Table Of Contents; Getting Started; Program Guide - Pioneer DVR-RT604H-S 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 . . . . . . . 8
About the internal hard disk drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
02 Connecting up
Rear panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Front panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Extra features for use with compatible TVs . . . . . . . . 14
Easy connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Using other types of audio/video output . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting to a cable box, satellite receiver or
digital terrestrial receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting an external decoder box (1) . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting an external decoder box (2) . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting to an AV amplifier/receiver . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting other AV sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Plugging in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
03 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

04 Getting started

Switching on and setting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Setting up the GUIDE Plus+
Selecting the VHS, hard disk or DVD for playback
and recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Making your first HDD or DVD recording . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the built-in TV tuner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Basic playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the Home Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Displaying disc information on-screen . . . . . . . . . . . 36
05 Using the GUIDE Plus+

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The GUIDE Plus+
Using the GUIDE Plus+
Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
FAQ and troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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06 HDD and DVD recording
About DVD recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
About HDD recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Recording time and picture quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Recorded audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Restrictions on video recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Setting the picture quality/recording time . . . . . . . . 52
Basic recording from the TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Setting a timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Timer recording FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Simultaneous recording and playback . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Recording from an external component . . . . . . . . . . 58
Playing your recordings on other DVD players . . . . . 58
Initializing a recordable DVD disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
07 HDD and DVD playback
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Navigating discs and the HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Using the Disc Navigator to browse the contents
of a disc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Scanning discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Playing in slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Frame advance/frame reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
The Play Mode menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Displaying and switching subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Switching DVD soundtracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Switching audio channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Switching camera angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
08 VHS playback and recording
About VHS tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Playing a tape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Recording the program you're watching . . . . . . . . . . 72
Direct recording from TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Other VHS playback features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Zero Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Searching for the start of a program. . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Displaying information on-screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
09 HDD and DVD copying and back-up
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
One Touch Copy: HDD
Copy Select: HDD DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Using Copy Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Title editing commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Using disc back-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76