Pioneer DVR-7000 Using the built-in TV tuner, Playing back your recording, Changing TV channels

04Getting started

1If 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 open the disc tray.

3Load a blank DVD-R or DVD-RW disc with the label side 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.

•Blank DVD-R discs are ready for Video mode recording out of the box.

4Use the CH +/– buttons to select the TV channel you want to record from.

•You can also use the +/– buttons on the front panel if the recorder is stopped.

•Channel presets are numbered 1–99.

5 Press REC to start recording.

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

• You can pause recording by pressing PAUSE. Press REC or PAUSE again to restart recording.

6When 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

There are three different ways to select TV channels. Note that you can’t change the TV channel during playback, recording or during recording standby.

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•CH +/– buttons on the remote

•Number buttons on the remote – For example, to select channel 4, press 4 then ENTER; for channel 34, press 3, 4, ENTER.1

•+/– buttons on the front panel

Changing audio channels

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

AUDIO

•Press AUDIO to change the audio.

The current audio channel is displayed on-screen.

•If the NICAM audio setting (see Nicam Select on page 69) is set to NICAM and you are watching a NICAM broadcast, you can switch between NICAM and Regular (non-NICAM) audio.

NICAM

Regular

Note

1. Channel presets are numbered 1–99.

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