General Explanation Of On-Screen Display; Displaying Information On-Screen; Displaying Information While Watching Tv; Changing Tv Channels - Hitachi DV-RV8500E Instruction Manual

Before Operation (Continued)
General Explanation of On-Screen
Display
This manual gives basic instructions for operating the
Recorder. Some DVDs require specific operation or
allow only limited operation during playback. When this
occurs, the symbol " " appears on the TV screen,
indicating that the operation is not permitted by the
Recorder or is not available on the disc.

Displaying Information on-screen

You can display various information about the disc or
tape loaded on-screen.
Press DISPLAY repeatedly to display/change the
1 1
information displayed on-screen.
To remove the on-screen display, press DISPLAY
2 2
or RETURN (@) repeatedly until it disappears.
See the descriptions on next pages for detailed
explanation during playing.
otes
• Some discs may not provide all of the features on the
on-screen display example shown on next pages.
Temporary Feedback Field Icons
Resume play from this point
Action prohibited or not available

Displaying Information While Watching TV

During viewing the TV, press DISPLAY to display/
remove the information displayed on-screen.
e.g., when DVD-RW in VR mode is inserted.
Indicates channel number, station name,
and audio input signal received by the
Indicates the record mode,
free space, and elapsed
time progress bar.
Indicates disc name
and format.
DVD-VR
DVD-RW
Indicates output audio signal.
Indicates current date and time.
30
tuner.
DVD
SP 1H 32M Free
PR-05
MONO
Stereo/Main 01/01/2004 11:35

Changing TV Channels

If no disc or tape is playing, you can change TV
channels using the number or PROG/TRK (3 / 4)
buttons on the remote control.

Changing TV Audio Channel

Some TV programs are broadcast with a bilingual audio
program (BIL). You can change the TV audio using the
AUDIO button.
Press AUDIO repeatedly to change the TV audio as
shown below.
Stereo/Main
Stereo/Sub
Mono/Main
The current audio channel is displayed on-screen.
• For the detailed information, refer to the step 4 on
page 44.
• If the sound is poor quality when set to Stereo, you
can often improve it by changing to Mono.
• When an external input is selected, the audio channel
can be switched only to Stereo.