The Initial Setup menu

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When set to On, the recorder displays subtitles according to the Subtitle Language and Auto Language settings. Set to Off to switch subtitles off altogether (although you may find that some discs override this setting). Set to Assist Subtitle to have the recorder display the extra assistive subtitles recorded on to some DVD discs.

Selecting ‘Other’ languages

1 Select ‘Other’ from the language list.

This option appears in the settings for DVD Menu Language, Audio Language, and Subtitle Language.

2 Select the language you want.

Initial Setup

 

 

Basic

OSD LanguageDVDMenu Language

Tuner

Audio Language

English

Video In/Out

Language

Subtitle Language

 

Audio In

Auto LanguageNumber

0 5 1 4

Audio Out

DVD Menu Language

 

Language

Subtitle Display

 

Recording

Playback

• Select by language name: Use the

(cursor left/

right) buttons to change the language.

 

• Select by code number: Press (cursor down) then use the number buttons to enter the four-digit language code.

See Language code list on page 98 for a list of available languages and corresponding codes.

3 Press ENTER to confirm and exit the screen.

Recording settings

Manual Recording

• Default setting: Off

Initial Setup

 

 

Basic

Manual Recording

On (go to setup)

Tuner

Optimized Rec

Off

Video In/Out

Navi Mark

 

Audio In

Auto Chapter (Video)

 

Audio Out

DVD-RW Auto Init.

 

Language

 

 

Recording

 

 

Playback

 

 

On the default setting there are four different recording time/picture quality settings, FINE, SP, LP and EP. If you want to create a custom setting, switch on Manual Recording and select one of the 32 manual settings.

When recording, you can select your Manual Recording setting using the REC MODE button.

1Select ‘On (go to setup)’ to display the manual recording setting screen.

Pr 5

 

 

 

DVD Remain 2h00m

EP

LP

 

SP

FINE

MN 9 (4h00m/DVD)

2.60Mbps

 

Preview

2 Use the

(cursor left/right) buttons to

change the manual recording level.

 

• You can also use the

and

buttons to cycle

between levels MN1, MN9, MN21 and MN32.

• To preview the recording quality, press (cursor down) and select Preview. To return to the level adjust screen, press ENTER.

3Press ENTER to set the manual recording level and return to the menu screen.

Note

The preset picture quality settings correspond to the following manual settings: FINE: MN32, SP: MN21, LP: MN9, EP: MN1.

See Manual recording modes on page 101 for detailed information on the manual recording levels.

Optimized Rec

• Default setting: Off

Initial Setup

 

 

Basic

Manual Recording

On

Tuner

Optimized Rec

Off

Video In/Out

Navi Mark

 

Audio In

Auto Chapter (Video)

 

Audio Out

DVD-RW Auto Init.

 

Language

 

 

Recording

 

 

Playback

 

 

On the default setting, if a timer program (standard, easy or VIDEO Plus+ programming system) is set but there isn’t enough space on the disc at the recording quality set, the recording will start, but it will be cut off when the disc is full. Set Optimized Rec to On to have the recorder automatically adjust the recording quality to fit the available disc space.

Note

You may notice a reduction in picture quality if the recorder has to fit a lot of extra material into the remaining time available on the disc.

If, even on recording level MN 1, there is insufficient space available on the disc, the recording is made at level MN 1 but recording will stop once the disc is full.

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Pioneer DVR-320 operating instructions Recording settings, Selecting ‘Other’ languages, Manual Recording, Optimized Rec

DVR-320 specifications

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