Pioneer DVR-3100 User Manual

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DVD Recorder

DVR-3100

Operating Instructions

4.74.7

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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. In some countries or regions, the shape of the power plug and power outlet may differ from that shown in the explanatory drawings. However, the method of connecting and operating is the same.

VENTILAT ION: When installing this unit, make

sure to leav e sp ace around the unit for ventilation to impro v e heat radiation (at least 10cm at top, 10cm at rear, and 10cm at each side).

WARN ING : Slot and openings in the cabinet are

provided for ventilation and to ensure reliable operation of the product and to protect it from overheating, to prevent fire hazard, the openings should nev er be blocked and covered with items, such as new sp ap ers, table-cloths, curtains, etc. A lso do not put the apparatus on the thick carpet, bed, sofa, or fabric having a thick

pile

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Operating Environment H045 En

Operating environment temperature and humidity:

°C – +3 5 °C (+41°F – +9 5 °F); less than 85% RH (cooli

+5 vents not blocked)

Do not install in the f ollow ing locations

•Location exposed to direct sunlight or strong artificial light

•Location exposed to high humidity, or poorly ventilated location

This product includes FontAvenue (R) fonts licenced by NEC

Corporation. Font Avenue is a regist ered trademark of NEC

Corporation

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Contents

01 Before you start

Features What’s in the box Putting the batteries in the remote control Using the remote control Disc / content format playback compatibility

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02 Connecting up

Rear panel connections Front panel connections Extra features for use with compatible TVs Easy connections Using other types of audio/video output Connecting to a cable box or satellite receiver Connecting an external decoder box (1) Connecting an external decoder box (2) Connecting to an AV amplifier Connecting other AV sources Plugging in

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03 Controls and displays

Front panel Display Remote control

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06 Recording

About DVD recording Recording time and picture quality Restrictions on video recording Setting the picture quality/recording time Basic recording from the TV Setting a timer recording Timer recording FAQ Simultaneous recording and playback Recording from an external component Automatic recording from a satellite tuner Recording from a DV camcorder Recording from the DV output Playing your recordings on other DVD players Initializing a DVD-RW disc

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07 Editing

The Disc Navigator screen Disc Navigator menu options Editing VR mode Original and Video mode

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content

Creating and editing a VR mode Play List . . . . . . . . . 63

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08 Disc History

Using the Disc History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

04 Getting started

Switching on and setting up Making your first recording Using the built-in TV tuner Basic playback Using the Home Menu Displaying disc information on-screen

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05 Playback

Introduction Using the Disc Navigator to browse the contents of a disc. Navigating discs Scanning discs Playing in slow motion Frame advance/frame reverse The Play Mode menu Displaying and switching subtitles Switching DVD soundtracks Switching the audio channel Switching camera angles

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09 The PhotoViewer

Playing a slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

10 The Disc Setup menu

Basic settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Initialize settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Finalize settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

11 The Video/Audio Adjust menu

Setting the picture quality for TV and external

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Setting the picture quality for disc playback . . . . . . . 73

Audio DRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Virtual Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

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12 The Initial Setup menu

Using the Initial Setup menu Basic settings Tuner settings Video In / Out settings Audio In settings Audio Out settings Language settings Recording settings Playback settings

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13 Additional information

Resetting the recorder Setting up the remote to control your TV

Screen sizes and disc formats Troubleshooting Frequently asked questions About DV Manual recording modes Language code list Country code list On-screen displays and recorder displays Handling discs Storing discs Damaged discs Cleaning the pickup lens Condensation Hints on installation Moving the recorder Glossary Specifications

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Index

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Before you start

Chapter 1

Before you start

Features

• Chase play

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.

• Simultaneous recording and playback

This feature allows you to record a broadcast program while watching something else already recorded on the same disc.

• Disc Navigator

The Disc Navigator makes editing and finding your way around a disc easy by displaying a frame from each title (or chapter within a title) as a visual reminder of what the title (or chapter) is.

• 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.

• Home Menu

The Home 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.

• Cinema surround sound in your home

Connect this recorder to a Dolby Digital and/or DTScompatible amplifier/receiver to enjoy full surround sound effects from Dolby Digital and DTS DVD discs.

• Easy Timer Recording

Setting the recorder to record a program is simple from the Easy Timer Recording screen. Graphically set the start and end times of the recording, enter the channel number and change the recording quality if you want to. That’s it!

• Program up to 32 timer recordings

You can program the recorder to record up to 32 programs, up to a month in advance, using the

ShowView system As well as single programs, you can specify daily or weekly recordings, too.

VR mode

for easy programming if you want.

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.

is a registered trademark of Gemstar

Development Corporation. The ShowView system is manufactured under licence

from Gemstar Development Corporation.

• One-touch recording

Use one-touch recording to start recording immediately in 30 minute blocks. Each time you press the record button, the recording time is extended by another 30 minutes.

• Optimized recording

Optimized recording adjusts the recording quality automatically if a timer recording will not fit onto a disc with the settings that you made.

• Auto Start Recording from satellite receiver or other set top box

With a satellite receiver or other set top box connected to the

INPUT 3/AUTO START REC

you can start and stop recording automatically according to the timer settings of the set top box.

• High quality 16-bit Linear PCM audio

When recording using one of the high quality record settings ( uncompressed 16-bit Linear PCM format. This delivers great sounding audio to accompany the high picture quality. See page 46 for more on recording modes.

• 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.

• 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 that you want to watch. Search for a point on a disc by title, chapter or time.

• Manual recording

In addition to the four preset recording quality modes (

FINE, SP, LP

you to access 32 different recording quality/time settings, giving you very fine control over the recording.

FINE

inputs of this recorder,

MN32

), the audio is recorded in

Setting the picture quality/recording time

and EP), the manual recording mode allows

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Before you start

• 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 for editing. You can also transfer DVD content back to the camcorder if you need to.

• 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.

• Chapter marking

You can easily add chapter markers anywhere in your recordings for easy editing.

• Play Video mode recordings on a regular DVD

Video mode

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 DVDVideo 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 / DVDRW discs is optional for manufacturers of DVD playback equipment, and there is DVD playback equipment that does not play DVD-R or DVD-RW discs recorded in the DVD-Video format. Note: ‘Finalization’ is required.

• 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 (see

Disc / content format playback compatibility

page 9).

VR mode

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Before you start

What’s in the box

Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please confirm that the following accessories are in the box when you open it.

• Remote control

• AA/R6P dry cell batteries x2

• Audio/video cable (red/white/yellow)

• RF antenna cable

• Power cable

• These operating instructions

• Warranty card

Putting the batteries in the remote control

1 Open the battery compartment cover on the back of the remote control.

2 Insert two AA/R6P batteries into the battery compartment following the indications ( the compartment.

3 Close the cover.

,

) inside

Note

Incorrect use of batteries can result in hazards such as leakage and bursting. Please observe the following:

• Don’t mix new and old batteries together.

• Don’t use different kinds of battery together— although they may look similar, different batteries may have different voltages.

• Make sure that the plus and minus ends of each battery match the indications in the battery compartment.

• Remove batteries from equipment that isn’t going to be used for a month or more.

• When disposing of used batteries, please comply with governmental regulations or environmental public instruction’s rules that apply in your country or area.

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.

• 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.

• When the batteries run down or you change the batteries, the remote control mode and TV preset codes are automatically reset. See

Set

on page 77 and

your TV

on page 90 to reset them.

• Use within the operating range and angle, as shown.

Setting up the remote to control

Remote Control

• You can control this recorder using the remote sensor of another Pioneer component using the

CONTROL IN

connections

jack on the rear panel. See

on page 12 for more information.

Rear panel

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Before you start

Disc / content format playback compatibility

General disc compatibility

This recorder was designed and engineered to be compatible with software bearing one or more of the following logos:

DVD-Video DVD-R DVD-RW

Audio CD CD-R

• Also compatible with KODAK Picture CD

•

is a trademark of Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd.

This recorder 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.

Video CD

CD-RW

Fujicolor CD

DVD-R/RW compatibility

This recorder will play and record DVD-R/RW discs that use DVD-Video format (Video mode), and DVD-RW discs that use the Video Recording (VR) format. It is compatible with DVD-RW Ver. 1.1 and Ver. 1.1 / 2x, and DVD-R Ver.

2.0 and Ver. 2.0 / 4x.

CD-R/RW compatibility

This recorder will play CD-R and CD-RW discs recorded in CD Audio or Video CD format, or as a CD-ROM containing MP3, WMA or JPEG files. However, any other content may cause the disc not to play, or create noise/ distortion in the output.

This recorder cannot record CD-R or CD-RW discs.

PC-created disc compatibility

If you record a disc using a personal computer, even if it is recorded in a "compatible format" as listed above, there will be cases in which the disc may not be playable in this recorder 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.

Check the DVD-R/RW or CD-R/RW software disc boxes for additional compatibility information.

WMA (Windows Media Audio) compatibility

English

VIDEO

Super Video CD (Super VCD)

Other formats, including but not limited to the following, are not playable in this recorder:

DVD-Audio / SACD / DVD-RAM

DVD-ROM / CD-ROM*

* Except those that contain WMA, MP3 or JPEG. See also Compressed audio compatibility and JPEG file compatibility below.

DVD-R/RW and CD-R/RW discs recorded using a DVD recorder, CD recorder or personal computer may not be playable in this recorder. This may be caused by a number of possibilities, including but not limited to: the type of disc used; the type of recording; damage, dirt or condensation on either the disc or the pick-up lens. See below for notes about particular software and formats.

The Windows Media logo printed on the box indicates that this recorder can playback WMA data.

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 less) or Windows Media Player for Windows XP.

Windows Media, and the Windows logo are trademarks, or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

Compressed audio compatibility

This recorder will play CD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW discs containing files saved in the MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 (MP3) or Windows Media Audio (WMA) format with a sampling rate of 44.1 or 48kHz. Incompatible files will not play and the message displayed (

Cannot play this file format

CAN’T PLAY

in the front panel display).

will be

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Fixed bit-rate MP3 files are recommended. Variable bitrate (VBR) MP3 files are playable, but playing time may not be shown correctly.

This recorder is compatible with 44.1 and 48 kHz WMA files encoded with 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 WMA files).

WMA files encoded with DRM (Digital Rights Management) copy protection will not play and the message (

CAN’T PLAY

The CD-ROM used to compile your WMA/MP3 files must be ISO 9660 Level 1 or 2 compliant. CD physical format: Mode1, Mode2 XA Form1. Romeo and Joliet file systems are both compatible with this recorder.

Use CD-R or CD-RW media for recording your files. The disc must be finalized (i.e. the session must be closed) in order to play in this recorder.

This recorder only plays tracks that are named with the file extension .MP3 or .WMA (upper or lower-case).

When naming MP3 and WMA files, add the corresponding file name extension (.mp3 or .wma). Files are played according to the file extension. To prevent noise and malfunctions, do not use these extensions for other kinds of files.

This recorder can recognize up to 99 folders and 999 files (WMA/MP3). If a disc exceeds these limits, only files and folders up to these limits will be playable. Files and folders are read/displayed in alphabetical order. Note that if the file structure is very complex, you may not be able to read/play all files on the disc.

Folder, track and file names (excluding the file extension) are displayed.

There are many different recording bit-rates available to encode MP3 files. This recorder has been designed to be compatible with all of them. Audio encoded at 128Kbps should sound close to regular CD Audio quality. This recorder will play lower bit-rate files, but please note that the sound quality becomes noticeably worse at lower bitrates.

Cannot play this file format

in the front panel display).

will be displayed

JPEG file compatibility

This recorder is compatible with Fujicolor CD and Kodak Picture CD formats, as well as CD-R/RW/ROM discs containing JPEG files.

Baseline JPEG and EXIF 2.2 supported (horizontal resolution from 160–5120 pixels; vertical resolution between 120–3840 pixels).

File format used by digital still cameras

still image files are

The CD-ROM used to compile your JPEG files must be ISO 9660 Level 1 or 2 compliant. CD physical format: Mode1, Mode2 XA Form1. Romeo and Joliet file systems are both compatible with this recorder.

This recorder only displays files that are named with the file extension .jpg, .jpeg, .jif, or .jfif (upper or lower-case).

The recorder can load up to 99 folders and 999 files at one time. If there are more files/folders than this on the disc then more can be reloaded.

Frequently asked questions

• 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 page 45.

• What’s VR mode?

VR (Video Recording) mode is a special mode designed for home DVD recording. It allows very flexible editing of recorded material compared to ‘Video mode’. On the other hand, Video mode discs are more compatible with other DVD players.

• Can I play my recordable discs in a regular DVD player?

Generally, DVD-R discs and DVD-RW discs recorded in Video mode

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 (Video Recording) mode are playable in some players.

This indicates a product feature that is capable of playing DVD-RW discs recorded with Video Recording format.

Note that Pioneer cannot guarantee that discs recorded using this recorder will play on other players.

are playable in a regular DVD player,

About DVD recording

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Before you start

This recorder supports the recording of ‘copy-once’ broadcast programs using the CPRM copy protection system (see CPRM on page 46) on CPRM-compliant DVD-RW discs in VR mode. CPRM recordings can only be played on players that are specifically compatible with CPRM.

• Do I need two DVD recorders for editing? What kind of editing can I 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

Chapter 1

Play List

Title 2Title 1

Title 3Title 2

Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 2

Chapter 2Chapter 1Chapter 2

English

Throughout this manual, you will often see the words Original and Play List to refer to the actual content and the edited version.

•

Original

content refers to what’s actually recorded

on the disc.

•

Play List

content refers to the edited version of the

disc—how the Original content is to be played.

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Connecting up

Chapter 2

Connecting up

Rear panel connections

1 2

INPUT 3/ AUTO START REC

OUT

ANTENNA

AV 2/(INPUT 1/DECODER) AV 1 (RGB)-TV

OUTPUT

S-VIDEO

AUDIO

VIDEO

AUDIO

VIDEO S-VIDEO

7 8

1 ANTENNA IN/OUT

Connect your TV antenna to the signal is passed through to the

ANTENNA IN

ANTENNA OUT

jack. The

jack for

connection to your TV.

2 AV2/(INPUT 1/DECODER) AV connector

Audio/video input SCART-type connector for connecting to a VCR, or other equipment with a SCART connector. The input accepts video and S-video. See

AV2/L1 In

page 80 for how to set this up.

3 AV1(RGB)-TV AV connector

Audio/video output SCART-type 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

AV1 Out

on page 80 for how

to set this up.

4 DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL

For connecting to an AV receiver, Dolby Digital/DTS/ MPEG decoder or other equipment with optical digital input.

5 CONTROL IN

Use to control this recorder from the remote sensor of another Pioneer component with a terminal and bearing the Pioneer

CONTROL OUT IN

of this recorder using a mini-plug cord.

of the other component to the

CONTROL OUT

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mark. Connect the

CONTROL

3 4 5 6

DIGITAL

OUT

OPTICAL

CONTROL

AC IN

6 AC IN – Power inlet

7 INPUT 3/AUTO START REC jacks

Audio/video inputs (stereo analog audio; video and S-video) that you can use to connect to a satellite receiver, TV, VCR or other source component for recording.

8 OUTPUT jacks

Audio/video outputs (stereo analog audio; video and S-video) that you can use to connect to a TV, monitor, AV receiver or other equipment.

Front panel connections

INPUT 2

VIDEO

S-VIDEO

VIDEO/R/RW

On the left side of the front panel a flip-down cover hides a second audio/video input, consisting of a video and S-video jack, and stereo analog audio jacks. (You can also connect a mono source using just the

L(MONO)

On the right side is the DV input/output i.LINK connector. This is for connection to a DV camcorder.

DV IN/OUT

jack.)

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Connecting up

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:

• Direct TV recording

• Channel preset download

• Electronic Program Guide (EPG) download

• TV auto power on

• System configuration

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

feature.

on page 48 for more on this

English

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

setting up Download from TV

on page 25 and

on page 78 for more on this feature.

Auto Channel Setting :

Switching on and

EPG download

EPG download allows you to program a timer recording directly from the 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 and

options displayed on your TV correspond to the SP

and

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.

Note

• For further details and compatibility information, see also the manual that came with your TV.

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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.

Important

• These connections use SCART cables (not supplied). If your TV (or VCR) does not have a SCART connection, see the following page for connecting up using the supplied audio/video cable.

• The

AV1(RGB)-TV

The

AV2/(INPUT 1/DECODER)

See

AV1 Out

• Before making or changing any rear panel connections, make sure that all components are switched off and unplugged from the wall outlet.

ANTENNA

Antenna/cable TV wall outlet

OUT

VHF/UHF

ANTENNA

OUT

AV connector can output ordinary (composite), S-video or RGB video, plus stereo analog audio.

connector accepts ordinary and S-video video input, as well as stereo analog audio.

on page 80 and

AV2/L1 In

on page 80 for how to set them up.

1 Connect the cable from the antenna/cable TV outlet to the antenna input on your VCR.

• If you are not connecting a VCR in the chain, connect it to the

ANTENNA IN

jack on this recorder and skip

the next step.

SCART AV

CONNECTOR

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.

AV 2/INPUT 1 AV 1(RGB)-TV

INPUT 1/ AUTO REC

S-VIDEORLAUDIO

AUDIO

VIDEO

OUTPUT

VIDEO S-VIDEO

DIGITAL

CONTROL

OUT

OPTICAL

AC IN

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

SCART AV

CONNECTOR

connector on your VCR.

Note

VCR

ANTENNA

• See the following page if you want to use one of the other kinds of audio/video connection.

Tip

• This recorder has a ‘through’ function which allows 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,

Save

Power Save

on page 76).

must be set to

Off

—see

Power

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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 output.

English

Using the supplied audio/video cable

AUDIO

INPUT

VIDEO

INPUT

OUT

VHF/UHF

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.

AV 2/INPUT 1 AV 1(RGB)-TV

INPUT 1/ AUTO REC

AUDIO

S-VIDEORLAUDIO

VIDEO

OUTPUT

VIDEO S-VIDEO

DIGITAL

CONTROL

OUT

OPTICAL

AC IN

Using the S-video output

AUDIO INPUT

OUT

VHF/UHF

AV 2/INPUT 1 AV 1(RGB)-TV

INPUT 1/ AUTO REC

S-VIDEORLAUDIO

AUDIO

VIDEO

OUTPUT

VIDEO S-VIDEO

1 Use an S-video cable (not supplied) to connect the S-VIDEO OUTPUT to an S-video input on your TV, monitor (or other equipment).

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 left and right outputs with their corresponding inputs for correct stereo sound.

S-VIDEO

INPUT

DIGITAL

CONTROL

OUT

OPTICAL

AC IN

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Connecting up

Connecting to a cable box or satellite receiver

If you have a cable or satellite 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:

• Record any channel by selecting it on the cable box/satellite tuner.

Important

• Do not connect this recorder ‘through’ your VCR, satellite receiver or cable box. Always connect each component directly to your TV or AV receiver.

1 Connect RF antenna cables as shown.

This enables you to watch and record TV 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 satellite/cable box.

This enables you to record scrambled TV channels.

Note

• The diagram shows SCART video connections, but you can alternatively use any of the other audio/video connections.

Tip

Save

Power Save

on page 76).

must be set to

Off

—see

Power

Antenna/cable TV wall outlet

ANTENNA

OUT

VHF/UHF

SCART AV

CONNECTOR

ANTENNA

OUT

AV 2/INPUT 1 AV 1(RGB)-TV

INPUT 1/ AUTO REC

S-VIDEORLAUDIO

AUDIO

VIDEO

ANTENNA

OUTPUT

VIDEO S-VIDEO

DIGITAL

CONTROL

OUT

OPTICAL

SCART AV

CONNECTOR

Cable/Satellite box

AC IN

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Connecting up

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.

Important

• Do not connect your decoder box directly to this recorder.

• Information from the decoder (for example, relating to pay TV services), is only viewable when this recorder is off (in standby).

• For timer recording to work properly on this recorder, the VCR/satellite receiver/cable box must also be switched on during recording.

• It is not possible to watch one TV program and record another using this setup.

SCART AV

CONNECTOR

English

OUT

VHF/UHF

AV 2/INPUT 1 AV 1(RGB)-TV

INPUT 1/ AUTO REC

S-VIDEORLAUDIO

AUDIO

VIDEO

OUTPUT

VIDEO S-VIDEO

SCART AV

CONNECTOR

Decoder

Antenna/cable TV wall outlet

1 Connect the cable from the antenna/cable TV outlet to the antenna input on your VCR/satellite receiver/cable box.

2 Use a SCART cable (not supplied) to connect your decoder to your VCR/satellite receiver/cable box.

See the manual for your decoder box for more detailed instructions.

DIGITAL

CONTROL

OUT

OPTICAL

AC IN

SCART AV

CONNECTOR

VCR/Satellite receiver /Cable box

ANTENNA

3 Use a SCART cable to connect your VCR/satellite receiver/cable box to the AV2/(INPUT 1/DECODER) AV connector on this recorder.

4 Use a SCART cable to connect the AV1(RGB)-TV AV connector to your TV.

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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:

• Record scrambled channels received using the recorder’s built-in TV tuner.

Important

• Do not connect this recorder ‘through’ your VCR, satellite receiver or cable box. Always connect each component directly to your TV or AV receiver.

1 Connect RF antenna cables as shown.

This enables you to watch and record TV 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.

Note

• In order to use this setup, you will need to make the following settings from the Initial Setup menu: – Set the Initial Setup menu (see – From the

Decoder

(see

AV2/L1 In

Manual CH Setting

setting to

AV2/L1 In

Decoder

from the

on page 80).

screen, set the

setting for the scrambled channels to On

Manual CH Setting

on page 78).

Antenna/cable TV wall outlet

ANTENNA

OUT

VHF/UHF

SCART AV

CONNECTOR

INPUT 1/ AUTO REC

AV 2/INPUT 1 AV 1(RGB)-TV

S-VIDEORLAUDIO

AUDIO

VIDEO

OUTPUT

VIDEO S-VIDEO

DIGITAL

CONTROL

OUT

OPTICAL

SCART AV

CONNECTOR

Decoder

AC IN

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Connecting up

Connecting to an AV amplifier

To enjoy multichannel surround sound you need to connect this recorder to an AV amplifier/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 amplifier/receiver. Use the ordinary video output (as shown here), or the S-video output.

Important

• Noise may be output from your speakers if the recorder is not set up to work with your AV amplifier/receiver properly (see

Audio Out settings

on page 82).

English

ANTENNA

A/V IN 1

AV amp/ receiver

AV 2/INPUT 1 AV 1(RGB)-TV

INPUT 1/ AUTO REC

S-VIDEORLAUDIO

AUDIO

VIDEO

OUT

3 2

OUT

VHF/UHF

Antenna/cable TV wall outlet

1 Connect RF antenna cables as shown.

This enables you to watch and record TV channels.

2 Connect one of the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL jack on this recorder to an optical digital input on your AV 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 receiver.

4 Connect the AV receiver’s video output to a video input on your TV.

VIDEO

DIGITAL IN

OPTICAL

OUTPUT

VIDEO S-VIDEO

DIGITAL

CONTROL

OUT

OPTICAL

AC IN

Note

• The diagram shows ordinary video connections, but you can alternatively use an AV connector or S-video connections, if they’re available.

Important

• Do not connect this recorder to your TV ‘through’ your VCR using A/V cables. Always connect it directly to your TV.

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Connecting up

Connecting other AV sources

Connecting a VCR or analog camcorder

Connecting a DV camcorder

Using the front panel connect a DV camcorder or video deck, or DVD-R/RW recorder and digitally transfer DV tapes or DVD-R/RW discs to DVD-R/RW.

DV IN/OUT

jack, it is possible to



AUDIO/VIDEO

OUTPUT

INPUT

AUDIO/VIDEO

OUTPUT

AUDIO/VIDEO

INPUT

VIDEO/R/RW

Analog camcorder

VCR

1 Connect a set of audio and video outputs on your VCR or camcorder to a set of inputs on this recorder.

This enables you to record tapes from your VCR or camcorder.

• You can use ordinary video or S-video cables for the video connection.

• The front panel connections make convenient connections for a camcorder.

2 Connect a set of audio and video inputs on your VCR or camcorder to a set of outputs on this recorder.

This enables you to record from this recorder to your VCR or camcorder.

• You can use ordinary video or S-video cables for the video connection.

• Alternatively, you can use the

DECODER)

SCART connector for audio/video input

AV2/(INPUT 1/

and output with just one SCART cable.

Important

• This jack is for connection to DV equipment only. It is not compatible with digital satellite tuners or D-VHS video decks.

IN/OUT



DV camcorder

IN/OUT

VIDEO/R/RW

1 Use a DV cable (not supplied) to connect the DV in/out jack on your DV camcorder/deck to the front panel DV IN/OUT jack of this recorder.

Plugging in

Before plugging in for the first time, make sure that everything is connected properly.

AC IN

1 Plug the supplied AC power cable into the AC IN inlet and the other end into a standard household power outlet.

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Controls and displays

Chapter 3

Controls and displays

Front panel

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

STANDBY/ON OPEN/CLOSE STOP PAUSE PLAY STOP REC

PULL–OPEN

1 STANDBY/ON

Press to switch the recorder on/into standby.

2 DISC NAVIGATOR

Press to directly access the Disc Navigator screen.

3 DVD disc tray



OPEN/CLOSE

Press to open/close the disc tray.

5 STOP

Press to stop playback.

6 PAUSE

Press to pause/restart playback or recording.

7 PLAY

Press to start or restart playback.

8 FUNCTION

Press repeatedly to set the function of the dial. The function is shown in the display.

9 SMART JOG dial



STOP REC

Press to stop recording.

11 REC

Press to start recording.

12 Front panel inputs

Pull the cover down where indicated to access the front panel input jacks. Especially convenient for connecting camcorders and other portable equipment.

13 Front panel display

See

Display

on page 22 for details.

DISC NAVIGATOR

(page 35)

(page 12)

SMART JOG



VIDEO/R/RW

14 IR remote sensor

15 DV IN/OUT jack

Digital input/output jack for use with a DV camcorder.

FUNCTION



 

(page 8)

(page 12)

English

REC

DV IN/OUT



15141312

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Controls and displays

Display

321

1 PLAY

Lights during playback; blinks when paused.

2 REC

Lights during recording; blinks when recording is paused.

3 PL

(page 60) Lights when a VR mode disc is loaded and the recorder is in Play List mode.

42 3

(page 76) Shows the remote control mode (if nothing is displayed, the remote control mode is 1).

5 REM

Lights when the character display is showing the remaining available recording time.

(page 60)

Lights when an unfinalized Video mode disc is loaded.

7R / RW

Indicates the type of recordable DVD loaded: DVD-R or DVD-RW.

(page 48) Lights when a timer recording has been set. (Indicator blinks if the timer has been set but there isn’t a recordable disc loaded.)

AUTO

(page 54) Lights when Auto Start Recording has been set, and during Auto Start Recording.

4 5 6 7

9 Recording quality indicators

FINE

Lights when the recording mode is set to quality).

Lights when the recording mode is set to SP (standard play).

Lights when the recording mode is set to LP (long play).

Lights when the recording mode is set to EP (extended play).

Lights when the recording mode is set to MN (manual recording level) mode.

10 Character display

Indicates which channels of a bilingual broadcast are recorded.

12 VPS / PDC

Lights when receiving a VPS/PDC broadcast during a VPS/PDC-enabled timer recording.

13 NTSC

Lights when the video output is NTSC format.

14 OVER

Lights when the analog audio input level is too high.

(page 48)

(page 76)

(page 82)

8 9

1211 13 14

(page 45)

FINE

(best

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Controls and displays

Remote control

STANDBY/ON

DISC NAVIGATOR PLAY LIST

REV SCAN PLAY FWD SCAN



AUDIO SUBTITLE ANGLE PLAY MODE

GHI JKL MNO

PQRS TUV WXYZ

TOP MENU MENU

HOME MENU

PAUSE STOP

CASE

SELECTION

REC

STOP REC



DISC

HISTORY

TV CONTROL



INPUT

SELECT

ABC

DEF

CLEAR

ENTER

OK CM SKIP

NEXT STEP/SLOW

REC MODE TIMER REC

NAVI

CHP

MARK

VOLUME

CHANNEL

DVD RECORDER

OPEN/CLOSE



TV/DVD

INPUT SELECT

CHANNEL

RETURN



EASY

TIMER

DISPLAY

TV DIRECT

REC

1 Remote control indicator

Lights when setting up the remote control for use with a TV (page 90) and when setting the remote control mode (page 77).

2 STANDBY/ON

Press to switch the recorder on/into standby.

3 OPEN/CLOSE

Press to open/close the disc tray.

4 DVD playback functions

AUDIO

(page 43) Changes the audio language or channel. (When the recorder is stopped, press to change the tuner audio.)

SUBTITLE

(page 43) Displays/changes the subtitles included in multilingual DVD-Video discs.

19 21

ANGLE

(page 44) Switches camera angles on discs with multi-angle scenes.

5 PLAY MODE

(page 40) Press to display the Play Mode menu (for features such as search, repeat and program play).

6 TV/DVD

(page 30) 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).

7 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.

8 INPUT SELECT

(page 53)

Press to change the input to use for recording.

9 CHANNEL +/–

(page 29)

Press to change the channel of the built-in TV tuner.

10 SHOWVIEW

(page 51) Press, then use the number buttons to enter a ShowView programming number for timer recording.

11 DISC NAVIGATOR

(page 35)

/ TOP MENU

(page 31) Press to display the Disc Navigator screen, or the top menu if a DVD-Video disc is loaded.

12 PLAY LIST

(page 59)

/ MENU

(page 31) Press to switch between Original and Play List content on VR mode discs, or display the disc menu if a DVD-Video disc is loaded.

///

Used to navigate all on-screen displays. Press

(cursor buttons) and ENTER

ENTER

select the currently highlighted option.

14 HOME MENU

(page 32) Press to display the Home Menu, from which you can navigate all the functions of the recorder.

15 RETURN

Press to go back one level in the on-screen menu or display.

16 Playback controls



REV SCAN / FWD SCAN  (page 37)

(page 30)

Press to start reverse or forward scanning. Press again to change the speed.



PLAY

Press to start playback.



PAUSE

Press to pause playback or recording.

English

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Controls and displays



STOP

Press to stop playback.

CM SKIP

Press to skip 30 seconds forward on the disc (about the length of a typical TV commercial); press repeatedly to skip up to 4 minutes.



PREV / NEXT

Press to skip to the previous or next title/chapter/ track/folder; or to display the previous or next menu page.



STEP/SLOW  (page 38)

During playback, press to start slow-motion playback; while paused, press to show the previous or next video frame.

17 Recording controls



REC

Press to start recording. Press repeatedly to set the recording time in blocks of 30 mins.



STOP REC

Press to stop recording.

REC MODE

Press repeatedly to change the recording mode (picture quality).

TIMER REC

Press to set a timer recording from the standard Timer Recording screen.

EASY TIMER

Press to set a timer recording from the Easy Timer screen.

18 DISC HISTORY

Press to display summary information (disc name, recording time left, etc.) from the last 30 recordable discs loaded.

NAVI MARK

Press to select a thumbnail picture for the current title for use in the Disc Navigator screen.

CHP MARK

Press to insert a chapter marker when playing/ recording a VR mode DVD-RW disc.

19 DISPLAY

Displays/changes the on-screen information displays.

20 TV CONTROL

After setting up, use these controls to control your TV.

21 TV DIRECT REC

Press to start recording whatever channel your TV is set to.

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(page 28)

(page 46)

(page 50)

(page 49)

(page 67)

(page 36)

(page 62)

(page 90)

(page 48)

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Getting started

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 the 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



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 77).

• If this recorder is connected to a compatible TV using a full-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 Use the

/

(cursor up/down) buttons to choose

a language, then press ENTER.

Initial Setup

Basic Tuner Video In/Out Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback

Language

Clock Set Input Line System On Screen Display Front Panel Display Power Save Remote Control Set Setup NavigatorSetup Navigator

English français Deutsch Italiano Español

English

ENTER

DVD RECORDER

4 Press ENTER to start setting up using the Setup Navigator.

Initial Setup

Basic Tuner Video In/Out Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback

Clock Set

Complete this setup before you

Input Line System

start using your recorder.

On Screen Display Front Panel Display Power Save Remote Control Set Setup NavigatorSetup Navigator

Start Cancel

Please use the Initial Setup if you want to make more detailed settings.

• If you don’t want to use the Setup Navigator, press  (cursor down) to select

Cancel

, then press

ENTER

exit the Setup Navigator.

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Getting started

5 Select the Auto Channel Setting (‘Auto Scan’ or ‘Download from TV’), or ‘Do not set’, then press ENTER.

Initial Setup

Auto Channel Setting

Clock Set Input Line System On Screen Display Front Panel Display Power Save Remote Control Set Setup NavigatorSetup Navigator

Auto Scan Download from TV Do not set

if you want to skip setting up the

• Select

Basic Tuner Video In/Out Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback

Do not set

channels (because they have already been set up, for example).

• 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).

• Use the

/

(cursor left/right) buttons to

choose your country, then press ENTER.

Initial Setup

Basic Tuner Video In/Out Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback

Country Selection

Clock Set Input Line System

Country

On Screen Display Front Panel Display Power Save Remote Control Set Setup NavigatorSetup Navigator

Austria

6 Select ‘Auto’ for automatic time setting, or ‘Manual’ to set the clock manually, then press ENTER.

Initial Setup

Basic Tuner Video In/Out Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback

Clock Setting

Clock Set Input Line System On Screen Display Front Panel Display Power Save Remote Control Set Setup NavigatorSetup Navigator

Auto Manual

• 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 clock signal, then move the cursor down to ‘Start’ and press ENTER.

Initial Setup

Auto Clock Setting

Basic Tuner Video In/Out Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback

Clock Set Input Line System

Date

On Screen Display

Time

Front Panel Display Power Save

Clock Set CH

Remote Control Set Setup NavigatorSetup Navigator

Pr 1

Start

The recorder takes a short while to set the time. After you see that the time has been set, select

proceed.

• Auto-tuning channels

The

Auto Scan

option automatically scans and sets the

channel presets.

Tuning

32/213

Cancel

• Downloading channels from your TV

Use the

Download from TV

option to download all the

channels that your TV is tuned to.

Downloading

Cancel

Pr 5

Initial Setup

Auto Clock Setting

Basic Tuner Video In/Out Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback

Clock Set Input Line System

Date

On Screen Display

Time

Front Panel Display Power Save

Clock Set CH

Remote Control Set Setup NavigatorSetup Navigator

WED

11 20

0101 2003

Pr 1

Start

If the time could not be set automatically, press

RETURN Manual

to go back to the previous screen and select

• Manual clock setting

If no stations in your area are broadcasting time signals, you can set the clock manually.

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Getting started

Use the

/

(cursor left/right) buttons to set

your time zone.

You can set this by selecting a city or a time relative to GMT.

Initial Setup

Basic Tuner Video In/Out Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback

Manual Clock Setting

Clock Set Input Line System On Screen Display

Time Zone

Front Panel Display Power Save

Summer Time

Remote Control Set Setup NavigatorSetup Navigator

Austria Vienna

Off

Press  (cursor down) then use the

1/2

/

(cursor left/right) buttons to select ‘On’ or ‘Off’ for summer time, then press ENTER.

Select On if you are currently using summer time.

Initial Setup

Basic Tuner Video In/Out Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback

Manual Clock Setting

Clock Set Input Line System On Screen Display

Time Zone

Front Panel Display Power Save

Summer Time

Remote Control Set Setup NavigatorSetup Navigator

Austria Vienna

1/2

Set the date (day/month/year) and time, then press ENTER to make all the settings.

Initial Setup

Basic Tuner Video In/Out Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback

Use the

/

Manual Clock Setting

Clock Set Input Line System On Screen Display Front Panel Display Power Save Remote Control Set Setup NavigatorSetup Navigator

Date

Time

Time Zone

Summer Time

WED

01 01 2003

00 00

Austria Vienna

2/2

(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.

• You can go back to the previous screen at anytime in the Setup Navigator by pressing

RETURN

7 Select the TV screen type, ‘Standard (4:3)’ or ‘Wide (16:9)’.

Initial Setup

TV Screen Size

Basic Tuner Video In/Out Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback

Clock Set Input Line System On Screen Display Front Panel Display Power Save Remote Control SetSetup Navigator Setup Navigator

Wide (16:9) Standard (4:3)

8 Is this recorder connected to an AV amplifier for digital audio?

Initial Setup

AV Amp Digital Connect

Basic Tuner Video In/Out Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback

Use the

/

Connected

• If you select setup. Press select

Go Back

Clock Set Input Line System On Screen Display Front Panel Display Power Save Remote Control Set Setup NavigatorSetup Navigator

Connected Not Connected

(cursor up/down) buttons to select

, or

Not Connected

ENTER

, then press

, that completes the

to exit the Setup Navigator, or

if you want to go back and start again.

ENTER

• Select the digital audio formats your AV amplifier is compatible with.

Initial Setup

AV Amp Compatibility

Clock Set Input Line System On Screen Display Front Panel Display Power Save Remote Control Set Setup NavigatorSetup Navigator

Dolby Digital Dolby Digital, DTS PCM only

PCM only

Dolby

, then press

Use the

Digital ENTER

Basic Tuner Video In/Out Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback

/

(cursor up/down) buttons to select

Dolby Digital, DTS

• Check the operating instructions that came with your AV amplifier if you’re not sure what it’s compatible with.

9 Is your AV amplifier compatible with 96 kHz PCM digital audio?

Initial Setup

Basic Tuner Video In/Out Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback

Use the

/

(cursor up/down) buttons to select

Compatible, Not Compatible

press

ENTER

96kHz PCM Compatible

Clock Set Input Line System On Screen Display Front Panel Display Power Save Remote Control Set Setup NavigatorSetup Navigator

Compatible Not Compatible Don't Know

, or

Don’t Know

, then

• Check the operating instructions that came with your AV amplifier if you’re not sure.

English

Use the press

ENTER

/

(cursor up/down) buttons to select, then

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10 Press ENTER to exit the Setup Navigator, or select ‘Go Back’ if you want to start again.

Initial Setup

Basic Tuner Video In/Out Audio In Audio Out Language Recording Playback

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 tuned into the terrestrial TV channels.

• Manual channel setting – This setting lets you skip channels where there is no station, as well as manually tune to stations. See page 78.

• ShowView channel setting – This setting lets you assign guide channels to ensure that the ShowView

programming system works correctly. See

CH Setting

• Setting up the remote to control your TV – You can set up the supplied remote control to control many brands of TV. See

on page 90.

Clock Set Input Line System

Setup is complete!

On Screen Display

Enjoy using your DVD recorder!

Front Panel Display Power Save Remote Control Set Setup NavigatorSetup Navigator

Finish Setup Go Back

Manual CH Setting

on page 79.

Setting up the remote to control your

ShowView

Making your first recording

This quick guide shows you how to make a basic recording of a TV program to a recordable DVD.

Recording is covered in much more detail in chapter 6 (

Recording

STANDBY/ON



REC



STOP REC

OPEN/CLOSE



CHANNEL

PLAY

STOP

DVD RECORDER

1 If they aren’t already on, switch on your TV and this recorder.

Press  STANDBY/ON

to switch on.

• Make sure that the video input on your TV is set to this recorder.

2 Press  OPEN/CLOSE to eject the disc tray.

3 Load a blank DVD-R or DVD-RW disc with the label face-up, using the disc guide to align the disc.

• When you load a new, blank DVD-RW disc, the recorder will take a moment to initialize it for recording.

4 Use the CHANNEL +/– buttons on the remote control or the SMART JOG on the front panel to select the TV channel you want to record from.

• Channel presets are numbered 1–99.

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AUDIO

• If the recorder is connected to your TV using a SCART cable and your TV supports Direct Recording, you can use this to very simply start recording the TV channel you’re currently watching. See

recording from TV

on page 48 for detailed instructions.

Direct

5 Press  REC to start recording.

• By default, the recording will be in SP (standard play) mode, which will give you around 2 hours of recording from a blank DVD disc.

• You can pause recording by pressing Press



REC

or  PAUSE

again to restart recording.



PAUSE

6 When you want to stop recording, press



STOP REC.

Playing back your recording

The TV program you just recorded should be on the DVD disc as a single title with one or more chapters.

• Press  PLAY to start playback.

If you want to stop playback before the end of the recording, press



STOP

Using the built-in TV tuner

Changing TV channels

When no disc is playing, you can change TV channels in three different ways:

Changing audio channels

You can change the audio channel of the broadcast or external input signal.

• Press AUDIO to change the audio.

The current audio channel is displayed on-screen.

• If the NICAM audio setting (see page 81) is set to

NICAM

NICAM broadcast, you can switch between and

Regular

(non-NICAM) audio.

NICAM

Regular

• If the NICAM broadcast is bilingual, you can also select the language.

NICAM A NICAM B

Regular

You can also select the language for a non-NICAM bilingual

broadcast.

A (L) B (R)

A + B (L+R)

NICAM Select

and you are watching a

NICAM

NICAM A+B

English

CHANNEL

ENTER

CHANNEL +/–

•

Number buttons

• select channel 4, press press

3, 4, ENTER

SMART JOG

•

buttons on the remote

on the remote – For example, to

then

ENTER

on the front panel

Note

• Channel presets are numbered 1–99.

• You can’t change TV channels during playback or recording, or while in recording standby.

; for channel 34,

• When watching a recording made from an external input with

Audio

between left (

Bilingual

recording selected (see

External

on page 81), you can switch the audio channel

), right (R) or both (

L+R

Note

• If a Video mode disc is loaded, or if the recording mode is

FINE/MN32

, only one channel of a bilingual broadcast is recorded. In this case, decide which language you want to record before recording by setting the Bilingual Recording setting (see

Recording

on page 82).

Bilingual

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STANDBY/ON

OPEN/CLOSE

STOP

PLAY







Getting started

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 mode’).

During playback or when a menu is being displayed onscreen, the sound and video is always routed to your TV and is unaffected by the

Note that the recorder must be connected to your TV using a SCART cable to be able to use this feature.

• Press TV/DVD to switch between TV mode and DVD mode.

TV/DVD

mode setting.

TV/DVD

Basic playback

This section shows you how to use your recorder for playback of discs (DVD, CD, etc.). More playback features, such as repeat and program play, are covered in the next chapter.

Important

• Throughout this manual, the term ‘DVD’ means playback-only DVD-Video discs and DVD-R/RW. If a function is specific to a particular kind of DVD disc, it is specified.

• Some DVD-Video discs don’t allow certain playback controls to operate at certain points in the disc. This is not a malfunction.

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  OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc tray.

3 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 doublesided DVD-Video disc, load it with the side you want to play face down).

• If you want to play a DTS audio CD, please first read the note on page 31.

4 Press  PLAY to start playback.

• If you’re playing a DVD-Video or Video CD, a disc menu may appear when you start playback. Use the

///

(cursor) buttons and

ENTER

to navigate

DVD disc menus, and the number buttons and

ENTER

for Video CD menus.

• See the following sections for more details on playing specific kinds of discs.

5 To stop playback, press  STOP.

6 When you’ve finished using the recorder, eject the disc and switch the recorder back into standby.

• To open/close the disc tray, press  OPEN/CLOSE Remove the disc before putting the recorder into standby.

• Press



STANDBY/ON

to switch the recorder into

standby.

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Playing DVD discs

The table below shows the basic playback controls for DVD-Video, and recordable DVD discs.

PLAY

Press to start playback. If

STOP

PAUSE

REV SCAN FWD SCAN

PREV NEXT

CLEAR

CM SKIP

STEP/SLOW



TOP MENU MENU

ENTER

RESUME

back starts from the place last stopped.

Press to stop playback. You can resume playback from the same point by pressing  PLAY again to cancel the resume function.)

Pauses playback, or restarts playback when paused.

Press to start scanning. Press repeatedly to increase the scanning speed. (There are four scan speeds; the current scan speed is shown on-screen.)

Press to skip to previous/next chapter/title.

Except VR mode:

chapter number then press directly to that chapter within the currently playing title. On some discs, you can also use the number buttons to select numbered items in the disc menu.

VR mode only:

title number then press

(Commercial skip) Each press skips forward 30 seconds. Use to a maximum of 4 mins.

During playback, press to start slowmotion 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 DVDVideo disc menus; press items.

is displayed on-screen, play-

. (Press  STOP

During playback, enter a

ENTER

to skip

During playback, enter a

ENTER

to select

Playing CDs and WMA/MP3 discs

The table below shows the basic playback controls for audio CDs, and WMA/MP3 files.

PLAY

Press to start playback.

STOP

Press to stop playback.

• If you want to play a DTS audio CD, make sure the

• Scanning doesn’t work with WMA tracks.

PAUSE

Pauses playback, or restarts playback when paused.

REV SCAN FWD SCAN

CD and MP3 only:

Press to start scanning. Press again to increase the scanning speed. (There are two scan speeds; the current scan speed is shown on-screen.)

PREV NEXT

Press to skip to previous/next track (or folder for WMA/MP3 disc).

During playback, enter a track number then press

ENTER

to skip directly to that track.

CLEAR

Note

recorder is connected to a DTS-compatible amplifier with a digital connection. Noise will be output through the analog outputs. Also make sure that

STEREO

Changing audio channels

is selected using the

on page 29).

AUDIO

button (see

English

RETURN

Press to return to the previous level of a DVD-Video disc menu.

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HOME MENU

ENTER

Getting started

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

Press to start playback. If

RESUME

back starts from the place last stopped.

STOP

Press to stop playback.

Video CD only:

from the same point by pressing  PLAY (Press  STOP function.)

PAUSE

Pauses playback, or restarts playback when paused.

is displayed on-screen, play-

You can resume playback

again to cancel the resume

Using the Home Menu

From the Home Menu screen you can access all the features of the recorder. Press the Home Menu screen:

Timer Recording

Disc History

PhotoViewer

Disc Navigator

DV Record

Use the

///

(cursor) buttons followed by to select the option you want. To exit the Home Menu, press

HOME MENU

Disc Setup

Initial Setup

Video/Audio Adjust

Play Mode

to display

ENTER

REV SCAN FWD SCAN

Press to start scanning. Press repeatedly to increase the scanning speed. (There are two scan speeds; the current scan speed is shown on-screen.)

PREV NEXT

Press to skip to previous/next track. (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 that track. While a PBC menu screen is displayed,

CLEAR

use to select numbered menu items.

CM SKIP

Video CD only:

Each press skips forward 30 seconds. Use to a maximum of 4 mins. Note that this function doesn’t work when playing in PBC mode.

STEP/SLOW

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).

RETURN

Press to display the disc menu of a Video CD/Super VCD playing in PBC mode.

Note

• 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 non-PBC mode by pressing instead of



PLAY



/Super VCD

to start playback

Timer Recording

(page 48)

Disc History

PhotoViewer

(page 67)

(page 68)

Disc Navigator

page 58)

DV Record

(page 54)

Home menu options

Disc Setup

Initial Setup

Video/Audio Adjust

(page 72)

(page 35,

Play Mode

(page 70)

(page 75)

(page 40)

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Displaying disc information onscreen

You can display various on-screen information about the disc loaded.

DISPLAY

1 Press DISPLAY repeatedly to display/change the on-screen information.

• The on-screen display automatically disappears after 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.

Stop display 1

1 2

 Stop DVD-RW VR Original

Disc Name : Comedy shows

3 64 5

Resume FINE (1h01m/DVD) Finalized

ABC Pr 1

Rem. 0h35m Copy Once

Stereo

DVD Mode

7 Audio mode

Shows the broadcast audio mode for the current channel preset (

Mono, Stereo

, etc.).

8 Copy control information

Shows recording restrictions.

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

between TV and DVD

on page 30).

Switching

Stop display 2

1 2

 Stop DVD-RW VR Original

Titles Lock Disc : On

14:52 SAT 15/11/2003 Copy Once

: Original 99

Play List 15

ABC Pr 1

Stereo

TV Mode

1 Date and time

2 Number of titles/tracks on disc

For a VR mode DVD-RW, the number of Original and Play List titles are shown separately.

English

109 11

1 DVD-RW Original / Play List

If a VR mode disc is loaded, this shows whether playback is currently set to

Original

Play List

2 Disc type and mode

Shows the disc type ( disc mode for recordable DVD, if applicable (

Video

DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD

, etc.), and the

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 and number

Shows the preset name and preset number for the currently selected channel.

Play display 1

 Play DVD-R Video

1 2 3 4

3–2 0. 00. 15 Chapters 15

0. 11. 52

Title Total

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/MP3, shows current folder and track; for JPEG disc, shows current folder and file.)

3 Elapsed title time

(For CD, WMA, MP3, 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.

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Play display 2

 Play DVD-R Video

 Rec Title Name

2 3 41

3–2 0. 00. 15 ! Chapter Time Chapter Total



11/21 soccer:

0. 00. 21

0. 01. 52

4.32Mbps

DVD Mode

1 Chase playback, simultaneous record/playback

Indicates that recording 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 ‘!’ if the playback material is copy-once protected.

Recording display

1 2 3 4

 Rec DVD-R Video

30. 00. 15 21:00 – 22:00 FINE (1h01m/DVD) Rem. 0h35m

ABC Pr 1

Stereo

Copy Once

• Transfer rate shows the amount of video and audio information recorded on the disc. It is not an indication of picture/audio quality.

• The Video mode disc displays become the same as a DVD-Video disc once the disc is finalized.

• The total recording time figure shown in parenthesis is calculated based on a 12cm/4.7GB disc at the displayed record setting.

• 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.

•

Copy Once

Can’t Rec

messages may appear in the stop or recording displays. These indicate that the broadcast TV program contains copy control information.

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.

Note

• When using the simultaneous play and record feature, the display shows information for playback only.

• If

Frame Search

is On (see

Frame Search

on page 87), the frame number is shown next to the elapsed time display when the disc is paused.

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DISC NAVIGATOR

HOME MENU

ENTER

Chapter 5

Playback

Introduction

Most of the features described in this chapter make use of on-screen displays. Navigate these using the



(cursor buttons) and

from any screen, use the

ENTER

. To go back one level

RETURN

button. Remember also that the button guide at the bottom of every screen shows which buttons do what.

Many of the functions covered in this chapter apply to 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.

DVD

Any kind of DVD, DVD-R or DVD-RW

DVD-Video

Commercially produced DVD or finalized Video mode DVD-R/RW

Video mode

VR mode

Video CD

Super VCD

Video mode DVD-R/RW (unfinalized)

VR mode DVD-RW

Audio CD

Video CD

Super VCD

///

Using the Disc Navigator to browse the contents of a disc.

DVD-Video CD Video CD Super VCD WMA/MP3

Use the Disc Navigator to browse the contents of a disc and start playback. You can use the Disc Navigator when a disc is playing or stopped.

1 Press HOME MENU and select ‘Disc Navigator’ from the on-screen display.

Alternatively, for a CD, Video CD, Super VCD or WMA/ MP3 disc, you can press or remote), which takes you straight to the Disc Navigator screen.

DISC NAVIGATOR

(front panel

English

WMA/MP3

WMA or MP3 files

MP3

MP3 files

• Some DVD-Video discs don’t allow certain playback controls to operate at certain points in the disc. This is not a malfunction.

• When playing Video CDs, some functions, such as making a program list, are not available in PBC mode. Stop the disc first, then start playback by pressing

• For discs that contain JPEG picture files, see

PhotoViewer



on page 68.

The

Timer Recording

Disc History

PhotoViewer

Disc Navigator

DV Record

Disc Setup

Initial Setup

Video/Audio Adjust

Play Mode

2 Select what you want to play.

Use the and

///

ENTER

(cursor buttons) to highlight items

to select.

Depending on the type of disc you have loaded, the Disc Navigator looks slightly different.

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NAVI MARK

ENTER

PAUSE

PLAY

STEP/SLOW



Playback

The screen for 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

DVD

Title (1-10) Title 01 Title 02 Title 03 Title 04 Title 05 Title 06 Title 07 Title 08

Chapter (1-003) Chapter 001 Chapter 002 Chapter 003

The screen for CDs and Video CDs shows a list of tracks.

Disc Navigator

Track (1-10) Track 01 Track 02 Track 03 Track 04 Track 05 Track 06 Track 07 Track 08

Total Time 0.58.25

The screen for WMA/MP3 discs shows a list of folders and tracks. Select a folder or a track within a folder.

Playback starts after you press

ENTER

• For discs that contain both CD-Audio tracks and WMA/MP3 tracks, you can switch the playback area between

and

WMA/MP3

. This can only be done

while the disc is stopped.

Note

• The Disc Navigator is only accessible when there is a disc loaded.

• It’s not possible to use the Disc Navigator when playing a Video CD in PBC mode.

• Another way to find a particular place on a disc is to use the time search mode. See

Search Mode

page 40.

Changing the thumbnail picture for a title

VR mode

You can change the thumbnail picture that appears for each title in the Disc Navigator screen using the

MARK

Video mode

button.

NAVI

Using the Disc Navigator with recordable discs

VR mode

When used with a recordable disc, 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 recordable discs.

1 Press HOME MENU and select ‘Disc Navigator’ from the on-screen display.

Alternatively, you can press or front panel) to go straight to the Disc Navigator screen.

2 Select ‘Play’ from the menu options.

3 Use the title to play.

4 Press ENTER to start playback.

Video mode

Editing

on page 58 for more on editing

DISC NAVIGATOR

///

(cursor buttons) to select a

(remote

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.

• For greater control over the exact frame you want to use, you can use the frame advance/reverse controls (



PAUSE

and/or slow-motion/

 /

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Playback

Navigating discs

ALL

During playback you can easily jump to another title, chapter or track on a disc using the number buttons on the remote, or the

DVD-Video Video mode

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

, then 4.

• To clear and start again, press

2 Optionally: Press ENTER.

• Alternatively, just wait a few seconds and playback will jump to the new chapter.

VR mode

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

• To clear and start again, press

2 Optionally: Press ENTER.

• Alternatively, just wait a few seconds and playback will jump to the new title.

SMART JOG

ENTER

dial on the front panel.

CLEAR

CD Video CD Super VCD

WMA/MP3

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

• To clear and start again, press

CLEAR

2 Optionally: Press ENTER.

• Alternatively, just wait a few seconds and playback will jump to the new track.

Using the front panel controls

1 Use the FUNCTION button to select one of the following:

DVD

•

TITLE – –

•

CHP – – –

Enter a title number Enter a chapter number within the current

title

CD Video CD Super VCD

•

TRACK – –

WMA/MP3

FOLDER – –

•

TRACK – – –

•

Enter a track number

Enter a folder number Enter a track number within the current

folder

2 Turn the SMART JOG dial to select a title/ chapter/folder/track number.

After you stop turning the

SMART JOG

dial, playback

jumps to the point specified after a few seconds.

Scanning discs

You can fast scan discs at various speeds, forwards or backward.

English

REV SCAN PLAY FWD SCAN

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PLAY

STEP/SLOW



Playback

1 During playback, press  or  to start reverse or forward scanning.

• The scanning speed is shown on-screen.

2 Press the same button repeatedly to increase the scanning speed.

DVD

•

Forward: SCAN 1  SCAN 2  SCAN 3  SCAN 4

•

Reverse: Reverse play  SCAN 1  SCAN 2  SCAN 3  SCAN 4

Video CD

•

SCAN 1  SCAN 2

3 To resume normal playback, press

Super VCD MP3



PLAY.

Using the front panel controls

1 During playback, press FUNCTION until the display shows ‘PLAY’.

2 Turn the SMART JOG dial to start scanning.

Turn clockwise for forward scanning; counter-clockwise for reverse scanning.

• The scanning speed is shown on-screen.

DVD

• Sound can be heard while scanning audio CDs (analog output only).

• Scanning is not possible with WMA files.

• No subtitles are displayed while scanning DVD-Video discs.

• No sound is output when scanning DVDs, except for VR mode discs on forward

SCAN 1*1, for which audio

is output through the analog outputs (and digital output if the sound is Linear PCM below 96kHz).

Except during chase playback and simultaneous

recording/playback.

• Depending on the disc, normal playback may automatically resume when a new chapter is reached on a DVD disc.

Playing in slow motion

DVD Video CD

You can play DVDs and Video CD/Super VCDs at various slow motion speeds. DVDs can be played in slow motion in either direction, while Video CD/Super VCDs can only be played forwards in slow motion.

Super VCD

Play

Forward play

ForwardReverse

MP3

SCAN 1

SCAN 2

ForwardReverse

Reverse play

SCAN 1 SCAN 1

SCAN 2 SCAN 2

SCAN 3 SCAN 3

SCAN 4 SCAN 4

Video CD

SCAN 1

SCAN 2

3 Use the SMART JOG dial to change the scanning speed and direction.

4 To resume normal playback, press



PLAY.

Note

• Depending on the disc, reverse playback may not be smooth.

1 Press  or  to start slow motion reverse or forward playback.

• The playback speed is shown on-screen.

• There is no sound during slow motion playback

2 Press the same button repeatedly to change the slow motion speed.

SLOW 1/16 SLOW 1/8

SLOW 1/2 SLOW 1/4

3 To resume normal playback, press



PLAY.

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Playback

PAUSE

PLAY

STEP/SLOW



Using the front panel controls

1 During playback, press  PAUSE.

2 Press FUNCTION repeatedly until the display shows ‘PAUSE’.

3 Turn the SMART JOG dial to start slow motion reverse or forward playback.

Turn clockwise for forward slow motion playback; counter-clockwise for reverse slow motion playback.

• The playback speed is shown on-screen.

• There is no sound during slow motion playback

Paused

1/16

1/8

1/4

1/2

4 Use the SMART JOG dial to change the scanning speed and direction.

5 To resume normal playback, press

Note

• The picture quality during slow motion playback is not as good as during normal playback and depends on the disc being played.

• Reverse slow-motion playback may not be as smooth as forward and may be better with some discs than others.

• Depending on the disc, normal playback may automatically resume when a new chapter is reached on a DVD disc.

• No sound is output during slow-motion playback.

1/16

1/8

1/4

1/2

ForwardReverse



PLAY.

Frame advance/frame reverse

DVD Video CD

You can advance or back up a DVD disc frame-by-frame. With Video CD/Super VCDs, you can only use frame advance.

1 During playback, press  PAUSE.

2 Press



• You can only use frame advance when playing a Video CD.

• Hold down frame advance.

3 To resume normal playback, press  PLAY.

Using the front panel controls

1 Press FUNCTION until the display shows ‘STEP’.

2 Turn the SMART JOG dial to advance or back up a frame at a time.

• Turn clockwise for frame advance; counter-clockwise for frame reverse.

• You can only use frame advance when playing a Video CD.

3 To resume normal playback, press  PLAY.

Super VCD

or  to back up or advance one frame.



or  for continuous frame reverse/

English

Note

• The picture quality when using frame reverse is not as good as frame advance.

• Depending on the disc, normal playback may automatically resume when a new chapter is reached on a DVD disc.

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The Play Mode menu

ALL

The Play Mode menu gives you access to search functions, repeat and program play functions.

Important

• 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. For other restrictions, see the following sections.

PLAY MODE

CLEAR

ENTER

PLAY

1 Press PLAY MODE to display the Play Mode menu screen.

Play Mode

Search Mode A-B Repeat Repeat Program

• You can also access the Play Mode menu from the Home Menu (press

2 Use the to navigate.

• To exit the Play Mode menu, press

PLAY MODE

Time Search Title Search Chapter Search

///

HOME MENU

(cursor buttons) and ENTER

HOME MENU

Search Mode

ALL

The Search Mode feature lets you start playback from a specified point in a disc by time or by title/chapter/folder/ track number.

1 Select ‘Search Mode’ from the Play Mode menu.

Play Mode

Search Mode A-B Repeat Repeat Program

2 Select one of the search options.

3 Use the number buttons to enter a title/chapter/ folder/track number or the search time (in hours, minutes & seconds).

Title/Chapter/Folder/Track Search:

press

. Alternatively, you can use the

down) buttons.

Time Search (DVD and Video CD only):

minutes into the disc, press minutes and 20 seconds into the disc, press

• If

Frame Search

then you need to add a frame number to the end of the time search. For example 22 minutes, 10 seconds and 5 frames, press

• PAL video contains 25 frames per second, numbered 0 through 24.

• When using frame search with film material (recorded at 24 frames/second), accurate frame search may not be possible. This is because of the difference between the recorded frame rate and the playback frame rate.

4 Press ENTER.

• If you searched by frame, the recorder will pause on the selected frame.

Tip

• You can often select what you want to watch on a DVD disc from the disc menu. Press

to display the disc menu.

Time Search Title Search Chapter Search

is On (see

2, 2, 1, 0, 0, 5

Input Time

0.01.00

For example, for track 6,

/

(cursor up/

For example, for 45

4, 5, 0, 0

. For 1 hour and 15

1, 1, 5, 2, 0

Frame Search

on page 87),

TOP

Note

• When using time search, playback may occasionally start slightly before or after the time you input.

• Time search doesn’t work with Super VCDs.

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Playback

A-B Repeat

DVD

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.

• You can’t use A-B Repeat with WMA/MP3 or Super VCD discs.

1 During playback, select ‘A-B Repeat’ from the Play Mode menu.

2 Highlight ‘A (Loop Start)’.

3 At the point you want the loop to start, press ENTER.

4 Highlight ‘B (Loop End)’.

5 At the point you want the loop to end, press ENTER.

Playback immediately jumps back to the start point and plays the loop round and round.

• When playing a DVD, the start and end points of the loop must be in the same title.

6 To resume normal playback, select ‘Off’ from the A-B Repeat menu.

• You can also press if no menu OSD (such as the Disc Navigator) is displayed.

• If you switch camera angles while using A-B Repeat with a DVD-Video disc, A-B repeat is canceled.

Video CD

Important

Play Mode

Search Mode A-B Repeat Repeat Program

A (Loop Start)

B (Loop End) Off

Note

CLEAR

to cancel A-B Repeat play

Repeat play

ALL

There are various repeat play options, depending on the kind of disc loaded. It’s also possible to use repeat play together with program play to repeat the tracks/chapters in the program list (see

1 Select ‘Repeat’ from the Play Mode menu.

2 Select a repeat play mode.

Play Mode

Search Mode A-B Repeat Repeat Program

VR mode

• For VR mode DVD discs, select

Title

Repeat Chapter

DVD-Video Video mode

• For DVD-Video and Video mode DVD discs, select

Repeat Title

Video CD

• For CDs and Video CD/Super VCDs, select

Disc

Repeat Track

WMA/MP3

• For WMA/MP3 discs, select

Folder

Repeat Track

3 To resume normal playback, select ‘Repeat Off’ from the Repeat Play menu.

• You can also press menu OSD (such as the Disc Navigator) is displayed.

Note

• If you switch the camera angle during repeat play of a DVD-Video disc, repeat play is canceled.

• If there is a program list, you can also select

Program

to repeat the program list.

Program play

Repeat Disc Repeat Title Repeat Chapter Repeat Off

Repeat Chapter

Super VCD

(or

CLEAR

below).

Repeat Disc, Repeat

(or

Repeat Off

(or

Repeat Off

Repeat

Repeat Off

Repeat Disc, Repeat

Repeat Off

to cancel repeat play if no

Repeat

English

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Playback

Program play

DVD-Video CD Video CD Super VCD WMA/MP3

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.

Play Mode

Search Mode A-B Repeat Repeat Program

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).

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.

• To add a title, select the title.

• To add a chapter, first highlight the title, then press



(cursor right)and select a chapter from the list.

Program

Step

01. 01-003

02.

03.

04.

05.

06.

07.

08.

For a CD or Video CD/Super VCD, select a track to add to the program list.

Program

Step

01. 04

02.

03.

04.

05.

06.

07.

08.

For a WMA/MP3 disc, you can add a whole folder, or a track within a folder to the program list.

• To add a folder, select the folder.

Input/Edit Program

Start Program Play Cancel Program Play Erase Program List

Title (1-38) Title 01 Title 02 Title 03 Title 04 Title 05 Title 06 Title 07 Title 08

Track (1-12) Track 01 Track 02 Track 03 Track 04 Track 05 Track 06 Track 07 Track 08

Chapter (1-004) Chapter 001 Chapter 002 Chapter 003 Chapter 004

Total Time 0.00.00

• To add a track, first highlight the folder, then press



(cursor right) and select a track from the list.

Program

Step

01. 01-003

02.

03.

04.

05.

06.

07.

08.

After pressing

Folder (1-06)

01. ACP

02. Nth Degree

03. Pfeuti

04. Live

05. Glitch music

06. CodHead

ENTER

to add the title/chapter/folder/

Track (1-010)

001. Gravity deluxe

002. Tesla's patent

003. Border dispute

004. Delayed by rain

005. Accident incident

006. Pigeon post

007. Outernational

008. Vacuum tube

track, the step number automatically moves down one.

• To 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.

• To delete a step from the Play List, highlight the step you want to delete, then press

CLEAR

4 Repeat step 3 to build up a program list.

A program list can contain up to 24 titles/chapters/ folders/tracks.

5 To play the program list, press  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.

Tip

• To save your program list and exit the program edit screen without starting playback, press

PLAY MODE

• You can change the program list by selecting

Edit

Program

• During program play, press

from the Play Mode Program menu



HOME

Input/

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.

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.

•

Input/Edit Program

•

Start Program Play

– See above

– Starts playback of a saved

program list

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Playback

•

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

Note

• 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.

• You can use repeat play with program play. Start playback of the program list then select

Repeat

from the Repeat Play Mode menu (see

Repeat play

on page 41).

Program

Displaying and switching subtitles

DVD-Video

Some DVD discs have subtitles in one or more languages; the disc box will usually tell you which subtitle languages are available. You can switch subtitle language during playback.

Check the disc packaging for details of the subtitle options.

Note

• Some discs only allow you to change subtitle language from the disc menu. Press

TOP MENU

access.

• To set subtitle preferences, see

Subtitle Language

page 84.

Switching DVD soundtracks

DVD-Video

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.

AUDIO

• Press AUDIO repeatedly to select an audio soundtrack.

English

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.

Audio : 1/2 Dolby Digital 2/0CH

Note

• The sound may drop out for a few seconds when switching soundtracks.

• Some discs only allow you to change audio language from the disc menu. Press

• To set audio language preferences, see

Language

on page 84.

TOP MENU

to access.

Audio

• 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 amplifier with built-in DTS decoder via the digital output. See

Connecting to an AV amplifier

on page 19

for connection details.

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Playback

Switching the audio channel

VR mode CD Video CD Super VCD

For VR mode content recorded with bilingual audio, you can switch between left ( both (

L+R

) channel, right (R) channel, or

When playing Video CDs and audio CDs you can switch between stereo, just the left channel or just the right channel.

Some Super VCD discs have two soundtracks. With these discs you can switch between the two soundtracks as well as individual channels in each.

1 To display/switch the audio channel, press AUDIO repeatedly.

The audio channel(s) currently playing are indicated onscreen.

VR mode

L+R

– Stereo (default) / both channels

•

– Left channel only

•

– Right channel only

AUDIO

WMA/MP3

Switching camera angles

DVD-Video

Some DVD-Video discs feature scenes shot from two or more angles—check the disc box for details: it should be

marked with a 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

• To switch the camera angle, press ANGLE.

• The angle number is displayed on-screen.

• If the disc was paused, playback starts again with the new angle.

• Repeat play is canceled if you change the angle while repeat playback is active.

Note

• You can also change the angle from some DVD-Video disc menus. Press

on page 89).

TOP MENU

ANGLE

to access.

CD Video CD

•

Stereo

– Stereo (default)

1/L

– Left channel only

•

2/R

– Right channel only

Super VCD

1 Stereo

•

1 L

•

1 R 2 Stereo

•

2 L 2 R

•

– Soundtrack 1 / Stereo (default) – Soundtrack 1 / Left channel – Soundtrack 1 / Right channel

– Soundtrack 2 / Stereo – Soundtrack 2 / Left channel – Soundtrack 2 / Right channel

WMA/MP3

Note

• 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

Digital



PCM

Dolby Digital Out

(see

Dolby Digital Out

Dolby

on page 82) or listen via the analog outputs if you need to switch the audio channel.

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Recording

Chapter 6

Recording

About DVD recording

This recorder can record on both DVD-R and DVD-RW media. The main difference between the two is that DVDR 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 which offers much more comprehensive editing functions compared to

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 (see also the notes below).

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 erased in this operation), all recordings on that disc will be in the chosen recording mode.

Important

• 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 NTSC and PAL-60. See also

Input Line System

Note

• 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.

Video mode

on page 76.

VR mode

recording.

recording,

• The maximum number of titles that can be recorded on a DVD-R/RW disc is 99.

Recording time and picture quality

There are four preset recording quality modes:

•

FINE

– Highest quality setting, gives about 1 hour of

recording time.

•

(Standard Play) – Default quality, sufficient for most applications, gives about 2 hours of recording time.

•

(Long Play) – Slightly lower video quality, but doubles the recording time to around 4 hours.

•

(Extended Play) – Use when maximum recording time is most important; EP gives you around 6 hours of recording time.

In addition to these settings, you can access 32 different recording quality/time settings when manual recording mode is on (see you very fine control over the recording.

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.

In all except the two channel Dolby Digital format. When set to

MN32

, sound is recorded in high quality, uncompressed

Linear PCM format. If the broadcast audio is bilingual and you are recording

in Video mode, or in VR mode on the use the Bilingual Recording setting (page 82) to select the

A/L

starts.

Manual Recording

FINE/MN32

B/R

audio channel to record before recording

on page 85), giving

modes, sound is recorded in

FINE/

FINE/MN32

setting,

Restrictions on video recording

• You cannot record copy-protected video using this recorder. Copy-protected video includes DVD-Video discs and some satellite broadcasts. If copyprotected 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 a DVD-RW disc in VR mode (see below).

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REC MODE

Recording

• When recording a TV broadcast or through an external input, you can display copy control information on screen. (see

information on-screen

CPRM

CPRM is a copy protection system with scramble system regarding the recording of ‘copy once’ broadcast programs. CPRM stands 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 DVDRW (ver. 1.1 or higher) discs formatted in VR mode.

DVD CPRM recordings 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.

• 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.

Displaying disc

on page 33).

Content Protection for

Setting the picture quality/recording time

VR mode Video mode

Before starting a recording, you will usually want to set the picture quality/recording time. There are four standard settings available, which allow you to choose a balance between picture quality and recording time.

It’s also possible to create a fifth, ‘manual’ setting for picture quality/recording time. Before you can select this, however, you will need to set the option in the Initial Settings menu (see on page 85).

• Press REC MODE repeatedly to select a recording setting.

You can also use the front panel controls: Press

FUNCTION MODE

recording mode.

•

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.

repeatedly until the display shows

, then use the

FINE

– Fine picture quality

– Standard play

– Long play

– Extended play

– Manual (available only when manual recording

is on)

SMART JOG

Manual Recording

REC

dial to select the

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Recording

Basic recording from the TV

VR mode Video mode

Follow the instructions below to record a TV program. Recording starts immediately and continues until the disc is full or you stop the recording.

AUDIO

CHANNEL

ENTER

PAUSE

REC

STOP REC



REC MODE

• While the recorder is stopped, you can also use the number buttons on the remote to select the channel. (For channel 6, press press

2, 4

then

ENTER

then

)

ENTER

; for channel 24,

4 Use the AUDIO button to select the audio channel to record.

See

Changing audio channels

on page 29 for more on

this.

• 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 time, press the  REC button repeatedly. The recording time increases in 30 minute increments, up to a maximum of 6 hours. You can see the recording time 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.

• To cancel the set recording time, press



REC

• If you want to pause recording at any time, press



PAUSE

. Press again to restart the recording. (If recording in VR mode, a new chapter is started after recording restarts)

6 To stop the recording, press  STOP REC.

• If you set the recording time in the previous step, you can still stop the recording anytime by pressing

STOP REC



• Recording will stop automatically when there is no more space on the DVD.

English

DVD RECORDER

1 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 REC MODE button to set the picture quality/recording time.

• See

Setting the picture quality/recording time

above

for detailed instructions.

3 Use the CHANNEL +/– buttons on the remote or the SMART JOG on the front panel to select the TV channel to record.

The front panel display shows the channel number:

23 30 7

Channel preset

Tip

• During recording you can turn on/off the SCART loop through function. During recording, press

FUNCTION SCART SCART THRU

(front panel only) until the display shows

, then use the

SMART JOG

(loop through on) or

dial to select

SCART NORM

(loop through off). Note that you can’t switch loop through on if recording from the

DECODER)

AV1(RGB)-TV

AV2/(INPUT 1/

connectors. Also, loop through is automatically reset to off after recording has finished.

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Recording

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 TV 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.

Setting a timer recording

VR mode Video mode

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.

PAUSE

REC

STOP REC



REC MODE

TV DIRECT

REC

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.

• To cancel the set recording time, press



REC

• If you want to pause recording at any time, press



PAUSE

. Press again to restart the recording. (If recording in VR mode, a new chapter is started after recording restarts)

4 To stop the recording, press  STOP REC.

• If you set the recording time in step 3, you can still stop the recording anytime by pressing



STOP REC

• Recording will stop automatically when there is no more space on the DVD.

You can also set the recorder so that it will adjust the recording quality to try and fit the recording on the disc (see

Optimized Rec

on page 86 for more on this).

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.

Important

• Timer recording can’t be used if: – There is another timer recording in progress, or the recorder is in timer record standby. – Auto Start Recording is in progress. – There are already 32 timer programs waiting to be recorded.

• Timer recording will not start if: – The recorder is already recording – The timer programming screen is displayed onscreen – A disc is being initialized, finalized or unfinalized.

• Except for finalized Video mode discs, timer recording will start when the operation preventing timer recording has finished.

• The timer indicator lights in the front panel display when the timer is active. If the indicator is blinking it means that there is no disc loaded, or the disc loaded

is not recordable.

• Timer recordings have higher priority than the Auto Start Recording function (see

from a satellite tuner

on page 54). A timer recording

Automatic recording

will interrupt an Auto Start Recording. (Auto Start Recording will resume after the timer recording has finished.)

• Approximately two minutes before a timer recording is set to start, the recorder will go into timer recording standby (assuming that a recordable disc is loaded). In timer recording standby you cannot use some functions.

• VPS/PDC may not work with all broadcast stations in your country/area. Check with the stations for compatibility.

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Recording

Easy timer recording

As the name suggests, easy timer recording makes setting up a timer recording as simple as possible.

CHANNEL

ENTER

RETURN



REC MODE

EASY

TIMER

3 Use

///

(cursor buttons) to move the cursor to the recording start date and time on the grid.

Current time

Recording start time

Easy Timer Recording

8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 13/12 14/12 15/12

- -: - -

FINEPr 7

CHANNEL

WED

+/–

13/12

11:45

REC MODE

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.

• You can go back and reset the start time if you need to by pressing

5 Use the

RETURN

/

(cursor left/right) to move the

cursor to the recording end time on the grid.

English

DVD RECORDER

1 Press EASY TIMER.

Alternatively, you can also access from the Home Menu (press

HOME MENU

Easy Timer Recording

13/12 14/12 15/12

CHANNEL

and select

Timer Recording

8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00

13/12

+/–

WED

REC MODE

9:30

FINEPr 7

--:--

then

2 Set the TV channel and recording quality.

• Use the

CHANNEL +/–

buttons to set the channel you

want to record.

• Use the quality. Press repeatedly to switch between

REC MODE

button to set the recording

FINE, SP

and EP (and MN if manual recording mode is on).

Recording start time

Recording end time

Easy Timer Recording

11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 13/12 14/12 15/12

11:45 13:45

REC MODE

FINEPr 7

+/–

CHANNEL

WED

13/12

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 6 hours can be set.

6 Press ENTER to set the end time and exit the timer recording screen.

• You can check the timer program you just set from the main timer recording screen (see

recording

on page 50).

Note

• You can’t use VPS/PDC with easy timer recordings.

Use the standard or ShowView timer recording methods if you want to use VPS/PDC.

Standard timer

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Recording

Standard timer recording

The timer recording screen you can see all the timer programs already set, clear programs and set up new ones.

CLEAR

ENTER

RETURN

PREV NEXT



1 Press TIMER REC to display the Timer Recording screen.

You can also access the Timer Recording screen from the Home Menu (press

Recording

, then

HOME MENU

Timer Recording (View)

This screen shows all the timer programs currently set.

Timer Recording

Date Start Stop CH

WED

13/12

7:00 8:00 Pr 3 SP

New Input

DVD Remain

• The amount of free space available on the currently loaded recordable DVD is shown towards the bottom of the screen.

• In the lower-right corner, the number of timer programs already set and the number that use VPS/ PDC, is shown.

• Each row is for one timer recording program, with the date and time information, frequency, channel, recording mode and the VPS/PDC setting.

• If there are more than eight timer programs already set, press the

NEXT  to switch page (go back using

PREV 

button).

• You can also clear a timer program by highlighting it and pressing

CLEAR

TIMER REC

Mode

VPS/PDC

Off

1h00m(FINE)

, select

Timer

1/1

2 Select ‘New Input’ to set a new timer program, then press ENTER.

Timer Recording

Date Start Stop CH

TUE

12/12

10 00 11 00 Pr 7

VPS/PDC

Recorded Title Name

Input

OFF

Rec Mode

3 Enter the timer recording settings.

Use the use the

/

(cursor left/right) buttons to select a field;

/

(cursor up/down) buttons to change the

value.

•

Date

– Choose a date up to one month in advance, or

select a daily or weekly program.

•

Start

– Set the recording start time.

•

Stop

– Set the recording end time (maximum length

of a timer recording is 6 hours).

•

– Choose a channel (1–99, excluding skip channels), or one of the external inputs from which to record.

•

Mode

– Select

picture quality/recording time

Recording is on, then you can also select the

FINE, SP, LP

or EP (See

Setting the

on page 46). If Manual

setting.

•

VPS/PDC

– The VPS/PDC system automatically adjusts the recording time so that even if a program is not running to schedule you won’t miss it. For VPS/ PDC to work properly, you must input the correct announced time and date of the program you want to record. Note that VPS/PDC may not work with every station and that Optimized Recording will not work if VPS/ PDC is on.

•

Recorded Title Name

– Optionally, you can enter a

name for the recording up to 32 characters.

4 After entering all the timer recording information, press ENTER.

The main timer recording screen is displayed again. The timer program you just input appears in the list.

• If

Optimized Rec

set to

(and VPS/PDC is off), the recorder will

(see

Optimized Rec

on page 86) is

adjust the recording quality to try and fit the recording on the disc.

5To exit the timer recording screen, press HOME MENU.

• 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.

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ENTER

CLEAR

PREV NEXT



Tip

• Stations that use VPS/PDC typically include VPS/ PDC information in the teletext TV guide pages. Please refer to these when setting your timer recording.

Timer recording using the ShowView programming system

This system makes programming timer recordings very simple. Most TV guides publish ShowView programming numbers with their program details. If you want to make a timer recording of a program, you just input the corresponding code. The date, start, stop and channel settings are made automatically. All you have to do is tell the recorder the recording mode, and whether it’s a once-only recording or a regular recording.

CLEAR

ENTER

• Press

REC MODE

(see also

to change the recording quality

Setting the picture quality/recording time

on page 46). If Manual Recording is on, then you can also select the

• Use the

Once, Daily

• Use the or

Off

setting.

/

(cursor left/right) buttons to select the

Weekly



and  buttons to switch VPS/PDC On

recording option.

2 After making the settings, press ENTER.

The program details are shown at the bottom of the screen for a few seconds then the screen is automatically exited.

• If you haven’t set up the guide channels (or at least the guide channel for the ShowView programming number that you entered), the recorder will prompt you to enter the channel number that the TV program is showing on.

Tip

• You can check the timer program settings by pressing

TIMER REC

to display the timer recording

screen.

ShowView programming with the power off

You can enter a ShowView programming number when the recorder is in standby.

English



REC MODE

1 Press SHOWVIEW to display the ShowView program screen.

You can also access this screen from the Home Menu (press

HOME MENU

ShowView

• Use the number buttons to enter the ShowView

ShowView

ShowView#

Rec Mode

Rec Times

VPS/PDC

, select

3 9 9 2 4

MN21

Once Daily

Off

Timer Recording

to input

REC MODE

to change level

Weekly



to change

programming number. (To clear the last digit entered, press

CLEAR

to change

, then

Important

• You can’t use this feature until you have set up the guide channels. See

ShowView CH Setting

on page 79

• You can’t change the recording mode.

• You can’t program daily or weekly timer recordings.

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Recording

1 Press SHOWVIEW.

The front panel display shows the current recording mode and prompts you to enter the ShowView programming number.

SHOWVIEW

2 Use the number buttons to enter the ShowView programming number.

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• To clear the last digit entered, press

• Use the

3 Press ENTER.

The display shows the timer settings: Date

• If

PREV  /

PDC on/off. With VPS/PDC on, the front panel VPS/ PDC indicator lights. (Note that a maximum of 8 timer recordings can be set with VPS/PDC on.)



Start time  End time  Recording channel.

CODE ERROR

the ShowView programming number is correct and start again from step

CAN’T SET

although you entered a valid ShowView programming number, the program has already finished.

NEXT  button to switch VPS/

appears in the display, check that

appears in the display, it means that

CLEAR

Stopping or extending a timer recording in progress

After a timer recording has started, you can cancel or extend recording.

REC STOP REC



1 Press and hold  REC for 3 seconds.

Only the program is canceled (the timer indicator disappears); recording continues.

2 If you want to stop recording completely, press



STOP REC.

• To extend recording, press  REC extend recording in 30 minute increments.

repeatedly to

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 finished.

1 If the recorder is on, switch it into standby.



2 Press and hold seconds to lock the controls.

The front panel display briefly shows are pressed on the remote or front panel, displayed again.

• To unlock the recorder, press and hold the front panel for 3 seconds.

• To cancel a timer recording when the recorder is locked, first unlock the recorder (see above), then press and hold

STOP on the front panel for 3

LOCK

. If any buttons

LOCK

is briefly



STOP



REC

for 3 seconds.

Timer recording FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

• Even though the timer is set, the recorder doesn’t start recording!

Check that the disc loaded is recordable, not locked (see

Lock Disc

than 99 titles already on the DVD.

• The recorder won’t let me enter a timer program! Why not?

You can’t enter a timer program while a timer recording is in progress, during timer recording standby or when the clock isn’t set.

• 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 takes priority.

on page 70), and that there are fewer

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Recording

INPUT SELECT

ENTER

CLEAR

REC

REC MODE





English

Simultaneous recording and playback

VR mode VR mode Video mode

A feature called Chase Play makes it possible to watch a recording in progress from the start of the recording (as in, playback is ‘chasing’ the recording). For example,

Recording from an external component

You can record from an external component, such as a camcorder or VCR, connected to one of the recorder’s

external inputs. 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 by selecting it from the Disc Navigator screen (see

Using the Disc Navigator with recordable discs

page 36).

Important

• Note that you must use a DVD-RW Ver. 1.1/2x disc to be able to use this feature.

• Unrecorded DVD-RW discs initialized on another recorder may not be able to use this feature.

• During recording, press  PLAY to start playback from 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.

• To stop playback, press



STOP

(recording will

continue).

• To stop recording, press



STOP REC

(playback will

continue).

1 Make sure that the component you want to record from is connected properly to the DVD recorder.

See Chapter 2 (

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:

Note

• You can’t start playback immediately after recording starts.

• When scanning, no sound is output if the recorder is also recording (see

• You can’t use this feature during Auto Start

Scanning discs

on page 37).

Recording, or in Auto Start Recording standby.

•

AV2/L1

– Input 1

– Input 2 (front panel)

•

– Input 3/Auto Start Rec

– DV input/output (front panel)

•

Check that the

Bilingual Recording

(see

Audio In settings

• If the aspect ratio is distorted (squashed or stretched), adjust on the source component or your TV before recording.

3 Set up the recorder.

• Use

REC MODE

Setting the picture quality/recording time

for detailed information.

Connecting up

Audio In

and

) for connection options.

settings for

DV Input

External Audio

are as you want them

on page 81).

to set the recording quality. See

on page 46

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RETURN

HOME MENU

ENTER

CLEAR

PAUSE STOP

REV SCAN PLAY FWD SCAN

STEP/SLOW

REC MODE





Recording

4 Press  REC when you’re ready to start recording.

• The recorder will only start recording from the

OUT

jack if there is a valid signal. Recording will also

DV IN/

The recorder will automatically switch on and start recording when the other component comes on. Recording stops when the external component switches off.

pause if the signal is interrupted during recording.

Note

• If your source is copy-protected using CopyGuard, you will not be able to record it. See

video recording

on page 45 for more details.

Restrictions on

Automatic recording from a satellite tuner

VR mode Video mode

If you have a satellite tuner or some other kind of set top box connected to the start and stop recording automatically with the timer settings of the connected component. (If the other component doesn’t have a built-in timer, you’ll need to use it with an external timer unit.)

After setting up for Auto Start Recording, this recorder starts recording when it detects a signal from the other component. When the signal ceases, the recorder stops recording.

input, you can have the recorder

• To cancel Auto Start Recording, press

. The indicator goes off.



STANDBY/

• To cancel Auto Start Recording once recording has already started, press

STOP REC



REC

for 3 seconds, then 

Note

• You can’t set Auto Start Recording when:

• the recorder is recording or in timer recording standby.

• there is no recordable disc loaded.

• the disc loaded is locked.

• the disc loaded already contains the maximum number of titles (99).

• If Auto Start Recording is set, it will not start if another timer recording is in progress.

• Timer recordings take precedence over Auto Start Recording. Auto Start Recording will stop if a timer recording is due to start. After the timer recording has finished, Auto Start Recording will resume.

• It takes a little while for this recorder to switch on and start recording after detecting a signal. Please bear this in mind when setting the timer.

1 Set the timer for the satellite receiver (or other component), then switch it into standby (if necessary).

Check the manual that came with the receiver if you’re not sure how to do this.

2 Load a recordable disc into this recorder.

3 Check that the ‘Audio In’ settings for ‘External Audio’ and ‘Bilingual Recording’ are as you want them.

See settings.

4 Set up the recorder.

• Use

Setting the picture quality/recording time

for detailed information.

5 Press and hold the FUNCTION button on the front panel for 3 seconds.

The recorder goes into standby and the in the front panel display lights.

Important

Audio In settings

REC MODE

on page 81 for more on these

to set the recording quality. See

on page 46

AUTO

indicator

Recording from a DV camcorder

VR mode Video mode

You can record from a DV camcorder connected to the

DV IN/OUT

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 on the front panel of this recorder. Using

jack is setup (see

DV Input

on page 82).

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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 from a component connected to the

DV IN/OUT

jack.

• You can’t record date and time information from DV cassette.

• You can’t record copy-protected or copy-once material.

• 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.

• 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 from and setting the camcorder to playpause.

1 Make sure your digital camcorder is connected to the front panel DV IN/OUT jack.

Also, set the camcorder to VTR mode.

2 Set up the recorder.

• Use

REC MODE

Setting the picture quality/recording time

to set the recording quality. See

on page 46

for detailed information.

• Make sure a recordable disc is loaded.

3 From the Initial Settings menu, check that the DV audio input is setup as you require.

See

DV Input

• Check also that the

Audio

them (see

on page 82 for more on this.

Audio In

and

Bilingual Recording

Audio In settings

settings for

on page 81).

External

are as you want

4 Press HOME MENU and select ‘DV Record’ from the menu.

• DV recording only works when the digital camcorder is in VTR mode with a tape loaded.

5 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.

• Depending on your camcorder, you can use this recorder’s remote to control the camcorder using the



,  ,  ,  ,  ,  and  buttons.

6 Use the

/

(cursor up/down) buttons to select

‘Start Rec’ and press ENTER.

 Stop

Control with these buttons

1.02.22

Remain

 Stop

Start Rec

Pause Rec Stop Rec

SP (2h00m/DVD)

1h40m

• Recording is automatically paused if the recorder detects no signal, or a copy-protected signal. Recording restarts when there is a non-copyprotected signal.

• You can pause or stop the recording by selecting

Pause Rec

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 instead and recording will start immediately.

•

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

RETURN

button.

Note

• Depending on the connected camcorder, you may not be able to control it using the remote control supplied with this recorder.

• 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

• See also encounter an error while using the

External Audio

setting (page 81).

DV-related messages

on page 95 if you

DV IN/OUT

jack.

Frequently Asked Questions

•I 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 copy-protected.

If it still doesn’t work, try switching off the camcorder then switch back on.

• There’s a picture, but no sound!

Try switching the page 82) between

DV Input

Stereo 1

setting (see and

Stereo 2

DV Input

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Recording from the DV output

VR mode Video mode

You can record non-copy-protected material from a DVD to a camcorder connected to the

1 Connect the camcorder to the DV IN/OUT jack of this recorder.

2 Find the place you want to start recording from.

3 Start recording on the camcorder.

4 Play the source material.

DV IN/OUT

jack.

•A VR 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 proceeding.

2 Press HOME MENU and select ‘Disc Setup’.

3 Select ‘Finalize’.

Disc Setup

Basic Initialize Finalize

Finalize

Undo Finalize

Start

Playing your recordings on other DVD players

VR mode Video mode

4 Select ‘Finalize’ from the finalize options, then ‘Start’.

The recorder starts finalizing the disc.

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 recorded 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 using the

ENTER

TOP MENU

///

(cursor buttons) followed by

to display the menu, then

to select titles and start playback.

5 For Video mode discs only, select a title menu style.

The menu you select will be the one that appears when the ‘top menu’ is selected on any DVD player.

Finalizing a disc

VR mode Video mode

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

Name

on page 70 before starting the steps below.

Input Disc

• If the finalization process is going to take more than around 4 minutes, you can press

ENTER

to cancel. Around 4 minutes before completion, the option to cancel disappears.

• 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 1 hour to finalize. A disc recorded in Video mode can take up to 20 minutes.

Finalize

TITLE MENU

• 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.

Important

• 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 71 for how to do

this.

Note

• 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

Input Line System

on page 76 for

how to change the recorder’s setting.

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Initializing a DVD-RW disc

DVD-RW

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 mode recording.

Important

• Initializing a disc will erase everything recorded on it. Make sure there is nothing on the disc that you want to keep!

• 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’

English

Disc Setup

Basic Initialize Finalize

VR Mode Video Mode

Start Start

3 Select ‘Video Mode’ or ‘VR Mode’ from the initialize options.

4 Select ‘Start’.

It takes about 40 seconds to initialize the disc.

Initializing Disc

1 min left

Note

• By default, the recorder initializes blank DVD-RW discs for VR mode recording. See

DVD-RW Auto Init.

on page 86 if you want to change the default to Video mode.

• 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.

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Editing

Chapter 7

Editing

Using the Disc Navigator you can edit video content on unfinalized Video mode and VR mode DVD discs. The editing features available in the Disc Navigator depend on whether you are editing video on a Video mode or VR mode DVD, 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. You can still use the Disc Navigator to select titles for playback, however (see page 35).

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 actually 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).

The Disc Navigator screen

Edit mode

Using the Disc Navigator to browse the contents of a disc.

Currently selected title

Disc recording mode

Disc Navigator menu options

Disc Navigator

Video Mode

DVD

Play

Erase Ttl Name Lock All Erase

Undo

DISC NAVIGATOR PLAY LIST

HOME MENU

CLEAR

ENTER

RETURN

PLAY

123

12:30 Wed 4/11 Pr 5 LP Recording Time 0h30m40s

456

DVD Remain 0h37m(FINE)

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Information for selected title

Important

• Titles that have been recorded with a Line Input setting different to the current setting of the recorder are shown in the Disc Navigator with a blank thumbnail image.

• See also

Input Line System

Locked title indicator

Recording time available in the displayed recording mode

Number of title pages

on page 76.

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1 Press DISC NAVIGATOR to display the Disc Navigator screen.

Playback should be stopped when you do this.

Disc Navigator

Original

DVD

123

DVD Remain

Play

456

Erase Ttl Name Chpt Edit

Undo

0h37m(FINE)

1/1

• You can also access it from the Home Menu (press

HOME MENU ENTER

• When selecting titles, use the (



) buttons to display the previous/next page if

, select

Disc Navigator

then press

)

BACK (

) and

FWD

there are more than six titles.

• If you are editing a VR mode disc, press

PLAYLIST

switch between Original and Play List Disc Navigator screens.

Playlist / Original indicator

Disc Navigator

Play List

DVD

123

DVD Remain

Play

456

Erase Ttl Name Chpt Edit

Undo

0h37m(FINE)

1/1

On the left side of the screen are the Disc Navigator menu options. The main part of the screen shows thumbnails of the titles on the disc. You can change these thumbnails using the

Changing the thumbnail picture for a title

NAVI MARK

button—see

on page 36.

In the center is displayed information on the currently selected title. Press

DISPLAY

to change the information

displayed. Use the

menu option, then press option, you might have to select a title. Use the



/

(cursor up/down) buttons to highlight a

ENTER

(cursor buttons) followed by

. Depending on the menu

///

ENTER

to select a title.

2 To exit the Disc Navigator, press HOME MENU

Disc Navigator menu options

The commands available from the Disc Navigator for different disc types is shown below.

Video mode

Play

– Play a title (page 60)

•

Title Name (Ttl Name

(page 60)

•

Lock/Unlock

– Lock or unlock a title to prevent

accidental changes being made (page 62)

•

Erase

– Erase a title (page 60)

•

Erase All Undo

•

VR mode

•

Play

•

Title Name (Ttl Name

– Erase all titles (page 63)

– Undo the last change (page 63)

(Original)

– Play a title (page 60)

(page 60)

•

Lock/Unlock

– Lock or unlock a title to prevent

accidental changes being made (page 62)

•

Erase

– Erase a title (page 60)

Erase All

•

Undo

•

Chapter Edit (Chpt Edit

– Erase all titles (page 63)

– Undo the last change (page 63)

chapters in a title (page 61)

VR mode

(Play List)

•

Create

– Make a new Play List title (page 63)

•

Chapter Edit (Chpt Edit

chapters in a Play List title (page 64)

•

Move

– Move the position of a title in the Play List

(page 65)

•

Erase All

•

Undo Play

•

Erase Title Name (Ttl Name

•

– Erase all titles in the Play List (page 66)

– Undo the last change (page 66)

– Play a title (page 63)

– Erase a title from the Play List (page 63)

the Play List (page 64)

•

Combine

– Combine two Play List titles into one

(page 66)

•

Divide

– Divide a Play List title into two (page 66)

) – Name or rename a title

) – Make detailed changes to

) – Name or rename a title in

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Editing

Editing VR mode Original and Video mode content

These commands affect the actual content stored on the DVD-R/RW.

Remember

• If you are editing a VR mode disc, use the button to switch to the Disc Navigator Original screen.

Play

VR mode Video mode

Use this function to start playback of a title.

1 Select ‘Play’ from the Disc Navigator menu options.

2 Use the

///

(cursor buttons) to select the

title you want to play, then press ENTER or

Disc Navigator

Original

DVD

123

12:30 Wed 4/11 Pr 5 LP

Play

456

Erase Ttl Name Lock Erase All

Undo

Playback of the title you selected starts.

Erase

VR mode Video mode

The Erase title command does slightly different things depending on what you are currently editing. If you are editing Original content on a VR mode disc the title will be erased from the disc and the available recording time will increase accordingly.

If you erase titles from a Video mode DVD-R disc, the title will disappear from the list of titles, but the available 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.

PLAYLIST

DVD Remain 0h37m(FINE)

1/1



PLAY.

1 Select ‘Erase’ from the Disc Navigator menu options.

2 Use the

///

(cursor buttons) to select the

title you want to erase, then press ENTER.

Disc Navigator

Original

DVD

123

Play

Erase

Ttl Name Chpt Edit

Undo

12:30 Wed 4/11 Pr 5 LP

Erase Title?

Yes No

DVD Remain 0h37m(FINE)

1/1

3 Highlight ‘Yes’ to confirm, or ‘No’ to cancel, then press ENTER.

Tip

• You can erase a title quickly by pressing

CLEAR

the title is highlighted. Confirm the edit by pressing

ENTER

Title Name (Ttl Name)

VR mode Video mode

You can give titles new names of up to 64 characters long for VR mode recordings and 32 characters for Video mode recordings.

1 Select ‘Ttl Name’ from the Disc Navigator menu options.

2 Use the title you want to name, then press ENTER to go to the name input screen.

3 Input a name for the selected title.

• Use the select characters.

•A name generated automatically by the recorder will already be in the name input section of the screen. Use the position.

///

Input Title Name

12:30 Wed 4/11 Pr 5 LP

CAPS small

OK Clear Space

///

/

(cursor buttons) to select the

A B C D E F G H I J K L M . , ? ! N

P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ( ) : ;

A A A A A A Æ

N O O O O O ø U U U U Y ß $

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 < = > _ &

µ ¶ ·

(cursor buttons) and

buttons to change the cursor

E E E E I I I I #

–

1/41/23

–

when

ENTER

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• Select

• You can also use the

CAPS

case, or use the



small

to change to upper or lower-

CASE SELECTION

CLEAR

buttons (

button to delete

/

characters directly (press and hold for 2 seconds to delete the whole name). For other remote control key shortcuts, see

input a name

Using the remote key shortcuts to

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.

• 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 control 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 (for example a press



to advance the cursor one space manually

and an R),

between inputting the two characters.

Key Characters Key Characters



/[change case]

. , ‘ ? ! – & 1

a b c 2 ä à á â ã

æ ç

d e f 3 è é ë ê

g h i 4 î ï ì í ¡

j k l 5 £

[cursor back]



CLEAR

m n o 6 ö ô ò ó ø ñ

p q r s 7 $

ÿ/ß

t u v 8 ü ù û ú

w x y z 9

[cursor forward]

[clear character]

Chapter Edit (Chpt Edit)

VR mode

When editing VR mode DVDs 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 Use 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:

•

Erase

to erase and press

•

Divide

you want to divide and press 999 chapters per disc).

///

Chapter Edit

Original

DVD

Erase

Divide Combine Preview Undo

Back

(cursor buttons) to select the

Title

15:00 Wed 7/10 Pr 5 LP

1 3

4 5 6

7 8 9

Chapter 0h03m

1/1

– Erase chapters: Select the chapter you want

ENTER

(see also notes below).

– Split a chapter into two: Select the chapter

ENTER

(up to a limit of

Divide Chapter

Original

DVD

Erase

Divide

Combine Preview Undo

Back

Title

15:00 Wed13/12 Pr 5 LP

Chapter 1

1-1 0.02.12.00  Play Pause

Divide

Exit

Chapter 0h03m

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

Show-

View

lower-case: ÿ; upper-case: ß

<space>

( ) _ / : ; “ ‘ ^ @ # ∗ % ¥ | + =



{ } [ ] < >

[ﬁnish name input]

•

Combine

– Combine two adjacent chapters into one: Highlight the bar divider between two adjacent chapters and press

Preview

•

– Preview chapters: Select the chapter you

want to play; press

ENTER

(see also note below)



STOP

to return to the chapter

edit screen.

•

Undo

– Undo the last command (only works with VR

mode disc edits).

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3 Press RETURN to get back to the menu options on the left side of the screen.

4 To return to the Disc Navigator screen, press RETURN again, or select ‘Back’ from the menu options on the left.

Note

• It may not be possible to erase chapters less than 5 seconds long.

• It may not always be possible to combine two chapters, even though they are adjacent. If a chapter has been divided into three, then the middle chapter erased, it is not possible to combine the two remaining chapters into one.

Inserting chapter markers into a title

VR mode

You can create new chapters within a title using the

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

CHP

Note

• You cannot insert chapter markers during Auto Start Recording.

• If you pause a recording in VR mode, the recorder automatically starts a new chapter when you restart the recording.

• 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

Chapter (Video)

on page 86).

Auto

• The Play List and Original content on a disc can each contain up to 999 chapters.

Lock / Unlock

VR mode Video mode

You can lock a title so that it can’t be edited or erased accidently. If you do need to edit it, you can always unlock it later.

Important

• You can’t undo any edits made before changing the lock status. You also can’t undo a lock/unlock command using the Navigator menu.

1 Select ‘Lock’ from the Disc Navigator menu options.

2 Use the

///

title you want to lock (or unlock), then press ENTER.

Undo

option from the Disc

(cursor buttons) to select the

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.

2 Press CHP MARK at any point where you want a new chapter to begin.

A chapter marker icon appears on-screen briefly to confirm a new chapter mark has been inserted:

• For greater control over the exact position of chapter markers it can be useful to use the



PAUSE

button and/or the slow-motion and frame advance/reverse controls (

/

Disc Navigator

Original

DVD

123

Lock

Erase All

Undo

12:30 Wed15/11 Pr 5 LP

DVD Remain 0h37m(FINE)

1/1

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.

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Erase All

VR mode Video mode

This erases all unlocked titles from the disc (see also

/ Unlock

on page 62).

Lock

1 Select ‘Erase All’ from the Disc Navigator menu options.

2 Select ‘Yes’ to confirm, or ‘No’ to cancel, then press ENTER.

Disc Navigator

Original

DVD

123

DVD Remain

Yes No

0h37m(FINE)

1/1

Lock

Erase All

Undo

Erase all titles?

Undo

VR mode Video mode

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).

• Select ‘Undo’ from the Disc Navigator menu options.

• You can’t undo anything after ejecting the disc from the recorder or switching the recorder into standby.

• You can’t undo the following operations: initializing, recording or finalizing a disc, locking and unlocking titles.

• You can still undo edits after exiting the Disc Navigator screen.

Remember

• Use the

PLAYLIST

button to switch to the Play List

edit screen.

• The Play List can contain a maximum of 99 titles.

Play

VR mode

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.

Disc Navigator

Play List

DVD

123

Play

Erase Ttl Name Chpt Edit

Undo

12:30 Wed 4/11 Pr 5 LP

DVD Remain 0h37m(FINE)

1/1

Playback of the title you selected starts.

Erase

VR mode

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.

English

Creating and editing a VR mode Play List

VR mode

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.

Disc Navigator

Play List

DVD

123

12:30 Wed 4/11 Pr 5 LP

Play

Erase

Ttl Name Chpt Edit

Erase Title?

Undo

Yes No

DVD Remain 0h37m(FINE)

1/1

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Editing

3 Highlight ‘Yes’ to confirm, or ‘No’ to cancel, then press ENTER.

Note

• The remaining recording time doesn’t change when you erase something from the Play List.

Title Name (Ttl Name)

VR mode

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.

Input Title Name

12:30 Wed 4/11 Pr 5 LP

CAPS small

Press

ENTER

•A name generated automatically by the recorder will already be in the name input section of the screen. Use the

/

position.

• Select

CAPS

case, or use the



• You can also use the characters directly (press and hold for 2 seconds to delete the whole name). For other remote control key shortcuts, see

input a name

• 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.

• To return to the main Disc Navigator screen without saving changes to the title name, press

5 Press RETURN to go back to the Disc Navigator menu options, or select another title to name.

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after selecting each character.

buttons to change the cursor

small

to change to upper or lower-

CASE SELECTION

CLEAR

buttons (

button to delete

Using the remote key shortcuts to

on page 61.

/

RETURN

Chapter Edit (Chpt Edit)

VR mode

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

DVD

Title

15:00 Wed11/12 Pr 5 LP

1 3

Erase

Divide Combine Move Undo

Back

•

Erase

– Erase chapters: Select the chapter you want

4 5 6

7 8 9

to erase and press

•

Divide

– Split a chapter into two: Select the chapter

you want to divide and press

Divide Chapter

Play List

DVD

Title

Chapter 1

Erase

Divide

Combine Move Undo

Back

Combine

•

– Combine two adjacent chapters into one:

ENTER

15:00 Wed11/12 Pr 5 LP

1-1 0.02.12.00  Play Pause

Select the dividing line between two adjacent chapters and press

•

Move

– Rearrange chapters: Select the chapter you want to move, press location for it, then press

Preview

•

– Preview chapters: Select the chapter you

want to play; press

ENTER



STOP

, then highlight the new

ENTER

to return to the chapter

edit screen.

•

Undo

– Undo the last command.

Divide

Exit

again.

Chapter 0h03m

1/1

Chapter 0h03m

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3 Press RETURN to get back to the menu options on the left side of the screen.

4 To return to the Disc Navigator screen, press RETURN again, or select ‘Back’ from the menu options on the left.

Create

VR mode

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

(Chpt Edit)

on page 64).

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 Play 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 Use the

///

(cursor buttons) to select the

insertion point for the new title, then press ENTER.

Disc Navigator

Play List

DVD

1 2

Chapter Edit

4 Press ENTER to add the title.

The new title appears in the updated Play List.

Disc Navigator

Play List

DVD

Create

Move Divide Combine Erase All

Undo

2 3

DVD Remain 0h37m(FINE)

1/1

5 Press RETURN to go back to the Disc Navigator menu options, or select another location for a new title.

Move

VR mode

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.

English

DVD Remain

Create Move Divide Combine Erase All

Undo

0h37m(FINE)

1/1

If there are no titles in the Play List yet, this step does not apply.

3 Use the

///

(cursor buttons) to select an

Original title to put into the Play List.

Disc Navigator

Play List

DVD

Create

Move Divide Combine Erase All

Undo

ORG1

12:30 Wed15/11 Pr 5 LP

ORG4

ORG2 ORG3

DVD Remain

0h37m(FINE)

1/1

Disc Navigator

Play List

DVD

123

Create

Move

Divide Combine Erase All

Undo

12:30 Wed15/11 Pr 5 LP

DVD Remain 0h37m(FINE)

1/1

3 Select a new position in the Play List for the title, then press ENTER.

Disc Navigator

Play List

DVD

123

DVD Remain

Create

Move

Divide Combine Erase All

Undo

After pressing

ENTER

, the new, updated Play List is

0h37m(FINE)

1/1

displayed.

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4 Press RETURN to go back to the Disc Navigator menu options, or select another title to move.

Divide

VR mode

Use this command to split a title up into two new titles.

1 Select ‘Divide’ from the Disc Navigator Play List menu options.

2 Select the title that you want to divide, then press ENTER.

3 Use the standard playback controls to find the place you want to divide the title.

Divide Title

Play List

DVD

Create Move

Divide

Combine Erase All

Undo

Title 2

15:00 Wed11/12 Pr 5 LP

2-1 1.07.45.00  Play Pause

Divide

Cancel

4 With ‘Divide’ highlighted, press ENTER to divide the title at the current playback position.

5 Press RETURN to go back to the Disc Navigator menu options or select another title to divide.

Combine

VR mode

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.

Disc Navigator

Play List

DVD

123

DVD Remain

Create Move Divide

Combine

Erase All

Undo

0h37m(FINE)

1/1

After pressing

ENTER

, the new, updated Play List is

displayed.

Disc Navigator

Play List

DVD

123

DVD Remain

Create Move Divide

Combine

Erase All

Undo

0h37m(FINE)

1/1

3 Press RETURN to go back to the Disc Navigator menu options, or continue combining more titles.

Erase All

VR mode

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.

Disc Navigator

Play List

DVD

123

DVD Remain

Yes No

0h37m(FINE)

1/1

Create Move Divide Combine

Erase All

Undo

Erase all titles ?

Undo

VR mode

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).

• Select ‘Undo’ from the Disc Navigator Play List menu options.

• You can’t undo anything after ejecting the disc from the recorder or switching the recorder into standby.

• You can’t undo the following operations: initializing, recording or finalizing a disc, locking and unlocking titles.

• You can still undo edits after exiting the Disc Navigator screen.

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Disc History

Chapter 8

Disc History

VR mode Video mode

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.

Available

recording space

DVD RemainDisc Name

System of disc

Titles DVD-RW

System

625

Disc lock indicatorRecorded Line

1/2

LP 1h54m

2h35m

1h22m

0h30m

1h38m

Video

Recording mode

Recording time available

Number of titles on disc

Disc type and recording mode

Disc loaded

Selected disc

Other discs

Title information for the selected disc

Disc History

News

Sport

Travel

Movie

Music

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

Disc name

Today's Football Enjoy Golf! Social dance Lesson

English

Using the Disc History

1 Press DISC HISTORY to display the Disc History screen.

The most recently loaded disc appears at the top of the list, with previously loaded discs below it. If there is a disc loaded, it is shown in the list with a ‘disc in’ icon.

• The Disc History screen is also accessible from the Home Menu.

2 Use the title information for other discs in the list.

• To remove a disc from the list, press can’t remove the currently loaded disc).

• You can see the available recording time for different recording modes by pressing the

/

(cursor up/down) buttons to see

CLEAR

REC MODE

(you

button.

3 To exit the Disc History screen, press HOME MENU or DISC HISTORY.

Note

• 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

Input Disc Name

on page 70).

• 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.

• The following discs appear in the Disc History list in gray: – Discs with no available recording space left – Locked discs – Discs that contain the maximum 99 titles and/or 999 chapters – Discs recorded with a Line Input setting different to the recorder’s current setting.

• When a Video mode disc is finalized, the information for that disc disappears from the Disc History.

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The PhotoViewer

Chapter 9

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

Currently selected folder in folder list

Pages in folder list

File Date/Time

01. 12/12

02. 13/12

03. 14/12 THU

04. 15/12

05. 16/12

06. 17/12 SUN

07. 18/12

08. 19/12

Chair No. 2 10:00 12/05/2003

TUE

WED

FRI SAT

MON TUE

1/2 1/3

Size

1920 x 1440

File information

Pages in file view

Playing a slideshow

1 Press HOME MENU and select ‘PhotoViewer’ to display the PhotoViewer screen.

• The PhotoViewer is only accessible when a disc containing JPEG files is loaded.

2 Use the a folder from the folder list.

3 Press ENTER to see the images from the highlighted folder in the thumbnail view area.

The first image file in the folder will be highlighted.

• To get back to the folder list, press

4 Use the thumbnail.

• Use the  and  buttons to display the previous/ next page of thumbnails.

5 Press ENTER or  PLAY to start playing a slideshow from the selected thumbnail.

• Use the  previous/next picture, or the pause the slideshow.

6 Press  STOP to return to the thumbnail view area.

7 To return to the folder view area, press RETURN.

• To exit the PhotoViewer, press

/

(cursor up/down) buttons to select

RETURN

///

(cursor buttons) to select a

NEXT 

buttons to display the



PAUSE

button to

HOME MENU

Note

• 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 (see below).

• The time it takes for the recorder to load a file increases with large file sizes.

• 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).

• 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).

Reloading files from a disc

If you have a disc with a very large number of files and/or folders, you can still view all the images using the reload function.

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.

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The PhotoViewer

Note

• You can press screen while the recorder is reloading images. (If you enter the PhotoViewer again, it will resume reloading.)

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.

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 zoomed area within the picture.

HOME MENU

///

to exit the PhotoViewer

2x Zoom



(cursor buttons) to move the

English

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.

• During a slideshow, press ANGLE to rotate the displayed picture clockwise by 90º.

Press

ANGLE

in increments of 90º.

repeatedly to continue rotating the picture



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The Disc Setup menu

Chapter 10

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:

• Press HOME MENU and select ‘Disc Setup’.

Timer Recording

Disc History

PhotoViewer

Disc Navigator

DV Record

Disc Setup

Initial Setup

Video/Audio Adjust

Play Mode

Basic settings

Input Disc Name

VR mode Video mode

Use this to enter a name for the disc. 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’.

• Use the

/

buttons to change the cursor

position.

CAPS

small

• Select case, or use the



• You can also use the

to change to upper or lower-

CASE SELECTION

CLEAR

buttons (

button to delete

/

characters directly (press and hold for 2 seconds to delete the whole name). For other remote control key shortcuts, see

input a name

Using the remote key shortcuts to

on page 61.

• For discs formatted on a different DVD recorder, you will see only a limited character set.

Note

• 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

Input Line System

on page 76 for

how to change the recorder's setting.

Lock Disc

VR mode

• Default setting:

Disc Setup

Basic Initialize Finalize

Off

Input Disc Name Lock Disc

Off

Disc Setup

Basic Initialize Finalize

Input Disc Name Lock Disc

Next Screen

2 Input a name for the disc up to 64 characters long for a VR mode disc, or 32 for a Video mode disc.

Input Disc Name

DISC7

• Use the

CAPS small

///

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P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ( ) : ;

A A A A A A Æ

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(cursor buttons) and

ENTER

select characters.

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

Important

•A locked disc can still be initialized (which will completely erase the disc).

Note

• 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

Input Line System

on page 76 for

how to change the recorder's setting.

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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 86).

The initialize menu here lets you reinitialize a disc, for example if you want to change the recording format of the disc. See detailed instructions.

Initializing a DVD-RW disc

on page 57 for

Finalize settings

Finalize

DVD-R DVD-RW

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

page 56 for detailed instructions.

English

Undo Finalize

DVD-RW

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

recorded. Undo the finalization

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 ‘Start’.

Note

• 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 the recorder. See

System

on page 76 for how to change the recorder's

setting.

This disc cannot be

is displayed, use this

Input Line

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The Video/Audio Adjust menu

Chapter 11

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.

4 Press ENTER to select the preset.

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 Press HOME MENU and select ‘Video/Audio Adjust’.

Creating your own set

There are three user presets in which you can save your own set of picture quality settings.

1 Follow the user presets (Memory 1, 2 or 3).

2 Select ‘Detailed Settings’.

Choosing a preset

Memory1

Detailed Settings

above and select one of

Pr 5

Timer Recording

Disc History

PhotoViewer

Disc Navigator

DV Record

Disc Setup

Initial Setup

Video/Audio Adjust

Play Mode

2 Select ‘Video Adjust’.

/

3 Use the

(cursor left/right) buttons to

change the preset.

Tuner

Detailed Settings

• Use the

INPUT SELECT

button to switch between the

built-in TV tuner and the external inputs.

• Use the

SMART JOG

CHANNEL +/–

buttons (or the front panel

) to change the channel of the built-in TV

tuner.

There are 6 presets available:

•

Tuner

– suitable for general TV broadcasts

•

VCR

– suitable for video cassettes

LDP

– suitable for Laserdiscs

•

Memory1

•

Memory2

•

Memory3

You can press the current preset (

– user preset 1 – user preset 2 – user preset 3

DISPLAY

to see the individual settings for

Tuner, VCR

LDP

Pr 5

3 Select the picture quality setting you want to adjust.

Memory1

3-D Y/C

VNR

Detail

White AGC

White Level

Black Level

Black Setup

Motion Still

Off

Off Max

Off

Min Max

0 IRE

Pr 5

You can adjust the following settings:

3-D Y/C

•

– Adjusts the brightness/colour separation

(NTSC video only).

•

VNR

– Adjusts the amount of noise reduction applied

to the video signal.

•

Detail

– Adjusts how sharp edges appear.

•

White AGC

– Turn on for automatic white level

adjustment.

•

White Level Black Level

•

Black Setup

– Adjusts the intensity of white. – Adjusts the intensity of black. – Corrects the standard reference black

level (NTSC video only).

•

Hue

– Adjusts overall balance between red and

green.

•

Chroma Level

– Adjusts how rich the colours

appear.

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The Video/Audio Adjust menu

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

• To see more of the picture as you adjust different settings, press

ENTER

after selecting the setting you

want to adjust.

Note

• When the DV input is selected, only

VNR

and

Detail

settings can be adjusted.

• When

White AGC

is On, the

White Level

setting

can’t be adjusted.

• The

3-D Y/C

and

Black Setup

settings apply only to

NTSC video input.

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 change the setting.

There are 6 presets available:

TV(CRT)

•

PDP

•

Professional Memory1

•

Memory2

•

Memory3

You can press the current preset (

4 Press ENTER to select the preset.

/

(cursor left/right) buttons to

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TV(CRT)

Detailed Settings

– suitable for standard cathode-ray tube TVs

– suitable for plasma display screens

– suitable for professional monitors – user preset 1 – user preset 2 – user preset 3

DISPLAY

to see the individual settings for

TV(CRT), PDP

Professional

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 the user presets (Memory 1, 2 or 3).

2 Move the cursor down and select ‘Detailed Settings’.

3 Select the picture quality setting you want to adjust.

You can adjust the following settings:

•

4 Use the the currently selected picture quality setting.

5 When you have all the settings as you want them, press HOME MENU to exit.

• To see more of the picture as you adjust different

Choosing a preset

Memory1

YNR

CNR

QNR

Detail

White Level

Black Level

Black Setup

YNR

– Adjusts the amount of noise reduction (NR)

above and select one of

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Memory1

Detailed Settings

Off Max

Min Max

0 IRE

applied to the Y (brightness) component.

CNR

– Adjusts the amount of noise reduction (NR)

applied to the C (colour) component.

QNR

– Adjusts the amount of noise reduction (NR)

applied to the block noise.

Detail

– Adjusts how sharp edges appear.

White Level Black Level Black Setup

– Adjusts the intensity of white.

– Adjusts the intensity of black.

– Corrects the standard reference black

level (NTSC video only).

Hue

– Adjusts overall balance between red and

green.

Chroma Level

– Adjusts how rich the colours

appear.

/

(cursor left/right) buttons to adjust

Tip

settings, press

ENTER

after selecting the setting you

want to adjust.

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The Video/Audio Adjust menu

Note

• The

Black Setup

setting applies only when playing

NTSC discs.

Audio DRC

• Default setting:

When watching Dolby Digital DVDs 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 Select ‘Audio DRC’.

4 Use the DRC from ‘Off‘ to ‘Max’.

Audio Adjust

Audio DRC

Virtual Surround

Exactly how much difference you can hear between the settings will depend on the material.

Remember

• Audio DRC is not effective when listening to a disc via the digital output when

Dolby Digital

from your AV amplifier/receiver.

Off

/

(cursor left/right) buttons to adjust

Off Max

Off

Dolby Digital Out

. In this case adjust the dynamic range

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is set to

Virtual Surround

• Default setting:

Switch on Virtual Surround to enjoy surround sound effects from just two speakers.

When playing any Dolby Digital encoded material, SRS TruSurround produces a deep, cinema-like sound space from any pair of speakers.

SRS TruSurround is licenced from SRS Labs and certified by Dolby Laboratories for Virtual Dolby technology.

1 During playback or when paused, press HOME MENU and select ‘Video/Audio Adjust’.

2 Select ‘Audio Adjust’.

3 Select ‘Virtual Surround’.

4 Use the change the setting.

Audio Adjust

Audio DRC

Virtual Surround

Off

/

(cursor left/right) buttons to

Off

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Max

Note

• Virtual Surround has no effect on 96 kHz Linear PCM audio, DTS audio and audio CDs.

• You can hear the Virtual Surround effect through the analog outputs and the DV output. The Virtual Surround setting has no effect on the rear panel optical digital output.

• There is no optical digital audio output when playing multi-channel Dolby Digital discs if the Dolby Digital Out setting (page 82) is set to and Virtual Surround is set to

Dolby Digital  PCM

TruSurround

• TruSurround, SRS and the symbol are trademarks of SRS Labs., Inc. TruSurround technology in incorporated under license from SRS Labs., Inc.

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The Initial Setup menu

Set ‘Clock Set CH‘ to the channel preset number

Using the Initial Setup menu

The Initial Setup menu is where you can set various recorder options for sound, picture, language and so on.

• Press HOME MENU and select ‘Initial Setup’.

Timer Recording

Disc History

PhotoViewer

Disc Navigator

DV Record

• Some settings can only be changed when the recorder is stopped. During playback these settings are grayed out in the Initial Setup menu.

• Except for the Setup Navigator, menu screens are exited automatically after 20 minutes of inactivity.

Disc Setup

Initial Setup

Video/Audio Adjust

Play Mode

that broadcasts a clock signal, then move the cursor down to ‘Start’ and press ENTER.

Initial Setup

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If the time could not be set automatically, press

RETURN Manual

to go back to the previous screen and select

• Manual clock setting

If no stations in your area are broadcasting time signals, you can set the clock manually:

Set your time zone.

You can set this by selecting a city or a time relative to GMT.

Clock Setting

Auto Clock Setting

Input Line System

Date

On Screen Display

Time

Front Panel Display Power Save

Clock Set CH

Remote Control Set Setup Navigator

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Start

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

display the clock setting screen.

to set the clock automatically or

Initial Setup

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Clock Setting Input Line System On Screen Display Front Panel Display Power Save Remote Control Set Setup Navigator

Auto Manual

• Auto clock setting

Some TV channels broadcast time signals together with the program. This recorder can use these signals to set the clock automatically.

Manual

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Clock Setting

Manual Clock Setting

Input Line System On Screen Display

Time Zone

Front Panel Display Power Save

Summer Time

Remote Control Set Setup Navigator

1/2

Austria Vienna

Off

Move the cursor down and select ‘On’ for summer time if you are currently on summer time, then press ENTER.

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Clock Setting

Manual Clock Setting

Input Line System On Screen Display

Time Zone

Front Panel Display Power Save

Summer Time

Remote Control Set Setup Navigator

Austria Vienna

1/2

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Set the date (day/month/year) and time, then press ENTER to make all the settings.

Initial Setup

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Use the

/

Manual Clock Setting

Clock Setting

Clock Setting Input Line System On Screen Display Front Panel Display Power Save Remote Control Set Setup Navigator

Date

Time

Time Zone

Summer Time

WED

01 01 2003

00 00

Austria Vienna

2/2

(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

• Default setting:

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For standard PAL or SECAM recording, leave the input line system to PAL–60 signal through an external input, change to

525System

Note

• 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

1/DECODER)

is set to L2 input is affected instead.

• If when this setting is changed, the screen goes blank (due to incompatibility with your TV), you can switch back by pressing and holding then pressing is stopped.

• You can’t mix recordings of different TV line systems on the same disc.

• When you change this setting, the

System

setting also changes (see

System

on page 80).

625System

Clock Setting Input Line System On Screen Display Front Panel Display Power Save Remote Control Set Setup Navigator

625System

input. However if the

Decoder

(see

DISC NAVIGATOR

525System 625System

. When recording an NTSC or

AV2/(INPUT

AV2/L1 In

on page 80), then the



STOP REC

setting

while the recorder

Input Colour

On Screen Display

• Default setting:

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On the default setting, the recorder shows on-screen operation displays ( to hide these displays.

Clock Setting Input Line System On Screen Display Front Panel Display Power Save Remote Control Set Setup Navigator

Play, Stop

On Off

and so on). Change to

Front Panel Display

• Default setting:

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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.

Note

• When set to standby when setting a timer recording, or during Auto Start Recording.

Clock Setting Input Line System On Screen Display Front Panel Display Power Save Remote Control Set Setup Navigator

Off

, the display still lights dimly in

On Off

Power Save

• Default setting:

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When set to terminal and at the connector are passed through to the terminal and to the 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:

Off

Clock Setting Input Line System On Screen Display Front Panel Display Power Save Remote Control Set Setup Navigator

Off

, signals arriving at the

AV2/(INPUT 1/DECODER)

AV1(RGB)-TV

Mode1 Mode2 Off

ANTENNA IN

ANTENNA OUT

AV connector,

Off

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•

Mode1

– Through function only for the antenna

terminal

•

Mode2

– No through function

•

Off

– Through function for both antenna terminal

and AV connector

Remote Control Set

• Default setting:

You only need to set this if you are using more than one Pioneer DVD recorder in the same room.

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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

shown in the front panel display. 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 button (

1, 2

or 3) until the indicator on the remote lights.

Recorder1

Clock Setting Input Line System On Screen Display Front Panel Display Power Save Remote Control Set Setup Navigator

Recorder3

Recorder1 Recorder2 Recorder3

, the remote control mode is

RETURN

and a number

Setup Navigator

• Default setting:

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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.

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