Rosen Entertainment Systems RVR 2000 manual

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    Digital V ideo Recording and Pla yback System O wner's Manual[...]

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    NOTICE OF INTENDED USE Rosen Entertainment Systems are designed to enable viewing of video ONL Y for rear-seat occupants, and are not intended for viewing by the driver when used in an automobile. Such use might distract the driver or interfere with the driver ’ s safe operation of the vehicle, and thus result in serious injury or death. Such use[...]

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    T able of Contents Notices ....................................................................................................................... ....... .......................................................................... 3 Introduction .........................................................................................................[...]

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    Rosen DVR Owner ’s Manual 6 INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of a Rosen Entertainment Systems Digital V ideo Recording and Playback System (DVR)! Here’ s a list of some things you can do with your system: • Record DVD movies manually or automatically from your in-vehicle T10/T12 DVD all-in-one overhead system. • Record movies o[...]

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    Rosen Entertainment Systems T o Open the DVR Door and Install the DVR: Slide the DVR latch to the left to release the door . Place the DVR inside the door slot with the Rosen logo facing downward and the connection jack pointing upward towards the unit. Slide the DVR into the door slot, making sure that it is fl ush with the bottom of the door and[...]

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    8 Rosen DVR Owner ’s Manual DVR IN THE HOME DOCKING ST A TION Connecting the DVR home docking station to your TV and video source: The DVR does not have a built-in TV tuner . Instead it makes use of the tuner built into your TV . T o record programming, you must connect the DVR to your TV . Connect the docking station’ s “A V IN” audio/vide[...]

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    9 Rosen Entertainment Systems T o allow viewing of video content from the DVR, you must also connect the docking station’ s “A V OUT” audio/video jacks using the supplied RCA cables to one of the available source inputs of your TV . If your TV does not support composite audio inputs, you can use a composite audio/video to coaxial con- verter [...]

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    10 Rosen DVR Owner ’s Manual DVR DOCK CONTROL P ANEL BUTTONS 1 Power Press this button to turn the DVR on. The power LED backlight on the dock should change from red to blue when the system comes on. Press and hold the POWER button for 2 seconds to shut the system of f. W ait until the DVR powers down com- pletely before removing it. Premature re[...]

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    11 Rosen Entertainment Systems 5 Record (REC) Use this button to start and toggle between the available recording options. The fi rst press will begin recording in “Continuous” mode indicated by all three of the 30, 60, and 90 LEDs being lit. A second press will change it to 30 minute timed recording with only the 30 LED lit. A third press wil[...]

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    12 Rosen DVR Owner ’s Manual USING THE DVR REMOTE CONTROL Y ou can use the remote control to operate the system and access the features not available on the front panel. For defi ni- tions of the remote control’ s specifi c button functions, please see pages 13-14. 1. Power 15. Navigate Right 2. Pause 16. Setup 3. Stop 17. Files 4. Play 18. N[...]

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    13 Rosen Entertainment Systems DVR REMOTE CONTROL BUTTON FUNCTIONS 1 Power Press this button to turn the DVR on. The power LED backlight on the dock should change from red to blue when the system comes on. Press the POWER button to shut the system of f. W ait until the DVR powers down completely before removing it. Premature removal of the DVR prio[...]

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    14 Rosen DVR Owner ’s Manual 12 Menu This button will directly bring up the main root menu. Note: This button does not work during fi le record or play- back. 14 Enter Use this to confi rm an action or selected fi le. 16 Setup This button will directly bring up the SETTINGS menu. 17 Files This button will directly bring up the FILE MANAGER men[...]

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    15 Rosen Entertainment Systems DVR IN THE PC • Connecting the DVR to a PC The DVR can be connected to the PC using the supplied USB cable. T wo USB ports are required in order to supply suffi cient power to the DVR’ s hard drive as well as enable a communica- tion link between the DVR and the PC. The DVR will appear as a hard disk drive on a P[...]

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    16 Rosen DVR Owner ’s Manual USING THE T10/T12 REMOTE CONTROL Y ou can use the remote control to operate the system and access to features not available on the front panel. The unit has two infrared sensors to receive signals from the remote. One is built into the control panel and the other faces forward in the vehicle, for use from the front se[...]

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    17 Rosen Entertainment Systems ROSEN USER INTERF ACE (RUI) MENU The DVR source is supported by the Rosen User Interface (RUI). T o bring up the RUI for the DVR, while in the DVR source, press the SYSTEM MENU button on the remote, highlight the “SourceCtrl” option and press ENTER. The DVR’ s RUI can be used to play and pause the internal DVD f[...]

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    18 Rosen DVR Owner ’s Manual DVR MANUAL RECORDING Manual recording to the DVR is only allowed for recording and archiving of DVDs which you own. There are three available quality modes for recording as well as four dif ferent record dura- tions. The three quality modes are BEST , BETTER, and GOOD. Depending on the output fi le format set by the [...]

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    19 Rosen Entertainment Systems DVR AUT O-RECORDING Auto-recording to the DVR is only allowed for recording and archiving of DVDs which you own. There are three available quality modes for auto-recording. Auto-record allows you to record an entire DVD movie without having to monitor its prog- ress or manually control the DVR. Auto-recording is disab[...]

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    20 Rosen DVR Owner ’s Manual Where are my Recorded Files? Depending on the type of recording the fi les will end up in different places in the DVR hard disc drive. Manually recorded content will be placed in the main folder “my_video” as “avi” fi les with a generically numbered fi le name. The fi le name can be changed by entering the[...]

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    21 Rosen Entertainment Systems TYPICAL CONNECTION: TV , DVD, PLA YER, DOCK 1. T ypical connection TV , Dock and DVD 3. T ypical connection DVD output to DVR input 2. T ypical connection DVR output to TV input 4. DVR to PC connection Plug the dual USB-B mini to the DVR Plug the dual USB-A male ends to two available USB 1.1 or 2.0 ports on the PC[...]

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    22 Rosen DVR Owner ’s Manual CONNECTION DIAGRAM: SYSTEM WITH AN A V SOURCE The A V Source can be any one of the following as long as it supports a minimum of two A V outputs, so that one can be routed to the DVR and one routed to the TV for non-DVR use. • Satellite Receiver • Cable Box • DVD Player • DVD Recorder • VCR • T iVO • A V[...]

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    23 Rosen Entertainment Systems RECORD MODE This confi guration will allow for recording of any TV output, including TV broadcasts. However , the DVR menu and video playback cannot be accessed in this confi guration, it is only intended for recording using the dock control panel buttons. PLA YBACK MODE This confi guration will allow for playback [...]

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    24 Rosen DVR Owner ’s Manual F AQ / TROUBLESHOOTING Note: Before contacting customer support please review the following Frequently Asked Questions. What if my DVR has the error message “HDD Not Found?” This message normally indicates that the DVR’ s processor cannot fi nd the hard disc drive that holds all of the media, either due to dama[...]

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    25 Rosen Entertainment Systems What if my DVR does not respond to dock or T10/T12 series overhead unit commands? Ensure that the DVR is properly inserted into the home docking station or T10/T12. In addition, ensure that the DVR is not busy (indicator light on DVR is RED when busy). Also ensure that the DVR is not overheated, if it is allow it to c[...]

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    26 Rosen DVR Owner ’s Manual What if my DVR does not show the output of a source I’m trying to record? If the source that is fed into the DVR is not showing up in the Record menu of the DVR ensure that all cables are properly plugged in and that the source is playing normally . 1. Home Dock ONL Y : Ensure all cables are properly plugged in and [...]

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    28 Rosen DVR Owner ’s Manual RES PN 9101043 Rev A © 2006 Rosen Entertainment Systems www .rosenentertainment.com All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval sytem or transmitted in any form, electronic, mechanical, recording or other means without prior written permission from Rosen.[...]