11Enjoying through External Equipment

Connecting a VCR controller

Connect the supplied VCR controller to the Media Receiver. This allows you to preset digital TV programs for recording, using the Electronic Program Guide. When the specified time comes, the system in the standby mode is automatically switched on and the specified TV program is recorded using the connected VCR or DVD recorder.

Media Receiver (rear view)

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL OUT

(TS)

DTV-ANTENNA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPTICAL

 

 

 

I N

OUT

 

 

 

S400

 

IN

 

 

SERVICE ONLY

CONTROL

VCR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTROL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INPUT 2

 

 

INPUT 1

 

 

 

AC INLET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I N

I N

 

S-VIDEO

VIDEO

 

VIDEO

 

COMPONENT VIDEO

 

 

 

 

 

R-AUDIO-L

R-AUDIO-L

Y

CB/PB

CR/PR

 

OUT

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BLACK

A ANTENNA/CABLE B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WHITE

 

MONITOR OUT

S-VIDEO

VIDEO

R-AUDIO-L

S-VIDEO

R-AUDIO-L INPUT 3

Y

CB/PB

CR/PR

SYSTEM CABLE

VCR

Position the light

CONTROL

emitting section on the

 

 

VCR controller cable so

 

that it faces the VCR.

Make sure to leave the VCR power on when preset- ting TV programs for recording with the VCR control- ler.

Be sure to firmly connect the VCR controller to the VCR control terminal on the rear of the Media Receiver. If you have mistakenly connected it to the CONTROL IN or CONTROL OUT terminal, remote control or other operations may be disabled.

(Once you have positioned the VCR controller, secure with the tape provided.)

VCR or DVD recorder

Remote control sensor

Use the following procedure to set the manufacture of the recording equipment:

1Press HOME MENU.

2Press / to select “DTV Setup”, and then press

ENTER.

3Press / to select “VCR Control”, and then press

ENTER.

4Press / to select the manufacture of the recording equipment, and then press ENTER.

5Check that the power to the recording equipment is on, and insert tape into the slot.

Insert tape you think it all right to erase its contents. The contents will be erased because Rec and Stop codes are output in the test.

Check that the light emitting section on the VCR controller cable faces the recording equipment.

6Press ENTER to execute recording test.

If the recording equipment fails to start and stop recording, check and change the specified recording equipment manufacture.

7Press / to select “YES”, and then press

ENTER.

8Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

• The screen for recording test appears.

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Even if you correctly specify the manufacture of the recording equipment, control of some models may be disabled.

Perform the recording test when the recording equipment is not in recording standby or is not recording.

The recording test takes approximately 10 seconds.

The PIONEER 1 (DVD recorder) has been set as the factory default.

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Pioneer PDP 5040HD, PDP 4340HD manual Connecting a VCR controller, Media Receiver rear view