Recording
Manual recording
Proceed as follows to record television pro- grammes.
Recording will start immediately and will continue until the disc is full or you stop the recording.
1.Switch the recorder on and insert a writable disc. If you insert an empty disc, the recorder will initialise it automatically fi rst (see page 25).
2.Set the recording quality if necessary (see page 24).
3.Switch the recorder input to the signal source you wish to record from with the numeric buttons, the buttons P+ / P- or the button DVD-
AV/ | or | AV | . |
The program number, name and current sound status are displayed on the screen.
•Select the audio channel for two language TV recordings in the
•This recorder can also record NICAM. If the NICAM setting is set (see page 20) to Auto, Audio is automatically changed to NICAM as soon as a NICAM broadcast is transmit- ted. If the NICAM sound is distorted due to poor reception, you can switch off the program’s NICAM setting.
4.Press 
once.
Recording will begin. (The REC display comes on in the DVD recorder‘s display window.)
5.Recording will go on until you press 
or until the disc is full.
You can fi nd out about specifying the length of the recording under “Immediate Timer Record- ing“.
Stopping the recording
1.Press 
to stop the disc during a record- ing.
2.If you wish to continue the recording, press 
.
Immediate Timer Recording
The “Immediate Timer Recording“ enables you to make a recording with a specifi ed length without using the programme timer.
1.Follow steps
2.Press 
several times to set the duration of the recording.
Recording will begin after the fi rst press of the button. Each additional press of the button ex- tends the length of the recording by 10 minutes. When the set time elapses, the DVD recorder will stop recording. It then automatically switches off.
Continue
65Min free
“Immediate Timer Recording“ message.
Checking the recording time
Press 
once to check the recording time. The length of recording time that remains will display. When the button is pressed again, while the dis- play is still visible, “Continue“ will display instead of the length of recording time that remains.
Extending the recording time
You can extend the recording time whenever
you wish by pressing 
while “Continue“ is displayed.
Each time that 
is pressed, the recording will extend by 10 minutes, and the new recording time will be displayed instead of “Continue“.
Caution: If the recorder is cut off from the power supply while it is recording (or if there is a power cut), the complete recording will be lost.
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