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... discs Getting Started 10 Step 1 : Unpacking 11 Step 2 : Setting up the remote commander 14 Step 3 : Basic hookups 18 Step 4 : Selecting a language 19 Step 5 : Setting the clock Advanced Hookups for the DVD Player 21 Component Video hookup 22 A/V Receiver hookup Basic Operations 24 Playing discs 28...from a connected equipment 38 Recording from a connected equipment using the timer 41 Checking/changing/canceling timer settings 43 Locking the DVD-VCR (Child Lock) DVD Settings and Adjustments 44 Audio Setup 46 Screen Setup 50 Setting the display or sound track language 52 Parental Control (limiting...
... discs Getting Started 10 Step 1 : Unpacking 11 Step 2 : Setting up the remote commander 14 Step 3 : Basic hookups 18 Step 4 : Selecting a language 19 Step 5 : Setting the clock Advanced Hookups for the DVD Player 21 Component Video hookup 22 A/V Receiver hookup Basic Operations 24 Playing discs 28...from a connected equipment 38 Recording from a connected equipment using the timer 41 Checking/changing/canceling timer settings 43 Locking the DVD-VCR (Child Lock) DVD Settings and Adjustments 44 Audio Setup 46 Screen Setup 50 Setting the display or sound track language 52 Parental Control (limiting...
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...CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CDRWs containing MP3* audio tracks or JPEG files) Functions available for DATA DVDs (DVD-ROMs/DVD+RWs/ DVD+Rs/DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs containing MP3* audio tracks or JPEG files) Functions available for VHS VIDEOs * MP3 (MPEG 1 Audio Layer III) is a standard format defined by ISO (...Level 1/ Level 2, or its extended format, Joliet. - 8 cm DVD+RW, DVD-RW, and DVD-R recorded with a DVD Video camera continued About this manual 7US About this manual • This manual mainly explains operations using the remote, but the same operations can also be performed using the buttons on ...
...CD-ROMs/CD-Rs/CDRWs containing MP3* audio tracks or JPEG files) Functions available for DATA DVDs (DVD-ROMs/DVD+RWs/ DVD+Rs/DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs containing MP3* audio tracks or JPEG files) Functions available for VHS VIDEOs * MP3 (MPEG 1 Audio Layer III) is a standard format defined by ISO (...Level 1/ Level 2, or its extended format, Joliet. - 8 cm DVD+RW, DVD-RW, and DVD-R recorded with a DVD Video camera continued About this manual 7US About this manual • This manual mainly explains operations using the remote, but the same operations can also be performed using the buttons on ...
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Getting Started Step 1 : Unpacking Check that you have received the following items with the DVD-VCR: • Remote commander • Audio/video cord • Size AA (R6) batteries Note • The supplied remote commander is for the exclusive use of this DVD-VCR. 10US Unpacking
Getting Started Step 1 : Unpacking Check that you have received the following items with the DVD-VCR: • Remote commander • Audio/video cord • Size AA (R6) batteries Note • The supplied remote commander is for the exclusive use of this DVD-VCR. 10US Unpacking
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.... Reattach the cover after inserting the batteries. If the TV does not have the symbol near the remote sensor, this DVD-VCR and a Sony TV. Buttons on the batteries to operate your Sony TV. Insert the negative (-) end first, then push in and down until the positive (+) end clicks into position. continued Setting up...
.... Reattach the cover after inserting the batteries. If the TV does not have the symbol near the remote sensor, this DVD-VCR and a Sony TV. Buttons on the batteries to operate your Sony TV. Insert the negative (-) end first, then push in and down until the positive (+) end clicks into position. continued Setting up...
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...apparatus. Selects the channel on a Sony TV. Mutes a Sony TV equipped with the remote commander The remote commander is preprogrammed to TV. 2 Hold down ?/1, and enter your TV. Switches your TV. If your TV is set the appropriate manufacturer's code number. 1 Set TV / DVD·VIDEO switch at the top... of the remote commander to control non-Sony TVs. Selects the channel on your TV's input source. * for an extended period of time, remove the ...
...apparatus. Selects the channel on a Sony TV. Mutes a Sony TV equipped with the remote commander The remote commander is preprogrammed to TV. 2 Hold down ?/1, and enter your TV. Switches your TV. If your TV is set the appropriate manufacturer's code number. 1 Set TV / DVD·VIDEO switch at the top... of the remote commander to control non-Sony TVs. Selects the channel on your TV's input source. * for an extended period of time, remove the ...
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...Started Code numbers of the remote commander, the code number may change. Setting up the remote commander 13US Set the appropriate code number every time you find the one programmed to work with the DVD-VCR, you cannot control your TV with your TV. TV brand Sony Akai AOC Centurion Coronado ...enter a new code number, the code number previously entered will be erased. • If the TV uses a different remote control system from the one that works with the remote commander. • When you replace the batteries of controllable TVs If more than one code number is listed, try entering...
...Started Code numbers of the remote commander, the code number may change. Setting up the remote commander 13US Set the appropriate code number every time you find the one programmed to work with the DVD-VCR, you cannot control your TV with your TV. TV brand Sony Akai AOC Centurion Coronado ...enter a new code number, the code number previously entered will be erased. • If the TV uses a different remote control system from the one that works with the remote commander. • When you replace the batteries of controllable TVs If more than one code number is listed, try entering...
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.... 4 Press SET UP to select "Language", then press ENTER. Step 4 : Selecting a language You can change the on the remote. • If the DVD player is in play mode, you start... • Turn on the DVD-VCR and your TV. • Set the TV to video input so that the signal from the player... appears on the TV screen. • Set TV / DVD·VIDEO switch to DVD·VIDEO on -screen display language. Before you cannot display...
.... 4 Press SET UP to select "Language", then press ENTER. Step 4 : Selecting a language You can change the on the remote. • If the DVD player is in play mode, you start... • Turn on the DVD-VCR and your TV. • Set the TV to video input so that the signal from the player... appears on the TV screen. • Set TV / DVD·VIDEO switch to DVD·VIDEO on -screen display language. Before you cannot display...
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... the digits. The "CLOCK SET/ADJUST" menu appears. 3 Set the hour, minutes, month, day and year in play mode, you start... • Turn on the DVD-VCR and your TV. • Set the TV to video input so that the signal from the player appears on the TV screen. • Set... TV / DVD·VIDEO switch to DVD·VIDEO on the remote. • If the DVD player is set the clock on the DVD-VCR to select "Clock Set/Adjust", then press ENTER. Stop the...
... the digits. The "CLOCK SET/ADJUST" menu appears. 3 Set the hour, minutes, month, day and year in play mode, you start... • Turn on the DVD-VCR and your TV. • Set the TV to video input so that the signal from the player appears on the TV screen. • Set... TV / DVD·VIDEO switch to DVD·VIDEO on the remote. • If the DVD player is set the clock on the DVD-VCR to select "Clock Set/Adjust", then press ENTER. Stop the...
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...mode continued Playing discs 25US Basic Operations 3 Press H PLAY. PREV on the remote or m on page 46). • Stop VIDEO playback while playing back a disc. • If you pause the DVD player for more than 5 minutes, the DVD player will automatically stop playback at the point of the scratch. • Playback... mode REPLAY Go to the next chapter, track, or scene in > NEXT on the remote or M on the unit continuous play a disc that has been recorded in continuous play X PAUSE If you play a DVD or VIDEO CD that has scratches, the player may not be able to the previous chapter...
...mode continued Playing discs 25US Basic Operations 3 Press H PLAY. PREV on the remote or m on page 46). • Stop VIDEO playback while playing back a disc. • If you pause the DVD player for more than 5 minutes, the DVD player will automatically stop playback at the point of the scratch. • Playback... mode REPLAY Go to the next chapter, track, or scene in > NEXT on the remote or M on the unit continuous play a disc that has been recorded in continuous play X PAUSE If you play a DVD or VIDEO CD that has scratches, the player may not be able to the previous chapter...
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... 2 minutes in continuous play mode*2 (Instant Advance) Stop play and remove the disc X PAUSE during normal play - Watch slow motion in continuous play mode (DVD and VIDEO CD only) Replay the previous scene for 10 seconds in continuous play list (PL) within a disc recorded in VR mode): 1 t2 t3 •... the unit) The playback speed changes as follows each time you press the button on the remote (or depending on how long you press the button on page 27.) *2 For DVD VIDEOs and DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs or DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs only Notes • No sound is stopped. Press TOP MENU to 4 times. during ...
... 2 minutes in continuous play mode*2 (Instant Advance) Stop play and remove the disc X PAUSE during normal play - Watch slow motion in continuous play mode (DVD and VIDEO CD only) Replay the previous scene for 10 seconds in continuous play list (PL) within a disc recorded in VR mode): 1 t2 t3 •... the unit) The playback speed changes as follows each time you press the button on the remote (or depending on how long you press the button on page 27.) *2 For DVD VIDEOs and DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs or DVD+RWs/DVD+Rs only Notes • No sound is stopped. Press TOP MENU to 4 times. during ...
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Number buttons V/v/B/b ENTER O RETURN DISPLAY Press DISPLAY during playback. The following information appears; Guide to "DVD Audio/Subtitle Language" on page 100 for the abbreviation of the language. type of disc Current title/track number Current chapter number Counter ...is stopped. 28US Guide to the on-screen display Refer to the on the remote. Before you start... • Set TV / DVD·VIDEO switch to the type of disc being played. The displayed contents differ according to DVD·VIDEO on -screen display You can check disc information during playback. Type...
Number buttons V/v/B/b ENTER O RETURN DISPLAY Press DISPLAY during playback. The following information appears; Guide to "DVD Audio/Subtitle Language" on page 100 for the abbreviation of the language. type of disc Current title/track number Current chapter number Counter ...is stopped. 28US Guide to the on-screen display Refer to the on the remote. Before you start... • Set TV / DVD·VIDEO switch to the type of disc being played. The displayed contents differ according to DVD·VIDEO on -screen display You can check disc information during playback. Type...
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...Hour Minute continued Playing a tape 31US The VCR starts playing automatically if you start ... • Turn on the DVD-VCR and your TV. • Set the TV to video input so that the signal from the player appears... on the TV screen. • Set TV / DVD·VIDEO switch to control the VCR player. 2 Insert a tape. Playing a tape Before you insert a tape with its safety... automatically. CLEAR AUDIO / m/M y ./> X PAUSE x STOP H PLAY Basic Operations DISPLAY 1 Press SELECT VIDEO to DVD·VIDEO on the remote.
...Hour Minute continued Playing a tape 31US The VCR starts playing automatically if you start ... • Turn on the DVD-VCR and your TV. • Set the TV to video input so that the signal from the player appears... on the TV screen. • Set TV / DVD·VIDEO switch to control the VCR player. 2 Insert a tape. Playing a tape Before you insert a tape with its safety... automatically. CLEAR AUDIO / m/M y ./> X PAUSE x STOP H PLAY Basic Operations DISPLAY 1 Press SELECT VIDEO to DVD·VIDEO on the remote.
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... to select the sound output (Stereo/L channel/R channel/ Mono) you want to find later. The VCR will not be visible on this VCR but the remote commander's function switches to "On" in the "VIDEO FUNCTION SETUP" menu (page 86). • Stop disc playback while playing back a video. • The... "Auto Play" to DVD automatically. Streaks appear while playing in LP mode on other special playback modes. Bands appear at the top or bottom while pausing. - Basic Operations To use the time counter Press CLEAR at the point on an S-VHS tape. • The playback of S-VHS tapes recorded in EP/LP...
... to select the sound output (Stereo/L channel/R channel/ Mono) you want to find later. The VCR will not be visible on this VCR but the remote commander's function switches to "On" in the "VIDEO FUNCTION SETUP" menu (page 86). • Stop disc playback while playing back a video. • The... "Auto Play" to DVD automatically. Streaks appear while playing in LP mode on other special playback modes. Bands appear at the top or bottom while pausing. - Basic Operations To use the time counter Press CLEAR at the point on an S-VHS tape. • The playback of S-VHS tapes recorded in EP/LP...
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...box or satellite receiver, see "Connecting a cable box or satellite receiver" on the remote. • Make sure the tape is longer than the total recording time. Before you start ... • Turn on the DVD-VCR, TV and your cable box or sattelite receiver. • Set the TV...16. continued Recording from a connected cable box or satellite receiver. Recording from a connected equipment You can record from a connected equipment 35US Z TV / DVD·VIDEO switch SELECT VIDEO INPUT SELECT z REC SP/EP x STOP H PLAY Basic Operations DISPLAY 1 Press SELECT VIDEO to control the VCR. 2 ...
...box or satellite receiver, see "Connecting a cable box or satellite receiver" on the remote. • Make sure the tape is longer than the total recording time. Before you start ... • Turn on the DVD-VCR, TV and your cable box or sattelite receiver. • Set the TV...16. continued Recording from a connected cable box or satellite receiver. Recording from a connected equipment You can record from a connected equipment 35US Z TV / DVD·VIDEO switch SELECT VIDEO INPUT SELECT z REC SP/EP x STOP H PLAY Basic Operations DISPLAY 1 Press SELECT VIDEO to control the VCR. 2 ...
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...receiver, see "Connecting a cable box or satellite receiver" (page 16). Stop the DVD playback. Make sure the tape is longer than the total recording time. • If the DVD player is set the DVD-VCR to DVD·VIDEO on the remote. • Insert a tape with its safety tab in play mode, you start...... • Check that the signal from the player appears on the TV screen. • Set TV / DVD·VIDEO switch to automatically record...
...receiver, see "Connecting a cable box or satellite receiver" (page 16). Stop the DVD playback. Make sure the tape is longer than the total recording time. • If the DVD player is set the DVD-VCR to DVD·VIDEO on the remote. • Insert a tape with its safety tab in play mode, you start...... • Check that the signal from the player appears on the TV screen. • Set TV / DVD·VIDEO switch to automatically record...
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... sure the tape is longer than the total recording time. • If the DVD player is set to the correct time. • Turn on the DVD-VCR and your TV. • Set the TV to video input so that the DVD-VCR clock is in place. SELECT VIDEO CLEAR TIMER V/v/B/b ENTER O RETURN 1 Press... 41US Checking/changing/canceling timer settings Before you start... • Check that the signal from the player appears on the TV screen. • Set TV / DVD·VIDEO switch to DVD·VIDEO on the remote. • Insert a tape with its safety tab in play mode, you cannot display the setup menu.
... sure the tape is longer than the total recording time. • If the DVD player is set to the correct time. • Turn on the DVD-VCR and your TV. • Set the TV to video input so that the DVD-VCR clock is in place. SELECT VIDEO CLEAR TIMER V/v/B/b ENTER O RETURN 1 Press... 41US Checking/changing/canceling timer settings Before you start... • Check that the signal from the player appears on the TV screen. • Set TV / DVD·VIDEO switch to DVD·VIDEO on the remote. • Insert a tape with its safety tab in play mode, you cannot display the setup menu.
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SET UP V/v/B/b ENTER 1 Press SET UP when the DVD player is in stop mode, then press V/v to select (DVD), then press ENTER. 2 Press V/v to select "Audio Setup," then press ENTER. 3 Press V/v to DVD·VIDEO on the remote. Before you to set the sound according to the playback and connection conditions. DVD Settings and Adjustments Audio Setup "Audio Setup" allows you start... • Set TV / DVD·VIDEO switch to select the setup item from the displayed list: "Dolby Digital," "DTS" or "Audio DRC." 44US Audio Setup
SET UP V/v/B/b ENTER 1 Press SET UP when the DVD player is in stop mode, then press V/v to select (DVD), then press ENTER. 2 Press V/v to select "Audio Setup," then press ENTER. 3 Press V/v to DVD·VIDEO on the remote. Before you to set the sound according to the playback and connection conditions. DVD Settings and Adjustments Audio Setup "Audio Setup" allows you start... • Set TV / DVD·VIDEO switch to select the setup item from the displayed list: "Dolby Digital," "DTS" or "Audio DRC." 44US Audio Setup
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SET UP V/v/B/b ENTER O RETURN 1 Press SET UP when the DVD player is in stop mode, then press V/v to select (DVD), then press ENTER. 2 Press V/v to select "Screen Setup," then press ENTER. 3 Press V/v to select the setup item from the displayed list: "TV Type," or "Y/Pb/Pr Black Level." Before you to set the "Progressive" setting, see page 48. 46US Screen Setup To set the screen according to the playback and connection conditions. Screen Setup "Screen Setup" allows you start... • Set TV / DVD·VIDEO switch to DVD·VIDEO on the remote.
SET UP V/v/B/b ENTER O RETURN 1 Press SET UP when the DVD player is in stop mode, then press V/v to select (DVD), then press ENTER. 2 Press V/v to select "Screen Setup," then press ENTER. 3 Press V/v to select the setup item from the displayed list: "TV Type," or "Y/Pb/Pr Black Level." Before you to set the "Progressive" setting, see page 48. 46US Screen Setup To set the screen according to the playback and connection conditions. Screen Setup "Screen Setup" allows you start... • Set TV / DVD·VIDEO switch to DVD·VIDEO on the remote.
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...• Set TV / DVD·VIDEO switch to select the language setup item from the displayed list: "DVD Menu," "Audio," or "Subtitle." The "LANGUAGE SET UP" menu appears. 3 Press V/v to DVD·VIDEO on the remote. SET UP V/v/B/b ENTER 1 Press SET UP when the DVD player is in stop mode..., then press V/v to select (DVD) and press ENTER. 2 Press V/v to select "Language Setup," then press ENTER. Then...
...• Set TV / DVD·VIDEO switch to select the language setup item from the displayed list: "DVD Menu," "Audio," or "Subtitle." The "LANGUAGE SET UP" menu appears. 3 Press V/v to DVD·VIDEO on the remote. SET UP V/v/B/b ENTER 1 Press SET UP when the DVD player is in stop mode..., then press V/v to select (DVD) and press ENTER. 2 Press V/v to select "Language Setup," then press ENTER. Then...
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...allows you start... • Set TV / DVD·VIDEO switch to a predetermined level such as the age of some DVD VIDEOs can be limited according to DVD·VIDEO on the remote. Number buttons SET UP H PLAY V/v/B/b ENTER 1 Press SET UP when the DVD player is in stop mode, then press V/v ...to select (DVD) and press ENTER. 2 Press V/v to set a playback...
...allows you start... • Set TV / DVD·VIDEO switch to a predetermined level such as the age of some DVD VIDEOs can be limited according to DVD·VIDEO on the remote. Number buttons SET UP H PLAY V/v/B/b ENTER 1 Press SET UP when the DVD player is in stop mode, then press V/v ...to select (DVD) and press ENTER. 2 Press V/v to set a playback...