Basic Recording From The Tv - Pioneer DVR-420H Operating Instructions Manual

Recording
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The setting is indicated in the front panel display, and
shown on-screen together with the recording time for a
blank recordable disc. If a recordable disc is loaded, the
approximate remaining recording time for that disc is
also shown. (Note that if the On Screen Display setting
(see On Screen Display on page 95) is Off then this
information is not displayed.)

Basic recording from the TV

VR mode Video mode
Follow the instructions below to record a TV program.
Recording starts immediately and continues until the
disc is full or you stop the recording.
1 Press HDD or DVD to record to the hard disk drive
or a recordable DVD respectively.
• If you're recording to DVD, load a recordable disc (if
you load a new blank DVD-RW disc, the recorder
takes a short while to initialize the disc).
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En
HDD
HDD DVD
AUDIO
CHANNEL
ENTER
PAUSE
REC STOP REC
REC MODE
DVD RECORDER
2 Use the CHANNEL +/– buttons to select the TV
channel to record.
The front panel display shows the channel number:
1 1 3 0
Channel number
• While the recorder is stopped, you can also use the
number buttons on the remote to select the channel.
(For channel 6, press 6 then ENTER; for channel 24,
press 2, 4 then ENTER)
• If the recorder is stopped, you can also use the +/–
buttons on the front panel to select the channel
number.
3 Use the REC MODE button to set the picture
quality/recording time.
• See Setting the picture quality/recording time on
page 45 for detailed instructions.
4 If the broadcast audio has a SAP channel (Second
Audio Program), press AUDIO to select the audio
channel to record.
Press repeatedly to switch between Mono, Stereo and
SAP audio channels.
• When recording in VR mode, both mono and SAP
audio channels are recorded, allowing you to switch
the audio channel on playback. The only exception to
this is when the picture quality is set to FINE/MN32,
in which case you do need to select the audio
channel before recording.
5 Press REC to start recording.
If you want to set a recording end time, press the
button repeatedly. The recording time increases in 30
minute increments, up to a maximum of six hours. The
time the recording will end is shown on-screen and in the
front panel display. When the recording ends, the
recorder automatically switches into standby if no other
operation is being performed.
• To cancel the set recording time, press
• If you want to pause recording at any time, press
PAUSE. Press again to restart the recording. (If
recording to the HDD or in VR mode, a new chapter
is started after recording restarts)
6 To stop the recording, press
• If you set the recording time in the previous step, you
can still stop the recording anytime by pressing
STOP REC.
• Recording will stop automatically when there is no
more space on the HDD/DVD, or after six hours of
HDD recording (whichever is sooner).
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REC
REC.
STOP REC.