Recording From An External Component; Playing Your Recordings On Other Dvd Players - Pioneer DVR-231-S Operating Instructions Manual

Recording
• What happens when two or more timer programs
overlap?
Basically, the program with the earlier recording start
time has priority. However, the recorder will start
recording the program with the later start time after
the earlier program is finished. If two programs have
the same times (but different channels, for example),
the program set most recently takes priority.
Recording from an external
component
VR mode Video mode
You can record from an external component, such as a
camcorder or VCR, connected to one of the recorder's
external inputs.
REC REC MODE
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 INPUT repeatedly to select one of the
external inputs to record from.
There are two analog inputs. The current input is shown
on-screen and in the front panel display:
• L1 – Input 1
• L2 – Input 2 (front panel)
Check that the Audio In setting for Dual Mono
Recording is as you want it (see Audio In on page 51).
• If the aspect ratio is distorted (squashed or
stretched), adjust on the source component or your
TV before recording.
3 Set up the recorder.
• Use REC MODE to set the recording quality. See
Setting the picture quality/recording time on page 34
for detailed information.
4 Press REC when you're ready to start
recording.
Playing your recordings on other DVD
players
Most regular DVD players can play finalized discs
recorded in Video mode. A number of players (including
many Pioneer models) can also play DVD-RW discs
recorded in VR mode, finalized or not. Check the manual
that came with the player to check what kinds of discs it
will play.
When you finalize a Video mode disc, a title menu is
created from which you can select titles when you play
the disc. These menus are navigated in the usual way,
pressing MENU or TOP MENU to display the menu, then
INPUT
using the
ENTER to select titles and start playback.
Finalizing a disc
Finalizing 'fixes' the recordings in place so that the disc
can be played on a regular DVD player or computer
equipped with a suitable DVD-ROM drive.
1
Make sure that the recorder is stopped before
proceeding.
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3
Note
• If your source is copy-protected using CopyGuard,
you will not be able to record it. See Restrictions on
video recording on page 34 for more details.
VR mode Video mode
(cursor buttons) followed by
VR mode Video mode
Important
• Once you've finalized a disc recorded in Video mode,
you can't edit or record anything else on that disc.
However, the finalization on a DVD-RW disc maybe
'undone'; see Undo Finalize on page 49 for how to do
this.
• A VR mode disc can still be recorded and edited on
this recorder even after finalizing.
Load the disc you want to finalize.
Press HOME MENU and select 'Initial Setup'.
Press to select 'Disc'.
Initial Setup
Basic Lock Disc
Disc Initialize
Video Finalize
Audio
Recording
Playback
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