Pioneer DVR-3100 Recording Simultaneous recording and playback, Set up the recorder

Recording

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 36).

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 37).

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

Recording from an external component

VR mode Video mode

You can record from an external component, such as a camcorder or VCR, connected to one of the recorder’s external inputs.

INPUT

SELECT

CLEAR

ENTER

REC REC MODE

1Make sure that the component you want to record from is connected properly to the DVD recorder.

See Chapter 2 (Connecting up) for connection options.

2Press INPUT SELECT repeatedly to select one of the external inputs to record from.

There are three analog inputs and a DV digital input. The current input is shown on-screen and in the front panel display:

•AV2/L1 – Input 1

•L2 – Input 2 (front panel)

•L3 – Input 3/Auto Start Rec

•DV – DV input/output (front panel)

Check that the Audio In settings for External Audio, Bilingual Recording and DV Input are as you want them (see Audio In settings on page 81).

•If the aspect ratio is distorted (squashed or stretched), adjust on the source component or your TV before recording.

3Set up the recorder.

•Use REC MODE to set the recording quality. See Setting the picture quality/recording time on page 46 for detailed information.

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