Pioneer DVR-720H manual Lock / Unlock, Select ‘Erase Sec’ from the Disc Navigator menu options Use

08Editing

•For greater control over the exact position of chapter

markers it can be useful to use the PAUSE button and/or the slow-motion and frame advance/reverse

controls ( ).

Note

•You cannot insert chapter markers during Auto Start Recording.

•If you pause a recording in VR mode, the recorder automatically starts a new chapter when you restart the recording.

•When recording in Video mode, the recorder automatically puts chapter markers in at regular intervals. It is not possible to add extra chapter markers manually after recording (see also Auto Chapter (Video) on page 108).

•The Play List and Original content on a disc can each contain up to 999 chapters.

•Each HDD title can contain a maximum of 99 chapters.

•Similar chapter editing commands are available for HDD content from the HDD to DVD copy screen. See also Copying from HDD to DVD* on page 63.

Erase Section (Erase Sec)

VR mode HDD

Using this command you can delete a part of an Original title, ideal for cutting out the commercial breaks in a recording made from the TV.

1Select ‘Erase Sec’ from the Disc Navigator menu options.

2 Use the	(cursor buttons) to select a
title.

After selecting a title, the Erase Sec screen appears from which you can mark the start and end points of the section to erase.

3 Use the playback controls ( , , , , etc.) to find the start of the section to erase, then (with ‘From’ highlighted) press ENTER.

The bar at the bottom of the screen shows the current play position in the title. After pressing ENTER, a marker appears under the bar to show the start of the section.

Play Pause

AB

From T 0.02.09.17

A

4In the same way, find the end of the section to erase, then (with ‘To’ highlighted) press ENTER. After pressing ENTER, another marker appears under the bar to show the end of the section, with the section itself marked in red.

5Select ‘Yes’ to confirm, or ‘No’ to cancel, then press ENTER.

In the thumbnail viewer you can see a few seconds of video either side of the marked section to see how the edit will look.

•When editing VR mode Original content, you may not be able to erase very short sections (less than five seconds).

6Erase another section from the same title, or

press RETURN to get back to the main Disc Navigator screen.

Lock / Unlock

VR mode Video mode HDD

You can lock a title so that it can’t be edited or erased accidently. If you do need to edit it, you can always unlock it later.

Erase Sec

Original

DVD

Title 1

Erase Sec

Back

15:00 Wed 13/12 Pr 5	LP
Recording Time	0h01m24s
1-1	0.00.52.17
Play Pause
A	B
From	To

Important

•You can’t undo any edits made before changing the lock status. You also can’t undo a lock/unlock command using the Undo option from the Disc Navigator menu.

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