Pdc recording – JVC SR-VS30E User Manual
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H
Enter the programme date.
Press DATE+/–.
● The current date appears on the TV screen. The date you enter
appears in its place.
I
Enter the channel position.
J
Set the tape speed.
Press SP/LP (
p
).
K
Set the PDC mode.
Press PDC to select “ON” or “OFF”.
● If “VPS/PDC ON” is displayed on the TV screen or “VPS/PDC”
is lit on the front display panel, PDC is set to ON.
● If “VPS/PDC OFF” is displayed on the TV screen or “VPS/PDC”
is not lit on the front display panel, PDC is set to OFF.
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“PDC Recording” in the right column
● VPS (Video Programme System) recording is not currently
available in the U.K. and not possible with this recorder.
L
Return to the normal screen.
Press PROG or OK. “PROGRAM COMPLETED” appears 
on the TV screen for about 5 seconds, then the normal 
screen appears. If “PROGRAM OVERLAPPED” appears 
on the TV screen and “Err” on the front display panel, see 
page 43.
● Repeat steps 3 – 12 for each additional programme.
M
Engage the recorder’s timer mode.
Press
#
(TIMER). The recorder turns off automatically and
“
#
” appears on the front display panel.
● To disengage the timer mode, press
#
(TIMER) again.
To Timer-Record Weekly Or Daily Serials . . .
. . . anytime during steps 5 through 11, press WEEKLY (number 
key “9”) for weekly serials or DAILY (number key “8”) for daily 
serials (Monday – Friday). Either “WEEKLY” or “DAILY” appears 
on the TV screen. Pressing the button again makes the 
corresponding indication disappear.
NOTES:
● You can programme each deck to timer-record as many as 6
programmes. If you try to programme the recorder to record a 
seventh, “PROGRAM FULL” appears on the TV screen and 
“FULL” appears on the front display panel. To record the extra 
programme, you must first cancel any unnecessary 
programmes (
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pg. 42).
● It is not possible to timer-record a satellite broadcast received
on the channel position “0” by the satellite receiver.
● It is not possible to timer-record the same programme on both
the VHS deck and the DV deck simultaneously.
● During timer recording, it is not possible to change the
recording deck (VHS or DV).
● If the times that are programmed for recording on the DV deck
and on the VHS deck overlap, the earlier start time takes 
precedence. If the start times are the same, the VHS deck 
takes precedence.
Press PR+/–.
● If you want to set a satellite
programme, press the number 
key “0” to change “TV PROG” 
to “SAT”, then press PR+/–.
Satellite Receiver Users
To timer-record a satellite broadcast using Express Timer 
Programming:
A Perform “Satellite Receiver Control Setting” on page 17.
B Perform steps 1 – 13. In step 9, press the number key “0”
to change “TV PROG” to “SAT”. The front display panel 
shows “L2” for the channel position. Then press PR+/– to 
enter the channel position for the satellite broadcast. In 
step 11, you cannot set “PDC” to “ON”.
C Leave the satellite receiver’s power on.
PDC Recording
Now available from some TV stations, PDC (Programme 
Delivery Control) is a service designed to assure safe, 
accurate timer recording. With this system, special code 
signals are transmitted together with the audio/video signals. 
These code signals control your video recorder and have 
precedence over the advertised times which you may have 
preset into the timer. This means that your recorder will start 
and stop recording when the preset TV programmes actually 
start and end — even if the broadcast time of a preset TV 
programme is changed from what has been advertised. PDC 
is currently available nationally on BBC1, BBC2, Ch.4 and 
Ch.5, except from a few small relay transmitters. Ch.3 
operates a PDC service in some areas. All channels intend to 
offer this service in due course. Check your TV programme 
listing guide for latest information. If the channel you intend 
to record does not offer a PDC service your recorder will not 
start recording if PDC has been selected. Be sure to set PDC 
to “OFF” if PDC is not available on your selected channel. 
(See step 9 on page 37 and step 11 in the left column.
NOTES:
● Set the start time (PDC time) exactly as advertised in the
TV listing. A different time than advertised will result in no 
recording.
● PDC recording is also possible when a satellite receiver or a
cable system is connected to AV2 (L-2) IN/DECODER on 
your recorder.
● PDC recording is also possible via the AV1 (L-1) IN/OUT
connector.
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