Pioneer DVR-231-S, DVR-231-AV, DVR-233-S Initial Setup menu Recording settings, Playback settings

08The Initial Setup menu

Recording settings

Optimized Rec

• Default setting: Off

Recording

Basic	Optimized Rec
Disc	Auto Chapter
Video	DVD-RW Auto Init
Audio
Recording
Playback

On the default setting, if a timer program (Standard or VCR Plus+ programming system) is set but there isn’t enough space on the disc at the recording quality set, the recording will start, but it will be cut off when the disc is full.

Set Optimized Rec to On to have the recorder automatically adjust the recording quality to fit the available disc space.

Optimized Rec

Optimized Rec Off

Note

•The quality of recordings may be reduced if a longer recording time is used.

•If, even on recording level SEP, there is insufficient space available on the disc, the recording is made on SEP but recording will stop once the disc is full.

•Optimized Recording only compensates for the first (earliest starting) timer program if more than one has been set.

Auto Chapter

• Default setting: On

Recording

Basic	Optimized Rec
Disc	Auto Chapter
Video	DVD-RW Auto Init
Audio
Recording
Playback

On the default setting, a new chapter is started approximately every 15 minutes when recording in Video mode.

Auto Chapter

Auto Chapter On

DVD-RW Auto Init.

• Default setting: VR Mode

Recording

Basic	Optimized Rec
Disc	Auto Chapter
Video	DVD-RW Auto Init
Audio
Recording
Playback

When you load a new, blank DVD-RW disc the recorder automatically initializes it for recording. You can set it to initialize the disc for VR mode or Video mode recording.

DVD-RW Auto Init

DVD-RW Auto Init VR Mode

Playback settings

Parental Lock

Some DVD-Video discs feature a Parental Lock level. If the recorder is set to a lower level than the disc, it will require you to enter a password before the disc will play. This gives you some control about what your children watch on your DVD recorder.

Some discs also support the Country/Area code feature. The recorder does not play certain scenes on these discs depending on the Country/Area code you set.

Before you can set the Parental Lock level or the Country/ Area code you must set a password. As the password owner you can change the Parental Lock level or Country/ Area code whenever you like. You can also change the password.

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