Basic Recording From A Tv; Instant Timer Recording; Checking The Recording Time; To Extend The Recording Time - LG LRA-516 Owner's Manual

Basic Recording from a TV

Basic Recording from a TV
Follow the instructions below to record a TV program.
Recording starts immediately and continues until the
disc is full or you stop the recording.
Note:
You must load a recordable disc for DVD recording.
1. Switch on the Recorder and load a recordable
disc. Also make sure that the TV input is set to
this recorder.
2. Set a recording mode as necessary by pressing
REC MODE repeatedly (HQ, SQ, LQ, EQ).
3. Select the TV channel to record.
Changing TV Audio Channel
You can select the audio channel (language) to listen
by pressing AUDIO during viewing TV program. The
current audio channel is displayed on-screen.
Stereo or mono broadcast:
Mono → (SAP) → Stereo
Bilingual broadcast:
Main → Sub → Main+Sub
If the sound is of poor quality when set to Stereo,
you can often improve it by changing to Mono (Left
or Right).
4. Press zREC once.
Recording will start. (The REC indicator lights in
the display window.)
Recording continues until you press STOP (x)
or the disc is full.
To record for a fixed length of time, see Instant
Timer Recording on right.
5. Press STOP (x) to stop recording.
Notes
• The maximum numbers of DVD titles are as show
below;
- DVD-R/RW : 99
- DVD+R(DL)/RW : 49
• If the Recorder is powered off during DVD recording, the
recording will not be saved.
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Instant T imer Recording
Instant T imer Recording
Instant Timer Recording allows you to make a record-
ing easily of a preset length without using the pro-
gram timer.
1. Follow steps 1-4 as shown left (Basic Recording
from a TV).
2. Press zREC repeatedly to select the recording
time length.
Recording starts after the first press. Each subse-
quent press increases the recording time within
free space.
The recording time is displayed on the TV screen.
At the end of the recording, the recorder will stop
recording and shut off.

Checking the Recording Time

Press z REC or DISPLAY once to check the record-
ing time. The recalled setting will automatically return
to the TV screen for a moment.
Also, remaining time of recording is shown in the dis-
play window.

To Extend the Recording Time

The recording time can be extended anytime by
pressing z REC.
Each subsequent press increases the recording time
by 10 minutes.
To record one TV program while watching
another
1. Press TV/DVD to select the TV mode during
recording. The TV indicator appears.
2. Using the TV, select the channel to be viewed.
Note:
The Recorder will automatically power off when the Instant
Timer Recording ends.