Philips DVDR 725H/05 manual Recording on the HDD, Recoding mode, Useful information, For example

Recording on the HDD

General

As soon as you turn on the DVD recorder, the currently selected TV channel on the DVD-Recorder is recorded in a temporary storage (Time Shift Buffer).

Recordings in the Time Shift Buffer will be automatically deleted e.g. after 3 hours if the period of the Time Shift Buffer is set to 3 hours (factory setting). Only recordings marked in the Time Shift Buffer (red bar in the Time Shift Buffer) will be stored on the the built-in HDD. For more information, read the section 'The Time Shift Buffer'.

The following additional information is stored with each recording: •) name of the recording

If no name is recognised from the GUIDE Plus+® systems data, only the programme number (programme name) and the time will be stored as the name.

•) length of the recording •) recording mode (quality) •) date of the recording

•) index picture of the recording

•) information to the recorded show taken from the GUIDE Plus+® system.

This additional information can not be edited.

To facilitate the search of a specific position, a chapter marker is recorded every 5 minutes. How you switch off this function you will read in chapter 'User preferences/Settings I' in the section

'Preferences/Chapters'.

The recoding mode

Recordings on the HDD will be carried out in an adjustable recording quality, the so-called recording mode.

The higher the quality, the greater the HDD space required. The recording quality is indicated as M1, M2, M2x, M3, M4, M6, and M8. The maximum possible recording time on the HDD depends from the recording mode and the average length of the recordings (titles). 'M1': approx. 32 hours

'M2': approx. 64 hours

'M2x': approx. 80 hours

'M3': approx. 96 hours

'M4': approx. 128 hours

'M6': approx. 192 hours

'M8': approx. 250 hours

The maximum recording time for one title is 6 hours. The maximum numbers of titles is 499.

The number (M1, M2,..) indicates the number of hours that will fit on a single-layer, 4.7GB DVD+RW or DVD+R. This means that you can store only 1 hour of 'M1' recordings on a DVD+RW, DVD+R, while 8 hours of 'M8' recordings will fit on the same disc.

This is particularly important when you want to copy recordings from the HDD onto a DVD+RW, DVD+R. The quality of recordings on the HDD cannot be changed at a later stage.

For example:

A 3-hour movie that was stored on the HDD in recording quality 'M1' will not fit on a DVD+RW, DVD+R (M1=1 hour on a DVD+RW, DVD+R). Only 1 hour of this movie can be copied onto a DVD+RW, DVD+R. If you recorded the same movie in recording mode M3, the entire movie would fit on a DVD+RW, DVD+R. (M3=3 hours on a DVD+RW, DVD+R).

Useful information

When you switch on the DVD recorder, the currently selected TV programme will be recorded in the Time Shift Buffer.

In order to store a recording on the HDD, you must mark it red in the Time Shift Buffer (time bar) before the Time Shift Buffer is deleted.

To get full access to the edit functions of the title, you have to erase the Time Shift Buffer.

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