Pioneer DVR-3100 Timer recording FAQ, Stopping or extending a timer recording in progress

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1 Press SHOWVIEW.

The front panel display shows the current recording mode and prompts you to enter the ShowView programming number.

SHOW VIEW

2Use the number buttons to enter the ShowView programming number.

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• To clear the last digit entered, press CLEAR.

• Use the PREV NEXT button to switch VPS/ PDC on/off. With VPS/PDC on, the front panel VPS/ PDC indicator lights. (Note that a maximum of 8 timer recordings can be set with VPS/PDC on.)

3 Press ENTER.

The display shows the timer settings:

Date Start time End time Recording channel.

•If CODE ERROR appears in the display, check that the ShowView programming number is correct and start again from step 1.

•If CAN’T SET appears in the display, it means that although you entered a valid ShowView programming number, the program has already finished.

Stopping or extending a timer recording in progress

After a timer recording has started, you can cancel or extend recording.

REC STOPREC

1 Press and hold REC for 3 seconds.

Only the program is canceled (the timer indicator disappears); recording continues.

2If you want to stop recording completely, press

STOP REC.

• To extend recording, press REC repeatedly to extend recording in 30 minute increments.

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.

•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 70), 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.

If VPS/PDC is active for two timer programs that are programmed to start at the same time, then the program that actually starts first takes priority.

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