Magnavox MDV650R - Manual

The remote control MONITOR Monitor : To switch between the internal tuner of the DVD recorder (TV reception) and playback of the DVD recorder STANDBY m Switch on or off : To switch set on or off, interrupt menu function, interrupt a programmed recording (TIMER) TV/DVD TV/DVD : To connect the antenna...

RECORD LED Recording in progress : Red light in the RECORD button indicates a recording is in progress. OPEN/CLOSE Open/Close disc tray : to open/close disc tray N Previous title/Reverse search O Next title/Forward search h STOP Stop : To stop playback. G9 PLAY/PAUSE Playback/Pause : To play a disc,...

IN L AUDIO R Analog audio input (red/white jack) underneath jack IN VIDEO (CVBS) . Audio for jack IN VIDEO (CVBS) : Connection for an additional device (channel number ' EXT2 ') IN AUDIO L R Analog audio input (red/white jack) next to jack IN COMPONENT VIDEO : Connection for an additional device. Au...

Messages on your DVD recorder display READING The following messages may appear on your DVD recorder display. If you name a disc, the discname will appear on the display panel as well. IS TV ON? The DVD recorder is currently in the initial installation mode. Switch onyour TV and read section 'Initia...

Table ofcontents A Introduction 13 .................................. Dear Magnavox customer, 13 ........................................................................... Region codes 16 ................................................................................................... Technical d...

13 A Introduction Dear Magnavox customer, Instruction manuals are usually very dry since they are technically-oriented and often poorlytranslated. I have been employed by Magnavox for this reason. Allow me to introduce myself.My name is Phil. I will be guiding you through the instruction manual and ...

15 Compatible discs Using this DVD recorder, you can play and record on the following discs: Recording and Playback DVD+RW (Digital Versatile Disc + Rewritable); can be recorded on over and over. DVD+R (Digital Versatile Disc + recordable); can be recorded on once. Playback only: DVD Video (Digital ...

16 Region codes Because DVDs are not released at the same time in all regions of the world, all DVD players arekeyed to a specific region code. Discs can be assigned an optional region code. If the regioncodes of the player and disc do not match, playback is not possible. This device will only play ...

17 Important notes regarding operation Caution!Visible and invisible laser radiation. When open avoid exposure to beam. Because of the danger of eye injury, only qualified service personnel should remove the cover orattempt to service this device. LASER Type: Semiconductor laser InGaAlP (DVD), AlGaA...

18 In a cabinet, allow about 2.5 cm (1 inch) of free space around the recorder for adequateventilation. Make sure that air can circulate freely through the ventilation slots on the machine. Do not placethe device on an unsteady base. Make sure that no objects or liquids enter the recorder. Do not pl...

20 B Connecting the DVD recorder Preparing the remote control foroperation The remote control and its batteries are packed separately in the original DVD recorderpackaging. You must install the batteries in the remote control before use. 1 Take the remote control and the enclosed batteries (2 AAbatt...

25 6 Insert one end of the supplied power cable into the power outlet 4 MAINS at the back of the DVD recorder and the other end into the wall jack.A message, ' IS TV ON? ' will appear on the Recorder's display to remind you to set your TV to its Audio/Video In channel. Then, read the paragraph 'Init...

26 How do I switch the Recorder between channel 3 and 4? The factory setting is for channel 3. However, if you would like toswitch to channel 4, proceed as follows: 1 Press CHANNEL q while ' IS TV ON? ' is displayed. ' C04 ' (channel 4) will appear on the display. 2 If you want to switch back to cha...

27 C Connecting additional devices You can connect additional devices such as decoders, satellite receivers, camcorders, etc. to the IN S-VIDEO (Y/C) , IN VIDEO (CVBS) , IN COMPONENT VIDEO jacks on the recorder. You will also use the AUDIO IN jacks of the Recorder for connecting to other devices. Ca...

28 Connecting a camcorder to the front jacks The front video and audio jacks can be used to easily connect a camcorder to the DVDrecorder. These jacks are behind the door in the lower left corner of the front panel. Very good Picture Quality If you are using a Hi8 or S-VHS camcorder, connect the S-V...

30 D Installing your DVD recorder Initial installation After you have successfully connected the DVD recorder and other devices to your TV (asdescribed in the previous chapter), this chapter will help you start the initial installation. TheDVD recorder automatically seeks and stores all available TV...

32 9 Wait until all available TV channels have been found. This cantake several minutes. 10 As soon as the automatic TV channel search is completed, ' Auto ch. search complete ' will appear on the TV screen along with the number of channels found. 11 To remove the menus, press the SYSTEM-MENU button...

33 a Very few TV channels were found b During 'Automatic channel search' the DVD recorder detects whetheran antenna or a cable TV signal is connected. If you have connected acable TV signal but found very few TV channels, you must search thechannels manually. To do so, select ' Cable/Antenna ' inste...

34 10 To remove the menus, press SYSTEM-MENU repeatedly. Setting the language You can select the language for subtitles and audio for DVD playback. Please observe that withsome DVDs, you can change the audio language and/or subtitle language only via the DVD discmenu.Moreover, when recording the sou...

36 VCR Plus+ ® Guide channel numbers If you intend to use the VCR+ ® programming system, you must first assign channel numbers to Guide channel numbers. 1 Press SYSTEM-MENU on the remote control. The menu bar will appear in the display. 2 Select ' A ' using D or C . 3 Select line ' Installation ' us...

37 Setting the time/date automatically This function uses the information sent via the local PBS channel to automatically set thetime/date. For this reason, you must enter the PBS channel that sends this additional information.When the DVD recorder chooses a wrong PBS channel or the displayed time/d...

38 Manually setting the time & date If the time is incorrect, this could be due to a weak or disrupted TV signal. If this is the case,switch off the automatic function. 1 Press SYSTEM-MENU on the remote control. The menu bar will appear in the display. 2 Select ' A ' using D or C . 3 Select line...

39 E Information on the TV screen You can check/change many functions and settings of your DVD recorder via the system menubar. The menu bar cannot be displayed during recording. Menu bar icons The SYSTEM-MENU button is used to call up the menu bar (main menu) and to remove it. The D and C buttons a...

42 F Playback General information regarding playback The DVD recorder can be used with the following systems:•) DVD Video•) Video CD or Super Video CD•) DVD+RW•) DVD+R•) DVD-RW (video mode, finalized)•) DVD-R•) CD-R•) CD-RW•) Audio CD•) MP3-CDYou can operate the DVD recorder using the remote control...

43 When playing a DVD+RW, the Index Picture screen appears. Choose the title you want to playwith B , or A . Confirm with OK . For more information, read 'Playing a DVD+RW or DVD+R'. If Audio/CD playback does not begin automatically, press PLAY/PAUSE G9 . For more information, read 'Playing Audio CD...

45 5 To eject the disc, press OPEN/CLOSE on the front of the DVD recorder. When I play recordings that have been recorded in differentrecording modes, do I have to change each manually? During playback, the device will automatically switch to the proper mode' HQ ( HQ ), SP+ ( SP+ ), EP ( EP ), EP+ (...

47 G Other playback functions Changing to a different chapter track/title When a disc contains more than one track, title, or chapter, you can change to a different track,title or chapter as follows. However, if a title contains several chapters, these are selected. Titleselection is then possible v...

48 Still picture 1 1 2:04 1 During playback, press PLAY/PAUSE G9 to stop playback and display a still picture. Still picture features via the menu bar 1 While playback is paused, press the SYSTEM-MENU button on the remote control. The menu bar will appear at the top of thescreen. 2 Select ' I ' in t...

49 Search with time entry Using this function, you can start playing a disc at a specific time. 1 During playback, press the SYSTEM-MENU button on the remote control. The menu bar will appear at the top of thescreen. 2 Select ' L ' with C or D and confirm with B . The playback is stopped and the scr...

51 Zoom function Using this function, you can enlarge the video image and pan through the enlarged image. 1 During playback, press PLAY/PAUSE G9 . You will see a still picture. 2 Press the SYSTEM-MENU button and select ' G ' using C . 3 Use B or A to select the desired zoom factor. 4 As soon as ' pr...

53 H Recording General information What kind ofdiscs can be used for recording? You can used two different types of DVDs with this DVD recorder: DVD+RW This disc can be recorded on and then erased. DVD+R This disc can only be recorded on once.For this DVD to be played in a DVD player, it must be fin...

54 Recording without automatic switch@off 1 Switch on the TV and, if required, select the channel number forthe DVD recorder (channel 3 or 4 or Audio In channel). 2 Insert a disc to be used for the recording. The system andcontent of the disc will be checked. ' READING ' will appear on the display. ...

56 Pausing recording 1 During recording, press the PLAY/PAUSE G9 button. 2 To continue recording, press REC/OTR n . Ending recording To stop recording, press the STOP h button. Wait until ' MENU UPDT ' disappears from the display before you try another feature. Tip Recording with automatic switch@of...

57 Preventing accidental erasing ofdiscs You can lock the entire disc to prevent important recordings from being erased by accident. Youcan only lock the entire disc. It is not possible to lock individual recordings. What happens with DVD+R discs? As long as these discs have not been finalized, you ...

60 I Managing disc content Charly 100:29:59 • HQFr15/02/2002 Empty title01:30:01 General information When a recording is made on a disc, the following information is saved at the start of eachrecording:•) Name of the recordingIf no name is sent by the broadcaster, thenthe channel number (channel nam...

61 Editing recording titles (name) Some TV stations transmit the name of a program. In this case, the name may be includedautomatically (e.g. 'ROCKY'). Otherwise, the date and time of the recording are stored as thename. The name of the recording can only be changed after the recording has been comp...

62 Deleting recordings/titles You can erase selected recordings from a disc. To do this, proceed as follows: 1 Press STOP h to stop playback if necessary. Settings for title Charly 1 Name Charly 1 Play full title Erase this title Press OK 2 Using A or B to select the title to be deleted then press C...

63 Disc settings Magnavox100:35:59 usedFr15/02/2002 NTSC DVD playback This display is located before the first title and contains general information about the inserted disc. You can:•) change the disc name•) protect or unprotect a disc•) finalize editing (make DVD compatible)•) finalizing DVD+Rs•) ...

64 Finalize editing If one or more titles have been edited, it is possible that another DVD Player will display theoriginal titles. You can prepare your disc so a DVD player willplay the edited version. 1 Press C in the 'Disc info display'. The ' Settings for ' menu will appear on the screen. 2 Sele...

66 Splitting titles A title can be split into several parts (titles) no matter how large. Each of these parts (titles) ischaracterized by its own index picture. Warning! Once a title is split, it cannot be reversed. Can I also divide titles on DVD+Rs? Because recordings on DVD+Rs cannot be overwritt...

71 Problem solving for programmedrecordings PROBLEM SOLUTION DVD recorder does notrespond b While a programmed recording is being made, you cannot operate your DVD recordermanually. If you want to cancel the programmed recording, press STANDBY m . ' Switch off, timer recording ' flashes on the TV sc...

72 K User preferences This section explains how to customize the DVD recorder to your preferences. These iconsindicate the following: , Picture settings - Sound settings . Language settings / Additional settings 0 Recording settings 1 Installation 1 Switch on the TV. If required, select the channel ...

73 Picture settings You can select the following functions in this menu: Picture TV shape 16:9 Black level shift Off Video shift ï ' TV shape ' The picture signal can be adjusted to fit your TV: ' 4:3 letterbox ' for a 'wide-screen' display with black bars on the top and bottom ' 4:3 panscan ' for a...

74 ' Analog output ' You can select from the following settings for devices connected to the analog outputs (AUDIOOUT L/R). Stereo : For devices that use neither DolbySurround nor TruSurround. Only use this setting when the DVD recorder is connected to a stereo TV. Surround : Dolby Digital and MPEG-...

75 Additional settings You can select the following functions in this menu: Features Access control Enter code... Status field On Auto resume On Low power standby Off ' Access control ' Please read the chapter on Child lock. ' Status field ' Along with the on screen menu, the OSD (On Screen Display)...

76 L Child lock Child lock (DVD and VCD) This function can prevent children from viewing discs.When in use, a four-digit code (PIN) must be entered in order to play a disc.In addition, you can set a disc to be played 'always' or 'once' despite the child lock. •) Play always : This disc has been plac...

77 Authorizing discs 1 Insert a disc. After a short check, the access control menu willappear on the TV screen. 2 Using A or B , select ' Play once ' or ' Play always .' 3 Use the number buttons 0..9 to enter your PIN. Double-sided DVDs can have a unique ID number for each side. To completely author...

79 Most DVDs apply the rating to an entire DVD. Therefore, if certain scenes exceed the ratingyou select, the entire disc will be blocked from viewing. Changing the country The Parental Contro levels depend on the country in which the DVD was manufactured.Therefore, it is necessary that you enter th...

80 Changing the PIN 1 Switch on the TV. If required, select the channel number for theDVD recorder (channel 3 or 4 or Audio/Video in channel). 2 Turn on the DVD recorder by pressing STANDBY/ON . 3 Press SYSTEM-MENU . The menu bar will appear in the display. 4 Select ' A ' using D or C . 5 Select lin...

81 M Before you call technical support If you have any problems using this DVD recorder, it may be caused by one of the followingreasons. You can also call the customer service center in your country. The telephone numbers are listed in the warranty booklet provided.Have the model number (MODEL NO) ...

82 PROBLEM SOLUTION I cannot playback (Super)Video CDs b It is possible that this (Super) Video CD contains a menu and the 'PBC' is switched off. Youcan see this in status field ' PBCOFF '. To activate this function, proceed as follows: 1 Press SYSTEM-MENU while the (Super) Video-CD is inserted. 2 S...

83 PROBLEM SOLUTION A DVD+RW cannot beplayed on certain DVDplayers b If a recording is too short, it is possible that a DVD player cannot detect it. Please observethe following 'Minimum recording times':Recording mode ' HQ ', 5 minutes; ' SP+ ', 13 minutes; ' EP ', 20 minutes; ' EP+ ', 30 minutes, b...

This warranty gives you specific legal rights. You may have other rights which vary from state/province to state/province. Magnavox, P.O. Box 520890, Miami, FL 33152, (402) 536@4171 EL6554E001 / 03-03 Limited Warranty DVD Recorder One year Free Labor / One year Parts Exchange This product must be ca...

Rev. HH - 1/9/2003 F ACTORY S ERVICE L OCATIONS NOTE: Magnavox has chosen Philips Factory Service as its preferred, authorized servicer. Please contact a Philips Factory Service Center. If you reside in one of our Philips Factory Service Branch areas, you can contact the nearest Service Branch to ob...