Recording from external
equipment you are watching
Before you start
Check that the disc has enough available space for the
recording. Adjust the recording mode.
Press the HDD or DVD button.
1
If you select DVD, press the OPEN/CLOSE button and
place a recordable disc on the disc tray. Press the
OPEN/CLOSE button to close the disc tray.
Wait until LOAD disappears from the front panel display.
If an unused DVD-RW disc is used, whether to initialize
or not will be asked first. (See page 74)
2
Press the INPUT SEL. button to select the input
source according to the connection you made.
The front panel display changes in the following
sequence:
© PR Number © AV1 © AV2 © AV3 © DV
If you connect a digital camcorder, press the
INPUT SEL. button to select DV. (See page 78)
3
Press the REC MODE button repeatedly, (or press
the REC MODE button, then press the ...† buttons)
to select the recording speed (quality).
© SP © LP © EP © XP
Record Mode
SP(35:12)
Press the REC button.
4
Information concerning the external input mode is
displayed on the screen, then recording begins.
Icon(
) is displayed on the front panel.
- To pause recording -
• Press the REC PAUSE button to pause a recording
in progress.
• Press the REC PAUSE button again during pause to
resume recording.
• You can switch channels by pressing the
PROG (
) buttons while recording pauses.
- To stop recording -
Press the STOP (
) button to stop or finish a
recording in progress.
• When using DVD-RW/-R discs, the message
"Updating the information of disc. Please wait for a
moment" is displayed.
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