Philips DVDR3455H User Manual

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Table of Contents
General
Care and Safety Information .......................................................................................... 8
Setup precautions .................................................................................................................................................8
Cleaning discs ........................................................................................................................................................8
HDD (Hard Disk Drive) handling care ..........................................................................................................8
Product Information ........................................................................................................ 9
Introduction ...........................................................................................................................................................9
Accessories supplied ...........................................................................................................................................9
Region codes ..........................................................................................................................................................9
Copyright notice ...................................................................................................................................................9
Special Features ..................................................................................................................................................10
Product Overview
Main Unit ......................................................................................................................... 11
Remote Control ............................................................................................................. 12
Inserting batteries .......................................................................................................................................12
Connections
Step 1: Basic Recorder Connections ............................................................................ 15
Connecting the antenna cables ......................................................................................................................15
Connecting the video cable .............................................................................................................................16
Connecting the audio cables ...........................................................................................................................17
Step 2 : Optional Connections ...................................................................................... 18
TV has only an antenna input jack .................................................................................................................18
Connecting to a Cable Box or Satellite Receiver .....................................................................................19
Connecting to a VCR or other similar device ........................................................................................... 20
Connecting to a VCR and Cable Box/Satellite Receiver .........................................................................21
Connecting a camcorder to the front jacks ............................................................................................... 22
Connecting a USB  ash drive or USB memory card reader ................................................................. 23
Step 3: Installation and Setup ....................................................................................... 24
Finding the correct viewing channel .............................................................................................................24
Setting your TV channel programs ................................................................................................................24
Setting the language .......................................................................................................................................... 26
Setting the time & date .................................................................................................................................... 26
GENERAL settings ................................................................................................................................... 25
LANGUAGE settings .................................................................................................................................27
DATE/ TIME settings ................................................................................................................................27
Watch TV
Control TV programs ....................................................................................................28
Switching on to TV program .......................................................................................................................... 28
Pause live TV function ...................................................................................................................................... 28
Instant Replay function .................................................................................................................................... 28
Recording
Before Recording ............................................................................................................ 29
About temporary HDD storage (Time Shift Buffer) ...............................................................................29
Accessing the HDD (Hard Disk Storage) Setup Menu ......................................................................... 30
HDD settings ...............................................................................................................................................31
Default recording settings ..............................................................................................................................32
GENERAL settings .....................................................................................................................................33
Record on Hard Disk ...................................................................................................... 34
Recording TV programs .................................................................................................................................. 34
Recording from a DV camcorder .................................................................................................................. 34
Recording from an external device (Camcorder/VCR/ DVD player) ................................................ 35

Philips DVDR3455H Specifications

Picture/Display

D/A converter	10 bit, 54 MHz
A/D converter	10 bit, 54 MHz
Picture enhancement	Progressive scan

Sound

D/A converter	24 bit, 96 kHz
A/D converter	24 bit, 96 kHz

Video Recording

Recording Media	DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW
Recording system	NTSC, PAL
Compression formats	MPEG2

Video Playback

Playback Media	CD-R/CD-RW, DVD-Video, Video CD/SVCD, DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL
Compression formats	MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, DivX 3.11, DivX 6.0, DivX 4.x, DivX 5.x

Audio Playback

Playback Media	CD-R/RW, Audio CD
Compression format	MP3, Dolby Digital, MPEG2 Multichannel, PCM

Still Picture Playback

Playback Media	CD-R/RW
Picture Compression Format	JPEG
Picture Enhancement	Slideshow with MP3 playback

Storage Media

Hard Disk Capacity	160 GB

Power

Power supply	110-240V
Power consumption	50 W
Standby power consumption	3.0 W

Weight and Dimensions

Set dimensions	435 x 48 x 325 mm
Set weight	3.6 kg
Packaging dimensions	570 x 125 x 425 mm