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Introduction Recording Playback Editing DVD recorder operation AV record quality HDD DVD-RAM DVD-RW DVD-R You can select from 5 combined picture and sound quality recording settings prior to actual recording. Actual selection applied becomes the default setting for the normal recording or programmed recording. e.g. AV record quality HDD Setting 1 Manual 6.6 L-PCM Custom setting Setting Mode DVD - - - SP 4.6 D/M1 Rate Audio quality 1 Manual 6.6 L-PCM 2 SP 4.6 D/M1 3 LP 2.2 D/M1 4 Manual 6.0 D/M2 5 Manual 3.2 D/M1 Total recording time:approx. 71min. (with 4.7 GB unused) SETUP • To make a combination of picture and sound quality settings. 1) Press the / / / buttons to select the desired item ("Mode", "Rate", or "Audio quality"). 2) Press the ADJUST button to change the setting of each item. • To apply the combination of picture and sound quality settings. 1) Press the / / / buttons to select a media to record on (HDD or DVD). 2) Press the ADJUST button to change the setting. You can confirm the available recording time for the selected setting on the bottom screen. 3) Press the ENTER button. Picture record mode HDD DVD-RAM DVD-RW DVD-R Adjusts problems with the brightness of video signals of TV broadcasts or other external input. Press the / buttons to select the source, and the / buttons to select the mode. (Only use this setting when you cannot adjust the brightness satisfactorily with the "Custom picture setting" in the "Picture/Audio settings" ( Page 157) of this recorder.) Important: • This setting changes the video signal to record and the recorded signal is not returned to the original state even when this setting is changed after recording. When duplicating from VHS tape, if you can check the video recording state beforehand, we recommend first playing back for a while and checking the overall brightness tendency, then setting an appropriate mode. Standard: The recorder records video signals of TV broadcasts or other external input without adjusting their brightness. Use this mode normally. Mode 1: The brightness of signals received with this recorder and external input signals is adjusted automatically. Mode 2: This setting is used to record the signals darker when the screen is too bright. Mode 3, 4: As the number rises, the signals are recorded brighter. Use these modes to adjust the brightness. Notes • A combination of picture and sound quality settings can be set for HDD and DVD-RAM respectively. • You can change the combination of picture and sound quality settings also by displaying the Quick Menu on a "LIBRARY MENU" or during stop mode, then selecting "AV record quality". Either of the above methods updates the setting of this recorder. • If you set "SP" or "LP", you cannot select "L-PCM". • Depending on the sound quality settings, the upper limit for the picture quality setting differs. • You can adjust the manual rate for picture quality by 0.2 Mbps from 2.0 to 9.2. (You cannot set the rate from 1.0 to 1.4 and 1.4 to 2.0.) Library Function setup Others RD-XS34SB_Ope_E_p149-164 161 12/18/04, 5:53 PM 161

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Recording
Playback
Editing
Library
Function setup
Others
Introduction
DVD recorder operation
AV record quality
DVD-R
DVD-RW
HDD
DVD-RAM
You can select from 5 combined picture and sound
quality recording settings prior to actual recording.
Actual selection applied becomes the default setting for
the normal recording or programmed recording.
• To make a combination of picture and sound
quality settings.
1)
Press the
/
/
/
buttons to select the
desired item (“Mode”, “Rate”, or “Audio quality”)
.
2)
Press the ADJUST button to change the setting
of each item.
• To apply the combination of picture and sound
quality settings.
1)
Press the
/
/
/
buttons to select a media
to record on (HDD or DVD).
2)
Press the ADJUST button to change the
setting.
You can confirm the available recording time for
the selected setting on the bottom screen.
3)
Press the ENTER button.
Notes
• A combination of picture and sound quality settings can be
set for HDD and DVD-RAM respectively.
• You can change the combination of picture and sound
quality settings also by displaying the Quick Menu on a
“LIBRARY MENU” or during stop mode, then selecting “AV
record quality”. Either of the above methods updates the
setting of this recorder.
• If you set “SP” or “LP”, you cannot select “L-PCM”.
• Depending on the sound quality settings, the upper limit for
the picture quality setting differs.
• You can adjust the manual rate for picture quality by
0.2 Mbps from 2.0 to 9.2. (You cannot set the rate from 1.0
to 1.4 and 1.4 to 2.0.)
Picture record mode
DVD-R
DVD-RW
HDD
DVD-RAM
Adjusts problems with the brightness of video signals of
TV broadcasts or other external input.
Press t
he
/
buttons to select the source, and the
/
buttons to select the mode.
(Only use this setting when you cannot adjust the
brightness satisfactorily with the “Custom picture setting”
in the “Picture/Audio settings” (
Page 157) of this
recorder.)
Important:
• This setting changes the video signal to record and the
recorded signal is not returned to the original state even
when this setting is changed after recording. When
duplicating from VHS tape, if you can check the video
recording state beforehand, we recommend first playing
back for a while and checking the overall brightness
tendency, then setting an appropriate mode.
Standard:
The recorder records video signals of TV broadcasts
or other external input without adjusting their
brightness. Use this mode normally.
Mode 1:
The brightness of signals received with this recorder
and external input signals is adjusted automatically.
Mode 2:
This setting is used to record the signals darker when
the screen is too bright.
Mode 3, 4:
As the number rises, the signals are recorded brighter.
Use these modes to adjust the brightness.
e.g.
HDD
DVD
Custom setting
Setting
Total recording time:approx. 71min.
(with 4.7 GB unused)
Manual
6.6
Mode
Rate
Audio quality
Manual
1
2
3
4
5
Setting 1
– – –
L-PCM
D/M1
SP
LP
Manual
Manual
6.6
4.6
2.2
6.0
3.2
SP
4.6
D/M1
L-PCM
D/M1
D/M2
D/M1
AV record quality
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