Pioneer RCS-404H Operating Instructions Manual page 129

The Initial Setup menu
Setting Options
Tuner
Auto Channel Auto Scan
Setting
Download from
TV
Manual CH Setting Next Screen
Channel Swapping Next Screen
Video In/Out
Input Colour Next Screen
System
See also About the input colour system on page 135 for more information on this setting.
Component Video Interlace •
Out
Progressive
For Component Video Out to be effective, the AV1 Out setting (see AV1 Out below) must be set to something other than RGB.
AV1 Out Video •
S-Video
RGB
Explanation
Select your country and then wait for the recorder to auto tune into channels in
your area. After auto scan has finished, the channel mapping screen appears
showing which channels have been assigned to which program numbers. You
can skip unwanted channels using the Manual CH Setting option below.
Press HOME MENU to exit the channel mapping screen.
If your TV supports this feature you can download all the channels that your TV is
tuned to via the SCART input. Select your country and then wait for the down-
load to complete. After the download is complete, the channel mapping screen
appears, as above.
See also the operating instructions that came with your TV for more information.
Proceed to the next screen if you need to adjust any of the settings made by auto
tuning. Select your country, then proceed to the manual channel setting screen:
• Change channel presets using the
• To skip the displayed channel (because there is no station assigned to that
channel), change the Skip setting to On.
• Set the CH SYSTEM setting to match the channel system of your country or
region.
• Set the CHANNEL setting to the channel you want to assign to the current
channel preset.
• To manually fine tune the channel, change the AFT setting to Off then adjust
the Level setting.
• Set the Sound System setting to match the sound system of your region.
• The Name field allows you to input a name of up to five characters for the
current channel preset.
• If the currently selected channel is scrambled requiring a decoder connected
to the AV2 (INPUT 1/DECODER), set the Decoder setting to On.
Proceed to the next screen to swap channel assignments of different presets so
that you can group together presets that naturally go together. Select two
presets to swap then press ENTER.
Proceed to the next screen to set the input colour system for the external input
and the built-in TV tuner. Use 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.
Select if your monitor/TV is not compatible with progressive-scan video.
Select if your monitor/TV is progressive-scan compatible. Check the operating
instructions that came with your monitor/TV if you're not sure.
Sets the AV1(RGB)-TV SCART output to standard composite video (compatible
with all TVs).
Sets the AV1(RGB)-TV SCART output to S-video. Recommended if you are using
a long SCART cable.
Sets the AV1(RGB)-TV SCART output to RGB. Good quality but check your TV for
compatibility. Note that on this setting signals from the built-in tuner and from
external inputs is not output when the recorder is in TV mode.
buttons.
CH +/–
buttons to change the preset. On the
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