6
Table of Contents
Special Features .................................... 8
Frequently Asked Questions .......... 9
Care and Safety Information
Setup precautions .................................... 10
Cleaning discs ........................................... 10
HDD (Hard Disk Drive) handling
care .............................................................. 10
General Information
Introduction ...............................................11
Accessories supplied ................................11
Region codes ..............................................11
Remote Control ........................... 12~13
Inserting Batteries ....................................14
Using the remote control to operate
the system ......................................................14
Main Unit
Sockets behind the ap ..............................15
Step 1: Basic Recorder
Connections
Connecting the aerial cables .................16
Connecting the video cable ...................17
Option 1: Using the Scart socket
(best picture quality) ...................................17
Option 2: Using the S-Video socket
(excellent picture quality) ..........................17
Option 3: Using the Video (CVBS)
socket (good picture quality) ....................17
Connecting the audio cables ................ 18
Option 1: Using the analogue audio
sockets ............................................................18
Option 2: Using the digital audio
socket (Optical or Coaxial) ......................18
Step 2: Optional Connections
Connecting to a Cable Box or
Satellite Receiver ......................................19
Connecting to a VCR or other
similar device ............................................ 20
Connecting to a VCR and Cable Box/
Satellite Receiver ......................................21
Connecting to a camcorder ..................22
Option 1: Using the DV IN socket ..........22
Option 2: Using the S-VIDEO In or
VIDEO In socket ..........................................23
Step 3: Installation and
Set-up .................................................24~25
Control TV Programmes
Switching on to TV programme ..........26
Pause live TV function ............................26
Instant Replay function ...........................26
FlexTime function .................................... 26
Before Recording
About temporary HDD storage/
Time Shift video bar ................................27
Default recording settings ..............28~29
Record on Hard Disk
Recording TV programmes ...................30
Simultaneous record and play
function .......................................................30
Playback from HDD ....................................30
Playback from DVD .....................................30
Playback from other device .......................30
Watching other TV programmes ............31
Automatic recording from a Satellite
Receiver .......................................................31
Recording from a DV camcorder ........ 32
Recording from an external device
(Camcorder/VCR/DVD player) ...........33
About timer recording ...........................34
Timer recording (VIDEO Plus+
®
System) ................................................34~35
Timer recording (manually) ..................36
Changing/Deleting a timer
recording ...................................................37
Record on DVD Recordable Disc
About copying ........................................... 38
Discs for recording ..................................38
Recording to a recordable DVD ..........39
Playback from Hard Disk
Basic operation .........................................40
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