Basic Recording From The Tv - Pioneer DVR-650H-S Operating Instructions Manual

Recording
• EP (Extended Play) – Lower quality than
LP, but gives about six hours of
recording time on a DVD disc.
• SLP (Super Long Play) – Lower quality
than EP, but gives about eight hours of
recording time on a DVD disc.
• SEP (Super Extended Play) – Lowest
video quality but gives about ten hours of
recording time on a DVD disc.
• MN1 to MN32/LPCM
Linear PCM/XP+ (available only when
manual recording is on).
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 113) is Off then this
information is not displayed.)

Basic recording from the TV

DVD (VR) DVD (Video) DVD+R DVD+RW DVD-RAM HDD
Basic recording from the TV involves just
setting the channel to record, choosing
whether to record to the HDD or a DVD and
selecting the recording quality.
1 Select the HDD or
HDD DVD
DVD for recording.
• If you're recording to DVD, load a
recordable disc (if you load a new blank
DVD-RW or DVD+RW disc, the recorder
takes a short while to initialize the disc).
• If you want to record a VR mode DVD-R
or a Video mode DVD-RW, you must
initialize it before proceeding (see
Initializing recordable DVD discs on
page 49).
Note
1 Audio is recorded in 16-bit Linear PCM format, video is recorded at XP quality. When recording a broadcast with
a SAP channel, select which audio channel to record (see Dual Mono Recording on page 107).
2 Applicable only to HDD recording. (If this setting is used when recording to DVD, MN32 is used.) When copied
to DVD, XP+ recordings are always copied in real time.
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/XP+ – Manual/
CH
2 Select a TV channel to record.
The front panel display shows the channel
number:
Channel number
• While the recorder is stopped, you can
also use the number buttons on the
remote to select the channel (e.g., for
channel 24, press 2, 4 then ENTER).
• If the recorder is stopped, you can also
use the CH +/– buttons on the front
panel to select the channel number.
REC MODE
3 Set the picture quality/recording
time.
• See Setting the picture quality/recording
time on page 36 for detailed instructions.
AUDIO
4 Select the audio channel to
record.
See Changing audio channels on page 36 for
more on this.
• When recording in VR mode (DVD) or
with HDD Recording Format set to Video
Mode Off (HDD), 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 LPCM,
in which case you do need to select the
audio channel before recording.
REC
5 Start recording.
If you want to set a recording end time, press
REC button repeatedly. The recording
the
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
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