3 Press the red button.

The date, start and stop times, programme position, recording mode, etc., settings appear.

•If you want to change the setting, follow step 3 of “Setting the timer manually (Manual)” (page 56).

•(Models for the UK only) You can set “EPG Link” (page 56) or “Series Recording” (page 55).

4 Select “OK,” and press ENTER.

“ ” (red) appears next to the programme which is set for timer recording. Your recorder will automatically begin recording when the programme starts.

Unlike a VCR, there is no need to turn off the recorder before the timer recording starts.

•To modify the timer setting, see page 59.

To search for programmes by date (Jump)

1Press the green button while the programme list is displayed.

2Select a date in the “Date” row.

3Select a time in the “Time” row.

4Select “Jump,” and press ENTER.

To search for programmes by genre (Search)

1Press the yellow button while the programme list is displayed.

2Select a date in the “Date” row.

3Select a time in the “Time” row.

4Select the “Genre” row, and press

ENTER.

5Select a genre using </M/m/,, and press ENTER.

6Select “OK,” and press ENTER.

7Select “Search,” and press ENTER.

To stop recording during timer recording

Press x REC STOP.

Note that it may take a few seconds for the recorder to stop recording.

On-screen instructions may appear after pressing x REC STOP. In this case, follow the on-screen instructions.

Rec. Mode Adjust

If there is not enough available disc space for the recording, the recorder automatically adjusts the recording mode to enable the entire programme to be recorded. Set “Rec. Mode Adjust” to “On” in the “Recording” setup (page 135).

zHints

•When you select “AUTO” for the recording mode, the recorder automatically maximises the recording quality for the space available on the inserted disc (if recording to DVD), or to fit on to a blank DVD disc (if recording to HDD).

•This recorder is featured with an EPG timer auto extend functionality that allows EPG timer recordings to be made in case of an early start (before the scheduled start time) or late finish (after the scheduled end time).

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