Recording Settings - Pioneer DVR-230-S Operating Instructions Manual

The Initial Setup menu
• NICAM Select – If you want to record the non-NICAM
audio in a TV broadcast, select Regular Audio,
otherwise set to NICAM. (When set to NICAM, you
can still select Regular Audio using the AUDIO
button. See Changing audio channels on page 21.)
• Tuner Level – Set to Compression if the audio level
from the built-in tuner is excessively high causing
distortion.
• External Audio – Select Stereo if the external audio
input is regular stereo, or Bilingual if each channel
carries a separate soundtrack.
• Bilingual Rec – When recording a bilingual source
from an external input in Video mode or VR mode set
to XP, you can choose to record either the A/L (left),
or the B/R (right) audio channel.
Note
• Except in XP recording mode, if you're recording in
VR mode, both channels will be recorded and you
can switch them as you like on playback.
Audio Out
Audio
Basic Audio Adjust
Disc Audio In
Video Audio Out
Audio
Recording
Playback
Use the various Audio Out settings to make sure that the
digital audio output is compatible with your AV receiver
(or other connected component). You may need to check
the operating instructions that came with your AV
receiver to see which digital formats it's compatible with.
From the Audio Out screen, use the
select a setting, then use the
Audio Out
Dolby Digital
96kHz PCM 96kHz -> 48kHz
DTS
MPEG
• Dolby Digital – If your AV receiver, etc. is Dolby
Digital compatible, set to Dolby Digital, otherwise
set to Dolby Digital -> PCM.
• 96kHz PCM – If your AV receiver, etc. is compatible
with high sampling rate audio (88.2 / 96 kHz), set to
96kHz, otherwise set to 96kHz -> 48kHz.
Dolby Digital
96kHz PCM
DTS
MPEG
buttons to
buttons to adjust it.
Dolby Digital
On
MPEG -> PCM
• DTS – If your AV receiver, etc. has a built-in DTS
decoder, set to On, otherwise set to Off. (See also
Important below.)
• MPEG – If your AV receiver, etc. is MPEG audio
compatible, set to MPEG, otherwise set to MPEG ->
PCM.
Important
• If you set DTS to On with a non-DTS compatible
amplifier, noise will be output when you play a DTS
disc.
• When set to On, there is no analog audio output
when playing a DTS DVD-Video disc.
• When playing a DTS audio CD (even when DTS is
Off), noise is output from the analog outputs. Do not
play this through your amplifier and speakers.
• When playing a DTS audio CD, make sure that
Stereo is selected using the AUDIO button. See
Switching DVD soundtracks on page 31.

Recording settings

Optimized Rec
• Default setting: Off
Recording
Basic Optimized Rec
Disc Auto Chapter
Video DVD-RW Auto Init
Audio
Recording
Playback
On the default setting, if a timer program (Standard or G-
Code programming system) is set but there isn't enough
space on the disc at the recording quality set, the
recording will start, but it will be cut off when the disc is
full.
Set Optimized Rec to On to have the recorder
automatically adjust the recording quality to fit the
available disc space.
Optimized Rec
Optimized Rec Off
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