Philips ShowView DVDR612 User Manual

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1 3139 246 13454 DVD Recorder DVDR610 DVDR615 DVDR616 User manual Visit us at www.p4c.philips.com for service support Make your own DVD 1DVDR6xx_Eng00_13454c 9/28/04, 1:24 PM1 ...

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SCART IN AUDIO VIDEO S-VIDEO OUT IN ANTENNA IN ANTENNA OUT DIGITAL AUDIO OUT COAXIAL AUDIO VIDEO (CVBS) S-VIDEO (Y/C) AUDIO / VIDEO OUT TO TV - I/O AUX - I/O EXT2 EXT1 ANTENNA TV MAINS AUDIO VIDEO S-VIDEO OUT IN AUX - I/O EXT2 L R L R TV (back panel...

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HELPFUL HINT: To record from Cable Box's channel to your DVD recorder, you have to select the channel from the Cable Box directly. In this case, ShowView/Video Plus+ programme recording is not possible. SCART OUT / TO TV Cable TV signal ANTEN...

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2 3139 246 13454 CAUTION Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure or other unsafe operation. Important notes for users in the U.K. Mains plug This apparatus is fitted wit...

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3 3139 246 13454 CAUTION VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN AVOID EXPOSURE TO BEAM ADVARSEL SYNLIG OG USYNLIG LASERSTRÅLING VED ÅBNING UNDGÅ UDSÆTTELSE FOR STRÅLING VARNING SYNLIG OCH OSYNLIG LASERSTRÅLNING NÄR DENNA DEL ÄR ÖPP...

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4 English 3139 246 13454 Notes 1DVDR6xx_Eng00_13454c 9/28/04, 1:25 PM4 ...

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5 English 3139 246 13454 Special Functions Using the ‘Digital Photo Manager’, you can view and modify JPEG pictures from a Picture CD, DVD, or a CD ROM. You can create slide shows and play them on a DVD player (for DVDR615 and DVDR616 only). This...

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6 English 3139 246 13454 Table of Contents Special Functions ................................... 5 Care and Safety Information Setup .............................................................. 8 Cleaning discs.........................................

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7 English 3139 246 13454 Table of Contents Recording Discs for recording ................................... 36 Recording settings..................................... 36 Recording mode ........................................... 37 Recording languag...

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8 English 3139 246 13454 CAUTION! High voltage! Do not open. You run the risk of getting an electric shock. The machine does not contain any user-serviceable parts. Please leave all maintenance work to qualified personnel. Setup Finding a suitable ...

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9 English 3139 246 13454 General Information ALL 2 Introduction Your Philips DVD recorder allows you to record the TV programmes or duplicate camcorder recordings to a DVD+RW or DVD+R and play pre-recorded DVDs. The recordings you make on the Recorde...

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10 English 3139 246 13454 General The necessary cable connections must be made before you can record or playback TV programmes using your DVD recorder. Selecting a suitable connection to your TV When you install your DVD recorder for the first time, ...

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11 English 3139 246 13454 Connecting to TV (cont’d) The scart or Euro AV cable serves as the universal connector for picture, sound and control signals. With this type of connection, there is practically no loss of quality in picture or sound tran...

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12 English 3139 246 13454 This connecting cable, also known as the SVHS cable, is used to transmit the brightness signal (Y signal) and colour signal (C signal) separately. This mini DIN socket is also called a Hosiden jack. Have the following cable...

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13 English 3139 246 13454 This cable, usually featuring yellow cinch plugs, is used for transmitting the Composite Video signal (FBAS, CVBS). In this method of transmission, the colour signal and the brightness signal are transmitted on the same cab...

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14 English 3139 246 13454 Connecting to Additional Devices You can connect a video cassette recorder (VCR), DVD player, decoder, satellite receiver or cable box to EXT 2 AUX-I/O socket at the back of the DVD recorder. When playback is started on this...

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15 English 3139 246 13454 Connecting a camcorder to the front sockets Connecting Additional Devices (cont’d) CH- CH+ S-VIDEO OUT L R VIDEO OUT OR AUDIO OUT 1 2 CH- CH+ DV OUT You can use the front sockets to copy camcorder recordings. These socket...

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16 English 3139 246 13454 Connecting to Additional Devices (cont’d) Using analogue audio output sockets STEREO AUDIO IN L R Using digital audio output socket DIGITAL IN You can connect the DVD recorder to a two channel stereo system or receiver in ...

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17 English 3139 246 13454 Sockets behind the flap Flip down the door as indicated by the OPEN 2 label at the right hand corner. 0 S-VIDEO – S-video input for SVHS/Hi8 camcorders or SVHS/Hi8 video recorders (input channel number 'CAM 1'). ...

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18 English 3139 246 13454 Remote Control 1 STANDBY-ON 2 – Turn on or off the DVD recorder. 2 TIMER – Access or exit the timer recording menu. 3 SYSTEM-MENU – Access or exit the system menu. CH- CH+ 4 1 2: Cursor buttons for moving to the left o...

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19 English 3139 246 13454 Remote Control (cont’d) # Alphanumeric keypad – Enter numbers or letters in appropriate entry fields. – Select a chapter/track number to play. – Select a TV channel while in internal tuner mode. $ BROWSER – Display...

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20 English 3139 246 13454 Inserting Batteries 1 3 2 1 Open the battery compartment. 2 Insert two batteries type R06 or AA, following the indications (+-) inside the compartment. 3 Close the cover. Caution! – Remove batteries if they are e...

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21 English 3139 246 13454 6 Press 4 to select { Done } and press OK to confirm. ➜ The { TV Format } menu appears on the TV. TV FORMAT Select your TV format TV Format Done 4:3 Panscan 4:3 Letterbox 16:9 7 Select { TV Format } and press 2. 8 Pres...

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22 English 3139 246 13454 Note: Make sure you have successfully made all the required connections to the DVD recorder, the TV and Satellite Receiver/Cable Box (if any) and switched them on. The automatic channel search will detect the signals and s...

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23 English 3139 246 13454 Installing the DVD Recorder (cont’d) TV channel programming Although the DVD recorder selects available TV channels during first installation, you may want to repeat the process later if more channels become available in y...

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24 English 3139 246 13454 Installing the DVD Recorder (cont’d) 7 Use the TV’s remote control to select programme number {2} on the TV set. Then, press OK on the DVD recorder’s remote control. 8 Repeat the above steps again until you have assign...

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25 English 3139 246 13454 Installing the DVD Recorder (cont’d) Setting favourite TV channels You can set your favourite TV channels for quick access by using the channel up/ down button on the remote control. 1 Press SYSTEM-MENU. ➜ The system men...

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26 English 3139 246 13454 Installing the DVD Recorder (cont’d) 7 Press 4 to select { Preset } and press 2 to confirm. Use the alphanumeric keypad 0-9 to enter the preset number for the channel to store (e.g., '01'), then press the matchin...

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27 English 3139 246 13454 Fine tuning the TV channels Decoder DVD-VIDEO-TITLE 04|CO1 Analogue Ch. STOP Set-up TV system Nicam Fine Tune To improve the sound transmission of the TV channel NICAM is a digital sound transmission system. Using NICAM, yo...

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28 English 3139 246 13454 Setting the language You can select the language for subtitles and audio for DVD playback. For some DVDs, the subtitle/audio language can only be changed via the DVD disc menu. If the selected language is not available on ...

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29 English 3139 246 13454 Playback IMPORTANT! – If the inhibit icon (XError) appears on the TV screen when a button is pressed, it means the function is not available on the current disc or at the current time. – DVD discs and players are designe...

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30 English 3139 246 13454 Playback (cont’d) Starting disc playback ● If a dialogue appears on the TV showing : { Do you want to access the disc content ?}. ➜ Select { Ye s } to show the disc content menu (see page 50 “Browsing the discs”)...

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31 English 3139 246 13454 Playback (cont’d) Playing a picture disc (slide show) You can display JPEG pictures in the selected roll automatically one after the other at adjustable intervals. 1 Insert a JPEG picture disc (CD, DVD+RW, DVD+R). If the p...

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32 English 3139 246 13454 Using Toolbar options 1 Press SYSTEM-MENU on the remote control. ➜ The system menu appears on the TV. 2 At { Toolbar }, press 2 to select { Options }. DVD-VIDEO-TITLE 04|CO1 [PLAY] [EDIT] [OK] = PLAY Options STOP Toolbar ...

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33 English 3139 246 13454 Zooming in This option allows you to enlarge the picture on the TV screen and to pan through the enlarged picture. 1 Press 4 to select { Zoom } and press 2 to enter zoom in mode. ➜ The zoom status bar appears and displays ...

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34 English 3139 246 13454 Changing to another title/ chapter/track When a disc contains more than one track, title or chapter, you can change to a different track, title or chapter as follows. During playback, ● Press § to go to the next title/cha...

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35 English 3139 246 13454 Selecting various play mode Repeat play You can select a Chapter, Track, Title or the entire disc for repeat playback. 1 Press Yellow button { REPEAT } repeatedly on the remote control to select one of the repeat options. �...

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36 English 3139 246 13454 Discs for recording Two different formats of DVD recordable discs can be used with this DVD recorder: DVD+RW (DVD ‘plus’ Rewritable) – Discs are re-writable can be used for multiple recordings once existing data is era...

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37 English 3139 246 13454 Recording mode The recording mode defines the picture quality of recordings and the maximum recording time for a disc. During playback, the correct picture quality will automatically be selected. This function can also be a...

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38 English 3139 246 13454 Direct record function To enable direct recording from your TV set, make sure that the direct record mode is turned on. See page 40 “Direct Recording” for more information. 1 Press 4 to select { Direct record } and pres...

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39 English 3139 246 13454 6 To stop the recording, press STOP 9. ➜ ‘MENU UPDATE’ or ‘CREATE MENU’ appears on the display panel to indicate that the DVD recorder is writing the list of contents. Wait until the message disappears before remo...

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40 English 3139 246 13454 Direct recording The Direct Record function allows you to record the TV programme which you are currently watching when the DVD recorder is turned off. 1 Turn on the { Direct record } mode in the recording setting (see page ...

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41 English 3139 246 13454 Introduction Use 'Timer Recording’ to automatically start and stop a recording at a later date/ time. The DVD recorder will tune to the right programme number and begin recording at the specified time. With this DVD ...

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42 English 3139 246 13454 { Repeat } – Select {Weekly}, {Once} or {Mon-Fri} (Monday to Friday) recordings and press OK to confirm. { Record mode } – Select a record mode and press OK to confirm. See pages 36~37 “Recording settings - Recording ...

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43 English 3139 246 13454 Programming recordings with the ShowView ® System With this programming system, you only need to enter the ShowView ® programme number as all the information needed by the DVD recorder for programming is contained in the ...

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44 English 3139 246 13454 Changing a programmed recording 1 Turn on the TV power. Select the correct Video In channel at the TV. 2 Press TIMER on the remote control. ➜ The timer overview appears. TIMER 11.55 TIMER OVERVIEW ...

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45 English 3139 246 13454 About editing You can change disc contents and settings for a recorded DVD+RW or unfinalised DVD+R from the edit menu screen. Photo editing is limited to edit the information on a roll or album. These editing changes are av...

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46 English 3139 246 13454 Changing the disc/title name 1 Insert a recorded DVD+RW or an unfinalised DVD+R. ➜ The Index Picture screen or disc content menu appears on the TV. 2 Press EDIT on the remote control. ➜ The edit menu appears. 3 Press 3 4...

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47 English 3139 246 13454 Editing/Finalising Recording (cont’d) Video editing In the edit video mode, the entire recording will be played back regardless of whether they are hidden or not. 1 Insert a recorded DVD+RW or an unfinalised DVD+R. ➜ The...

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48 English 3139 246 13454 Editing/Finalising Recording (cont’d) Editing chapter (merge/split/hide) 1 Start playback a recorded DVD+RW or an unfinalised DVD+R. 2 Press EDIT on the remote control. 3 Press the matching colour coded button on the remot...

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49 English 3139 246 13454 Editing/Finalising Recording (cont’d) { Append } - for DVD+RW only – Select this to append record to the existing recording from the position of the playback. Continue steps 5~7. For append recording only: 5 Press 3 4 t...

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50 English 3139 246 13454 Browsing the disc You can view and manage possible contents within your discs by using an on-screen console called the Media Browser. 1 Insert a disc into the DVD recorder. ➜ The Index Picture screen or disc content menu a...

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51 English 3139 246 13454 Using the Browser (cont’d) Browsing the picture disc The Media Browser allows you to view the JPEG pictures discs or playback as a slide show or store them in an album. JPEG Photo can handle up to a maximum of 100 photos i...

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52 English 3139 246 13454 Using the Browser (cont’d) Changing the picture order within an album You can re-arrange the picture position in the album in order to create the desired order of the slide show. The order of the pictures in the photo rol...

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53 English 3139 246 13454 Changing the slide show settings You can adjust the various slide show settings to your individual needs. 1 Press BROWSER on the remote control. ➜ The disc content menu appears. 2 Press 1 2 to select photo roll/album menu ...

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54 English 3139 246 13454 Accessing to the Preferences options 1 Switch on the TV set. Select the correct Video In channel at the TV. 2 Press SYSTEM-MENU on the remote control. ➜ The system menu appears on TV. 3 Press 4 to select { Preferences }. ...

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55 English 3139 246 13454 Disc DVD-VIDEO-TITLE 04|CO1 Disc STOP Preferences Adapt menu Delete all { Adapt menu } If a DVD+RW has been recorded in a computer drive or in another DVD recorder, the Picture Index screen may not be displayed correctly. ...

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56 English 3139 246 13454 System Menu - Setup Accessing to the Setup options 1 Turn on the TV set. Select the correct Video In channel at the TV. 2 Press SYSTEM-MENU on the remote control. ➜ The system menu appears on TV. 3 Press 4 repeatedly to s...

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57 English 3139 246 13454 System Menu - Setup (cont’d) { OSD } Select the level of On-screen display information. – { Full } : Complete information always display during use. – { Reduced } : The help text and colour button bar will remove from ...

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58 English 3139 246 13454 { Video output } Choose the type of video output that matches the video connection between the DVD recorder and your TV. – { RGB•CVBS} : For RGB or CVBS connection. – { S-Video } : For S-Video connection. – { Autom...

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59 English 3139 246 13454 Setting Access Control About Access Control Access Control limits viewing of discs that exceed the limits you set. Philips cannot guarantee the availability of Access Control with all discs, and therefore denies any liabili...

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60 English 3139 246 13454 Setting Access Control (cont’d) Alternatively, we can lock the disc while in browser mode; 1 Press the BROWSER on the remote control. ➜ The disc content menu appears. 2 Press the matching colour coded button on the remot...

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61 English 3139 246 13454 WARNING Under no circumstances should you try to repair the system yourself, as this will invalidate the warranty. Do not open the system as there is a risk of electric shock. If a fault occurs, first check the points liste...

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62 English 3139 246 13454 Troubleshooting (cont’d) Disc will not play. No picture. The picture is distorted or black and white during playback. There is picture or sound interference with the TV reception. Distorted sound coming from a connected hi...

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63 English 3139 246 13454 Troubleshooting (cont’d) Recordings are not occurring as scheduled. New recordings cannot be made. The wrong TV channel was decoded (recorded) after you programmed a recording using the ShowView system. A DVD+RW or DVD+R r...

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64 English 3139 246 13454 Troubleshooting (cont’d) The message 'Disc contains unknown data' appears. The index screen flickers when a DVD+R is inserted. Picture is fuzzy and brightness varies when copying DVD Video discs or prerecorded vi...

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65 English 3139 246 13454 The message 'Recording of <XX> will start within 1 minute' appears. The message 'Insert recordable disc' appears. The message 'Maximum number of timers reached' appears. The message '...

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66 English 3139 246 13454 Display panel symbols/messages The following symbols/messages may appear on your DVD recorder display: ● 00:00 Multifunction display/text line – Title/track number – Total/elapsed/remaining title/track time – Disc/ti...

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67 English 3139 246 13454 ● IS THE TV ON? The DVD Recorder is currently in the first installation mode. Turn on your TV and read the section, 'First installation', in the chapter 'Installing the DVD Recorder'. ● MAX TITLE The ...

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68 English 3139 246 13454 Specifications Disc types Recording : DVD+RW/+R Playing: DVD-Video, Video CD, SuperVCD,Audio CD, MP3 CD, Picture CD, CD-R/RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW Record modes recording time / picture quality M1: 60 minutes / high quality M2: 120 ...

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69 English 3139 246 13454 Glossary Analogue: Sound that has not been turned into numbers. Analogue sound varies, while digital sound has specific numerical values. These jacks send audio through two channels, the left and right. Aspect ratio: The...

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70 3139 246 13454 COUNTRY VHF UHF DVD REGIONS AFGHANISTAN PAL/SECAM B 5 ALBANIA PAL B PAL G 2 ALGERIA PAL B PAL G 5 ANGOLA PAL I 5 ARGENTINA PAL N PAL N 4 AUSTRALIA PAL B PAL H 4 AUSTRIA PAL B PAL G 2 AZORES PAL B BAHAMAS NTSC M 4 BAHRAIN PAL...

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71 English 3139 246 13454 TV System Guide (cont’d) COUNTRY VHF UHF DVD REGIONS LIBYA SECAM B SECAM G 5 LITHUANIA PAL D (was SECAM) PAL K 5 LUXEMBOURG PAL B/SECAM L PAL G/SEC L 2 MADAGASCAR SECAM K1 5 MADEIRA PAL B MALAGASY SECAM K1 MALAWI PAL B...

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72 3139 246 13454 CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT SgpJP-0440-00-1 Meet Philips at the Internet http://www.philips.com http://www.p4c.philips.com DVDR610 DVDR615 DVDR616 3139 246 13454 1DVDR6xx_Eng00_13454c 9/28/04, 1:27 PM72 ...