Pioneer DVR-230-S manual Before you start Chapter, Features, What’s in the box

Video mode

Before you start

Chapter 1

Before you start

Features

•Progressive scan-compatible

Compared to standard interlaced video, progressive scan effectively doubles the amount of video information fed to your TV or monitor. (Check your TV/monitor for compatibility with this feature.)

•Cinema surround sound in your home Connect this recorder to a Dolby Digital and/or DTS- compatible AV amp/receiver to enjoy full surround sound effects from Dolby Digital and DTS DVD discs.

•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 G-Code®

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

*1 G-Code is a registered trademark of Gemstar Development Corporation.

The G-Code system is manufactured under license from Gemstar Development Corporation.

•One Touch Recording

Use One Touch Recording to start recording immediately in 30 minute blocks. Each time you press the REC 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. Note that the quality of recordings may be reduced if a longer recording time is used.

•High quality 16-bit Linear PCM audio

When recording using the high quality setting (XP), the audio is recorded in uncompressed 16-bit Linear PCM format. This delivers great sounding audio to accompany the high picture quality.

•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.

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•Play Video mode recordings on a regular DVD

player

Discs recorded using the Video mode can be played back on regular DVD players, including computer DVD drives

compatible with DVD-Video playback*2.

*2 ‘DVD-Video format’ recording: The use of the DVD- Video format for recording on DVD-R and DVD-RW discs is referred to as recording in ‘Video mode’ on Pioneer’s DVD recorders. Supporting playback of DVD-R / DVD- RW discs is optional for manufacturers of DVD playback equipment, and there is DVD playback equipment that does not play DVD-R or DVD-RW discs recorded in the DVD-Video format.

Note: ‘Finalization’ is required.

•MP3 file playback

This recorder can play MP3 audio files on CD-R, CD-RW or CD-ROM discs (see Disc / content format playback compatibility on page 7).

What’s in the box

Please confirm that the following accessories are in the box when you open it.

•Remote control

•AA/R6P dry cell batteries x2

•Audio/video cable (red/white/yellow)

•RF antenna cable

•Power cable

•These operating instructions

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