Yamaha DRX-2 de handleiding

Merk: Yamaha

Model: DRX-2

Categorie: CRT-tv's

Type: de handleiding

DVD Recorder

Enregistreur DVD

DRX-2

OWNER’S MANUAL

MODE D’EMPLOI

BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG

BRUKSANVISNING

MANUALE DI ISTRUZIONI

MANUAL DE INSTRUCCIONES

GEBRUIKSAANWIJZING

General information

Laser safety

This unit employs a laser.To prevent possible eye injury, only a

qualiﬁed service person should remove the cover or attempt to

service this device.

NEVER MAKE OR CHANGE CONNECTIONS

WITH THE POWER ON.

The DVD recorder is in conformity with the

EMC directive and low-voltage directive.

ONLY QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL

SHOULD REMOVE THE COVER OR ATTEMPT

TO SERVICE THIS DEVICE.

CAUTION

Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures

other than those speciﬁed herein may result in hazardous radi-

ation exposure.

ATTENTION

L’emploi de commandes, de réglages ou un choix de procé-

dures différents des spéciﬁcations de cette brochure peut

entraîner une exposition à d’éventuelles radiations pouvant

être dangereses.

ACHTUNG

Die Verwendung von Bedienungselementen oder Einstellungen

oder die Durchführung von Bedienungsvorgängen, die nicht in

dieser Anleitung aufgeführt sind, kann zu einem Kontakt mit

gefährlichen Laserstrahlen führen.

OBSERVERA

Användning av kontroller och justeringar eller genomförande

av procedurer andra än de som speciﬁceras i denna bok kan

resultera i att du utsätter dig för farlig strålning.

ATTENZIONE

Uso di controlli o regolazioni o procedure non speciﬁcamente

descritte può causare l’esposizione a radiazioni di livello peri-

coloso.

PRECAUCIÓN

El uso de los controles o los procedimientos de ajuste o uti-

lización diferentes de los especiﬁcados en este manual pueden

causar una exposición peligrosa a la radiación.

VOORZICHTIG

Gebruik van bedieningsorganen of instellingen, of uitvoeren

van handelingen anders dan staan beschreven in deze han-

dleiding kunnen leiden tot blootstelling aan gevaarlijke stralen.

LASER

Type InGaAlP semiconductor laser (DVD)

AlGaAs semiconductor laser (CD)

Wavelength 660 nm (DVD)

780 nm (CD)

Output Power 20 mW (DVD writing)

(out of objective)0.8 mW (DVD reading)

0.3 mW (CD reading)

Beam divergence82 degrees (DVD)

54 degrees (CD)

AUTION VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION.WHEN OPEN AVOID

EXPOSURE TO BEAM

VARSEL SYNLIG OG USYNLIG LASERSTRÅLING VED ÅBNING UNDGÅ

UDSÆTTELSE FOR STRÅLING

VARSEL SYNLIG OG USYNLIG LASERSTRÅLING NÅR DEKSEL ÅPNES

UNNGÅ EKSPONERING FOR STRÅLEN

ARNING SYNLIG OCH OSYNLIG LASERSTRÅLNING NÄR DENNA DEL

ÄR ÖPPNAD BETRAKTA EJ STRÅLEN

ARO!AVATTAESSA OLET ALTTIINA NÄKYV¨ALLE JA NÄKYMÄTTÖMÄLLE

LASER SÄTEILYLLE. ÄLÄ KATSO SÄTEESEEN

ORSICHT SICHTBARE UND UNSICHTBARE LASERSTRAHLUNG WENN

ABDECKUNG GEÖFFNET NICHT DEM STRAHL AUSSETSEN

ANGER VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION.WHEN OPEN AVOID

DIRECT EXPOSURE TO BEAM

TTENTION RAYONNEMENT LASER VISIBLE ET INVISIBLE EN CAS

D’OUVERTURE EXPOSITION DANGEREUSE AU FAISCEAU

HOW

IEW

is a registered trademark of Gemstar Develop-

ment Corporation.The S

HOW

IEW

system is manufactured

under licence from Gemstar Development Corporation.

Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories.“Dolby”,

“Pro Logic ”and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby

Laboratories.Conﬁdential Unpublished Works.

“DTS” and “DTS Digital Out” are trademarks of Digital The-

ater Systems, Inc.

This product incorporates copyright protection technology

that is protected by method claims of certain U.S.patents and

other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Cor-

poration and other rights owners.

Use of this copyright protection technology must be autho-

rized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home

and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise autho-

rized by Macrovision Corporation.Reverse engineering or dis-

assembly is prohibited.

CAUTION

CAUTION:

Visible and invisible laserradiation

when open. Avoid exposure to beam.

CLASS 1

LASER PRODUCT

CAUTION:

Visible and invisible laserradiation

when open. Avoid exposure to beam.

General information

English

Caution

Read this before operating your unit.

To assure the ﬁnest performance, please read this manual

carefully. Keep it in a safe place for future reference.

The recommended operating temperature range for the

Recorder is from 15˚C-35˚C (Celsius). Exceeding these

ranges may cause unstable recording results. Do not expose

this unit to sudden temperature changes from cold to hot,

nor locate this unit in an environment with high humidity

(i.e., a room with a humidiﬁer) to prevent condensation

inside this unit, which may cause an electrical shock, ﬁre,

damage to this unit, and/or personal injury.

Locate this unit away from other electrical appliances,

motors, or transformers to avoid humming sounds.

Install this unit in a well ventilated, cool, dry, clean place —

away from direct sunlight, heat sources, vibration, dust, mois-

ture, or cold. In a cabinet, allow about 2.5cm (1 inch) of free

space all around this unit for adequate ventilation.

Avoid installing this unit in a location where foreign objects

may fall onto this unit or where this unit may be exposed to

liquid dripping or splashing. On the top of this unit, do not

place:

– Other components, as they may cause damage and/or

discoloration on the surface of this unit.

– Burning objects (i.e., candles), as they may cause ﬁre, damage

to this unit, and/or personal injury.

– Containers with liquid in them, as they may fall, spilling the

liquid and causing an electrical shock to the user and/or

damage to this unit.

Do not cover this unit with a newspaper, tablecloth, curtain,

etc. in order not to obstruct heat radiation. If the tempera-

ture inside this unit rises, it may cause ﬁre, damage to this

unit, and/or personal injury.

Do not plug in this unit to a wall outlet until all connections

are complete.

Do not operate this unit upside-down. It may overheat, pos-

sibly causing damage.

Do not use excessive force on switches, knobs and/or cords.

When disconnecting the power cord from the wall outlet,

grasp the plug; do not pull the cord.

Do not clean this unit with chemical solvents; this might dam-

age the ﬁnish. Use a clean, dry cloth.

Use only the voltage speciﬁed on this unit. Using this unit

with a higher voltage than speciﬁed is dangerous and may

cause ﬁre, damage to this unit, and/or personal injury.

YAMAHA will not be held responsible for any damage result-

ing from use of this unit with a voltage other than as speci-

ﬁed.

To prevent damage by lightning, disconnect the power cord

from the wall outlet during an electrical storm.

Do not attempt to modify or ﬁx this unit. Contact qualiﬁed

YAMAHA service personnel when any service is needed. The

cabinet should never be opened for any reason.

When not planning to use this unit for long periods of time

(i.e., vacation), disconnect the AC power plug from the wall

outlet.

Be sure to read the “Before you call an engineer” section on

common operating errors before concluding that this unit is

faulty.

Before moving this unit, press STANBY/ON to set the unit in

standby mode, then disconnect the AC power plug from the

wall outlet.

The unit is not disconnected from the AC power source as

long as it is connected to the wall outlet, even if this unit itself

is turned off.This state is called the standby mode.In this state,

this unit is designed to consume a very small quantity of power.

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General information

Features

Digital Home Cinema

Introducing YAMAHA DVD recorder in your home theater environment!

Dolby Digital and DTS are supported. You can enjoy super dynamic theatrical sound by

connecting to AV receiver/ampliﬁer.

Dolby Digital

Dolby Laboratories standard for transmitting 5.1 channels. Five full-value channels are

transmitted in this acoustic playback system. A further channel is used for low frequen-

cies (effects). The loudspeakers are arranged front left, front middle, front right, rear

left and rear right. This system is currently the most common system and is used in

cinemas.

With this DVD recorder each sound track in 2-channel Dolby Digital is recorded onto

a DVD+RW.

DTS digital out

Transmission standard for 5.1 channels from Digital Theatre Systems Inc. This is the

second most wide-spread system after Dolby Digital.

Linear PCM

Audio

Recording

M1 & M2 recording modes offer high quality picture and sound enabled by linear PCM

recording.

Six Recording Modes

You have six recording modes to choose from: M1, M2, M2x, M3, M4, M6.

Select the one best suited for your need.

Six Hours of

Recording Time

You can record up to six hours in M6 recording mode.

Fit to Space Recording

Your DVD recorder calculates the best suitable bit rates from your programmed

recording time and an available disc space.

Simple programming system for DVD recorders. Simply enter the programming num-

ber associated with your television programme. You will ﬁnd this number in your favor-

ite listings magazine.

Safe Record

Normally a recording is made at the current disc position. This is the same as for a

video cassette, in the middle of the tape for example. By holding down the

REC

button, the recording will be made at the end of all the other recordings to avoid over-

writing previous recordings.

New recordings on DVD+R discs are always added after all existing recordings.

Direct Record

At the touch of a button your DVD recorder, even though it is switched off, will check

which channel is currently playing on your television and record it.

Recordings made on your DVD recorder can be controlled from an external satellite

receiver.

Index Picture Screen

This screen tells you what’s on the disc. Each index screen represents a recording. On

the right hand side of the screen you can also see a disc indicator that shows the posi-

tion and length of the current recording on the disc in a graphic format. You can

choose and make your own index pictures from the title.

EDIT

DVD makes it so easy to delete titles, split titles, insert chapters automatically and

manually, and do many more things. It enables you to simply delete commercials and

unwanted scenes.

Automatic

Recording

SATELLITE

General information

English

Many Playable Disc Types

The following types of disc are supported: DVD-Video, DVD-R, DVD-RW (when

recorded in video mode), CD, SVCD, VCD, CD-R, and CD-RW.

Your DVD recorder can play back pre-recorded DVDs and CDs. DVDs recorded using

this DVD recorder can be played back on current and future DVD players.

MP3-CD

PLAYBACK

MP3 ﬁles are highly compressed music ﬁles. The data is compressed to 1/10 of the vol-

ume of the original audio material using a special process. This means that 10 hours of

music can be stored on a single CD.

These music CDs can be played on this machine.

ID3 Tag

When playing MP3, your DVD recorder will display on TV the name of the albums,

tracks, and artists if ID3 Tag information is recorded on the disc.

This connector is also known as a “FireWire” or “IEEE 1394”. This connector is used

to transmit wide digital broadband signals that are used for digital video camcorders.

Using this connector, you can so easily capture and save video onto DVD from your

digital video camera.

RGB

Component

Video Input

Using your DVD recorder you can record from an RGB source such as a satellite

receiver using a SCART input (

EXT 2 AUX-I/O

socket). Video signals for the colours

R (Red), G (Green) and B (Blue) are transmitted via separate channels. This reduces

the interference that occurs with standard video cables.

Easy Link

Yamaha provides the best possible connection between your DVD recorder and other

home cinema equipment.

FOLLOW TV

This function automatically transfers all the television channel settings onto your DVD

recorder via the scart cable (

EXT 1 TO TV-I/O

socket).

Table of contents

Ta b le of contents

A quick preview ............................3

The remote control.................................................................................3

Additional TV functions..........................................................................4

Front of the device ..................................................................................5

Back of the unit.........................................................................................6

The symbols on your DVD recorder display ....................................7

Messages in the DVD recorder display...............................................7

Introduction.............................9

Common questions .................................................................................9

Discs you can use.................................................................................. 10

Regional code......................................................................................... 11

Accessories............................................................................................. 11

Cleaning the discs.................................................................................. 11

Connecting your DVD

recorder.......................................12

Preparing the remote control............................................................ 12

Connection notes.................................................................................. 12

Connecting your antenna.................................................................... 12

Connecting your DVD recorder to the TV.................................... 13

Connecting with a SCART cable and “Easy Link” ......................... 14

Connecting cable without “Easy Link” ............................................. 15

Connecting AV equipment to the EXT 2 AUX-I/O SCART

socket....................................................................................................... 17

Connecting your camcorder .............................................................. 18

Connecting an AV receiver

..19

Basic playback connections................................................................. 19

Surround sound connections ............................................................. 20

Recording connections ........................................................................ 21

Power supply.......................................................................................... 22

Switching on ........................................................................................... 22

Installing your DVD

recorder.......................................23

Initial installation.................................................................................... 23

Using a satellite receiver...................................................................... 25

Allocating a decoder............................................................................. 25

Manual TV channel search................................................................... 26

Sorting TV channels automatically (Follow TV)............................. 27

Automatic TV channel search ............................................................ 28

Adding and clearing TV channels manually...................................... 29

Setting the language/country............................................................... 30

Setting the time and date..................................................................... 31

On-screen information......... 32

Symbols in the menu bar..................................................................... 32

Field for temporary messages ............................................................ 32

Status field............................................................................................... 33

Tuner information box ........................................................................ 34

Timer information box ........................................................................ 34

Playback................................. 35

General notes on playback.................................................................. 35

Inserting a disc ....................................................................................... 35

Playing a DVD video disc..................................................................... 36

Playing a DVD+RW/ +R disc.............................................................. 36

Playing an audio CD.............................................................................. 37

Playing an MP3 CD................................................................................ 37

Playing a (Super) Video CD ................................................................ 38

Additional playback

features ....................................... 39

Changing to another title/chapter..................................................... 39

Searching a disc...................................................................................... 39

Still picture.............................................................................................. 40

Slow motion ........................................................................................... 40

Search by time........................................................................................ 40

Repeat play.............................................................................................. 41

Shuffle....................................................................................................... 41

Scan feature ............................................................................................ 41

Camera angle.......................................................................................... 42

Zoom feature......................................................................................... 42

Select the audio language .................................................................... 43

Subtitles ................................................................................................... 43

Manual recording.................. 44

General.................................................................................................... 44

Recording without automatic switch-off ......................................... 45

Interrupt recording (Pause) ................................................................ 46

Recording with automatic switch-off

(OTR one-touch-recording)............................................................... 46

Preventing accidental erasing of discs............................................... 47

Lining up recordings within a title (assemble cut)......................... 47

Selecting the recording type (Quality) ............................................. 48

Automatic recording from a satellite receiver

(Sat recording) ....................................................................................... 48

Direct Record........................................................................................ 49

Table of contents

English

Managing the disc

contents.......................................51

General.....................................................................................................51

EDIT..........................................................................................................51

Editing recording titles (name)............................................................54

Playing the entire title...........................................................................54

Deleting recordings/titles.....................................................................54

Disc settings ............................................................................................55

10.

Programming a recording

(TIMER) .......................................57

General.....................................................................................................57

Programming recordings with the S

HOW

IEW

® System..............58

Programming recordings without the S

HOW

IEW

® System .......59

How to change or delete a programmed recording (TIMER).....60

Problem solving for programmed recordings .................................61

11.

User preferences................62

Picture settings .......................................................................................62

Sound settings.........................................................................................63

Language settings....................................................................................63

Additional settings .................................................................................64

Disc feature menu..................................................................................65

12.

Access control

(Child Lock).................................66

Child lock (DVD and VCD) ................................................................66

Parental level control (DVD video only)..........................................67

Changing the PIN code.........................................................................68

13.

Before you call an

engineer.......................................69

Appendix .....................................72

Using DRX-2 remote control for your TV set...............................72

Specifications...........................................................................................74

A quick preview

The remote control

Switch on or off:

Press to switch set on or off, interrupt

menu function, interrupt a programmed recording (TIMER)

MONITOR

This button lets you switch between the TV receiver (internal

tuner) in the DVD recorder (TV picture on the TV set) and

playback on the DVD recorder

A/CH (Alternate

Channel)

Switches to the previous TV channel

CH +/–

Turns programs and inputs

0-9

Numerical key pad

VOL +/–

TV volume up/down

SELECT

Switches between different values in a menu

CLEAR

Deletes last entry/clear timer and programmed recordings

MUTE

TV Mute ON/OFF

TIMER

Press to make a TIMER programming with S

HOW

IEW

/with-

out S

HOW

IEW

or to alter or clear a programmed TIMER

wvt u

Down/up/left/right cursor movement

ENTER/OK

Acknowledges menu selection

TOP MENU

Displays DVD disc menu or Index Picture Screen

EDIT

Displays Edit menu for DVD+RW or DVD+R disc

SYSTEM MENU

Displays recorder system menu bar

TITLE/CHAP

Selects title

Selects chapter

SUBTITLE

Subtitle language selector

AUDIO

Audio language selector

ANGLE

Selects DVD camera angle

ZOOM

Enlarges video image

REPEAT

Repeats chapter, track, title, disc

A-B

Repeats a speciﬁc segment

SHUFFLE

Plays tracks in random order

SCAN

Playback of the ﬁrst 10 seconds of each chapter within a title

(DVD) or the ﬁrst 10 seconds of each track on a disc (VCD/

CD)

SKIP

Selects previous title/search backwards :

Brieﬂy press the button during playback: Goes to previous

chapter/ﬁlm or previous title

Hold down the button: Searches backwards

Hold down the button during still picture: Slow motion back-

wards

A quick preview

English

This remote control can also operate TV set made by different manufacturers.

For more information, see “Using DRX-2 remote control for your TV set”.

SKIP

Selects next title/search forwards :

Brieﬂy press the button during playback: Goes to next chapter/

ﬁlm or next title

Hold down the button: Searches forwards

Hold down the button during still picture: Slow motion for-

wards

PLAY

Starts playback

SEARCH/

SLOW

Searches backward

Slow motion

SEARCH/

SLOW

Searches forward

Slow motion

PAUSE

If this button is pressed during playback, the DVD recorder

switches to pause. You will see a still picture.

If this button is pressed during recording, the DVD recorder

will also switch to pause.

STOP

Stops playback/recording, except with programmed recordings

(TIMER)

Hold down button, opens and closes the disc tray

DIMMER

Changes brightness settings of the display

TV SHIFT

Press and hold while using other buttons to work the TV

REC

Direct recording of the currently selected programme

REC MODE

Switches recording modes

Additional TV functions

VOL+

Increase TV volume

VOL –

Reduce TV volume

For the following functions you need to hold down the button

at the side

TV/SHIFT

and then select the function you need

with the appropriate button.

Turns the TV on / off

0..9 Number buttons:

0 - 9

CH+

Turns up the programme in numeric order

To select a higher programme number

CH-

Turns down the programme in numeric order

To select a lower programme number

MUTE

TV Mute on / off

A quick preview

Auxiliary jacks on the front panel

Front of the device

STANDBY/ON

Switches the unit on or off, interrupt a function, interrupt a

programmed recording (TIMER)

(Open/Close)

Open/close disc tray

REC

Records the current TV channel

Plays a recorded disc

Selects previous title/search backwards

Selects next title/search forwards

Interrupt playback/recording

S-VIDEO

S Video socket:

Connection of SVHS/Hi8 camcorders or

SVHS/Hi8 video recorders (programme number “CAM1”)

Yellow socket

VIDEO

Video input socket:

Connection of camcorders or video

recorders (programme number “CAM1”)

White/red socket

left AUDIO right

Audio input socket left/right :

Connection of camcorders

or video recorders (programme number “CAM1”)

DV IN

i Link/DV socket (digital video input, IEEE 1394,

FireWire):

Connecting a digital camcorder or other suitable device (pro-

gramme number “CAM2”).

Tip

Switching between the

S-VIDEO

and

VIDEO

sockets takes place automatically. If

both sockets are in use, the signal at the

S-VIDEO

socket has priority.

A quick preview

English

Output sockets (AUDIO/VIDEO OUT)

Output socket (DIGITAL AUDIO OUT)

Back of the unit

MAINS

Mains socket:

Connection to the mains supply (230V/50Hz)

ANTENNA

Aerial input :

Connection of the aerial

Aerial output :

Connection of the TV set

EXT 2 AUX-I/O

Scart socket 2:

Connection of an additional device (satellite

receiver, set-top box, video recorder, camcorder, etc.)

EXT 1 TO TV-I/O

Scart socket 1:

Connection of a TV set. RGB output

S-VIDEO (Y/C)

S Video output:

Connection of an S-Video-compatible TV set

VIDEO (CVBS)

Video output (yellow socket):

Connecting a TV set with a

video input (CVBS, Composite Video)

AUDIO L, R

Analogue audio output (white/red socket):

Connection

of a TV set with audio input sockets or connection of an addi-

tional device

COAXIAL

OUTPUT

Connection of a digital audio device (ampliﬁer/receiver) using a

coaxial digital cable

OPTICAL

OUTPUT

Connection of a digital audio device (ampliﬁer/receiver) using a

ﬁber optic cable

A quick preview

These symbols can light up on your DVD recorder display:

The following messages may appear in your DVD recorder display:

The symbols on your DVD recorder

display

Multi-function display/text line

•) Clock

•) Disc/title playing time

•) OTR switch-off time

•) Title name

•) Display of the programme number of the TV channel/playing

time/channel name/function.

•) Display of information and alerts

IIIIIIIIIIIIIII

Disc bar:

Displays the current position on the disc (disc

pointer).

Record:

Single ﬂashing segment at the current position.

Pause:

Flashing segment on both sides of the current position.

Stop:

Illuminated segment at the current position.

SAT

A satellite recording has been programmed.

TIMER

A recording (timer) has been programmed

A remote control signal has been received

VPS/PDC

Video programming system / programme delivery control: A

VPS or PDC code will be transmitted for the selected TV pro-

gram

LANG II

During playback a HiFi/2 channel tone was detected or a HiFi/2

channel tone was received. “I” or “II” lights up depending on

which sound channel has been selected

Messages in the DVD recorder dis-

play

IS TV ON?

The DVD recorder is in initial installation mode. Switch the TV

on, then read the paragraph on “Initial installation” in “Installing

your DVD recorder”.

NO SIGNAL

No input signal available (signal inadequate or unstable)

The menu on the screen is active

OPENING

Disc tray opening

TRAY OPEN

Disc tray open

CLOSING

Disc tray closing

READING

Disc being read

MENU UPDT

Once recording has been successfully completed the table of

contents is created

SAT TIMER VPS/PDC LANG I I

A quick preview

English

INIT MENU

The menu structure is created after the ﬁrst recording has

been made on a new disc

COPY PROT

You have tried to copy a copy-protected DVD/video cassette

WAIT

Please wait until this message disappears. The DVD recorder is

busy performing a task

NO DISC

A disc has not been inserted for recording. If a disc has been

inserted, it cannot be read

INFO

Information about the inserted DVD is displayed on the screen

BUSY

The DVD recorder is processing to make the disc DVD com-

patible

ERASING

The entire information of the disc is erased

EMPTYDISC

The disc inserted is either new or has been completely erased

(not recorded)

PROTECTED

The disc is protected against recording

MAX TITLE

The maximum number of titles per disc has been reached. The

maximum number of titles per disc is 48

MAX CHAP

The maximum number of chapters per title/disc has been

reached. The maximum number of chapters per title is 124

DISC FULL

The disc is full. There is no space for new recordings

PAL DISC

A disc with PAL recordings has been inserted. The machine is

trying to record an NTSC signal. Insert a new disc or one that

contains NTSC recordings

NTSC DISC

A disc with NTSC recordings has been inserted. The machine

is trying to record a PAL signal. Insert a new disc or one that

contains PAL recordings

RECORDING

An illegal action (e.g.

Open/Close

button) was attempted

during recording

FREETITLE

Playback was started for an empty title or the following title is

empty

DISC LOCK

An attempt has been made to record during playback of a pro-

tected disc. This message appears if an attempt is made to

insert a chapter marker (

EDIT

button)

DISC ERR

An error occurred when writing the title. If this error keeps

occurring, please clean the disc or use a new one

For instructions on how to clean a disc, read the section on

“Cleaning the discs” in the next chapter

DISC WARN

An error occurred when writing the title. Recording was con-

tinued; the error was skipped

SETUP

After the automatic search the menu for setting the date/time

will appear on the screen

WAIT 01

During the automatic search the TV channels found are

counted

BLOCKED

The disc tray cannot be closed/opened

SAFE REC

The new recording will be added at the end of all the other

recordings (SAFE RECORD)

EASY LINK

Data is being transferred from the “EasyLink” TV

POST-FORMAT

A short recording has been made on a brand-new DVD+RW

disc

Introduction

What is a DVD?

DVD (Digital Versatile 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 feature ﬁlm to be stored

on a single ﬁve inch disc.

How good is the resolution of DVD compared with VHS?

The razor-sharp digital images have a resolution of more than 500 lines of 720 pixels

per line. This is more than twice as high as VHS and is even better than the laser disc. Its

picture quality is easily comparable to the digital masters produced in recording studios.

What can DVD+RW do?

DVD+ReWritable uses phase change media, the same technology on which rewritable

CDs are based. A high-performance laser is used to change the reﬂective properties of

the recording layer; this process can be repeated more than a thousand times.

What can the DVD+R do?

DVD+R (write-once DVD). Unlike a DVD+RW disc, this disc can only be written once.

If it is not ﬁnalized after a recording, further recordings can be added to it. Old record-

ings can be deleted but can no longer be overwritten. The deleted titles are marked

“

Deleted title

”.

Before this disc can be played in a DVD player, it must be ﬁnalized in the DVD recorder.

Once this process is complete, no further recordings can be added.

What can my DVD recorder do?

Your DVD recorder is a machine for recording and playing back digital video discs with

"two-way" compatibility with the universal DVD video standard. This means:

•) existing DVD video discs can be played on the recorder.

•) Recordings made on your DVD recorder can be played on other DVD video players

and DVD ROM drives.

Common questions

Introduction

English

The following discs can be used in your DVD recorder for playback and recording:

Playback and recording

Playback only:

Discs you can use

DVD+RW (Digital Versatile Disc + rewritable)

DVD+R (Digital Versatile Disc + Recordable)

DVD Video (Digital Versatile Disc)

DVD-R (DVD-Recordable)

DVD-RW (DVD-Rewritable) These discs can only be played back if the recording was

made in video mode and the recording was ﬁnalized.

Audio CD (Compact Disc Digital Audio)

Super Audio CD (Only plays the CD layer of a hybrid SACD disc)

Video CD (Format 1.0, 1.1, 2.0)

Super Video CD

CD-R (CD-Recordable) Audio/MP3 content

CD-RW (CD-Rewritable) Audio/MP3 content

Recordable

ReWritable

SUPER VIDEO

DIGITAL VIDEO

Introduction

Since DVD ﬁlms are not normally released in all parts of the world at the same time, all

DVD players have a speciﬁc regional code. Discs can be given a regional code. If the

regional codes differ between the player and the disc, playback is not possible.

DVDs must be marked “ALL” for all regions or “2” for region 2 to work in this machine.

If the DVD is marked with a different region, it cannot be played in this DVD recorder.

The number within the globe represents the region.

Regional code 2 represents:

Europe, Japan, South Africa, Middle East (incl. Egypt).

Remote control and batteries

Aerial cable

Mains cable

Scart cable (AV-Euro cable)

Some malfunctions (frozen or distorted picture and broken sound for example) are due

to dirt on the disc. To avoid such problems you should clean your discs regularly.

Dirty discs should be cleaned with a soft cloth. Always wipe from the middle to

the edge.

Do not use any solvents such as benzine, thinners, commercially available cleaning

agents or antistatic sprays designed for vinyl records.

Regional code

Accessories

Cleaning the discs

Question

Can I use a CD lens cleaner in the DVD recorder?

This optical unit (laser) of the DVD recorder operates at a higher power level than

the ones in normal DVDs and CD players so CD lens cleaner discs may actually

damage it.

CD lens cleaner discs should therefore not be used.

ALL

Connecting your DVD recorder

English

Connecting your DVD recorder

You must install the supplied batteries into the remote control before you can use it.

Unpack the remote control and the two AA (LR-6) batteries.

Open the battery compartment, insert the batteries in accordance with the polar-

ity markings, and then close the battery compartment.

The remote control is now ready to use.

The remote control has a range of approximately 5 to 10 meters.

•) Before connecting your TV, VCR, AV amp, or any other equipment to your DVD

recorder, refer to the relevant manuals ﬁrst.

•) Do not connect the power cord until all connections are complete.

•) For the best results when playing DVDs, connect the DVD recorder’s video output

directly to your TV. If you connect your TV via your VCR, the DVD copy protection

system may affect the picture quality.

•) To enjoy the surround sound capabilities offered by DVD (Dolby Digital, DTS,

MPEG-2), you need to connect one of the DVD recorder’s digital audio outputs to

an AV amp with an appropriate surround-sound decoder built-in. See “Surround

sound connections” on page 20.

•) For synchronized recordings to other components connected with digital audio

cables, the length of each track and track numbers of the recorded materials may

become different from the originals. Occasionally, it does not start recording.

Connecting your antenna as shown will allow you to record a program on your DVD

recorder while watching another program on your TV.

Disconnect the antenna plug

(1)

from your TV and connect it to the DVD

recorder’s

ANTENNA

socket.

Using the supplied antenna cable

(2)

connect the DVD recorder’s

socket to

your TV’s antenna input.

Preparing the remote control

Caution

Do not mix old and new batteries. Never mix different types of batteries

(standard, alkaline, etc.). Doing so may reduce the life of the batteries.

Connection notes

Caution

Do not connect the DVD recorder’s audio outputs to your audio system’s

turntable (phono) inputs. Doing so may damage your equipment.

Connecting your antenna

Antenna In

Connecting your DVD recorder

The necessary cable connections must be made before you can record or playback TV

programmes using your DVD recorder.

When you install your DVD recorder for the ﬁrst time, select one of the following

options:

Connecting with a SCART cable and Easy Link

If your TV is equipped with “Easy Link” and you wish to use a SCART cable.

Connecting with cable without Easy Link

If your TV is not equipped with “Easy Link” and you wish to use a SCART cable,

S-Video (Y/C) cable, Video (CVBS) cable.

Connecting your DVD recorder to

the TV

Note

What is a SCART cable?

The SCART or Euro AV cable serves as the universal connector for picture, sound

and control signals. With this type of connection, there is practically no loss of qual-

ity in picture or sound transmission.

Connecting your DVD recorder

English

Your DVD recorder can exchange information with your TV using “Easy Link”. Your TV

channels can also be transferred in the same order from your TV to your DVD

recorder using “Easy Link”.

Please see your TV's operating instructions.

Connect a SCART cable (for Easylink) to the DVD recorder’s

EXT 1 TO TV-I/O

SCART

socket.

Connect the other end of the SCART cable to a

SCART

input on your TV.

Turn on the TV.

Plug one end of the supplied mains cable to the DVD recorder’s

MAINS

and

the other end into an AC outlet.

A message appears on the screen announcing that the transfer has started. “EASY

LINK” appears on the display during transfer.

The TV transfers all saved TV channels, in the same order, to the DVD recorder.

This may take several minutes.

Initial installation is now complete.

Connecting with a SCART cable and

“Easy Link”

Notes

✘

“

Time

”, “

Year

”, “

Month

”, “

Date

” appears on the TV screen

Normally the date and time are taken from the data sent by the TV channel

stored on programme P01. If the aerial signal is too weak or there is excessive

interference, you should set the date and time manually:

Check if the time in “

Time

” is correct.

If required, change the time with the number buttons

0..9

on your remote con-

trol.

Select the next line with

Check if the displayed settings for “

Year

”, “

Month

” and “

Date

” are correct.

When all information is correct, save by pressing

ENTER/OK

Notes

✘

I can see more installation menus on my TV set

Not all the necessary data has been transferred. Please enter the settings by

hand as follows. For more information on the various functions see “Initial instal-

lation” in “Installing your DVD recorder”.

Select the desired audio language using

and conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

Select the desired subtitle language with

and conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

Select the desired screen format position using

“

4:3 letterbox

”For a 4:3 TV set; cinema format (black bars above and below

the picture)

“

4:3 panscan

”For a 4:3 TV set; full height format with the sides cut off

“

16:9

”For a 16:9 TV set

Conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

Select the country of your residence with

If your country does not appear, select “

Other

”.

Conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

EasyLink

loading data from TV;

please wait

Virgin mode

Audio language

Press OK to continue

English

Español

Français

Português

Italiano

Connecting your DVD recorder

If your TV is not equipped with “Easy Link”, you need to connect the DVD recorder to

your TV using one of the following connection (the connection you choose will most

likely depend on the connections supported by your TV).

SCART (best picture quality)

SCART connections offer the best picture quality, so if your TV has a SCART

input, use it.

By using the DVD recorder’s user preferences, you can select whether the

EXT

1 TO TV-I/O

SCART socket outputs video signals in RGB or S-Video format.

RGB offers the best picture quality.

S-Video (very good picture quality)

S-Video connections offer better picture quality than composite video, so if your

TV has an S-Video input, use it.

Composite video (good picture quality)

If your TV has neither SCART nor S-Video inputs, use a composite video connec-

tion.

Using a SCART cable without “Easy Link”

Since SCART cables carry video and audio signals, only one cable is necessary.

Connect the supplied SCART cable

(3)

to the DVD recorder’s

EXT 1 TO TV-I/

socket.

Connect the other end of the SCART cable to a SCART input on your TV.

Connecting cable without “Easy

Link”

Notes

My TV has several SCART sockets. Which one should I use?

Select the SCART socket that is suitable for both video output and for video input.

My TV shows me a selection menu for the SCART socket

Select “VCR” as the source for this SCART socket.

SCART

Connecting your DVD recorder

English

Turn on the TV.

Plug one end of the supplied mains cable to the DVD recorder’s

MAINS

and

the other end into an AC outlet.

The most important features of the DVD recorder will appear in scrolling text on

the display. After the ﬁrst installation is completed this function will be turned off.

How you turn on this function again, read in the section “standby” in the chapter

“User preferences” .

Turn on the DVD recorder using

. “IS TV ON?” will appear on the display.

If the connection was properly made and your TV was automatically turned to the

programme number for the SCART socket, e.g. “EXT”, “0”, “AV”, you will see the

following picture:

Then, read the paragraph on “Initial installation” in “Installing your DVD recorder”.

Using an S-Video cable

Since S-Video cables carry only video signals, separate audio connections are necessary.

Using an S-Video cable

(4)

connect the DVD recorder’s

S-VIDEO

output to an

S-Video input on your TV.

Using an AUDIO L/R cable

(5)

connect the DVD recorder’s

AUDIO L/R

outputs

to the analog audio inputs on your TV. Connect white-to-white and red-to-red).

Notes

✘

My screen is empty.

✓

Many TVs are switched by the DVD recorder to the programme number for the

SCART socket by way of a control signal sent through the SCART cable.

✓

If the TV does not automatically switch to the SCART socket programme num-

ber, manually change to the corresponding programme number on your TV set

(see your TV's operating instructions).

✓

Check that the SCART cable is connected from the TV to the

EXT 1 TO TV-I/O

socket on the DVD recorder. The

EXT 2 AUX-I/O

socket is intended only for

additional devices.

Virgin mode

Menu language

Press OK to continue

English

Español

Français

Italiano

Deutsch

S-video In

Antenna In

Analog

audio In

Connecting your DVD recorder

Using a composite video cable

(6)

connect the DVD recorder’s

VIDEO (CVBS)

output to a composite video input on your TV.

Using an AUDIO L/R cable

(5)

connect the DVD recorder’s

AUDIO L/R

outputs

to the analog audio inputs on your TV. Connect white-to-white and red-to-red).

You can connect a set-top box, satellite receiver, cable tuner, camcorder, or other AV

device to the DVD recorder’s

EXT 2 AUX-I/O

SCART socket. When AV signals from

the device connected to this socket are detected, the DVD recorder automatically

feeds those signals through to its

EXT 1 TO TV-I/O

socket so that you can see the

picture on your TV. This works even when the DVD recorder is turned off.

When the DVD recorder is on, you can use the remote control’s TV/DVD button to

select the device connected to the

EXT 2 AUX-I/O

SCART socket (TV) or DVD

playback (DVD).

Connecting a VCR

You can connect a VCR to the DVD recorder’s

EXT 2 AUX-I/O

SCART socket.

If you have an S-VHS VCR, you could connect the DVD recorder’s

S-VIDEO

output

to an S-Video input on the VCR, and connect the DVD recorder’s

AUDIO L/R

outputs

to analog audio inputs on the VCR.

Connecting AV equipment to the

EXT 2 AUX-I/O SCART socket

Antenna In

Analog

audio In

Composite

video In

Connecting your DVD recorder

English

You can transfer your home movies to DVD by connecting your camcorder to the AV

sockets on the DVD recorder’s front panel, as shown.

Best picture quality

If you have a DV or Digital 8 camcorder, using its i-link cable

(7)

connect the cam-

corder’s i-link DV output to the DVD recorder’s

input.

During the transfer, the original recording dates and times of your home movies will be

recorded on the DVD as subtitles. During DVD playback, you can view this information

by using the Subtitle function.

Very good picture quality

If you have a Hi-8 or S-VHS-C camcorder, using an S-Video cable

(4)

connect the cam-

corder’s S-Video output to the DVD recorder’s

S VIDEO

input. And, using an AUDIO

L/R cable

(5)

connect the camcorder’s analog audio outputs to the DVD recorder’s

AUDIO L/R

inputs.

Good picture quality

If your camcorder only has a composite video output, using a composite video cable,

connect the camcorder’s composite video output to the DVD recorder’s

VIDEO

input.

And, using an AUDIO L/R cable

(5)

connect the camcorder’s analog audio outputs to

the DVD recorder’s

AUDIO L/R

inputs.

Notes

Most prerecorded video cassettes and DVDs are copy protected. If you

try to copy them, the message “COPY PROT” will appear on the DVD

recorder’s display.

If the DVD recorder displays the message “NO SIGNAL” when copying a

video cassette:

• Check that the cables are connected securely.

• Try adjusting the VCR’s tracking function.

• The DVD recorder may not recognize the video signal if it’s weak or does not

conform to normal video standards.

When copying DVD-Video discs or prerecorded video cassettes, the pic-

ture is fuzzy and the brightness changes continuously?

• This happens when you copy a DVD or video cassette that uses copy protection.

Playback of the original is OK, but the DVD+R(W) recording will be unwatch-

able. This is normal with copy-protected DVDs and video cassettes.

Connecting your camcorder

Camcorder

Connecting an AV receiver

The following connections allow you to enjoy DVD playback via your AV receiver.

Connect an S-Video cable

(7)

from the DVD recorder’s

S-VIDEO

output to an

S-Video input on your AV receiver.

Connect a composite video cable

(8)

from the DVD recorder’s

VIDEO (CVBS)

output to a composite video input on your AV receiver.

Connect an AUDIO L/R cable

(9)

from the DVD recorder’s

AUDIO L/R

outputs

to a pair of analog audio inputs on your AV receiver.

If your AV receiver has an S-Video output and your TV has an S-Video input, con-

nect an S-Video cable

(10)

from the AV receiver’s output to an S-Video input on

your TV.

If your AV receiver has no S-Video output or your TV has no S-Video input, con-

nect a composite video cable

(11)

from the AV receiver’s composite video output

to a composite video input on your TV.

Connect a SCART cable

(3)

from the DVD recorder’s EXT 1 TO TV-1/O SCART

socket to a SCART socket on your TV. This direct connection to your TV allows

you to enjoy DVD playback the best picture quality.

Basic playback connections

Note

If your AV amp has several video inputs and outputs, you can connect your VCR,

set-top box, LD player, etc., to its video inputs and connect your TV to its video

output. Then you can select your various video sources by using the input selector

on your AV amp.

AV Receiver

SCART

Antenna In

S video In

Composite

video In

Connecting an AV receiver

English

To enjoy surround sound (Dolby Digital, DTS, MPEG-2), you need to connect one of

the DVD recorder’s digital audio outputs to a multichannel AV amp with an appropriate

surround-sound decoder built-in.

Your DVD recorder has both coaxial and optical digital audio outputs. The format you

choose will most likely depend on the formats supported by your AV amp. You don’t

need to connect both cables, and their sound quality is identical.

Connect a coaxial

(12)

or optical

(13)

digital audio cable from the DVD

recorder’s

COAX OUT

OPTICAL OUT

to a coaxial or optical digital

audio input on the AV receiver.

You can use a composite video cable instead of a dedicated coaxial digital audio cable.

Surround sound connections

Note

An unpleasant digital noise may be heard if you select a DVD soundtrack that uses

an audio format that is not supported by your AV amp. For example, you select a

DTS soundtrack and your AV amp does not support DTS. The format of the cur-

rently selected soundtrack can be displayed onscreen in the menu bar. Six-channel

(5.1) surround-sound playback is only possible with a multichannel AV amp that sup-

ports Dolby Digital, DTS, or MPEG-2.

AV Receiver

SCART

4 8

S video In

Composite

video In

Antenna In

Connecting an AV receiver

To record materials from your VCR etc. to your DVD recorder via your AV receiver,

you can use a commercially available SCART adapter. See a connection example below.

If your VCR or set-top box is connected to your AV receiver with an S-Video

cable, connect an S-Video cable

(12)

from your AV receiver’s S-Video output to

the S-Video input on the SCART adapter.

If your VCR or set-top box is connected to your AV receiver with a composite

video cable, connect a composite video cable

(13)

from the AV receiver’s com-

posite video output to the composite video input on the SCART adapter.

Connect either the S-Video or composite video cables to the SCART adapter, not

both. S-Video offers better picture quality.

Connect an AUDIO L/R cable

(14)

from the AV receiver’s analog audio outputs to

the left and right audio inputs on the SCART adapter.

Plug the SCART adapter

(15)

into the DVD recorder’s

EXT 2 AUX-I/O

SCART

socket.

Recording connections

AV Receiver

SCART

Antenna In

Set top box

VCR

1312

11 10

Connecting an AV receiver

English

•) Make sure that all necessary connections are made before connecting the DVD

recorder to the power supply.

•) Plug the power cable supplied into the Power connector on the rear of the

recorder.

•) Plug the mains plug into an AC outlet.

•) Turn on the TV and select the programme number that you have chosen for video

playback (see operating manual for your TV).

•) Press

STANDBY/ON

– The recorder display lights up. If you have not yet installed your DVD recorder, it

will enter ‘Initial Setup mode.’ In this mode you will have to set your personal

preferences.

Power supply

Note

Always check if the local mains voltage matches the required 220V - 240V.

When the recorder is in the Standby position, it is still consuming some power.

If you wish to disconnect your DVD recorder completely from the mains, withdraw the plug

from the AC Outlet.

Switching on

Installing your DVD recorder

After successfully connecting your DVD recorder to the TV set and other additional

devices as described in the previous chapters, this chapter will show you how to start

the initial installation.

The DVD recorder automatically seeks out and stores all available TV channels.

Select the desired language for the on-screen menu by pressing

Conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

Select the desired audio language using

Conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

Select the desired language for the subtitles by pressing

Conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

Initial installation

Tip

Connecting additional devices

If you have connected additional devices such as a satellite receiver to the aerial

cable, switch them on. The automatic channel search will recognize it and save it.

No aerial connected

Even if you only want to use the DVD recorder to play back or have only connected

a satellite receiver, you must still complete the initial installation.

This is necessary so that the basic settings are stored correctly. Once initial installa-

tion is complete you can use the DVD recorder as normal.

Question

What is an on-screen menu?

The multi-language on-screen menu takes the mystery out of using your new DVD

recorder. All settings and/or functions are displayed on your TV screen in the rele-

vant language.

Question

What is an audio language?

The DVD will play the sound in the language you select, provided this language is

available on the disc. If it is not available on the disc the ﬁst language on the DVD

will be used instead. The DVD Video Disc menu, if available, will also be displayed in

the language you select.

Question

What is the subtitle language?

The subtitles will be displayed in the language you select, provided this language is

available on the disc. If it is not available on the disc the ﬁst language on the DVD

will be used instead.

Virgin mode

Menu language

Press OK to continue

English

Español

Français

Italiano

Deutsch

Virgin mode

Audio language

Press OK to continue

English

Español

Français

Português

Italiano

Virgin mode

Press OK to continue

English

Español

Français

Português

Italiano

Subtitle language

Installing your DVD recorder

English

Select the desired screen format position using

These settings will only be used if you insert a DVD that contains this information.

Conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

Select the country of your residence with

If your country does not appear, select “

Others

”.

Conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

After you connect the aerial (or cable TV, satellite receiver, etc.) to the DVD

recorder, press

ENTER/OK

The automatic TV channel search starts. “WAIT” will appear on the display.

When the automatic TV channel search is complete, “

Autom.search complete

”

will appear on the TV screen.

“

Time

”, “

Year

”, “

Month

”, “

Date

” will then appear on the TV screen.

Check if the time in “

Time

” is correct.

If required, change the time with the number buttons

0..9

on your remote con-

trol.

Select the next line with

Check if the displayed settings for “

Year

”, “

Month

” and “

Date

” are correct.

When all information is correct, save by pressing

ENTER/OK

The initial installation is now complete.

Question

Which screen formats can I select?

“4:3 letterbox”

for a “wide-screen” (cinema format) picture with black bars at the

top and bottom.

“4:3 panscan”

for a full-height picture with the sides trimmed.

“16:9”

for a wide-screen TV set (screen edge ratio 16:9)

Question

Why do I have to select a country?

To call up the speciﬁc settings for the respective country, you must ﬁrst install the

country.

Problem

✘

The DVD recorder cannot ﬁnd any TV stations

✓

Select channel 1 on the TV set. Can you see the stored TV channel on the TV

set?

If not, check the cable connection from the aerial (aerial socket) to the DVD

recorder and to the TV set.

✓

Please have patience.

The DVD recorder searches the entire frequency range in order to ﬁnd and save

the largest possible number of TV channels.

✓

If you have not connected an aerial, go through all the basic settings right to the

end and then, if you wish, start the automatic search (see “Automatic TV station

search”).

Virgin mode

TV shape

Press OK to continue

4:3 letterbox

4:3 panscan

16:9

Virgin mode

Country

Press OK to continue

Austria

Belgium

Denmark

Finland

France

Installation

Autom. search

Searching for TV channels

00 Channels found

Please wait

Autom. search

Autom. search complete

00 Channels found

Time 20:01

Year 2003

Month 01

Date 01

To continue

Press OK

Installing your DVD recorder

TV channels from a satellite receiver (connected to scart socket

EXT 2 AUX-I/O

) are

received on the DVD recorder on programme number “

EXT2

”

If necessary, use the

MONITOR

button to switch to the internal tuner.

Select programme number “

EXT1

” with

on the remote control and then select pro-

gramme number “

EXT2

” with

You should select the TV channels to be received by the satellite receiver directly on

the receiver itself.

Some TV channels send coded TV signals that can only be viewed properly with a pur-

chased or rented decoder. You can connect such a decoder (descrambler) to your DVD

recorder. The following function automatically activates the connected decoder for the

TV channel you want to watch.

Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD

recorder.

Switch on the DVD recorder using

Use the

and

buttons or the number buttons

0..9

on the remote control to

select the TV channel for which you want to use the decoder. If necessary, use the

MONITOR

button to switch to the internal tuner.

Press the

SYSTEM-MENU

button on the remote control. The menu bar

appears.

Select “ ” symbol with

Select “

Installation

” using

and conﬁrm with

Tip

Satellite receiver

If you are connecting a satellite receiver, please read the section on “Using a satellite

receiver”.

Decoder

If you are connecting a decoder, you must install it as described in the next section.

Problem

✘

Sound may be distorted on some TV channels.

✓

If the sound is distorted on any of the stored TV channels or if there is no sound

at all, the wrong TV system may have been stored for the TV channel. Read

“Manual TV channel search” for information on how to change the TV system.

Using a satellite receiver

Allocating a decoder

Question

How do I allocate the decoder for Easy Link?

If your TV set supports “Easy Link” the decoder must be assigned to the relevant TV

channel on the TV set (see the operating instructions for your TV set). Settings can-

not then be made in this menu.

Installing your DVD recorder

English

Select “

Manual search

” using

and conﬁrm with

Select “

Decoder

” using

Select “

” with

Conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

To end, press

SYSTEM-MENU

Your decoder has now been allocated to this TV channel.

In some cases, not all of the available TV channels may have been found and stored dur-

ing initial installation. In this case, you will need to search for and store the missing or

coded TV channels manually.

Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD

recorder.

Switch on the DVD recorder using

Press

SYSTEM-MENU

on the remote control. The menu bar appears.

Select “ ” symbol with

Select “

Installation

” using

and conﬁrm with

Select “

Manual search

” using

and conﬁrm with

In “

Channel/freq.

”, select the desired display using

“

Freq.

”(Frequency),

“

”

(Channel), “

S-CH

”

(Special/hyperband channel)

In “

Entry/search

”, enter the frequency or channel of the TV station using the

number buttons

0..9

Using

in “Programme number”, select the programme number you want

to use for the TV channel, e.g. “01”.

Question

How do I switch the decoder off again?

Use u to select “Off” in the “Decoder” line on the screen (Decoder off).

Manual TV channel search

Tip

Manual search with EasyLink

With “Easy Link”, the DVD recorder will automatically download the TV channels

stored on the TV set. This is why some lines have no function. To store new TV

channels, they must ﬁrst be stored on the TV set. The information will then be

transferred to the DVD recorder automatically.

Problem

✘ I don’t know the channel for my TV station

✓ In this case, press u to start the automatic search. A changing channel number/

frequency number will appear on the TV screen.

Continue the automatic search until you have found the TV channel you are

looking for.

Installation

Manual search

Channel/freq. CH

Entry/search 01

Programme number

TV channel name BBC1

Decoder Off

TV system PAL-BG

NICAM On

Fine tuning 0

To store

Press OK

Installation

Manual search

Channel/freq. CH

Entry/search 01

Programme number

TV channel name BBC1

Decoder Off

TV system PAL-BG

NICAM On

Fine tuning 0

To store

Press OK

Installing your DVD recorder

Press

ENTER/OK

to store the TV channel.

To search for other TV channels, begin again at

To end, press

SYSTEM-MENU

When the automatic channel search function is activated, the TV channels are stored in

a speciﬁc order. This may differ from the order in which the TV channels appear on your

TV set.

This function changes the order of the TV channels stored in your DVD recorder to

match the order on the TV set.

This only works if the DVD recorder (

EXT 1 TO TV-I/O

socket) and the TV set

are

connected with a scart cable.

Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD

recorder.

Switch on the DVD recorder using

Press the

SYSTEM-MENU

button on the remote control. The menu bar

appears.

Select “ ” symbol with

Select “

Installation

” using

and conﬁrm with

Select line “

Follow TV

” with

and conﬁrm with the

button.

Conﬁrm the message on the screen with

ENTER/OK

. “TV 01” will appear in the

DVD recorder display.

Select programme number “1” on the TV set.

Tip

How can I change the symbol of a TV channel?

In “

TV channel name

”, press

Select the desired symbol position using

Change the symbol at the symbol position with

Select the next symbol position in the same way.

Keep pressing

until the cursor disappears.

Tip

How can I change the TV system of the TV channel?

In “

TV system

”, use

to select the TV system that produces the least distor-

tion of picture and sound.

What is NICAM?

NICAM is a digital sound transmission system. Using NICAM, you can transmit

either 1 stereo channel or 2 separate mono channels. However, if reception is poor

and the sound distorted you can turn off NICAM.

In “

NICAM

”, select “

Off

” using

How can I improve the automatic process for storing channels?

To change the automatic process for storing channels (ﬁne tuning), select “

Fine tun-

ing

”.

Using

u you can try to ﬁne-tune the TV channel manually.

Sorting TV channels automatically

(Follow TV)

Installing your DVD recorder

English

Conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

on the DVD recorder remote control.

“WAIT” will appear in the display. The DVD recorder compares the TV channels

on the TV set and the DVD recorder.

If the DVD recorder ﬁnds the same TV channel as on the TV set it stores it at

“P01”.

Wait until for example “TV 02” appears in the display.

Select the next programme number on the TV set, e.g. “2”.

Conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

on the DVD recorder remote control.

Repeat steps

until you have assigned all the TV channels.

To end, press

SYSTEM-MENU

During installation, all available TV channels are searched for and stored. If the channel

assignments of your cable or satellite TV provider change or if you are reinstalling the

DVD recorder, e.g. after moving house, you can start this procedure again. This will

replace the stored TV channels with the new ones.

Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD

recorder.

Switch on the DVD recorder using

Press

SYSTEM-MENU

on the remote control. The menu bar appears.

Select “ ” symbol with

Select “

Installation

” using

and conﬁrm with

Select “

Autom.search

” using

Problem

✘

I cannot switch my TV set to programme number “1”

✓

If you have connected additional devices to the

EXT 2 AUX-I/O

socket, please

disconnect these devices. Other connected devices may have switched the TV

set to the programme number of the scart socket.

Problem

✘

“NOTV” will appear in the display. The DVD recorder is not

receiving a video signal from the TV set.

✓

Check the connectors at both ends of the scart cable.

✓

Check your TV’s operating instructions to see which scart socket is used for

video signals.

✓

If the problem persists, you won’t be able to use this feature.

Please read “Adding and clearing TV channels manually”.

Tip

Deleting sorting

You can delete incorrect TV channel sorting by pressing

Automatic TV channel search

Question

What does Easy Link do?

With Easylink, you can search for and store TV channels only on the TV set. These

settings are accepted by the DVD recorder. Use this function to start the transfer

of TV channels from the TV set.

Installing your DVD recorder

Press

The automatic TV channel search starts. This allows the DVD recorder to save all

available TV channels. This procedure may take several minutes.

When all the TV channels have been found, “

Autom.search complete

” will

appear on the TV screen.

To end, press

SYSTEM-MENU

You can read about how to search for a TV channel manually in “Manual TV channel

search”.

After you have performed the automatic channel search you may not agree with the

sequence in which the individual TV channels have been allocated to the programme

positions (programme numbers). You can use this function to rearrange the TV channels

already stored or to delete TV channels you don’t want or those with poor reception.

Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD

recorder.

Switch on the DVD recorder. Press the

SYSTEM-MENU

button on the remote

control. The menu bar appears.

Select “ ” symbol with

Select “

Installation

” using

and conﬁrm with

Select “

Sort TV channels

” using

and conﬁrm with

Using

select the TV channel that you want to delete or whose order you

want to change.

Conﬁrm with

Using

, shift the TV channel to the desired position and press the

button.

The DVD recorder will insert the TV channel.

Repeat steps

until you have resorted/deleted all the TV channels you

want.

Adding and clearing TV channels

manually

Tip

EasyLink

With Easylink, you can search for and store TV channels only on the TV set. These

settings are then accepted by the DVD recorder. That is why you cannot select this

function manually.

The teletext clock resets automatically

If you store a TV channel which transmits TXT/PDC on programme number “P01”,

the date and time will automatically be transmitted and constantly updated. As a

result, the changes from summer time to winter time and back again will be made

automatically.

Tip

Deleting TV channels

Unwanted channels or those with poor reception can be deleted using

CLEAR

Proceed at step

to continue or at

to ﬁnish.

Installation

Autom. search

Searching for TV channels

00 Channels found

Please wait

Installation

Sort TV channels

...

P01 BBC1

P02 BBC2

P03 ITV

P04

P05

P06

...

To sort

Press >

To exit press

SYSTEM MENU

Installing your DVD recorder

English

To store, press

ENTER/OK

To end, press

SYSTEM-MENU

You can select the country and, for DVD playback, the language for the subtitles and

the audio language. Please note that with some DVDs the audio language and/or subti-

tle language can be changed only via the DVD menu.

For bilingual shows you can also select the sound channel of the TV station for record-

ing.

You also have the option of setting one of the displayed languages for the on-screen

menu (OSD). However, the DVD recorder display will only display English text regard-

less of this setting.

Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD

recorder.

Switch on the DVD recorder using

Press

SYSTEM-MENU

on the remote control. The menu bar appears.

Select “ ” symbol with

Select line “

Language

” with

and conﬁrm with the

button.

Select the appropriate line and conﬁrm with

Select the appropriate setting using

and conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

To end, press

SYSTEM-MENU

Switching over audio recording (2-channel

sound)

Some TV programmes transmit an extra audio signal in stereo in addition to the normal

audio signal (2-channel sound). In most cases this means that an additional language is

available. If a TV programme is available in, say, English and German, German may be

available as the second language.

To record TV programmes in stereo or 2-channel sound you can select Stereo or the

language you want as the default setting. This setting does not become active until the

sound of a TV programme is transmitted in 2-channel sound.

When you play back the recording you can play back the sound only in the language you

used for the recording.

Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD

recorder.

Switch on the DVD recorder using

Press

SYSTEM-MENU

on the remote control. The menu bar appears.

Select “ ” symbol with

Setting the language/country

Tip

Which settings can I choose?

“

Playback audio

”

: Playback language (audio language)

“

Recording audio

”

: Type of audio recording “

Language I

” or “

Language II

”

“

Subtitle

”

: Subtitle language

“

”

: Language of the OSD menu

“

Country

”

: Location (country)

Playback audio English

Recording audio Language I

Subtitle English

Menu Einglish

Country Others

Language

Playback audio English

Recording audio Language I

Subtitle English

Menu Einglish

Country Others

Language

Installing your DVD recorder

Select line “

Language

” with

and conﬁrm with the

button.

Select line “

Recording audio

” and conﬁrm with

Select “

Language I

” or “

Language II

” with

and conﬁrm with

ENTER/

To end, press

SYSTEM-MENU

If the display shows an incorrect time or “

--:--

”, the time and date must be reset manu-

ally.

If a TV channel which transmits TXT/PDC (teletext/PDC) is stored under programme

number “P01”, the time and date will automatically be taken from the TXT/PDC infor-

mation.

Press

SYSTEM-MENU

on the remote control. The menu bar appears.

Select “ ” symbol with

Select “

Installation

” using

and conﬁrm with

Select “

Time/Date

” using

and conﬁrm with

Check if the time in “

Time

” is correct. If required, change the time with the num-

ber buttons

0..9

on your remote control.

Check “

Year

”, “

Month

” and “

Date

” in the same way. To move between the ﬁelds,

use

Check the displayed settings and conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

“

Stored

” will appear brieﬂy on the screen.

To end, press

SYSTEM-MENU

Setting the time and date

Problem

✘

Time/date is displayed incorrectly despite manual setting

✓

With “SMART CLOCK”, time/date is transferred from the TV channel saved on

“P01” and automatically corrected.

You can either enter another TV channel for transferring the data or disable the

function.

In the line “

Clock preset

” select the relevant TV channel with

To disable, select “

Off

”.

Installation

Time/Date

Time 20:00

Year 2003

Month 01

Date 01

Clock preset 01

To exit press

SYSTEM MENU

On-screen information

English

On-screen information

You can check or change many of the functions and settings of your DVD recorder via

the system menu bar. The menu bar cannot be displayed during recording.

Press

SYSTEM-MENU

to open and close the menu bar (main menu). Use

and

select the relevant function. Use

to conﬁrm the function and go either to another

menu or execute the function directly.

Some functions may not be available, depending on the disc inserted.

Menu bar 1

Menu bar 2

While menu bar 1 is being displayed you can go to menu bar 2 by pressing

again.

The top left corner of the menu line contains a ﬁeld for temporary messages relating to

the various operating modes. This information appears brieﬂy on the screen when cer-

tain disc functions have been activated:

Symbols in the menu bar

User preferences

Title/track

Chapter/index

Audio language

Subtitle language

Camera angle

Zoom

Sound

Frame advance

Slow motion

Fast forward

Search by time

Field for temporary messages

Shufﬂe

Scan

Repeat entire disc

Repeat title

On-screen information

The status ﬁeld shows the current operating mode (status) of the DVD recorder and

the type of disc inserted. This display 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 playback

Illegal action

Status ﬁeld

DVD+RW

DVD+R

DVD-Video

Video-CD

No disc

Error

On-screen information

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 are displayed.

This box appears above the tuner information box. When a timer recording is set, it

shows the timer icon and the start time or date of the ﬁrst programme to be recorded.

If no timer recording is scheduled, the current time is displayed.

This box disappears during playback of a disc or after a recording starts.

Recording

Stop

Playback

Playback-Pause

Record-Pause

Search forwards (8x speed)

Search backwards (8x speed)

Slow motion

Tuner information box

Current channel/selected input socket

No signal

The TV channel is not available/the additional device is not con-

nected or it is switched off

Copy-protected signal

Timer information box

Timer starts on the day shown

OTR recording runs until the stop time displayed

Current time

No timer event programmed

Playback

With this DVD recorder you can play back the following systems:

•) DVD Video

•) (Super) Video CD Disc

•) DVD+RW Disc

•) DVD+R Disc

•) DVD-RW (video mode, ﬁnalised)

•) DVD-R

•) CD-R

•) CD-RW

•) Audio CD

•) MP3 CD

You can operate the video recorder using the remote control or the buttons on the

front of the DVD recorder.

Press the

(Open/Close)

button on the front. The disc tray will open. While

the disc tray is opening, “OPENING” and then “TRAY OPEN” when the tray is

fully open.

Carefully place the disc in the tray with the label facing up and press

PLAY

(Open/Close)

“CLOSING” and then “READING” will appear in the display.

The information on the disc will be read.

Playback starts automatically.

General notes on playback

Problem

✘

The display will read “PIN”

✓

The child lock has been activated for the inserted disc. Read the sections on

“Child lock” and “Releasing a disc” in the chapter on “Access control (child

lock)”.

✘

The menu on the screen is showing an “X”

✓

Some DVD discs can be manufactured so that certain steps are required before

the disc can be played, or so that only limited operation is possible during play-

back. When an “X” appears on the screen the selected feature is not possible.

✘

The screen is showing regional code information

✓

Since DVD ﬁlms are not normally released in all parts of the world at the same

time, all DVD players have a speciﬁc regional code. Discs can be given a regional

code. If the regional codes differ between the player and the disc, playback is not

possible.

✓

The regional code is shown on the label on the back of the machine.

✓

The regional code does not apply to recordable DVD discs.

Inserting a disc

Question

How do I insert a double-sided DVD?

Double-sided discs do not have labelling over the whole surface. The labelling for

each side is in the centre of the disc. To play a side its label must be facing up.

Tip

Opening/closing the tray using the remote control

You can open and close the disc tray using the remote control.

Press and hold the

STOP

button on the remote control until the dialog box

shows “OPENING” or “CLOSING”.

Playback

English

If playback does not start automatically, press

PLAY

This will appear on the display:

title, chapter, elapsed time.

To stop playback, press

STOP

on the remote control or

on the DVD

recorder.

To eject the disc, press

(Open/Close)

on the front of the DVD recorder.

If the disc is write-protected or a ﬁnalized DVD+R disc, playback starts automati-

cally.

If playback does not start automatically, use the

button to select the title

you want to play on the index screen.

You can also use the

button on the front.

Press the

PLAY

button.

This will appear on the display:

title number, recording quality.

To stop playback, press

STOP

on the remote control or

on the DVD

recorder.

To eject the disc, press

(Open/Close)

on the front of the DVD recorder.

A menu may appear when a DVD is played back. If the titles and chapters are num-

bered, press a number button on the remote control. You can also use the

buttons or number buttons

0..9

to select a menu item and conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

You can also access the menu using

TOP-MENU

on the remote control.

For further information see “Playing a DVD video disc”.

When a DVD+RW is played back the index overview appears. Using

select the title you want to play back.

Conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

For further information see “Playing back a DVD+RW/+R Disc”.

If playback does not start automatically, press

PLAY

For further information see “Playing an audio CD”.

If the “

” symbol appears in the display, start playback by pressing

PLAY

If a menu appears on the screen, use the remote control buttons indicated on the

screen to select the menu option you want (PREV=

, NEXT=

) or with the num-

ber buttons

0..9

For further information see “Playing a (Super) Video CD”.

Playing a DVD video disc

Playing a DVD+RW/ +R disc

Problem

✘

I can see the message “EMPTYDISC”

✓

The disc does not contain any recordings.

DIGITAL VIDEO

Playback

You can also use the DVD recorder to play audio CDs.

Insert an audio CD. Playback starts automatically.

Stop playback using

STOP

. The number of tracks and the total time are dis-

played.

MP3 (MPEG1 Audio Layer-3) ﬁles are highly compressed music ﬁles. Using this technol-

ogy the data volume can be compressed by a factor of 10. This means it is possible to

record 10 hours of music in CD quality on a single CD-ROM.

When creating MP3 CDs please note the following:

File system: ISO9660

Directory structure: maximum of 8 levels

Formats: *.mp3

Filenames: maximum of 12 characters (8+3)

Maximum of 32 albums, 999 titles

Supported sampling frequencies: 32, 44.1, 48 (kHz). Music with sampling frequencies

other than these will be skipped.

Supported bit rates: 32, 64, 96, 128, 192, 256 (kbit/s)

ID3 Tag: Version 1, 1.1. In later versions the directory name is displayed as the album

and the ﬁlename as the title.

Important notes for playback:

Only the ﬁrst session of a multi-session CD will play back.

Insert an MP3 CD. Playback starts automatically.

Stop playback using

STOP

. The number of albums is displayed in the display.

Question

What should I note when playing back different recording types (quali-

ties)?

The correct recording quality “

M1, M2, M2x, M3, M4, M6

” will automatically be

selected during playback.

For more information see the section on “Selecting the recording type (quality)” in

the chapter on “Manual recording”.

Playing an audio CD

Tip

Audio CD display

If the TV is on, the audio CD screen appears automatically.

During playback, the current track number and its elapsed playing time will show on

the TV screen and on the recorder display.

Playing an MP3 CD

Tip

MP3 CD display

If the TV is on, the MP3 CD screen appears automatically.

During playback, the current track number and its elapsed playing time will show on

the TV screen and on the recorder display.

Further information on the album, track and artist will also be displayed if included

in the ID tag.

Playback

English

(Super) Video CDs may be equipped with PBC (Play Back Control). This means that

special playback functions (menus) can be directly selected. The video CD must be PBC

compatible (see CD case). When PBC is active, no information will be shown on the

DVD recorder display.

“PBC” is active in the default settings.

Insert a (Super) Video CD.

If the “ ” symbol appears in the display, start playback by pressing

PLAY

If a menu appears on the screen, use the remote control buttons indicated on the

screen to select the menu option you want (PREV=

, NEXT=

) or with the

number buttons

0..9

If a PBC menu consists of a list of titles, you can select a title directly.

Use

RETURN

to go back to the previous menu.

Stop playback using

STOP

Tip

Additional playback features

Using

select the next or previous title.

You can also use the

TITLE/CHAP

button to select titles and albums.

Press the

TITLE/CHAP

button and use the

button to select the “T”

symbol for title or “C” for chapter.

Use the

buttons or the number buttons

0..9

on the remote control to

select the number of the title/chapter.

You can also use the repeat functions (

REPEAT

button).

Playing a (Super) Video CD

Additional playback features

If there is more than one title or chapter on a disc you can change to another title or

chapter as follows. However if there are several chapters within a title, these will be

selected. The title can then still be selected via the menu bar.

During playback, press

to go to the next title/chapter. Press

to return to

the start of the current title/chapter. Press

twice to return to the start of the

previous title/chapter.

During playback, press and hold

(reverse) or

(forwards) to switch to the

search feature. You can switch between the playback speeds using

To continue playback, press

PLAY

at your chosen location.

Changing to another title/chapter

Tip

Use the TITLE/CHAP (title/chapter) button

Press

TITLE/CHAP

(title/chapter) and then use

to select the appropri-

ate title.

Make sure the symbol “ ” (title) is selected in the menu bar.

Use

TITLE/CHAP

to select chapters within a title. Press

TITLE/CHAP

and

use

to select the “ ” symbol (chapter).

Now select the appropriate chapter with

or digit keys

0..9

Searching a disc

Problem

✘

No sound

✓

The sound is switched off in search mode. This is not a fault in your machine.

Tip

Search feature via menu bar

During playback press

SYSTEM-MENU

on the remote control. The menu bar

will appear at the top of the screen.

Select the “

” symbol using

and conﬁrm with

You can now use the

button to select different forward and backward

search speeds.

If necessary, switch the menu bar off with the

SYSTEM-MENU

button.

To continue playback, press

PLAY

Additional playback features

English

During playback, press

PAUSE

to stop playback and display a still picture.

It will proceed to a next frame when you press

PAUSE

again.

To continue playback, press

PLAY

During playback press

PAUSE

on the remote control. Now press

to switch to slow motion.

You can switch between different speeds using

To continue playback, press

PLAY

Using this feature you can select where playback should start (select elapsed time).

During playback press

SYSTEM-MENU

on the remote control. The menu bar

will appear at the top of the screen.

Select the “ ” symbol using

and conﬁrm with

Playback is stopped and a box appears on the screen showing the elapsed time.

Enter the start time with the digit keys

0..9

from where playback should start.

Conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

Playback starts at the time you entered.

Still picture

Tip

Frame advance via menu bar

During a still picture press

SYSTEM-MENU

on the remote control.

The menu bar will appear at the top of the screen.

Select the “ ” symbol using

and conﬁrm with

You can now use the

button to go forwards or backwards one frame at a

time.

If necessary, switch the menu bar off with the

SYSTEM-MENU

button.

Slow motion

Tip

Slow motion via menu bar

During playback press

PAUSE

and then

SYSTEM-MENU

on the remote

control. The menu bar will appear at the top of the screen.

Select the “

” symbol using

and conﬁrm with

You can now use the

button to select different forward and backward

slow motion speeds.

If necessary, switch the menu bar off with the

SYSTEM-MENU

button.

Search by time

Problem

✘

The time entered will ﬂash on the screen

✓

The selected title is shorter than the time entered. Enter a new time.

Additional playback features

You can mark entire sections or the whole disc for endless playback. Depending on the

type of disc (DVD video, DVD+RW, video CD) you can select a chapter, title or the

entire disc. DVD+RW and DVD+R cannot repeat an entire disc.

Select the desired chapter, title or the entire disc and start playback.

During playback, press

REPEAT

. By pressing

REPEAT

recurrently you can make

a choice from the following options:

•) “ ”: repeat chapter (DVD only)

•) “ ”: repeat track/title

•) “ ”: repeat entire disc

•) Display disappears: no repeat

To end the repeat, press the

STOP

button.

You can also keep pressing the

REPEAT

button until the displays disappear.

Repeating a passage (A-B)

To repeat or loop a sequence in a title:

Press

A-B

at your chosen starting point;

appears on screen.

Press

A-B

again at your chosen end point;

repeat appears on screen, and the repeat sequence begins.

To exit the sequence, press

A-B

DVD Discs

This shufﬂes the playing order of chapters within a title, if the title has more than one

chapter.

Press

SHUFFLE

during playback.

To return to normal playback, press

SHUFFLE

again.

Video CDs

This shufﬂes the playing order of tracks within a disc, if the disc has more than one

tracks.

Press

SHUFFLE

during playback.

To return to normal playback, press

SHUFFLE

again.

This feature plays back the ﬁrst 10 seconds of each chapter (DVD) or track (CD).

During playback, press

SCAN

After 10 seconds the DVD recorder switches to the next chapter/index. To start

playback at the relevant chapter/index press

PLAY

Repeat play

Shufﬂe

Scan feature

Additional playback features

English

If the disc contains sequences recorded from different camera angles, the angle box

appears, showing the number of available angles, and the angle being shown. You can

then change the camera angle if you wish.

Press

ANGLE

Use

to select the required angle in the angle box.

To go to any angle directly, enter the angle number using the numerical keys

0..9

After a small delay, play changes to the selected angle. The angle box remains dis-

played until multiple angles are no longer available.

The Zoom function allows you to enlarge the video image and to pan through the

enlarged image.

Press

Zoom

Press

to activate the Zoom function and select the required zoom factor;

1.33 or 2 or 4.

The recorder will go into pause mode.

The selected zoom factor appears below the Zoom icon in the system menu bar

and “

Press OK to pan

” appears below the system menu bar.

The picture will change accordingly.

Press

ENTER/OK

to conﬁrm the selection.

The panning icons appear on the screen.

Use

to pan all over the screen.

When

ENTER/OK

is pressed only the zoomed picture will be shown on the

screen.

Press to exit zoom mode.

Camera angle

Tip

You can also use this function through an on-screen menu (a system menu bar).

Zoom feature

Tip

You can access to Zoom function by an on-screen menu (a system menu bar).

Additional playback features

Many pre-recorded DVD discs have more than one audio language. The language ini-

tially selected for playback will be the one you selected when you ﬁrst set up the DVD

recorder. However you can change the audio language of the inserted disc at any time.

You can change the audio language either using the menu of the inserted disc

(

TOP MENU

button) or the

AUDIO

button. The audio languages for DVD playback

in the two menus may be different. Please note that with some DVDs the audio lan-

guage and/or subtitle language can be changed only via the DVD menu.

During playback press

AUDIO

Select the required audio language by pressing

AUDIO

repeatedly.

Play continues in the new audio language.

Many pre-recorded DVD discs have more than one subtitle language. The language ini-

tially selected for playback will be the one you selected when you ﬁrst set up the DVD

recorder.

However you can change the subtitle language of the inserted disc at any time.

The subtitle languages in the menus may differ.

During playback press

SUBTITLE

Select the required subtitle language by pressing

SUBTITLE

repeatedly.

Playback continues in the new subtitle language.

Select the audio language

Tip

You can select an audio language in an on-screen menu (a system menu bar).

Subtitles

Tip

An Access to SUBTITLE function through the on-screen menu

During playback press

SYSTEM-MENU

and select the “

” icon using

Select the required subtitle language using

SUBTITLE

. You can also

enter the number directly using the number buttons

0..9

You can switch off subtitles by pressing

or by selecting “

off

”.

Playback continues in the new subtitle language.

Tip

An Access to SUBTITLE function through the top menu of the disc

Press

TOP MENU

to go to the top menu of the disc.

Follow the disc’s instruction.

Manual recording

English

Manual recording

Use the “Manual recording” function to spontaneously start recording (e.g. to record a

TV show already in progress).

In the “index display” select the title to be overwritten or “

Empty title

” with

If you insert recordings between existing recordings, check the lengths of the old and

new recordings. If the new recording is too long the subsequent recording (title/chap-

ter) will be overwritten.

General

Question

Which discs can I use for recording?

With this DVD recorder, you can record on two types of DVD:

DVD+RW

This disc can be written to and then the contents deleted.

DVD+R

This type of disc can only be recorded once.

If you want to play this DVD in a DVD player it must be ﬁnalized using the “

Finalise

disc

” function. It is not possible to make further recordings using this disc.

If this disc is to be played in a DVD recorder it must not be ﬁnalised.

Recordings can be added and deleted. The disc space (playback time) from the

deleted recording cannot be recovered for further recordings

Tip

Insert new recordings at the end of all existing recordings (Safe Record)

To add a new recording at the end of the last recording on the disc, hold down the

REC

button until the message “SAFE REC” appears on the display.

For DVD+R discs each new recording is always added at the end of all previous

recordings as existing recordings cannot be overwritten.

End of disc is reached

If the end of a disc is reached during recording, recording will stop and the

Recorder will turn itself off automatically.

Please refer to section

“Recording without automatic switch-off”

, if you want to

manually start and stop your own recording.

If you want to start a recording manually but have it stopped automatically, read the

section

“Recording with automatic switch-off”

. (e.g. not to record to the end of

the disc)

Read the section

“Automatic recording from a satellite receiver”

, if you want a

recording to be controlled automatically by a satellite receiver.

Read the section

“Direct record”

if you want to record a programme currently

being shown.

Manual recording

Switch on the TV set and select the programme number for the DVD recorder.

Insert a disc on which the recording is to be made. This disc is then checked for

content and system. “READING” will appear on the display.

If necessary, use the

MONITOR

button on the remote control to switch to the

internal tuner in the DVD recorder.

Use

CH+

CH-

to select the programme number (station name) you want to

record. This will appear on the display:

To start recording, press

REC

on the remote control or

REC

on the DVD

recorder.

If you want to start the recording at the end of the existing recordings, hold down

the

REC

button until the message “SAFE REC” appears on the display.

For DVD+R discs each new recording is always added at the end of all previous

recordings as existing recordings cannot be overwritten.

This will, for example, appear in the display:

Recording without automatic

switch-off

Problem

✘

Index display

✓

A DVD+RW disc has been inserted that already contains recordings. Use the

button to select the point where the recording is to start.

✘

The message “EMPTYDISC” appears in the display

✓

The disc inserted is a blank DVD disc.

✘

A dialog box appears asking you whether you want to delete the

contents or eject the disc

✓

The disc inserted is a DVD+RW but its contents are not DVD video-compatible

(e.g. a data disc). Recordings on this disc can only be made if the entire disc is

ﬁrst deleted with the

REC

button.

✘

The message “

Too many titles

” appears on the screen if a record-

ing is to be made

✓

A disc may contain a maximum of 48 titles (including blank titles). Delete titles

or change the disc.

Tip

Programme numbers of the external inputs:

“

EXT1

”

Scart socket at the back

EXT 1 TO TV-I/O

“

EXT2

”

Scart socket at the back

EXT 2 AUX-I/O

“

CAM1

”

Front SVHS/audio sockets

S-VIDEO

left AUDIO right

“

CAM1

”

Front video/audio sockets A/V

S-VIDEO

left AUDIO right

Switching between the

S-VIDEO

and

VIDEO

sockets takes place auto-

matically. If both sockets are in use, the signal at the

S-VIDEO

socket has

priority.

“

CAM2

”

Digital Video (i Link) front socket

DV IN

Tip

Insert chapter markers

During recording you can mark scenes so you can ﬁnd them or hide them later.

During recording, press

EDIT

at the start point. “

Inserting chapter marker

”

appears on the TV screen. In the display, the number of the “CHAPTER” increases

by one.

For further information on titles and chapters, see the section on “Changing to

another title/chapter” in “Additional playback features”.

Manual recording

English

Use the

STOP

button on the remote control or

on the machine to stop

the recording. “MENU UPDT” will appear on the display.

The DVD recorder is writing the list of contents. Wait until the message disap-

pears from the display. The recording is then complete.

During recording press

PAUSE

, for example to avoid recording the commer-

cials.

To continue recording, press

REC

Insert a disc.

If necessary, use the

MONITOR

button on the remote control to switch to the

internal tuner in the DVD recorder.

Use

CH+

CH-

to select the programme number (channel name) you want to

record.

Press

REC

on the remote control.

Each time you press

REC

you will add 30 minutes to the recording time.

Problem

✘

The display will read “DISC ERR”

✓

Recording could not be completed correctly because of a disc error. Check the

disc and clean it if necessary.

Tip

Making recordings on DVD+R discs compatible

If you want to play back the recording on a DVD player, you need to ﬁnalise the disc

in the DVD recorder. You can prepare your DVD for use in a DVD player using the

“

Finalising

” feature. See “Finalising DVD+R discs” in “Managing the disc contents”.

Interrupt recording (Pause)

Tip

End recording

To end the recording, press the

STOP

button. Wait until “MENU UPDT” disap-

pears from the display.

Recording with automatic switch-off

(OTR one-touch-recording)

Question

How can I cancel the recording time I have just entered?

To delete an entry, press CLEAR while the display shows the recording time.

Manual recording

To ensure you don’t accidentally delete a recording you can protect the entire disc. You

can only ever protect the entire disc. You cannot protect individual recordings.

Insert the disc to be protected.

While the index screen is displayed press

STOP

on the remote control. The

ﬁrst title is highlighted.

Press

. This takes you to the disc info screen.

Press the

button.

Select the “

Protection

” line.

Conﬁrm with

Select “

Protected

” with the

button and conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

Press

and then

TOP MENU

to terminate.

The entire disc is now protected.

If an attempt is made to record on a protected disc, “DISC LOCK” will appear on the

display and “

Disc locked

” will appear on the screen.

On a recorded DVD+RW disc you can add another recording to an existing title. This

recording 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 follow the current title

depending on the length of the new recording. The recording type (Quality) will be

taken from the current title.

To play back this recording, press

SYSTEM-MENU

and use the

button to select the

“C” (Chapter) symbol. You can also use the

TITLE/CHAP

key.

For further information, see “Changing to another title/chapter” in “Additional playback

features”.

In the index display, ﬁnd the title to which the new recording is to be added.

Look at the last minute of the old recording (playback)

Press

PAUSE

on the remote control at the position where the new recording

is to go. “

” will appear on the screen.

To monitor the recording you can press

MONITOR

to switch to the internal

tuner.

Preventing accidental erasing of

discs

Question

What happens with DVD+R discs?

As long as these discs are not ﬁnalised, they can be protected against accidental era-

sure in the same way as DVD+RW discs.

Lining up recordings within a title

(assemble cut)

Question

What happens with DVD+R discs?

New recordings on “DVD+R” discs can only be added after existing recordings.

It is not possible to overwrite existing recordings on “DVD+R” discs.

Manual recording

English

Now start recording as usual by pressing

REC

on the remote control.

The new recording will be inserted.

Stop recording with

STOP

You can select the picture quality of the recording using the recording quality feature

and hence the maximum recording time per disc.

When you playback the recorded material, the adequate playback mode for the

selected recording type will apply automatically.

Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD

recorder.

Select the record mode with the button

REC MODE

on the remote control.

You can use this function if you own a satellite receiver that can control other devices

via a scart cable and a programming function (timer). For more information, please see

the operating instructions for the satellite receiver.

Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD

recorder.

Press

SYSTEM-MENU

on the remote control. The menu bar appears.

Select “ ” symbol with

Select “

Record settings

” using

and conﬁrm with

Select “

Sat record

” using

Select “

EXT2

” with

Selecting the recording type

(Quality)

Tip

Which recording types can I choose?

“

”

: High Quality offers the best picture and sound quality and a recording time

of 1 hour.

“

”

: This mode offers the best quality audio and standard play (close to pre-

recorded DVD) quality video.

“

M2x

”

: Standard Play plus (better than S-VHS quality) offers standard picture qual-

ity and a recording time of 2.5 hours.

“

”

: Long Play (S-VHS picture quality). Recording time of 3 hours.

“

”

: Extended Play (better than VHS picture quality). Recording time of 4 hours.

“

”

: Super Long Play (VHS picture quality). Recording time of 6 hours.

Can I select the recording type via a menu as well?

Press the

SYSTEM-MENU

button.

Select “ ” symbol with

Select “

Record settings

” using

and conﬁrm with

In the line “

Record mode

” select the recording type with

Conﬁrm using

ENTER/OK

and

SYSTEM

If you have selected the recording mode “

” or “

”, you can select the set-

tings “

Stndrd

” (Standard) or “

Sport

” (for rapid movements) in the “Filter

mode” line.

Automatic recording from a

satellite receiver (Sat recording)

Manual recording

Conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

Use a scart cable to connect scart socket

EXT 2 AUX-I/O

on the DVD

recorder to the corresponding scart socket on the satellite receiver.

To end, press

SYSTEM-MENU

Insert a disc you want to use for recording.

Programme the satellite receiver with the required information

(programme number of the TV channel, start time, end time).

If necessary, please see the operating instructions for your satellite receiver.

Switch off the DVD recorder using

. “SAT” also appears in the display to indi-

cate that the function is active.

The DVD recorder is now ready to record. The start and end of the recording is con-

trolled via scart cable

EXT 2 AUX-I/O

Can you record the right TV channel in seconds when the DVD recorder is switched

off? No problem. If recording is started manually, the

switched-off

DVD recorder

takes the current TV channel from the TV set via the scart cable.

You will ﬁnd more information on how to switch “Direct record” on or off in the next

section “Direct record”.

On the TV set, select the programme number you want to make the recording

from.

Press

REC

with the DVD recorder

switched off

Stop recording with

STOP

Tip

Switching off “Sat Recording”

To switch off the function, select “

Off

” using

Direct Record

Question

How does Direct Record work?

The DVD recorder compares the TV channel selected on the TV set with its stored

TV channels via the scart cable. If the same TV channel is found, it switches the

DVD recorder to the corresponding programme number and starts recording.

Please do not change channel on the TV during the search. This could affect the tun-

ing of the DVD recorder.

Problem

✘

The display will read “WAIT”

✓

The DVD recorder is comparing its saved TV channels with those of the TV set.

Please do not change the TV channel on the TV set while “WAIT” is shown in

the display.

✘

“NOTV” appears in the display

✓

This TV channel could not be found in the DVD recorder’s memory.

Check that all TV channels saved on the TV set are available on the DVD

recorder. If required, save any missing channels. Please read “Manual TV channel

search” in “Installing your DVD recorder”.

✓

Check the connectors at both ends of the scart cable.

✓

Check your TV’s operating instructions to see which scart socket is used for

video signals.

✓

If the problem persists, you won’t be able to use this feature.

Manual recording

English

Switching “Direct Record” on or off

Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD

recorder.

Press

SYSTEM-MENU

on the remote control. The menu bar appears.

Select “ ” symbol with

Select “

Record settings

” using

and conﬁrm with

Select “

Direct Record

” using

Select “

” (Direct Record on) or “

Off

” (Direct Record off) using

Conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

To end, press

SYSTEM-MENU

Switch off with

Managing the disc contents

When a recording is made to disc, the following additional information is also stored at

the beginning of the recording:

•) Name of the recording

If the TV station does not transmit a name, only the channel number and time will be

stored as the name

•) Length of the recording

•) Record type (Quality)

•) Date of the recording

•) Index picture of the recording

A marker will be set every 5-6 minutes if the “

Auto chapters

” function is activated in

the “

Record settings

” menu. This marker is known as a “chapter”.

These markers can be changed when the recording has ﬁnished.

It is also possible to add “chapters” later. This means that scenes you do not want to

see during playback, such as commercials, can be hidden or skipped. During playback

you can watch your recording as a continuous sequence without the hidden chapters.

Select from the following chapters:

In this menu you can adapt a title to suit your particular needs.

You can insert/delete chapter markers, hide chapters, select a new index, or split up a

title.

Play the title you want to edit.

Press the

EDIT

on the remote control.

The video image is overlayed with a transparent edit menu. Title and chapter

information appear in an information box at the top of the screen.

Use

(down/up cursor) to toggle through the menu’s functions.

General

Question

Can markers be set on a DVD+R disc?

Markers can be set on these discs if they have not been ﬁnalised.

“EDIT”,

to divide the title into chapters or to manage the chapters.

“Editing recording titles (name)”,

to change the recording names.

“Play complete title”,

to play the entire title including the hidden chapters.

“Delete recording/title”

to delete the relevant title and therefore also the record-

ing.

“Disc settings”

to change the general settings of the disc.

EDIT

Empty title

01:30:01

Charly 1

00:29:59•M1

Fri15/02/2003

Managing the disc contents

English

Insert chapter markers

During recording, you can set or delete chapter markers within a title.

The maximum number of chapters per disc is 124 and 99 per title. If one of these limits

is reached the following message will appear on the screen: “

Too many chapters

”. You

need to delete some markers before you can insert new ones or make recordings.

During playback, press

EDIT

on the remote control at the appropriate point. The

“

EDIT menu

” appears on the TV screen.

Conﬁrm “

Insert chapter marker

” by pressing

ENTER/OK

. “

Inserting chapter

marker

” appears on the TV screen.

To stop this function, press

EDIT

Hiding chapters

Initially, all the chapters are visible. You can hide chapters for playback (e.g. advertise-

ments) or make them visible again. In editing mode, hidden chapters are shown as

dimmed.

While the relevant chapter is playing, press

EDIT

on the remote control. The

“

EDIT menu

” appears on the TV screen.

Select “

Current chapter

” using

Using

select “

Hidden

”. The picture is shown darker.

To end, press

EDIT

During playback this chapter will be skipped.

If the chapter is not visible, select “

Visible

” in step

with

Tip

“X” will appear on the screen:

This DVD is write-protected or the disc is a ﬁnalised DVD-R. Subsequent changes

cannot be made.

Tip

How can I select different chapters?

Press the

TITLE/CHAP

button on the remote control. Titles and chapters are

displayed at the top of the screen.

Select title (T) or chapter (C) with

Use

to select the title/chapter channel you want to edit.

Tip

Switching quickly

You can switch between show chapters (“

Visible

”) and hide chapters (“

Hidden

”)

quickly and easily using

SELECT

EDIT menu

Insert chapter marker

Current chapter

Delete chapter marker

Delete all markers

New index picture

Divide title

Press OK

Visible

Press EDIT to exit

EDIT menu

Insert chapter marker

Current chapter

Delete chapter marker

Delete all markers

New index picture

Divide title

Press OK

Visible

Press EDIT to exit

Managing the disc contents

Deleting chapter markers

Within a title you can delete either all markers or individual markers.

While the relevant chapter is playing, press

EDIT

on the remote control. The

“

EDIT menu

” appears on the TV screen.

Use

to select either “

Delete chapter marker

” for this chapter or “

Delete all

markers

” for all chapters within the selected title.

Conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

To end, press

EDIT

Changing the index picture

Normally the ﬁrst picture of a recording is used as the index picture. You can however

choose any picture from the recording as the index picture.

During playback, search for location of the new index picture. Press the

PAUSE

button.

Press the

EDIT

button. The “

EDIT menu

” appears on the TV screen.

Select line “

New index picture

” and conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

Start the change with

ENTER/OK

. “

Updating menu

” appears on the TV screen.

Once the revision has been completed successfully the DVD recorder reverts to the

index overview.

Splitting titles

You can split a title into several sections (titles) of any size. Each of these sections

(titles) is identiﬁed by its own index.

Note:

This split cannot be undone.

While the relevant title is playing, press

EDIT

on the remote control. The “

EDIT

” appears on the TV screen.

Select “

Divide title

” and conﬁrm with the

ENTER/OK

button.

If you are sure, press

ENTER/OK

to start the process. “

Dividing title

” appears

on the TV screen.

Wait until the new title is displayed with an index picture in the index picture

overview.

The process of splitting the title is now complete.

Tip

How can I select different chapters?

Press the

TITLE/CHAP

button on the remote control. Titles and chapters are

displayed at the top of the screen.

Select title (T) or chapter (C) with

Use

to select the title/chapter channel you want to edit.

Question

Can I split titles on DVD+R discs?

As recordings on DVD+R discs cannot be overwritten, it is not possible to split

titles.

EDIT menu

Insert chapter marker

Current chapter

Delete chapter marker

Delete all markers

New index picture

Divide title

Press OK

Visible

Press EDIT to exit

EDIT menu

Insert chapter marker

Current chapter

Delete chapter marker

Delete all markers

New index picture

Divide title

Press OK

Visible

Press EDIT to exit

EDIT menu

Insert chapter marker

Current chapter

Delete chapter marker

Delete all markers

New index picture

Divide title

Press OK

Visible

Press EDIT to exit

Managing the disc contents

English

Some TV stations transmit the title (name) of a programme. In this case, the name will

be included automatically (e.g. “ROCKY”). Otherwise, the only the programme number

(programme name) and the time are stored as the name of the recording. The name of

the recording can only be changed after the recording has been completed.

Press the

STOP

button or during playback press

TOP MENU

Using

select the title whose name you want to edit and conﬁrm with

The menu for editing names appears.

Select “

Name

” using

and conﬁrm with

Using

select the position where the letter/number/icon is to be changed/

re-entered.

Change the icon using

. You can switch between upper and lowercase using

SELECT

. You can delete the character using

CLEAR

Repeat

and

until you have made the changes you want.

Save the new name with

ENTER/OK

. “

Storing name

” appears on the TV screen

for conﬁrmation.

To end, press

If you have hidden certain sections (chapters) of a title, this setting lets you watch the

entire title including the hidden sections. To do this, proceed as follows:

Press the

STOP

button or during playback press

TOP MENU

Using

select the title you want to play all of and conﬁrm with

. The title

editing menu will appear.

Select “

Play full title

” using

and conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

Playback starts automatically. The title is played in its entirety -including the hidden

chapters.

You can delete speciﬁc recordings from a disc. To do this, proceed as follows:

Press the

STOP

button or during playback press

TOP MENU

Using

select the title you want to delete and conﬁrm with u. The title

editing menu will appear.

3 Select “Erase this title” using v or w and conﬁrm with ENTER/OK. “This will

completely erase this title” appears on the TV screen.

4 If you want to delete this title, press ENTER/OK to conﬁrm. Otherwise press t.

5 “Erasing title” appears on the TV screen.

6 At this point “Empty title” may appears in the “index picture display”. A new

recording can now be made here.

If the deleted title was very short (less than 1 minute) “Empty title” will not

appear at this point.

Editing recording titles (name)

Playing the entire title

Deleting recordings/titles

Setting for title Charly 1

Name

Play full title

Erase this title

Charly 1

Setting for title Charly 1

Name

Play full title

Erase this title

Charly 1

Press OK

Setting for title Charly 1

Name

Play full title

Erase this title

Charly 1

Press OK

Managing the disc contents

This screen appears

before

the ﬁrst title and contains general information about the

current disc.

You can:

•) change the name of the disc

•) activate or deactivate write protection on the disc

•) Finish editing (make the disc DVD compatible)

•) ﬁnalise a DVD+R

•) delete a DVD+RW

To get to this display, proceed as follows:

Press the

STOP

button or during playback press

TOP MENU

Select the ﬁrst title with

or press

STOP

Press the

button. The disc info display will appear.

Changing the disc name

In the “Disc info display” press

. The “

Settings for

” menu appears on the TV

screen.

Select “

Disc name

” using

and conﬁrm with

Using

select the position where the letter/number/icon is to be changed/

re-entered.

Change the icon using

. You can switch between upper and lowercase using

SELECT

. You can delete the character using

CLEAR

Repeat

and

until you have made the changes you want.

Save the new title with

ENTER/OK

. “

Storing name

” appears on the TV screen

for conﬁrmation.

To end, press

Finishing editing

If one or more titles have been edited a DVD player may still display the original titles.

You can prepare your disc in such a way that a DVD player will be able to play the

edited version.

In the “Disc info display” press

. The “

Settings for

” menu appears on the TV

screen.

Select “

Make edits compatible

” using

and conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

Question

Can titles be deleted from a DVD+R disc?

Titles on DVD+R discs are only marked as deleted. “

Deleted title

” will appear in

the display instead of “

Empty title

”. During playback the “deleted” title is skipped.

The space used for this title cannot be used again as the title has not been physically

deleted. Once the disc has been ﬁnalised no further changes can be made.

Disc settings

Yamaha 1

00:35:59 used

Fri15/02/2003

PA L

DVD playback

Unlocked

Edits

Settings for Yamaha 1

Disc name

Protection

Erase disc

Make edits compatible

Yamaha1

Unprotected

Managing the disc contents

English

The screen displays “

This will take

” to show how long the process will last.

To conﬁrm press

ENTER/OK

. “

Working

” appears on the TV screen. A bar will

move from left to right indicating progress.

Finalising DVD+R discs

This feature is required to play back a DVD+R disc in a DVD player. Once the disc has

been ﬁnalised no further recordings or changes can be made.

In the “Disc info display” press

. The “

Settings for

” menu appears on the TV

screen.

Select “

Finalise disc

” using

To conﬁrm press

ENTER/OK

. “

Finalising

” appears on the TV screen. A bar will

move from left to right indicating progress.

Delete DVD+RW discs

In the “Disc info display” press

. The “

Settings for

” menu appears on the TV

screen.

Select “

Erase disc

” using

and conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

“

This will erase all titles

” appears on the TV screen. Press

ENTER/OK

to con-

ﬁrm. Otherwise press

“

Erasing disc

” appears on the TV screen.

After deletion, the index picture display shows the free space on the disc.

Problem

✘

“

Make edits compatible

” does not appear

✓

Your disc is already compatible. There is no need for conversion.

To end, press

SYSTEM-MENU

Problem

✘

“

Finalise disc

” does not appear

✓

Either there is no DVD+R disc inserted or the disc is already ﬁnalised.

To end, press

SYSTEM-MENU

✘

The “

Settings for

” menu does not appear

✓

The menu may not appear if the disc has been recorded on another DVD

recorder. In this case, use the “

Finalise disc

” feature in the “ ” menu, under

“

Disc features

”.

Settings for Yamaha 1

Disc name

Protection

Erase disc

Ya maha1

Unprotected

Press OK

Programming a recording (TIMER)

10.

Programming a recording (TIMER)

Use “Programming a recording (TIMER)”, to automatically start and stop a recording at

a later date.

The DVD recorder will switch to the right programme number and begin recording at

the correct time.

With this DVD recorder, you can pre-programme up to six recordings within a period

of one month.

To make a programmed recording, your DVD recorder needs to know:

* the date you want to make the recording

* the programme number of the TV channel

* the start and stop time of the recording

* VPS or PDC on or off

* the recording mode (“

M2x

”)

This information is saved in a “TIMER block”.

General

Question

What is “VPS/PDC”?

“VPS” (Video Programming System)/“PDC” (Programme Delivery Control) are

used to control the start and duration of TV channel recordings. If a TV programme

starts earlier or ends later than was scheduled, the DVD recorder will then turn on

and off at the correct time.

What do I need to know about “VPS/PDC”?

• Usually the start time is the same as the VPS or PDC time. If a different “VPS/

PDC time” is indicated, e.g.: “20.15 (VPS/PDC 20.14)”, the VPS/PDC time

“20.14” must be entered exactly to the minute during programming.

If you want to programme a time that is different from the VPS or PDC time,

you must switch off VPS or PDC.

• Only one TV program of a TV channel can be controlled using “VPS/PDC” at a

time. If you want to record two or more TV programmes on a TV channel using

“VPS/PDC”, you will need to programme these as two separate recordings.

• Since the DVD recorder requires a certain lead time (for getting the disc up to

speed and positioning the laser) before recording can start, it is possible that the

recorder will miss the ﬁrst few seconds of a TV show recorded with VPS/PDC.

In this case, disable VPS/PDC and enter a start time one minute earlier.

What is “FR mode”?

FR mode is used when you want to record a certain length of program but you

don’t know how much room remaining on the recording disc. By using this mode,

this unit automatically selects the best suitable recording mode for the length of the

program. You cannot select FR mode, when you set the recording timer of Mo-Fr/

Weekly, and when you set PDC/VPS on. We strongly recommend that you do not

use this function combined with VPS/PDC. In such a condition this DVD recorder

may not perform the task properly.

Programming a recording (TIMER)

English

Thanks to this programming system, you no longer need to tediously enter the date,

programme number, start and end times. All the information needed by the DVD

recorder for programming is contained in the S

HOW

IEW

programming number. This

9-digit S

HOW

IEW

number is found in most TV listings magazine.

Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD

recorder.

Press

TIMER

on the remote control.

The programming method selected last is marked.

Select “

ShowView system

” using

and conﬁrm with

Enter the entire S

HOW

IEW

number. This number is up to 9 digits long and can be

found next to the start time of the TV programme in your TV listings magazine.

e.g.: 5-312-4 or 5,312 4

Enter 53124 for the S

HOW

IEW

-number.

If you make a mistake, you can clear your instructions with

CLEAR

Conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

The decoded data appears after conﬁrmation. You can go back and change the

data. Select the appropriate input ﬁeld with

. If required, make changes

using

or the number buttons

0..9

Programming recordings with the

HOW

IEW

System

Tip

Selecting daily/weekly recordings

Using

SELECT

, select from the following options:

“

Mo-Fr

”

: Repeated daily recordings (Monday to Friday).

“

Weekly

”

: Repeated weekly recordings (every week on the same day).

Problem

✘

The following message appears on the screen: “

Please enter pro-

gramme number

”

✓

The programme number of the TV channel has not yet been assigned to the

HOW

IEW

number. Use

or the number buttons

0..9

on the remote con-

trol to select the appropriate programme number (name) of the TV channel and

conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

✘

The following message appears on the screen: “

ShowView number

wrong

”

✓

The entered S

HOW

IEW

number is incorrect. Correct your entry or cancel

using the

SYSTEM-MENU

button.

✓

Check the time/date (see “Setting the time & date” in “Installing your DVD

recorder”).

✘

The following message appears on the screen: “

Weekend program-

ming not possible

”

✓

A daily recording was entered for the wrong day. Daily programming can only be

used for recordings to be made from Monday to Friday.

Timer

Mo-Fr/Weekly

Press SELECT

To store

Press OK

ShowView system

ShowView

number

- - - - - - - - -

Timer

Mo-Fr/Weekly

Press SELECT

To store

Press OK

ShowView system

VPS Rec

Date Prog. Start PDC End Mode

01 BBC1 20:15 21:30 M2

Programming a recording (TIMER)

If all information is correct, press the

ENTER/OK

button. The programming

information is stored in a TIMER block.

To end, press

TIMER

Insert a recordable disc (one without write protection).

The disc you have inserted will be checked.

Switch the DVD recorder off with

The programmed recording will only function properly if the DVD recorder has

been

switched off

using the

button.

If any of the TIMER blocks are in use, “

TIMER

” will light up on the recorder display.

Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD

recorder.

Press

TIMER

on the remote control.

The programming method selected last is marked.

Select line “

Timer programming

” with

. and conﬁrm with the

button.

The information will appear on the screen.

Select the input ﬁeld with

Enter information with

or with the number buttons

0..9

If all information is correct, press the

ENTER/OK

button. The programming

information is stored in a TIMER block.

To end, press

TIMER

Tip

Switching on “VPS/PDC” in the “

Start

” input ﬁeld

Select the “

Start

” input ﬁeld using

. Using

SELECT

switch on “VPS/PDC” (“

”

lights up). If you press

SELECT

again, you will switch “VPS/PDC” off (“

” goes

out).

Changing the recording mode in input ﬁeld “

End

”

Select the “

End

” input ﬁeld using

Use

SELECT

to select the recording mode “

M1, M2, M2x, M3, M4, M6, FR

”.

Programming recordings without

the S

HOW

IEW

System

Tip

Selecting daily/weekly recordings

In “

Date

” use

SELECT

to select from the following options:

“

Mo-Fr

”

: Repeated daily recordings from Monday to Friday

“

Mon

”

: Repeated weekly recordings (every week on the same day, e.g. Mon-

day).

Programme numbers of the “

EXT1

” and “

EXT2”scart socket

You can also programme recordings from external sources via scart socket EXT 1

TO TV-I/O (“EXT1”) or EXT 2 AUX-I/O (“EXT2”).

Switching on “VPS/PDC” in the “Start” input ﬁeld

Select the “Start” input ﬁeld using TIMER. Using SELECT switch on “VPS/PDC”

(“*” lights up). If you press SELECT again, you will switch “VPS/PDC” off (“*” goes

out).

Changing the recording quality in input ﬁeld “End”

Select the “End” input ﬁeld using u.

Use SELECT to select the recording mode.

Timer

Mo-Fr/Weekly

Press SELECT

To store

Press OK

Timer programming

VPS Rec

Date Prog. Start PDC End Mode

01 BBC1 20:15 21:30 M1

Programming a recording (TIMER)

English

Insert a DVD (one without write protection).

The disc you have inserted will be checked.

Switch off with

The programmed recording will only function properly if the DVD recorder has

been

switched off

using the

button.

If any of the TIMER blocks are in use, “

TIMER

” will light up on the recorder display.

Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD

recorder.

Press

TIMER

on the remote control.

The programming mode selected last is marked.

Select “

Timer List

” using

and conﬁrm with

Select the programmed recording (TIMER) you want to check, change or delete

with

Press

Select the input ﬁeld with

If required, change the information with

or the number buttons

0..9

Conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

To end, press

TIMER

Switch off with

How to change or delete a

programmed recording (TIMER)

Tip

Delete programmed recording

Press the

CLEAR

button.

Conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

. “

Timer Cleared

” will brieﬂy appear on the TV

screen.

“-- ---” appears rather than the displayed values

To end, press

TIMER

Timer

To change

Press >

To exit

Press TIMER

Timer List

Total record time: 01:15

VPS Rec

Date Prog. Start PDC End Mode

01 BBC1 20:15

21:30 M1

-- ----- --:-- --:-- --

Programming a recording (TIMER)

Problem solving for programmed

recordings

PROBLEM SOLUTION

The DVD recorder is not responding

✓

While a programmed recording is being made, you cannot operate your DVD

recorder manually. If you want to cancel the programmed recording, press

“

Switch off, timer recording

” ﬂashes on the

TV screen.

✓

The DVD recorder was switched on several minutes before the start of a pro-

grammed recording. Switch off the DVD recorder using

. A programmed

recording (timer) will only function if the DVD recorder is switched off (

but-

ton).

Error message: “

Insert recordable disc

”

✓

Either a disc has not been inserted or the disc cannot be used for recording. Insert

a disc on which recordings can be made. Switch off the DVD recorder using

The error message “

Disc locked

” appears

brieﬂy on the screen.

✓

A write-protected disc has been inserted. Undo the write protection (see “Pre-

venting accidental erasing of discs” in “Manual recording”) or insert a different disc.

Error message:

“

Memory full

”

✓

If this error message appears after pressing

TIMER

, then all TIMER blocks are

already programmed. No more recordings can be programmed. Press the

button.

If you want to clear or check a programmed recording (TIMER block), select it with

The “

Data error

” message appears on the

screen.

✓

The data for the recording could not be transferred. Please check date, start time

and end time of the programmed recording.

The “

Collision

” message appears on the

screen.

✓

Tw o programmed recordings overlap.

✓

If you ignore this error message the show with the earlier start time will be

recorded ﬁrst. The start of the second show will not be recorded.

✓

Change the setting for either of the two recordings.

✓

Clear either of the two recordings

User preferences

English

11.

User preferences

In this section you will learn how to set your user preferences on the DVD recorder.

The symbols have the following meanings:

Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD

recorder.

Press

SYSTEM-MENU

on the remote control. The menu bar appears.

Select “ ” using

and conﬁrm with

Select the appropriate function with

and conﬁrm with

Select the appropriate line using

and conﬁrm with

Select the appropriate function using

or the setting with

Conﬁrm the new setting by pressing

ENTER/OK

To close the menu item, press

You can choose the following features in this menu:

“

TV shape

”

The picture signal from your DVD Recorder can be set to match your TV screen.

“

4:3 letterbox

”

: for a “wide-screen” picture with black bars at the top and bottom

“

4:3 panscan

”: for a full-height picture with the sides trimmed.

“

16:9

” : for a wide-screen TV set (screen edge ratio 16:9)

“

Black level shift

”

Adapts the colour dynamics for NTSC playback

“

Video shift

”

Use this feature to adjust the position of the picture on your TV left or right using

to suit your TV set.

“

RGB attenuation

”

Adjusts the brightness for recording when connected with RGB.

“

Video output

”

Use this setting when scart terminals are in use.

•) For RGB signals through the scart cable, select “

RGB + CVBS

”.

•) For S-video signals through the scart cable, select “

S-Video

”.

•) For CVBS signals through the scart cable, select “

CVBS only

”.

Picture setting

Sound setting

Language setting

Additional settings

Disc settings

Recording settings

Installation

Picture settings

TV shape 16:9

Black level shift Off

Video shift

RGB attenuation

Video output RGB + CVBS

Picutre

User preferences

Depending on which audio outputs are used, you can select the settings in this menu.

If you only use the analogue audio output (

AUDIO L, R

), select the settings “

Off

” in

the “

Digital output

” menu.

“

Digital output

”

For devices connected to the

DIGITAL AUDIO OUT

socket, you can select from

the following settings.

“

All

”

: Unalterned signals of Dolby Digital and DTS are fed to the digital out-

put. MPEG-2 multi-channel signals are converted to PCM (Pulse Code

Modulation).

For receivers/ampliﬁers

with digital multi-channel sound decod-

ers

“

PCM only”

: Dolby Digital and MPEG-2 multi-channel signals are converted to PCM

(Pulse Code Modulation).

For receivers/ampliﬁers

without digital multi-channel sound

decoders

“

Off”

: Digital output switched off.

For devices

with analogue audio input

“

Analogue output

”

For devices connected to the analogue audio output (

AUDIO L, R

), you can select

from the following settings.

“

Stereo

”

:For devices without DolbySurround, use this setting if the DVD

recorder is only connected to a stereo TV set.

“

Surround”

: Dolby Digital and MPEG-2 multi-channel are mixed down to a DOLBY

surround-compatible two-channel output signal. For devices

with

Dolby Surround Pro Logic decoder

“

Night mode

”

Night mode optimises the sound for playback at low volume. You are therefore less

likely to disturb your neighbours. This only works for Dolby Digital audio on DVD

video discs.

You can choose the following settings in this menu:

“

Playback audio

”

Playback audio language

“

Recording audio

”

A choice between Language I and II

“

Subtitle

”

Subtitle language

“

”

Screen menu language

“

Country

”

Automatically displays names of broadcasters in your country

Sound settings

Language settings

Digital output All

Analogue output Stereo

Night mode Off

Sound

Playback audio English

Recording audio Language I

Subtitle English

Menu Einglish

Country Others

Language

User preferences

English

You can select the following functions in this menu:

“

Status box

”

Along with the on screen menu, the OSD (On Screen Display) also displays information

on the current operating status (counter, playback, recording, TV channel, etc.) on the

TV screen.

You can switch off the information about the operating status so that the on screen dis-

play (OSD) is not recorded during copying.

“

”

: The OSD information appears in every selected mode for a few sec-

onds and disappears again.

“

Off

”

: The OSD information is switched off. It is

no longer

displayed on the

screen.

“

Standby

”

To save power, you can switch off the clock display on the DVD recorder. Programmed

(TIMER) recordings will still take place.

In addition, you can present the most important features of the DVD recorder in scroll-

ing text in the display (demo).

“

Low power

”

: If the DVD-Recorder is switched off (button

), the clock display is

also switched off.

“

Normal

”

: If the DVD-Recorder is switched off (button

), the clock display is

visible.

“

Demo mode

”

: If the DVD recorder is switched off with the

button, a list of the

most important features is shown in the display.

“

Display

”

You can change the brightness of the display on the DVD recorder. This setting only

affects the DVD recorder when it is switched on.

“

Bright

”

: The display appear with normal brightness.

“

Dimmed

”

: The display appears less bright.

“

Off

”

: The display is switched off.

Additional settings

Status box On

Standby Normal

Display Bright

Features

User preferences

In this menu you can make the changes that relate to the disc:

“

Access control

”

Please read the next chapter on “Access control (child lock)”.

“

Auto resume

”

If playback of a pre-recorded DVD video disc or video CD is interrupted (button

STOP

Open/Close

) when the disc is reloaded (disc is started) playback

starts at the precise location where it stopped. This applies not only to the current disc

but to the last 20 discs played.

This feature can be switched off if not required.

“

PBC

”

This line appears only if a VCD is loaded.

This function lets you activate or deactivate the PBC menu (Playback Control) for video

CDs.

See “Playing a (Super) Video CD”.

“

Finalise disc

”

This feature allows you to ﬁnalise DVD+R discs. If the disc has already been ﬁnalised

this line will appear darker.

“

Adapt disc format

”

If a DVD+RW has been recorded in a computer drive or in another DVD recorder the

index screen may not be displayed correctly.

This feature allows you to change the format of the disc.

It is therefore only visible if the disc format is different.

Disc feature menu

Access cntrol Enter code...

Auto resume On

Disc features

Access control (Child Lock)

English

12.

Access control (Child Lock)

This feature enables discs to be locked for children.

When Child Lock is on, a 4-digit code (PIN) needs to be entered before a disc can be

played.

You can also decide whether the inserted disc should always be played or should be

played only once, despite the child lock

•) “

Play always

”:

This disc is stored in a memory with space for 50 child-safe discs. If more than 50 discs

are stored, the last disc in the list is removed and the new disc is added. The screen

shows “Child safe” at the start of playback.

•) “

Play once

”:

This disc is only authorised for single playback. If the recorder is switched off, the PIN

code must be re-entered.

Activating/deactivating child lock

Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD

recorder.

Switch on the DVD recorder using

Press

SYSTEM-MENU

. The menu bar appears.

Select the “ ” icon using

Select “ (

Disc features

)” using

and conﬁrm with

Conﬁrm “

Access control

” using

Enter a 4-digit code of your choice. If the code is new, you may have to enter the

code a second time as conﬁrmation.

Select “

Child lock

” using

and conﬁrm with

Select the “

” icon using

Conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

Quit the feature using

and

SYSTEM-MENU

Unauthorised discs can only be played by entering the four-digit PIN code.

To deactivate the child lock, select the “

” icon in

Authorising a disc

Insert a disc. The access control box will appear after a short delay.

Using

select “

Play once

” or “

Play always

”.

Enter your PIN code using the number buttons 0..9.

Double-sided DVDs may have a different ID for each side. For these discs, each side

must be authorised. Multi-volume video CDs may have a different ID for each volume.

For these CDs, each volume must be authorised.

Child lock (DVD and VCD)

Access control (Child Lock)

Locking unlocked discs

To lock a disc that was formerly authorised follow the instructions below.

Insert a disc. Playback starts automatically. If the playback does not start automat-

ically, press

PLAY

Press the

STOP

button while the “ ” icon is visible. The icon changes to

“”. The disc is now locked.

Films on pre-recorded DVD discs may contain scenes not suitable for children. There-

fore, some discs may contain “Parental Control” rating information that applies to the

entire disc or to certain scenes on the disc.

The appropriate scenes have ﬁlter values that reach from 1-8. If such a scene is

detected during playback, the ﬁlter value set on the DVD recorder is compared to the

scene. If the ﬁlter value is higher than the setting, an alternative scene will be played (if

available).

Most DVDs apply the rating to an entire DVD. Therefore, if certain scenes exceed the

rating you select, the entire disc will be blocked from viewing.

Activating/deactivating parental level control

Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD

recorder.

Switch on the DVD recorder using

Press

SYSTEM-MENU

. The menu bar appears.

Select the “ ” icon using

Select “ (

Disc features

)” using

and conﬁrm with

Conﬁrm “

Access control

” using

Enter a 4-digit code of your choice. If the code is new, you may have to enter the

code a second time as conﬁrmation.

Select the “

Parental level

” using

and conﬁrm with

. A bar appears to

select the parental level.

Select the appropriate rating using

or the number buttons

0..9

Conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

. Quit using

and

SYSTEM-MENU

Parental level control (DVD video

only)

Tip

What do the ratings mean?

Rating 0 (displayed as “--”) parental control not active.

Rating 1 (suitable for children)

Rating 8 (only suitable for adults)

What happens if a DVD scene contains a higher level than the rating set?

If the recorder does not ﬁnd a suitable alternative, playback will stop and you must

enter the four-digit code.

Access control Enter code . . .

Auto resume On

Disc features

Access control (Child Lock)

English

Changing the country

The set ﬁlter values depend on the respective country. It is therefore necessary to

enter the country to which these ﬁlter values apply.

Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD

recorder.

Switch on the DVD recorder using

Press

SYSTEM-MENU

. The menu bar appears

Select the “ ” icon using

Select line “ (

Disc features

)” using

and conﬁrm with

Conﬁrm the line “

Access control

” using

Enter your four-digit code. If the code is new, you may have to enter the code a

second time as conﬁrmation.

Select “

Change country

” using

and conﬁrm with

Select the corresponding country using

and conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

To end, press

and then

SYSTEM-MENU

Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD

recorder.

Switch on the DVD recorder using

Press

SYSTEM-MENU

. The menu bar appears

Select the “ ” icon using

Select “ (

Disc features

)” using

and conﬁrm with

Conﬁrm “

Access control

” using u.

7 Enter your four-digit PIN code. If the code is new, you may have to enter the code

a second time as conﬁrmation.

8 Select “Change code” using v or w and conﬁrm with u.

9 Enter the new code using the number buttons 0..9. Enter the same code again as

conﬁrmation.

0 Quit using t and SYSTEM-MENU.

Changing the PIN code

Tip

I have forgotten my code

Press STOP four times (step 7), then press ENTER/OK. Access control is

now switched off. You can now enter a new code as described above.

Access control Enter code . . .

Auto resume On

Disc features

Access control Enter code . . .

Auto resume On

Disc features

Before you call an engineer

13.

Before you call an engineer

If you have any problems using this DVD recorder, the reason may be one of the follow-

ing. You can also call the

customer service centre

in your country.

If the problem is not listed below, or if the instructions fail to help, turn off the power

to the unit, disconnect the power cable, and contact the nearest authorized YAMAHA

dealer or service center.

PROBLEM SOLUTION

Your recorder does not respond to any

button being pressed and the display shows

“IS TV ON?”:

✓

Recorder in initial installation mode: Switch on the TV, switch over to the DVD

recorder socket. Now the menu for language selection should appear. Please read

paragraph “Initial Installation” in the chapter “Installing your DVD Recorder”.

The device does not react when you press a

button, although the remote control

works:

✓

“Dealer-Mode” is switched on: All buttons on the front of the set are locked.

Switch off the function:

Pull out the mains plug from the wall outlet.

Press and hold down

and

(

Open/Close)

and put back the mains plug into

the wall outlet.

As soon as the time or “--:--” appears in the display (ca. 6 - 10 seconds), release

and

(

Open/Close)

Your DVD recorder does not respond to

any button being pressed:

✓

There is no power supply: check the power supply

✓

A programmed recording (Timer) is currently being made: If desired, cancel the

programmed recording (Timer) with

✓

There is a technical problem: disconnect from the mains power supply for 30 sec-

onds, then connect again.

If this doesn’t help, you can reset your DVD recorder to the default factory set-

tings.

Resetting the machine to the default

factory settings:

✓

Important:

All the information stored (TV channels, time and date, TIMER) will be lost.

Disconnect from the mains power supply.

Press and hold down the

button on the device and reconnect to the mains

power supply.

Release the

button when “IS TV ON?” appears on the display. All the infor-

mation stored (TV channels, time and date, TIMER) will be lost.

Please read paragraph “Initial Installation” in the chapter “Installing your DVD

Recorder”.

Remote control does not work:

✓

Remote control not pointed toward the DVD recorder: Point the remote control

at the machine.

See if the “o(((” appears on the display brieﬂy each time you press a remote control

button. If it does, the Recorder is receiving information from the remote correctly.

✓

There is a technical problem: Take out the batteries, wait for 10 seconds and put

them in again.

✓

Batteries are ﬂat: Change the batteries.

No playback on DVD recorder:

✓

There is no recording on the disc: Change disc.

✓

You inserted the wrong disc type: Your recorder can play back the following disc

types: DVD Video, (Super) Video CD, DVD+R(W), Audio CD, MP3-CD’s

✓

You inserted the disc the wrong way: Insert the disc with the label facing upwards

✓

Disc is dirty: Clean the disc

✓

Wrong region code: The region code of the DVD and the DVD recorder must

match.

✓

Parental control is on: Read chapter “Access control (child lock)”

✓

You have selected the wrong programme number for the DVD recorder on the TV:

on the TV, select the correct programme number for the DVD recorder.

✓

The cable connecting the TV set and the DVD recorder has come loose: check the

cable.

Before you call an engineer

English

I cannot playback (Super) Video CDs

✓

It is possible that this (Super) Video CD contains a menu and the “PBC” is switched

off. You can see this in status ﬁeld “

PBC OFF

”. To activate this function, proceed as

follows:

Press

SYSTEM-MENU

while the (Super) Video-CD is inserted.

Select “ ” using

Select line “

Features

” using

and conﬁrm with

Select “

” in line “

PBC

” using

Conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

and end with

SYSTEM-MENU

Poor playback on DVD recorder: (distorted

picture/distorted sound)

✓

Your TV set is not properly adjusted.

✓

Disc is dirty: Clean the disc

✓

Sometimes the picture may be temporarily distorted. This is not a defect of your

DVD recorder.

No recording possible:

✓

The TV channel you want to record is not stored or you selected the wrong pro-

gramme number:

Check TV channels stored.

✓

Disc write-protected (recording protected): Remove write-protection or change

the disc. For more information, please see “Preventing accidental erasing of discs”

in chapter “Manual Recording”.

✓

An already ﬁnalised DVD+R has been inserted: Change disc.

Programmed recording does not work:

✓

You have programmed the wrong time or date: Check time/date.

✓

You have not set the TIMER properly: Check the programmed recordings (TIMER

block).

✓

Locked disc inserted: Remove disc lock.

✓

An already ﬁnalised DVD+R has been inserted: Change disc.

✓

“VPS/PDC” switched on but “VPS/PDCtime” wrong: Enter “VPS/PDC” time exactly

to the minute.

Check the aerial.

The wrong TV channel was decoded

(entered) after you programmed a

recording using S

HOW

IEW

System.

Enter the S

HOW

IEW

programming number of the TV channel you want.

Conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

Check the programme number/channel name in the “

Prog.

” input ﬁeld.

If this does not correspond to the desired TV channel, select the input ﬁeld and

change the programme number/channel name.

Conﬁrm with

ENTER/OK

There is picture or sound interference on

TV reception:

✓

Have your aerial checked.

✓

You will ﬁnd information on how to change the TV system in “Manual TV channel

search” in “Installing your DVD recorder”.

Distorted sound coming from a connected

hi-ﬁ ampliﬁer

✓

The DVD recorder is connected to the “Phono-input” of your ampliﬁer: This socket

is provided only for record players without a preampliﬁer. Select a different audio

input.

The picture is distorted or black-and-white

during playback

✓

The TV system of the disc does not match that of your TV set (PAL/NTSC).

✓

The recording can be made in colour only when the TV channels or the connected

additional device send a colour signal. Black-and-white signals containing no color

information (colour subcarriers) cannot be recorded.

No sound signal at the digital output

✓

Check whether the sound settings match the selected inputs and connected addi-

tional devices.

PROBLEM SOLUTION

Before you call an engineer

A DVD+RW disc cannot be played on

certain DVD players

✓

If a recording is too short, it is possible that a DVD player cannot detect it: Please

observe the following “Minimum recording times”:

Recording mode “

”: 5 minutes, “

”: 10 minutes, “

M2x

”: 13 minutes, “

”: 15

minutes, “

”: 20 minutes, “

”: 30 minutes

✓

Some DVD players cannot play back DVD+RW recordings. You can solve this prob-

lem by using a special function:

Open the disc tray with

(

Open/Close)

. Insert the disc but do not close the

tray.

Hold down the number button

on the remote control until the tray closes.

The disc is modiﬁed.

If this fails to produce the desired result, repeat the procedure using the number

button

on the remote control.

You can restore the disc to its original condition by pressing

Warning!

There is a risk that you can no longer play the disc on other DVD players after this

procedure.

Therefore, apply this function with particular care.

Other disc errors

✓

If it is impossible to play back a disc, you can try and repair it for new recordings

using the following function. This will only prepare the disc for erasing. It will not be

erased, however, until the recording has been completed.

Clean the disc

Open the disc tray with

(

Open/Close)

. Insert the disc but do not close the

tray.

Hold down

CLEAR

on the remote control until the tray closes. The disc is pre-

pared for erasing.

Start recording as with an empty disc.

PROBLEM SOLUTION

Appendix

English

Appendix

Your DVD recorder remote control can transmit several commands to TV sets of dif-

ferent brands.

The following keys will operate the TV set:

- VOL +

increase TV volume

- VOL -

decrease TV volume

- MUTE

mute TV

Some other keys normally operate the DVD recorder, but will operate the TV set when

you keep

TV SHIFT

pressed:

- CH +

next TV programme number

- CH -

previous TV programme number

- 0..9

choose TV channel

switch TV set to standby

If your TV set does not respond to the remote control, you can re-programme your

remote control. Below you will ﬁnd a list of all available remote control codes for vari-

ous TV brands. The following procedure re-programmes your remote control:

Look up the set-up code for your TV set in the code list in the following page.

Press and hold the

and

simultaneously for at least 3 seconds.

Release both keys.

Enter, within 30 seconds, the correct four-digit code with the digit keys

0..9

If the selected code does not work with your TV set, or if the brand of your TV

set is not in the list, try out the codes one after the other.

Using DRX-2 remote control for

your TV set

Appendix

Remote control set-up

codes for television

Abex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1066

Admiral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013, 1028, 1075

Aiko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012

Akai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005

Alaron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1022

American Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023

Anam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023, 1079

AOC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003, 1005, 1048

Audiovox . . . . . . . . . . . 1012, 1023, 1027, 1029

Baysonic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023

Belcor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003

Bell & Howell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1016, 1075

Bradford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023

Brocksonic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1024, 1028

Brockwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003

Candle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005, 1009

Carnivale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005

Carver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000

Celebrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1001

Cineral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012, 1027

Citizen . . . . . . . .1005, 1009, 1010, 1012, 1044,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1046, 1064

Concerto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009

Contec. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023, 1063, 1065

Craig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023

Crosley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000

Crown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023, 1064

Curtis Mathes . . . . . . 1000, 1005, 1006, 1007,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1009, 1010, 1013, 1014, 1016,

. . . . . . . . . 1019, 1027, 1034, 1036, 1046, 1064

CXC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023

Daewoo . . . . . . . . . . . .1003, 1012, 1027, 1029,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1030, 1064

Daytron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003, 1064

Denon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1014

Dumont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1002, 1003

Electroband . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1001

Electrohome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1079

Emerson. . . . . . 1003, 1016, 1021, 1022, 1023,

. . . . . . . . .1024, 1026, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1044,

. . . . . . . . . 1045, 1063, 1064, 1067, 1068, 1069

Envision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005

Fisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1016, 1055, 1056

Fujitsu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1022, 1032

Funai. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020, 1022, 1023

Futuretech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023

GE . . . . . . . . . . .1004, 1006, 1007, 1013, 1021,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1026, 1027, 1034, 1036, 1047,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1060, 1061, 1062, 1079

Gibralter . . . . . . . . . . . 1002, 1003, 1005, 1063

Goldstar. . . . . . . . . . . .1003, 1005, 1009, 1021,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1064, 1066

Gradiente. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1008, 1009

Grundy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1064

Grunpy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1022, 1023

Hallmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1021

Hardvard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023

Harley Davison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1022

Harman Kardon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000

Hitachi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009, 1014, 1063, 1065

Inﬁnity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000, 1077

Inteq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1002

JBL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000, 1077

JCB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1001

JVC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1008, 1060, 1063, 1065

JVC RMC383. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1043

KEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023

Kenwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003, 1005

Kloss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1057, 1058, 1059

KTV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005, 1023, 1044, 1064

LG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009

Loewe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1077

Luxman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009

LXI. . . . . . 1000, 1006, 1016, 1017, 1021, 1077

Magnavox. . . . . . . . . . . 1000, 1005, 1022, 1049,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1050, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1077

Marantz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000, 1005, 1077

Matsushita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1025

Megatron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1014, 1021

Memorex. . . . . . . . . . . 1009, 1015, 1016, 1021,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1025, 1028, 1075

MGA . . . . . . . . . 1003, 1005, 1015, 1021, 1056

Midland . . 1002, 1006, 1007, 1060, 1064, 1066

Minutz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004

Mitsubishi . . . . . 1003, 1013, 1015, 1021, 1056

Motorola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013, 1079

MTC . . . . . . . . . 1003, 1005, 1009, 1010, 1046

Multitech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019, 1023

NAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1017, 1021

NEC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003, 1005, 1009, 1079

Nikko. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005, 1012, 1021

NTC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012

Onwa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023

Optimus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1016, 1019, 1025

Optonica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013, 1018

Orion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1022, 1024, 1028

Panasonic. . . . . . 1007, 1025, 1060, 1077, 1079

Penney . . . . . . . 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009, 1010, 1017, 1021, 1036,

. . . . . . . . . 1046, 1060, 1063, 1064, 1066, 1076

Philco. . . . 1000, 1003, 1005, 1014, 1028, 1049,

. . . . . . . . . 1057, 1058, 1059, 1059, 1077, 1079

Philips . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000, 1049, 1050, 1057,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1058, 1063, 1073, 1077, 1079

Pilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003, 1005, 1064

Pioneer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019, 1031

Price Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1046

Portland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003, 1012, 1064

Prism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1007, 1060

Proscan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1006

Proton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1021, 1063

Pulsar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1002, 1003

Quasar. . . . . . . . 1007, 1018, 1025, 1060, 1079

Radio Shack. . . . . . . . . 1003, 1005, 1006, 1009,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1016, 1018, 1021, 1023, 1063,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1064, 1066

RCA. . . . . . . . . . 1003, 1006, 1007, 1011, 1013,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037,

. . . . . . . . . 1038, 1048, 1052, 1071, 1072, 1079

Realistic . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003, 1005, 1009, 1016,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1018, 1021, 1023, 1063, 1064

Runco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1002, 1005

Sampo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1005, 1064, 1066

Samsung . . . . . . 1003, 1005, 1009, 1010, 1021,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1046, 1063, 1064, 1066, 1078

Samsunx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1064

Sansei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1027

Sansui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1028

Sanyo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1016, 1055

Scimitsu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1003

Scotch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1021, 1063

Scott . . . . . . . . . 1003, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024

Sears . . . . 1000, 1006, 1009, 1016, 1017, 1020,

. . . . . . . . 1021, 1022, 1053, 1055, 1056, 1065

Semivox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1023

Semp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1017

Sharp . . . . 1013, 1018, 1031, 1051, 1063, 1064

Shogun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1003

Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1075

Sony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1001, 1042

Sounddesign . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1021, 1022, 1023

Squareview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1020

SSS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1003, 1023

Starlite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1023

Supreme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1001

Sylvania . . . . . . . 1000, 1005, 1049, 1050, 1054,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1058, 1059, 1077

Symphonic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1020

Tandy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1013

Tatung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1079

Technics. . . . . . . . . . . . .1007, 1025, 1060, 1063

Technol Ace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1022

Techwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1007, 1009, 1060

Teknika . . . . . . . 1000, 1003, 1009, 1010, 1012,

. . . . . . . . 1015, 1022, 1023, 1046, 1064, 1065

Telecaption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1074

Telefunken. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1009

Thomson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1039

TMK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1009, 1021

Toshiba . . . . . . . 1010, 1016, 1017, 1040, 1041,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1046, 1054, 1070, 1074

Totevision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1064

Vector Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1005

Victor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1008

Vidikron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1000

Vidtech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1003, 1021

Wards . . . . . . . 1000, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1009,

. . . . . . . . 1018, 1021, 1022, 1049, 1050, 1054,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1057, 1058, 1075, 1077

White_Westinhouse. . . . . . . .1029, 1028, 1030

Yamaha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1003, 1005

Zenith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1002, 1012, 1028

Appendix

English

Disc Formats Supported

Disc type Playback Recording

DVD+RW • •

DVD+R • •

DVD-RW (Video mode) • –

DVD-R • –

DVD-Video • –

Super Video CD • –

Video CD • –

Audio CD • –

CD-R • –

CD-RW • –

Recordable Disc Formats

Medium

DVD+RW: Phase-Change ReWritable

DVD+R: dye-based

Diameter 12 cm

Capacity (single side) 4.7 Gbyte

Recording time M1 60’ 9.72 Mbit/s

M2 120’ 5.07 Mbit/s

M2x 150’ 4.06 Mbit/s

M3 180’ 3.38 Mbit/s

M4 240’ 2.54 Mbit/s

M6 360’ 1.69 Mbit/s

TV Standard PAL/SECAM NTSC

Scan Frequency 50Hz 60Hz

Number of lines 625 525

Playback • •

Recording • •

Internal tuner • –

Video RESOLUTION 50Hz 60Hz

DVD-Video/DVD+RW/DVD+R (M1/M2/M2x)

-Horiz. Resolution 720 pixels1 720 pixels

-Vertical Resolution 576 lines 480 lines

DVD+RW/DVD+R (M3/M4/M6)

-Horiz. Resolution 360 pixels2 360 pixels

-Vertical Resolution 576 lines 480 lines

VCD

-Horiz. Resolution 352 pixels 352 pixels

-Vertical Resolution 288 lines 288 lines

1 equivalent to 500 lines on your TV

2 equivalent to 250 lines on your TV

Video Performance

DA Converter 10-bit

AD Converter 9-bit

Signal handling Components

Video Output 1 Vpp into 75 Ohm

S-video Output Y: 1 Vpp into 75 Ohm

C: 0.300 Vpp into 75 Ohm

RGB Output 0.7 Vpp into 75 Ohm

Audio format

Compressed Digital Playback Recording

-Dolby Digital Multi-channel 2-channel

(AC-3) 16-bit, fs 48 kHz

-DTS Multi-channel –

-MPEG1 2-channel –

SPdif

-PCM 2-channel 2-channel

16, 20, 24 bit 16-bit, fs 48 kHz

fs 48 kHz

Audio Performance

DA Converter 24-bit

AD Converter 16-bit

DVD fs 96 kHz 4 Hz - 44 kHz

fs 48 kHz 4 Hz - 22 kHz

Video CD fs 44.1 kHz 4 Hz - 20 kHz

Audio CD fs 44.1 kHz 4 Hz - 20 kHz

Front Connections

i.LINK DV IEEE 1394 4-pin

S-video Input Hosiden 4-pin

Video Input Cinch (yellow)

Audio Left/Right Input Cinch (white/red)

Rear Connections

scart 1 CVBS, S-video/RGB-out, Decoder

scart 2 CVBS, S-video/RGB-in, Decoder

S-video Output Hosiden 4-pin

Video Output Cinch (yellow)

Audio Left/Right Output Cinch (white/red)

Digital Audio Output 1 coaxial, 1 optical

IEC958 for CDDA / LPCM

IEC1937, Dolby Digital, DTS

RF Antenna Input Coaxial 75 ohms

RF TV Output Coaxial 75 ohms

Mains Standard (IEC type)

Power Supply

Power Inlet 220-240 V, 50 Hz

Power consumption Operation 27 W

Low-power Standby 3 W

Cabinet

Dimensions (w x h x d) 435 x 82 x 347 mm

Net Weight 4.0 kg

Operating environment

Operating position maximum 10 degree inclination in

all directions

Ambient temperature 15 C - 35 C

Humidity 25% - 75%

Speciﬁcations

Documenttranscriptie

DRX-2_G.book Page 1 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM G DVD Recorder Enregistreur DVD DRX-2 OWNER’S MANUAL MODE D’EMPLOI BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG BRUKSANVISNING MANUALE DI ISTRUZIONI MANUAL DE INSTRUCCIONES GEBRUIKSAANWIJZING ® DRX-2_G.book Page i Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM General information Laser safety This unit employs a laser.To prevent possible eye injury, only a qualified service person should remove the cover or attempt to service this device. CAUTION Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure. ATTENTION L’emploi de commandes, de réglages ou un choix de procédures différents des spécifications de cette brochure peut entraîner une exposition à d’éventuelles radiations pouvant être dangereses. CAUTION VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION.WHEN OPEN AVOID EXPOSURE TO BEAM ADVARSEL SYNLIG OG USYNLIG LASERSTRÅLING VED ÅBNING UNDGÅ UDSÆTTELSE FOR STRÅLING ADVARSEL SYNLIG OG USYNLIG LASERSTRÅLING NÅR DEKSEL ÅPNES UNNGÅ EKSPONERING FOR STRÅLEN VARNING SYNLIG OCH OSYNLIG LASERSTRÅLNING NÄR DENNA DEL ÄR ÖPPNAD BETRAKTA EJ STRÅLEN VARO!AVATTAESSA OLET ALTTIINA NÄKYV¨ALLE JA NÄKYMÄTTÖMÄLLE LASER SÄTEILYLLE. ÄLÄ KATSO SÄTEESEEN VORSICHT SICHTBARE UND UNSICHTBARE LASERSTRAHLUNG WENN ABDECKUNG GEÖFFNET NICHT DEM STRAHL AUSSETSEN DANGER VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION.WHEN OPEN AVOID DIRECT EXPOSURE TO BEAM ATTENTION RAYONNEMENT LASER VISIBLE ET INVISIBLE EN CAS D’OUVERTURE EXPOSITION DANGEREUSE AU FAISCEAU NEVER MAKE OR CHANGE CONNECTIONS WITH THE POWER ON. ACHTUNG Die Verwendung von Bedienungselementen oder Einstellungen oder die Durchführung von Bedienungsvorgängen, die nicht in dieser Anleitung aufgeführt sind, kann zu einem Kontakt mit gefährlichen Laserstrahlen führen. OBSERVERA The DVD recorder is in conformity with the EMC directive and low-voltage directive. CAUTION ONLY QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL SHOULD REMOVE THE COVER OR ATTEMPT TO SERVICE THIS DEVICE. Användning av kontroller och justeringar eller genomförande av procedurer andra än de som specificeras i denna bok kan resultera i att du utsätter dig för farlig strålning. ® ATTENZIONE Uso di controlli o regolazioni o procedure non specificamente descritte può causare l’esposizione a radiazioni di livello pericoloso. SHOWVIEW is a registered trademark of Gemstar Development Corporation.The SHOWVIEW system is manufactured under licence from Gemstar Development Corporation. PRECAUCIÓN El uso de los controles o los procedimientos de ajuste o utilización diferentes de los especificados en este manual pueden causar una exposición peligrosa a la radiación. VOORZICHTIG Gebruik van bedieningsorganen of instellingen, of uitvoeren van handelingen anders dan staan beschreven in deze handleiding kunnen leiden tot blootstelling aan gevaarlijke stralen. Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories.“Dolby”, “Pro Logic ”and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.Confidential Unpublished Works. ©1992-1997 Dolby Laboratories,Inc.All rights reserved. “DTS” and “DTS Digital Out” are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. LASER Type InGaAlP semiconductor laser (DVD) AlGaAs semiconductor laser (CD) Wavelength 660 nm (DVD) 780 nm (CD) Output Power 20 mW (DVD writing) (out of objective)0.8 mW (DVD reading) 0.3 mW (CD reading) Beam divergence82 degrees (DVD) 54 degrees (CD) CAUTION: Visible and invisible laserradiation This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U.S.patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation.Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited. CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT when open. Avoid exposure to beam. CAUTION: Visible and invisible laserradiation when open. Avoid exposure to beam. i General information English DRX-2_G.book Page ii Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Caution Read this before operating your unit. 1 To assure the finest performance, please read this manual carefully. Keep it in a safe place for future reference. 2 The recommended operating temperature range for the Recorder is from 15˚C-35˚C (Celsius). Exceeding these ranges may cause unstable recording results. Do not expose this unit to sudden temperature changes from cold to hot, nor locate this unit in an environment with high humidity (i.e., a room with a humidifier) to prevent condensation inside this unit, which may cause an electrical shock, fire, damage to this unit, and/or personal injury. 3 Locate this unit away from other electrical appliances, motors, or transformers to avoid humming sounds. 4 Install this unit in a well ventilated, cool, dry, clean place — away from direct sunlight, heat sources, vibration, dust, moisture, or cold. In a cabinet, allow about 2.5cm (1 inch) of free space all around this unit for adequate ventilation. 5 Avoid installing this unit in a location where foreign objects may fall onto this unit or where this unit may be exposed to liquid dripping or splashing. On the top of this unit, do not place: 17 Before moving this unit, press STANBY/ON to set the unit in standby mode, then disconnect the AC power plug from the wall outlet. The unit is not disconnected from the AC power source as long as it is connected to the wall outlet, even if this unit itself is turned off.This state is called the standby mode.In this state, this unit is designed to consume a very small quantity of power. – Other components, as they may cause damage and/or discoloration on the surface of this unit. – Burning objects (i.e., candles), as they may cause fire, damage to this unit, and/or personal injury. – Containers with liquid in them, as they may fall, spilling the liquid and causing an electrical shock to the user and/or damage to this unit. 6 Do not cover this unit with a newspaper, tablecloth, curtain, etc. in order not to obstruct heat radiation. If the temperature inside this unit rises, it may cause fire, damage to this unit, and/or personal injury. 7 Do not plug in this unit to a wall outlet until all connections are complete. 8 Do not operate this unit upside-down. It may overheat, possibly causing damage. 9 Do not use excessive force on switches, knobs and/or cords. 10 When disconnecting the power cord from the wall outlet, grasp the plug; do not pull the cord. 11 Do not clean this unit with chemical solvents; this might damage the finish. Use a clean, dry cloth. 12 Use only the voltage specified on this unit. Using this unit with a higher voltage than specified is dangerous and may cause fire, damage to this unit, and/or personal injury. YAMAHA will not be held responsible for any damage resulting from use of this unit with a voltage other than as specified. 13 To prevent damage by lightning, disconnect the power cord from the wall outlet during an electrical storm. 14 Do not attempt to modify or fix this unit. Contact qualified YAMAHA service personnel when any service is needed. The cabinet should never be opened for any reason. 15 When not planning to use this unit for long periods of time (i.e., vacation), disconnect the AC power plug from the wall outlet. 16 Be sure to read the “Before you call an engineer” section on common operating errors before concluding that this unit is faulty. General information ii DRX-2_G.book Page iii Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Features Digital Home Cinema Introducing YAMAHA DVD recorder in your home theater environment! Dolby Digital and DTS are supported.You can enjoy super dynamic theatrical sound by connecting to AV receiver/amplifier. Dolby Digital Dolby Laboratories standard for transmitting 5.1 channels. Five full-value channels are transmitted in this acoustic playback system. A further channel is used for low frequencies (effects). The loudspeakers are arranged front left, front middle, front right, rear left and rear right. This system is currently the most common system and is used in cinemas. With this DVD recorder each sound track in 2-channel Dolby Digital is recorded onto a DVD+RW. DTS digital out Linear PCM Audio Recording Six Recording Modes Six Hours of Recording Time Fit to Space Recording ® M1 & M2 recording modes offer high quality picture and sound enabled by linear PCM recording. You have six recording modes to choose from: M1, M2, M2x, M3, M4, M6. Select the one best suited for your need. You can record up to six hours in M6 recording mode. Your DVD recorder calculates the best suitable bit rates from your programmed recording time and an available disc space. Simple programming system for DVD recorders. Simply enter the programming number associated with your television programme.You will find this number in your favorite listings magazine. Safe Record Normally a recording is made at the current disc position. This is the same as for a video cassette, in the middle of the tape for example. By holding down the REC S button, the recording will be made at the end of all the other recordings to avoid overwriting previous recordings. New recordings on DVD+R discs are always added after all existing recordings. Direct Record At the touch of a button your DVD recorder, even though it is switched off, will check which channel is currently playing on your television and record it. Automatic SATELLITE Recording Index Picture Screen EDIT iii Transmission standard for 5.1 channels from Digital Theatre Systems Inc. This is the second most wide-spread system after Dolby Digital. Recordings made on your DVD recorder can be controlled from an external satellite receiver. This screen tells you what’s on the disc. Each index screen represents a recording. On the right hand side of the screen you can also see a disc indicator that shows the position and length of the current recording on the disc in a graphic format.You can choose and make your own index pictures from the title. DVD makes it so easy to delete titles, split titles, insert chapters automatically and manually, and do many more things. It enables you to simply delete commercials and unwanted scenes. General information English DRX-2_G.book Page iv Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Many Playable Disc Types The following types of disc are supported: DVD-Video, DVD-R, DVD-RW (when recorded in video mode), CD, SVCD,VCD, CD-R, and CD-RW. Your DVD recorder can play back pre-recorded DVDs and CDs. DVDs recorded using this DVD recorder can be played back on current and future DVD players. MP3-CD PLAYBACK ID3 Tag MP3 files are highly compressed music files. The data is compressed to 1/10 of the volume of the original audio material using a special process. This means that 10 hours of music can be stored on a single CD. These music CDs can be played on this machine. When playing MP3, your DVD recorder will display on TV the name of the albums, tracks, and artists if ID3 Tag information is recorded on the disc. This connector is also known as a “FireWire” or “IEEE 1394”. This connector is used to transmit wide digital broadband signals that are used for digital video camcorders. Using this connector, you can so easily capture and save video onto DVD from your digital video camera. RGB Component Video Input Using your DVD recorder you can record from an RGB source such as a satellite receiver using a SCART input (EXT 2 AUX-I/O socket).Video signals for the colours R (Red), G (Green) and B (Blue) are transmitted via separate channels. This reduces the interference that occurs with standard video cables. Easy Link Yamaha provides the best possible connection between your DVD recorder and other home cinema equipment. FOLLOW TV This function automatically transfers all the television channel settings onto your DVD recorder via the scart cable (EXT 1 TO TV-I/O socket). General information iv DRX-2_G.book Page 1 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Table of contents A quick preview ............................3 The remote control.................................................................................3 Additional TV functions ..........................................................................4 Front of the device ..................................................................................5 Back of the unit.........................................................................................6 The symbols on your DVD recorder display ....................................7 Messages in the DVD recorder display...............................................7 1. Introduction .............................9 Common questions .................................................................................9 Discs you can use.................................................................................. 10 Regional code ......................................................................................... 11 Accessories............................................................................................. 11 Cleaning the discs.................................................................................. 11 2. Connecting your DVD recorder.......................................12 Preparing the remote control ............................................................ 12 Connection notes.................................................................................. 12 Connecting your antenna .................................................................... 12 Connecting your DVD recorder to the TV.................................... 13 Connecting with a SCART cable and “Easy Link” ......................... 14 Connecting cable without “Easy Link” ............................................. 15 Connecting AV equipment to the EXT 2 AUX-I/O SCART socket....................................................................................................... 17 Connecting your camcorder .............................................................. 18 3. Connecting an AV receiver ..19 Basic playback connections ................................................................. 19 Surround sound connections ............................................................. 20 Recording connections ........................................................................ 21 Power supply.......................................................................................... 22 Switching on ........................................................................................... 22 4. Installing your DVD recorder.......................................23 Initial installation .................................................................................... 23 Using a satellite receiver...................................................................... 25 Allocating a decoder............................................................................. 25 Manual TV channel search................................................................... 26 Sorting TV channels automatically (Follow TV) ............................. 27 Automatic TV channel search ............................................................ 28 Adding and clearing TV channels manually...................................... 29 Setting the language/country............................................................... 30 Setting the time and date..................................................................... 31 1 5. On-screen information......... 32 Symbols in the menu bar ..................................................................... 32 Field for temporary messages ............................................................ 32 Status field............................................................................................... 33 Tuner information box ........................................................................ 34 Timer information box ........................................................................ 34 6. Playback................................. 35 General notes on playback.................................................................. 35 Inserting a disc ....................................................................................... 35 Playing a DVD video disc..................................................................... 36 Playing a DVD+RW/ +R disc.............................................................. 36 Playing an audio CD.............................................................................. 37 Playing an MP3 CD................................................................................ 37 Playing a (Super) Video CD ................................................................ 38 7. Additional playback features ....................................... 39 Changing to another title/chapter ..................................................... 39 Searching a disc...................................................................................... 39 Still picture.............................................................................................. 40 Slow motion ........................................................................................... 40 Search by time........................................................................................ 40 Repeat play.............................................................................................. 41 Shuffle....................................................................................................... 41 Scan feature ............................................................................................ 41 Camera angle.......................................................................................... 42 Zoom feature ......................................................................................... 42 Select the audio language .................................................................... 43 Subtitles ................................................................................................... 43 8. Manual recording.................. 44 General .................................................................................................... 44 Recording without automatic switch-off ......................................... 45 Interrupt recording (Pause) ................................................................ 46 Recording with automatic switch-off (OTR one-touch-recording) ............................................................... 46 Preventing accidental erasing of discs............................................... 47 Lining up recordings within a title (assemble cut) ......................... 47 Selecting the recording type (Quality) ............................................. 48 Automatic recording from a satellite receiver (Sat recording) ....................................................................................... 48 Direct Record ........................................................................................ 49 Table of contents English DRX-2_G.book Page 2 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM 9. Managing the disc contents .......................................51 General.....................................................................................................51 EDIT ..........................................................................................................51 Editing recording titles (name)............................................................54 Playing the entire title ...........................................................................54 Deleting recordings/titles.....................................................................54 Disc settings ............................................................................................55 10. Programming a recording (TIMER) .......................................57 General.....................................................................................................57 Programming recordings with the SHOWVIEW® System..............58 Programming recordings without the SHOWVIEW® System .......59 How to change or delete a programmed recording (TIMER).....60 Problem solving for programmed recordings .................................61 11. User preferences ................62 Picture settings .......................................................................................62 Sound settings.........................................................................................63 Language settings....................................................................................63 Additional settings .................................................................................64 Disc feature menu..................................................................................65 12. Access control (Child Lock).................................66 Child lock (DVD and VCD) ................................................................66 Parental level control (DVD video only)..........................................67 Changing the PIN code.........................................................................68 13. Before you call an engineer.......................................69 Appendix .....................................72 Using DRX-2 remote control for your TV set...............................72 Specifications...........................................................................................74 Table of contents 2 DRX-2_G.book Page 3 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM A quick preview The remote control 3 B/I Switch on or off: Press to switch set on or off, interrupt menu function, interrupt a programmed recording (TIMER) MONITOR This button lets you switch between the TV receiver (internal tuner) in the DVD recorder (TV picture on the TV set) and playback on the DVD recorder A/CH (Alternate Channel) Switches to the previous TV channel CH +/– Turns programs and inputs 0-9 Numerical key pad VOL +/– TV volume up/down SELECT Switches between different values in a menu CLEAR Deletes last entry/clear timer and programmed recordings MUTE TV Mute ON/OFF TIMER Press to make a TIMER programming with SHOWVIEW® /without SHOWVIEW® or to alter or clear a programmed TIMER wvt u Down/up/left/right cursor movement ENTER/OK Acknowledges menu selection TOP MENU Displays DVD disc menu or Index Picture Screen EDIT Displays Edit menu for DVD+RW or DVD+R disc SYSTEM MENU Displays recorder system menu bar TITLE/CHAP Selects title Selects chapter SUBTITLE Subtitle language selector AUDIO Audio language selector ANGLE Selects DVD camera angle ZOOM Enlarges video image REPEAT Repeats chapter, track, title, disc A-B Repeats a specific segment SHUFFLE Plays tracks in random order SCAN Playback of the first 10 seconds of each chapter within a title (DVD) or the first 10 seconds of each track on a disc (VCD/ CD) t SKIP Selects previous title/search backwards : Briefly press the button during playback: Goes to previous chapter/film or previous title Hold down the button: Searches backwards Hold down the button during still picture: Slow motion backwards A quick preview English DRX-2_G.book Page 4 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM y SKIP PLAY Selects next title/search forwards : Briefly press the button during playback: Goes to next chapter/ film or next title Hold down the button: Searches forwards Hold down the button during still picture: Slow motion forwards Starts playback e SEARCH/ SLOW Searches backward Slow motion r SEARCH/ SLOW Searches forward Slow motion PAUSE If this button is pressed during playback, the DVD recorder switches to pause.You will see a still picture. If this button is pressed during recording, the DVD recorder will also switch to pause. STOP Stops playback/recording, except with programmed recordings (TIMER) Hold down button, opens and closes the disc tray DIMMER Changes brightness settings of the display TV SHIFT Press and hold while using other buttons to work the TV S REC Direct recording of the currently selected programme REC MODE Switches recording modes Additional TV functions This remote control can also operate TV set made by different manufacturers. For more information, see “Using DRX-2 remote control for your TV set”. A quick preview VOL+ Increase TV volume VOL – Reduce TV volume For the following functions you need to hold down the button at the side TV/SHIFT and then select the function you need with the appropriate button. B/I Turns the TV on / off 0..9 Number buttons: 0 - 9 CH+ Turns up the programme in numeric order To select a higher programme number CH- Turns down the programme in numeric order To select a lower programme number MUTE TV Mute on / off 4 DRX-2_G.book Page 5 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Front of the device STANDBY/ON Switches the unit on or off, interrupt a function, interrupt a programmed recording (TIMER) F (Open/Close) Open/close disc tray REC Records the current TV channel W Plays a recorded disc T Selects previous title/search backwards Y Selects next title/search forwards A Interrupt playback/recording Auxiliary jacks on the front panel S-VIDEO S Video socket: Connection of SVHS/Hi8 camcorders or SVHS/Hi8 video recorders (programme number “CAM1”) Yellow socket VIDEO Video input socket: Connection of camcorders or video recorders (programme number “CAM1”) White/red socket left AUDIO right Audio input socket left/right : Connection of camcorders or video recorders (programme number “CAM1”) DV IN i Link/DV socket (digital video input, IEEE 1394, FireWire): Connecting a digital camcorder or other suitable device (programme number “CAM2”). Tip Switching between the S-VIDEO and VIDEO sockets takes place automatically. If both sockets are in use, the signal at the S-VIDEO socket has priority. 5 A quick preview English DRX-2_G.book Page 6 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Back of the unit MAINS Mains socket: Connection to the mains supply (230V/50Hz) ANTENNA Aerial input : Connection of the aerial TV Aerial output : Connection of the TV set EXT 2 AUX-I/O Scart socket 2: Connection of an additional device (satellite receiver, set-top box, video recorder, camcorder, etc.) EXT 1 TO TV-I/O Scart socket 1: Connection of a TV set. RGB output Output sockets (AUDIO/VIDEO OUT) S-VIDEO (Y/C) S Video output: Connection of an S-Video-compatible TV set VIDEO (CVBS) Video output (yellow socket): Connecting a TV set with a video input (CVBS, Composite Video) AUDIO L, R Analogue audio output (white/red socket): Connection of a TV set with audio input sockets or connection of an additional device Output socket (DIGITAL AUDIO OUT) A quick preview COAXIAL OUTPUT Connection of a digital audio device (amplifier/receiver) using a coaxial digital cable OPTICAL OUTPUT Connection of a digital audio device (amplifier/receiver) using a fiber optic cable 6 DRX-2_G.book Page 7 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM The symbols on your DVD recorder display These symbols can light up on your DVD recorder display: SAT TIMER VPS/PDC LANG I I Multi-function display/text line •) Clock •) Disc/title playing time •) OTR switch-off time •) Title name •) Display of the programme number of the TV channel/playing time/channel name/function. •) Display of information and alerts IIIIIIIIIIIIIII Disc bar: Displays the current position on the disc (disc pointer). Record: Single flashing segment at the current position. Pause: Flashing segment on both sides of the current position. Stop: Illuminated segment at the current position. SAT A satellite recording has been programmed. TIMER A recording (timer) has been programmed A remote control signal has been received VPS/PDC Video programming system / programme delivery control: A VPS or PDC code will be transmitted for the selected TV program LANG II During playback a HiFi/2 channel tone was detected or a HiFi/2 channel tone was received. “I” or “II” lights up depending on which sound channel has been selected Messages in the DVD recorder display The following messages may appear in your DVD recorder display: 7 IS TV ON? The DVD recorder is in initial installation mode. Switch the TV on, then read the paragraph on “Initial installation” in “Installing your DVD recorder”. NO SIGNAL No input signal available (signal inadequate or unstable) MENU The menu on the screen is active OPENING Disc tray opening TRAY OPEN Disc tray open CLOSING Disc tray closing READING Disc being read MENU UPDT Once recording has been successfully completed the table of contents is created A quick preview English DRX-2_G.book Page 8 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM A quick preview INIT MENU The menu structure is created after the first recording has been made on a new disc COPY PROT You have tried to copy a copy-protected DVD/video cassette WAIT Please wait until this message disappears. The DVD recorder is busy performing a task NO DISC A disc has not been inserted for recording. If a disc has been inserted, it cannot be read INFO Information about the inserted DVD is displayed on the screen BUSY The DVD recorder is processing to make the disc DVD compatible ERASING The entire information of the disc is erased EMPTYDISC The disc inserted is either new or has been completely erased (not recorded) PROTECTED The disc is protected against recording MAX TITLE The maximum number of titles per disc has been reached. The maximum number of titles per disc is 48 MAX CHAP The maximum number of chapters per title/disc has been reached. The maximum number of chapters per title is 124 DISC FULL The disc is full. There is no space for new recordings PAL DISC A disc with PAL recordings has been inserted. The machine is trying to record an NTSC signal. Insert a new disc or one that contains NTSC recordings NTSC DISC A disc with NTSC recordings has been inserted. The machine is trying to record a PAL signal. Insert a new disc or one that contains PAL recordings RECORDING An illegal action (e.g. F Open/Close button) was attempted during recording FREETITLE Playback was started for an empty title or the following title is empty DISC LOCK An attempt has been made to record during playback of a protected disc. This message appears if an attempt is made to insert a chapter marker (EDIT button) DISC ERR An error occurred when writing the title. If this error keeps occurring, please clean the disc or use a new one For instructions on how to clean a disc, read the section on “Cleaning the discs” in the next chapter DISC WARN An error occurred when writing the title. Recording was continued; the error was skipped SETUP After the automatic search the menu for setting the date/time will appear on the screen WAIT 01 During the automatic search the TV channels found are counted BLOCKED The disc tray cannot be closed/opened SAFE REC The new recording will be added at the end of all the other recordings (SAFE RECORD) EASY LINK Data is being transferred from the “EasyLink” TV POST-FORMAT A short recording has been made on a brand-new DVD+RW disc 8 DRX-2_G.book Page 9 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM 1. Introduction Common questions What is a DVD? DVD (Digital Versatile 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 feature film to be stored on a single five inch disc. How good is the resolution of DVD compared with VHS? The razor-sharp digital images have a resolution of more than 500 lines of 720 pixels per line.This is more than twice as high as VHS and is even better than the laser disc. Its picture quality is easily comparable to the digital masters produced in recording studios. What can DVD+RW do? DVD+ReWritable uses phase change media, the same technology on which rewritable CDs are based. A high-performance laser is used to change the reflective properties of the recording layer; this process can be repeated more than a thousand times. What can the DVD+R do? DVD+R (write-once DVD). Unlike a DVD+RW disc, this disc can only be written once. If it is not finalized after a recording, further recordings can be added to it. Old recordings can be deleted but can no longer be overwritten. The deleted titles are marked “Deleted title”. Before this disc can be played in a DVD player, it must be finalized in the DVD recorder. Once this process is complete, no further recordings can be added. What can my DVD recorder do? Your DVD recorder is a machine for recording and playing back digital video discs with "two-way" compatibility with the universal DVD video standard. This means: •) existing DVD video discs can be played on the recorder. •) Recordings made on your DVD recorder can be played on other DVD video players and DVD ROM drives. 9 Introduction English DRX-2_G.book Page 10 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Discs you can use The following discs can be used in your DVD recorder for playback and recording: Playback and recording DVD+RW (Digital Versatile Disc + rewritable) DVD+R (Digital Versatile Disc + Recordable) Playback only: DVD Video (Digital Versatile Disc) DVD-R (DVD-Recordable) DVD-RW (DVD-Rewritable) These discs can only be played back if the recording was made in video mode and the recording was finalized. Audio CD (Compact Disc Digital Audio) Super Audio CD (Only plays the CD layer of a hybrid SACD disc) Video CD (Format 1.0, 1.1, 2.0) DIGITAL VIDEO Super Video CD SUPER VIDEO CD-R (CD-Recordable) Audio/MP3 content Recordable CD-RW (CD-Rewritable) Audio/MP3 content ReWritable Introduction 10 DRX-2_G.book Page 11 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Regional code Since DVD films are not normally released in all parts of the world at the same time, all DVD players have a specific regional code. Discs can be given a regional code. If the regional codes differ between the player and the disc, playback is not possible. ALL 2 DVDs must be marked “ALL” for all regions or “2” for region 2 to work in this machine. If the DVD is marked with a different region, it cannot be played in this DVD recorder. The number within the globe represents the region. Regional code 2 represents: Europe, Japan, South Africa, Middle East (incl. Egypt). Accessories Remote control and batteries Aerial cable Mains cable Scart cable (AV-Euro cable) Cleaning the discs Some malfunctions (frozen or distorted picture and broken sound for example) are due to dirt on the disc. To avoid such problems you should clean your discs regularly. 1 Dirty discs should be cleaned with a soft cloth. Always wipe from the middle to the edge. 2 Do not use any solvents such as benzine, thinners, commercially available cleaning agents or antistatic sprays designed for vinyl records. Question Can I use a CD lens cleaner in the DVD recorder? This optical unit (laser) of the DVD recorder operates at a higher power level than the ones in normal DVDs and CD players so CD lens cleaner discs may actually damage it. CD lens cleaner discs should therefore not be used. 11 Introduction DRX-2_G.book Page 12 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM English 2. Connecting your DVD recorder Preparing the remote control You must install the supplied batteries into the remote control before you can use it. 1 2 Unpack the remote control and the two AA (LR-6) batteries. Open the battery compartment, insert the batteries in accordance with the polarity markings, and then close the battery compartment. The remote control is now ready to use. The remote control has a range of approximately 5 to 10 meters. Caution Do not mix old and new batteries. Never mix different types of batteries (standard, alkaline, etc.). Doing so may reduce the life of the batteries. Connection notes •) Before connecting your TV,VCR, AV amp, or any other equipment to your DVD recorder, refer to the relevant manuals first. •) Do not connect the power cord until all connections are complete. •) For the best results when playing DVDs, connect the DVD recorder’s video output directly to your TV. If you connect your TV via your VCR, the DVD copy protection system may affect the picture quality. •) To enjoy the surround sound capabilities offered by DVD (Dolby Digital, DTS, MPEG-2), you need to connect one of the DVD recorder’s digital audio outputs to an AV amp with an appropriate surround-sound decoder built-in. See “Surround sound connections” on page 20. •) For synchronized recordings to other components connected with digital audio cables, the length of each track and track numbers of the recorded materials may become different from the originals. Occasionally, it does not start recording. Caution Do not connect the DVD recorder’s audio outputs to your audio system’s turntable (phono) inputs. Doing so may damage your equipment. Connecting your antenna Connecting your antenna as shown will allow you to record a program on your DVD recorder while watching another program on your TV. TV 1 2 Antenna In Connecting your DVD recorder 1 Disconnect the antenna plug (1) from your TV and connect it to the DVD recorder’s ANTENNA socket. 2 Using the supplied antenna cable (2), connect the DVD recorder’s TV socket to your TV’s antenna input. 12 DRX-2_G.book Page 13 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Connecting your DVD recorder to the TV The necessary cable connections must be made before you can record or playback TV programmes using your DVD recorder. Note What is a SCART cable? The SCART or Euro AV cable serves as the universal connector for picture, sound and control signals. With this type of connection, there is practically no loss of quality in picture or sound transmission. When you install your DVD recorder for the first time, select one of the following options: Connecting with a SCART cable and Easy Link If your TV is equipped with “Easy Link” and you wish to use a SCART cable. Connecting with cable without Easy Link If your TV is not equipped with “Easy Link” and you wish to use a SCART cable, S-Video (Y/C) cable,Video (CVBS) cable. 13 Connecting your DVD recorder English DRX-2_G.book Page 14 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Connecting with a SCART cable and “Easy Link” Your DVD recorder can exchange information with your TV using “Easy Link”.Your TV channels can also be transferred in the same order from your TV to your DVD recorder using “Easy Link”. Please see your TV's operating instructions. EasyLink loading data from TV; please wait 1 Connect a SCART cable (for Easylink) to the DVD recorder’s EXT 1 TO TV-I/O SCART socket. 2 Connect the other end of the SCART cable to a SCART input on your TV. 3 Turn on the TV. 4 Plug one end of the supplied mains cable to the DVD recorder’s the other end into an AC outlet. 5 A message appears on the screen announcing that the transfer has started. “EASY LINK” appears on the display during transfer. The TV transfers all saved TV channels, in the same order, to the DVD recorder. This may take several minutes. MAINS and Notes ✘ “Time”, “Year”, “Month”, “Date” appears on the TV screen Normally the date and time are taken from the data sent by the TV channel stored on programme P01. If the aerial signal is too weak or there is excessive interference, you should set the date and time manually: 1 Check if the time in “Time” is correct. 2 If required, change the time with the number buttons 0..9 on your remote control. 3 Select the next line with v or w. 4 Check if the displayed settings for “Year”, “Month” and “Date” are correct. 5 When all information is correct, save by pressing ENTER/OK. Notes Virgin mode Audio language English Español Français Português Italiano Press OK to continue ✘ I can see more installation menus on my TV set Not all the necessary data has been transferred. Please enter the settings by hand as follows. For more information on the various functions see “Initial installation” in “Installing your DVD recorder”. 1 Select the desired audio language using w or v and confirm with ENTER/OK. 2 Select the desired subtitle language with w or v and confirm with ENTER/OK. 3 Select the desired screen format position using w or v. “4:3 letterbox” For a 4:3 TV set; cinema format (black bars above and below the picture) “4:3 panscan” For a 4:3 TV set; full height format with the sides cut off For a 16:9 TV set “16:9” 4 Confirm with ENTER/OK. 5 Select the country of your residence with w or v. If your country does not appear, select “Other”. 6 Confirm with ENTER/OK. Initial installation is now complete. Connecting your DVD recorder 14 DRX-2_G.book Page 15 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Connecting cable without “Easy Link” If your TV is not equipped with “Easy Link”, you need to connect the DVD recorder to your TV using one of the following connection (the connection you choose will most likely depend on the connections supported by your TV). SCART (best picture quality) SCART connections offer the best picture quality, so if your TV has a SCART input, use it. By using the DVD recorder’s user preferences, you can select whether the EXT 1 TO TV-I/O SCART socket outputs video signals in RGB or S-Video format. RGB offers the best picture quality. S-Video (very good picture quality) S-Video connections offer better picture quality than composite video, so if your TV has an S-Video input, use it. Composite video (good picture quality) If your TV has neither SCART nor S-Video inputs, use a composite video connection. Using a SCART cable without “Easy Link” Since SCART cables carry video and audio signals, only one cable is necessary. TV 1 2 SCART 3 1 Connect the supplied SCART cable (3) to the DVD recorder’s EXT 1 TO TV-I/ O socket. 2 Connect the other end of the SCART cable to a SCART input on your TV. Notes My TV has several SCART sockets. Which one should I use? Select the SCART socket that is suitable for both video output and for video input. My TV shows me a selection menu for the SCART socket Select “VCR” as the source for this SCART socket. 15 Connecting your DVD recorder English DRX-2_G.book Page 16 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM 3 Turn on the TV. 4 Plug one end of the supplied mains cable to the DVD recorder’s MAINS and the other end into an AC outlet. The most important features of the DVD recorder will appear in scrolling text on the display. After the first installation is completed this function will be turned off. How you turn on this function again, read in the section “standby” in the chapter “User preferences” . 5 Turn on the DVD recorder using B/I. “IS TV ON?” will appear on the display. 6 If the connection was properly made and your TV was automatically turned to the programme number for the SCART socket, e.g. “EXT”, “0”, “AV”, you will see the following picture: Notes Virgin mode ✘ My screen is empty. Menu language English Español Français Italiano Deutsch Press OK to continue ✓ Many TVs are switched by the DVD recorder to the programme number for the SCART socket by way of a control signal sent through the SCART cable. ✓ If the TV does not automatically switch to the SCART socket programme number, manually change to the corresponding programme number on your TV set (see your TV's operating instructions). ✓ Check that the SCART cable is connected from the TV to the EXT 1 TO TV-I/O socket on the DVD recorder. The EXT 2 AUX-I/O socket is intended only for additional devices. Then, read the paragraph on “Initial installation” in “Installing your DVD recorder”. Using an S-Video cable Since S-Video cables carry only video signals, separate audio connections are necessary. TV 2 Antenna In 1 4 S-video In Analog audio In 5 Connecting your DVD recorder 1 Using an S-Video cable (4), connect the DVD recorder’s S-VIDEO output to an S-Video input on your TV. 2 Using an AUDIO L/R cable (5), connect the DVD recorder’s AUDIO L/R outputs to the analog audio inputs on your TV. Connect white-to-white and red-to-red). 16 DRX-2_G.book Page 17 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Using a composite video cable TV 2 Antenna In 1 6 Composite video In Analog audio In 5 1 Using a composite video cable (6), connect the DVD recorder’s VIDEO (CVBS) output to a composite video input on your TV. 2 Using an AUDIO L/R cable (5), connect the DVD recorder’s AUDIO L/R outputs to the analog audio inputs on your TV. Connect white-to-white and red-to-red). Connecting AV equipment to the EXT 2 AUX-I/O SCART socket You can connect a set-top box, satellite receiver, cable tuner, camcorder, or other AV device to the DVD recorder’s EXT 2 AUX-I/O SCART socket. When AV signals from the device connected to this socket are detected, the DVD recorder automatically feeds those signals through to its EXT 1 TO TV-I/O socket so that you can see the picture on your TV. This works even when the DVD recorder is turned off. When the DVD recorder is on, you can use the remote control’s TV/DVD button to select the device connected to the EXT 2 AUX-I/O SCART socket (TV) or DVD playback (DVD). Connecting a VCR You can connect a VCR to the DVD recorder’s EXT 2 AUX-I/O SCART socket. If you have an S-VHS VCR, you could connect the DVD recorder’s S-VIDEO output to an S-Video input on the VCR, and connect the DVD recorder’s AUDIO L/R outputs to analog audio inputs on the VCR. 17 Connecting your DVD recorder English DRX-2_G.book Page 18 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Notes Most prerecorded video cassettes and DVDs are copy protected. If you try to copy them, the message “COPY PROT” will appear on the DVD recorder’s display. If the DVD recorder displays the message “NO SIGNAL” when copying a video cassette: • Check that the cables are connected securely. • Try adjusting the VCR’s tracking function. • The DVD recorder may not recognize the video signal if it’s weak or does not conform to normal video standards. When copying DVD-Video discs or prerecorded video cassettes, the picture is fuzzy and the brightness changes continuously? • This happens when you copy a DVD or video cassette that uses copy protection. Playback of the original is OK, but the DVD+R(W) recording will be unwatchable. This is normal with copy-protected DVDs and video cassettes. Connecting your camcorder You can transfer your home movies to DVD by connecting your camcorder to the AV sockets on the DVD recorder’s front panel, as shown. Best picture quality If you have a DV or Digital 8 camcorder, using its i-link cable (7), connect the camcorder’s i-link DV output to the DVD recorder’s DV input. During the transfer, the original recording dates and times of your home movies will be recorded on the DVD as subtitles. During DVD playback, you can view this information by using the Subtitle function. 4 6 5 7 Very good picture quality If you have a Hi-8 or S-VHS-C camcorder, using an S-Video cable (4), connect the camcorder’s S-Video output to the DVD recorder’s S VIDEO input. And, using an AUDIO L/R cable (5), connect the camcorder’s analog audio outputs to the DVD recorder’s AUDIO L/R inputs. Good picture quality Camcorder Connecting your DVD recorder If your camcorder only has a composite video output, using a composite video cable, connect the camcorder’s composite video output to the DVD recorder’s VIDEO input. And, using an AUDIO L/R cable (5), connect the camcorder’s analog audio outputs to the DVD recorder’s AUDIO L/R inputs. 18 DRX-2_G.book Page 19 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM 3. Connecting an AV receiver Basic playback connections The following connections allow you to enjoy DVD playback via your AV receiver. Composite video In TV Antenna In AV Receiver 11 S video In 10 SCART 7 2 1 3 8 9 1 Connect an S-Video cable (7) from the DVD recorder’s S-VIDEO output to an S-Video input on your AV receiver. 2 Connect a composite video cable (8) from the DVD recorder’s VIDEO (CVBS) output to a composite video input on your AV receiver. 3 Connect an AUDIO L/R cable (9) from the DVD recorder’s AUDIO L/R outputs to a pair of analog audio inputs on your AV receiver. 4 If your AV receiver has an S-Video output and your TV has an S-Video input, connect an S-Video cable (10) from the AV receiver’s output to an S-Video input on your TV. 5 If your AV receiver has no S-Video output or your TV has no S-Video input, connect a composite video cable (11) from the AV receiver’s composite video output to a composite video input on your TV. 6 Connect a SCART cable (3) from the DVD recorder’s EXT 1 TO TV-1/O SCART socket to a SCART socket on your TV. This direct connection to your TV allows you to enjoy DVD playback the best picture quality. Note If your AV amp has several video inputs and outputs, you can connect your VCR, set-top box, LD player, etc., to its video inputs and connect your TV to its video output. Then you can select your various video sources by using the input selector on your AV amp. 19 Connecting an AV receiver English DRX-2_G.book Page 20 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Surround sound connections To enjoy surround sound (Dolby Digital, DTS, MPEG-2), you need to connect one of the DVD recorder’s digital audio outputs to a multichannel AV amp with an appropriate surround-sound decoder built-in. Composite video In TV Antenna In 11 S video In AV Receiver 10 SCART 4 2 8 12 1 3 13 Your DVD recorder has both coaxial and optical digital audio outputs. The format you choose will most likely depend on the formats supported by your AV amp.You don’t need to connect both cables, and their sound quality is identical. 1 Connect a coaxial (12) or optical (13) digital audio cable from the DVD recorder’s COAX OUT or OPTICAL OUT to a coaxial or optical digital audio input on the AV receiver. You can use a composite video cable instead of a dedicated coaxial digital audio cable. Note An unpleasant digital noise may be heard if you select a DVD soundtrack that uses an audio format that is not supported by your AV amp. For example, you select a DTS soundtrack and your AV amp does not support DTS. The format of the currently selected soundtrack can be displayed onscreen in the menu bar. Six-channel (5.1) surround-sound playback is only possible with a multichannel AV amp that supports Dolby Digital, DTS, or MPEG-2. Connecting an AV receiver 20 DRX-2_G.book Page 21 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Recording connections To record materials from your VCR etc. to your DVD recorder via your AV receiver, you can use a commercially available SCART adapter. See a connection example below. AV Receiver 11 10 12 13 14 15 VCR Antenna In Set top box SCART 2 1 3 1 If your VCR or set-top box is connected to your AV receiver with an S-Video cable, connect an S-Video cable (12) from your AV receiver’s S-Video output to the S-Video input on the SCART adapter. 2 If your VCR or set-top box is connected to your AV receiver with a composite video cable, connect a composite video cable (13) from the AV receiver’s composite video output to the composite video input on the SCART adapter. Connect either the S-Video or composite video cables to the SCART adapter, not both. S-Video offers better picture quality. 21 3 Connect an AUDIO L/R cable (14) from the AV receiver’s analog audio outputs to the left and right audio inputs on the SCART adapter. 4 Plug the SCART adapter (15) into the DVD recorder’s EXT 2 AUX-I/O SCART socket. Connecting an AV receiver English DRX-2_G.book Page 22 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Power supply •) Make sure that all necessary connections are made before connecting the DVD recorder to the power supply. •) Plug the power cable supplied into the Power connector on the rear of the recorder. •) Plug the mains plug into an AC outlet. Note Always check if the local mains voltage matches the required 220V - 240V. When the recorder is in the Standby position, it is still consuming some power. If you wish to disconnect your DVD recorder completely from the mains, withdraw the plug from the AC Outlet. Switching on •) Turn on the TV and select the programme number that you have chosen for video playback (see operating manual for your TV). •) Press STANDBY/ON. – The recorder display lights up. If you have not yet installed your DVD recorder, it will enter ‘Initial Setup mode.’ In this mode you will have to set your personal preferences. Connecting an AV receiver 22 DRX-2_G.book Page 23 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM 4. Installing your DVD recorder Initial installation After successfully connecting your DVD recorder to the TV set and other additional devices as described in the previous chapters, this chapter will show you how to start the initial installation. The DVD recorder automatically seeks out and stores all available TV channels. Tip Connecting additional devices If you have connected additional devices such as a satellite receiver to the aerial cable, switch them on. The automatic channel search will recognize it and save it. No aerial connected Even if you only want to use the DVD recorder to play back or have only connected a satellite receiver, you must still complete the initial installation. This is necessary so that the basic settings are stored correctly. Once initial installation is complete you can use the DVD recorder as normal. 1 Select the desired language for the on-screen menu by pressing w or v. Virgin mode Question Menu language English Español Français Italiano Deutsch Press OK to continue What is an on-screen menu? The multi-language on-screen menu takes the mystery out of using your new DVD recorder. All settings and/or functions are displayed on your TV screen in the relevant language. 2 Confirm with ENTER/OK. 3 Select the desired audio language using w or v. Virgin mode Audio language English Español Français Português Italiano Press OK to continue Question What is an audio language? The DVD will play the sound in the language you select, provided this language is available on the disc. If it is not available on the disc the fist language on the DVD will be used instead. The DVD Video Disc menu, if available, will also be displayed in the language you select. 4 Confirm with ENTER/OK. 5 Select the desired language for the subtitles by pressing w or v. Virgin mode Subtitle language English Español Français Português Italiano Press OK to continue 23 Question What is the subtitle language? The subtitles will be displayed in the language you select, provided this language is available on the disc. If it is not available on the disc the fist language on the DVD will be used instead. 6 Confirm with ENTER/OK. Installing your DVD recorder English DRX-2_G.book Page 24 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM 7 Virgin mode TV shape 4:3 letterbox 4:3 panscan 16:9 Select the desired screen format position using w or v. These settings will only be used if you insert a DVD that contains this information. Question Which screen formats can I select? “4:3 letterbox” for a “wide-screen” (cinema format) picture with black bars at the top and bottom. “4:3 panscan” for a full-height picture with the sides trimmed. “16:9” for a wide-screen TV set (screen edge ratio 16:9) Press OK to continue 8 Confirm with ENTER/OK. 9 Select the country of your residence with w or v. If your country does not appear, select “Others”. Virgin mode Question Country Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Press OK to continue Why do I have to select a country? To call up the specific settings for the respective country, you must first install the country. 0 Confirm with ENTER/OK. A After you connect the aerial (or cable TV, satellite receiver, etc.) to the DVD recorder, press ENTER/OK. The automatic TV channel search starts. “WAIT” will appear on the display. Installation Autom. search Problem ✘ The DVD recorder cannot find any TV stations Searching for TV channels ✓ Select channel 1 on the TV set. Can you see the stored TV channel on the TV set? If not, check the cable connection from the aerial (aerial socket) to the DVD recorder and to the TV set. ✓ Please have patience. The DVD recorder searches the entire frequency range in order to find and save the largest possible number of TV channels. ✓ If you have not connected an aerial, go through all the basic settings right to the end and then, if you wish, start the automatic search (see “Automatic TV station search”). 00 Channels found Please wait B When the automatic TV channel search is complete, “Autom.search complete” will appear on the TV screen. “Time”, “Year”, “Month”, “Date” will then appear on the TV screen. C Check if the time in “Time” is correct. D If required, change the time with the number buttons 0..9 on your remote control. E Select the next line with v or w. F Check if the displayed settings for “Year”, “Month” and “Date” are correct. G When all information is correct, save by pressing ENTER/OK. Autom. search Autom. search complete 00 Channels found Time Year Month Date 20:01 2003 01 01 To continue Press OK Installing your DVD recorder The initial installation is now complete. 24 DRX-2_G.book Page 25 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Tip Satellite receiver If you are connecting a satellite receiver, please read the section on “Using a satellite receiver”. Decoder If you are connecting a decoder, you must install it as described in the next section. Problem ✘ Sound may be distorted on some TV channels. ✓ If the sound is distorted on any of the stored TV channels or if there is no sound at all, the wrong TV system may have been stored for the TV channel. Read “Manual TV channel search” for information on how to change the TV system. Using a satellite receiver TV channels from a satellite receiver (connected to scart socket EXT 2 AUX-I/O) are received on the DVD recorder on programme number “EXT2” If necessary, use the MONITOR button to switch to the internal tuner. Select programme number “EXT1” with 0 on the remote control and then select programme number “EXT2” with w. You should select the TV channels to be received by the satellite receiver directly on the receiver itself. Allocating a decoder Some TV channels send coded TV signals that can only be viewed properly with a purchased or rented decoder.You can connect such a decoder (descrambler) to your DVD recorder. The following function automatically activates the connected decoder for the TV channel you want to watch. Question How do I allocate the decoder for Easy Link? If your TV set supports “Easy Link” the decoder must be assigned to the relevant TV channel on the TV set (see the operating instructions for your TV set). Settings cannot then be made in this menu. 25 1 Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD recorder. 2 Switch on the DVD recorder using B/I. 3 Use the v and w buttons or the number buttons 0..9 on the remote control to select the TV channel for which you want to use the decoder. If necessary, use the MONITOR button to switch to the internal tuner. 4 Press the SYSTEM-MENU button on the remote control. The menu bar appears. 5 Select “ 6 Select “Installation” using w or v and confirm with u. ” symbol with t or u. Installing your DVD recorder English DRX-2_G.book Page 26 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Installation Manual search Channel/freq. Entry/search Programme number TV channel name Decoder TV system NICAM Fine tuning CH 01 01 BBC1 Off PAL-BG On 0 To store Press OK 7 Select “Manual search” using w or v and confirm with u. 8 Select “Decoder” using w or v. 9 Select “On” with t or u. Question How do I switch the decoder off again? Use u to select “Off” in the “Decoder” line on the screen (Decoder off). 0 Confirm with ENTER/OK. A To end, press SYSTEM-MENU. Your decoder has now been allocated to this TV channel. Manual TV channel search In some cases, not all of the available TV channels may have been found and stored during initial installation. In this case, you will need to search for and store the missing or coded TV channels manually. Tip Manual search with EasyLink With “Easy Link”, the DVD recorder will automatically download the TV channels stored on the TV set. This is why some lines have no function. To store new TV channels, they must first be stored on the TV set. The information will then be transferred to the DVD recorder automatically. Installation Manual search Channel/freq. Entry/search Programme number TV channel name Decoder TV system NICAM Fine tuning CH 01 01 BBC1 Off PAL-BG On 0 To store Press OK 1 Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD recorder. 2 Switch on the DVD recorder using B/I. 3 Press SYSTEM-MENU on the remote control. The menu bar appears. 4 Select “ 5 Select “Installation” using w or v and confirm with u. 6 Select “Manual search” using w or v and confirm with u. 7 In “Channel/freq.”, select the desired display using u. “Freq.”(Frequency), “CH” (Channel), “S-CH” (Special/hyperband channel) 8 In “Entry/search”, enter the frequency or channel of the TV station using the number buttons 0..9. Problem ✘ I don’t know the channel for my TV station ✓ In this case, press u to start the automatic search. A changing channel number/ frequency number will appear on the TV screen. Continue the automatic search until you have found the TV channel you are looking for. 9 Installing your DVD recorder ” symbol with t or u. Using t or u in “Programme number”, select the programme number you want to use for the TV channel, e.g. “01”. 26 DRX-2_G.book Page 27 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Tip How can I change the symbol of a TV channel? 1 In “TV channel name”, press u. 2 Select the desired symbol position using t or u. 3 Change the symbol at the symbol position with w or v. 4 Select the next symbol position in the same way. 5 Keep pressing u until the cursor disappears. Tip How can I change the TV system of the TV channel? In “TV system”, use t or u to select the TV system that produces the least distortion of picture and sound. What is NICAM? NICAM is a digital sound transmission system. Using NICAM, you can transmit either 1 stereo channel or 2 separate mono channels. However, if reception is poor and the sound distorted you can turn off NICAM. In “NICAM”, select “Off ” using t or u. How can I improve the automatic process for storing channels? To change the automatic process for storing channels (fine tuning), select “Fine tuning”. Using t or u you can try to fine-tune the TV channel manually. 0 Press ENTER/OK to store the TV channel. A To search for other TV channels, begin again at 8. B To end, press SYSTEM-MENU. Sorting TV channels automatically (Follow TV) When the automatic channel search function is activated, the TV channels are stored in a specific order.This may differ from the order in which the TV channels appear on your TV set. This function changes the order of the TV channels stored in your DVD recorder to match the order on the TV set. This only works if the DVD recorder (EXT 1 TO TV-I/O socket) and the TV set are connected with a scart cable. 27 1 Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD recorder. 2 Switch on the DVD recorder using B/I. 3 Press the SYSTEM-MENU button on the remote control. The menu bar appears. 4 Select “ 5 Select “Installation” using w or v and confirm with u. 6 Select line “Follow TV” with w or v and confirm with the u button. 7 Confirm the message on the screen with ENTER/OK. “TV 01” will appear in the DVD recorder display. 8 Select programme number “1” on the TV set. ” symbol with t or u. Installing your DVD recorder English DRX-2_G.book Page 28 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Problem ✘ I cannot switch my TV set to programme number “1” ✓ If you have connected additional devices to the EXT 2 AUX-I/O socket, please disconnect these devices. Other connected devices may have switched the TV set to the programme number of the scart socket. 9 Confirm with ENTER/OK on the DVD recorder remote control. “WAIT” will appear in the display. The DVD recorder compares the TV channels on the TV set and the DVD recorder. If the DVD recorder finds the same TV channel as on the TV set it stores it at “P01”. Problem ✘ “NOTV” will appear in the display.The DVD recorder is not receiving a video signal from the TV set. ✓ Check the connectors at both ends of the scart cable. ✓ Check your TV’s operating instructions to see which scart socket is used for video signals. ✓ If the problem persists, you won’t be able to use this feature. Please read “Adding and clearing TV channels manually”. 0 Wait until for example “TV 02” appears in the display. A Select the next programme number on the TV set, e.g. “2”. B Confirm with ENTER/OK on the DVD recorder remote control. Tip Deleting sorting You can delete incorrect TV channel sorting by pressing t. C Repeat steps 0 to B until you have assigned all the TV channels. D To end, press SYSTEM-MENU. Automatic TV channel search During installation, all available TV channels are searched for and stored. If the channel assignments of your cable or satellite TV provider change or if you are reinstalling the DVD recorder, e.g. after moving house, you can start this procedure again. This will replace the stored TV channels with the new ones. Question What does Easy Link do? With Easylink, you can search for and store TV channels only on the TV set. These settings are accepted by the DVD recorder. Use this function to start the transfer of TV channels from the TV set. Installing your DVD recorder 1 Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD recorder. 2 Switch on the DVD recorder using B/I. 3 Press SYSTEM-MENU on the remote control. The menu bar appears. 4 Select “ 5 Select “Installation” using w or v and confirm with u. 6 Select “Autom.search” using w or v. ” symbol with t or u. 28 DRX-2_G.book Page 29 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Installation Autom. search Searching for TV channels 00 Channels found Please wait 7 Press u. 8 The automatic TV channel search starts. This allows the DVD recorder to save all available TV channels. This procedure may take several minutes. 9 When all the TV channels have been found, “Autom.search complete” will appear on the TV screen. 0 To end, press SYSTEM-MENU. You can read about how to search for a TV channel manually in “Manual TV channel search”. Adding and clearing TV channels manually After you have performed the automatic channel search you may not agree with the sequence in which the individual TV channels have been allocated to the programme positions (programme numbers).You can use this function to rearrange the TV channels already stored or to delete TV channels you don’t want or those with poor reception. Tip EasyLink With Easylink, you can search for and store TV channels only on the TV set. These settings are then accepted by the DVD recorder. That is why you cannot select this function manually. The teletext clock resets automatically If you store a TV channel which transmits TXT/PDC on programme number “P01”, the date and time will automatically be transmitted and constantly updated. As a result, the changes from summer time to winter time and back again will be made automatically. Installation Sort TV channels ... P01 BBC1 P02 BBC2 P03 ITV P04 P05 P06 ... To sort Press > 29 1 Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD recorder. 2 Switch on the DVD recorder. Press the SYSTEM-MENU button on the remote control. The menu bar appears. 3 Select “ 4 Select “Installation” using w or v and confirm with u. 5 Select “Sort TV channels” using w or v and confirm with u. 6 Using v or w select the TV channel that you want to delete or whose order you want to change. 7 Confirm with u. ” symbol with t or u. Tip Deleting TV channels Unwanted channels or those with poor reception can be deleted using CLEAR. Proceed at step 6 to continue or at 0 to finish. To exit press SYSTEM MENU 8 Using w or v, shift the TV channel to the desired position and press the t button. The DVD recorder will insert the TV channel. 9 Repeat steps 6 to 8 until you have resorted/deleted all the TV channels you want. Installing your DVD recorder English DRX-2_G.book Page 30 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM 0 To store, press ENTER/OK. A To end, press SYSTEM-MENU. Setting the language/country You can select the country and, for DVD playback, the language for the subtitles and the audio language. Please note that with some DVDs the audio language and/or subtitle language can be changed only via the DVD menu. For bilingual shows you can also select the sound channel of the TV station for recording. You also have the option of setting one of the displayed languages for the on-screen menu (OSD). However, the DVD recorder display will only display English text regardless of this setting. 1 Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD recorder. 2 Switch on the DVD recorder using B/I. 3 Press SYSTEM-MENU on the remote control. The menu bar appears. 4 Select “ 5 Select line “Language” with w or v and confirm with the u button. 6 Select the appropriate line and confirm with u. ” symbol with t or u. n Playback audio Recording audio Subtitle Menu Country Tip Language English Language I English Einglish Others Which settings can I choose? “Playback audio” : Playback language (audio language) “Recording audio” : Type of audio recording “Language I” or “Language II” “Subtitle” : Subtitle language “Menu”: Language of the OSD menu “Country” : Location (country) 7 Select the appropriate setting using w or v and confirm with ENTER/OK. 8 To end, press SYSTEM-MENU. Switching over audio recording (2-channel sound) n Playback audio Recording audio Subtitle Menu Country Language English Language I English Einglish Others Installing your DVD recorder Some TV programmes transmit an extra audio signal in stereo in addition to the normal audio signal (2-channel sound). In most cases this means that an additional language is available. If a TV programme is available in, say, English and German, German may be available as the second language. To record TV programmes in stereo or 2-channel sound you can select Stereo or the language you want as the default setting. This setting does not become active until the sound of a TV programme is transmitted in 2-channel sound. When you play back the recording you can play back the sound only in the language you used for the recording. 1 Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD recorder. 2 Switch on the DVD recorder using B/I. 3 Press SYSTEM-MENU on the remote control. The menu bar appears. 4 Select “ ” symbol with t or u. 30 DRX-2_G.book Page 31 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM 5 Select line “Language” with w or v and confirm with the u button. 6 Select line “Recording audio” and confirm with u. 7 Select “Language I” or “Language II” with w or v and confirm with ENTER/ OK. 8 To end, press SYSTEM-MENU. Setting the time and date If the display shows an incorrect time or “--:--”, the time and date must be reset manually. If a TV channel which transmits TXT/PDC (teletext/PDC) is stored under programme number “P01”, the time and date will automatically be taken from the TXT/PDC information. Installation Time/Date Time Year Month Date Clock preset 1 Press SYSTEM-MENU on the remote control. The menu bar appears. 2 Select “ 3 Select “Installation” using w or v and confirm with u. 4 Select “Time/Date” using w or v and confirm with u. 5 Check if the time in “Time” is correct. If required, change the time with the number buttons 0..9 on your remote control. 6 Check “Year”, “Month” and “Date” in the same way. To move between the fields, use w or v. 20:00 2003 01 01 01 Problem ✘ Time/date is displayed incorrectly despite manual setting ✓ With “SMART CLOCK”, time/date is transferred from the TV channel saved on “P01” and automatically corrected. You can either enter another TV channel for transferring the data or disable the function. In the line “Clock preset” select the relevant TV channel with t or u. To disable, select “Off ”. To exit press SYSTEM MENU 31 ” symbol with t or u. 7 Check the displayed settings and confirm with ENTER/OK. “Stored” will appear briefly on the screen. 8 To end, press SYSTEM-MENU. Installing your DVD recorder DRX-2_G.book Page 32 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM English 5. On-screen information You can check or change many of the functions and settings of your DVD recorder via the system menu bar. The menu bar cannot be displayed during recording. Symbols in the menu bar Press SYSTEM-MENU to open and close the menu bar (main menu). Use t and u to select the relevant function. Use w to confirm the function and go either to another menu or execute the function directly. Some functions may not be available, depending on the disc inserted. Menu bar 1 User preferences Title/track Chapter/index Audio language Subtitle language Camera angle Zoom Menu bar 2 While menu bar 1 is being displayed you can go to menu bar 2 by pressing u again. d Sound Frame advance H Slow motion R Fast forward Search by time Field for temporary messages The top left corner of the menu line contains a field for temporary messages relating to the various operating modes. This information appears briefly on the screen when certain disc functions have been activated: Shuffle Scan Repeat entire disc Repeat title On-screen information 32 DRX-2_G.book Page 33 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Repeat track Repeat chapter Repeat from A to the end Repeat from A to B Camera angle Child lock enabled Resume playback Illegal action Status field The status field shows the current operating mode (status) of the DVD recorder and the type of disc inserted. This display can be disabled. Disc type symbols DVD+RW DVD+R DVD-Video Video-CD No disc Error 33 On-screen information English DRX-2_G.book Page 34 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Operating mode symbols Recording Stop Playback Playback-Pause Record-Pause Search forwards (8x speed) Search backwards (8x speed) Slow motion Tuner information box 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 are displayed. Current channel/selected input socket No signal The TV channel is not available/the additional device is not connected or it is switched off Copy-protected signal Timer information box This box appears above the tuner information box. When a timer recording is set, it shows the timer icon and the start time or date of the first programme to be recorded. If no timer recording is scheduled, the current time is displayed. This box disappears during playback of a disc or after a recording starts. Timer starts on the day shown OTR recording runs until the stop time displayed Current time No timer event programmed On-screen information 34 DRX-2_G.book Page 35 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM 6. Playback General notes on playback With this DVD recorder you can play back the following systems: •) DVD Video •) (Super) Video CD Disc •) DVD+RW Disc •) DVD+R Disc •) DVD-RW (video mode, finalised) •) DVD-R •) CD-R •) CD-RW •) Audio CD •) MP3 CD You can operate the video recorder using the remote control or the buttons on the front of the DVD recorder. Problem ✘ The display will read “PIN” ✓ The child lock has been activated for the inserted disc. Read the sections on “Child lock” and “Releasing a disc” in the chapter on “Access control (child lock)”. ✘ The menu on the screen is showing an “X” ✓ Some DVD discs can be manufactured so that certain steps are required before the disc can be played, or so that only limited operation is possible during playback. When an “X” appears on the screen the selected feature is not possible. ✘ The screen is showing regional code information ✓ Since DVD films are not normally released in all parts of the world at the same time, all DVD players have a specific regional code. Discs can be given a regional code. If the regional codes differ between the player and the disc, playback is not possible. ✓ The regional code is shown on the label on the back of the machine. ✓ The regional code does not apply to recordable DVD discs. Inserting a disc 1 Press the F (Open/Close) button on the front. The disc tray will open. While the disc tray is opening, “OPENING” and then “TRAY OPEN” when the tray is fully open. 2 Carefully place the disc in the tray with the label facing up and press PLAY or F (Open/Close) “CLOSING” and then “READING” will appear in the display. The information on the disc will be read. Question How do I insert a double-sided DVD? Double-sided discs do not have labelling over the whole surface. The labelling for each side is in the centre of the disc. To play a side its label must be facing up. Tip Opening/closing the tray using the remote control You can open and close the disc tray using the remote control. Press and hold the STOP button on the remote control until the dialog box shows “OPENING” or “CLOSING”. 3 35 Playback starts automatically. Playback English DRX-2_G.book Page 36 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM A menu may appear when a DVD is played back. If the titles and chapters are numbered, press a number button on the remote control.You can also use the t, u, v, w buttons or number buttons 0..9 to select a menu item and confirm with ENTER/OK. You can also access the menu using TOP-MENU on the remote control. For further information see “Playing a DVD video disc”. When a DVD+RW is played back the index overview appears. Using w, v, t, y select the title you want to play back. Confirm with ENTER/OK. For further information see “Playing back a DVD+RW/+R Disc”. If playback does not start automatically, press PLAY For further information see “Playing an audio CD”. DIGITAL VIDEO . If the “A” symbol appears in the display, start playback by pressing PLAY . If a menu appears on the screen, use the remote control buttons indicated on the screen to select the menu option you want (PREV=t, NEXT=y) or with the number buttons 0..9. For further information see “Playing a (Super) Video CD”. Playing a DVD video disc 1 If playback does not start automatically, press PLAY This will appear on the display: title, chapter, elapsed time. 2 To stop playback, press STOP recorder. 3 To eject the disc, press F (Open/Close) on the front of the DVD recorder. . on the remote control or A on the DVD Playing a DVD+RW/ +R disc 1 If the disc is write-protected or a finalized DVD+R disc, playback starts automatically. 2 If playback does not start automatically, use the w or v button to select the title you want to play on the index screen. You can also use the t or y button on the front. 3 Press the PLAY button. This will appear on the display: title number, recording quality. Problem ✘ I can see the message “EMPTYDISC” ✓ The disc does not contain any recordings. Playback 4 To stop playback, press STOP recorder. 5 To eject the disc, press F (Open/Close) on the front of the DVD recorder. on the remote control or A on the DVD 36 DRX-2_G.book Page 37 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Question What should I note when playing back different recording types (qualities)? The correct recording quality “M1, M2, M2x, M3, M4, M6” will automatically be selected during playback. For more information see the section on “Selecting the recording type (quality)” in the chapter on “Manual recording”. Playing an audio CD You can also use the DVD recorder to play audio CDs. 1 Insert an audio CD. Playback starts automatically. Tip Audio CD display If the TV is on, the audio CD screen appears automatically. During playback, the current track number and its elapsed playing time will show on the TV screen and on the recorder display. 2 Stop playback using STOP played. . The number of tracks and the total time are dis- Playing an MP3 CD MP3 (MPEG1 Audio Layer-3) files are highly compressed music files. Using this technology the data volume can be compressed by a factor of 10. This means it is possible to record 10 hours of music in CD quality on a single CD-ROM. When creating MP3 CDs please note the following: File system: ISO9660 Directory structure: maximum of 8 levels Formats: *.mp3 Filenames: maximum of 12 characters (8+3) Maximum of 32 albums, 999 titles Supported sampling frequencies: 32, 44.1, 48 (kHz). Music with sampling frequencies other than these will be skipped. Supported bit rates: 32, 64, 96, 128, 192, 256 (kbit/s) ID3 Tag:Version 1, 1.1. In later versions the directory name is displayed as the album and the filename as the title. Important notes for playback: Only the first session of a multi-session CD will play back. 1 Insert an MP3 CD. Playback starts automatically. Tip MP3 CD display If the TV is on, the MP3 CD screen appears automatically. During playback, the current track number and its elapsed playing time will show on the TV screen and on the recorder display. Further information on the album, track and artist will also be displayed if included in the ID tag. 2 37 Stop playback using STOP . The number of albums is displayed in the display. Playback English DRX-2_G.book Page 38 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Tip Additional playback features Using t or y select the next or previous title. You can also use the TITLE/CHAP button to select titles and albums. 1 Press the TITLE/CHAP button and use the u or t button to select the “T” symbol for title or “C” for chapter. 2 Use the w or v buttons or the number buttons 0..9 on the remote control to select the number of the title/chapter. You can also use the repeat functions (REPEAT button). Playing a (Super) Video CD (Super) Video CDs may be equipped with PBC (Play Back Control). This means that special playback functions (menus) can be directly selected. The video CD must be PBC compatible (see CD case). When PBC is active, no information will be shown on the DVD recorder display. “PBC” is active in the default settings. 1 Playback Insert a (Super) Video CD. If the “ ” symbol appears in the display, start playback by pressing PLAY . 2 If a menu appears on the screen, use the remote control buttons indicated on the screen to select the menu option you want (PREV=t, NEXT=y) or with the number buttons 0..9. If a PBC menu consists of a list of titles, you can select a title directly. 3 Use RETURN to go back to the previous menu. 4 Stop playback using STOP . 38 DRX-2_G.book Page 39 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM 7. Additional playback features Changing to another title/chapter If there is more than one title or chapter on a disc you can change to another title or chapter as follows. However if there are several chapters within a title, these will be selected. The title can then still be selected via the menu bar. 1 During playback, press y to go to the next title/chapter. Press t to return to the start of the current title/chapter. Press t twice to return to the start of the previous title/chapter. Tip Use the TITLE/CHAP (title/chapter) button 1 Press TITLE/CHAP (title/chapter) and then use v or w to select the appropriate title. Make sure the symbol “ ” (title) is selected in the menu bar. 2 Use TITLE/CHAP to select chapters within a title. Press TITLE/CHAP and use u to select the “ ” symbol (chapter). Now select the appropriate chapter with v, w or digit keys 0..9. Searching a disc 1 During playback, press and hold e (reverse) or r (forwards) to switch to the search feature.You can switch between the playback speeds using e/r. 2 To continue playback, press PLAY at your chosen location. Problem ✘ No sound ✓ The sound is switched off in search mode. This is not a fault in your machine. Tip Search feature via menu bar 1 During playback press SYSTEM-MENU on the remote control. The menu bar will appear at the top of the screen. 2 Select the “R” symbol using u or t and confirm with w. 3 You can now use the t or u button to select different forward and backward search speeds. 4 If necessary, switch the menu bar off with the SYSTEM-MENU button. 5 To continue playback, press PLAY 39 . Additional playback features English DRX-2_G.book Page 40 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Still picture 1 During playback, press PAUSE to stop playback and display a still picture. It will proceed to a next frame when you press PAUSE again. Tip Frame advance via menu bar 1 During a still picture press SYSTEM-MENU on the remote control. The menu bar will appear at the top of the screen. 2 Select the “ ” symbol using u or t and confirm with w. 3 You can now use the t or u button to go forwards or backwards one frame at a time. 4 If necessary, switch the menu bar off with the SYSTEM-MENU button. 2 To continue playback, press PLAY . Slow motion 1 During playback press PAUSE to switch to slow motion. 2 You can switch between different speeds using e or r. on the remote control. Now press e or r Tip Slow motion via menu bar 1 During playback press PAUSE and then SYSTEM-MENU on the remote control. The menu bar will appear at the top of the screen. 2 Select the “H” symbol using u or t and confirm with w. 3 You can now use the t or u button to select different forward and backward slow motion speeds. 4 If necessary, switch the menu bar off with the SYSTEM-MENU button. 3 To continue playback, press PLAY . Search by time Using this feature you can select where playback should start (select elapsed time). 1 During playback press SYSTEM-MENU on the remote control. The menu bar will appear at the top of the screen. 2 Select the “ ” symbol using u or t and confirm with w. Playback is stopped and a box appears on the screen showing the elapsed time. 3 Enter the start time with the digit keys 0..9 from where playback should start. 4 Confirm with ENTER/OK. Problem ✘ The time entered will flash on the screen ✓ The selected title is shorter than the time entered. Enter a new time. 5 Additional playback features Playback starts at the time you entered. 40 DRX-2_G.book Page 41 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Repeat play You can mark entire sections or the whole disc for endless playback. Depending on the type of disc (DVD video, DVD+RW, video CD) you can select a chapter, title or the entire disc. DVD+RW and DVD+R cannot repeat an entire disc. 1 Select the desired chapter, title or the entire disc and start playback. 2 During playback, press REPEAT. By pressing REPEAT recurrently you can make a choice from the following options: •) “ ”: repeat chapter (DVD only) •) “ ”: repeat track/title •) “ ”: repeat entire disc •) Display disappears: no repeat 3 To end the repeat, press the STOP button. You can also keep pressing the REPEAT button until the displays disappear. Repeating a passage (A-B) To repeat or loop a sequence in a title: 1 Press A-B at your chosen starting point; appears on screen. 2 Press A-B again at your chosen end point; repeat appears on screen, and the repeat sequence begins. 3 To exit the sequence, press A-B. Shuffle DVD Discs This shuffles the playing order of chapters within a title, if the title has more than one chapter. 1 Press SHUFFLE during playback. 2 To return to normal playback, press SHUFFLE again. Video CDs This shuffles the playing order of tracks within a disc, if the disc has more than one tracks. 1 Press SHUFFLE during playback. 2 To return to normal playback, press SHUFFLE again. Scan feature This feature plays back the first 10 seconds of each chapter (DVD) or track (CD). 41 1 During playback, press SCAN. 2 After 10 seconds the DVD recorder switches to the next chapter/index. To start playback at the relevant chapter/index press PLAY . Additional playback features English DRX-2_G.book Page 42 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Camera angle If the disc contains sequences recorded from different camera angles, the angle box appears, showing the number of available angles, and the angle being shown.You can then change the camera angle if you wish. 1 Press ANGLE. 2 Use w or v to select the required angle in the angle box. 3 To go to any angle directly, enter the angle number using the numerical keys 0..9. After a small delay, play changes to the selected angle. The angle box remains displayed until multiple angles are no longer available. Tip You can also use this function through an on-screen menu (a system menu bar). Zoom feature The Zoom function allows you to enlarge the video image and to pan through the enlarged image. 1 Press Zoom. 2 Press w or v to activate the Zoom function and select the required zoom factor; 1.33 or 2 or 4. The recorder will go into pause mode. The selected zoom factor appears below the Zoom icon in the system menu bar and “Press OK to pan” appears below the system menu bar. The picture will change accordingly. 3 Press ENTER/OK to confirm the selection. The panning icons appear on the screen. 4 Use v, w, u, t to pan all over the screen. 5 When ENTER/OK is pressed only the zoomed picture will be shown on the screen. 6 Press to exit zoom mode. Tip You can access to Zoom function by an on-screen menu (a system menu bar). Additional playback features 42 DRX-2_G.book Page 43 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Select the audio language Many pre-recorded DVD discs have more than one audio language. The language initially selected for playback will be the one you selected when you first set up the DVD recorder. However you can change the audio language of the inserted disc at any time. You can change the audio language either using the menu of the inserted disc (TOP MENU button) or the AUDIO button. The audio languages for DVD playback in the two menus may be different. Please note that with some DVDs the audio language and/or subtitle language can be changed only via the DVD menu. 1 During playback press AUDIO. 2 Select the required audio language by pressing AUDIO repeatedly. 3 Play continues in the new audio language. Tip You can select an audio language in an on-screen menu (a system menu bar). Subtitles Many pre-recorded DVD discs have more than one subtitle language. The language initially selected for playback will be the one you selected when you first set up the DVD recorder. However you can change the subtitle language of the inserted disc at any time. The subtitle languages in the menus may differ. 1 During playback press SUBTITLE. 2 Select the required subtitle language by pressing SUBTITLE repeatedly. 3 Playback continues in the new subtitle language. Tip An Access to SUBTITLE function through the on-screen menu 1 During playback press SYSTEM-MENU and select the “Z” icon using u. 2 Select the required subtitle language using SUBTITLE or w, v.You can also enter the number directly using the number buttons 0..9. You can switch off subtitles by pressing 0 or by selecting “off ”. 3 Playback continues in the new subtitle language. Tip An Access to SUBTITLE function through the top menu of the disc 1 Press TOP MENU to go to the top menu of the disc. 2 Follow the disc’s instruction. 43 Additional playback features DRX-2_G.book Page 44 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM English 8. Manual recording General Question Which discs can I use for recording? With this DVD recorder, you can record on two types of DVD: DVD+RW This disc can be written to and then the contents deleted. DVD+R This type of disc can only be recorded once. If you want to play this DVD in a DVD player it must be finalized using the “Finalise disc” function. It is not possible to make further recordings using this disc. If this disc is to be played in a DVD recorder it must not be finalised. Recordings can be added and deleted. The disc space (playback time) from the deleted recording cannot be recovered for further recordings Use the “Manual recording” function to spontaneously start recording (e.g. to record a TV show already in progress). In the “index display” select the title to be overwritten or “Empty title” with w, v. If you insert recordings between existing recordings, check the lengths of the old and new recordings. If the new recording is too long the subsequent recording (title/chapter) will be overwritten. Tip Insert new recordings at the end of all existing recordings (Safe Record) To add a new recording at the end of the last recording on the disc, hold down the REC S button until the message “SAFE REC” appears on the display. For DVD+R discs each new recording is always added at the end of all previous recordings as existing recordings cannot be overwritten. End of disc is reached If the end of a disc is reached during recording, recording will stop and the Recorder will turn itself off automatically. Please refer to section “Recording without automatic switch-off ”, if you want to manually start and stop your own recording. If you want to start a recording manually but have it stopped automatically, read the section “Recording with automatic switch-off ”. (e.g. not to record to the end of the disc) Read the section “Automatic recording from a satellite receiver”, if you want a recording to be controlled automatically by a satellite receiver. Read the section “Direct record” if you want to record a programme currently being shown. Manual recording 44 DRX-2_G.book Page 45 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Recording without automatic switch-off 1 Switch on the TV set and select the programme number for the DVD recorder. 2 Insert a disc on which the recording is to be made. This disc is then checked for content and system. “READING” will appear on the display. Problem ✘ Index display ✓ A DVD+RW disc has been inserted that already contains recordings. Use the v or w button to select the point where the recording is to start. ✘ The message “EMPTYDISC” appears in the display ✓ The disc inserted is a blank DVD disc. ✘ A dialog box appears asking you whether you want to delete the contents or eject the disc ✓ The disc inserted is a DVD+RW but its contents are not DVD video-compatible (e.g. a data disc). Recordings on this disc can only be made if the entire disc is first deleted with the REC S button. ✘ The message “Too many titles” appears on the screen if a recording is to be made ✓ A disc may contain a maximum of 48 titles (including blank titles). Delete titles or change the disc. 3 If necessary, use the MONITOR button on the remote control to switch to the internal tuner in the DVD recorder. 4 Use CH+ or CH- to select the programme number (station name) you want to record. This will appear on the display: Tip Programme numbers of the external inputs: “EXT1” Scart socket at the back EXT 1 TO TV-I/O “EXT2” Scart socket at the back EXT 2 AUX-I/O “CAM1” Front SVHS/audio sockets S-VIDEO / left AUDIO right “CAM1” Front video/audio sockets A/V S-VIDEO / left AUDIO right Switching between the S-VIDEO and VIDEO sockets takes place automatically. If both sockets are in use, the signal at the S-VIDEO socket has priority. “CAM2” Digital Video (i Link) front socket DV IN 5 To start recording, press REC S on the remote control or REC on the DVD recorder. If you want to start the recording at the end of the existing recordings, hold down the REC S button until the message “SAFE REC” appears on the display. For DVD+R discs each new recording is always added at the end of all previous recordings as existing recordings cannot be overwritten. This will, for example, appear in the display: Tip Insert chapter markers During recording you can mark scenes so you can find them or hide them later. During recording, press EDIT at the start point. “Inserting chapter marker” appears on the TV screen. In the display, the number of the “CHAPTER” increases by one. For further information on titles and chapters, see the section on “Changing to another title/chapter” in “Additional playback features”. 45 Manual recording English DRX-2_G.book Page 46 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM 6 Use the STOP button on the remote control or A on the machine to stop the recording. “MENU UPDT” will appear on the display. The DVD recorder is writing the list of contents. Wait until the message disappears from the display. The recording is then complete. Problem ✘ The display will read “DISC ERR” ✓ Recording could not be completed correctly because of a disc error. Check the disc and clean it if necessary. Tip Making recordings on DVD+R discs compatible If you want to play back the recording on a DVD player, you need to finalise the disc in the DVD recorder.You can prepare your DVD for use in a DVD player using the “Finalising” feature. See “Finalising DVD+R discs” in “Managing the disc contents”. Interrupt recording (Pause) 1 During recording press PAUSE cials. 2 To continue recording, press REC S. , for example to avoid recording the commer- Tip End recording To end the recording, press the STOP pears from the display. button. Wait until “MENU UPDT” disap- Recording with automatic switch-off (OTR one-touch-recording) 1 Insert a disc. 2 If necessary, use the MONITOR button on the remote control to switch to the internal tuner in the DVD recorder. 3 Use CH+ or CH- to select the programme number (channel name) you want to record. 4 Press REC S on the remote control. 5 Each time you press REC S you will add 30 minutes to the recording time. Question How can I cancel the recording time I have just entered? To delete an entry, press CLEAR while the display shows the recording time. Manual recording 46 DRX-2_G.book Page 47 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM m Preventing accidental erasing of discs To ensure you don’t accidentally delete a recording you can protect the entire disc.You can only ever protect the entire disc.You cannot protect individual recordings. Question What happens with DVD+R discs? As long as these discs are not finalised, they can be protected against accidental erasure in the same way as DVD+RW discs. 1 Insert the disc to be protected. 2 While the index screen is displayed press STOP first title is highlighted. 3 Press v. This takes you to the disc info screen. 4 Press the u button. Select the “Protection” line. Confirm with u. 5 Select “Protected” with the w button and confirm with ENTER/OK. 6 Press t and then TOP MENU to terminate. on the remote control. The The entire disc is now protected. If an attempt is made to record on a protected disc, “DISC LOCK” will appear on the display and “Disc locked” will appear on the screen. Lining up recordings within a title (assemble cut) On a recorded DVD+RW disc you can add another recording to an existing title. This recording is added to the title as a “chapter”. The existing information will be overwritten starting from this point. Titles will also be overwritten that follow the current title depending on the length of the new recording. The recording type (Quality) will be taken from the current title. To play back this recording, press SYSTEM-MENU and use the u button to select the “C” (Chapter) symbol.You can also use the TITLE/CHAP key. For further information, see “Changing to another title/chapter” in “Additional playback features”. Question What happens with DVD+R discs? New recordings on “DVD+R” discs can only be added after existing recordings. It is not possible to overwrite existing recordings on “DVD+R” discs. 47 1 In the index display, find the title to which the new recording is to be added. 2 Look at the last minute of the old recording (playback) 3 Press PAUSE on the remote control at the position where the new recording is to go. “D” will appear on the screen. 4 To monitor the recording you can press MONITOR to switch to the internal tuner. Manual recording English DRX-2_G.book Page 48 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM 5 Now start recording as usual by pressing REC S on the remote control. The new recording will be inserted. 6 Stop recording with STOP . Selecting the recording type (Quality) You can select the picture quality of the recording using the recording quality feature and hence the maximum recording time per disc. When you playback the recorded material, the adequate playback mode for the selected recording type will apply automatically. 1 Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD recorder. Select the record mode with the button REC MODE on the remote control. Tip Which recording types can I choose? “M1”: High Quality offers the best picture and sound quality and a recording time of 1 hour. “M2”: This mode offers the best quality audio and standard play (close to prerecorded DVD) quality video. “M2x”: Standard Play plus (better than S-VHS quality) offers standard picture quality and a recording time of 2.5 hours. “M3”: Long Play (S-VHS picture quality). Recording time of 3 hours. “M4”: Extended Play (better than VHS picture quality). Recording time of 4 hours. “M6”: Super Long Play (VHS picture quality). Recording time of 6 hours. Can I select the recording type via a menu as well? 1 Press the SYSTEM-MENU button. 2 Select “ ” symbol with t or u. 3 Select “Record settings” using v or w and confirm with u. 4 In the line “Record mode” select the recording type with t or u. 5 Confirm using ENTER/OK and SYSTEM. 6 If you have selected the recording mode “M4” or “M6”, you can select the settings “Stndrd” (Standard) or “Sport” (for rapid movements) in the “Filter mode” line. Automatic recording from a satellite receiver (Sat recording) You can use this function if you own a satellite receiver that can control other devices via a scart cable and a programming function (timer). For more information, please see the operating instructions for the satellite receiver. Manual recording 1 Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD recorder. 2 Press SYSTEM-MENU on the remote control. The menu bar appears. 3 Select “ 4 Select “Record settings” using w or v and confirm with u. 5 Select “Sat record” using w or v. 6 Select “EXT2” with t or u. ” symbol with t or u. 48 DRX-2_G.book Page 49 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Tip Switching off “Sat Recording” To switch off the function, select “Off ” using u or t. 7 Confirm with ENTER/OK. 8 Use a scart cable to connect scart socket EXT 2 AUX-I/O on the DVD recorder to the corresponding scart socket on the satellite receiver. 9 To end, press SYSTEM-MENU. 0 Insert a disc you want to use for recording. A Programme the satellite receiver with the required information (programme number of the TV channel, start time, end time). If necessary, please see the operating instructions for your satellite receiver. B Switch off the DVD recorder using B/I. “SAT” also appears in the display to indicate that the function is active. The DVD recorder is now ready to record. The start and end of the recording is controlled via scart cable EXT 2 AUX-I/O. Direct Record Can you record the right TV channel in seconds when the DVD recorder is switched off? No problem. If recording is started manually, the switched-off DVD recorder takes the current TV channel from the TV set via the scart cable. You will find more information on how to switch “Direct record” on or off in the next section “Direct record”. Question How does Direct Record work? The DVD recorder compares the TV channel selected on the TV set with its stored TV channels via the scart cable. If the same TV channel is found, it switches the DVD recorder to the corresponding programme number and starts recording. Please do not change channel on the TV during the search. This could affect the tuning of the DVD recorder. 1 On the TV set, select the programme number you want to make the recording from. 2 Press REC S with the DVD recorder switched off. Problem ✘ The display will read “WAIT” ✓ The DVD recorder is comparing its saved TV channels with those of the TV set. Please do not change the TV channel on the TV set while “WAIT” is shown in the display. ✘ “NOTV” appears in the display ✓ This TV channel could not be found in the DVD recorder’s memory. Check that all TV channels saved on the TV set are available on the DVD recorder. If required, save any missing channels. Please read “Manual TV channel search” in “Installing your DVD recorder”. ✓ Check the connectors at both ends of the scart cable. ✓ Check your TV’s operating instructions to see which scart socket is used for video signals. ✓ If the problem persists, you won’t be able to use this feature. 3 49 Stop recording with STOP . Manual recording English DRX-2_G.book Page 50 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Switching “Direct Record” on or off Manual recording 1 Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD recorder. 2 Press SYSTEM-MENU on the remote control. The menu bar appears. 3 Select “ 4 Select “Record settings” using w or v and confirm with u. 5 Select “Direct Record” using w or v. 6 Select “On” (Direct Record on) or “Off ” (Direct Record off) using t or u. 7 Confirm with ENTER/OK. 8 To end, press SYSTEM-MENU. 9 Switch off with B/I. ” symbol with t or u. 50 DRX-2_G.book Page 51 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM 9. Managing the disc contents General Charly 1 00:29:59•M1 Fri15/02/2003 Empty title 01:30:01 When a recording is made to disc, the following additional information is also stored at the beginning of the recording: •) Name of the recording If the TV station does not transmit a name, only the channel number and time will be stored as the name •) Length of the recording •) Record type (Quality) •) Date of the recording •) Index picture of the recording A marker will be set every 5-6 minutes if the “Auto chapters” function is activated in the “Record settings” menu. This marker is known as a “chapter”. These markers can be changed when the recording has finished. Question Can markers be set on a DVD+R disc? Markers can be set on these discs if they have not been finalised. It is also possible to add “chapters” later. This means that scenes you do not want to see during playback, such as commercials, can be hidden or skipped. During playback you can watch your recording as a continuous sequence without the hidden chapters. Select from the following chapters: “EDIT”, to divide the title into chapters or to manage the chapters. “Editing recording titles (name)”, to change the recording names. “Play complete title”, to play the entire title including the hidden chapters. “Delete recording/title” to delete the relevant title and therefore also the recording. “Disc settings” to change the general settings of the disc. EDIT In this menu you can adapt a title to suit your particular needs. You can insert/delete chapter markers, hide chapters, select a new index, or split up a title. 51 1 Play the title you want to edit. 2 Press the EDIT on the remote control. The video image is overlayed with a transparent edit menu. Title and chapter information appear in an information box at the top of the screen. 3 Use w/v (down/up cursor) to toggle through the menu’s functions. Managing the disc contents English DRX-2_G.book Page 52 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Insert chapter markers During recording, you can set or delete chapter markers within a title. The maximum number of chapters per disc is 124 and 99 per title. If one of these limits is reached the following message will appear on the screen: “Too many chapters”.You need to delete some markers before you can insert new ones or make recordings. 1 1 During playback, press EDIT on the remote control at the appropriate point. The “EDIT menu” appears on the TV screen. 2 Confirm “Insert chapter marker” by pressing ENTER/OK. “Inserting chapter marker” appears on the TV screen. 1 EDIT menu Insert chapter marker Press OK Current chapter Visible Delete chapter marker Tip Delete all markers New index picture “X” will appear on the screen: This DVD is write-protected or the disc is a finalised DVD-R. Subsequent changes cannot be made. Divide title Press EDIT to exit 3 To stop this function, press EDIT. Hiding chapters Initially, all the chapters are visible.You can hide chapters for playback (e.g. advertisements) or make them visible again. In editing mode, hidden chapters are shown as dimmed. 1 1 1 While the relevant chapter is playing, press EDIT on the remote control. The “EDIT menu” appears on the TV screen. EDIT menu Tip Insert chapter marker Press OK Current chapter Visible How can I select different chapters? Delete chapter marker 1 Press the TITLE/CHAP button on the remote control. Titles and chapters are displayed at the top of the screen. Delete all markers New index picture Divide title 2 Select title (T) or chapter (C) with u or t. Press EDIT to exit 3 Use v or w to select the title/chapter channel you want to edit. 2 Select “Current chapter” using w. 3 Using u select “Hidden”. The picture is shown darker. Tip Switching quickly You can switch between show chapters (“Visible”) and hide chapters (“Hidden”) quickly and easily using SELECT. 4 To end, press EDIT. During playback this chapter will be skipped. If the chapter is not visible, select “Visible” in step 3 with u. Managing the disc contents 52 DRX-2_G.book Page 53 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Deleting chapter markers Within a title you can delete either all markers or individual markers. 1 1 1 While the relevant chapter is playing, press EDIT on the remote control. The “EDIT menu” appears on the TV screen. EDIT menu Insert chapter marker Press OK Current chapter Visible Tip How can I select different chapters? 1 Press the TITLE/CHAP button on the remote control. Titles and chapters are displayed at the top of the screen. Delete chapter marker Delete all markers New index picture 2 Select title (T) or chapter (C) with u or t. Divide title 3 Use v or w to select the title/chapter channel you want to edit. Press EDIT to exit 2 Use w to select either “Delete chapter marker” for this chapter or “Delete all markers” for all chapters within the selected title. 3 Confirm with ENTER/OK. 4 To end, press EDIT. Changing the index picture Normally the first picture of a recording is used as the index picture.You can however choose any picture from the recording as the index picture. 1 1 During playback, search for location of the new index picture. Press the PAUSE button. 2 Press the EDIT button. The “EDIT menu” appears on the TV screen. 3 Select line “New index picture” and confirm with ENTER/OK. 4 Start the change with ENTER/OK. “Updating menu” appears on the TV screen. 1 EDIT menu Insert chapter marker Press OK Current chapter Visible Delete chapter marker Delete all markers New index picture Divide title Press EDIT to exit Once the revision has been completed successfully the DVD recorder reverts to the index overview. Splitting titles You can split a title into several sections (titles) of any size. Each of these sections (titles) is identified by its own index. Note: This split cannot be undone. Question Can I split titles on DVD+R discs? As recordings on DVD+R discs cannot be overwritten, it is not possible to split titles. 1 1 While the relevant title is playing, press EDIT on the remote control. The “EDIT menu” appears on the TV screen. 2 Select “Divide title” and confirm with the ENTER/OK button. 3 If you are sure, press ENTER/OK to start the process. “Dividing title” appears on the TV screen. 4 Wait until the new title is displayed with an index picture in the index picture overview. 1 EDIT menu Insert chapter marker Press OK Current chapter Visible Delete chapter marker Delete all markers New index picture Divide title Press EDIT to exit The process of splitting the title is now complete. 53 Managing the disc contents English DRX-2_G.book Page 54 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Editing recording titles (name) Some TV stations transmit the title (name) of a programme. In this case, the name will be included automatically (e.g. “ROCKY”). Otherwise, the only the programme number (programme name) and the time are stored as the name of the recording. The name of the recording can only be changed after the recording has been completed. 1 Press the STOP 2 Using v or w select the title whose name you want to edit and confirm with u. The menu for editing names appears. 3 Select “Name” using v or w and confirm with u. 4 Using u or t select the position where the letter/number/icon is to be changed/ re-entered. 5 Change the icon using v or w.You can switch between upper and lowercase using SELECT.You can delete the character using CLEAR. 6 Repeat 4 and 5 until you have made the changes you want. 7 Save the new name with ENTER/OK. “Storing name” appears on the TV screen for confirmation. 8 To end, press t. Setting for title Charly 1 Name Play full title Erase this title Charly 1 button or during playback press TOP MENU. Playing the entire title If you have hidden certain sections (chapters) of a title, this setting lets you watch the entire title including the hidden sections. To do this, proceed as follows: 1 Press the STOP 2 Using v or w select the title you want to play all of and confirm with u. The title editing menu will appear. 3 Select “Play full title” using v or w and confirm with ENTER/OK. 4 Playback starts automatically.The title is played in its entirety -including the hidden chapters. Setting for title Charly 1 Name Play full title Erase this title Charly 1 Press OK button or during playback press TOP MENU. Deleting recordings/titles You can delete specific recordings from a disc. To do this, proceed as follows: 1 Press the STOP 2 Using v or w select the title you want to delete and confirm with u. The title editing menu will appear. 3 Select “Erase this title” using v or w and confirm with ENTER/OK. “This will completely erase this title” appears on the TV screen. 4 If you want to delete this title, press ENTER/OK to confirm. Otherwise press t. 5 “Erasing title” appears on the TV screen. 6 At this point “Empty title” may appears in the “index picture display”. A new recording can now be made here. If the deleted title was very short (less than 1 minute) “Empty title” will not appear at this point. Setting for title Charly 1 Name Play full title Erase this title Charly 1 Press OK Managing the disc contents button or during playback press TOP MENU. 54 DRX-2_G.book Page 55 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Question Can titles be deleted from a DVD+R disc? Titles on DVD+R discs are only marked as deleted. “Deleted title” will appear in the display instead of “Empty title”. During playback the “deleted” title is skipped. The space used for this title cannot be used again as the title has not been physically deleted. Once the disc has been finalised no further changes can be made. Disc settings Unlocked Yamaha 1 00:35:59 used Fri15/02/2003 PAL DVD playback Edits This screen appears before the first title and contains general information about the current disc. You can: •) change the name of the disc •) activate or deactivate write protection on the disc •) Finish editing (make the disc DVD compatible) •) finalise a DVD+R •) delete a DVD+RW To get to this display, proceed as follows: 1 Press the STOP 2 Select the first title with v or press STOP 3 Press the v button. The disc info display will appear. button or during playback press TOP MENU. . Changing the disc name Settings for Yamaha 1 Disc name Protection Erase disc Make edits compatible 1 In the “Disc info display” press u. The “Settings for” menu appears on the TV screen. 2 Select “Disc name” using v or w and confirm with u. 3 Using u or t select the position where the letter/number/icon is to be changed/ re-entered. 4 Change the icon using v or w.You can switch between upper and lowercase using SELECT.You can delete the character using CLEAR. 5 Repeat 3 and 4 until you have made the changes you want. 6 Save the new title with ENTER/OK. “Storing name” appears on the TV screen for confirmation. 7 To end, press t. Yamaha1 Unprotected Finishing editing If one or more titles have been edited a DVD player may still display the original titles. You can prepare your disc in such a way that a DVD player will be able to play the edited version. 55 1 In the “Disc info display” press u. The “Settings for” menu appears on the TV screen. 2 Select “Make edits compatible” using v or w and confirm with ENTER/OK. Managing the disc contents English DRX-2_G.book Page 56 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Problem ✘ “Make edits compatible” does not appear ✓ Your disc is already compatible. There is no need for conversion. To end, press SYSTEM-MENU. 3 The screen displays “This will take” to show how long the process will last. 4 To confirm press ENTER/OK. “Working” appears on the TV screen. A bar will move from left to right indicating progress. Finalising DVD+R discs This feature is required to play back a DVD+R disc in a DVD player. Once the disc has been finalised no further recordings or changes can be made. 1 In the “Disc info display” press u. The “Settings for” menu appears on the TV screen. 2 Select “Finalise disc” using v or w. Problem ✘ “Finalise disc” does not appear ✓ Either there is no DVD+R disc inserted or the disc is already finalised. To end, press SYSTEM-MENU. ✘ The “Settings for” menu does not appear ✓ The menu may not appear if the disc has been recorded on another DVD recorder. In this case, use the “Finalise disc” feature in the “ “Disc features”. 3 ” menu, under To confirm press ENTER/OK. “Finalising” appears on the TV screen. A bar will move from left to right indicating progress. Delete DVD+RW discs 1 In the “Disc info display” press u. The “Settings for” menu appears on the TV screen. 2 Select “Erase disc” using v or w and confirm with ENTER/OK. “This will erase all titles” appears on the TV screen. Press ENTER/OK to confirm. Otherwise press t. 3 “Erasing disc” appears on the TV screen. 4 After deletion, the index picture display shows the free space on the disc. Settings for Yamaha 1 Disc name Protection Erase disc Yamaha1 Unprotected Press OK Managing the disc contents 56 DRX-2_G.book Page 57 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM 10. Programming a recording (TIMER) General Use “Programming a recording (TIMER)”, to automatically start and stop a recording at a later date. The DVD recorder will switch to the right programme number and begin recording at the correct time. With this DVD recorder, you can pre-programme up to six recordings within a period of one month. To make a programmed recording, your DVD recorder needs to know: * the date you want to make the recording * the programme number of the TV channel * the start and stop time of the recording * VPS or PDC on or off * the recording mode (“M1/M2/M2x/M3/M4/M6/FR”) This information is saved in a “TIMER block”. Question What is “VPS/PDC”? “VPS” (Video Programming System)/“PDC” (Programme Delivery Control) are used to control the start and duration of TV channel recordings. If a TV programme starts earlier or ends later than was scheduled, the DVD recorder will then turn on and off at the correct time. What do I need to know about “VPS/PDC”? • Usually the start time is the same as the VPS or PDC time. If a different “VPS/ PDC time” is indicated, e.g.: “20.15 (VPS/PDC 20.14)”, the VPS/PDC time “20.14” must be entered exactly to the minute during programming. If you want to programme a time that is different from the VPS or PDC time, you must switch off VPS or PDC. • Only one TV program of a TV channel can be controlled using “VPS/PDC” at a time. If you want to record two or more TV programmes on a TV channel using “VPS/PDC”, you will need to programme these as two separate recordings. • Since the DVD recorder requires a certain lead time (for getting the disc up to speed and positioning the laser) before recording can start, it is possible that the recorder will miss the first few seconds of a TV show recorded with VPS/PDC. In this case, disable VPS/PDC and enter a start time one minute earlier. What is “FR mode”? FR mode is used when you want to record a certain length of program but you don’t know how much room remaining on the recording disc. By using this mode, this unit automatically selects the best suitable recording mode for the length of the program. You cannot select FR mode, when you set the recording timer of Mo-Fr/ Weekly, and when you set PDC/VPS on. We strongly recommend that you do not use this function combined with VPS/PDC. In such a condition this DVD recorder may not perform the task properly. 57 Programming a recording (TIMER) English DRX-2_G.book Page 58 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Programming recordings with the SHOWVIEW® System Thanks to this programming system, you no longer need to tediously enter the date, programme number, start and end times. All the information needed by the DVD recorder for programming is contained in the SHOWVIEW® programming number. This 9-digit SHOWVIEW® number is found in most TV listings magazine. 1 Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD recorder. 2 Press TIMER on the remote control. The programming method selected last is marked. 3 Select “ShowView system” using w or v and confirm with u. 4 Enter the entire SHOWVIEW number. This number is up to 9 digits long and can be found next to the start time of the TV programme in your TV listings magazine. e.g.: 5-312-4 or 5,312 4 Enter 53124 for the SHOWVIEW-number. If you make a mistake, you can clear your instructions with CLEAR. Timer ShowView system Tip Selecting daily/weekly recordings Using SELECT, select from the following options: “Mo-Fr”: Repeated daily recordings (Monday to Friday). “Weekly”: Repeated weekly recordings (every week on the same day). ShowView number --------- 5 Mo-Fr/Weekly Press SELECT To store Press OK Confirm with ENTER/OK. Problem ✘ The following message appears on the screen: “Please enter programme number” ✓ The programme number of the TV channel has not yet been assigned to the SHOWVIEW number. Use u, t or the number buttons 0..9 on the remote control to select the appropriate programme number (name) of the TV channel and confirm with ENTER/OK. ✘ The following message appears on the screen: “ShowView number wrong” ✓ The entered SHOWVIEW number is incorrect. Correct your entry or cancel using the SYSTEM-MENU button. ✓ Check the time/date (see “Setting the time & date” in “Installing your DVD recorder”). ✘ The following message appears on the screen: “Weekend programming not possible” ✓ A daily recording was entered for the wrong day. Daily programming can only be used for recordings to be made from Monday to Friday. 6 Timer ShowView system VPS Rec Date Prog. Start PDC End Mode 01 BBC1 20:15 21:30 M2 Mo-Fr/Weekly Press SELECT The decoded data appears after confirmation.You can go back and change the data. Select the appropriate input field with u or t. If required, make changes using w, v or the number buttons 0..9. To store Press OK Programming a recording (TIMER) 58 DRX-2_G.book Page 59 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Tip Switching on “VPS/PDC” in the “Start” input field Select the “Start” input field using u. Using SELECT switch on “VPS/PDC” (“*” lights up). If you press SELECT again, you will switch “VPS/PDC” off (“*” goes out). Changing the recording mode in input field “End” Select the “End” input field using u. Use SELECT to select the recording mode “M1, M2, M2x, M3, M4, M6, FR”. 7 If all information is correct, press the ENTER/OK button. The programming information is stored in a TIMER block. 8 To end, press TIMER. 9 Insert a recordable disc (one without write protection). The disc you have inserted will be checked. 0 Switch the DVD recorder off with B/I. The programmed recording will only function properly if the DVD 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 display. Programming recordings without the SHOWVIEW® System 1 Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD recorder. 2 Press TIMER on the remote control. The programming method selected last is marked. 3 Select line “Timer programming” with w or v. and confirm with the u button. The information will appear on the screen. 4 Select the input field with t or u. 5 Enter information with w or v or with the number buttons 0..9. Timer Timer programming VPS Rec Date Prog. Start PDC End Mode 01 BBC1 20:15 21:30 M1 Tip Mo-Fr/Weekly Press SELECT Selecting daily/weekly recordings In “Date” use SELECT to select from the following options: “Mo-Fr”: Repeated daily recordings from Monday to Friday To store Press OK “Mon”: Repeated weekly recordings (every week on the same day, e.g. Monday). Programme numbers of the “EXT1” and “EXT2”scart socket You can also programme recordings from external sources via scart socket EXT 1 TO TV-I/O (“EXT1”) or EXT 2 AUX-I/O (“EXT2”). Switching on “VPS/PDC” in the “Start” input field Select the “Start” input field using TIMER. Using SELECT switch on “VPS/PDC” (“*” lights up). If you press SELECT again, you will switch “VPS/PDC” off (“*” goes out). Changing the recording quality in input field “End” Select the “End” input field using u. Use SELECT to select the recording mode. 59 6 If all information is correct, press the ENTER/OK button. The programming information is stored in a TIMER block. 7 To end, press TIMER. Programming a recording (TIMER) English DRX-2_G.book Page 60 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM 8 Insert a DVD (one without write protection). The disc you have inserted will be checked. 9 Switch off with B/I. The programmed recording will only function properly if the DVD 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 display. How to change or delete a programmed recording (TIMER) 1 Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD recorder. 2 Press TIMER on the remote control. The programming mode selected last is marked. 3 Select “Timer List” using w or v and confirm with u. 4 Select the programmed recording (TIMER) you want to check, change or delete with w or v. Timer Timer List VPS Date Prog. Start PDC End 21:30 01 BBC1 20:15 ------ --:---:-- * Rec Mode M1 -- Tip Delete programmed recording 1 Press the CLEAR button. 2 Confirm with ENTER/OK. “Timer Cleared” will briefly appear on the TV screen. “-- ---” appears rather than the displayed values Total record time: 01:15 To change Press > To exit Press TIMER 3 To end, press TIMER. 5 Press u. Select the input field with t or u. If required, change the information with v, w or the number buttons 0..9. 6 Confirm with ENTER/OK. 7 To end, press TIMER. 8 Switch off with B/I. Programming a recording (TIMER) 60 DRX-2_G.book Page 61 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Problem solving for programmed recordings PROBLEM SOLUTION The DVD recorder is not responding ✓ While a programmed recording is being made, you cannot operate your DVD recorder manually. If you want to cancel the programmed recording, press B/I. “Switch off, timer recording” flashes on the TV screen. ✓ The DVD recorder was switched on several minutes before the start of a programmed recording. Switch off the DVD recorder using B/I. A programmed recording (timer) will only function if the DVD recorder is switched off (B/I button). Error message: “Insert recordable disc” ✓ Either a disc has not been inserted or the disc cannot be used for recording. Insert a disc on which recordings can be made. Switch off the DVD recorder using B/I. The error message “Disc locked” appears briefly on the screen. ✓ A write-protected disc has been inserted. Undo the write protection (see “Preventing accidental erasing of discs” in “Manual recording”) or insert a different disc. Error message: “Memory full” ✓ If this error message appears after pressing TIMER, then all TIMER blocks are already programmed. No more recordings can be programmed. Press the u button. If you want to clear or check a programmed recording (TIMER block), select it with v or w. The “Data error” message appears on the screen. ✓ The data for the recording could not be transferred. Please check date, start time and end time of the programmed recording. The “Collision” message appears on the screen. ✓ Two programmed recordings overlap. ✓ If you ignore this error message the show with the earlier start time will be recorded first. The start of the second show will not be recorded. ✓ Change the setting for either of the two recordings. ✓ Clear either of the two recordings 61 Programming a recording (TIMER) DRX-2_G.book Page 62 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM English 11. User preferences In this section you will learn how to set your user preferences on the DVD recorder. The symbols have the following meanings: Picture setting Sound setting Language setting Additional settings Disc settings Recording settings Installation 1 Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD recorder. 2 Press SYSTEM-MENU on the remote control. The menu bar appears. 3 Select “ 4 Select the appropriate function with w or v and confirm with u. 5 Select the appropriate line using w or v and confirm with u. 6 Select the appropriate function using w or v or the setting with t or u. 7 Confirm the new setting by pressing ENTER/OK. 8 To close the menu item, press t. ” using t or u and confirm with w. Picture settings You can choose the following features in this menu: “TV shape” n Picutre TV shape Black level shift Video shift RGB attenuation Video output 16:9 Off The picture signal from your DVD Recorder can be set to match your TV screen. “4:3 letterbox”: for a “wide-screen” picture with black bars at the top and bottom “4:3 panscan”: for a full-height picture with the sides trimmed. “16:9” : for a wide-screen TV set (screen edge ratio 16:9) “Black level shift” RGB + CVBS Adapts the colour dynamics for NTSC playback “Video shift” Use this feature to adjust the position of the picture on your TV left or right using t, u to suit your TV set. “RGB attenuation” Adjusts the brightness for recording when connected with RGB. “Video output” Use this setting when scart terminals are in use. •) For RGB signals through the scart cable, select “RGB + CVBS”. •) For S-video signals through the scart cable, select “S-Video”. •) For CVBS signals through the scart cable, select “CVBS only”. User preferences 62 DRX-2_G.book Page 63 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Sound settings Depending on which audio outputs are used, you can select the settings in this menu. If you only use the analogue audio output (AUDIO L, R), select the settings “Off ” in the “Digital output” menu. “Digital output” n Sound Digital output Analogue output Night mode All Stereo Off For devices connected to the DIGITAL AUDIO OUT socket, you can select from the following settings. “All”: Unalterned signals of Dolby Digital and DTS are fed to the digital output. MPEG-2 multi-channel signals are converted to PCM (Pulse Code Modulation). For receivers/amplifiers with digital multi-channel sound decoders. “PCM only”: Dolby Digital and MPEG-2 multi-channel signals are converted to PCM (Pulse Code Modulation). For receivers/amplifiers without digital multi-channel sound decoders. “Off”: Digital output switched off. For devices with analogue audio input. “Analogue output” For devices connected to the analogue audio output (AUDIO L, R), you can select from the following settings. “Stereo”: For devices without DolbySurround, use this setting if the DVD recorder is only connected to a stereo TV set. “Surround”: Dolby Digital and MPEG-2 multi-channel are mixed down to a DOLBY surround-compatible two-channel output signal. For devices with Dolby Surround Pro Logic decoder. “Night mode” Night mode optimises the sound for playback at low volume.You are therefore less likely to disturb your neighbours. This only works for Dolby Digital audio on DVD video discs. Language settings You can choose the following settings in this menu: “Playback audio” n Playback audio Recording audio Subtitle Menu Country Language English Language I English Einglish Others Playback audio language “Recording audio” A choice between Language I and II “Subtitle” Subtitle language “Menu” Screen menu language “Country” Automatically displays names of broadcasters in your country 63 User preferences English DRX-2_G.book Page 64 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Additional settings You can select the following functions in this menu: “Status box” n Features Status box Standby Display On Normal Bright Along with the on screen menu, the OSD (On Screen Display) also displays information on the current operating status (counter, playback, recording, TV channel, etc.) on the TV screen. You can switch off the information about the operating status so that the on screen display (OSD) is not recorded during copying. “On”: The OSD information appears in every selected mode for a few seconds and disappears again. “Off ”: The OSD information is switched off. It is no longer displayed on the screen. “Standby” To save power, you can switch off the clock display on the DVD recorder. Programmed (TIMER) recordings will still take place. In addition, you can present the most important features of the DVD recorder in scrolling text in the display (demo). “Low power”: If the DVD-Recorder is switched off (button B/I), the clock display is also switched off. “Normal”: If the DVD-Recorder is switched off (button B/I), the clock display is visible. “Demo mode”: If the DVD recorder is switched off with the B/I button, a list of the most important features is shown in the display. “Display” You can change the brightness of the display on the DVD recorder. This setting only affects the DVD recorder when it is switched on. “Bright”: The display appear with normal brightness. “Dimmed”: The display appears less bright. “Off ”: The display is switched off. User preferences 64 DRX-2_G.book Page 65 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Disc feature menu In this menu you can make the changes that relate to the disc: “Access control” n Disc features Access cntrol Auto resume Enter code... On Please read the next chapter on “Access control (child lock)”. “Auto resume” If playback of a pre-recorded DVD video disc or video CD is interrupted (button STOP or F Open/Close) when the disc is reloaded (disc is started) playback starts at the precise location where it stopped. This applies not only to the current disc but to the last 20 discs played. This feature can be switched off if not required. “PBC” This line appears only if a VCD is loaded. This function lets you activate or deactivate the PBC menu (Playback Control) for video CDs. See “Playing a (Super) Video CD”. “Finalise disc” This feature allows you to finalise DVD+R discs. If the disc has already been finalised this line will appear darker. “Adapt disc format” If a DVD+RW has been recorded in a computer drive or in another DVD recorder the index screen may not be displayed correctly. This feature allows you to change the format of the disc. It is therefore only visible if the disc format is different. 65 User preferences DRX-2_G.book Page 66 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM English 12. Access control (Child Lock) Child lock (DVD and VCD) This feature enables discs to be locked for children. When Child Lock is on, a 4-digit code (PIN) needs to be entered before a disc can be played. You can also decide whether the inserted disc should always be played or should be played only once, despite the child lock •) “Play always”: This disc is stored in a memory with space for 50 child-safe discs. If more than 50 discs are stored, the last disc in the list is removed and the new disc is added. The screen shows “Child safe” at the start of playback. •) “Play once”: This disc is only authorised for single playback. If the recorder is switched off, the PIN code must be re-entered. Activating/deactivating child lock 1 Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD recorder. 2 Switch on the DVD recorder using B/I. 3 Press SYSTEM-MENU. The menu bar appears. 4 Select the “ 5 Select “ 6 Confirm “Access control” using u. 7 Enter a 4-digit code of your choice. If the code is new, you may have to enter the code a second time as confirmation. 8 Select “Child lock” using v or w and confirm with u. 9 Select the “Ç” icon using w or v. 0 Confirm with ENTER/OK. A Quit the feature using t and SYSTEM-MENU. ” icon using t or u. (Disc features)” using w or v and confirm with u. Unauthorised discs can only be played by entering the four-digit PIN code. To deactivate the child lock, select the “É” icon in 9. Authorising a disc 1 Insert a disc. The access control box will appear after a short delay. 2 Using v or w select “Play once” or “Play always”. 3 Enter your PIN code using the number buttons 0..9. Double-sided DVDs may have a different ID for each side. For these discs, each side must be authorised. Multi-volume video CDs may have a different ID for each volume. For these CDs, each volume must be authorised. Access control (Child Lock) 66 DRX-2_G.book Page 67 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Locking unlocked discs To lock a disc that was formerly authorised follow the instructions below. 1 Insert a disc. Playback starts automatically. If the playback does not start automatically, press PLAY . 2 Press the STOP button while the “ “ ”. The disc is now locked. ” icon is visible. The icon changes to Parental level control (DVD video only) Films on pre-recorded DVD discs may contain scenes not suitable for children. Therefore, some discs may contain “Parental Control” rating information that applies to the entire disc or to certain scenes on the disc. The appropriate scenes have filter values that reach from 1-8. If such a scene is detected during playback, the filter value set on the DVD recorder is compared to the scene. If the filter value is higher than the setting, an alternative scene will be played (if available). Most DVDs apply the rating to an entire DVD. Therefore, if certain scenes exceed the rating you select, the entire disc will be blocked from viewing. Activating/deactivating parental level control n Disc features Access control Auto resume Enter code . . . On 1 Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD recorder. 2 Switch on the DVD recorder using B/I. 3 Press SYSTEM-MENU. The menu bar appears. 4 Select the “ 5 Select “ 6 Confirm “Access control” using u. 7 Enter a 4-digit code of your choice. If the code is new, you may have to enter the code a second time as confirmation. 8 Select the “Parental level” using v or w and confirm with u. A bar appears to select the parental level. 9 Select the appropriate rating using w, v or the number buttons 0..9. ” icon using t or u. (Disc features)” using w or v and confirm with u. Tip What do the ratings mean? Rating 0 (displayed as “--”) parental control not active. Rating 1 (suitable for children) Rating 8 (only suitable for adults) What happens if a DVD scene contains a higher level than the rating set? If the recorder does not find a suitable alternative, playback will stop and you must enter the four-digit code. 0 67 Confirm with ENTER/OK. Quit using t and SYSTEM-MENU. Access control (Child Lock) English DRX-2_G.book Page 68 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Changing the country The set filter values depend on the respective country. It is therefore necessary to enter the country to which these filter values apply. n Disc features Access control Auto resume Enter code . . . On 1 Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD recorder. 2 Switch on the DVD recorder using B/I. 3 Press SYSTEM-MENU. The menu bar appears 4 Select the “ ” icon using t or u. 5 Select line “ (Disc features)” using w or v and confirm with u. 6 Confirm the line “Access control” using u. 7 Enter your four-digit code. If the code is new, you may have to enter the code a second time as confirmation. 8 Select “Change country” using w or v and confirm with u. 9 Select the corresponding country using v or w and confirm with ENTER/OK. 0 To end, press t and then SYSTEM-MENU. Changing the PIN code n Disc features Access control Auto resume Enter code . . . On 1 Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the DVD recorder. 2 Switch on the DVD recorder using B/I. 3 Press SYSTEM-MENU. The menu bar appears 4 Select the “ 5 Select “ 6 Confirm “Access control” using u. 7 Enter your four-digit PIN code. If the code is new, you may have to enter the code a second time as confirmation. 8 Select “Change code” using v or w and confirm with u. 9 Enter the new code using the number buttons 0..9. Enter the same code again as confirmation. 0 Quit using t and SYSTEM-MENU. ” icon using t or u. (Disc features)” using w or v and confirm with u. Tip I have forgotten my code Press STOP four times (step 7), then press ENTER/OK. Access control is now switched off. You can now enter a new code as described above. Access control (Child Lock) 68 DRX-2_G.book Page 69 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM 13. Before you call an engineer If you have any problems using this DVD recorder, the reason may be one of the following.You can also call the customer service centre in your country. If the problem is not listed below, or if the instructions fail to help, turn off the power to the unit, disconnect the power cable, and contact the nearest authorized YAMAHA dealer or service center. PROBLEM SOLUTION Your recorder does not respond to any ✓ Recorder in initial installation mode: Switch on the TV, switch over to the DVD button being pressed and the display shows recorder socket. Now the menu for language selection should appear. Please read “IS TV ON?”: paragraph “Initial Installation” in the chapter “Installing your DVD Recorder”. The device does not react when you press a ✓ “Dealer-Mode” is switched on: All buttons on the front of the set are locked. Switch off the function: button, although the remote control 1 Pull out the mains plug from the wall outlet. works: 2 Press and hold down A and F (Open/Close) and put back the mains plug into the wall outlet. 3 As soon as the time or “--:--” appears in the display (ca. 6 - 10 seconds), release A and F (Open/Close). Your DVD recorder does not respond to any button being pressed: ✓ There is no power supply: check the power supply ✓ A programmed recording (Timer) is currently being made: If desired, cancel the programmed recording (Timer) with B/I. ✓ There is a technical problem: disconnect from the mains power supply for 30 seconds, then connect again. If this doesn’t help, you can reset your DVD recorder to the default factory settings. Resetting the machine to the default factory settings: ✓ Important: All the information stored (TV channels, time and date, TIMER) will be lost. 1 Disconnect from the mains power supply. 2 Press and hold down the B/I button on the device and reconnect to the mains power supply. 3 Release the B/I button when “IS TV ON?” appears on the display. All the information stored (TV channels, time and date, TIMER) will be lost. Please read paragraph “Initial Installation” in the chapter “Installing your DVD Recorder”. Remote control does not work: ✓ Remote control not pointed toward the DVD recorder: Point the remote control at the machine. See if the “o(((” appears on the display briefly each time you press a remote control button. If it does, the Recorder is receiving information from the remote correctly. ✓ There is a technical problem: Take out the batteries, wait for 10 seconds and put them in again. ✓ Batteries are flat: Change the batteries. No playback on DVD recorder: ✓ There is no recording on the disc: Change disc. ✓ You inserted the wrong disc type:Your recorder can play back the following disc types: DVD Video, (Super) Video CD, DVD+R(W), Audio CD, MP3-CD’s ✓ You inserted the disc the wrong way: Insert the disc with the label facing upwards ✓ Disc is dirty: Clean the disc ✓ Wrong region code: The region code of the DVD and the DVD recorder must match. ✓ Parental control is on: Read chapter “Access control (child lock)” ✓ You have selected the wrong programme number for the DVD recorder on the TV: on the TV, select the correct programme number for the DVD recorder. ✓ The cable connecting the TV set and the DVD recorder has come loose: check the cable. 69 Before you call an engineer English DRX-2_G.book Page 70 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM PROBLEM SOLUTION I cannot playback (Super) Video CDs ✓ It is possible that this (Super) Video CD contains a menu and the “PBC” is switched off.You can see this in status field “PBC OFF”. To activate this function, proceed as follows: 1 Press SYSTEM-MENU while the (Super) Video-CD is inserted. 2 3 4 5 Select “ ” using t or u. Select line “Features” using w or v and confirm with u. Select “On” in line “PBC” using w or v. Confirm with ENTER/OK and end with SYSTEM-MENU. Poor playback on DVD recorder: (distorted ✓ Your TV set is not properly adjusted. ✓ Disc is dirty: Clean the disc picture/distorted sound) ✓ Sometimes the picture may be temporarily distorted. This is not a defect of your DVD recorder. No recording possible: ✓ The TV channel you want to record is not stored or you selected the wrong programme number: Check TV channels stored. ✓ Disc write-protected (recording protected): Remove write-protection or change the disc. For more information, please see “Preventing accidental erasing of discs” in chapter “Manual Recording”. ✓ An already finalised DVD+R has been inserted: Change disc. Programmed recording does not work: ✓ You have programmed the wrong time or date: Check time/date. ✓ You have not set the TIMER properly: Check the programmed recordings (TIMER block). ✓ Locked disc inserted: Remove disc lock. ✓ An already finalised DVD+R has been inserted: Change disc. ✓ “VPS/PDC” switched on but “VPS/PDCtime” wrong: Enter “VPS/PDC” time exactly to the minute. Check the aerial. The wrong TV channel was decoded (entered) after you programmed a recording using SHOWVIEW System. There is picture or sound interference on TV reception: 1 2 3 4 Enter the SHOWVIEW programming number of the TV channel you want. Confirm with ENTER/OK. Check the programme number/channel name in the “Prog.” input field. If this does not correspond to the desired TV channel, select the input field and change the programme number/channel name. 5 Confirm with ENTER/OK. ✓ Have your aerial checked. ✓ You will find information on how to change the TV system in “Manual TV channel search” in “Installing your DVD recorder”. Distorted sound coming from a connected ✓ The DVD recorder is connected to the “Phono-input” of your amplifier:This socket is provided only for record players without a preamplifier. Select a different audio hi-fi amplifier input. The picture is distorted or black-and-white ✓ The TV system of the disc does not match that of your TV set (PAL/NTSC). ✓ The recording can be made in colour only when the TV channels or the connected during playback additional device send a colour signal. Black-and-white signals containing no color information (colour subcarriers) cannot be recorded. No sound signal at the digital output Before you call an engineer ✓ Check whether the sound settings match the selected inputs and connected additional devices. 70 DRX-2_G.book Page 71 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM PROBLEM SOLUTION A DVD+RW disc cannot be played on certain DVD players ✓ If a recording is too short, it is possible that a DVD player cannot detect it: Please observe the following “Minimum recording times”: Recording mode “M1”: 5 minutes, “M2”: 10 minutes, “M2x”: 13 minutes, “M3”: 15 minutes, “M4”: 20 minutes, “M6”: 30 minutes ✓ Some DVD players cannot play back DVD+RW recordings.You can solve this problem by using a special function: 1 Open the disc tray with F (Open/Close). Insert the disc but do not close the tray. 2 Hold down the number button 2 on the remote control until the tray closes. The disc is modified. 3 If this fails to produce the desired result, repeat the procedure using the number button 3 on the remote control. 4 You can restore the disc to its original condition by pressing 1. Warning! There is a risk that you can no longer play the disc on other DVD players after this procedure. Therefore, apply this function with particular care. Other disc errors ✓ If it is impossible to play back a disc, you can try and repair it for new recordings using the following function. This will only prepare the disc for erasing. It will not be erased, however, until the recording has been completed. 1 Clean the disc 2 Open the disc tray with F (Open/Close). Insert the disc but do not close the tray. 3 Hold down CLEAR on the remote control until the tray closes. The disc is prepared for erasing. 4 Start recording as with an empty disc. 71 Before you call an engineer DRX-2_G.book Page 72 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM English Appendix Using DRX-2 remote control for your TV set Your DVD recorder remote control can transmit several commands to TV sets of different brands. The following keys will operate the TV set: - VOL + increase TV volume - VOL decrease TV volume - MUTE mute TV Some other keys normally operate the DVD recorder, but will operate the TV set when you keep TV SHIFT pressed: - CH + next TV programme number - CH previous TV programme number - 0..9 choose TV channel - B/I switch TV set to standby If your TV set does not respond to the remote control, you can re-programme your remote control. Below you will find a list of all available remote control codes for various TV brands. The following procedure re-programmes your remote control: Appendix 1 Look up the set-up code for your TV set in the code list in the following page. 2 Press and hold the t and u simultaneously for at least 3 seconds. 3 Release both keys. 4 Enter, within 30 seconds, the correct four-digit code with the digit keys 0..9. 5 If the selected code does not work with your TV set, or if the brand of your TV set is not in the list, try out the codes one after the other. 72 DRX-2_G.book Page 73 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Remote control set-up codes for television Abex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1066 Admiral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013, 1028, 1075 Aiko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012 Akai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005 Alaron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1022 American Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023 Anam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023, 1079 AOC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003, 1005, 1048 Audiovox . . . . . . . . . . . 1012, 1023, 1027, 1029 Baysonic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023 Belcor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003 Bell & Howell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1016, 1075 Bradford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023 Brocksonic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1024, 1028 Brockwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003 Candle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005, 1009 Carnivale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005 Carver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000 Celebrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1001 Cineral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012, 1027 Citizen . . . . . . . .1005, 1009, 1010, 1012, 1044, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1046, 1064 Concerto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009 Contec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023, 1063, 1065 Craig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023 Crosley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000 Crown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023, 1064 Curtis Mathes . . . . . . 1000, 1005, 1006, 1007, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1009, 1010, 1013, 1014, 1016, . . . . . . . . . 1019, 1027, 1034, 1036, 1046, 1064 CXC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023 Daewoo . . . . . . . . . . . .1003, 1012, 1027, 1029, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1030, 1064 Daytron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003, 1064 Denon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1014 Dumont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1002, 1003 Electroband . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1001 Electrohome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1079 Emerson. . . . . . 1003, 1016, 1021, 1022, 1023, . . . . . . . . .1024, 1026, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1044, . . . . . . . . . 1045, 1063, 1064, 1067, 1068, 1069 Envision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005 Fisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1016, 1055, 1056 Fujitsu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1022, 1032 Funai. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020, 1022, 1023 Futuretech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023 GE . . . . . . . . . . .1004, 1006, 1007, 1013, 1021, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1026, 1027, 1034, 1036, 1047, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1060, 1061, 1062, 1079 Gibralter . . . . . . . . . . . 1002, 1003, 1005, 1063 Goldstar. . . . . . . . . . . .1003, 1005, 1009, 1021, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1064, 1066 Gradiente. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1008, 1009 Grundy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1064 Grunpy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1022, 1023 Hallmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1021 Hardvard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023 Harley Davison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1022 Harman Kardon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000 73 Hitachi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009, 1014, 1063, 1065 Infinity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000, 1077 Inteq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1002 JBL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000, 1077 JCB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1001 JVC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1008, 1060, 1063, 1065 JVC RMC383. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1043 KEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023 Kenwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003, 1005 Kloss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1057, 1058, 1059 KTV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005, 1023, 1044, 1064 LG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009 Loewe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1077 Luxman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009 LXI . . . . . . 1000, 1006, 1016, 1017, 1021, 1077 Magnavox. . . . . . . . . . . 1000, 1005, 1022, 1049, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1050, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1077 Marantz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000, 1005, 1077 Matsushita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1025 Megatron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1014, 1021 Memorex. . . . . . . . . . . 1009, 1015, 1016, 1021, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1025, 1028, 1075 MGA . . . . . . . . . 1003, 1005, 1015, 1021, 1056 Midland . . 1002, 1006, 1007, 1060, 1064, 1066 Minutz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1004 Mitsubishi . . . . . 1003, 1013, 1015, 1021, 1056 Motorola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013, 1079 MTC . . . . . . . . . 1003, 1005, 1009, 1010, 1046 Multitech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019, 1023 NAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1017, 1021 NEC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003, 1005, 1009, 1079 Nikko. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005, 1012, 1021 NTC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1012 Onwa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1023 Optimus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1016, 1019, 1025 Optonica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013, 1018 Orion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1022, 1024, 1028 Panasonic. . . . . . 1007, 1025, 1060, 1077, 1079 Penney . . . . . . . 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009, 1010, 1017, 1021, 1036, . . . . . . . . . 1046, 1060, 1063, 1064, 1066, 1076 Philco . . . . 1000, 1003, 1005, 1014, 1028, 1049, . . . . . . . . . 1057, 1058, 1059, 1059, 1077, 1079 Philips . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000, 1049, 1050, 1057, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1058, 1063, 1073, 1077, 1079 Pilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003, 1005, 1064 Pioneer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019, 1031 Price Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1046 Portland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003, 1012, 1064 Prism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1007, 1060 Proscan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1006 Proton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1021, 1063 Pulsar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1002, 1003 Quasar. . . . . . . . 1007, 1018, 1025, 1060, 1079 Radio Shack . . . . . . . . . 1003, 1005, 1006, 1009, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1016, 1018, 1021, 1023, 1063, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1064, 1066 RCA. . . . . . . . . . 1003, 1006, 1007, 1011, 1013, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, . . . . . . . . . 1038, 1048, 1052, 1071, 1072, 1079 Realistic . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003, 1005, 1009, 1016, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1018, 1021, 1023, 1063, 1064 Runco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1002, 1005 Sampo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1005, 1064, 1066 Samsung . . . . . . 1003, 1005, 1009, 1010, 1021, . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1046, 1063, 1064, 1066, 1078 Samsunx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1064 Sansei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1027 Sansui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1028 Sanyo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1016, 1055 Scimitsu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1003 Scotch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1021, 1063 Scott . . . . . . . . . 1003, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024 Sears . . . . 1000, 1006, 1009, 1016, 1017, 1020, . . . . . . . . 1021, 1022, 1053, 1055, 1056, 1065 Semivox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1023 Semp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1017 Sharp . . . . 1013, 1018, 1031, 1051, 1063, 1064 Shogun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1003 Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1075 Sony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1001, 1042 Sounddesign . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1021, 1022, 1023 Squareview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1020 SSS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1003, 1023 Starlite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1023 Supreme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1001 Sylvania . . . . . . . 1000, 1005, 1049, 1050, 1054, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1058, 1059, 1077 Symphonic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1020 Tandy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1013 Tatung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1079 Technics. . . . . . . . . . . . .1007, 1025, 1060, 1063 Technol Ace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1022 Techwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1007, 1009, 1060 Teknika . . . . . . . 1000, 1003, 1009, 1010, 1012, . . . . . . . . 1015, 1022, 1023, 1046, 1064, 1065 Telecaption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1074 Telefunken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1009 Thomson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1039 TMK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1009, 1021 Toshiba . . . . . . . 1010, 1016, 1017, 1040, 1041, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1046, 1054, 1070, 1074 Totevision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1064 Vector Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1005 Victor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1008 Vidikron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1000 Vidtech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1003, 1021 Wards . . . . . . . 1000, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1009, . . . . . . . . 1018, 1021, 1022, 1049, 1050, 1054, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1057, 1058, 1075, 1077 White_Westinhouse. . . . . . . .1029, 1028, 1030 Yamaha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1003, 1005 Zenith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1002, 1012, 1028 Appendix English DRX-2_G.book Page 74 Tuesday, October 14, 2003 5:02 PM Specifications Disc Formats Supported Disc type DVD+RW DVD+R DVD-RW (Video mode) DVD-R DVD-Video Super Video CD Video CD Audio CD CD-R CD-RW Playback • • • • • • • • • • Audio format Recording • • – – – – – – – – Recordable Disc Formats Medium Diameter Capacity (single side) Recording time DVD+RW: Phase-Change ReWritable DVD+R: dye-based 12 cm 4.7 Gbyte M1 60’ 9.72 Mbit/s M2 120’ 5.07 Mbit/s M2x 150’ 4.06 Mbit/s M3 180’ 3.38 Mbit/s M4 240’ 2.54 Mbit/s M6 360’ 1.69 Mbit/s TV Standard PAL/SECAM NTSC Scan Frequency Number of lines Playback Recording Internal tuner 50Hz 625 • • • 60Hz 525 • • – Video RESOLUTION 50Hz 60Hz DVD-Video/DVD+RW/DVD+R (M1/M2/M2x) -Horiz. Resolution 720 pixels1 -Vertical Resolution 576 lines DVD+RW/DVD+R (M3/M4/M6) -Horiz. Resolution 360 pixels2 -Vertical Resolution 576 lines VCD -Horiz. Resolution 352 pixels -Vertical Resolution 288 lines 720 pixels1 480 lines 360 pixels2 480 lines 352 pixels 288 lines 1 equivalent to 500 lines on your TV 2 equivalent to 250 lines on your TV Video Performance DA Converter AD Converter Signal handling Video Output S-video Output RGB Output Appendix 10-bit 9-bit Components 1 Vpp into 75 Ohm Y: 1 Vpp into 75 Ohm C: 0.300 Vpp into 75 Ohm 0.7 Vpp into 75 Ohm Compressed Digital -Dolby Digital -DTS -MPEG1 -PCM Playback Multi-channel (AC-3) Multi-channel 2-channel SPdif 2-channel 16, 20, 24 bit fs 48 kHz Recording 2-channel 16-bit, fs 48 kHz – – 2-channel 16-bit, fs 48 kHz Audio Performance DA Converter AD Converter DVD Video CD Audio CD 24-bit 16-bit fs 96 kHz fs 48 kHz fs 44.1 kHz fs 44.1 kHz 4 Hz - 44 kHz 4 Hz - 22 kHz 4 Hz - 20 kHz 4 Hz - 20 kHz Front Connections i.LINK DV S-video Input Video Input Audio Left/Right Input IEEE 1394 4-pin Hosiden 4-pin Cinch (yellow) Cinch (white/red) Rear Connections scart 1 scart 2 S-video Output Video Output Audio Left/Right Output Digital Audio Output RF Antenna Input RF TV Output Mains CVBS, S-video/RGB-out, Decoder CVBS, S-video/RGB-in, Decoder Hosiden 4-pin Cinch (yellow) Cinch (white/red) 1 coaxial, 1 optical IEC958 for CDDA / LPCM IEC1937, Dolby Digital, DTS Coaxial 75 ohms Coaxial 75 ohms Standard (IEC type) Power Supply Power Inlet Power consumption 220-240 V, 50 Hz Operation Low-power Standby 27 W 3W Cabinet Dimensions (w x h x d) Net Weight 435 x 82 x 347 mm 4.0 kg Operating environment Operating position Ambient temperature Humidity maximum 10 degree inclination in all directions 15 C - 35 C 25% - 75% 74