There are three ways to program a timer recording; using the Easy Timer Recording feature (see Easy Timer Recording below), using the VCR Plus+ programming system (see Timer recording using the VCR Plus+® programming system on page 36), or using manual timer recording (see Setting a manual timer recording on page 37). 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. 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 73 for more on this).
Easy Timer Recording
As the name suggests, Easy Timer Recording makes setting up a timer recording as simple as possible.
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Important � A timer recording can�t be set if: � Auto Start Recording is in progress. � � There are already 32 timer programs waiting to be recorded. � Timer recording will not start if: � The recorder is already recording. � A disc is being initialized, finalized or unfinalized. � Except when finalizing Video mode discs, timer recording will start when the operation preventing timer recording has finished. � Timer recording will start when the operation preventing timer recording has finished. � If a recordable DVD that doesn�t support simultaneous playback and recording (see Simultaneous recording and playback on page 41) is playing when a timer recording is due to start, playback will automatically stop to allow the recording to start. � The timer indicator ( ) lights in the front panel display when the timer is active. If the indicator is blinking it means that there is no disc loaded, or the disc loaded is not recordable. � Approximately two minutes before a timer recording is set to start, the recorder will go into timer recording standby. In timer recording standby you cannot use some functions. � Timer recordings have higher priority than the Auto Start Recording function (see Automatic recording from a satellite tuner on page 42). A timer recording will interrupt an Auto Start Recording. (Auto Start Recording will resume after the timer recording has finished.)
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1 Press HOME MENU and select �Timer Recording� then �Easy Timer�. 2 Set the TV channel and recording quality.
Easy Timer Recording
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� Use the CH +/� buttons to set the channel you want to record. � Use the REC MODE button to set the recording quality. Press repeatedly to switch between XP, SP, LP, EP, SLP, SEP and AUTO (and MN if manual recording mode is on). � The AUTO option automatically sets the best recording quality for the space available on the disc loaded at the time of recording.
