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TIMER RECORDING (cont.)
Weekly/Daily Timer
You can select the following modes for Weekly/Daily
Timer—
ONCE
,
WEEKLY (OVERWRITE)
or
(a) certain
day(s)
.
•
ONCE
(Once Timer recording)
Select to perform the timer recording only once with
this setting.
•
WEEKLY
(
OVERWRITE
) (Weekly Timer recording/
Weekly overwrite)
Select to record a weekly programme. A recorded
programme is automatically overwritten by the same
series of the programme of the next week.
•
MON-SUN (FOR A WEEK)/ MON-SAT (FOR A
WEEK)/ MON-FRI (FOR A WEEK)
(Weekly Timer
recording/Weekly overwrite)
Select to record a weekly programme. A recorded
programme is automatically overwritten by the same
series of the programme broadcast on the same day of
the next week.
•
MON-SUN (OVERWRITE)/ MON-SAT
(OVERWRITE)/ MON-FRI (OVERWRITE)
(Daily
Timer recording/Daily overwrite)
Select to record a daily programme. A programme
recorded one day is automatically overwritten by the
same series of the programme broadcast on the next
day.
NOTE
When you select a mode other than
ONCE
, be careful not to
delete important recordings as they are always overwritten.
Overwritten
This week’s drama
Last week’s drama
Overwritten
This
week
Last
week
MON TUE WED THU FRI
MON TUE WED THU FRI
Overwritten
Tuesday’s programme
Monday’s programme
Programme Delivery Control (PDC) Recording
Now available from some TV stations, Programme
Delivery Control (PDC) is a service designed to assure
safe, accurate timer recording. With this system,
special code signals are transmitted together with the
audio/video signals. These code signals control your
video recorder (for this unit, the HDD deck) and have
precedence over the advertised times which you may
have preset into the timer. This means that your
recorder will start and stop recording when the preset
TV programmes actually start and end—even if the
broadcast time of a preset TV programme is changed
from what has been advertised.
PDC is available nationally on BBC1, BBC2, Channel
4 and Channel 5 (except the cases that the
programmes are broadcast through a few small relay
transmitters). Channel 3 operates a PDC service in
some areas. All channels intend to offer this service in
due course. Check your TV programme listing guide
for latest information.
If the TV station you intend to record does not offer a
PDC service, your recorder will not start recording if
PDC has been turned “ON.” Be sure to turn “OFF”
PDC in this case.
NOTES
•When you use Express Timer programming, set the start
time exactly as advertised in the TV listing.
•Now most of the satellite stations and the cable systems
also offer the PDC service. However, with this unit, PDC
recording of a satellite programme is only possible using
Automatic Satellite Recording (if your satellite receiver can
detect the PDC signals). See page 46.
•PDC works for a timer recording only when the unit is
turned off.