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Getting started, Making your first recording, Using the built-in TV tuner

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04 Getting started Making your first recording This quick guide shows you how to make a basic recording of a TV program on either the HDD, or to a recordable DVD. Recording is covered in much more detail in chapter 6 (Recording). STANDBY/ON OPEN/CLOSE HDD DVD CHANNEL • Antenna channels are numbered 2 through 69. Cable channels are numbered 1 through 125. 6 Press ì REC to start recording. • By default, the recording will be in SP (standard play) mode, which will give you around two hours of recording from a blank DVD disc. • You can pause recording by pressing PAUSE. Press ì REC or PAUSE again to restart recording. 7 When you want to stop recording, press STOP REC. Playing back your recording The TV program you just recorded should be on the HDD or DVD disc as a single title with one or more chapters. • Press PLAY to start playback. If you want to stop playback before the end of the recording, press STOP. PLAY STOP REC STOPREC ì Using the built-in TV tuner Changing TV channels There are three different ways to select TV channels. Note that you can't change the TV channel during playback, recording or during recording standby. 1 If they aren't already on, switch on your TV and this recorder. Press STANDBY/ON to switch on. • Make sure that the video input on your TV is set to this recorder. 2 Press HDD to record to the HDD, or DVD to record to a recordable DVD. If you choose to record to the HDD, skip to step 5 now. 3 Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc tray. 4 Load a blank DVD-R or DVD-RW disc with the label side face-up, using the disc guide to align the disc. • When you load a new, blank DVD-RW disc, the recorder will take a moment to initialize it for recording. 5 Use the CHANNEL +/- buttons to select the TV channel you want to record from. • You can also use the +/- buttons on the front panel if the recorder is stopped. CHANNEL ENTER • CHANNEL +/- buttons on the remote • Number buttons on the remote - For example, to select channel 4, press 4 then ENTER; for channel 34, press 3, 4, ENTER; for channel 102, press 1, 0, 2, ENTER. • +/- buttons on the front panel Note • Antenna channels are numbered 2 through 69. Cable channels are numbered 1 through 125. • You can't change TV channels during playback or recording, or while in recording standby. 28 En

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Getting started
04
28
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Making your first recording
This quick guide shows you how to make a basic
recording of a TV program on either the HDD, or to a
recordable DVD.
Recording is covered in much more detail in chapter 6
(
Recording
).
1
If they aren’t already on, switch on your TV and
this recorder.
Press
µ
STANDBY/ON
to switch on.
•
Make sure that the video input on your TV is set to this
recorder.
2
Press HDD to record to the HDD, or DVD to record
to a recordable DVD.
If you choose to record to the HDD, skip to step
5
now.
3
Press
¸
OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc tray.
4
Load a blank DVD-R or DVD-RW disc with the
label side face-up, using the disc guide to align the
disc.
•
When you load a new, blank DVD-RW disc, the
recorder will take a moment to initialize it for
recording.
5
Use the CHANNEL +/– buttons to select the TV
channel you want to record from.
•
You can also use the
+/–
buttons on the front panel if
the recorder is stopped.
•
Antenna channels are numbered 2 through 69. Cable
channels are numbered 1 through 125.
6
Press
±
REC to start recording.
•
By default, the recording will be in
SP
(standard play)
mode, which will give you around two hours of
recording from a blank DVD disc.
•
You can pause recording by pressing
¾
PAUSE
.
Press
±
REC
or
¾
PAUSE
again to restart recording.
7
When you want to stop recording, press
F
STOP REC.
Playing back your recording
The TV program you just recorded should be on the HDD
or DVD disc as a single title with one or more chapters.
•
Press
PLAY to start playback.
If you want to stop playback before the end of the
recording, press
·
STOP
.
Using the built-in TV tuner
Changing TV channels
There are three different ways to select TV channels. Note
that you can’t change the TV channel during playback,
recording or during recording standby.
•
CHANNEL +/–
buttons on the remote
•
Number buttons
on the remote – For example, to
select channel 4, press
4
then
ENTER
; for channel 34,
press
3
,
4
,
ENTER
; for channel 102, press
1
,
0
,
2
,
ENTER
.
•
+/–
buttons on the front panel
Note
•
Antenna channels are numbered 2 through 69. Cable
channels are numbered 1 through 125.
•
You can’t change TV channels during playback or
recording, or while in recording standby.
STANDBY/ON
OPEN/CLOSE
HDD
DVD
CHANNEL
REC
STOP
PLAY
STOP REC
µ
¸
±
ENTER
CHANNEL