Timer Recording Faq; Simultaneous Recording And Playback - Pioneer DVR-310 Operating Instructions Manual

Recording
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Canceling and stopping a timer recording in
progress
After a timer recording has started, you can cancel the
program (but continue recording), or stop recording
completely if you need to.
1 During timer recording, press and hold
three seconds.
Only the program is canceled (the timer indicator
disappears); recording continues so that you can
manually stop recording whenever you like.
2 When you want to stop recording completely,
press STOP REC.
Tip
• You can also stop a timer recording immediately by
STOP REC then selecting Yes to confirm.
pressing
Preventing use of the recorder before a
timer recording (child lock)
You can make all the front panel and remote control
buttons inoperative using the child lock feature. This is
useful when you set a timer recording and want to make
sure that the timer settings are not changed before
recording has finished.
1 If the recorder is on, switch it into standby.
2 Press and hold
three seconds to lock the controls.
The front panel display briefly shows LOCK. If any buttons
are pressed on the remote or front panel, LOCK is briefly
displayed again.
• To unlock the recorder, press and hold
the front panel for three seconds until the display
shows UNLOCK.
• To cancel a timer recording when the recorder is
locked, first unlock the recorder (see above), then
press and hold
40
En
REC STOP REC
STOP on the front panel for
STOP on
REC for three seconds.

Timer recording FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions
• Even though the timer is set, the recorder doesn't start
recording!
Check that the disc loaded is recordable, not locked
(see Lock Disc on page 63), and that there are fewer
than 99 titles already on the DVD.
• The recorder won't let me enter a timer program! Why
not?
REC for
You can't enter a timer program if the clock isn't set.
• What happens when two or more timer programs
overlap?
Basically, the program with the earlier recording start
time has priority. However, the recorder will start
recording the program with the later start time after
the earlier program is finished. If two programs have
the same times, only one of them will be recorded, so
it is best to set one of them to Cancel Once. See
Skipping a regular timer program on page 39.
• I entered a timer program, but the recorder doesn't
confirm whether or not it's OK. Why not?
Timer confirmation only works for DVD recordings
when there is a recordable disc loaded. Also make
sure that the disc is not locked (see The Disc Setup
menu on page 63) and that there are fewer than 99
titles already recorded. Note that it's possible that
although the timer recording screen says OK, the
recording doesn't complete successfully because of
some other reason, such as a damaged disc, etc.
Simultaneous recording and
playback
VR mode
A feature called Chase Play makes it possible to watch a
recording in progress from the start of the recording (as
in, playback is 'chasing' the recording). For example,
perhaps you have to miss the first 30 minutes of a movie
on TV; you can start recording, then start watching the
movie, from the beginning, while the recorder is still
recording 30 minutes ahead of you.
In fact, you're not just limited to watching the recording
in progress; you can watch anything else already on the
DVD by selecting it from the Disc Navigator screen (see
Using the Disc Navigator with recordable discs on
page 47).