Basic Recording
Basic Recording from a TV
Follow the instructions below to record a TV program.
Recording starts immediately and continues until the disc or
tape is full or you stop the recording.
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Switch on the VCR/DVD Recorder, select the
device (VCR or DVD) for Recording and load a
recordable disc or tape.
Also make sure that the TV input is set to this VCR/DVD
Recorder. If you load a completely blank DVD-RW disc,
the Disc initialize menu will appear. Select a desired
Recording Mode to initialize the disc (See page 24).
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Set a recording mode as necessary by pressing
REC MODE repeatedly.
DVD: SP (Standard quality), LP (Low quality),
XP(High quality)
VCR: SP (Standard Play), SLP (Super Long Play)
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Use CHANNEL (
v
/
V
) on the front panel or
CH/TRK(
v
/
V
) on the remote control to select the
TV channel to record.
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Use AUDIO to select the audio channel to
record.
The table below shows what will be recorded on the differ-
ent settings for different types of broadcast. The last col-
umn (Monitor Audio) shows what you’ll hear as it is
recording.
• If you set the audio channel to SAP, but there is no
SAP channel being broadcast, the main audio (mono or
stereo) will be recorded.
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Press REC (
z
) once.
Recording will start. (The REC indicator lights in the
display window.)
Recording continues until you press STOP (
x
) or the
disc (or tape) is full.
To record for a fixed length of time, see Instant Timer
Recording on right.
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Press STOP (
x
) to stop recording.
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The maximun DVD recordings (titles) is 99.
If the VCR/DVD Recorder is powered off during DVD
recording, the recording will not be saved.
Instant Timer Recording
Instant Timer Recording allows you to easily make a
recording of a preset length without using the program
timer.
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Follow steps 1-4 as shown on the left (Basic
Recording from a TV).
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Press REC (
z
) repeatedly to select the record-
ing time length.
Recording starts after the first press.
DVD: Each subsequent press increases the recording
time by 10 minutes (maximum 240 minutes) within free
space.
VCR: Each subsequent press increases the recording
time by 30 minutes (maximum 540 minutes). Please con-
firm the VHS tape has enough remaining time to be
recorded before recording.
Instant Timer Record Menu
Checking the Recording Time
Press REC (
z
) or DISPLAY once to check the record-
ing time. The recalled setting will automatically return to
the TV screen for a moment.
To Extend the Recording Time
The recording time can be extended anytime by press-
ing REC (
z
).
Each subsequent press increases the recording time by
10 minutes (DVD) or 30 minutes (VCR), depending on
free space.
To Pause the Recording
1
Press PAUSE/STILL (
X
) to pause the disc during
recording.
2
When you want to continue recording, press
PAUSE/STILL (
X
) or REC (
z
).
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•
If you press PAUSE/STILL (
X
) during the Instant
Timer Recording, it will be canceled.
•
The VCR/DVD Recorder will automatically power off
when the Instant Timer Recording ends.
To record one TV program while watching another
1
Press TV/VCR to select the TV mode during recording.
The TV indicator appears.
2
Using the TV, select the channel to be viewed.
ips (VCR mode only)
Always use PAUSE/STILL (
X
) for best results when making
changes during recording.
For example: To change channels during recording, first press
PAUSE/STILL (
X
) to put the VCR/DVD Recorder in pause
mode, then select the desired channel on the VCR/DVD
Recorder and press PAUSE/STILL (
X
) again to resume
recording.
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RECORDING
TV Broadcast
Selected Audio
Broadcast Audio Monitor
L Ch
R Ch
Audio
MONO
MONO
MONO
MONO MONO
STEREO
STEREO
L
R
STEREO
Left
L
L
Left
Right
R
R
Right
MONO
MONO
MONO MONO
MONO+SAP
MONO
MONO
MONO MONO
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
STEREO
L
R
STEREO
SAP
SAP
SAP
SAP
MONO
MONO
MONO MONO
VCR
120min Rec
DVD
00:09:05
30min Rec
MONO
Input: Ch. 6
00:17:32
SP
MONO
Input: Ch. 6
02H 01M Free
SP
