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Eight Basic Operations — Getting to Know Your DVD Recorder
Eight Basic Operations
— Getting to Know Your DVD Recorder
1. Inserting a Disc
1 Press Z (open/close), and place a
disc on the disc tray.
2 Press Z (open/close) to close the disc
tray.
Wait until “LOAD” disappears from the
front panel display.
Unused DVDs are formatted
automatically.
• For DVD-RW discs
DVD-RWs are formatted in the
recording format (VR mode or Video
mode) set by “Format DVD-RW” in
the “DVD” setup.
• For DVD-R discs
DVD-Rs are automatically formatted in
Video mode. To format an unused
DVD-R in VR mode, format the disc
using the “Disc Information” display
(page 34) before you make a
recording.
If the disc is recordable on this recorder,
you can manually re-format the disc to
make a blank disc (page 34).
2. Recording a
Programme
This section introduces the basic operation to
record a current TV programme to a disc
(DVD). For an explanation of how to make
timer recordings, see page 35.
1 Insert a recordable DVD.
2 Press PROG +/– to select the
programme position or input source
you want to record.
3 Press REC MODE repeatedly to select
the recording mode.
Each time you press the button, the
display on the TV screen changes as
follows:
For more details about the recording
mode, see page 35.
+
R
DVD
VCD CD
DATA CD
-
RWVR
-
RW
Video
+
RW
-
RVR
DATA DVD
-
R
Video
Z (open/
close)
Recording/playing side facing down
+
RW
-
RWVR
-
RW
Video
-
RVR
+
R
-
R
Video
PROG +/–
TV t
REC MODE
DISPLAY
x REC
STOP
z REC
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