Sony 3-295-080-12(1) Operating Instructions Manual page 7

Seven Basic Operations
1. Inserting a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
2. Recording a Programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Checking the disc status while recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
3. Playing the Recorded Programme (Title List) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Displaying the playing time and play information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
4. Changing the Name of a Recorded Programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
5. Labelling and Protecting a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Labelling a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Protecting a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
6. Playing the Disc on Other DVD Equipment (Finalise) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Unfinalising a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
7. Reformatting a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Guide to Digital Services (For Freeview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Viewing the EPG (Electronic Programme Guide) Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Programme Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Displaying the programme information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Viewing Teletext (not available in some areas). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Viewing a Digital Text Service (models for the UK only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Selecting digital text from dedicated digital teletext channels . . . . . . . . 52
Selecting digital text from other channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Recording (For Freeview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Timer Recording (EPG/Series/Manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Recording TV programmes using the EPG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Recording programmes using Series Recording
(models for the UK only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Setting the timer manually (Manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Using the Quick Timer function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Creating chapters in a title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Checking/Changing/Cancelling Timer Settings (Timer List) . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Recording from Connected Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
- Getting to Know Your DVD Recorder
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