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Insignia NS-FSDVDR
DVD recorder
Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Others. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Front. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Front panel display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Setting up your recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Installing remote control batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Connecting an antenna or cable/satellite box . . . . . 9
Connecting to your TV using component cables (best
picture). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting to your TV using an S-Video cable (better
picture). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting to your TV using composite cables (basic
connection) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting your TV with an RF modulator . . . . . . 11
Connecting the basic audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting to an audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting to an external source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Selecting basic options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Setting up the first time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Scanning for channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Changing channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Adding or deleting channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Setting the audio channel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Automatically setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Manually setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Turning Daylight Saving Time on or off . . . . . . . . . 15
Selecting the TV aspect ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Displaying status information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Playing DVDs and CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Playable discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Color television standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Region codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Playing a DVD or CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Playing a DVD formatted in Video or VR mode . . . 17
Controlling disc playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Selecting a chapter, title, or track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Searching on a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using rapid play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using the DVD disc menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using the DVD title menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Enlarging the screen image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Adding markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using repeat play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Creating a playback loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using random play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Programming a playback list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Switching the audio soundtrack or channel . . . . . . 21
Turning surround sound on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Turning the camera angle feature on or off . . . . . . 22
Switching camera angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Reducing audio noise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Selecting the audio language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Selecting the disc menu language . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Selecting the Setup menu language . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using the screen saver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Adjusting the brightness of the front panel display. 24
Adjusting the PCM audio feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Adjusting Dolby Digital audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Using Dynamic Range Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Using progressive scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Selecting the still mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Setting parental controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Recording DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Preparing to record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Formatting a blank DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Reformatting a DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Recording a program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using One-Touch recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Setting up a timer recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Cancelling or correcting a timer program recording 32
Checking a timer recording in progress. . . . . . . . . 32
Stopping a timer recording in progress . . . . . . . . . 32
Troubleshooting timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Recording from an external device . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Protecting a DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Finalizing a DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Automatically finalizing a DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Editing DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Deleting titles (Video mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Deleting titles (VR mode/Original list) . . . . . . . . . . 35
Deleting titles (VR mode/Playlist). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Editing title names (Video mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Editing title names (VR mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Adding or deleting chapter marks (Video mode) . . 38
Adding or deleting chapter marks (VR mode) . . . . 39
Protecting titles (VR mode/Original list). . . . . . . . . 40
Un-protecting a title (VR mode/Original list). . . . . . 40
Dividing a title (VR mode/Playlist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Combining titles (VR mode/Playlist). . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Adding titles to the Playlist (VR mode). . . . . . . . . . 42
Deleting a Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Deleting parts of titles (VR mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Adding thumbnail labels to titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Maintaining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Servicing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Cleaning the cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Handling discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Cleaning discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Cleaning the disc lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Testing the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Recording,timer recording,editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Language codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Legal notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
90-day limited warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Français . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of a
high-quality Insignia product. Your NS-FSDVDR
represents the state of the art in DVD recorder
design and is designed for reliable and
trouble-free performance.
Safety information
CAUTION
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT OPEN
This symbol indicates that dangerous voltage
constituting a risk of electric shock is present
within your recorder. This label is located on the
back of your recorder.
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