Standard Timer Recording - Pioneer DVR-3100 Operating Instructions Manual

Recording
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Standard timer recording

The timer recording screen you can see all the timer
programs already set, clear programs and set up new
ones.
1 Press TIMER REC to display the Timer Recording
screen.
You can also access the Timer Recording screen from
the Home Menu (press HOME MENU, select Timer
Recording, then Timer Recording (View)).
This screen shows all the timer programs currently set.
Timer Recording
Date Start
WED 13/12
DVD Remain
• The amount of free space available on the currently
loaded recordable DVD is shown towards the bottom
of the screen.
• In the lower-right corner, the number of timer
programs already set and the number that use VPS/
PDC, is shown.
• Each row is for one timer recording program, with the
date and time information, frequency, channel,
recording mode and the VPS/PDC setting.
• If there are more than eight timer programs already
set, press NEXT
the PREV
• You can also clear a timer program by highlighting it
and pressing CLEAR.
50
En
CLEAR
ENTER
RETURN
PREV NEXT
TIMER REC
Stop CH Mode VPS/PDC
7:00 8:00 Pr 3 SP Off
New Input
1h00m(FINE)
to switch page (go back using
button).
2 Select 'New Input' to set a new timer program,
then press ENTER.
Date
VPS/PDC
3 Enter the timer recording settings.
Use the
use the
value.
• Date – Choose a date up to one month in advance, or
select a daily or weekly program.
• Start – Set the recording start time.
• Stop – Set the recording end time (maximum length
of a timer recording is 6 hours).
• CH – Choose a channel (1–99, excluding skip
channels), or one of the external inputs from which to
record.
• Mode – Select FINE, SP, LP or EP (See Setting the
picture quality/recording time on page 46). If Manual
Recording is on, then you can also select the MN
setting.
• VPS/PDC – The VPS/PDC system automatically
adjusts the recording time so that even if a program
is not running to schedule you won't miss it. For VPS/
PDC to work properly, you must input the correct
announced time and date of the program you want to
record.
1/1
Note that VPS/PDC may not work with every station
and that Optimized Recording will not work if VPS/
PDC is on.
• Recorded Title Name – Optionally, you can enter a
name for the recording up to 32 characters.
4 After entering all the timer recording
information, press ENTER.
The main timer recording screen is displayed again. The
timer program you just input appears in the list.
• If Optimized Rec (see Optimized Rec on page 86) is
set to On (and VPS/PDC is off), the recorder will
adjust the recording quality to try and fit the
recording on the disc.
5 To exit the timer recording screen, press HOME
MENU.
• If you set the timer recording to use VPS/PDC, you
must switch the recorder into standby before the
timer recording is due to start for it to work correctly.
For non-VPS/PDC timer recordings there is no need
to switch the recorder into standby.
Timer Recording
Start Stop CH
TUE 12/12 10 00 11 00 Pr 7
Recorded Title Name
Input
OFF
(cursor left/right) buttons to select a field;
(cursor up/down) buttons to change the
Rec Mode
SP