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Recording Options

BASIC RECORDING

1. Connect the recorder as shown on pages 9-11.

2. Insert a recordable DVD+RW or DVD+R into the unit.

3. Press DISPLAY  to access the control bar.

4. Use the RIGHT/LEFT arrow keys  to highlight the "Video input source" icon 

   and press ENTER.

 Then use the UP/DOWN arrow keys to select the input source from which you want to record:

          F-A/V: Front Audio/Video Input  (on the front  panel)
          R-A/V: Rear Audio/Video Input  (on the rear  panel)
          F-SV: Front  S-Video Input (on  the front panel)
          R-SV: Rear  S-Video Input (on  the rear panel)
          F-DV: Front  DV Input (on  the front panel)
          CH### (records  from TV). To select the  desired channel:
               Use the  UP/DOWN arrow keys
               Use the  CH v/^ keys
               Use the  0-9 keys

5. Press ENTER to confirm your selection.

6. Use the RIGHT/LEFT arrow keys to highlight the "Record quality" icon

   and press ENTER. Then

 use the UP/DOWN arrow keys to select the desired record quality:

          HQ   High  quality, nearly 64 minutes  on a blank  disc.
          SP    Standard  Play quality, nearly 130  minutes on a  blank disc.
          EP    Extended  Play, nearly 250 minutes  on a blank  disc.

 SLP  Standard Long Play, nearly 366 minutes on a blank disc.

 Press ENTER to confirm your selection.

7. Press RECORD to start recording.

 To stop recording, press STOP.
 If the DVD+RW or DVD+R is new, it will take a few moments to stop.

NOTE:

  Up to 124 chapters can be recorded on a disc.
  Up to 99 titles can be recorded on a disc.

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Summary of Contents for R 6640

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Page 2: ...se of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN AND INTERLOCKS DEFEATED AVOID EXPOSURE TO BEAM Important safety instructions Precautions 1 The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dan...

Page 3: ...ed by items placed upon or against them paying particular attention to cords at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the product 14 LIGHTNING For added protection for this product during a lightning storm or when it is left unattended and unused for long periods of time unplug it from the wall outlet and disconnect the antenna or cable system This will prevent damage to...

Page 4: ...d quality may be affected when the DVD recorder is placed close to a TV set radio or VCR so please place these items as far away from the unit as possible The DVD recorder is a high precision device The image quality may be impaired if the laser head or disc driving parts are dirty or damaged Condensation may damage the recorder Condensation may occur when the recorder is moved from cold to warm s...

Page 5: ... disc To enable this feature set your Audio Subtitle and Surround preferences in the Setup menu and then enable YourDVD as follows On Off Rating level Digital audio output Closed captions TV aspect ratio YourDVD AutoPlay Playback Setup On Off AutoPlay YourDVD To enable the AutoPlay feature 1 While DVD playback is stopped press the SETUP button 2 Use the buttons to select PLAY and press ENTER 3 Use...

Page 6: ... PROGRAMMING A CUSTOM PLAYBACK ORDER Selecting Subtitles DISPLAYING SUBTITLES Using the On Screen Display CHECKING THE STATUS OF THE RECORDER Setting the Parental Lock CHANGING YOUR PASSWORD Customizing Function Settings DISPLAYING THE SETUP MENU Recording Options SEARCHING FOR BASIC RECORDING ONE TOUCH RECORDING SWITCHING TO PLAYBACK MODE SETTING THE CLOCK TIMER RECORDING Editing A DVD RW EDITING...

Page 7: ...DIO OUT jack 7 ANTENNA IN jack 8 S VIDEO IN jack 9 S VIDEO OUT jack 10 11 OPTICAL DIGITAL AUDIO OUT jack 12 ANTENNA passthrough to TV NO DVD OUTPUT AUDIO IN Left Right jacks 11 4 OPEN CLOSE button 5 PLAY PAUSE STOP button 6 NEXT PREVIOUS button 8 RECORD button 9 Front AV connections flap door 10 11 12 13 14 10 S VIDEO IN jack 11 VIDEO IN jack 12 AUDIO IN LEFT jack 13 AUDIO IN RIGHT jack 14 DV IN j...

Page 8: ...f these buttons 1 REMOTE SIGNAL EMITTER 2 SETUP 3 OPEN CLOSE 4 0 9 5 RANDOM 6 NEXT 7 PREVIOUS 8 FAST FORWARD 9 REWIND 10 ARROW KEYS 11 TIMER 12 ZOOM 13 ANGLE 14 ADD CLEAR 15 BOOKMARK 16 REPEAT 17 VIEW 18 PROGRESSIVE SCAN 19 DISPLAY 20 POWER 21 MENU 22 TITLE 23 SUBTITLE 24 GO TO 25 AUDIO 26 PLAY 27 PAUSE 28 STOP RETURN 29 SLOW MOTION 30 ENTER 31 EDIT 32 RECORD 33 DISC OP 34 INPUT 35 VOL 36 CH 37 VO...

Page 9: ...l Surround Sound BETTER Enjoy the dynamic sound of Dolby Digital by connecting an amplifier equipped with a digital audio input and speaker system To AUDIO IN jacks To AUDIO OUT LEFT RIGHT jacks TA 3020 Surround Audio Amplifier for Home Theater CENTER FRONT RIGHT FRONT LEFT SURROUND RIGHT SURROUND LEFT TA 3020 Surround Audio Amplifier for Home Theater 5 1CH AMPLIFIER CENTER SUBWOOFER FRONT RIGHT F...

Page 10: ...e not included if your TV is equipped with an S Video input Do not connect the yellow video cable when using an S Video cable Connect your recorder with a Y Pb Pr Component Video cable not included if your TV is equipped with a Progressive Scan or Component Video input Switch between Progressive Scan or Interlace Scan by pressing the P SCAN button on the remote control TV Video cable S Video cable...

Page 11: ...er and unplug both the TV and DVD recorder before making connections The ANTENNA OUT jack is for signal pass thru only NOT FOR DVD PLAYBACK Use the video S Video or Component Video outputs for DVD playback NOTE TV Video cable Audio cables L R Signal output Signal input DVD recorder Outdoor Antenna ...

Page 12: ...wer and unplug your external source and DVD recorder before making connections NOTE TV Video cable Audio cables L R Signal output Use either S Video or Video cable DVD recorder S VIDEO OUT External Source VIDEO OUT AUDIO OUT LEFT RIGHT Audio cables left right Connect your recorder with an S Video cable not included if your external Source is equipped with an S Video input Do not connect the yellow...

Page 13: ...o cables left right Connect your recorder with an S Video cable not included if your external Source is equipped with an S Video input Do not connect the yellow video cable when using an S Video cable OPEN CLOSE STOP PLAY PAUSE NEXT PREV CHANNEL RECORD Refer to the owner s manual of your external source if necessary Turn off the power and unplug your external source and DVD recorder before making ...

Page 14: ...veloped by Dolby Laboratories for transmitting from 1 to 5 full range channels as well as a low frequency 1 channel for a total of 5 1 discrete channels The loudspeakers are arranged as follows front left front middle front right rear left and rear right Dolby Digital is currently the most common system and is often used in cinemas TM DoMiNoFX is a patented video processing technology that digital...

Page 15: ... Make sure all connections are made correctly then plug the power cord into a wall outlet Press POWER to power on your recorder 2 Insert a DVD disc 3 Use the arrow keys or 0 9 buttons to select the desired title 4 Press the ENTER or PLAY button The selected title will start playing 5 To remove the disc press the OPEN CLOSE button on the remote control of front panel Title 1 Title 3 Title 2 Title 4...

Page 16: ...20 PREV NEXT 1 TITLE 01 01 03 12 14PM SP 00 00 20 1 2 3 4 Description The DVD Index Screen appears when you load a DVD R or DVD RW disc 1 The name of the recording the default name is TITLE 2 The date and time of the recording 3 The quality setting of the recording 4 The length of the recording 1 Power on your recorder 2 Insert a DVD RW or DVD R disc Press the OPEN CLOSE button on the remote contr...

Page 17: ... the desired title 5 Press ENTER or PLAY to start playback of the selected title Use the arrow keys to highlight PREV or NEXT on the screen and press ENTER to view the next or previous page of titles 6 Stop playback Press the STOP RETURN button once to stop playback Press the PLAY button to resume playback To restart playback from the beginning of the disc press the STOP RETURN button twice then p...

Page 18: ...yback mode Set your preferred playback mode including NORMAL PROGRAM RANDOM or one of four REPEAT modes Playback control Controls disc playback such as STOP PLAY PAUSE FAST FORWARD etc Title Select to choose an available title using the 0 9 keys Chapter Select to choose an available chapter using the 0 9 keys Angle Select your desired camera angle if available Audio Select your desired audio setti...

Page 19: ...back The speed will cycle with each press as follows FR2 FR4 FR16 FR32 or PLAY Press PLAY to resume normal playback 3 Pause Press PAUSE during normal playback to pause playback Press PLAY to resume normal playback 4 Frame advance Press PAUSE during normal playback One frame is advanced each time you press PAUSE Press PLAY to resume normal playback 5 Slow motion Press SLOW during normal playback Th...

Page 20: ... Press the TITLE button The title menu will appear on the TV screen 2 Use the ARROW keys to select the title you want 3 Press the ENTER button The DVD player will start playback from the first chapter of the selected title Title 1 Title 3 Title 2 Title 4 Example of a title menu NOTE Some discs do not support this feature If different instructions appear on the TV screen follow those instructions P...

Page 21: ...Resumes normal playback Repeat the entire disc REPEATING A SPECIFIC SEGMENT 1 Press GO TO to display the control bar 2 Use the RIGHT LEFT keys to highlight then press ENTER 3 Use the UP DOWN keys to select A B then press ENTER at the start of the segment you want to repeat point A 4 Press ENTER again at the end of the segment point B The player will automatically return to point A and repeat playb...

Page 22: ...playback press the BOOKMARK button when playback reaches the point you want to memorize The bookmark icon will appear briefly on the TV screen 2 Repeat step 1 to enter up to nine bookmarks on the disc To recall a bookmarked scene 1 During disc playback press the VIEW button BOOKMARK menu will appear on the screen 2 Use the LEFT RIGHT arrow keys to select the bookmark number you want to recall 3 Pr...

Page 23: ...NOTE The angle function will not work on DVD video discs that do not contain multiple angles You can change the camera angle while playback is paused When you resume normal playback the camera angle changes to the new setting The angle icon indicator will glow while playing titles that contain at least one scene recorded from multiple angles SELECTING LANGUAGE AND AUDIO SETTINGS Many DVDs include ...

Page 24: ...en The left window displays all titles available on the disc The right window allows you to edit titles in your preferred order 2 In the left window use the UP DOWN arrow keys to select a title and press CLEAR ADD to add it to the right window You can also select a title by pressing ENTER after highlighting the title 3 To clear a title you have added to the right window highlight it and press CLEA...

Page 25: ... change settings HELLO Selecting a subtitle language Press the SUBTITLE button during playback to choose one of the subtitle languages available on the disc or turn subtitles off NOTE Due to the nature of some DVDs you may not be able to turn off the subtitles as they will appear on screen automatically After you press the SUBTITLE button the subtitles may not appear immediately during some scenes...

Page 26: ... RECORDER YOU CAN VIEW THE RECORDER S STATUS AND DISC INFORMATION ON YOUR TV SCREEN With this function you can view the following information on your TV Current title number Current chapter number Title elapsed time Title time remaining Press the DISPLAY button during DVD playback CURRENT TITLE NUMBER TOTAL NUMBER OF TITLES CURRENT CHAPTER NUMBER TOTAL NUMBER OF CHAPTERS TITLE ELAPSED TIME TITLE T...

Page 27: ...en press ENTER 4 Use the UP DOWN keys to select Rating Level then press ENTER 5 Input your password using the 0 9 keys When finished highlight OK and press ENTER The pre set password is 3308 6 Press ENTER to display the Set Rating Level drop down menu Use the UP DOWN arrow keys to select the desired rating and press ENTER 7 Highlight OK and press ENTER to save your settings 8 Press the SETUP butto...

Page 28: ... 2 Channel 01 01 03 SLP EP SP HQ F A V F SV R A V R SV DV TUNER English Spanish French English Spanish French Off English Spanish French English Spanish French AM PM 01 15 01 On Off Progressive Interlace Video output format Restore factory settings Screen saver General Setup On Off Progressive Interlace NTSC PAL Ok Cancel Rating level Digital audio output Closed captions TV aspect ratio YourDVD Au...

Page 29: ...ghlight SCAN then press ENTER The recorder will automatically search for all available channels If a channel cannot be found it will be checked in the Skip column To cancel automatic channel search press STOP 5 To browse the stored channels use the RIGHT LEFT arrow keys to move to CH column then use the UP DOWN arrow keys to select channels You can also use the 0 9 keys to select channels directly...

Page 30: ... records from TV To select the desired channel Use the UP DOWN arrow keys Use the CH v keys Use the 0 9 keys 5 Press ENTER to confirm your selection 6 Use the RIGHT LEFT arrow keys to highlight the Record quality icon and press ENTER Then use the UP DOWN arrow keys to select the desired record quality HQ High quality nearly 64 minutes on a blank disc SP Standard Play quality nearly 130 minutes on ...

Page 31: ...ess STOP SWITCHING TO PLAYBACK MODE When recording is stopped press PLAY to return to normal playback mode SETTING THE CLOCK 1 While playback is stopped press SETUP to display the Setup menu 2 Use the RIGHT LEFT arrow keys to highlight the CLOCK icon and press ENTER 3 Use the UP DOWN arrow keys to highlight the Date Time and AM PM respectively 4 With Date mm dd yy highlighted press ENTER and input...

Page 32: ...ive minutes before the timer recording begins a dialog box will appear on your TV screen prompting you to confirm or cancel the event If you do not make any selection the timer recording will proceed as scheduled NOTE If the recorder is in standby mode plugged in but powered off it will turn on automatically two minutes before the start of the timer recording During recording you can press STOP to...

Page 33: ...e following icons and press ENTER Then use the UP DOWN and ENTER keys to make selections Current playback status View current title number total number of title View current chapter number total number of chapters Chapter editing Select to add or delete chapter markers see the next page for details Chapter hide or unhide Select to hide or unhide the current chapter see the next page for details Ti...

Page 34: ... chapter markers in the current title will be deleted NOTE The second icon in the control bar provides immediate feedback as you add delete chapter markers it displays the current chapter and total number of chapters If only one chapter is available in the current title you can only select the New icon HIDING UNHIDING CHAPTERS From the control bar select the Chapter Hide icon and press ENTER If th...

Page 35: ... A virtual keyboard appears on your TV screen Use the ARROW keys to highlight the letter or character you want to input and press ENTER to confirm it The bottom row of the keyboard contains the following options Space adds a space Caps switches between upper and lower case letters BkSp backs up a space Delete deletes the last character entered Clear deletes all characters Exit exits the virtual ke...

Page 36: ...sc tray 2 Press DISC OP to display the disc editing bar 3 Use the RIGHT LEFT arrow keys to highlight one of the icons shown above Disc finalization Delete title Erase disc Disc protection etc and press ENTER Then use the UP DOWN and ENTER keys to make selections ...

Page 37: ...kes your DVD R disc compatible with other DVD players Once a DVD R has been finalized you cannot record or edit the disc T DEL DVD RW only Select to delete the currently selected title ERASE DVD RW only Select to erase the currently loaded disc LOCK DVD RW only Select to lock the current disc to prevent further recording or editing When a disc is locked you will only be able to play it To unlock t...

Page 38: ...ORIES PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDER Power supply Power consumption Mass External dimensions Signal system 120V AC 60 Hz 28W 11 5 Ibs 5 2 kg 17 1 x3 x11 435mm x 75mm x 280 mm WxHxD NTSC Audio cable red and white Remote control Batteries AAA Video cable yellow User s manual 1 pair 1 2 1 1 ...

Page 39: ...ly true of certain discs manu factured between 1997 1998 Scratched disc Connect the DVD player directly to your TV and not through any other source What you are viewing is the effect of the copy protection circuitry required on all DVD players Place the disc with the label side up Place the disc on the disc tray correctly inside the guides Make sure the disc is free from scratches fingerprints Pre...

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