Tip � You can press TV DIRECT REC while the recorder is in standby to switch on and immediately start recording. � Please note that you can�t record from another component (VCR, etc.) that is connected by a SCART cable to the AV2/(INPUT 1/DECODER) connector using the TV Direct Recording feature.
Important � A timer recording can�t be set if 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. � 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 56) is playing when a DVD 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 (for a DVD timer recording) there is no disc loaded, or the disc loaded is not recordable (for an HDD timer recording it means that the HDD 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. � The maximum length for timer recordings made to the HDD is 24 hours. However, because one title (HDD) is limited to 12 hours, recordings over 12 hours will be spread over two titles. Note that there will be a break in the recording of a few seconds between titles. � VPS/PDC may not work with all broadcast stations in your country/area. Check with the stations for compatibility. � The hours between 3:00 and 5:00 in the morning are used by GUIDE Plus+ to download program information. During these times, VPS/PDC may not work reliably; leave VPS/PDC off if you set a timer recording for these times.
Setting a timer recording
VR mode Video mode HDD
Using the timer recording features you can program up to 32 timer recordings up to a month in advance. Timer recording programs can be set to record just once, every day, or every week. There are two ways to program a timer recording; using the GUIDE Plus+ system (see The Schedule Area on page 43) or using the Easy Timer Recording feature (see Easy Timer Recording below). 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 program 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 104 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 program to the HDD for you. This recorder is compatible with VPS (Video Programming System) and PDC (Program Delivery Control) systems used by many TV stations to ensure that a timer recording catches the whole program even when the program is not running to schedule. Up to eight timer programs can be set with VPS/PDC on.
