3 Select an item using </, and adjust using M/m. Then press ENTER.

To make additional changes to items in different rows, return to step 2. The adjustable items are listed below. “Day and Time”:

Sets the date, start time, and stop time, and selects the channel or input source. The date item changes as follows:

Today y …… y Sat 12/2 (30 days

later) y Sun (every Sunday) y ……

ySat (every Saturday) y Mon - Fri (Monday to Friday) y Mon - Sat (Monday to Saturday) y Daily y Today

“Mode”:

Selects the recording mode (page 39). “Extend Time”:

Sets the duration in increments of 10 minutes, for a maximum of

60 minutes when a timer recording is in progress. If the program set to be recorded daily or weekly is extended, the manually extended time set here will be added to the subsequent timer recording times.

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

4 Select “OK,” and press ENTER.

The “TIMER LIST” display (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

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. Set “Rec Mode Adjust” of the “Timer Settings” to “On” in the “Recording” setup (page 78).

If the timer settings overlap

Overlapped timer settings are shown as follows.

To store the setting as shown, select “OK.” The program that does not have a mark next to it has priority and the overlapped programs start recording only after the first program has finished.

To cancel the overlapped setting, select “Cancel.”

To confirm, change, or cancel a timer recording

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

To extend the recording duration time while recording

1Press OPTIONS during recording to select “Extend Rec Time,” and press

ENTER.

2Press M/m to select the duration time. You can set the duration in increments of 10 minutes, for a maximum of 60 minutes.

3Select “OK” and press ENTER.

zHint

If you are recording to a DVD-RW (VR mode) at a recording mode that is SP or lower and is a 2x speed or higher disc, you can play the title as it is being recorded by selecting the program title on the Title List (page 53).

Recording Timer

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