Pioneer DVR-530H-S Operating Instructions Manual page 39

Recording
• The timer indicator (
display when the timer is active. If the indicator is
blinking it means that (for a DVD timer recording)
there is no disc loaded, or the disc loaded is not
recordable (for an HDD timer recording it means that
the HDD is not recordable).
• Approximately two minutes before a timer recording
is set to start, the recorder will go into timer recording
standby. In timer recording standby you cannot use
some functions.
• The maximum length for timer recordings made to
the HDD is 24 hours. However, because one title
(HDD) is limited to 12 hours, recordings over 12
hours will be spread over two titles. Note that there
will be a break in the recording of a few seconds
between titles.
Easy Timer Recording
As the name suggests, Easy Timer Recording makes
setting up a timer recording as simple as possible.
HDD
HOME
MENU
REV SCAN
1 Press HOME MENU and select 'Timer Recording'
then 'Easy Timer'.
2 Set the TV channel and recording quality.
Easy Timer Recording
8:00 9:00 10:00
1/01
2/01
3/01
1/01 9:30
SAT
CHANNEL + / –
Pr 7
REC MODE
) lights in the front panel
DVD
CH
ENTER
RETURN
FWD SCAN
REC MODE
11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00
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SP HDD/DVD HDD
• Use the CH +/– buttons to set the channel you want
to record.
• Use the REC MODE button to set the recording
quality. Press repeatedly to switch between XP, SP,
LP, EP, SLP, SEP and AUTO (and MN if manual
recording mode is on).
• DVD recording: The AUTO option automatically sets
the best recording quality for the space available on
the disc loaded at the time of recording.
• HDD recording: The AUTO option automatically sets
the best recording quality that would fit on to a blank
DVD disc.
• Press DVD to record to DVD disc, or HDD if you want
to record to the hard disk drive.
3 Use to move the cursor to the
recording start date and time on the grid.
• You can move the cursor forward or back an hour at
a time using the and
Current time
Easy Timer Recording
8:00 9:00 10:00
1/01
2/01
3/01
1/01 11:45
SAT
CHANNEL + / – Pr 7
REC MODE
Each row of the grid is one day (you can set the timer
recording for up to a month in advance). Each column is
a 15 minute interval.
The darker area represents time that has already passed
and can't therefore be selected. The lighter area is time
that's available.
4 Press ENTER to set the start time.
The start date and time is displayed in the middle of the
screen.
• You can go back and reset the start time if you need
to by pressing RETURN.
buttons.
Recording start time
11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00
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HDD/DVD
SP HDD
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