Recording From An External Component - Pioneer DVR-920H Operating Instructions Manual

Recording
Important
• Note that you must use a DVD-RW Ver. 1.1 / 2x or
Ver. 1.2 / 4x disc to be able to use this feature.
• You may not be able to use this feature with a
DVD-RW disc that was first initialized on another
recorder.
• 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).
Recording from an external
component
VR mode Video mode HDD
You can record from an external component, such as a
camcorder or VCR, connected to one of the recorder's
2
external inputs.
HDD
REC
Note
1 • You can't start playback immediately after recording starts.
• When scanning a DVD, no sound is output if the recorder is also recording the DVD (see Scanning discs on page 53).
2 If your source is copy-protected using CopyGuard, you will not be able to record it. See Restrictions on video recording on page 61 for more
details.
PLAY to start playback
1
STOP (recording will
STOP REC (playback will
DVD
INPUT
SELECT
CLEAR
ENTER
REC MODE
1 Make sure that the component you want to
record from is connected properly to the DVD
recorder.
See Chapter 2 (Connecting up) for connection options.
2 Press INPUT SELECT repeatedly to select one of
the external inputs to record from.
There are three analog inputs and a DV digital input. The
current input is shown on-screen and in the front panel
display:
• L1 – Input 1
• L2 – Input 2 (front panel)
• L3 – Input 3
• DV – DV input/output (front panel)
Check that the Audio In settings for External Audio,
Bilingual Recording and DV Input are as you want them
(see Audio In settings on page 113).
• If the aspect ratio is distorted (squashed or
stretched), adjust on the source component or your
TV before recording.
3 Set up the recorder.
• Use REC MODE to set the recording quality. See
Setting the picture quality/recording time on page 61
for detailed information.
• Press HDD to record to the hard disk drive, or DVD to
record to a DVD.
4 Press REC when you're ready to start
recording.
• The recorder will only start recording from the DV IN/
OUT jack if there is a valid signal. Recording will also
pause if the signal is interrupted during recording.
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