Philips MDR515H / F7 DVD Recorder User Manual


 
8
EN
EN
FEATURES
Features
T
his unit not onl
y
pla
y
s back the contents on internal HDD, DVD, or CD, but also o
ff
ers
f
eatures
f
or
y
ou to record on
H
DD or DVD and edit them a
f
ter that. The
f
ollowing
f
eatures are o
ff
ered with this unit.
Th
is unit a
ll
ows
y
ou to recor
d
on t
h
e HDD, a DVD+RW/-
RW
(
rewrita
bl
e
)
an
d
a DVD+R/-R
(
one-time write
)
. You can
c
hoose an
y
one
f
or
y
our convenience. Even i
f
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:
You can pro
g
ram the unit to record up to 36 pro
g
rams
within a one-month period. Dail
y
or weekl
y
program
recor
d
in
g
s are a
l
so avai
l
a
bl
e
.
One-touc
h
timer recor
d
ing (OTR)
:
You can easily set a recording time as you pre
f
er. Every
t
i
me
[
REC
]
i
s presse
d
d
uring recor
d
ing, t
h
e recor
d
ing
time wi
ll
b
e increase
d
b
y 30 minutes up to 6
h
ours. T
h
e
recor
d
ing automatica
ll
y stops w
h
en t
h
e recor
d
ing time
you set is reached or the disc is
f
ull
.
Automatic chapter mark settin
g
:
Chapter marks will be put on recordings as
y
ou set before
attemptin
g
to record
.
Automatic title list making:
T
he unit makes a title list with the index automaticall
y.
Le
f
t channel stereo recording:
T
his unit can record the sound o
f
the le
f
t channel
monaural input as le
f
t and right channels automatically
(the input
f
rom the L2 jacks only).
HDD
500 GB
h
ar
d
d
is
k:
Th
is unit is equippe
d
wit
h
a 500GB
h
ar
d
d
is
k
w
h
ic
h
a
ll
ows
y
ou to recor
d
up to 620
h
ours (wit
h
SLP mo
d
e)
.
Autostart recordin
g
:
E
ver
y
time
y
ou turn on this unit, this unit automaticall
y
records the channel currentl
y
viewed and temporaril
y
stores 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
are currentl
y
watching, and
y
ou can also start recording the
whole TV pro
g
ram even at the middle of the TV pro
g
ram.
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.
Alternate recordin
g:
I
n the followin
g
cases, the unit will detect it and
automaticall
y
record to the HDD even when DVD is
selected as the recordin
g
media
.
-
If
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
-
If the disc does not have enou
g
h space to complete the
recordin
g
-
If the material is “cop
y
-once” program and prohibited to
be
r
eco
r
ded
o
n
a
DVD
-
If the disc is not available because the repairin
g
process
i
s canceled halfwa
y
T
his feature is available onl
y
for timer recording. Not
available for one-touch timer recordin
g.
Recor
d
ing
Pla
y
back
Du
bb
ing
W
ith 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
)
:
I
f
y
ou dub a title recorded in SLP mode to DVD+R/-R,
dubbin
g
speed will be 24 times at the maximum.
Auto recor
d
in
g
mo
d
e
d
u
bb
in
g
:
W
hen dubbing, i
f
y
ou set the recording mode to “Auto”,
t
h
e recor
d
ing mo
d
e wi
ll
automatica
lly
b
e a
d
juste
d
so t
h
e
titles will
f
it nicel
y
in the remaining space o
f
the disc
.
DV
d
u
bb
ing:
T
his
f
unction helps you to easily dub the contents o
f
the
DVC (
d
igita
l
vi
d
eo camcor
d
er) to HDD/DVD.
HDD DVD
T
heater surround sound in
y
our home
:
W
hen connectin
g
the unit to an amplifier or a decoder
which is compatible with Dolb
y
Digital,
y
ou can
ex
p
erience the theater surround sound from discs with
surround sound s
y
stem
.
Quick search for what
y
ou want to watch:
You can easil
y
f
ind the part
y
ou want to watch using the
search
f
unctions. You can search
f
or a desired point b
y
tit
l
e, c
h
a
p
ter or time
.
Virtua
l
surroun
d
system
:
You can enjoy stereop
h
onic space t
h
roug
h
your existing 2
c
h
anne
l
stereo system.
Variable ski
p:
You can ski
p
forward a certain time, which is s
p
ecified
in “Pla
y
back” menu in advance, with one-touch while
pla
y
back.
Variable repla
y:
You can ski
p
back a certain time, which is s
p
ecified in
“Pla
y
back” menu in advance, with one-touch while
pla
y
back.
HDD
Chasing pla
y
back during recording and simultaneous
pla
y
back and recording
:
You can pla
y
back the alread
y
recorded part of the current
recordin
g
or another title durin
g
recordin
g
.
DVD
Playing back MP3/JPEG/KODAK Picture CD
f
iles
:
You can enjo
y
MP3/JPEG/KODAK Picture CD
f
iles which
are recor
d
e
d
on CD-RW/-R.