Toshiba RD-X2U Owner's Manual

This function automatically diverts a recording to the
HDD if a DVD-RAM disc is near capacity.

When the remaining time of the DVD-RAM disc has
reached about 10 minutes, the recorder starts
recording the same content on the HDD as well as
DVD-RAM. The chapter marks are automatically made
at the start and end points of the overlapped recording
portion. You can delete the unnecessary overlapped
portion afterwards by referring to the chapter marks.

To engage the Relay Recording function, set “Relay
Recording” to “On” (

 page 129).

Notes
• When the capacity of the HDD is not sufficient, the

operation is canceled.

• While recording the overlapped portion, you cannot pause

the recording.

• When another programed recording is set just after the

relay recording, the relay recording stops about 2 minutes
before the next programed recording starts.

This function records one program at the highest
possible rate onto a double sided DVD-RAM disc
(9.4GB) or 2 single sided DVD-RAM discs (4.7GB).
You can record a long program in a clearer picture on
a DVD-RAM disc.

The A–B recording function records the first half of the
program on the DVD-RAM disc and second half of the
program on the HDD. After the recording, copy the
second half recorded on the HDD to the DVD-RAM
disc. You can create a DVD-RAM library that has each
half of a program recorded at the highest possible
quality.

Note
• For A–B recording, use a 12 cm DVD-RAM disc (4.7GB

single sided or 9.4GB double sided) that is formatted on
this unit just before recording. Do not use an 8-cm disc.
Check that the total available space of the HDD is enough
for the recording one DVD-RAM disc.

To use the A–B recording function
At step 3 (

 page 34), set “Media” to “A–B”. “Mode”

is automatically set to “Auto”.

When the timer setting is completed, “

” lights up on

the front panel display.

When recording starts
The same contents are recorded on the HDD and a
DVD-RAM disc 10 minutes before the unit exchanges
the recording media.
The chapter marks are automatically made at the start
and end points of the overlapped recording portion, so
you can delete the unnecessary overlapped portion
afterwards.
If no DVD-RAM disc is loaded, or the loaded disc
contains recorded content, all of the recording is made
entirely on the HDD. The recording will contain one
title with a chapter mark at a dividing point.

During A–B recording, the picture quality mode is set
to “Auto” and the unit automatically calculates the
picture rate from the disc capacity. Even if the picture
rate is set to “Auto”, the picture quality of the A–B
recording is lower than that of the recording on the
HDD, because the unit adds 10 minutes of the
overlapped portion to the recording time for capacity
calculation. Therefore, the picture rate is also low
when the unit cannot record onto a DVD-RAM disc
and records on the HDD instead.

After recording
Copy the second half of the program recorded on the
HDD to the alternate side of the double sided DVD-
RAM disc, or another single sided DVD-RAM disc. See

 page 86 for dubbing operations. When you want to

delete the overlapped portion, perform the procedure
detailed on page 40 to delete the overlapped portion
either on the HDD or the DVD-RAM disc.

If the entire program has been recorded on the HDD,
copy both parts of program onto both sides of a blank
double sided DVD-RAM disc or two single sided DVD-
RAM discs by referring to the chapter mark at the
dividing point.

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