Manual Recording; Checking Input; Recording - Philips ShowView DVDR980 User Manual

Manual recording

Checking input

Normally, the DVD recorder displays the contents of
the disc on screen.
l Press MONITOR in order to switch to the internal
tuner, or whichever other source is selected, if you
want to check the input before starting a recording.
‰ On the TV screen, you will see the actual picture
quality that you will get if you record: the video has
been encoded and decoded again. This is why you
will see a delay of about 1.5 seconds when using a
'live' source such as a camera.
l In monitor mode you can choose programme
numbers directly with the digit keys 0-9 on the
remote control.
l Press SELECT repeatedly to select the desired
record mode.
l Press MONITOR again to go back to disc mode.

Recording

l Insert a recordable DVD+RW or DVD+R disc.
l Normally, the DVD Recorder displays the contents
of the disc on the screen.
l Use the MONITOR key to see the currently
selected TV channel.
l Use CHANNEL 3 or CHANNEL 4 (on the
recorder) or CH+, CH- (on the remote control) to
select the programme number (programme name)
from which you wish to record.
‰ When a TV channel transmits a channel name,
it will be shown on the display.
VOL CH
MUTE
T/C A/CH
MONITOR ON/OFF
REC/OTR
PREVIOUS NEXT
REVERSE PAUSE SLOW FORWARD
STOP FSS PLAY
The following programme numbers are provided for
recording from external sources:
'EXT1' : TV set via
SCART
'EXT2' : for recording from external sources via
socket
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SCART
'EXT3' : rear S-video
'EXT4' : rear CVBS
'CAM1' : front S-video (Y/C)
'CAM2' : front Video (CVBS)
l Press RECORD (on the recorder) or REC/OTR
(on the remote control).
‰ is shown on the display.
RECORD
‰ The status box is shown on the screen for a few
seconds.
l To bring back the status box during recording press
SYSTEM MENU. Pressing SYSTEM MENU once
more will remove the status box again.
l Press ; PAUSE to pause recording. You can
resume recording by pressing ; PAUSE once
more. The DVD recorder will make a seamless
connection.
l Press 9 STOP to stop recording. If you are
recording from a camcorder watch the video output
of the DVD recorder on the TV - instead of the
camcorder viewer - to determine the right moment
to stop.
l The Index Picture Screen is updated.
‰ 'MENU UPDATE' is shown on the display.
l After a short recording on a new DVD+RW disc, a
few minutes will be needed to complete the
formatting of the disc.
Safe Record
When you start recording on a DVD+RW disc by briefly
pressing the RECORD or REC/OTR key, a recording
on DVD+RW will be made from the current position of
the disc pointer. To prevent this do the following:
l Hold the RECORD key (on the recorder) or
REC/OTR key (on the remote control) press for
about two seconds until 'SAFE RECORD' appears
on the display.
socket
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