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Digital Video Recording
and Playback System
Owner's Manual
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NOTICES NOTICE OF INTENDED USE Rosen Entertainment Systems are designed to enable viewing of video ONLY 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 might also violate state or local laws. Rosen Entertainment Systems disclaims any liability for any bodily injury or property damage that m
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Table of Contents Notices ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Getting Started in the Car .................................
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Rosen DVR Owner’s Manual PC Requirements INTRODUCTION • Microsoft Windows 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, Congratulations on your purchase of a Rosen Entertainment • Intel Pentium II 300MHz or more Systems Digital Video Recording and Playback System (DVR)! • RAM: 128MB or more Here’s a list of some things you can do with your system: • Interface: (2) USB ports (1.1 / 2.0) • Record DVD movies manually or automatically from your TV Requirements in-vehicle T10/T12 DVD all-in-one overhead sys
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Rosen Entertainment Systems To Open the DVR Door and Install the DVR: GETTING STARTED in the Car Use the system with the vehicle’s engine running or with the Slide the DVR latch to the left to release the door. Place the DVR ACC or engi ignition key switch in the accessory (ACC) position. ON position inside the door slot with the Rosen logo facing downward and the connection jack pointing upward towards the unit. Slide the DVR Make certain that the remote and the headphones have their in
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Rosen DVR Owner’s Manual GETTING STARTED at Home DVR IN THE HOME DOCKING STATION Connect the output of a video source to the AV Input jacks of Connecting the DVR home docking station to your TV and the DVR home docking station. Connect the AV Output jacks video source: for the DVR dock to an available source on your TV. The DVR does not have a built-in TV tuner. Instead it makes Insert the DVR into the DVR home docking station. use of the tuner built into your TV. To record programming, C
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Rosen Entertainment Systems To allow viewing of video content from the DVR, you must Note: The DVR has a status indicator light and failure to also connect the docking station’s “AV OUT” audio/video jacks wait for the red light to turn green or to allow all lights to turn using the supplied RCA cables to one of the available source off may result in fi le corruption. Generally, corrupted fi les are inputs of your TV. If your TV does not support composite audio not recoverable and must be dele
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Rosen DVR Owner’s Manual DVR DOCK CONTROL PANEL 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 off. Wait until the DVR powers down com- pletely before removing it. Premature removal of the DVR prior to proper shut- down may damage the hard disc drive and/or the fi le ! being recorded or played back. 7 7 1 1 6 6 2 2 3 3 5 5 2
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T N Rosen Entertainment Systems 60 30 90 Fn 5 Record (REC) 6 Fn (Index) REC Use this button to start and toggle between the available This button performs two different functions when in the record recording options. The fi rst press will begin recording in mode and non-record mode. In the record mode, it closes the “Continuous” mode indicated by all three of the 30, 60, and fi le being recorded and starts a new one. This enables the 90 LEDs being lit. A second press will change it
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Rosen DVR Owner’s Manual USING THE DVR REMOTE CONTROL You 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 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 6 7 8 1. Power 15. Navigate Right 9 9 10 1 10 11 1 12 12 2. Pause
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Rosen Entertainment Systems 8 Next DVR REMOTE CONTROL BUTTON FUNCTIONS Use this button to play the next video, audio fi le or display the 1 Power next photo. Press this button to turn the DVR on. The power LED backlight 6 Fast Reverse on the dock should change from red to blue when the system comes on. Press the POWER button to shut the system off. Use this button to rewind video playback. Wait until the DVR powers down completely before removing it. 7 Fast Forward Premature removal
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Rosen DVR Owner’s Manual INDEX 12 Menu 23 Index MENU This button will directly bring up the main root menu. Use this button to interrupt recordings by closing the fi le be- ing recorded and starting a new one. This enables the user to Note: This button does not work during fi le record or play- quickly index the recording to later recall the segment by playing back. the particular fi le created by this function. ENTER 14 Enter REC 21 Record Use this to confi rm an action or selected fi le
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Rosen Entertainment Systems File types not placed in the proper folder will not appear DVR IN THE PC in the folder and cannot be played. ! • Connecting the DVR to a PC The creation of sub-folders under the three main folders (“my_ photo,” “my_video” and “my_music”) is allowed and can be sup- The DVR can be connected to the PC using the supplied USB ported by the DVR. The sub-folders that are created during a cable. Two USB ports are required in order to supply suffi cient record session
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Rosen DVR Owner’s Manual USING THE T10/T12 REMOTE CONTROL You can use the remote control to operate the system and access to 1 1 2 3 4 2 3 4 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 5 5 6 7 8 6 7 8 seats. For defi nitions
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Rosen Entertainment Systems The DVR can be used to record video from the internal DVD ROSEN USER INTERFACE (RUI) MENU player of a Rosen T10/T12 overhead all-in-one system. It can also be used to playback recorded video, video transferred from The DVR source is supported by the Rosen User Interface a PC, music, and picture fi les. (RUI). To bring up the RUI for the DVR, while in the DVR source, press the SYSTEM MENU button on the remote, highlight the INSTALLING THE DVR “SourceCtrl” option
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Rosen DVR Owner’s Manual 30 Minute: Records for 30 minutes and stops automatically. DVR MANUAL RECORDING 60 Minute: Records for 60 minutes and stops automatically. Manual recording to the DVR is only allowed for recording and 90 Minute: Records for 90 minutes and stops automatically. archiving of DVDs which you own. There are three available quality modes for recording as well as four different record dura- tions. Load a DVD and begin playback. At the point where you wish to begin reco
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Rosen Entertainment Systems The following remote control functions are still available during DVR AUTO-RECORDING auto-record: Auto-recording to the DVR is only allowed for recording and 1. DISPLAY mode and COLOR adjustment archiving of DVDs which you own. There are three available 2. Daytime/Night-time Brightness quality modes for auto-recording. Auto-record allows you to 3. Dome light record an entire DVD movie without having to monitor its prog- 4. Speaker (FMT or FMM control)
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Rosen DVR Owner’s Manual Notes about Auto Recording continued: Where are my Recorded Files? 2. Auto-recording will begin within 1 or 2 seconds after the start Depending on the type of recording the fi les will end up in different of the main movie segment and stop within 10 seconds of the places in the DVR hard disc drive. Manually recorded content ending of the credits. 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
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Rosen Entertainment Systems TYPICAL CONNECTION: TV, DVD, PLAYER, DOCK 3. Typical connection DVD output to DVR input 1. Typical connection TV, Dock and DVD 4. DVR to PC connection 2. Typical connection DVR output to TV input Plug the dual Plug USB-A male the dual ends to two USB-B available USB mini to 1.1 or 2.0 the DVR ports on the PC 21
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Rosen DVR Owner’s Manual CONNECTION DIAGRAM: SYSTEM WITH AN AV SOURCE The AV Source can be any one of the following as long as it supports a minimum of two AV 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 • TiVO • AV Receiver USING COMPONENT RCA CABLES: USING COMPOSITE S-VIDEO CABLES: 22
