Pioneer DVR-3100-S - Manual (Page 28)

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Making your first recording
This quick guide shows you how to make a basic
recording of a TV program to a recordable DVD.
Recording is covered in much more detail in chapter 6
(
Recording ).
1 If they aren’t already on, switch on your TV and
this recorder.
Press STANDBY/ON to switch on.
• Make sure that the video input on your TV is set to this
recorder.
2 Press OPEN/CLOSE to eject the disc tray.
3 Load a blank DVD-R or DVD-RW disc with the
label face-up, using the disc guide to align the disc.
• When you load a new, blank DVD-RW disc, the
recorder will take a moment to initialize it for
recording.
4 Use the CHANNEL +/– buttons on the remote
control or the SMART JOG on the front panel to
select the TV channel you want to record from.
• Channel presets are numbered 1–99.
• If the recorder is connected to your TV using a SCART
cable and your TV supports Direct Recording, you
can use this to very simply start recording the TV
channel you’re currently watching. See
Direct
recording from TV on page 48 for detailed instructions.
5 Press ì REC to start recording.
• By default, the recording will be in SP (standard play)
mode, which will give you around 2 hours of
recording from a blank DVD disc.
• You can pause recording by pressing PAUSE .
Press ì REC or PAUSE again to restart recording.
6 When you want to stop recording, press
STOP REC.
Playing back your recording
The TV program you just recorded should be on the DVD
disc as a single title with one or more chapters.
• Press PLAY to start playback.
If you want to stop playback before the end of the
recording, press
STOP .
Using the built-in TV tuner
Changing TV channels
When no disc is playing, you can change TV channels in
three different ways:
• CHANNEL +/– buttons on the remote
• Number buttons on the remote – For example, to
select channel 4, press 4 then ENTER ; for channel 34,
press 3 , 4 , ENTER .
• SMART JOG on the front panel
Note
• Channel presets are numbered 1–99.
• You can’t change TV channels during playback or
recording, or while in recording standby.
DVD RECORDER
STANDBY/ON OPEN/CLOSE
CHANNEL
REC
STOP
PLAY
STOP REC
ì
ENTER
CHANNEL
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