User manual MEDION DVD RECORDER MD 80857

[. . . ] 57 DVD-/HDD-RECORDER ­ MD 80857 3 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS About these instructions Please read these instructions carefully before using the device. Note the warnings on the device and in the operating instructions Always keep the operating instructions close to hand. If you sell the device or give it away, please ensure that you also pass on these instructions. Keep electrical equipment out of reach of children Never allow children to use electrical devices unattended. For this reason, keep the radio and batteries out of reach of children. [. . . ] If the CD contains folders select the desired folder and open it by pressing ENTER. In the summary of files on the CD and in the folder select a DIVX or MPEG4 film that you wish to view and confirm your selection by pressing ENTER or PLAY. Please note that depending on the film not all playback functions may be supported. 30 RECORDING TO DVD/HARD DISK DVD mode and HDD mode With this device you can record to either the integrated hard disk or a DVD. All sound signals are recorded in stereo when you record to the hard disk or DVD. By pressing the HDD/DVD button on the remote control you choose between the two recording modes: D V D : To record to DVDs; H D D : To record to the hard disk. In hard disk operation the hard disk indicator on the front of the device lights up. You can only record DVDs to the hard disk if they were recorded on this device! Manual recording You can playback and write the following disk formats with your DVD/ HDD recorder. Readable formats: The device can read DVD Video, SVCD, DVD+RW, DVD+R, CD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-R, CD-RW, Audio-CD, MP3, JPEG, DivX and MPEG4 formats. We cannot guarantee that DVDs you have written will be playable on other DVD devices. Please refer to "Finalise DVD", Page 52 on this. Formatting discs To record to an unused DVD+R or DVD+RW you first have to format the blank DVD in the recorder's drive. After you have inserted a blank DVD and the recorder has started the read process, a query as to whether the disc is to be formatted is displayed. You can also open this function via the D I S C > F o r m a t D i s c menu. DVD-/HDD-RECORDER ­ MD 80857 31 RECORDING TO DVD/HARD DISK Memory media: DVD+RW, DVD+R and hard disk DVD+RW DVD+RWs can be written and deleted again but repeated recording and deleting worsens the recording quality. Please also note that you can delete a title on a DVD+RW but the memory space freed up can only be used in consecutive blocks. The following graphic shows as an example that Title1 has been recorded and this takes up 20% of the DVD's memory capacity. In the second example, Title2 was recorded and this takes up 30% of the memory capacity. If, as in the third example, the first title is deleted the memory space is only available from the end of the second title, i. e. 50%. It may not be possible to record to a DVD+RW that already contains recordings from another DVD/HDD recorder or a computer. If you are still able to record on a DVD+RW that was produced by another recorder your DVD/HDD recorder creates a new DVD menu. If the DVD+RW contains data that were produced by a computer it is deleted by the recorder. DVD+R DVD+R discs can only be written once and no other new recordings can be added after a DVD+R has been finalised. Finalising means making the DVD+R compatible for other devices so that they can be played on them (Refer to "Finalise DVD", P. Hard disk drive (HDD) You can delete recordings from the integrated hard disk and write new recordings to the hard disk at any time. [. . . ] Remove anything which may be blocking the signal between the infrared transmitter, the remote control and the device's sensor. Is the distance between the remote control and the player too great (over 7m)?Are the cable connections between the DVD and television correct and undamaged?Have you selected the Y C r C b / R G B O f f option in V I D E O - S E T U P but the TV is connected to the DVD/HDD recorder via a SCART cable? [. . . ]