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Eight Basic Operations
— Getting to Know Your DVD Recorder
1. Inserting a Disc
1 Press DVD.
2 Press Z OPEN/CLOSE, and place a
disc on the disc tray.
3 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” of
“Basic” in the “Disc Setup” setup
(page 99).
• For DVD-R discs
DVD-Rs are automatically formatted in
Video mode. To format an unused
DVD-R in VR mode, format the disc in
the “Format” setup (page 42) 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 42).
2. Recording a Program
This section introduces the basic operation to
record a current TV program to the hard disk
(HDD) or to a disc (DVD). For an
explanation of how to make timer recordings,
see page 43.
1 Press HDD or DVD.
If you want to record to a DVD, insert a
recordable DVD.
2 Press CH +/– to select the channel 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:
* Available when “Manual Rec. Mode” is set
to “On (go to setup)” in the “Recording”
setup (page 107).
For more details about the recording
mode, see page 43.
+
R
DVD
VCD CD
DATA CD
-
RWVR
-
RW
Video
+
RW
-
RVR
DATA DVD
-
R
Video
DVD
Z OPEN/
CLOSE
Recording/playing side facing down
+
RW
-
RWVR
-
RW
Video
+
R
HDD
-
RVR
-
R
Video
HDD DVD
CH +/–
TV INPUT
REC MODE
z REC
x REC
STOP
DISPLAY