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EN
EN
You can select a recording mode among 6 options, and
the recording time will depend on the recording mode
y
ou select as follows
.
61 hrs
123 hrs
154 hrs
185 hrs
247 hrs
371 hrs
100 hrs
201 hrs
251 hrs
302 hrs
403 hrs
604 hrs
208 hrs
417 hrs
521 hrs
626 hrs
835 hrs
1252 hrs
Recording
mode
Recording
time
Video/sound
quality
60 min
120 min
150 min
180 min
240 min
360 min
12cm Disc
8cm Disc
(good)
(good)
(best)
(best)
HQ
SP
SPP
LP
EP
SLP
18 min
36 min
45 min
54 min
72 min
108 min
HQ
SP
SPP
LP
EP
SLP
(good)
(best)
HQ
SP
SPP
LP
EP
SLP
HDD
(Internal)
(good)
(best)
HQ
SP
SPP
LP
EP
SLP
(good)
(best)
HQ
SP
SPP
LP
EP
SLP
Disc size
MDR533H
(320 GB)
MDR535H
(500 GB)
MDR537H
(1 TB)
• The recording time is onl
y
an estimate. The actual
recording time ma
y
differ
.
• T
h
e au
d
io an
d
vi
d
eo qua
l
it
y
gets poorer as t
h
e recor
d
ing
time
b
ecomes
l
onger
.
• Eac
h
time
[
REC M
O
DE
]
is presse
d
, recor
d
ing mo
d
e an
d
i
ts allowed recording time will be displayed. (Re
f
er to
page 24.
)
N
ote
• T
h
i
s
u
nit c
a
nn
o
t rec
o
r
d
t
o
C
D-RW
o
r
C
D-R
.
• All high de
f
inition pictures will be down
c
onverted to the standard de
f
inition pictures
w
h
en t
h
e
y
are recor
d
e
d
on t
h
is unit
.
• DVD+RW/+R, DVD-RW/-R an
d
CD-RW/-R recor
d
e
d
on
a persona
l
computer or a DVD or CD recor
d
er may
not be played back i
f
the disc is damaged or dirty or
i
f
there is condensation on the player’s lens
.
• If
y
ou record a disc using a personal computer, even
if it is recorded in a compatible format it ma
y
not be
pla
y
ed back because of the settings of the
a
pp
lication software used to create the disc. (Chec
k
with the software
p
ublisher for more detailed
information.
)
• Since t
h
e recor
d
ing is ma
d
e
b
y t
h
e VBR (varia
bl
e
b
it
rate) met
h
o
d
,
d
epen
d
ing on t
h
e picture
y
ou are
recordin
g
, the actual remainin
g
time
f
or recordin
g
ma
y
b
e a
l
itt
l
e s
h
orter t
h
an t
h
e remaining time
d
isp
l
a
y
e
d
on t
h
e TV screen
.
•
You cannot recor
d
a copy-protecte
d
program
using t
h
is unit. (Copy-protecte
d
signa
l
is inc
l
u
d
e
d
in DVD-vi
d
eo, some sate
ll
ite an
d
ca
bl
e
b
roa
d
casts.) P
l
ease contact your programming
provider
f
or type o
f
copy protection applied to
p
ro
g
ram.
• You cannot record “cop
y
-once onl
y
” program’s on
DVD
.
Recordin
g
Mod
e
INFORMATION ON RECORDING
HDD is a specia
l
d
evice w
h
ic
h
h
as
h
ig
h
recor
d
ing
d
ensit
y
and is suited
f
or long-time recording or high-speed
cueing but b
y
contrast, has man
y
f
actors which can cause
b
rea
k
age. Use HDD on t
h
e assumption t
h
at
y
ou s
h
ou
ld
d
u
b
t
h
e recor
d
e
d
programs to a DVD to protect
y
our
precious vi
d
eos
.
HDD is a temporary storage
l
ocation
:
HDD is not a permanent stora
g
e location of the recorded
contents. Be sure to use it as a temporar
y
storage location
until
y
ou watch the programs once, edit them, or dub
t
h
e
m
to
a
DVD
.
Be sure to dub (back up) data promptl
y
if
y
ou find
ab
n
o
rm
al
itie
s
in HDD
:
I
f
there is mechanical trouble with the HDD, grinding or
ot
h
er soun
d
s may
b
e
h
ear
d
or
bl
oc
k
y noise may appear
on the image. I
f
you continue to use as it is, deterioration
may continue an
d
eventua
ll
y t
h
e HDD may not
b
e usa
bl
e
at all. I
f
you notice these symptoms o
f
a
f
ailing HDD,
promptly dub the data to a DVD. When an HDD
f
ails,
recovery o
f
recorded content (data) may be impossible
.
About the remaining capacit
y
of HDD recording time
:
The on-screen indication o
f
the possible recording time
le
f
t on HDD / DVD ma
y
di
ff
er
f
rom the actual recordable
time as t
h
is unit emp
l
o
y
s t
h
e varia
bl
e
b
it rate enco
d
ing
s
y
stem which varies the recording (storage) amount of
data in conformit
y
with the amount of information on the
vi
deo.
Be
f
ore recording to the HDD, ensure there is su
ff
icient
space on t
h
e HDD
b
y
d
e
l
eting unnecessary tit
l
es in
a
d
vance
.
Abou
t HD
D