Owner's Manual

RECORDING
37
Basic
Recording
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.
1
Switch on the recorder and load a recordable
disc.
Also make sure that the TV
input
is set to this recorder.
If
you
load a
completely
blank
disc,
the recorder takes a
short while to initialize the disc.
2
Set a
recording
mode as
necessary by pressing
REC MODE
repeatedly. (HQ,
SQ,
LQ)
HQ;
High Quality,
SQ;
Standard
Quality,
LQ:
Low
Quality
3
Use v /
V
buttons to select the TV channel to
record.
Changing
TV Audio Channel
Stereo
→
Left Mono
→
Right
Mono
→
Mono
→
Bilingual
→
Stereo
The current audio channel is
displayed
on-screen.
?
If the sound is of
poor quality
when set to
Stereo,
you
can often
improve
it
by changing
to Mono.
?
If the broadcast is
bilingual
and with DVD-RW discs in
VR
mode,
you
can select the
language by pressing
AUDIO:
Left Mono
(Main language), Right
Mono
(Bilingual
language),
Stereo or
Bilingual (Main
+
Bilingual).
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This recorder can record either NICAM or
regular
audio. If the NICAM
setting (page 19)
is set to
Auto,
then if the broadcast is
NICAM,
the audio automati-
cally changes
to NICAM and
you
can record the
NICAM audio. If the broadcast is
non-NICAM,
the
reg-
ular audio is
always
recorded.
If NICAM sound distortion
occurs,
due to
poor recep-
tion,
you
can switch off NICAM
setting
of the
program.
4
Press REC
(z)
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.
To Pause the
Recording
1 Press PAUSE/STEP
(X)
to
pause
the disc
during
recording.
2 When
you
want to continue
recording, press
PAUSE/STEP
(X).
To record one
TV
program
while watch-
ing
another
1 Press TV/DVD to select the TV mode
during
record-
ing.
The TV indicator
appears.
2
Using
the
TV,
select the channel to be viewed.
Instant Timer
Recording
Instant Timer
Recording
allows
you
to make a
recording
easily
of a
preset length
without
using
the
program
timer.
1
Follow
steps
1-4 as shown left
(Basic Recording
from a
TV).
2
Press REC
(z) repeatedly
to select the record-
ing
time
length.
Recording
starts after the first
press.
Each subse-
quent press
increases the
recording
time
by
10
minutes within free
space (maximum
120
minutes).
The
recording
time is
displayed
on the TV screen.
At the end of the
recording,
the DVD Recorder will
stop recording
and shut off.
Instant Timer Record Menu
Checking
the
Recording
Time
Press REC
(z)
once to check the
recording
time. The
recalled
setting
will
automatically
return to the TV
screen for a moment.
Also,
remaining
time of
recording
is shown in the
display
window.
To Extend the
Recording
Time
The
recording
time can be extended
anytime by press-
ing
REC
(z).
Each
subsequent press
increases the
recording
time
by
10 minutes within free
space (maximum
120
minutes).
Caution
If the recorder is
unplugged (or
there is a
power failure)
while the recorder is
recording,
the
recording
will be
lost.
Continue
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Playing
Your
Recordings
on Other
DVD
Players
Most
regular
DVD
players
can
play
finalized discs
recorded in Video mode. A small number of
players
can also
play
DVD-RW discs recorded in VR
mode,
finalized or not. Check the manual that came with the
other
player
to check what kinds of discs it will
play.
Finalizing
a Disc
Finalizing
'fixes' the
recordings
in
place
so that the
disc can be
played
on a
regular
DVD
player
or com-
puter equipped
with a suitable DVD-ROM drive.
Finalizing
a Video mode disc creates a menu screen
for
navigating
the disc. This is accessed
by pressing
MENU/LIST or TITLE.
To finalize a
disc,
refer to "Finalize" on
page
26.