Toshiba RD-XS34 Owner's Manual page 36

Recording
Recording a TV programme (Continued)
HDD TIMESLIP
INSTANT REPLAY
EASY
NAVI
REC MENU EDIT MENU
LIBRARY
ENTER
PAUSE STOP
REC
Selecting the recording mode
Before recording, you can select the setting of picture and sound quality. During stop mode, press the REC MODE
button. By pressing the button repeatedly, you can select one from 5 settings of "AV record quality" appearing in
the front panel display.
Notes
• During recording, you cannot change the recording parameters, such as modes, channels, etc.
• The number of titles cannot exceed 99 for a DVD-RAM/RW/R disc or 396 for the HDD.
• One continuous recording cannot exceed in any case 8 hours. Recording automatically stops at 8 hours.
• During normal recording, you can set the programmed recording using the REC MENU.
• You cannot start recording immediately before a programmed recording starts.
• For recorded sound, see
• During monaural sound recording, the same sound is recorded on both the left and right channels.
• When "Audio" is set to "L-PCM", multi-channel sound is recorded as stereo sound. When playing this recorded sound, you
will hear NICAM Mode I and NICAM Mode II sounds simultaneously. Press the AUDIO button to select a desired sound.
• When "DVD compatible mode" is set to "On (Mode I)" or "On (Mode II)", the unit records the same sounds on both the left
and right channels when receiving monaural sound. When receiving the NICAM Mode I/Mode II sound, the selected sound,
Mode I or Mode II, is recorded on both the left and right channels.
• Depending on the disc condition, pressing the REC button may take a longer time to start recording.
• When a starting time of a programmed recording comes, a recording in execution is stopped and the programmed recording
starts. If you do not want to stop the recording, cancel the timer program before it starts.
• Even if you set "Aspect ratio(video mode)" (
DVD-R or DVD-RW disc with "Rate" set to "1.0" (Mbps) or "1.4" (Mbps).
• Be careful of a programmed recording across the change-over of Daylight-saving time (
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DVD
Press ENTER.
INSTANT SKIP
CONTENT MENU
ENTER
8
Press REC.
REC
PLAY
QUICK MENU
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The menu disappears.
Recording starts.
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