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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 recording quality for your timer
recording in the same way as for a regular
recording, but with the added option of an
AUTO mode, which maximizes the recording
quality for the space available on the disc (if
recording to DVD), or to fit on to a blank DVD
disc (if recording to HDD).
You can set timer recordings to record to a
recordable DVD or to the hard disk drive. For
regular (daily or weekly) HDD timer recordings
that you don’t need to keep, you can use the
Auto Replace Recording feature to
automatically replace the previous timer
recording with the new one. Note that when you
use this feature, the previous recording made
on that timer program will be replaced by the
next one, regardless of whether you have
watched it yet or not.
You can also 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 130 for more on
this).
Finally, if you set a timer recording to record to
DVD but there isn’t a recordable DVD loaded at
the time of the recording, the Recovery
Recording feature will automatically record the
program to the HDD for you.
This recorder is compatible with VPS (Video
Programming System) and PDC (Program
Delivery Control) systems used by many analog
TV stations to ensure that a timer recording
catches the whole program even when the
program is not running to schedule. Up to eight
timer programs can be set with VPS/PDC on.
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.
• Timer recording will start when the
operation preventing timer recording has
finished.
• The timer indicator ( ) lights in the front
panel display when the timer is active. If the
indicator is blinking it means that (for a
DVD timer recording) there is no disc
loaded, or the disc loaded is not recordable
(for an HDD timer recording it means that
the HDD is not recordable).
• Approximately two minutes before a timer
recording is set to start, the recorder will go
into timer recording standby. In timer
recording standby you cannot use some
functions.
• The maximum length for timer recordings
made to the HDD is 24 hours. However,
because one title (HDD) is limited to 12
hours, recordings over 12 hours will be
spread over two titles. Note that there will
be a break in the recording of a few
seconds between titles.
• VPS/PDC works only with analog stations;
it does not work with digital TV stations.
• VPS/PDC may not work with all broadcast
stations in your country/area. Check with
the stations for compatibility.
• The hours between 3:00 and 5:00 in the
morning are used by the GUIDE Plus+
system to download program information.
During these times, VPS/PDC may not
work reliably; leave VPS/PDC off if you set a
timer recording for these times.
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