Recording Time - Pioneer DVR-660H-S - 250GB HDD Multizoned DVR Operating Instructions Manual

Recording
Changing cable channels
When a cable box is connected, you can use
the remote to change cable channels (up to
999).
If your cable box is connected to the RF
antenna input on this recorder:
CHANNEL
• Use or
cable channel.
In this case, you can't change the channel of
the built-in tuner.
If your cable box is connected to a set of AV
inputs:
INPUT SELECT
1 Select the cable box input.
CHANNEL
2 Use or
cable channel.
Changing audio channels
Some TV programmes are broadcast with
both a main and a Second Audio
Programme (SAP). You can change the TV
audio using the AUDIO button.
AUDIO
• Press to change the audio type.
The current audio channel is displayed on-
screen.
Mono
Stereo
• If SAP is selected, but there is no SAP
channel being broadcast, you will still
hear the main audio channel.
• If the sound is poor quality when set to
Stereo, you can often improve it by
changing to Mono.
Change the
to change the
SAP
Note
• When recording to the HDD with HDD
Recording Format set to Video Mode On,
to DVD in Video mode, or on the LPCM
setting, only one channel of a dual mono
broadcast is recorded. In this case,
decide which language you want to
record before recording by setting the
Dual Mono Recording setting (see Dual
Mono Recording on page 114).
Setting the picture quality/

recording time

DVD (VR) DVD (Video) DVD+R DVD+RW DVD-RAM HDD
Before starting a recording, you will usually
want to set the picture quality/recording
time. There are six standard settings
available, which allow you to choose a
balance between picture quality and
recording time.
When Manual Recording is set to On (see
Manual Recording on page 117), a further
option will be available (MN1 to MN32,
LPCM, or XP+ (a super-high quality HDD
recording mode that features a transfer rate
of around 15 Mbps) depending on what you
set).
When recording to DVD, MN32 is the
highest recording quality available. If you
select XP+, the recording mode will
automatically revert to MN32.
When recording to DVD+R/+RW, SLP is the
longest recording time available. If you
select SEP or MN1 to MN3, the recording
mode will automatically revert to SLP.
REC MODE
• Press repeatedly to select the
recording quality.
• XP – High quality setting, gives about
one hour of recording time on a DVD
disc.
• SP (Standard Play) – Default quality,
used for most applications, gives about
two hours of recording time on a DVD.
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