SHARP DVHR400
Owner's Manual

Dubbing (HDD/DVD)
Rate Conversion Dubbing and High Speed Dubbing Rate Conversion Dubbing
Plays back titles of HDD and dubs to DVD-RW/R or plays back titles of DVD-RW/R and dubs to HDD. � Picture quality (recording mode) for dubbing can be selected. You can select among 32 levels of recording modes so it is convenient when you want to fit the programmes into one disc. � You can select among 32 levels of recording mode by using Manual setting but picture quality will not exceed that of the original. � To do Rate Conversion Dubbing, it takes as long as the original recording time of the source title.

Notes on High Speed Dubbing from HDD to DVD (Video mode)

� During High Speed Dubbing, you cannot monitor the programme being dubbed on the TV screen. (You can only watch live broadcast.) � Do not interrupt the High Speed Dubbing. If you stop in the middle of process, the recorded title might be erased. � You cannot High Speed Dub a Playlist to a Video format disc.

Notes on High Speed Dubbing from DVD to HDD
� Titles recorded on DVD with a DVD recorder of another manufacturer than Sharp may not be used for High Speed Dubbing. If such a title emerges during the process, the dubbing stops and the remaining titles will not be dubbed. � High-Speed Dubbing from DVD-R or DVD-RW (Video format) to the HDD is not possible.

Notes on Rate Conversion Dubbing
� �Dolby Virtual Surround� (page 78) is set to �OFF� when Rate Conversion Dubbing is used. � �DVD AUDIO OUT LEVEL� (page 112) is set to �NO� when Rate Conversion Dubbing is used. � The image might look longer vertically when you dub 16:9 image from HDD to DVD-RW/R (Video mode) using Rate Conversion Dubbing. In such a case, see the Operation Manual of the TV and adjust TV setting. � When dubbing a bilingual broadcast that was recorded with �HI SP DUB SETTING� as �NO� (page 104), the �L CH� and �R CH� audio are heard mixed together. In such a case, it is not possible to switch between �L CH� and �R CH� audio. � Chapter markers might slightly shift when dubbed using Rate Conversion Dubbing. � You cannot record 16:9 (wide) and 4:3 (normal) screen size images in one title, in order to perform High Speed Dubbing. � When the screen size of the title changes during High Speed Dubbing, the Recorder continues to dub in the initial screen size.

Setting High Speed Dubbing Priority
� To perform High Speed Dubbing from HDD to DVD, you should in advance set �HI SP DUB SETTING� as �YES� and record the source title on HDD. This function enables High Speed Dubbing in both VR mode and Video mode. � If a title is recorded with �HI SP DUB SETTING� set to �NO�, you cannot perform High Speed Dubbing to DVDRW in Video mode and to DVD-R. � In order to perform High Speed Dubbing to DVD-RW in VR format, you do not have to set this as �YES�. � Cancel High Speed Dubbing Priority when you want to edit frames of titles recorded to HDD using High Speed Dubbing. You can edit the frames after the cancellation. � Once you cancel the High Speed Dubbing Priority to a title, you cannot set it again for that title. � When you record a programme with bilingual broadcast with �HI SP DUB SETTING� set to �YES�, either �L CH� or �R CH� audio which is selected in �BILINGUAL SETTING� (page 104) is recorded. You cannot record both L and R channels. � When recording 16:9 size image in LP, EP or MN1-17 recording modes with �HI SP DUB SETTING� set as �YES�, the image will be recorded as 4:3 (squeezed).

High Speed Dubbing
Copies titles recorded on HDD or DVD without degradation in image quality and recording time, as if copying data with PC. There are two options for High Speed Dubbing: Max. 48x and Max. 12x. NOTE � When you select High Speed Dubbing Up To 48x, the dubbing speed goes up to 8x (48x as converted into EP)*1. Therefore, the amount of operating noise increases, but this is not due to a malfunction. When you select High Speed Dubbing Up To 12x, the dubbing speed goes up to 2x (12x as converted into EP). *1 When using an 8x disc. � When you feel that the operating noise is a nuisance (e.g, late at night), select High-speed dubbing (Up To 12x) or Rate Conversion Dubbing. � The time required for High Speed Dubbing varies according to the recording mode of title (programme) to dub or type of disc you use. � When a new (unused) 2x or 4x compatible DVD-RW disc is initialised with another DVD recorder, dubbing may be performed at 1x speed even when High Speed Dubbing is selected. � If you perform High Speed Dubbing of a �Copy Once� enabled programme, dubbing will not be done at 2x- or 4x-speed even if you use a 2x- or 4x- compatible disc.

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