Sony RDR-GX315 Quick Start Manual page 2

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Turn on your TV and any other
connected equipment such as
your cable box or satellite receiver.
Press / on the DVD recorder.
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3
Switch the input selector on
Easy Setup
your TV so that the signal from
the recorder appears on your TV Initial setting necessary to operate the
DVD recorder will be made.
You can change them later using setup.
screen.
If "Initial setting necessary to operate the
Start
DVD recorder will be made. You can change
them later using setup." does not appear
on your TV screen, press SYSTEM MENU,
SYSTEM
ENTER Enter Return Exit
MENU
select "Setup" and then select "Easy Setup."
4 Press ENTER.
Press / to select a language for
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Easy Setup
the on-screen display, then press
Select the screen language.
ENTER.
English
Français
Español
SYSTEM
Move ENTER Enter Return Exit
MENU
 /  (on/standby)
/// ENTER
Press ENTER to
make a selection
SYSTEM MENU
 RETURN
The Easy Setup display automatically appears on your TV screen when you turn
on your recorder for the fi rst time. Follow the steps below to make the minimum
number of basic adjustments to use the recorder.
If you make a mistake, press  RETURN.
6 Press / to select "Auto" and
Easy Setup
press ENTER.
Select a method for setting the clock.
The recorder will automatically search for If you select "Auto", this recorder will look
for a time signal when you turn it off.
a channel that carries a time signal when
Auto
you turn off the recorder after fi nishing Easy
Manual
Setup.
If no broadcaster in your area is sending
a time signal, setect "Manual," and press
ENTER. Press / to set the month and
Move ENTER Enter Return
press . Set the day, year, hour, minutes,
and AM/PM in the same way. The day of the
week is set automatically.
Press / to select whether or not
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Easy Setup
you have a cable connection, and
Select the way in which you will receive
press ENTER. channels.
If you use an antenna only (no cable TV),
Antenna
select "Antenna." For all other connections,
Cable
select "Cable."
Move ENTER Enter Return
8 The Tuner Preset function starts
Easy Setup
searching for all receivable
Searching for receivable Channels. 25
channels. This may take a couple
Please wait.
of minutes.
Return
Press / to select the type
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Easy Setup
of TV you have, then press ENTER.
If you have a wide-screen TV, select "16:9."
Select your TV screen type.
If you have a standard TV, select either "4:3
16 : 9
Letter Box"(shrink to fi t) or "4:3 Pan Scan"
4 : 3 Letter Box
(stretch to fi t). This will determine how "wide-
4 : 3 Pan Scan
screen" images are displayed on your TV.
Move ENTER Enter Return
Press / to select the type of
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Easy Setup
Dolby Digital signal you want
to send to your AV amplifi er
Dolby Digital
(receiver), then press ENTER.
D-PCM
If your AV amplifi er (receiver) has a Dolby
Dolby Digital
Digital decoder, select "Dolby Digital." If not,
select "D-PCM."
Move ENTER Enter Return
Press / to select the type of
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Easy Setup
DTS signal you want to send
to your AV amplifi er (receiver), DTS
then press ENTER.
On
If your AV amplifi er has a DTS decoder,
Off
select "On." If not, select "Off."
Move ENTER Enter Return
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When "Finish" appears, press
Easy Setup
ENTER to complete Easy
Setup.
Easy Setup is finished.
Finish
Move ENTER Enter Return
Label side facing up
SYSTEM
Exit
MENU
Insert a DVD
Disc
Press  OPEN/CLOSE and
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Don't know what's going on?
place a recordable DVD on the
Look at your TV screen, not the front panel display.
disc tray.
SYSTEM
Exit
MENU Messages explaining the current status of the DVD
recorder will appear on your TV screen. Note that
the remote does not work while "LOAD" is fl ashing,
Press  OPEN/CLOSE again
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so be patient!
to close the disc tray.
"LOAD" will appear for about a minute in
the DVD recorder's front panel display.
See "Quick Guide to Disc Types" in the
Operating Instructions for more details
about the differences between disc
types.
SYSTEM
Exit
MENU
10:10 AM
SYSTEM
Exit
MENU
Record a TV
Program
10:10 AM
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The following explains how to record
a current TV program. For instructions
on how to set the timer, see "Timer
HQ, HSP, SP, LSP, LP, EP, SLP, or SEP
Recording" in the Operating Instructions.
HQ offers the best quality picture, but with
the shortest recording time. Recording time
increases with each successive mode, but
1 Press CH+/– to select a
SYSTEM
Exit
MENU the picture quality gradually deteriorates.
channel.
The channel number appears in the
front panel display.
How much disc space do I have?
• If you connected your cable box or You can check disc information such as the
remaining space, by pressing DISPLAY while the
10:10 AM
satellite receiver to the Line 1 input
disc is inserted.
of the DVD recorder, press INPUT
SELECT until "LINE1" appears in
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the front panel display. Then select a
channel on your cable box or satellite
The recorder starts recording. To stop
receiver.
recording, press
• If you connected your cable box to the
DVD recorder's antenna input jack,
SYSTEM
Exit
MENU
select channel 2, 3 or 4, whichever
channel is used to receive the signal
from the cable box. Then select a
channel on your cable box.
10:10 AM
SYSTEM
Exit
MENU
OPEN/
CLOSE
CH/
TRACKING
1 1 2 2 3 3
hint 4 4 5 5 6 6
7 7 8 8 9 9
0 0
INPUT
SELECT
DISPLAY
TITLE
LIST
ENTER ENTER
REC
REC
MODE
Press REC MODE repeatedly to
select the recording mode.
hint

Press REC.

STOP.
Playback the
Recorded DVD
Disc
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Press TITLE LIST.
The Title List menu appears.
Title List(Original) 10:10 AM
No. Title Length Edit
1/4
01 CH 23 01:29:03 >
02 CH 66 00:31:23 >
03 CH 95 01:59:00 >
04 CH 97 00:58:56 >
CH 23
May/02/2005
08:00 PM
Move ENTER Enter Return SYSTEM Exit
MENU
Press / to select the title you
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want to play and press ENTER.
The sub-menu appears.
Title List (Original) 10:10 AM
No. Title Length Edit
1/4
01 CH 23 01:29:03 Play >
02 CH 66 Title Erase 00:31:23 >
03 CH 95 Chapter Erase 01:59:00 >
04 CH 97 Protect 00:58:56 >
Title Name
CH 23
A-B Erase
May/02/2005
08:00 PM Divide Title
Move ENTER Enter Return SYSTEM Exit
MENU
Press / to select "Play" and
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press ENTER.
Playback starts from the beginning of the
title.