Table Of Contents - Pioneer DVR-3100 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
Extra features for use with compatible TVs . . . . . . . . 13
Easy connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Using other types of audio/video output . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting to a cable box or satellite receiver . . . . . 16
Connecting an external decoder box (1) . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting an external decoder box (2) . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting to an AV amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting other AV sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Plugging in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
03 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
04 Getting started
Switching on and setting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Making your first recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using the built-in TV tuner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Basic playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using the Home Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Displaying disc information on-screen . . . . . . . . . . . 33
05 Playback
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using the Disc Navigator to browse the contents of a
disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Navigating discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Scanning discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Playing in slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Frame advance/frame reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
The Play Mode menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Displaying and switching subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Switching DVD soundtracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Switching the audio channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Switching camera angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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06 Recording
About DVD recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Recording time and picture quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Restrictions on video recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Setting the picture quality/recording time . . . . . . . . 46
Basic recording from the TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Setting a timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Timer recording FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Simultaneous recording and playback . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Recording from an external component . . . . . . . . . . 53
Automatic recording from a satellite tuner . . . . . . . . 54
Recording from a DV camcorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Recording from the DV output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Playing your recordings on other DVD players . . . . . 56
Initializing a DVD-RW disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
07 Editing
The Disc Navigator screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Disc Navigator menu options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Editing VR mode Original and Video mode
content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Creating and editing a VR mode Play List . . . . . . . . . 63
08 Disc History
Using the Disc History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
09 The PhotoViewer
Playing a slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
10 The Disc Setup menu
Basic settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Initialize settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Finalize settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
11 The Video/Audio Adjust menu
Setting the picture quality for TV and external
inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Setting the picture quality for disc playback . . . . . . . 73
Audio DRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Virtual Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74