RCA DRC8030N User Manual - Page 16

DRC8030_EN 8/15/06 10:30 AM Page 32 Setup Installation Interactive setup EN The first time you turned on the the DVD recorder, you had to complete an interactive setup so your DVD recorder could have the information it needs to function properly. Refer to "Initial Setup" for details. To go through this procedure again to change settings, highlight this option and press OK. Channel search If you have changed program providers (cable and/or satellite), selecting this option will automatically search the signal and put the latest channels in the recorder's channel list. This step is also gone through in the interactive setup. Channel list To change what channels are accessed when you press CH+/ CH-. Clock setup If the clock is incorrectly set or you skipped this step during the interactive setup, you can set the clock by selecting this option in the menu. In order for timer recording to work, you must set the clock to the correct time and date. 25 More information Recommendations and information concerning discs (12 cm) proper guide area. Always use a soft cloth to clean discs if necessary, wipe from the centre to the border. Always put discs back into their cases after playing and store in a vertical position. EN Choice of CD-R / CD-RW discs Never use record cleaning sprays, benzine, static This player can play most CD-R and CD-RW discs. electricity liquids or any other solvent, if the disc However, depending on the recorder of your surface is dirty. Wipe gently with a soft damp personal computer, the type of disc and recording (water only) cloth, never wipe the disc in a method used, it may be that some discs cannot circular motion, since circular scratches are likely be played, or that the performance does not to occur and could cause noise during playback. meet the expected standard of quality. When playing a CD-R disc, it is completely normal for Image files and CD-R / CD-RW discs the unit to take up to 30 seconds to recognize To view your JPEG images on a TV set you do not the disc before starting to play. If the disc is not need to record your photographs with a recognized after a period of 120 seconds, remove resolution above 400,000 pixels (which the disc, and then insert it again. corresponds to an image format of about 720 x • Whatever the actual recording capacity of a 576 dots), for television screens do not allow a disc, do not fill it to maximum capacity. higher quality given their limited characteristics. • Use CD-R discs rather than CD-RW (re- In this case ensure that you reduce the quality of recordable CDs), as replay of CD-RWs may your photographs before recording on a disc in sometimes not work properly. order not to impede the proper running of your • Use a reliable and good quality recording player. This is because excessively loaded pictures software. would slow down or might prevent the proper • Before recording on a disc, close all functioning of the slide show during playback on applications on you personal computer in your player. Compatibility of JPEG files depends order to optimize the quality and reliability of on the software on which they were created and recordings on the disc. on the size of files expressed in pixels. Some JPEG files, including Progressive JPEG files (display in Video CD (VCD) discs stages) cannot be played on this appliance. VCD (Video Compact Disc) discs enable up to 74 minutes of VHS quality video associated with still Audio files and CD-R / CD-RW discs pictures, audio tracks and interactive menus to be In the case of discs that include mp3 files, follow recorded on a CD. not only the general recommendations for CD-R and CD-RW discs, but also the following specific About DVD R/RW discs: recommendations: Choose good quality discs. • The format of your mp3 files must be ISO 9660 or JOLIET. These files are compatible Disc formatting - When you insert a DVD RW disc with DOS and Windows applications, as well for the first time, your DVD recorder must format as with Mac OS. the disc. This operation will take several minutes, • Your mp3 files must have a name no longer but you may begin recording onto the disc than 12 characters as well as the suffix shortly after the formatting process starts ".mp3". They must be recorded in the form: (around 10 to 20 seconds). During these few title.mp3. Ensure that you do not leave spaces seconds, the display indicates FORMAt DSC. or use special characters such as in the name.. Disc maintenance - Always handle your discs with care. Hold a disc with fingers on the border or hole. Always place disc with the label facing upward (in case of a single-sided disc). Always place the disc properly into the tray using the 26