RQT8317
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Recording television programmes
• You can record up to 99 titles on one disc.
• You can record up to 49 titles on one disc.
See also the notes “Important notes for recording” (Ô page 14).
Note
• You can create a Top Menu using “Create Top Menu”
(Ô page 37). Recording or editing on the disc may delete the
menu. In that case, create the menu again.
• It is not possible to record continuously from one side of a
double sided disc to the other. You will need to eject the disc and
turn it over.
Preparation
• Turn on the television and select the appropriate video input to suit
the connections to this unit.
• Turn the unit on.
1 Press [; OPEN/CLOSE] on the main
unit to open the tray and insert a disc.
• Press the button again to close the tray.
• When using 8 cm DVD-RAM, or 8 cm DVD-R, remove the
disc from the cartridge.
2 Press [12CH] to select the channel.
To select with the numbered buttons:
3 Press [REC MODE] to select the
recording mode (XP, SP, LP or EP).
4 Press [* REC] to start recording.
The elapsed time is shown on the display.
Recording will take place on open space on disc. Data will not
be overwritten.
• You cannot change the channel or recording mode during
recording. You can change the channel or recording mode
while paused; however, the recording will then be as a
separate title.
• You can record while the unit is in standby for timer
recording, but once the time for the timer recording to begin
is reached, any recording taking place will stop and the timer
recording will begin.
• You can change the audio being received by pressing
[AUDIO] during recording. (This does not affect the actual
recording of the audio.)
n To pause recording
Press [h].
Press again to restart recording.
You can also press [* REC] to restart.
(Recorded title is not split into separate titles.)
n To stop recording
Press [g].
• From the start to the end of the recording is called one title.
•
It takes about 30 seconds for the unit to complete recording
management information after recording finishes.
EXT LINK
CH
AV3
DV IN
q
STATUS
Numbered
buttons
e,r,w,q
ENTER
* REC
REC MODE
h
12CH
g
^ DVD
AUDIO
DIRECT
NAVIGATOR
RETURN
q2 CH 18
* REC
; OPEN/CLOSE
g
e.g.,
Australia and N.Z.
-/--
FRec
RAM -R -R DL -RW(V)
+R +R DL +RW
+RW
RAM
Insert label-up.
Insert label-up with
the arrow facing in.
Insert fully.
g Cartridge disc
e.g., 5: [5]
15: [-/--] Ô [1] Ô [5]
Quick Start (Ô page 41)
1 Sec. Quick Start for Recording on DVD-RAM
Recording on DVD-RAM starts about 1 second after first pressing
[8] on the main unit or [^ DVD] to turn on the unit and then
sequentially pressing [* REC] (Quick Start Mode).
It is set to “On” at the time of purchase.
Note
Startup takes more time when:
–you play a disc or start recording to discs other than DVD-RAM.
–the clock has not been set.
Remaining time on the disc
RAM
-R -R DL -RW(V) +R +R DL +RW