Pioneer DVR-LX70 manual Nicam

14The Initial Setup menu

Setting	Options	Explanation
Video In/Out
Input Colour	Next Screen	Proceed to the next screen to set the input colour
System		system for the external input and the built-in TV tuner.
		Use the CH +/– buttons to change the preset. On the
		default Auto setting the recorder can generally
		correctly detect whether the input signal is PAL,
		SECAM, 3.58 NTSC or PAL-60, but in some cases you
		may have to set it manually if the picture is displayed
		incorrectly.

See also About the input colour system on page 119 for more information on this setting.

Component Video Interlace •		Select if your monitor/TV is not compatible with
Out		progressive-scan video.
	Progressive	Select if your monitor/TV is progressive-scan
		compatible. Check the operating instructions that
		came with your monitor/TV if you’re not sure.

If your TV is incompatible with progressive scan video and you select Progressive, you will not be able to see any picture at all. In this case, press  OPEN/CLOSE while holding down the  (Stop) button on the front panel to switch to Interlace (this also switches Screen Resolution on page 116 to the default setting).

NTSC on PAL TV	On	NTSC discs will play correctly on PAL-only TVs.
	Off •	Use if your TV is already NTSC-compatible.

Many recent PAL TVs are compatible with NTSC input and so this setting can be switched off. Check the operating instructions that came with your TV. See also About NTSC on PAL TV on page 119 for related information.

Audio In

NICAM Select	NICAM •	Record the NICAM audio in a NICAM broadcast.
(except Taiwan and
	Regular Audio	Record the non-NICAM audio in a NICAM broadcast.
Philippines model)
		(You can still switch the audio to record using the
		AUDIO button before recording.)
Tuner Level	Normal •	Standard setting.
(except Taiwan and
	Compression	Use if the audio level from the built-in tuner is
Philippines model)
		excessive, causing distortion.
External Audio	Stereo •	Select if the audio from the currently selected
		external input is standard stereo.
	Dual Mono/	Select if each channel carries a separate soundtrack.
	Bilingual

When the external audio is from the DV input, an audio subcode channel within the DV audio tells the recorder whether the audio is stereo or dual mono/bilingual. This has priority over the setting you make here.

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