Sony RDR-GX7 Betriebsanweisung

Recording TV programs

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Press Z OPEN/CLOSE, and place a 
recordable disc on the disc tray.

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Press Z OPEN/CLOSE to close the disc tray.

Wait until “LOAD” disappears from the front panel 
display.
If you use an unused DVD, formatting starts 
automatically. 
When using an unused DVD-RW, select the 
recording format, VR or Video.

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Each time you press the button, the display changes 
on the TV screen as follows:

For more details of the recording mode, see page 36.

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Press z REC.

Recording starts.
Recording continues until you stop the recording or 
the disc is full.

Press x REC STOP. Note that it may take a few seconds for 
recording to stop.

Press X REC PAUSE. To restart recording, press the button 
again.

Set the TV to TV input using the TV/VIDEO button.

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• You can also start and stop recording using the TOOLS menu. Press 

TOOLS and select “Record” or “Rec Stop,” then press ENTER.

• You can stop recording from the Title List menu as well. Select the title 

you are currently recording and press ENTER. Then select “Rec Stop” 
from the sub-menu.

• If you do not want to watch TV while recording, you can turn off the 

TV. When using a cable box, make sure to leave it on.

• To select a channel, you can also use the number buttons and SET 

button in step 5 above.

• If you record from equipment connected to the recorder’s input jack, 

you can also use the INPUT SELECT button to select “L1,” “L2,” 
“L3,” or “DV” in step 5. For details, see “Recording from connected 
equipment” (page 88).

• You can also select the recording mode using the TOOLS menu 

• After pressing z REC, it may take a short while to start recording. 
• While recording or during recording pause, you cannot change the 

recording mode. 

• If there is a power failure, the program you are recording may be 

erased.

• When you use Hookup 2 (page 17), you cannot watch a cable TV 

program while recording another cable TV program.

You can set the recorder to record in 30 minute increments by 
pressing just the z REC button.

Press z REC repeatedly to set the duration time.

Each press advances the time in 30 minute increments. The 
maximum duration is six hours.

The time counter decreases minute by minute to 0:00, then the 
recorder stops recording (power does not turn off). Even if you 
turn off the recorder during recording, the recorder continues to 
record until the time counter runs out.

Press z REC repeatedly until the counter appears in the front 
panel display. The recorder returns to normal recording mode.

The recorder automatically receives and records a stereo 
program and SAP.

◆Stereo programs
When a stereo program is received, the “STEREO” indicator 
lights up on the front panel display. If there is noise in the stereo 
program, set “Auto Stereo” in Audio Setup to “Off” (page 95). 
The sound will be recorded in monaural but with less noise.

◆SAP (Second Audio Program)
When a SAP (Second Audio Program) is received, the “SAP” 
indicator lights up on the front panel display. To record only 
SAP sound, set “Tuner Audio” in Audio Setup to “SAP” 
(page 95).

With the recording side facing down

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SP

LP

EP

HSP

SLP

0:30

1:00

5:30

6:00

(normal recording)

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