User manual GRUNDIG GDR 5530 HDD

[. . . ] DVD-RECORDER GDR 5530 HDD ENGLISH Table of Contents Important Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warnings, Cautions and Others. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Easier Application & Access Contents Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 · Introducing Contents Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 · Using Contents Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 On-Screen Input Keypad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 · Introducing On-Screen Input Keypad. . . . 31 · Using On-Screen Input Keypad. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Easy Guider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 · Introducing Easy Guider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 · Using Easy Guider: Play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 · Using Easy Guider: Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 · Using Easy Guider: Timer Record. . . . . . . . 36 · Using Easy Guider: Copy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 · Using Easy Guider: Disc Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Using the Manual · Icons Used in Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 · Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Features · Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 · Timer Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 · Easy Guider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 · AllWriteTM Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 · High Storage Capacity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 · MPEG-4 Videos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 · DivX® VOD Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 DVD Recording: The Essentials Getting Started Setting up the DVD Recorder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 · Knowing Your DVD Recorder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 · Connecting up Your DVD Recorder. . . . . . . . 12 System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 · Setting Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 · Setting System Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 · Setting System Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 · Setting Video Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 · Setting Audio Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 · Setting Aspect Ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 · Setting TV Channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Advanced System Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 · Using Channel Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 · Setting the ShowView® System. . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Recording · Recording from TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 · Recording from VCR/V8 Camcorder. . . . . . . 47 · Recording from DV (Digital Camcorder). . . 48 · One-Touch Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 · Adding New Recording Session(s). . . . . . . . . 49 · Playing Last Recorded Title. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 · Using Chapter Mark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Timer Recording · Introducing Timer Record Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 · Setting Timer Program(Date/Time Mode). 53 · Setting Timer Program(ShowView® Mode). 55 Time Shift · Pausing Live TV Broadcast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 · Record and Play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 i Playback · · · · · · · · Introducing Navigation Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Playing DVD-Video Disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Playing VCD/SVCD Disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Playing Audio CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Playing Video File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Playing Music File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Playing Picture File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Playing Picture with Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Glossary Digital Video Support MPEG-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 · Supporting Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 · Playing MEPG-4 Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Navigation Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 · Subtitle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 DivX® VOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 · Step 1: Applying for a User Account. . . . . . . . . 71 · Step 2: Registering Your DVD Recorder. . . . 71 · Step 3: Selecting Video Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 · Step 4: Playing Video Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Editing · Introducing Edit Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 · Editing Titles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 · Editing Chapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Copying · One-Touch Copying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 · Copying through Easy Guider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Troubleshooting Specifications Quick Reference · Guide to Complete System Setup Menu. . . 90 · Guide to Using the Discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 · Guide to Media Files Supported. . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 · Guide to Recording Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 ii Important Safety Instructions 1. READ INSTRUCTIONS - Read the instructions carefully before using this product. RETAIN INSTRUCTIONS - Retain the instructions for future reference. [. . . ] Playback of the last recorded title will then start. Press < STOP to stop playback at a marked stop. Press < STOP again to bring the playback to a full stop. Front AV Recording HQ SP Composite LP EP SLP 3 Press 56 to select `Chapter Mark', then press ENTER. Using Chapter Mark Started_SystemSetup_00_01 Important Manually or by default, this DVD recorder allows you to add chapter marks in your recordings. Depending on the target medium you use, allowance for maximum chapters and titles you can add may vary. Please see the table listed below for details. Per Title Media Maxi. Title 5994 49 99 (Music) CD 98 (Video) 4 5 6 Press 56 to select your desired interval, then press ENTER. When completed, press3to return to the main menu. Press 3 or SETUP to completely exit the Setup menu. HDD DVD Inserting Chapter Mark during Recording During recording, you can manually insert extra chapter marks in addition to those created by system default setting. Changing Chapter Interval During recording, this DVD recorder can automatically divide a session into chapters by inserting chapter marks. You can select a preferred interval through the Setup menu. 1 2 3 Press SOURCE repeatedly to select the signal source. During recording, press EDIT to insert chapter mark at your desired point. Chpater Inserted 1 2 Press SETUP to display the Setup menu. Press 56 to select `Recording', then press ENTER. 4 To add more chapter marks, repeat step 3. 50 Timer Recording Timer Recording Make use of the timer recording feature to record programs and watch them at your leisure. Important · If you use blank DVD-RW discs, you will need to format the discs before recording. Press56to select `Quick Preparation' or `Full Preparation', then press ENTER. Timer Recording T his chapter introduces the timer recording function offered by this DVD recorder. Please follow the steps listed below for the application. Recording_01_03 · If you use blank CD-R/RW discs, you will need to format the discs before recording. Press 5634 to select a suitable format, then press ENTER. Recording_01_03 · Introducing Timer Record Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 · Setting Timer Program(Date/Time Mode). . 53 · Setting Timer Program(ShowView® Mode). . 55 · This DVD recorder adopts the DVD+VR recording format, which enjoys a relatively greater compatibility. However, it is still likely that recordings made with this recorder may not be able to be played back on other DVD recorders or DVD players. 51 · This DVD recorder features `AllWriteTM' technology, which allows users to record on almost all types of recordable and rewritable discs (CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW). However, it is still likely that certain brands of discs cannot be used for recording on this DVD recorder. Introducing Timer Record Menu Press TIMER to display the Timer Record menu. You can press4on a highlighted program to switch between the `Date/Time Setting' mode and the `ShowView Setting' mode. Before you start. . . 1. 4. Check whether the system date and time of the DVD recorder is correct. Setting System Date (p. 16) Setting System Time (p. 17) Date/Time Mode 33h25m--SP Check whether the channel scanning process for your TV is completed. Setting TV Channels (p. 19) Check whether you select and insert a recordable disc. Guide to Using the Discs (p. 93) 14 Check whether there is enough space on the disc or on the hard drive. 1. Indicates the storage capacity available on the destination disc for a particular recording mode. Indicates the function of canceling Timer Program. Indicates the TV channel(s) from which you would like to record program(s). Indicates the assigned recording frequency. [. . . ] DVD+RW use a recording format that is comparable to a DVD-Video format. Interlace Output NTSC, the video signal standard, has 480 interlaced (I) scan lines, The Interlaced scanning system places lines of the second half of the picture in-between lines of the first half of the picture. JPEG A popular file format for still image compression and storage. JPEG stands for `Joint Photographic Experts Group' There are two sub-types of the JPEG format as follows. [. . . ]