The Initial Setup menu

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

Input Level (L1)

 

Language

Input Level (L2)

 

Recording

Input Level (L3)

 

Playback

 

 

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 27.)

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

Input Level (L1)

 

Language

Input Level (L2)

 

Recording

Input Level (L3)

 

Playback

 

 

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

Input Level (L1)

 

Language

Input Level (L2)

 

Recording

Input Level (L3)

 

Playback

 

 

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

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Bilingual Recording

• Default setting: A/L

Initial Setup

 

 

Basic

NICAM Select

A/L

Tuner

Tuner Level

B/R

Video In/Out

External Audio

 

Audio In

Bilingual Recording

 

Audio Out

Input Level (L1)

 

Language

Input Level (L2)

 

Recording

Input Level (L3)

 

Playback

 

 

When recording a bilingual source from an external input in Video mode or VR mode set to FINE/MN32, you can choose to record either the A/L (left), or the B/R (right) audio channel.

Note

If you’re recording in VR mode (except when set to FINE/MN32), both channels will be recorded and you can switch them as you like on playback.

Input Level (L1 / L2 / L3)

• Default setting: 0dB

Initial Setup

 

 

Basic

NICAM Select

+6dB

Tuner

Tuner Level

+3dB

Video In/Out

External Audio

0dB

Audio In

Bilingual Recording

– 3dB

Audio Out

Input Level (L1)

– 6dB

Language

Input Level (L2)

 

Recording

Input Level (L3)

 

Playback

 

 

You can adjust the gain of the audio from each external input individually, from –6dBto +6dB in steps of 3 dB to optimize the recorded audio level.

Audio Out settings

Digital Out

• Default setting: On

Initial Setup

 

 

Basic

Digital Out

On

Tuner

Dolby Digital Out

Off

Video In/Out

DTS Out

 

Audio In

96kHz PCM Out

 

Audio Out

MPEG Out

 

Language

 

 

Recording

 

 

Playback

 

 

If at any time you need to switch off the digital audio output, set this to Off, otherwise leave it On.

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Pioneer DVR-320-S operating instructions Initial Setup menu Audio In settings, Audio Out settings