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

Recording
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2 Use the (cursor up) button to highlight the
current timer recording ('Recording' is shown in the
'Confirm' column), then press ENTER.
A screen showing details of the timer recording appears.
From this screen, only the recording stop time can be
changed.
Timer Recording
Date
12/13 MON
Rec to Group
HDD
3 Set a new Stop time for the timer recording.
Use the (cursor left/right) buttons to select the
hour or minute field, then use the
buttons to change the time.
4 Press ENTER to set the new time and exit the
screen.
Recording will continue until the new stop time is
reached.
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.
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.
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En
Start Stop CH Rec Mode
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Program Set
GROUP1
Ttl Name Input
(cursor up/down)
REC STOP REC
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

Timer recording FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions
• Even though the timer is set, the recorder doesn't start
recording!
Check that the disc loaded or HDD is recordable, not
locked (see Lock Disc on page 89), and that there are
fewer than 99/250 titles already on the DVD/HDD.
• The recorder won't let me enter a timer program! Why
not?
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 (but different channels, for example),
the program set most recently takes priority.
REC for
• 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 Lock Disc on
page 89) and that there are fewer than 99 titles
already recorded (250 for the HDD). 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.
STOP on the front panel for
STOP on
REC for three seconds.