Sony RDR-GX7 Manuale Utente

Recording TV programmes

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

TOOL 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 decoder, make sure to leave it on.

• To select a programme position, you can also use the number buttons 

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,” “L4,” or “DV” in step 5. For details, see “Recording from 
connected equipment” (page 71).

• You can also select the recording mode using the Tool menu (page 30).

• 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 programme you are recording may be 

erased.

• You cannot watch a PAY-TV/Canal Plus programme while recording 

another PAY-TV/Canal Plus programme.

If you use the SMARTLINK connection, you can easily record 
what you are watching on the TV.

Press z REC while a disc is in the recorder.
The recorder automatically turns on and starts recording 
what you are watching on the TV. “TV” appears in the 
front panel display.

To turn off this function, set “TV Direct Rec” to “Off” in 
Features Setup (page 79).

• You cannot record what you are watching using this method when the 

recorder is in the following modes: pause, tuner preset, Easy Setup, 
playback, and recording. You also cannot record on a protected disc.

• Do not turn off the TV or change the TV programme position during 

TV Direct Rec.

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 stereo and 
bilingual programmes based on the ZWEITON system or the 
NICAM system. 
A DVD-RW (VR mode) can record both main and sub sounds. 
You can switch between main and sub when playing the disc.
A DVD+RW, DVD-R, or DVD-RW (Video mode) can record 
only one sound track (main or sub) at a time. Select the sound 
track using the Setup Display before recording starts. Set 
“Bilingual Recording” to “Main” (default) or “Sub” in Options 
Setup (page 82).

◆ZWEITON (German stereo) system
When a stereo or bilingual ZWEITON based programme is 
received, “STEREO” or “BILINGUAL” appears on the front 
panel display.

◆NICAM system
When a stereo or bilingual NICAM based programme is 
received, “NICAM” appears on the front panel display.
To record a NICAM programme, be sure to set “Audio” of 
“Channel Setting” in “Settings” to “NICAM” (default). If the 
sound is not clear when listening to NICAM broadcasts, set 
“Audio” to “Standard.” See “Presetting channels manually” in 
the separate booklet, “Hookups and Settings.”

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You can select the audio (main or sub) while recording bilingual 
programmes using the 

 (audio) button. This does not affect the 

recorded sound.

You can check the recording information such as recording time 
or disc type.

a Press DISPLAY twice during recording.

The recording information appears.

1 Disc type/format

2 Recording status

3 Recording mode

4 Recording time

b Press DISPLAY to turn off the display.

0:30

1:00

5:30

6:00

(normal recording)

1:23:45

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DVD-RW

VIDEO