Pioneer DVR-320-S operating instructions Contents

Contents

01 Before you start

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 What’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Putting the batteries in the remote control . . . . . . . . . 8 Using the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Disc / content format playback compatibility . . . . . . . 9

02 Connecting up

Rear panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Front panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Easy connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Using other types of video output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Connecting to a cable box or satellite receiver (1) . . . 15 Connecting to a cable box or satellite receiver (2) . . . 16 Connecting to an AV amplifier or receiver. . . . . . . . . 17 Connecting other AV sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Plugging in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

03 Controls and displays

Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

04 Getting started

Switching on and setting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Making your first recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Using the built-in TV tuner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Basic playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Using the Home Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Displaying disc information on-screen . . . . . . . . . . . 30

06 Recording

About DVD recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Recording time and picture quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Restrictions on video recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Setting the picture quality/recording time . . . . . . . . 43 Basic recording from the TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Setting a timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Timer recording FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Simultaneous recording and playback . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Recording from an external component . . . . . . . . . . 51 Automatic recording from a satellite tuner . . . . . . . . 51 Playing your recordings on other DVD players . . . . . 52 Initializing a DVD-RW disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

07 Editing

The Disc Navigator screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Disc Navigator menu options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Editing VR mode Original and Video mode content . 56 Creating and editing a VR mode Play List . . . . . . . . . 60

08 Disc History

Using the Disc History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

09 The PhotoViewer

Playing a slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

10 The Disc Setup menu

Basic settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Initialize settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Finalize settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

05 Playback

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Using the Disc Navigator to browse the contents

of a disc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Navigating discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Scanning discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Playing in slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Frame advance/frame reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 The Play Mode menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Displaying and switching subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Switching DVD soundtracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Switching audio channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Switching camera angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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11 The Video/Audio Adjust menu

Setting the picture quality for TV and external

inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Setting the picture quality for disc playback . . . . . . . 71 Audio DRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

12 The Initial Setup menu

Using the Initial Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Basic settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Tuner settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Video In / Out settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Audio In settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Audio Out settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

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