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Pioneer DVR-920H User's Manual

1. 000 Approx 54 433 hours DVD R DVD RW POTENT ic Sere at be oboe Pees bea asard Approx 1 hour Standard Play OP s te4caecawaeawes was Approx 2 hours Long Play LP ee ee Approx 4 hours Extended Play EP sri rariririrsicresss Approx 6 hours SuperLONG Play SLP srera wha dares Approx 8 hours Manual Mode MN ri riririsirsrirsa Approx 1 8 hours Tuner Receivable channels PAL B G PAL Frequency Channel Frequency Channel VHF low 41 89 MHz E2 E4 44 89 MHz A C X Z X Z VHF high 104 300 MHz E5 E12 104 300 MHz D J S1 S20 11 13 M1 M10 S1 S20 U1 U10 Hyper 302 470 MHz S21 S41 302 470 MHz S21 S41 UHF 410 862 MHz E21 E69 410 862 MHz E21 E69 SECAM L SECAM D K Frequency Channel Frequency Channel VHF low 49 65 MHz 49 94 MHz R1 R5 2 4 VHF high 104 300 MHz 5 10 104 300 MHz R6 R12 B Q S1 S20 Hyper 300 470 MHz S21 S41 302 470 MHz S21 S41 UHF 470 862 MHz 21 69 470 862 MHz E21 E69 STEREO B G A2 NICAM L NICAM B G NICAM D K NICAM Timer POC Sag as ek ke Gs ee ae 1 month 32 programs ClO meat aneae nea Quartz lock 24 hour digital display Power off memory Approx 5 years after manufacture Input Output VHF UHF antenna input output terminal VHF UHF set 75 Q IEC connector Video NOU ein a 2 0 aa Input 1 3 rear 2 front input level voc da ae e cede ee eti eulee enews 1 Vp p 75 Q JackS carne sree bar Sah tn
2. Basic Tuner Video In Out Audio In Auto Number DVD Menu Language i Language lt English gt CECE Audio Out Language Recording Playback v e Select by language name Use the cursor left right buttons to change the language e Select by code number Press cursor down then use the number buttons to enter the four digit language code See Language code list on page 131 for a list of available languages and corresponding codes 3 Press ENTER to confirm and exit the screen Recording settings Manual Recording e Default setting Off DB Initial Setup A Basic Manual Recording On go to setup Off Tuner Optimized Rec Video In Out Navi Mark Audio In Auto Chapter Video Audio Out Frame Accurate Language DVD RW Auto Init Recording Playback v Note On the default setting there are five different recording time picture quality settings FINE SP LP EP and SLP If you want to create a custom setting switch on Manual Recording and select one of the 32 manual settings When recording you can select your Manual Recording setting using the REC MODE button 1 Select On go to setup to display the manual recording setting screen HDD Remain 30h33m DVD Remain 2h00m SLP EP LP SP FINE y y v vy y 1170000 MN 9 4h00m DVD 2 60Mbps Preview 2 Use the cursor left right buttons to change the manual recording level e You can
3. Playback v Some multilingual discs have disc menus in several languages This setting specifies in which language the disc menus should appear Leave on the default setting for menus to appear in the same language as your Subtitle Language see Subtitle Language above Choose Other if you want to specify a language other than those listed see Se ecting Other languages on page 117 Subtitle Display e Default setting On D Initial Setup 2 S Basic Tuner Video In Out Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback v OSD Language Audio Language Subtitle Language Auto Language DVD Menu Language Subtitle Display Assist Subtitle 1 Even when set to On Auto Language may not work with some discs In this case set the audio and subtitle languages using the AUDIO and SUBTITLE buttons The Initial Setup menu When set to On the recorder displays subtitles according to the Subtitle Language and Auto Language settings Set to Off to switch subtitles off altogether although you may find that some discs override this setting Set to Assist Subtitle to have the recorder display the extra assistive subtitles recorded on to some DVD discs Selecting Other languages 1 Select Other from the language list This option appears in the settings tor DVD Menu Language Audio Language and Subtitle Language 2 Select the language you want D Initial Setup
4. YA tT oamse IxXxAQOMXxMA I I om lt a rv lt ioNS I CT a lo 19 oN 1 Clear 3 4 SE Se 5z A Note e Use the f cursor buttons and ENTER to select characters e Use the lt lt b buttons to change the cursor position e Select CAPS or small to change to upper or lower case or use the CASE SELECTION buttons l lt gt l e You can also use the CLEAR button to delete characters directly press and hold for two seconds to delete the whole name For other remote control key shortcuts see Using the remote key shortcuts to input a name on page 90 e For discs formatted on a different DVD recorder you will see only a limited character set Note e You cannot input a name for a disc if the TV line system of the disc is different to the current setting of the recorder See nput Line System on page 108 for how to change the recorder s setting Lock Disc e Default setting Off G2 Disc Setup A f Basic Input Disc Name On Initialize Lock Disc Finalize Optimize HDD v Set to On to prevent accidental recording editing or erasing of the disc loaded If you need to unlock the disc to make edits select Off A Important e A locked disc can still be initialized which will completely erase the disc 1 You cannot change the lock setting for a disc if the TV line system of the disc is different to the current setting of the recorder See np
5. e f you don t want to use the Setup Navigator press cursor down to select Cancel then press ENTER to exit the Setup Navigator 5 Select the Auto Channel Setting Auto Scan or Download from TV or Do not set then press ENTER DB Initial Setup A Basic Cloc Auto Channel Setting Tuner Video In Out Audio In Auto Scan Audio Out Download from TV language Do not set Recording Playback etu v Getting started e Select Do not set if you want to skip setting up the channels because they have already been set up for example e You can only use the Download from TV feature if you connected this recorder to your TV using a fully wired 21 pin SCART cable connected to the AV1 RGB TV connector and if your TV supports this function check your TV s instruction manual for more details e Use the cursor left right buttons to choose your country then press ENTER DB Initial Setup A Basic Clock Country Selection Tuner Video In Out Country 4 UK gt Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback setu v e Auto tuning channels The Auto Scan option automatically scans and sets the channel presets Tuning il 32 107 Cancel e Downloading channels from your TV Use the Download from TV option to download all the channels that your TV is tuned to Downloading Pr5 6 Select Auto for automatic time setting or Manual to set the clock m
6. This recorder was not able to control the camcorder Recording has stopped because the recorded material on the tape finished When the recorded part of the DV tape comes to an end this recorder automatically stops recording Recording has stopped because DV camcorder playback stopped Recording stopped because DV camcorder playback was stopped or the camcorder was disconnected The DV camcorder is not set for playback Please select playback mode on the DV camcorder The camcorder is in camera mode TH Additional information Manual recording modes The table below shows the approximate recording times for all of the 32 manual recording modes as well as the standard recording mode equivalents Levels separated by a bold line show where there is a noticeable change In picture quality The divisions for HDD recording are the same as those for Video mode Audio recording in all manual recording modes is in Dolby Digital 2ch format except for MN32 which is in Linear PCM format Video mode VR mode DID level Rec time tevet Rec time MN 1 480 mins SLP MN 1 480 mins MN 2 420 mins MN 2 420 mins MN 3 360 mins EP MN 3 360 mins MN 4 330 mins MN 4 330 mins MN 5 300 mins MN 5 300 mins MN 6 285 Mins MN 6 285 MINS MN 7 2 0 mins MN 7 2 0 mins MN 8 255 MINS MN 8 255 Mins MN 9 240 mins LP MN 9 240 mins MN 10 230 mins MN 10 230 mins MN 11 220 mins MN 11 220 mins M
7. Alias The gt Camp Sally Jessy Raph Our b Go five Armageddon gt it v 2 Football ampt Emmerdale Homes Polic gt One Button You should see a grid filled with channel logos and TV listings information Use the cursor up down buttons to review the list If you notice that there are channels missing or that there are channels in the list that you don t get go to the Editor screen e Press cursor up repeatedly until the Menu bar is highlighted e Press cursor right until Editor is highlighted The main area of the screen now shows a list of channels Those that are turned ON are displayed in the grid those that are OFF are hidden Use the f cursor buttons to move down the list and turn channels ON or OFF as necessary e For any channel that you turn ON the GUIDE Plus system will need to know how it is received the source and on which program number The source may be the built in tuner of this recorder or an external receiver The program number is the number on which the channel can be found on its receiving device source The entry in the Editor screen must match this number for correct recording of that channel e The above is especially important for the host channel Please make sure that the host channel is always switched ON 2 Use the number buttons to change the program numbers as you like Editor displays your channel settings You may
8. e Except for the Setup Navigator menu screens are exited automatically after 20 minutes of inactivity Basic settings Clock Setting The date day month year and time must be set before you can use any of the timer recording features The clock can be set automatically if there is a broadcast station transmitting clock signals or manually Select Auto to set the clock automatically or Manual to display the clock setting screen D Initial Setup A Basic Clock Setting o Auto Tuner Input Line System Manual Video In Out On Screen Display Audio In Front Panel Display Audio Out Power Save Language Remote Control Mode Recording AV Link Playback Setup Navigator v e Auto clock setting Some TV channels broadcast time signals together with the program This recorder can use these signals to set the clock automatically m 5 i gt Set Clock Set CH to the channel preset number that broadcasts a clock signal then move the cursor down to Start and press ENTER D Initial Setup A Basic Clock Auto Clock Setting Tuner _ Inpu Video In Out_ ong Pate Bee ist oan AudioIn _ Fron Time Audio Out Pow Clock Set CH Spa Language Rem Recording AVL Start Playback Setu v If the time could not be set automatically press RETURN to go back to the previous screen and select Manual Manual clock setting If no stations in your area are broadcasting time signals you can set the
9. 2 Select the title that you want to divide then press ENTER 3 Use the playback controls to find the place you want to divide the title Titl 1 15 00 Wed 13 12 Pr5 LP B Recording Time 0h01m24s 1 1 0 00 08 26 II Play Pause You can use all the usual playback controls including gt PLAY Il PAUSE scan lt lt gt gt and slow motion lt 1 II 4 With Divide highlighted press ENTER to divide the title at the current playback position 5 To return to the Disc Navigator menu options select Back and press ENTER Combine Use this function to combine two adjacent Play List titles into one 1 Select Combine from the Disc Navigator Play List menu options 2 Highlight the bar divider between the two titles you want to combine then press ENTER est aN Po DVD Remain 0h37m FINE a4 After pressing ENTER the new updated Play List is displayed Disc Navigator DVD Remain 0h37m FINE Vv 3 Press RETURN to go back to the Disc Navigator menu options or continue combining more titles Erase All This command erases all the titles from the Play List 1 Select Erase All from the Disc Navigator Play List menu options 2 Select Yes to confirm or No to cancel then press ENTER DVD Remain 0h37m FINE Undo If you make a mistake while editing you can generally undo it There are three levels of undo in other words you can undo the l
10. J HOME MENU LJ GUIDE Plus i Disc History us n ER Use the f cursor buttons followed by ENTER to select the option you want To exit the Home Menu press HOME MENU E gt 409 0 DISPLAY Home menu options GUIDE Plus page 40 Disc Setup page 102 1 Press DISPLAY repeatedly to display change the Disc Navigator page 51 Initial Setup page 107 h on screen information age 86 coca e Press once to show the HDD and removable disc Copy page 71 Video Audio Adjust DVD etc activity together Press again to show the page 104 status of just the currently selected playback Easy Timer equa Play Mode page 55 recording device HDD or removable disc e The on screen display automatically disappears after Disc History page 99 PhotoViewer page 100 150 minutes 2 To hide the information display press DISPLAY repeatedly until it disappears The example displays below are a guide only actual displays vary according to the disc loaded etc K Note 1 Some options in the Home Menu may be grayed out sometimes indicating that they are not available at the present time For example the PhotoViewer option is grayed out unless there is a disc loaded that contains JPEG image files 2 e The Video mode disc displays become the same as a DVD Video disc once the disc is finalized e Copy Once or Can t Record messages may appear in the stop or recording displays These indicate that the b
11. This product is for general household purposes Any failure due to use for other than household purposes such as long term use for business purposes in a restaurant or use ina car or ship and which requires repair will be charged for even during the warranty period K041_En This product includes FontAvenue fonts licenced by NEC corporation FontAvenue is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation POWER CORD CAUTION Handle the power cord by the plug Do not pull out the plug by tugging the cord and never touch the power cord when your hands are wet as this could cause a short circuit or electric shock Do not place the unit a piece of furniture etc on the power cord or pinch the cord Never make a knot in the cord or tie it with other cords The power cords should be routed such that they are not likely to be stepped on A damaged power cord can cause a fire or give you an electrical shock Check the power cord once in a while When you find it damaged ask your nearest PLONEER authorized service center or your dealer for a replacement s002_En Replacement and mounting of an AC plug on the power supply cord of this unit should be performed only by qualified service personnel IMPORTANT FOR USE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM The wires in this mains lead are coloured in accordance with the following code Blue Neutral Brown Live lf the plug provided is unsuitable for your socket outlets the plug must be cut of
12. e To clear and start again press CLEAR 2 Optionally Press ENTER e Alternatively just wait a few seconds and playback will jump to the new title m 5 i gt 1 During playback use the number buttons to input a track number For example for track 6 press 6 for track 24 press 2 then 4 e To clear and start again press CLEAR 2 Optionally Press ENTER e Alternatively just wait a few seconds and playback will jump to the new track Scanning discs You can fast scan discs at various speeds forwards or backward REV SCAN PLAY FWD SCAN 1 During playback press lt lt or gt gt to start reverse or forward scanning e The scanning speed is shown on screen 2 Press the same button repeatedly to increase the scanning speed e Depending on the disc normal playback may automatically resume when a new chapter is reached on a DVD disc MD Cya O En e Forward SCAN 1 gt SCAN 2 gt SCAN 3 gt SCAN 4 e Reverse Reverse play gt SCAN 1 SCAN 2 gt SCAN 3 SCAN 4 ED CID CD D e Forward Reverse SCAN 1 SCAN 2 3 To resume normal playback press gt PLAY Playing in slow motion Ge al xi You can play video at various slow motion speeds DVDs and video on the HDD can be played in slow motion in either direction while Video CD Super VCDs can only be played forwards in slow motion PLAY STEP SLOW 1 Press ll or I gt to start slow motion reverse or forw
13. tip e To see more of the picture as you adjust different settings press ENTER after selecting the setting you want to adjust Audio DRC e Default setting Off When watching Dolby Digital material at low volume It s easy to lose low level sounds completely including some of the dialog Switching on Audio DRC Dynamic Range Control can help by bringing up the low level sounds while controlling high level peaks 1 During playback or when paused press HOME MENU and select Video Audio Adjust 2 Select Audio Adjust 3 Use the cursor left right buttons to adjust DRC from Off to Max W Audio Adjust Audio DRC off Max Exactly how much difference you can hear between the settings will depend on the material Q Remember e Audio DRC is not effective when listening to a disc via the digital output when Dolby Digital Out is set to Dolby Digital In this case adjust the dynamic range from your AV amplifier receiver The Initial Setup menu CH Chapter 14 The Initial Setup menu Using the Initial Setup menu The Initial Setup menu is where you can set various recorder options for sound picture language and so on e Press HOME MENU and select Initial Setup B HOME MENU DVD RECORDER Disc Navigator Initial Setup e Some settings can only be changed when the recorder is stopped During playback these settings are grayed out in the Initial Setup menu
14. 3 Enter a keyword to appear in the menu Keyboard _ oe Please press gt rs or 4 to highlight a character on aq the keyboard Select with ENTER Press the Green button to exit Please enter your personal search keyword Welcome to GUIDE Plus aint One Button Recording aint Use the buttons followed by ENTER to select characters from the on screen keyboard When you re finished press the GREEN Action button to exit and continue 4 Press ENTER to start a keyword search e You can delete or edit keywords using the RED and GREEN Action buttons e When you have set more than two keywords an All subcategory automatically appears which allows you to search for all your keywords gt Using the GUIDE Plus electronic program guide En My TV Area The My TV Area allows you to set up a personal profile You can define a profile by channels themes and or keywords As soon as a personal profile has been set GUIDE Plus continuously scans the TV listings for the next seven days Whenever you access the My TV Area a list of programs matching your profile appears From the My TV Area you can e Set up a profile by channel theme and or keyword e Edit and delete profiles e Read program synopsis e Tune to a program that s currently showing e Set a program to record e Access panel ads Setting up a profile You can set up a profile with any combination of up to 16 channels four the
15. 12 12 TUE 03 14 12 THU 04 15 12 FRI 05 16 12 SAT 06 17 12 SUN 07 18 12 MON 08 19 12 TUE Vv 1 2 Currently selected folder in folder list Pages in folder list Playing a slideshow 1 Press HOME MENU and select PhotoViewer to display the PhotoViewer screen e The PhotoViewer is only accessible when a disc containing JPEG files is loaded 2 Use the t cursor up down buttons to select a folder from the folder list The first nine images from the selected folder are displayed as thumbnails in the main part of the screen 3 Press ENTER to move to the thumbnail view area The first thumbnail image is highlighted e To get back to the folder list press RETURN 4 Use the t cursor buttons to select a thumbnail e Use the ka and gt P buttons to display the previous next page of thumbnails 5 Press ENTER or gt PLAY to start playing a slideshow from the selected thumbnail e Use the ke PREV NEXT PI buttons to display the previous next picture or the If PAUSE button to pause the slideshow Note ene Size 1920 x 1440 File information Pages in file view 6 Press STOP or RETURN to return to the thumbnail view area 7 To return to the folder view area press RETURN e To exit the PhotoViewer press HOME MENU Reloading files from a disc If you have a disc with a large number of files and or folders you can still view all the images using the reload funct
16. 3 Press 4 OPEN CLOSE to open the disc tray 4 Load a blank DVD R or DVD RW disc with the label side face up using the disc guide to align the disc e When you load a new blank DVD RW disc the recorder will take a moment to initialize it for recording 5 Use the CHANNEL buttons to select the TV channel you want to record from e You can also use the buttons on the front panel if the recorder is stopped Channel presets are numbered 1 99 If the recorder is connected to your TV using a SCART cable and your TV supports Direct Recording it s possible to quickly start recording whatever channel your TV is tuned to See Direct recording from TV on page 63 for detailed instructions 6 Press REC to start recording By default the recording will be in SP standard play mode which will give you around two hours of recording trom a blank DVD disc e You can pause recording by pressing If PAUSE Press REC or If PAUSE again to restart recording 7 When you want to stop recording press C STOP REC Playing back your recording The TV program you just recorded should be on the HDD or DVD disc as a single title with one or more chapters e Press gt PLAY to start playback If you want to stop playback before the end of the recording press W STOP Getting started It the NICAM broadcast is bilingual you can also Using the built in TV tuner Soe a m C NICAM A gt NICAM B c Changing TV channels Regular
17. 32kHz This recorder can only record one stereo audio track Set the DV Input setting as required see DV Input on page 114 A8kHz not 44 1kHz source component pauses playback or plays an unrecorded section of tape or if the power fails in the source component or the DV cable becomes disconnected This recorder only outputs HDD DVD playback video from the DV IN OUT jack signals from the built in TV tuner CD Video CD and other inputs are not output Copy protected or copy once video is not output from Audio output from the DV IN OUT jack is 16 bit only Audio input to the DV IN OUT jack should be 32 or Picture disturbance in the recording may occur if the off The DV camcorder is recording he camcorder is recording so you cannot start recording from the camcorder to this recorder You cannot connect more than one DV camcorder at the same time The DV jack on this recorder supports connection to just one camcorder No tape in the DV camcorder There is no cassette loaded into the connected equipment The DV camcorder is in record pause mode he camcorder is in record pause mode DV camcorder playback canceled Recording has been paused Recording was paused because the camcorder is not in playback mode Cannot operate the DV camcorder his recorder cannot control the camcorder Try switching off the camcorder then switching It back on Could not operate the DV camcorder
18. Consult your local audio dealer for more information e When connected to an HDCP compatible DVI component DVI 576P PAL or DVI 480P NTSC is displayed and the HDMI indicator lights e The HDMI connection is compatible with 44 1 48kHZz 16 20 24 bit 2 channel linear PCM signals as well as Dolby Digital DIS and MPEG audio bitstream About HDMI HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface supports both video and audio on a single digital connection for use with DVD players and recorders DIV set top boxes and other AV devices HDMI was developed to provide the technologies of High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection HDCP as well as Digital Visual Interface DVI in one specification HDCP is used to protect digital content transmitted and received by DVI compliant displays HDMI has the capability to support standard enhanced or high definition video plus standard to multi channel surround sound audio HDMI features include uncom pressed digital video a bandwidth of up to 5 gigabits per second Dual Link one connector instead of several cables and connectors and communication between the AV source and AV devices such as DIVs HDMI the HDMI logo and High Definition Multimedia Interface are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI licensing LLC 1 The resolution of this recorder s HDMI video output is 576 x 480 pixels PAL or 480 x 720 pixels NTSC progressive If your display is not com patible with these reso
19. Erase Sec from the Disc Navigator menu options 2 Use the t cursor buttons to select a title After selecting a title the Erase Sec screen appears from which you can mark the start and end points of the section to erase Erase Sec Original Titl 1 15 00 Wed 13 12 Pr5 LP Recording Time 0h01m24s 1 1 0 00 52 17 5 II Play Pause A B Fo From Back 3 Use the playback controls gt Il lt lt gt gt etc to find the start of the section to erase then with From highlighted press ENTER The bar at the bottom of the screen shows the current play position in the title After pressing ENTER a marker appears under the bar to show the start of the section Il Play Pause A A 0 02 09 17 4 Inthe same way find the end of the section to erase then with To highlighted press ENTER After pressing ENTER another marker appears under the bar to show the end of the section with the section itself marked in red 5 Select Yes to confirm or No to cancel then press ENTER In the thumbnail viewer you can see a few seconds of video either side of the marked section to see how the edit will look e When editing VR mode Original content you may not be able to erase very short sections less than five seconds 6 Erase another section from the same title or press RETURN to get back to the main Disc Navigator screen Lock Unlock exp You can lock a tit
20. PLAY Press li STOP again to cancel the resume function Pauses playback or restarts playback when paused Press to start scanning Press repeatedly to increase the scanning speed Press to skip to previous next chapter title You can also use the front panel but tons to do this during playback Except VR mode During playback enter a chapter number then press ENTER to skip directly to that chapter within the currently playing title On some discs you can also use the num ber buttons to select numbered items in the disc menu VR mode only During playback enter a title number then press ENTER All Press CLEAR to clear a number entry and start again Commercial back skip Each press skips backward ftorward progressively up to a maximum of 10 minutes forward or three minutes back During playback press to start slow motion playback Press repeatedly to change the playback speed While paused press to advance a single frame in either direction Press to display the top menu or menu of a DVD Video disc these are often the same Use the cursor buttons to navigate DVD Video disc menus press ENTER to select items Press to return to the previous level of a 2 DVD Video disc menu Playing from the HDD The table below shows the basic playback controls when playing video recorded on the hard disk HDD PLAY STOP PAUSE REVSCAN FWD SCAN PREV NEXT BACK CM SKIP S
21. Rec 1 P 104 ON Ext Rec 1 P105 ON Ext Rec 1 P 106 E Rec 1 Emis Ext Rec 1 P 226 One Button Recording aune 2 Highlight the left channel tile of the channel you want to switch on or off 3 Press the RED Action button to switch the channel on or off Changing the source and program number 1 Select Editor from the Menu bar Source g ve Press the Red button to change Source Press the Green 4 button to change Programme Number Press to switch channel On or Off grey MyTV Schedule Info Editor ON Ext Rec 1 ae ON Tuner Puls aunt Ext Rec 1 P 104 ON Ext Rec 1 P105 ON Ext Rec 1 P 106 OFF Ext Rec 1 P4115 Cangt Ext Rec 1 P 226 Welcome to GUIDE Plus One Button Recording 2 Highlight the right channel tile of the channel you want to make a change to 3 Press the RED Action button to change the channel source or the GREEN Action button to enter a program number Fach press of the RED Action button changes the channel source Tuner Ext Rec 1 etc To set a program number use the number buttons to enter a program number then press ENTER When set to Tuner make sure that the program number matches the preset number of this recorder for what you want to record Using the GUIDE Plus electronic program guide 05 The Setup Area The Setup Area is where you can set up GUIDE Plus for GUIDE Plus FAQ and your particular region TV reception conditi
22. cac0250500420 00004 0400 ki 134 Puts OnI talau 4 3 dtuw e a deg he aoe aa 134 Moving the recorder eee eee eee eee 134 Clie cccly Gree eee eet a ee ence ae eee er ae reer 135 SCG AUCs a s are bs ne wee eee eee eae ce 137 Index m 5 vM gt gt Before you start En Chapter 1 Before you start Features e Built in GUIDE Plus electronic program guide The GUIDE Plus system is an interactive on screen TV programming guide You can see what s on IV today and in the coming week search TV listings for certain categories of program or by your own keywords and even set the recorder to record programs with the press of a single button e HDD recording HDD You can record up to 433 hours of video in SLP mode on the internal 250GB gigabyte hard disk HDD With both recordable DVD and a high capacity HDD in the same recorder you have the flexibility to keep recordings on the HDD for quick access anytime or record to DVD for archiving or playing on other DVD players e Copy between HDD and DVD You can copy recordings from the HDD to recordable DVD or from DVD to the HDD Usually you can use the high speed copy feature which can copy an hour of video in under two minutes when recorded in EP mode using a DVD R Ver 2 0 8x disc You can also choose to copy material at a different recording quality trom the original For example you might want to copy a FINE mode highest quality recording on the HDD t
23. e Chapter Edit Chpt Edit Make detailed changes Use this function to start playback of a title e Erase Erase a title page 89 to chapters in a title page 91 1 Select Play from the Disc Navigator menu e Divide Divide a title into two page 93 options e Change Group Chg Group Assign a title to a 2 Use the t cursor buttons to select the group on the HDD page 93 title you want to play then press ENTER or gt PLAY e Group Name Grp Name Name or rename an HDD group page 94 2 Disc Navigator e Erase Section Erase Sec Erase part of a title vigan Mosi page 92 Play List P 37M FINE e Create Make a new Play List title page 96 e Chapter Edit Chpt Edit Make detailed changes to chapters in a Play List title page 95 e Move Move the position of a title in the Play List page 97 Playback of the title you selected starts e Erase All Erase all titles in the Play List page 98 e Undo Undo the last change page 98 Erase e Play Play a title page 94 qu eee E ae Me ere Pade The Erase title command does slightly different things e Title Name Tti Name Name or rename a title in depending on what you are currently editing If you are the Play List page 95 editing Original content ona VR mode disc or content on e Combine Combine two Play List titles into one the HDD the title will be erased from the disc and the page 98 available recording time
24. mark Connect the CONTROL OUT of the other component to the CONTROL IN of this recorder using a mini plug cord 11 G LINK Use to connect the supplied G LINK cable to enable GUIDE Plus to control an external satellite receiver etc Front panel connections BY ON S VIDEO VIDEO r AUDIO 4 DV v I L MONO R IN OUT INPUT 2 On the left side of the front panel a flio down cover hides a second audio video input consisting of an S video and standard composite video jack and stereo analog audio jacks Here you ll also fine a DV input output i LINK connector This is for connection to a DV camcorder Connecting up 02 Extra features for use with compatible TVs When this recorder is connected to a TV that features T V Link EasyLink MegaLogic SMARTLINK Q Link DATA LOGIC or NexTView Link using a fully wired 21 pin SCART cable not supplied the following functions are available m 5 i gt e Direct TV recording e Channel preset download e NexTView timer programming download e TV auto power on e System configuration Note that these functions cannot be used when the front panel display shows EPG For further details and compatibility information see also the manual that came with your TV Direct TV recording Direct TV recording allows you to record the TV program that you re watching without having to worry about whether this recorder is set to the same channel See Direct recording from TV on p
25. 21 e Chapter Total 0 01 52 EEEREERETEUIHI 4 32Mbps Hi Speed Copy Title Name 21 11 Football match 1 Chase playback simultaneous record playback copy disc back up Indicates that recording copying or back up is in progress 2 Elapsed chapter time 3 Total running time of chapter 4 Data transfer rate Shows the current data rate being read from the disc 5 Copy protected material Shows l if the playback material is copy once protected Note Recording display mM Q i Rec 3 0 00 15 ABC gt DVD R Video 21 00 22 00 Stereo FINE 1h00m DVD Rem 0h35m Copy Once Title Nam 21 11 Football match DVD Mode 1 Current title number 2 Elapsed recording time 3 Timer recording start and stop times Shows the start and stop times if the current recording is a timer recording 4 Remaining recording time available Shows the amount of space left on the disc in the current recording mode 5 Recording mode Shows the current recording mode FINE SP LP etc and the total recording time of the disc 1 The frame number is shown next to the elapsed time display when the disc is paused 2 Data transfer rate shows the amount of video and audio information recorded on the disc It is not an indication of picture audio quality 3 When using the simultaneous play and record feature the display shows information for playback only e During real time copy the copy source playback information is displayed e
26. 4 NICAM used a There are three different ways to select TV channels Note that you can t change the TV channel during playback recording or during recording standby You can also select the language for a non NICAM bilingual broadcast aay A B L R When watching a recording made from an external input with Bilingual recording selected see Externa Audio on page 114 you can switch the audio channel between left L right R or both L R Cir Switching between TV and DVD When the recorder is stopped or recording you can choose whether to have the audio video from the built in TV tuner or external input play on your TV DVD mode or watch the channel that the TV is currently set to TV e CHANNEL buttons on the remote e Number buttons on the remote For example to select channel 4 press 4then ENTER for channel 34 press 3 4 ENTER e buttons on the front panel mode During playback or when a menu is being displayed on Changing audio channels screen the sound and video is always routed to your TV You can change the audio channel of the broadcast or and is unaffected by the TV DVD mode setting external input signal Note that the recorder must be connected to your TV using a SCART cable to be able to use this feature AUDIO TV DVD e Press AUDIO to change the audio The current audio channel is displayed on screen PsaAcer e If the NICAM audio setting see W CAM S
27. Can stop this from happening If GUIDE Plus is not supported in your area please do not set the postal code in the GUIDE Plus setup see Setting up the GUIDE Plus system on page 29 When GUIDE Plus service starts in your area please set the postal code again Playback oS O Chapter 6 Playback m 5 i gt Introduction Using the Disc Navigator to browse Most of the features described in this chapter make use the contents of a disc of on screen displays Navigate these using the f cursor buttons and ENTER To go back one level from any screen use the RETURN button Remember also that the button guide at the bottom of every screen shows which buttons do what Use the Disc Navigator to browse the contents of a disc and start playback Many of the functions covered in this chapter apply to the GoD T HDD DVD discs Video CDs Super VCDs WMA MP3 discs and CDs although the exact operation of some varies slightly with the kind of disc loaded The following icons are provided to help you quickly identify which instructions you need for which kind of disc For discs that contain JPEG picture files see 7he PhotoViewer on page 100 DISC NAVIGATOR Ve GID Any kind of DVD DVD R or DVD RW Commercially produced DVD or finalized Z o gt Video mode DVD R RW oD Video mode DVD R RW unfinalized VR mode DVD RW GTI DD Hard disk drive Using the Disc Navigator with playback only GMD AudioCD dis
28. Corsican co 0315 Czech cs 0319 Welsh cy 0325 Danish da 0401 Country code list Bhutani dz 0426 Esperanto eo 0515 Estonian et 0520 Basque eu 0521 Persian fa 0601 Finnish fi 0609 Fiji fj 0610 Faroese fo 0615 Frisian fy 0625 Irish ga 0701 Scots Gaelic gd 0704 Galician gl 0712 Guarani gn 0714 Gujarati gu 0721 Hausa ha 0801 Hindi hi 0809 Croatian hr 0818 Hungarian hu 0821 Armenian hy 0825 Interlingua ia 0901 Interlingue ie 0905 Inupiak ik 0911 Indonesian in 0914 Icelandic is 0919 Hebrew iw 0923 Yiddish ji 1009 Javanese jw 1023 Georgian ka 1101 Kazakh kk 1111 Greenlandic kl 1112 Cambodian km 1113 Kannada kn 1114 Kashmiri ks 1119 Kurdish ku 1121 Country Country code Country code letter Argentina 0118 ar Australia 0121 au Austria 0120 at Belgium 0205 be Brazil 0218 br Canada 0301 ca Chile 0312 cl China 0314 cn Denmark 0411 dk Finland 0609 fi France 0618 fr Germany 0405 de Hong Kong 0811 hk India 0914 in Indonesia 0904 id Italy 0920 it Japan 1016 jp Korea Republic of 1118 kr Kirghiz ky 1125 Latin la 1201 Lingala In 1214 Laothian lo 1215 Lithuanian It 1220 Latvian lv 1222 Malagasy mg 1307 Maori mi 1309 Macedonian mk 1311 Malayalam ml 1312 Mongolian mn 1314 Moldavian mo 1315 Marathi mr 1318 Malay ms 131
29. DVD or HDD content back to the camcorder if you need to e Safe non destructive editing When you edit a DVD RW the actual content of the disc the Original content is not touched The edited version the Play List content just points to various parts of the Original content e Chapter marking C HDD You can easily add chapter markers anywhere in your recordings for easy editing e Play Video mode recordings on a regular DVD player Discs recorded using the Video mode can be played back on regular DVD players including computer DVD drives compatible with DVD Video playback DVD Video format recording The use of the DVD Video format for recording on DVD R and DVD RW discs is referred to as recording in Video mode on Pioneer s DVD recorders Supporting playback of DVD R DVD RW discs s optional for manufacturers of DVD playback equipment and there is DVD playback eguipment that does not play DVD R or DVD RW discs recorded in the DVD Video format Note Finalization is required e WMA MP3 and JPEG file playback This recorder can play WMA and MP3 audio files and JPEG picture files on CD R CD RW or CD ROM discs e Disc Back up The disc back up feature gives you a convenient way to back up important material on DVD to another recordable DVD disc The material is first copied to the HDD then on to a second DVD disc e Recovery Recording QLD When a timer recording is set to use DVD but the di
30. Ea gt Ba page 31 The lt 4 and gt indicators light to indicate that the HDD or DVD is selected for recording playback 4 PL page 86 94 Lights when a VR mode disc is loaded and the recorder is in Play List mode 5 23 page 109 Shows the remote control mode if nothing is displayed the remote control mode is 1 6 REM Lights when the character display is showing the remaining available recording time 7 g page 112 Lights when the component video output is set to progressive scan 8 V Lights when an untinalized Video mode disc is loaded HDD DVD rte penp omin min pin PLAY gt eREC iii MG EAM MIP MEN RECe lt gt PLAY piik HETO HMEN HIN 21 RETURN Press to go back one level in the on screen menu or display 22 REC MODE page 61 Press repeatedly to change the recording mode picture quality F EA E 9 10 11 13914115 W 9 R RW Indicates the type of recordable DVD loaded DVD R or DVD RW 10 page 63 Lights when a timer recording has been set Indicator blinks if the timer has been set to DVD but there isn t a recordable disc loaded or the timer has been set to HDD but the HDD is not recordable 11 Recording quality indicators page 60 When no indicator is lit recording quality is set to SLP otherwise the indicator shows the current setting FINE Lights when the recording mode is set to FINE best quality SP Lights when the recording mode is set to SP standa
31. Frame Accurate e Default setting Off D Initial Setup SS Basic Manual Recording Optimized Rec Navi Mark Auto Chapter Video Frame Accurate DVD RW Auto Init Tuner Video In Out Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback v When Frame Accurate setting is Off exact frame accuracy is traded for high speed copying when recording a Copy List Switch Frame Accurate On to preserve the accuracy of the Copy List However copying some edited Video mode titles will be done in real time A Important e When you change this setting the Copy List is erased Make sure it is set how you want it before you start putting together a Copy List e The Frame Accurate setting has no effect on the actual video content stored on the HDD DVD RW Auto Init e Default setting VR Mode When you load a new blank DVD RW disc the recorder automatically initializes it for recording You can set it to initialize the disc for VR mode or Video mode recording DB Initial Setup A Basic Tuner Manual Recording Optimized Rec Video In Out Navi Mark Audio In Auto Chapter Video Audio Out Frame Accurate Language DVD RW Auto Init Recording Playback l v Playback settings TV Screen Size e Default setting 16 9 D Initial Setup ZEA TV Screen Size Still Picture Basic Tuner Video In Out Seamless Playback Audio In Parental Lock Audio Out Angle Indicator Language
32. Indicator Parental Lock e Default level Off e Default password none e Default Country code us 2119 2 Use the number buttons to input a four digit password D Initial Setup E Basic TV Sq Set Password Tuner _ Video In Out Audio In CeE Audio Out Language Recording Playback v 3 Press ENTER to set the password Parental Lock Change Password To change your password confirm your existing password then enter a new one 1 Select Change Password 2 Initial Setup A Some DVD Video discs feature a Parental Lock level It Basic TV Screen Size Change Password the recorder is set to a lower level than the disc it will Video Nut Seamless playback require you to enter a password before the disc will play Audio n___ This gives you some control about what your children Tanguage watch on your DVD recorder lyback m 5 i gt Note 1 Not all discs that you may consider inappropriate for your children use the Parental Lock feature These discs will always play without requiring the password first 2 Changing the country code does not take effect until the next disc is loaded or the current disc is reloaded 3 If you forget the password you can reset the recorder to its factory settings see Resetting the recorder on page 123 then set a new password En gt The Initial Setup menu 2 Use the number buttons to enter your existing 4 Press ENTER to se
33. Jun 20 00 22 00 O ame One Button Recording aune Alternatively you can press the YELLOW Action button Mosaic and use the T buttons to select a channel from the mosaic followed by ENTER The Info Area This area is reserved for additional information such as news weather reports stock quotes and so on and varies by region Note that this feature is not available in all countries regions The Editor Area The Editor Area is the central location for you to manage your channels Any changes you make here will affect what is displayed in the Grid Area The Editor Area is mainly used when setting up the GUIDE Plus system to make any manual changes as necessary You can also use the Editor Area if new channels become available in your area or if you change from cable to satellite say or move house From the Editor Area you can e Display hide channels in the grid switch the channel on off e Selecta channel source Tuner Ext Rec 1 Ext Rec 2 etc e Enter a channel program number Switching a channel on off You can choose whether or not to display a channel in the Grid Area by switching the channel on or off in the Editor Area 1 Select Editor from the Menu bar Press the Red button to switch channel On or Off grey aq Press to change Source and Programme Number MyTV Schedule Info Editor Tuner Ext Rec 1 Tuner P 03 Welcome to GUIDE Plus Ext
34. LP Tue HDDr Welcome to GUIDE Plus aune One Button Recording AT oea lame 2 Press the RED Action button Delete The scheduled event is deleted 1 This mode maximizes the recording quality to fit on to a single DVD disc Can also be used when recording to HDD 2 e For a DVD timer recording if Optimized Rec see Optimized Rec on page 117 is set to On and VPS PDC is off the recorder will adjust the recording quality to try and fit the recording on the disc If the recording will not fit onto the disc even on MN1 recording quality then the Re covery Recording feature will automatically make the recording to the HDD instead e f there is very little free space left on the HDD an Auto Replace Recording may not complete successfully e Ifthe HDD is being used for playback or high speed copying when an Auto Replace Recording is due to start the new timer recording will not replace the old one However the next time the timer recording starts both of the older two programs will be erased 3 e If you set the timer recording to use VPS PDC you must switch the recorder into standby before the timer recording is due to start for it to work correctly For non VPS PDC timer recordings there is no need to switch the recorder into standby e Optimized Recording will not work if VPS PDC is on e Up to 8 timer recordings can be set with VPS PDC e VPS PDC cannot be set for recordings made from an external input or when the re
35. Standard 4 3 Use the cursor up down buttons to select then press ENTER 8 Is your TV compatible video DB Initial Setup A with progressive scan Basic Clock Progressive Tuner ae a Compatible Audio Out o Not Compatible Language Don t Know Recording Playback SEUN yo Use the cursor up down buttons to select Compatible Not Compatible or Don t Know then press ENTER e Note that progressive scan video is only output through the AV1 RGB TV connector and the component video outputs 9 Press ENTER to exit the Setup Navigator or select Go Back if you want to start again DB Initial Setup A Basic ee npu Setup is complete Video In Out _ Ons Nadia Enjoy using your DVD recorder Audio Out Finish Setup Language Go Back Recording Playback seii Tyo That completes basic setup using the Setup Navigator Other settings you can make After setting up using the Setup Navigator you should be ready to start enjoying your DVD recorder It s possible however that you may want to make a couple of additional settings depending on how the recorder is set up for terrestrial TV broadcasts e Manual channel setting This setting lets you skip channels where there is no station as well as manually tune to stations See Manual CH Setting on page 110 e Setting up the remote to control your TV You can set up the supplied remote control to control many
36. The picture quality when using frame reverse is not as good as frame advance e Depending on the disc normal playback may automatically resume when a new chapter is reached on a DVD disc Playback o COoO a Search Mode The Play Mode menu GD m Gm The Search Mode feature lets you start playback from a The Play Mode menu gives you access to search specified point in a disc by time or by title chapter folder V i track number ad functions repeat and program play functions 1 Select Search Mode from the Play Mode menu 2 Select one of the search options PLAY MODE 3 Use the number buttons to enter a title chapter folder track number or the search time in hours minutes amp seconds 2 BR Play Mode Search Mode Time Search Input Time A B Repeat Title Search A Repeat Chapter Search 0 01 00 Program v Time Search HDD DVD For example for 25 minutes into the current title press 2 5 0 0 For 1 hour and 15 minutes and 20 seconds into the title press 1 1 5 2 0 1 Press PLAY MODE to display the Play Mode menu Time Search Video CD For example for 45 minutes into screen the disc press 4 5 0 0 Title Chapter Folder Track Search For example for track 6 G Play Mode press 6 Alternatively you can use the cursor up Search Mode Time Search down buttons A B Repeat Title Search Repeat Chapter Search 4 Press ENTER Program TF rip e You can often select what you want to
37. a frame rate of 30 frames per second fps NTSC or 25 fos PAL compared with film s 24 fps PureCinema converts film material to 60 fps in progressive scan for NISC output or 50 fps in progressive scan for PAL output Regions DVD only example region code marks Regions associate discs and players with particular areas of the world This unit will only play discs that have compatible region codes You can find the region code of your unit by looking on the rear panel Some discs are compatible with more than one region or all regions Sampling frequency The rate at which sound is measured to be turned into digital audio data The higher the rate the better the sound quality but the more digital information is generated Standard CD audio has a sampling frequency of 44 1kHz which means 44 100 samples measurements per second See also Digital audio Title A collection of chapters on athe HDD DVD disc See also Chapter Track Audio CDs and Video CDs use tracks to divide up the content of a disc The DVD equivalent is called a chapter See also Chapter WMA WMA is short for Windows Media Audio and refers to an audio compression technology developed by Microsoft Corporation WMA data can be encoded by using Windows Media Player version 9 or Windows Media Player for Windows XP Files are recognized by their file extension wma or WMA Microsoft Windows Media and the Windows logo are trademarks o
38. ae eee oo 37 Displaying disc information ON SCreen eee ee eae 37 05 Using the GUIDE Plus electronic program guide Tie GUIDE PIST SYSIEM acai duce aug dae eaads SA Se FUG cane ds ae ese aera ds 2h atk ee ee POA sane eue Gerad sends nessa gees eae ees GUIDE Plus FAQ and troubleshooting 06 Playback HOO NNCTION oa gre EE S E bn a oe Using the Disc Navigator to browse the contents OO 66 445 0e eke ds bare beta Po bOGss bheure one Navigating discs and the HDD c erirrisrerirsrsa SS E E TE E E E E wee Paying I SIOW MOON asaran Frame advance frame reverse eee cece eee ees Ihe Play Mode MENU a2 d04 a nasaw aaa el de ow tars Displaying and switching subtitleS 0005 Switching DVD SOUNDIECKSs at0cacttiadaeeadas SWITCHING audio CHANNEIS 22st iadantesetacicvad SWITCHING Camera angles siars sds dsandan ded ous 07 Recording ADOUL DVL recording sess ee enews awn eee eee ADOUL HDD FECOPOIN Gs awe ew amy wae ee ow oe ee wo ak Recording time and picture quality s ssassn sas Restrictions on video recording 2 eeeeeeaeee Setting the picture quality recording time Basic recording Trom the Via aac see dakka ea cna ou Sewing a Timer recording lt 4 2 enersesad See ae TIME eCOrdInO FAO taste aoa soe ee oe teu ee cece Simultaneous recording and playback Recording from an external component Recording from a DV camcorder 000 e eee eee Recording Trom the DY OULDUL scccs0
39. all titles in the Copy List z No K Note 1 See also Copyright on page 72 08 Copying and back up Using disc back up This feature offers a simple way to make a back up copy ofa finalized Video mode disc The data is copied first to the hard disk drive then on to another recordable DVD disc 1 Press HOME MENU 2 Select Copy 3 Select Disc Back up 4 Select a back up option 2 Disc Back up Start new disc back up Resume writing data Erase back up data There are three back up options e Start new disc back up Start making a back up of a disc e Resume writing data Record the back up data already on the HDD to a recordable DVD e Erase back up data Erase the back up data on the HDD 5 Press 4 OPEN CLOSE to open the disc tray and load the disc you want to make a back up of then close the disc tray You can only make back up copies of finalized Video mode discs 2 Disc Back up No Disc Please load a disc to be backed up Start l Cancel 2 It is not possible to play material on the HDD that has been backed up from DVD Copying and back up CH 6 Select Start 2 Disc Back up Read from disc and save to HDD Start reading Start Cancel e To see the progress of the back up press DISPLAY e Youcan cancel the back up process by pressing ONE TOUCH COPY for more than one second 7 When the data has been copied press 4 OPEN CLOSE to open
40. and 5 00 in the morning are used by GUIDE Plus to download program information During these times VPS PDC may not work reliably leave VPS PDC off if you set a timer recording for these times P Note 1 You can t use VPS PDC with Easy Timer Recording Set a scheduled recording using GUIDE Plus if you want to use VPS PDC En Easy Timer Recording As the name suggests Easy Timer Recording makes setting up a timer recording as simple as possible REC MODE al Pioneer DVD RECORDER 1 Press HOME MENU and select Easy Timer C a Disc Navigator D 2 Copy g Video Audio Adjust Easy Timer E2 EWA Kore Disc History HR PhotoViewer Recording CH 2 Set the TV channel and recording quality Q Easy Timer Recording a 4ER Te ane 11 00 13 00 14 00 13 12 eT eM a TI 14 12 Mee eee EEL ee 15 12 PEEP TE EE EE EE EE EEE ETT won 13 12 9 30 EE r7 B n Use the CHANNEL buttons to set the channel you want to record Use the REC MODE button to set the recording quality Press repeatedly to switch between FINE SP LP EP SLP and AUTO and MN if manual recording mode is on e DVD recording Ihe AUTO option automatically sets the best recording quality for the space available on the disc loaded at the time of recording HDD recording Ihe AUTO option automatically sets the best recording quality that would fit on to a blank DVD disc Press DVD to record to DVD
41. brands of TV See Setting up the remote to control your V on page 123 Getting started Setting up the GUIDE Plus system The GUIDE Plus system is a free interactive on screen television programming guide The system offers program listings for all major channels one touch recording search by genre recommendations according to your profile and more For GUIDE Plus to function correctly it is important that you set the language and country correctly in the Setup Navigator and that you have performed a scan for available channels as these are all used by the GUIDE Plus system If any of these things are not yet set please run the Setup Navigator first see Switching on and setting up on page 20 TV listings information is received via host channels In order to receive the correct TV listings information for your country or region you need to set up the GUIDE Plus system and download the TV listings information The initial download can take up to 24 hours but once this is done all future updates are automatic 1 Press GUIDE to display the GUIDE Plus setup menu Caunet BBC2 25 May 10 10 p Hom aaa Press 4 or w to select Then press ENTER to confirm Setup Choose item to set up Language English Country United Kingdom Welcome to Postal Code None GUIDE Plus External Receiver 1 None ine External Receiver 2 None External Receiver 3 None One Button Recording aunt T
42. cm at top 10 cm at rear and 10 cm at each side WARNING Slots and openings in the cabinet are provided for ventilation to ensure reliable operation of the product and to protect it from overheating To prevent fire hazard the openings should never be blocked or covered with items such as newspapers table cloths curtains or by operating the equipment on thick carpet or a bed D3 4 2 1 7b_A_En If the AC plug of this unit does not match the AC outlet you want to use the plug must be removed and appropriate one fitted Replacement and mounting of an AC plug on the power supply cord of this unit should be performed only by qualified service personnel If connected to an AC outlet the cut off plug can cause severe electrical shock Make sure it is properly disposed of after removal The equipment should be disconnected by removing the mains plug from the wall socket when not left unused for a long period of time for example when on vacation D3 4 2 2 1a_A_En This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U S patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited
43. compatibility Windows Media Codec 8 files encoded using Windows Media Codec 9 may be playable but some parts of the specification are not supported specifically Pro Lossless Voice and VBR e DRM Digital Rights Management file playback No see also DRM in the G ossary on page 135 File extensions mp3 wma these must be used for the recorder to recognize MP3 and WMA Tiles do not use for other file types File structure Up to 99 folders 999 Tiles if these limits are exceeded only files and folders up to these limits are playable m 5 i gt ED Before you start En WMA Windows Media Audio compatibility Plays Egy Windows A m Media The Windows Media logo printed on the box indicates that this recorder can playback Windows Media Audio content WMA is an acronym for Windows Media Audio and refers to an audio compression technology developed by Microsoft Corporation WMA content can be encoded by using Windows Media Player version 7 7 1 Windows Media Player for Windows XP or Windows Media Player 9 Series Microsoft Windows Media and the Windows logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries JPEG file compatibility e Compatible formats Baseline JPEG and EXIF 2 2 still image files File format used by digital still cameras Sampling ratio 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 2 0 Horizontal resolution 160 5120 pix
44. copy a locked title that is copy once protected You can identify copy once protected material during playback by displaying disc information on screen If the Current title is copy once protected an exclamation mark is shown see Play display 2 on page 39 Note 1 See also Copyright above Copyright Recording equipment should be used only for lawful copying and you are advised to check carefully what is lawful copying in the country in which you are making a copy Copying of copyright material such as films or music is unlawful unless permitted by a legal exception or consented to by the rightowners One Touch Copy HDD to DVD The One Touch Copy feature copies the currently playing title or currently selected title in the Disc Navigator trom the HDD to DVD The whole title is copied regardless of where in the title you start copying The recorder copies at the maximum speed possible For One Touch Copy to work make sure that a recordable DVD R RW disc is loaded ONE TOUCH COPY e During HDD playback press ONE TOUCH COPY to copy the current title to DVD The front panel display indicates that the title is being copied Playback continues while copying 2 e Title name chapter markers as well as thumbnail picture markers Navimark for the Disc Navigator are also copied However if you copy to a Video mode DVD R RW only the first 32 characters of aname are copied e The chapter markers in the copy may not b
45. disc or HDD if you want to record to the hard disk drive 3 Use t 3 cursor buttons to move the cursor to the recording start date and time on the grid e You can move the cursor forward or back an hour at a time using the lt lt and gt gt buttons Current time Recording start time Q Easy Timer Reco ding EM TT v mon 13 12 11 45 C amar Each row of the grid is one day you can set the timer recording for up to a month in advance Each column is a 15 minute interval The darker area represents time that has already passed and can t therefore be selected The lighter area is time that s available 4 Press ENTER to set the start time The start date and time is displayed in the middle of the screen e You can go back and reset the start time if you need to by pressing RETURN 5 Use the cursor left right to move the cursor to the recording end time on the grid Recording start time Recording end time m 5 i gt Easy Timei Recording 14 00 _ 15 00 _ 16 00 _ 17 00 __ BRERERRERRRREEE 15 12 BEER v 13 45 mon 13 12 11 45 C r7 B FNE As you move the cursor around the grid an arrow stretches from the start time to the current cursor position representing the length of the recording A recording of up to six hours can be set 6 Press ENTER to set the end time 7 Select Yes to set the timer recording and exit or No to go back to the ti
46. e You can t undo the following operations initializing recording or finalizing a disc locking and unlocking titles Divide O HDD O Use this command to divide a title on the HDD into two Note that once divided the two new titles cannot be recombined into one again 1 Select Divide from the Disc Navigator menu options 2 Select the title that you want to divide then press ENTER Divide Title m 5 i gt 15 00 Wed 13 12 Pr5 LP Recording Time E 0h01m24s 0 00 08 26 li ee Pause Divide 3 Use the standard playback controls to find the place you want to divide the title 4 With Divide highlighted press ENTER to divide the title at the current playback position 5 Select Yes to confirm you want to divide the title Select No if you want to cancel and leave the title intact 6 Press RETURN to go back to the Disc Navigator menu options or select another title to divide Editing HDD groups HDD The large capacity of the HDD means that there may be many hours of video in the recorder To help you organize your HDD video content there are four groups You can move content from group to group and rename the groups as you want Change Group Chg Group L HDD Use this command to assign titles to a particular group 1 Select Chg Group from the Disc Navigator menu then press ENTER 2 Select the title that you want to put into a different group then pres
47. ea E E aie es RorCout RorCin De asic a ears Ges ae Ee Re GND Ve wee ea see aa ek en ne a ee a eee eee ee GND ee eee er eee ee ee ee ee ere ree B out B in VO eating a a eee Video out or Y out Video out he ace eases oe ae eee ees ee we Video in or Y in Chee Ge wee eee Ge E wae Pe E Status CN ayes woes whe ee he ages a ce oe ee ae ee eee GND En Index A Areas GUIDE Plus 42 49 Audio DRC 106 Audio language 24 58 115 Audio settings 113 115 Auto language 116 117 Auto Scan see Automatic channel setup Automatic channel setup 26 109 AV amplifier connecting to 19 AV connector 108 110 112 113 138 B Bilingual audio 24 33 58 61 62 114 128 C Changing TV channels 33 123 Chase play 6 Component video 15 112 Copy List 73 84 118 128 CPRM 61 132 D Disc and file formats 9 124 Disc compatibility see Disc and file formats Disc Navigator 51 53 86 98 118 Dolby Digital 61 106 114 135 Downloading channel presets from the TV 13 26 110 DV camcorder 21 68 69 E Easy Timer Recording 64 Editing recordings 86 98 EPG See also GUIDE Plus F Finalizing discs 38 69 103 G GUIDE Plus 12 24 29 40 50 H HDMI 12 20 121 122 I Initializing discs 60 70 103 118 Input colour system 108 111 Input line system 108 111 113 J JPEG picture files 7 10 39 100 101 135 M Manual channel setup 110 Manual recording mode MN 23 61 117 13
48. for example a P and an R press gt gt to advance the cursor one space manually between inputting the two characters Key Characters Key Characters 1 1 amp 1 6 mnob6dd00gn 2 abc2a4aaaa 7 pars7 ane yB 3 def3ee 8 tuv8uudu 4 ghi4ifiiti 9 wxyz9 5 IKIGA 0 0 lt lt cursor back gt gt cursor forward lt lt lt change case CLEAR clear character P lI lt space gt E finish name input t U AWT 1 lt gt on 1 lower case y upper case B Chapter Edit Chpt Edit cD 4x When editing VR mode DVDs or video on the HDD you can edit individual chapters within a title with commands for erasing combining and dividing You can also play individual chapters to check their content 1 Select Chpt Edit from the Disc Navigator menu options 2 Usethe f cursor buttons to select the title that contains the chapters you want to edit then press ENTER Chapter Edit Original Vv After selecting a title thumbnails of each chapter appear and you ll see that the Disc Navigator menu items change to the chapter editing commands e Erase Erase chapters Select the chapter you want to erase and press ENTER see also the note below e Divide Divide a chapter into two or more parts Select the chapter you want to divide From the following screen use the playback controls gt H lt lt gt P ctc to find the point at which you want to divide the chapter With
49. is stopped you can also use the buttons on the front panel to select the channel number 3 Use the REC MODE button to set the picture quality recording time e See Setting the picture quality recording time on page 61 for detailed instructions 4 Use the AUDIO button to select the audio channel to record See Changing audio channels on page 33 for more on this e When recording in VR mode if a broadcast is bilingual both audio channels are recorded allowing you to switch the audio channel on playback The only exception to this is when the picture quality is set to FINE MN32 in which case you do need to select the audio channel before recording 5 Press REC to start recording If you want to set a recording end time press the REC button repeatedly The recording time increases in 30 minute increments up to a maximum of six hours The time the recording will end is shown on screen and in the front panel display When the recording ends the recorder automatically switches into standby if no other operation is being performed e The top half of the front panel REC button is backlit red when recording e To cancel the set recording time press REC e f you want to pause recording at any time press II PAUSE Press again to restart the recording It recording to the HDD or in VR mode a new chapter is Started after recording restarts 6 To stop the recording press STOP REC e f you set the recording tim
50. name or preset number for the Currently selected channel 7 Audio mode Shows the broadcast audio mode for the current channel preset Mono Stereo etc 8 Copy control information Shows recording restrictions of the current channel program 9 Disc name Shows the disc name For CDs this area shows playable files other than CD audio tracks for example Multi format WMA MP3 10 Finalized Shows Finalized if a recordable DVD is finalized 11 TV DVD mode Shows the current mode of the recorder see Switching between TV and DVD on page 33 Stop display 2 E Stop ABC DVD RW VR Stereo Original 14 52 MON 15 11 2004 Copy Once Titles Original 99 Play List 15 Lock Disc On TV Mode 1 Date and time 2 Number of titles tracks on disc Fora VR mode DVD RW the number of Original and Play List titles are shown separately Getting started Play display 1 gt Play J 0 00 J DVD R Video Chapters 15 Cu TitleTotal 0 11 52 DVD Mode 1 Number of chapters in title 2 Current title and chapter number For CD Video CD Super VCD shows current track for WMA MP8 shows current folder and track for JPEG disc shows current folder and file 3 Elapsed title time For CD WMA MP8 Super VCD shows elapsed track time for Video CD shows elapsed disc time 4 Total running time of title 5 Angle indicator Lights during multi angle scenes Play display 2 gt Play 3 2 0 00 15 DVD R Video ChapterTime 0 00
51. or some other incompatible disc type This display may also appear if the disc is dirty or damaged e Cannot record to a disc that is not CPRM com The video source is copy once protected Use a VR mode DVD RW patible disc with CPRM for recording e Cannot record this content using Video mode recording e This content is copy protected The video source is copy protected and cannot be recorded e Incorrect CPRM information The recorder could not read the CPRM information The recorder may be damaged please consult a Pioneer Service Center e The audio will conform to the Bilingual When recording from an external input in Video mode or in VR Recording setting mode set to MN 32 audio is recorded in Linear PCM format You can only record the left or right channel not both e Repairing disc During recording the power was cut This display appears when the power is restored e Could not repair the disc The recorder was unable to repair the disc after a power cut The contents of the recording will be lost e Overheating has stopped operation The internal temperature of the recorder has exceeded the Press DISPLAY to clear this message operating limit If this message reappears please contact a Pioneer authorized service center Additional information GB WWKett t Te l m 5 i gt e There is no DV input or the input signal is unre cordable e Cannot preview because there is no DV input or the input signal
52. paused or during scanning or slow motion play Press PLAY to resume regular playback e DIS discs can only be played if this recorder is connected to a DIS decoder or DTS compatible amp receiver If you have connected a suitable decoder also make sure that the Initial Setup gt Audio Out gt DTS Output setting is On e Some 96kHz discs do not output audio through the digital jack In this case switch the input of your amp receiver to analog e Check the audio cable connections page 12 e f the sound is distorted try cleaning the cable plugs TH Additional information Problem Remedy The picture from the external input If the video signal from the external component is copy protected you cannot is distorted connect via this recorder Connect the component directly to your TV The picture is distorted e Change the Input Line System setting page 108 You can also change it by pressing the W button and STOP REC on the front panel simultaneously with the recorder stopped Screen is stretched vertically or hori Make sure that the TV Screen Size setting page 118 is correct for the kind of TV zontally you have see also page 124 e If you have a widescreen TV check its aspect ratio settings e This recorder s input switches into wide mode automatically according to the input signal When the unit connected is not compatible with VIDEO ID 1 widescreen signalling set the connected component to output 4 3 aspect ratio s
53. proceeding 2 Press HOME MENU and select Disc Setup 3 Select Finalize G2 Disc Setup Basic Initialize Finalize Optimize HDD Finalize Undo Finalize 4 Select Finalize from the finalize options then Next Screen 5 For Video mode discs only select a title menu style then select Yes to start finalization or No to cancel The menu you select will be the one that appears when the top menu is selected on any DVD player e Discs recorded partially or fully on the Pioneer DVR 7000 DVD recorder do not support this feature These discs will have only a text title menu when finalized on this recorder 6 The recorder will now start finalizing the disc During finalization Note e f the finalization process is going to take more than around four minutes youcan press ENTER to cancel Around four minutes before completion the option to cancel disappears e How long finalization takes depends on the type of disc how much is recorded on the disc and the number of titles on the disc A disc recorded in VR mode can take up to one hour to finalize A disc recorded in Video mode can take up to 20 minutes Initializing a DVD RW disc L DVD RW J When you first load a blank disc the recorder will initialize it automatically for recording You can also manually initialize DVD RW discs You can initialize a disc for either Video mode recording or VR
54. screen displays and recorder displays The table below shows a list of error messages that you may encounter when using the recorder and an explanation of their meaning Message Explanation Action e Initializing disc Please wait a moment When you load a blank DVD RW disc the recorder automatically initializes it e Incompatible region number The disc loaded has an incompatible region number for the recorder and so will not play e Cannot record any more titles The disc control data limit has been reached or the maximum e No more space for file management data number of chapters and or titles has been reached Erase titles e Cannot add any more chapter marks chapters or combine chapters e This disc cannot be recorded Undo the final The disc was finalized on a non Pioneer DVD recorder Undo the ization finalization in order to recording editing e Cannot play this disc The disc may be dirty or damaged Take out the disc clean it and e This disc cannot be recorded retry If the error persists use a new disc If the error appears even e Cannot read the CPRM information with a new disc please consult a Pioneer Service Center e Could not record the information to the disc e Cannot edit e Could not initialize disc e Could not complete finalization successfully e Could not undo finalization successfully e Could not successfully unlock the disc e Incompatible or unreadable disc The disc loaded is a DVD RAM DVD R RW
55. switch aq channels On blue or Off grey select their Source and Info Press gt for Setup My TV Schedule Info Editor Welcome to GUIDE Plus aunt ON Ext Rec 1 P 105 ON Ext Rec 1 P 106 OFF Ea Rec 1 P 115 Ext Rec 1 P 226 One Button Recording ame 3 When you re done press the BLUE Action button Home to get back to the GUIDE Plus home screen e You can find detailed information on using the GUIDE Plus system in the next chapter Using the GUIDE Plus electronic program guide on page 40 Selecting the hard disk or DVD for playback and recording The HDD and DVD buttons remote control and front panel are used to select the hard disk HDD or DVD for playback and recording The indicator in the front panel display shows which is currently selected m 5 i gt 04 Getting started En Making your first recording This quick guide shows you how to make a basic recording of a TV program on either the HDD or to a recordable DVD Recording is covered in much more detail in chapter 7 Recording STANDBY ON OPEN CLOSE PAUSE STOP ae a z Pioneer DVD RECORDER 1 If they aren t already on switch on your TV and this recorder Press STANDBY ON to switch on e Make sure that the video input on your TV is set to this recorder 2 Press HDD to record to the HDD or DVD to record to a recordable DVD If you choose to record to the HDD skip to step 5 now
56. the disc tray Take out the disc and load a blank recordable DVD If you re using a DVD RW the disc doesn t have to be blank although the previous contents of the disc will be erased in the back up process Be Disc Back up Disc content saved to Hard Disk Drive Please eject the disc and load a recordable disc Start Cancel You can use a DVD R Ver 2 0 disc or DVD RW Ver 1 1 or Ver 1 2 4x for the back up e f you back up a DVD R disc to DVD RW you cannot undo the finalization later e Actual recordable capacity of discs vary so there may be cases where the contents of the disc you re backing up will not fit on to a particular blank disc If this happens please try another brand of disc 8 Select Start to start writing the backed up data to the blank disc 2 Disc Back up Write back up data from Hard Disk Drive The disc contents will be overwritten OK to start Start Cancel e To see the progress of the back up press DISPLAY e You can cancel the back up process by pressing ONE TOUCH COPY for more than one second However this will make the disc unusable although if you are using a DVD RW disc you can re initialize it in order to make it usable again see nitializing a DVD RW disc on page 70 9 After the recorder has finished recording the back up disc you can select whether to make another back up of the same data or exit 2 Disc Back up m 5 i gt Disc back up finishe
57. the start of this step again If your external receiver still doesn t respond to the G LINK controller please call customer Support and report the brand and model of your external receiver See also GUIDE Plus FAQ and troubleshooting on page 49 5 Identify the host channel for your country The TV listings information available in GUIDE Plus is distributed throughout Europe by selected broadcasters called host channels It is important that the host channel for your country is correctly identitied in order to receive listings information EPG download A Ifyou are not using an external receiver this recorder will automatically scan all channels for the host channel e Leave the recorder in standby overnight do not leave it switched on B If you are using an external receiver you need to identity the host channel from the table below Country ae Host channels Comments Region Austria Eurosport Belgium Music Factory TMF Flemish France Canal Analog only Germany Eurosport Italy Sport Italia Analog only Netherlands Music Factory TMF Use TMF if you live in Eurosport Amsterdam Eindhoven or Rotterdam Spain Tele 5 Analog only Switzerland Eurosport UK ITV Eurosport ITV is analog only Use Eurosport if you are a SKY subscriber and you no longer have a terrestrial antenna e Tune your external receiver to the appropriate host channel and leave the receiver on and the recorder in standby overnight
58. then Auto Scan DB Initial Setup A Basic Auto Channel Setting Auto Scan Tuner Manual CH Setting Download from TV Video In Out Channel Swapping Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback v 2 Select your country then press ENTER to start tuning D Initial Setup A Basic Auto Auto Channel Setting Tuner Manu Video In Out Chan Sein iy lt UK gt Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback v e You can cancel before auto tuning has finished by pressing ENTER again m 5 i gt gt The Initial Setup menu En After auto scanning has finished the channel mapping screen appears showing which channels have been assigned to which program numbers D Initial Setup Pr System CH Name Pr System CH Name 1 l 26 9 l 9 2 l 33 10 l 25 3 l 23 11 l 11 4 l 30 12 l 12 5 l 37 13 l 13 6 l 35 14 l 14 7 l 39 15 l 15 8 l 26 16 l 16 Use the PREV NEXT buttons to display the previous next page 3 Press HOME MENU to exit this screen Auto Channel Setting Download from TV If you connected this recorder to your TV using the AV1 RGB TV AV connector and if your TV supports this function you can download all the channels that your TV is tuned to Check your TV s instruction manual for more details 1 Choose Download from TV BD Initial Setup A Basic Auto Channel Setting Auto Scan Tuner Manual CH Setting o Download from TV Video In Out Channel Swapping Au
59. there are no obstacles between the remote and the remote sensor on the unit e Remote operation may become unreliable if strong sunlight or fluorescent light is shining on the unit s remote sensor e Remote controllers for different devices can interfere with each other Avoid using remotes for other equipment located close to this unit Replace the batteries when you notice a fall off in the operating range of the remote e When the batteries run down or you change the batteries the remote control mode and TV preset codes are automatically reset See Remote Contro Mode on page 109 and Setting up the remote to control your TV on page 123 to reset them Use within the operating range and angle as shown M You can control this recorder using the remote sensor of another Pioneer component using the CONTROL IN jack on the rear panel See Rear panel connections on page 12 for more information 1 Incorrect use of batteries can result in hazards such as leakage and bursting Please observe the following e Don t mix new and old batteries together e Don t use different kinds of batteries together although they may look similar different batteries may have different voltages e Make sure that the plus and minus ends of each battery match the indications in the battery compartment e Remove batteries from equipment that isn t going to be used for a month or more e When disposing of used batteries please comply with go
60. to make this setting if you connected this recorder to your TV using the AV1 RGB TV SCART AV connector A Important e f you make a setting here that is incompatible with your TV the TV may not display any picture at all It this happens either switch everything off and reconnect to the TV using either the supplied video cable or an S video cable see Using the S video or component video output on page 15 for more on this or reset the recorder see Resetting the recorder on page 123 for how to do this DB Initial Setup A Basic Input Colour System c Video Tuner Component Video Out S Video Video In Out AV1 Out RGB Audio In AV2 L1 In Audio Out NTSC on PAL TV Language Recording Playback Vv e Video Compatible with all TVs but lowest quality of the three AV settings The Initial Setup menu CH e S Video Almost the same quality as RGB but can give better results if you are using a long SCART m cable NTSC on PAL Output when Input Line System d Co e RGB If your TV is compatible this setting gives the stoppe best picture quality 625 System Off PAL S On PAL AV2 L1 In e Default setting Video 525 System Off NTSC You only need to make this setting if you connected this On PAL 60 recorder to another component using the AV2 INPUT 1 DECODER AV connector P initia setup Audio In settings Basic Input Colour System Video Tuner Component Video Out S Video Audion AVUT er NICA
61. tuner and the external inputs 3 Use the cursor left right buttons to change the input colour system for the current input or built in tuner ae al Auto gt e The available settings depend on the Input Line System setting see nput Line System on page 108 The table below shows the different options available m 5 i gt Built in tuner Input Line System External input 625 System Auto Auto PAL O PA SECAM SECAM 525 System n a Auto 3 58 NTSC PAL 60 Component Video Out e Default setting Interlace You only need to make this setting if you connected this recorder to your TV using the component video jacks D Initial Setup A Basic Input Colour System c Interlace Tuner Component Video Out Progressive Full Video In Out AV1 Out Progressive Normal Audio In AV2 L1 In Audio Out NTSC on PAL TV Language Recording Playback v If your TV is compatible with progressive scan component video set this Progressive Full for the highest quality picture If when set to Progressive Full 4 3 programs are stretched and you can t fix this with the controls on your TV try the Progressive Normal setting If your TV is not compatible with progressive scan video leave it set to Interlace Note that when AV1 Out see page 112 is set to RGB no video is output from the component video jacks See also Progressive scan video in the glossary on page 136 14 The Initial
62. views area of the screen Use the gt cursor left right followed by ENTER to do this When in the thumbnails area of the screen use the PREV lt lt and NEXT b amp b buttons to display the previous next page if there are more titles than will fit on the screen As you highlight different thumbnails information about the title is shown in the central area of the screen Press DISPLAY to change the information displayed Press RETURN to get back to the menu options on the left from the thumbnail area of the Copy List screen DVD to HDD Copy List menu options Use the following commands when making a DVD to HDD Copy List e Add Select and add titles to the Copy List see page 83 e Move Change the order of titles in the Copy List see page 83 Erase All Erase the Copy List see page 84 Preview Check the content of a title in the Copy List see page 84 Erase Erase individual titles from the Copy List see page 83 Confirm List Conf List Confirm the Copy List and go to the recording settings screen see Recording the Copy List below Recording the Copy List After putting together your Copy List you re ready to record it 1 Select Conf List to display the Copy List settings screen 2 Use the cursor left right buttons to select the Recording Mode amp DVD to HDD Copy DVD HDD Required 1h30m ys Recording Mode Copy List Total Current HDD Remain 30h0
63. watch ona DVD disc from the disc menu Press MENU or TOP MENU to display the disc menu e You can also access the Play Mode menu from the Home Menu press HOME MENU 2 Use the cursor buttons and ENTER to navigate e To exit the Play Mode menu press HOME MENU or PLAY MODE K Note 1 You can t use the Play Mode features with Video CD Super VCDs playing in PBC mode or while a DVD disc menu is being displayed 2 When using time search playback may occasionally start slightly before or after the time you input 3 Time search doesn t work with Super VCDs MD Cya O En A B Repeat ED EID The A B Repeat function allows you to specify two points A and B within a track or title that form a loop which is played over and over 1 During playback select A B Repeat from the Play Mode menu 2 With A Loop Start highlighted press ENTER at the point you want the loop to start B Play Mode Search Mode A Loop Start A B Repeat B Loop End Repeat Off Program After setting the loop start point the highlight will automatically move down to B Loop End 3 With B Loop End highlighted press ENTER at the point you want the loop to end 2 Playback immediately jumps back to the start point and plays the loop round and round 4 To resume normal playback select Off from the A B Repeat menu You can also press CLEAR to cancel A B Repeat play if no menu OSD such as
64. which you want to divide the chapter With Divide highlighted press ENTER Title 15 00 Wed 13 12 Pr5 LP Chapter 1 Recording Time 0h01m24s 0h00m 1 3 0 00 52 17 I Play Pause Divide y m 5 i gt En You can keep dividing the chapter as many times as you want up to 999 chapters per disc Highlight Back and press ENTER to return to the Chapter Edit screen Combine Combine two adjacent chapters into one Select the dividing line between two adjacent chapters and press ENTER Move Rearrange chapters Select the chapter you want to move press ENTER then highlight the new location for it then press ENTER again Preview Preview chapters Select the chapter you want to play press li STOP to return to the chapter edit screen Undo Undo the last command 3 Press RETURN to get back to the menu options on the left side of the screen 4 Toreturn to the Disc Navigator screen press RETURN again or select Back from the menu options on the left Erase Section Erase Sec Using this command you can delete a part of a Play List title ideal for cutting out the commercial breaks in a recording made from the TV 1 Select Erase Sec from the Disc Navigator menu options 2 Use the t cursor buttons to select a title After selecting a title the Erase Sec screen appears from which you can mark the start and end points of the section to erase 2 Erase Se
65. will increase accordingly e Divide Divide a Play List title into two page 98 If you erase titles from a Video mode DVD R disc the title e Erase Section Erase Sec Erase a part of a title will disappear from the list of titles but the available page 96 recording time will not increase Erasing a title from a Video mode DVD RW disc increases the available recording time only if it is the last title on the disc En 1 Select Erase from the Disc Navigator menu options 2 Usethe t cursor buttons to select the title you want to erase then press ENTER Disc Navigator Original VR DVD Remain 0h37m FINE Ttl Name Chpt Edit Erase Sec Erase Title No 3 Highlight Yes to confirm or No to cancel then press ENTER 4 Press RETURN to go back to the Disc Navigator menu options or select another title to erase tip e You can erase a title quickly by pressing CLEAR when the title is highlighted Confirm the edit by pressing ENTER You can also use this method to erase titles when using the Play function above Title Name Ttl Name EID You can give titles new names of up to 64 characters long for VR mode and HDD recordings and 32 characters for Video mode recordings 1 Select Ttl Name from the Disc Navigator menu options 2 Use the f cursor buttons to select the title you want to name then press ENTER to go to the name input
66. you to record a TV program from the built in TV tuner in this recorder while watching a video playing on your VCR To use this feature when the recorder is in standby Power Save must be set to Off see Power Save on page 108 1 The diagram shows SCART video connections but you can alternatively use any of the other audio video connections Connecting up 02 Connecting an external decoder box 1 If you have an external dedicated decoder box for your satellite or cable TV system use the setup described on this page A Important e Do not connect your decoder box directly to this recorder e Information from the decoder for example relating to pay TV services is only viewable when this recorder is off in standby e For timer recording to work properly on this recorder the VCR satellite receiver cable box must also be switched on during recording e It is not possible to watch one TV program and record another using this setup SCART AV CONNECTOR gl SCART AV O m 5 Vv gt Decoder VCR Satellite receiver Cable box ANTENNA IN Antenna cable TV wall outlet 1 Connect the cable from the antenna cable TV 3 Use a SCART cable to connect your VCR satellite outlet to the antenna input on your VCR satellite receiver cable box to the AV2 INPUT 1 DECODER receiver cable box AV connector on this recorder 2 Usea SC
67. 0 MP3 audio 7 9 36 135 MPEG audio 12 115 136 m re N T NexT View 13 NICAM audio 33 113 NTSC 24 108 111 113 O One Touch Copy 22 24 71 72 73 128 One Touch Recording 62 One Button Record GUIDE Plus 41 On screen display OSD 37 115 Optimized recording 75 117 Original content 11 38 86 88 89 93 P PAL 108 111 113 PBC PlayBack Control for Video CD 36 51 136 PhotoViewer 100 101 Picture quality adjusting the 104 106 Play List 11 23 25 38 86 89 94 98 Play Mode menu 24 55 57 Program play 56 56 57 Progressive scan video 6 28 112 R Recording 32 39 41 45 60 70 Recording quality 60 61 104 Recovery recording 63 Remote control 8 24 109 Repeat play 56 57 Rotating a JPEG picture 101 S Scanning 25 53 SECAM 60 61 108 109 111 Setting up 26 28 123 Simultaneous recording and playback 66 Slow motion playback 54 Subtitle langauge 24 58 116 T Timer recording 23 25 39 63 66 TV aspect ratio 118 124 TV audio channel 33 62 113 114 TV system see Input line system and Input colour system V Video mode 23 60 69 70 72 103 118 128 130 Video settings 104 106 111 113 VPS PDC 24 64 66 VR mode 10 60 62 69 70 72 89 94 103 118 128 130 W WMA audio 7 9 36 136 Z Zooming a JPEG picture 101 Published by Pioneer Corporation Copyright 2004 Pioneer Corporation All right
68. 01 04 Track 01 02 Track 02 03 Track 03 04 Track 04 05 Track 05 06 Track 06 07 Track 07 08 Track 08 Vv v For a WMA MP3 disc you can add a whole folder or a track within a folder to the program list e To add a folder select the folder e oadd a track first highlight the folder then press gt cursor right and select a track from the list E Program Step J Folder 1 06 a Track 1 010 A 01 01 003 01 Pop 001 Track 01 02 02 Electronic 002 Track 02 03 03 Jazz 003 Track 03 04 04 Indie 004 Track 04 05 05 Rock 005 Track 05 06 06 Classic 006 Track 06 07 007 Track 07 08 008 Track 08 v v v After pressing ENTER to add the title chapter folder track the step number automatically moves down one e o insert a step into the program list highlight the step number where you want to insert another step then select a chapter title folder track as usual After pressing ENTER all the subsequent steps move down one e To delete a step from the program list highlight the step you want to delete then press CLEAR Note 4 Repeat step 3 to build up a program list A program list can contain up to 24 titles chapters tolders tracks 5 To play the program list press gt PLAY Program play remains active until you turn off program play see below erase the program list see below eject the disc or switch off the recorder i Tip e To save your program list and exit the program edi
69. 0m rs 34h00m Conf List VW e High Speed Copy Only available when copying Original content from a VR mode disc The Copy List is copied at the same recording quality as the original See page 71 for more information on high speed copying e FINE SP LP EP SLP MN The Copy List is copied at the specified recording quality in real time Note that if you copy at a higher quality setting than the original the copy will not be better quality than the original If you select MN above you can also change the level setting MN1 MN32 from the Recording Quality box that appears When you change the recording mode setting you can see how much hard disk space it will require If this is more than is available it shows up in red and you won t be able to start copying In this case either change the recording quality or press RETURN to go back to the Copy List screen and erase one or more titles from the Copy List 3 Select Start to begin copying Copying and back up DVD to HDD Copy List commands Add Use this command to add titles to the Copy List 1 Select Add from the Copy List menu options 2 Usethe cursor left right buttons to select a title from the DVD to add to the Copy List then press ENTER DVD to HDD Copy Erase All a 4 The thumbnail appears in the Copy List section in the lower half of the screen If there are already titles in the Copy List th
70. 3 l 4 l 5 l 6 3 Use the f cursor up down buttons to select a preset station to swap e Use the PREV NEXT buttons to display the previous next page D Initial Setup 1 1 17 amp 2 1 17 Pr System CH Name Pr __ System CH Name 1 l CC40 2 l 2 2 l 2 3 l 3 3 l 3 4 I 4 4 I 4 COE gt n 5 I 5 6 l 6 6 l 6 A Swap Preset 2 lt 4 CT 4 Press cursor right then select a preset station to swap with the first preset D Initial Setup Pr System CH Name Pr System CH Name 1 l cc40 1 l cc40 2 l 2 2 l 2 3 l 3 4 l 4 4 l 4 Sai Se 5 5 6 l 6 6 l 6 A Swap Preset 5 gt 3 5 Press ENTER to swap the presets 6 Ifyou want to swap more presets press cursor left then repeats steps 3 to 5 7 Press HOME MENU to finish and exit Video In Out settings Input Colour System e Default setting Auto D Initial Setup A Basic Input Colour System Next Screen Tuner Component Video Out Video In Out AV1 Out Audio In AV2 L1 In Audio Out NTSC on PAL TV Language Recording Playback v On the default setting the recorder automatically detects whether the video signal from the built in tuner or from one of the external inputs is PAL SECAM 3 58 NTSC or PAL 60 You may however occasionally need to set it manually if the picture is not displayed properly 1 Select Input Colour System then Next Screen 2 Use the CHANNEL buttons or the INPUT SELECT button to switch between the built in
71. 46008 ace eee Playing your recordings on other DVD players Initializing a DVD RW dISC 1 eee eee ee ee 08 Copying and back up Aiino oie oi a A at ei ae 4 oS ou Rees ed ban baad eee ws One Touch Copy ADD tO DVD c4eceunscacae cs One Touch Cony DYD 16 ADD reistir sra Copying Ton AOD TO DVD 22213 Esran sees HDD to DVD Copy List MENU OPTIONS sssr seas ees Recording ire Copy Lists 2 saee aa iken RODT LYD Copy Listcommands iaa Copying TOM DYO O ADD sses e faia miai ai DVD to HDD Copy List menu OPTIONS rsrsrs rra PeCOrdind the Copy Lisl s t 0emdaae bee a ew eee 4 DVD te FIDD Copy LISt CommandSs s 64 2 as eeecx Using deC WACK oaths a dep ate neue wee a woes Sub Os 09 Editing The Disc Navigator SGre is eai 0 a0d wa esas acas Disce Navigator MenWOOIONS ss 20 i 0 waa aa acne Editing VR mode Original Video mode and ge PESSI EEES oe ne eco Bowe ace aia amp Brae era soN areas BOO FU MOU Ss aa amp a trace stn Seed are dee wha ets Creating and editing a VR mode Play List 10 Disc History Using The DISC ISICON es ersasi raran Soe eee ok 11 The PhotoViewer Paynrg ed SI CSOW s aaa a ee tee ew he eee wo 12 The Disc Setup menu Basie EUNE sssrin arepa amp ah Bal alae mi alize Settings 66 5408 56 4 Fe dead doko ws 8 Finalize Seting ux 6 6 we dnt ean wow ae ae A 26 HDD Aes sete ices sect esis eee ate A arate ws Ga ees Fev Le MN aN Ae ak ar ah EE ed 13 The Video Audio Adjust menu Setting the pic
72. 73 Can I play a DVD I recorded on this recorder on another DVD player Yes you can generally play DVD R discs and Video mode DVD RW discs recorded on this recorder on any standard DVD player You may find however that some players will not play some recordable media For VR mode DVD RW discs look for the RW Compatible mark to see if it will play the disc Additional information DV related messages About DV You may see the following messages appear on your TV m Using DV also known as i LINK you can connect a DV screen when using the DV IN OUT jack equipped camcorder to this recorder using a single DV e No DV camcorder connected The camcorder is cable for input and output of audio video data and not connected properly or the camcorder is switched Se control signals The i LINK interface is also known as IEEE 1394 1995 LLINK and the i LINK logo are trademarks e This recorder is only compatible with DV tormat DVC SD camcorders Digital satellite tuners and Digital VHS video recorders are not compatible e You cannot connect more than one DV camcorder at a time to this recorder e You cannot control this recorder from external equipment connected via the DV IN OUT jack It may not always be possible to control the connected camcorder via the DV IN OUT jack the DV IN OUT jack Digital camcorders can usually record audio as stereo 16 bit 48kHz or twin stereo tracks of 12 bit
73. 9 Maltese mt 1320 Burmese my 1325 Nauru na 1401 Nepali ne 1405 Norwegian no 1415 Occitan oc 1503 Oromo om 1513 Oriya or 1518 Panjabi pa 1601 Polish pl 1612 Pashto Pushto ps 1619 Quechua qu 1721 Rhaeto Romance rm 1813 Kirundi rn 1814 Romanian ro 1815 Kinyarwanda rw 1823 Sanskrit sa 1901 Sindhi sd 1904 Sangho sg 1907 Serbo Croatian sh 1908 Malaysia 1325 my Mexico 1324 mx Netherlands 1412 nl New Zealand 1426 nz Norway 1415 no Pakistan 1611 pk Philippines 1608 ph Portugal 1620 pt Russian Federation 1821 ru Sinhalese si 1909 Slovak sk 1911 Slovenian sl 1912 Samoan sm 1913 Shona sn 1914 Somali So 1915 Albanian sq 1917 Serbian sr 1918 Siswati ss 1919 Sesotho st 1920 Sundanese su 1921 Swahili sw 1923 Tamil ta 2001 Telugu te 2005 Tajik tg 2007 Thai th 2008 Tigrinya ti 2009 Turkmen tk 2011 Tagalog tl 2012 Setswana tn 2014 Tonga to 2015 Turkish t 2018 Tsonga ts 2019 Tatar tt 2020 Twi tw 2023 Ukrainian uk 2111 Urdu ur 2118 Uzbek uz 2126 Vietnamese vi 2209 Volapuk vo 2215 Wolof wo 2315 Xhosa xh 2408 Yoruba yo 2515 Zulu zu 2621 m 5 i gt Singapore 1907 sg Spain 0519 es Sweden 1905 se Switzerland 0308 ch Taiwan 2023 tw Thailand 2008 th United Kingdom 0702 gb USA 2119 us TH Additional information On
74. A L DB Initial Setup A Basic NICAM Select Tuner Tuner Level Video In Out External Audio Audio In Bilingual Recording Audio Out DV Input Language Input Level L1 Recording Input Level L2 Playback Input Level L3 v When recording a bilingual source from an external input in Video mode or VR mode set to FINE MN32 or to the HDD you can choose to record either the A L left or the B R right audio channel DV Input e Default setting Stereo1 You need to set this if you have a camcorder using 32kHz 12 bit sound connected to the front pane DV IN OUT jack DB Initial Setup a Basic Tuner _ Video In Out Audio In Audio Out DV Input Language Input Level L1 Recording Input Level L2 Playback Input Level L3 y NICAM Select Tuner Level External Audio Bilingual Recording Some digital camcorders have two stereo tracks for audio One is recorded at the time of shooting the other is for overdubbing after shooting Note 14 The Initial Setup menu On the Stereo1 setting the sound that was recorded while shooting is used On the Stereo2 setting the overdubbed sound is used You can also choose a Mix setting of 25 50 or 75 for the Stereo 1 with a corresponding Stereo 2 setting of 75 50 or 25 Input Level L1 L2 L3 e Default setting 0dB DB Initial Setup a Basic NICAM Select Tuner Level External Audio Bilingual Recording Tuner V
75. ART cable not supplied to connect your 4 Use a SCART cable to connect the AV1 RGB TV decoder to your VCR satellite receiver cable box AV connector to your TV See the manual for your decoder box for more detailed instructions Connecting up Connecting an external decoder box 2 If you only have a decoder connect it to this recorder and your TV as shown on this page Using the setup on this page you can e Record scrambled channels received using the recorder s built in TV tuner A Important e Do not connect this recorder through your VCR satellite receiver or cable box Always connect each component directly to your TV or AV amplitier receiver 1 Connect RF antenna cables as shown This enables you to watch and record IV channels 2 Use a SCART cable not supplied to connect the AV1 RGB TV AV connector to a SCART AV connector on your TV This enables you to watch discs 3 Use another SCART cable to connect the AV2 INPUT 1 DECODER AV connector to a SCART AV connector on your decoder box This enables you to record scrambled TV channels SCART AV CONNECTOR ANTENNA IN I r Antenna cable TV Decoder wall outlet K Note 1 In order to use this setup you will need to make the following settings from the Initial Setup menu e Set the AV2 L1 In setting to Decoder from the Initial Setup menu see A
76. C Ifyou use both an external receiver and this recorder as sources follow the instructions above for setting up without an external receiver Only if this is unsuccessful try the external receiver method About EPG download EPG data can only be received when the recorder is in standby When not using the recorder therefore please switch it into standby If you re using an external receiver leave this on when EPG data is downloadng If you cannot receive any of the host channels see the above table then you won t be able to use the GUIDE Plus system In this case do not set the postal code in the GUIDE Plus setup screen When GUIDE Plus service starts in your area set the postal code again Even if you can t use the EPG functions where you live you can still set VIDEO Plus timer recordings and manual recordings see page 47 The front panel display shows EPG when receiving data If you power on the recorder during an EPG download the download is canceled EPG data may be received several times a day All updates are automatic When downloading EPG data the recorder may sound as though it is on This is normal Getting started Checking the downloaded data the following day 1 Press GUIDE Grid displays programme listings by channel and time aq Press W to use Press gt for Search Search My TV Schedule gt Welcome to ONT Starship gt GUIDE Plus two Thrisa Friends gt itv fl This
77. Divide highlighted press ENTER Divide Chapter Original Title 15 00 Wed 13 12 Pr5 LP VR 1 Recording Time 0h01m24s LLL x Chapter 0h00m 0 00 52 17 1 Il Play Pause v Note You can keep dividing the chapter as many times as you wish up to 999 chapters per DVD disc or 99 chapters per HDD title Highlight Back and press ENTER to return to the Chapter Edit screen e Combine Combine two adjacent chapters into one Highlight the bar divider between two adjacent chapters and press ENTER e Preview Preview chapters Select the chapter you want to play press li STOP to return to the chapter edit screen e Undo Undo the last command only works with VR mode disc edits 3 Press RETURN to get back to the menu options on the left side of the screen 4 Toreturn to the Disc Navigator screen press RETURN again or select Back from the menu options on the left Inserting chapter markers into a title cD ax You can create new chapters within a title using the CHP MARK button while playing the title or during recording This is useful not just for navigation of the disc content but also for editing purposes PAUSE CHP MARK 1 Start playback of the title you want to create new chapter markers in You can use the Play command from the Disc Navigator menu to do this 1 When editing VR mode Original content it may not be possible to erase ch
78. EC MODE repeatedly to select a recording setting e FINE Fine picture quality e SP Standard play e LP Long play e EP Extended play e SLP Super Long play e MN Manual available only when manual recording iS On The setting is indicated in the front panel display and shown on screen together with the recording time for a blank recordable disc If a recordable disc is loaded the approximate remaining recording time for that disc is also shown Note that if the On Screen Display setting see On Screen Display on page 108 is Off then this information is not displayed Basic recording from the TV HDD Follow the instructions below to record a IV program Recording starts immediately and continues until the disc is full or you stop the recording O O 0O p CHANNEL c REC STOP REC RECMODE 306 1 Press HDD or DVD to record to the hard disk drive or a recordable DVD respectively e f you re recording to DVD load a recordable disc if you load a new blank DVD RW disc the recorder takes a short while to initialize the disc 2 Use the CHANNEL buttons to select the TV channel to record The front panel display shows the channel preset number or name 23 30 PR 7 Preset number or name e While the recorder is stopped you can also use the number buttons on the remote to select the channel For channel 6 press 6 then ENTER for channel 24 press 2 4 then ENTER If the recorder
79. HDD or Record to DVD to record to the hard disk drive or a recordable DVD respectively 6 Find the place on the camcorder tape that you want to start recording from For best results pause playback at the point from which you want to record 1 Depending on the connected camcorder you may not be able to control it using the remote control supplied with this recorder 2 If the audio subcode on the DV tape cannot be read correctly the audio type will not switch automatically You can switch the audio manually from the External Audio setting page 114 Recording e Depending on your camcorder you can use this recorder s remote to control the camcorder using the E Pl lt lt gt gt all and I gt buttons 7 Usethe t cursor up down buttons to select Start Rec and press ENTER E Stop 1 02 22 Q E Stop Control with these buttons Start Rec Pause Rec Stop Rec HDD SP 2h00m DVD Remain 1h40m Recording is automatically paused if the recorder detects no signal or a copy protected signal Recording restarts when there is a non copy protected signal e You can pause or stop the recording by selecting Pause Rec or Stop Rec from the on screen display You cannot control the camcorder from this remote control during recording If you restart recording after stopping the camcorder the first few seconds of the camcorder tape will not be recorded Use the pause button on your camcorder inst
80. Important A timer recording can t be set if there are already 32 timer programs waiting to be recorded Timer recording will not start if he recorder is already recording A disc is being initialized finalized or unfinalized Timer recording will start when the operation preventing timer recording has finished If a recordable DVD that doesn t support simultaneous playback and recording see Simultaneous recording and playback on page 66 is playing when a DVD timer recording is due to start playback will automatically stop to allow the recording to start The timer indicator lights in the front panel display when the timer is active If the indicator is blinking it means that for a DVD timer recording there is no disc loaded or the disc loaded is not recordable for an HDD timer recording it means that the HDD is not recordable Approximately two minutes before a timer recording is set to start the recorder will go into timer recording standby In timer recording standby you cannot use some functions The maximum length for timer recordings made to the HDD is 24 hours However because one title is limited to eight hours recordings over eight hours will be spread over two or more titles Note that there will be a break in the recording of a few seconds between titles VPS PDC may not work with all broadcast stations in your country area Check with the stations for compatibility The hours between 3 00
81. Input setting different to the current setting of the recorder are shown in the Disc Navigator with a blank thumbnail image See also nput Line System on page 108 e During recording if you display the Disc Navigator for the HDD some of the titles may appear with a A mark These titles were recorded with a Line Input setting different to the current setting of the recorder During recording these titles cannot be played eA me SCA 8 48 J ONE TOUCH COPY PLAY PREV NEXT DISPLAY al Pioneer DVD RECORDER 1 Press HDD or DVD to select the hard disk drive or the DVD 2 Press DISC NAVIGATOR to display the Disc Navigator screen Playback will automatically stop when you do this Disc Navigator DVD Remain 0h37m FINE Ttl Name Chpt Edit Erase Sec Vv You can also access the Disc Navigator from the Home Menu press HOME MENU select Disc Navigator then press ENTER Use the cursor up down buttons to highlight the command you want from the menu options on the left then press ENTER Most commands require you then to select a title or chapter or location from the thumbnail views area of the screen Use the f cursor buttons followed by ENTER to do this When in the thumbnails area of the screen use the PREV lt lt and NEXT b amp b buttons to display the previous next page if there are more than six titles nine chapters As you highlight differe
82. Line System on page 108 Resetting the recorder to its factory settings see Resetting the recorder on page 123 will also erase the Copy List 409 eo a PREV NEXT DISPLAY Make sure that there s a recordable DVD disc loaded 2 Press HOME MENU and select Copy HOME MENU DVD RECORDER Q Disc Navigator Boy ER PhotoViewer i Disc History 3 Select HDD gt DVD The HDD to DVD Copy List screen appears i HDD to DVD Copy v Use the cursor up down buttons to highlight the command you want from the menu options on the left then press ENTER Most commands require you then to select a title or chapter or location from the thumbnail views area of the screen Use the cursor left right followed by ENTER to do this When in the thumbnails area of the screen use the PREV lt lt and NEXT gt l buttons to display the previous next page if there are more titles chapters than will fit on the screen As you highlight different thumbnails information about the title chapter is shown in the central area of the screen Press DISPLAY to change the information displayed Press RETURN to get back to the menu options on the left from the thumbnail area of the Copy List screen When selecting HDD titles you can display titles from a particular HDD group by pressing cursor up then using the cursor left right buttons and ENTER to s
83. M Select E T Default setting NICAM Recording Playback 2 Initial Setup A The AV2 INPUT 1 DECODER connector input can be Basic NICAM Select o NICAM Tuner Tuner Level Regular Audio set to one of the following settings ON External Audio i E f Audio In Bilingual Recording e Video Sets the input signal type to composite Audio Out _ DV Input d Language Input Level L1 VIQ EO Recording Input Level L2 P Playback Input Level L3 e S Video Sets the input signal type to S video Playback Input Level 13 e RGB Sets the input signal type to RGB video See If you want to record the non NICAM audio in a TV also nput Line System on page 108 broadcast select Regular Audio otherwise set to e Decoder Use this setting if you are using a decoder NICAM When set to NICAM you can still select connected to the AV2 INPUT 1 DECODER input Regular Audio using the AUDIO button See Changing For scrambled channels make sure thatthe manual audio channels on page 33 channel Decoder setting is set to On see also Manual CH Setting on page 110 Tuner Level e Default setting Normal NTSC on PAL TV e Default setting On eee a A Basic NICAM Select Normal D Initial Setup Tuner Tuner Level Compression A Video In Out External Audio Basic Input Colour System On Audio In Bilingual Recording Tuner Component Video Out Off Audio Out as in ee Video In
84. Menu gives you on screen access to all the recorder s features in one convenient place from setting up the recorder to programming a timer recording and editing a recording e Progressive scan compatible Compared to standard interlaced video progressive scan effectively doubles the amount of video information fed to your TV or monitor The result is a stable flicker tree image Check your TV monitor for compatibility with this feature e Cinema surround sound in your home Connect this recorder to a Dolby Digital and or DTS compatible AV amp receiver to enjoy full Surround sound effects from Dolby Digital and DIS DVD discs e Easy Timer Recording Setting the recorder to record a program is simple trom the Easy Timer Recording screen Set the channel to record and the recording quality then graphically set the start and end times of the recording That s it Before you start e Program up to 32 timer recordings You can program the recorder to record up to 32 programs up to a month in advance As well as single programs you can specify daily or weekly recordings too This recorder is also compatible with VPS PDC systems which ensure you don t miss a timer recording even if the broadcast is not running to schedule e One Touch Recording Use One Touch Recording to start recording immediately in 30 minute blocks Each time you press the REC button the recording time is extended by another 30 minutes e Optim
85. N 12 210 mins MN 12 210 mins MN 13 200 mins MN 13 200 mins MN 14 190 mins MN 14 190 mins MN 15 180 mins MN 15 180 mins MN 16 170 mins MN 16 170 mins MN 17 160 mins MN 17 160 mins MN 18 150 mins MN 18 150 mins MN 19 140 mins MN19 140mins MN 20 130 mins MN 20 130 mins MN 21 120 mins SP MN 21 120 mins MN 22 110 mins MN 22 110 mins MN 23 105 mins MN 23 105 mins MN 24 100 mins MN 24 100 mins MN 25 95 mins MN 25 95 mins MN 26 90 mins MN 26 90 mins MN 27 85 MINS MN 27 85 MINS MN 28 80 mins MN 28 80 mins MN 29 75 Mins MN 29 75 mins MN 30 70 mins MN 30 70 mins MN 31 65 mins MN 31 65 mins MN 32 61 mins FINE MN2 2 61 mins Note 1 You may notice a change in sound quality in MN1 and MN2 compared with other settings En Additional information 15 Language code list Language Language code letter Language code Japanese ja 1001 English en 0514 French fr 0618 German de 0405 Italian it 0920 Spanish es 0519 Chinese zh 2608 Dutch nl 1412 Portuguese pt 1620 Swedish sv 1922 Russian ru 1821 Korean ko 1115 Greek el 0512 Afar aa 0101 Abkhazian ab 0102 Afrikaans af 0106 Amharic am 0113 Arabic ar 0118 Assamese as 0119 Aymara ay 0125 Azerbaijani az 0126 Bashkir ba 0201 Byelorussian be 0205 Bulgarian bg 0207 Bihari oh 0208 Bislama bi 0209 Bengali bn 0214 Tibetan bo 0215 Breton br 0218 Catalan ca 0301
86. OP to return to the chapter edit screen 4 Press RETURN to get back to the chapter editing options on the left or select another chapter 5 Select Back or press RETURN to go back to the main Copy List screen Copying and back up Chapter Edit Divide Chapter Edit Move You can divide a chapter into as many new chapters as This command lets you rearrange the chapters within a mi necessary Copy List title 2 1 Use the t cursor buttons to selectthe 1 Use the f cursor buttons to select the chapter to divide then press ENTER chapter you want to move then press ENTER y 2 Use the playback controls to find the place you want to divide the chapter ry Chapter Edit ry Divide Chapter Title 12 18 Wed 7 10 SP Chapter 1 Recording Time 0h01m24s 0h00m 1 3 0 00 52 17 ok a v MA 2 Usethe t cursor buttons to select a new position for the chapter then press ENTER You can use all the usual playback controls including Title to move gt PLAY Il PAUSE scan lt lt gt gt and slow motion lt 11 I Chapter Edit 3 With Divide highlighted press ENTER to divide EEE f Tie 1500 wed 7 10 Prs ie the chapter at the current playback position 7 You can divide the chapter as many times as you want up to 99 per title 4 Select Back or press RETURN to get back to the main Chapter Edit screen Chapter Edit Combine This command lets you comb
87. One Button Recording aune Select Save to save your changes or Don t Save to exit without changing anything then press ENTER 6 Highlight the right recording tile 7 Press the RED Action button Quality to change the recording quality Cina TCIM imuturs aaa Recording Quality LP Recording Frequency Once 4 Recording Destination HDD Timers set 1 32 VPS PDC 0 8 Press to display Timing and Group _ Search MyTV Schedule Recording Schedule Qual Freg Dest 25 May Friends LP Once HDD Welcome to GUIDE Plus aint One Button Recording Peis mea om m 5 i gt gt Using the GUIDE Plus electronic program guide En Select from AUTO FINE SP LP EP SLP or MN if manual recording is set to On 8 Press the GREEN Action button Frequency to change the recording frequency Frequency ki Recording Quality LP Recording Frequency Every Tuesday aq Recording Destination HDD Timers set 1 32 VPS PDC 0 8 Press to display Timing and Group Grid Search Recording Schedule Qual Freq Dest 25 May Friends LP Tue HDD Welcome to GUIDE Plus ae One Button Recording Select from the various options for one time daily and weekly recordings aune 9 Press YELLOW Action button Destination to select the recording destination MEEA E FE Recording Quality LP Recording Frequency Every Tuesday 4 Recording Destination HDD Auto Replace Record
88. Out AV1 Out anguage nput Leve Audio In AV2 L1 In Recording Input Level L2 Audio Out NTSC on PAL TV Playback Input Level L3 Language M4 Recording Reyna E Set to Compression if the audio level from the built in tuner is excessively high causing distortion When set to On NTSC discs from the U S for example will play correctly on a PAL only TV Change to Off if your TV is already NISC compatible Depending on this setting and the Input Line System setting see nput Line System on page 108 the signal format output when the recorder is stopped varies as shown in the table below Note 1 Many recent PAL TVs are capable of correctly displaying NTSC pictures without the need for this setting Check the manual that came with your TV if you re not sure whether yours has this feature En External Audio e Default setting Stereo DB Initial Setup A Basic NICAM Select Tuner Tuner Level Video In Out External Audio Audio In Bilingual Recording Audio Out DV Input Language Input Level L1 Recording Input Level L2 Playback Input Level L3 A If the external source is standard stereo leave set to Stereo If each channel carries a separate soundtrack change to Bilingual When the external audio is from the DV input an audio subcode channel within the DV audio tells the recorder whether the audio is stereo or bilingual This has priority over the setting you make here Bilingual Recording e Default setting
89. Pioneer sound vision soul DVD Recorder DVR 920H HARD DISK DRIVE R RW COMPACT MSE DIGITAL VIDEO Qam GEMSTAR Operating Instructions VIDEOJ COMPATIBLE Thank you for buying this Pioneer product Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate your model properly After you have finished reading the instructions put them away in a safe place for future reference IMPORTANT CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol CAUTION within an equilateral triangle is intended to TO PREVENT THE RISK OF ELECTRIC alert the user to the presence of uninsulated SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER OR The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and dangerous voltage within the product s BACK NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons WARNING This equipment is not waterproof To prevent a fire or shock hazard do not place any container filed with liquid near this equipment such as a vase or flower pot or expose it to dripping splashing rain or moisture D3 4 2 1 3_A_En CAUTION This product is a class 1 laser product but this product contains a laser diode higher than Class 1 To ensure continued safety do not remove any covers or attempt to gain acc
90. Press ENTER to start playback Changing the thumbnail picture for a title EID You can change the thumbnail picture that appears for each title in the Disc Navigator screen using the NAVI MARK button PLAY PAUSE STEP SLOW NAVI MARK Playback oS O 1 Start playback of the title you want to change the thumbnail for 2 Press NAVI MARK anywhere in the title to make the displayed picture the thumbnail for that title e For greater control over the exact frame you want to use you can use the II PAUSE and or slow motion frame advance reverse controls all 1 Navigating discs and the HDD ar During playback you can easily jump to another title chapter or track on a disc using the number buttons on the remote 1 During playback use the number buttons to enter a chapter number within the current title For example for chapter 6 press 6 for chapter 24 press 2 then 4 e To clear and start again press CLEAR 2 Optionally Press ENTER e Alternatively just wait a few seconds and playback will jump to the new chapter Note 1 e Depending on the disc reverse playback may not be smooth e Sound can be heard while scanning audio CDs analog output only e Scanning is not possible with WMA files e No subtitles are displayed while scanning DVD Video discs cD 4x 1 During playback use the number buttons to input a title number For example for title 6 press 6 for title 24 press 2 then 4
91. Program Play Repeat Cancel Program Play Program Erase Program List The Program edit screen that appears depends on the kind of disc loaded On the left side is the program list then to the right is a list of titles DVD folders WMA MP3 or tracks CD Video CD Super VCDs On the far right is a list of chapters DVD or tracks WMA MP3 e If you switch camera angles while using A B Repeat with a DVD Video disc A B repeat is canceled 2 When playing a DVD Video Video mode DVD or from the HDD the start and end points of the loop must be in the same title 3 If there is a program list you can select Repeat Program to repeat the program list 4 If you switch the camera angle during repeat play of a DVD Video disc repeat play is canceled Playback 3 Select a title chapter folder or track for the current step in the program list For a DVD disc you can add a whole title or a chapter within a title to the program list e To add a title select the title e To add a chapter first highlight the title then press cursor right and select a chapter from the list 43 Program Step 4 J Title 1 38 Chapter 1 004 a 01 01 003 Title 01 Chapter 001 02 Title 02 Chapter 002 03 Title 03 Chapter 003 04 Title 04 Chapter 004 05 Title 05 06 Title 06 07 Title 07 08 Title 08 v v v For a CD or Video CD Super VCD select a track to add to the program list B Program Step A Track 1 12 a Total Time 0 00 00
92. R Dj R 920H REC PULL gt OPEN 10 ONE TOUCH COPY page 72 Press to start One Touch Copy of the currently playing title to DVD or the HDD 11 page 33 35 63 Use to change IV channels skip chapters tracks etc 12 STANDBY ON Press to switch the recorder on into standby The upper half of the button is backlit blue when the recorder is on 13 Front panel display See Display on page 23 for details 14 IR remote sensor page 8 15 REC Press to start recording The upper half of the button is backlit red when recording the lower half is backlit orange blinking when real time copying 16 DISC NAVIGATOR page 51 86 Press to display the Disc Navigator screen 17 INPUT SELECT page 67 Press to change the input to use for recording Controls and displays 03 18 Front panel inputs page 12 Pull the cover down where indicated to access the front panel input jacks Especially convenient for connecting camcorders and other portable equipment 19 DV IN OUT jack page 12 21 67 68 69 114 129 Digital input output jack for use with a DV camcorder 20 t 4 cursor buttons and ENTER Used to navigate all on screen displays Press ENTER to select the currently highlighted option Display 1 e gt Arrows indicate the copy direction between the HDD Ea and DVD EA 2 gt PLAY REC indicators Lights during playback recording blinks when playback recording is paused 3
93. Recordin Playback v If you have a widescreen TV select the 16 9 setting widescreen DVD software is then shown using the full screen area When playing software recorded in conventional 4 3 format the settings on your TV will determine how the material is presented see the manual that came with your TV for details on what options are available If you have a conventional TV choose either 4 3 Letter Box or 4 3 Pan amp Scan In Letter Box mode widescreen software is shown with black bars at the top and bottom of the screen Pan amp Scan chops the sides off widescreen material to make it fit the 4 3 screen so even though the picture looks larger on the screen you re actually seeing less of the movie See Screen sizes and disc formats on page 124 for more information Note that when the recorder is connected to a TV or monitor via HDMI the aspect ratio is fixed at 16 9 The Initial Setup menu cu Still Picture e Default setting Auto DB Initial Setup _ Basic TV Screen Size Field Some discs also support the Country code feature The recorder does not play certain scenes on these discs depending on the Country code you set Before you can set the Parental Lock level or the Country code you must set a password As the password owner Tuner Still Picture Frame Video In Out seamless Playback FAN you can change the Parental Lock level or Country Audio In Parental Lock E E Ancle indi
94. S video cable not supplied to connect the S VIDEO OUTPUT jack to an S video input on your TV For a component video connection use a component video cable not supplied to connect the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks to a component video input on your TV See also Component Video Out on page 112 for how to set up the component video output for use with a progressive scan compatible TV 2 Connect the AUDIO OUTPUT jacks to the corresponding audio inputs on your TV You can use the supplied audio video cable leaving the yellow video plug disconnected Make sure you match up the lett and right outputs with their corresponding inputs for correct stereo sound m 5 i gt gt Connecting up En Connecting to a cable box satellite receiver or digital terrestrial receiver If you have a cable satellite or digital terrestrial receiver with a built in decoder connect it to this recorder and your TV as shown on this page If you are using a separate decoder box for your cable satellite TV set up following the instructions on the next page Using the setup on this page you can e Record any channel by selecting it on the cable box satellite receiver or digital terrestrial receiver e Change channels and set timer recordings on the external receiver using the GUIDE Plus system via the G LINK cable and after setting up A Important e Do not connect this recorder to your TV through your VCR satellite receiv
95. STOP is specified 7 When you ve finished using the recorder eject e Some DVD Video discs don t allow certain playback the disc and switch the recorder back into standby controls to operate at certain points in the disc This e To open close the disc tray press amp OPEN CLOSE is not a malfunction Remove the disc before putting the recorder into standby e Press STANDBY ON to switch the recorder into standby STANDBY ON OPEN CLOSE 1 Press STANDBY ON to switch on Also turn on your TV and make sure that it is set to the correct video input 2 Press HDD to playback from the HDD or DVD to play a DVD If playing video trom the HDD skip to step 5 below 3 Press 4 OPEN CLOSE to open the disc tray 4 Load a disc Load a disc with the label side facing up using the disc tray guide to align the disc if you re loading a double sided DVD Video disc load it with the side you want to play face down e f you want to play a DIS audio CD please first read the note on page 36 Getting started Playing DVD discs The table below shows the basic playback controls for DVD Video and recordable DVD discs PLAY STOP PAUSE REVSCAN FWD SCAN PREV NEXT BACK CM SKIP STEP SLOW TOP MENU MENU op RETURN Press to start playback If RESUME is displayed on screen play back starts from the place last stopped Press to stop playback You can resume playback from the same point by pressing gt
96. Setup menu A Important If you switch to one of the progressive settings when using a IV that is not compatible with progressive scan video you will not be able to see anything displayed on your TV If this happens press and hold the W button on the front panel then press DISC NAVIGATOR This will set the recorder s video output back to Interlace Compatibility of this unit with progressive scan TVs Consumers should note that not all high definition television sets are fully compatible with this product and may cause artifacts to be displayed in the picture In case of 525 progressive scan picture problems it is recommended that the user switch the connection to the standard definition output Interlace If there are questions regarding our TV set compatibility with this model please contact our customer service center This recorder is compatible with the following Pioneer displays and monitors Plasma display e PDP 505XDE PDP 435XDE PDP 505HDE PDP 435HDE PDP 435FDE PDP 615EX PDP 505HD PDP 5030HD PDP 4330HD PDP 5040HD PDP 4340HD Pro 1000HD Pro 800HD Pro 1000HDI Pro 800HDI Pro 1110HD Pro 910HD PDP 4300 PDP 5031 PDP 502MX Projection monitor receiver e SD 5383HD5 SD 643HD5 Pro 710HD Pro 610HD Pro 510HD Pro 720HD Pro 620HD Pro 520HD Pro 730HD Pro 630HD Pro 530HD Pro 730HDI Pro 530HDI Pro 700HD SD 641HD5 SD 582HD5 SD 532HD5 AV1 Out e Default setting Video You only need
97. TEP SLOW Press to start playback If RESUME is displayed on screen play back starts from the place last stopped Playback automatically stops after the end of a title is reached Press to stop playback You can resume playback from the same point by pressing gt PLAY Press W STOP again to cancel the resume function Pauses playback or restarts playback when paused Press to start Scanning Press repeatedly to increase the scanning speed Press to skip to previous next chapter title You can also use the front panel but tons to do this during playback During playback enter a title number then press ENTER to skip directly to that title Press CLEAR to clear a number entry and start again Commercial back skip Each press skips backward forward progressively up to a maximum of 10 minutes forward or three minutes back During playback press to start slow motion playback Press repeatedly to change the playback speed While paused press to advance a single frame in either direction m 5 i gt 04 Getting started En Playing CDs and WMA MP3 discs The table below shows the basic playback controls for audio CDs and WMA MP3 files PLAY REV SCAN PREV Note 4 So PAUSE FWD SCAN NEXT Press to start playback Press to stop playback Pauses playback or restarts playback when paused CD and MP3 only Press to start scanning Press again to incr
98. The program appears squashed Set to either 4 3 Letter Box or 4 3 Pan amp Scan The program is presented correctly on either setting Appearance The program is presented in widescreen Your TV will determine how the picture is presented check the manual that came with the TV for details Additional information 15 Troubleshooting Incorrect operation is often mistaken for trouble and malfunction If you think there is something wrong with this component please check the points below Sometimes the trouble may lie in another component Investigate the other components and electrical appliances being used If the trouble cannot be rectified even after checking the points below ask your nearest Pioneer authorized service center or your dealer to carry out repair work m 5 i gt General Problem Remedy The disc is automatically ejected e Check that the disc is nota DVD RAM DVD R RW or other incompatible format after closing the disc tray disc page 9 e Check that the disc is loaded properly aligned in disc tray and label side up e Take out the disc and clean it page 133 e Check that the disc has a region code compatible with the recorder page 136 No picture e Check that everything is connected properly page 12 e Check that the connected TV and or the AV amp receiver is set to the correct input e he recorder may be set to progressive scan with an incompatible TV Reset to interlace by pressin
99. The total recording time figure shown in parenthesis is calculated based on a 12cm 4 7GB disc at the displayed record setting e Recording and playback times for TV recordings are approximately 0 1 shorter than the actual time This is because of the slightly different frame rates of TV broadcasts versus DVD gt Using the GUIDE Plus electronic program guide En Chapter 5 Using the GUIDE Plus electronic program guide The GUIDE Plus System The GUIDE Plus system is a free interactive on screen television programming guide The system offers program listings for all major channels one touch recording search by genre recommendations according to your profile and more The GUIDE Plus system is a convenient way to find out what s on right now or during the coming week by channel or by genre The GUIDE Plus system also allows you to automatically set your viewing and recording selections quickly and easily In order to receive the correct TV listings information for your country or region you need to set up the GUIDE Plus system and download the TV listings information If you haven t already done this please turn to Setting up the GUIDE Plus system on page 29 before proceeding GUIDE Plus ShowView VIDEO Plus G LINK are 1 registered trademarks or trademarks of 2 manufactured under license from and 3 subject of various international patents and patent applications owned by or license
100. V2 L7 n on page 113 e From the Manual CH Setting screen set the Decoder setting for the scrambled channels to On see Manual CH Setting on page 110 En Connecting up Connecting to an AV amplifier receiver To enjoy multichannel surround sound you need to connect this recorder to an AV amplitier receiver using the digital optical output In addition to a digital connection we recommend also connecting using the stereo analog connection for compatibility with all discs and sources You ll probably also want to connect a video output to your AV amplitier receiver Use the ordinary video output as shown here or the S video output A Important e Noise may be output trom your speakers if the recorder is not set up to work with your AV amplitier receiver properly see Audio Out settings on page 114 m 5 i gt ANTENNA IN Antenna cable TV wall outlet 1 Connect RF antenna cables as shown This enables you to watch and record TV channels A Important 2 Connect one of the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL jack on this recorder to an optical digital input on your AV amplifier receiver This enables you to listen to multichannel surround sound 3 Connect the analog AUDIO OUTPUT and VIDEO OUTPUT jacks on this recorder to an analog audio and video input on your AV amplifier receiver e Do not connect this recorder to your TV through your VCR usin
101. able discs in a regular DVD player Generally DVD R discs and DVD RW discs recorded in Video mode are playable in a regular DVD player but they must be finalized first This process fixes the contents of the disc to make them readable to other DVD players as DVD Video discs DVD RW discs recorded in VR mode are playable in some players RW This label indicates playback compatibility with DVD RW discs recorded in VR mode Video Recording format However for discs recorded with a record only once encrypted program playback can only be achieved using the CPRM compatible device Note that Pioneer cannot guarantee that discs recorded using this recorder will play on other players DVD Video format recording The use of the DVD Video format for recording on DVD R and DVD RW discs is referred to as recording in Video mode on Pioneer s DVD recorders Supporting playback of DVD R DVD RW discs Is optional for manufacturers of DVD playback equipment and there is DVD playback eguipment that does not play DVD R or DVD RW discs recorded in the DVD Video format Note Finalization is required This recorder supports the recording of copy once broadcast programs using the CPRM copy protection system see CPRM on page 61 on CPRM compliant DVD RW discs in VR mode CPRM recordings can only be played on players that are specifically compatible with CPRM Before you start e Do I need two DVD recorders f
102. age 63 for more on this feature Channel preset download This feature allows you to set up the channel presets of this recorder very simply using the channel presets and preset names already in your TV See Switching on and setting up on page 26 and Auto Channel Setting Download from TV on page 110 for more on this feature NexTView timer programming download Nex T View timer programming download allows you to program a timer recording directly from the NexT View electronic program guide displayed on your TV See the manual that came with your TV for more information on how to use this feature Note that the SP and LP options displayed on your TV correspond to the SP and LP recording modes on this recorder TV auto power on When you play a disc in this recorder the TV automatically turns on and switches to the correct video input See the manual that came with your TV for how to use this feature System configuration Basic settings including language country and TV screen size aspect ratio can be downloaded from your TV to help set up this recorder for use gt Connecting up Easy connections The setup described below is a basic setup that allows you to watch and record TV programs and play discs Other types of connections are explained starting on the following page A Important e These connections use SCART cables not supplied If your TV or VCR does not have a SCART connection see the following page fo
103. ailable Check the list of countries to see if you are in a region that is Supported used the One Button Record feature red Action button to set a recording but recorded the wrong channel If the channel to be recorded is received via the external receiver first make sure that the external receiver was left switched on Next in the Editor Area make sure that the channel to be recorded is correctly set Access the Editor Area Check the source and program number of the channel that you wanted to record Change the source and preset numbers if incorrect If you are recording trom the recorder s internal tuner the Tuner setting make sure that the program number is the same as the preset number set on this recorder If they are different go to the Editor Area and change the program number to match the recorder s preset number The TV listings information doesn t update The latest TV listings information is automatically downloaded by the recorder overnight This only happens if the recorder is in standby if the recorder is left on it will not download When not using the recorder please switch it into standby Data downloads can take several hours The front panel display shows EPG when downloading If you switch the recorder on while EPG is displayed the download will be canceled GUIDE Plus is not supported in my area but when switch the recorder into standby aftera while the front panel display shows EPG
104. ailure e While the recorder is switched on or the front panel display shows EPG do not unplug from the wall socket or switch the electricity off from the breaker switch e Do not move the recorder immediately after switching it off or while the front panel display shows EPG If you need to move the recorder please follow the steps below 1 After the message POWER OFF is shown in the display wait at least two minutes 2 Unplug trom the wall socket 3 Move the recorder If there s a power failure while the recorder is on there is a chance that some data on the HDD will be lost e The HDD is very delicate If used improperly or in an unsuitable environment it is possible that the HDD will fail after a few years of use Signs of problems include playback unexpectedly freezing and noticeable block noise mosaic in the picture However sometimes there will be no warning signs of HDD failure Ifthe HDD fails no playback of recorded material will be possible In this case it will be necessary to replace the HDD unit Optimizing HDD performance As you record and edit material on the HDD the data on the disk becomes fragmented eventually affecting the recorder s performance Before this happens the recorder will warn you that it is time to optimize the HDD which you can do from the Disc Setup menu see Optimize HDD on page 103 m 5 i gt gt Connecting up En Chapter 2 Connecting up Rear pane
105. akes priority Simultaneous recording and playback cD 11 A feature called Chase Play makes it possible to watch a recording in progress DVD or HDD from the start of the recording as in playback is chasing the recording For example perhaps you have to miss the first 30 minutes of a movie on TV you can start recording then start watching the movie from the beginning while the recorder is still recording 30 minutes ahead of you In fact you re not just limited to watching the recording in progress you can watch anything else already on the DVD or HDD by selecting it from the Disc Navigator screen see Using the Disc Navigator with recordable discs and the HDD on page 52 1 e You can t use simultaneous playback and recording while copying or backing up e 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 nout Line System on page 108 Also during simultaneous recording and playback if the TV line system of the playback track title changes then playback will automatically stop A Important e Note that you must use a DVD RW Ver 1 1 2x or Ver 1 2 4x disc to be able to use this feature e You may not be able to use this feature with a DVD RW disc that was first initialized on another recorder e During recording press gt PLAY to start playback fr
106. al Clock Setting 1 2 Tuner Inpu aa Video In Out _ On S time zone Eaa b Audioln Fron London Audio Out P Language OW Summer Time Off daot Playback E v Press cursor down then use the cursor left right buttons to select On or Off for summer time then press ENTER Select On if you are currently using summer time D Initial Setup A Basic Manual Clock Setting 1 2 Tuner Video In Out On S Time zone England Audioln London Audio Out i Language Summer Time 4 On Recording Playback v m 5 i gt 04 Getting started En Set the date day month year and time then press ENTER to make all the settings DB Initial Setup A Basic Clock Manual Clock Setting 2 2 Tuner L me In Out io Date Tess or oT 200 Audio In Fron Time 00 00 Audio Out Powt _ 3 Language Rem Mate Corts Au stra Recording AV L Menna me On Playback Setur Summer Ti v Use the cursor up down buttons to change the value in the highlighted field Use the cursor left right buttons to move from one field to another e You can go back to the previous screen at anytime in the Setup Navigator by pressing RETURN 7 Select the TV screen type Wide 16 9 or Standard 4 3 DB Initial Setup A Basic Clock TV Screen Size Tuner Video In Out Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback seu v Wide 16 9
107. also use the ka and gt gt buttons to cycle between levels MN1 MN3 MN9 MN21 and MN32 e To preview the recording quality press cursor down and select Preview To return to the level adjust screen press ENTER 3 Press ENTER to set the manual recording level and return to the menu screen Optimized Rec e Default setting Off D Initial Setup a EE Basic Manual Recording On Tuner Optimized Rec ooff Video In Out Navi Mark Audio In Auto Chapter Video Audio Out Frame Accurate Language DVD RW Auto Init Recording Playback Ma ot On the default setting if a timer program standard easy or VIDEO Plus programming system is set but there isn t enough space on the disc at the recording quality set the recording will start but it will be cut off when the disc is full Set Optimized Rec to On to have the recorder automatically adjust the recording quality to fit the available disc space 1 e The preset picture quality settings correspond to the following manual settings FINE MN32 SP MN21 LP MN9 EP MN3 SLP MN1 e See Manual recording modes on page 130 for detailed information on the manual recording levels 2 e You may notice a reduction in picture quality if the recorder has to fit a lot of extra material into the remaining time available on the disc e f even on recording level MN 1 there is insufficient space available on the disc the recording is made on the HDD at the quality setti
108. anguage DVD Menu Language Subtitle Display Tuner Video In Out Audio In Audio Out Language Playback v ysijbuq l gt The Initial Setup menu En This setting is your preferred audio language tor DVD discs If the language you specify here is recorded on a disc the recorder automatically plays the disc in that language although this depends on the Auto Language setting see Auto Language on page 116 Choose Other if you want to specify a language other than those listed see Se ecting Other languages on page 117 F tip e You can switch between the languages recorded on a DVD disc any time during playback using the AUDIO button This does not affect this setting Subtitle Language e Default setting English Initial Setup A Basic OSD Language o English Tuner Audio Language French Video In Out Subtitle Language German Audio In Auto Language Italian Audio Out DVD Menu Language Spanish Language Subtitle Display Other Recording Playback v This setting is your preferred subtitle language for DVD discs If the language you specify here is recorded on a disc the recorder automatically plays the disc with those subtitles although this depends on the Auto Language setting see Auto Language below Choose Other if you want to specify a language other than those listed see Selecting Other languages on page 117 F tip e You can change or switch off t
109. anually then press ENTER DB Initial Setup A Basic Clock Clock Setting Tuner Video In Out Audio In c Auto Audio Out Manual Language Recording Playback Vv e Auto clock setting Some TV channels broadcast time signals together with the program This recorder can use these signals to set the clock automatically Set Clock Set CH to the channel preset number that broadcasts a time signal then move the cursor down to Start and press ENTER DB Initial Setup A Basic Clock Auto Clock Setting Tuner Inpu Video In Out ong 2 ere Audioin Fron Time aa Audio Out _ Clock Set CH Pri language __ Start Recording Playback __ a v The recorder takes a short while to set the time After you see that the time has been set select Next to proceed DB Initial Setup A Basic Clock Auto Clock Setting Tuner___ Inpu Video In Out ons Pte THU 01 01 2004 Audioln Fron Time Hil 20 Audio Out _ Clock Set CH Cra language Recording _Start Playback Setu Next v If the time could not be set automatically press RETURN to go back to the previous screen and select Manual Manual clock setting If no stations in your area are broadcasting time signals you can set the clock manually Use the cursor left right buttons to set your time zone You can set this by selecting a city or atime relative to GMT D Initial Setup A Basic Clock Manu
110. apter markers on the copy may be up to 0 5 seconds off compared to the original m 5 i gt Erase Use this command to erase individual titles from the Copy List 1 Select Erase from the Copy List menu options 2 Use the cursor left right buttons to select a title from the Copy List to erase then press ENTER HDD to DVD Copy 3 Select Yes to confirm that you want to erase the title or No to cancel 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to erase more titles from the Copy List or press RETURN to go back to the Copy List menu options Title Name Ttl Name Use this command to name or rename titles in the Copy List the names of the original titles remain unchanged 1 Select Ttl Name from the Copy List menu options 2 Use the cursor left right buttons to select a title from the Copy List to name or rename then press ENTER i HDD to DVD Copy Total 1h30m cof v Note 08 Copying and back up 3 Inputa name for the selected title Input Title Name 15 00 Wed 7 10 Pr5 NT DE NOPQR sma RARKK gt 0 C m lt YA tL oamse SI xXAOMxXMA 1 iom lt m N Aa A nCI Lony S N lo 19 ms Use the E cursor buttons and ENTER to select characters e Aname generated automatically by the recorder will already be in the name input section of the screen Use the lt gt buttons to change the cursor position Se
111. apters less than five seconds long 2 It may not always be possible to combine two chapters even though they are adjacent Ifa chapter has been divided into three then the middle chapter erased it is not possible to combine the two remaining chapters into one 3 If you pause a recording in VR mode the recorder automatically starts a new chapter when you restart the recording e When recording in Video mode the recorder automatically puts chapter markers in at regular intervals It is not possible to add extra chapter markers manually after recording see also Auto Chapter Video on page 118 e The Play List and Original content on a disc can each contain up to 999 chapters e Each HDD title can contain a maximum of 99 chapters e Similar chapter editing commands are available for HDD content from the HDD to DVD copy screen See also Copying from HDD to DVD on page 73 m 5 i gt En 2 Press CHP MARK at any point where you wanta new chapter to begin A chapter marker icon appears on screen briefly to confirm a new chapter mark has been inserted e For greater control over the exact position of chapter markers it can be useful to use the If PAUSE button and or the slow motion and frame advance reverse controls 411 11 Erase Section Erase Sec cD D Using this command you can delete a part of an Original title ideal for cutting out the commercial breaks in a recording made from the TV 1 Select
112. ard playback 2 Press the same button repeatedly to change the slow motion speed C SLOW 1 16 gt SLOW 1 8 SLOW 1 2 lt SLOW 1 4 J 3 To resume normal playback press gt PLAY Note Frame advance frame reverse CID ap D You can advance or back up video on a DVD disc or the HDD frame by frame With Video CD Super VCDs you can only use frame advance PLAY PAUSE STEP SLOW 1 During playback press II PAUSE 2 Press l or I gt to back up or advance one frame e Hold down all or I gt for continuous frame reverse frame advance 3 To resume normal playback press gt PLAY 1 e Analog and digital sound is output when scanning DVDs with Dolby Digital or Linear PCM sound on forward SCAN 1 Linear PCM is output from the optical digital output except during chase playback and simultaneous recording playback No sound is output when using other scan speeds e No sound is output when scanning from the HDD except on forward SCAN 1 Linear PCM is output from the optical digital output during forward SCAN 1 2 e The picture quality during slow motion playback is not as good as during normal playback and depends on the disc being played e Reverse slow motion playback may not be as smooth as forward and may be better with some discs than others e Depending on the disc normal playback may automatically resume when a new chapter is reached on a DVD disc e No sound is output during slow motion playback 3
113. ase Sec Conf List Erase all titles Cno Chapter Edit Chpt Edit The Chapter Edit option gives you access to several commands that you can use to edit chapters within a Copy List title Editing chapters in a Copy List title does not change any actual content on the HDD It affects only how the chapters appear after copying 08 Copying and back up 1 Select Chpt Edit from the Copy List menu options 2 Use the cursor left right buttons to select a title from the Copy List to edit then press ENTER i HDD to DVD Copy 15 00 Wed 7 10 Pr5 LP Recording Time 0h32m55s The chapter editing screen appears with thumbnails of each chapter 3 Select a command from the chapter edit menu options ry Chapter Edit Title 15 00 Wed 7 10 Pr5 LP 2 Recording Time 0h32m55s zh Chapter edit menu The following commands are available e Erase Erase individual chapters Use the f cursor buttons and ENTER to select a chapter to erase The chapter is erased after confirming e Divide Divide a chapter into two or more new chapters See Chapter Edit Divide below e Combine Combine two chapters into one See Chapter Edit Combine below e Move Change the order of the chapters See Chapter Edit Move below e Preview Check the content of a chapter Use the t lt cursor buttons to select a chapter then press ENTER Once the preview has started press W ST
114. ased in this operation all recordings on that disc will be in the chosen recording mode A Important e You cannot play edit or record on unfinalized DVD R RW discs recorded in Video mode on other DVD recorders Likewise unfinalized Video mode discs recorded on this recorder are not playable on other players recorders This recorder cannot record onto CD R or CD RW discs Pioneer takes no responsibility for recording failure due to power cuts defective discs or damage to the recorder Fingerprints and small scratches on a disc can affect playback and or recording performance Please take proper care of your discs Although this recorder can record PAL SECAM NTSC and PAL 60 you can t mix multiple TV line systems on one disc A disc can contain PAL and SECAM recordings or NISC and PAL 60 See also Input Line System on page 108 Note About HDD recording Recording to the internal hard disk drive HDD is basically similar to recording to a VR mode DVD RW disc You have the full choice of recording quality options including the manual mode and of course you can record erase and re record as many times as you like The capacity of the hard disk drive means that you can store many hours of video on it even in the higher quality recording modes To help you organize the contents the HDD is divided into four groups You can name and use these groups as you like for example you might have a group for mov
115. ast three edits you made e Select Undo from the Disc Navigator Play List menu options e You can t undo anything after ejecting the disc from the recorder or switching the recorder into standby e You can t undo the following operations initializing recording or finalizing a disc locking and unlocking titles Disc History CH Chapter 10 Disc History The Disc History screen lets you see how much recording space remains on the last 30 recordable DVD discs loaded It also displays information such as disc name the first three title names number of titles recorded recording mode and the lock status of the disc ysij buq Available Discname recording space Q Disc History a 1 2 Disc Name DVD Remain Recording mode Disc loaded News oe 1h54m Selected disc Sport 235m Travel Se 1h22m Recording time Other discs Movie ES 030m available Music ee 1h38m x Number of Title information Title 1 Today s Football for the selected Title 2 Enjoy Golf Titles DVD RW VR 8 titles on disc disc Social dance Lesson Disc type and recording mode Recorded Line Disc lock indicator System of disc 2 Use the t cursor up down buttons to see Using the Disc History title information for other discs in the list e To remove a disc from the list press CLEAR you 1 Press HOME MENU and select Disc History to can t remove the currently loaded disc display the Disc History s
116. at recording times set using the GUIDE Plus system do not automatically change to reflect any changes that may occur in the program broadcast schedules ysi buz En gt Using the GUIDE Plus electronic program guide En Lock Unlock video window When you enter the GUIDE Plus system the channel you were watching remains visible in the video window The date stamp above the window lets you know the channel date and time The default setting for this window is locked as indicated by a closed padlock icon above the video window When locked the video window always shows the channel you were previously watching as you move up and down through the listings grid If you prefer you can unlock the video window so that as you highlight different channels in the listings grid the current program showing on that channel is shown in the video window 1 Use the t buttons to highlight a channel logo The picture is locked to BBC2 Press the Red button to A unlock it reser in sie gt Fimbles Starship two _ Thrisa Friends it v l This Alias The 4 Sally Jessy Raph Our b Go five Armageddon slone News at Ten The Secret Grid Tue 25 10 00 Welcome to GUIDE Plus avn One Button Recording Emmerdale Homes Polic gt aune Channel logos are displayed to the left of program titles 2 Press the RED Action button Unlock The padlo
117. ause there is no station assigned to that channel change the Skip setting to On e CH System Set the channel system used in your area or region e Channel Change the channel number assigned to the current preset AFT Auto Fine Tune When set to On the station is automatically tuned set to Off to manually fine tune see below e Level Set the AFT level see above e Sound System Set the sound system used for the current channel The Initial Setup menu e Name Move the cursor right then input a name for the current station up to five characters then press ENTER e Decoder If the current channel is scrambled requiring a decoder connected to the AV2 INPUT 1 DECODER connector set this to On See also AV2 L1 In on page 113 Channel Swapping The preset swap feature lets you swap the channel assignments of different programs This is so that you can group together station presets which naturally go together 1 Select Channel Swapping 2 Initial Setup _ Basic Auto Channel Setting Next Screen Tuner Manual CH Setting Video In Out Channel Swapping Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback 2 Select Next Screen to go to the swap presets screen DB Initial Setup oo _ 1 17 2 1 17 System CH Name Pr System CH Name l CC40 l CC40 2 2 mz 1 l 2 l 3 3 l 4 4 l 5 5 l 6 6 A Swap Preset E lt gt 1 auf WwW N l l
118. ay List title You can add up to 99 titles to the Play List 1 Select Create from the Disc Navigator Play List menu options 2 Usethe t cursor buttons to select the insertion point for the new title then press ENTER DVD Remain 0h37m FINE If there are no titles in the Play List yet this step does not apply 3 Usethe f cursor buttons to select an Original title to put into the Play List Disc Navigator DVD Remain 0h37m FINE 4 Press ENTER to add the title The new title appears in the updated Play List Disc Navigator DVD Remain 0h37m FINE Move Divide Combine Erase All 5 Press RETURN to go back to the Disc Navigator menu options or select another location for a new title Move Use this function to re arrange the playing order of Play List titles 1 Select Move from the Disc Navigator Play List menu options 2 Select the title you want to move then press ENTER 2 Disc Navigator DVD Remain 0h37m FINE v 3 Select a new position in the Play List for the title then press ENTER Disc Navigator DVD Remain 0h37m FINE After pressing ENTER the new updated Play List is displayed 4 Press RETURN to go back to the Disc Navigator menu options or select another title to move En Divide Use this command to split a title up into two new titles 1 Select Divide from the Disc Navigator Play List menu options
119. be able to use this remote to control your TV 2 Press TV to check that the remote works with your TV If the remote is set up correctly the TV should switch on off If it doesn t and there is another code given for your maker repeat step 1 with a new code Using the TV remote control buttons The table below shows how to use this remote control with your TV OTV Press to switch the TV on off standby INPUT SELECT Press to change the IV s video input TV VOLUME Use to adjust the TV volume TV CHANNEL Use to change IV channels Maker Code Alba 66 Bush 76 Finlux 84 Fisher 61 05 Fujitsu T1 Funai 67 Goldstar 719 Grandiente 87 Grundig 51 62 Hitachi 56 60 83 86 ITT 70 Mitsubishi 59 Nokia 99 01 Panasonic Dey 12 Philips 57 85 Pioneer 50 80 RCA 68 Salora 71 Samsung 13 15 Sanyo 714 Sei 718 Sharp 52 Sony 54 Tandy 69 Telefunken 64 Thomson 62 Toshiba 59 Victor 63 m 5 M gt TH Additional information En Screen sizes and disc formats When viewing on a standard TV or monitor Screen format of disc Setting 16 9 4 3 Letter Box 4 3 16 9 4 3 Letter Box 4 3 Pan amp Scan When viewing on a widescreen TV or monitor Screen format of disc Setting 16 9 16 9 4 3 16 9 Appearance The program is shown in widescreen with black bars at the top and bottom of the screen The sides of the program are cropped so that the picture fills the whole screen
120. c Play List Tite 1 15 00 Wed 13 12 Pr5 LP Recording Time 0h01m24s 1 2 0 00 52 17 Il Play Pause A A From 3 Use the playback controls gt Il lt lt gt gt etc to find the start of the section to erase then with From highlighted press ENTER The bar at the bottom of the screen shows the current play position in the title After pressing ENTER a marker appears under the bar to show the start of the section Il Play Pause A 4 0 02 09 17 4 Inthe same way find the end of the section to erase then with To highlighted press ENTER After pressing ENTER another marker appears under the bar to show the end of the section with the section itself marked in red 5 Select Yes to confirm or No to cancel then press ENTER In the thumbnail viewer you can see a few seconds of video either side of the marked section to see how the edit will look 6 Erase another section from the same title or press RETURN to get back to the main Disc Navigator screen Create Use this function to add an Original title to the Play List When you do this the whole title is put into the Play List you can erase bits you don t need later see Chapter Edit Chpt Edit on page 95 The title appears in the Play List complete with the chapter markers that appear in the Original However if you add more chapter markers to the Original later these are not automatically copied over into the Pl
121. can only be played on players that are specifically compatible with CPRM Recording equipment and copyright Recording equipment should be used only for lawful copying and you are advised to check carefully what is lawful copying in the country in which you are making a copy Copying of copyright material such as films or music is unlawful unless permitted by a legal exception or consented to by the rightowners e This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U S patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited Setting the picture quality recording time L HDD Before starting a recording you will usually want to set the picture quality recording time There are five standard settings available which allow you to choose a balance between picture quality and recording time It s also possible to create a sixth manual setting for picture quality recording time Before you can select this however you will need to set the Manual Recording option in the Initial Settings menu see Manual Recording on page 117 REC MODE m 5 i gt En e Press R
122. cator whenever you like You can also change the password Language Recordin Playback v The recorder uses one of two processes when displaying a still frame from a DVD disc The default Auto setting automatically chooses the best setting each time e Field produces a stable generally shake free image e Frame produces a sharper image but more prone to shake than field stills Parental Lock Set Password The password you set will enable you to change the Parental Lock level and Country code setting Itis also the password that you will need to enter if you want to play a disc with a parental lock level higher than the recorder 1 Select Set Password BD Initial Setup A Basic TV Screen Size Set Password Tuner Still Picture Video In Out Seamless Playback Seamless Playback Audion Paental Lock Audio Out Angle Indicator VR mode Language cDo a TE Playback e Default setting Off v During playback of a VR mode Play List you may notice momentary interruption in the picture at edited points The Seamless Playback feature lets you trade off accuracy of the edit points for more seamless playback When switched On you may notice that the edit points are a few frames earlier or later than you set D Initial Setup SO Aw Basic Tuner Video In Out Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback h TV Screen Size Still Picture Off Seamless Playback Parental Lock Angle
123. ccess to the various areas of GUIDE Plus Information box Shows short program descriptions or help menus e Action bar Color coded Action buttons change function depending on the area e Video window Allows you to continue watching the current program while using GUIDE Plus e Panel ads Display program promotions or instructions on the GUIDE Plus system 1 The GUIDE Plus system can t be used when the Input Line System is set to 525 System see also nput Line System on page 108 Using the GUIDE Plus electronic program guide 05 Navigating GUIDE Plus The table below shows a summary of the remote buttons you ll use to navigate the GUIDE Plus system Goo PREV NEXT STEP SLOW TIMER REC Pioneer DVD RECORDER Key What it does GUIDE Press to access GUIDE Plus also use to exit GUIDE Plus t 4 e a Use to navigate screens highlight an item RED GREEN Action buttons that change YELLOW BLUE functionality depending on the Area MENU Press to jump directly to the Menu bar TIMER REC Press to go directly to the Schedule area INFO Press to display extended information for the current program Note Key What it does ENTER Press to confirm a selection or to leave the GUIDE Plus screen Number buttons Use for numeric entry lt lt gt Press to select the previous next page of information in the grid for example lt li gt Press to select t
124. ch between Original and Play List content on VR mode discs or display the disc menu if a DVD Video disc is loaded When in the GUIDE Plus system use to jump directly to the Menu bar 15 t cursor buttons and ENTER Used to navigate all on screen displays Press ENTER to select the currently highlighted option 16 HOME MENU page 37 Press to display the Home Menu from which you can navigate all the functions of the recorder 17 RETURN Press to go back one level in the on screen menu or display 18 Playback controls page 34 lt REV SCAN FWD SCAN PP page 53 Press to start reverse or forward scanning Press again to change the speed gt PLAY Press to start playback lt PAUSE Press to pause playback or recording E STOP Press to stop playback CM BACK commercial back Press repeatedly to skip progressively backward through the audio or video playing CM SKIP commercial skip Press repeatedly to skip progressively forward through the audio or video playing lt lt PREV NEXT gt gt Press to skip to the previous or next title chapter track folder or to display the previous or next menu page When in the GUIDE Plus system use to display the previous next page of TV listings information lt i STEP SLOW I gt page 54 During playback press to start slow motion playback while paused press to show the previous or next video frame When in the GUIDE Plus system use to display TV
125. ck Country Code Playbac Tuner j y Video In Out Password MECE Audio In 2 Use number buttons to enter your password Audio OUB Code 9 us gt Language then press ENTER Recording number ECCE Playback v P Initial Say e Select by code number Press cursor down then Basic ea Lock Change Level use the number buttons to enter the four digit Tye password CECE country code you can find the Country code list on udio in Audio Out page 131 Language Off v Initial Setup A a Basic Parental Lock Country Code 3 Usethe cursor left right buttons to select Tuner Video In Out Password CECE a new parental lock level A Audio Out GES Pea Code us Number CCE Recording Playback v 2D Initial Setup i Basic Tuner Video In Out Audio In Audio Out Language Recordin Parental Lock Change Level Password o A CG 4 Press ENTER to set the new Country code En The Initial Setup menu Angle Indicator e Default setting On D Initial Setup A a Basic TV Screen Size Still Picture Seamless Playback Parental Lock Tuner off Video In Out Audio In Audio Out On the default setting when playing a DVD Video disc that features multi angle scenes an icon appears on screen during the parts of the disc where angle switching is available Change to Off to hide the on screen indicator HDMI Output You only need to
126. ck icon above the video window becomes unlocked It remains unlocked for the remainder of your current TV viewing session If you want to lock the video window again follow the same procedure he RED Action button will now act as Lock Channel mosaic screen You can switch the display style of channels in Grid Area Schedule Area or My TV Area from a list to a mosaic of channel icons by pressing the YELLOW Action button Select the channel icon you want using the cursor buttons then press ENTER to return to the previous screen on that channel Note Areas The GUIDE Plus system consists of seven Areas All Areas can be accessed from the Menu bar e Grid The GUIDE Plus Home Area Displays TV listings information for the next seven days by time and channel e Search Search for TV programs by category eg Sport subcategory eg Football or keyword e My TV Set up a profile and receive recommendations according to your preferences e Schedule Shows all scheduled recordings e Info Area for additional information such as weather not available in all regions e Editor Change channel settings e Setup Setup the GUIDE Plus system The Grid Area The Grid screen is the main TV listings screen of GUIDE Plus and is the first screen that you see when you press GUIDE You can see TV listings for the next seven days starting with the current day When you highlight a program in the Grid yo
127. cks a Disc Navigator Track 1 10 a cD Track 01 Track 02 Track 03 Track 04 Track 05 Track 06 Track 07 Track 08 Total Time 0 58 25 v The screen for WMA MP3 discs shows a list of folders and tracks Select a folder or a track within a folder e Disc Navigator Folder 1 03 amp Track 1 004 WMA MP3 01 Rock _ 001 Intro 02 Pop 002 Escape 03 Dance 003 Everything You Say 004 What I Do v v Playback starts after you press ENTER e For discs that contain both CD Audio tracks and WMA MP3 tracks you can switch the playback area between CD and WMA MP3 This can only be done while the disc is stopped MD Cya o O Using the Disc Navigator with recordable discs and the HDD cD IID amp When used with a recordable disc or the HDD the Disc Navigator gives you access to all the editing features of this recorder as well as the ability to browse and play titles See also Editing on page 86 for more on editing recordable discs 1 Press HDD or DVD to select the hard disk drive or the DVD drive 2 Press HOME MENU and select Disc Navigator from the on screen display Alternatively you can press DISC NAVIGATOR to go straight to the Disc Navigator screen 3 Select Play from the menu options Press ENTER to move to the thumbnails area of the screen 2 Disc Navigator Video Mode VIDEO DVD Remain 0h37m FINE 4 Use the t cursor buttons to select a title to play 5
128. clock manually Set your time zone You can set this by selecting a city or a time relative to GMT D Initial Setup A Basic Clock Manual Clock Setting 1 2 Tuner Enola Video In Out d ngan gt Audio In London Audio Out Tanguage Summer Time Off Recording Playback v Move the cursor down and select On for summer time if you are currently on summer time then press ENTER D Initial Setup A Basic Clock Manual Clock Setting 1 2 Tuner Inpu Enana Video In Out _ On S time Zone ngan Audio In Fron Fonden Audio Out __ Pow Erie Rem summerTime 4 On gt Recording _ Setu Playback bd gt The Initial Setup menu En Set the date day month year and time then press ENTER to make all the settings DB Initial Setup A Basic Clock Manual Clock Setting 22 Tuner Inpu a Video In Out ons Date THU OT OT 7 2007 Audioln Fron Time 00 00 Audio Out Language con Time Zone England anguage ___ Rem i London Recording Setu i Playback Summer Time On aena Use the cursor up down buttons to change the value in the highlighted field Use the cursor left right buttons to move from one field to another Input Line System e Default setting 625System DB Initial Setup A Basic Clock Setting 525System Tuner Input Line System o 625System Video In Out On Screen Display Audio In Front Panel Display Audio Out Power Save Language Remote Control Mode Record
129. corded in VR mode finalized or not Check the manual that came with the player to check what kinds of discs it will play When you finalize a Video mode disc a title menu is created from which you can select titles when you play the disc There are a number of different styles of title menu to choose from to suit the content of the disc All the title menus are navigated in the usual way pressing MENU or TOP MENU to display the menu then using the B cursor buttons followed by ENTER to select titles and start playback Finalizing a disc Finalizing fixes the recordings in place so that the disc can be played on a regular DVD player or computer equipped with a suitable DVD ROM drive Note that the disc name will appear in the title menu after you finalize a disc Make sure the disc name is as you want it before you finalize the disc as it can t be changed afterwards If you want to rename the disc see nput Disc Name on page 102 before starting the steps below m 5 i gt gt Recording En A Important e Once you ve finalized a disc recorded in Video mode you can t edit or record anything else on that disc However the finalization on a DVD RW disc maybe undone see Undo Finalize on page 103 for how to do this e AVR mode disc can still be recorded and edited on this recorder even after finalizing 1 Load the disc you want to finalize Make sure that the recorder is stopped before
130. cording mode is set to AUTO Using the GUIDE Plus electronic program guide 05 Setting a VIDEO Plus recording 1 Select Schedule from the Menu bar BBC2 25 May 10 10 MNZ Manual B F Schedule displays programmes for Record Press w to use aq Press the Red button for VIDEO Plus recording Press the Green button for Manual recording Press for My TV Press for Info 25 May Friends LP Tue HDDr Welcome to GUIDE Plus awe One Button Recording 2 Press the RED Action button VIDEO Plus aep Setting a manual recording 1 Select Schedule from the Menu bar BBC2 25 May 10 10 EZANA EE u f 2 2 Schedule displays programmes for Record Press W to use aq Press the Red button for VIDEO Plus recording Press the Green button for Manual recording Press for My TV Press for Info Schedule Schedule Recording Schedule Qual Freq Dest Recording Schedule Qual Freq Dest 25 May Friends LP Tue HDDr SP Once HDD 29 May Men in Black Welcome to GUIDE Plus aunt One Button Recording 2 Press the GREEN Action button Manual m 5 i gt 3 Use the number buttons to enter a PlusCode programming number 3 Use the number and f buttons to enter the recording date then press the GREEN Action Please enter the VIDEO Plus programming number and press a4 ENTER to confirm ss SP Once HDD Welcome to GUIDE Plu
131. creen e You can see the available recording time for different The most recently loaded disc appears at the top of the recording modes by pressing the REC MODE list with previously loaded discs below it If there is a button 4 disc loaded it is shown in the list with a disc in icon 3 To exit the Disc History screen press HOME e The Disc History screen is also accessible from the MENU Home Menu Note 1 When a Video mode disc is finalized the information for that disc disappears from the Disc History 2 When you initialize a DVD RW disc or record a DVD R disc for the first time the recorder automatically names the disc DISC where is a number from 1 to 99 You can rename the disc if you want to see nput Disc Name on page 102 3 The following discs appear in the Disc History list in gray e Discs with no available recording space left e Locked discs e Discs that contain the maximum 99 titles and or 999 chapters e Discs recorded with a Line Input setting different to the recorder s current setting 4 When you change the display for the available recording time using the REC MODE button only the display is changed the actual recording mode is not affected En BRID The PhotoViewer En Chapter 11 The PhotoViewer From the PhotoViewer you can view JPEG photos and picture files stored on a CD ROM R RW on your TV Currently selected thumbnail PhotoViewer File Chair No 2 Bates 10 00 12 05 2003 01
132. cs Video CD D D ED A Super VCD 1 Press HOME MENU and select Disc Navigator from the on screen display WMA or MP3 files Alternatively for a CD Video CD Super VCD or WMA MP3 disc you can press DISC NAVIGATOR which takes GEM P3 files you straight to the Disc Navigator screen HOME MENU B DVD RECORDER 2S GUIDE Plus Disc Setup E Disc Navigator Ls Initial Setup 7 Copy W Video Audio Adjust Tj Easy Timer Play Mode DH Disc History ER PhotoViewer Note 1 Some DVD Video discs don t allow certain playback controls to operate at certain points in the disc This is not a malfunction 2 When playing Video CDs some functions such as making a program list are not available in PBC mode Stop the disc first then start play back by pressing gt gt I 3 It s not possible to use the Disc Navigator when playing a Video CD in PBC mode 2 Select what you want to play Use the cursor buttons to highlight items and ENTER to select Depending on the type of disc you have loaded the Disc Navigator looks slightly different The screen tor DVD discs shows the titles on the left and the chapters on the right Select a title or a chapter within a title Disc Navigator Title 1 10 4 Chapter 1 003 a DVD Title 01 Chapter 001 Title 02 Chapter 002 Title 03 Chapter 003 Title 04 Title 05 Title 06 Title 07 Title 08 v v The screen for CDs and Video CDs shows a list of tra
133. cs is not recommended for this product Pioneer disclaims all liability arising in connection with the use of shaped discs Cleaning the pickup lens The DVD recorder s lens should not become dirty in normal use but if for some reason it should malfunction due to dust or dirt consult your nearest Pioneer authorized service center Although lens cleaners for CD players are commercially available we do not recommend using them since some may damage the lens Condensation Condensation may form inside the recorder if it is brought into a warm room from outside or if the temperature of the room rises quickly Although the condensation won t damage the recorder it may temporarily impair its performance For this reason you should leave it to adjust to the warmer temperature for about an hour before switching on and using Hints on installation We want you to enjoy using this unit for years to come so please bear in mind the following points when choosing a Suitable location for it Do Y Usein a well ventilated room Y Place on a solid flat level surface such as a table shelf or stereo rack Don t x Usein a place exposed to high temperatures or humidity including near radiators and other heat generating appliances x Place on a window sill or other place where the recorder will be exposed to direct sunlight x Usein a dusty or damp environment or in a room where it will be exposed to excessive cigarette s
134. cting to a cable box satellite receiver or digital terrestrial receiver on page 16 for more on using the supplied G LINK cable m 5 i gt 04 Getting started En e Select External Receiver 1 2 or 3 then press ENTER If you have just one external receiver use External Receiver 1 You can add further setups in 2 and 3 if you need to After pressing ENTER e Select your reception method Terrestrial Cable or Satellite e Select your provider if applicable e Select the brand of your external receiver e Identify which input your external receiver is connected to After completing these steps the recorder will try and communicate with your external receiver and change the channel via the G LINK cable If the channel was successfully changed select Yes to confirm If the channel did not change select No The GUIDE Plus system will try other codes assigned to your external receiver If none of the codes changes the channel successfully tune your external receiver to the host channel for your country refer to step 5 below and leave iton overnight The recorder needs to be in standby It will wake up automatically and download new codes from the host channel The next day try this setup process again e Press GUIDE to display the GUIDE Plus setup menu e Press f cursor up to highlight the Menu bar then use gt cursor right to reach the Setup area and select Setup e Continue setting up from
135. d To make another back up copy please load a recordable disc Start Cancel e Select Start to make another back up copy or Cancel to finish If you want to make another back up copy return to step 6 above 10 If you don t need to keep the back up data on the HDD you can delete it now Select Yes to delete the data from the HDD select No to keep it you can delete it later if you want to 2 Disc Back up The backed up data is still on the HDD Erasing it will increase the free space available OK to Erase Yes No e f you decide to leave the back up data on the HDD you can make back up copies to recordable DVD discs anytime from the Disc Back up menu En Chapter 9 Editing Using the Disc Navigator you can edit video content on unfinalized Video mode and VR mode DVD discs as well as video content on the internal hard disk drive HDD The editing features available in the Disc Navigator depend on whether you are editing video on a Video mode or VR mode DVD or the HDD and whether you re editing Original content or a Play List With unfinalized Video mode DVDs there are a limited number of editing commands including naming locking and erasing titles Once a Video mode disc has been finalized further editing is not possible There are two ways to edit VR mode DVD RW discs You can directly edit the Original content of the disc or you can create and edit a Play List The Play List doesn t act
136. d However you can still use the One Touch Copy function see One Touch Copy DVD to HDD on page 73 e The recorder can only store one Copy List at a time The copy list will be erased if any of the titles on the DVD disc are erased or edited the disc tray is opened playback is switched between Original and Play PREV NEXT DISPLAY List the DVD disc is re initialized or finalized 1 Load the recordable DVD disc that contains the the recorder is reset to its factory settings see material you want to copy to the HDD Resetting the recorder on page 123 It may not be possible to copy from a DVD disc that was recorded on a different DVD recorder or PC 2 Press HOME MENU and select Copy HOME MENU LA DVD RECORDER 24 Disc Navigator Boy DQ Disc History e Note that the Copy option will not be available if the TV system of the recorder and the disc do not match See nout Line System on page 108 for how to change the TV system of the recorder K Note 1 See also Copyright on page 72 gt Copying and back up En 3 Select DVD gt HDD The DVD to HDD Copy screen appears i DVD to HDD Copy Ea taa HDD 4 gt Copy List Total 0h00m Use the f cursor up down buttons to highlight the command you want from the menu options on the left then press ENTER Most commands require you then to select a title or location from the thumbnail
137. d area within the picture Rotating the screen You can rotate the displayed picture during a slideshow so you can always view pictures the right way up whichever way they were taken e During a slideshow press ANGLE to rotate the displayed picture clockwise by 90 Press ANGLE repeatedly to continue rotating the picture in increments of 90 12 The Disc Setup menu En Chapter 12 The Disc Setup menu From the Disc Setup menu you can name discs lock the contents to prevent accidental recording and erasure initialize and finalize discs The Disc Setup menu is accessed from the Home menu e Press HOME MENU and select Disc Setup Basic settings Input Disc Name When you initialize a disc for recording the recorder automatically assigns a name for the disc ranging from DISC 1 to DISC 99 You can use the Input Disc Name function to change the default disc name to something more descriptive This name appears when you load the disc and when you display disc information on screen 1 Select Input Disc Name from the Basic options then Next Screen Gh Disc Setup A Basic Input Disc Name Next Screen Initialize Lock Disc Finalize Optimize HDD v 2 Inputa name for the disc up to 64 characters long for a VR mode disc or 32 for a Video mode disc G2 Input Disc Name a CAPS smal is pe ww eg Z D gt Mm Qaan v PK OO m AA 6 a nCcrz gt 0 C m lt
138. d to Gemstar TV Guide International Inc and or its related affiliates Legal Notice GEMSTAR TV GUIDE INTERNATIONAL INC AND OR ITS RELATED AFFILIATES ARE NOT IN ANY WAY LIABLE FOR THE ACCURACY OF THE PROGRAM SCHEDULE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE GUIDE PLUS SYSTEM IN NO EVENT SHALL GEMSTAR TV GUIDE INTERNATIONAL INC AND OR ITS RELATED AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY AMOUNTS REPRESENTING LOSS OF PROFITS LOSS OF BUSINESS OR INDIRECT SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROVISION OR USE OF ANY INFORMATION EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES RELATING TO THE GUIDE PLUS SYSTEM Note Using GUIDE Plus All the various features and areas of GUIDE Plus are color coded for ease of navigation All screens with the exception of some setup screens have the following common elements Action bar p 2 ga Grid displays programme listings by channel and time R r Press to use Press gt for Search Information Video d box Grid Search My TV Schedule Tue 25 10 00 ind oe Menu bar gt Welcome to SNe Fimbles Starship gt GUIDE Plus two_ Thrisa Friends gt ievil This Alias SX The gt Grid Panel ha Sally Jessy Raph Our b Go ri ads five Armageddon gt One Button Recording slone News at Ten The Secret it v B Football Caunet Emmerdale Homes Polic gt e Grid Displays TV listings information for the next seven days by channel and time e Menu bar Gives a
139. dio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback v 2 Select your country 2 Initial Setup A Basic Auto Auto Channel Setting Tuner Manu Video In Out Chan Country lt UK gt Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback v 3 Press ENTER to start downloading Downloading l Cancel After downloading has finished the channel mapping screen appears showing which channels have been assigned to which program numbers Manual CH Setting The channel skip function lets you skip channels where there is no station so that as you change channels using the CHANNEL buttons you only change to channels that have a station The manual tuning function allows you to manually tune to stations should you need to 1 Select Manual CH Setting then Next Screen DB Initial Setup A Basic Auto Channel Settin Next Screen Tuner Manual CH Setting Video In Out Channel Swapping Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback v Press ENTER to go to the country setting screen 2 Select your country D Initial Setup A Tuner Manue Video In Out Chany Country lt C UK gt Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback v 3 Press ENTER to go to the manual channel setting screen e Use the CHANNEL buttons or the number buttons to change channels From this screen there are eight parameters you can set e Skip If you want to skip the displayed channel bec
140. e The Initial Setup menu Remote Control Mode e Default setting Recorder1 You only need to set this if you are using more than one Pioneer DVD recorder in the same room 2 Initial Setup A Basic Clock Setting Recorder1 Tuner Input Line System Recorder2 Video In Out On Screen Display Recorder3 Audio In Front Panel Display Audio Out Power Save Language Remote Control Mode Recording AV Link Playback Setup Navigator v So that each remote control operates only its own recorder make this setting different for each recorder and remote in the room There are three different recorder IDs When set to Recorder2 or Recorder3 the remote control mode is shown in the front panel display After selecting a new recorder ID you have to confirm the change by selecting Yes or No use the cursor left right buttons then pressing ENTER Note that as soon as you change the recorder ID the remote becomes inoperative until you change the remote to the same ID To set the remote press and hold RETURN and a number button 1 2 or 3 until the indicator on the remote lights AV Link e Default setting This Recorder Only DB Initial Setup A Basic Clock Setting o This Recorder Only Tuner Input Line System Pass Through Video In Out On Screen Display Audio In Front Panel Display Audio Out Power Save Language Remote Control Mode Recording AV Link Playback Setup Navigator v This set
141. e One Button Recording e Ifyou only want to edit the recording quality frequency destination timing or group settings skip to step 6 below 2 Press the GREEN Action button Edit ae 3 Use the cursor and number buttons to edit the recording date start time end time and channel i Please enter the recording date and press the Green button a4 to confirm 25 May _ Grid Search MyTV_ Schedule Recording Schedule Qual Freq Dest 25 May Friends SP Once HDD Welcome to GUIDE Plus aune One Button Recording aep Use the cursor up down buttons or the number buttons to edit Press the GREEN Action button to go to continue or the RED Action button to go back 4 Enter a name for the scheduled recording Keyboard Please press gt w or 4 to highlight a character on aq the keyboard Select with ENTER Press the Green button to confirm Please enter your event s title name Friends Welcome to GUIDE Plus aunt One Button Recording T ia a awit Use the buttons followed by ENTER to select characters from the on screen keyboard After entering the whole name press the GREEN Action button to continue 5 Confirm the changes you ve made a You are about to exit Save will store your entries Confirm S with ENTER Press the Red button to go back to the keyboard Save SIC Welcome to GUIDE Plus ain
142. e recorded side scratches can still result in a disc becoming unusable Should a disc become marked with fingerprints dust etc clean using a soft dry cloth wiping the disc lightly trom the center to the outside edge as shown in the diagram below If necessary use a Cloth soaked in alcohol ora commercially available CD DVD cleaning kit to clean a disc more thoroughly Never use benzine thinner or other cleaning agents including products designed for cleaning vinyl records maintain performance Storing discs Although CDs and DVD discs are more durable than vinyl records you should still take care to handle and store discs correctly When you re not using a disc return it to its case and store upright Avoid leaving discs In excessively cold humid or hot environments including under direct sunlight Don t glue paper or put stickers onto the disc or use a pencil ball point pen or other sharp tipped writing instrument These could all damage the disc For more detailed care information see the instructions that come with discs Do not load more than one disc into the recorder TH Additional information En Damaged discs Discs spin at high speed inside the recorder If you can see that a disc is cracked chipped warped or otherwise damaged don t risk using it you could end up damaging the recorder This recorder is designed for use with conventional fully circular discs only Use of shaped dis
143. e in exactly the same positions as the original when recording on to a Video mode disc e You can t use the One Touch Copy function to copy a title if any part of the title is copy once protected e A title that contains mixed aspect ratios can t be copied to a Video mode disc Use a VR mode DVD RW disc for this type of material e Low resolution SLP EP or LP or MN1 18 widescreen material can t be copied to a Video mode disc Use a VR mode DVD RW disc for this type of material Copying and back up One Touch Copy DVD to HDD One Touch Copy from DVD to HDD copies a single title to the HDD in real time You can copy the currently playing title or the currently selected title in the Disc Navigator When you start copying playback jumps back to the start of the title then continues through to the end of the title when recording automatically stops The copy will be made in the recording mode FINE SP etc that is currently set ONE TOUCH COPY Copying from HDD to DVD e During DVD playback press ONE TOUCH COPY to copy the current title to HDD Playback starts again from the beginning of the current title The front panel display and an on screen display indicate that the title is being copied m 5 i gt Canceling One Touch Copy You can cancel a One Touch Copy once it s started However the space available for recording does not return to the pre copy figure e Press and hold ONE TOUCH COPY for mor
144. e in the previous step you can still stop the recording anytime by pressing O STOP REC Recording e Recording will stop automatically when there is no more space on the HDD DVD or after eight hours of HDD recording whichever is sooner F tip e During recording you can turn on off the SCART loop through function During recording press the front panel button to switch to SCART THRU loop through on or to switch to SCART NORM loop though off Note that you can t switch loop through on if recording from the AV2 INPUT 1 DECODER or AV1 RGB TV connectors Also loop through is automatically reset to off after recording has finished Direct recording from TV If you connected this recorder to your TV using a SCART cable and your TV supports Direct Recording you can record whatever is currently being shown on the IV without having to worry about what channel preset the recorder is on Check the instructions that came with your TV if you re not sure whether your TV supports this feature PAUSE REC STOPREC RECMODE 200G TV DIRECT REC m 1 If necessary load a recordable disc 2 Set the picture quality recording time using the REC MODE button 3 Press TV DIRECT REC to start recording If you want to set a recording time press the REC button repeatedly The recording time increases in 30 minute increments up to a maximum of six hours You can see the recording time on screen and in the front panel d
145. e oe AV connector 2 Input 1 RCA jack Input 2 3 WSO OUMU Gace 420 e EEEE hase fale bee oo AV1 Output OUUTE ose ate cane eee ee Howey Soe a 1 Vp p 75 Q WACK S aid y fos amp amp arm a AV connector 1 AV1 RCA jack Output S Video INDUT kee ee Input 1 3 rear 2 front Y luminance Inputlevel 000 1 Vp p 75 Q C colour Input level 0 00 300 mVp p 75 Q COCK Sic bak bees Kacey Se pee ee toe AV connector 2 Input 1 4 pin mini DIN Input 2 3 S Video OUTPUT een AV1 Output Y luminance Output level 00 1 Vp p 75 Q C colour Output level 0 0000 300 mVp p 75 Q JACKS lt lt dna fon eae ve eee Bee AV connector 1 AV1 4 pin mini DIN Output Component video output OULBUTTEVEl co cane dow a dee woes Y 1 0 Vp p 75 Q Pp Pr 0 7 Vp p 75 Q oe wicery a8 te Ee A MO ee He RCA jacks RGB input Input level oo aa 0 7 Vp p 75Q m 5 i gt TH Additional information U E E AV connector 2 Input 1 Supplied accessories RGB output Ramote Conio siia ia pe R N E N A 1 Output level eee reer eee 0 7 Vp p 75 AA R6P dry cell batteries 0 aaa 2 el aaa AV connector 1 AV1 Audio Video cable red white yellow oaaae 1 AUGO INPUT esana a Input 1 3 rear 2 front L R RF antenna cable LLL 1 Input level UN Cab lors aaa iroandie ba a a A ba eaten ds 1 UO GO INPUT scar want ean Raine eG eee Gre 2V rms Powercable 0 cc occ 1 Input impedance
146. e recorder See nout Line System on page 108 for how to change the recorder s setting m 5 i gt 13 The Video Audio Adjust menu En Chapter 13 The Video Audio Adjust menu Using the Video Audio Adjust menu you can set up the picture quality for the built in tuner and external inputs for disc playback and for recording Setting the picture quality for TV and external inputs Picture Creation lets you choose a set of picture quality settings for the built in TV tuner and for each external input There are several preset settings that suit various sources or you can create up to three of your own sets Choosing a preset 1 With the recorder stopped press HOME MENU and select Video Audio Adjust HOME MENU DVD RECORDER GUIDE Plus B Disc Setup Ls Initial Setup 2 Copy Video Audio Adjust EB PhotoViewer CY Disc History 2 Select Video Adjust 3 Use the cursor left right buttons to change the preset Pr5 4 Tuner gt Detailed Settings e Use the INPUT SELECT button to switch between the built in TV tuner and the external inputs e Use the CHANNEL buttons to change the channel of the built in TV tuner There are six presets available e Tuner suitable for general TV broadcasts e VCR suitable for video cassettes e LDP suitable for Laserdiscs e Memory user preset 1 e Memory2 user preset 2 e Memory3 user pr
147. e reduction NR applied to the C colour component Detail Adjusts how sharp edges appear e White AGC Turn on for automatic white level adjustment The Video Audio Adjust menu e White Level Adjusts the intensity of white e Black Level Adjusts the intensity of black e Black Setup Corrects the standard reference black level NTSC video only e Gamma Correction Adjusts the brightness of darker images e Hue Adjusts overall balance between red and green e Chroma Level Adjusts how rich the colours appear 4 Use the cursor left right buttons to adjust the currently selected picture quality setting 5 When you have all the settings as you want them press HOME MENU to exit You can now use the preset for any other input or the built in TV tuner tip e To see more of the picture as you adjust different settings press ENTER after selecting the setting you want to adjust Setting the picture quality for disc playback This setting determines how the picture will look when playing discs Choosing a preset 1 With a disc playing or paused press HOME MENU and select Video Audio Adjust 2 Select Video Adjust 3 Use the cursor left right buttons to change the setting 4 TV CRT gt Detailed Settings There are six presets available e TV CRT suitable for standard cathode ray tube TVs e PDP suitable for plasma display screen
148. e same TV system PAL NTSC etc as the disc has already been recorded in All recordings on a disc must be in the same TV system When recording to the HDD it is also necessary to set the Input Line System setting to match what you want to record page 108 e The power may have failed during recording Timer program doesn t record suc When setting the recording channel make sure you set the recorder s built in TV cessfully tuner not the TV s built in tuner e When recording to a Video mode disc programs that are copy once protected cannot be recorded Use a VR mode formatted disc for copy once material page 61 e Two timer programs may have overlapped in which case only the earlier one will record completely e The power may have failed during recording After briefly unplugging or aftera A backup battery inside the recorder keeps the clock and other settings from power failure the front panel dis being reset when there is no power to the recorder This battery should last play shows approximately five years from factory shipping Reset the clock and other recorder settings to use the recorder again To have the battery replaced contact your dealer or a Pioneer Service Center Additional information GB Problem Remedy Front panel display shows LOCK e The Child Lock is on turn off in order to use the recorder page 66 when a button is pressed Can t use One Touch Copy HDD to e Make sure that th
149. e than a second Copying is canceled and the video already copied is erased Title that cannot be added to Copy List Currently selected HDD title HDD to DVD Copy Y x Gro in3 HDD Groups Titles in the selected HDD Group 16 00 Sun 8 11 Pr5 LP Copy List Recording Time 0h32m55s Information for the selected title menu options Erase Ttl Name Copy List titles Divide Combine _ S e e a e Copy List From the HDD to DVD Copy screen you can build up a Copy List of titles to copy to DVD From this screen you can also edit chapters so that the titles appear as you want them on your finished DVD Note 1 See also Copyright on page 72 2 e The maximum title length for copying is six hours e Title name and chapter markers are also copied except when copying from a finalized Video mode disc e Thumbnail picture markers Navimark and chapter markers for the Disc Navigator are copied but their position in the copy may be slightly changed from the original e If some part of the title being copied is copy protected copying will start but the copy protected portions will not be copied 3 See also Copyright on page 72 gt Copying and back up En A Important The recorder can only store one Copy List at a time The Copy List is erased if the Frame Accurate setting is changed in the Initial Settings menu see Frame Accurate on page 118 or if the Input Line System setting is changed see nput
150. e title is added at the end 3 Repeat step 2 to add more titles to the Copy List or press RETURN to go back to the Copy List menu options Erase Use this command to erase individual titles from the Copy List 1 Select Erase from the Copy List menu options 2 Usethe cursor left right buttons to select a title from the Copy List to erase then press ENTER DVD to HDD Copy Play List v EA 15 00 Wed 7 10 Pr5 LP 1 3 A Recording Time 0h32m55s 3 ey aes Add HDD y cm Preview z Erase All Copy List v Note 3 Select Yes to confirm that you want to erase the title or No to cancel 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to erase more titles from the Copy List or press RETURN to go back to the Copy List menu options Move Use this command to change the order of titles currently in the Copy List 1 Select Move from the Copy List menu options 2 Use the cursor left right buttons to select a title from the Copy List to move then press ENTER i DVD to HDD Copy i Laca 15 00 Ronee a _ 7 10 Pr5 LP Ronee nsamsss _ Time 0h32m55s Erase All Copy List Total 1h30m Cen e v 3 Usethe cursor left right buttons to select the insertion point for the title then press ENTER DVD to HDD Copy Preview Erase All er v Title to move Copy List insertion point The thumbnails in the Copy List are updated to reflect the new orde
151. ead and recording will start immediately HDD and DVD RW VR Mode only A chapter marker is inserted every time there is a break in the timecode on the DV tape This happens when the recording Is stopped or paused then restarted for example While recording you cannot exit the DV recording screen using the HOME MENU or RETURN button See also DV related messages on page 129 if you encounter an error while using the DV IN OUT jack WV Frequently Asked Questions e can t get my DV camcorder to work with the recorder Check that the DV cable is properly connected Also make sure that what you re trying to record is not cCopy protected If it still doesn t work try switching off the camcorder then switch back on e here s a picture but no sound Try switching the DV Input setting see DV nput on page 114 between Stereo 1 and Stereo 2 Recording from the DV output L HDD You can record non copy protected material from the hard disk drive or from a DVD to a camcorder connected to the DV IN OUT jack 1 Connect the camcorder to the DV IN OUT jack of this recorder 2 Select the HDD or DVD for playback 3 Find the place you want to start recording from 4 Start recording on the camcorder 5 Play the source material Playing your recordings on other DVD players Most regular DVD players can play finalized discs recorded in Video mode A number of players including many Pioneer models can also play DVD RW discs re
152. ease the scanning speed There are two scan speeds the Current scan speed is shown on screen Press to skip to previous next track or folder for WMA MP3 disc You can also use the front panel buttons to do this during playback During playback enter a track number then press ENTER to skip directly to that track Press CLEAR to clear a number entry and start again Playing Video CD Super VCDs The table below shows the basic playback controls for Video CD Super VCDs Some discs feature Playback Control PBC for short menus These discs show PBC in the display when you load them and display a menu on screen from where you can select what to watch PLAY STOP PAUSE REVSCAN FWD SCAN PREV NEXT BACK CM SKIP STEP SLOW RETURN Press to start playback Video CD only If RESUME is displayed on screen playback starts from the place last stopped Press to stop playback Video CD only You can resume playback from the same point by pressing gt PLAY Press ll STOP again to cancel the resume function Pauses playback or restarts playback when paused Press to start scanning Press repeatedly to increase the scanning speed Press to skip to previous next track You can also use the front panel buttons to do this during playback When a PBC menu is displayed press to display the previous next page During playback enter a track number then press ENTER to skip directly to
153. ecord up to 433 hours of video in SLP mode on the internal 250GB gigabyte hard disk HDD The maximum continuous recording time is eight hours 5 Note that all recording times both here and those shown by the recorder are only approximate This is because of the way that the video is recorded you may get slightly more or slightly less depending on what you re recording Recording e SLP Super Long Play Use when maximum recording time is most important SLP gives you around eight hours of recording time on a DVD disc In addition to these settings you can access 32 different recording quality time settings when manual recording mode is on see Manual Recording on page 117 giving you precise control over the recording When setting a timer recording there is a further option AUTO which maximizes the recording quality for the space available on the disc loaded at the time of recording If recording to the HDD the recording quality is maximized to fit on to a DVD disc The maximum continous recording time is eight hours one title for both DVD and HDD recording For a non timer recording recording will automatically stop after eight hours In all except the FINE MN32 modes sound is recorded in two channel Dolby Digital format When set to FINE MIN32 sound is recorded in high quality uncompressed Linear PCM format If the broadcast audio is bilingual and you are recording in Video mode or to the HDD or
154. ected device is compatible with this setting 12 bit output provides very fine gradations of colour e Component Outputs 8 bit component video format This is the standard setting for HDMI compatible devices Audio Output If the monitor or device you have connected using HDMI is not compatible with compressed multi channel formats you should set this to PCM otherwise set to Auto e PCM All audio signals are downmixed to linear PCM 2 channel e Auto Dolby Digital DIS and MPEG sources are processed according to how they were encoded and linear PCM sources are heard with no processing Bilingual Setting e On Main and sub audio channels are switchable using the AUDIO button or the Bilingual Recording setting see Bilingual Recording on page 114 e Off Audio channels are output from the front left and right speakers Main and sub channels are not switchable 1 If the connected HDMI device is not compatible with this setting the setting automatically reverts to Component 2 When connected to an HDCP compatible DVI device it is not possible to make any Audio Output settings since audio is not output to DVI devices 3 This can only be set when Audio Output is set to Auto m 5 i gt 14 The Initial Setup menu About HDMI Output default settings If you disconnect an HDMI compatible device then reconnect to the same device the settings you make in the HDMI Output screen are maintained I
155. ected device s video input is set correctly for this unit The cable you re using is fully HDMI compliant Using a non standard cable may result in no picture being output Don t use several HDMI cables connected together Use a single cable to connect devices together e When you connect a DVI compatible device make sure of the following The connected device s video input is set correctly for this unit The DVI terminal on the connected device is HDCP compatible The connected device is compatible with 480 x 720 NTSC and or 576 x 480 PAL progressive video input e f the recorder s internal HDD is damaged or broken there will be no HDMI output e Not all HDCP compatible DVI devices will work with this recorder There s no sound from the con e There is no sound when using a DVI terminal nected HDMI or DVI device e Some HDMI compatible devices do not output sound check with the manual that came with the connected device Note e f the unit does not operate normally due to external effects such as static electricity disconnect the power plug from the outlet and insert again to return to normal operating conditions TH Additional information En Frequently asked questions In this section you can find answers to frequently asked questions on how to use your DVD recorder and what it can do How do I make a high quality copy We recommend that you use the high speed copy mode Although the copy is fast
156. elect a group Press cursor down to get back to the HDD title thumbnail area IVD Copy HDD to DVD Copy List menu options Use the following commands when making an HDD to DVD Copy List Add Add titles from the HDD to the Copy List see page 75 Erase Erase individual titles from the Copy List see page 76 Title Name Ttl Name Name or rename a title in the Copy List see page 76 Divide Divide a title in the Copy List into two see page 76 Combine Combine two adjacent titles in the Copy List into one see page 77 Preview Check the content of atitle in the Copy List see page 77 Move Change the order of titles in the Copy List see page 77 Erase All Erase the Copy List see page 78 Chapter Edit Chpt Edit Edit chapters within a Copy List title See page 78 e Erase Erase a chapter Divide Divide a chapter into two Combine Combine two chapters into one Move Change the chapter order Preview Check the chapter content Copying and back up e Erase Section Erase Sec Erase a section of a title in the Copy List see page 80 e Confirm List Conf List Confirm the Copy List and go to the recording settings screen see Recording the Copy List below Recording the Copy List After putting together your Copy List you re ready to record it 1 Select Conf List to display the Copy List setting
157. elect on page 113 is set to NICAM and you are watching a NICAM broadcast you can switch between NICAM and Regular non NICAM audio a e Press TV DVD to switch between TV mode and DVD mode Note 1 Channel presets are numbered 1 99 2 When recording to the HDD or in Video mode or in VR mode using the FINE MN32 setting only one channel of a bilingual broadcast is re corded In this case decide which language you want to record before recording by setting the Bilingual Recording setting see Bilingual Re cording on page 114 En 04 Getting started En 5 Press gt PLAY to start playback Basic plavback e f you re playing a DVD Video or Video CD a disc p ay menu may appear when you start playback Use the Tt 4 cursor buttons and ENTER to navigate DVD disc menus and the number buttons and ENTER for Video CD menus e When playing video from the HDD playback will automatically stop after the end of a title is reached A Important e See the following sections for more details on playing Throughout this manual the term DVD means specitic kinds of discs playback only DVD Video discs and DVD R RW If a function is specific to a particular kind of DVD disc it This section shows you how to use your recorder for playback of discs DVD CD etc and for playback of video trom the HDD More playback features such as repeat and program play are covered in the next chapter 6 To stop playback press W
158. ell you which subtitle languages are available You can switch subtitle language during playback Check the disc packaging for details of the subtitle options To set subtitle preferences see Subtitle Language on page 116 SUBTITLE CLEAR 1 Press SUBTITLE repeatedly to select a subtitle option The current subtitle language is shown on screen and in the front panel display Subtitle 1 2 English The toucan lives in tropical forests 2 To switch off subtitles press SUBTITLE then CLEAR Note Switching DVD soundtracks When playing a DVD disc recorded with two or more soundtracks often in different languages you can switch the soundtrack during playback Check the disc packaging for details of the soundtrack options To set audio language preferences see Audio Language on page 115 AUDIO e Press AUDIO repeatedly to select an audio soundtrack e AIP Dolby Digital 2 0CH Switching audio channels au cmo For VR mode content recorded with bilingual audio you can switch between left L channel right R channel or both L R When playing Video CDs and audio CDs you can switch between stereo just the left channel or just the right channel 1 Some discs only allow you to change subtitle language from the disc menu Press TOP MENU to access 2 The sound may drop out for a few seconds when switching soundtracks e Some discs only allow you to change audio language from the disc menu Pre
159. els Vertical resolution 120 3840 pixels Progressive JPEG compatible No File extensions jpg jpeg jif jfif must be used for the recorder to recognize JPEG files do not use for other Tile types e File structure The recorder can load up to 99 folders 999 files at one time if there are more files folders that this on the disc then more can be reloaded PC created disc compatibility Discs recorded using a personal computer may not be playable in this unit due to the setting of the application software used to create the disc In these particular instances check with the software publisher for more detailed information Discs recorded in packet write mode UDF format are not compatible with this recorder Check the DVD R RW or CD R RW software disc boxes for additional compatibility information g Frequently asked questions e What s the difference between DVD R and DVD RW The most important difference between DVD R and DVD RW is that DVD R is a record once medium while DVD RW is a re recordable erasable medium You can re record erase a DVD RW disc approximately 1 000 times For more information see About DVD recording on page 60 What s VR mode VR Video Recording mode is a special mode designed for home DVD recording It allows flexible editing of recorded material compared to Video mode On the other hand Video mode discs are more compatible with other DVD players Can play my record
160. er or other component Always connect each component directly to your TV or AV amplifier receiver SCART AV CONNECTOR ANTENNA IN SCART AV CONNECTOR ai ae Digital Terrestrial receiver Satellite dish antenna cable TV wall outlet 1 Connect RF antenna cables as shown This enables you to watch and record IV channels 2 Use a SCART cable not supplied to connect the AV1 RGB TV AV connector to a SCART AV connector on your TV This enables you to watch discs 3 Use another SCART cable to connect the AV2 INPUT 1 DECODER AV connector to a SCART AV connector on your cable box satellite digital terrestrial receiver This enables you to record scrambled TV channels Note 4 Plug the supplied G LINK cable to the G LINK jack This enables you to control the tuner in the external receiver through GUIDE Plus Position the IR transmitter end of the G LINK cable so that the IR receiver on your cable satellite digital terrestrial receiver will pick up the control signals see diagram See the manual that came with your cable satellite digital terrestrial receiver if you re not sure where the IR receiver is on the front panel Alternatively experiment with the remote control operating it from very close range until you find the place where the receiver responds F tip e This recorder has a through function which allows
161. er than real time there is no loss of picture or sound quality compared to the original If there is not enough space on the disc to make a copy at the same picture quality as the original we recommend that you change the recording mode to Optimized This will fit the recording on to the available space on the disc See also Copying and back up on page 71 Can make a DVD copy of say a movie that has had the commercials edited out Yes There are two ways to do this You can either edit the video on the HDD then copy the edited version to DVD or you can assemble a Copy List that cuts out the commercials then record that to DVD See also Copying and back up on page 71 have a two hour recording on the HDD made in FINE mode Can copy this to DVD in high speed mode A standard DVD disc can hold only an hour of FINE mode material so you wouldn t be able to make a high speed copy of this on to one disc You could divide up the recording on the HDD into two titles of an hour each and copy these to two DVDs using high speed copy Alternatively you could copy the material in SP or Optimized so as to fit it all on to one disc note that there will be some loss in picture quality if you do this See also Copying and back up on page 71 Can record a bilingual broadcast to the HDD keeping both audio channels and switch them on playback No Only the audio channel set in the Bilingual Recording setting in the In
162. ere is a recordable DVD loaded with some free space for DVD recording and fewer than 99 titles already on the disc Also make sure that for a Video mode disc the disc isn t finalized e f the title currently playing contains material that is copy once protected One Touch Copy will not work e One Touch Copy doesn t work if the recorder is already recording to DVD m 5 Vv gt Can t use One Touch Copy DVD to e Make sure that there is space available on the HDD and that there are fewer than HDD 999 titles on the HDD e One Touch Copy doesn t work if the recorder is already recording to the HDD The picture freezes and the front e Press the front panel STANDBY ON button to switch the power off then panel and remote control buttons switch back on and restart playback If the power fails to switch off press and hold stop working STANDBY ON for 10 seconds until the power switches off HDMI Problem Remedy The connected HDMI or DVI device Try disconnecting then reconnecting the HDMI cable while the power of both does not display any picture and components is on the front panel HDMI indicator does e Try switching the power of the HDMI DVI device off then back on not light e Try switching off the HDMI DVI device and this recorder Next switch on the HDMI DVI device and leave it for around 30 seconds then switch on this recorder e When you connect an HDMI compatible device make sure of the following The conn
163. eset 3 You can press DISPLAY to see the individual settings for the current preset 4 Press ENTER to select the preset Creating your own set There are three user presets in which you can save your own set of picture quality settings 1 Follow Choosing a preset above and select one of the user presets Memory 1 2 or 3 2 Select Detailed Settings i Memory1 J Detailed Settings 3 Use the f cursor up down buttons to select the picture quality setting you want to adjust g Memory1 Fast m Slow PureCinema Auto Prog Motion Subtitle Adjust On 3 D Y C Motion Still off HHH Max off HHH Max Detail off H Max v You can adjust the following settings e Prog Motion Adjusts the motion and still picture quality when video output is set to progressive e PureCinema This setting optimizes the picture for film material when the video output is set to progressive scan Usually this is best left set to Auto try switching to Off if the picture appears unnatural e Subtitle Adjust When the video output is set to progressive scan It s possible that the subtitles in some movies will disappear unnaturally In this case select the On setting e 3 D Y C Adjusts the brightness colour separation NTSC video only e YNR Adjusts the amount of noise reduction NR applied to the Y brightness component e CNR Adjusts the amount of nois
164. ess to the inside of the product Refer all servicing to qualified personnel The following caution label appears on your unit Location inside of the unit CAUTION CLASS 3B VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN AVOID EXPOSURE TO THE BEAM ATTENTION RADIATIONS LASER VISIBLES ET INVISIBLES DE CLASSE 3B QUAND OUVERT EVITEZ TOUT EXPOSITION AU FA ASSE 3B SYNLIG 0G USYNLIG LASERSTRALIN DG UDS ETTELSE FOR STR LING B SYNL NLIG LASERSTRALNING NAR DENNA PPNAD UNDVIK ATT UTS TTA DIG FOR STRALEN GEOFFNETER ABDECKUNG IST SICHTBARE UND UNSICHTB ERSTRAHLUNG DER KLASSE 3B IM GERATEINNEREN RHANDEN AUGEN NICHT DEM LASERSTRAHL AUSSETZEN PRECAUCI N ere SE ABRE HAY RADIACION LASER D DE CLASE 3B VISIBLE E INVISIBLE EVITE LA EXPOSICION A LOS RAYOS LASER VARDI AVATTAESSA OLET ALTTIINA NAKYVALLE JA NAKYMATTOMALLE LUOKAN 3B LASERSATEILYLLE ALA KATSO SATEESEEN i This product complies with the Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC amended by 93 68 EEC EMC Directives 89 336 EEC amended by 92 31 EEC and 93 68 EEC D3 4 2 1 9a_En maintenance servicing instructions in the INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED literature accompanying the appliance SERVICE PERSONNEL D3 4 2 1 1_En A WARNING Before plugging in for the first time read the following section caref
165. eyboard Select with ENTER Press the Green button to exit Please enter your personal search keyword Welcome to GUIDE Plus aunt One Button Recording LE Camy T el Use the f buttons followed by ENTER to select characters from the on screen keyboard When you re finished press the GREEN Action button to exit and continue 6 Press ENTER to activate your profile e You can add up to 16 keywords by repeating step 5 e You can edit or delete your profile using the RED and GREEN Action buttons Using the GUIDE Plus electronic program guide 05 The Schedule Area The Schedule Area is where you can set see edit and delete scheduled timer recordings See also Setting a timer recording on page 63 for further timer recording features From the Schedule Area you can e Edit or delete a One Button Recording e Set edit or delete a VIDEO Plus recording e Set edit or delete a manual recording Editing a scheduled recording You can edit any parameter in a scheduled recording or delete it if you no longer require it 1 Highlight the left tile of a scheduled recording Friends The one with the Male Nanny A jealous Ross 4 mocks Rachel s choice of an over sensitive male nanny for Emma while Phoebe must choose between two unexpected BBC2 P02 10 30 60Min fl Grid MyTV Schedule Recording Schedule Qual Freq Dest 25 May Friends SP Once HDD Welcome to GUIDE Plus aun
166. f and a suitable plug fitted The cut off plug should be disposed of and must not be inserted into any 13 amp socket as this can result in electric shock The plug or adaptor or the distribution panel should be provided with 5 A fuse As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this appliance may not correspond with coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug proceed as follows The wire which is coloured blue must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured black The wire which is coloured brown must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter L or coloured red Do not connect either wire to the earth terminal of a three pin plug NOTE After replacing or changing a fuse the fuse cover in the plug must be replaced with a fuse cover which corresponds to the colour of the insert in the base of the plug or the word that is embossed on the base of the plug and the appliance must not be used without a fuse cover If lost replacement fuse covers can be obtained from your dealer Only 5A fuses approved by B S I or A S T A to B S 1362 should be used D3 4 2 1 2 2_En En Contents 01 Before you start FOOUUTCS 255406020080 844 4 she hae S RM eS woes 6 WTA WT UO Oe ar Guts a Ste aoe ae wd Sod dean we wee 8 Putting the batteries in the remote control 8 WISIN Ne remote CONTI ON arare ssania ea ates 8 Disc content format playback compatibilit
167. f you connect a different device the following settings are automatically set HDMI compatible device e Aspect Progressive Full e Colour Component 12 bit However if the connected device is not compatible with 12 bit component colour format then the setting will be Component e Audio Output Auto However if the connected device is compatible only with PCM audio then the setting will be PCM e Bilingual Setting If Audio Output is set to Auto then this is set to On HDCP compatible DVI device e Aspect Progressive Full e Colour RGB Full Range En Additional information 15 Chapter 15 Additional information Resetting the recorder If you need to you can reset the recorder to all its factory settings 1 Make sure that the recorder is on 2 Press and hold E STOP and press STANDBY ON The recorder turns off with all settings reset Setting up the remote to control your TV You can use the supplied remote to control your TV To be able to use this feature you first have to program the remote with a maker code from the table below 1 Press and hold down the CLEAR button then enter the maker code for your TV The LED indicator on the remote controls lights See the table below for the list of maker codes If there is more than one code given for your make input the first one in the list e f the maker s name of your TV doesn t appear in the table below you will not
168. from two or more angles check the disc box for details it should be marked with a QQ icon if it contains multi angle scenes When a multi angle scene is playing the same icon appears on screen to let you know that other angles are available this can be switched off if you prefer see Angle Indicator on page 121 ANGLE e To switch the camera angle press ANGLE The angle number is displayed on screen You can also change the angle trom some DVD Video disc menus Press TOP MENU to access e f the disc was paused playback starts again with the new angle e Repeat play is canceled if you change the angle while repeat playback is active m 5 i gt En Chapter 7 Recording About DVD recording This recorder can record on both DVD R and DVD RW media The main difference between the two is that DVD R discs can only be recorded once while DVD RW can be recorded erased and re recorded many times A further difference between the two disc types is that only DVD RW can be initialized for VR mode recording which offers much more comprehensive editing functions compared to Video mode recording The big advantage however of Video mode is its compatibility with standard DVD players most of which will not play VR mode DVD RW discs While DVD R discs can only be recorded using the Video mode you can initialize a DVD RW disc for Video or VR mode recordings Once initialized any previous content is er
169. g A V cables Always connect it directly to your TV 4 Connect the AV amplifier receiver s video output to a video input on your TV En Connecting up Connecting using HDMI If you have a HDMI or DVI equipped monitor or display you can connect it to this recorder using an HDMI cable not supplied The HDMI connector outputs uncompressed digital video as well as almost every kind of digital audio 1 Use an HDMI cable to connect the HDMI OUT connector on this recorder to an HDMI connector on an HDMI compatible monitor e The arrow on the cable connector body should be face up for correct alignment with the connector on the recorder When connected to an HDMI component HDMI 576P PAL or HDMI 480P NTSC is shown in the front panel display and the HDMI indicator lights HDMI setup is generally automatic There are however settings you can change if you need to See HDMI Output on page 121 for more information Note that the HDMI settings remain in effect until you change them or connect a new HDMI component Note A Important e An HDMI connection can only be made with DVI equipped components compatible with both DVI and High bandwidth Digital Content Protection HDCP If you choose to connect to a DVI connector you wil need a DVI to HDMI adaptor cable A DVI to HDCP connection however does not support audio
170. g and holding the W button front panel and then pressing DISC NAVIGATOR Can t play a disc e Check that the disc is nota DVD RAM DVD R RW or other incompatible format disc page 9 e Take out the disc and clean it page 133 e Check that the disc is loaded properly aligned in disc tray and label side up e There may be condensation in the recorder Leave the recorder for an hour or so for the condensation to evaporate e During HDD recording you can t play discs that are recorded with a Line System different to the current recorder setting All settings are reset e If the recorder is unplugged or there is a power failure while the recorder is on all the settings will be lost e Make sure that you switch the recorder into standby before unplugging the power cord Screen goes blank and controls are Press Mi STOP then restart playback inoperative Remote control does not work e If you connected this recorder to another Pioneer product using the CONTROL IN jack point the remote control at the other component to use page 12 e Set the remote control to the same ID number as the recorder page 109 When the batteries run down the remote mode is automatically reset to Recorder 1 e Use the remote within its operating range page 8 e Replace the batteries page 8 No sound or sound is distorted e Make sure that the amp receiver or TV is set to the correct input and the volume turned up e There is no sound when the picture is
171. he clock the internal TV tuner and the video and audio Output settings If you re using the recorder for the first time we strongly recommend you use the Setup Navigator before starting to use the recorder STANDBY ON a Pioneer DVD RECORDER 1 Switch on your TV and set the video input to this recorder 2 Press the STANDBY ON button on the remote control or the front panel to switch on When you switch on for the first time your TV should display the Setup Navigator screen If the Setup Navigator doesn t appear you can also access it from the Initial Setup menu see page 109 e f this recorder is connected to a compatible TV using a fully wired 21 pin SCART cable the recorder will take a few seconds to download country TV screen size and language information Check the manual that came with your TV for compatibility information 3 Usethe f cursor up down buttons to choose a language then press ENTER DB Initial Setup A Basic Cloch Language Tuner Video In Out _ English j Audio In fran ais Audio Out Deutsch Language Italiano Recording Espa ol Playback Setup v 4 Press ENTER to start setting up using the Setup Navigator D Initial Setup A a aa Complete this setup before you Ridcain oun start using your recorder Audio In Stat AO oo tart Audio Out c l Language aS he Recording Please use the Initial Setup if you Playback Setup want to make more detailed settings v
172. he language and country settings are already set to whatever you selected in the Setup Navigator 2 Use the t cursor up down buttons to select Postal Code Caut BBC2 25 May 10 10 p Hom tga Press 4 or w to select Then press ENTER to confirm Setup Choose item to set up Language English Country United Kingdom Welcome to Postal Code None GUIDE Plus External Receiver 1 None ine External Receiver 2 None External Receiver 3 None One Button Recording aunt 3 Use the number and cursor buttons to enter your postal code Caunet BBC2 25 May 10 10 z Press 4 or w to select or to move Then press 3 ENTER to confirm Postal Code Please enter your code Welcome to GUIDE Plus act One Button Recording act The system uses your postal code to identify which TV listings data is correct for the area in which you live so it is important that you enter it correctly 4 If you are using an external receiver such as a satellite receiver with the supplied G LINK cable complete this step otherwise jump to step 5 below aut BBC2 25 May 10 10 p Hom tga Press 4 or w to select Then press ENTER to confirm Setup Choose item to set up Language English Country United Kingdom Welcome to Postal Code SW109AD GUIDE Plus External Receiver 1 None ine External Receiver 2 None External Receiver 3 None One Button Recording aunt e See Conne
173. he previous next day One Button Record The RED Action button Record is visible anytime you can highlight a program title including from the Grid after a search or in your recommendations in the My TV area The program name date channel recording start and end times are all set automatically when you set a timer recording using One Button Record You can edit the settings if you want to anytime before the recording is due to start see Editing a scheduled recording on page 45 1 Use the t buttons to highlight a program title aunt BBC2 25 May 10 10 Friends The one with the Male Nanny A jealous Ross Sa mocks Rachel s choice of an over sensitive male nanny for Emma while Phoebe must choose between two unexpected BBC2 P02 10 30 60Min fl Search Schedule i gt ONE Fimbles Starship gt Thrisa itv This Alias The gt Welcome to GUIDE Plus act Sally Jessy Raph Our b Go five Armageddon gt sxv one News at Ten The Secret it v F Football Emmerdale Homes Polic gt One Button Recording aunt 2 Press the RED Action button Record The program is now set for recording When the program is due to start the recorder will switch to the correct channel and start recording e You can review the shows you have set to record in the Schedule Area see also The Schedule Area on page 45 1 Please note th
174. he subtitles on a DVD disc any time during playback using the SUBTITLE button This does not affect this setting Auto Language e Default setting On Initial Setup A Basic OSD Language o On Tuner Audio Language off Video In Out Subtitle Language Audio In Auto Language Audio Out DVD Menu Language Language Subtitle Display Recording Playback v Note When set to On the recorder selects the default audio language on a DVD disc French dialog for a French movie for example and displays subtitles in your preferred subtitle language only if that is set to something different In other words movies in your native language won t have any subtitles while foreign language movies will be shown with subtitles Set to Off to have the recorder play discs strictly according to your Audio Language and Subtitle Language settings For Auto Language to work the Audio Language and Subtitle Language settings must be the same see Audio Language on page 115 and Subtitle Language above tip e You can still switch audio and subtitle languages on playback using the AUDIO and SUBTITLE buttons DVD Menu Language e Default setting w Subtitle Language DB Initial Setup Basic OSD Language o w Subtitle Language Tuner Audio Language English Video In Out Subtitle Language French Audio In Auto Language German Audio Out DVD Menu Language Italian Language Subtitle Display Spanish Recording Other
175. ideo In Out Audio In Audio Out DV Input Language Input Level L1 Recording Input Level L2 Playback Input Level L3 v You can adjust the gain of the audio from each external input individually from 6dB to 6dB in steps of 3 dB to optimize the recorded audio level Audio Out settings Digital Out e Default setting On DB Initial Setup 2 a T Basic Digital Out Tuner Dolby Digital Out Video In Out DTS Out 96kHz PCM Out _ MPEG Out Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback v If at any time you need to switch off the digital audio output set this to Off otherwise leave it On Dolby Digital Out You only need to make this setting if you connected this recorder to an AV amp receiver or other component using the digital output e Default setting Dolby Digital DB Initial Setup eee Ve Basic Digital Out Tuner Dolby Digital Out Video In Out DTS Out 96kHz PCM Out MPEG Out Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback v 1 If you re recording in VR mode except when set to FINE MN32 both channels will be recorded and you can switch them as you like on play back The Initial Setup menu If your AV amp receiver or other connected component is Dolby Digital compatible set to Dolby Digital otherwise set to Dolby Digital gt PCM Check the manual that came with the connected component if you re unsure whether it is D
176. ies another for TV shows and one for camcorder recordings A Important e It is possible to record both PAL and NTSC titles on the HDD Before recording you need to make sure that the Input Line System setting page 108 matches the TV line system of the source you re recording Recording time and picture quality There are five preset recording quality modes e FINE Highest quality setting gives about one hour of recording time on a DVD disc SP Standard Play Default quality sufficient for most applications gives about two hours of recording time on a DVD LP Long Play Slightly lower video quality but doubles the recording time on a DVD to around four hours e EP Extended Play EP gives you around six hours of recording time on a DVD disc 1 The maximum number of titles that can be recorded on a DVD R RW disc is 99 The maximum number of chapters recordable on a DVD R RW disc is 999 No more recording is possible on a disc that already contains the maximum number of chapters titles 2 Some DVD players such as some Pioneer models are compatible with VR mode DVD RW discs Check the operating instructions for your player for VR mode compatibility information 3 The maximum number of titles that can be recorded on the HDD is 999 The maximum number of chapters per title recordable on the HDD is 99 No more recording is possible on the HDD after the maximum number of titles has been reached 4 You can r
177. in VR mode on the FINE MN32 setting use the Bilingual Recording setting page 114 to select the A L or B R audio channel to record before recording starts e Although this recorder can record PAL SECAM NTSC and PAL 60 you can t mix multiple TV line systems on one disc A disc can contain PAL and SECAM recordings or NISC and PAL 60 See also Input Line System on page 108 Restrictions on video recording e You cannot record copy protected video using this recorder Copy protected video includes DVD Video discs and some satellite broadcasts If copy protected material is encountered during a recording recording will pause automatically and an error message will be displayed on screen Video that is copy once only can only be recorded on the HDD or a DVD RW disc in VR mode see below e When recording a IV broadcast or through an external input you can display copy control information on screen see Displaying disc information on screen on page 37 CPRM CPRM is acopy protection system with scramble system regarding the recording of copy once broadcast programs CPRM stands for Content Protection for Recordable Media This recorder is CPRM compatible which means that you can record copy once broadcast programs but you cannot then make a copy of those recordings CPRM recordings can only be made on CPRM compatible DVD RW ver 1 1 or higher discs formatted in VR mode or on the HDD DVD CPRM recordings
178. ine two chapters into one 1 Usethe t cursor buttons to select the space between the chapters to combine Insertion point The thumbnails in the chapter list reflect the new order ry Chapter Edit T ff Title 15 00 Wed 7 10 Pr5 LP Chapter 2 h Recording Time 0h32m55s m v 2 Press ENTER to combine Note 1 When Frame Accurate is set to Off see Frame Accurate on page 118 the divide point may move by up to half a second after selecting Divide En gt Copying and back up En Erase Section Erase Sec Using this command you can delete a part of a Copy List title ideal for cutting out the commercial breaks in a recording made from the TV 1 Select Erase Sec from the Copy List menu options 2 Use the cursor left right buttons to select the title you want to erase a section from then press ENTER After selecting a title a screen appears from which you can mark the start and end points of the section to erase amp Erase Sec 16 00 Sun 11 08 Pr5 LP Title 2 Recording Time 0h32m55s 0 06 52 17 li a Pause B 3 Use the playback controls to find the start of the section to erase then with From highlighted press ENTER You can use all the usual playback controls including gt PLAY Il PAUSE scan lt lt gt gt and slow motion lt li 1 gt The bar at the bottom of the screen shows the current play position in the title After pres
179. ing Timers set 1 32 VPS PDC 0 8 Press gt to display Timing and Group Grid Search MyTV J Schedule _ Recording Schedule Qual Freg Dest 25 May Friends LP Tue HDDr Welcome to GUIDE Plus awe One Button Recording Select from DVD HDD or HDDr Auto Replace Recording aune e Auto Replace Recording is only available as an option with regular daily or weekly recordings Note 10 Press cursor right to access the extended recording options Timing Recording Timing 10 Recording Group None Timers set 1 32 VPS PDC 0 8 Press to display Quality Frequency and Destination Schedule Recording Schedule Tim Group 25 May Friends Welcome to GUIDE Plus aint One Button Recording AT oea aoe e f you want to record to a particular HDD group use the YELLOW Action button Group to select a group e Use the GREEN Action button Timing to add extra time to the end of the recording 0 10 20 30 or VPS PDC V P e Press cursor left to display the standard recording options again Deleting a scheduled recording 1 Highlight the left tile of a scheduled recording Friends The one with the Male Nanny A jealous Ross aq mocks Rachel s choice of an over sensitive male nanny for Emma while Phoebe must choose between two unexpected BBC2 P02 10 30 60Min l MyTV J Schedule Grid Search Recording Schedule Qual Freq Dest 25 May Friends
180. ing AV Link Playback Setup Navigator a eS For standard PAL or SECAM recording leave the input line system to 625System When recording an NISC or PAL 60 signal through an external input change to 525System On Screen Display e Default setting On DB Initial Setup A Basic Clock Setting o On Tuner Input Line System off Video In Out _ On Screen Display Audio In Front Panel Display Audio Out Power Save Language Remote Control Mode Recording AV Link Playback Setup Navigator v On the default setting the recorder shows on screen operation displays Play Stop and so on Change to Off to hide these displays Note Front Panel Display e Default setting On D Initial Setup A Basic Clock Setting On Tuner Input Line System off Video In Out On Screen Display Audio In Front Panel Display Audio Out Power Save Language Remote Control Mode Recording AV Link Playback Setup Navigator v On the default setting the time is shown in the front panel display when the recorder is in standby Switch to Off to have the front panel display switch off completely when in standby Power Save e Default setting Off DB Initial Setup A Basic Clock Setting Tuner Input Line System Mode2 Video In Out On Screen Display ooff Audio In Front Panel Displa Audio Out _ Power Save Language Remote Control Mode Recording AV Link Playback Setup Navigator Vv When set to Off signals a
181. ing to the Auto Chapter Video setting see also Auto Chapter Video on page 118 Frame accuracy and copying The Frame Accurate setting see Frame Accurate on page 118 does not affect the actual video content on the HDD but it does affect what can be copied and whether high speed copying can be used When Frame Accurate is set to Off high speed copying can generally be used to copy titles in the Copy List using a DVD R or DVD RW disc in VR or Video mode However copy once protected material see Restrictions on copying below can t be added to the Copy List and the divide points in edited titles may be out by as much as 0 5 seconds when compared to the original When Frame Accurate is On you can add copy once protected titles to the Copy List and divide points in edited titles are maintained accurately However depending on the content of the Copy List and the disc it may not be possible to use high speed copying Restrictions on copying Some video material is copy once protected This means that it can be recorded to HDD but it can t then be freely copied again If you want to transfer copy once protected material from HDD to DVD you ll need to use a VR mode DVD RW disc compatible with CPRM Ver 1 1 or higher see CPRM on page 67 for more on this Only one instance of a copy once protected title can be added to the Copy List and after it s been copied the title is erased from the HDD it is therefore not possible to
182. ion 1 Use the cursor down button to navigate to the last entry in the folder list Read next 2 Press ENTER to load the next batch of up to 999 files 99 folders from the disc It will take a moment at most a minute to load in the images 1 e Up to 999 files or 99 folders are viewable but if there are more files folders than this on the disc it is still possible to view them all using the Reload function e The time it takes for the recorder to load a file increases with large file sizes e If you encounter a disc that will not play check that the disc and file formats are compatible with this recorder see JPEG file compatibility on page 10 2 Pictures with an aspect ratio different to your TV screen will appear with black bars top and bottom or either side depending on the picture 3 You can press HOME MENU to exit the PhotoViewer screen while the recorder is reloading images If you enter the PhotoViewer again it will resume reloading The PhotoViewer Chie Zooming the screen During a slideshow you can zoom in to enlarge a portion of the picture by a factor of two or four You can also move the area of the picture displayed m 5 i gt 1 During a slideshow use the CHANNEL button to zoom the picture Repeated presses cycle between zoom off 2x zoom and 4x zoom The zoom factor is displayed on screen 2 Use the t cursor buttons to move the zoome
183. is unrecordable e This channel s TV system is different from the recorder s setting e Recording failed due to a TV system mismatch Press DISPLAY to clear message e Playback has stopped because the TV system is different than the recording e HDD optimization is recommended This can be done using Disc Setup e Please perform HDD optimization This can be Explanation Action No signal was detected at the DV input output jack This may appear if a blank section of DV tape is playing in the connected camcorder The TV system PAL NTSC etc of the current channel is different from the TV system settings of this recorder The timer recording failed because the TV system of the channel set for recording was different from the setting of the recorder During recording or timer recording standby the TV System PAL NTSC etc of the playback video changed causing playback to stop automatically The HDD should be optimized basically HDD housekeeping to maintain playback and recording performance The HDD is in more urgent need of optimization in order to done using Disc Setup Handling discs When holding discs of any type take care not to leave fingerprints dirt or scratches on the disc surface Hold the disc by its edge or by the center hole and edge Damaged or dirty discs can affect playback and recording performance Take care also not to scratch the label side of the disc Although not as fragile as th
184. isplay When the recording ends the recorder automatically switches into standby if no other operation is being performed e o cancel the set recording time press REC e f you want to pause recording at any time press ll PAUSE Press again to restart the recording It recording to the HDD or in VR mode a new chapter is Started after recording restarts 4 To stop the recording press STOP REC e f you set the recording time in step 3 you can still stop the recording anytime by pressing STOP REC e Recording will stop automatically when there is no more space on the HDD DVD or after eight hours of HDD recording whichever is sooner ip e You can press TV DIRECT REC while the recorder is in standby to switch on and immediately start recording e Please note that you can t record from another component VCR etc that is connected by a SCART cable to the AV2 INPUT 1 DECODER connector using the TV Direct Recording feature Setting a timer recording HDD Using the timer recording features you can program up to 32 timer recordings up to a month in advance Timer recording programs can be set to record just once every day or every week There are two ways to program a timer recording using the GUIDE Plus system see 7he Schedule Area on page 45 or using the Easy Timer Recording feature see Easy Timer Recording below You can set the recording quality for your timer recording in the same way as for a
185. itial Settings menu will be recorded If you need to record both channels of audio please record using a VR mode DVD RW disc See also Bilingual Recording on page 114 Can I record continuously on the HDD for more than eight hours Yes timer recordings made to the HDD can by set for up to 24 hours excluding those set using the Easy Timer Recording screen However because the maximum length of a title is eight hours the recording will be spread over two or more titles Note that there will be a short break in the recording between titles See also Setting a timer recording on page 63 Can I copy a finalized Video mode disc DVD R or DVD RW to the HDD Yes Start playing the Video mode disc and use the One Touch Copy button to copy the currently playing title to the HDD Repeat tor as many titles on the disc as you want to copy See also One Touch Copy DVD to HDD on page 78 Can use high speed copy to copy from DVD to HDD You can only use high speed copy from DVD to HDD when copying Original titles from a VR mode DVD RW See also Copying from DVD to HDD on page 81 Can copy a copy once protected program from a subscription satellite or cable channel to a DVD from the HDD Yes you can use high speed copy to copy to a VR mode DVD RW disc You can also divide the recording on the HDD into a number of smaller titles if the whole recording won t fit on to one disc See also Copying from HDD to DVD on page
186. ity with digital recorders and AV amp receivers See also PCM MPEG video The video format used for Video CDs and DVDs Video CD uses the older MPEG 1 standard while DVD uses the newer and much better quality MPEG 2 standard Optical digital output A jack that outputs digital audio in the form of light pulses Connect components with optical digital jacks using a special optical cord available trom specialist audio dealers PCM Pulse Code Modulation The most common system of encoding digital audio found on CDs and DAT Excellent quality but requires a lot of data compared to formats such as Dolby Digital and MPEG audio For compatibility with digital audio recorders CD MD and DAT and AV amp receivers with digital inputs this unit can convert Dolby Digital and MPEG audio to PCM See also Digita audio PBC PlayBack Control Video CD Super VCD only A system of navigating a Video CD Super VCD through on screen menus recorded onto the disc Especially good for discs that you would normally not watch from beginning to end all at once karaoke discs for example Progressive scan video Also called non interlace video this method of displaying a picture updates all the lines in one pass resulting ina more stable flicker tree image than interlaced video for a given scanning rate PureCinema DVD Video may be either video material originally shot on video or film material originally shot in film Video material has
187. ized recording Optimized recording adjusts the recording quality automatically if a timer recording will not fit onto a disc with the settings that you made e High quality 16 bit Linear PCM audio When recording using one of the high quality record settings FINE or MN32 the audio is recorded in uncompressed 16 bit Linear PCM format This delivers great sounding audio to accompany the high picture quality e Picture quality adjustment features During playback you can adjust various picture quality settings to improve the picture You can also adjust the recording picture quality For example if you want to make a DVD copy of an old video tape you can optimize the picture quality before transferring it to disc e Find what you want to watch quickly and easily Unlike video tape that needs to be wound to the correct place you can jump right to the part of a DVD disc or the HDD that you want to watch Search for a point on a disc by title chapter or time e Manual recording In addition to the five preset recording quality modes FINE SP LP EP and SLP the manual recording mode allows you to access 32 different recording quality time settings giving you precise control over the recording e Record to and from a DV camcorder This recorder has a built in DV Digital Video input output jack for connection to a DV camcorder This makes it ideal for transferring camcorder footage to DVD or HDD for editing You can also transfer
188. l connections 1 AV2 INPUT 1 DECODER AV connector Audio video input output SCART type AV connector for connecting to a VCR or other equipment with a SCART connector The input accepts video S video and RGB See AV2 L7 In on page 113 for how to set this up 2 AV1 RGB TV AV connector Audio video output SCART type AV connector for connecting to a TV or other equipment with a SCART connector The video output is switchable between video S video and RGB See page AV7 Out on page 112 for how to set this up 3 COMPONENT VIDEO OUT A high quality video output for connecting to a TV or monitor with a component video input 4 ANTENNA IN OUT Connect your TV antenna to the ANTENNA IN jack The signal is passed through to the ANTENNA OUT jack for connection to your TV 5 ACIN Power inlet 6 DIGITAL AUDIO OUT Coaxial and optical digital audio jacks for connecting to an AV amplitier receiver Dolby Digital DTS MPEG decoder or other equipment with a digital input 7 HDMI OUT HDMI output providing a high quality interface for digital audio and video 8 INPUT 3 Stereo analog audio video and S video inputs for connection to a VCR or other source component 9 OUTPUT Stereo analog audio video and S video outputs for connection to a TV or AV amplifier receiver 10 CONTROL IN Use to control this recorder from the remote sensor of another Pioneer component with a CONTROL OUT terminal and bearing the Pioneer m
189. le on page 52 Disc Navigator menu options The commands available from the Disc Navigator for the VR mode and Video mode discs and the HDD are shown below e Play Play a title page 89 e Title Name Ttl Name Name or rename a title page 90 e Lock Unlock Lock or unlock a title to prevent accidental changes being made page 92 e Erase Erase a title page 89 e Erase All Erase all titles page 93 e Undo Undo the last change page 93 Original e Play Play a title page 89 e Title Name Ttl Name Name or rename a title page 90 e Lock Unlock Lock or unlock a title to prevent accidental changes being made page 92 e Erase Erase a title page 89 e Erase All Erase all titles page 93 e Undo Undo the last change page 93 e Chapter Edit Chpt Edit Make detailed changes to Editing VR mode Original Video m chapters in a title page 91 mode and HDD content e Erase Section Erase Sec Erase a part of a title These commands affect the actual content stored on the page 92 DVD R RW or HDD Ha Remember e Play Play a title page 89 e Title Name Ttl Name Name or rename a title page 90 e Lock Unlock Lock or unlock a title to prevent accidental changes being made page 92 e lf you are editing a VR mode disc use the PLAYLIST button to switch to the Disc Navigator Original screen Play e Erase All Erase all titles page 93 Y HDD
190. le so that it can t be edited or erased accidently If you do need to edit it you can always unlock it later A Important e You can t undo any edits made before changing the lock status You also can t undo a lock unlock command using the Undo option trom the Disc Navigator menu 1 Select Lock from the Disc Navigator menu options 2 Usethe t cursor buttons to select the title you want to lock or unlock then press ENTER Disc Navigator Original DAAD VR o 12 30 Wed15 11 Pr5 LP DVD Remain 0h37m FINE Lock Erase All An unlocked title will become locked a locked title will be unlocked Locked titles are shown in the Disc Navigator with a padlock icon 3 Press RETURN to go back to the Disc Navigator menu options or select another title to lock unlock Erase All exp This erases all unlocked titles from the disc see also Lock Unlock on page 92 1 Select Erase All from the Disc Navigator menu options 2 Select Yes to confirm or No to cancel then press ENTER 2 Disc Navigator DVD Remain 0h37m FINE Undo If you make a mistake while editing you can generally undo it There are three levels of undo in other words you can undo the last three edits you made e Select Undo from the Disc Navigator menu options e You can t undo anything after ejecting the disc from the recorder or switching the recorder into standby
191. lect CAPS or small to change to upper or lower case or use the CASE SELECTION buttons l lt gt l You can also use the CLEAR button to delete characters directly opress and hold for two seconds to delete the whole name For other remote control key shortcuts see Using the remote key shortcuts to input a name on page 90 Press RETURN to go back to the Copy List screen without changing the name 4 Toconfirm the name and return to the main Copy List screen highlight OK and press ENTER 5 Repeat steps 2 to 4 to name other titles in the Copy List or press RETURN to go back to the Copy List menu options Divide Use this command to make two titles from a title already in the Copy List 1 Select Divide from the Copy List menu options 2 Use the cursor left right buttons to select a title from the Copy List to divide then press ENTER i HDD to DVD Copy rs Y Group1 4 Group2 x Group3 gt Group 15 00 Wed 7 10 Pr5 LP Recording Time 0h32m55s 1 When Frame Accurate is set to Off see Frame Accurate on page 118 the divide points may move by up to half a second after selecting Divide Copying and back up CH 3 Use the playback controls to find the place you want to divide the title amp Divide Title 16 00 Sun 11 08 Pr5 LP Recording Time 0h32m55s 0 08 13 26 li rie Pause E Divide You can use all the usual playback controls including gt PLAY Il PAUSE
192. listings information for the previous next day 19 Recording controls page 32 REC Press to start recording Press repeatedly to set the recording time in blocks of 30 mins C STOP REC Press to stop recording REC MODE page 61 Press repeatedly to change the recording mode picture quality TIMER REC page 45 Press to go directly to the Schedule area of the GUIDE Plus system 20 NAVI MARK page 52 Press to select a thumbnail picture for the current title for use in the Disc Navigator screen CHP MARK page 91 Press to insert a chapter marker when playing recording a VR mode DVD RW disc or the HDD INFO page 41 Press to display additional TV program information in GUIDE Plus DISPLAY page 37 Displays changes the on screen information displays 21 TV DVD page 33 Press to switch between TV mode in which you get the picture and sound from the TV s tuner and DVD mode in which you get picture and sound from the recorder s tuner or an external input 22 TV CONTROL page 123 After setting up use these controls to control your TV 23 TV DIRECT REC page 63 Press to start recording whatever channel your TV is set to m 5 i gt 04 Getting started En Chapter 4 Getting started Switching on and setting up When you switch the recorder on for the first time you can make several basic settings using the Setup Navigator feature This takes you through setting t
193. lutions the picture may not be correctly reproduced 2 This unit has been designed to be compliant with HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface version 1 1 Depending on the component you have connected using a DVI connection may result in unreliable signal transfers Connecting up Ce Connecting a DV camcorder Connecting other AV sources Using the front panel DV IN OUT jack it is possible to connect a DV camcorder or video deck or DVD R RW recorder and digitally transfer DV tapes or DVD R RW Connecting a VCR or analog camcorder discs to DVD R RW A Important e This jack is for connection to DV equipment only It is not compatible with digital satellite tuners or D VHS video decks m 5 i gt Analog camcorder p p AUDIO VIDEO oo AUDIO VIDEO INPUT C OUTPUT VCR DV camcorder 1 Connecta set of audio and video outputs on your VCR or camcorder to a set of inputs on this recorder 1 Use a DV cable not supplied to connect the DV This enables you to record tapes from your VCR or in out jack on your DV camcorder deck to the front camcorder panel DV IN OUT jack of this recorder e You can use ordinary video or S video cables for the video connection e The front panel connections make convenient Plugging in connections for a camcorder Before plugging in for the first time make sure that 2 Connect a set of audio and video inputs on y
194. m DV cassette Note gt Recording e During DV recording if a part of the tape is blank or has copy protected material on it this recorder will pause recording Recording will restart automatically when there is a recordable signal However if there is more than 10 seconds of blank tape the recorder will stop recording and the camcorder should stop depending on the camcorder e For best results when recording from a DV camcorder to this recorder we recommend cueing the camcorder to the place you want to start recording trom and setting the camcorder to play pause 1 Make sure your digital camcorder is connected to the front panel DV IN OUT jack Also set the camcorder to VIR mode 2 Setup the recorder e Use REC MODE to set the recording quality See Setting the picture quality recording time on page 61 for detailed information e Make sure a recordable disc is loaded if you want to record to DVD 3 From the Initial Settings menu check that the DV audio input is setup as you require See DV nout on page 114 for more on this e Check also that the Audio In settings for External Audio and Bilingual Recording are as you want them see Audio In settings on page 113 4 Press HOME MENU and select Copy then DV Record from the menu 2 HOME MENU B DVD RECORDER Disc Navigator po e DV recording only works when the digital camcorder is in VIR mode with a tape loaded 5 Select Record to
195. make this setting if you connected this player to an HDMI compatible device using the HDMI connector BD Initial Setup A HDMI Ouput Aspect gt Progressive Full Colour gt Full Rage RGB Audio Output Bilingual Setting gt Auto gt On v Select HDMI Settings to proceed to the settings screen Aspect Select an aspect ratio according to the kind of display you have and how you want to see the image on screen See also Screen sizes and disc formats on page 124 e Progressive Full This is the standard setting for an HDMI compatible TV or projector e Progressive Normal If 4 3 pictures appear distorted stretched on the Progressive Full setting and cannot be compensated for using the TVs own aspect settings use this setting Note Colour This setting determines the video output colour format Depending on the connected equipment some HDMI Colour settings may cause the picture to be displayed incorrectly In this case use the TV s own video input settings to select RGB if possible Alternatively revert to the previous HDMI Colour setting e Full Range RGB Gives brighter colours and deeper black Use if colours are weak This is the standard setting for HDMI compatible DVI devices but it is also effective with HDMI devices e RGB Use this setting if colours appear overly rich on the Full Range RGB setting e Component 12 bit Outputs 12 bit component video format If your conn
196. mat and DVD Video format Video mode Note that older models of DVD recorders and DVD writers may reject DVD RW Ver 1 2 4x discs If you want to share DVD RW discs between this recorder and an older recorder writer we recommend using Ver 1 1 discs The following table shows older Pioneer DVD recorders that are not fully compatible with DVD RW Ver 1 2 4x discs Model Recordable ME WEle Discs should be finalized in this recorder before playing Unfinalized VR mode and Video mode discs may not play Cannot read the CPRM information wi show in the display when you load a disc However this will not affect playback Copy once protected disc titles will not play CD R RW compatibility This recorder cannot record CD R or CD RW discs e Compatible formats CD Audio Video CD Super VCD ISO 9660 CD ROM containing MP3 WMA or JPEG Tiles ISO 9660 Level 1 or 2 compliant CD physical format Mode Mode XA Form1 Romeo and Joliet file systems are both compatible with this recorder e Multi session playback Yes except CD Audio and Video CD Super VCD e Untinalized disc playback CD Audio only Compressed audio compatibility e Compatible media CD ROM CD R CD RW e Compatible formats MPEG 1 Audio Layer 3 MP3 Windows Media Audio WMA Sampling rates 44 1 or 48kHz Bit rates Any 128Kbps or higher recommended Variable bit rate VBR MP3 playback Yes e VBR WMA playback No e WMA encoder
197. mer recording screen e You can check the timer recording details you just set from the Schedule Area in GUIDE Plus see 7he Schedule Area on page 45 Extending a timer recording in progress You can extend a timer recording beyond the programmed end time in two different ways This can be useful if a broadcast program overruns for example Oogie gt rO lt REC STOP REC TIMER REC J m Moving the end time by 30 minute blocks 1 During timer recording press and hold REC for three seconds The timer indicator disappears from the front panel display 2 Press REC repeatedly to extend recording in 30 minute increments En Canceling and stopping a timer recording in progress After a timer recording has started you can cancel the program but continue recording or stop recording completely if you need to REC STOPREC C gm 1 During timer recording press and hold REC for three seconds Only the program is canceled the timer indicator disappears recording continues so that you can manually stop recording whenever you like 2 When you want to stop recording completely press STOP REC Preventing use of the recorder before a timer recording child lock You can make all the front panel and remote control buttons inoperative using the child lock feature This is useful when you set a timer recording and want to make sure that the timer settings are not changed before recording has fini
198. mes and 16 keywords 1 Select My TV from the Menu bar 2 Press the YELLOW Action button to set a profile FE In Profile you can enter Keywords of your choice and combine 2 them with your favorite Channels and Themes Press the Yellow button to add the Red button to delete and the Green button to edit My Preferences Channel Welcome to gi GUIDE Plus ainet Themes One Button AZZI Keywords aunt Press ENTER to activate your Profile Channels is now highlighted 3 To add a channel to your profile press the YELLOW Action button BBC1 P 01 Select your Channel Welcome to GUIDE Plus avn One Button Recording ame Select a channel from the mosaic of channel icons and press ENTER Repeat this step to add up to 16 channels 4 To add a theme to your profile highlight Themes and press the YELLOW Action button 3 Press ENTER to search Sport gt All programmes w 4 aq for other Sport categories Press for Movies categories Press for Children categories Select your theme Welcome to GUIDE Plus anit One Button Recording Special Events Athletics aunt Select a theme from the Search Area categories and oress ENTER Repeat this step to add up to four themes 5 To add a keyword to your profile highlight Keywords and press the YELLOW Action button Exit aa 9 Please press gt w or to highlight a character on aq the k
199. mode recording A Important e Initializing a disc will erase everything recorded on it Make sure there is nothing on the disc that you want to keep e You may not be able to re initialize a disc in a different format if it was originally initialized on an older DVD recorder 1 Press HOME MENU and select Disc Setup 2 Select Initialize G2 Disc Setup Basic VR Mode Initialize Video Mode Finalize Optimize HDD 3 Select Video Mode or VR Mode from the initialize options 4 Select Start It takes about 30 seconds to initialize the disc Initializing disc Pr 1 PEREREREEREEEEL 1 min left 1 If the TV line system of the disc is different to the current setting of the recorder you will not be able to finalize the disc See nout Line System on page 108 for how to change the recorder s setting 2 e By default the recorder initializes blank DVD RW discs for VR mode recording See DVD RW Auto Init on page 118 if you want to change the default to Video mode e If a disc was previously finalized on an older DVD recorder you may not be able to re initialize and or initialize it for Video mode recording Copying and back up CH Chapter 8 Copying and back up Introduction Use the copying features of this recorder to e Back up important recordings stored on the HDD to a DVD e Make a DVD copy of a recording on the HDD to play in another player e Transfer video from a DVD t
200. moke x Place directly on top of an amplifier or other component in your stereo system that becomes hot in use x Use near a television or monitor as you may experience interference especially if the television uses an indoor antenna x Use ina kitchen or other room where the recorder may be exposed to smoke or steam x Useonathick rug or carpet or cover with cloth this may prevent proper cooling of the unit x Place on an unstable surface or one that is not large enough to support all four of the unit s feet Moving the recorder If you need to move the recorder first remove the disc if there s one loaded and close the disc tray Next press STANDBY ON to switch the power to standby checking that the POWER OFF indication in the display goes off Wait at least two minutes Lastly disconnect the power cord Never lift or move the unit during playback or recording discs rotate at a high speed and may be damaged Additional information Glossary Analog audio An electrical signal that directly represents sound Compare this to digital audio which can be an electrical signal but is an indirect representation of sound See also Digital audio Aspect ratio The width of a TV screen relative to its height Conventional TVs are 4 3 in other words the screen is almost square widescreen models are 16 9 the screen is almost twice as wide as it is high Chapter Just as a book is split up into several cha
201. more than 22 kQ Warranty Card oo cece cece ccc euseeeveveeevreees 1 Ds eatin tear eee ee tee AV connector 2 Input 1 Operating Instructions RCA jacks Input 2 3 PUNO OO ag alee sto So wean wee eee a whee we ese a AV1 Output PUTING audio UTU T ea miea rind tae Ghee eee Rees 2V rms Output impedance less than 1 5 kQ Note The specifications and design of this product are subject JACKS viet eee tees AV connector 1 AV to change without notice due to improvement RCA jacks Output LGM SUCKS CUTOUT vue aiai end woe y ee 2 optical coaxial OU OUTOU ag ae ay tie ty at ae anes a Rate ede Rana 4 Apin LINK IEEE 1394 standard Ue RU CUI atc ances eases eek ot E oars ae S 19 pin OF EPO ROM eects sete tee ae e ot whee oe ee Oe wm Ga NS Mini jack TIN ce aa oo Gore ees ood aes eee ee eo Ni Mini jack AV Connectors 21 pin connector assignment AV connector input output 21 pin connector This connector provides the video and audio signals for connection to a compatible colour TV or monitor 2018 16141210 8 6 42 fEEEEESEEE 18 SS SSRRE ZIT IS 1S 11 9 7S 3 1 PIN no AV1 RGB TV AV2 INPUT 1 Dares aee ae a one te Audio 2 R out Audio 2 R out Dp ae ag Ae ee ek nee ee Gon eee Audio 2 R in i Arh eae hy ee Re ee ee A G out Gin E E te E eee ee Audio 1 L out Audio 1 L out Ons ae eee ie ee ae eee Audio 1 L in TO Gates ae oe
202. nel ads Searching You can search for programs by category subcategory or by keyword My Choice Categories for searching include Movies purple Sport green Children blue and Others teal In some countries there is a further subcatgory available called Tip of the Day These are programs recommended by a local partner such as a TV magazine 1 Select Search from the Menu bar 2 Use the f buttons to select a category and a subcategory ca Search displays programme listings by categories of interest aq Press w touse for Grid for My TV Welcome to GUIDE Plus act One Button Recording aue e f you choose All as the subcategory all programs in the category you selected will show up in the search results 3 Press ENTER to start the search The search results are shown sorted by time and date e f no search results are displayed it means there are no programs for the current day that match your search criteria m i gt Using My Choice keywords for a search In addition to the standard categories GUIDE Plus lets you set your own keywords 1 Press cursor left to access My Choice Press ENTER to search My Choice gt programmes 4 w aq for other My Choice categories Press for Movies Grid Search TV Schedule My Choice Welcome to GUIDE Plus aunt One Button Recording aep 2 Press the YELLOW Action button to add a keyword
203. ng YNR Adjusts the amount of noise reduction NR applied to the Y brightness component CNR Adjusts the amount of noise reduction NR applied to the C colour component MNR Adjusts the amount of noise reduction NR applied to the mosquito noise artefacts visible around the edge of an image caused by MPEG compression m 5 i gt En The Video Audio Adjust menu e BNR Adjusts the amount of noise reduction NR applied to the block noise artefacts visible in areas of flat color caused by MPEG compression e Sharpness High Adjusts the sharpness of the high frequency detailed elements in the picture e Sharpness Mid Adjusts the sharpness of the mid frequency less detailed elements in the picture Detail Adjusts how sharp edges appear e White Level Adjusts the intensity of white e Black Level Adjusts the intensity of black Black Setup Corrects the standard reference black level NTSC video only e Gamma Correction Adjusts the brightness of darker images e Hue Adjusts overall balance between red and green e Chroma Level Adjusts how rich the colours appear e Chroma Delay Adjust to correct the gap between the Y and C components in the video signal 4 Usethe cursor left right buttons to adjust the currently selected picture quality setting 5 When you have all the settings as you want them press HOME MENU to exit
204. ng you originally specified e Optimized Recording only compensates for the first earliest starting timer program if more than one has been set e Optimized recording works only with DVD recordings e Optimized recording can t be used together with VPS PDC m 5 i gt gt The Initial Setup menu En Navi Mark e Default setting 0 seconds BD Initial Setup a S Basic Manual Recording Optimized Rec Navi Mark Auto Chapter Video Frame Accurate DVD RW Auto Init Tuner Video In Out Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback S13 In the Disc Navigator each title is shown with a still frame picture to remind you what it is This setting lets you decide the default still frame The default setting of 0 seconds takes the first frame of the title but you can also set it to 30 seconds or 3 minutes into the title if the title is shorter than the setting then the first frame is used Auto Chapter Video e Default setting 10 minutes DB Initial Setup 4 Basic Tuner Video In Out Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback v Manual Recording Optimized Rec Navi Mark Auto Chapter Video Frame Accurate DVD RW Auto Init When recording in Video mode a new chapter is started every 10 minutes on the default setting You can change this interval to 15 minutes or switch off automatic chapter marking altogether with the No Separation setting
205. nt thumbnails information about the title is shown in the central area of the screen Press DISPLAY to change the information displayed If you are editing a VR mode disc press PLAYLIST to switch between Original and Play List Disc Navigator screens a DVD Remain 0h37m FINE Vv e Press RETURN to get back to the menu options on the left from the thumbnail area of the Disc Navigator e You can switch between the HDD and the DVD Disc Navigator screens using the HDD and DVD buttons front panel or remote You can copy a selected HDD title to DVD or DVD title to HDD by pressing ONE TOUCH COPY see also page 72 for more on One Touch Copy When editing HDD content a row of group names appears above the title thumbnails see Editing HDD groups on page 93 for more details You can access these by pressing f cursor up repeatedly until the All group is highlighted then using the cursor left right buttons to select a group Press ENTER to open the highlighted group Titles on the HDD marked with a icon are timer recordings set to Auto Replace Recording see Editing a scheduled recording on page 45 Titles on the HDD marked with a I icon are recently recorded titles that haven t yet been played 3 To exit the Disc Navigator press HOME MENU Remember e You can change the thumbnail pictures used for titles using the NAVI MARK button see Changing the thumbnail picture for a tit
206. o SP standard play quality on a DVD so that you can fit other recordings on the same disc e One Touch Copy One Touch Copy makes copying the currently playing title from HDD to DVD or DVD to HDD as simple as pressing a button e Chase play O HDD Using chase play you can start watching a recording before the recording has finished For example you could set a timer recording for a program that you re going to miss the first 15 minutes of then start watching while the recorder is still recording the program 15 minutes ahead of you e Simultaneous recording and playback el Playback and recording for both DVDs and the built in hard disk drive HDD are completely independent For example you can record a broadcast program to either a recordable DVD or the HDD while watching another recording you already made on the same DVD or on the HDD e Disc Navigator The on screen Disc Navigator makes finding your way around the contents of a disc or the HDD easy For recordable DVD and HDD content moving thumbnail images are displayed for ease of use The Disc Navigator is also where you can edit HDD and recordable DVD content e Disc History The Disc History screen shows disc information including how much free space remains for recording for the last 30 recordable discs loaded in the recorder Every time you load a recordable disc the Disc History is automatically updated with the latest information e Home Menu The Home
207. o the HDD for editing e Transfer edited video from the HDD to DVD The simplest method of copying is to use the One Touch Copy feature Using this you can simply copy the title that s currently playing from HDD to DVD or the other way around For more complicated copying tasks you can make a Copy List which specifies precisely what needs to be copied A Copy List is similar to a VR mode Play List in many ways and you ll find that the Copy List commands are similar to those available for editing a Play List A message showing that copying has finished is displayed after copying If the recorder is inactive and no button is pressed remote or front panel then the recorder will automatically go into standby after 20 minutes High speed copying Copying between DVD and HDD is a completely digital process and therefore involves no loss of quality in the audio or video This means that you can transfer back and forth without having to worry about the quality ysij buq getting worse with each copy generation It also means that copying can be carried out at the maximum speed possible When copying from HDD to DVD the speed of copying depends on the recording mode and the kind of DVD disc you re using The table at the bottom of the page shows the minimum copying time for one hour of material A Important e Not all discs are compatible with high speed copying Check with the disc manufacturer for compatibility e There ma
208. oes not respond please call Customer Support to report your brand and model m 5 i gt gt Using the GUIDE Plus electronic program guide En e My external receiver was successfully setup However have found that when the GUIDE Plus system has to change to a channel with a 3 digit program number in the external receivers preset it does not work It looks like the GUIDE Plus System can only send two digits With the number of channels increasing the number of digits has increased as well While older boxes use only 2 digits newer boxes require up to 4 It is possible that you selected an older code for your brand during set up Please access the Setup Area select External Receiver and repeat the setup for your brand Note Every time you see the on screen question about whether the receiver has changed to a certain channel GUIDE Plus has sent a different code Try all the different codes until your GUIDE Plus system can control your external receiver correctly If you have no success try to receive new codes overnight used to receive data through my terrestrial antenna or analog cable without a set top box Now have upgraded to a Satellite system or to digital cable with external receiver What should do to receive data for the GUIDE Plus system You can try to receive your host channel through your new reception method If you have problems to receive data we recommend that you keep you
209. olby Digital compatible DTS Out You only need to make this setting if you connected this recorder to an AV amp receiver or other component using the digital output e Default setting On DB Initial Setup ae Basic Tuner Video In Out Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback v Digital Out Dolby Digital Out DTS Out 96kHz PCM Out MPEG Out If your AV amp receiver or other connected component has a built in DTS decoder set to On otherwise set to Off Check the manual that came with the connected component if you re unsure whether it is DTS compatible A Important e f you set to On with a non DTS compatible amp receiver noise will be output when you play a DTS disc e When set to On there is no analog audio output when playing a DIS DVD Video disc e When playing a DIS audio CD even when DTS Out is Off noise is output from the analog outputs Do not play this through your amplifier and speakers e When playing a DIS audio CD make sure that Stereo is selected using the AUDIO button See Switching audio channels on page 58 96kHz PCM Out You only need to make this setting if you connected this recorder to an AV amp receiver or other component using the digital output e Default setting 96kHz gt 48kHz DB Initial Setup aS e Basic Tuner Video In Out Audio In Digital Out Dolby Digital Out DTS Out 96kHz PCM Out MPEG Out Audio Ou
210. om the beginning of the current recording or press DISC NAVIGATOR and select another title to play from there You can use all the usual playback controls such as pause slow motion play scan and skip e To stop playback press W STOP recording will continue e To stop recording press STOP REC playback will continue Recording from an external component cD IID amp You can record from an external component such as a camcorder or VCR connected to one of the recorder s external inputs INPUT SELECT REC REC MODE Note 1 e You can t start playback immediately after recording starts 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 INPUT SELECT repeatedly to select one of the external inputs to record from There are three analog inputs and a DV digital input The current input is shown on screen and in the front panel display e L1 Input 1 e L2 Input 2 front panel e L3 Input 3 e DV DV input output front panel Check that the Audio In settings for External Audio Bilingual Recording and DV Input are as you want them see Audio n settings on page 113 e f the aspect ratio is distorted squashed or stretched adjust on the source component or your TV before recording 3 Set up the recorder e Use REC MODE to set the recording quality See Setting the picture quali
211. ons and so on Making changes to your GUIDE Plus setup 1 Select Setup from the Menu bar Caunet BBC2 25 May 10 10 i Setup allows you to set your language country and postal aq code and add and or change your external receivers details H ms Press w to use Press for Editor Schedule Info Editor Setup Welcome to Setup GUIDE Plus act One Button Recording aune 2 Highlight the part you want to change Caunet BBC2 25 May 10 10 p Home tage Press 4 or w to select Then press ENTER to confirm Choose item to set up troubleshooting This FAQ covers only a few questions For a complete list please consult the GUIDE Plus website at www europe guideplus com v FAQ e When I tried setting up my external receiver could not get any of the attempts to work what should do A There could be several reasons why your external receiver could not be controlled The connections could be wrong Make sure that the G LINK cable is connected to the G LINK connector on the recorder and the IR blaster is in front of the external receiver pointing towards the IR receiver of your external receiver See Connecting to a cable box satellite receiver or digital terrestrial receiver on page 16 The code that is listed under your brand could be wrong Please try other codes for your brand under satellite cable or terrestrial Go to the Setup Area and choose one of the th
212. or editing What kind of editing can do Unlike editing video tape you only need one DVD recorder to edit discs With DVD you edit by making a Play List of what to play and when to play it On playback the recorder plays the disc according to the Play List Original Title 1 Title 2 Title 3 Chapter Chapter2 Chapter3 Chapter Chapter Chapter2 kK IAN Title 1 Title 2 Chapter Chapter2 Chapter Chapter 2 Play List Throughout this manual you will often see the words Original and Play List to refer to the actual content and the edited version e Original content refers to what s actually recorded on the disc e Play List content refers to the edited version of the disc how the Original content is to be played About the internal hard disk drive The internal hard disk drive HDD is a fragile piece of equipment Please use the recorder following the guidelines below to protect against possible HDD failure We recommend that you back up your Important recordings onto DVD R RW discs in order to protect against accidental loss e Do not move the recorder while it is on Install and use the recorder on a stable level surface e Do not block the rear vent cooling fan e Do not use the recorder in excessively hot or humid places or in places that may be subject to sudden changes in temperature Sudden changes in temperature can cause condensation to form inside the recorder This can be a cause of HDD f
213. our everything is connected properly VCR or camcorder to a set of outputs on this recorder This enables you to record from this recorder to your VCR or camcorder e You can use ordinary video or S video cables for the video connection e Alternatively you can use the AV2 INPUT 1 DECODER SCART connector for audio video input and output with just one SCART cable 1 Plug the supplied AC power cable into the AC IN inlet and the other end into a standard household power outlet gt Controls and displays En Chapter 3 Controls and displays Front panel STANDBY ON Q al OPEN CLOSE CINE TOUCH STB CONTROL HDMI a gt sITOP REC COPY ap A HARD DISK DRIVE a2 Controls hidden behind the front panel door S VIDEO VIDEO r AUDIO n DV v L MONO R IN OUT 1 HDD Press to switch to the hard disk drive HDD for recording and playback The button lights when HDD is selected 2 DVD Press to switch to DVD for recording and playback The button lights when DVD is selected 3 STB CONTROL indicator Lights when this recorder is controlling an external receiver via the G LINK cable during timer recording 4 HDMI indicator Lights when this recorder is connected to another HDMI DVI HDCP compatible component 5 Disc tray 6 4 OPEN CLOSE Press to open close the disc tray 7 E Press to stop playback 8 gt Press to start or restart playback 9 STOP REC Press to stop recording DVD RECORDE
214. pters a title on the HDD a DVD disc is usually divided into chapters See also itle Digital audio An indirect representation of sound by numbers During recording the sound is measured at discrete intervals 44 100 times a second for CD audio by an analog to digital converter generating a stream of numbers On playback a digital to analog converter generates an analog signal based on these numbers See also Sampling frequency and Analog audio Dolby Digital OO orev DIGITAL With multichannel audio this high quality Surround system is used in many movie theaters around the world Manufactured under licence from Dolby Laboratories Dolby and the double D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories DRM Digital Rights Management DRM Digital Rights Management copy protection is a technology designed to prevent unauthorized copying by restricting playback etc of material on devices other the PC or other WMA recording equipment used to record it For detailed information please see the instruction manuals or help files that came with your PC or other WMA recording equipment and or software DTS dts DIGITAL OUT DTS stands for Digital Theater System DTS is a surround system different from Dolby Digital that has become a popular surround sound format for movies DIS and DTS Digital Out are registered trademarks of Digital Theater Systems Inc Dynamic range The difference be
215. r 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to move other titles in the Copy List or press RETURN to go back to the Copy List menu options 1 e Titles which were recorded directly to a VR mode disc or have already been copied real time and which contain bilingual audio or are re corded in recording modes MN12 MN20 can be added to the Copy List however if High Speed Copy is selected they will not actually be copied e Similarly a copy once protected title recorded from the TV for example can be added to the Copy List but it will not be copied if High Speed Copy is selected e You may not be able to copy titles when copying a disc that was created using a PC or another recorder m 5 i gt Preview Use this command to check the content of a title in the Copy List 1 Select Preview from the Copy List menu options 2 Use the cursor left right buttons to select a title from the Copy List to preview then press ENTER The selected title starts playing You can return to the Copy List screen by pressing ll STOP otherwise playback will continue until the end of the Copy List 3 Repeat step 2 to preview other titles or press RETURN to go back to the Copy List menu options Erase All Use this command to erase the Copy List 1 Select Erase All from the Copy List menu options 2 Select Yes to confirm or No to cancel then press ENTER DVD to HDD Copy Play List Conf List Erase
216. r analog terrestrial or cable connection only to receive data this way It is important that you identify your host channel correctly in the Editor Area After performed the initial set up I found that the line up forall the channels received via the external set top box is incorrect How do I correct this You can change the line up in the editor according to your preferences Access the Editor Area Select the channels that you would like to change Change the source and preset number according to your preferences performed the set up but after many hours I still have a blank EPG what is going wrong There are several possibilities Connections are wrong See Connecting up on page 12 to double check everything The initial setup of GUIDE Plus was completed incorrectly Try setting it up again see Setting up the GUIDE Plus system on page 29 Your cabling and setup is OK but the recorder has not been connected for enough time to receive the TV listings data Leave the recorder in standby overnight For external receiver users only The connections and setup are OK but the external receiver was not tuned to the correct host channel Check the list of host channels see step 5 of Setting up the GUIDE Plus system on page 29 and leave the recorder in standby and the external receiver on overnight tuned to the correct host channel You live in a country region where the GUIDE Plus system is not yet av
217. r connecting up using the supplied audio video cable e The AV1 RGB TV AV connector can output ordinary composite S video or RGB video plus stereo analog audio The AV2 INPUT 1 DECODER connector accepts ordinary S video and RGB video input as well as stereo analog audio See AV7 Out on page 112 and AV2 L7 In on page 113 for how to set them up e Before making or changing any rear panel connections make sure that all components are switched off and unplugged from the wall outlet SCART AV CONNECTOR En VCR ANTENNA IN TD SCART AV CONNECTOR ANTENNA IN a Antenna cable TV wall outlet 1 Connect the cable from the antenna cable TV outlet to the antenna input on your VCR e f you are not connecting a VCR in the chain connect it to the ANTENNA IN jack on this recorder and skip the next step 2 Use an RF antenna cable one is supplied to connect the antenna output of your VCR to the ANTENNA IN of this recorder 3 Use another RF antenna cable to connect the ANTENNA OUT of this recorder to the antenna input on your TV 4 Use a SCART cable not supplied to connect the AV1 RGB TV AV connector on this recorder to the SCART AV connector on your TV 5 Use another SCART cable to connect the AV2 INPUT 1 DECODER AV connector to a SCART AV connector on your VCR tip e This recorder has a through function which allows you to record a TV program from the built in TV t
218. r of titles in the Copy List 1 Select Move from the Copy List menu options 2 Use the cursor left right buttons to select a title from the Copy List to move then press ENTER amp HDD to DVD po gt Di 3 4 6 af 15 00 Wed 7 10 Pr5 LP 1 3 y Recording Time 0h32m55s Erase All Chpt Edit Erase Sec Copy List Total 1h30m Co a4 The thumbnail appears in the Copy List section in the lower half of the screen 1 When Frame Accurate is set to Off see Frame Accurate on page 118 the following limitations apply when combining titles e Mixed aspect ratios 16 9 4 3 4 3 letter box can t be combined e Mixed recording modes SLP MN1 2 EP MN3 6 LP MN7 18 SP MN19 31 FINE MN32 can t be combined m 5 i gt 3 Use the cursor left right buttons to select a new position for the title then press ENTER The thumbnails in the Copy List reflect the new order HDD to DVD Copy 15 00 Wed 7 10 Pr5 LP Recording Time 0h32m55s Erase Sec v Title to move Copy List insertion point 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to move other titles in the Copy List or press RETURN to go back to the Copy List menu options Erase All Use this command to erase the Copy List 1 Select Erase All from the Copy List menu options 2 Select Yes to confirm or No to cancel then press ENTER HDD to DVD Copy Preview Move Chpt Edit Er
219. r recording or playback 7 GUIDE Plus Action buttons and DVD playback functions When in the GUIDE Plus system these buttons act as the Red Green Yellow and Blue Action buttons the functions of these buttons change according to the GUIDE Plus Area page 40 AUDIO page 33 58 58 Changes the audio language or channel When the recorder is stopped press to change the tuner audio SUBTITLE page 58 Displays changes the subtitles included in multilingual DVD Video discs ANGLE page 59 Switches camera angles on discs with multi angle scenes PLAY MODE page 55 Press to display the Play Mode menu for features such as search repeat and program play 8 GUIDE page 40 Press to display the GUIDE Plus screen 9 Alphanumeric buttons and CLEAR Use the number buttons for track chapter title selection channel selection and so on The same buttons can also be used to enter names for titles discs and so on Use CLEAR to clear an entry and start again 10 INPUT SELECT page 67 Press to change the input to use for recording 11 CHANNEL page 33 Press to change the channel of the built in TV tuner 12 Use to input symbols when entering names for titles discs and so on Controls and displays 03 13 DISC NAVIGATOR page 51 86 TOP MENU page 35 Press to display the Disc Navigator screen or the top menu if a DVD Video disc is loaded 14 PLAY LIST page 86 94 MENU page 35 Press to swit
220. r registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Additional information 15 Specifications General OVSE ea saa ented aE HDD DVD Video DVD R RW Video CD Super VCD CD CD R RW WMA MP3 JPEG CD DA Power requirements aoaaa 220 240 V 50 60 Hz Power c ns mptO es 2 6 09 aiaa ai 8004 2d edd dee 62 W Power consumption in standby mode 0 7 W Front panel display off WE perii esng enea eai Cente E Pe ene EA 7 9kg DIMENSIONS saaana a aaa 420 W x 87 H x 357 D mm Operating temperature sasaaa aaraa O GU tOsroo Operating ai calie ik a re rr ere eee 5 to 85 no condensation TE SV e te ease spn dtd eo ate ka es ER PAL SECAM NTSC external input only Recording Recording format 000 DVD Video Recording DVD VIDEO Recordable discs DVD RW DVD Re recordable disc DVD R DVD Recordable disc Video recording format Sampling TEGUENCY ous seri oe ea hone eden ea a oo 13 5MHz Compression TIONAL a anada a a A eS Oo AS MPEG Audio recording format SAMPING TEGUENCY aa a ctacdakaw eters erodaawdaa 48kHz Compression format Dolby Digital or Linear PCM uncompressed Recording time HDD Fine FHINE oaa aaa Approx 54 hours Stancard Play SP 24 4 ousteua ena aden Approx 108 hours bong ray LP 22 eitutbesdeadugedeen ds Approx 216 hours Extended Play EP s lt s aestaws knee aan Approx 324 hours super Long Hay SLP i rerisriiisiira Approx 433 hours Manual Mode MN
221. rd play LP Lights when the recording mode is set to LP long play EP Lights when the recording mode is set to EP extended play MN Lights when the recording mode is set to MN manual recording level mode m 5 i gt 12 Character display 13 E page 114 Indicates which channels of a bilingual broadcast are recorded 14 VPS PDC page 63 Lights when receiving a VPS PDC broadcast during a VPS PDC enabled timer recording 15 NTSC Lights when playing NISC format video 16 OVER page 114 Lights when the analog audio input level is too high Remote control 1 2 OPEN CLOSE 3 5 AUDIO SUBTITLE ANGLE PLAY MODE 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 REV SCAN PLAY FWD SCAN PAUSE STOPok BACK CM SKIP us PREV sececrion NEXT STEP SLOW RECMODE TIMERREC 19 feof _ MAK INFO DISPLAY 20 3 CG C 3 21 22 pur CHANNEL VOLUME 7V QIRECT 23 Pioneer DVD RECORDER K Controls and displays 1 ONE TOUCH COPY page 72 Press to start One Touch Copy of the currently playing title to DVD or the HDD 2 Remote control indicator Lights when setting up the remote control for use with a TV page 123 and when setting the remote control mode page 109 3 STANDBY ON Press to switch the recorder on into standby 4 amp OPEN CLOSE Press to open close the disc tray 5 HDD page 31 Press to select the hard disk HDD for recording or playback 6 DVD page 31 Press to select the DVD fo
222. ree options cable satellite or terrestrial that you have not already tried Follow the on screen prompts to make sure that GUIDE Plus can change channels on your external receiver If it does not work repeat the process choosing different ce PEA erat reception and external receiver combinations until Welcome to Postal Code SW109AD you have tried all the codes for your brand of receiver aaua Tal Receiver 1 ai that are already in the GUIDE Plus system If it still Camp External Receiver 2 None does not work see below on how to receive new External Receiver 3 None codes overnig ht One Button Recording ae You can change the Language Country Postal Code and the External Receiver settings 3 Press ENTER to confirm Note 1 Making changes to the Country or Postal Code settings may require a new download of TV listings information This can take up to 24 hours he unit has not yet received new codes The nightly data downloads frequently include new codes for controlling external receivers Please tune your external receiver to your local host channel and leave iton overnight Switch this recorder into standby The next morning please perform the GUIDE Plus setup again to see if your external receiver can now be controlled The external receiver that you use is currently not supported If after leaving your external receiver on overnight and doing the Reception and External Receiver Setup again it still d
223. regular recording but with the added option of an AUTO mode which maximizes the recording quality for the space available on the disc if recording to DVD or to fit on to a blank DVD disc if recording to HDD You can set timer recordings to record to a recordable DVD or to the hard disk drive For regular daily or weekly HDD timer recordings that you don t need to keep you can use the Auto Replace Recording feature to automatically replace the previous timer recording with the new one Note that when you use this feature the previous recording made on that timer program will be replaced by the next one regardless of whether you have watched it yet or not You can also set the recorder so that it will adjust the recording quality to try and fit the recording on to the disc if it would not otherwise fit at the recording quality you set see Optimized Rec on page 117 for more on this Finally if you set a timer recording to record to DVD but there isn t a recordable DVD loaded at the time of the recording the Recovery Recording feature will automatically record the program to the HDD for you m 5 i gt Recording This recorder is compatible with VPS Video Programming System and PDC Program Delivery Control systems used by many TV stations to ensure that a timer recording catches the whole program even when the program is not running to schedule Up to eight timer programs can be set with VPS PDC on A
224. roadcast TV program contains copy control information 04 Getting started En HDD and removable disc activity display Press DISPLAY once to see the HDD and removable disc DVD etc activity Use the HDD and DVD buttons to switch between the two kinds of display The example displays below show high speed copying from HDD to DVD and HDD chase playback BEAT ot PA a0 AD DYAD Remain 10h35m Hi Speed Copy Remain h m E Stop E Stop TTT Oh08m left Rec Mode SP 2h00m DVD Remain 10h35m R gt Chase Play m Stop Rec T Recording time Relative playback position Stop display 1 E Stop L DVD RW VR Resume Stereo Original FINE 1h00m DVD Rem 0h35m Copy Once Finalized Disc Name Comedy shows li DVD Mode h 1 DVD RW Original Play List Ifa VR mode disc is loaded this shows whether playback is currently set to Original or Play List During preview playback of the Copy List this shows Copy List 2 Disc type and mode Shows the disc type HDD DVD R DVD RW CD etc and the disc mode for recordable DVD if applicable VR or Video 3 Recording mode and time Shows the current recording mode FINE SP LP etc and the total recording time of the disc 4 Resume Shows Resume if playback can be resumed from the last place stopped 5 Recording time remaining Shows the approximate recording time left on the disc in the current recording mode 6 Preset name or number Shows the preset
225. rriving at the ANTENNA IN terminal and at the AV2 INPUT 1 DECODER AV connector are passed through to the ANTENNA OUT terminal and to the AV1 RGB TV AV connector respectively when the recorder is in standby You can cut the standby power consumption of the recorder by turning off the through function for one or both terminals e Mode Through function only for the antenna terminal e Mode2 No through function e Off Through function for both antenna terminal and AV connector 1 e When the current input is a built in tuner channel preset changing the input line system will usually also affect the input line system of the AV2 INPUT 1 DECODER input However if the AV2 L1 In setting is set to Decoder see AV2 L7 n on page 113 then the L2 input is affected instead e If when this setting is changed the screen goes blank due to incompatibility with your TV you can switch back by pressing and holding the front panel W button then pressing STOP REC also front panel while the recorder is stopped e When you switch the Input Line System setting the Copy List is erased e You can t mix recordings of different TV line systems on the same disc e When you change this setting the Input Colour System setting also changes see nput Colour System on page 111 2 When set to Off the display still lights dimly in standby when setting a timer recording 3 When a timer recording is set with VPS PDC on SCART through is always activ
226. rt Note Optimize HDD L HDD The Optimize HDD option is only visible when the recorder determines that the HDD needs optimizing you ll see a message appear on screen recommending you optimize the HDD As you record erase and edit recordings the HDD file system gradually becomes fragmented Periodically the HDD will need optimizing to clean up all the fragmented Tiles Optimizing the HDD can take up to eight hours to complete and in the meantime no other operation is possible It is however possible to cancel optimization should you need to e Select Optimize HDD from the disc Setup menu G2 Disc Setup A Basic Start Optimization gt Start Initialize Finalize Optimize HDD y e Select Start to optimize A progress bar indicates how long there is left to go HDD Initialize O HDD O When your DVD recorder is working without a problem this option is not visible in the Disc Setup menu However if the HDD file system becomes corrupted for some reason you initialize the HDD to fix the problem Note that initializing the HDD will erase all the data on it e Select Initialize HDD from the disc Setup menu B Disc Setup A Basic Initialize gt Start Initialize Finalize Initialize HDD v e Select Start to initialize 1 You cannot finalize a disc or use the Undo Finalize command if the TV line system of the disc is different to the current setting of th
227. s Came One Button Recording button Next Please enter the recording date and press the Green button 4 to confirm Grid Search MyTV Schedule 05 Jun Recording Schedule Qual Freq Dest 25 May Friends LP Tue HDDr Grid Search MyTV f Schedule Recording Schedule Qual Freq Dest 25 May Friends LP Tue HDDr 29 May Men in Black SP Once HDD Welcome to GUIDE Plus SP Once HDD Caunet One Button Recording ae aune e f you live in an area not yet covered by GUIDE Plus you may also have to input a channel number Follow the on screen display to do this 4 Press ENTER to confirm VIDEOJ is a trademark of Gemstar Development Corporation The VIDEO Plus system is manufactured under license from Gemstar Development Corporation gt Using the GUIDE Plus electronic program guide En 4 Inthe same way enter the recording start time followed by the GREEN Action button Next to confirm 5 Enter the recording end time in the same way followed by the GREEN Action button Next to confirm 6 Use the number buttons to enter a channel number then press the GREEN Action button Next to confirm k a Please select the source and the programme number and aq press the Green button to confirm 03 Grid Search MyTV J Schedule Recording Schedule Qual Freq Dest 25 May Friends LP Tue HDDr Welcome to 29 May Men in Black SP Once HDD GUIDE Plus 05
228. s e Professional suitable for professional monitors e Memory user preset 1 e Memory2 user preset 2 Note 1 When White AGC is On the White Level setting can t be adjusted Memory3 user preset 3 You can press DISPLAY to see the individual settings for the current preset TV CRT PDP or Professional 4 Press ENTER to select the preset Creating your own set There are three user presets in which you can save your own set of picture quality settings for disc playback 1 Follow Choosing a preset above and select one of the user presets Memory 1 2 or 3 2 Move the cursor down and select Detailed Settings Memory1 Detailed Settings 3 Select the picture quality setting you want to adjust W Memory1 Fast H Slow Auto 1 Prog Motion PureCinema Subtitle Adjust On Off HH Max Off HHH Max Off Max Off m Max You can adjust the following settings Prog Motion Adjusts the motion and still picture quality when video output is set to progressive PureCinema This setting optimizes the picture for film material when the video output is set to progressive scan Usually this is best left set to Auto 1 try switching to Auto 2 or Off if the picture appears unnatural Subtitle Adjust When the video output is set to progressive scan It s possible that the subtitles in some movies will disappear unnaturally In this case select the On setti
229. s screen 2 Usethe cursor left right buttons to select the Recording Mode HDD to DVD Copy HDD DVD RW VIDEO Required 0h08m Recording Mode sii HighSpeed 4 Copy List Total 1175MB ee Current DVD Remain 7 510 gt A 4700MB Conf List VW e High Speed Copy The Copy List is copied at the same recording quality as the original See page 71 for more information on high speed copying FINE SP LP EP SLP MN The Copy List is copied at the specified recording quality in real time Note that if you copy at a higher quality setting than the original the copy will not be better quality than the original If you select MIN above you can also change the level setting MN1 MN32 from the Recording Quality box that appears Optimized The recording quality automatically adjusted so that the Copy List fits on to the space available on the disc Copying is carried out in real time Note 1 When the copy mode is set to something other than High Speed Copy for copying to a Video mode DVD the chapter markers of the original are not copied Chapter markers are put into the copy at regular intervals according to the Auto Chapter setting see also Auto Chapter Video on page 118 When you change the recording mode setting you can see how much disc space it will require If this is more than is available it shows up in red and you won t be able to start copying In this case ei
230. s ENTER En 3 Use the t cursor up down buttons to select a group for the title then press ENTER e You can select one of the four groups or choose No Group in which case it will only appear when All is selected Title 1 21 00 Fri 6 09 Pr5 LP Vv 4 Press RETURN to go back to the Disc Navigator menu options or select another title to change the group of Group Name Grp Name O HDD Use this command to rename a group 1 Select Grp Name from the Disc Navigator menu 2 Use the cursor left right buttons to select the group that you want to name or rename then press ENTER Input Group Name CAPS small SP esses YA tT oamsue SI x aAOmxxX I i om lt re Lony S N Clear 3 Inputa name for the group The name can be up to six characters long 4 To finish entering the name highlight Exit and press ENTER 5 Press RETURN to go back to the Disc Navigator menu options or select another group to name Creating and editing a VR mode Play List A Play List is a kind of virtual content based on the actual Original content of the disc The main advantages of this type of editing is that it is non destructive of the video content on the disc and it allows greater control over editing so that you end up with the content exactly as you want it Remember e Use the PLAYLIST button to switch to the Play List edit screen e The Play List can contain a maximum of 99
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232. sc loaded at the time of the recording is unrecordable the program will automatically be recorded to the HDD e Auto Replace Recording QLD This feature is useful for regular timer recordings of a TV program which you don t want to keep after watching Each time the program is recorded it replaces the one currently on the HDD There s no need to manually delete it later Note on copying Recording equipment should be used only for lawful copying and you are advised to check carefully what is lawful copying in the country in which you are making a copy Copying of copyright material such as films or music is unlawful unless permitted by a legal exception or consented to by the nghtowners m 5 i gt ED Before you start En What s in the box Please confirm that the following accessories are in the box when you open it e Remote control e AA RGP dry cell batteries x2 e Audio video cable red white yellow e RF antenna cable e G LINK cable e Power cable e These operating instructions e Warranty card Putting the batteries in the remote control 1 Open the battery compartment cover on the back of the remote control N 2 Insert two AA R6P batteries into the battery compartment following the indications inside the compartment S ae E 3 Close the cover Note Using the remote control Please keep in mind the following when using the remote control e Make sure that
233. scan lt lt gt gt and slow motion lt 11 11 e Press RETURN or highlight Back and press ENTER to go back to the main Copy List screen leaving the title intact 4 With Divide highlighted press ENTER to divide the title at the current playback position 5 Repeat steps 2 to 4 to divide other titles in the Copy List or press RETURN to go back to the Copy List menu options Combine Use this command to make a single title from two adjacent titles in the Copy List 1 Select Combine from the Copy List menu options 2 Usethe cursor left right buttons to select two adjacent titles from the Copy List to combine then press ENTER i HDD to DVD Copy Note 3 Repeat step 2 to combine more titles or press RETURN to go back to the Copy List menu options Preview Use this command to check the content of a title in the Copy List 1 Select Preview from the Copy List menu options 2 Use the cursor left right buttons to select a title from the Copy List to preview then press ENTER The selected title starts playing You can return to the Copy List screen by pressing ll STOP otherwise playback will continue until the end of the Copy List e During preview you can select a new thumbnail for the Disc Navigator by pressing NAVI MARK 3 Repeat step 2 to preview other titles or press RETURN to go back to the Copy List menu options Move Use this command to change the orde
234. screen 3 Inputa name for the selected title Input Title Name 12 30 Wed 4 11 Pr5 LP 71 CAPS ae ah n l I om lt a FKQrv lt a NS gt A Clear e Use the f cursor buttons and ENTER to select characters e Aname generated automatically by the recorder will already be in the name input section of the screen Use the lt gt buttons to change the cursor position Select CAPS or small to change to upper or lower case or use the CASE SELECTION buttons l lt gt l You can also use the CLEAR button to delete characters directly press and hold for two seconds to delete the whole name For other remote control key shortcuts see Using the remote key shortcuts to input a name below For discs formatted on a different DVD recorder you will see only a limited character set 4 Highlight OK then press ENTER to enter the name and return to the main Disc Navigator screen e To return to the main Disc Navigator screen without saving changes to the title name press RETURN 5 Press RETURN to go back to the Disc Navigator menu options or select another title to name Using the remote key shortcuts to input a name The table below shows the remote contro key shortcuts that you can use to input characters in the name input screen Pressing a button repeatedly cycles through the characters shown If you want to enter two characters in succession that are both on the same button
235. shed 1 Ifthe recorder is on switch it into standby 2 Press and hold STOP on the front panel for three seconds to lock the controls The front panel display briefly shows LOCK If any buttons are pressed on the remote or front panel LOCK is briefly displayed again e To unlock the recorder press and hold m STOP on the front panel for three seconds until the display shows UNLOCK e o cancel a timer recording when the recorder is locked first unlock the recorder see above then press and hold REC for three seconds Note Timer recording FAQ g Frequently Asked Questions e Even though the timer is set the recorder doesn t start recording Check that the disc loaded or HDD is recordable not locked see Lock Disc on page 102 and that there are fewer than 99 999 titles already on the DVD HDD The recorder won t let me enter a timer program Why not You can t enter a timer program if the clock isn t set e What happens when two or more timer programs overlap Basically the program with the earlier recording start time has priority However the recorder will start recording the program with the later start time after the earlier program is finished If two programs have the same times but different channels for example the program set most recently takes priority If VPS PDC is active for two timer programs that are programmed to start at the same time then the program that actually starts first t
236. sing ENTER a marker appears under the bar to show the start of the section Il Play Pause A A 0 02 09 17 4 Inthe same way find the end of the section to erase then with To highlighted press ENTER After pressing ENTER another marker appears under the bar to show the end of the section with the section itself marked in red Note 5 Select Yes to confirm or No to cancel then press ENTER In the thumbnail viewer you can see a few seconds of video either side of the marked section to see how the edit will look 6 Repeat steps 3 to 5 if you want to erase more sections from the same title 7 Select Back or press RETURN to get back to the main Copy List screen 1 When Frame Accurate is set to Off see Frame Accurate on page 118 the From time and length of the erased section may differ by up to 0 5 seconds from that set Copying and back up CH m 5 i gt Copying from DVD to HDD Currently selected DVD title DVD to HDD Copy Original 16 00 Sun 8 11 Pr5 LP Recording Time 0h32m55s gt _ Information for the Copy List selected title menu options Move ay SY 8 An Copy List titles Preview Erase All Copy List Total 1h30m 1 2 7 ss ge cot es e lt Copy List Use the DVD to HDD Copy screen to transfer video on DVD to the hard disk A Important e The DVD to HDD Copy screen is not accessible when a finalized Video mode disc is loade
237. ss TOP MENU to access e Some discs feature both Dolby Digital and DTS soundtracks There is no analog audio output when DTS is selected To listen to the DTS soundtrack connect this recorder to a DTS decoder or AV amp receiver with built in DTS decoder via the digital output See Connecting to an AV amplifier receiver on page 19 for connection details 3 When playing a Bilingual recording on a VR mode disc if you are listening to the Dolby Digital soundtrack via the digital output you cannot switch the audio channel Set Dolby Digital Out to Dolby Digital gt PCM see Do by Digital Out on page 114 or listen via the analog outputs if you need to switch the audio channel Playback Some Super VCD discs have two soundtracks With these discs you can switch between the two soundtracks as well as individual channels in each AUDIO 1 To display switch the audio channel press AUDIO repeatedly The audio channel s currently playing are indicated on screen e L R Both channels default e L Left channel only e R Right channel only D TD CUD e Stereo Stereo default e 1 L Left channel only e 2 R Right channel only e 1 Stereo Soundtrack 1 Stereo default e 1 L Soundtrack 1 Left channel e 1 R Soundtrack 1 Right channel e 2 Stereo Soundtrack 2 Stereo e 2 L Soundtrack 2 Left channel e 2 R Soundtrack 2 Right channel Switching camera angles Some DVD Video discs feature scenes shot
238. t Language Recording Playback v If your AV amp receiver or other connected component is compatible with high sampling rate audio 88 2 96 kHz set to 96KHz otherwise set to 96kHz 48kHz Check the manual that came with the connected component if you re unsure whether it is compatible with high sampling rate audio MPEG Out You only need to make this setting if you connected this recorder to an AV amp receiver or other component using the digital output e Default setting MPEG PCM DB Initial Setup a A Digital Out Dolby Digital Out DTS Out 96kHz PCM Out MPEG Out Basic Tuner Video In Out Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback v If your AV amp receiver or other connected component is MPEG audio compatible set to MPEG otherwise set to MPEG PCM Check the manual that came with the connected component if you re unsure whether it is MPEG compatible Language settings OSD Language e Default setting English D Initial Setup ee en Basic OSD Language Audio Language Subtitle Language Auto Language DVD Menu Language Subtitle Display Tuner Video In Out Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback v This sets the language of the on screen menus and displays Audio Language e Default setting English DB Initial Setup a Basic OSD Language Audio Language Subtitle Language Auto L
239. t screen without starting playback press HOME MENU or PLAY MODE e You can change the program list by selecting Input Edit Program from the Play Mode Program menu e During program play press gt I to skip to the next program step Press CLEAR during playback to switch off program play if no menu OSD such as the Disc Navigator is displayed Press while stopped to erase the program list e You can use repeat play with program play Start playback of the program list then select Program Repeat from the Repeat Play Mode menu see Repeat play on page 56 Other Program play functions As well as creating and editing a program list you can start program play cancel program play and erase the program list from the Play Mode menu 1 Press PLAY MODE and select Program from the list of functions on the left 2 Select a program play function e Input Edit Program See above e Start Program Play Starts playback of a saved program list e Cancel Program Play Turns off program play but does not erase the program list Erase Program List Erases the program list and turns off program play 1 When playing a program list of DVD Video chapters chapters not included in the program list may be sometimes be played depending on the disc m 5 i gt MD Cya O En Displaying and switching subtitles Some DVD discs have subtitles in one or more languages the disc box will usually t
240. t the new Parental Lock level password Parental Lock Country Code DP Initial Setup You may also want to refer to the Country code list on Basic Change Password iaa i page 131 Video In Out G tP d e urrent Password DEDERE 1 Select Country Code Audio Out ee et Tanguage New Password CCEE Recording Playback v D Initial Setup A Basic TV Screen Size Change Password Tuner Still Picture Change Level 3 Press ENTER Video In Out Seamless Playback Country Code Audio In Parental Lock Audio Out Angle Indicator 4 Enter a new password nge Recording Playback v DB Initial Setup Chano Fasora 2 Use number buttons to enter your password Video Out Current Password TECE then press ENTER Audio In Audio Out De a New Password CErE Recording D Initial Setup _ _ Playback v Basic Parental Lock Country Code Tuner Video In Out Password CECE Audio Out Tes Code us Number CCE Parental Lock Change Level 1 Select Change Lever 3 Select a Country code There are two ways you can do this Initial Setup e Select by code letter Use cursor left right to Basic TV Screen Size Change Password Tuner Still Picture Change Level change the cou ntry code Video In Out Seamless Playback Country Code Audio In Parental Lock Audio Out Angle Indicator SD initial Setup Language A oe Basic TV Sq Parental Lo
241. tandard video Can t play a disc recorded using this If the disc was recorded in Video mode make sure that it s finalized page 69 recorder on another player eSome players will not play recordable DVD discs even when recorded in Video mode and finalized e f the disc was recorded in VR mode the other player must be specifically RW compatible in order to play it page 9 e Discs recorded with copy once material cannot be played on non CPRM compatible players page 61 During playback the picture is dark e When acopy protected disc is played via a VCR the picture will not display or distorted correctly Connect the recorder directly to your TV Can t control your TV using this e f there is more than one code listed for your make of TV try each one in turn remote control page 123 e t is possible that none of the codes listed will work with your particular model of TV even if the maker appears in the remote control code list Can t record or does not record suc e Check that there is some remaining blank space on the DVD HDD cessfully e For a Video mode disc check that the disc isn t already finalized e The HDD may contain up to 999 titles one DVD disc 99 Original titles and 999 chapters Check that these limits have not been reached e Check that the source you are trying to record is not copy protected e For a VR formatted disc check that the disc isn t locked page 102 e Check that you are recording with th
242. that track Press CLEAR to clear a number entry and Start again While a PBC menu screen is displayed use to select numbered menu items Video CD only Each press skips backward forward progressively up to a maximum of 10 minutes forward or three minutes back Note that this function doesn t work when playing in PBC mode During playback press to start slow motion playback Press repeatedly to change the playback speed While paused press to advance a single frame forward direction only Press to display the disc menu of a Video Q CD Super VCD playing in PBC mode 1 If you want to play a DTS audio CD make sure the recorder is connected to a DTS compatible amp receiver with a digital connection Noise will be output through the analog outputs Also make sure that STEREO is selected using the AUDIO button see Switching audio channels on page 58 2 Scanning doesn t work with WMA tracks 3 When playing in PBC mode some playback features such as search repeat and program play are not available You can play a PBC Video CD Super VCD in non PBC mode by pressing gt to start playback instead of gt PLAY Getting started Using the Home Menu Displaying disc information on From the Home Menu screen you can access all the screen features of the recorder Press HOME MENU to display You can display various on screen information about the the Home Menu screen disc loaded or the HDD m 5 i gt En
243. the Play Mode menu is displayed Repeat play a There are various repeat play options depending on the kind of disc loaded or if you re using the HDD for playback It s also possible to use repeat play together with program play to repeat the tracks chapters in the program list see Program play below 1 Select Repeat from the Play Mode menu 2 Select a repeat play mode B Play Mode Search Mode Repeat Disc A B Repeat Repeat Title Repeat Repeat Chapter Program oRepeat Off Note 1 e You can t use A B Repeat with WMA MP3 or Super VCD discs e For VR mode DVD discs select Repeat Disc Repeat Title or Repeat Chapter or Repeat Off CID IID amp e For HDD DVD Video and Video mode DVD discs select Repeat Title or Repeat Chapter or Repeat Off D CD ED e For CDs and Video CD Super VCDs select Repeat Disc or Repeat Track or Repeat Off e For WMA MP discs select Repeat Disc Repeat Folder or Repeat Track or Repeat Off 3 To resume normal playback select Repeat Off from the Repeat Play menu You can also press CLEAR to cancel repeat play if no menu OSD such as the Play Mode menu is displayed Program play GD ED This feature lets you program the play order of titles chapters folders tracks on a disc 1 Select Program from the Play Mode menu 2 Select Input Edit Program from the list of program options R Play Mode Search Mode Input Edit Program A B Repeat Start
244. ther change the recording quality or press RETURN to go back to the Copy List screen and erase one or more titles from the Copy List 3 Select Start to begin copying HDD to DVD Copy List commands Add Use this command to add titles to the Copy List 1 Select Add from the Copy List menu options 2 Use the cursor left right buttons to select a title from the HDD to add to the Copy List then press ENTER HDD to DVD Copy LIZA 16 00 Sun 11 8 Pr5 LP WWE A Recording Time 0h32m55s DVD A 2 f gt The thumbnail appears in the Copy List section in the lower half of the screen If there are already titles in the Copy List the title is added at the end 3 Repeat step 2 to add more titles to the Copy List or press RETURN to go back to the Copy List menu options 2 Only titles which were recorded in the same TV system as the recorder is currently set to can be added to the Copy List When Frame Accurate is set to Off see Frame Accurate on page 118 the following limitations on adding titles to the Copy List apply e When adding titles that contain copy once protected material the copy once parts will not be added to the Copy List e When adding titles that contain material of more than one aspect ratio screen size each part with a different aspect ratio will be added as a separate title e Widescreen material recorded in LP EP SLP or MN1 18 will not be added to the Copy List e Ch
245. ting determines how AV Link signals are handled when the recorder is in standby Choose the This Recorder Only setting for AV Link signals to affect only this recorder Choose Pass Through to have this recorder pass on AV Link signals to other connected devices without affecting this recorder Setup Navigator e Default setting n a D Initial Setup A Basic Clock Setting Tuner Input Line System Video In Out On Screen Display Audio In Front Panel Display Audio Out Power Save Language Remote Control Mode Recording AV Link Playback Setup Navigator v The Setup Navigator appears automatically when you switch on the recorder for the first time or after resetting the recorder It is also available from the Initial Settings menu should you need it at any other time See also Switching on and setting up on page 26 Tuner settings Auto Channel Setting Auto Scan This recorder has a built in TV tuner for recording PAL B G PAL I SECAM L and SECAM D K TV programs off the air or from analog cable TV We recommend that you first use the Auto Channel Setting described here to tune into the channels in your area then if there are any unwanted channels you can disable them using Channel Skip described below You can also fine tune individual stations using the Manual CH Setting feature See Manual CH Setting below for how to use this 1 Choose Tuner from the Initial Setup menu then Auto Channel Setting
246. titles Play Use this function to start playback of a title 1 Select Play from the Disc Navigator Play List menu options 2 Select the title you want to play then press ENTER 2 Disc Navigator DVD Remain 0h37m FINE Playback of the title you selected starts Erase This command erases a title only from the Play List The title remains in the Original content and the available recording time does not increase 1 Select Erase from the Disc Navigator Play List menu options 2 Select the title you want to erase then press ENTER DVD Remain 0h37m FINE Ttl Name Chpt Edit Erase S ec Erase Title No 3 Highlight Yes to confirm or No to cancel then press ENTER 4 Press RETURN to go back to the Disc Navigator menu options or select another title to erase Title Name Ttl Name You can give titles new names of up to 64 characters long 1 Select Ttl Name from the Disc Navigator Play List menu options 2 Select the title you want to name then press ENTER 3 Input a name for the selected title 2 o P aoVAOINES Press ENTER after selecting each character e Aname generated automatically by the recorder will already be in the name input section of the screen Use the lt gt buttons to change the cursor position Select CAPS or small to change to upper or lower case or use the CASE SELECTION buttons lt gt l e You can also
247. ture quality for TV and external NOUNS 6 6 ba045o5064 48405200 OSHR ASE EA ERE OA Setting the picture quality for disc playback PUG DR idee tk cane cae eae ee aces Geneon 14 The Initial Setup menu Using the Initial Setup MENU eee eee ee ee eee 107 Basic SOUNS tax 44 65 60008 dors soa ote eee 107 TUNCr SCUINGS sssri rssi irritera eho ee eee es 109 Video ly OUt S eraser oe eee eab ede 111 PUCIOMNSCUINGS 6aucat ne ea te ee eae ee 113 PUI OUTS NOS 2 ket eed am eee see eos tees 114 Language SELIM OS area s aretha baleen ee es es 115 Recording SunOS 18 cx ews eck bark eae ween we i 117 PIOAK SOT OS cy i ae cusps oe hw ar a a a 118 PW OULU Sas ee cena eee Gee eeats can ae 121 15 Additional information Resetting the TECOlGe hs case wie eeu Ae eee em Bes 123 Setting up the remote to control your IV 123 Screen sizes and disc formMatS 2 eee eee eee 124 TOUDE OO era ai irae Oe clean me Se a A ae a eral ws es 125 Frequently asked QUESTIONS 6 aa fais saastae ase eae 128 POM einige oe esaesehaawanweeed ee hae 129 Manual recording WOUCSs 6i 4 lt 60 tan eaewreie ea s 130 LANGUEOS Code ISD braaa a dine kee ade aa 131 COUN COOS IIT cess ereaeatn doen eee ees 131 On screen displays and recorder displayS 132 FV VOU CD CU Se acu scare setae ayn wr teas Screener or 133 SlOMMO USCS adadecetauad ete eeee has aeee es 133 Berc o E e e 28 ceee ewes da Sawa ee ees 134 Cleaning the pickup ICNS eee eee ees 134 CONCENSAUCH a2c
248. tween the quietest and loudest sounds possible in an audio signal without distorting or getting lost in noise Dolby Digital and DTS soundtracks are capable of a wide dynamic range delivering dramatic cinema like effects EXIF Exchangeable Image File A file format developed by Fuji Photo Film for digital still cameras Digital cameras from various manufacturers use this compressed file format which carries date time and thumbnail information as well as the picture data File extension A tag added to the end of a filename to indicate the type of file For example mp3 indicates an MP3 Tile HDMI HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface is a digital interface that can handle both audio and video using a single cable HDMI supports uncompressed high definition video and multi channel audio ISO 9660 format International standard for the volume and file structure of CD ROM discs JPEG A file format used for still images such as photographs and illustrations JPEG Tiles are identified by the file extension jog or JPG Most digital cameras use this format MP3 MP3 MPEG1 audio layer 3 is a compressed audio file format Files are recognized by their file extension mp3 or AMPO m 5 i gt TH Additional information En MPEG audio MPEG DIC Multichannel An audio format used on Video CDs and some DVD discs This unit can convert MPEG audio to PCM format for wider compatibil
249. ty recording time on page 61 for detailed information e Press HDD to record to the hard disk drive or DVD to record to a DVD 4 Press REC when you re ready to start recording e The recorder will only start recording from the DV IN OUT jack if there is a valid signal Recording will also pause if the signal is interrupted during recording e When scanning a DVD no sound is output if the recorder is also recording the DVD see Scanning discs on page 53 2 If your Source is Copy protected using CopyGuard you will not be able to record it See Restrictions on video recording on page 61 for more details m 5 i gt En Recording from a DV camcorder HDD You can record trom a DV camcorder connected to the DV IN OUT jack on the front panel of this recorder Using the recorder s remote you can control both the camcorder and this recorder Before recording make sure that the audio input for the DV IN OUT jack is setup see DV Input on page 114 ee RETURN Q CD osm REV SCAN PLAY FWD SCAN PAUSE STOP STEP SLOW REC MODE A Important The source signal must be DVC SD format Some camcorders cannot be controlled using this recorder s remote If you connect a second recorder using a DV cable you cannot control the second unit from this one You can t control this unit remotely trom a component connected to the DV IN OUT jack You can t record date and time information fro
250. u can see information about it in the Information Box including title synopsis channel source time and length If there is ani symbol in the Information Box it means that there is an extended synopsis available Press the INFO button to see It In some countries you can also see a rating fora particular program mostly movies These ratings are provided by local partners such as TV magazines From the Grid Area you can e View and scroll through program listings e Read program synopsis e Tune to a program that s currently showing e Set a program to record e Lock or unlock the video window e Access panel ads 1 If you re using an external tuner Satellite tuner for example there will be a short delay of a couple of seconds before it tunes to the channel after selecting it This is normal Using the GUIDE Plus electronic program guide 05 Browsing the Grid Use the following remote buttons to browse the grid t cursor buttons Navigate the Grid lt gt Previous next page 11 1 Previous next day BLUE Action button Return to the current time date in the Grid ENTER Press on the current selection to exit GUIDE Plus and start watching the program The Search Area From the Search Area you can e Search by category e Search by subcategory e Search by keyword e Read program synopsis e Tune to a program that s currently showing e Set a program to record e Access pa
251. ually change any of the content on the disc but just controls how the content is played back rather like the program play feature found on CD players Editing material recorded on the HDD is similar to editing the Original content of a VR mode DVD RW with similar commands for erasing naming and locking titles as well as fine control over the content of chapters within titles The Disc Navigator screen DVD Disc Navigator Edit mode Currently selected title E2 Disc Ilavigator Video Mode N DVD Disc recording VIDEO mere Locked title Px 12 30 Wed 4 11 Pr5 LP DVD Remain indicator Disc Navigator Play Recording Time Oh30m40s Bey FIN a TE menu options Erase Recording time Ttl Name gt available in the displayed Lock recording mode Erase All Number of title pages Vv Information for selected title HDD Disc Navigator Currently selected title HDD group tabs ysij 6uq Disc Navigator ILY Group x Group3 Group4 New indicator Selected Group 12 30 Wed 4 11 Pr5 LP HDD Remain kecoramg ume Disc Naviaator Play Recording Time Oh30m40s BAP GT Im available in the displayed g recording mode menu options Erase Ttl Name Locked title aad re alll indicator Erase Sec Number of title _ pages Information for Auto Replace selected title Recording indicator A Important e Titles that have been recorded with a Line
252. ully The voltage of the available power supply differs according to country or region Be sure that the power supply voltage of the area where this unit will be used meets the required voltage e g 230V or 120V written on the rear panel D3 4 2 1 4_A_En CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT D3 4 2 1 8_A_En CAUTION The STANDBY ON switch on this unit will not completely shut off all power from the AC outlet Since the power cord serves as the main disconnect device for the unit you will need to unplug it from the AC outlet to shut down all power Therefore make sure the unit has been installed so that the power cord can be easily unplugged from the AC outlet in case of an accident To avoid fire hazard the power cord should also be unplugged from the AC outlet when left unused for a long period of time for example when on vacation D3 4 2 2 2a_A_En WARNING To prevent a fire hazard do not place any naked flame sources such as a lighted candle on the equipment D3 4 2 1 7a_A_En Operating Environment Operating environment temperature and humidity 5 C 35 C 41 F 95 F less than 85 RH cooling vents not blocked Do not install this unit in a poorly ventilated area or in locations exposed to high humidity or direct sunlight or strong artificial light D3 4 2 1 7 _A_En VENTILATION CAUTION When installing this unit make sure to leave space around the unit for ventilation to improve heat radiation at least 10
253. uner in this recorder while watching a video playing on your VCR To use this feature when the recorder is in standby Power Save must be set to Off see Power Save on page 108 Connecting up Using other types of audio video output If you can t use the SCART AV connector to connect your TV to this recorder there are standard audio video output jacks as well as an S video and component video output Using the supplied audio video cable AUDIO INPUT a P A P A P VIDEO TV Se A WA COMPONENT BAAN VIDEO OUT EE Wi p OUTP i 4 CQ 1 Connect the VIDEO OUTPUT jack to a video input on your TV Use the yellow jack of the supplied audio video cable for the video connection 2 Connect the AUDIO OUTPUT jacks to the corresponding audio inputs on your TV Use the red and white jacks of the supplied audio video cable for the audio connection Make sure you match up the left and right outputs with their corresponding inputs for correct stereo sound Using the S video or component video output COMPONENT VIDEO INPUT D jp S VIDEO INPUT AUDIO INPUT TV JA C AmA exc ACIN TTO C4 TEN COO QET 1 Connect the S video or component video output to a similar input on your TV For an S video connection use an
254. use the CLEAR button to delete characters directly opress and hold for two seconds to delete the whole name For other remote control key shortcuts see Using the remote key shortcuts to input a name on page 90 e For discs formatted on a different DVD recorder you will see only a limited character set 4 Highlight OK then press ENTER to fix the name and return to the main Disc Navigator screen e To return to the main Disc Navigator screen without saving changes to the title name press RETURN 5 Press RETURN to go back to the Disc Navigator menu options or select another title to name Chapter Edit Chpt Edit When editing VR mode DVDs you can edit individual chapters within a title with commands for erasing moving combining and dividing You can also play individual chapters to check their content 1 Select Chpt Edit from the Disc Navigator Play List menu options 2 Select the title that contains the chapters you want to edit then press ENTER After selecting a title thumbnails of each chapter appear and you ll see that the Disc Navigator menu items change to the chapter editing commands Chapter Edit Play List Vv e Erase Erase chapters Select the chapter you want to erase and press ENTER e Divide Divide a chapter into two or more parts Select the chapter you want to divide From the following screen use the playback controls gt H lt lt gt gt ctc to find the point at
255. ut Line System on page 108 for how to change the recorder s setting The Disc Setup menu Initialize settings DVD RW You can initialize a DVD RW disc for either VR mode recording or Video mode recording The first time you load a new DVD RW disc it will be automatically initialized for recording according to the DVD RW Auto Init setting in the Initial Setup menu see page 118 The initialize menu here lets you reinitialize a disc for example if you want to change the recording format of the disc See nitializing a DVD RW disc on page 70 for detailed instructions Finalize settings Finalize Finalizing fixes the recordings in place so that the disc can be played on a regular DVD player or computer equipped with a suitable DVD ROM drive See Playing your recordings on other DVD players on page 69 for detailed instructions Undo Finalize You can undo the finalization on DVD RW discs recorded on this recorder in Video mode You need to do this if you want to record more material or edit material already on the disc You can also undo the finalization of VR mode discs which have been finalized on other DVD recorders If when you load a disc the message This disc cannot be recorded Undo the finalization is displayed use this command to be able to record on the disc using this recorder 1 From the Disc Setup menu select Finalize then Undo Finalize from the finalize options 2 Select Sta
256. vernmental regulations or environmental public instruction s rules that apply in your country or area Before you start Disc content format playback compatibility General disc compatibility This recorder is compatible with a wide range of disc types media and formats Playable discs will generally feature one of the following logos on the disc and or disc packaging Note however that some disc types such as recordable CD and DVD may be in an unplayable format see below for further compatibility information VIDEO RW DVD Video DVD R DVD RW EC dst Wee wee BISITAL AUDIO Recordable ReWritable Audio CD Video CD CD R CD RW i E FUJICOLOR CD boul COMPATIBLE FUJICOLOR CD COMPATIBLE Fujicolor CD e Also compatible with KODAK Picture CD e DVD js a trademark of DVD Format Logo Licensing Corporation js a trademark of Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd This recorder also supports the IEC s Super VCD standard Compared to the Video CD standard Super VCD offers superior picture quality and allows two soundtracks to be recorded Super VCD also supports the widescreen Size E COMPACT amp SE CD Super Video CD Super VCD DVD R RW compatibility This recorder will play and record DVD R RW discs Compatible media e DVD RW Ver 1 1 Ver 1 1 2x and Ver 1 2 4x e DVD R Ver 2 0 and Ver 2 0 4x 8x Recording formats e DVD R DVD Video format Video mode e DVD RW Video Recording VR for
257. y 9 About the internal hard disk drive 2 0 eee eens 11 02 Connecting up Reer Dane CONMECIONS cccecnca Sbeataee sew a 12 Front panel CONNECIONS sa a40 e060 26 daa eee eee es 12 Extra features for use with compatible TVS 13 ey CONNEC Ohler ove aiea e aunt ee ane ae ace ee 14 Using other types of audio video output s a s s 15 Connecting to a cable box satellite receiver or digital terrestrial receiver ec ee eee ees 16 Connecting an external decoder box 1 205 17 Connecting an external decoder box 2 2 0205 18 Connecting to an AV amplitier receiver 2055 19 C nnocung sMo IM ees s ee ens doe ese ate 20 PDOUTIFIOIM tosh at aes 2 dae aioe we amp ate deacacd ar hts aca 20 Connecting other AV SOUTCES iassa wedsn caren e at 21 Plugging Ie ss ie a uta arc ae a wh se ok ee a Wh J 21 03 Controls and displays ROM UGS Manca oe shs We ec ny Ge an ccaceer adh we de Gv Seat alam Ba eek 22 DiCOlef2u00 ade aed wa aceaee oe nearer eee eee 23 Reme COMMOle 4 4 tanbe bea wee ee cae eee eas 24 04 Getting started owitening on and Setting W042 sac aceesa ea Se x 26 Setting up the GUIDE Plus system 065 29 Selecting the hard disk or DVD for playback and COPING Ciara dhtere eens eed eee erste as 31 Making your first reCOrding eee eee een ee eens 32 Using the built in VINEE ses ceeeeteacaeeadaas 33 Basic DIAVOECK tao inegee Seen tea Seine eae ae ees 34 USING The Rome VICI a ttia e ee0 ote nace
258. y be cases where even 2x 4x 8x compatible discs do not copy at full speed e High speed copying is not possible when using discs initialized on another recorder e The table below shows disc brands that have been tested for 8x speed writing compatibility with this recorder Sony That s JVC Fujifilm TDK Maxell Verbatim Ritek As of July 2004 DAYDE irom as Rec mode DVD R Ver 2 0 DVD RW Ver 1 1 DVD RW Ver 1 1 2x 2 SLP TO MNS 4 mins EP 10 mins 5 mins LP 19 Mins 7 5 mins SP 30 mins 15 mins FINE 60 mins 30 mins Note that all times in the above table are approximate l Compatible with single speed recording only i Compatible with 2x speed recording 3 Compatible with 4x speed recording DVD R Ver 2 0 4x 3 DVD R Ver 2 0 8x 4 DVD RW Ver 1 2 4x 3 2 mins 1 1 mins Zo mins 1 20 MINS 4 mins 2 mins 7 5 mins 4 mins 15 mins 8 mins a Compatible with 8x speed recording Note that actual copy speed varies with the part of the disc being recorded gt Copying and back up En Real time copying Real time copying is also possible with the advantage that you can manually set a different recording mode from the original For example you can record a title originally recorded in FINE mode in SP mode When real time copying from the HDD to a Video mode DVD the chapter markers in the original material are not copied Chapter markers are put into the copy at intervals accord

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