Pioneer DVR-920H Recording settings, Selecting ‘Other’ languages, Manual Recording, Optimized Rec

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 131 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	Frame Accurate
Language	DVD-RW Auto Init.
Recording
Playback

On the default setting there are five different recording time/picture quality settings, FINE, SP, LP, EP and SLP. If you want to create a custom setting, switch on Manual

Recording and select one of the 32 manual settings.1

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
HDD Remain	30h33m			DVD Remain 2h00m
SLP 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, MN3, 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.

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	Frame Accurate
Language	DVD-RW Auto Init.
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.2

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Note

1 • The preset picture quality settings correspond to the following manual settings: FINE: MN32, SP: MN21, LP: MN9, EP: MN3, SLP: MN1.

• See Manual recording modes on page 130 for detailed information on the manual recording levels.

2 • 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 on the HDD at the quality setting you originally specified.

•Optimized Recording only compensates for the first (earliest starting) timer program if more than one has been set.

•Optimized recording works only with DVD recordings.

•Optimized recording can’t be used together with VPS/PDC.

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