Pioneer DVR-310 Operating Instructions Manual page 35

Recording
You can also set the recorder so that it will adjust the
recording quality to try and fit the recording on to the disc
if it would not otherwise fit at the recording quality you set
(see Optimized Rec on page 72 for more on this).
Important
• A timer recording can't be set if:
– Auto Start Recording is in progress.
• – There are already 32 timer programs waiting to be
recorded.
• Timer recording will not start if:
– The recorder is already recording.
– A disc is being initialized, finalized or unfinalized.
• Except when finalizing Video mode discs, timer
recording will start when the operation preventing
timer recording has finished.
• Timer recording will start when the operation
preventing timer recording has finished.
• If a recordable DVD that doesn't support
simultaneous playback and recording (see
Simultaneous recording and playback on page 40) is
playing when a timer recording is due to start,
playback will automatically stop to allow the
recording to start.
• The timer indicator (
display when the timer is active. If the indicator is
blinking it means that there is no disc loaded, or the
disc loaded is not recordable.
• Approximately two minutes before a timer recording
is set to start, the recorder will go into timer recording
standby. In timer recording standby you cannot use
some functions.
• Timer recordings have higher priority than the Auto
Start Recording function (see Automatic recording
from a satellite tuner on page 42). A timer recording
will interrupt an Auto Start Recording. (Auto Start
Recording will resume after the timer recording has
finished.)
) lights in the front panel
Easy Timer Recording
As the name suggests, Easy Timer Recording makes
setting up a timer recording as simple as possible.
HOME
MENU
REV SCAN
1 Press HOME MENU and select 'Timer Recording'
then 'Easy Timer'.
2 Set the TV channel and recording quality.
Easy Timer Recording
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SAT
CHANNEL + / – Pr 7
REC MODE
• Use the CH +/– buttons to set the channel you want
to record.
• Use the REC MODE button to set the recording
quality. Press repeatedly to switch between XP, SP,
LP, EP, SLP, SEP and AUTO (and MN if manual
recording mode is on).
• The AUTO option automatically sets the best
recording quality for the space available on the disc
loaded at the time of recording.
CH
ENTER
RETURN
FWD SCAN
REC MODE
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SP
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