Pioneer DVR-310 Timer recording FAQ, Simultaneous recording and playback, Unlock

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Preventing use of the recorder before a timer recording (child lock)

You can make all the front panel and remote control buttons inoperative using the child lock feature. This is useful when you set a timer recording and want to make sure that the timer settings are not changed before recording has finished.

1 If the recorder is on, switch it into standby.

2 Press and hold STOP on the front panel for 3 seconds to lock the controls.

The front panel display briefly shows LOCK. If any buttons are pressed on the remote or front panel, LOCK is briefly displayed again.

• To unlock the recorder, press and hold STOP on the front panel for 3 seconds until the display shows

UNLOCK.

•To cancel a timer recording when the recorder is locked, first unlock the recorder (see above), then press and hold REC for 3 seconds.

Timer recording FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

•Even though the timer is set, the recorder doesn’t start recording!

Check that the disc loaded is recordable, not locked (see Lock Disc on page 66), and that there are fewer than 99 titles already on the DVD.

•The recorder won’t let me enter a timer program! Why not?

You can’t enter a timer program while a timer recording is in progress, during timer recording standby or when the clock isn’t set.

•What happens when two or more timer programs overlap?

Basically, the program with the earlier recording start time has priority. However, the recorder will start recording the program with the later start time after the earlier program is finished. If two programs have the same times (but different channels, for example), the program set most recently takes priority.

•I entered a timer program, but the recorder doesn’t confirm whether or not it’s OK. Why not?

Timer confirmation only works for DVD recordings when there is a recordable disc loaded, and it is not currently recording. Also make sure that the disc is not locked (see Lock Disc on page 66) and that there are fewer than 99 titles already recorded. Note that

it’s possible that although the timer recording screen says OK, the recording doesn’t complete successfully because of some other reason, such as a damaged disc, etc.

Simultaneous recording and playback

VR mode

A feature called Chase Play makes it possible to watch a recording in progress from the start of the recording (as in, playback is ‘chasing’ the recording). For example, perhaps you have to miss the first 30 minutes of a movie on TV; you can start recording, then start watching the movie, from the beginning, while the recorder is still recording 30 minutes ahead of you.

In fact, you’re not just limited to watching the recording in progress; you can watch anything else already on the DVD by selecting it from the Disc Navigator screen (see Using the Disc Navigator with recordable discs on page 33).

Important

•Note that you must use a DVD-RW Ver. 1.1/2x disc to be able to use this feature.

•Unrecorded DVD-RW discs initialized on another recorder may not be able to use this feature.

• During recording, press PLAY to start playback from the beginning of the current recording, or press DISC NAVIGATOR and select another title to play from there.

You can use all the usual playback controls, such as pause, slow-motion play, scan and skip.

• To stop playback, press	STOP (recording will
continue).
• To stop recording, press	STOP REC (playback will
continue).

Note

•You can’t start playback immediately after recording starts.

•When scanning, no sound is output if the recorder is also recording (see Scanning discs on page 35).

•You can’t use this feature during Auto Start Recording, or in Auto Start Recording standby.

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