Hookups 9 - Philips DVDR600VR Owner's Manual

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Hookups 9
Determining the best possible connection...
Your existing equipment, especially your TV, will determine your connection,These
guidelines describe which options provide the best picture and sound quality.
**** ComponentVideo provides the best picture quality, Progressive Scan
ComponentVideo has the highest quality, but use it only if theTV has
Progressive Scan. See pages 12 and 63.
*** S-Video provides excellent picture quality. See page 13.
**
CompositeVideo (a yellowVideo jack) provides good picture quality,
See page 14.
**
YourTV may have only an RF-style jack, usually labeled
Antenna In or 75 ohm. This may be the jack to which you have con-
nected your Antenna or CableTV signal already.You can use an RF
coaxial cable for a simple connection. Seepage 10.
Digital audio connections provide the clearest sound. Connect the
Recorder's COAXIAL DIGITAL AUDIO OUT jack to your Stereo for
the best sound quality. See page 16.
For the most common audio connection, connect the Recorder's
white/red AUDIO OUT L!R (left/right) jacks to the Audio In jacks of
your Stereo orT_. See pages 12-15.
Before you begin...
® Refer to the manuals of your TV, Stereo, Cable Box, or other equipment as
necessary. Note the jacks and connectors on the other equipment, Determine
how to choose different Audio and Video In channels on your other equipment
so you can see and hear the Recorder on the TV, Stereo, etc.
_* Disconnect all equipment from the power outlets, Connect the equipment to
the power outlets only after you have finished hooking up everything, Never
make or change connections with equipment connected to the power outlet.
Remember...
_® Set theTV to the correctVideo In channel or channel 3.
This is channel 3 only if you connect the Recorder directly to a TV as
shown on page 10.
Otherwise,Video In channels may be called AUX or AUXILIARY IN,
AUDIO/VIDEO orA/V IN, EXT1 or EXT2 or External In, etc.These
channels often are nearTV channel zero (0). O_; your TV remote con-
trol may have a button or switch that lets you choose theVideo In channel
directly. See your TV manual for details. O_.go to your lowest TV channel and
change channels down until you see the blue Philips DVD background picture
on the TV screen.
_* Connect the Recorder directly to theTV. For example, do not connect the
Recorder to anotherVCR, then connect the VCR to a TV.YourVCR may have
the copy protection system, which may distort the picture and sound of a Disc
orVideocassette playing on the Recorder.
® Set the Stereo to the correct channel or"source" mode.
_* Do not connect the Recorder'sAUDIO OUT jacks to the PHONO IN jack of
your Stereo.
®3 You only need one audio connection and one video connection between the
Recorder and your TV (orTV and Stereo).You will not use all the jacks on the
Recorder.
® You can use the Recorder to preserve your memories by copying a
videotape to a DVD+R or DVD+RW. Special connections may be
needed between the Recorder and your camcorder orVCR, which
will play the existing videotape into the Recorder for recording. See
pages 17 and 44 for details and options,
® To use the DVD orVCR features of this Recorder, you must include a
connection with the supplied yellow video cable and red/white audio
cables or with the supplied RF coaxial cable. See pages 10 and 14.
Once you determine the option that best fits with your existing
equipment, find your choice on pages 10-16. Follow the steps for the
hookup you chose.
When you finish your connections and turn on the Recorder for the
first time, complete the Initial Setup.This sets up TV channels, menu
languages, and other features. Go to page 18 to do the Initial Setup.