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Getting started, Using the built-in TV tuner

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04 Getting started 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. • Blank DVD-R discs are ready for Video mode recording out of the box. 5 Use the CH +/- 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 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. The different recording modes and their recommended uses are covered in more detail in the chapter on Recording. • 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. 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. HDD DVD CH ENTER • CH +/- 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.1 • / buttons on the front panel Changing cable channels When a cable box is connected, you can use the remote to change cable channels (up to 999). If your cable box is connected to the RF antenna input on this recorder: • Use the CH +/- or the number buttons to change the cable channel In this case, you can't change the channel of the built-in tuner. If your cable box is connected to a set of AV inputs: 1 Use the INPUT SELECT button to change to the cable box input. 2 Use the CH +/- or the number buttons to change the cable channel Note 1. Antenna channels are numbered 2 through 69. Cable channels are numbered 1 through 125. 28 En

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Getting started
04
28
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1
If they aren’t already on, switch on your TV and
this recorder.
Press
¹
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
µ
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.
•
Blank DVD-R discs are ready for Video mode
recording out of the box.
5
Use the CH +/– buttons to select the TV channel
you want to record from.
•
You can also use the
±/²
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. The different
recording modes and their recommended uses are
covered in more detail in the chapter on Recording.
•
You can pause recording by pressing
¸
PAUSE
.
Press
±
REC
or
¸
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.
•
CH +/–
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
.
1
•
±/²
buttons on the front panel
Changing cable channels
When a cable box is connected, you can use the remote
to change cable channels (up to 999).
If your cable box is connected to the RF antenna input on
this recorder:
•
Use the CH +/– or the number buttons to change
the cable channel
In this case, you can’t change the channel of the built-in
tuner.
If your cable box is connected to a set of AV inputs:
1
Use the INPUT SELECT button to change to the
cable box input.
2
Use the CH +/– or the number buttons to change
the cable channel
Note
1. Antenna channels are numbered 2 through 69. Cable channels are numbered 1 through 125.
HDD
DVD
ENTER
CH