Pioneer DVR-550HX-S Operating Instructions Manual page 64

Recording
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CHANNEL
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3 Select a TV channel to record.
–
CHANNEL
The front panel display shows the channel
number, or channel name if it's available:
• While the recorder is stopped, you can
also use the number buttons on the
remote to select the channel (For
channel 24, press 2, 4 then ENTER).
• If the recorder is stopped, you can also
use the CH +/– buttons on the front
panel to select the channel number.
REC MODE
4 Set the picture quality/recording
time.
• See Setting the picture quality/recording
time on page 63 for detailed instructions.
AUDIO
5 If you're recording from the A.TV
tuner, select the audio channel to record.
See Changing A.TV audio channels on
page 62 for more on this.
• When recording in VR mode, if a
broadcast is bilingual, both audio
channels are recorded, allowing you to
switch the audio channel on playback.
The only exception to this is when the
picture quality is set to LPCM, in which
case you do need to select the audio
channel before recording.
AUDIO
6 If you're recording from the D.TV
tuner, select the audio language to
record.
• You may also be able to set which
subtitle language to record; use
SUBTITLE to select.
• Note that audio and subtitle languages
cannot be changed during the recording
of a digital broadcast.
Note
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1 Except during Chase Play.
En
A.TV Channel preset
REC
7 Start recording.
If you want to set a recording end time, press
the REC button repeatedly. The recording
time increases in 30 minute increments, up
to a maximum of six hours. The time the
recording will end is shown on-screen and in
the front panel display. When the recording
ends, the recorder automatically switches
into standby if no other operation is being
performed.
• To cancel the set recording time, press
REC.
• If you want to pause recording at any
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PAUSE. Press again to
time , press
restart the recording (If recording to the
HDD, DVD-RAM or in VR mode, a new
chapter is started after recording
restarts).
STOP REC
8 Press to stop recording.
• If you set the recording time in the
previous step, you can still stop the
recording anytime by pressing
STOP REC.
• Recording will stop automatically when
there is no more space on the HDD/
DVD, or after 12 hours of HDD recording
(whichever is sooner).
Tip
• During recording you can turn on/off the
SCART loop through function. During
recording, press the front panel CH +
button to switch to SCART THRU (loop
through on), or CH – to switch to SCART
NORM (loop through off). Loop through
is automatically reset to off after
recording has finished. Note that you
can't switch loop through on if recording
from the AV1(RGB)-TV connector.