Recording
06
50
En
Standard timer recording
The timer recording screen you can see all the timer
programs already set, clear programs and set up new
ones.
1 Press TIMER REC to display the Timer Recording
screen.
You can also access the Timer Recording screen from
the Home Menu (press
HOME MENU
, select
Timer
Recording
, then
Timer Recording (View)
).
This screen shows all the timer programs currently set.
• The amount of free space available on the currently
loaded recordable DVD is shown towards the bottom
of the screen.
• In the lower-right corner, the number of timer
programs already set and the number that use VPS/
PDC, is shown.
Each row is for one timer recording program, with the
date and time information, frequency, channel,
recording mode and the VPS/PDC setting.
• If there are more than eight timer programs already
set, press
NEXT
to switch page (go back using
the
PREV
button).
You can also clear a timer program by highlighting it
and pressing
CLEAR
.
2 Select ‘New Input’ to set a new timer program,
then press ENTER.
3 Enter the timer recording settings.
Use the
/
(cursor left/right) buttons to select a field;
use the
/
(cursor up/down) buttons to change the
value.
Date
– Choose a date up to one month in advance, or
select a daily or weekly program.
Start
– Set the recording start time.
Stop
– Set the recording end time (maximum length
of a timer recording is 6 hours).
CH
– Choose a channel (1–99, excluding skip
channels), or one of the external inputs from which to
record.
Mode
– Select
FINE
,
SP
,
LP
or
EP
(See
Setting the
picture quality/recording time
on page 46). If Manual
Recording is on, then you can also select the
MN
setting.
VPS/PDC
– The VPS/PDC system automatically
adjusts the recording time so that even if a program
is not running to schedule you won’t miss it. For VPS/
PDC to work properly, you must input the correct
announced time and date of the program you want to
record.
Note that VPS/PDC may not work with every station
and that Optimized Recording will not work if VPS/
PDC is on.
Recorded Title Name
– Optionally, you can enter a
name for the recording up to 32 characters.
4 After entering all the timer recording
information, press ENTER.
The main timer recording screen is displayed again. The
timer program you just input appears in the list.
• If
Optimized Rec
(see
Optimized Rec
on page 86) is
set to
On
(and VPS/PDC is off), the recorder will
adjust the recording quality to try and fit the
recording on the disc.
5To exit the timer recording screen, press HOME
MENU.
• If you set the timer recording to use VPS/PDC, you
must switch the recorder into standby before the
timer recording is due to start for it to work correctly.
For non-VPS/PDC timer recordings there is no need
to switch the recorder into standby.
RETURN
ENTER
CLEAR
PREV NEXT
TIMER REC

New Input
WED
13/12
7:00 8:00 Pr 3
SP
Off
Date Start Stop CH
Mode
VPS/PDC
Timer Recording
DVD Remain
1h00m(FINE)
1/1
VPS/PDC
Recorded Title Name
Date Start Stop CH
Rec Mode
Input
TUE
12/12
10 00 11 00 Pr 7
SP
OFF
Timer Recording
DVR-03_EU.book 50ページ 2003年7月28日 月曜日 午後7時19分