Philips DVDR3435H DVD Recorder User Manual


 
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Table of Contents
General
Special Features ....................................................................................................................................................6
Frequently Asked Questions ............................................................................................................................7
Care and Safety Information .............................................................................................................................8
Setup precautions .........................................................................................................................................8
Cleaning discs .................................................................................................................................................8
HDD (Hard Disk Drive) handling care ...................................................................................................8
General Information ............................................................................................................................................9
Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................9
Accessories supplied ....................................................................................................................................9
Region codes ..................................................................................................................................................9
Copyright notice ...........................................................................................................................................9
Product Overview
Remote Control .........................................................................................................................................10~11
Getting started ............................................................................................................................................12
Main Unit ..............................................................................................................................................................13
Connections
Step 1: Basic Recorder Connections .....................................................................................................14~17
Connecting the antenna cables ...............................................................................................................14
Connecting the video cable ......................................................................................................................15
Connecting the audio cables .............................................................................................................16~17
Step 2: Optional Connections ................................................................................................................18~21
Connecting to a Cable Box or Satellite Receiver ..............................................................................18
Connecting to a VCR or other similar device ....................................................................................19
Connecting to a VCR and Cable Box/Satellite Receiver ................................................................20
Connecting a camcorder to the front jacks ........................................................................................21
Step 3: Installation and Setup ..................................................................................................................22~26
Finding the viewing channel ..................................................................................................................... 22
Setting your TV channel programs ....................................................................................................... 22
GENERAL settings .........................................................................................................................23~24
Setting the language ...................................................................................................................................25
Setting the time & date ............................................................................................................................. 25
LANGUAGE settings ............................................................................................................................26
DATE/ TIME settings .............................................................................................................................26
Watching TV
Control TV programs .......................................................................................................................................27
Switching on to TV program....................................................................................................................27
Pause live TV function ...............................................................................................................................27
Instant Replay function ..............................................................................................................................27
Recording
Before Recording ...............................................................................................................................................28
About temporary HDD storage (Time Shift Buffer) ..........................................................................28
Accessing the HDD (Hard Disk Storage) Setup Menu ...................................................................29
HDD settings (underlined options are the factory default settings) ....................................... 30
Default Recording settings ......................................................................................................................31
GENERAL settings (underlined options are the factory default settings) .............................32
Record on Hard Disk ........................................................................................................................................33
Recording TV programs ............................................................................................................................33
Recording from a DV camcorder ...........................................................................................................33
Recording from an external device (Camcorder/VCR/ DVD player) ..................................34~35
Table of Contents
Record on DVD Recordable Disc..........................................................................................................36~38
Copying from HDD to a recordable DVD ..........................................................................................36
Discs for recording .....................................................................................................................................36
Recording from various sources .....................................................................................................37~38
Timer Recording .........................................................................................................................................39~41
About timer recording ..............................................................................................................................39
Timer recording (manually) ..................................................................................................................... 40
Changing/ Deleting a timer recording ...................................................................................................41
Playback
Playback from Hard Disk..................................................................................................................................42
Playback your HDD recordings ..............................................................................................................42
Playback from Disc .....................................................................................................................................43~46
Playable discs ................................................................................................................................................43
Inserting a disc .............................................................................................................................................43
Starting disc playback ........................................................................................................................ 44~46
Additional Playback Features ..................................................................................................................47~50
Changing to another title/chapter/track...............................................................................................47
Pausing playback and step play ...............................................................................................................47
Searching forward/backward ...................................................................................................................47
Zooming in ....................................................................................................................................................47
Using DISPLAY (INFO) options .....................................................................................................48~50
Edit Recordings
Edit Recordings - HDD ..............................................................................................................................51~53
About HDD title edit menu .....................................................................................................................51
Accessing the HDD title edit menu ................................................................................................51~53
Edit Recordings - Recordable DVD .......................................................................................................54~61
About disc edit menu ................................................................................................................................ 54
Accessing disc editing menu .............................................................................................................54~56
Playing your recordings (DVD±R, DVD-RW) on other DVD players ........................................56
Preparing your DVD-RW disc for more recordings .........................................................................56
About DVD title editing ............................................................................................................................57
Accessing DVD title edit menu .......................................................................................................57~58
About video editing ....................................................................................................................................59
Accessing video editing menu ..........................................................................................................59~61
Setup Menu Options .................................................................................................................................62~65
Accessing the Setup Menu ........................................................................................................................62
VIDEO settings.........................................................................................................................................63
PREFERENCES settings ...............................................................................................................64~65
AUDIO settings ...................................................................................................................................... 65
Other Information
Firmware Upgrade ............................................................................................................................................ 66
Installing the latest rmware ..................................................................................................................66
Troubleshooting ..........................................................................................................................................67~69
Specications .......................................................................................................................................................70
Display panel symbols/ messages ...................................................................................................................71
Glossary ........................................................................................................................................................72~73