in ser t ed. U s e the men u t o star t playback . The re corder sta rts playing automatic all[...]

102 Timer rec ording is no t complet e or did no t start from th e beginni ng. , There was a powe r fai l ure during re co rding. If the p ower r ecovers when t here is a timer recordi ng, the rec or der resum e s rec ord ing. Should t he power fa ilure con tinue for more than 1 hour, reset th e c loc k (pa ge 88). , Other time r set ti ng ov erlap[...]

103 Additional Informat ion Other Son y equip ment resp onds to the remo te. , The same comman d mode is set for bot h the equipme nt and reco rde r. Set a diffe re nt comm an d mode for the recor der (page 21). Others The rec order do es not ope rate p roper l y. , Resta rt the re corder. P ress down [ / 1 on the recorde r for m ore than ten se co[...]

104 Self- diagn osis Fun ction (When letters/ numbers appear in the disp lay ) When the se lf-diagn osis functi o n is activated to prevent th e recorder from malfunctioning, a five- charac ter servi ce num ber ( e.g ., C 13 50 ) wit h a combinat ion of a lette r a nd four numbers ap pear s in the front panel displ ay . In this case , check the fol[...]

105 Additional Informat ion • D o not ex pose the disc to dire ct sunl ight or hea t source s such as hot air d u cts, or leav e it in a car parked in di rect sunli ght as the temperat ure may rise con siderably in side t he car. • After pl aying, store t he disc in it s case . • C l e an the di sc with a cle aning cl oth. W ip e t he disc fr[...]

106 LINE 1 -TV: 21-pi n CVBS IN/OUT S-Video/RGB OUT (upstre am) LINE 3/DECODER: 21-pin CVBS IN/OUT S-Video/ RG B I N S-Vide o OUT (dow nstrea m) Decoder DV IN: 4-pin/i.L IN K S100 DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL): Optical output jack/–18 dBm (w ave lengt h : 660 nm) DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL): Phono jack/0 .5 Vp-p /75 oh m s COMPONENT VIDEO OUT (Y, P B /C B , P [...]

107 Additional Informat ion i.LINK baud rate i.LINK’s maximum bau d rat e v ar ie s acc or di ng to the equipme nt. Three maxi mum baud rates are defin ed: S100 (a pprox. 100 Mbps *) S200 (a pprox. 200 Mbps ) S400 (a pprox. 400 Mbps ) The baud rate is list ed under “S pe ci f ications ” in the ins t ructio n manua l of ea ch equip m en t. It [...]

108 Guide t o Parts and Con trols For more informa tion, see th e pa ges in parent he ses. Front panel Butt ons o n the rec order ha ve th e same function as the bu ttons on the remot e if the y have the same or similar names . A @ / 1 (on/sta n db y) button (22) B Front pa nel disp lay (39 , 110) C Disc tray (42) D TIMER REC indicator (4 2) SYNCHR[...]

109 Additional Informat ion Remote Butt ons on the remo te have t he same fu nctio n as the butt ons on the recorder if they h ave the same or si milar names . Buttons with an oran ge d ot next to them c an b e used wit h yo ur TV w he n the TV/ DVD switch is s et to TV. A TV/DVD switch (20) B Z (ope n/close) b utton (42, 56) C HDD butto n (33) DVD[...]

110 wj MENU button (54) wk m / M (search) buttons (56) wl H (pla y) butt o n (54 ) The butt on has a tacti le dot * . X (pause ) bu tto n (5 6) x (sto p) bu tton (54 ) e; CHAPTER MARK/ERASE b uttons (68) ea INPUT SELEC T button (52, 77) es SUR ( surro und) bu tto n (56) ed COMMAND MODE switch (DVD 1,2,3) (21) * Use the tactil e d ot as a refer en c[...]

111 Additional Informat ion Rear panel A AERIAL IN/OUT jacks (13) B LINE 1 – TV jack (1 4) C LINE 3/DECODER jack (26) D COMPONENT VIDEO OUT (Y, P B /C B , P R /C R ) jacks (14) E AC IN terminal (19) F LINE 2 OUT (S VIDEO) jack (14) G LINE 2 OUT (AUDIO L/R/VIDEO) jacks (14, 17 ) H DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL/OPTICAL) jacks (17) I LINE 4 IN (S VIDEO) jack[...]

112 Glos sary Chapter (page 61) Secti ons of a pictur e or a m usic fe ature t ha t are smaller than titles. A title is compo sed of seve ral chapt er s. D epe nd ing on the di sc , no ch apte rs may be reco rd ed. Copy protec tio n sig nals ( page 42) Copy res tr i ct io n set by co pyrigh t owne rs, etc. These si gnals ar e inclu ded in som e sof[...]

113 Additional Informat ion Hard dis k driv e (page 3) A ha rd d isk d rive is a who le me chan ical system that co ns ists of di sk s and dr i v e . Disk s ar e f lat, circ ular , rig id plat es coa ted with a thin ma gneti c medi a. Magnet ic head s recor d data on the rapi dly spinni n g disks, and thi s enable s the spe edy and effic ie nt re a[...]

114 Langua ge C ode Li st For de tails , see p age 88 . The lang ua ge spe lli ngs confor m to the ISO 639: 19 88 (E/F) stan dard. Code Lan guage Code Lan guage Code Languag e Code Langu age 1027 Afar 1028 Abkhazian 1032 Afrikaans 1039 Amharic 1044 Arabic 1045 Assamese 1051 Aymara 1052 Azerbaijani 1053 Bashkir 1057 Byelorussian 1059 Bulgarian 1060 [...]

115 Index Words in quotations a ppear in the on - s c r ee n disp la y s. Numerics 16:9 24 , 89 4:3 Letter Box 24 , 89 4:3 Pan Sc an 24 , 89 A “A-B Erase” 66 Adjusting playba ck pic tu re 58 playba ck soun d 59 recordin g pi cture 49 Aerial 13 “AFT” 85 Album 38 , 63 Album nu mbe r 38 “Album Search ” 61 Angle 56 Area code 95 “Audio” [...]

116 E Easy Setu p 22 , 98 Editing 64 , 68 DV Edit 77 Enter characters 40 “Erase” 46 , 65 , 70 , 81 “Erase All” 36 “Erase Titles” 66 “Extend Rec” 44 F “Factory Se tup” 97 “Feature s” 93 “Finalize” 37 “Finalize Disc” 96 Finaliz ing 37 “Format” 36 “Format DVD” 96 Formatting 36 Freeze Frame 57 Front pa nel 108 Fr[...]

117 Remote 19 , 10 9 Resetting the reco rder 98 Resume Play 54 “RGB” 24 , 90 S S VIDEO 15 “S Video” 24 , 90 “Scart Se tting” 90 Scene List 69 Screen Saver 90 “Search” 61 Searching fast reverse/fast forward 57 locati ng the beginn ing of the title/chapte r/ track 57 Search mod e 61 SET 20 , 40 “Set Thum bnail” 66 “Setti ngs” [...]

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