Pioneer DVR-310 operating instructions Contents

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Displaying disc information on-screen . . . . . . . . . . . 30
05 Playback
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the Disc Navigator to browse the contents of a
disc.
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Navigating discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Scanning discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Playing in slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Frame advance/frame reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
The Play Mode menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Displaying and switching subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Switching DVD soundtracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Switching the audio channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Switching camera angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
06 Recording
About DVD recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Recording time and picture quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Restrictions on video recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Setting the picture quality/recording time . . . . . . . . 43
Basic recording from the TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Setting a timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Timer recording FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Simultaneous recording and playback . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Recording from an external component . . . . . . . . . . 50
Automatic recording from a satellite tuner . . . . . . . . 50
Recording from a DV camcorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Recording from the DV output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
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 . . . . . . . . . 59
08 Disc History
Using the Disc History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
09 The PhotoViewer
Playing a slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
10 The Disc Setup menu
Basic settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Initialize settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Finalize settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
11 The Video/Audio Adjust menu
Setting the picture quality for TV and external
inputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Setting the picture quality for disc playback. . . . . . . 69
Audio DRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Virtual Surround. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
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