Pioneer DVR-520H, DVR-720H manual Recording Setting the picture quality/recording time, 2 3 3 0PR7

Recording

Setting the picture quality/recording time

VR mode Video mode HDD

Before starting a recording, you will usually want to set the picture quality/recording time. There are four standard settings available, which allow you to choose a balance between picture quality and recording time.

It’s also possible to create a fifth, ‘manual’ setting for picture quality/recording time. Before you can select this, however, you will need to set the Manual Recording option in the Initial Settings menu (see Manual Recording on page 107).

REC MODE

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Basic recording from the TV

VR mode Video mode HDD

Follow the instructions below to record a TV program. Recording starts immediately and continues until the disc is full or you stop the recording.

HDD DVD

AUDIO

CHANNEL

•Press REC MODE repeatedly to select a recording setting.

•FINE – Fine picture quality

•SP – Standard play

•LP – Long play

•EP – Extended play

•MN – Manual (available only when manual recording is on)

The setting is indicated in the front panel display, and shown on-screen together with the recording time for a blank recordable disc. If a recordable disc is loaded, the approximate remaining recording time for that disc is also shown. (Note that if the On Screen Display setting (see On Screen Display on page 98) is Off then this information is not displayed.)

ENTER

PAUSE

REC STOPREC REC MODE

DVD RECORDER

1Press HDD or DVD to record to the hard disk drive or a recordable DVD respectively.

•If you’re recording to DVD, load a recordable disc (if you load a new blank DVD-RW disc, the recorder takes a short while to initialize the disc).

2Use the CHANNEL +/– buttons to select the TV channel to record.

The front panel display shows the channel number:

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Channel preset

•While the recorder is stopped, you can also use the number buttons on the remote to select the channel. (For channel 6, press 6 then ENTER; for channel 24, press 2, 4 then ENTER)

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