Basic Recording; Basic Recording From A Tv; Instant Timer Recording; Checking The Recording Time - Zenith RC59000M Installation And Operating Manual

Basic Recording

Basic Recording from a TV

Follow the instructions below to record a TV program.
Recording starts immediately and continues until the disc is full
or you stop the recording.
1 1
Switch on the recorder and load a recordable
disc or tape.
Also make sure that the TV input is set to this recorder.
If you load a completely blank DVD-RW disc, Disc initial-
ize menu will appear, to select a desired Recording Mode
to initialize the disc (See page 23).
2 2
Set a recording mode as necessary by pressing
REC MODE repeatedly.
DVD: SP (Standard quality), LP (Low quality),
XP(High quality)
VCR: SP (Standard Play), SLP (Super Long Play)
3 3
Use CH (v / V) buttons to select the TV channel
to record.
4 4
Use AUDIO to select the audio channel to
record. (Stereo, SAP, or Mono)
The table below shows what will be recorded on the differ-
ent settings for different types of broadcast. The last col-
umn (Monitor Audio) shows what you'll hear as it is
recording.
For example, if the TV broadcast is in stereo, then setting
the recorder to Stereo or SAP will record the broadcast in
stereo, and the monitor audio is also stereo.
• If you set the audio channel to SAP, but there is no
SAP channel being broadcast, the main audio (mono or
stereo) will be recorded.
TV Broadcast Selected Audio
MONO MONO
STEREO STEREO
Left
Right
MONO
MONO+SAP MONO
SAP
STEREO+SAP STEREO
SAP
MONO
5 5
Press REC (z) once.
Recording will start. (The REC indicator lights in the
display window.)
Recording continues until you press STOP (
disc is full.
To record for a fixed length of time, see Instant Timer
Recording on right.
6 6
Press STOP (x) to stop recording.
ote
The available recording title number is 99.

Instant Timer Recording

Instant Timer Recording allows you to make a recording
easily of a preset length without using the program
timer.

Checking the Recording Time

Press
ing time. The recalled setting will automatically return to
the TV screen for a moment.
Also, remaining time of recording is shown in the dis-
play window.

To Extend the Recording Time

The recording time can be extended anytime by press-
Broadcast Audio Monitor
L Ch R Ch Audio ing REC (z).
Each subsequent press increases the recording time by
MONO MONO MONO
10 minutes (DVD) or 30 minutes (VCR) within free
L R STEREO
space.
L L Left
L R Right

To Pause the Recording

MONO MONO MONO
MONO MONO MONO 1 Press PAUSE/STEP (X) to pause the disc during
SAP SAP SAP
2 When you want to continue recording, press
L R STEREO
SAP SAP SAP
MONO MONO MONO
If you press PAUSE/STEP
recording, the Instant timer recording will be canceled.
x
) or the
To record one TV program while

watching another

1 Press TV/VCR to select the TV mode during record-
2 Using the TV, select the channel to be viewed.
1 1
Follow steps 1-4 as shown left (Basic Recording
from a TV).
2 2
Press REC (z) repeatedly to select the record-
ing time length.
Recording starts after the first press.
Each subsequent press increases the recording time by
10 minutes (DVD-maximum
(VCR-maximum 540 minutes) within free space.
The recording time is displayed on the TV screen.
Input: Ch. 6
MONO
SP
Input: Ch. 6
MONO
Instant Timer Record Menu
REC (z) or DISPLAY
recording.
PAUSE/STEP (X) or REC (z).
ote
(X)
ing.
The VCR indicator disappears.
240 minutes) or 30 minutes
DVD
02H 01M Free 00:09:05
30min Rec
VCR
SP
00:17:32
120min Rec
once to check the record-
during the Instant timer
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