DVR-650H-S
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POWER-CORD Caution
Operating Environment
Ventilation Caution
Contents
Copying and backup
Disc Setup menu
Using the Jukebox
Video Adjust menu
Before you start
Before you start Chapter
What’s in the box
Before you start
Disc/content format playback compatibility
Compatible media
Readable file system
Is a trademark of DVD Format/Logo Licensing Corporation
HDD/DVD Recording and playback compatibility
About DualDisc playback
Using DVD-R DL/DVD+R DL discs
Other disc compatibility
CD-R/-RW compatibility
WMA Windows Media Audio compatibility
DivX video compatibility
File structure Up to 99 folders or 999 files
Jpeg file compatibility
DivX VOD content
PC-created disc compatibility
Dolby Digital
Optimizing HDD performance
Before you start About the internal hard disk drive
Before you start Symbols used in this manual
Connections
Connections Chapter
Rear panel connections
USB port Type B
Connections Front panel connections
USB port Type a
Input
Connections Easy connections
Separate colour signals, plus a luminance
Connections Using other types of video output
Brightness signal
Component video carries the picture as two
Satellite tuner on
Connections Connecting to a cable box or satellite receiver
Connections
This enables you to listen to multichannel surround sound.1
Connections Connecting to an AV amplifier or receiver
About Hdmi
Connections Connecting using Hdmi
Hdmi Control
Connections
This jack is for connection to DV
Connecting other AV sources
Equipment only. It is not compatible with
Digital satellite receivers or D-VHS video
Connections Connecting a USB device
Jpeg file storage devices
WMA/MP3 file storage devices
Using a PC
Plugging
After checking all the connections, plug in the recorder
Controls and displays
Controls and displays Chapter
Front panel
Ntsc
Controls and displays Display
LP/SLP
EP/SEP
Play Mode
Remote control indicator
Input Select
VCR Plus+
Controls and displays
Getting started
Switching on and setting up
Getting started Chapter
Enter
Getting started
Select ‘Finish Setup’ to exit
Setup Navigator, or ‘Go Back’ if you want to start again
Is compatible with progressive scan video
Enter Press to continue after reading the HDD caution
Recording Chapter
Recording
About DVD recording
Disc type/rec Max. titles
Recording
HDD Video mode compatibility
About HDD recording
Recording to DVD-R DL/DVD+R DL discs
Recorded audio
Audio Audio output Setting Left L Right R
Restrictions on video recording
Recording equipment and copyright
Setting the picture quality/ recording time
Recording Using the built-in TV tuner
Changing audio channels
ENTER.1
HDD DVD Select the HDD or DVD for recording
Basic recording from the TV
Set the picture quality/recording time
Audio Select the audio channel to record
Press to stop recording
Setting a timer recording
REV
Easy Timer Recording
After making the settings, select ‘Enter’ and press Enter
Timer recording using the VCR Plus+ programming system
Press ‘VCR Plus+’ to display the VCR Plus+ programme screen
Select ‘Store Programme’ to finish
VCR Plus+ programming with the power off
Checking/editing timer recording settings
Clear
Press Timer REC to display the Timer Recording screen
Setting a manual timer recording
Enter the timer recording settings
Next
To exit the timer recording screen, press Home Menu Tip
Deleting a timer programme
Editing a timer programme
Skipping a regular timer programme
Extending a timer recording in progress
Timer recording FAQ
Stopping a timer recording
Press to exit the Timer Recording screen
Frequently Asked Questions
Recording from an external component
Recording Simultaneous recording and playback Chase Play
Select another title to play
Recording will continue To stop recording, press
Press to start recording
Automatic recording from a satellite tuner
Playing your recordings on other DVD players
Finalizing a disc
DVD VR DVD Video DVD+R DVD+RW
Select ‘Finalize’ ‘Finalize’
For DVD-R/-RW Video mode
DVD-RW Auto Initialize
Select ‘Disc Setup’ from the Home Menu
Mode’, ‘VR Mode’ or ‘Initialize DVD+RW’
DVD-RW
Playback Chapter
Playback
Introduction
Basic playback
Playing DVD discs
Playback
Playing from the HDD
DVD+R/DVD+RW only
Playing CDs and WMA/MP3 discs
Playing DivX video files
Using the Disc Navigator to browse the contents of a disc
Using the Disc Navigator with playback-only discs
Scanning discs
Playing in slow motion
Play Mode menu
Search Mode
Playback Frame advance/frame reverse
Repeat
Programme play
Repeat play
Repeat to build up a programme list
Or track for the current step in the programme list
Mode
Select a title, chapter, folder
Switching audio channels
Playback Switching DVD and DivX soundtracks
Switching camera angles
HDD DVD VR DVD-RAM
Displaying disc information on-screen
Switch the camera angle
HDD and removable disc activity display
Display Display/change the on-screen information
Tip
Playing and recording from a DV camcorder Chapter
Playing and recording from a DV camcorder
Playing from a DV camcorder
Recording from a DV camcorder
DV Auto Copy
Playing and recording from a DV camcorder
Select ‘Start Rec’
Select ‘DV’, then ‘DV Auto Copy’ from the Home Menu
About automatic finalization
About DV
Drive’ or ‘Record to DVD’
Can’t get my DV camcorder to work with the recorder
Editing
VR mode
Editing Chapter
Editing options
Editing accuracy
Editing Disc Navigator screen
DVD Select the HDD or DVD
Display the Disc Navigator
HDD genres
Editing
Create
Play
REV SCAN/ FWD Scan
Title Name
Using a USB keyboard to enter a name
Using the remote key shortcuts to input a name
Key Characters
Key Function
Erase Section
Set Thumbnail
Divide
Chapter Edit
DVD VR DVD-RAM HDD
Select ‘Edit’ ‘Set Genre’ from the command menu panel
Select the command you want
Set Genre
Main Disc Navigator screen
Move
Lock
Original only
Highlight the title you want to lock or unlock
Genre Name
Combine
Undo
Multi-Mode
Exit
DVD Video DVD VR DVD+R DVD+RW
Can’t edit my disc
Copying and backup Chapter
Copying and backup
One Touch Copy
Restrictions on copying
Cancelling One Touch Copy
Copying and backup
Press and hold for more than a
Second
Copying from HDD to DVD
Using Copy Lists
Menu panel
Command Menu panel
Copying from DVD to HDD
Display the command menu panel
Copying
Select ‘Start Copy’ to start
Recording Mode
Using disc backup
Dual Mono Audio
Display
To see the progress of the backup, press
Using the Jukebox Chapter
Using the Jukebox
Connecting a regular USB device
Copying music to the HDD
Connect PC
Using the Jukebox
Connect the PC via USB cable
Select ‘Connect PC’
Open Windows Media Player 10 on the PC
From the PC, in Windows Media Player
Close the import screen on this Device
Playing music from the Jukebox
Screen below shows albums stored on the HDD
Press Subtitle or Angle to change
Changing the album view
Editing Jukebox albums
PhotoViewer
PhotoViewer Chapter
Locating Jpeg picture files
PhotoViewer
Changing the display style of the PhotoViewer
Playing a slideshow
Importing files to the HDD
Reloading files from a disc or USB device
Zooming an image
Rotating an image
Copying files to a DVD-R/-RW
Selecting multiple files or folders
Select the folder containing
To apply to all the selected items
Load a blank or unfinalized Video mode DVD-R or DVD-RW disc
Select ‘Yes’ to confirm, or ‘No’ to cancel
Copying selected files to a DVD-R/-RW
HDD’ from the menu
Creating a new folder
PhotoViewer Editing files on the HDD
Erasing a file or folder
Copying files
Locking/Unlocking files
Naming files and folders
Printing files
Select ‘Start’ to confirm, or ‘Cancel’ to cancel
To view detailed information
Select ‘Print’ from the menu
Disc Setup menu
Disc Setup menu Chapter
Basic settings
Finalize settings
Disc Setup menu Initialize settings
Optimize HDD
Undo Finalize
Initialize HDD
Disc Setup menu
Select ‘Optimize HDD’ then
‘Start’
Video Adjust menu Chapter
Video Adjust menu
Setting the picture quality for TV and external inputs
Choosing a preset
Setting the picture quality for disc playback
Video Adjust menu
Move the cursor down and select ‘Detailed Settings’
Select the picture quality setting you want to adjust
Gamma Correction Adjusts
Initial Setup menu Chapter
Initial Setup menu
Using the Initial Setup menu
Setting Options Explanation
Initial Setup menu
PCM
Mpeg PCM
Mpeg
DVD Menu Subtitle
Setting Options Explanation Auto Language On this setting
Language
English
DVD+R/+RW
HDD/VR
Pan & Scan
Playback TV Screen Size Letter Box
169
Still Picture Field
Angle Indicator
Parental Lock Set Password
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080p
Change Level
YCbCr
Colour RGB
Audio Output Auto
Hdmi Control
Additional information about the TV system settings
About the input line system
USB
Additional information about component video output
Selecting other languages for language options
About Ntsc on PAL TV
About the input colour system
Additional information
Rec mode
Additional information Chapter
Minimum copying times
Rec. time *1 Resolution *2
Additional information Manual recording modes
Level
Problem Remedy
Troubleshooting
Additional information
General
ProblemRemedy
120
Unplugging or after a
After briefly
Panel display shows
‘----’
Power
Hdmi indicator does
DVI device does not
Display any picture
123
Additional information On-screen displays
Message Explanation/Action
124
Repairing the HDD
Repairing disc
This can be done using Disc Setup
Message Setting of the recorder
Front-panel displays
TV Volume
Using the TV remote control buttons
Button What it does
TV Channel
Country/Area code list
Additional information Language code list
Language Language code letter, Language code
Country/Area, Country/Area code, Code letter
When viewing on a widescreen TV or monitor
When viewing on a standard TV or monitor
Setting Appearance 169
Additional information Screen sizes and disc formats
Additional information Handling discs
Cleaning the pickup lens
Condensation
Damaged discs
Resetting the recorder
Additional information Hints on installation
Recorder turns off with all settings reset
Moving the recorder
Additional information Specifications
Timer
Tuner
Input/Output
Supplied accessories
Pioneer Corporation