PIONEER DVR-550H-S/TFXV
Owner's Manual

Recording
Other: � When recording in VR mode, if a broadcast is bilingual, both audio channels are recorded, allowing you to switch the audio channel on playback. The only exception to this is when the picture quality is set to LPCM, in which case you do need to select the audio channel before recording.
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05 Setting a timer recording
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Using the timer recording features you can program up to 32 timer recordings up to a month in advance. Timer recording programmes can be set to record just once, every day, or every week. There are three ways to set a timer recording; using the Easy Timer Recording feature (see Easy Timer Recording on page 40), using the G-Code programming system (see Timer recording using the G-Code� programming system on page 41), or using manual timer recording (see Setting a manual timer recording on page 43). You can set the recording quality for your timer recording in the same way as for a regular recording, but with the added option of an AUTO mode, which maximizes the recording quality for the space available on the disc (if recording to DVD), or to fit on to a blank DVD disc (if recording to HDD). You can set timer recordings to record to a recordable DVD or to the hard disk drive. For regular (daily or weekly) HDD timer recordings that you don�t need to keep, you can use the Auto Replace Recording feature to automatically replace the previous timer recording with the new one. Note that when you use this feature, the previous recording made on that timer programme will be replaced by the next one, regardless of whether you have watched it yet or not. You can also set the recorder so that it will adjust the recording quality to try and fit the recording on to the disc if it would not otherwise fit at the recording quality you set (see Optimized Rec on page 112 for more on this). Finally, if you set a timer recording to record to DVD but there isn�t a recordable DVD loaded at the time of the recording, the Recovery Recording feature will automatically record the programme to the HDD for you.

5 Start recording. If you want to set a recording end time, press the ì REC button repeatedly. The recording time increases in 30 minute increments, up to a maximum of six hours. The time the recording will end is shown on-screen and in the front panel display. When the recording ends, the recorder automatically switches into standby if no other operation is being performed. � To cancel the set recording time, press ì REC. � If you want to pause recording at any time1, press PAUSE. Press again to restart the recording (If recording to the HDD, DVD-RAM or in VR mode, a new chapter is started after recording restarts).
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Press to stop recording. � If you set the recording time in the previous step, you can still stop the recording anytime by pressing STOP REC. � Recording will stop automatically when there is no more space on the HDD/ DVD, or after 12 hours of HDD recording (whichever is sooner).

Note 1 Except during Chase Play.

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