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VCR/DVD RECORDER
COMBINATION

MODEL

DV-RW250X

OPERATION MANUAL

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The region number

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DIGITAL VIDEO

2E90601A COVER

10/12/04, 2:41 PM

Summary of Contents for DV-RW250X

Page 1: ...VCR DVD RECORDER COMBINATION MODEL DV RW250X OPERATION MANUAL 4 The region number for this recorder is 4 DIGITAL VIDEO ...

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Page 3: ...de of the product Refer all servicing to qualified personnel Note This VCR DVD can be used only where the power supply is AC 230 240V 50Hz It cannot be used elsewhere CAUTION USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MAY RE SULT IN HAZARDOUS RADIATION EXPOSURE AS THE LASER BEAM USED IN THIS VCR DVD IS HARMFUL TO THE EYES DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DISASSE...

Page 4: ...D menu 34 Changing angles 35 Zooming 35 Changing soundtrack language 36 Subtitles 36 Various operations on CD 37 MP3 WMA JPEG playback 39 Before using your unit SAFETY INFORMATION 1 Precautions 4 Accessories 5 Features 6 Disc 7 Handling discs 7 Discs which can be played back 7 Discs on which video can be recorded 8 Recording format 8 Disc playback in other players 9 Parts and functions 10 Front 10...

Page 5: ...4 Adjusting tracking condition 44 Repeat playback 44 Commercial skip 44 To display VCR operation status 44 ZERO RETURN function 45 Video index search system 45 Recording Read this before recording on disc 46 Types of disc 46 Recording modes 46 Disc remaining time 47 Images that cannot be recorded 47 Recording a TV program 48 One touch Timer Recording OTR 50 Timer recording 51 Stereo recording and ...

Page 6: ...the wall socket and all power sources includ ing batteries and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions a When the power supply cord or plug is damaged b If any liquid has been spilled onto or objects have fallen into the product c If the product has been exposed to rain or water d If the product does not operate normally even if you follow the operation manual...

Page 7: ... by Macrovision Corporation Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited Apparatus Claims of U S Patent Nos 4 631 603 4 577 216 4 819 098 and 4 907 093 licensed for limited viewing uses only Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Dolby and the double D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories DTS and DTS Digital Out are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems Inc Unauthorised reco...

Page 8: ...veral original titles or playlists to a separate playlist Dubbing function Dubbing a tape onto a disc or a disc onto a tape Video CD SVCD and MP3 WMA JPEG playback Video CD SVCD MP3 WMA files can be played back Also you can display JPEG files on the TV screen and enjoy them as a slide show The title list appears on finalised DVD RW disc re corded in the Video mode and DVD R disc Dubbing cannot be ...

Page 9: ... CD R CD RWs cannot be played back for the fol lowing reasons Compatibility of the disc and this unit Compatibility of the disc and the recorder used Unfinalised discs Do not playback the following discs Playback of these discs may cause a failure Discs on which paper labels or stickers are affixed Discs that have sticky areas left by adhesive tape Special shaped discs This unit is designed to pla...

Page 10: ... and used again about 1 000 times Only the VR mode can be used for Ver 1 0 discs With Ver 1 1 and later discs you can record by se lecting the VR mode or Video mode When you record in the VR mode you can repeat edly record and erase By erasing unnecessary titles you effectively increase remaining time When you record in the Video mode you can record until the disc becomes full When you use the Vid...

Page 11: ...c can be played back in other players that can playback DVD RW and DVD R For more information on finalisation see FINALISE in Setting the disc page 21 When recording in the VR mode Even if a disc recorded in the VR mode is finalised you can record or edit by cancelling the finalisation See UNDO FINALISE on page 21 When you playback the disc with another player make sure that the DVD player support...

Page 12: ...PEN CLOSE button PLAY button STOP button FF Fast Forward button REW Rewind button REC OTR button CHANNEL buttons Disc tray Cassette Loading Slot VCR indicator DVD indicator Display window AC power cord DVD COAXIAL DIGITAL AUDIO OUT jack AUDIO L R OUT jacks DECODER EXTERNAL Scart socket AV2 TV Scart socket AV1 RF IN jack RF OUT jack ...

Page 13: ...e is inserted When the disc is set to video mode VR does not appear Video tape is in the unit Clock display Colon flashes Counter display in hour minute second for VCR DVD minute second for CD TV channel display Track number display for CD The external input channel A1 A2 or A3 display Lights during playback of DVD and CD Flashes in auto resume DVD or CD is temporarily stopped Lights during DVD re...

Page 14: ... Playback 28 43 PAUSE STILL Still picture Recording pause on off 31 44 49 SKIP Skips chapters in the forward or reverse direction 31 41 64 INDEX Searches for the INDEX mark of a tape 45 REW SEARCH Rewind Review playback 31 43 44 F FWD SEARCH Fast Forward Forward search playback 31 43 44 ONE TOUCH REPEAT Skips the DVD playback back 10 seconds 33 CM SKIP Skips commercial breaks 32 44 SLOW Slow motio...

Page 15: ...ies will leak Corrosive electrolyte will damage the remote control handset Leak proof batteries will not leak immediately when they are flat As long as the handset is still working there is no danger of leakage To prevent damage remove the batteries if you do not use the handset for several months Damage because of leakage is not covered by the guarantee Distance of Remote Control Operation Effect...

Page 16: ...rd 230 240V 50 Hz VCR DVD Antenna Input To Audio Video input RF Input from house antenna TV Scart socket AV1 RF Output to TV Antenna Supplied Coaxial cable Connecting this unit to your TV using the SCART connections In addition to the coaxial cable connection you should also connect the supplied 21 pin RCA cable from the VCR DVD to your TV as shown Supplied 21 pin RCA cable DECODER EXTERNAL Scart ...

Page 17: ...mponents to the VCR DVD is dependent on the model and features of each component Check the Operation Manual provided with each component for the location of SCART socket To record from Satellite Receiver press INPUT SELECT on the remote control of the VCR DVD A1 will appear on the front display Select the particular satellite channel on the Satellite Receiver Satellite Antenna Satellite Receiver V...

Page 18: ...s such as Dolby Digital and DTS by using the Coaxial Digital Output Use this connection to connect an AV amplifier with built in Dolby Digital decoder AV amplifier with built in DTS decoder NOTES The COAXIAL jack only outputs the audio from the DVD section VHS signal is output only from the SCART sockets and AUDIO L R jacks When you make the connections above do not set DOLBY DIGITAL to DOLBY DIGI...

Page 19: ...UP MENU RETURN SETUP ENTER BACK END SELECT ENTER TIMER REC SET SYSTEM SETUP AV SETUP REC SETUP CHANNEL SETUP OTHER SETUP MENU LANGUAGE PARENTAL CLOCK DISC SETUP OTHER LANGUAGE OSD LANGUAGE DVD MENU AUDIO SUBTITLE RETURN SETUP ENTER BACK END ENGLISH ENGLISH AUTOMATIC ENGLISH SELECT ENGLISH FRANCAIS ESPANOL DEUTSCH ITALIANO OTHER AUTOMATIC OFF ENTER 2 Press or to select the desired menu and press EN...

Page 20: ...IANO The language you have selected will play if it is re corded on the disc ORIGINAL The unit will select the first priority language of each disc OTHER If you want to select another language before press ing ENTER input the language code by using the numeric keys See the Language code list on page 76 Then press ENTER If you input a wrong number press CANCEL NOTE If the selected language is not r...

Page 21: ...has not been set play back will commence If you don t know or have forgotten the password select CANCEL PIC TURE The setting screen will disappear Press OPEN CLOSE to remove the disc 4 Use the numeric keys to input the password To interrupt the input process press RETURN 5 Press ENTER 6 Playback will commence if the entered password was correct NOTE This temporary cancellation of the rating level ...

Page 22: ...etting the clock Setting the disc 01 04 00 00 01 Your VCR DVD is fitted with a 24 hour clock You must set the date and time for timer record ings Preparation Turn ON the TV and select its AV channel this may be labelled EXT AUX etc Select CLOCK from the SYSTEM SETUP sec tion of the SETUP MENU and press ENTER For the full procedure see steps 1 to 3 in Using the SETUP MENU on page 17 Ex Setting the ...

Page 23: ... with a DVD R For a DVD RW in VR mode which was finalised by another unit you can record or edit on this unit by cancelling the finalisation You cannot playback a disc recorded on VR mode on a unit that does not support DVD RW Even if you finalise a disc in the Video mode the disc cannot be played back in some DVD players PROTECT DISC You can protect a disc to prevent the content recorded on it fr...

Page 24: ... Letter box AUTOMATIC ON STD COMPOSITE VIDEO VIDEO ENTER RETURN SETUP BACK END SELECT ENTER Other SYSTEM SETUP Setting the screen You can turn the display window and screen dis play ON or OFF Preparation Turn ON the TV and select its AV channel this may be labelled EXT AUX etc Select OTHER from SYSTEM SETUP For the pro cedure see steps 1 to 3 in Using the SETUP MENU on page 17 DIMMER Brightness of...

Page 25: ...e broadcast has finished or no broadcast is set the TV screen will auto matically appear blue The function above works when you select NO NOISE BACKGROUND and select ON from the list If you don t want to use this blue background function select OFF The default setting is ON BRIGHTNESS You can control the brightness level of the image Select BRIGHTNESS and select the level from the list below MAX T...

Page 26: ...o the sound from TV s speaker we recommend that you select TV The level of Dynamic Range Reduction may differ depending on the DVD VIRTUAL SURROUND Spatializer N 2 2TM Sound that is not recorded in the surround mode will be changed to artificial surround sound and output Select VIRTUAL SURROUND and select ON from the list to activate the virtual surround function To not use the virtual surround se...

Page 27: ... after a recording start is registered 5 MIN The image 5 minutes after a recording start is registered NOTE You cannot select the thumbnail image for Video mode BILINGUAL RECORDING In case of the recording of a bilingual program to a disc with video format you can select the recording sound L CH to record with left channel R CH to record with right channel You can set the switching interval betwee...

Page 28: ...your area While this is happening AUTO TUNING will be shown on the screen When automatic tuning process is completed the screen will return to normal NOTES TV reception interference or power failure may result in Automatic station presetting malfunctions In such a case repeat the setting procedure from the begin ning If the automatic tuning procedure has problems re ceiving some stations correctly...

Page 29: ...ing a station on program position 5 1 Select CH TUNING and press ENTER 2 Select CH and press ENTER Then select the channel position number 5 and press ENTER 3 Select TUNING tuning scale and press ENTER CH 5 SKIP OFF MOVE 5 TUNING 4 Press A rising frequency or B falling frequency once The search starts It stops at each broadcast automatically A changes to Press B or A repeatedly until the desired s...

Page 30: ...d VCR DVD turns off NOTES If a non compatible disc is loaded INCORRECT DISC REGION CODE ERROR or PARENTAL ERROR will appear on the TV screen according to the type of loaded disc In this case check your disc again See pages 7 and 19 Some discs may take a minute or so to start playback A prohibition symbol may appear at the upper right of the screen This symbol means either the feature you tried is ...

Page 31: ...t or the previous page Press then press or to display next previous page To return to normal use press You cannot switch to the VCR mode when the title menu of DVD RW VR mode disc or unfinalised Video mode disc is showing Press TITLE MENU to clear the title menu then press DVD VCR to switch to the VCR mode NOTES For a disc recorded in the Video mode the REC DATE TIME CHANNEL and REC MODE will not ...

Page 32: ...ator will light 1 Press DISPLAY Media information will appear 2 Press DISPLAY while the media information above is displayed The next media information will appear The remaining time displayed during recording may be different from the actual remaining time When you want to check the cor rect remaining time stop recording and display the media infor mation again 3 Press DISPLAY again while the med...

Page 33: ...ress SLOW during normal playback or still playback Each press of SLOW will change the speed of the slow 1 2 1 4 1 8 To resume normal playback press PLAY To resume the still playback press PAUSE STILL Locating a chapter or track Press SKIP Forward or SKIP Reverse during playback to locate a chapter that you want to watch Each time you press the button a chapter or track is skipped NOTE There may be...

Page 34: ...TLE SEARCH Select the title number to be played back The screen above shows the display when CHAPTER SEARCH is selected 3 When selecting TIME SEARCH input the time until the playback is restarted with the numeric keys or When select ing CHAPTER SEARCH or TITLE SEARCH press or to select the chapter number or title number 4 Press ENTER The playback starts at the point you selected NOTE For REPEAT se...

Page 35: ...DVD disc then normal playback will continue Press ONE TOUCH REPEAT during playback The playback returns to a point 10 seconds earlier then resumes play ing NOTE If ONE TOUCH REPEAT is pressed less than 10 seconds after the beginning of the current title it will just go back to the start of that title A B repeat playback A B repeat playback allows you to repeat material between two selected points ...

Page 36: ... to resume playback at the scene when you pressed TITLE MENU TOP MENU 2 Press or to select the desired title 3 Press ENTER The playback of the selected title will start DVD menu Some DVDs allow you to select the disc contents using the menu When you playback these DVDs you can select the subtitles lan guage and soundtrack language etc using the DVD menu 1 Press DVD MENU during playback The DVD men...

Page 37: ...playback The current angle will appear 2 Press ANGLE repeatedly until the desired angle is selected Zooming This unit will allow you to zoom in on the frame image You can then make selections by switching the position of the frame 1 Press ZOOM during playback The center part of the image will be zoomed in Each press of ZOOM will change the ZOOM x2 x3 and x4 2 Press or to view a different part of t...

Page 38: ...hanging the title In some cases the subtitles language is not changed to the selected one immediately Changing soundtrack language You can select the language when you play a multilingual disc 1 Press AUDIO during playback The current soundtrack language will appear 2 Press AUDIO repeatedly until the desired language is selected The on screen display will disap pear after a few seconds Subtitles W...

Page 39: ...ant to playback and press 2 Press or to select HIDE SHOW from the menu list and press ENTER The selected track will not be played back H appears at the side of the track number When you want to cancel the exclusion press or to select the track number with H and press Press or to select HIDE SHOW from the menu list and press ENTER HIDE will be cancelled NOTES In case the disc includes more than 10 ...

Page 40: ...e played back repeatedly To cancel the repeat all playback select REPEATALL from the menu list again and press ENTER Playing back programs You can specify the playback order yourself 1 Press or to select PROGRAM PLAYBACK from the menu list and press ENTER 2 Press or to select to the track number that you want to change the order of and press ENTER The mark will appear at the right side of the trac...

Page 41: ...unit to read MP3 WMA JPEG files depending on its struc ture Music recorded by Joliet Record ing Specification can be played back Long file names will be cut The music files recorded by Hier archical File System HFS can not be played Preparation Turn ON the TV and select its AV channel this may be labelled EXT AUX etc Load the disc storing MP3 WMA or JPEG Press DVD VCR to select the DVD mode The DV...

Page 42: ...ENU MP3 WMA JPEG playback MP3 CD MP3 files must have the extension letters mp3 Standard sampling frequency and the bit rate MPEG 1 Audio 32kHz 44 1kHz 48kHz 32kbps to 320kbps constant bit rate or variable bit rate The recommend recording setting for a high quality sound is 44 1kHz of sampling frequency and 128kbps of constant bit rate WMA CD When creating a WMA disc make sure that the copyright fu...

Page 43: ...irst for the slide show 3 Press ENTER to play the selected picture If you have set the interval time for JPEG slide show the pictures will be played back one after another automatically See page 25 Press ZOOM to enlarge the displayed image Press ANGLE to rotate the image by 90 degrees each time To display the next or the previous picture press SKIP 7 or 6 JPEG CD JPEG files must have the extension...

Page 44: ...assette tape without an erase prevention tab playback will start automatically Unloading You can eject the video tape while the unit is turned off 1 Press EJECT on the unit or the remote con trol 2 Remove the cassette tape Automatic tape eject This VCR will automatically rewind the tape when the tape has ended And when the tape is rewound to its beginning the cassette tape will be ejected automati...

Page 45: ...To rewind the tape or forward it rapidly Press STOP To rewind the tape Press REW To stop the tape winding press STOP To switch to playback directly without STOP press PLAY Forward Reverse picture search mode When the tape is being wound you can switch to picture search mode see next page To do this press REW or F FWD and hold it down The unit will resume the tape winding as soon as the button is r...

Page 46: ...P L CH HI FI OPERATING MODE TAPE IN AUTO REPEAT HI FI STEREO Slow tracking and vertical lock adjustment If noise bars appear in the picture during slow motion press the TRK TRACKING or to reduce the noise bars If the still picture jitters excessively press TRK TRACKING or to stabilise the still picture Frame by Frame picture Press PAUSE STILL during playback Press SLOW one by one The picture advan...

Page 47: ...8 47 MON 00 00 00 SP CH 1 INDEX or is displayed 3 INDEX NO up to 9 1 Press DISPLAY The counter display shows the tape run ning time during playback or recording 2 Press COUNTER RESET at the desired tape position The counter display will be reset to the 00 00 00 position e g the beginning of recording 3 Press STOP when playback or recording is finished Press ZERO RETURN The tape will be rewound or ...

Page 48: ...recording on disc Recording time and quality vary according to mode Recording time above is based on a 4 7GB disc Since DVD recording is performed using VBR Variable Bit Rate re cording time varies according to the recorded content To know the correct recording time stop recording and check the me dia information See page 30 This section explains things you must know to record onto a disc Read it ...

Page 49: ...ng is possible as long as there is available space on the disc Once the disc has been finalised addi tional recording and erasing are not possible The remaining time cannot be increased nor can recorded title be overwritten Titles cannot be erased nor can recorded titles be overwritten Images that cannot be recorded Some DVD Video and broadcasts contain copy restriction signals to protect copyrigh...

Page 50: ...channel to be recorded 1 9 e g 5 press 5 10 80 e g 29 press 2 and 9 within 2 seconds 3 Press REC OTR appears on the screen for about 4 seconds and recording will start NOTES When recording onto a DVD it takes about 4 seconds from when you press REC OTR until record ing actually starts Press REC OTR a little before your preferred starting point With a video tape recording starts almost at the same ...

Page 51: ...to a video tape you can change a recording channel in the recording pause mode You cannot change a recording channel in the DVD recording pause mode Auto Rewind feature This VCR will automatically rewind the tape when the tape has ended except during OTR and TIMER REC It will also eject the tape NOTES If the disc space become full the recording is stopped and RECORDING INTERRUPTED will appear on t...

Page 52: ...c keys or CH to se lect the channel to be recorded 3 Press REC OTR Each additional press of REC OTR will in crease recording time as shown in the chart below up to a maxi mum of 6 hours The OTR and recording time will appear on the screen for about 4 seconds To cancel OTR Press STOP or turn off the power NOTE If you wish to watch the DVD play back during the VCR OTR press DVD VCR to change to DVD ...

Page 53: ...e event of a power failure the data of the automatic recording will be maintained in the built in memory for about 30 minutes Also the clock will continue to run for this period of time Thereafter the data will be deleted When the power resumes the time display will change to 0 00 that the timer setting will have to be set 2 Press or to select TIMER REC SET and press ENTER The TIMER REC SET screen...

Page 54: ...r to select START and press ENTER Set the time when the recording is started To switch over the selection item hour or minute press or then press ENTER Press or to adjust the time After setting the time press ENTER 7 Press or to select END and press ENTER Set the stopping time in the same manner for setting the starting time of timer recording 8 Press or to select CH and press ENTER Press or to se...

Page 55: ...omatically The VCR mode cannot be selected If the programs are DVD and VCR recording the unit will turn off If you want to use the unit press TIMER REC again to deactivate the timer If the clock symbol blinks in the display in spite of the pressing of TIMER REC the cassette may not have been loaded yet see page 42 If the cassette is ejected in spite of the pressing of TIMER REC the erase preventio...

Page 56: ...eived NICAM OFF This will be dis played if a NICAM signal is received when NICAMOFF isselectedintheAV SETUP MENU This VCR DVD is capable of recording sound in Hi Fi system The recording will be performed automatically NICAM STEREO broadcasts are recorded in its original sound system regardless of the setting If you wish to record NICAM programmes select NICAM AUTOMATIC at NICAM setting on page 24 ...

Page 57: ...ate a playlist based on the original titles You can combine or erase undesired scenes If you create a playlist it will become the primary list used by the disc If you create a playlist to customise your viewing preferences and choose to delete it the original titles will not be affected It is recom mended to create and edit the playlist to prevent important titles from being erased accidentally If...

Page 58: ... editing menu of original title will appear 4 Press or to select NEW PLAYLIST 5 Press ENTER The editing menu closes and the created playlist appears at the bottom of the list RETURN PLAY BACK SET END SELECT TITLE MENU ENTER DISC NAME Title 1 25 11 2003 10 03 11 SP 29 11 2003 11 30 09 SP 01 12 2003 06 52 06 XP 23 11 2003 08 41 06 SLP REC DATE 23 11 2003 TIME 08 41 LENGTH 00 30 17 CHANNEL 06 REC MOD...

Page 59: ...playlist Press or to select RENAME TITLE 3 Press ENTER The keyboard screen will appear 4 Use the keyboard screen to enter the title name See P 68 5 Press DISPLAY to return the title menu Family 1 2 a b c 3 d e f CANCEL Back RETURN Exit Caps 0 Space bar 4 g h i 5 j k l 6 m n o 7 q p r s 8 t u v 9 w x y z DISPLAY OK DISPLAY OK Numbers Signs Letters RETURN ENTER BACK SET END SELECT TITLE MENU ENTER D...

Page 60: ... or to select EDIT TITLE 3 Press ENTER The EDIT TITLE screen appears 4 Press ENTER to playback the playlist on the EDIT TITLE screen Use each operation button F FWD REW SKIP SKIP PLAY PAUSE STILL SLOW CM SKIP for the playback to search the starting point of the scene you want to erase RETURN ENTER BACK SET END SELECT TITLE MENU ENTER DISC NAME 23 11 2003 08 41 06 SLP 25 11 2003 10 03 11 SP 29 11 2...

Page 61: ...ght small screen 7 Check the erased scenes Select Preview and press ENTER Then the video which had included the erased scene is now played back from start to end points with erased scenes removed Each operation button F FWD REW SKIP SKIP PLAY PAUSE STILL for playback also can be used 8 Adjust the start and end points To adjust the start point select Adjust start and press ENTER You can change the ...

Page 62: ...bined so that the total recording time is displayed RETURN ENTER BACK SET END SELECT TITLE MENU ENTER DISC NAME 23 11 2003 08 41 06 SLP 25 11 2003 10 03 11 SP 29 11 2003 11 30 09 SP 01 12 2003 06 52 06 XP Title 1 PL Family REC DATE 23 11 2003 TIME 08 41 LENGTH 00 30 17 CHANNEL 006 REC MODE SLP TITLE MENU PLAY EDIT TITLE DELETE PLAYLIST RENAME TITLE TITLE COMBINE TITLE COMBINE RETURN ENTER BACK END...

Page 63: ...ed playlist will be erased RETURN ENTER BACK SET END SELECT TITLE MENU ENTER DISC NAME 23 11 2003 08 41 06 SLP 25 11 2003 10 03 11 SP 29 11 2003 11 30 09 SP 01 12 2003 06 52 06 XP Family REC DATE 23 11 2003 TIME 08 41 LENGTH 00 30 17 CHANNEL 006 REC MODE SLP TITLE MENU PLAY EDIT TITLE DELETE PROGRAM RENAME TITLE TITLE COMBINE DELETE PLAYLIST RETURN PLAY BACK SET END SELECT TITLE MENU ENTER DISC NA...

Page 64: ...s or to select the original title Press to display the editing menu of the original title Press or to select ADD CHAPTER MARK 3 Press ENTER The ADD CHAPTER MARK screen will appear 4 Press PLAY to search a scene where you want to add the chapter mark Search the scene by using each operation button F FWD REW SKIP SKIP PAUSE STILL SLOW CM SKIP for the play back RETURN ENTER BACK SET END SELECT TITLE ...

Page 65: ... original title Press to display the editing menu of original title Press or to select COMBINE CHAPTERS 3 Press ENTER The COMBINE CHAPTERS screen will appear At the beginning the top still image in the chapter 2 is displayed ADD CHAPTER MARK 17 NAME 23 11 2003 08 41 CHAPTER 2 4 LENGTH 00 03 08 00 30 17 The added chapter mark RETURN ENTER BACK SET END SELECT TITLE MENU ENTER DISC NAME 23 11 2003 08...

Page 66: ...ppear The entering method of the title name is the same as for the playlist See the steps 4 and 5 of Changing a title name in Editing a playlist page 57 and enter the title name See also page 68 for more about the keyboard screen SELECT RETURN ENTER BACK END TITLE MENU ENTER COMBINE CHAPTERS NAME 23 11 2003 08 41 CHAPTER 2 4 LENGTH 00 02 03 00 30 17 RETURN ENTER BACK SET END SELECT TITLE MENU ENTE...

Page 67: ... display the title menu 2 Select the original title where a scene you want to erase is in cluded Press or to select the original title Press to display the editing menu of original title Press or to select EDIT TITLE RETURN ENTER BACK SET END SELECT TITLE MENU ENTER DISC NAME 23 11 2003 08 41 06 SLP 25 11 2003 10 03 11 SP 29 11 2003 11 30 09 SP 01 12 2003 06 52 06 XP Family REC DATE 23 11 2003 TIM...

Page 68: ...ot be restored When you erase the titles you can increase the disc space 1 Press TITLE MENU to display the title menu 2 Select the original title you want to erase Press or to select the original title Press to display the editing menu of original title Press or to select DELETE TITLE RETURN ENTER BACK SET END SELECT TITLE MENU ENTER DISC NAME 23 11 2003 08 41 06 SLP 25 11 2003 10 03 11 SP 29 11 2...

Page 69: ...f Back Exit Caps 0 4 g h i 5 j k l 6 m n o 7 q p r s 8 t u v 9 w x y z CANCEL RETURN DISPLAY OK DISPLAY OK Space bar 5 Press DISPLAY to return the title menu NOTES The disc name can be a maximum of 30 characters Long names will be shortened in the title menu For using the keyboard screen see Using the keyboard screen page 68 23 11 2003 08 41 06 SLP 25 11 2003 10 03 11 SP 29 11 2003 11 30 09 SP 01 ...

Page 70: ...ting characters There are two methods for inputting characters Character input 1 1 Press or to select the character to be input 2 Press ENTER The selected character will be input Character input 2 Example Explained here is the procedure when you input F and J 1 Press the numeric keys where a character you want to input is assigned The numeric keys are on the remote control 3 d e f 2 Press the nume...

Page 71: ...letters when modifying your titles using the keyboard screen with the Letters tab 1 Press STOP Or press or to select Caps then press ENTER 2 Press or to select the type of letters in the list below and press ENTER Auto caps Determines uppercase and lower case automatically Upper Inputs all with uppercase letters Lower Inputs all with lowercase letters Determining a name To determine the entered di...

Page 72: ...ideo tape to prevent the data from accidentally being erased Confirm the disc space before operation 1 Press DVD VCR to set this unit to DVD mode The DVD indicator will light 2 Press REC MODE SPEED and select the recording mode SP LP SLP or XP The recording mode is indicated on both the TV screen and the display window For the details of the recording mode see page 46 3 Press DVD VCR and set the u...

Page 73: ...th the TV screen and the display window For the details of the recording mode see page 42 3 Press DVD VCR and set the unit to DVD mode NOTE Confirm that the DVD indicator lights 4 Press DUBBING The DVD is waiting for playback and the VCR is waiting for re cording Then the following message appears 5 Press or to select YES and press ENTER Dubbing starts To cancel dubbing select NO and press ENTER I...

Page 74: ...ion Turn ON the TV and select its AV channel this may be labelled EXT AUX etc Load a video tape where the erase protection tab is not activated or a disc with enough recording space To record onto a video tape set the unit to VCR mode whereas to record onto a disc set it to DVD mode 1 Press INPUT SELECT and set the channel to A3 A1 or A2 A1 TV scart audio video input and audio video output on the ...

Page 75: ...tput a superior picture will be achieved using an S Video cable connected to the S Video input AV3 on the front panel with S Video cable In this case you must select S VIDEO mode inAV3 IN PUT setting on page 23 If you select VIDEO only the composite video signal will be input S Video input sig nal will be cut The S Video input can be used only for re cording on the disc The S Video input can not b...

Page 76: ... decoder you can also listen to DTS Digital Surround sound DVD menu Menu recorded on a DVD Video that enables the user to select subtitles language soundtrack language etc finalise Operation that enables discs recorded or edited with this unit to be played back on other DVD players interlaced scanning Technology that alternately displays odd numbered scanning lines and even numbered scanning lines...

Page 77: ...r playback and disc editing top menu Menu on a DVD Video for selecting chapters for play back subtitle language etc The top menu may be referred to as a Title Menu on some DVD discs track A song on a music CD is called a track TRACK INFO screen The screen that appears when TITLE MENU is pressed if an Audio disc is in the unit Video mode This recording format is compatible with commercially availab...

Page 78: ... Guarani Gujarati Hausa Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Interlingua Irish Italian Japanese Javanese Kannada Kashmiri Kazakh Kirghiz Korean Kurdish Laothian Code 2211 2232 2224 2230 2321 2317 2329 2322 2330 2319 2328 2325 2324 2411 2415 2425 2528 2611 2629 2622 2630 2731 2823 2825 2831 2923 2911 1714 2928 2918 2924 Language Latin Latvian Lettish Lingala Lithuanian Macedonian Malagasy Ma...

Page 79: ... restored even if the res toration process is performed Load a disc A disc specified other than Region 4 or RegionALL cannot be played back Check to make sure that the disc is compatible with this unit Load a disc Wait until the process is completed Erase unnecessary titles or load another disc and restart recording Check the disc space Load a recordable disc Set Protect disc to OFF Undo finalisat...

Page 80: ...d troubleshooting VCR DVD PAGE 28 14 14 14 16 31 44 13 DVD Your preferred language may not be available on the disc No disc is inserted The disc may be dirty Clean up the disc The unit cannot play DVD ROMs etc Some discs may not do some of the functions Check the disc space using the disc information Check the disc for protection Check if the video to be recorded is not copy guarded Check that the...

Page 81: ...Check the Parental setup Multilingual language is not recorded on the DVD disc Some discs have no subtitles Subtitles are cleared Press SUBTITLE Multi angles are not recorded on the DVD disc The function is prohibited with the unit or the disc VCR OTHER Good Picture Snowy Picture Video Head Clogging The video heads record and playback pictures and sound on the video tape In the event that they bec...

Page 82: ...5 Ω Audio 500 mV 50k Ω Audio IN jack 500 mV 50k Ω SCART socket Video 1 Vp p 75 Ω Audio 500 mV 1k Ω Audio OUT jack 500 mV 1k Ω PAL NTSC tape playback with PAL 60 Hz 4 Rotary Heads Hi Fi Sound 2 Tracks MONO Sound 1 Track AUSO E2 E4 X Z 2 S1 S10 E5 E12 S11 S41 E21 E69 Approx 1 minute and 12 seconds with E 180 Cassette Tape at 25 C 20Hz to 20 000Hz More than 75dB PAL DVD 12cm 8cm CD 12cm 8cm DVD Video...

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Page 84: ...ting from misuse abuse neglect accidental damage improper voltage liquid spillage vermin infestation software or any alterations made to the product which are not authorised by Sharp Please retain your sales documentation as this should be produced to validate a warranty claim This warranty is in addition to and in no way limits varies or excludes any express and implied rights and remedies under ...

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