Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Viewvision DR+DVB-T Loewe
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Preparation Remote control TV mode Remote control recor der mode Switch unit on/off Insert disk Button on the unit – Insert disk – Operating modes MOVIE – 34 MOVIE – 56 HDD/DISC/USB – MUSIC .
3 - Remote contr ol A ssist – r ecor der oper ation Switch on/off - on stand by ............................... (Page 20) Loewe TV: Radio Digital; long: Aur o Radio Switch over to operate DVD-Player Loewe TV: Sound settings ST OP: Select station directly .
- 4 Index A Area Code 31 AUDIO OUT 7 Auto Chapter 32 Automatic programming 24 B Basic Settings 20 Brief instructions 2 C Card-Reader 47 Chapter List 54 Clock set 27 COMPONENT VIDEO OUT 7 Connections A.
5 - Contents Brief instructions for ViewVision DR+D VB- T ................... 2 Remote control Assist – r ecorder operation .................... 3 Index ................................................................................ 4 Front P anel .
- 6 D I G I T A L V I D E O Fr ont P anel Power button Switch off in standby Disc tray Disc tray open/close Front flap (closed) Display Playback / Pause Stop DV IN A V3 Video IN AUDIO IN L/R Front .
7 - Rear P anel & Display OUT (to TV) Passes the aerial signal to the TV A V 1 Euro A V1 (SCART) connection for TV set OPTICAL Digital, optical audio output IN (from ANT .) Aerial connection A V 2 DECODER Euro A V2 (SCART) connection for an external source (Decoder , Set- T op- Box, Video Recorder etc.
- 8 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) + Lo.
9 - 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 Cal.
- 10 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 technolo gy , design and user friendli- ness. This is equally true of TV , DVD, video, audio and accessories.
11 - 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 .
- 12 F or yo ur ow n sa fe ty an d to av oi d unn ec ess ar y dam ag e to yo ur uni t, pl ea se re ad an d fol lo w t he s af ety a dvi ce b el ow: Use for the intended purpose and ambient conditions .
13 - 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.
- 14 Recording TV -Audio Channels This recorder can also record NIC AM audio. If the NICAM setting (page 26) is set to “ Auto“, NICAM audio will be recorded in the case of a NIC AM transmission. Restrictions on Video Recording Y ou cannot recor d movie material with copy pr otection with this recor der .
15 - 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 recorder can play those discs. If you play other discs the error message “Incorr ect region code.
- 16 Initial Remote Contr ol Setup T o in se rt or ch an ge th e b at te ri es , pr es s on th e im pri nt ed ar r ow . Sl di e of f and re mo ve th e ba tt ery c om pa rt me nt co ve r . I ns er t a lk ali ne -ma ng ane se L R 03 ( AA A) t yp e bat te rie s an d ma ke su re t he + an d – p ol es ar e al ig ne d c or re ct ly .
17 - Connecting to a Loewe TV S ystem Make the connections as shown here: ON Line IN Power OUT OFF 230V~50/60Hz Surr . Front Right Surr . Front Subw . Left Right Center Left R R L C L Bass Intensity Phase Min. Max. 0 180 Crossover Frequency Audio Link System connector 50 250.
- 18 Connecting to a set-top box / Satellite Receiver If you use a cable or satellite receiver with integrated decoder , connect it to your recorder and television set as described below . If you use a separate decoder box for your cable/satellite television, follow the instructions in the next section “Con- necting to an External Decoder Box“.
19 - Connecting to an Amplier Connecting to an analog amplifier with analog 2-channel stereo or Dolby Pro L ogic II / Pro Logic Connect the left and right AUDIO OUT socket of the recorder to the left and right AUDIO IN sockets of the amplifier , receiver or ster eo system with the audio cables ( A ).
- 20 Connecting a digital camcor der Y ou can connect a digital camcorder (DV) or a digital DVD-R/RW r ecorder to the DV IN socket and transfer contents of DV tapes or DVDs digitally .
21 - Auto Setup After you have pressed the On/Off button for the first time or reset the device to the factory settings, the wizard for the automatic setting starts. This sets the language of the menus and dialogs of the recorder , the time and the stations.
- 22 Menu overview Setup menu Add Channel Edit Auto Programming Program Edit Clock Set TV Aspect A V2 Connection Video output format P owe r Sa ve Mode Ant enna F eed 5V Initialization General Display Menu Disc Menu Disc Audio Disc Subtitle DTV Audio DTV Subtitle DivX Subtitle Language Dolby Digital DTS MPEG Sampling Freq.
23 - Main menu (HOME) All media files can be called from the main menu for playing and recor ding with the recorder . Call main menu. 34 Select desired operating mode. 56 Call options. Confirm selection with OK . Exit main menu. HDD DISC USB MUSIC TV TV HDD : Live TV picture on – recor d on HDD.
- 24 The Gener al Menu Automatic progr amming This recorder is equipped with a receiver (tuner) which can r eceive a maximum 88 analogue and 165 digital channels. ➠ When using Digital Link Plus the analogue station list is adapted to the TV set (on this page).
25 - Add station manually Y ou can add a station manually . ➠ CIf the Lock option (page 30) is set to On , a password is required for the Program Edit option. Call menu. 5 6 Select General symbol . 4 Call second level. 5 6 Select Program Edit . 4 Call third level.
- 26 Change station Y ou can set an analogue station manually . ➠ Not with Digital Link Plus (DLP). Open the Station list menu (page 25). 5 6 Select PR number . Confirm. 5 6 Select Program Edit . Confirm with OK . The Program Edit menu is displayed.
27 - Clock set When the automatic station search has finished, the date and time are set auto- matically (depending on the tr ansmitting station), also when power is r ecovered.
- 28 Video output format Select the video output format depending on which video interface you are using (page 16): RGB The TV s et is con nect ed to t he Scar t s ocke t A V1. YPbPr The TV set is connected to the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT socket. P ower Save Mode Y ou can set the rec or der so that it cons umes < 1 Watt on stan dby .
29 - 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 .
- 30 Switching off the password Proceed as follows if you want to switch off the password. Open menu as under “Define password” (page 29). Call menu. 5 6 Select Set Password . 4 Call third level. 5 6 Select Delete . Confirm with OK . Enter a four-digit number with number buttons.
31 - Area Code Ente r the code for a countr y/re gion whose stand ard s ar e to be used to rate the DVD- Video disc. (See “List of country code“ on page 65). F or Gr ea t B ri ta in se le ct “G B “. Lock System DVD Rating DTV Rating Set Password Area Code DivX Reg.
- 32 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 (250 GB) HQ mode: approx. 67 hours. SQ mode: approx. 125 hours. LQ mode: approx.
33 - Disc Menu Disc Format A new disc is initialised by the recorder (on r equest) when inserted. DVD-R The recor der initializes the disc in “video mode”. DVD-RW The recorder initializes the disc in “video mode”. DVD+R The recorder initializes the disc in “video mode”.
- 34 Finalize Finalization fixes recordings so that the disc can be played on a regular DVD player or a computer with a suitable DVD-ROM drive. During finalization of a Video mode disc a menu is created for disc navigation (P age 64). ➠ Following recording and finalization of DVD-R and DVD+R discs no other editing or recording can take place.
35 - Oper ating convenience TV mode If you are currently watching a TV channel supplied by the integrated receiver of the recor der (recorder in Stop mode), you can show (and hide) information about the TV station with . Displays the disc format, free memory space and a progress display of the elapsed playing time.
- 36 Oper ating convenience EPG pr ogram guide The EPG program guide contains the pr ograms and times for DVB- T programs . Here you will find all the programs with the program times and a short description of the content quickly and easily . Displaying the program pr eview Switch on progr am guide.
37 - 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 witho ut data compre ssion and there- fore lose none of their quality .
- 38 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. ➠ This is unnecessary in Loewe Flat TV sets.
39 - 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 pictur e scroll back is not supported by Video- CDs and in DivX. Y ou can page forward through images by pressing P AUSE on the remote control.
- 40 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.
41 - 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.
- 42 Y ou c an pla y D ivX fi les sa ved on the ha rd di sc or d is c me di a wi th th is re cor de r . Mo vi es ca n onl y be sa ve d on US B m em or y med ia . ➠ Before playing DivX files, please read the notes “ About DivX Video files” on this page.
43 - 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 44 before playing MP3/WMA recordings).
- 44 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 - 48 kHz.
45 - Pr ogram list With the progr am list you can put togethe r your favori te titles on a memor y mediu m 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.
- 46 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.
47 - About the system Y ou can play MP3/WMA audio files or show pictures in JPEG format which are stored on a USB stick or a memory card in a USB card reader . Y ou can oper ate the USB card reader with the r emote control of the Loewe recorder . The memory medium must be formatted in F A T 16 or 32 format.
- 48 Remote contr ol Assist – USB oper ation Loewe TV: Sound off/on LED indicator for current operating mode Switch over to operate TV set (page 20) ....................... Switch over to oper ate Recorder * * * (pahe 45) ...........................
49 - 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 genr es can be assigned to the recordings for easier management (see “Title Name”, page 58). ➠ The maximum number of titles on the HDD is 255.
- 50 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 recor d 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).
51 - Timer Recor ding This recorder can be programmed to recor d up to 16 programs within one month. For programmed recordings the timer must be informed which signal sources (TV stations or from A V devices) are to be recor ded and the r espective start and stop time.
- 52 Timer Recor d List Checking the timer programming Call the Timer Record List menu. OK END MENU Edit CH/PR Date StartTime Duration Check RTL 8/12 Wed 20:15 105min Mode 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.
53 - Recor ding Digital Video General “DV“ information With DV (Digital Video, also known as i.LINK), you can use a DV cable as the audio, vide o, data and contr ol signa ls input / output to connect a camcor der that has DV to this recorder . The i.
- 54 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.
55 - 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.
- 56 OK END TEXT INFO Select SQ 1Std 25Min DVD-RW 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 24.11. 0:12:55 TITLE 6 28.
57 - 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 fr om the original list, title/chapter are deleted from the disc and the time remaining for recording is prolonged again.
- 58 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 options are displayed at the left.
59 - 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 .
- 60 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 .
61 - 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 .
- 62 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 films recorded on this r ecorder from DVD to hard disc.
63 - Dub fr om HDD to DVD Select menu Tile List (HDD). 5634 Select title. Mark title. Confirm with OK . OK END INFO MARKER 4 : 3 16 : 9 Select HDD SQ 80H 09M Free Play Search > Delete Rename Edit > Sort > Dubbing Close Info Mark TITLE 2 22.11.
- 64 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 r ecordings are always made at the end of the disc here.
65 - T r oubleshooting Problem P ossible cause Remedy No f unc ti on. Th e mai ns ca bl e is no t plu gg ed i n. Fi x th e m ai ns ca bl e fir ml y i nt o a soc ke t. No i mag e. Th e tel ev isi on i s not s wit ch ed t o r e- ce iv e s ig nal s fr om t he Re co rd er .
- 66 T r oubleshooting Problem P ossible cause Remedy A di sc th at wa s re co rd ed t o f ro m th is Re co rd er ca nn ot be pl ay ed o n a d iff er en t DV D p la ye r . So me pl ay ers d o no t p la y d is cs w ith f ina li sa ti on in vi de o m od e.
67 - General ViewVision DR+ DVB- T Ite m No . 675 02 A/D /T 00 ViewVision DR+ DR+ DVB- T Sec am Ite m No. 6 750 5A /D /T 00 P ow er su pp ly A C 20 0- 24 0V , 5 0/ 60 Hz P ow er co ns um pti on Du ri ng op er at io n: 30 W In s tan db y m od e: < 1 W (w it h e ne rg y sa ve fu nct io n) Di me nsi on s ( ap pr ox .
- 68 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 28.
69 - List of country codes Key in the corr esponding code when first setting the “ Area code“ (page 31). Code Country code AD Andorra AE United Arab Emir ates AF Afghanistan AG Antigua and Barbuda.
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71 - 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. Component Signal : Video signal which is transmitted by three separate cinch connections.
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