Pioneer DVR-RT300 manual Recording VCR Plus+ programming system

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VCR Plus+® programming system

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What is the VCR Plus+ programming system?

VCR Plus+ system is a timer programming system which simplifies timer recording programming. Instead of entering the date, channel and recording time, you simply enter a PlusCode¨ programming number that you can find in your TV listings.

Checking the channel setup to use the VCR Plus+ system

Before you can use the VCR Plus+ system you need to set up the channel mapping. This ensures that the VCR Plus+ system uses the correct channels for recording by matching up the preset channels in the recorder with Ôguide channelsÕ. You can find these guide channel numbers in your local TV guide or newspaper TV listings.

1 Press SETUP and press			or	to select “CH
SETUP” and press ENTER.
The Channel Setup menu will appear.
SETUP MENU
TIMER REC SET			CH SETUP
SYSTEM SETUP				CATV
	TV/CATV SELECT
AV SETUPAUTO CH MEMORY				PROCEED
REC SETUPADD/DELETE				PROCEED
CH SETUPGUIDE CH SET				PROCEED
OTHER
		SELECT
ENTER/		ENTER RETURN	BACK	SETUP END
SELECT

2 Press or to select “GUIDE CH SET” and press

ENTER.

A window appears to set a guide channel number and the corresponding tuner channel number.

SETUP MENU

TIMER REC SET			CH SETUP
SYSTEM SETUP				001	CATV
	TV/CATVGUIDE CHSELECTNO.
AV SETUPAUTO CH MEMORY				- - -	PROCEED
	TUNER CH NO.
					PROCEED
REC SETUPADD/DELETE
CH SETUPGUIDE CH SET			OK		PROCEED
OTHER
	SELECT	0 - 9	INPUT NO.
ENTER/	ENTER	RETURN	BACK	SETUP	END
SELECT

3 Enter a GUIDE CH NO. (guide channel number).

SETUP MENU

TIMER REC SET		CH SETUP
SYSTEM SETUP
			001	CATV
	TV/CATVGUIDE CHSELECTNO.
AV SETUPAUTO CH MEMORY		- - -		PROCEED
	TUNER CH NO.
				PROCEED
REC SETUPADD/DELETE
CH SETUPGUIDE CH SET		OK		PROCEED
OTHER

There are two ways to do this:

¥To select numbers you can either use the number buttons and then ENTER, or you can press ENTER

first then use the	buttons to select a number,
followed by ENTER.

¥When using the number buttons, enter using three digitsÑuse leading zeros for numbers less than 100.

4 Press to highlight TUNER CH. NO., then enter the corresponding tuner channel number.

SETUP MENU

TIMER REC SET			CH SETUP
SYSTEM SETUP				001			CATV
	TV/CATVGUIDE CHSELECTNO.
AV SETUPAUTO CH MEMORY				- - -		PROCEED
	TUNER CH NO.
						PROCEED
REC SETUPADD/DELETE
CH SETUPGUIDE CH SET			OK			PROCEED
OTHER
	SELECT	0 - 9	INPUT NO.		CLEAR/		DELETE
					CANCEL
ENTER/	ENTER	RETURN	BACK		SETUP		END
SELECT

¥Select a tuner channel number in the same way as you selected the guide channel number.

¥You can also select one of the LINE inputs (LINE 1 or LINE 2) instead of a channel number if some channels are received via an external receiver.

5Repeat steps 3 – 4 to input the rest of the channel list.

6 Press to highlight OK and press ENTER.

7 When you’re done, press SETUP to exit.

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