Sony RDR-DC500 DVD Recorder User Manual


 
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5 Select a title you want to dub, and
press MARKER.
A check mark appears next to the
selected title.
To cancel the selection, press
MARKER again.
• To select/unselect all items, press the
yellow button (“Selection”) to select
“Select All” or “Unselect All,” and
press .
• To switch between the Title List and
the Playlist, press the blue button
(“Switch List”).
• To change the title order, press the
green button (“Sort”) to select “By
Name,” “By Length,” etc., and press
.
6 Repeat step 5 to select all of the titles
you want to dub.
7 Press the red button (“Start Dub”).
The dubbing mode list appears.
8 Select a dubbing mode using M/m,
and press .
Dubbing starts.
For DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs (Video Mode)/
DVD+Rs, the display asks for
confirmation of finalisation after
dubbing. If you select “Yes,” the disc
will be finalised when the dubbing is
finished.
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To format a new DVD, see “Differences between
disc types” on page 74.
About dubbing mode
When you select “Original” in step 8,
– Titles recorded in DR mode or Playlist
titles containing scenes only in DR mode
are all converted to 6 Mbps and dubbed.
– Titles recorded in a recording mode other
than DR mode are dubbed in the same
mode as the recorded mode.
– Playlist titles containing scenes in
various recording modes are dubbed in
the current recording mode for analogue
broadcasting (the default setting is SP).
When you select a dubbing mode other
than “Original” in step 8, all the selected
titles are dubbed in the selected dubbing
mode. When you want to select a different
dubbing mode for each title, dub titles one
by one.
• The dubbing speed does not exceed the
maximum dubbing speed of this recorder
even when using discs that support higher
dubbing speeds. In addition, depending on
the disc condition, the recorder may be
unable to dub at the maximum dubbing
speed.
To display dubbing information
While dubbing at 1× speed, you can preview
the title and check the dubbing information
all the time. Press DISPLAY to hide the
dubbing information.
While dubbing at high-speed, or when
dubbing information is not displayed, press
DISPLAY to check the dubbing
information.
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While dubbing at high-speed, you can watch TV
programmes using the recorder’s tuner.
To cancel dubbing
1 Press x REC STOP.
The display asks for confirmation.
2 Select “Yes,” and press .
When dubbing is stopped partway, no
part of the title will be dubbed to the
DVD. However, note that this will
decrease the free space for DVD+Rs/
DVD-Rs.
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Bilingual titles are dubbed in stereo. Only the
audio signal that is selected in “Bilingual
Recording” in the “Audio In” setup (page 94)
(“A/L” (default) or “B/R”) is dubbed to the
DVD. To dub a bilingual title in a recording
mode other than DR with both main and sub
sounds, dub each title to a DVD-VR in
“Original” mode one by one.
You cannot dub titles to finalised DVD-RWs/
DVD-Rs/DVD+Rs. However, DVD-RWs
finalised on this recorder can be dubbed again if
you unfinalise the discs (page 82).
Audio descriptions and subtitles are not dubbed
on DVDs.
Radio titles recorded on this recorder cannot be
dubbed to a DVD.