Pioneer DVR-550H-S Operating Instruction page 53

Recording
SHIFT AUDIO
4 Select the audio channel to
+
record.
See Changing audio channels on page 50 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.
REC
5 Start recording.
If you want to set a recording end time, press
REC button repeatedly. The recording
the
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
1
time , press PAUSE. Press again to
restart the recording (If recording to the
HDD, DVD-RAM or in VR mode, a new
chapter is started after recording
restarts).
STOP REC
6 Press to stop recording.
• If you set the recording time in the
previous step, you can still stop the
recording anytime by pressing
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).
Note
1 Except during Chase Play.
If VPS/PDC is active for two timer
programmes that are programmed to
start at the same time, then the
programme that actually starts first
takes priority.
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.
STOP
06
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