Before you start Chapter, Features | Pioneer DVR-3100 instruction

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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 DTS- compatible 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*1 for easy programming if you want. As well as single programs, you can specify daily or weekly recordings, too.

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.

*1 ® 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 inputs of this recorder, 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 (FINE or MN32), the audio is recorded in uncompressed 16-bit Linear PCM format. This delivers great sounding audio to accompany the high picture quality. See Setting the picture quality/recording time on 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 and EP), the manual recording mode allows you to access 32 different recording quality/time settings, giving you very fine control over the recording.