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Recording
Simultaneous recording and playback (Chase Play)
HDD
Also, during simultaneous recording and playback, if the TV line system of the playback track/title changes then playback will automatically stop.
Chase Play allows you to watch a recording | Recording from an external | |
that is still in progress from the start, without | component | |
having to wait until the recording has |
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finished (i.e., playback is ‘chasing’ the | DVD (VR) DVD (Video) DVD+R DVD+RW | |
recording). | ||
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In fact, you’re not just limited to watching the recording in progress. You can watch anything else already on the HDD (or on a DVD if you’re recording to the HDD) by selecting it from the Disc Navigator screen (see Using the Disc Navigator with recordable discs and the HDD on page 78).
Chase Play is not possible when DV is the recording input.
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Press during recording to start playback from the beginning of the current recording1.
• DISC Press during recording to select
NAVIGATOR
another title to play.
You can use all the usual playback controls, such as pause,
• To stop playback, press | STOP |
(recording will continue). |
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• To stop recording, press | STOP REC |
(playback will continue). |
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•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 141).
You can record from an external component, such as a camcorder or VCR, connected to one of the recorder’s external inputs.
1Make sure that the component you want to record from is connected properly to the HDD/DVD recorder. See Chapter 2 (Connecting up) for connection options.
2 | INPUT SELECT |
Press repeatedly to select one of |
the external inputs to record from.
The current input is shown
•AV2/L1 – Input 12
•L2 – Input 2 (front panel)
•L3 – Input 3
Check that the Audio In settings for External Audio and Bilingual Recording are as you want them (see Audio In on page 132).
•If the aspect ratio is distorted (squashed or stretched), adjust on the source component or your TV before recording.
•To watch video coming in via the DV input (front panel), select DV > DV Video Playback from the Home Menu (see also Playing from a DV camcorder on page 85).
REC MODE
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Set the recording quality.
•See Setting the picture quality/recording time on page 64 for detailed information.
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Note
1You can’t start playback immediately after recording starts. Simultaneous playback and recording doesn’t work while copying or backing up.
2This cannot be selected if AV2/L1 In is set to Decoder (see AV2/L1 In on page 132).
