Pioneer DVR-330-S, DVR-310, DVR-7000 manual Timer recording FAQ, Simultaneous recording and playback

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Canceling and stopping a timer recording in progress

After a timer recording has started, you can cancel the program (but continue recording), or stop recording completely if you need to.

REC STOPREC

1 During timer recording, press and hold REC for three seconds.

Only the program is canceled (the timer indicator disappears); recording continues so that you can manually stop recording whenever you like.

2 When you want to stop recording completely, press STOP REC.

Tip

•You can also stop a timer recording immediately by pressing STOP REC then selecting Yes to confirm.

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 three 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 three 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 three seconds.

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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 63), 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 if 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, only one of them will be recorded, so it is best to set one of them to Cancel Once. See Skipping a regular timer program on page 39.

•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. Also make sure that the disc is not locked (see The Disc Setup menu on page 63) 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 47).

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