Setting The Picture Quality/Recording Time; Basic Recording From The Tv - Pioneer DVR-5100H Operating Instructions Manual

Recording
Setting the picture quality/recording
time
VR mode Video mode HDD
Before starting a recording, you will usually want to set
the picture quality/recording time. There are four
standard settings available, which allow you to choose a
balance between picture quality and recording time.
It's also possible to create a fifth, 'manual' setting for
picture quality/recording time. Before you can select this,
however, you will need to set the Manual Recording
option in the Initial Settings menu (see Manual Recording
on page 105).
• Press REC MODE repeatedly to select a recording
setting.
You can also use the front panel controls: Press
FUNCTION repeatedly until the display shows REC
MODE, then use the SMART JOG dial to select the
recording mode.
• FINE – Fine picture quality
• SP – Standard play
• LP – Long play
• EP – Extended play
• MN – Manual (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 96) is Off then this
information is not displayed.)
REC MODE

Basic recording from the TV

VR mode Video mode HDD
Follow the instructions below to record a TV program.
Recording starts immediately and continues until the
disc is full or you stop the recording.
HDD
AUDIO
PAUSE
REC STOP REC
DVD RECORDER
1 Press HDD or DVD to record to the hard disk drive
or a recordable DVD respectively.
• If you're recording to DVD, load a recordable disc (if
you load a new blank DVD-RW disc, the recorder
takes a short while to initialize the disc).
2 Use the REC MODE button to set the picture
quality/recording time.
• See Setting the picture quality/recording time above
for detailed instructions.
3 Use the CHANNEL +/– buttons to select the TV
channel to record.
The front panel display shows the channel number:
2 3 3 0
Channel preset
DVD
CHANNEL
ENTER
REC MODE
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