Table Of Contents - Pioneer DVR-550HX-S Operating Instructions Manual

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Contents
01 Before you start
What's in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Putting the batteries in the remote
control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Using the remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Disc/content format playback
compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
About the internal hard disk drive . . . . . . 12
Symbols used in this manual . . . . . . . . . 13
02 Connections
Rear panel connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Front panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting a TV antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Easy connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using other types of audio/
video output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting to a cable box or satellite
receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting an external
decoder box (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting an external
decoder box (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting to an AV amplifier/
receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting using HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting other AV sources . . . . . . . . . 22
Plugging in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
03 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Common Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
04 Getting started
Switching on and setting up . . . . . . . . . . 29
For users receiving digital broadcast
services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Setting up the GUIDE Plus+®
system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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05 Using the GUIDE Plus+®
electronic programme guide
The GUIDE Plus+® system . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using the GUIDE Plus+® system . . . . . 36
Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
GUIDE Plus+® FAQ and
troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
06 Using the digital electronic
programme guide
The Digital EPG system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Using the Digital EPG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Setting timer programmes . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Other useful EPG functions . . . . . . . . . . 56
07 Recording
About DVD recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
About HDD recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Recorded audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Restrictions on video recording . . . . . . . 60
Using the built-in A.TV and
D.TV tuners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Setting the picture quality/
recording time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Basic recording from the TV . . . . . . . . . . 63
Pause Live TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
About timer recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Timer recording FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Simultaneous recording and playback
(Chase Play) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Recording from an external
component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Playing your recordings on other DVD
players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Initializing recordable DVD discs . . . . . . 71
DVD-RW Auto Initialize. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
08 Playback
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Basic playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Using the Disc Navigator to browse the
contents of a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Scanning discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Playing in slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Frame advance/frame reverse . . . . . . . . 79
The Play Mode menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Displaying and switching subtitles . . . . . 81