Standard Timer Recording - Pioneer DVR-420H Operating Instructions Manual

Recording
06
1 Press EASY TIMER.
Alternatively, you can also access from the Home Menu
(press HOME MENU and select Timer Recording then
Easy Timer Recording).
Easy Timer Recording
AM
8:
00
12/13
12/14
12/15
12/13
CHANNEL + / –
2 Set the TV channel and recording quality.
• Use the CHANNEL +/– buttons to set the channel you
want to record.
• Use the REC MODE button to set the recording
quality. Press repeatedly to switch between FINE, SP,
LP, EP and AUTO (and MN if manual recording mode
is on).
• DVD recording: The AUTO option automatically sets
the best recording quality for the space available on
the disc loaded at the time of recording.
• HDD recording: The AUTO option automatically sets
the best recording quality that would fit on to a blank
DVD disc.
• Press DVD to record to DVD disc, or HDD if you want
to record to the hard disk drive.
3 Use
cursor to the recording start date and time on the
grid.
• You can move the cursor forward or back an hour at
a time using the
Easy Timer Recording
AM
8: 00
12/13
12/14
12/15
12/13
CHANNEL + / –
Each row of the grid is one day (you can set the timer
recording for up to a month in advance). Each column is
a 15 minute interval.
The darker area represents time that has already passed
and can't therefore be selected. The lighter area is time
that's available.
4 Press ENTER to set the start time.
The start date and time is displayed in the middle of the
screen.
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En
PM
9: 10: 11: 12: 1: 2:
00 00 00 00 00 00
9:30 --:--
MON AM
32 FINE
REC MODE HDD/DVD
(cursor buttons) to move the
and buttons.
Current time
Recording start time
PM
9: 00 10: 00 11: 00 12: 00 1: 00 2: 00
11:45 - -:- -
MON AM
32 REC MODE FINE HDD/DVD
• You can go back and reset the start time if you need
to by pressing RETURN.
5 Use the
cursor to the recording end time on the grid.
HDD
As you move the cursor around the grid, an arrow
stretches from the start time to the current cursor
position, representing the length of the recording. A
recording of up to six hours can be set.
6 Press ENTER to set the end time.
7 Select 'Yes' to set the timer recording and exit, or
'No' to go back to the timer recording screen.
• You can check the timer recording details you just set
from the main timer recording screen (see Standard
timer recording below).

Standard timer recording

The timer recording screen you can see all the timer
programs already set, clear programs and set up new
ones.
HDD
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)).
(cursor left/right) to move the
Recording start time
Recording end time
Easy Timer Recording
AM PM
11: 00 12: 00 1: 00 2: 00 3: 00
12/13
12/14
12/15
12/13 11:45
MON AM
CHANNEL + / –
32 REC MODE FINE
CLEAR
ENTER
HOME
MENU
PREV NEXT
TIMER REC
4: 00 5: 00
1:45
PM
HDD/DVD HDD