Pioneer DVR-230-S - Manual (Page 35)

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Basic recording from the TV
Follow the instructions below to record a TV program.
Recording starts immediately and continues until the
disc is full or you stop the recording.
1 Load a recordable disc.
• If you load a new blank DVD-RW disc, the recorder
takes a short while to initialize the disc.
2 Use the CH +/– buttons to select the TV channel
to record.
The front panel display shows the channel number:
• While the recorder is stopped, you can also use the
number buttons on the remote to select the channel.
(For channel 6, press
6 then ENTER ; for channel 24,
press 2, 4 then ENTER )
• If the recorder is stopped, you can also use the +/–
buttons on the front panel to select the channel
number.
3 Use the REC MODE button to set the picture
quality/recording time.
• See Setting the picture quality/recording time above
for detailed instructions.
4 Use the AUDIO button to select the audio
channel to record.
See Changing audio channels on page 21 for more on
this.
• When recording in VR mode, if a broadcast is
bilingual, both audio channels are recorded, allowing
you to switch the audio channel on playback. The
only exception to this is when the picture quality is set
to
XP , in which case you do need to select the audio
channel before recording.
5 Press ì REC to start recording.
If you want to set a recording end time, press the ì REC
button repeatedly. The recording time increases in 30
minute increments, up to a maximum of twelve hours.
The remaining recording time is shown on-screen and in
the front panel display. When the recording ends, the
recorder automatically switches into standby.
• To cancel the set recording time, press ì REC .
• If you want to pause recording at any time, press
. Press again to restart the recording. (If recording
in VR mode, a new chapter is started after recording
restarts)
6 To stop the recording, press .
• If you set the recording time in the previous step, you
can still stop the recording anytime by pressing .
• Recording will stop automatically when there is no
more space on the DVD.
Setting a timer recording
Using the timer recording features you can program up
to 32 timer recordings up to a month in advance. Timer
recording programs can be set to record just once, every
day, or every week.
You can set the recorder so that it will adjust the
recording quality to try and fit the recording on to the disc
if it would not otherwise fit at the recording quality you set
(see
Optimized Rec on page 53 for more on this).
Important
• A timer recording can’t be set if there are already 32
timer programs waiting to be recorded.
• Timer recording will not start if:
– The recorder is already recording.
– A disc is being initialized, finalized or unfinalized.
VR mode Video mode
DVD RECORDER
ì REC REC MODE
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9 0
AUDIO
ENTER
CH+
CH–
P R 0 7
Channel number
VR mode Video mode
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