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1.5 VFD ICONS 

 

 

TITLE   

 

: Displays the selected/played title number (DVD) 

TRK 

 

 

: Displays the selected/played track number (CDDA/MP3/JPEG/MPEG) 

DVD    

 

: Displays the type of inserted DVD disc: DVD/DVD-R/DVD-RW 

DVD R   

 

: Displays the type of inserted DVD disc: DVD+R 

DVD RW 

 

: Displays the type of inserted DVD disc: DVD+RW 

CD 

 

 

: Indicates that a CD disc is inserted 

CHP 

 

 

: Displays the selected/played number of chapter (DVD) 

REMAIN 

 

: Indicates that remaining time is being displayed 

 

: A Dolby Digital audio signal is available on the digital audio output 

DTS 

: DTS audio signal is available on the digital audio output 

PCM   

 

: A PCM audio signal is available on the digital audio output 

 

 

 

:Playback in progress 

;

 

 

 

:Playback/record interrupted (Pause) 

REC 

 

 

: Recording in progress 

TIMER   

 

: A recording (timer) has been programmed 

NICAM  

 

: The DVD recorder has detected a Nicam audio signal 

2 CH 

: During playback, a HiFi/2 channel tone was detected or a HiFi/2 channel tone was 
received. 

5.1 CH 

: During playback, a HiFi/6 channel tone was detected or a HiFi/6 channel tone was 
received. 

ZOOM 

: Zoom mode is activated 

 

: A repeat mode is activated 

 B 

: A 

 B repeat mode is activated 

¸

 

: Displays multi-angle scenes. 

 

Multi-function display/Text line 

-

  Clock 

-

  Disc/Title playing time 

-

  Display of a program number of TV channel/ position/ channel name/ function 

-

  Display of information, warnings 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 

Summary of Contents for DVR-SD450

Page 1: ...DVD RECORDER DVR SD450 UK OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS Problems with set up Call 0870 240 7475 ...

Page 2: ...AR PANEL CONNECTIONS 20 1 5 VFD ICONS 21 1 6 SUPPORTED DISCS 22 INSTALLING YOUR DVD RECORDER 23 INSTALLATION MENU 23 Initial Setup 23 2 SETUP MENU 24 2 1 RECORDING 24 2 1 1 AUTO CHAPTER MARKER 24 2 1 2 RECORD QUALITY 24 2 1 3 APS 24 2 1 4 MODIFY CHANNEL 25 2 1 5 PROGRAM TABLE 25 2 1 6 TIMER SETTING MENU 25 2 2 VIDEO 26 2 2 1 TV TYPE 26 2 2 2 TV DISPLAY 26 2 2 3 VIDEO OUTPUT FORMAT 26 2 2 4 HDMI 27...

Page 3: ...ext 41 9 2 Widescreen 42 9 3 Subtitle 42 9 4 Electronic Program Guide 7 Day EPG 42 10 MANUAL RECORDING 43 10 1 General Information 43 10 2 Recording Setup 43 10 3 Selecting Source 43 10 4 How to Initiate and Stop Recording Process 44 10 5 How to Watch Another Channel at TV During Recording 44 10 6 Inserting Chapter 44 10 7 Pause Recording 44 11 TIMER RECORDING 44 11 1 General Information 44 11 2 T...

Page 4: ...ntrols with the same name as those on the unit Dear Customers We would like to thank you for purchasing this DVD Recorder with built in FreeView Digital Terrestrial Receiver We strongly recommend that you carefully study the operating instructions before attempting to operate the unit and that you note the listed safety precautions ...

Page 5: ...4 WARNING A Laser Warning safety label has been placed inside the chasis at the location shown below This set complies with the EMC Directive 89 336 and with the LVD Directive 2006 95 ...

Page 6: ...5 IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS ...

Page 7: ...empt to repair any damaged parts Please refer to a service technician or qualified personnel for any necessary repairs WARNING To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock do not expose this equipment to rain or moisture To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock and any interference use the recommended accessories only WARNING The device shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and no obje...

Page 8: ... once in a while When you find it damaged ask closest service agent for help When the AC power cord needs to be changed it should be done at a qualified service shop only Choice of Location Please do not place the set in a place subject to direct sun light excessive dust or mechanical shock or in a location near heat sources The set should be placed on a solid and safe base Do not place the appara...

Page 9: ...ries must be followed strictly Do not expose this apparatus to rain moisture dripping or splashing and that no objects filled with liquids such as vases shall be placed on the apparatus Caution To avoide risk of electric shock and fire and to protect from damage Locate the apparatus as follows Front No obstructions and open spacing Sides No obstructions in 3 cm from the sides Top No obstructions i...

Page 10: ...me discs may cause system crash after laying for a while Some parts of the disc may be skipped or worked abnormally Compare with the original discs the time passed for reading a CD R RW DVD R RW and DVD R RW discs may be longer This DVD Recorder may not support some MP3 recordings due to differences in recording formats or disc type CD R CD RW discs recorded by CD DA method can be played Some CD R...

Page 11: ...t On cleaning Before playing clean the disc with a cleaning cloth Wipe the disc from the inside to the outside Do not use solvents such as benzine thinner commercially available cleaners or anti static spray intended for vinyl LPs Discs that should not be used Only the discs including the marks see 1 7 can be played Note however that discs with special shapes heart shaped discs hexagonal discs etc...

Page 12: ... disc content For DVD 19 Multi Subtitle up to 32 support According to disc content For DVD 20 Multi Angle up to 9 support According to disc content For DVD 21 8 level parental control 22 Fast forward and rewind in 5 different speeds 2x 4x 8x 16x 32x Fast Forward Backward 23 For DVD frame by frame forward playback 24 For DVD slow forward playback 1 2x 1 4 x 1 8x Slow Forward 25 Maximum 5K 5K resolu...

Page 13: ...12 CONNECTION ANTENNA CONNECTION VIDEO AUDIO OUTPUT SOCKETS 3 5 01 9 3 0 5 D IGIT ALA U D IOO U T H D M I O U T ...

Page 14: ...13 ANALOGUE AUDIO CONNECTION DIGITAL AUDIO CONNECTION or ...

Page 15: ...st have HDMI input connector HDMI Cable Putting into operation After making the necessary connections stated above plug the power cord to the mains socket Unit will be in standby mode Press standby to turn on the unit Open the disc tray with open close button and insert a playable disc DVD CD MP3 Press open close button again to close the disc tray and to start operating the player Player will sta...

Page 16: ...ssive Scan or YPBPR YUV output on the DVD Recorder 1 Connect the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT connectors on the DVD Recorder to the corresponding IN connectors on the TV using the component video cable 2 Connect the Left and Right AUDIO OUT connectors of the DVD Recorder to the audio Left and Right IN connectors on the TV using the audio cables Connect Camcorder to the Front Sockets of DVD Recorder Manufac...

Page 17: ...TION 1 1 THE REMOTE CONTROL SEARCH MODE ADD CLEAR RETURN EXIT TITLE SETUP RECORD HDMI TIMER PLAY MODE GUIDE SUBTITLE AUDIO ANGLE WIDE DISPLAY INFO TEXT FAV MUTE MENU VOLUME TV DVD ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO PQR STU VWX YZ ...

Page 18: ...r film or previous file SKIP Press this key during playback Next chapter film or next file Press this key during pause mode Shows next frame at each press SEARCH Fast forward and fast backward in x2 x4 x8 x16 and x32 Slow forward in Pause state TIMER To program a recording or to alter clear pre programmed recordings INSERT CHAPTER Inserts a chapter manually to recording media during recording or p...

Page 19: ...ust install the batteries in the remote control before use Ø Take the remote control of the DVD recorder and the enclosed batteries 2 x 1 5 V batteries R03 AAA Ø Open the battery compartment insert the batteries as shown and then close the compartment Ø The remote control range is approximately 5 to 10 meters Within About 5 10m infront of the device ...

Page 20: ...ning in monitor mode For any DVD title that has a root menu with still picture this key functions as button select selects highlighted item in the root menu Otherwise this functioning of play pause key on the root menu will be prohibited by the disc and will appear 5 STOP Stops playback recording 6 SKIP FORWARD Plays next chapter title track file 7 SKIP BACKWARD 9 Plays previous chapter title trac...

Page 21: ...CART Socket 1 AV1 Connects to the scart input connector on the TV RGB output 4 INPUT DECODER VCR STB SCART Socket 2 AV2 Connection of an external device satellite receiver set top box camcorder etc 5 VIDEO OUTPUT Connection of a TV set with a video output CVBS Composite Video 6 AUDIO connectors Audio OUT Connects to the AV amplifier by using 2 cords Left right 7 DIGITAL AUDIO OUT OPTICAL Connects ...

Page 22: ...ble on the digital audio output PCM A PCM audio signal is available on the digital audio output Playback in progress Playback record interrupted Pause REC Recording in progress TIMER A recording timer has been programmed NICAM The DVD recorder has detected a Nicam audio signal 2 CH During playback a HiFi 2 channel tone was detected or a HiFi 2 channel tone was received 5 1 CH During playback a HiF...

Page 23: ... the on screen menu 8 cm Single sided 80 min Double sided 160 min Audio 12 cm 74 min An LP is recorded as an analogue signal with more distortion CD is recordedas adigitalsignalwithbetter audio quality lessdistortion andless deterioration of audio quality over time 8 cm 20 min Audio xxxx mp3 12 cm It depends on MP3 quality MP3 is recorded as a digital signal with better audio quality less distor t...

Page 24: ... receiver will automatically tune to the UHF transmission channels 21 to 68 looking for digital terrestrial TV broadcasts and displaying the names of channels found This process may take about a few minutes If no digital terrestrial television broadcasts are found the receiver will display a warning message Check that an aerial is connected to the aerial input socket of the recorder NOTE Important...

Page 25: ...ion 2 1 2 RECORD QUALITY You can choose the quality level for custom recording Each quality level offers different recording time period listed below HQ High Quality 60 min SP Standard Play 120 min LP Long Play 180 min EP Extended Play 240 min SLP Super Long Play 360 min NOTE This menu item will be active only in monitor mode 2 1 3 APS Makes automatic scan of all analogue channels preset at the an...

Page 26: ...ning with S Band and it scans both S Band and C Band analogue channels NOTE This menu item will be active only in monitor mode 2 1 5 PROGRAM TABLE You can view or sort all stored programs by using this menu item You can access Modify Channel menu see 2 2 1 4 by pressing Select button on Program Table NOTE This menu item will be active only in monitor mode 2 1 6 TIMER SETTING MENU You can list all ...

Page 27: ...tting if your DVD recorder is connected to a widescreen TV NOTE Depending on the format of the DVD disc e g 2 35 1 the picture may still have black lines above and below the picture 2 2 3 VIDEO OUTPUT FORMAT This menu item enables user to select video output as either Progressive or Interlaced When progressive option is selected a confirmation message will be displayed If user does not press any k...

Page 28: ...hannels Stereo Two channels stereo Use this option if you have a stereo TV or a HI FI stereo system Surround Surround encoded output 2 3 2 S PDIF OUTPUT This item can be selected as RAW or LPCM For 5 1 channels digital output this item should be selected as RAW Set these options to agree with the speakers installed in your home entertainment system 2 3 3 LPCM OUTPUT This item can be selected as LP...

Page 29: ...selected as Manual The date format will be as day month year 2 5 4 TIME hh mm You can set time by this menu option if the Date Time Setting option is selected as Manual 2 6 PREFERENCES 2 6 1 EDIT DISC ERASE DISC This menu option is used for erasing a recorded DVD RW disc A warning dialogue asking whether you want to erase or not will be displayed Select Yes to start erasing disc or select Cancel t...

Page 30: ...r your choice for a new password Confirm new password confirm new password by entering again Select OK NOTE Do not forget your password Otherwise you can use the password at last page to enter this menu 2 6 3 FACTORY DEFAULTS When you choose Factory Defaults option after resetting all your Setup options back to factory settings the device will switch to standby mode automatically When the standby ...

Page 31: ... SELECT The highlighted channel name appears on the right of the screen with the first character highlighted by a cursor Any of the characters that make up a channel name can be highlighted using the3 4 keys and the highlighted character changed by pressing the 5 6keys to cycle through the alphabet numbers and other characters available CHANNEL LOCK Some channels broadcast material which you do no...

Page 32: ...nu or by pressing FAV button on the remote control Hint The favourite mode can only be activated if one or more channels in the channel list are marked as favourites Similarly if the favourite status is removed from all the channels in the Channel List the favourite mode is turned off automatically 3 2 INSTALLATION AUTOMATIC SEARCH Although your FreeView receiver will not loose its settings or sto...

Page 33: ...oftware is Over Air Download OAD This device has BCC compliant OAD feature When a new software is available and broadcasted this device can search download and update its software either by your command or automatically over night Every night between 3 00 am and 03 30 am device searches for new software If a newer version is available it will download and update the system automatically The next t...

Page 34: ... press SELECT 4 DISPLAY MENUS Display menus are activated by pressing DISPLAY key while disc is in playback DISPLAY MENU DVD DISPLAY MENU CD DA DISPLAY MENU MP3 DISPLAY MENU JPEG STILLPICTURE NOTE When there is a recordable disc in disc tray if you press VIDEO SOURCE button the source of video changes by pressing DISPLAY key display menu appears on the screen ...

Page 35: ... to record Only you can play the disc Unlock Disc You can unlock the disc and continue to record NOTE You can see Unlock Disc option if the disc is locked before Make Compatible When you do chapter operations add delete marker hide unhide etc on a title this menu option will appear on the Disc Menu available only with DVD RW Since DVD RW discs do not need to be finalized if you have performed edit...

Page 36: ...chapter marker will be added to the current point When Delete marker is selected by pressing SELECT the marker of the current chapter will be deleted When Delete all markers is selected by pressing SELECT all of the chapter markers will be deleted Chapter hide or unhide You can make a chapter invisible by selecting Hide chapter option In this way invisible chapters will be skipped during disc play...

Page 37: ...ally MP3 JPEG MPEG CD menu is appeared Max 2500 files or folders can be listed on the screen 5 If a menu is active on screen press arrow keys to navigate or press SELECT to select a menu item 8 4 Stopping Playback DVD CD DA MP3 JPEG MPEG DVD Press STOP twice During normal playback press STOP The unit memorizes the point where STOP was pressed once RESUME Pre Stop function and a message Press PLAY ...

Page 38: ...lable This operation works only with discs on which multiple subtitle languages are recorded and also if it is not prohibited by the disc Press SUBTITLE during playback When this key is pressed once the first subtitle recorded on the disc will be displayed The rest of the subtitles recorded will be displayed in sequence at each press of the SUBTITLE key NOTES When the preferred language is not sel...

Page 39: ...ey in Fast Backward state decreases the scan speed To resume the normal playback press PLAY PAUSE key JPEG In ZOOM ON mode SEARCH key is used to zoom in SEARCH key is used to zoom out the picture Supported speeds DVD x2 x4 x8 x16 x32 CD DA x2 x4 x8 x16 MP3 x2 x4 x8 x16 x32 MPEG x8 x16 x32 NOTE The fast forward and backward operations are not circular The sequence for the fast forward and backward ...

Page 40: ...ng frames Audio is muted during frame advance To return to normal playback press PLAY PAUSE key 8 17 Locating a Specific Title or Chapter Using the MENU or TITLE Button DVD Some DVD discs have unique menu structures called DVD menus For example DVD s programmed with complex content provide guide menus and those recorded with various languages provide menus for audio and subtitle language Although ...

Page 41: ...track or disc as xx xx xx Enter the time using number keys The track or disc is played beginning from the desired time just after you enter the time and wait for 4 5 seconds or press SELECT key NOTES If you attempt to enter a number greater than the total time it clears the numbers entered and continues to play If you wait more than five seconds without pressing any key for selecting scenes by tim...

Page 42: ...tions Similarly if PICTURE is selected you can control JPEG playback options 9 FREEVIEW FEATURES 9 1 Digital Teletext Many digital terrestrial television channels not only broadcast video and sound for programs but also pages of information on the programs the weather news and many other topics This digital teletext can be displayed by the FreeView receiver Some channels are entirely given over to...

Page 43: ...se note that event information is updated automatically If there is no event information data available in channels only channel names with No Information banner are displayed If you highlight an event short event description extended event description start and finish times of event are displayed on the screen In EPG Menu you can easily see the extended help information by pressing DISPLAY INFOke...

Page 44: ...essage explains that the disc is not compatible and it has to be erased Select Yes to erase the disc or No to cancel erase and record operations DVD R This disc can only be recorded until the disc is full or you finalize the disc After that it is not possible to make further recordings on the same disc 10 2 Recording Setup From the setup menu choose Recording to set up the recording quality and au...

Page 45: ...r press TV DVD key again 10 6 Inserting Chapter INSERT CHAPTER key on the remote control divides current chapter into two chapters from the moment you press this key 10 7 Pause Recording In order to pause recording process press PLAY PAUSE key Press RECORD key to resume recording NOTE If you try recording to a pre recorded DVD RW disc that is recorded on different platform or PC a warning message ...

Page 46: ...If you select Reminder you can see clock icon near event name that you want to be reminded Reminder option only works watching TV it is disabled at standby or any other mode If you select Record it asks for quality of recording that you want to set After selecting one of them it puts a red icon near event name and turns back to EPG 7 Day page Also if you want to verify timer record you may see eve...

Page 47: ...reen NOTE Some DV compliant devices may not be supported 12 2 RECORDING FROM DV INPUT Recording from DV INPUT is also available For this operation you must switch to DV source with the VIDEO SOURCE key on the remote control You can record content of the DV device or the camera mode of the DV device to a DVD disc Recording operations like record pause stop etc are the same with steps explained in M...

Page 48: ...L NTSC Negative synchronized 1Vpp 75 ohm loaded RGB CVBS Through Full Euroscart Output Pin 16 control YPbPr Component YPbPr video output through RCA outputs Component YPbPr video is available if Progressive Scan option is enabled Video Output HDMI SD Progressive 720p 1080i resolution Audio Type Dolby Digital Decoding MPEG Multichannel Up to 5 1 channel Decoding LPCM 24 bit 96 kHz 48kHz downsamplin...

Page 49: ...48 15 SPECIFICATIONS FOR FreeView ...

Page 50: ...tly Change the batteries If VFD shows TV TV mode is active press TV DVD key to return DVD mode Record key does not start recording Make sure there is a recordable DVD RW or DVD R disc inside the recorder If you wish to record from RF input check the program table to see the available channels You may need to do an APS Automatic program search again to record if the automatic search after installat...

Page 51: ...otten menu lock code The remote will not operate The batteries in your remote control Replace the batteries FreeView need replacing There is an obstruction blocking the Check that there is nothing in signal path between the remote the way of the path between control and the receiver the remote control and receiver After moving your Recorder to The aerial feed may be routed via Try using another ae...

Page 52: ...defective and the defect is shown to be due to faulty materials or workmanship within a period of 12 Months from the date of sale to the original purchaser it will be repaired or at the vendors sole option replaced free of charge always providing that The equipment has at all times been used in accordance with the operating instructions issued by the manufacturer and has not been connected to an e...

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