8
EN
EN
FEATURES
Features
T
his unit not only plays back the contents on internal HDD, DVD, or CD, but also o
ff
ers
f
eatures
f
or you to record on
HDD or DVD and edit them a
f
ter that. The
f
ollowin
g
f
eatures are o
ff
ered with this unit
.
T
his unit allows
y
ou to record on the HDD, a DVD+RW/
-
RW
(
rewritable
)
and a DVD+R/-R
(
one-time write
)
. You can
choose an
y
one for
y
our convenience. Even if
y
ou choose
DVD-RW/-R, these discs will automaticall
y
be recorded in
t
h
e
DVD+VR m
ode.
HDD DVD
U
p to 36 pro
g
ram recordin
g:
Y
ou can pro
g
ram the unit to record up to 36 pro
g
rams
w
ithin a one-month period. Dail
y
or weekl
y
program
recordin
g
s are also available
.
O
ne-touch timer recordin
g
(OTR):
Y
ou can easil
y
set a recording time as
y
ou prefer. Ever
y
t
im
e
[
REC
]
is pressed durin
g
recordin
g
, the recordin
g
t
ime will be increased b
y
30 minutes up to 6 hours. The
recor
d
ing automatica
lly
stops w
h
en t
h
e recor
d
ing time
y
ou set is reached or the disc is
f
ull
.
A
utomatic c
h
apter mar
k
setting
:
Chapter marks will be put on recordings as you set be
f
ore
a
ttempting to recor
d
.
A
utomatic title list makin
g:
T
he unit makes a title list with the index automaticall
y
.
Left channel stereo recordin
g:
T
hi
s
u
ni
t
ca
n r
eco
r
d
t
h
e
sou
n
d
o
f
t
h
e
l
e
f
t
c
h
a
nn
e
l
monaural input as left and right channels automaticall
y
(the input from the L2 jacks onl
y
)
.
HDD
320 GB hard disk
(
MDR533H
):
T
his unit is e
q
ui
pp
ed with a 320GB hard disk which allows
y
ou to record up to 371 hours (with SLP mode). You
ca
n r
eco
r
d
f
o
r 12 h
ou
r
s
m
a
xim
u
m
at
a
t
im
e
wi
t
h
t
im
e
r
recor
d
in
g
. (6
h
ours w
h
en one-touc
h
recor
d
in
g)
500 GB
h
ar
d
d
is
k
(MDR535H)
:
Th
is unit is equippe
d
wit
h
a 500GB
h
ar
d
d
is
k
w
h
ic
h
a
ll
ows
you to recor
d
up to 604
h
ours (wit
h
SLP mo
d
e). You
can record
f
or 12 hours maximum at a time with timer
recor
d
ing. (6
h
ours w
h
en one-touc
h
recor
d
ing
)
1
TB hard disk
(
MDR537H
):
T
his unit is e
q
ui
pp
ed with a 1TB hard disk which allows
y
ou to record up to 1252 hours (with SLP mode). You
ca
n r
eco
r
d
f
o
r 12 h
ou
r
s
m
a
xim
u
m
at
a
t
im
e
wi
t
h
t
im
e
r
recordin
g
. (6 hours when one-touch recordin
g)
A
utostart recordin
g:
Ever
y
time
y
ou turn on this unit, this unit automaticall
y
records the channel currentl
y
viewed and temporaril
y
s
tores the recorded content to the HDD. B
y
using this
f
unction,
y
ou can pause or go back to the TV program
y
ou
a
re currentl
y
watching, and
y
ou can also start recording the
w
hole TV pro
g
ram even at the middle of the TV pro
g
ram
.
Recordin
g
Du
bb
in
g
With this unit,
y
ou can enjo
y
bi-directional dubbing
bet
w
ee
n HDD
a
n
d
DVD
.
HDD DVD
Hi
g
h speed dubbin
g
(HDD
➔
DVD onl
y
)
:
If
y
ou dub a title recorded in SLP mode to DVD+R/-R,
dubbin
g
speed will be 24 times at the maximum
.
Auto recordin
g
mode dubbin
g:
When dubbing, if
y
ou set the recording mode to “Auto”,
the recording mode will automaticall
y
be adjusted so the
titles will fit nicel
y
in the remaining space of the disc
.
DV
d
u
bb
ing
:
This
f
unction helps
y
ou to easil
y
dub the contents o
f
the
DVC (
d
igita
l
vi
d
eo camcor
d
er) to HDD/DVD
.
DVD
Automatic title finalizing (DVD+R/DVD-RW/-R onl
y
)
:
You can finalize discs automaticall
y
after finishing all
timer recordings or at the end of the disc space if
y
ou set
t
hi
s
in
t
h
e
m
a
in m
e
n
u.
A
l
ternate recor
d
ing
:
I
n the following cases, the unit will detect it and
automatica
lly
recor
d
to t
h
e HDD even w
h
en DVD is
se
l
ecte
d
as t
h
e recor
d
in
g
me
d
ia
.
-
I
f
t
h
e
r
e
i
s
n
o
r
eco
r
dab
l
e
d
i
sc
in
t
h
e
u
ni
t
-
I
f
the disc does not have enou
g
h space to complete the
recor
d
in
g
-
I
f
the material is “cop
y
-once” program and prohibited to
be
r
eco
r
ded
o
n
a
DVD
-
I
f
the disc is not available because the repairing process
is cancelled hal
f
wa
y
T
his
f
eature is available onl
y
f
or timer recording. Not
available
f
or one-touch timer recording
.
All high definition (HD) pictures will be converted
d
own to Standard De
f
inition, when recording on the
H
DD
o
r
D
V
D.
Cop
y
right protection s
y
ste
m
To pla
y
back the digital video images of a DVD via
an HDMI connection, it is necessar
y
that both the
pla
y
er and the displa
y
device (or an AV amplifier)
support a cop
y
right protection s
y
stem called HDCP
(high-bandwidth digital content protection s
y
stem).
HDCP is cop
y
protection technolog
y
that comprises
data encr
y
ption and authentication of the connected
AV device. This unit su
pp
orts HDCP. Please read the
operating instructions of
y
our displa
y
device (or A
V
am
p
lifier) for more information
.
Please re
f
er to “GLOSSARY” on page 122
f
or the terms used in this owner’s manual
.