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Advanced recording
Recording modes
This also explains about while recording and while copying. (There are discs that can only copy, depending on the disc)
Recording modes that can be selected differ depending on the recording methods and discs.
Recording
mode
Disc that can be
recorded
Features
Record with the same
quality of the broadcast
Quality that can
Quality same as
be recorded
broadcasted
(HD quality and SD quality)
Multiple audio
Record all multiple audio
Subtitles
Can be recorded
The audio of
Surround audio as the
the surround
broadcast
programme
Recording
Recording/Timer recording/
method
Copy
∫ Recording modes and approximate recording times
Depending on the content being recorded, the recording times may become shorter than indicated.
(The times provided on this chart are an estimate.)
Recording
Mode
(500 GB)
DR
130 hours
§1
(HD: 8 Mbps)
DR
260 hours
§1
(SD: 4 Mbps)
HG
80 hours
HX
120 hours
HE
180 hours
HL
240 hours
XP
110 hours
SP
220 hours
LP
442 hours
EP
885 hours
§3
Recording time of DR mode depends on bit rate of broadcasting.
§1
It is not possible to record or play continuously from one side of a double sided disc to the other.
§2
When recording to the HDD in "EP" or "FR (recordings 5 hours or longer)" mode, you cannot perform high-speed copy to +R, +R DL or +RW
§3
discs.
When "Recording time in EP mode" is set to "6 hours" in the Setup menu (
§4
The sound quality is better when using "6 hours" than when using "8 hours".
≥[RAM] When recording to DVD-RAM using "8 hours" mode, play may not be possible on DVD players that are compatible with DVD-RAM.
Use "6 hours" mode if playback may be on other equipment.
RQT9132
30
DR
Direct Recording mode
[HDD] [BD-RE] [BD-R]
Record high definition
programme as
compressed
Definition data
MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
§
Quality produced by
conversion of broadcast
data (HD quality and SD
quality)
Record only one audio
≥Before copying
– "Copy", "Advanced Copy": Select the audio with "DVB Preferred Language" in the Setup
– "Copy Title Playing": Select the audio with "Signal Type" in the Disc menu (
Cannot be recorded
Surround Audio produced
by conversion of broadcast
audio format
Copy
HDD
BD-RE
BD-RE DL
BD-R
BD-R DL
(25 GB)
(50 GB)
6 hours
13 hours
30 min.
13 hours
26 hours
4 hours
8 hours
6 hours
12 hours
9 hours
18 hours
12 hours
24 hours
5 hours
10 hours
15 min.
10 hours
21 hours
30 min.
21 hours
42 hours
42 hours
84 hours
(31 hours
(664
(63 hours
30 min.
)
hours
)
§4
§4
HG, HX, HE, HL
[HDD] [BD-RE] [BD-R]
Record in quality as in
conventional analogue
High
broadcast
§
encoding
SD quality only
menu (
86).
Stereo audio
Timer recording from the external equipment [HDD]
[BD-RE] [BD-R] [RAM]/Copy/Recording from the external
equipment
DVD-RAM
Single-
Double-
sided
sided
(4.7 GB)
(9.4 GB)
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 hour
2 hours
30 min.
2 hours
4 hours
4 hours
8 hours
8 hours
16 hours
)
(6 hours
)
(12 hours
§4
§4
87).
XP, SP, LP, EP
Flexible Recording Mode
[HDD] [BD-RE] [BD-R] [RAM] [-R] [-R]DL]
[-RW‹V›] [+R] [+R]DL] [+RW]
Record in quality as in
conventional analogue
broadcast
Record by automatically
adjusting the quality
between XP, SP, LP, and EP
depending on the remaining
area on the disc
DVD-R
DVD-R DL
DVD-RW
(8.5 GB)
+R
§2
+RW
(4.7 GB)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 hour
1 hour
45 min.
2 hours
3 hours
35 min.
4 hours
7 hours
10 min.
8 hours
14 hours
20 min.
)
(6 hours
)
§4
§4
(10 hours
45 min.
FR
78).
+R DL
(8.5 GB)
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 hour
45 min.
3 hours
35 min.
7 hours
10 min.
14 hours
20 min.
(10 hours
)
45 min.
)
§4
§4
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