Pioneer PDP-5070HD Owner's Manual - Page 55

TV Guide On Screen™ System Operation 10 English When the recording is about to start The TV Guide On Screen™ system alerts you when a scheduled recording is about to start and gives you the chance to cancel the recording. When you see the on-screen alert, select either; • "change channel, start recording"; or • "don't change channel; cancel recording". Setting program reminders By setting a program reminder you can have the TV alert you when a program is about to start on another channel. You can set reminders for individual episodes of a program, or every time a program airs. 1 From LISTINGS, SCHEDULE, or SEARCH, highlight the program for which you want to set a reminder. Depending on the situation, the following screens will appear. 4-+ Timer Alert The following timer is about to begin: Tues. 12/30 12:30am-12:59am Ant. A 1000.000 BRAV022 A Accept D Cancel Timer 4-+ Timer Alert The following timer is about to begin: Wed. 1/5 4 : 06am- 9 : 08am Ant. A 1000. 5 BRAV022 PLASMA DISPLAY A Accept D Cancel Timer Press A to start recording as scheduled or D to cancel recording. 2 Press MENU to display the Episode Options panel menu. While recording is in progress If you attempt to change the channel while recording is in progress, the following screen appears. Select either; • "don't change; keep recording" or • "change; stop recording". Depending on the situation, the following screens will appear. In this case, the reminder will remain on-screen for 15 seconds before it automatically disappears. 4-+ Recording In Progress Changing channels will interrupt a recording in progress. A Change Channel Now D Don't Change Channel REC Recording In Progress PLASMA DISPLAY Changing channels will interrupt a recording in progress. 3 Highlight "set reminder" and press ENTER. 4 Set the reminder options: Press / to highlight a field; press / to change the setting. • frequency - select whether to be reminded just Once, Regularly (at the same time on the same channel), or Weekly (every week at the same time/day). There's also an Off option which puts the program in the reminder schedule but no reminder is given (you can set it to remind later). • auto tune - choose whether or not the TV should automatically change channels when a reminder is due. • when - set when the reminder is displayed (before, on time, or after a program has started). A Change Channel Now D Don't Change Channel Press A to change the channel and quit recording; or press D not to change the channel and to continue recording. 55 En