1 Press Z OPEN/CLOSE, and place a recordable disc on the disc tray.

With the recording side facing down

2 Press Z OPEN/CLOSE to close the disc tray.

Wait until “LOAD” disappears from the front panel display.

Unused DVDs are formatted automatically.

3 Press [TIMER].

Timer - Standard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set the timer manually.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OK

Date

Start

Stop

 

CH

Mode

 

 

 

 

Cancel

Today

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VCR Plus+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the Timer programming (VCR Plus+) menu appears, press < to switch the display to “Standard.”

4 Select an item using </, and adjust using M/m.

“Date”: Sets the date.

The item changes as follows.

Today y Tomorrow y …… y Tue 10/

28 (1 month later) y Sun (every Sunday) y …… y Sat (every Saturday) y

Mon-Fri (Monday to Friday) y Mon-Sat (Monday to Saturday) y Sun-Sat (Sunday to Saturday) y Today

“Start”: Sets the start time.

“Stop”: Sets the stop time.

“CH”: Selects the channel or input source.

◆When using the cable box/satellite boxcontrol

Turn on the cable box or satellite receiver and enter the channel number.

Example: When selecting 215ch

Select 2 and press , for the next digit. Select 1 and press ,. Then select 5.

“Mode”: Selects the recording mode (page 40).

If you make a mistake, select the item and change the setting.

5 Select “OK,” and press ENTER.

The Timer List menu (page 44) appears. The TIMER REC indicator lights up on the front panel and the recorder is ready to start recording.

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

To stop recording during timer recording

Open the remote’s cover and press x REC STOP. Note that it may take a few seconds for the recorder to stop recording.

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 program to be recorded. This function is normally set to “On.”

To cancel this function, press TOOLS while the Timer List is displayed. Select “Rec Mode Adjust” and press ENTER. Select “Off” and press

ENTER.

If the timer settings overlap

Overlapped timer settings are shown as follows.

Timer

These timer settings overlap. Do you want to continue?

Mon-Sat 10:00AM - 10:30AM 25ch SP

Fri 10/29 9:00AM - 10:15AM 3ch SLP

OKCancel

To store the setting as shown, select “OK.” The program at the top of the list has priority over the rest of the programs.

To cancel the overlapped timer setting, select “Cancel.”

To confirm, change, or cancel timer recording

See “Checking/Changing/Canceling Timer Settings (Timer List)” (page 44).

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