Pioneer DVR-5100H Operating Instructions Manual page 53

Recording
This screen shows all the timer programs currently set.
Timer Recording
Date Start Stop
WED 13/12 7:00 8:00
THU 14/12 9:00 10:00
New Input
HDD Remain
DVD Remain
• The amount of free space available on the HDD and
the currently loaded recordable DVD is shown
towards the bottom of the screen.
• In the lower-right corner, the number of timer
programs already set and the number that use VPS/
PDC, is shown next to Tmr Pgms.
• Each row is for one timer recording program, with the
date and time information, frequency, channel,
recording mode, DVD or HDD and the VPS/PDC
setting.
• If there are more than eight timer programs already
set, press NEXT
to switch page (go back using
the PREV button).
• You can also clear a timer program by highlighting it
and pressing CLEAR.
2 Select 'New Input' to set a new timer program,
then press ENTER.
Timer Recording
Date Start
TUE 12/12 10 00
Rec to Group VPS/PDC
HDD GROUP1 OFF
3 Enter the timer recording settings.
Use the (cursor left/right) buttons to select a field;
use the (cursor up/down) buttons to change the
value.
• Date – Choose a date up to one month in advance, or
select a daily or weekly program.
• Start – Set the recording start time.
• Stop – Set the recording end time (maximum length
of a timer recording is 6 hours).
• CH – Choose a channel (1–99, excluding skip
channels), or one of the external inputs from which to
record.
CH Mode Rec to VPS/PDC
Pr 3 FINE HDD Off
Pr 5 FINE HDD On
10h20m(FINE)
1/1
0h43m(FINE)
Stop CH Rec Mode
11 00 Pr 7 FINE
Recorded Title Name
Input
• Mode – Select FINE, SP, LP or EP (See Setting the
picture quality/recording time on page 49). If Manual
Recording is on, then you can also select the MN
setting.
• Rec to – Select HDD for hard disk recording or DVD
for DVD recording. Select HDD
Recording (daily or weekly timer recording only).
• Group – Select a record group (for HDD recording
only).
• VPS/PDC – The VPS/PDC system automatically
adjusts the recording time so that even if a program
is not running to schedule you won't miss it. For VPS/
PDC to work properly, you must input the correct
announced time and date of the program you want to
record. Up to eight timer programs can be set with
VPS/PDC on.
Note that VPS/PDC may not work with every station
and that Optimized Recording will not work if VPS/
PDC is on.
• Recorded Title Name – Optionally, you can enter a
name for the recording up to 32 characters.
4 After entering all the timer recording
information, press ENTER.
The main timer recording screen is displayed again. The
timer program you just input appears in the list.
• If Optimized Rec (see Optimized Rec on page 105) is
set to On (and VPS/PDC is off), the recorder will
adjust the recording quality to try and fit the
recording on the disc. If the recording will not fit onto
the disc even on MN1 recording quality then the
Recovery Recording feature will automatically make
the recording to the HDD instead.
5 To exit the timer recording screen, press HOME
MENU.
Note
• When Optimized Rec is On, Optimized Recording
takes priority over Recovery Recording when
recording to DVD. In other words, if there's not
enough space on the DVD disc for the recording to
complete on the recording quality set, the recorder
will first try and adjust the recording quality. If the
recorder can't compensate using a lower recording
mode setting, then the HDD is used for Recovery
Recording.
• If there is very little free space left on the HDD, an
Auto Replace Recording may not complete
successfully.
• If the HDD is being used for playback or high-speed
copying when an Auto Replace Recording is due to
start, the new timer recording will not replace the old
one. However, the next time the timer recording
starts, both of the older two programs will be erased.
06
for Auto Replace
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