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01 Before you start Chapter 1 Before you start Features • Built-in TV Guide On Screen™ interactive program guide The TV Guide On Screen™ system is a free, interactive onscreen TV programming guide. You can see what's on TV today and in the coming week, search TV listings by program categories or by using your own keywords, and even set the recorder to record programs with the press of a button. Please note: The TV Guide On Screen™ interactive program guide incorporated in this product supports and provides listings for cable-ready televisions, cable set-top-box supplied from most cable operators, and digital cable services as well as over-the-air broadcasts. TV Guide On Screen™ does not support or provide listings for any satellite services. Satellite subscribers should use the manual recording features built into this unit to record shows. • HDD recording HDD Record video on the DVR-633H-S's internal 160 GB (gigabyte) hard disk (HDD), or the DVR-533H-S/DVR532H-S/DVR-531H-S's 80 GB HDD. With both recordable DVD and a high-capacity HDD in the same recorder, you have the flexibility to keep recordings on the HDD or record to DVD. • Copy between HDD and DVD You can copy recordings between the HDD and DVD. When copying to DVD you can usually use the highspeed copy feature. You can also choose to copy material at a different recording quality from the original. For example, you might want to copy an XP mode (highest quality) recording on the HDD to SP (standard play) quality on a DVD so that you can fit other recordings on the same disc. • One Touch Copy One Touch Copy makes copying the currently playing title from HDD to DVD, or DVD to HDD as simple as pressing a button. • High quality, real-time copying When recording to the HDD, picture quality data is also stored so that picture quality can be optimized when making real-time copies to DVD later. (This is applicable only to MN16-32 HDD recordings (Video Mode Off), or MN12-32 / XP+ recordings (Video Mode On). • Chase play VR mode HDD Using chase play you can start watching a recording from the beginning, while continuing to record. For example, you could set a timer recording for a program that you're going to miss the first 15 minutes of, then start watching while the recorder is still recording the program 15 minutes ahead of you. • Simultaneous recording and playback VR mode HDD HDD and DVD playback and recording are completely independent. For example, you can record a broadcast program to a recordable DVD, while watching another recording you already made on the same DVD. • On-screen Help Use the HELP button on the remote control to display a help screen for the current operation. • Disc Navigator The on-screen Disc Navigator makes finding your way around the contents of a disc or the HDD easy. For recordable DVD and HDD content, moving thumbnail images are displayed for ease of use. The Disc Navigator is also where you can edit HDD and recordable DVD content. • Home Menu The Home Menu gives you on-screen access to all the recorder's features in one convenient place, from setting up the recorder, to programming a timer recording and editing a recording. • Progressive scan-compatible Compared to standard interlaced video, progressive scan effectively doubles the amount of video information fed to your TV or monitor. (Check your TV/monitor for compatibility with this feature.) • Cinema-style surround sound in your home Connect this recorder to a Dolby Digital and/or DTScompatible AV amp/receiver to enjoy full surround sound effects from Dolby Digital and DTS DVD discs. • One Touch Recording Use One Touch Recording to start recording immediately in 30 minute blocks. Each time you press the ì REC button, the recording time is extended by another 30 minutes, up to six hours. 8 En