Operating instructions

RQT8020
20
Recording
ENGLISH
Timer recording
Refer to the control reference on page 18.
You can enter up to 16 programmes up to a month in advance. (Each
daily or weekly programme is counted as one programme.)
Preparation
• Turn on the television and select the appropriate video input to suit
the connections to this unit.
• Check the time on the unit is correct.
1 Press [PROG/CHECK].
2 Press [e, r] to select “New Timer
Programme” and press [ENTER].
3 Press [q] to move through the items
and change the items with [e, r].
• Press and hold [e, r] to alter Start (Start time) and Stop
(Finish time) in 30-minute increments.
• You can also set Name (Programme position/TV Station
Name), Date, Start (Start time), and Stop (Finish time) with
the numbered buttons.
• You can also press [REC MODE] to change the recording mode.
• Date
• VPS/PDC (➔ page 18)
ON
←→OFF (---)
• Programme Name
Press [w, q] to select “Programme Name” and press
[ENTER] (➔ page 34).
4 Press [ENTER].
Repeat steps 2–4 to programme other recordings.
5 Press [z TIMER].
The unit turns off and “z” lights on the unit’s display to
indicate timer recording standby has been activated.
Even if the unit is in timer recording standby, play starts when you
press [q] (PLAY) or [DIRECT NAVIGATOR]. Timer recording works
even during play.
Preparation
• Connect a digital/satellite receiver or decoder to this unit’s input
terminals (➔ page 9).
• When recording bilingual programmes
When both M 1 and M 2 is selected on the connected equipment,
you can select the audio type in playback.
Select either M 1 and M 2 on the connected equipment. (The
selected audio only is recorded.)
• When the output signal from the external equipment is NTSC,
change the “TV System” to “NTSC” in the SETUP menu
(➔ page 39).
1 While stopped
Press [INPUT SELECT] to select the
input channel for the equipment you
have connected.
e.g., If you have connected to AV2 input terminals, select “A2”.
2 Press [REC MODE] to select the
recording mode.
3 Select the channel on the other
equipment.
4 Press [* REC].
Recording starts.
To skip unwanted parts
Press [h] to pause recording. (Press again to restart recording.)
To stop recording
Press [g].
Manually programming timer
recordings
RAM
-R -RW(V) +R
For Continental Europe
TIMER
RECORDING
Remain
SP OK 20:0019:00ARD 15. 7. TUE01
Mode
Disc
space
StopStartNo. Name Date
New Timer Programme
1:58 SP
12:56:00 15. 7. TUE
- - -
VPS
PDC
For Australia, N.Z., Asia and Middle East
TIMER
RECORDING
Remain
SP OK 20:0019:00ARD 15. 7. TUE01
Mode
Disc
space
StopStartNo. Name Date
New Timer Programme
1:58 SP
12:56:00 15. 7. TUE
For Continental Europe
ModeStopStartName Date
Programme Name
TIMER
RECORDING
Remain
SP - - -20:0019:0015. 7. TUE
1:58 SP
12:57:00 15. 7. TUE
VPS
PDC
1 ARD
For Australia, N.Z., Asia and Middle East
ModeStopStartName Date
Programme Name
TIMER
RECORDING
Remain
SP20:0019:0015. 7. TUE
1:58 SP
12:57:00 15. 7. TUE
1 ARD
Date: Current date up to one month later minus
one day
Daily timer: SUN-SAT
→MON-SAT→MON-FRI
Weekly timer: SUN
→---→SAT
For Continental Europe
For Continental Europe
1:58 SP
TIMER
RECORDING
Remain
12:58:00 15. 7. TUE
SP OK 20:0019:00ARD 15. 7. TUE 01
Mode
Disc
space
StopStartNo. Name Date
- - -
SP
OK 22:3022:00ARD 15. 7. TUE 02
- - -
New Timer ProgrammeNew Timer Programme
VPS
PDC
Check to make sure “OK”
is displayed.
For Australia, N.Z., Asia and Middle East
1:58 SP
TIMER
RECORDING
Remain
12:58:00 15. 7. TUE
SP OK 20:0019:00ARD 15. 7. TUE 01
Mode
Disc
space
StopStartNo. Name Date
SP OK 22:3022:00ARD 15. 7. TUE 02
New Timer ProgrammeNew Timer Programme
Check to make sure “OK”
is displayed.
■ To release the unit from recording standby
Press [z TIMER].
The unit turns on and “z” goes out.
• Be sure to press [z TIMER] before the programme start time to
put the unit on recording standby. Timer recording will work only
if “z” is displayed.
■ To cancel recording when recording has
already begun
Press [z TIMER].
• You can also press and hold [g] on the main unit for more than 3
seconds to stop recording.
Note
• “z” flashes for about 5 seconds when the unit cannot go to timer
recording standby (e.g., a recordable disc is not in the disc tray).
• If the unit is not put in the timer recording standby mode at the
latest 10 minutes before the programmed timer recording
starting time, the “z” flashes on the unit display. In this case,
press [z TIMER] to put the unit in the timer recording standby
mode.
• When you programme successive timer recordings to start
immediately one after the other, the unit cannot record the part at
the beginning of the later programmes (a few seconds when
recording with DVD-RAM and approximately 30 seconds when
recording with DVD-R, DVD-RW (DVD-Video format) and +R).
Recording from digital/satellite receiver
or decoder
RAM
For Continental Europe
RAM
-R -RW(V) +R