Sony RDR-GX355 Quick Start Manual

RDR-GX355
Follow the three steps below to connect, setup and make
recordings on your DVD recorder.
©2007 Sony Corporation
Printed in China
: Hookup for Playback and
Recording
Before hookup
This DVD recorder does not include a tuner.
To record TV programs on the DVD recorder from a connected device, you need
to connect the DVD recorder to a tuner that has audio/video output jacks.
You have :
Cable Box With Video/Audio Output
– or –
Satellite Receiver With Video/Audio Output
hint
If you have been using your VCR connected to an antenna, connect this DVD
recorder to the VCR using an audio/video cord. This way, you can record TV
programs.
If you have neither of the above tuners :
You have :
Cable Box/Satellite Receiver Without Video/Audio
Output
 Please contact your cable service or satellite service company
to ask cable box or satellite receiver with video/audio output.
Cable With No Cable Box
 Please contact your cable service to ask cable box with video/
audio output.
Antenna Only (No Cable TV/No Satellite Receiver)

You need to subscribe to a cable TV or satellite TV service
and to get a cable box or satellite receiver with video/audio
output.
hint
For any inquiry, please visit the Sony web site : http://esupport.sony.com/
Select a connection
To enjoy DVD playback, select connection A. In addition, if you want to record TV programs from a connected tuner, make
additional connections by referring to connection B.
: Hookup for Playback
DVD Recorder
LINE 1 IN
COMPO NENT S VIDEO OUT
VIDEO OUT
AUDIO OUT
Y
L
P B
R
HDMI OUT
SETTOP P
BOX R
CONTROL
P R
COAXIA L
OPTICA L
DIGITAL AUDIO OUT
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Cable Box /
Satellite Receiver
See right
to CABLE IN
OUT TO
TV
CAVLE IN
ANT IN
to your antenna
to OUT TO
TV
wall jack
to LINE 1 IN
COMPO NENT
VIDEO OUT
AUDIO OUT
L
R
HDMI OUT
SETTOP
BOX
CONTROL
COAXIA L
OPTICA L
DIGITAL AUDIO OUT
DVD Recorder
You will need:
(one audio/video cord is supplied)
Television
to LINE OUT
LINE OUT
VIDEO
VIDEO
L
R
AUDIO
AUDIO
You will need:
(one audio/video cord is supplied)
Television
to an
AC outlet
to VIDEO OUT/
AUDIO OUT
COMPON ENT OUT 4
VIDEO OUT
DIGITA L
AUDIO
OUT
OPTIC AL S VIDEO
to VHF/UHF IN
2
VHF /UHF
to LINE OUT
LINE 1 IN LINE OUT
S VIDEO OUT
VIDEO
VIDEO
Y
L
P B
R
P R
AUDIO
P AUDIO
R
1
Connecting an S video cord or a
component video cord or an HDMI cord
X1
to LINE IN
Connect one of the following cords (not supplied) instead of the video cord. (One
LINE IN
audio/video cord supplied.)You will enjoy high quality images.
a S video cord or b Component video cords or c HDMI cord
to an
For further explanations, see "Video Settings (Video)" in the Operating Instructions.
AC outlet
1
Connecting an AV amplifier (receiver)
2
Connect power
cords last!
X2 X2
(one antenna cable is supplied)
Connect one of the following cords (not supplied).
a audio cords or b coaxial digital cord or c optical digital cord or d HDMI
cord
Connecting to an AV amplifier (receiver) with digital cords will enable you to listen
to Dolby Digital or DTS surround effects. For further explanations, see "Connecting
to Your AV Amplifier (Receiver)" in the Operating Instructions.
Connecting the Set Top Box controller
to LINE IN
LINE IN
IN
to an
AC outlet
3
4
Connect all
power cords last!
BOX CONTROL
You can have the recorder control channels on the cable box or satellite receiver
for timer recording. Connect the Set Top Box controller (supplied), and select "Yes"
in step 6 of Setup on the next page.
Television
to COMPONENT
to S VIDEO IN
VIDEO IN
INPUT
COMPON ENT VIDEO IN
to HDMI IN Y S VIDEO
P R P B
HDMI IN
DVD Recorder
c to COMPONENT
a
VIDEO OUT
b
LINE OUT
LINE 1 IN
COMPONEN T S VIDEO OUT VIDEO
AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT VIDEO
Y
L L
P B
R
R
SETTOP HDMI OUT
BOX R P AUDIO
CONTROL P R AUDIO
COAXIAL
OPTICAL DIGITAL AUDIO OUT
to S VIDEO
OUT
to HDMI OUT
DVD Recorder
to DIGITAL AUDIO OUT
AUDIO OUT
(COAXIAL or OPTICAL)
L/R
LINE OUT
S VIDEO OUT LINE 1 IN
COMPONEN VIDEO OUT T VIDEO
AUDIO OUT VIDEO
to HDMI OUT Y
L L L
P B
R R
HDMI OUT R
SETTOP P R
BOX AUDIO
CONTROL AUDIO
COAXIAL
DIGITAL AUDIO OPTICAL OUT
a
to DIGITAL IN
(OPTICAL)
c
IN
DIGITAL
d
to HDMI IN
b
HDMI IN
AV Amplifier
LINE IN
to DIGITAL IN
to LINE IN
(COAXIAL)
(AUDIO)
for

Place it so that the tip of the
controller is near the remote
control reception window on
your set top box.
Cable Box/
Satellite Receiver
OUT
COMPONENT
VIDEO OUT
OUT TO
TV DIGITAL
CAVLE IN AUDIO
OUT
ANT IN
OPTICAL S VIDEO
DVD
Recorder
LINE 1 IN LINE OUT
T S VIDEO OUT
AUDIO OUT COMPONEN VIDEO OUT VIDEO VIDEO
Y
L
L
P B
R
HDMI OUT R
SETTOP BOX P R AUDIO
CONTROL P R AUDIO
COAXIAL
OPTICAL OUT
to SET TOP DIGITAL AUDIO