RD-XS34SB

Playback

HDD DVD-RAM DVD-RW DVD-R

Playing recorded contents (CONTENT MENU)

Titles and chapters recorded on the HDD or a DVD-RAM/R/RW disc are displayed in thumbnail view, so that you can easily locate a desired one.

OPEN/CLOSE

DVD

TOP MENU MENU RETURN

ANGLE SUBTITLE AUDIO CHANNEL

HDD TIMESLIP DVD

EASY

NAVI

INSTANT REPLAY

Start

REC MENU EDIT MENU

INSTANT SKIP

LIBRARY CONTENT MENU

S

LO

W

SK

IP

FR

AM

E/A

DJU

ST

PAUSE STOP

PIC

TU

RE

SE

AR

C

H

PLAY

REC

ENTER

QUICK MENU

1

During stop or playback, press CONTENT

MENU.

The “CONTENT MENU Title List” appears.

e.g.

CONTENT MENU

Attribution

(original/playlist)

CONTENT

MENU

001:

Title List

1 / 2

Page

2005/06/08 7:00

Ch:4

(0:53:45)

Original

2005/06/12 19:00

Ch:3

(0:52:40)

Original

2005/07/12 23:00

Ch:4

(0:30:08)

Original

2005/06/08 23:00

Ch:6

(0:29:50)

Original

2005/07/11 7:00

Ch:8

(0:54:30)

Original

2005/07/12 21:00

Ch:10

(0:51:28)

Original

HDD

You can switch between HDD and DVD drives by pressing the HDD or DVD button.

2

Press / / / to select a title (chapter).

ENTER

You can view succeeding or prior pages by pressing the

PICTURE SEARCH ( / ) button.

To select a chapter, select a title and press the button.

The Chapter List appears.

By pressing the button again, you can return to the

Title List.

3

Press ENTER.

Playback starts from a selected title (chapter).

ENTER

REMAIN

DISPLAY TIME BAR CHP DIVIDE

DIMMER FL SELECT ZOOM P in P

TV

PROGRESSIVE

TV/VIDEO CHANNEL VOLUME

INPUT SELECT

SAT CONT SAT MONI TV DVR

Notes

• In a CONTENT MENU, titles (Original) precede titles (Playlist), in order from the oldest one respectively.

• To turn off the CONTENT MENU, press the CONTENT MENU button. Absence of operations for longer than about 15 minutes also turns off the CONTENT MENU.

• The mark is displayed in every thumbnail when “HDD/RAM title play” ( page 160) is set to “Title resume”. When set to

“Serial playback”, it is displayed in a thumbnail last operated.

• You can change a thumbnail picture. See page 100.

• You cannot display the CONTENT MENU for DVD-R/RW discs recorded on other devices.

• For playing a recorded title while recording another, see page 38.

• A black thumbnail with “Recording” means that the title is being recorded or its recording will start within 15 seconds. This thumbnail cannot start playback.

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Playback

Playing recorded contents (CONTENT MENU) (Continued)

To stop playback

Press STOP.

STOP

Notes

• Depending on the status or the contents, playback may not start from the location last stopped, but instead another location. For example, from the beginning of the disc or title.

• Depending on the disc, there may be a slight difference between the location the recorder memorized and the actual location where playback starts.

• This function is not available on DVD-R/RW discs.

• The resuming function will not work if the write-protect tab is set to “PROTECT” ( page 8).

To pause playback (still playback)

Press PAUSE.

PAUSE

To resume normal playback, press the PLAY button or the PAUSE button.

Note

• Sound is muted during still mode.

Resuming playback from the location last stopped (Title resume)

The recorder memorizes the location you last stopped playback to resume there.

To use this function, set “HDD/RAM title play” ( page 160) to “Title resume.” The recorder will memorize the location you last stopped at in each title, so you can resume playback there. For example, if there are 6 titles, you can start each of them as if you had stored 6 video tapes in the recorder.

• To return to the beginning of the title

During playback, press the QUICK MENU button, then press the / buttons to select “Restart title,” then press the ENTER button.

• To play another title

Press the CONTENT MENU button to display

“CONTENT MENU Title List,” then select a title.

You can make the recorder memorize only the very last point, regardless of the number of titles. Set

“HDD/RAM title play” ( page 160) to “Serial

playback.”

• To return to the beginning of the title

Press the SKIP ( ) button repeatedly until the beginning of the title appears.

• To play the other title

Press the SKIP ( / ) button repeatedly.

Playing the digest (Skip search)

This feature repeats playback of about 5 seconds and skip of 1 minute from the beginning to the end of a recorded title, so that you can view the digest of it.

1) Perform steps 1 and 2 on page 57, and select a title that you want to view the digest.

2) Press QUICK MENU.

The Quick Menu is displayed.

3) Press / to select “Special playback mode”, then press ENTER.

4) Press / to select “Skip search”, then press

ENTER.

The Skip Search starts.

Notes

• This feature can be used only one title (original) recorded on the HDD or a DVD-RAM disc.

• While using this feature, you cannot use speed-related functions such as fast forward or fast reverse.

• If you press the ENTER button while using this feature, the normal playback starts.

• To cancel this feature, press the STOP button twice.

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Viewing the first scenes of titles (Original)

(Intro scan)

1) After step 1 on page 57, press QUICK MENU.

The Quick Menu appears.

2) Press / to select “Special playback mode”, then press ENTER.

3) Press / to select “Intro scan”, then press

ENTER.

The recorder plays the first 5 seconds of each title beginning from title 1.

You can go forward or back by pressing the SKIP buttons.

: to go to the next title.

: to go back to the current title.

Press twice to go back to the previous title.

4) When you find a desired title, press ENTER.

The selected title is played.

Notes

• To stop Intro Scan, press the STOP button twice.

• This feature can be used only titles (Original) recorded on the HDD or a DVD-RAM disc.

Playing all titles (Original/Playlist) in a disc

Set “HDD/RAM title play” ( page 160) to “Serial playback”. You can play all titles in the HDD and DVD-

RAM disc in the order of the thumbnails on the

CONTENT MENU, as if they were recorded in one video tape.

Playing all titles (Original) in a disc

(Play All ORG Titles)

You can play all Original titles in the HDD or a DVD-

RAM disc in the order of the thumbnails on the

CONTENT MENU, as if they were recorded in one video tape.

1) During stop, press QUICK MENU.

The Quick Menu appears.

2) Press / to select “Special playback mode”, then press ENTER.

e.g.

Quick Menu

Bit rate

Special playback mode

Disc management

DVD compatible mode

Aspect ratio(Video mode)

DVD-Video:CHP create

AV record quality

Exit

Intro scan

Skip search

Repeat all ORG titles

Play all ORG titles

3) Press / to select “Play all ORG titles”, then press ENTER.

e.g.

Quick Menu

Bit rate

Special playback mode

Disc management

DVD compatible mode

Aspect ratio(Video mode)

DVD-Video:CHP create

AV record quality

Exit

Intro scan

Skip search

Repeat all ORG titles

Play all ORG titles

Playback starts from the beginning of title 1.

Notes

• To stop “Play all ORG titles”, press the STOP button twice.

(However, doing this when you are playing a title recorded in the HDD or a DVD-RAM disc while recording ( page

38) will stop the recording.)

Alternatively, press the QUICK MENU button to display the quick menu, and press the / buttons to select “Cancel play all ORG titles” and press the ENTER button.

• When the last title is complete, All ORG Title Play stops.

• If you select “Repeat all ORG titles” at step 3), “Play all

ORG titles” repeats.

• This function is available only for titles recorded on the

HDD or DVD-RAM discs.

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Playback

Playing recorded contents (CONTENT MENU) (Continued)

Checking the background information on a selected title

1) At step 2 on page 57, select a title (chapter) then press QUICK MENU.

The Quick Menu appears.

2) Press / to select “Title information”, then press ENTER.

Detailed information of a selected title (chapter) appears. You can switch the chapters in the title by pressing the PICTURE SEARCH ( / ) buttons.

Notes

• From the Quick Menu on the “CONTENT MENU Title

Information”, you can change the details such as name, genre or time, which will help sorting and searching on

Library system ( page 140).

Also you can protect the title from unexpected erasure

( page 52).

• To return to the previous display, press the button.

• To cancel the procedure, press the CONTENT MENU button.

Changing the order of the titles

You can change the order or sort the titles by genre.

1) Press CONTENT MENU.

The CONTENT MENU appears.

2) Press QUICK MENU.

The Quick Menu appears.

3) Press / to select “Display changeover”, then press ENTER.

e.g.

CONTENT

MENU

Title List

Quick Menu

1 / 2 Page

Arrange

2005/06/08 7:00

Ch:4

Chapter function

Sort by genre

(0:53:45)

Original

Original

Playlist

2005/06/12 19:00

Ch:3

Disc information Original

2005/07/12 23:00

Ch:4

Title delete (0:30:08)

Exit

Original

HDD

2005/06/08 23:00

Ch:6

(0:29:50)

Original

2005/07/11 7:00

Ch:8

(0:54:30)

Original

2005/07/12 21:00

Ch:10

(0:51:28)

Original

4) Press / to select the item, then press

ENTER.

• Arrange

The titles are rearranged along with the selected order.

Press the / buttons to select the order, then press the ENTER button.

• Sort by genre

Titles of the selected genre are sorted.

Press the / buttons to select the genre, then press the ENTER button.

• Original

Titles (Original) are sorted.

• Playlist

Titles (Playlist) are sorted.

Note

• The recorder holds your selection until the power is turned off. To cancel, select “Display changeover” then “Cancel

Arrange/Narrowing” from the Quick Menu.

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Jumping to a specified page

1) Press CONTENT MENU.

The CONTENT MENU appears.

2) Press QUICK MENU.

The Quick Menu appears.

3) Press / to select “Specific page jump”, then press ENTER.

4) Enter the page number you want by pressing

ADJUST, / or the number buttons.

e.g.

CONTENT

MENU

Title List

HDD :

1 / 2 Page

2005/06/08 7:00

Ch:4

(0:53:45)

Original

2005/06/12 19:00

Page Number – – –

(0:52:40)

Original

2005/07/12 23:00

Ch:4

(0:30:08)

Original

HDD

2005/06/08 23:00

Ch:6

(0:29:50)

Original

2005/07/11 7:00

Ch:8

(0:54:30)

Original

2005/07/12 21:00

Ch:10

(0:51:28)

Original

To clear the number, press the CLEAR button.

5) Press ENTER.

The specified page appears.

Playing a DVD-RW disc recorded in DVD-VR mode

See page 57.

Notes

• Some disc’s conditions or discs which contain copy once contents may not permit proper playback.

• “Title resume” ( page 160) is not available.

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