Chapter 3: recording, playback & features – RCA DRC8040N User Manual

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Chapter 3: Recording, Playback & Features

Using the Split Title Feature to Copy Camcorder

Videocassette Tapes to Disc

The Split Title option lets you divide one recording into different titles. This is especially
handy when you transfer videocassette tapes from camcorder recordings to disc—once
you “Split the Title” you can jump from one special occasion to the next without the time
consuming effort of fast forwarding through a tape.

Connect the VCR’s Output Jacks to the DVD recorder’s Input jacks (for easy access, you can

use the Front Input jacks). For a connection picture using the Input jacks on the back of the DVD
recorder, go to page 56. Match the Video (yellow) and the Audio jacks (red and white) to the
correct cables.

Turn on the VCR and the DVD recorder

. Insert a blank DVD+RW disc into the DVD recorder (you must use DVD+RW disc to use the

Split Title feature, not a DVD+R disc).

Put the videocassette into the VCR (make sure it’s cued to the beginning of the tape, or the place

from which you want to start recording).

Press PLAY on the VCR and RECORD on the DVD recorder (most videocassettes contain 2

hours of programming so you can automatically set the DVD recorder to record for 2 hours by
pressing RECORD 4 times). See Express Recording on page 26.

After you’ve fi nished recording, name the disc—go to the DVD recorder main menu; highlight

Disc Title Menu and press OK (the options appear).

7. Since Rename Disc is highlighted, just press OK (the keyboard appears). Use the arrow

buttons and OK to rename the disc. Remember to highlight Done when you’re finished,
and press OK.

8. The disc contains one title—the entire contents of the videocassette tape. Play the

disc from the beginning to determine what to name the first event you recorded (for
example, Simon’s 4th birthday). Name the first title by going to the Disc Title Menu and
selecting Rename Title. Use the keyboard to rename the title.

9. When you get to the end of the first event on the disc— in the example above,

Simon’s 4th birthday—press the PAUSE button. Press INFO (the Info Display appears).

10. Press the right arrow button to highlight the Edit icon

, and press OK.

11. Press the down arrow button to highlight Split Title—the recorder cuts the recording

at that point (you’ll have to wait for a minute or so while the information is updated).
Now you have two titles named Simon’s 4th birthday. Start playing the second title,
and rename it to fit the description of the event. Continue this sequence until you’ve
divided the disc into as many separate titles as you want.

12. Additionally, you can easily remove any unused part of the disc. Typically, the end of

videocassette tapes contain snowy, blank footage. If you copied the entire videocassette
to disc, the end of the disc might have this unused content. To remove, just split this
portion into a separate title, and then delete the title from the disc.

Editing Titles with the Hide Chapter Feature

As with most editing features on recorded discs, Hide Chapter is only available with DVD+RWdiscs.
Some people use it to hide commercials or introductions to programs. You have to Insert a Chapter
Marker at the beginning and the end of the part of the recording you want to “hide.”

Note: Since the DVD recorder automatically adds a chapter marker every 5 minutes during
recording, it might be a good idea to Clear All Chapter Markers before using the Hide Chapter
feature. To fi nd the Clear Chapters option, go to the Disc menu and select Disc Title Menu.
Highlight the title you want to clear chapters from, and press OK. Highlight Clear Chapters,
and press OK.

1. While playing the recording (called a title), press INFO (the Info Display appears).

2. Press right arrow until the Edit icon

is highlighted, and press OK.

3. When you’re at the beginning of the place you want to hide, press PAUSE. Then, highlight Insert

Chapter Marker and press OK(if the Info Display isn’t on the screen, press INFO and select the
Edit icon

4. Use FAST FORWARD or ADVANCE to go to the end of the segment that you want to hide, and

select Insert Chapter Marker again and press OK.

5. To “hide the chapter” you must be playing it. Therefore, press REVERSE or AGAIN until playback

is between the two chapter markers you just inserted. If the Info Display isn’t on the screen, press
INFO, select the Edit icon, and select Hide Chapter and press OK (each time the title plays this
chapter will be automatically skipped).

6. To “undo” the Hide Chapter feature for normal playback, go to the Disc Title Menu and select Play

Full Title.

Rename Title

Play Title

Play Full Title

Delete Title

Clear Chapters

Insert Chapter Marker

Delete Chapter Marker

Hide Chapter

New Title Frame

Split Title

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