Pioneer DVR-920H Recording from an external component, See Connecting up for connection options

Recording

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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.1

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

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

•L2 – Input 2 (front panel)

•L3 – Input 3

•DV – DV input/output (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 113).

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

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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.2

HDD DVD

INPUT

SELECT

CLEAR

ENTER

REC REC MODE

3Set up the recorder.

•Use REC MODE to set the recording quality. See Setting the picture quality/recording time on page 61 for detailed information.

•Press HDD to record to the hard disk drive, or DVD to record to a DVD.

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

•The recorder will only start recording from the DV IN/ OUT jack if there is a valid signal. Recording will also pause if the signal is interrupted during recording.

Note

1 • 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 53).

2 If your source is copy-protected using CopyGuard, you will not be able to record it. See Restrictions on video recording on page 61 for more details.

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