Grundig GDR 5550 HDD User manual

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HDD DVD RECORDER
GDR 5550 HDD
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5-6 HDD DVD recorder GDR 5550 HDD
5 Special features of your HDD DVD recorder
5 Disc formats
6 Scope of delivery
7 Set-up and safety
8-17 Overview
8-9 The main functions
10 Menus and navigation
11 The front of the HDD DVD recorder
12 The displays of the HDD DVD recorder
13-14 The back of the HDD DVD recorder
15-17 The remote control
18-24 Connection and preparation
18 Connecting a rooftop antenna or cable feed
19-21 Connecting a television
22 Connecting an audio system with analogue two-channel stereo sound
23 Connecting a digital multi-channel amplifier or digital two-channel audio
system
24 Connecting the power cord
24 Inserting batteries in the remote control
25-27 Initial setup
25 Switching on the HDD DVD recorder
25-26 Initial setup
26 Sorting television stations
27 Setting the TV norm
27 Selecting the screen format of your television set
28-31 Time shift functions
28-29 Time shift – watching a current television programme with a delay
30 Watching programmes with a time shift
31 Searching for scenes in the time shift memory
31 Copying sections of the programme stored in the time shift memory into the
HDD archive
32-44 Disc playback
32 Preparation
32 Inserting discs
32 Removing discs
33-34 DVD playback
34 DVD+RW/+R/-RW/-R playback
35-36 S-VCD/VCD playback
37-40 Playing audio and video files
41-43 Picture data CD playback
44 Audio CD playback
45-47 HDD archive playback
45 Preparation
45-46 Playback
47 Selecting and playing scenes
48-51 Disc playback – convenience functions
48 Selecting titles and chapters
48 Selecting functions in the playback menu
48 Pausing and resuming playback

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49 Frame search
49 Slow motion
49 Frame-by-frame playback
49 Selecting camera angles for scenes
49 Enlarging and moving a screen section (zoom)
50 Switching the dubbed language or the audio format
50 Selecting and displaying subtitles
50 Creating and playing a playlist
51 Repeating a chapter, a title or a disc
51 Repeating a selected section (A-B Repeat)
52-54 Recording – general information
52 Recording options
52 Suitable discs for recording
52 Unsuitable discs
52 Initialising discs
53-54 Recording quality and time
55-56 Recording on disc
55 Preparing for recording
55-56 Manually recording television programmes
56 Finalising a disc (DVD+R/-R/–RW)
56 Error messages
57 YesDVD function
57 Activating and deactivating the YesDVD function
57 Executing the YesDVD function
58 Recording on the HDD archive
58 Preparing for recording
58 Manually recording television programmes
59-61 Simultaneous operating modes
59 Recording on the HDD archive and simultaneous playback from the
HDD archive
60 Recording on the HDD archive and simultaneous playback from disc
61 Recording on disc and simultaneous playback from the HDD archive
62 Copying
63-66 Timer recordings
63-65 Programming recordings by entering the data for the television programme
65 Messages during or after programming a recording
66 Checking, modifying or deleting recording data
67-76 Editing data on a disc
67-69 Editing titles
70 Editing the names of recordings
71 Deleting titles (recordings) from the disc
71-72 Overwriting titles
72 Overwriting discs
73 Entering the name of the disc
73-74 Deleting the content of the disc (DVD+RW/-RW)
74 Recording titles
75 Finalising title editing
75 Locking a disc
76 Finalising a disc (DVD+R/-R/-RW only)
76 Deleting the content of the disc (DVD+RW/-RW)
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77-83 Editing data on the HDD archive
77 Preparation
77 Copying a title to disc
78 Deleting titles in the HDD archive
78 Sorting titles in the HDD archive
78-81 Functions in the HDD archive sub-menu
82 Viewing information via the HDD archive
82 Organising the hard disc
83 Deleting data in the HDD archive
84-85 Copying
84 Connection and preparation
85 Recording from external devices
86-87 Operation with a decoder
86 Connection and preparation
87 Recording pay TV programmes
88-90 USB mode
88 Connection and preparation
89 Playing content from external data devices
89 Creating and playing back a playlist
90 Copying content from external data devices to disc
91 Parental lock
91 Authorising the content of a DVD
91 Changing the access code (password)
92-93 Audio settings
92 Selecting the digital output
92 Setting the sampling rate
93 Switching the dynamic range (volume range) on and off
94-96 Custom settings
94 Language settings
95 Switching the screen saver on and off
95 Setting the signal type for the video output socket
96 Inserting chapter markers in the recordings
96 Selecting the recording quality
96 Selecting the input source for recording
97-100 Special settings
97 Tuning television channels automatically
97-98 Tuning television channels manually
99 Setting the time and date
99 Switching the HDD DVD recorder to another Grundig remote control
100 DivX©Video registration
100 Resetting the HDD DVD recorder to its original condition
101-106 Information
101 Technical data
102 General information on laser devices
103-104 Troubleshooting
105 Environmental note, cleaning discs, software information
106 Additional information for units sold in the UK.
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Special features of your HDD DVD recorder
Your HDD DVD recorder provides you with perfect digital video record-
ing and playback in studio quality.
You can record television programmes on the built-in hard disc of the
HDD DVD recorder, a DVD+RW/-RW or DVD+R/-R.
With the time shift function you can watch television programmes with a
time shift which are stored in the time shift memory. You can stop these
programmes and continue playback at the same point.
It also provides superb cinema-quality audio playback – in stereo or
with digital multi-channel sound – depending on the type of disc and
audio system or stereo television.
Other features of DVD video include the choice of audio channel and lan-
guage, choice of subtitle language, and various camera recording angles.
Your HDD DVD recorder is suitable for DVDs with regional code 2.
In addition to DVDs the device can also play back DivX©Video CDs,
MP3 CDs, video CDs, S-Video CDs, JPEG (photo) CDs, KODAK Picture
CDs, WMA CDs and audio CDs.
DivX©, MP3, WMA and JPEG data can be played back from both
CD-ROM and DVD-ROM.
Disc formats
DVD+RW/-RWs and DVD+R/-Rs are suitable for recording and playback.
DVD video, DVD+RW/-RW, DVD+R/-R, audio CD, video CD, Super
Video CD, CD-R and CD-RW are all suitable playback formats.
Due to the difference in quality of the recording media and the quality of
the recording itself, it can occasionally happen that some recorded
DVDs or CDs cannot be read. This does not indicate a malfunction on
the part of the HDD DVD recorder.
You must finalise your own recordings on DVD+R/-R so that they can be
played on a DVD player.
When MP3 CDs are played back, individual tracks or pictures may be
skipped or incorrectly played back. This can be due to the disc configu-
ration, the encoder software or the hardware used for the recording.
Audio CDs (CD-DA) meet the specification and bear the corresponding
logo. Copy-protected CDs do not meet this specification and do not
bear the logo. These CDs can cause playback errors.
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