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Basic Recording

Follow the steps below to record a TV programme.

1

Press [

Q (STANDBY-ON)] to turn on

the unit.

Turn on the TV and be sure to select the input to
which the unit is connected.

If you are recording to the HDD, press [HDD],
then proceed to step

5

.

If you are recording to a disc, press [DVD].

2

Press [A (OPEN

\CLOSE)] to open

the disc tray.

3

Place the disc on the disc tray with
its label facing up. Be sure to align
the disc with the disc tray guide.

4

Press [A (OPEN

\CLOSE)] to close

the disc tray.

5

Select the recording mode using
[REC MODE]. (See page 25.)

6

Press [SOURCE] to select digital,
analogue or external input mode,
then select the desired channel to
record using [PROGRAM + / –] or
[Alphanumeric keypad].

7

Press [I (RECORD)] to start
recording.

The “I HDD” or “I DVD” mark will be displayed
on the TV screen briefly.

To pause the recording, press [F (PAUSE)].
Press [F (PAUSE)] or [I (RECORD)] again to
restart the recording.

8

Press [C (STOP)] to stop the
recording.

This operation may take a few moments to
complete.

As for DVD recording, the title list will appear
automatically after writing to a disc complete.
(Refer to “Guide to a Title List” on page 63.)

e.g.) DVD+R

• Press [C (STOP)] to exit the title list.

Hint

• You can change the channel in the REC pause

mode.

Note

• Recording continues until the disc is full (as for

HDD, 12 hours after the recording starts) or you stop
the recording.

• If the clock is not set, the date and time of title

names will be 01/01/08 and 00:00.

• You cannot change the recording mode in the pause

mode.

• Even if the analogue channel you are recording is in

SECAM TV system, this unit automatically converts
it to PAL TV system during recording.

• If the external equipment (e.g. cable box,

Canal+ decoder) is connected to AV2, the picture of
the external equipment will be output except during
the DVD playback of this unit. Turn off the external
equipment or press [DISPLAY] to output the picture
from this unit.

• You can play back a title on one component while

making a recording on the other component. To do
so, simply select the component (HDD or DVD) you
want to use for the playback by pressing [HDD] or
[DVD] during HDD / DVD recording. And then follow
the normal playback procedure.

• If playback and recording are in progress at the

same time, select the appropriate component by
pressing [HDD] or [DVD] before you press
[F (PAUSE)] or [C (STOP)] to pause or stop the
operation.

• NTSC recording is prohibited in this unit.
• This unit cannot record images as aspect ratio of

16:9. The 16:9 images will be recorded as 4:3.

• When you record a TV programme, you have to

select the TV channel audio beforehand. Only the
selected channel audio will be recorded.

• Pressing [

Q (STANDBY-ON)] during recording will

terminate the recording.

HDD

HDD

D

DVD+R

VD+RW

W

DVD+RW

D

DVD+R

VD+R

DVD+R

D

DVD-

VD-R

RW

W

DVD-RW

D

DVD-R

VD-R

DVD-R

Disc tray guide

90%

Writing to Disc

Please finalise the disc when the writing is

completed before playing back on other DVD
players.

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01/01/08 0:20:00

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EMPTY TITLE

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