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06Recording
Direct recording from TV
If you connected this recorder to your TV using a SCART Setting a timer recording
cable, and your TV supports Direct Recording, you can
VR modeVideo mode
record whatever is currently being shown on the TV
without having to worry about what channel preset the Using the timer recording features you can program up
recorder is on. Check the instructions that came with to 32 timer recordings up to a month in advance. Timer
your TV if you?re not sure whether your TV supports this
recording programs can be set to record just once, every
feature.
day, or every week.
You can set the recorder so that it will adjust the
recording quality to try and fit the recording on to the disc
if it would not otherwise fit at the recording quality you set
(see Optimized Rec on page 57 for more on this).
TV DIRECT
REC REC MODE REC
Important
A timer recording can?t be set if there are already 32
timer programs waiting to be recorded.
DVD RECORDER Timer recording will not start if:
- The recorder is already recording.
- A disc is being initialized, finalized or unfinalized.
1 If necessary, load a recordable disc.
Except when finalizing Video mode discs, timer
2 Set the picture quality/recording time using the recording will start when the operation preventing
REC MODE button.timer recording has finished.
If a disc is playing when a timer recording is due to
3 Press TV DIRECT REC to start recording.
start, playback will automatically stop to allow the
If you want to set a recording time, press the REC
recording to start.
button repeatedly. The recording time increases in 30
minute increments, up to a maximum of twelve hours. The timer indicator lights in the front panel display
You can see the recording time on-screen and in the front when the timer is active. If the indicator is blinking it
panel display. When the recording ends, the recorder means that there is no disc loaded, or the disc loaded
automatically switches into standby if no other operation is not recordable.
is being performed. Approximately two minutes before a timer recording
To cancel the set recording time, press REC.is set to start, the recorder will go into timer recording
standby (assuming that a recordable disc is loaded).
If you want to pause recording at any time, press
In timer recording standby you cannot use some
. Press again to restart the recording. (If recording
functions.
in VR mode, a new chapter is started after recording
restarts)
4 To stop the recording, press .
If you set the recording time in step 3, you can still CLEAR
stop the recording anytime by pressing .
Recording will stop automatically when there is no
more space on the DVD.
ENTER
TipHOME
MENU
You can press TV DIRECT REC while the recorder is
in standby to switch on and immediately start
recording.
Please note that you can?t record from another
component (VCR, etc.) that is connected by a SCART
cable to the AV2(INPUT 1/DECODER) AV connector
using the TV Direct Recording feature.
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