DVD Recorder DVR-520H DVR-720H Operating Instructions TM IMPORTANT CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. CAUTION: TO PREVENT THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. D3-4-2-1-1_En-A WARNING: The apparatus is not waterproofs, to prevent fire or shocks hazard, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture and do not put any water source near this apparatus, such as vase, flower pot, cosmetics container and medicine D3-4-2-1-3_En bottle etc. WARNING: BEFORE PLUGGING IN THE UNIT FOR THE FIRST TIME, READ THE FOLLOWING SECTION CAREFULLY. The voltage of the available power supply differs according to country or region. Be sure that the power supply voltage of the area where this unit will be used meets the required voltage (e.g., 230V D3-4-2-1-4_En or 120V) written on the rear panel. This product complies with the Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC, amended by 93/68/EEC), EMC Directives (89/336/EEC, amended by 92/31/EEC and D3-4-2-1-9a_En 93/68/EEC). The STANDBY/ON switch is secondary connected and therefore, does not separate the unit from mains power in STANDBY position. Therefore install the unit suitable places easy to disconnect the MAINS plug in case of the accident. The MAINS plug of unit should be unplugged from the wall socket when left D3-4-2-2-2a_En unused for a long period of time. TCUDORP RESAL 1 SSALC D3-4-2-1-8_En CAUTION This product contains a laser diode of higher class than 1. To ensure continued safety, do not remove any covers or attempt to gain access to the inside of the product. Refer all servicing to qualified personnel. The following caution label appears on your unit. WARNING: No naked flame sources, such as lighted candle, should be placed on the apparatus. If naked flame sources accidentally fall down, fire spread over the apparatus then may cause fire. D3-4-2-1-7a_En Operating Environment Operating environment temperature and humidity: +5 ºC ­ +35 ºC (+41 ºF ­ +95 ºF); less than 85 %RH (cooling vents not blocked) Do not install in the following locations · Location exposed to direct sunlight or strong artificial light · Location exposed to high humidity, or poorly D3-4-2-1-7c_En ventilated location This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited. This product is for general household purposes. Any failure due to use for other than household purposes (such as longterm use for business purposes in a restaurant or use in a car or ship) and which requires repair will be charged for even during the warranty period. K041_En VENTILATION: When installing this unit, make sure to leave space around the unit for ventilation to improve heat radiation (at least 10 cm at top, 10 cm at rear, and 10 cm at each side). WARNING: Slots and openings in the cabinet are provided for ventilation and to ensure reliable operation of the product and to protect it from overheating, to prevent fire hazard, the openings should never be blocked and covered with items, such as newspapers, table-cloths, curtains, etc. Also do not put the apparatus on the thick carpet, bed, D3-4-2-1-7b_En sofa, or fabric having a thick pile. This product includes FontAvenue® fonts licenced by NEC corporation. FontAvenue is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation. POWER-CORD CAUTION Handle the power cord by the plug. Do not pull out the plug by tugging the cord and never touch the power cord when your hands are wet as this could cause a short circuit or electric shock. Do not place the unit, a piece of furniture, etc., on the power cord, or pinch the cord. Never make a knot in the cord or tie it with other cords. The power cords should be routed such that they are not likely to be stepped on. A damaged power cord can cause a fire or give you an electrical shock. Check the power cord once in a while. When you find it damaged, ask your nearest PIONEER authorized service center or your dealer for a replacement. S002_En 01 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 Switching DVD soundtracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Switching audio channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Switching camera angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 06 Recording About DVD recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 About HDD recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Recording time and picture quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Restrictions on video recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Setting the picture quality/recording time . . . . . . . . 47 Basic recording from the TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Setting a timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Timer recording FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Simultaneous recording and playback . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Recording from an external component . . . . . . . . . . 56 Automatic recording from a satellite tuner . . . . . . . . 56 Recording from a DV camcorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Recording from the DV output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Playing your recordings on other DVD players . . . . . 59 Initializing a DVD-RW disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 02 Connecting up Rear panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Front panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Extra features for use with compatible TVs . . . . . . . . 13 Easy connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Using other types of audio/video output . . . . . . . . . . 15 Connecting to a cable box or satellite receiver . . . . . 16 Connecting an external decoder box (1) . . . . . . . . . . 17 Connecting an external decoder box (2) . . . . . . . . . . 18 Connecting to an AV amplifier/receiver . . . . . . . . . . 19 Connecting other AV sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Plugging in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 03 Controls and displays Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 07 Copying and back-up Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 One Touch Copy (HDD to DVD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 One Touch Copy (DVD to HDD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Copying from HDD to DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 HDD to DVD Copy List menu options . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Recording the Copy List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 HDD to DVD Copy List commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Copying from DVD to HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 DVD to HDD Copy List menu options . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Recording the Copy List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 DVD to HDD Copy List commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Using disc back-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 04 Getting started Switching on and setting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Selecting the hard disk or DVD for playback and recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Making your first recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Using the built-in TV tuner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Basic playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Using the Home Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Displaying disc information on-screen . . . . . . . . . . . 33 08 Editing The Disc Navigator screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Disc Navigator menu options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Editing VR mode Original, Video mode and HDD content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Editing HDD groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Creating and editing a VR mode Play List . . . . . . . . . 84 05 Playback Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Using the Disc Navigator to browse the contents of a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Navigating discs and the HDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Scanning discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Playing in slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Frame advance/frame reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 The Play Mode menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Displaying and switching subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 4 En 01 09 Disc History Using the Disc History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 15 Index English 10 The PhotoViewer Playing a slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 11 The Disc Setup menu Basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Initialize settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HDD Initialize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finalize settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 93 93 93 12 The Video/Audio Adjust menu Setting the picture quality for TV and external inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Setting the picture quality for disc playback . . . . . . 95 Audio DRC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 13 The Initial Setup menu Using the Initial Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Tuner settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Video In / Out settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Audio In settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Audio Out settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Language settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Recording settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Playback settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 14 Additional information Resetting the recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting up the remote to control your TV . . . . . . . . Screen sizes and disc formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . About DV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manual recording modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Language code list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Country code list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . On-screen displays and recorder displays . . . . . . . Handling discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Storing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Damaged discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleaning the pickup lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Condensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hints on installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving the recorder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 112 113 114 116 117 118 119 119 120 121 121 121 122 122 122 122 122 125 5 En 01 Before you start Chapter 1 Before you start Features HDD · HDD recording You can r ...