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DVD Recorder
DVR-640H-S
DVR-540H-S
Published by Pioneer Corporation.
Copyright © 2006 Pioneer Corporation.
All rights reserved.
PIONEER CORPORATION
4-1, Meguro 1-Chome, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8654, Japan
PIONEER ELECTRONICS (USA) INC.
P.O. BOX 1540, Long Beach, California 90810-1540, U.S.A. TEL: (800) 421-1404
PIONEER ELECTRONICS OF CANADA, INC.
300 Allstate Parkway, Markham, Ontario L3R OP2, Canada TEL: 1-877-283-5901
PIONEER EUROPE NV
Haven
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DVR640H_WPW_EN.book 2 ページ ２００６年４月１１日 火曜日 午前９時４４分 Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate your model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them away in a safe place for future reference. IMPORTANT CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, CAUTION: The exclamation point within an equilateral within an equilateral triangle, is intended to TO PREV
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DVR640H_WPW_EN.book 3 ページ ２００６年４月１１日 火曜日 午前９時４４分 Operating Environment CAUTION Operating environment temperature and humidity: The STANDBY/ON switch on this unit will not +5 ºC to +35 ºC (+41 ºF to +95 ºF); less than 85 %RH completely shut off all power from the AC outlet. (cooling vents not blocked) Since the power cord serves as the main disconnect Do not install this unit in a poorly ventilated area, or in device for the unit, you will need to unplug it from locations exposed to high hu
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DVR640H_WPW_EN.book 4 ページ ２００６年４月１１日 火曜日 午前９時４４分 Contents 01 Before you start 05 Recording What’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 About DVD recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Putting the batteries in the About HDD recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Recorded audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Using the remote
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DVR640H_WPW_EN.book 5 ページ ２００６年４月１１日 火曜日 午前９時４４分 07 Editing 13 The Video Adjust menu Editing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Setting the picture quality for TV and The Disc Navigator screen. . . . . . . . . . . . 68 external inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Setting the picture quality for disc playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 08 Copying and backup
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DVR640H_WPW_EN.book 6 ページ ２００６年４月１１日 火曜日 午前９時４４分 Before you start 01 Chapter 1 Before you start Don’t use different kinds of batteries What’s in the box together—although they may look similar, different batteries may have Please confirm that the following different voltages. accessories are in the box when you open it. Make sure that the plus and minus ends Remote control of each battery match the indications in AA/R6P dry cell batteries x 2 the battery compartme
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DVR640H_WPW_EN.book 7 ページ ２００６年４月１１日 火曜日 午前９時４４分 Before you start 01 Replace the batteries when you notice a Note that older models of DVD recorders fall off in the operating range of the and DVD writers may reject DVD-RW ver. 1.2 remote. discs and/or corrupt the data on the disc. If you want to share DVD-RW discs between When the batteries run down or you this recorder and an older recorder/writer, change the batteries, the remote control we recommend us
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DVR640H_WPW_EN.book 8 ページ ２００６年４月１１日 火曜日 午前９時４４分 Before you start 01 DVD DVD- HDD DVD-R DVD-RW DVD+R +RW RAM Marks used in this HDD DVD (VR) DVD (Video) DVD (VR) DVD (Video) DVD+R DVD+RW DVD-RAM manual *1 *1 *2 *13, 16 Logos Re-recordable / *3 *3 *3 *14 Erasable Editing of recorded *4 *4 *4 *4 programs Recording of Copy- *12 *12 *12 o
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DVR640H_WPW_EN.book 9 ページ ２００６年４月１１日 火曜日 午前９時４４分 Before you start 01 The non-DVD, audio side of the disc is not Using DVD-R DL/DVD+R DL discs compliant with the CD Audio specification DVD-R DL (dual-layer) and DVD+R DL and therefore may not play. (double-layer) discs contain two recordable layers on a single side, giving about 1.8 It is possible that when loading or ejecting a times the recording capacity of a DualDisc, the opposite side to that being conventional single-
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DVR640H_WPW_EN.book 10 ページ ２００６年４月１１日 火曜日 午前９時４４分 Before you start 01 Multi-session playback: Yes (except CD- WMA (Windows Media Audio) Audio and Video CD/Super VCD) compatibility Unfinalized disc playback: CD-Audio only Compressed audio compatibility Compatible media: CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW DVR-640H-S only: USB ® The Windows Media logo printed on the Compatible formats: MPEG-1 Audio box indicates that this recorder can playback Layer 3 (MP3), Windows Med
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DVR640H_WPW_EN.book 11 ページ ２００６年４月１１日 火曜日 午前９時４４分 Before you start 01 ® If your DivX VOD content allows an unlimited Official DivX Certified product. number of plays, then you may load the disc ® Plays all versions of DivX video into your recorder and play the content as ® (including DivX 6) with standard often as you like, and no message will be ® displayed. playback of DivX media files. File extensions: .avi and .divx (these must be used for the rec
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DVR640H_WPW_EN.book 12 ページ ２００６年４月１１日 火曜日 午前９時４４分 Before you start 01 PC-created disc compatibility About the internal hard disk Discs recorded using a personal computer drive may not be playable in this unit due to the setting of the application software used to The internal hard disk drive (HDD) is a fragile create the disc. In these particular piece of equipment. Depending on the instances, check with the software publisher conditions under which it is used, or through
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DVR640H_WPW_EN.book 13 ページ ２００６年４月１１日 火曜日 午前９時４４分 Before you start 01 Do not move the recorder immediately Symbols used in this manual after switching it off. If you need to move the recorder, please follow the steps The following icons are provided to help you below: quickly identify which instructions you need 1 After the message POWER OFF is for which kind of disc. shown in the display, wait at least two minutes. HDD HDD 2 Unplug from the wall socket. 3 Move the
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DVR640H_WPW_EN.book 14 ページ ２００６年４月１１日 火曜日 午前９時４４分 Connecting up 02 Chapter 2 Connecting up Rear panel connections 1 2 3 4 5 Y IN OUTPUT 1 INPUT 1/A OUTPUT 1 UTO START REC R L R L AC IN PB DIGITAL CONTROL OUT OUT PR ANTENNA COAXIAL IN COMPONENT AUDIO VIDEO S-VIDEO AUDIO VIDEO S-VIDEO VIDEO OUT OUTPUT 2 INPUT 3 6 7 1 AC IN 5 ANTENNA IN (RF IN)/OUT Connect to a power outlet using the supplied Connect your TV antenna to the ANTENNA power cable after making all other
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DVR640H_WPW_EN.book 15 ページ ２００６年４月１１日 火曜日 午前９時４４分 Connecting up 02 Front panel connections USB DV IN S-VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO R (MONO) INPUT 2 8 9 10 11 On the front panel a flip-down cover hides more connections. 8 USB port (Type B) (DVR-640H-S only) USB port for connecting a PictBridge- compatible printer. 9 USB port (Type A) (DVR-640H-S only) USB port for connecting a digital camera, USB memory or other USB device. 10 DV IN (DVR-640H-S only) A DV input i.LINK connector, sui
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DVR640H_WPW_EN.book 16 ページ ２００６年４月１１日 火曜日 午前９時４４分 Connecting up 02 1 Connect your TV antenna/cable TV Easy connections outlet to the ANTENNA IN (RF IN) jack on this recorder. The setup described here is a basic configuration that allows you to record TV 2 Use an RF antenna cable (one is programs on both this recorder and your supplied) to connect the ANTENNA OUT VCR. When watching recordings from this jack on this recorder to the antenna input recorder, set your TV to input 1;
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DVR640H_WPW_EN.book 17 ページ ２００６年４月１１日 火曜日 午前９時４４分 Connecting up 02 2 Connecting using the component Using other types of video video output output Component video carries the picture as two separate color signals, plus a luminance This recorder has standard (composite), S- (brightness) signal. video and component video outputs. The See also Component Video Out on page 112 main difference between them is the quality for how to set up the component video of the picture. S-v
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DVR640H_WPW_EN.book 18 ページ ２００６年４月１１日 火曜日 午前９時４４分 Connecting up 02 Connecting to a cable box or satellite receiver (1) A/V IN 1 If you are using a cable box or satellite TV ANTENNA receiver with only a few scrambled channels, IN 1 1 follow the setup on this page . If many or all 2 A/V ANTENNA OUT OUT the channels are scrambled, we recommend using the setup on the following page. Cable box/ ANTENNA 3 Using the setup on this page you can: Satellite receiver IN Record unscra
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DVR640H_WPW_EN.book 19 ページ ２００６年４月１１日 火曜日 午前９時４４分 Connecting up 02 1 Connect RF antenna cables as shown. Connecting to a cable box or This enables you to watch and record TV satellite receiver (2) channels. 2 Connect the AUDIO and VIDEO If many or all the channels you receive by OUTPUT jacks (1 or 2) on this recorder to cable or satellite are scrambled, we a set of audio/video inputs on your TV 1 recommend using this setup. using a set of A/V cables (as supplied). Using
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DVR640H_WPW_EN.book 20 ページ ２００６年４月１１日 火曜日 午前９時４４分 Connecting up 02 Connecting to an AV amplifier or receiver ANTENNA IN To enjoy multichannel surround sound you TV VIDEO need to connect this recorder to an AV amp/ IN receiver using the digital coaxial output. In 4 VIDEO addition to the digital connection, we AV amp/ OUT receiver recommend also connecting using the 1 stereo analog connection. AUDIO/VIDEO DIGITAL IN You’ll probably also want to connect a video INPUT COAXIAL o
