Recording

NOTES:

¥Recording starts a few seconds before the preset starting time.

¥You cannot use the timer recording for the both DVD and VCR at the same time.

¥You can playback the DVD during the VCR timer recording, and you can playback the VCR during the DVD timer recording.

¥If a recordable tape is not inserted

or no disc space is available, the

timer record indicator Ò Ó flashes, and ÒTIMER RECORDING ERROR. PLEASE CHECK THE DISC OR TAPE.Ó appears on the screen. Replace the tape or disc to allow recording.

¥If you perform any operation during timer recording, the power will not go OFF when timer recording finishes. To turn the power OFF, press STANDBY/ON.

¥From about 2 minutes before timer recording starts, some operations cannot be done.

¥If you set recording to start less than 2 minutes ahead of time, the power will not turn OFF after recording finishes.

¥If the recording media fills up during

timer recording, Ò Ó will flash and the power will not turn OFF. Also, any timer recording scheduled for later is cancelled.

¥After setting the timer program with VPS/PDC is ÒONÓ, press TIMER REC then unit will automatically turn off.

05

SETUP MENU

 

 

TIMER REC SET

 

 

 

TYPE

 

 

ONCE

REC

REC

VPS/

 

 

TO

MODE

PDC

DATE (DD/MM)

20/11(THU)

 

 

 

START

 

 

20:00

 

 

 

END

 

 

23:00

 

 

 

CH

 

 

1

 

 

 

REC TO

 

 

DVD

 

 

 

REC MODE

 

LP

 

 

 

VPS/PDC

 

XP

LP

 

 

 

 

SP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OK LP

 

 

 

 

 

 

EP

 

 

 

 

 

SELECT

 

 

 

 

 

ENTER

ENTER

RETURN

BACK

SETUP

END

12 Select ÒOKÓ and press ENTER. The timer program is deter- mined and the TIMER REC SET screen appears again.

13 When you enter the other program for the timer recording, repeat the steps 3 to 12.

14 Press SETUP. The TIMER REC SET screen disappears and the display will return to the normal screen.

15 Press TIMER REC. The timer indicator Ò Ó will appear on the display and the unit stands by for recording.

¥If the program with ÒVPS/PDCÓ OFF is DVD recording only, the unit will change to VCR mode automatically. (The DVD mode cannot be selected.)

¥If the program with ÒVPS/PDCÓ OFF is VCR recording only, the unit will change to DVD mode automatically. (The VCR mode cannot be selected.)

¥If the programs with ÒVPS/PDCÓ OFF are DVD and VCR re- cording, the unit will turn off. Also if the program with ÒVPS/ PDCÓ ON is set, the unit will turn off. If you want to use the unit, press TIMER REC again to deactivate the timer.

¥If the clock symbol () blinks in the display in spite of the pressing of TIMER REC, the cassette may not have been loaded yet. (see page 46)

¥If the cassette is ejected in spite of the pressing of TIMER REC, the erase prevention tab of the cassette may have been removed. (see page 46)

Checking or changing the timer recording

When you want to check the selected timer recording, follow the steps 1 and 2 of ÒSetting timer recordingÓ and display the TIMER REC SET screen. To change the timer recording, select the program to be changed and press ENTER. The changing method is the same as that for the recording a program for the first time.

Cancelling the timer recording

Display the TIMER REC SET screen.

Select the program you want to cancel and press CANCEL, then the selected program will be erased from the timer recording list.

In case Timer programs-overlap

Do not overlap timer programs as portions of the conflicting programs will be lost. The first recording time has priority over the next recording time as shown in the diagram below.

In this case, the next recording time is delayed a maximum of about

2 minutes. Even when one timer recording is set to start at the same time as another is set to finish, the later timer recording will be delayed by up

to 2 minutes.

8 : 00

9 : 00

10 : 00

11 : 00

Program 1

 

 

 

 

Program 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Program 3

 

Non Recorded Portion Parts

 

 

 

 

 

Recording

Prog.1

Prog.2

Prog.3

En

Control Settings

 

 

 

 

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