Table Of Contents - Pioneer DVR-310 Operating Instructions Manual

Contents
01 Before you start
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
What's in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Putting the batteries in the remote control . . . . . . . . . 8
Using the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Disc / content format playback compatibility . . . . . . . 9
02 Connecting up
Rear panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Front panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Easy connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Using other types of video output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting to a cable box or satellite receiver (1) . . . 15
Connecting to a cable box or satellite receiver (2) . . . 16
Connecting to an AV amplifier or receiver. . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting other AV sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Plugging in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
03 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
04 Getting started
Switching on and setting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Making your first recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Using the built-in TV tuner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Basic playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using the Home Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Displaying disc information on-screen . . . . . . . . . . . 30
05 Recording
About DVD recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Recording time and picture quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Recorded audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Restrictions on video recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Setting the picture quality/recording time . . . . . . . . 33
Basic recording from the TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Setting a timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Timer recording FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Simultaneous recording and playback . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Recording from an external component . . . . . . . . . . 41
Automatic recording from a satellite tuner . . . . . . . . 42
Recording from a DV camcorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Playing your recordings on other DVD players . . . . . 44
Initializing a recordable DVD disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
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06 Playback
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Navigating discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using the Disc Navigator to browse the contents of a
disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Scanning discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Playing in slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Frame advance/frame reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
The Play Mode menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Displaying and switching subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Switching DVD soundtracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Switching audio channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Switching camera angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
07 Editing
The Disc Navigator screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Command menu panel options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
08 The PhotoViewer
Playing a slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
09 The Disc Setup menu
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Basic settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Initialize settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Finalize settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
10 The Video/Audio Adjust menu
Setting the picture quality for TV and external inputs 65
Setting the picture quality for disc playback . . . . . . . 66
Audio DRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
11 The Initial Setup menu
Using the Initial Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68