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    D V D R e c o r d e r / V C R NS-DR VCR Us er G ui de[...]

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    www.insignia-produc ts.com 1 We l c o m e Congratulation s on your purc hase of th is high-qu ality Insig nia produc t. Y our NS-DRVCR D VD Recorde r/VCR repr esents the s tate of the ar t in D VD/VCR record ers and is desi gned for reliable and trouble-free pe rformanc e. Contents Impor tan t Safeguards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    2 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/VC R www.insignia-produc ts.com • Accessor ies –Do not plac e your recorder o n an unstable car t, stand, t ripo d, bracket, or table . Y our recorder ma y f all, caus ing ser iou s injur y to someone and se rio us damage to your recorder . Use only with a car t , stand , trip od, brack et, or table recommend ed by the m[...]

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    3 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/V CR www.insignia-produc ts.com • If your reco rder does n ot operat e nor mally by following the operating ins tr uctio ns. Adjust o nly thos e contro ls that ar e cov ered by the operating instr uct ions, because inco rrect a djustment of othe r control s may result i n dama ge and often requires extensive w o rk b y a q[...]

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    4 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/VC R www.insignia-produc ts.com Pla y able disc s Regional code Y our recor der has a regiona l code pr in ted on the bac k of the cas e. Y our re corder can pla y only D VDs lab eled with the sam e regional code o r ALL . Restrictions on video recor ding • Y ou cannot reco rd copy-protec ted video using your recorder. Cop[...]

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    5 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/V CR www.insignia-produc ts.com CPRM copy pr otection CPRM is a copy protection sy stem (with scramble syste m) only allowing the record ing of ‘copy once’ broa dcast programs. CPRM s tands f or Content Pr otection f or R ecordable Me dia. Y our recorde r is CPR M compati b l e, which means that you ca n record co p y-on[...]

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    6 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/VC R www.insignia-produc ts.com Controls and connections Fr ont panel 3 4 2 1 5 6 17 16 15 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 1 3 Item Description Function 1D i s c t r a y ( D V D deck ) Place a dis c on the tra y when it opens . 2 DV D butto n Press to ope n or close th e disc tra y . 3 Casset te compartment (VCR deck) Insert the video c a[...]

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    7 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/V CR www.insignia-produc ts.com Back panel 17 VIDE O/A UDIO Connec t the audio/vide o output of an e xter nal so urce (such as an audio system, TV , monitor , VCR, or camc order) to these ja ck s. Item Description Function 1 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Item Description Function 1 ANT . IN Conne ct the antenna c able to this ja ck.[...]

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    8 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/VC R www.insignia-produc ts.com Remote control Item Button Function 1 PO WER Press to tur n your recorder on or of f. 2 VCR Press to change the re corder’ s functio n mode to VCR. 3 EJECT/OPEN/ CLOSE Pres s to op en an d clos e th e disc tr ay or to eject the tape from the VCR. 4 TV con trol Pres s to con trol your T V ’[...]

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    9 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/V CR www.insignia-produc ts.com Setting up y our reco r der Unpac king and setup Y our car ton shou ld co ntain: • D VD/VC R recorder •U s e r G u i d e • Remote con tr ol uni t • Video cable • A udi o cable • Batter ies (2) If you need to r eplace a ny of these items, call our help line men tio ned in the Warran[...]

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    10 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/VC R www.insignia-produc ts.com T o connect the recorder to an antenna : • Disconn ect the ant enna from the back of the TV and i dentify t he anten na cable. If your antenna cable is a round 7 5 ohm coaxial cable, connect i t direc tly to the jack marked ANT . IN on your r ecorder . - OR - If your antenna cable is flat, [...]

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    11 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/V CR www.insignia-produc ts.com Connecting to an amplifier T o connect two-channel analog stereo or Dolb y Pro Logic I I/Pro Logic : • Connect th e Left and Ri ght A UDIO OUT (or A V A UDI O OUT) jacks on the recorde r to the audio left and r igh t in jacks on your amplifie r , receiver , or st ereo sys tem us ing the au [...]

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    12 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/VC R www.insignia-produc ts.com Connecting a digital camcor der • Use a D V cable (not s upplied) to connect th e D V in/ou t jack of your D V digit al c amcorde r to the front panel D V IN ja ck of your record er . Remote control batteries The rem ote contr ol requ ires two AA A (RO3) batter ies (n ot includ ed). We reco[...]

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    13 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/V CR www.insignia-produc ts.com 4 Select Au t o or Manual to se t the c lock, then press ENT ER . Au t o • Press / to choos e your Time Zone. • Press to choose the Daylight Savings opti on. Pres s / to choos e A uto , O N, or OFF . • Press EN TER to confi r m your setting. Manual • Enter the nece ssar y i nformation[...]

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    14 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/VC R www.insignia-produc ts.com P AUSE ( ) Press to pause play back. All Pres s repe ated ly to play frame- by-fra me. Note: Y ou can also u se the / b uttons to s tep bac kward or f orward whi le in P A USE mode. BA CKW ARD () FOR W ARD () During pl aybac k, pres s repeated ly to selec t the scan speed (ei the r backward o[...]

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    15 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/V CR www.insignia-produc ts.com Acces sing the settings menus F rom the Home Menu screen you ca n access a ll pla yback and record ing opt ions. T o use t he Home menu: 1 Press HOME . The Home menu opens. 2 Press / (left/r ight) to select the main option you w a nt. 3 Press / ( up/down) to se lect t he sub option you w ant,[...]

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    16 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/VC R www.insignia-produc ts.com The on-screen display Some D VDs re quire s pecif ic oper ation or allo w only li mited opera tion dur ing pl aybac k . When this occurs, is displayed, action pr ohibited o r not av ailab le . Displaying inf ormation while watc hing TV While watchi ng TV , pr ess DISPLA Y to displ ay or remov[...]

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    17 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/V CR www.insignia-produc ts.com Displaying disc informat ion on scr een Y ou can di splay various i nforma tion about the disc or ta pe loa ded on sc reen. So me item s can be change d usi ng the menu. T o display disc i nf or mation o n scree n: 1 Press DISPLA Y once to s how curren t status. Example : D VD-RW in VR mo de [...]

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    18 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/VC R www.insignia-produc ts.com Last scene me mory Y our recor der memo rizes last sc ene from the last disc tha t is viewed. The last scene r emains in memor y ev en if you remove the disc from the recorder or s w itch off the recorder. If you load a disc th at has th e scene memor ized, the scene i s automa tically recall[...]

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    19 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/V CR www.insignia-produc ts.com T o play an audio CD or MP3/WMA files: 1 Press HOME . The Home menu opens. 2 Select Music , DISC , then pr ess ENTE R . The A udi o CD or Musi c menu opens. 3 Press / to se lect a track or fi le, then press PL A Y ( ). Pla yback star ts. Y ou can us e variable playback functions as descri bed[...]

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    20 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/VC R www.insignia-produc ts.com Photo menu options T o select the photo menu options: 1 Press / / to selec t a file, then press ENT ER . The me nu options ap pear . 2 Press / to select an opti on, then press ENTE R to co nfir m your se lection. • Open —Opens the folder , and a list of fi les in the f olde r appear s. ?[...]

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    21 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/V CR www.insignia-produc ts.com Recor ding fr om a TV F ollow the se instr uctions to recor d a TV program. Recor ding star ts imm ediately and continues until the disc or tap e is ful l or you s top the reco rdin g. T o record from a TV : 1 T ur n o n the rec order , selec t the rec ording de vi ce (VC R or D VD) f or reco[...]

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    22 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/VC R www.insignia-produc ts.com 3 Select NEW , then pr ess ENTER . The Timer Record menu opens. 4 Enter the nece ssar y i nformat ion for your timer r ecording( s). Press / (left/r igh t) to mov e th e cursor left or r ight, and pres s / (up/down) to c hange the settin g at the cur rent cur sor pos ition. • Media – Ch o[...]

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    23 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/V CR www.insignia-produc ts.com T o dub from D V D to VCR: 1 Inser t a blank VHS v ideotape i nto the VCR deck. 2 Inser t the disc you want to copy in the D VD deck and close the disc tra y . 3 Find the place on the D VD (or disc) fr om which you want to star t dubbin g using PLA Y , FF , REW , and PA U S E . For best re su[...]

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    24 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/VC R www.insignia-produc ts.com Recording fr om D V Input Bef ore D V dubbing Y ou can c onnect a D V -equipped camcor der to your recorder using a s ingle D V cable for input and output of audi o , vide o , data, a nd contr ol sign als. • Y our rec order is only compat ible with D V -f or mat (D VC-SD , D V25) camcorde r[...]

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    25 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/V CR www.insignia-produc ts.com T o use the Title List menu: 1 If the D VD i s playing, press S T OP ( ). 2 Press DIS C MENU/LIST to open the TITLE LIST menu. Playback should be stopp ed when yo u do thi s. • When sel ecting titl es, press t he / buttons to display the pr e vious /next page if there are more than six ti t[...]

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    26 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/VC R www.insignia-produc ts.com VR Mode: Origina l and playlist editing Titles, chapter s, and par ts Titles i n the d isc’ s or igi nal con tent con tain one or more ch apters. Whe n you inser t a disc ’ s title i nto the playlist, all t he chapter s within th at title al so appear . In other words, chap ters in the pl[...]

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    27 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/V CR www.insignia-produc ts.com Deleting an origina l or playlist title or chapter When you erase a ti tle or cha pter from the Playlist menu, you only re mov e it fr om the pla y list. The tit le or ch apter remai ns in the ori gin al menu. If you choose to delete a ti tle or ch apter fro m the ori ginal (t itle or c hapte[...]

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    28 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/VC R www.insignia-produc ts.com Time searching Y ou can s elect the star t point of th e title. T o select the s tar ting p oint of th e title: 1 Press / / to cho ose a titl e on the TITLE LIST menu, then pr ess EN TER . The options a ppear on the lef t side of t he menu. 2 Select Sear ch, Ti me , then pr ess ENTER . The Ti[...]

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    29 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/V CR www.insignia-produc ts.com Combining two c hapters into one Use this fun ction to c ombine two ad jacen t chapt ers into one. T o combine two chapter s int o one: 1 On the Chapter L ist menu, select the second chapter of the two chap ters you want to combine, then press ENTE R . The menu options a ppear on the lef t si[...]

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    30 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/VC R www.insignia-produc ts.com Referenc e Controlling y our TV with the supplied universal remote contr ol Y ou can c ontrol the sound level, input so urce, and power switch of your LG TV wit h the supplie d universa l remote contr ol. Y ou can c ontrol your TV usi ng the following buttons. Controlling other TVs with the u[...]

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    31 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/V CR www.insignia-produc ts.com Language code list Use this list to i nput your desir ed langu age for the following init ial settings : Disc Audio, Disc Subtitle, Disc Menu. Area code list Choose an area code fro m this li st. Language Code # L anguage Code # Abkhazian 6566 Lingala 7678 Afar 6565 Lithuania n 7684 Afrikaans[...]

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    32 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/VC R www.insignia-produc ts.com T roubleshooti ng Use the following che ck list for troubleshooting when yo u h av e prob lems w ith y our re corder . Consult your lo cal de aler or s er vice o utlet if problems per sist. Make sure tha t all co nnections are corr ectly ma de when us ing with o ther de vices . Islands HM Sri[...]

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    33 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/V CR www.insignia-produc ts.com Maintenance Care and handling of discs Handling discs Do not touc h the playback side of the d isc. Hold the disc by the edge s so that finger p rin ts do n ot get on the s urface. Ne ver stick paper or ta pe on the disc. Storing d iscs After pl a ying, store the disc in i ts case. Do no t ex[...]

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    34 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/VC R www.insignia-produc ts.com Specifications General P ower requir ements AC 120V , 60 Hz P ower co nsumptio n 27W Dimensi ons (approx.) 16.9 × 3.1 × 13. 9 in. (w × h × d) (430 × 78.5 × 354 mm) Mass (app rox.) 14.96 lbs (6.8 kg ) Operating temperature 41°F to 95° F (5°C to 3 5°C) Operating humidity 5% to 90% Sig[...]

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    35 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/V CR www.insignia-produc ts.com Limited warranty Insignia Produc ts warrants to you, the orig inal purchaser of this Product , that thi s produ ct sh all be free o f defects in mater ial o r workma nship for a per iod of thr ee hun dred sixty five (365) days from the d ate of pur chase as follows: 1 LABOR : Dur ing the Warr[...]

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    36 NS-DRVCR DVD Recorder/VC R www.insignia-produc ts.com[...]

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    Distributed b y Insignia™ Products 7601 P enn A venue South, Richfield, MN USA 55423-3645 www .Insignia-Products.com © 200 6 Ins ig nia ™ Pro duc ts Al l r igh ts re se rve d. A ll ot her pr od uct s and b ran d nam es ar etr ade mar ks of th eir r esp ec tiv e o wne rs .[...]