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RQT7303
Getting started
Read these operating instructions carefully before using the unit. Follow the safety instructions on the unit and the applicable safety instructions
listed below. Keep these operating instructions handy for future reference.
1) Read these instructions.
2) Keep these instructions.
3) Heed all warnings.
4) Follow all instructions.
5) Do not use this apparatus near water.
6) Clean only with dry cloth.
7) Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with
the manufacturers instructions.
8) Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat
registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that
produce heat.
9) Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-
type plug. A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than
the other. A grounding-type plug has two blades and a third
grounding prong. The wide blade or the third prong are
provided for your safety. If the provided plug does not fit into
your outlet, consult an electrician for replacement of the
obsolete outlet.10) Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched
particularly at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point
where they exit from the apparatus.
11) Only use attachments/accessories specified by the
manufacturer.
12) Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or
table specified by the manufacturer, or sold with
the apparatus. When a cart is used, use caution
when moving the cart/apparatus combination to
avoid injury from tip-over.
13) Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or
when unused for long periods of time.
14) Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is
required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way,
such as power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been
spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus
has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate
normally, or has been dropped.
CAUTION!
THIS PRODUCT UTILIZES A LASER.
USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR PERFORMANCE
OF PROCEDURES OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN
MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS RADIATION EXPOSURE.
DO NOT OPEN COVERS AND DO NOT REPAIR YOURSELF.
REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL.
WARNING:
TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC
SHOCK OR PRODUCT DAMAGE, DO NOT
EXPOSE THIS APPARATUS TO RAIN, MOISTURE,
DRIPPING OR SPLASHING AND THAT NO
OBJECTS FILLED WITH LIQUIDS, SUCH AS
VASES, SHALL BE PLACED ON THE APPARATUS.
Note to CATV system installer:
This reminder is provided to call the CATV system installers
attention to Article 820-40 of the NEC that provides guidelines for
proper grounding and, in particular, specifies that the cable ground
shall be connected to the grounding system of the building, as
close to the point of cable entry as practical.
CAUTION!
DO NOT INSTALL OR PLACE THIS UNIT IN A BOOKCASE,
BUILT-IN CABINET OR IN ANOTHER CONFINED SPACE.
ENSURE THE UNIT IS WELL VENTILATED. TO PREVENT
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK OR FIRE HAZARD DUE TO
OVERHEATING, ENSURE THAT CURTAINS AND ANY OTHER
MATERIALS DO NOT OBSTRUCT THE VENTILATION VENTS.
Keep the small memory cards such as the SD
Memory Card out of reach of children. If
swallowed, seek medical advice immediately.
The socket outlet shall be installed near the equipment and
easily accessible or the mains plug or an appliance coupler shall
remain readily operable.
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AVOID DIRECT EXPOSURE TO BEAM. DANGER (FDA 21 CFR)
(IEC60825-1) VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN.
AVOID EXPOSURE TO BEAM. CAUTION RAYONNEMENT LASER VISIBLE ET INVISIBLE EN CAS DOUVERTURE.
EXPOSITION DANGEREUSE AU FAISCEAU. ATTENTION SYNLIG OG USYNLIG LASERSTRÅLING VED ÅBNING.
UNDGÅ UDSÆTTELSE FOR STRÅLING. ADVARSEL AVATTAESSA OLET ALTTIINA NÄKYVÄÄ JA NÄKYMÄTÖN
LASERSÄTEILYLLE. ÄLÄ KATSO SÄTEESEEN. VA R O ! SYNLIG OCH OSYNLIG LASERSTRÅLNING NÄR DENNA DEL
ÄR ÖPPNAD. BETRAKTA EJ STRÅLEN. VARNING
SYNLIG OG USYNLIG LASERSTRÅLING NÅR DEKSEL ÅPNES.
UNNGÅ EKSPONERING FOR STRÅLEN. ADVARSEL SICHTBARE UND UNSICHTBARE LASERSTRAHLUNG, WENN ABDECKUNG
GEÖFFNET. NICHT DEM STRAHL AUSSETZEN. VORSICHT
(Inside of product)
FCC Note:
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the
limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC
Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference in a residential installation. This
equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency
energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference
will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does
cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which
can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user
is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of
the following measures:
-Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
-Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
-Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from
that to which the receiver is connected.
-Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for
help.
FCC Caution: To assure continued compliance, follow the
attached installation instructions and use only shielded interface
cables when connecting to peripheral devices.
Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party
responsible for compliance could void the users authority to
operate this equipment.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is
subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not
cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any
interference received, including interference that may cause
undesired operation.
The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within
an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user
to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage
within the products enclosure that may be of suffi-
cient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock
to persons.
CAUTION
CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC
SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE SCREWS.
NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS
INSIDE.
REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED
SERVICE PERSONNEL.
The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle
is intended to alert the user to the presence of
important operating and maintenance (servicing)
instructions in the literature accompanying the ap-
pliance.
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT OPEN
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
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RQT7303
Getting started
Table of contents
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Useful features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
The remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Control reference guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
STEP 1 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 STEP 2Setting up the TV Guide On Screen TM
system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
STEP 3 Set up to match your television and remote
control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Disc and card information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Recording television programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Recording modes and approximate recording times . . . . . . . . 17
Selecting audio to record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Flexible Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Using the TV Guide On Screen TM system to make timer
recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Manually programming timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using VCR Plusi system to make timer recordings . . . . . . . . 21
Check, change or delete a program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Utilizing TV Guide On Screen TM system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Playing recorded video contents/
Playing play-only discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Operations during play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Editing operations during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Changing audio during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using menus to play MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Playing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Useful functions during still picture play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Using on-screen menus and Status messages . . . . . . . 30 On-screen menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Editing titles/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Editing titles/chapters and playing chapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Title operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Creating, editing and playing play lists . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Creating play lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Editing and playing play lists/chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Play list operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Chapter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Editing still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Picture and folder operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Entering text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Transferring (dubbing) still pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Transferring (dubbing) using the transferring (dubbing) list . . . 38
Transferring (dubbing) all the still pictures of a card onto a
DVD-RAM-COPY ALL PICTURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Recording from a video cassette recorder . . . . . . . . . . 39
FUNCTIONS window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Disc and card setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setting the protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Providing a disc with a name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Erasing all titles and play lists-Erase all titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Erasing all the contents of a disc or card-Format . . . . . . . . . . 41
Enabling DVD-R to be played on other equipment-Finalize . . 41
Changing the units settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Summary of settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Channel/Clock settings when TV Guide On Screen TM
system is not used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Auto channel/clock settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Channel captions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Product Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Maintenance/Disc and card handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Backcover
This DVD Video recorder records high quality images to rapid
random access capable DVD-RAM. This has resulted in many new
features that out perform older tape formats. The following
information summarizes a few of these features.
Instant recordingYou no longer need to search for empty disc space. By pressing the
recording button, the unit finds available recording space and begins
recording right away. There is no need to worry about overwriting
already recorded content.
SD/PC card slotsThis unit is equipped with interfaces that allow networking with digital
equipment.
-The SD/PC card slots of this unit let you transfer (dub) digital
camera photographs from a card to DVD-RAM for easy storage
without using a computer.
TV Guide On Screen TM system The TV Guide On Screen TM system provides a handy electronic
program guide (EPG) for checking whats on. Setting up to record a
broadcast is easy too. Simply select the desired program from the
displayed list. You can also search for desired programs alphabetically
or by displaying only the programs in a certain category.
-This service may not be available in some areas.
Instant play
There is no need to rewind or search forward. Direct Navigator
guides you to the beginning of the recorded video immediately.
Chasing playback
There is no need to wait until recording is
complete. Without stopping recording, you can
play the video currently being recorded from its
beginning.
Simultaneous Recording and Playback
While recording, you can play another video
program that was recorded previously.
Time Slip
During play and also while recording, you can
jump to the scene you wish to view by specifying
the skip time.
Getting started
Recording
Playing back
Editing
Transfer (Dubbing)
Convenient functions
Reference
Guía de referencia rápida en español . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
(Spanish Quick Reference)
Useful features
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