Basic recording from the tv, Recording – Pioneer DVR-650H-S User Manual

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Recording

•

(Extended Play) – Lower quality than

LP, but gives about six hours of
recording time on a DVD disc.

•

SLP

(Super Long Play) – Lower quality

than EP, but gives about eight hours of
recording time on a DVD disc.

•

SEP

(Super Extended Play) – Lowest

video quality but gives about ten hours of
recording time on a DVD disc.

•

MN1

MN32

LPCM

XP+

– Manual/

Linear PCM/XP+ (available only when
manual recording is on).

The setting is indicated in the front panel
display, and shown on-screen together with
the recording time for a blank recordable
disc. If a recordable disc is loaded, the
approximate remaining recording time for
that disc is also shown. (Note that if the On
Screen Display setting (see

On Screen

Display

on page 113) is

Off

then this

information is not displayed.)

Basic recording from the TV

Basic recording from the TV involves just
setting the channel to record, choosing
whether to record to the HDD or a DVD and
selecting the recording quality.

Select the HDD or

DVD for recording.

• If you’re recording to DVD, load a

recordable disc (if you load a new blank
DVD-RW or DVD+RW disc, the recorder
takes a short while to initialize the disc).

• If you want to record a VR mode DVD-R

or a Video mode DVD-RW, you must
initialize it before proceeding (see

Initializing recordable DVD discs

page 49).

Select a 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 (e.g., for
channel 24, press

then

ENTER

• If the recorder is stopped, you can also

use the

CH +/–

buttons on the front

panel to select the channel number.

Set the picture quality/recording

time.

• See

Setting the picture quality/recording

time

on page 36 for detailed instructions.

Select the audio channel to

record.

See

Changing audio channels

on page 36 for