Grundig 5550 HDD - Manuals

ENGLISH 7 SET-UP AND SAFETY ____________________ This HDD DVD recorder is designed to record and play back video andaudio signals.Any other use is expressly prohibited. If the HDD DVD recorder is subjected to a sudden change in temperature,for example if it is brought in from the cold to a warm room...

8 The main functions This section briefly describes the main functions of your HDDDVD recorder. Time shift – watching a current television pro-gramme with a delay (from page 28) When you switch on the HDD DVD recorder, the programme youare currently watching is recorded in the time shift memory. Thi...

10 Menus and navigation You can access the various menus of your HDD DVD recorderdirectly using the main menu, or with individual buttons on theremote control. 1 Open the »MAIN MENU« of the HDD DVD recorder by press-ing » i «. 2 Press » S « or » A « to select the menu item. »HDD« – switches to the H...

ENGLISH 11 The front of the HDD DVD recorder Ǽ Switches the HDD DVD recorder in and out ofstandby mode.In standby mode, the current time and day of the weekappear on the display. IN USB interface for connecting an external data medium(under the cover panel). VIDEO IN Video/audio input sockets for co...

12 The displays of the HDD DVD recorder REPEAT ALL Repeat functions activated. REPEAT A-B MP3 Disc mode with MP3 CD. P N PAL or NTSC standard is selected. SVCD Disc mode with S-Video CD, video CD or audio CD. ŀ Playback. ! Pause/freeze-frame. DVD Disc mode with DVD. Hdd HDD mode. PBC PBC function (p...

ENGLISH 13 The back of the HDD DVD recorder ANTENNA ANTENNA IN Antenna input socket(for the rooftop antenna). OUT ➞ TV Antenna output socket(to the television). VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT Video output socketfor connecting a television or AV receiverwith a cinch socket. S-VIDEO OUT Video output socketfor co...

ENGLISH 15 OVERVIEW______________________________ The remote control Ǽ Switches the HDD DVD recorder in and out of standby mode.In standby mode, the current time and day of theweek appear on the display. DISPL Opens the time shift menu or the playback menu ofa disc. y For selecting and displaying su...

16 % Switches to forwards slow motion* at various speedsduring playback. ! Freeze-frame/pause.Advances the picture frame by frame. 7 Interrupts playback.Press twice to stop.Hold down to open the disc compartment. 8 Starts playback. 5 6 Select the previous/next chapter or sectionduring playback. m , ...

ENGLISH 17 SELECT Switches between external USB source and HDD archive. SET UP Opens and closes the setup menu of the HDD DVD recorder. – z + Adjust the volume. (red) Selects different functions depending on the mode. (green) Selects different functions depending on the mode. (yellow) Selects differ...

18 Note: Do not connect any other equipment while the device isswitched on. Switch off the other equipment as well before connecting it. Only plug the device into the mains socket afteryou have connected the external devices. Connecting a rooftop antenna or cable feed 1 Plug the cable of the rooftop...

ENGLISH 19 CONNECTION AND PREPARATION _____ Connecting a television You have four options, depending on the sockets you have on yourtelevision or flat screen:– For the best picture quality, make the connection at the EURO-AV socket using a fully assigned EURO-AV (SCART) cable. – The simplest option ...

20 Connecting a televisionusing cinch cables 1 Plug the cinch cable supplied into the » VIDEO OUT « socket on the HDD DVD recorder and the corresponding socket(VIDEO IN) on the television. 2 Plug standard cinch cables into the » L AUDIO OUT R « sockets on the HDD DVD recorder and the corresponding s...

ENGLISH 21 Connecting a television using cinch cables (pro-gressive scan) Caution: This connection transmits video signals at a high frequencyrange. Before you first switch on the device, please checkwhether your television or projector is suitable for this use.GRUNDIG accepts no liability for damag...

22 Connecting an audio system with analogue two-channel stereo sound As an alternative to using the television’s speakers, the sound canalso be played back through an audio system. This can improve thesound quality. 1 Plug a standard cinch cable into the » L AUDIO OUT R « socket on the HDD DVD recor...

ENGLISH 23 Connecting a digital multi-channel amplifier ordigital two-channel audio system A multi-channel audio/video amplifier (Dolby* digital decoder orDTS** – Digital Theatre System) decodes the digital multi-channelsound of the DVD to provide optimum sound quality. 1 Plug the cinch cable suppli...

24 Connecting the power cord 1 Plug the mains cable supplied into the » 110-240 V~ « socket on the back of the HDD DVD recorder. 2 Plug the power cord into the wall socket. Caution: The only way to disconnect the HDD DVD recorder from themains is to pull out the plug. Note: Do not connect any other ...

ENGLISH 25 INITIAL SETUP___________________________ Switching on the HDD DVD recorder 1 Switch the HDD DVD recorder to standby mode by pressing» Ǽ « on the device and press » Ǽ « on the remote control to switch on from standby.– Display: » HELLO « flashes. Initial setup When you first switch on the ...

26 INITIAL SETUP___________________________ Entering a new time and date 1 Select the date line with » S « or » A « and press » OK « to activate it. 2 Enter the date as six digits using » 1…0 « and press » OK « to confirm the setting. 3 Select »NEXT« by pressing » OK «. 4 Select the time line with »...

ENGLISH 27 INITIAL SETUP___________________________ Setting the TV norm The colour norm of the HDD DVD recorder’s screen menus has to beadapted to the format of your television.Select »PAL« for televisions with the PAL standard, or »NTSC« forthose with the NTSC standard.»PAL« is the default setting....

28 Time shift – watching a current television programme with a delay When you switch on the HDD DVD recorder, the current pro-gramme that you can see on the television screen is recorded in thetime shift memory. If a digital receiver is connected to the HDD DVD recorder, selectSETUP MENU –> PREFE...

30 Watching programmes with a time shift 1 When you switch on the HDD DVD recorder, the current pro-gramme that you can see on the television screen is recorded inthe time shift memory. – The time shift menu is displayed briefly. Note: You can view the time shift menu with » DISPL « or » OK «. Pausi...

ENGLISH 31 Searching for scenes in the time shift memory You can search for scenes in the current recording. The programmecontinues to be recorded in the time shift memory. 1 By pressing » m « you can “rewind” the programme. Three different speeds are available. 2 By pressing » 5 « you can switch ba...

32 DISC PLAYBACK_________________________ Preparation 1 Switch on the television and select the preset channel for theHDD DVD recorder. 2 If an audio system or an AV receiver is connected to the HDDDVD recorder, switch it on and select the audio input for theHDD DVD recorder. 3 Press » Ǽ « to switch...

ENGLISH 33 DVD playback DVD features You can recognise a DVD by the logo on the label.Depending on the content of the DVD, the discs contain one ormore titles.Each title may contain one or more chapters.You can control and direct playback of a DVD using the menu of theHDD DVD recorder on the televis...

34 5 Advance frame-by-frame by pressing » ! «. 6 Press » 8 « to resume playback. 7 To stop playback, press » 7 « twice. Opening the playback menu 1 You can open the playback menu by pressing » DISPL « twice. 2 You can select repeat functions in » Mode«. DVD+RW/+R/-RW/-R playback Features of DVD+RW/+...

ENGLISH 37 DISC PLAYBACK_________________________ Playing audio and video files DivX © Video CD features DivX © Video is an encoder/decoder based on the MPEG-4 com- pression system which is used to encrypt and display compressedvideo data.This enables the HDD DVD player to play back videos compresse...

38 DISC PLAYBACK_________________________ Note: You cannot playback from the DivX © video disc whilst recording on the HDD archive.End the recording to play the DivX © video disc. Playback 1 Open the »MAIN MENU« of the HDD DVD recorder by pressing » i «. 2 Select the » 8 DVD« menu item with » S « or...

ENGLISH 41 Picture data CD playback JPEG CD features JPEG stands for Joint Picture Experts Group. This process wasdesigned to compress picture files.JPEG files can be burned onto a CD along with other file types.These CDs are known as file CDs or mixed-mode CDs. For example,the CD could contain MP3 ...

42 Random playback 1 Press » RND « during playback. – All the pictures on the JPEG CD are shown in a random order. 2 Press » RND « to quit the function. Selecting slide transition style 1 During playback, press » n « repeatedly. – The type of slide transition style is displayed. Adjusting the pictur...

ENGLISH 43 KODAK picture CD features This method was developed for archiving analogue photographs.After they are developed, small photographs are scanned with a resolution of 1536 x 1024 pixels and burnt onto a CD in JPEG format.A KODAK picture CD can contain up to 40 pictures. In addition tothe pic...

44 Audio CD playback Audio CD features You can recognise audio CDs by this logo.Audio CDs only contain sound recordings. They can be played inthe normal manner via an audio system, just as on a CD player. The individual tracks are stored in a sequence. There are no folders. Playback 1 Open the »MAIN...

46 Displaying the info line 1 Press » DISPL « or » OK « once or twice to display the info line. – You will see information about the title, total running time and playback time elapsed. – The info line automatically disappears after a short time. Frame search 1 Select the playback speed during playb...

ENGLISH 47 Selecting and playing scenes You can make a bookmark for a scene of a recording in the HDDarchive. This bookmark can be selected directly for playback.You can set one bookmark per recording. Setting bookmarks 1 Press » c « during playback. – Display: » c «. Note: This bookmark is automati...

48 The sound is muted for the picture search, slow motion and freeze-frame functions.Depending on the disc in use, some of these functions maybe unavailable. Selecting titles and chapters If a disc has multiple titles or chapters you can select them separately. Selecting titles and chapters step by ...

50 Switching the dubbed language or the audioformat* These settings allow you to listen to a dubbed language other thanthe default one if the DVD provides alternatives. 1 Press » d « during playback. – Display: for example »AUDIO: 02/03 GER«. 2 Press » d « to select the audio language you want. Note...

ENGLISH 51 Repeating a chapter, a title or a disc Depending on the type of disc, you can repeat chapters, titles, folders or the entire disc. 1 To repeat the chapter, press » b « during playback until » Repeat chapter« appears in the display.– The chapter currently playing is repeated. or To repeat ...

52 Recording options You can record television programmes on the HDD archive of theHDD DVD recorder or on a DVD+RW/-RW and DVD+R/-R.– Immediately, with one touch recording – which means you select the channel on the HDD DVD recorder and start recording straightaway. – At a later stage – by entering ...

ENGLISH 53 Recording quality and time For the disc You can set the quality of the recording. The table below shows therelationship between quality and recording time:Quality Time HQ – Very high quality 60 minutes on a 4.7 GB blank DVD SP – High quality 120 minutes on a 4.7 GB blank DVD SP+ – Good qu...

54 RECORDING – GENERAL INFORMATION Note on recording quality Pay attention to the recording quality, whether you set it manually orwith the timer, when you want to record a program in the HDDarchive and then transfer it to a disc at a later point. If you select a very high recording quality, a 90 mi...

ENGLISH 55 Preparing for recording 1 Switch on the television and select the preset channel for theHDD DVD recorder. 2 Press » Ǽ « to switch on the HDD DVD recorder from standby mode. 3 Briefly press » ə « on the HDD DVD recorder or press and hold down » 7 « on the remote control. – Display: » «, th...

56 5 Press » ● « to start recording. – The amount of recording time available is shown. Notes: During the recording, you can press » ● « to enter the switch-off time (30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, none).The switch-off time depends on the playing time left on the disc. The HDD DVD recorder auto...

ENGLISH 57 The YesDVD function allows you to make professional home videosfrom your recordings.At the end of recording, the HDD DVD recorder automatically cre-ates a chapter overview, which is displayed as thumbnail images inthe disc menu.At the same time, a music video is created using three scenes...

66 Checking, modifying or deleting recording data Preparation Switch on the television.Select the »AV« channel on the television for the HDD DVDrecorder. Checking recording data 1 Open the »Timer list« menu by pressing » « (green). – The »Timer list« menu appears, displaying the current data. 2 Pres...

ENGLISH 67 The index screen of the DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R and DVD-RWshows the title, length, quality and date of the recording. The firstframe of the recording is also displayed.If the »Automatic chapter marking« is activated, the HDD DVDrecorder makes chapter markings during the recording. You can se...

70 Editing the names of recordings You can give recordings a name. 1 Put a DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R or DVD-RW in the disc com-partment. 2 Press » i « to open the main menu. 3 Select » 8 DVD« by pressing » S « or » A « and activate with » OK «. – The index screen appears. 4 Press » S « or » A « to select...

ENGLISH 71 Deleting titles (recordings) from the disc 1 Put a DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R or DVD-RW in the disc com-partment. 2 Press » i « to open the main menu. 3 Select » 8 DVD« by pressing » S « or » A « and activate with » OK «. – The index screen appears. 4 Press » S « or » A « to select the title an...

72 6 Press » SOURCE « to select the input source (for example, TV). – Display: for example, »P1 ARD«, the current TV station is shown. 7 Select the television programme by pressing » A « or » S «. 8 Press » ● « to start recording. – The available recording time is displayed. The recording stops auto...

ENGLISH 73 Entering the name of the disc You can enter a name for each disc; the name is shown on the indexscreen. 1 Put a DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R or DVD-RW in the disc com-partment. 2 Press » i « to open the main menu. 3 Select » 8 DVD« by pressing » S « or » A « and activate with » OK «. – The index ...

74 4 Select the disc information »MY DVD« by pressing » S « or » A « and activate with » s «. – The disc menu is displayed. 5 Select » Erase disc« with » S « or » A « and press » OK « to confirm. 6 Press » OK « to delete the disc. – Display: » Warning: This operation will erase all data on the disc....

ENGLISH 75 EDITING DATA ON A DISC ______________ Finalising title editing If you have edited titles or chapters, a DVD player may not be ableto display this properly.This function allows you to eliminate this problem.If » Make compatible« does not appear in the menu, the disc isalready compatible an...

ENGLISH 77 In the »HDD archive« menu there are many options for editing therecorded programmes.You can select titles and copy them to disc or delete or sort titles.You can start playback in a sub-menu, delete a title, split the title intwo parts, mark certain parts of the title and block their playb...

78 EDITING DATA ON THE HDD ARCHIVE __ Deleting titles in the HDD archive 1 Select the title to be deleted with » S « or » A «. 2 Press » « (red) to delete the titles. – Display: » Do you want to delete this title?«. 3 Select » Yes« with » a « or » s « and press » OK « to confirm. Sorting titles in t...

ENGLISH 83 Deleting data in the HDD archive This function deletes all the data in the HDD archive. Caution: Even the protected recordings in the »HDD archive« are deleted. 1 Press » S E T U P « to open the setup menu. 2 Select »SETUP-MENU – ARCHIVE SETTINGS« ( ) with » S « or » A « and press » OK « ...

84 Note: Do not connect any other equipment while the device is switched on.Switch off the other equipment as well before connecting it.Only plug the device into the mains socket after you have connected theexternal devices and the antenna. Connection and preparation Connecting a camcorder 1 Connect...

ENGLISH 85 Recording from external devices Preparation Switch on the television.Select the »AV« channel on the television for the HDD DVDrecorder.Put a DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R or DVD-RW into the disc compartment.Please select the recording quality before starting the recording. Seethe section on custom...

86 Connection and preparation A decoder is necessary when the HDD DVD recorder receivesencoded programs from a private broadcaster.Ask your dealer about the decoder. Connection 1 Connect the » EURO AV2 ➞ DECODER « socket on the HDD DVD recorder to a suitable socket on the decoder using aEURO-AV (SCA...

ENGLISH 87 Recording pay TV programmes Preparation Switch on the television.Select the »AV« channel on the television for the HDD DVDrecorder.Put a DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R or DVD-RW into the disc compartment.Please select the recording quality before starting the recording. Seethe section on custom set...

88 Connection and preparation To connect a digital camera or an external storage medium, switchthe HDD DVD recorder into standby with » Ǽ « and switch it on only after connecting. Even if you disconnect the USB, the HDD DVDrecorder must first be switched to standby, otherwise files can bedamaged. Co...

ENGLISH 89 Playing back content from external data devices Playback 1 Press » Ǽ « on the remote control to switch on the HDD DVD recorder from standby mode. 2 Press » i « to open the main menu. 3 Select » USB« with » S « or » A « and press » OK « to activate.– The file browser appears. 4 Select the ...

90 Copying content from external data devices to disc This function allows you to copy files from an external data deviceonto a DVD+R/+RW or DVD-R/-RW.DVD +RW/-RWs can be recorded on several times.If you use DVD +R/-Rs for copying, burning is only possible once. Preparation Switch on the television....

ENGLISH 91 Authorising the content of a DVD Films on DVD may be wholly or partially unsuitable for children.These DVDs contain information which marks the content or scenes.They are assigned access levels 1 to 8, which may differ from coun-try to country. You can select one of the access levels and ...

94 Language settings You can choose between various languages. 1 Press » S E T U P « to open the setup menu. 2 Select » SETUP-MENU – LANGUAGE« ( ) with » S « or » A « and press » OK « to confirm. Note: The rest of the process is described in the following sections,starting from step 1 . Selecting th...

ENGLISH 95 Switching the screen saver on and off When this function is activated, the screen saver starts when nofunction has been selected on the HDD DVD recorder for some time. 1 Press » S E T U P « to open the setup menu. 2 Select » SETUP-MENU – PREFERENCES« ( ) with » S « or » A « and press » OK...

ENGLISH 97 Tuning television channels automatically 1 Open the »MAIN MENU« of the HDD DVD recorder by pressing » i «. 2 Select the » TimeShift« menu item with » S « or » A « and press » OK « to confirm. 3 Press » S E T U P « to open the setup menu. 4 Select » SETUP-MENU – RECORDING« ( ) with » S « o...

ENGLISH 99 Setting the time and date If you do not want to use the date and time broadcast by a tele-vision station, you can set it manually. 1 Press » S E T U P « to open the setup menu. 2 Select » SETUP-MENU – DATE/TIME« ( ) with » S « or » A « and press » OK « to confirm. 3 Select » Date« with » ...

ENGLISH 101 Technical data This product fulfils the European directives 89/336/EEC, 73/23/EEC and 93/68/EEC.This device conforms to the safety regulation DIN EN 60065 (VDE 0860) and thereby the interna-tional safety regulation IEC 60065.Never open up the HDD DVD recorder. The manufacturer will not a...

102 General information on laser devices Your system is a CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT. This means that the laser is designed in such a way as toensure that the maximum permissible emission value cannot be exceeded under any circumstances. Caution: This device emits laser radiation. Because of the danger o...

ENGLISH 105 Environmental note This product has been made from high-quality parts and materials which can be re-used and recycled.Therefore, do not throw the product away with normal household waste at the end of its life. Take it toa collection point for recycling electrical and electronic devices....

106 Additional Information for units sold in the UK. Units sold in the UK are suitable for operation from a 240V ac, 50Hz mains supply. The range of multi-system receivers is built to work in most European coun- tries. However, the mains plug and socket system for the UK differs from many European c...