Pioneer RCS-505H, RCS-606H, RCS-404H manual Recording, Basic recording from the TV

06Recording

•EP (Extended Play) – Lower quality than LP, but gives about six hours of recording time on a DVD disc.

•SLP (Super Long Play) – Lower quality than EP, but gives about eight hours of recording time on a DVD disc.

•SEP (Super Extended Play) – Lowest video quality but gives about ten hours of recording time on a DVD disc.

•MN1 to MN32 / LPCM1 – Manual / Linear PCM (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 133) is Off then this information is not displayed.)

Basic recording from the TV

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

Basic recording from the TV involves just setting the channel to record, choosing whether to record to the HDD or a DVD and selecting the recording quality.

HDD/DVD

1 Select the HDD or DVD for recording.

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

•If you want to record a VR mode DVD-R or a Video mode DVD-RW, you must initialize it before proceeding (see Initializing recordable DVD discs on page 85).

	CHANNEL +
	ENTER
2	CHANNEL – Select a TV channel to record.

3 REC MODE Set the picture quality/recording time.

•See Setting the picture quality/recording time above for detailed instructions.

4 MAIN SUB +	AUDIO
	Select the audio channel to record.

See Changing audio channels on page 77 for more on this.

•When recording in VR mode, if a broadcast is bilingual, both audio channels are recorded, allowing you to switch the audio channel on playback. The only exception to this is when the picture quality is set to LPCM, in which case you do need to select the audio channel before recording.

REC

5 Start recording.

If you want to set a recording end time, press the REC button repeatedly. The recording time increases in 30 minute increments, up to a maximum of six hours. The time the recording will end is shown on-screen and in the front panel display. When the recording ends, the recorder automatically switches into standby if no other operation is being performed.

• To cancel the set recording time, press REC.

•If you want to pause recording at any time, press PAUSE. Press again to restart the recording. (If recording to the HDD, DVD-RAM or in VR mode, a new chapter is started after recording restarts)

STOP REC

6 Press to stop recording.

•If you set the recording time in the previous step, you can still stop the recording anytime by pressing STOP REC.

•Recording will stop automatically when there is no more space on the HDD/DVD, or after 12 hours of HDD recording (whichever is sooner).

If VPS/PDC is active for two timer programs that are programmed to start at the same time, then the program that actually starts first takes priority.

The front panel display shows the channel number:

Channel preset

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

•If the recorder is stopped, you can also use the CH +/

– buttons on the front panel to select the channel number.

Tip

•During recording you can turn on/off the SCART loop through function. During recording, press the front panel CH + button to switch to SCART THRU (loop through on), or CH – to switch to SCART NORM (loop though off). Loop through is automatically reset to off after recording has finished. Note that you can’t switch loop through on if recording from the AV2/ (INPUT 1/DECODER) or AV1(RGB)-TVconnectors.

Note

1.Audio is recorded in 16-bit Linear PCM format, video is recorded at XP quality. When recording a bilingual broadcast, select which audio chan- nel to record (see Bilingual Recording on page 130).

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