Pioneer DVR-420H manual Recording Simultaneous recording and playback

Recording

Simultaneous recording and playback

VR mode HDD

A feature called Chase Play makes it possible to watch a recording in progress (DVD or HDD) from the start of the recording (as in, playback is ‘chasing’ the recording). For example, perhaps you have to miss the first 30 minutes of a movie on TV; you can start recording, then start watching the movie, from the beginning, while the recorder is still recording 30 minutes ahead of you.

In fact, you’re not just limited to watching the recording in progress; you can watch anything else already on the DVD or HDD by selecting it from the Disc Navigator screen (see Using the Disc Navigator with recordable discs and the HDD on page 36).

Important

•Note that you must use a DVD-RW Ver. 1.1 / 2x or Ver. 1.2 / 4x disc to be able to use this feature.

•You may not be able to use this feature with a DVD-RW disc that was first initialized on another recorder.

• During recording, press PLAY to start playback from the beginning of the current recording, or press DISC NAVIGATOR and select another title to play from there.

You can use all the usual playback controls, such as pause, slow-motion play, scan and skip.

• To stop playback, press	STOP (recording will
continue).
• To stop recording, press	STOP REC (playback will
continue).

Note

•You can’t start playback immediately after recording starts.

•When scanning a DVD, no sound is output if the recorder is also recording the DVD (see Scanning discs on page 37).

•You can’t use this feature during Auto Start Recording, or in Auto Start Recording standby (the AUTO indicator is lit in the front panel display).

•You can’t use simultaneous playback and recording while copying or backing up.

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Recording from an external component

VR mode Video mode HDD

You can record from an external component, such as a camcorder or VCR, connected to one of the recorder’s external inputs.

HDD DVD

INPUT

SELECT

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

There are three analog inputs and a DV digital input (DVR-520H only). The current input is shown on-screen and in the front panel display:

•L1 – Input 1/Auto Start Rec

•L2 – Input 2 (front panel)

•L3 – Input 3

•DV – DV input/output (front panel) (DVR-520H only)

Check that the Audio In settings for External Audio, Dual Mono Recording and DV Input are as you want them (see Audio In settings on page 97).

•If the aspect ratio is distorted (squashed or stretched), adjust on the source component or your TV before recording.

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