Pioneer DVR-7000, Operating Instructions Manual

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Getting Started 4
About DVD recording
• 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.
Disc types and recording formats,
modes and settings
This recorder can play three different kinds of
DVD disc: pre-recorded DVD-Video discs, DVD-
RW and DVD-R discs. The disc format for DVD-R
discs is always “Video format”—the same as pre-
recorded DVD-Video discs. This means that once
finalized, you can play a DVD-R in a regular DVD
player.
By default, the DVD-RW disc format is Video
Recording format, though you can change this to
Video format, if required. (Reinitializing the disc
will erase the contents of the disc.)
The recording mode is closely related to the disc
format. If the disc format is Video Recording
format, then the recording mode is VR mode; if
the disc format is Video mode, then the
recording mode is Video mode (except for DVD-
Video, which is not recordable, and so does not
have a recording mode).
Within the recording modes (which are fixed for
the whole disc) are the record settings. These
can be changed as required for each recording
and determine the picture quality and how much
space the recording will take up on the disc.
Recording in VR mode
When recording in VR mode, you need to first set
the recording mode to
SP (Standard), or MN
(Manual).
In SP mode, the recording quality and recording
time are fixed. The total recording time available
on a disc recorded in
SP mode is 120 minutes
(for a 12cm/4.7GB disc).
In MN mode you can trade off recording quality
for recording time. Recording rate levels range
from 1 (360 minutes of recording per disc) to 32
(61 minutes/disc). The default setting is level 9,
which gives you 240 minutes/disc. The
SP mode
is the equivalent of level 21.
The table below shows approximately how much
recording time a whole disc would give at each
level.
Disc type
DVD-Video
DVD-RW
DVD-R
Disc format
Video format
Video Recording
format (default)
Video format
Video format
Recording mode
n/a
VR mode
Video mode
Video mode
Record settings
n/a
SP (standard), MN
(manual) - level 1-32
V1 (high quality), V2
(standard)
V1 (high quality), V2
(standard)
Functions
Playback only
Playback, recording, Original/
Playlist editing
Playback, limited recording,
limited editing
Playback, limited recording,
limited editing