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DVD Recorder
DVR-510H
Operating Instructions
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
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The serial number for this equipment is located in the
rear panel. Please write this serial number on your
enclosed warranty card and keep it in a secure area. This
is for your security.
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.
DANGER
VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN
OPEN. AVOID DIRECT EXPOSURE TO BEAM.
This product includes FontAvenue® fonts licenced by
NEC Corporation. FontAvenue is a registered trademark
of NEC Corporation.
WARNING:
Handling the cord on this product or cords
associated with accessories sold with the product
will expose you to lead, a chemical known to the
State of California and other governmental entities
to cause cancer and birth defects or other
reproductive harm.
Wash hands after handling.
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Contents
01 Before you start
Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
What's in the box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Putting the batteries in the remote control
. . . . . . . . . 8
Using the remote control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Disc / content format playback compatibility
. . . . . . . 9
About the internal hard disk drive
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
02 Connecting up
Rear panel connections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Front panel connections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Easy connections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Using other types of video output
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting to a cable box or satellite receiver (1)
. . . 15
Connecting to a cable box or satellite receiver (2)
. . . 16
Connecting to an AV amplifier
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting other AV sources
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Plugging in
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
03 Controls and displays
Front panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Remote control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
04 Getting started
Switching on and setting up
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Selecting the hard disk or DVD for playback and
recording
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Making your first recording
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using the built-in TV tuner
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Basic playback
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using the Home Menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Displaying disc information on-screen
. . . . . . . . . . . 30
05 Playback
Introduction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the Disc Navigator to browse the contents
of a disc.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Navigating discs and the HDD
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Scanning discs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Playing in slow motion
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Frame advance/frame reverse
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
The Play Mode menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Displaying and switching subtitles
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Switching DVD soundtracks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Switching the audio channel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Switching camera angles
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
06 Recording
About DVD recording
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
About HDD recording
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Recording time and picture quality
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Restrictions on video recording
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Setting the picture quality/recording time
. . . . . . . . 44
Basic recording from the TV
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Setting a timer recording
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Timer recording FAQ
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Simultaneous recording and playback
. . . . . . . . . . . 51
Recording from an external component
. . . . . . . . . . 51
Automatic recording from a satellite tuner
. . . . . . . . 52
Recording from a DV camcorder
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Recording from the DV output
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Playing your recordings on other DVD players
. . . . . 54
Initializing a DVD-RW disc
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
07 Copying and back-up
Introduction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
One Touch Copy* (HDD to DVD)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
One Touch copy* (DVD to HDD)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Copying from HDD to DVD*
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Copying from DVD to HDD*
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Using disc back-up*
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
08 Editing
The Disc Navigator screen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Disc Navigator menu options
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Editing VR mode Original, Video mode and HDD
content
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Editing HDD groups
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Creating and editing a VR mode Play List
. . . . . . . . . 77
09 Disc History
Using the Disc History
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
10 The PhotoViewer
Playing a slideshow
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
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11 The Disc Setup menu
Basic settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Initialize settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
HDD Initialize
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Finalize settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
12 The Video/Audio Adjust menu
Setting the picture quality for TV and external
inputs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Setting the picture quality for disc playback
. . . . . . 87
Audio DRC
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Virtual Surround
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
13 The Initial Setup menu
Using the Initial Setup menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Basic settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Tuner settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Video Out settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Audio In settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Audio Out settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Language settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Recording settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Playback settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
14 Additional information
Resetting the recorder
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Setting up the remote to control your TV
. . . . . . . . 101
Screen sizes and disc formats
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Troubleshooting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Frequently asked questions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
About DV
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Manual recording modes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Language code list
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Country code list
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
On-screen displays and recorder displays
. . . . . . . 109
Handling discs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Storing discs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Damaged discs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Cleaning the pickup lens
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Condensation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Hints on installation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Moving the recorder
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Glossary
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Specifications
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Specifications
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
* Note on copying:
You may use this product only to reproduce or copy materials for
which you own the copyright or have obtained permission to copy
from the copyright owner or for which you otherwise have a legal right
to reproduce or copy. Unless you own the copyright or have obtained
permission from the copyright owner or otherwise have a legal right
to reproduce or copy, you may be violating the law, including
copyright law, and may be subject to payment of damages and other
remedies.
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