Basic Operations On Hdd Deck; Basic Recording - JVC DR-MH30B Instructions Manual

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BASIC OPERATIONS ON HDD DECK

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Basic Recording

Turn on the unit.
Turn on the TV and select the AV mode.
Slide the TV/CABLE/SAT/DVD switch to DVD.
ATTENTION:
The HDD on the unit requires approximately 20 seconds to start up
after the unit has been turned on, during which no operation can be
made.
HDD
0-9
4
8
7
REC MODE
1
Press HDD so that the HDD lamp lights up on the unit.
2
Press PR +/– or the number keys to select the channel you
wish to record.
3
Press REC MODE repeatedly to set the recording mode.
Each time you press REC MODE, the recording mode changes as
follows:
XP ] SP ] LP ] EP ] FR60–FR360* ] FR420, FR480]
(Back to the beginning)
* The value is selectable from 1 to 6 hours in 5-min. increment by
pressing repeatedly after selecting "FR60–FR360". To change the
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value in 30-min. increments, press and hold
For details on the recording mode, see the right column.
4
Press 7 on the unit to start recording. Or press and hold 7 and
press 4 on the remote control.
5
Press 8 twice to stop recording.
Pressing 8 once displays the confirmation message to stop
recording. Press 8 again to terminate recording.
NOTE:
Continuous recording for over 48 hours is not possible.
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Pause recording on HDD deck
It is not possible to pause recording. Pressing 9 initiates Live
Memory Playback.
However, it is still possible to pause recording only when recording
the channels of external sources ("L-1", "L-2", "F-1", and "DV").
Press and hold 7, then press 9 on the remote. To resume
recording, press and hold 7, then press 4 on the remote.
No operation can be made with the buttons on the unit.
Recording Mode
MPEG2 format is used as recording format. As a guide for picture
quality, the "bps" unit is used to represent how much data can be
recorded per second. The larger this value is, the better the picture
quality becomes but more capacity is required for the recording.
HDD
Select XP or SP for programmes where quick movement occurs,
such as sports programmes, and LP or EP for talk shows, etc. with
relatively less movement.
Recording
8 7
CABLE/DBS
TV DVD
FR60–FR360
(
PR+/-
For details on FR mode, refer to "Free Rate Function" (
Recording Resume Function
If there is a power outage during recording, Instant Timer
Recording (ITR) (
recording will resume automatically when power is restored to the
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unit unless the unit's memory backup has expired.
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Recording amount
mode (approx.)
XP 10 Mbps
SP 5 Mbps
LP 2 Mbps
EP 1.6 Mbps
pg. 39)
The amount varies
depending on the
FR420
selected time.
FR480
pg. 41) or timer recording (
Masterpage:Left0
Maximum recording
time (approx.)
1 hour
2 hours
4 hours
6 hours
1 – 6 hours
7 hours
8 hours
pg. 39)
pg. 46, 48), the
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