Record glorious football moments to a digital video disc.
According to a Gallup Poll, football far outweighs any sport in viewer popularity. The study suggests that you treat a college or professional game as an appointment. Even so, seemingly more important events may keep you from your date with the football broadcast. The passion for football also extends to high school and youth leagues, especially for the players' parents. A digital video disc (DVD) recorder can preserve the "big game" you missed or want to relive and the memories of your young gridiron greats.
Instructions
Recording a Game Broadcast
1. Learn the broadcast date, time and station for the game. Check your local listings regularly as broadcast schedule for many games, particularly college football, are not released until less than a week before the game. Go to the program guide if you have a digital cable box and search for your game by channel or under the category for sports.
2. Use a full-size DVD to record game broadcasts.
Insert a recordable or rewritable DVD into your DVD recorder. Go to the setup or settings menu for discs. Choose long play (four hours) or extended long play (six hours).
3. Find the schedule recording feature on your recorder. Insert the date. Enter as the start time of the game approximately two minutes before the scheduled beginning. Set the length of the program as 3½ hours for a professional game and four hours for a college game, in case a game reaches overtime, or calculate the end time. Select the channel broadcasting the game. Choose channel "3" or "4" if you connect a cable box to the coaxial cable input on your television. Turn the cable box to the channel broadcasting the game.
4. Turn off the recorder prior to the start of the game. Do not change the channel on the cable box until after the recording is complete.
Recording a Game from a Video Camera
5. Prepare to record the game before you leave for the stadium. Open at least two mini-DVD discs or have a tape with a recording capacity of at least two hours. Prepare the discs for recording according to your owner's manual instructions. Verify that you have the correct date and time. Set each disc to record for 60 minutes.
6. Press the record button when ready, either at player introductions or kickoff. Hit the stop button if you wish to omit stoppages of play or halftime to preserve recording time. If you use a DVD-R (recordable) or DVD-RW (rewritable DVD), go to the "Finalize disc" feature on your camcorder
7. Connect your recorder to the universal serial bus (USB) port on your computer if you used a DVD-RAM disc or a video cassette. Open a movie maker software. Download your video content to the software. Follow the instructions for preparing your movie. Place a full-size recordable or rewritable DVD into your computer's DVD burner. Choose the recording length which most closely matches the recording time of the game. If you recorded less than two hours, burn your DVD at the standard play (two hour) length. Otherwise, select long play (four hours) or extended long play (six hours).
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