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Place directly on top of an amplifier, or other
component in your stereo system that becomes hot in
use.
Use near a television or monitor as you may
experience interference—especially if the television uses
an indoor antenna.
Use in a kitchen or other room where the recorder
may be exposed to smoke or steam.
Use on a thick rug or carpet, or cover with cloth—this
may prevent proper cooling of the unit.
Place on an unstable surface, or one that is not large
enough to support all four of the unit’s feet.
Moving the recorder
If you need to move the recorder, first remove the disc, if
there’s one loaded, and close the disc tray. Next, press
STANDBY/ON
to switch the power to standby, checking
that the
OFF
indication in the display goes off. Lastly,
disconnect the power cord. Never lift or move the unit
during playback or recording—discs rotate at a high
speed and may be damaged.
Resetting the recorder
If you need to, you can reset the recorder to all its factory
settings.
1 Make sure that the recorder is on.
2 Press and hold
STOP and press
STANDBY/
ON.
The recorder turns off with all settings reset.
Additional information for cable/satellite/STB (set-top box) users
The following instructions show how to use the timer
features of your STB with this recorder.

Setting up

1Connect the STB’s audio/video outputs to a set of
audio/video inputs on this recorder.
2 Switch on both the STB and this recorder and
switch the recorder’s input function to the STB (L1 or
L2).
To check that everything is connected properly, switch on
your TV and select this recorder as the video input. You
should see whatever the STB is tuned to.
3Program the IR controller supplied with your STB
to send start/stop recording codes for a Pioneer VCR.
See the manual that came with the STB for how to do
this.
Only the
REC
and
STOP
codes have any effect when used
with this recorder:
REC
– Start recording
STOP
– Stop recording
4 Position the IR controller so that it will control
this recorder.
The IR sensor on the recorder is located just above the
mark on the front panel.

Making a timer recording

1 Set the timer on the STB.
See the manual that came with your STB for how to do
this.
2 Switch on this recorder.
You must leave the recorder on until the recording
finishes.
At the programmed times, the STB will start and stop
recording on this recorder.
Glossary
Analog audio
An electrical signal that directly represents sound.
Compare this to digital audio which can be an electrical
signal, but is an indirect representation of sound. See
also
digital audio
.
Aspect ratio
The width of a TV screen relative to its height.
Conventional TVs are 4:3 (in other words, the screen is
almost square); widescreen models are 16:9 (the screen
is almost twice as wide as it is high).
Chapter
Just as a book is split up into several chapters, a title on
a DVD disc is usually divided into chapters. See also
Title
.
Digital audio
An indirect representation of sound by numbers. during
recording, the sound is measured at discrete intervals
(44,100 times a second for CD audio) by an analog-to-
digital converter, generating a stream of numbers. On
playback, a digital-to-analog converter generates an
analog signal based on these numbers. See also
Sampling frequency
and
Analog audio
.
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