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.
Note:
You must load a recordable disc for DVD recording.
1. Press HOME.
The HOME menu appears.
2. Select a media (HDD or DISC) to record TV
program then press ENTER.
3. Select [TV (HDD)] or [TV (DVD)] option then press
ENTER.
Also make sure that the TV input is set to this
recorder.
If you load a completely blank disc, the recorder
takes a short while to initialize the disc.
4. Set a recording mode as necessary by pressing
REC MODE repeatedly. (HQ, SQ, LQ, EQ)
5. Use v / V buttons to select the TV channel to
record.
Changing TV Audio Channel
You can select the audio channel (language) to listen
by pressing AUDIO during viewing TV program. The
current audio channel is displayed on-screen.
Stereo or mono broadcast:
Stereo → Left → Right → Mono
Bilingual broadcast:
Main → Sub → Main+Sub
For TV recording with bilingual, set audio channel
from the [TV Rec Audio] in sub-menu of the Setup
menu (see page 22).
If the sound is of poor quality when set to Stereo,
you can often improve it by changing to Mono (Left
or Right).
6. Press REC (z) once.
Recording will start. (The REC indicator lights in
the display window.)
Recording continues until you press STOP (x)
or the disc or HDD is full.
To record for a fixed length of time, see Instant
Timer Recording on right.
7. Press STOP (x) to stop recording.
To Pause the Recording
1. Press PAUSE/STEP (X) to pause recording.
2. When you want to continue recording, press
PAUSE/STEP (X).