Table Of Contents - Pioneer DVR-540H-S Operating Instructions Manual

Contents
01 Before you start
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
About the internal hard disk drive . . . . . . 14
Symbols used in this manual . . . . . . . . . 15
02 Connecting up
Rear panel connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Front panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Easy connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using other types of video output . . . . . . 19
Connecting to a cable box or satellite
receiver (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting to a cable box or satellite
receiver (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting to an AV amplifier or
receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Connecting other AV sources . . . . . . . . . 23
Connecting a USB device . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Plugging in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
03 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
04 Getting started
Switching on and setting up . . . . . . . . . . 30
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05 Recording
About DVD recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
About HDD recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Recorded audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Restrictions on video recording . . . . . . . 35
Using the built-in TV tuner . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Setting the picture quality/
recording time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Basic recording from the TV . . . . . . . . . . 37
Setting a timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Timer recording FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Simultaneous recording and playback
(Chase Play) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Recording from an external
component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Automatic recording from a
satellite tuner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Playing your recordings on other DVD
players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Initializing recordable DVD discs . . . . . . 51
06 Playback
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Basic playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Using the Disc Navigator to browse
the contents of a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Scanning discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Playing in slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Frame advance/frame reverse . . . . . . . . 59
The Play Mode menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Displaying and switching subtitles . . . . . 62
Switching DVD and DivX soundtracks . . 63
Switching audio channels . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Switching camera angles . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Displaying disc information on-screen . . 64