4RQT9434Table of contentsGetting startedGetting startedCharacteristics of this unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Included accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Quick Start GuideHDD and disc information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Regarding Blu-ray Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Recording high definition programmes and copying . . . . . . . . . . . 7HDD and discs you can use for recording and play . . . . . . . . . . . 8Play-only discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Discs that cannot be played . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10USB memory and card information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11USB memories you can use on this unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Cards you can use on this unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Control reference guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Main unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12The unit’s display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Easy access to various functions— FUNCTION MENU display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13HDD (Hard disk drive) handling care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Unit care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Media handling (Disc/USB memory/SD card) . . . . . . . . 15Inserting discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Inserting, removing the USB memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Inserting, removing the SD card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Disc and card care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15STEP 1 Inserting the CAM(Conditional Access Module) and Smart Card . . . . . . 16STEP 2 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17STEP 3 Channel reception settings and TV aspectsettings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18STEP 4 Setting the CI or CI Plus(Common Interface) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Basic operationsWatching digital broadcasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Playing BD-Video or DVD-Video/Playing recorded video contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Playing BD-Video or DVD-Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Playing recorded video contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Recording television programmes [HDD] . . . . . . . . . . . . 22To specify a time to stop recording—One Touch Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Timer Recording using the TV Guide system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Deleting titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Deleting during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Copying titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Advanced watching digital broadcasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Digital channel information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27To show subtitle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Switching audio of the TV broadcast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27To select content in the digital broadcast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28To show Teletext . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28TitleRecordingAdvanced recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Recording method and disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Recording modes and recording contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 programmes simultaneous recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Types of recording data for copyright protected titles . . . . . . . . . 31Important notes for recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Playing while you are recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Operation during Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Advanced timer recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Manually programming timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35To release the unit from timer recording standby. . . . . . . . . . . . .36Auto Renewal Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36To cancel recording when timer recordinghas already begun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36Check, change or delete a programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37Notes on timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37Operations in the TV Guide system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38TV Guide data download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38Playing backAdvanced playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Operation during play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39Changing audio during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40Display the subtitle during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40Display the Teletext during play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40Selecting recorded programmes (titles) to play—DIRECT NAVIGATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Switching of the Navigator [HDD] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41Playback the title that was viewed once [HDD] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41To change the Genre Label [HDD] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42To play grouped titles [HDD] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42To edit the group of titles [HDD] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42Playback of the High Definition Video (AVCHD) . . . . . . 43Playback of the playlist createdon other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Playing DivX® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Playing DivX video contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44To enjoy the BD Video which supportsBONUSVIEW or BD-Live [BD-V] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Playing secondary video (picture-in-picture)and secondary audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46Enjoying BD-Live discs with Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46To enjoy High Bit Rate Audio and Video . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Enjoying High Bit Rate Audio with 7.1ch speaker . . . . . . . . . . . .47Regarding 24p output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47EditingEditing titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Title operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49Create/Playback/Edit of the Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Create Chapter Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51Editing and playing chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51Chapter operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51CopyingCopying titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Copy Title Playing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55Copying using the copying list—Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56Copying a finalised DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW(DVD-Video format), +R and +R DL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58With Other EquipmentRecording broadcasts from external equipment . . . . . 59Recording from Set Top Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59Linked timer recordings with external equipment (Set Top Box)— EXT LINK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59Copying from a video equipment(video cassette recorder, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Manual recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60DV Automatic Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61Flexible Recording via AV input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61Copy the HD Video (AVCHD format)or the SD Video (MPEG2 format) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Copying HD Video (AVCHD format) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62Copying SD Video (MPEG2 format). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63