Timer Recording (Guide Plus+/Showview/Manual) - Sony RDR-HX825 Service Manual

Timer Recording (GUIDE
Plus+/ShowView/
Manual)
+ - RW - RW +
HDD RW R
VR
Video
- R - R
VR
Video
There are three methods to setting the timer
within the GUIDE Plus+ system: One Button
Recording, ShowView, and setting the timer
manually.
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Notes
• When the recorder is connected to a set top box
receiver and you want to record using the GUIDE
Plus+ system, turn on the set top box receiver and
connect the set top box controller.
• Do not operate your set top box receiver just
before or during a timer recording. This may
prevent the accurate recording of a programme.
One Button Recording (GUIDE
Plus+)
You can use the GUIDE Plus+ system to set
the timer to record a programme up to seven
days in advance.
Colour
buttons
TV GUIDE
</M/m/,
x REC
STOP
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Press ENTER.
The date, start and stop times,
programme position, etc. setting appear.
The recorder is ready to start recording.
• To record on a DVD
See "Checking/Changing/Cancelling
Timer Settings" on page 61.
• To make more detailed timer settings
See "Checking/Changing/Cancelling
Timer Settings" on page 61.
To confirm, change, or cancel a timer
recording
See "Checking/Changing/Cancelling Timer
Settings" on page 61.
To stop recording during timer recording
Press x REC STOP.
Note that it may take a few seconds for the
recorder to stop recording.
Rec. Mode Adjust
If there is not enough available disc space for
the recording, the recorder automatically
adjusts the recording mode to enable the
entire programme to be recorded. Set "Rec.
Mode Adjust" of the "Timer Settings" to
"On" in the "Recording" setup (page 107).
Auto Title Erase (HDD only)
If there is not enough space for a timer
recording, the recorder automatically erases
old titles recorded on the HDD.
The oldest played title is erased. Set "Auto
Title Erase" of the "Timer Settings" to "On"
in the "Recording" setup (page 107).
Protected titles are not erased.
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Press TV GUIDE.
2
Select a programme using </M/m/
,.
To search for a programme by category
or by keyword, select "Search" in the
Menu Bar. See "Searching for a
Programme using the GUIDE Plus+
System" on page 48 for more
information about searching for a
programme.
You can select a programme from "My
TV."
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Press the red button ("Record").
The set programme and Time Slot
change colour and the recorder is ready
to start recording. When recording from a
set top box receiver, be sure to turn it on.
Unlike a VCR, there is no need to turn off
the recorder before the timer recording
starts.
• To record on a DVD
See "Checking/Changing/Cancelling
Timer Settings" on page 61.
• To make more detailed timer settings
See "Checking/Changing/Cancelling
Timer Settings" on page 61.
To confirm, change, or cancel a timer
recording
See "Checking/Changing/Cancelling Timer
Settings" on page 61.
To stop recording during timer recording
Press x REC STOP.
Note that it may take a few seconds for the
recorder to stop recording, and that the
recording cannot be stopped within the first
minute of recording.
Setting the timer manually
Number
buttons
Colour
buttons
SCHEDULE
</M/m/,,
ENTER
z REC
x REC
STOP
1
With the GUIDE Plus+ system turned
off, press SCHEDULE.
2
Press the green button ("Manual").
3
Set the date using the number buttons
and </M/m/,. Then press the
green button ("Next").
4
Set the start time using the number
buttons and </M/m/,. Then press
the green button ("Next").
5
Set the stop time using the number
buttons and </M/m/,. Then press
the green button ("Next").
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To adjust the recording quality
Recording TV programmes
See step 3 of "Adjusting the recording picture
using the ShowView system
quality and size" on page 60.
Rec. Mode Adjust
The ShowView system is a feature that
If there is not enough available disc space for
simplifies setting the timer. Just enter the
the recording, the recorder automatically
ShowView programming number listed in
adjusts the recording mode to enable the
the TV programme guide. The date, time, and
entire programme to be recorded. Set "Rec.
programme position of that programme are
Mode Adjust" of the "Timer Settings" to
set automatically.
"On" in the "Recording" setup (page 107).
Check that the programme positions are
correctly set in "Programme Setting" in the
Auto Title Erase (HDD only)
"Basic" setup (page 96).
If there is not enough space for a timer
recording, the recorder automatically erases
old titles recorded on the HDD.
The oldest played title is erased. Set "Auto
Title Erase" of the "Timer Settings" to "On"
in the "Recording" setup (page 107).
Protected titles are not erased.
If the timer settings overlap
SCHEDULE
If one or more timer settings overlap, a
message appears. To change the timer
settings, see "Checking/Changing/
Cancelling Timer Settings" on page 61.
z Hint
If you are recording to the HDD or a DVD-RW (VR
mode) at a recording mode that is SP or lower and
is a 2x-speed or higher disc, you can play the title as
it is being recorded by selecting the programme title
on the Title List (page 71).
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Notes
• If a message indicating that the disc is full appears
on the screen, change the disc, or make available
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space for the recording (HDD/DVD+RW/DVD-
RW only) (page 79).
• The last recording mode you selected manually
becomes the default recording mode for timer
recordings made from the GUIDE Plus+ system.
• You cannot adjust the recording quality (HDD or
DVD) once the recording starts.
• The beginning of some recordings may not be
made when using the PDC/VPS function.
• You cannot extend the recording duration time
when "PDC/VPS" is set to "On" (page 62).
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Select the input source using M/m,
Using the Quick Timer function
and select the programme position
using the number buttons or M/m.
You can set the recorder to record in
You can also select the programme
30 minute increments.
position using the yellow button
("Channels").
Press z REC repeatedly to set the
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Press the green button ("Next").
duration.
The display for entering characters
Each press advances the time in 30 minute
appears.
increments. The maximum duration is six
To change the title name, select a
hours.
character on the keyboard using </M/
m/,, and press ENTER.
To switch between upper-case, lower-
case, or characters with accents, press the
yellow button ("Keyboard").
The time counter decreases minute by minute
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Press the green button ("Save").
to 0:00, then the recorder stops recording (the
power does not turn off). Even if you turn off
The date, start and stop times,
programme position, etc. setting appear. the recorder during recording, the recorder
The recorder is ready to start recording. continues to record until the time counter
runs out.
Note that the Quick Timer function does not
To confirm, change, or cancel a timer
work if "TV Direct Rec." is set to "On" in the
recording "Recording" setup (page 107).
See "Checking/Changing/Cancelling Timer
To cancel the Quick Timer
Settings" on page 61.
Press z REC repeatedly until the counter
To stop recording during timer recording appears in the front panel display. The
Press x REC STOP.
recorder returns to normal recording mode.
Note that it may take a few seconds for the
recorder to stop recording.
Rec. Mode Adjust
If there is not enough available disc space for
the recording, the recorder automatically
adjusts the recording mode to enable the
entire programme to be recorded. Set "Rec.
Mode Adjust" in the "Recording" setup to
"On" (page 107).
Auto Title Erase (HDD only)
If there is not enough space for a timer
recording, the recorder automatically erases
old titles recorded on the HDD.
Set "Auto Title Erase" in the "Recording"
setup to "On" (page 107). The oldest played
title is erased. Protected titles are not erased.
If the timer settings overlap
If one or more timer settings overlap, a
message appears. To change the timer
settings, see "Checking/Changing/
Cancelling Timer Settings" on page 61.
Number
buttons
Colour
buttons
</,,
ENTER
x REC
STOP
With the GUIDE Plus+ system turned
off, press SCHEDULE.
Press the red button ("ShowView").
Press the number buttons to enter the
ShowView programming number.
• If you make a mistake, press < and re-
enter the correct number.
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