Pioneer DVR-531H-S Owner's Manual - Page 52

06 Recording • While the recorder is stopped, you can also use the number buttons on the remote to select the channel. (For channel 6, press 6 then ENTER; for channel 24, press 2, 4 then ENTER) • If the recorder is stopped, you can also use the / buttons on the front panel to select the channel number. 3 Use the REC MODE button to set the picture quality/recording time. • See Setting the picture quality/recording time above for detailed instructions. 4 If the broadcast audio has a SAP channel (Second Audio Program), press AUDIO to select the audio channel to record. Press repeatedly to switch between Mono, Stereo and SAP audio channels. • When recording in VR mode (DVD) or with HDD Recording Format set to Video Mode Off (HDD), both mono and SAP audio channels are recorded, allowing you to switch the audio channel on playback. The only exception to this is when the picture quality is set to LPCM, in which case you do need to select the audio channel before recording. 5 Press ì REC to start recording. If you want to set a recording end time, press the ì REC button repeatedly. The recording time increases in 30 minute increments, up to a maximum of six hours. The time the recording will end is shown on-screen and in the front panel display. When the recording ends, the recorder automatically switches into standby if no other operation is being performed. • To cancel the set recording time, press ì REC. • If you want to pause recording at any time, press PAUSE. Press again to restart the recording. (If recording to the HDD or in VR mode, a new chapter is started after recording restarts) 6 To stop the recording, press STOP REC. • If you set the recording time in the previous step, you can still stop the recording anytime by pressing STOP REC. • Recording will stop automatically when there is no more space on the HDD/DVD, or after 12 hours of HDD recording (whichever is sooner). Simultaneous recording and playback VR mode HDD A feature called Chase Play makes it possible to watch a recording in progress (DVD or HDD) from the start of the recording (as in, playback is 'chasing' the recording). For example, perhaps you have to miss the first 30 minutes of a movie on TV; you can start recording, then start watching the movie, from the beginning, while the recorder is still recording 30 minutes ahead of you. In fact, you're not just limited to watching the recording in progress; you can watch anything else already on the DVD or HDD by selecting it from the Disc Navigator screen (see Using the Disc Navigator with recordable discs and the HDD on page 58). Important • Note that you must use a DVD-RW Ver. 1.1 / 2x or Ver. 1.2 disc to be able to use this feature. • You may not be able to use this feature with a DVD-RW disc that was first initialized on another recorder. • Chase playback is not possible using a VR mode DVD-R disc. • During recording, press PLAY to start playback from the beginning of the current recording1, or press DISC NAVIGATOR and select another title to play from there. You can use all the usual playback controls, such as pause, slow-motion play, scan2 and skip. • To stop playback, press STOP (recording will continue). • To stop recording, press STOP REC (playback will continue). Note 1.You can't start playback immediately after recording starts. Simultaneous playback and recording doesn't work while copying or backing up. 2.When scanning a DVD, no sound is output if the recorder is also recording the DVD (see Scanning discs on page 60). 52 En