Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product ViewVision DR+ Loewe
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233 –32 818 .02 2 32818022 Operating Manual D V D Viewvision DR +.
- 2 Contents Remote control Assist – r ecorder operation .................... 3 Front P anel ...................................................................... 4 Rear P anel & Display ....................................................... 5 Welcome .
3 - Remote contr ol Assist – r ecor der operation Switch on/off - on stand by ...............................(Page 15) Loewe TV: Radio Digital Switch over to operate DVD-Player Loewe TV: Sound menu ST OP: Select station directly ....................
- 4 Fr ont P anel HDD DVD HDD HDD Power button Switch off in standby Disc tray Disc tray open/close Front flap (closed) Display Playback / Pause Stop Beginning of chapter / previous chapter Input 4 S.
5 - D V D REC T/S HDD T V Rear P anel & Display S-VIDEO OUT Character specications time, total playing time, time elapsed, title, chapter / track number , station, status etc.
- 6 Welcome Thank you for choosing a Loewe product. W e are happy to welcome you as our customer . At Loewe we combine the highest standards of technol ogy , design and user friendli- ness. This is equally true of TV , DVD, video, audio and accessories.
7 - Welcome Shipping the Unit The original shipping box and packaging materials should be used to ship the unit. T o give the unit the best possible protection, repack it as it was originally packed by the manufacturer .
- 8 F or yo ur ow n sa fe ty an d to avo id unn ec ess ar y dam ag e to yo ur un it , pl ea se re ad an d fol lo w t he s af ety a dv ic e b el ow: Use for the intended purpose and ambient conditions .
9 - Rewritable discs DVD-RW (Digital V ersatile Disc - ReWritable) DVD-RW discs can be formatted for recording in the VR mode or in the video mode. These discs can be rewritten several times. Recordings can be deleted and the disc can then be rewritten.
- 10 Recording TV -Audio Channels This recorder can also record NIC AM audio. If the NICAM setting (page 20) is set to “ Auto“, NICAM audio will be recorded in the case of a NIC AM transmission. Restrictions on Video Recording Y ou cannot record movie material with copy protection with this recor der .
11 - Regional code of the Recorder and DVDs This Recorder can only play Region “2“ or “ all“ coded DVDs. 2 The region code on the label of some DVDs shows which type of DVD r ecorder can play those discs. If you play other discs the error message “Incorr ect region code.
- 12 Initial Remote Contr ol Setup T o in se rt or ch an ge th e bat te ri es , pr es s on th e im pr int ed ar ro w . Sl di e off an d r em ov e th e ba tt ery c om pa rt me nt co ve r . I nse rt al ka li ne -ma ng an es e L R 0 3 (A AA ) t yp e ba tt er ie s an d ma ke su re t he + an d – pol es ar e al ig ne d c or r ect ly .
13 - Connecting to the T elevision Make the following connections depending on the scope of functions of your existing equipment: S-VIDEO OUTPUT UD IO I PUT VIDEO I PUT D I I PUT S T I PUT P P O PO E .
- 14 Connecting to an External Decoder Box If you use an external decoder box for your satellite or cable TV system, follow the connection procedure described below . Connect your aerial socket in the wall to the aerial input socket on your set-top box / satellite receiver using an aerial cable.
15 - ➠ If the audio format of the digital output does not correspond to the capa- bilities of your receiver , the receiver will emit a strong distorted sound or no sound at all. 5.1 Digital surround sound via the digital connection can only be obtained if your receiver is equipped with a digital multi-channel decoder .
- 16 Main menu All media files can be called from the main menu for playing and recording with the recorder . Call main menu. 34 Select desired operating mode. 56 Call options. Confirm selection with OK . Exit main menu. HDD DISC Memory Card1 Memory Card2 MUSIC TV HDD: Live TV picture on – recor d on HDD.
17 - The Gener al Menu Automatic progr amming This recorder is equipped with an analog receiver (tuner) which can receive a maximum of 88 channels. ➠ When using Digital Link Plus, the channel setting is adapted to the TV set (on this page). ➠ Connect the recorder to the aerial system (page 12).
- 18 Program Edit Y ou can edit a channel manually (add, delete, rename, move etc.). Call menu. 5 6 Select General symbol . 4 Call second level. 5 6 Select Program Edit . 4 Mark Edit . OK Edit Auto Programming Program Edit Clock Set TV Aspect Display Mode A V2 Connection Power Save Mode Initialisation 3 Prev .
19 - Station Rename Y ou can give whatever name you like to a station. Names should have a maximum of five characters. 5 6 Select station in the Station List menu. Confirm with OK . The available options are displayed at the bottom left. 5 6 Select Station Rename .
- 20 NICAM This recorder can receive HiFi sound broadcasts in NICAM-Ster eo. However , distor- tions may occur under unfavourable reception conditions. S witch off the function in this case ( off ). 5 6 Select station in the Station List menu. Confirm with OK .
21 - A V2 connection Y ou can connect the following devices to the EURO A V2 DECODER connection on the back of the recorder: Decoder Connect a Pay- TV or Canal+ decoder .
- 22 Audio Menu Each DVD disc offers a variety of audio formats. Set the audio format for the recorder accor ding to the type of audio system you are using. Dolby Digital / D TS / MPEG PCM Select this option if the unit is connected to a digital two channel stereo amplifier .
23 - Enter password to check. Confirm with OK . ➠ If you make a mistake, press 3 repeatedly before you press OK to delete or correct the password numbers one after another . Switching off the password Proceed as follows if you want to switch off the password.
- 24 Area Code Ente r the code for a countr y/r egion whose stand ard s are to be used to rate the DVD- Video disc. (See “List of country code“ on page 63). F or Gr ea t Br ita in se le ct “ G B “. Rating Set Password Area Code DivX Reg. Code G B 3 Prev .
25 - Recor ding Menu Rec Mode Set Y ou can set the picture quality for recording: DVD+/-R/RW (4,7 GB) HQ mode: approx. 1 hour . SQ mode: 2 hours. LQ mode: 4 hours. EQ mode: 6 hours. HDD (160 GB) HQ mode: approx. 43 hours. SQ mode: approx. 80 hours. LQ mode: approx.
- 26 Disc Menu Disc Format The recorder automatically initialises a new disc when it is inserted. DVD-R The recor der initializes the disc in “video mode”. DVD-RW The recorder initializes the disc in “VR mode”. DVD+R The recorder initializes the disc in “video mode”.
27 - Call menu. 5 6 Select symbol Disc . 4 Call second level. 5 6 Select Finalise . 4 Call third level. 5 6 Select Finalise . Confirm with OK . OK Cancel Do you want finalisation? Finalise 34 Select OK button.
- 28 Additional Scr een Menus This manual contains basic instructions for operating the recorder . Some DVDs requir e specific handling or only permit limited operation during playback.
29 - HDMI (DVI) connection The HDMI connection (High Definiton Multimedia Interface) allows digital picture and sound transmission via a connecting cable, e.g. to Loewe Flat TV sets. The digi tal pictur e and sound data are transm itted with out data compr essio n and ther e- fore lose none of their quality .
- 30 Playing back a DVD or video CD Preparation Switch the television on and set the video sour ce to be the input that the recor der has been connected to or activate the “Control voltage“ option for the television‘s A V input.
31 - Freeze fr ame and picture for picture play-back HD D D VD- AL L V CD Di vX Pause : P ause playing. 34 Scroll picture by pictur e. Continue playing. ➠ The picture by picture scr oll back is not supported by Video- CDs and in DivX. You can page forward through images by pressing P AUSE on the remote control.
- 32 OK END MENU 4 : 3 16 : 9 Select Close Delete Move Marker Search Delete Marker Press the blue button long to select Marker Search menu. 5 634 Select marked scene. Delete Marker . 34 Select yes option. Confirm with OK . Exit the Marker Search menu.
33 - Subtitles D VD- AL L Di vX Select twice during play-back. 5 6 Select symbol. DVD-Video 1/10 0:12:34 1.STEREO OFF 1/1 NORMAL 4/14 3 4 Select the desired subtitle language.
- 34 Wi th thi s rec ord er you ca n play Di vX fi les wh ich ar e save d on HDD, CD -R/R W or DV D± R/R W med ia . ➠ Before playing DivX files, please read the notes “ About DivX Video files” on this page. Playing DivX files Open the disc drawer .
35 - Playing titles on Audio CD or MP3/WMA media Audio CDs can be played with the recor der . Recordings in MP3/WMA format can also be played from HDD, memory card, CD-ROM, CD-R or CD-RW discs (read the instructions for MP3/WMA recordings on page 36 before playing MP3/WMA recordings).
- 36 Random play 5 6 Select title or folder . OK display menu options. 5 6 Select Random . Confirm with OK . The random play-back starts and the symbol is displayed: . Skip the current title with P+ . Hints for MP3/WMA recordings Sampling rates: MP3: 8 - 48 kHz; WMA: 24 - 32 kHz.
37 - Pr ogram list With the progr am list you can put togeth er your favorite titles on a memory medium in any order for your individual program. This list may contain 99 titles (Audio CD) or 256 titles (MP3/WMA). Program lists can be saved permanently , renamed, deleted and loaded as often as you like.
- 38 Show photos The r ecorder can display JPEG files under the following conditions. The maximum size of a JPEG file may not exceed 4 MB. The total number of files and folders is 1999. The file extension must be “.jpg”. The progr essive and loss-free compression of JPEG files is not supported.
39 - About the system With th e digit al audio /photo card r eader inte grate d in the reco rder , you can show photos taken by digital cameras on the screen with the most common memory card s. MP3/WMA audio files can be p layed. Y ou can operat e the A udio/Ph oto Card read er with the r emote contr ol of the Loewe rec order .
- 40 Remote contr ol Assist – Car d-Reader oper ation Loewe TV: Sound off/on LED indicator for current operating mode Switch over to operate TV set (Page 15) ....................... S witch over to operate Recorder * * * (Page 37) ..................
41 - Recor dings on the HDD Recordings on the internal har d disc (HDD) of the r ecorder are similar to recording in the VR mode on DVD-RW discs. T en genres can be assigned to the recordings for easier management (see “Title Name”, page 50). ➠ The maximum number of titles on the HDD is 255.
- 42 Simultaneous r ecord and display Playing another medium during recording Play and recor d take place indepe ndentl y of each other for DVDs and the integr ated HDD. For example, you can record on a DVD or the HDD and at the same time play a movie, photos or music from the respective other memory medium (except Timeshift, DivX).
43 - Timer Recor ding This recorder can be programmed to record up to seven progr ams within one month. For programmed recordings the timer must be informed which signal sources (TV stations or from A V devices) are to be recorded and the respective start and stop time.
- 44 Timer Recor d List Checking the timer programming Press twice to call the Timer Recor d List menu. OK END MENU Edit PR Date StartTime Duration Mode Check 1/1 PR-01 8/12 Fr 20:15 105M SQ Rec. OK New Close Delete Timer Record List : VPS/PDC On Timer Record REC-MENU Editing a timer programming 5 6 Select timer recording.
45 - Recor ding Digital camcorders can usually record audio as 16 bit/48 kHz stereo or twin stereo tracks with 12 bit/32 kHz. This recorder can only record one stereo audio track. Set “DV Rec Audio“ as requir ed or Audio 1 or Audio 2 (page 25). The sampling rate of the digital sound input to the DV IN socket must be either 32 or 48 kHz (not 44.
- 46 Menu Title List and Chapter List Under the Title List menu, video contents on unfinalised DVDs in VR mode and video contents on the internal HDD can be edited. The available edit functions are dependent on whether video on a DVD in VR mode or on the HDD or whether original contents or playlists are edited.
47 - Edit Original and Playlist Title, Chapter and P arts Titles of the original content of the disc contain one or more chapters. When insert- ing a title in the playlist, all the chapters within this title also appear . That means that chapters in the playlist behave exactly the same as chapters on a DVD-Video disc.
- 48 OK END TEXT INFO 4 : 3 16 : 9 Select DVD-RW SQ 25M Free Play Search > Delete Protect Edit > Playlist Add > Dubbing Close Playlist Info TITLE 2 22.11. 0:33:12 TITLE 1 21.11. 0:25:30 TITLE 3 23.11. 0:45:00 TITLE 5 24.11. 0:05:00 TITLE 4 24.
49 - Delete title/chapter fr om Original/Playlist When you delete a title or a chapter from the playlist, you only remove the title/ chapter from the playlist. When you delete a title or chapter from the original list, title/chapter are deleted from the disc and the time remaining for recording is prolonged again.
- 50 Title Name Y ou can assign names to the titles of Original or Playlist. The names may have a maximum 32 characters. A genre can be added to the name ( HDD ). 5634 Select title to be renamed in the Title List menu. Confirm with OK . The available optio ns are displayed at the left.
51 - Sorting HDD With this function the title list can be sorted by date, title or genre for quicker retrieval of titles. 5634 Select title in the Title List menu of the HDD. Confirm with OK . The available options are displayed at the left. 56 Select Sort .
- 52 Divide title HDD +RW With this function you can divide a title into two new titles. 5634 Select title to be divided in the Title List menu. Confirm with OK .
53 - Move Playlists Chapters -R W VR With this function the play-back order of the chapters within Playlists can be edited. ➠ This function is not available if only one chapter is available. 5634 Select chapter in the Chapter List - Playlist menu. Confirm with OK .
- 54 Befor e dubbing With the dubbing function of this recorder you can create backup copies of important recor dings on the HDD on a DVD. Create a DVD copy of a recor ding on the HDD for playing on other players. Copy movies from a DVD to the HDD for editing.
55 - Dub fr om HDD to DVD 5634 Select title in the Title List ( HDD ) menu. Confirm with OK . The available options are displayed at the bottom left. OK END INFO 4 : 3 16 : 9 Select HDD SQ 80H 09M Free Play Search > Delete Rename Edit > Sort > Dubbing Close Info TITLE 2 22.
- 56 Overwrite r ecordings +RW Proceed as follows to overwrite a recor ded title with a new video recording: ➠ This function is not possible for DVD+R because the recordings are always made at the end of the disc here.
57 - T roubleshooting Problem P ossible cause Remedy No f unc ti on. Th e mai ns ca bl e is no t pl ug ged i n. Fi x the m ain s ca bl e f ir ml y int o a s oc ke t. No i mag e. Th e tel ev isi on i s not s wi tc hed t o r e- ce iv e s ig nal s fr om t he R eco rd er .
- 58 T roubleshooting Problem P ossible cause Remedy A di sc th at wa s re co r ded t o f ro m th is Re co r der ca nn ot be pl ay ed o n a d if fe re nt DV D pl aye r . So me pl ay ers d o no t p la y di scs w ith f in al isa ti on in vi de o m od e.
59 - General ViewVision DR+ It em No . 665 02 ViewVision DR+ S ec am It em N o. 66 53 2 P ow er su pp ly A C 1 10 -24 0V , 50 /6 0 Hz P ow er co ns um pti on Du ri ng op er at io n: 35 W In s tan db y m od e: < 1 W (w it h e ne rg y sa ve fu nc ti on) Di me nsi on s ( ap pr ox .
- 60 Setting the r emote control The different Loewe sets can be set as follows on the A ssist remote control: Device Button combination Loewe TV (Q2500 – L2650) + Loewe TV (Q2300 – Q2400) + L.
61 - Remote contr ol Assist – TV -oper ation Switch on/off - on stand by Radio Digital on/off Switch over to operate Aur o Sound menu on/off Select station directly MENU: enter numbers or letters Ca.
- 62 Language Code List Enter the appropriate code when fi rst setting up “Disc Audio“, “Disc Subtitles“ and/or “Disc Menu“. (Further information can be found under “Disc Languages“ on page 21.
63 - List of country codes Key in the corr esponding code when first setting the “ Area code“ (page 24). Code Country code AD Andorra AE United Arab Emir ates AF Afghanistan AG Antigua and Barbuda.
64 - A A V socket: Audio and video signal. A V sources: Audio/video source. A VS: Audio/video front sockets on the TV set (cinch and Mini-DIN). C Cinch cable: Cable for transmitting sound or picture.
- 65 Index A AERIAL 5 Area Code 24 AUDIO IN 5 AUDIO OUT 5 Auto Chapter 25 Automatic programming 17 B Basic Settings 15 C Card-Reader 39 Chapter List 46 Chapter marker 3 Clock set 20 Codelist RC3H 67.
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