Medion MD 40570 User manual

MD 40570
DVD Recorder
Quick Start Guide
© 2003 Medion®. All rights reserved.
This Quick Start Guide is meant to get you up and running with your new DVD recorder
as quickly as possible. Please see the User’s Manual for important safety information as
well as detailed instructions for the use and care of your recorder.
1. Get Connected!
The following pages demonstrate some common set up scenarios. Before you begin,
please read the following quick tips:
Most cables and AV connectors on your equipment follow a standard color code.
Observing this color code can be very helpful when connecting your AV
equipment.
We have provided many different options for audio and video connections so
that you can choose the best for your needs. However, you only need one video
connection and one audio connection between your DVD recorder and your TV.
If your antenna/CATV connection is attached to your DVDrecorder, and your DVD
recorder is attached to your TV with another antenna cable, you will be able to
watch TV without turning on your DVD recorder.
Attaching your DVD recorder to a VCR and then attaching the VCR to the TV will
produce very poor quality video and recordings. The DVD recorder should be
attached directly to the TV.
Please unplug all devices from the power outlet before making or changing

You Use a TV Antenna or Cable Connection Without a Cable Box
2MD 40570 DVD Recorder
Quick Start Guide
1. Connect a TV antenna
cable from your wall outlet
to ANTENNA IN on the DVD
recorder.
2. Connect another TV
antenna cable from
ANTENNA OUT on the
recorder to ANTENNA IN on
your TV.
3a. Connect red, white, and
yellow AV cable to your TV,
and to VIDEO OUT, R, and L
on the back of your
recorder.
3b. For higher quality video,
connect S-video cable to
your TV’s S-video in and the
recorder’s S-video out. You
will need to make a
separate audio connection.
To hear sound from your TV,
make an audio connection
by following the instructions
for 3a without the yellow
video cable. To hear sound
from speakers connected to
an amplifier or receiver,
follow the instructions for
4a, 4b, or 4c.
4a. For stereo sound
through an amplifier,
connect red and white
audio cables from R and L
on the back of the recorder
to audio in on your
amplifier.
4b. For digital surround
sound, you can connect a
coaxial digital audio cable
between the recorder and
your amplifier, or
4c. Connect an optical
digital audio cable between
the recorder and your
receiver.
5a. To connect a VCR, use
another AV cable to connect
to the AV1 IN connections
on your recorder, or
5b. Connect S-video out on
the VCR to S-video in on the
recorder, using the audio
connections from 5a.
6. Connect all power cords.

3MD 40570 DVD Recorder
Quick Start Guide
You Use a Satellite Receiver or Digital Cable Box
1. Connect a TV antenna
cable from your wall outlet
to ANTENNA IN on the DVD
recorder.
2a. Connect red, white, and
yellow AV cable from your
cable box to the AV1 IN
connections on your
recorder, or
2b. For higher quality video,
connect S-video cable from
your cable box to S-video in
on your recorder, using the
audio connections from 2a
to carry sound.
3a. Connect red, white, and
yellow AV cable to your TV,
and to VIDEO OUT, R, and L
on the back of your
recorder.
3b. For higher quality video,
connect S-video cable to
your TV’s S-video in and the
recorder’s S-video out. You
will need to make a
separate audio connection.
To hear sound from your TV,
make an audio connection
by following the instructions
for 3a without the yellow
video cable. To hear sound
from speakers connected to
an amplifier or receiver,
follow the instructions for
4a, 4b, or 4c.
4a. For stereo sound
through an amplifier,
connect red and white
audio cables from R and L
on the back of the recorder
to audio in on your
amplifier.
4b. For digital surround
sound, you can connect a
coaxial digital audio cable
between the recorder and
your amplifier, or
4c. Connect an optical
digital audio cable between
the recorder and your
receiver.
5. Connect all power cords.

4MD 40570 DVD Recorder
Quick Start Guide
You Use an Analog Cable Box
1. Connect a TV antenna
cable from your wall outlet
to your cable box.
2. Connect another TV
antenna cable from
ANTENNA OUT on the cable
box to ANTENNA IN on your
recorder.
3. Connect one more TV
antenna cable from
ANTENNA OUT on the
recorder to ANTENNA IN on
your TV.
4a. Connect red, white, and
yellow AV cable to your TV,
and to VIDEO OUT, R, and L
on the back of your
recorder.
4b. For higher quality video,
connect S-video cable to
your TV’s S-video in and the
recorder’s S-video out. You
will need to make a
separate audio connection.
To hear sound from your TV,
make an audio connection
by following the instructions
for 3a without the yellow
video cable. To hear sound
from speakers connected to
an amplifier or receiver,
follow the instructions for
5a, 5b, or 5c.
5a. For stereo sound
through an amplifier,
connect red and white
audio cables from R and L
on the back of the recorder
to audio in on your
amplifier.
5b. For digital surround
sound, you can connect a
coaxial digital audio cable
between the recorder and
your amplifier, or
5c. Connect an optical
digital audio cable between
the recorder and your
receiver.
6a. To connect a VCR, use
another AV cable to connect
to the AV1 IN connections
on your recorder, or
6b. Connect S-video out on
the VCR to S-video in on the
recorder, using the audio
connections from 5a.
7. Connect all power cords.

This DVD recorder can be set
easily by using the 
buttons. To make selections,
move the yellow highlight bar
to the desired item with the
navigation buttons and then
press ENTER to confirm.
1. When the DVD recorder is
turned on for the first time,
the TV screen shows the
following message:
Press the  direction keys to
choose the menu language,
then press ENTER to confirm.
2. Time and date:
Use the  direction keys to
move the cursor. Use the 
direction keys to change to the
correct the numbers. When you
are finished setting the time
and date, highlight
“Completed” and press ENTER
to confirm.
3. Selection of input signal:
Use the  direction keys to
select the signal input source.
Press ENTER to confirm or select
”Skip” to complete this setting
later.
The DVD recorder auto-searches
the selected signal type to find
channels. When finished, the
screen shows:
4. Press ENTER to exit setup.
Channel searching done!
To exit press <ENTER> key
Please select signal type:
Cable
Antenna
Skip
Please set the time and
date:
AM/PM HH:MM AM 00:00
MM/DD/YY 00/00/00
Completed
Choose English menus
De Choose German menus
Press<ENTER> to continue
5MD 40570 DVD Recorder
Quick Start Guide
Primary Settings
The NTSC/PAL button cycles between normal NTSC,
NTSC progressive scan, and PAL viewing modes.
NTSC is the normal format for North American TV
broadcasts.
NTSC Progressive Scan can be used with a
component connection to a TV that supports
progressive scan to watch DVD movies at a higher
resolution.
PAL is the color format for Europe and other areas.
If you select PAL, North American movies and
television programs will appear incorrectly on your
screen.
If you accidentally put the DVD recorder
into PAL viewing mode, you will receive a
very bad image on your TV. If you are
having trouble displaying video properly,
one of the first things to check is whether
pressing the NTSC/PAL button fixes the error.
NTSC/PAL & Progressive Scan
NTSC/PAL
 buttons and ENTER
Aglossary of important terms appears on page 51 of your
manual.

6MD 40570 DVD Recorder
Quick Start Guide
1. Place an initialized DVD+R or DVD+RW disc in the DVD
recorder (see p. 38).
2. Select the channel you want to record.
3. Press MONITOR on the remote to switch to external input
mode.
4. Press SOURCE to select the input source that you want to
record. Press SOURCE multiple times to cycle through the
options: CVBS1 > CVBS2 > S-VIDEO > CHANNEL
5. Press RECORD on the remote control or the front panel of
the DVD recorder to start recording.
6. Press STOPto stop recording. Please wait while the screen
displays “WAIT.” After 15 to 17 seconds, the screen displays
“LIVE”, and your recording is done.
7. Press MONITOR to switch to DVD mode. The recorded title
will appear on the screen. Press ENTER to view your
recorded video.
After recording, the following messages will also be stored:
•Record date and channel source.
•Record time.
•Recording length and recording mode.
•Recording index screen.
DVD+RW: These discs can be erased and recorded over.
DVD+R: These discs can be recorded and finalized only
once. They cannot be erased and recorded over.
Pause recording
1. Press PAUSEwhile recording to temporarily stop the DVD
recorder from recording information. This may be useful for
excluding sections that you do not want to record, such as
TV commercials.
2. Press PAUSEagain to resume normal recording.
Chapters
Chapters can only be added after your recording has completed,
not during the recording itself. Please see page 44 for more
information about adding chapters.
Recording TVPreparing Discs for Recording
Compatible Discs
•Recordable Disc Types
This unit can record to DVD+R and DVD+RW discs.
•Playable Disc and Media Types
DVD Video, SVCD, DVD+RW, DVD+R, CD-R, DVD-RW,
DVD-R, CD-RW, Audio CD, MP3, and JPEG.
We cannot guarantee that your recorded discs will
play on another DVD player. Please check the manual
for the other DVD player to make sure that it can play
DVD+R and/or DVD+RW discs.
Although your DVD recorder can play DVD-R, music
CDs, and MP3s, you can not use it to create these
types of discs. You can only use it to record video -
whether a TV broadcast or a home movie - to DVD+R
or DVD+RW.
Disc Types
DVD+RW discs can be erased and copied over again,
although this may reduce the quality of your
recording. DVD+R discs cannot be copied over, and
you cannot add new data to a DVD+R disc once it has
been finalized (see the section “Editing Discs”
starting on page 49).
You may not be able to record to a DVD+RW disc that
already contains recordings from another DVD
recorder or PC. If you are able to add a new recording
to a disc from another DVD recorder, your recorder
will rewrite the DVD menu. If the disc contains data
from a personal computer, this data will be erased
by your DVD recorder.
Initialize a New Disc
Your DVD recorder will automatically initialize a new
DVD+R or DVD+RW disc the firsttime it is placed into
the recorder. This takes about 1 minute, during
which the TV screen shows READING. After the
procedure is complete, the TV screen shows a blank
title and indicates the recording capacity is 100%.

7MD 40570 DVD Recorder
Quick Start Guide
Recording from a VCR or DVD Player
You can record the signal from external devices, such as
a VCR, video camcorder (V8, Hi8), or DVD player onto
DVDs using your DVD recorder.
1. Please confirm the external device is properly
connected to the DVD recorder. See the connection
diagrams beginning on page 13 for more
information.
2. Place an initialized DVD+R or DVD+RW disc in the
DVD recorder (see p. 38).
3. Press MONITOR on the remote to switch to external
input mode.
4. Press SOURCE to select the source for your recording.
5. Press RECORD to begin recording.
6. Press STOPto stop recording. Please wait while
the screen displays “WAIT.” When “WAIT”
disappears from the screen, your recording is done.
7. Press MONITOR to switch to DVD mode. The recorded
title will appear on the screen. Press ENTER to view
your recorded video.
The DVD recorder will stop recording
automatically if there is no signal from the
input device (such as a blank part of a
videotape or an interrupted TV signal).
Recording from a DV Camcorder
1. Connect the red, yellow, and white AV output
connectors from your DV camcorder to the AV input
connectors on the front of your DVD recorder.
2. Place an initialized DVD+R or DVD+RW disc in the
DVD recorder (see p. 38).
3. Turn on the DV camcorder and switch it to “VCR”
mode.
4. Press MONITOR on the remote to switch to external
input mode.
5. Press SOURCE to select the source for your recording.
6. Press RECORD to begin recording.
7. Press STOPto stop recording. Please wait while
the screen displays “WAIT.” When “WAIT”
disappears from the screen, your recording is done.
8. Press MONITOR to switch to DVD mode. The recorded
title will appear on the screen. Press ENTER to view
your recorded video.
Recording will stop automatically if there is no
signal from the DV camcorder.
All recorded signals must be in DVD-SD format.
Date and time information can’t be recorded
from a DV camcorder.
You can’t record copy-protected discs or one-time
duplicable discs.
Input Screen Display
(Internal Tuner) (Channel)
AV 1 IN CVBS 1
AV 2 IN CVBS2
S-VIDEO S-VIDEO
ANTENNA CHANNEL
Recording from Other Devices

Erase Whole Disc
(DVD+RW only)
Press SETUP to enter the setup menu. Select Disc Media,
then Erase.
Edit DVD Compatibility
If there is more than one edited title on disc, but it shows
only one title when you tryto play the disc, you must
follow the following instructions to make the disc
compatible.
1. Press TITLE on the remote control to enter the title
menu. Use the  buttons to select the title that you
would like to play.
2. Press EDIT on the remote control. The screen will
display the following edit options:
3. Use the  buttons to select Make Compatible and
press ENTER.
We can’t guarantee that you can play your
recorded DVD+R or DVD+RW on another DVD player.
Check the instruction manual of the other DVD
player in advance to confirm that it can play DVD+R
or DVD+RW discs.
Insert Chapter
Use this feature to insert chapters into your DVD disc for
easier navigation.
1. Play the title that you would like to split into chapters.
2. When you reach the point where you would like to
insert a chapter, press EDIT on the remote control to
show the edit menu.
3. Choose Insert Chapter and press ENTER to add a
chapter.
Remove Chapter
Chapter marks can be deleted after recording.
1. While a movie is playing, press EDIT to show the edit
menu.
2. Choose “Remove Chapter” to delete the chapter mark
for the currently playing chapter. Press ENTER to
confirm.
You can not insert or remove chapters on a DVD+R
that has been finalized.
New Picture
You can choose any frame in a title to use as the index
scene for that title. The indexscene is displayed on the title
menu.
1. Play the title until the frame that you want to use as
your index picture appears, then press EDIT on the
remote control.
2. Select “New Picture” and press ENTER.
3. Press TITLE to return to the title menu. The title will
show the new picture.
Finalize a DVD+R
This function allows a DVD+R disc to be played on general
DVD players. A finalized disc can’t be recorded with new
content or revised.
1. Press SETUP to enter the setup menu and select “Disc
Media”.
2. Select “Finalize” and press ENTER to execute.
3. The screen displays the status of the finalization and
the remaining time required.
The time required for this function depends on the disc
type, length of the recorded content and the quantity of
the titles.
EDIT
Insert Chapter
Remove Chapter
Hide Title
Show Title
New Picture
EDIT
Erase Title
Play Full Title
Make Compatible
8MD 40570 DVD Recorder
Quick Start Guide
Editing Discs