Recording from an external component, Automatic recording from a satellite tuner, Recording 05 – Pioneer DVR-745H-S User Manual

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Recording

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• During recording or in timer recording

standby, you can’t play an HDD title,
DVD or Video CD/Super VCD disc if the
Input Line System setting doesn’t match
the TV line system of the disc/HDD title
(see also

Additional information about

the TV system settings

on page 116).

Also, during simultaneous recording
and playback, if the TV line system of the
playback track/title changes then
playback will automatically stop.

Recording from an external

component

You can record from an external component,
such as a camcorder or VCR, connected to
one of the recorder’s external inputs.

1

Make sure that the component you

want to record from is connected
properly to the DVD recorder.

See Chapter 2 (

Connecting up

) for

connection options.

2

Press repeatedly to select one of

the external inputs to record from.

The current input is shown on-screen and in
the front panel display:

L1

– Input 1 / Auto Start Rec

L2

– Input 2 (front panel)

L3

– Input 3

Check that the

Audio In

settings for

External Audio

and

Dual Mono

Recording/Bilingual Recording

are as you

want them (see

Audio In

on page 108).

• If the aspect ratio is distorted (squashed

or stretched), adjust on the source
component or your TV before recording.

• To watch video coming in via the DV

input (front panel), select

DV

>

DV

Video Playback

from the Home Menu

(see also

Playing from a DV camcorder

on

page 64).

3

Set the recording quality.

See

Setting the picture quality/recording time

on page 36 for detailed information.

4

Select the HDD or

DVD for recording.

5

Press to start recording.

If your source is copy-protected using Copy
Guard, you will not be able to record it. See

Restrictions on video recording

on page 34 for

more details.

Automatic recording from a

satellite tuner

If you have a satellite tuner or some other
kind of set top box connected to the

INPUT

1/AUTO START REC

input, you can have the

recorder start and stop recording
automatically with the timer settings of the
connected component. (If the other
component doesn’t have a built-in timer,
you’ll need to use it with an external timer

unit.)

1

After setting up for Auto Start Recording,
this recorder starts recording when it
detects a signal from the other component.
When the signal ceases, the recorder stops
recording.

If you want to use this recorder with the
timer features of your satellite tuner, see

Language code list

on page 130.

DVD (VR) DVD (Video) DVD+R DVD+RW DVD-RAM HDD

INPUT

SELECT

Note

1 You can’t set Auto Start Recording when:

– the recorder is recording or in timer recording standby.
– the HDD is not recordable.
– the HDD already contains the maximum number of titles (999).

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HDD

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