User manual GRUNDIG GDR 5400 /1

[. . . ] DVD RECORDER GDR 5400/1 ENGLISH CONTENTS ____________________________________________ 5-6 5 5 6 GDR 5400/1 DVD Recorder Special features of your DVD recorder Disc formats Packing contents 7 8-13 8 9 10-11 12-13 Set-up and safety Overview The front of the DVD recorder The displays on the DVD recorder The back of the DVD recorder The remote control 14-19 14 14-17 17 18 19 19 Connection and preparation Connecting a rooftop antenna or cable feed Connecting a television or flat screen Connecting an audio system with analogue two-channel stereo sound Connecting a digital multi-channel amplifier or digital two channel audio system Connecting the mains cable Inserting batteries in the remote control 20-22 20 20-21 22 22 Initial setup Switching on the DVD recorder Initial setup Setting the TV system (video output format) Selecting the screen format of your television set 23 23 23 23 Before playback Preparation Inserting a disc Removing discs 24-30 24 25 26 27 28-29 30 Playback DVD playback DVD+RW/+R playback S-VCD/VCD playback MP3 CD or WMA CD playback Picture data CD playback Audio CD playback 31-34 31 31 31 32 32 32 32 32 33 33 33 34 34 Playback convenience functions Selecting titles and chapters Selecting functions in the playback menu Pausing and resuming playback Frame search Slow motion Frame-by-frame playback Selecting camera angles for scenes Enlarging and moving the screen section (zoom) Switching the dubbed language or the audio format Selecting and displaying subtitles Creating and playing a playlist Repeating a chapter, a title or a disc Repeating a selected section (A-B Repeat) 2 CONTENTS ____________________________________________ 35-36 35 35 35 35 36 Recording Recording options Suitable discs for recording Unsuitable discs Initialising discs Recording quality and time 37-38 37 37 38 38 38 One touch recording Preparing for recording Manually recording television programs from the antenna or the cable feed Manually recording television programs from the satellite receiver Finalising a disc (DVD+R) Error messages 39-42 39-40 41 42 Delayed recording Programming recording by entering the data for the television programme Messages during or after programming a recording Checking, modifying or deleting recording information 43-51 43-45 45 46 46-47 47 48 49 49 50 50 51 Managing recording data Edit title Editing the names of recordings Deleting titles (recordings) from the disc Overwrite title Overwrite disc Entering the name of the disc Deleting the content of the disc (DVD+RW) Record title Finalising title editing Lock disc Finalising a disc (DVD+R only) 52-53 52 53 Copying Connection and preparation Recording from external devices 54-55 54 55 Using a decoder Connection and preparation Recording pay TV programmes 56 56 56 Child lock Authorising the contents of a DVD Changing the access code (password) 57 57 Audio settings Selecting the digital output ENGLISH 3 CONTENTS ____________________________________________ 58-60 58 59 59 60 Personal settings Language settings Switching the screen saver on/off Setting the signal type for the video output socket Recording settings 61-63 61 61-62 62 63 63 Special settings Tuning television channels automatically Assigning channel positions manually Sorting television stations Setting the time and date Resetting the DVD recorder to its original condition 64-66 64 65 65 66 66 Information Technical data General instructions on laser devices Troubleshooting Cleaning discs Software information 4 GDR 5400/1 DVD RECORDER__________ Special features of your DVD recorder Your DVD recorder provides you with perfect digital video recording and playback in studio quality. It also provides superb cinema-quality audio playback ­ in stereo or with digital multi-channel sound ­ depending on the type of disc and audio system or stereo television. Other features of DVD video include the choice of audio channel and language, choice of subtitle language, and various camera recording angles. Your DVD recorder is suitable for DVDs with regional code 2. [. . . ] If you want to play them on your DVD recorder, you do not have to finalise them. You can add more recordings and delete them as necessary. Note that any playing time you delete is no longer available for recording. DVD+RWs (rewritable) can be recorded on very often (up to a thousand times) and deleted. You may have to delete recordings made by others on DVD+RWs before you can record on them. Unsuitable discs ­ Damaged discs cannot be recorded on. ­ Finalised discs cannot be recorded on. This can only be done with unfinalised discs. ­ Very rarely, discs are defective and therefore cannot be recorded on. Try recording on another disc. Initialising discs The DVD+R is automatically initialised before recording, this can take a few minutes. Only then is recording possible. 35 ENGLISH RECORDING _________________________________________ Recording quality and time You can set the quality of the recording. The table below shows the relationship between quality and recording time: Quality HQ ­ Very high quality SP ­ High quality Time 60 minutes on a 4. 7 GB blank DVD 120 minutes on a 4. 7 GB blank DVD 150 minutes on a 4. 7 GB blank DVD 180 minutes on a 4. 7 GB blank DVD 240 minutes on a 4. 7 GB blank DVD 360 minutes on a 4. 7 GB blank DVD 480 minutes on a 4. 7 GB blank DVD SP+ ­ Good quality LP EP ­ S-VHS picture quality ­ Better than VHS picture quality SLP ­ VHS picture quality SEP ­ Longest recording time The quality and recording time are interdependent. The better the quality, the more memory the recording requires. This means that the recording time is shorter in high quality mode than in standard quality mode. Note: The recording quality (HQ, SP, SP+, LP, EP, SLP or SEP) is selected automatically during playback. Recording settings These settings, such as adding chapter markers, selecting the input source and the setting the recoding quality, can be made in the installation menu. The settings are described on page 60. 36 ONE TOUCH RECORDING _________________ Preparing for recording 1 2 Switch on the television and select the preset channel for the DVD recorder. Press » « to switch on the DVD recorder. Inserting a disc 1 Press and hold down » « on the DVD recorder or » 7« on the remote control. ­ Display: » «, the disc tray opens. Insert the disc you want to play in the disc compartment with the label facing upwards. Press » « on the DVD player or »8« on the remote control. 2 3 Manually recording television programmes from the antenna or the cable feed 1 Press »SOURCE« to select the input source (for example, TV). ­ Display: for example »Monitor P001 ARD«, the current TV station is shown. Press »P+«, »P-« or »A«, »S« to select the station. Press »Q-SET« until the recording quality you require appears in the display. [. . . ] During playback of DTS-coded CDs and DVDs, a high noise level is produced at the analogue stereo outputs. In order to avoid damaging the audio system, always take appropriate preventive measures when connecting the stereo outputs of the DVD recorder to an amplification system. For DTS Digital Surround playback, an external 5. 1-channel DTS Digital Surround decoder must be connected to the digital output (S/PDIF) of the DVD recorder. DTS and DTS Digital Out are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 64 INFORMATION_____________________________________ Troubleshooting Not every picture or sound problem is caused by a defect in your DVD recorder. [. . . ]