Pioneer DVR-230-S manual Recording Recording from an external component, Finalizing a disc, Press

Recording

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

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 repeatedly to select one of the external inputs to record from.

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

•L1 – Input 1

•L2 – Input 2 (front panel)

Check that the Audio In settings for External Audio and Bilingual Rec are as you want them (see Audio In on page 52).

•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 34 for detailed information.

4 Press REC when you’re ready to start recording.

Note

•If your source is copy-protected using CopyGuard, you will not be able to record it. See Restrictions on video recording on page 34 for more details.

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Playing your recordings on other DVD players

VR mode Video mode

Most regular DVD players can play finalized discs recorded in Video mode. A number of players (including many Pioneer models) can also play DVD-RW discs recorded in VR mode, finalized or not. Check the manual that came with the player to check what kinds of discs it will play.

When you finalize a Video mode disc, a title menu is created from which you can select titles when you play the disc. These menus are navigated in the usual way, pressing MENU or TOP MENU to display the menu, then

using the(cursor buttons) followed by ENTER to select titles and start playback.

Finalizing a disc

VR mode Video mode

Finalizing ‘fixes’ the recordings in place so that the disc can be played on a regular DVD player or computer equipped with a suitable DVD-ROM drive.

Important

•Once you’ve finalized a disc recorded in Video mode, you can’t edit or record anything else on that disc. However, the finalization on a DVD-RW disc maybe ‘undone’; see Undo Finalize on page 50 for how to do this.

•A VR mode disc can still be recorded and edited on this recorder even after finalizing.

1Load the disc you want to finalize. Make sure that the recorder is stopped before proceeding.

2Press HOME MENU and select ‘Initial Setup’.

3 Press	to select ‘Disc’.
	Initial Setup
	Basic	Lock Disc
	Disc	Initialize
	Video	Finalize
	Audio
	Recording
	Playback

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