Pioneer DV-PT100 One-touch Timer Recording OTR, Timer recording, To cancel OTR, Enter

One-touch Timer Recording (OTR)

The One-touch Timer Recording feature provides a simple and convenient way to make a timed recording.

Example: One-touch Timer Recording for 30 minutes.

1Load a cassette tape with the erase prevention tab intact.

The unit will automatically turn on.

2Press SPEED to select the desired tape speed SP or SLP.

The tape counter and SP or SLP will appear on the screen for about 4 seconds.

3Set the TV/CABLE option to the appropriate position.

4Press Number keys or CH / to select the channel to be recorded.

5Press REC. Press the button again to stop recording after 30 minutes. Each additional press of REC will increase recording time as shown in the chart below, up to a maximum of 6 hours. The OTR and recording time will appear on the screen for about 4 seconds. And, REC will keep blinking in the display.

Press	Recording time	Press	Recording time
once	NORMAL REC	6 times	3:00
twice	0:30	7 times	4:00
3 times	1:00	8 times	5:00
4 times	1:30	9 times	6:00
5 times	2:00	10 times	NORMAL REC

To cancel OTR

Press STOP or turn off the power.

“ ” will appear on screen for about 4 seconds.

NOTE:

If you wish to watch the DVD playback during the OTR, press DVD/VCR to change to DVD mode and perform the DVD playback (see page 24).

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Timer recording

Timer recording can be programmed on-screen with the remote control. The built-in timer allows automatic unattended recording of up to 8 programs within 1 month.

Example: Program a timer recording for￿￿￿￿the 26th day, channel 125 (CABLE), 11:00 - 11:30 PM on timer￿￿ program￿￿￿￿￿

number 1 (Tape speed: SLP).

1	Press VCR MENU. Select		￿￿	￿￿￿￿￿￿
	the “TIMER REC SET”
2	option, then press ENTER.
	Press SET + or – to select
		￿￿￿￿￿￿		￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿
	the date, then press
	one of the program line,	￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿
	then press ENTER.
3	Press SET + or – to select	￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿
	channel and tape speed as
	ENTER.
4	Set the start time, end time,

in step 3.

NOTES:

•Press CANCEL to move cursor backward for correction.

•To record from external source set the channel to “L”. “L” will appear next to CH 125 (or 69).

5To enter other programs, repeat step 2 through 4.

• To return to the normal screen, press VCR MENU twice.

6Press TIMER REC. The clock symbol() will appear on the display and the VCR stands by for recording. At the same time, VCR mode will change to DVD mode automatically. You can use DVD even if the VCR is in the Timer recording mode.

If you do not use the DVD, turn the power off.

The timer recording will start at 20 seconds before the time you predetermined.

NOTES:

•If the clock symbol ( ) does not appear on the display in spite of the pressing of TIMER REC, the cassette may not have been loaded yet. (see page 17)

•If the cassette is ejected in spite of the pressing of TIMER REC, the erase prevention tab of the cassette may have been removed. (see page 17)

NOTES:

•If the clock symbol () blinks when the timer recording ended, the TV program has not been completely recorded because of an insufficient tape supply. Press TIMER REC to cancel the timer program or press VCR EJECT to remove the cassette tape.

•During timer recording standby mode, the VCR mode cannot be selected. To use the VCR, press TIMER REC at first, then press DVD/VCR to change to VCR mode. After you use the VCR, press TIMER REC again to put the VCR into timer recording standby mode.

•If you press TIMER REC during timer recording, the recording operation will be interrupted. If you press TIMER REC again within the programmed time, the recording operation will start again.

•After a power failure or disconnection of the power plug, all programmed recording settings and time display will be lost upon resumption of power. In this case, reset the clock (see page 16) and reprogram any timer recordings.