Sony RDR-HXD890 User Manual

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Table of Contents
WARNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Guide to Parts and Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Hookups and Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Hooking Up the Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Step 1: Connecting the Aerial Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
A: Receiving digital terrestrial broadcasting
(For digital broadcasting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
B: Receiving digital and analogue terrestrial broadcastings . . . . . . . . . 17
C: Receiving terrestrial (For analogue broadcasting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Step 2: Connecting the Video Cords/HDMI Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
About the “Control for HDMI” functions for ‘BRAVIA’ Sync
(for HDMI connections only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Step 3: Connecting the Audio Cords/HDMI Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Step 4: Connecting the AC power cord (Mains Lead) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Step 5: Preparing the Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Controlling TVs with the remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
If you have a Sony DVD player or more than one Sony DVD
recorder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Changing programme positions of the recorder using the remote . . . . 26
Step 6: Easy Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Connecting a VCR or Similar Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Connecting to the LINE 1 jack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Connecting to the LINE 2 IN jacks on the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
1. Inserting a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
2. Recording a Programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Checking the disc status while recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3. Playing the Recorded Programme (Title List) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Displaying the playing time and play information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4. Changing the Name of a Recorded Programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
5. Labelling and Protecting a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Labelling a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Protecting a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
6. Playing the Disc on Other DVD Equipment (Finalise) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Unfinalising a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
7. Reformatting a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Seven Basic Operations — Getting to Know Your DVD Recorder
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Sony RDR-HXD890 Specifications

General

Progressive scan output	Yes
Device type	DVD recorder
Product color	Black
DVD region code	2
HDD capacity	160 GB
Maximum HDD recording time	455 h
Composite video out	1
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
I/O ports	1 x i.LINK(DV) In
Dimensions (WxDxH)	430 x 288 x 76.5 mm
Power requirements	220-240V, 50/60 Hz
Remote control type	RMT-D251P
Compatible battery sizes	AA
Common interface (CI)	No