Table Of Contents - Pioneer DVR-940HX-S Operating Instructions Manual

Contents
01 Before you start
What's in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Putting the batteries in the remote
control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Using the remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Disc / content format playback
compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
About the internal/external hard disk
drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Symbols used in this manual . . . . . . . . . 13
02 Connecting up
Rear panel connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Front panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Common Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting a TV antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Easy connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using other types of audio/video output . 18
Connecting to a cable box or satellite
receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting an external decoder box (1) . 21
Connecting an external decoder box (2) . 22
Connecting to an AV amplifier/receiver . . 23
Connecting using HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Connecting other AV sources . . . . . . . . . 25
Connecting a USB device . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Connecting the optional external HDD
(DVR-940HX-S only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Plugging in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
03 Controls and displays
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Remote control (DVR-940HX-S) . . . . . . . . 31
Remote control (DVR-545HX-S) . . . . . . . . 33
04 Getting started
Switching on and setting up . . . . . . . . . . 36
For users receiving digital broadcast
services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Setting up the GUIDE Plus+® system . . 40
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05 Using the GUIDE Plus+®
electronic program guide
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The GUIDE Plus+ system. . . . . . . . . . . 44
Using the GUIDE Plus+
Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
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GUIDE Plus+ FAQ and
troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
06 Using the digital electronic
program guide
The Digital EPG system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Using the Digital EPG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Setting timer programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Other useful EPG functions . . . . . . . . . . 64
07 Recording
About DVD recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
About HDD recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Recorded audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Restrictions on video recording . . . . . . . 68
Using the built-in A.TV and D.TV tuners . 69
Setting the picture quality/recording
time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Basic recording from the TV . . . . . . . . . . 73
Pause Live TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Simultaneous recording and playback
(Chase Play) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Recording from an external component . 78
Playing your recordings on other DVD
players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Initializing recordable DVD discs . . . . . . 80
08 Playback
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Basic playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Using the Disc Navigator to browse the
contents of a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Scanning discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Playing in slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Frame advance/frame reverse . . . . . . . . 88
The Play Mode menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Displaying and switching subtitles . . . . . 91
Switching DVD and DivX soundtracks . . 91
Switching audio channels . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Switching camera angles . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Displaying disc information on-screen . . 93
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system . . . . . . 45