Philips DVDR3355 DVD Recorder User Manual


 
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Contents
Frequently Asked Questions ...... 7
Care and Safety Information
Setup ............................................................ 10
Cleaning discs............................................. 10
About recycling ......................................... 10
General Information
Introduction ............................................... 11
Accessories supplied ................................ 11
Region codes .............................................. 11
Basic Connections - DVD
recorder
Step 1: Connecting the antenna cables 12
Step 2: Connecting the video cable ....... 13
Option 1: Using Composite Video jack
(good picture quality) .................................. 13
Option 2: Using S-Video jack
(excellent picture quality) ........................... 13
Option 3: Using Y Pb Pr jacks
(best picture quality) .................................... 13
Step 3: Connecting the audio cables ..... 14
Option 1: Using Audio jacks ....................... 14
Option 2: Using Coaxial jack ..................... 14
Optional Connections
TV has only an antenna input jack ........ 15
Connecting to a Cable Box or
Satellite Receiver ....................................... 16
Connecting to a VCR or other similar
device ........................................................... 17
Connecting to a VCR and Cable Box/
Satellite Receiver ....................................... 18
Connecting a camcorder to the front
jacks .............................................................. 19
Option 1: Using DV IN jack ....................... 19
Option 2: Using S-VIDEO In or
VIDEO In jack................................................ 19
Remote Control......................... 20~21
Main Unit ............................................... 22
Jacks behind the flap .................................... 22
Getting Started
Step 1: Inserting Batteries ....................... 23
Using the remote control to operate
the system ...................................................... 23
Step 2: Setting the TV ............................... 23
Step 3: TV channel programming ........... 24
Automatic TV channel search .................... 24
Modifying Channel Information ................. 25
Step 4: Setting the language .................... 26
Step 5: Setting the time & date .............. 26
Recording
Disc for recording ..................................... 27
Recording settings..................................... 27
Auto Chapter Markers ................................ 28
Default Source .............................................. 28
Default Recording Mode............................. 28
Manual recording....................................... 29
One Touch Recording - automatic
turn-off ........................................................ 29
About timer recording ............................. 30
Timer recording (manually) .............30~31
Setting a timer recording from an
external Cable Box/Satellite Receiver ..... 31
Timer recording (VCR Plus+
®
System) 32
Changing/Deleting a timer recording ... 33
Editing/Finalizing Recording
About disc editing ..................................... 34
Accessing disc editing menu ................... 34
Rename disc ................................................... 35
Erase disc (DVD+RW only) ....................... 35
Record new title ........................................... 35
Overwrite disc (DVD+RW only) .............. 35
Make compatible (DVD+RW only) .......... 36
Lock/Unlock disc (DVD+RW only) .......... 36
Playing your recordings (DVD+R)
on other DVD players.............................. 36
About title editing ..................................... 37
Accessing title editing menu ................... 37
Video editing .................................................. 37
Rename title ................................................... 38
Erase title........................................................ 38
Overwrite title (DVD+RW only) .............. 38
Overwrite from the selected title ............ 38
Append recording......................................... 38
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