Recording From Connected Equipment Without The Timer - Sony RDR-GX355 Operating Instructions Manual

Unrecordable pictures
Pictures with copy protection cannot be recorded
on this recorder. Recording stops when a copy
guard signal is detected.
Recording main and sub sounds
You can record the different soundtracks on a
DVD-RW (VR mode) or DVD-R (VR mode) from
equipment connected to the LINE 1 IN or LINE 2
IN jacks. When playing the disc, you can select
main or sub sound by pressing the AUDIO button.
Set "Line Audio Input" in "Audio" setup to
"Main/Sub" in the Setup Display (page 81).
When recording on other discs, select either sound
track with the connected equipment before
recording.
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You can record TV programs on the recorder
through the connected cable box/satellite receiver.
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compatible equipment (page
30).
Formatting a new disc
New, unformatted discs are automatically
formatted when first inserted in the recorder.
For DVD-RWs/DVD-Rs, you can select a
recording format (VR mode or Video mode)
according to your needs (page
30).
• Unused DVD-RWs are automatically formatted
according to the setting of "Format DVD-RW"
in "Features" setup (page 82).
• Unused DVD-Rs are automatically formatted in
Video mode. To format in VR mode, change the
recording format using the "Disc Setting"
display (page 67).
• You cannot mix VR mode and Video mode on the same
DVD-RW
or
DVD-R.
• You can change the recording format on DVD-RWs by
reformatting (page
67).
• You cannot change the recording format on used DVD-
Rs.
• The recorder records on new DVD-Rs in Video mode
unless you first format the discs in VR mode.
1
Turn on the recorder and the connected
cable boX/satellite receiver_
2
Press
~
OPEN/CLOSE, and place a
recordable disc on the disc tray_
Recording side facing down
3
Press
~
OPEN/CLOSE to close the disc
tray_
Wait until "LOAD" disappears from the front
panel display.
Unused discs are automatically formatted. For
the DVD-RW/DVD-R's recording format
(VR mode or Video mode), see "Formatting a
new disc" on page 47.
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