Timer Recording Faq; Simultaneous Recording And Playback - Pioneer DVR-310-S Operating Instructions Manual

Recording
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.
1 If the recorder is on, switch it into standby.
2 Press and hold STOP on the front panel for 3
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 3 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 REC for 3 seconds.

Timer recording FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions
• Even though the timer is set, the recorder doesn't start
recording!
Check that the disc loaded is recordable, not locked
(see Lock Disc on page 66), and that there are fewer
than 99 titles already on the DVD.
• The recorder won't let me enter a timer program! Why
not?
You can't enter a timer program while a timer
recording is in progress, during timer recording
standby or when 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.
• 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, and it is not
currently recording. Also make sure that the disc is
not locked (see Lock Disc on page 66) and that there
are fewer than 99 titles already recorded. 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.
Simultaneous recording and
playback
VR mode
A feature called Chase Play makes it possible to watch a
recording in progress from the start of the recording (as
in, playback is 'chasing' the recording). For example,
STOP on
perhaps you have to miss the first 30 minutes of a movie
on TV; you can start recording, then start watching the
movie, from the beginning, while the recorder is still
recording 30 minutes ahead of you.
In fact, you're not just limited to watching the recording
in progress; you can watch anything else already on the
DVD by selecting it from the Disc Navigator screen (see
Using the Disc Navigator with recordable discs on
page 33).
Important
• Note that you must use a DVD-RW Ver. 1.1/2x disc to
be able to use this feature.
• Unrecorded DVD-RW discs initialized on another
recorder may not be able to use this feature.
• During recording, press
from the beginning of the current recording, or press
DISC NAVIGATOR and select another title to play
from there.
You can use all the usual playback controls, such as
pause, slow-motion play, scan and skip.
• To stop playback, press
continue).
• To stop recording, press
continue).
Note
• You can't start playback immediately after recording
starts.
• When scanning, no sound is output if the recorder is
also recording (see Scanning discs on page 35).
• You can't use this feature during Auto Start
Recording, or in Auto Start Recording standby.
PLAY to start playback
STOP (recording will
STOP REC (playback will
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