Contents
Foreword
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Disc Type and Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
DVD-VCR Overviews
Front View of the DVD-VCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Rear View of the DVD-VCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Display Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Connecting Your DVD-VCR
Inserting Batteries in the Remote Control . . . . . . 6
Connecting DVD-VCR to the TV
using the Coaxial Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Connecting DVD-VCR to the TV
using the SCART Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Connecting DVD-VCR to
a Satellite Receiver or Other Equipment . . . . . . 7
Plug & Auto Set Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Tuning Your Television for the DVD-VCR . . . . . . 9
Setting the Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Menu Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setting Up Your DVD-VCR
Presetting the Stations Automatically . . . . . . . . . 10
Presetting the Stations Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Clearing a Preset Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Changing the Preset Station Table . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Selecting the RF OUT Sound Mode (B/G-D/K) . . 13
Setting the DVD-VCR Output Channel . . . . . . . . 14
Selecting the Colour Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
NICAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Intelligent Picture Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
ShowView Extend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Auto Power off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Screen Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Selecting the Cassette Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Repeat Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Recording Television Broadcasts
Selecting the Recording Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Protecting a Recorded Cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Recording a Programme Immediately . . . . . . . . 18
Recording a Programme with Automatic Stop . . 18
Using the ShowView Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Modifying ShowView Programming . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using the Timer Programming Feature . . . . . . . 21
Checking a Preset Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Cancelling a Preset Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Playing Back
Playing a Cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Adjusting Picture Alignment Manually . . . . . . . . 22
Selecting the Audio Output Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Playing a Cassette in Slow Motion . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Playing a Sequence Frame by Frame . . . . . . . . 23
Playing a Sequence at Variable Speeds . . . . . . 23
Searching for a Specific Sequence . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using the Tape Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Connecting an RCA Audio/Video Input Cable . . . 26
Using the Assemble Edit Function . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Recording from Another VCR or Camcorder . . . 27
Using the TV Buttons on the Remote Control . . . 27
DVD Functions
Choosing a Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Setting Up the Language Features . . . . . . . . . . 28
Setting Up the Audio Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Setting Up the Display Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Setting Up the Parental Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
A/V Receiver Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Special Playback Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Adjusting the Aspect Ratio (EZ View) . . . . . . . . . 34
Using the Display Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Changing the Camera Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Selecting the Subtitle Language . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Repeat Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Selecting the Audio Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using the Mark Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
MP3/WMA Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Program Play & Random Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Picture CD Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
DivX/XviD/MPEG4 Special Playback Features . . 42
DivX/XviD/MPEG4 Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Solving Problems
Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Problems and Solutions (VCR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Troubleshooting Guide (DVD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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