Pioneer DVR-3100 Audio In settings, Ntsc on PAL TV, Nicam Select, Tuner Level, External Audio

The Initial Setup menu

•Decoder – Use this setting if you are using a decoder connected to the AV2/(INPUT 1/DECODER) input. (For scrambled channels, make sure that the manual channel Decoder setting is set to On—see also Manual CH Setting on page 78).

NTSC on PAL TV

• Default setting: On

Initial Setup
Basic	Input Colour System	On
Tuner	AV1 Out	Off
Video In/Out	AV2/L1 In
Audio In	NTSC on PAL TV
Audio Out
Language
Recording
Playback

When set to On, NTSC discs (from the U.S., for example) will play correctly on a PAL-only TV. Change to Off if your TV is already NTSC-compatible.

Depending on this setting and the Input Line System setting (see Input Line System on page 76), the signal format output when the recorder is stopped varies as shown in the table below.

Input Line System	NTSC on PAL	Output when
	TV	stopped
625 System	Off	PAL
	On	PAL
525 System	Off	NTSC
	On	PAL–60

Note

•Many recent PAL TVs are capable of correctly displaying NTSC pictures without the need for this setting. Check the manual that came with your TV if you’re not sure whether yours has this feature.

Audio In settings

NICAM Select

• Default setting: NICAM

Initial Setup
Basic	NICAM Select	NICAM
Tuner	Tuner Level	Regular Audio
Video In/Out	External Audio
Audio In	Bilingual Recording
Audio Out	DV Input
Language	Input Level (L1)
Recording	Input Level (L2)
Playback	Input Level (L3)

If you want to record the non-NICAM audio in a TV broadcast, select Regular Audio, otherwise set to NICAM. (When set to NICAM, you can still select Regular Audio using the AUDIO button. See Changing audio channels on page 29.)

Tuner Level

• Default setting: Normal

Initial Setup
Basic	NICAM Select	Normal
Tuner	Tuner Level	Compression
Video In/Out	External Audio
Audio In	Bilingual Recording
Audio Out	DV Input
Language	Input Level (L1)
Recording	Input Level (L2)
Playback	Input Level (L3)

Set to Compression if the audio level from the built-in tuner is excessively high causing distortion.

External Audio

• Default setting: Stereo

Initial Setup
Basic	NICAM Select	Stereo
Tuner	Tuner Level	Bilingual
Video In/Out	External Audio
Audio In	Bilingual Recording
Audio Out	DV Input
Language	Input Level (L1)
Recording	Input Level (L2)
Playback	Input Level (L3)

If the external source is standard stereo, leave set to Stereo. If each channel carries a separate soundtrack, change to Bilingual.

When the external audio is from the DV input, an audio subcode channel within the DV audio tells the recorder whether the audio is stereo or bilingual. This has priority over the setting you make here.

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