Pioneer RCS-606H Recording Timer recording FAQ, Simultaneous recording and playback Chase Play

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Timer recording FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

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• Press during recording to start playback from the beginning of the current recording1.

•Even though the timer is set, the recorder doesn’t start recording!

Check that the disc loaded or HDD is recordable, not locked (see Lock Disc on page 123), and that there are fewer than 99/999 titles already on the DVD/HDD.

•The recorder won’t let me enter a timer program! Why not?

You can’t enter a timer program if the clock isn’t set.

•What happens when two or more timer programs overlap?

Basically, the program with the earlier recording start time has priority. However, the recorder will start recording the program with the later start time after the earlier program is finished. If two programs have the same times (but different channels, for example), the program set most recently takes priority.

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.

Simultaneous recording and playback (Chase Play)

HDD

Chase Play allows you to watch a recording that is still in progress from the start, without having to wait until the recording has finished (i.e., playback is ‘chasing’ the recording).

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 89).

DVR-640H-AV only: Chase Play is not possible when DV is the recording input.

• Press during recording to select another

title to play.

You can use all the usual playback controls, such as pause, slow-motion play, scan and skip.

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

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

•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 134). Also, during simultaneous recording and playback, if the TV line system of the playback track/title changes then playback will automatically stop.

Recording from an external component

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

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 DVD recorder.

See Chapter 2 (Connecting up) for connection options.

2VIDEO IN Press repeatedly to select one of the external

inputs to record from.

The current input is shown on-screen and in the front panel display:

•AV2/L1 – Input 12

•L2 – Input 2 (front panel) DVR-640H-AV only:

•DV – DV input (front panel)

Check that the Audio In settings for DV Input, External Audio and Bilingual Recording are as you want them (see Audio In on page 130).

Note

1.You can’t start playback immediately after recording starts. Simultaneous playback and recording doesn’t work while copying or backing up. 2.This cannot be selected if AV2/L1 In is set to Decoder (see AV2/L1 In on page 130).

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