Pioneer DVR-550H-K - Manual (Page 51)

Recording
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• If the NICAM audio setting (see NICAM
Select on page 116) is set to NICAM and
you are watching a NICAM broadcast,
you can switch between
NICAM and
Regular (non-NICAM) audio.
• If the NICAM broadcast is bilingual, you
can also select the language.
• You can also select the language for a
non-NICAM bilingual broadcast.
• When watching a recording made from
an external input with Bilingual
recording selected (see External Audio
on page 116), you can switch the audio
channel between left (
L ), right ( R ) or both
( L+R ).
Note
• When recording to the HDD with HDD
Recording Format set to Video Mode On,
to DVD-R/-RW (Video mode) , to DVD+R/
+RW, or on the
LPCM setting, only one
channel of a bilingual broadcast is
recorded. In this case, decide which
language you want to record before
recording by setting the Bilingual
Recording setting (see
Bilingual
Recording on page 116).
Switching between TV and DVD
When the recorder is stopped or recording
you can choose whether to have the audio/
video from the built-in TV tuner (or external
input) play on your TV (‘DVD mode’), or
watch the channel that the TV is currently set
to (‘TV mode’).
During playback or when a menu is being
displayed on-screen, the sound and video is
always routed to your TV and is unaffected by
the
TV/DVD mode setting.
Note that the recorder must be connected to
your TV using a SCART cable to be able to
use this feature.
• Switch between TV mode and
DVD mode.
Setting the picture quality/
recording time
Before starting a recording, you will usually
want to set the picture quality/recording
time. There are six standard settings
available, which allow you to choose a
balance between picture quality and
recording time.
When Manual Recording is set to On (see
Manual Recording on page 119), a further
option will be available ( MN1 to MN32 ,
LPCM , or XP+ (a super-high quality HDD
recording mode that features a transfer rate
of around 15 Mbps) depending on what you
set).
When recording to DVD, MN32 is the
highest recording quality available. If you
select
XP+ , the recording mode will
automatically revert to MN32 .
When recording to DVD+R/+RW, SLP is the
longest recording time available. If you
select
SEP or MN1 to MN3 , the recording
mode will automatically revert to SLP .
• Press repeatedly to select
the recording quality.
• XP – High quality setting, gives about
one hour of recording time on a DVD
disc.
NICAM
Regular
NICAM A NICAM B
Regular NICAM A+B
A (L) B (R)
A + B (L+R)
L R
L+R
TV/DVD
DVD (VR) DVD (Video) DVD+R DVD+RW DVD-RAM
HDD
SHIFT
+
REC MODE
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