Sony RDR-GX7 User Manual

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

WARNING ...................................................2
Precautions ................................................2

Notes about the discs..................................... 3

Features ......................................................6

Recording....................................................... 6
Playback......................................................... 6
Editing a disc.................................................. 6
DV Edit ........................................................... 7

About This Manual .....................................7
DVD Recorder Basics ................................8
Guide to Parts and Controls ...................11

Front panel ...................................................11
Remote .........................................................12
Front panel display....................................... 14
Rear panel ....................................................14

Guide to Displays ....................................15

System Menu ............................................... 15
Title List........................................................ 15
Tool .............................................................. 16
Sub-menu..................................................... 16
How to use the displays ............................... 16
List of the Tool/sub-menu options ................ 17
Disc information display (Disc Info).............. 18
How to enter characters ............................... 18

Recording/Timer Recording

Before Recording .....................................20

Recordable discs.......................................... 20
About recording formats............................... 21
Recording mode........................................... 21
Unrecordable pictures .................................. 21
Checking the available disc space

(Disc Info) ............................................... 21

Recording TV programmes .....................23

Using the Quick Timer function .................... 24
Recording stereo and bilingual

programmes ........................................... 24

Checking the disc status while recording ..... 24
Creating chapters in a title ........................... 25

Timer Recording ......................................25

Setting the timer manually (Standard).......... 25
Checking/changing/cancelling timer settings

(Timer List) ............................................. 28

Recording TV programmes using the

VIDEO Plus+ system.............................. 29

Adjusting the Recording Picture Quality

and Size ...............................................30

Recording from External Equipment with a

Timer (Synchro Rec) ...........................31

Labelling, Protecting, or Finalizing the

Disc ......................................................33

Labelling a disc (Disc Name) ....................... 33
Protecting a disc (Protect Disc).................... 33
Finalizing a disc (Finalize)............................ 34
Erasing all the titles on the disc

(Erase All)............................................... 34

Reformatting a disc (Format) ....................... 35

Playback

Before Playing ......................................... 36

Playable discs .............................................. 36

Playing Discs ........................................... 37

Using the DVD’s Menu................................. 38
Basic operations/

Changing the playback speed ................ 39

Selecting a Recorded Title on a Disc .... 40
Searching for a Title/Chapter/Track ...... 42
Checking the Play Information and Playing

Time .................................................... 43

Checking the playing time on the front panel

display .................................................... 44

Selecting the Sound ............................... 44

Checking the audio signal format................. 45

TV Virtual Surround Settings (TVS)  ...... 45
Changing the Angles  .............................. 46
Displaying the Subtitles  ......................... 47
Adjusting the Playback Picture and

Sound .................................................. 47

Adjusting the picture quality ......................... 47
Adjusting the sound quality .......................... 48

Editing a DVD

Before Editing ......................................... 49

Checking the disc type, recording format, and

title type .................................................. 49

Edit options for DVD+RWs/DVD-Rs/DVD-RWs

(Video mode) .......................................... 49

Edit options for DVD-RWs (VR mode) ......... 50

Basic Editing ........................................... 51

Labelling a title (Title Name) ........................ 51
Protecting a title (Protect)............................. 51
Erasing a title (Erase)................................... 52
Erasing multiple titles (Erase Titles)............. 52
Erasing a section of a title (A-B Erase) ........ 53
Creating chapters manually ......................... 54

Advanced Editing (Playlist Edit) ............ 54

Creating a Playlist title from other titles........ 54
Moving a Playlist title (Move) ....................... 57
Dividing a Playlist title (Divide) ..................... 57
Combining multiple Playlist titles

(Combine)............................................... 58

Additional Playlist edit functions................... 58

Connecting a Digital Video Camera
or Other Equipment

Before Recording/Editing ....................... 59

Preparing for recording using the

DV IN jack .............................................. 59

Recording an Entire DV/Digital8 Format

Tape (ONE TOUCH DUB) ................... 61

Program Edit ........................................... 62
Advanced Program Edit ......................... 64
Re-editing the programs in the

DV Edit List ......................................... 67

Creating a Copy of the Edited Contents

(Copy Dubbing) .................................. 69

Recording From Equipment Connected to

the LINE IN Jacks ............................... 71

Connecting other equipment to the LINE 2 IN or

LINE 4 IN jacks....................................... 71

Recording from connected equipment ......... 71