Pioneer RCS-404H, RCS-505H manual Recording Using the built-in TV tuner, Changing audio channels

Recording

Using the built-in TV tuner

There are three different ways to select TV channels. Note that you can’t change the TV channel during playback, recording or during recording standby.

	CHANNEL +
	ENTER
•	CHANNEL –	CHANNEL +/– buttons
SET UP	/TUNE+	SR+
1	2	3
/ST–	ENTER	/ST+
4	5	6
MCACC	/TUNE– TEST TONE
7	8	9
•	0	Number buttons
	ADVANCED

For example, to select channel 4, press 4 then ENTER; for channel 34, press 3, 4, ENTER.1

• CH +/– buttons on the front panel

Changing audio channels

You can change the audio channel of the broadcast or external input signal.

Note

•When recording to the HDD with HDD Recording Format set to Video Mode On, to DVD in Video mode, or on the LPCM setting, only one channel of a bilingual broadcast is recorded. In this case, decide which language you want to record before recording by setting the Bilingual Recording setting (see Bilingual Recording on page 130).

Switching between TV and DVD

When the recorder is stopped or recording you can choose whether to have the audio/video from the built-in TV tuner (or external input) play on your TV (‘DVD mode’), or watch the channel that the TV is currently set to (‘TV mode’).

During playback or when a menu is being displayed on- screen, the sound and video is always routed to your TV and is unaffected by the TV/DVD mode setting.

Note that the recorder must be connected to your TV using a SCART cable to be able to use this feature.

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AUDIO

•MAINSUB + Press to change the audio type. The current audio channel is displayed on-screen.

•If the NICAM audio setting (see NICAM Select on page 130) is set to NICAM and you are watching a NICAM broadcast, you can switch between NICAM and Regular (non-NICAM) audio.

NICAM

Regular

TV/DVD

• Switch between TV mode and DVD mode.

Setting the picture quality/recording time

DVD (VR) DVD (Video) DVD+R DVD+RW DVD-RAM HDD

•If the NICAM broadcast is bilingual, you can also select the language.

NICAM A NICAM B

Regular NICAM A+B

•You can also select the language for a non-NICAM bilingual broadcast.

A (L) B (R)

A + B (L+R)

•When watching a recording made from an external input with Bilingual recording selected (see External Audio on page 130), you can switch the audio channel between left (L), right (R) or both (L+R).

L R

L+R

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

When Manual Recording is set to On (see Manual Recording on page 132), a further option will be available (MN1 to MN32 or LPCM, depending on what you set).

When recording to DVD+R/+RW, SLP is the longest recording time available. If you select SEP or MN1 to MN3, the recording mode will automatically revert to SLP.

REC MODE

• Press repeatedly to select the recording quality.

•XP – High quality setting, gives about one hour of recording time on a DVD disc.

•SP (Standard Play) – Default quality, used for most applications, gives about two hours of recording time on a DVD.

•LP (Long Play) – Lower video quality than SP, but doubles the recording time on a DVD to about four hours.

Note

1. Channel presets are numbered 1 to 99.

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