Table Of Contents - Pioneer DVR-532H-S Operating Instructions Manual

Contents
01 Before you start
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
What's in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Putting the batteries in the remote control . . . . . . . . 10
Using the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Disc / content format playback compatibility . . . . . . 10
About the internal hard disk drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
02 Connecting up
Rear panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Front panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Easy connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Using other types of video output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting to a cable box or satellite receiver (1) . . . 17
Connecting to a cable box or satellite receiver (2) . . . 18
Connecting to an AV amplifier or receiver. . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting other AV sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Plugging in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
03 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
04 Getting started
Switching on and setting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Setting up the TV Guide On Screen™ system . . . . . . 27
Selecting the hard disk or DVD for playback and
recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Making your first recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using the built-in TV tuner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Basic playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the Home Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Displaying disc information on-screen . . . . . . . . . . . 32
05 Using the TV Guide On Screen™
interactive program guide
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using the TV Guide On Screen™ system. . . . . . . . . . 35
The Listings screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Recording programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Setting program reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Searching for programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Scheduling recordings and reminders . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Changing setup options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
TV Guide On Screen™ FAQ and troubleshooting . . . 47
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06 Recording
About DVD recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
About HDD recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Recording time and picture quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Recorded audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Restrictions on video recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Setting the picture quality/recording time . . . . . . . . 51
Basic recording from the TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Simultaneous recording and playback . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Recording from an external component . . . . . . . . . . 53
Recording from a DV camcorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Playing your recordings on other DVD players . . . . . 55
Initializing a recordable DVD disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
07 Playback
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Navigating discs and the HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Using the Disc Navigator to browse the contents
of a disc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Scanning discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Playing in slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Frame advance/frame reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
The Play Mode menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Displaying and switching subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Switching DVD soundtracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Switching audio channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Switching camera angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
08 Copying and back-up
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
One Touch Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Using Copy Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Using disc back-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
09 Editing
The Disc Navigator screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Command menu panel options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Editing accuracy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
HDD genres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
10 The PhotoViewer
Playing a slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85