Pioneer DVR-RT401-S Operating Instructions Manual Download

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Getting started

SETUP MENU

The SETUP MENU consists of several menus where you
can make various settings concerning language, audio
functions, and images. In addition, this menu includes a
clock, channel and other things that require setting just
after purchase.
For details of each menu, see the corresponding section
in this chapter.

Using the SETUP MENU

The following example shows the basic setting proce-
dure of the SETUP MENU. The remote control keys that
operate the SETUP MENU are displayed at the bottom of
the screen.

Note

• For items that require different operations from the

basic setting procedure, the setting procedure is
described in each individual section.

• The item which is indicated by green color cannot

be selected.

Select any channel to receive a TV station in

your area.

The channel number will appear on the screen for about
4 seconds.

For a push-button TV tuner

If CH

corresponding to the video channel cannot

be tuned on your TV, proceed as follows: set the VCR 3/4
channel selector and the TV to CH

, playback a

prerecorded tape and tune the TV to receive a sharp
color picture from the video cassette recorder. Refer to
your TV owner’s manual for details.

Note

•

When shipped from factory, the video channel
is set to CH 3.

Press SETUP while the DVD and video tape is

stopped.

The SETUP MENU screen will appear.

TIMER REC SET

SYSTEM SETUP

AV SETUP

REC SETUP

CH SETUP

OTHER

SETUP MENU

ENTER

RETURN

SETUP

ENTER

BACK

END

SELECT

Press

to select the desired menu and

press ENTER.

The submenu screen of the selected menu will appear.

TIMER REC SET

SYSTEM SETUP

AV SETUP

REC SETUP

CH SETUP

OTHER

LANGUAGE

PARENTAL

CLOCK

DISC SETUP

OTHER

SETUP MENU

Press

to select the desired submenu and

press ENTER.

The screen for the selected submenu will appear.

TIMER REC SET

SYSTEM SETUP

AV SETUP

REC SETUP

CH SETUP

OTHER

LANGUAGE

OSD LANGUAGE

DVD MENU

AUDIO

SUBTITLE

SETUP MENU

ENGLISH

AUTOMATIC

ENGLISH

Press

to select the desired item you

want, and press ENTER.

Selectable items will be listed.

TIMER REC SET

SYSTEM SETUP

AV SETUP

REC SETUP

CH SETUP

OTHER

LANGUAGE

OSD LANGUAGE

DVD MENU

AUDIO

SUBTITLE

SETUP MENU

ENGLISH

AUTOMATIC

ENGLISH

ENGLISH
FRANCAIS
ESPANOL
OTHER
AUTOMATIC
OFF

----

Press

to select the desired item and press

ENTER.

This completes the setting procedure.

• To return to the previous screen, press

RETURN

• To close the SETUP MENU, press

SETUP

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Summary of Contents for DVR-RT401-S

Page 1: ...perating Instructions RegisterYour Product at www pioneerelectronics com for U S www pioneerelectronics ca for Canada DVD Recorder VCR DVR RT501 S DVR RT401 S DVR RT301 S 2G00201B_En_01_05 8 4 05 10 52 1 ...

Page 2: ...nergy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to corre...

Page 3: ...TDOOR ANTENNA GROUNDING If an outside antenna or cable system is connected to the product be sure the antenna or cable system is grounded so as to provide some protection against voltage surges and built up static charges Article 810 of the National Electrical Code ANSI NFPA 70 provides information with regard to proper grounding of the mast and supporting structure grounding of the lead in wire t...

Page 4: ...onmental considerations For disposal or recycling information please contact your local authorities or the Electronics Industries Alliance www eiae org K057_En 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 ...

Page 5: ...rary soft whispers 40 Living room refrigerator bedroom away from traffic 50 Light traffic normal conversation quiet office 60 Air conditioner at 20 feet sewing machine 70 Vacuum cleaner hair dryer noisy restaurant 80 Average city traffic garbage disposals alarm clock at two feet THE FOLLOWING NOISES CAN BE DANGEROUS UNDER CONSTANT EXPOSURE 90 Subway motorcycle truck traffic lawn mower 100 Garbage ...

Page 6: ...le selection DVD menu 39 Changing angles Zooming 40 Changing soundtrack language 41 Changing the subtitle language 41 The CD Track Info screen 42 01 Before you start Features 8 Discs which can be played back 9 Discs on which video can be recorded 10 Recording format 10 Disc playback in other players 11 02 Controls and displays Front panel 12 Rear panel 12 Display window 13 Remote control 14 Puttin...

Page 7: ...a selected track 42 Random playback 43 Repeat playback of selected track 43 Repeat playback of all tracks 43 Playing back programs 43 Playing back track by specifying the time 43 MP3 WMA JPEG playback 44 Using the BROWSER screen 44 When the file to be displayed is selected 44 Playing back MP3 WMA files 45 Playing back JPEG files 46 Progressive scan 47 Different scanning modes 47 Loading and unload...

Page 8: ...VCR You can program the recorder to record up to 12 programs up to a month in advance using the VCR Plus system 1 for easy programming if you want As well as single programs you can specify daily or weekly recordings too 1 VCR Plus and PlusCode are registered trademarks of Gemstar Development Corporation The VCR Plus system is manufactured under license from Gemstar Development Corporation One tou...

Page 9: ...This unit is designed and manufactured to support the region management information that is recorded on a DVD disc If the region number written on the DVD disc does not correspond to the region number of this unit this unit cannot play that disc The region number of this unit is 1 The unit will play DVD Video discs marked with labels containing 1 or ALL Example 1 Operating DVD Video Some operation...

Page 10: ...yback from discs that have been recorded on the unit due to the recording conditions surface dirt or scratches Recording format This unit has two modes for formatting discs for recording VR mode and Video mode When a blank new disc is loaded into this unit the automatic format function starts to format the disc For the disc format setting in this step see page 27 VR mode This mode can be used for ...

Page 11: ...yback in other players A disc recorded in this unit can be finalized The disc can be played back in other players that can playback DVD RW and DVD R For more information on finalization see FINALIZE in Setting the disc page 28 When recording in the VR mode Even if a disc recorded in the VR mode is finalized you can record or edit by cancelling the finalization See UNDO FINALIZE on page 28 When you...

Page 12: ...icator VCR indicator CHANNEL buttons DUBBING button Display window Rear panel AC power cord FAN Make sure that when installed the fan is not obstructed DVD COAXIAL DIGITAL AUDIO OUT jack DVD VCR common AUDIO L R VIDEO OUT jacks DVD AUDIO L R OUT jacks DVD VCR common AUDIO L R VIDEO IN LINE 1 jacks DVD S VIDEO IN LINE 1 jack DVD S VIDEO OUT jack DVD COMPONENT OUT jacks DVD OPTICAL DIGITAL AUDIO OUT...

Page 13: ...y Colon flashes Counter display in hour minute second for VCR DVD minute second for CD Cable TV channel display TV channel display Track number display for CD Display for afternoon out in the morning The external input channel L1 or L2 display Error display Lights during playback of DVD and CD Flashes in auto resume DVD or CD is temporarily stopped Lights during DVD recording CD CD R DVD DVD R DVD...

Page 14: ...E STILL page 36 50 Pauses recording or playback press again to restart 20 SKIP page 36 Skips forward or back chapters 21 INDEX page 51 Searches for INDEX marks on a tape 22 REW SEARCH page 36 49 50 Rewind review playback 23 F FWD SEARCH page 36 49 50 Fast forward forward search playback 24 ONE TOUCH REPEAT page 38 Repeats playback of the last 10 seconds of video 25 CM SKIP page 37 50 Skips commerc...

Page 15: ...ys Each press of DVD VCR switches the screen between the DVD screen DVD mode and the VCR screen VCR mode Using the remote control Keep in mind the following when using the remote control Make sure that there are no obstacles between the remote and the remote sensor on the unit Remote operation may become unreliable if strong sunlight or fluorescent light is shining on the unit s remote sensor Remo...

Page 16: ...onnected between the antenna and the TV First disconnect the antenna from the TV and connect it to the DVD VCR Then connect the DVD VCR to the TV Below are 3 common methods of connecting an antenna system to a DVD VCR Find the type of antenna system you are using and follow the connection diagram 1 75 Ω coaxial cable DVD VCR 300 Ω twin lead flat wire Matching transformer 300 Ω input 75 Ω output no...

Page 17: ...F antenna cable supplied 1 TV To DVD VCR RF antenna cable supplied Splitter 75 Ω input 75 300 Ω outputs not supplied TV with 300 Ω UHF and 75 Ω VHF antenna inputs 2 TV with 300 Ω UHF and 300 Ω VHF antenna inputs 3 Note A clear picture will not be obtained by the DVD VCR unless the antenna signal is good Connect the antenna to the DVD VCR properly For better quality recording an indoor antenna or a...

Page 18: ... at the converter box Prevents Recording scrambled channels Note If you are playing a tape or using the tuner built into the DVD VCR the converter must be set to the video channel output of the DVD VCR either 3 or 4 DVD VCR Incoming cable TV Allows Recording of channels through the converter box scrambled and un scrambled Using the programmable timer to record only the channel selected at the conv...

Page 19: ...converter box Prevents Watching scrambled channels while recording another channel Using the DVD VCR tuner to select channels 5 Allows Recording of nonscrambled channels Recording of one channel while watching another Watching premium channels through the converter while recording nonscrambled channels Using the programmable timer Prevents Recording scrambled channels Allows Recording of all chann...

Page 20: ...udio video cable Connect to a TV with Component video output for DVD CD playback You can enjoy the highest quality picture by connecting the unit s component video out jacks to the component video input jacks of your TV with component video cables not supplied DVD VCR To Component video input DVD audio R output To Audio R input Audio cable not supplied DVD audio L output To Audio L input TV Compon...

Page 21: ...t against dust Note The DVD OUTPUT jacks OPTICAL COAXIAL AUDIO L R S VIDEO and COMPONENT are useful only for DVD section The VHS signal is output only from the composite jacks DVD VCR OUTPUT and UHF VHF OUT When you make the connections above do not set DOLBY DIGITAL to DOLBY DIGITAL or DTS to ON on the AV amplifier If you do a loud noise will suddenly come out from the speakers affecting your ear...

Page 22: ... failure or disconnection of the power plug the clock setting will be lost In this case wait 30 minutes before turning the DVD VCR on With cable box connection if the auto clock setting is unsuccessful select the PBS channel carrying the XDS information then turn the DVD VCR off After 30 minutes turn the DVD VCR on If the clock is not set automatically set the clock manually See page 26 Setting th...

Page 23: ...om the video cassette recorder Refer to your TV owner s manual for details Note When shipped from factory the video channel is set to CH 3 1 Press SETUP while the DVD and video tape is stopped The SETUP MENU screen will appear TIMER REC SET SYSTEM SETUP AV SETUP REC SETUP CH SETUP OTHER SETUP MENU ENTER RETURN SETUP ENTER BACK END SELECT 2 Press or to select the desired menu and press ENTER The su...

Page 24: ...ing the subtitles will appear during playback OFF Subtitles do not appear Note If the selected language is not recorded on the disc the firstpriority language is selected OSD LANGUAGE You can set the language for on screen display Select OSD LANGUAGE and select the language from the list below Selectable languages ENGLISH FRANCAIS ESPANOL DVD MENU When several menu languages are recorded on a DVD ...

Page 25: ...cannot restrict playback of some discs Some discs may not be encoded with specific rating level information though its disc jacket says adult Parental control will not work with those discs If you forget the password you can reset the recorder to its factory settings see Resetting the recorder on page 89 then set a new password Temporarily cancelling parental control Parental control can temporari...

Page 26: ...trolled precision To indicate that the power failure has lasted for an excessive period of time 0 00 will appear on the display In this case readjust time and date STANDARD TIME Time zone In the rare event that you live within the broadcast range of two stations in two different time zones the DVD VCR may recognize the wrong station for the auto clock set To correct the situation Select STANDARD T...

Page 27: ... select START and press ENTER format will start The screen below will appear REFORMAT When you select CANCEL and press ENTER the DISC SETUP screen will appear Note You cannot reformat DVD R You cannot reformat a disc if the disc protection is ON In such a case be sure to cancel the disc protec tion see page 28 before formatting NEW DISC FORMAT If you insert an unused disc the disc is automatically...

Page 28: ...R DISPLAY AUTOMATIC ON FINALIZE To play a DVD disc recorded on this unit you must finalize the disc to insure compatibility with other DVD players In addition if you are using a DVD RW disc you must record in Video mode When FINALIZE is selected the screen below will appear FINALIZE START CANCEL When you select START and press ENTER final ization will start The screen below will appear FINALIZING ...

Page 29: ...e list below 4 3 Pan scan It displays a wide picture across the whole screen with left and right edges automatically cut off 4 3 Letter box Select this mode when connecting to a conventional TV When playing back a wide screen DVD disc it displays a wide picture with black bands at the top and bottom of screen 16 9 Select this mode when connecting to a wide screen TV A wide screen picture is displa...

Page 30: ...r depending on the DVD LINE1 INPUT LINE2 INPUT This unit comes with an S Video input jack and Video input jack When you use an S Video or Video input jack you must select the input mode Select LINE1 INPUT LINE2 INPUT and select the mode from the following list S VIDEO for DVD only The video signal is input only from the S Video input jack VIDEO The video signal is input only from the video input j...

Page 31: ...REC SETUP INITIAL REC TO INITIAL REC MODE AUTO CHAPTER INDEX PICTURE SETUP MENU ENTER RETURN SETUP ENTER BACK END DVD SP 10MIN 0 SEC SELECT INITIAL REC TO You can select the recording media that is first dis played in the item REC TO on the timer recording screen Select INITIAL REC TO and select DVD or VCR INITIAL REC MODE You can select the recording mode that is first displayed in the item REC M...

Page 32: ...ou select AUTO CH MEMORY and press ENTER The AUTO CH MEMORY function will be activated The channel display will count up and when finished the screen returns to normal ADD DELETE channels You can add the channels you want or delete the channels you do not want manually Select ADD DELETE and select ADD or DEL for each channel Press or to select the channel The numeric keys can also be used for sele...

Page 33: ...d 25 Some discs may take a minute or so to start playback A prohibition symbol may appear at the upper right of the screen This symbol means either the feature you tried is not available on the disc or the DVD VCR can not access the feature at this time This does not indicate a problem with the DVD VCR When you set a single faced disc label downwards ie the wrong way up and press PLAY or OPEN CLOS...

Page 34: ...discs and titles For details of editing operation see page 63 If you create a playlist an original title and playlist appear in the title menu For creating a playlist see page 64 You cannot switch to the VCR mode when the title menu is showing Press TITLE MENU to clear the title menu then press DVD VCR to switch to the VCR mode The recording information of discs that have been recorded on other re...

Page 35: ...ording may be different from the actual remaining time When you want to check the remaining time stop recording and display the media information again 3 Press DISPLAY again while the media informa tion above is displayed The media information will disappear Note The displayed information varies with the type of media Some information may not appear due to media type or operating conditions TITLE ...

Page 36: ...eased up to only 2 steps in Audio CD To resume normal playback press PLAY Review playback Press REW during normal playback Each press of REW will increase the speed of the search x2 x12 x24 x60 The speed of the serch is increased up to only 2 steps in Audio CD To resume normal playback press PLAY Still playback Press PAUSE STILL during normal playback To resume normal playback press PLAY Frame adv...

Page 37: ...IME SEARCH Input the time until the playback is restarted CHAPTER SEARCH Select the chapter number to be played back TITLE SEARCH Select the title number to be played back TIME SEARCH CHAPTER SEARCH TITLE SEARCH REPEAT CHAPTER1 CHAPTER2 CHAPTER3 The screen above is displayed when CHAPTER SEARCH is selected 3 When selecting TIME SEARCH input the time until the playback is restarted with the numeric...

Page 38: ...t 10 seconds of viewed material then playback as normal Press ONE TOUCH REPEAT during playback The video returns to a point 10 seconds before and playback resumes A B repeat playback A B repeat playback allows you to repeat material between two selected points 1 Press REPEAT A B during playback The start point is selected A 2 Press REPEAT A B again The end point is selected Playback starts at the ...

Page 39: ...start Note Depending on the DVD you may be unable to select the title and a title menu may simply be called a menu or title in the instructions supplied with the disc DVD menu Some DVDs allow you to select the disc contents using the menu When you playback these DVDs you can select the subtitles language soundtrack language etc using the DVD menu 1 Press DVD MENU during playback The DVD menu appea...

Page 40: ...GLE during playback The current angle will appear 2 Press ANGLE repeatedly until the desired angle is selected Zooming This unit will allow you to zoom in on the frame image You can then make selections by switching the position of the frame 1 Press ZOOM during playback The center part of the image will be zoomed in Each press of ZOOM will change the ZOOM x2 x3 and x4 x2 2 Press or to view a diffe...

Page 41: ...ses the subtitles language is not changed to the selected one immediately Changing soundtrack language You can select the language when you play a multilin gual disc 1 Press AUDIO during playback The current soundtrack language will appear 2 Press AUDIO repeatedly until the desired language is selected The on screen display will disappear after a few seconds Turning the subtitles On and Off When p...

Page 42: ...ing playback Scroll bar The elapsed time and total time of the whole CD Current playback mode The track number during playback The music data recorded on the CD Press The menu list will appear TRACK 02 TRACK 03 TRACK 04 TRACK 05 TRACK 06 TRACK 07 TRACK 08 TRACK 09 TRACK 10 TRACK 01 Track 01 00 00 19 00 03 54 00 00 19 00 45 28 Mode NORMAL REPEAT OFF TRACK INFO ENTER RETURN ENTER BACK END SELECT TIT...

Page 43: ...repeat all playback select REPEAT ALL from the menu list again and press ENTER See also A B Repeat on page 38 Playing back programs You can specify the playback order yourself 1 Press or to select PROGRAM PLAYBACK from the menu list and press ENTER 2 Press or to select to the track number that you want to change the order of and press ENTER The mark will appear at the right side of the track numbe...

Page 44: ...System HFS cannot be played Preparation Turn ON the TV and set to the video input mode Load the disc storing MP3 WMA or JPEG Press DVD VCR to select the DVD mode The DVD indicator will light Using the BROWSER screen 1 Press TITLE MENU The BROWSER screen will appear popArt Grammy03_01 mp3 Grammy03_02 mp3 Grammy03_03 mp3 Grammy03_04 mp3 Grammy03_05 mp3 Grammy03_06 mp3 Grammy03_07 mp3 Grammy03_08 mp3...

Page 45: ...ess or to select MP3 or WMA file In case the disc includes more than 10 files you can turn to the next or the previous page See page 42 Grammy03_02 mp3 Grammy03_03 mp3 Grammy03_04 mp3 Grammy03_05 mp3 Grammy03_06 mp3 Grammy03_07 mp3 Grammy03_08 mp3 Grammy03_09 mp3 Grammy03_10 mp3 Grammy03_01 mp3 BROWSER ENTER RETURN ENTER BACK SET END SELECT TITLE MENU 2 Carry out either of the item a or b below a ...

Page 46: ...low a Press ENTER b Press to select PLAY and press ENTER The thumbnail images of the JPEG files stored in the route directory or the folder appear Press or to select the pages of the thumbnail images or select the JPEG file to be displayed at first for the slide show Base_ball jpg Friend jpg Drive jpg party_240803 jpg practice_ski jpg My_car jpg ENTER RETURN PLAY BACK END SELECT SELECT TITLE MENU ...

Page 47: ...e played back with the progressive scan mode correctly because of the disc characteristics or recording condition There are some progressive TV and High Definition TV sets that are not fully compatible with the unit resulting in an unnatural picture when playing back a DVD disc in the progressive scan mode In such a case use the interlaced scanning mode You cannot activate the progressive scan mod...

Page 48: ... turned off 1 Press EJECT on the unit or the remote control 2 Remove the cassette tape Automatic tape eject This VCR will automatically rewind the tape when the tape has ended And when the tape is rewound to its beginning the cassette tape will be ejected automati cally To prevent accidental erasure Remove the erase prevention tab with a screwdriver Automatic power ON When you insert a cassette ta...

Page 49: ...ically 2 To start playback Press PLAY Playback will start will appear on the screen for about 4 seconds To stop playback Press STOP once The tape will stop but remain fully loaded and ready to play will appear on the screen for about 4 seconds To rewind the tape or forward it rapidly Press STOP To rewind the tape Press REW To forward the tape Press F FWD To stop the tape winding press STOP To swit...

Page 50: ...g playback Manual tracking adjustment If automatic tracking cannot eliminate noises well during playback press TRK to eliminate the noises MANUAL TR will appear Press it briefly for a fine adjustment or press and hold for a coarse adjustment Press ATR to reactivate automatic tracking again AUTO TR will appear Repeat playback The entire video tape will be played until its end The tape will then aut...

Page 51: ... Press CLOCK COUNTER The clock and tape counter alternate with each other in the display Video index search system This function enables you to locate the beginning of any recording made on the VCR Note When you record an INDEX mark at the very beginning of the tape the mark may not be found During INDEX search the tape may stop and begin to play at a slightly different location INDEX may not func...

Page 52: ...initializing finalizing or any other function the program being recorded will be lost or the disc may not be playable Manufacturer cannot guarantee against loss of program or disc should this occur Chapter 6 Recording Recording mode XP SP LP EP Recording time Approx 60 min Approx 120 min Approx 240 min Approx 360 min Quality Can record high quality images Can record normal quality images Quality d...

Page 53: ... record ing There are no restrictions on recording Copy Never recording prohibited Images that contain the recording prohibited signal cannot be recorded If the recording prohibited signal appears halfway through an image you are recording recording is paused at that instant When the recording prohibited signal ends recording resumes This unit incorporates a built in copy guard It cannot record so...

Page 54: ...offers 3 times the recording time as SP For more information on DVD recording modes see page 52 2 Set the TV CABLE option to the appropriate position page 32 3 Press the numeric keys or CH to select the channel to be recorded 1 9 Press 0 twice and then 1 9 as required Example To select 2 Press 002 10 12 Press 0 first and then the remaining 2 digits in order from left to right Example Press 012 for...

Page 55: ...pe The unit will change to the STOP mode When recording onto a video tape you can select a recording channel in the recording pause mode You cannot change a recording channel in the DVD recording pause mode Chapter marks are made when recording to a DVD in the VR Mode 4 Press REC When recording starts appears on the screen for about 4 seconds Note When recording onto a DVD it takes some time from ...

Page 56: ... the recording mode For the recording mode see the step 1 on page 54 2 Set the TV CABLE option to the appropriate position See page 32 3 Press numeric keys or CH to select the channel to be recorded 4 Press REC Each additional press of REC will increase recording time as shown in the chart below up to a maximum of 6 hours The OTR and recording time will appear on the screen for about 4 seconds TV ...

Page 57: ...LECT AUTO CH MEMORY ADD DELETE GUIDE CH SET CABLE PROCEED PROCEED PROCEED SETUP MENU ENTER RETURN ENTER BACK END SELECT SETUP INPUT NO 0 9 GUIDE CH NO TUNER CH NO OK 001 3 Enter a GUIDE CH NO guide channel number TIMER REC SET SYSTEM SETUP AV SETUP REC SETUP CH SETUP OTHER CH SETUP TV CABLE SELECT AUTO CH MEMORY ADD DELETE GUIDE CH SET CABLE PROCEED PROCEED PROCEED SETUP MENU GUIDE CH NO TUNER CH ...

Page 58: ...again 4 Press to highlight OK then press ENTER ENTER RETURN BACK SELECT ENTER VCR Plus PlusCode TYPE OK ONCE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 VCR Plus END If you ve entered a valid PlusCode number a summary of the timer recording appears You can edit any of this information as necessary Use the buttons to select the item you want to edit press ENTER then use the or buttons as appropriate to select then press ENT...

Page 59: ...rog 3 Program 2 Program 3 Recording Control Settings Note Recording starts a few seconds before the preset starting time You cannot use the timer recording for the both DVD and VCR at the same time You can playback the DVD during the VCR timer recording and you can playback the VCR during the DVD timer recording If a recordable tape is not inserted or no disc space is available the timer record in...

Page 60: ...ER ENTER RETURN BACK END SELECT SETUP ENTER TIMER REC SET SETUP MENU DATE START END CH REC TO REC MODE NEW TYPE DATE MM DD START END CH REC TO REC MODE ONCE 01 DVD SP OK 11 20 TH 03 17PM 04 17PM 08 17PM SELECT The starting and stopping times for the recording are displayed on the 12 hour am pm clock Twelve o clock midnight is displayed as 12 00AM whereas twelve o clock noon is displayed as 12 00PM...

Page 61: ...he unit will change to DVD mode automatically The VCR mode cannot be selected If the programs are DVD and VCR recording the unit will turn off If you want to use the unit press TIMER REC again to deactivate the timer To extend the timer recording time Press TIMER REC while it is timer recording You may also use normal recording or OTR Note If you press STANDBY ON and it goes into the STANDBY mode ...

Page 62: ... be heard through the speakers Normally set to the Hi Fi STEREO position this button can be set to the MONO position if the stereo audio is of poor quality The R and L positions allow the audio from the Right or Left Hi Fi channel to be heard over both TV speakers This button has no effect when viewing a monaural audio program Each time when you press the button output selection display appears on...

Page 63: ... preferences and choose to delete it the original titles will not be affected It is recommended to create and edit the playlist to prevent important titles from being erased accidentally If you create a playlist both the original title and playlist will be displayed on the title menu Editable items The items that can be edited are different between original title and playlist For the disc in Video...

Page 64: ...52PM 006 XP 11 23 2005 08 41AM 006 EP REC DATE 11 23 2005 TIME 08 41AM LENGTH 00 30 17 CHANNEL 006 REC MODE EP TITLE MENU 2 Press or to select the original title which will be used as the base of a playlist 3 Press The editing menu of original title will appear 4 Press or to select NEW PLAYLIST ENTER RETURN ENTER BACK SET END SELECT TITLE MENU DISC NAME Title 1 11 25 2005 10 03PM 011 SP 11 29 2005...

Page 65: ...ITLE COMBINE RENAME TITLE 3 Press ENTER The keyboard screen will appear 4 Use the keyboard screen to enter the title name Family 1 2 a b c 3 d e f CANCEL Back RETURN Exit STOP Caps 0 Space bar 4 g h i 5 j k l 6 m n o 7 q p r s 8 t u v 9 w x y z DISPLAY OK DISPLAY OK Numbers Signs Letters 5 Press DISPLAY to return to the title menu ENTER RETURN PLAY BACK SET END SELECT TITLE MENU DISC NAME 11 23 20...

Page 66: ...s ENTER RETURN ENTER BACK END TITLE MENU EDIT TITLE NAME Family CHAPTER 1 3 LENGTH 00 00 00 00 30 17 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Preview Press SELECT to start 4 Press ENTER to playback the playlist on the EDIT TITLE screen Use each operation button F FWD REW SKIP SKIP PLAY PAUSE STILL SLOW CM SKIP for the playback to search the starting point of the scene you want to erase SELECT ENTER RETURN ENTER...

Page 67: ... To adjust the start point select Adjust start and press ENTER You can change the start point by pressing or To adjust the end point select Adjust end and press ENTER You can change the end point in the same way as the start point 9 If you determine the scene to be erased press or to select Finish and press ENTER A chapter mark is automatically added at the location of the erased scene Note It is ...

Page 68: ...05 TIME 08 41AM LENGTH 00 30 17 CHANNEL 006 REC MODE EP TITLE MENU PLAY EDIT TITLE DELETE TITLE RENAME TITLE TITLE COMBINE TITLE COMBINE 3 Press ENTER Select the title that you want to combine from the title menu ENTER RETURN ENTER BACK END SELECT TITLE MENU DISC NAME 11 23 2005 08 41AM 006 EP 11 25 2005 10 03PM 011 SP 11 29 2005 11 30AM 009 SP 12 01 2005 06 52PM 006 XP Family REC DATE 11 25 2005 ...

Page 69: ...SC NAME 11 23 2005 08 41AM 006 EP 11 25 2005 10 03PM 011 SP 11 29 2005 11 30AM 009 SP 12 01 2005 06 52PM 006 XP Family REC DATE 11 23 2005 TIME 08 41AM LENGTH 00 30 17 CHANNEL 006 REC MODE EP TITLE MENU PLAY EDIT TITLE DELETE PROGRAM RENAME TITLE TITLE COMBINE DELETE TITLE 3 Press ENTER The selected playlist will be erased ENTER RETURN PLAY BACK SET END SELECT TITLE MENU DISC NAME 11 23 2005 08 41...

Page 70: ... title 1 Press TITLE MENU to display the title menu 2 Select the original title where a chapter mark is added Press or to select the original title Press to display the editing menu of the original title Press or to select ADD CHAPTER MARK ENTER RETURN ENTER BACK SET END SELECT TITLE MENU DISC NAME 11 23 2005 08 41AM 006 EP 11 25 2005 10 03PM 011 SP 11 29 2005 11 30AM 009 SP 12 01 2005 06 52PM 006...

Page 71: ...on of the added chapter mark appears green ADD CHAPTER MARK 17 NAME 11 23 2005 08 41 AM CHAPTER 2 4 LENGTH 00 03 08 00 30 17 The added chapter mark 6 If you want to continue to add chapter marks repeat step 5 To display the title menu press RETURN To return to the normal screen press TITLE MENU 2G00201B_En_63_71 8 4 05 10 58 71 ...

Page 72: ...to the normal screen press TITLE MENU Note Chapter marks that have been added automatically in the erasing of a scene procedure page 73 cannot be erased Changing an original title name VR mode Video mode DVD R You can only add title names to DVD R and Video mode discs before they have been finalized 1 Press TITLE MENU to display the title menu 2 Select the original title that you want to rename Pr...

Page 73: ... XP Family REC DATE 11 23 2005 TIME 08 41AM LENGTH 00 30 17 CHANNEL 06 REC MODE EP TITLE MENU PLAY ADD CHAPTER MARK COMBINE CHAPTERS EDIT PROGRAM DELETE TITLE RENAME TITLE NEW PLAYLIST EDIT TITLE 3 By pressing ENTER the following message screen will appear 4 Press or to select YES and press ENTER then the EDIT TITLE screen will appear By selecting NO the title menu appears 5 The method for erasing...

Page 74: ...ginal title Press or to select DELETE TITLE ENTER RETURN ENTER BACK SET END SELECT TITLE MENU DISC NAME 11 23 2005 08 41AM 006 EP 11 25 2005 10 03PM 011 SP 11 29 2005 11 30AM 009 SP 12 01 2005 06 52PM 006 XP Family REC DATE 11 23 2005 TIME 08 41AM LENGTH 00 30 17 CHANNEL 06 REC MODE EP TITLE MENU PLAY ADD CHAPTER MARK COMBINE CHAPTERS EDIT TITLE DELETE TITLE RENAME TITLE NEW PLAYLIST DELETE TITLE ...

Page 75: ...SET END SELECT TITLE MENU 3 Press ENTER The keyboard screen will appear 4 Use the keyboard screen to enter the disc name Drama_Family Numbers Signs Letters 1 2 a b c 3 d e f CANCEL Back RETURN Exit STOP Caps 0 Space bar 4 g h i 5 j k l 6 m n o 7 q p r s 8 t u v 9 w x y z DISPLAY OK DISPLAY OK 5 Press DISPLAY to return to the title menu 11 23 2005 08 41AM 006 EP 11 25 2005 10 03PM 011 SP 11 29 2005...

Page 76: ... 0 Space bar 4 _ 5 6 7 8 9 DISPLAY OK DISPLAY OK Inputting characters There are two methods for inputting characters Character input 1 1 Press or to select the character to be input 2 Press ENTER The selected character will be input Character input 2 Example Explained here is the procedure when you input F and J 1 Press the numeric keys continuously and select the character to be input To input F ...

Page 77: ... the keyboard screen with the Letters tab 1 Press STOP Or press or to select Caps then press ENTER Live Show 1 2 a b c 3 d e f CANCEL Back RETURN Exit STOP Caps 0 Space bar 4 g h i 5 j k l 6 m n o 7 q p r s 8 t u v 9 w x y z DISPLAY OK DISPLAY OK Numbers Signs Letters Upper Lower Auto caps 2 Press or to select the type of letters in the list below and press ENTER Auto caps Determines uppercase and...

Page 78: ...s DUBBING The unit is changed to DVD mode automatically The VCR is waiting for playback and the DVD is waiting for recording Then the following message will appear 5 Press DUBBING or press or to select YES and press ENTER Dubbing starts To cancel dubbing press STOP or select NO and press ENTER During dubbing VCR playback DVD recording and dub dubbing indicator appear on the display window Press CL...

Page 79: ...g only a specified scene When you want to dub only specific scene on the disc press PAUSE STILL at the desired scene and then press DUBBING and proceed from step 5 above Dubbing a disc onto a tape VR mode Video mode DVD R VCR You can record both video and audio from a disc to a video tape When a disc with a copy guard is used a distorted image is recorded onto the video tape Note When a title is p...

Page 80: ...is unit is used as a playback device a mark or a character displayed on the screen is also dubbed as an image When the screen display is set to OFF see DISPLAY on page 29 If no special permission is obtained from the copyright owner videos recorded from TV programs or movies can only be used for your own personal enjoyment You may not dub a copy protected video or DVD disc Dubbing using other equi...

Page 81: ...5 Russian 2831 Samoan 2923 Sanskrit 2911 Scots Gaelic 1714 Serbian 2928 Serbo Croatian 2918 Shona 2924 Sindhi 2914 Singhalese 2919 Slovak 2921 Slovenian 2922 Somali 2925 Spanish 1529 Sundanese 2931 Swahili 2933 Chapter 9 Additional information Screen sizes and disc formats Swedish 2932 Tagalog 3022 Tajik 3017 Tamil 3011 Tatar 3030 Telugu 3015 Thai 3018 Tibetan 1225 Tigrinya 3019 Tonga 3025 Turkish...

Page 82: ... One touch Timer Recording Start a timed recording by pushing just one button up to 6 hours pan scan Feature that cuts the left and right edges of playback images to a 4 3 size during playback of a disc recorded Glossary A B Repeat Playback Playback that repeats between two set points A and B angle Recorded onto some DVD discs are scenes which have been simultaneously shot from a number of differe...

Page 83: ...imultaneously displays odd numbered scanning lines and even numbered scanning lines from top to bottom Also called 480p p meaning progressive Regions DVD only 1 ALL 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 So...

Page 84: ... Recording was tried onto the disc which does not support record ing Disc erase protection is applied Recording was tried onto the fi nalized disc Adding data was tried onto the disc recorded in the other unit Adding data was tried to the disc where PC data was recorded A scratch or contamination was found on the disc 99 titles were recorded on the disc 999 chapters exist on the disc Wait until th...

Page 85: ...not be erased Wait until the process is com plete Dubbing ERROR WARNING CAUSE POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS PAGE MESSAGE 53 53 53 53 59 61 79 78 79 53 78 79 72 SWITCHING TO INTERLACE OUTPUT FOR COPYING CANNOT COPY DATA C251 CANNOT COPY DATA C254 C255 COPYING INTERRUPTED DISC ERROR C302 C303 DISC ERROR C304 C305 DISC ERROR C306 DISC ERROR C307 C308 CANNOT EDIT CANNOT EDIT C408 PROCESSING PLEASE WAIT Disc setu...

Page 86: ...in Approx 5 meters or reduce the light in the room Clear the path of the beam The batteries are weak Replace the batteries Check the batteries are inserted correctly Check all Cable TV connections Station or Cable TV system problems try another station This unit may on rare occasions stop working in certain situations such as when a soiled or damaged disc is used If this occurs hold down STANDBY O...

Page 87: ...ted Audio soundtrack and or subtitle language is not changed when you playback a DVD No subtitles Angle cannot be changed appears on the screen The progressive scan mode is active through the unit is connected to a TV via the VIDEO OUT jack The setup does not match your TV Select Display ON Check the DIMMER setting for SETUP The setup does not match your stereo system Turn off the unit and unplug ...

Page 88: ... not load more than one disc into the recorder 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 discs is not recommended for this product Pioneer disclaims all liabi...

Page 89: ... to you can reset the recorder to all its factory settings 1 Make sure that the recorder is on and remove the disc 2 Press and hold STOP and press w w w w w STANDBY ON The recorder turns off with all settings reset 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 Use in a well ventil...

Page 90: ...l 3 or 4 Switchable F FWD REW Time Approx 1minute and 48 seconds with T 120 Cassette Tape at 25 C DVD section Signal system NTSC Applicable disc DVD 12cm 8cm CD 12cm 8cm Recording format DVD Video Recording VR mode DVD VIDEO Video mode Recording discs DVD RW DVD R Recording time based on a 4 7GB disc XP Approx 60 min SP Approx 120 min LP Approx 240 min EP Approx 360 min Audio characteristics frequ...

Page 91: ...Additional information 09 91 En 2G00201B_En_81_92 8 4 05 10 59 91 ...

Page 92: ... TEL 03 570 05 11 PIONEER ELECTRONICS ASIACENTRE PTE LTD 253 Alexandra Road 04 01 Singapore 159936 TEL 656 472 1111 PIONEER ELECTRONICS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD 178 184 Boundary Road Braeside Victoria 3195 Australia TEL 03 9586 6300 PIONEER ELECTRONICS DE MEXICO S A DE C V Blvd Manuel Avila Camacho 138 10 piso Col Lomas de Chapultepec Mexico D F 11000 TEL 55 9178 4270 K002E Published by Pioneer Corporati...

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