NOTICES NOTICE OF INTENDED USE Rosen Entertainment Systems are designed to enable viewing of video ONLY for rear-seat occupants, and are not intended for viewing by the driver when used in an automobile. Such use might distract the driver or interfere with the driver’s safe operation of the vehicle, and thus...
Getting Started at Home ... 8 DVR in the Home Docking Station ... 8 Installing and Removing the DVR from the Home Docking Station ... 9 Recording with the DVR in the Home Docking Station ... 9 DVR Dock Control Buttons ... 10 Using the DVR Remote Control ...
• Available Secondary AV Composite (red, yellow, white RCA jacks) Output General DVR Operation The DVR can be operated in three different modes: • First, it can be run as a stand-alone digital video recorder in the home using the included home docking station and remote control.
ENTER To Open the DVR Door and Install the DVR: Slide the DVR latch to the left to release the door. Place the DVR ACC or engi inside the door slot with the Rosen logo facing downward and the ON position connection jack pointing upward towards the unit.
6. Home AV Receiver 7. Any other device with composite audio/video output * Note: If you use your TV’s output as the input to the DVR dock you will NOT be able to view the DVR content. This connection is purely used for recording purposes.
INSTALLING AND REMOVING THE DVR FROM THE HOME DOCKING STATION • Installing the DVR Align the DVR inside the dock slot as shown in the picture with the DVR connector pointing downward. Gently push down on the DVR until it clicks and is fully seated in the docking station.
4. Dial Pad 1 Power Press this button to turn the DVR on. The power LED backlight on the dock should change from red to blue when the system comes on. Press and hold the POWER button for 2 seconds to shut the system off.
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Pressing of this button will not stop recording. Only the STOP button on the dock or the red STOP button on the remote control can interrupt recording. Rosen Entertainment Systems 6 Fn (Index) This button performs two different functions when in the record mode and non-record mode.
Rosen DVR Owner’s Manual USING THE DVR REMOTE CONTROL You can use the remote control to operate the system and access the features not available on the front panel. For defi ni- tions of the remote control’s specifi c button functions, please see pages 13-14.
DVR REMOTE CONTROL BUTTON FUNCTIONS 1 Power Press this button to turn the DVR on. The power LED backlight on the dock should change from red to blue when the system comes on. Press the POWER button to shut the system off.
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Rosen DVR Owner’s Manual 12 Menu MENU This button will directly bring up the main root menu. Note: This button does not work during fi le record or play- back. 14 Enter ENTER Use this to confi rm an action or selected fi le.
DVR. The same can be done for extracting content off the DVR onto your local PC. Video fi les that are transferred to the DVR must be placed in the “my_video” folder. Music fi les must be placed in the “my_music”...
10. RES Enhanced Sound 24. Day/Night Brightness 11. Mute 25. Dome Light On/Off 12. Eject 26. Output B 13. Source 14. Navigate Up The remote control button titles that are lightened indicate that the button performs no function on the DVR.
ROSEN USER INTERFACE (RUI) MENU The DVR source is supported by the Rosen User Interface (RUI). To bring up the RUI for the DVR, while in the DVR source, press the SYSTEM MENU button on the remote, highlight the “SourceCtrl” option and press ENTER. The DVR’s RUI can be...
Before recording, select the desired quality and duration. The DVD should be commanded to start playback before recording Full Length starts. This can be done through the DVR RUI by pressing the SYS- Movies *** TEM MENU button on the T10/T12 remote control or by pressing and holding the DOWN button on the CPM for 2 seconds.
DVR AUTO-RECORDING Auto-recording to the DVR is only allowed for recording and archiving of DVDs which you own. There are three available quality modes for auto-recording. Auto-record allows you to record an entire DVD movie without having to monitor its prog- ress or manually control the DVR.
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At the main menu, select the FILE MANAGER icon and press ENTER. Navigate to the fi le or folder to be renamed and press the “Fn” button on the remote or dock. If the DVR is being used in a T10/T12 overhead system, press the SETUP button on the T10/T12 remote control.
Rosen Entertainment Systems TYPICAL CONNECTION: TV, DVD, PLAYER, DOCK 3. Typical connection DVD output to DVR input 1. Typical connection TV, Dock and DVD 4. DVR to PC connection 2. Typical connection DVR output to TV input Plug the dual...
The AV Source can be any one of the following as long as it supports a minimum of two AV outputs, so that one can be routed to the DVR and one routed to the TV for non-DVR use. • Satellite Receiver •...
This confi guration will allow for playback of fi les recorded or loaded to the DVR. It will not enable any recording function in this confi guration. Cable/Satellite Wall Outlet...
fi les that the DVR can display. Any non-supported fi les would simply be ignored, even though they are present on the DVR. The fi les present on the DVR can be viewed (whether they are supported by the DVR or not) by con- necting the DVR to a computer via the USB cable and opening the DVR as a removable storage device.
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T10/T12. In addition, ensure that the DVR is not busy (indicator light on DVR is RED when busy). Also ensure that the DVR is not overheated, if it is allow it to cool down to room temperature. If the problem still persists check the following scenarios: 1.
What if my DVR does not show the output of a source I’m trying to record? If the source that is fed into the DVR is not showing up in the Record menu of the DVR ensure that all cables are properly plugged in and that the source is playing normally.