Pioneer RCS-656HX - Manual (Page 85)

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Simultaneous recording and playback
(Chase Play)
Chase Play allows you to watch a recording that is still in
progress from the start, without having to wait until the
recording has finished (i.e., playback is ‘chasing’ the
recording).
In fact, you’re not just limited to watching the recording
in progress. You can watch anything else already on the
HDD (or on a DVD if you’re recording to the HDD) by
selecting it from the Disc Navigator screen (see Using
the Disc Navigator with recordable discs and the HDD on
page 91).
Chase Play is not possible when DV is the recording input.
• Press during recording to start playback
from the beginning of the current recording 1 .
• Press during recording to select another
title to play.
You can use all the usual playback controls, such as
pause, slow-motion play, scan and skip.
• To stop playback, press STOP (recording will
continue).
• To stop recording, press STOP REC (playback will
continue).
• During recording or in timer recording standby, you
can’t play an HDD title, DVD or Video CD/Super VCD
disc if the Input Line System setting doesn’t match
the TV line system of the disc/HDD title (see also
Additional information about the TV system settings
on page 138). Also, during simultaneous recording
and playback, if the TV line system of the playback
track/title changes then playback will automatically
stop.
Recording from an external component
You can record from an external component, such as a
camcorder or VCR, connected to one of the recorder’s
external inputs.
1 Make sure that the component you want to record
from is connected properly to the DVD recorder.
See Chapter 2 (Connecting up) for connection options.
2 Press repeatedly to select one of the
external inputs to record from.
The current input is shown on-screen and in the front
panel display:
• AV2/L1 – Input 1 2
• L2 – Input 2 (front panel)
• L3 – Input 3
Check that the Audio In settings for External Audio and
Bilingual Recording are as you want them (see Audio In
on page 133).
• If the aspect ratio is distorted (squashed or
stretched), adjust on the source component or your
TV before recording.
• To watch video coming in via the DV input (front
panel), select DV > DV Video Playback from the
Home Menu (see also Playing from a DV camcorder on
page 98).
3 Set the recording quality.
• See Setting the picture quality/recording time on
page 82 for detailed information.
4 Select the HDD or DVD for recording.
5 Press to start recording.
• If your source is copy-protected using Copy Guard,
you will not be able to record it. See Restrictions on
video recording on page 79 for more details.
Note
1 You can’t start playback immediately after recording starts. Simultaneous playback and recording doesn’t work while copying or backing up.
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2 This cannot be selected if AV2/L1 In is set to Decoder (see AV2/L1 In on page 132).
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