Making Your First Recording; Using The Built-In Tv Tuner - Pioneer DVR-420H Operating Instructions Manual

Getting started
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Making your first recording

This quick guide shows you how to make a basic
recording of a TV program on either the HDD, or 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.
STANDBY/ON to switch on.
Press
• Make sure that the video input on your TV is set to this
recorder.
2 Press HDD to record to the HDD, or DVD to record
to a recordable DVD.
If you choose to record to the HDD, skip to step 5 now.
3 Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc tray.
4 Load a blank DVD-R or DVD-RW disc with the
label side 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.
5 Use the CHANNEL +/– buttons to select the TV
channel you want to record from.
• You can also use the +/– buttons on the front panel if
the recorder is stopped.
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STANDBY/ON
OPEN/CLOSE
HDD DVD
CHANNEL
PLAY
STOP
REC STOP REC
• Antenna channels are numbered 2 through 69. Cable
channels are numbered 1 through 125.
6 Press REC to start recording.
• By default, the recording will be in SP (standard play)
mode, which will give you around two hours of
recording from a blank DVD disc.
• You can pause recording by pressing
REC or PAUSE again to restart recording.
Press
7 When you want to stop recording, press
STOP REC.
Playing back your recording
The TV program you just recorded should be on the HDD
or 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
There are three different ways to select TV channels. Note
that you can't change the TV channel during playback,
recording or during recording standby.
• 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; for channel 102, press 1, 0, 2,
ENTER.
• +/– buttons on the front panel
Note
• Antenna channels are numbered 2 through 69. Cable
channels are numbered 1 through 125.
• You can't change TV channels during playback or
recording, or while in recording standby.
PAUSE.
CHANNEL
ENTER