JD-VD904 Welcome to the DVD+R/RW Recorder Quick Guide. Before attempting to operate this unit, read the Quick Guide. The style of the product shown in the Quick Guide may differ from the actual unit due to design changes and improvements. Readable Disc Formats: DVD/DVD+R/DVD+RW/ Audio CD/Kodak Picture CD/JPEG Picture CD/ MPEG 4 1 Identifying Your DVD Recorder and Remote Control Front Panel Buttons STANDBY/ON Recordable Disc Formats: DVD+R/DVD+RW Front Panel (Input) Connectors Composite Video-In jack Composite video input Rear Panel (Output)* Connectors The DVD Recorder provides digital and analog audio outputs, along with composite, S-Video, and component video outputs. To make your home entertainment experience more enjoyable, use its digital audio and its component video outputs if your equipment supports this. EJECT PLAY L R STOP SOURCE Analog Audio-In jack Analog audio input REC Composite Video-In S-Video jack Separated video Y, C input Rear Panel 1 2 * The unit's rear panel contains one 8 34 coaxial input jack which provides the means to receive TV signals. All the other jacks on the rear panel are output jacks. 60-178-C0201 XA 5 1 6 7 5 Component VideoOut jacks YUV Component video output 9 By connecting the RF coaxial cable to the ANTENNA IN/ TV OUT jacks (1)(2) of the DVD Recorder, you can still watch your TV even if the DVD Recorder is off. TV OUT jack Coaxial signal output to the TV's coaxial signal input 2 ANTENNA IN jack Coaxial input connection from antenna or cable TV provider 6 Composite Video-Out jack Composite video output 3 S-Video Output jack Separate "Y" and "C" video signal output to TV's S-Video input 7 Analog Audio-Out jack Analog audio output 4 Digital Audio-Output Coaxial jack Digital coaxial audio output to TV's Digital Audio coaxial input 8 Cooling Fan 9 AC Power cable Note: The back panel layout is subject to change if revised. If so, please check each connector's text description, which remains unchanged. 1 JDVD904QGV10M10EN08242005 Front Panel Display 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 78 5 9 JPEG indicator Lights when a Kodak Picture CD or JPEG Picture CD is loaded Schedule REC indicator Lights when a scheduled recording is has been programmed Playback indicator Lights when a disc playback is in progress 10 8 9 Pause indicator Lights when a disc is paused Counter Display indicator Displays the playback time, recording time, and playback mode Digital indicator Lights when Dolby Digital sound is detected DVD indicator Lights when a DVD, DVD+R or DVD+RW disc is loaded +R indicator Lights when a DVD+R disc is loaded +RW indicator Lights when a DVD+RW disc is loaded CD indicator Lights when an audio CD disc is loaded 6 7 10 Dolby Remote Control 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Power button Channel button Record/Disc button Clear button Mute button Timer button Cursor <(Left), >(Right), ^(Up), v(Down) buttons Menu button Display button Rec. Quality button Rec/OTR button Pause button Prev. button Next button Number buttons Goto button Audio button Subtitle button TV Sys. button Eject button System button Video button CH (+-) buttons Source button Play/Enter buttons Return buttons Edit button Disc Info. button Slow button 2 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Stop button F.Fwd button F.Bwd button Repeat A-B button Repeat 1/ALL button Program button Title button PBC button Zoom button Angle button Remote Control Operation Range Point the remote control unit approximately no more than 23 feet (about 7 meters) from the remote sensor and within approximately 60° from the front of the unit. The operating distance may vary according to the brightness of the room. 30° NOTE: Do not place objects between the remote control unit and the remote control signal sensor on the recorder. Do not point bright lights at the remote control signal sensor. Do not use this remote control unit while operating the remote control unit(s) of other equipment. 2 Connecting to Your TV and External Device Note: Turn off the power to your TV/Recorder before making any connection. = The colors of the connectors and plugs should match each other. = When connecting to a TV, always connect one end of the audio/video cable to the output connectors of the DVD recorder, and the other end to the input connectors of your TV set. = If your TV provides Progressive Scan, connect the DVD Recorder's "Pr/Cr", "Y", and "Pb/Cb" output jacks to your TV's P-Scan jacks. Be sure to select a proper P-Scan output by pressing TV Sys. button repeatedly. jacks Video Audio (L, R) S-video Component (Pr, Y, Pb) Coaxial RF Coaxial DV Illustrations Colors Yellow White, Red Black Red, Green, Blue Orange Silver a Connecting to a Stereo TV Set To TV RF IN ANTENNA or CABLE TV Or Component Cable Or S-Video Cable AV Cable TV RF Coaxial Cable 60-178-C0201 XA Black b Connecting to a Amplifier with a Dolby Digital or built-in Decoder To TV c Connecting to Standard Home Audio Equipment AV Cable TV AV Cable Audio Equipment (example only) To TV 60-178-C0201 XA Amplifier with a built-in Decoder 60-178-C0201 XA TV Coaxial Cable d Connecting to Other Audio Visual System To TV e Connecting to Record from Audio/Video Equipment or DV AV Cable TV S-VIDEO VIDEO L R VIDEO AUDIO S-VIDEO 60-178-C0201 XA Video Game (example only) AV Cable 3 Videotape Player (example only) VIDEO AUDIO AV Cable S-Video Cable OUTPUT DV cable INPUT DV or Camcorder 3 Setting Up Step 1 Power on your DVD recorder and TV. Switch your TV to the correct Video Input source. A First Time Setting Wizard appears. Press Play/Enter to continue. STANDBY/ON Power button Step 2 TV Type Setting to select Press the type of your TV system. Press Play/Enter to confirm and continue. Step 3 Date Time Setting Press and Number buttons to set the clock manually. Press Play/Enter to continue. Step 4 Tuner Mode Setting to select Press the source of your TV tuner. Press Play/ Enter to continue. Step 5 Auto Scan Setting Press to highlight "Start" and press Play/Enter button to start channel search. Step 6 Setup Completed Message First Time Setting now commpletes! Press Play/Enter to exit. 4 Recording Step 1 Press STANDBY/ Step 2 Turn on your TV. After few seconds, the TV ON button on the recorder Power on program and its channel or press the remote control to turn number appears on the on the recorder. screen. Power button CH 2 Step 3 Press CH(-+) buttons to select the channel to record. Place an unfinalized DVD+R/RW disc onto the tray. STANDBY/ON Step 4 Press Stop and then Rec/OTR to start recording the selected TV program. Press Stop button to stop recording. CH 9 Step 5 A Title Editing Menu automatically appears on the screen. Press to select the title just recorded. Step 6 Press Play/Enter to playback the title. Enjoy Your DVD Recorder! 4 ...