LOCATION OF CONTROLS QUICK SET UP GUIDE ON/STANDBY Button DV IN Jack, S-Video IN Jack and A/V IN Jacks (under door) 3. CHANNEL Up/Down Buttons 4. SOURCE Button 5. RECORD Button 6. Disc Tray 7. Display 8. Remote Sensor 9. OPEN/CLOSE Button 10. SKIP o/n Buttons 11. STOP (X) Button 12. PLAY/PAUSE (®p) Button 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. RF IN Jack Rear Video IN Right Audio IN (Rear Video/S-Video) Component Y Output Component Cb/Pb Output Video OUT Right Audio OUT AC Power Cord Optical Digital Audio Output Coaxial Digital Audio OUT Left Audio OUT S-Video OUT Component Cr/Pr Output Left Audio IN (Rear Video & S-Video) S-Video IN RF OUT Jack 1. 2. How do I stop the picture from rolling/flickering: This could be caused by the accidental pressing of the I/P (Interlace/ Progressive) button. If using a TV that is not compatible with progressive scan, press this button to select Interlace. If using a compatible TV, select Progressive and connect this unit using the Component jacks on the rear of this unit. COMMON QUESTIONS How do I select a different channel? For ANTENNA, enter a two digit channel number; i.e., enter "02" for Channel 2, enter "69" for Channel 69. For CATV, enter a three digit channel number; i.e., enter "002" for Channel 2, enter "125" for Channel 125. 1 23 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. CONNECTING THE DVD TO A TV AND CATV USING THE RF INPUT/OUTPUT JACKS BASIC CONNECTIONS TV SETUP PAGE: When the recorder is turned on for the first time, there will be several wizard pages displayed one by one which will allow you to set the basic options as follows: 1. At the first screen, press the ENTER button to advance to the next screen. 2. The TV Type selection will appear. Select the desired TV Type (NTSC or PAL M) using the Navigation (,) buttons, then press the ENTER button. To go back to the previous page, select BACK using the Navigation (,) buttons, then press the ENTER button. Select NTSC for USA markets. 3. The Clock Setting selection will appear. Select the desired year using the Navigation (,) buttons or using the Number buttons, then press the Navigation (®) button. Repeat to set the month, day, hour, minute and AM/PM. Then, press the ENTER button. 4. The Tuner Mode selection will appear. Select the desired Tuner Mode (Antenna or CATV) using the Navigation (,) buttons, then press the ENTER button. 5. The unit will then automatically cycle through all the channels and store active channels into memory.To cancel the scanning, select Cancel using the Navigation (,®) buttons, then press the ENTER button. 6. The Complete screen will appear. Select FINISH using the Navigation (,®) buttons, then press the ENTER button. INITIAL SETUP MENU: The Setup menu lets you customize the DVD recorder by allowing you to select various preferences. 1. Without a disc inside the disc tray, press the SETUP button to enter the Setup menu. 2. Select one of the Initial Setup pages at the left of the screen (see the following pages for descriptions) using the Navigation (,) buttons, then press the Navigation (®) button to select it. 3. Use the Navigation (,) buttons to select one of the setup options, then press the Navigation (®) button to select it. 4. Use the Navigation (,) buttons to select the desired setting, then press the ENTER button to make the change. Press the Navigation () button repeatedly to back out of the menus or press the SETUP button to exit setup. RECORDING SETUP PAGE: Enter the Setup menu, then select the RECORDING Setup page using the Navigation (,) buttons followed by the Navigation (®) button, then select/change the setup option. MENUS DOWNMIX: Select the desired setting (see below). LT/RT: The source will be downmixed into two channels with encoded Dolby Prologic surround information. STEREO: Only the original front stereo channels will be output. Surround information will be lost. AUDIO/VIDEO SETUP PAGE: Enter the Setup menu as described previously, then select the AUDIO/VIDEO Setup page using the Navigation (,) buttons followed by the Navigation (®) button, then select/change the setup option. MENUS DRC: Select ON to turn the DRC (Dynamic Range Compression) on, OFF to turn DRC off or Auto to have the DRC automatically set for you. Dynamic Range Compression will compress the dynamic range of the DVD's audio track. HDCD: Off: disable the Filter. 1X: set to normal sampling. 2X: set to double sampling. SPDIF OUTPUT: Select the desired setting: SPDIF Off: Digital audio output is off. SPDIF/RAW: Dolby Digital signals are going out unchanged to the digital output. MPEG-2 multichannel signals are converted to PCM (Pulse Code Modulation). SPDIF/PCM: Dolby Digital and MPEG-2 multi-channel signals are converted to PCM (Pulse Code Modulation). To RF IN TV DISPLAY: Select TV DISPLAY and select the desired setting: Normal/PS: use when you connect a normal TV to the recorder. Displays a wide picture on the whole TV screen with a portion (right and left sides of the picture) automatically cut off. Normal/LB: use when you connect a normal TV to the recorder. Displays a wide picture with bands displayed on the upper and lower portions of the screen. Wide: use when you connect a wide screen TV to the system. SCAN MODE: Select SCAN MODE and select the desired setting: INTERLACE: Select Interlace when connecting via other methods. P-SCAN: Select P-SCAN (Progressive-Scan) when connected to the Component jacks for a more stable, flicker free picture. DISC SETUP PAGE: Enter the Setup menu as described previously, then select the DISC Setup. QUALITY: Select QUALITY, then select the desired option to adjust. At the next screen, adjust the selected setting using the Navigation (,®) buttons, then press the ENTER button. Coaxial Cable (Not Included) Coaxial Cable (Not Included) From Source (i.e. cable, etc.) From RF Out To RF IN CONNECTING THE DVD TO A TV USING THE AUDIO/VIDEO OUTPUT JACKS ANGLE MARK: Select ON to turn the anglemarks on and OFF to turn them off. RECORDING QUALITY: Select the desired recording mode using the Navigation (,) buttons, then press the ENTER button. CHAPTER MARKERS: Select CHAPTER MARKER, then select the desired time interval to record before entering a Chapter Marker. Select OFF if you do not want Chapter Markers recorded. LAST MEMORY: Turn Last Memory ON or OFF. When ON, during playback of a DVD or VCD, if you change the unit to another source or stop playback, when you playback the disc again, it will resume to the last segment before changed/stopped. However, if the disc is changed, there will be no Last Memory function and it will just playback the disc from the beginning. When this option is OFF, the segment will not be saved. TIMER RECORDING: For detailed instructions on how to navigate the Timer Recording setup page, please see page 60 of the manual. OVERWRITE: If using a Rewriteable disc, you can choose to overwrite existing recordings by selecting OVERWRITE. Then select ON to enable overwriting or OFF to disable overwriting. When you select ON for the overwrite function, then if you insert a recorded DVD+/-RW into this unit and start recording, while recording, the existing titles/programs on the disc will be overwritten by the new titles/programs. CLOSED CAPTIONS: Turn Captions ON or OFF. When this option is set to ON, closed captions will appear on the screen for the hearing impaired (if originally recorded on the DVD). When this option is OFF, the closed captions will not appear.. GENERAL SETUP PAGE: Enter the Setup menu as described previously, then select the GENERAL Setup. OSD LANGUAGE: Select the desired language for the OnScreen Display to display text. DISC MENU LANGUAGE: Select the language the DISC MENU will be in. For more complex connections, such as Component jacks and home theater connections, see pages 13 and 14 of the owner's manual. To connected an external unit to the IN or DV IN jacks, see pages 15 and 16. AUDIO: Select the language the DVD will be played back in. SUBTITLE: Select the language the subtitles will be in. TV TYPE: Select the desired setting to match your TV set (NTSC or PAL M). OPERATION CLOCK SETTING: Set the year using the Number buttons or the Navigation (,) buttons, then press the Navigation (®) button; the Month field will be highlighted. Set the month, day, hour, minute and AM/PM (if using 12 Hour Time System) fields following this same procedure, and then press the ENTER button; the date and time will be set. SCREEN SAVER: When this option is set to ON, the screen saver will come on when a disc is paused for approx. 5 minutes. When this option is OFF, the screen saver will not come on. TIME SYSTEM: Select 12 HOUR (USA Standard) or 24 HOUR. AUTO GO TO (For DV Input): When this option is set to ON, the unit will automatically switch to the DV input when a DV plug is inserted (with the power on) into the front DV jack. When this option is OFF, the feature is not activated. USER DEFAULT: Performing this step will reset the unit's options (time, preferences, etc.) to their factory settings. Once you have selected OK to reset the unit, all the Timer Recording programs will be erased. Also, you will have to set the Initial Setup again. TV SETUP PAGE: While in the TV Tuner mode, enter the Setup menu, then select the TV Setup page using the Navigation (,) buttons followed by the Navigation (®) button, then select/change the setup option. TV SIGNAL: Select CATV if using cable television or ANTENNA if using an outdoor antenna. AUTO CHANNEL SCAN: Select CATV or ANTENNA as shown above. Follow the steps in the TV SIGNAL section (above), then select AUTOMATIC SEARCH. Select OK using the Navigation (,®) buttons followed by the ENTER button ; the unit will then automatically cycle through all the channels and store active channels into memory. During AUTOMATIC SEARCH, press the ENTER button to cancel searching. MTS SETTING: Enter the TV Setup page as described on the previous page. Then, select MTS SETTING. Select the desired setting: Stereo: record TV program in stereo. SAP (Secondary Audio Program): record TV program in SAP. Dual: record TV program in Dual. MTS SETTING: Enter the TV Setup page as described on the previous page. Then, select MTS SETTING. Select the desired setting: Stereo: record TV program in stereo. SAP (Secondary Audio Program): record TV program in SAP. Dual: record TV program in Dual. EDITING TV CHANNELS 1. While in the TV Tuner mode, enter the TV Setup page as described previously, then select CH Edit 2. To Skip the currently viewed channel select SKIP using the Navigation (,) buttons, then press the Navigation (®) button to select ON to skip the channel when using the Channel Up or Down buttons. To Add the currently viewed channel select SKIP and select OFF to not skip the channel when using the Channel Up or Down buttons. 3. Follow Step 1. To Fine Tune the currently viewed channel select Ch Fine Tune using the Navigation (,) buttons, then press the Navigation (,®) buttons repeatedly to fine tune the selected station as desired. 4. Follow Step 1. To Copy the currently viewed channel into another channel number, select COPY TO using the Navigation (,) buttons then select the desired channel number using the Navigation (,®) buttons. When done, press the ENTER button to make the change. To Exchange the currently viewed channel with another channel number, select EXCHANGE FROM using the Navigation (,) buttons then select the desired channel number using the Navigation (,®) buttons. When done, press the ENTER button to make the change. AUDIO MODE: For DVD, Press the MTS AUDIO button repeatedly to cycle through the audio languages available on the playing DVD. MUTE: Press the Mute button to turn off the sound. The sound can be turned back on by pressing this button again. SKIP Button: Press to skip ahead or skip backward through the tracks/chapters. SEARCH: Repeatedly press to search forward or backwards through the disc at high speeds. PAUSE: Press once to pause the DVD/CD.For DVD and VCD playback, repeatedly press to advance the picture one frame. OSD (On-Screen Display) Language: Select this option and select the desired Language (English or Spanish) the menus will be in using the Navigation (,) buttons followed by pressing the ENTER button. BASIC DVD OPERATION: DISPLAY BUTTON (DVD MODE) - See page 35 for more details: While playing a DVD, press the DISPLAY button. Press the Navigation (,®) buttons to select the desired icon, then press the ENTER button to select it. Once selected, press the Navigation (,) buttons or the Number buttons to change the option, then the ENTER button, if required, to confirm the change. You can select and change the following modes: Title: Select a title to start playing. Chapter: Select a chapter to start playing. Elapsed Time: The Title's elapsed time will appear. Press the Navigation () button repeatedly to cycle through Title's remaining time, Chapter's elapsed time and Chapte ...