Making Your First Recording - Pioneer DVR-433H-K Operating Instructions Manual

Getting started
04

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 5
(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 Use the HDD/DVD button to select the HDD or
DVD as the recording destination.
If you choose to record to the HDD, skip to step 5 now.
3 Press OPEN/CLOSE (front panel only) to open
the disc tray.
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En
STANDBY/ON
HDD/DVD
DISPLAY TV/DVD
HELP INPUT SELECT CLEAR
AUDIO SUBTITLE ANGLE
CHANNEL
DISC NAVIGATOR S V
HOW IEW
TOP
MENU
MENU
ENTER
HOME
MENU RETURN
REC MODE BACK CM SKIP
ONE TOUCH
ST0P REC REC
SHIFT COPY
TV DRECT REC
DVD RECORDER
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.
• Blank DVD-R discs are ready for Video mode
recording out of the box.
5 Use the CHANNEL +/– buttons to select the TV
channel you want to record from.
• Channel presets are numbered 1–99.
• If the recorder is connected to your TV using a SCART
cable and your TV supports Direct Recording, it's
possible to quickly start recording whatever channel
your TV is tuned to. See Direct recording from TV on
page 40 for detailed instructions.
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. The different
recording modes and their recommended uses are
covered in more detail in the chapter on Recording.
• You can pause recording by pressing . Press
or again to restart recording.
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 to start playback.
If you want to stop playback before the end of the
recording, press .
REC