Datavideo VDR-3000 manual

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    VIDEO DISK RECORDER VDR-3000 INSTRUCTION MANUAL C O M P A T I B L E h t t p : // www. da t a v i d e o - t e k . co m[...]

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    2 CONTENTS Introduction Packing list --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Front & Rear Panel ---------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Display Panel ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Remote Control Handset ----------------------------------[...]

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    3 PA CKING LIST VDR-3000 is suppli ed w ith the follow ing accessories: Infrared Remote Control Handset V D R - 3000 PLAY L IST TI ME MODE DI SPLAY COM P . V ID EO BOOK MARK CLE AR RECALL TIME SET PA L/ NTSC LAN G AUDIO VIDEO STEP PAUSE STOP MUT E POWER 1234 5678 90 +10 CE REW P LAY F. F ERASE STP REC PL TM OSD O/ P I/ P I/ P BM RC LA NG P/ N TS CL[...]

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    4 CD-RW Rew ritable CD. Rear Panel 1 3 4 AC I N P U T IN PUT OUT PUT RIGHT LEFT VI DEO S V ID E O A UDI O IN P UT SOURCE AC VO LT S DIGITA L INPUT COM P ON E N T VI DE O OU T P U T Y/ G P / B P / R BR 23 0V AC 2 7 6 5 1. Main Pow er Cord connecting socket To connect to the main power suppl y 2. AC M ain vo ltage selector Sets the voltag e input to [...]

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    5 7. Digital A udio Input To connect a audio digital signal from a CD play er to dupli cate an audio CD w ithout sound quality loss. Please note: The Audio Di g i tal Dupl i cate i s onl y avai l abl e w ith Audio CD-R due to copyri ght protection. Front Panel 8 9 10 17 18 19 22 20 24 21 Vid eo Di s k R eco r d er / CD DVD S-V CD/ VC D/ CD VDR-3000[...]

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    6 15. PBC Button Playback control button for commercially produced VCD’s 16. CD Tray To load discs into the unit 17. Display Panel (see separate illustration) Shows curr ent status of unit. 18. Eject Button To Open the CD Tray for l oading or removi ng CD 19. REC Button To start recording 20. REW Button To picture search backw ard throug h a trac[...]

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    7 Display Panel 1 2 3 6 7 8 9 REPEA T 1 TRK PB C A-B CD Supe r VCD 4 5 10 11 1. Infrared receiver Receiv es signals from the Infrared R emote Control H andset 2. DV on LED Indicates the DV source is selected 3. CD/Super/VCD Indicates the format of the loaded disk or the selected recordi ng format 4. Play Indicator Indicates that the disk is pl ayin[...]

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    8 Infrared Remote Control Handset 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 V D R - 3000 PL A Y LIST TIME MO DE DISPLA Y VI DEO BOOK MARK CLEAR RECALL TI ME S ET PA L/ NTSC LA NG AU DI O VI D EO ST EP PAUSE ST OP MUT E PO WE R 1234 5678 90 +10 CE REW PLA Y F .F ERASE STP REC PL TM OS D O/ P I/ P I/ P BM RC LAN G P/ N TS CL R E T U R N A / [...]

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    9 7. REPEAT B utton Offers repeat playback options. Pr ess once to repeat a singl e track, tw ice to repeat the entire disk or three times to turn r epeat function off . 8. DOWN Arrow Navi gates dow n through on scr een menu options. Also w ith on screen control s reduces the setting 9. PBC Button (Play back Control) Off e rs playback control optio[...]

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    10 22. PLA Y Button To start the disk playi ng 23. REW Button To picture search backw ards throug h a track. Sever al speeds are av ailable each press of the button will increase the speed 24. A udio Input Button To select the digital audio or analog audio input source 25. TS Button (Time Set) To jump to any point on a di sk enter the time in minut[...]

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    11 CONNECTIONS Connecting to a TV M onitor NOTE: While connecting please ensure that the VD R 3000 and all devi ces that you are connecting to are switched off. The VDR 3000 should be connected to the v i deo and audio i nputs of a TV M onitor . The TV Monitor may have a SC ART socket, PHONO (RC A) sockets or S-Vi deo socket. T V/ M oni t o r RL S [...]

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    12 Connecting an analog v ideo source NOTE: While connecting please ensure that the VD R 3000 and all devi ces that you are connecting to are switched off. T V/ M oni t o r RL S S e le c t s t h e A C in p u t r a n g e 115V A C o r 2 30V A C f o r V D R - 3000 Sel ects t he i nput s ou r ce t o V i de o So ur c e A udi o / V i deo An analog vi deo[...]

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    13 Connecting a DV video source (DV M odel only ) NOTE: Duri ng con nection pl ease ensure tha t the VD R 3000 and a ll devi ces that you are connecting are switched off. T V/ M oni t or RL S S e le c ts t h e A C i n p u t ra n g e 115V A C o r 230V A C f o r V D R -3 000 S e l e c t s t h e i n p u t so u r ce t o DV DV O u t DV I n DV IN/ OUT So[...]

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    14 Conn ecting a D igital Still Camera NOTE: While connecti ng please ensur e that the VD R 300 0 and al l devices t hat y ou are connecting to are switched off. TV / M o n it o r RL S S e le c ts t h e A C in p u t r a n g e 115V A C o r 230V A C f o r V D R - 3000 Sel ects t he input s ou r ce to V i de o Vi d e o Ou t Au d i o Ou t Di g i tal Ph[...]

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    15 Connecting to a Proj ecti on TV / Monitor w i th Component Video NOTE: While connecti ng please ensur e that the VD R 300 0 and al l devices t hat y ou are connecting to are switched off. The VDR 3000 should be connec ted to the c ompon ent R.G.B . or Y.U.V. v ideo and audi o inputs of a Projection TV / Monitor . R P R P B Y G B S e le c ts t h [...]

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    16 Connecting a Digi tal A udio CD Pl ay er (Opti onal ) NOTE: Duri ng connection please ensure that the VD R 3000 and all devic es that you are connecting are switched off. To H i - F i S y s t e m or T V/ M o n i t or Au d i o I n p u t Ja ck S e le c ts th e A C in p u t r a n g e 115V A C o r 230V A C f o r V D R -30 00 AU D I O C D OP T . Opt [...]

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    17 OPERA TION Sw itching on Once all cables ar e in place it is ok to power on the VDR-3000. Press the Pow er Butt on on the front o f the VDR 3000 or on t he r emote contr ol hands et, the display panel should li ght up and displ ay ” - - - -“ . Power on th e TV Mo nitor an d select t he cor rect A/V cha nnel, t he VDR 3 000 start- up screen w[...]

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    18 To return t o the prev ious track pr ess the P rev ious Button on t he VDR 3000 or r emote control handset If you w ish to s earch throug h a track duri ng pl ayback y ou can press th e F.F. B utton. There are several speeds a vailable and pressing the F.F. Button will cycle thro ugh to a faster fast forward speed. To search back throug h a trac[...]

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    19 2 The VDR 3000 will take a few moments to prepare th e disk for reco rding. If CD DVD , DVD- PHOTO, HQ-VCD , VCD or SVC D has been selected then once prepar ed the VDR 3000 start up screen w ill disappear and t he syste m will be ready to start recording . If CD-DA is selected the VDR 3000 start up screen will remain on the TV. Select the video [...]

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    20 After set up t he audi o/v ideo input and out put. Start the so urce mach ine play ing, i n the case of a video source the p icture w ill appear on th e TV screen. Fi nd the foot age th at you w ant to record to the disc and press the R ec. Button. On the TV screen “record” w ill appear in t he cor ner o f the screen a nd after a moment “r[...]

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    21 4 Play ing CD’s in y our PC : 1. T he PC auto pl ayer i s a MPEG-2 decoder , whic h requi res a larg e amount of PC resources. It is r ecommended that you cl ose all running applicati ons before inserting the autoplay di sk. 2. Insert your disk into y our CD- ROM dr ive. 3. It could take up to 30 seconds f or the disk to auto-play. Y our PC wi[...]

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    22 Play er Control Grabbing Fr ames fr om your CD to sav e or e-mail 1. Make sure the auto player i s running . 2. On the player control w indow there is a Frame Grab Icon (pi cture of a camera). 3. Once you have decided on a specific frame press the Fr ame Grab icon immediately . 4. A Save As window will appear, prompting for a file name. 5. Type [...]

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    23 A DVA NCED OPERA TION Colour correcting the video source before recording The VDR-3 000 h as a bui lt in a Digi tal Colo ur Pr ocessor th at is very useful for recordi n g a videodi sc from a low q uality vi deo source such as old VHS and Vi deo 8 tape. To make a cor rection to the v ideo sour ce, select t he vi deo form at for th e disc and the[...]

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    24 FA Q for the Datavideo Recorders Q1. Which CD-R and C D-R/W Disc are recommended f or use with the VDR-3000? CD-R Disc CD-R/W Disc Brand Speed Brand Speed CMC 1- 12X Acer 1-4X Datavi deo 1-12X CMC 1-4X FUJI 1-12X Datav ideo 1-4X LeadData 1-12X Megadata 1-4X Mitsubishi 1-12X Mitsubishi 1-4X Maxel l 1-12X Princo 1-4X Mitsui 1- 12X Ritek 1-4X Prodi[...]

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    25 DVD-Photo : MPEG-2 video compressi on format. Th e DVD-Photo disk can be played back on a DVD pl ayer which sup ports S- VCD for mat and ca n be play ed back by PC CD-ROM with the Datavideo auto PC player. DVD-Photo is full D1 resolu ti on (same a s DVD) but only available for still images or slo w motion video source s due to l ow da ta trans f[...]

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    26 Q9. Why do some recorded CD-R /W discs have mosaic v i deo or overlay v ideo effect af ter a few erase and re-w rite cy cles? It’s becaus e the eras e oper ation w as not c ompl eted; you may d ouble erase t he disc in VDR- 3000 to resolv e the problem. Q10. What is the righ t setting for Power M A C G4 or iMAC to output video to VDR- 1000/300[...]

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    27 Q15. Is there a wa y to get Window s Media Play er or any other editing program to recognize the "avseq01.dat" file created by the VDR-3000? The file name and extension of the raw mpeg file can be r enamed to a "*.mpg" ex tension. W indows M edia Play er is abl e to recogniz e this fo rmat. Note: This will only work w ith m p[...]

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    28 Q17. DVD Play ers that can play back CD-R , CD-R W Discs and CD-D VD SVCD HQ- VCD and VCD format video (For reference only ) DVD Model Capable of CD-R Play back Capable of CD-R/W Play back DVD play ers that can play back CD -DVD, HQ-VCD,SVCD,VCD Unless otherwise noted, VCD playback only is assummed Acer DVD-5150 Y es Yes CD -DVD , SVCD, HQ-VCD ,[...]

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    29 DVD Model Capable of CD-R Play back Capable of CD-R/W Play back DVD play ers that can play back CD -DVD, HQ-VCD,SVCD,VCD Unless otherwise noted, VCD playback only is assummed MICO A980 Yes Yes SVCD 、 HQ-VCD 、 VCD 、 MP3 Microboss MP3 Rock Yes Yes Micromeg a minium Yes Yes Oritron DVD 200 Yes Yes Panasonic A100 No Yes Panasonic A105 No Yes P[...]

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    30 DVD Model Capable of CD-R Play back Capable of CD-R/W Play back DVD play ers that can play back CD -DVD, HQ-VCD,SVCD,VCD Unless otherwise noted, VCD playback only is assummed Sampo DVE 560+ Yes Yes CdDVD, HQ-VC D, SVCD, VC D Sampo DVE-611 Yes Yes CdDVD, HQ-VC D, SVCD, VC D Sampo DVE-660 Yes Yes CdDVD, HQ-VC D, SVCD, VC D Samsung DVD608/611/709/7[...]

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    31 DVD Model Capable of CD-R Play back Capable of CD-R/W Play back DVD play ers that can play back CD -DVD, HQ-VCD,SVCD,VCD Unless otherwise noted, VCD playback only is assummed Toshiba SD2200 Yes Yes Toshiba SD3107 Yes No Toshiba SD3107e Yes ? ? ? ? Toshiba SD3109 No Yes Drops frames W hanedale DVD-750 Yes No Yamaha DVD S 795 No ? ? ?[...]

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    32 SPECIFICA TIONS:  Play bac k Disc Ty pe CDDVD /DVD-Phot o/ SVCD/HQ-VCD/ VCD/ Audio CD  Recorder Disc T ype CD-R, CD-R/W 650MB  Audio CD sampling rate 44.1KHz, 16bit CD q uality  Video f o r m at CCIR601 NT SC and PAL  CDDVD NTSC 704x480 at 30fps PAL 704x576 at 25fps Bit rate at 4. 8Mb/sec  DVD-Photo NTSC 704x480 at 30fps PAL 70[...]

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    33 Personal Computer Play erback M inimum Sy stem Requirements: MMX-enhanc e d CPU (Intel® Pentium MMX , Pentium II, Celeron, Pentium III, AMD® K6- 2, K6-3, Athlon, etc.), Windows® 95/98/NT/2000 with DirectShow® installed (for Window s® NT 4.0 and Window s® 95 download DXMedia® Runtime here ). 32 MB RAM VGA card Datavideo does not guarantee [...]