Recording From An External Component - Pioneer RCS-77H Operating Insructions

Recording
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
external inputs.
RECORDER
–
HDD DVD
HELP
DISC NAVIGATOR
TOP MENU
RDS DISP
ST –
HOME
MENU
TEST TONE
PREV NEXT
REC STOP REC
ì
SURROUND ADVANCED
AUDIO SUBTITLE
TV
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 VIDEO INPUT 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:
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• AV2/L1 – Input 1
• L2 – Input 2 (front panel)
• L3 – Input 3
• DV – DV input (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 132).
Note
1.This cannot be selected if AV2/L1 In is set to Decoder (see AV2/L1 In on page 132).
RECEIVER
MUTE
VOLUME
+
FM/AM AUDIO INPUT
CHANNEL
VIDEO INPUT
INFO
GUIDE
CLEAR
TUNE + DVD MENU
SYSTEM
SETUP
ENTER
ST +
RETURN
TUNE – DISPLAY
CM
BACK SKIP
STEP/SLOW
ONE TOUCH
REC MODE
COPY
SOUND TIMER REC
ANGLE PLAY MODE
INPUT
• 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 81
for detailed information.
• Press HDD to record to the hard disk drive, or DVD to
record to a DVD.
Press ì REC when you're ready to start
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recording.
• The recorder will only start recording from the DV IN
jack if there is a valid signal. Recording will also
pause if the signal is interrupted during recording.
• If your source is copy-protected using CopyGuard,
you will not be able to record it. See Restrictions on
video recording on page 80 for more details.
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