Pioneer DVR-745H-S Operating Instructions Manual page 108

14 The Initial Setup menu
Setting
Video In/Out Settings
Input Colour
System
See also About the input color system on page 117 for more information on this setting.
Component Video
Out
If your TV is incompatible with progressive scan video and you select Progressive, you will not be able to see any
. In this case, press
picture at all
switch to Interlace (this also switches Screen Resolution on page 114 to the default setting).
When an HDMI device is connected and Video Priority Mode is set to HDMI, the Component Video Out setting is
automatically set to Interlace.
NTSC on PAL TV
Many recent PAL TVs are compatible with NTSC input and so this setting can be switched off. Check the operating
instructions that came with your TV. See also About NTSC on PAL TV on page 117 for related information.
Audio In
NICAM Select
(except Taiwan and
Philippines model)
Tuner Level
(except Taiwan and
Philippines model)
External Audio
When the external audio is from the DV input, an audio subcode channel within the DV audio tells the recorder
whether the audio is stereo or dual mono/bilingual. This has priority over the setting you make here.
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Options Explanation
Next Screen
Proceed to the next screen to set the input colour
system for the external input and the built-in TV
tuner. Use the
On the default Auto setting the recorder can gener-
ally 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.
Interlace • Select if your monitor/TV is not compatible with pro-
gressive-scan video.
Progressive
Select if your monitor/TV is progressive-scan compat-
ible. Check the operating instructions that came with
your monitor/TV if you're not sure.
(PLAY) while holding down the
On NTSC discs will play correctly on PAL-only TVs.
Off • Use if your TV is already NTSC-compatible.
NICAM •
Record the NICAM audio in a NICAM broadcast.
Regular Audio
Record the non-NICAM audio in a NICAM broadcast.
(You can still switch the audio to record using the
Normal •
Standard setting.
Compression
Use if the audio level from the built-in tuner is exces-
sive, causing distortion.
Stereo • Select if the audio from the currently selected exter-
nal input is standard stereo.
Dual Mono/
Select if each channel carries a separate soundtrack.
Bilingual
CH +/–
buttons to change the preset.
(STOP) button on the front panel to
AUDIO button before recording.)