Pioneer DVR-630H-S, DVR-530H-S manual Recording Simultaneous recording, Playback Component

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Simultaneous recording and	Recording from an external
playback	component
VR mode HDD	VR mode Video 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 51).

Important

•You must use a DVD-RW Ver. 1.1 / 2x or Ver. 1.2 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.

•Chase playback is not possible using a VR mode DVD-R disc.

•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).

• During recording, press PLAY to start playback

from the beginning of the current recording1, 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, scan2 and skip.

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

•During recording or in timer recording standby, you can’t play an HDD title, DVD or Video CD/Super VCD disc if the Input Line System setting doesn’t match the TV line system of the disc/HDD title (see also Additional information about the TV system settings on page 98). Also, during simultaneous recording and playback, if the TV line system of the playback track/title changes then playback will automatically stop.

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

HDDDVD

INPUT

SELECT

CLEAR

AUDIO

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. 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 (front panel)

Check that the Audio In settings for External Audio, Bilingual Recording and DV Input are as you want them (see Audio In Settings on page 93).

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

Note

1.You can’t start playback immediately after recording starts. Simultaneous playback and recording doesn’t work while copying or backing up. 2.When scanning a DVD, no sound is output if the recorder is also recording the DVD (see Scanning discs on page 53).

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