Pioneer DVR-7000 - Manual

Before you start 01 6 En Chapter 1 Before you start Features • Chase play (DVD-RW only) Using chase play you can start watching a recording from the beginning, while continuing to record. For example, you could set a timer recording for a program that you’re going to miss the first 15 minutes of, th...

Before you start 01 7 En • Record from a DV camcorder This recorder has a built-in DV (Digital Video) input for connection to a DV camcorder. This makes it ideal for transferring camcorder footage to DVD for editing. • Safe, non-destructive editing When editing Play List content, the actual content ...

Before you start 01 8 En What’s in the box Please confirm that the following accessories are in the box when you open it. • Remote control • AA/R6P dry cell batteries x2 • Audio/video cable (red/white/yellow) • RF antenna cable • Power cable • These operating instructions Putting the batteries in th...

Before you start 01 9 En Disc / content format playback compatibility General disc compatibility This recorder is compatible with a wide range of disc types (media) and formats. Playable discs will generally feature one of the following logos on the disc and/or disc packaging. Note however that some...

Before you start 01 10 En WMA (Windows Media Audio) compatibility The Windows Media ® logo printed on the box indicates that this recorder can playback Windows Media Audio content. WMA is an acronym for Windows Media Audio and refers to an audio compression technology developed by Microsoft Corporat...

Before you start 01 11 En * ‘DVD-Video format’ recording: The use of the DVD- Video format for recording on DVD-R and DVD-RW discs is referred to as recording in ‘Video mode’ on Pioneer’s DVD recorders. Supporting playback of DVD-R / DVD-RW discs is optional for manufacturers of DVD playback equipme...

Connecting up 02 12 En Chapter 2 Connecting up Rear panel connections 1 AC IN Connect to a power outlet using the supplied power cable after making all other connections. 2 Audio/video inputs 1 and 3 Two sets of audio/video inputs (stereo analog audio; composite and S-video video) that you can use t...

Connecting up 02 13 En Easy connections The setup described here is a basic configuration that allows you to record TV programs on both this recorder and your VCR. When watching recordings from this recorder, set your TV to input 1; switch to input 2 to watch a video playing in the VCR. Important • ...

Connecting up 02 14 En Using other types of video output This recorder has standard (composite), S-video and component video outputs. The main difference between them is the quality of the picture. S-video delivers a better picture than composite video, while component video gives better picture qua...

Connecting up 02 15 En Connecting to a cable box or satellite receiver (1) If you are using a cable box or satellite receiver with only a few scrambled channels, follow the setup on this page 1 . If many or all the channels are scrambled, we recommend using the setup on the following page. Using the...

Connecting up 02 16 En Connecting to a cable box or satellite receiver (2) If many or all the channels you receive by cable or satellite are scrambled, we recommend using this setup. 1 Using the setup on this page you can: • Record any channel by selecting it on the cable box/satellite receiver. • R...

Connecting up 02 17 En Connecting to an AV amplifier or receiver To enjoy multichannel surround sound you need to connect this recorder to an AV amp/receiver using the digital optical output. In addition to the digital connection, we recommend also connecting using the stereo analog connection. You’...

Connecting up 02 18 En Connecting other AV sources Connecting a VCR or analog camcorder 1 Connect a set of audio and video inputs of your VCR or camcorder to a set of outputs on this recorder. This enables you to record from this recorder to your VCR or camcorder. • You can use standard video or S-v...

Controls and displays 03 19 En Chapter 3 Controls and displays Front panel 1 STANDBY/ON Press to switch the recorder on/into standby. 2 Disc tray 3 OPEN/CLOSE Press to open/close the disc tray. 4 DISC NAVIGATOR (page 47, 54) Press to directly access the Disc Navigator screen. 5 Front panel display a...

Getting started 04 23 En Chapter 4 Getting started Switching on and setting up When you switch the recorder on for the first time, you can make several basic settings using the Setup Navigator feature. This takes you through setting the clock, the internal TV tuner and the video output settings. If ...

Getting started 04 25 En 7 Select the TV screen type, ‘Wide (16:9)’ or ‘Standard (4:3)’. Use the / buttons to select, then press ENTER . 8 Is your TV compatible with progressive scan video? Use the / buttons to select Compatible , Not Compatible , or Don’t Know , then press ENTER . • Note that progr...

Getting started 04 26 En 1 If they aren’t already on, switch on your TV and this recorder. Press STANDBY/ON to switch on. • Make sure that the video input on your TV is set to this recorder. 2 Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc tray. 3 Load a blank DVD-R or DVD-RW disc with the label side face-up, us...

Getting started 04 27 En • If the NICAM broadcast is bilingual, you can also select the language. • You can also select the language for a non-NICAM bilingual broadcast. • When watching a recording made from an external input with Bilingual recording selected (see External Audio on page 70), you can...

Getting started 04 28 En Playing DVD discs The table below shows the basic playback controls for DVD-Video, and recordable DVD discs. Playing CDs and WMA/MP3 discs The table below shows the basic playback controls for audio CDs 1 , and WMA/MP3 files. Press to start playback.If RESUME is displayed on...

Getting started 04 29 En Playing Video CD/Super VCDs The table below shows the basic playback controls for Video CD/Super VCDs. Some discs feature Playback Control (PBC for short) menus. These discs show PBC in the display when you load them and display a menu on-screen from where you can select wha...

Getting started 04 30 En Displaying disc information on-screen You can display various on-screen information about the disc loaded. 1 Press DISPLAY repeatedly to display/change the on-screen information. • The on-screen display automatically disappears after 150 minutes. 2 To hide the information di...

Getting started 04 31 En Play display 2 1 Chase playback, simultaneous record/playback, copy, disc back-up Indicates that recording, copying or back-up is in progress. 2 Elapsed chapter time 3 Total running time of chapter 4 Data transfer rate Shows the current data rate being read from the disc. 1 ...

Recording 05 32 En Chapter 5 Recording About DVD recording This recorder can record on both DVD-R and DVD-RW media. The main difference between the two is that DVD-R discs can only be recorded once, while DVD-RW can be recorded, erased and re-recorded many times. Both types of disc can be initialize...

Recording 05 33 En Recorded audio In all except the LPCM mode, sound is recorded in two channel Dolby Digital format. When set to LPCM , sound is recorded in high quality, uncompressed Linear PCM format. If the broadcast audio is bilingual and you are recording in Video mode or on the LPCM setting, ...

Recording 05 35 En You can also set the recorder so that it will adjust the recording quality to try and fit the recording on to the disc if it would not otherwise fit at the recording quality you set (see Optimized Rec on page 72 for more on this). Important • A timer recording can’t be set if: – A...

Recording 05 36 En 3 Use /// to move the cursor to the recording start date and time on the grid. • You can move the cursor forward or back an hour at a time using the and buttons. Each row of the grid is one day (you can set the timer recording for up to a month in advance). Each column is a 15 min...

Recording 05 37 En • You can also use the /// buttons to select digits from the on-screen display. 2 After making the settings, select ‘Enter’ and press ENTER. The timer recording screen appears with the timer program you just set. 3 Confirm that the settings are correct. If the channel number isn't...

Recording 05 38 En • The amount of free space available and the currently loaded recordable DVD is shown towards the bottom of the screen. • In the upper-right corner, the number of timer programs already set is shown next to Tmr Pgms . • If there are more than five timer programs already set, press...

Recording 05 39 En Editing a timer program You can change any of the settings in a timer program before the recording is due to start. 1 Press TIMER REC. 2 Highlight the timer program you want to change .... 3 Press then select ‘Modify’ from the command menu panel. Alternatively, press ENTER . The T...

Recording 05 40 En Canceling and stopping a timer recording in progress After a timer recording has started, you can cancel the program (but continue recording), or stop recording completely if you need to. 1 During timer recording, press and hold REC for three seconds. Only the program is canceled ...

Recording 05 41 En Important • You must use a DVD-RW Ver. 1.1 / 2x or Ver. 1.2 disc to be able to use this feature. • You may not be able to use this feature with a DVD-RW disc that was first initialized on another recorder. • Chase playback is not possible using a VR mode DVD-R disc. • You can’t us...

Recording 05 42 En 3 Set up the recorder. • Use REC MODE to set the recording quality. See Setting the picture quality/recording time on page 33 for detailed information. 4 Press REC when you’re ready to start recording. • The recorder will only start recording from the DV IN jack if there is a vali...

Recording 05 43 En Before recording, make sure that the audio input for the DV IN jack is setup (see DV Input on page 70). Important • The source signal must be DVC-SD format • Some camcorders cannot be controlled using this recorder’s remote. • If you connect a second recorder using a DV cable, you...

Recording 05 44 En Frequently Asked Questions • I can’t get my DV camcorder to work with the recorder! Check that the DV cable is properly connected. Also make sure that what you’re trying to record is not copy-protected. If it still doesn’t work, try switching off the camcorder then switch back on....

Recording 05 45 En • You can’t cancel the finalization of a VR mode DVD-R disc. • How long finalization takes depends on the type of disc, how much is recorded on the disc and the number of titles on the disc. A disc recorded in VR mode can take up to one hour to finalize. A disc recorded in Video m...

Playback 06 46 En Chapter 6 Playback Introduction Most of the features described in this chapter make use of on-screen displays. Navigate these using the /// and ENTER . To go back one level from any screen, use the RETURN button. Remember also that the button guide at the bottom of every screen sho...

Playback 06 47 En 1 During playback, use the number buttons to input a track number. For example, for track 6, press 6 ; for track 24, press 2 , then 4 . • To clear and start again, press CLEAR . 2 Optionally: Press ENTER. • Alternatively, just wait a few seconds and playback will jump to the new tr...

Playback 06 50 En Search Mode The Search Mode feature lets you start playback from a specified point in a disc by time 1 or by title/chapter/ folder/track number. 1 Select ‘Search Mode’ from the Play Mode menu. 2 Select one of the search options. 3 Use the number buttons to enter a title/chapter/ fo...

Playback 06 51 En • For DVD-Video and Video mode DVD discs, select Repeat Title or Repeat Chapter (or Repeat Off ). • For CDs and Video CD/Super VCDs, select Repeat Disc or Repeat Track (or Repeat Off ). • For WMA/MP3 discs, select Repeat Disc , Repeat Folder or Repeat Track (or Repeat Off ). 3 To r...

Playback 06 52 En 5 To play the program list, press PLAY. Program play remains active until you turn off program play (see below), erase the program list (see below), eject the disc or switch off the recorder. • You can use repeat play with program play. Start playback of the program list then selec...

Playback 06 53 En • Press AUDIO repeatedly to select an audio soundtrack. • The sound may drop out for a few seconds when switching soundtracks. • Some discs feature both Dolby Digital and DTS soundtracks. There is no analog audio output when DTS is selected. To listen to the DTS soundtrack, connect...

Editing 07 54 En Chapter 7 Editing The Disc Navigator screen The Disc Navigator screen is where you can edit video content on unfinalized Video mode and VR mode DVD discs 1 . 1 Press DISC NAVIGATOR to display the Disc Navigator screen. Playback will automatically stop when you do this. • You can als...

Editing 07 55 En Command menu panel options The table below shows which commands you can use with which video type. Create Play List only Use this function to create a Play List and add titles to it. Before you can use this command, make sure that the Play List is switched on in the view options pan...

Editing 07 56 En Erase Use this function to erase unwanted titles. When you erase titles from the Original titles from a VR mode DVD-RW, the available recording space increases accordingly. Erasing a title from a Video mode DVD-RW disc increases the available recording time only if it is the last ti...

Editing 07 57 En *1 lower-case: ÿ; upper-case: ß Set Thumbnail You can change the thumbnail picture that appears in the Disc Navigator for a title to any frame that appears in that title. 1 Highlight the title you want to change the thumbnail picture for. 2 Select ‘Edit’ > ‘Set Thumbnail’ from th...

Editing 07 58 En • When editing VR mode Original content, you may not be able to erase very short sections (less than five seconds). Divide Play List only Use this command to divide a title into two. 1 Highlight the title you want to divide. 2 Select ‘Edit’ > ‘Divide’ from the command menu panel....

Editing 07 59 En 2 Select ‘Edit’ > ‘Lock’ from the command menu panel. An unlocked title will become locked; a locked title will be unlocked. Locked titles are shown in the Disc Navigator with a padlock icon. Move Play List only Use this function to re-arrange the playing order of Play List title...

Editing 07 60 En Undo If you make a mistake while editing, you can generally undo it. There are three levels of undo (in other words, you can undo the last three edits you made). 1 Select ‘Undo’ from the command menu panel. • You can’t undo anything after exiting the Disc Navigator screen. Frequentl...

The PhotoViewer 08 61 En Chapter 8 The PhotoViewer From the PhotoViewer you can view JPEG photos and picture files stored on a CD-ROM/R/RW 1 on your TV. Playing a slideshow 1 Press HOME MENU and select ‘PhotoViewer’ to display the PhotoViewer screen. • The PhotoViewer is only accessible when a disc ...

The PhotoViewer 08 62 En Reloading files from a disc If you have a disc with a large number of files and/or folders, you can still view all the images using the reload function. 1 Use the button to navigate to the last entry in the folder list (‘Read next: ...’). 2 Press ENTER to load the next batch...

The Disc Setup menu 09 63 En Chapter 9 The Disc Setup menu Introduction From the Disc Setup menu you can name discs, lock the contents to prevent accidental recording and erasure, initialize and finalize discs. The Disc Setup menu is accessed from the Home menu: • Press HOME MENU and select ‘Disc Se...

The Disc Setup menu 09 64 En Initialize settings You can initialize a recordable DVD disc for either VR mode or Video mode recording. The first time you load a new DVD-RW disc, it will be automatically initialized for recording according to the DVD-RW Auto Init. setting in the Initial Setup menu (se...

The Video/Audio Adjust menu 10 65 En Chapter 10 The Video/Audio Adjust menu Using the Video/Audio Adjust menu you can set up the picture quality for the built-in tuner and external inputs, for disc playback, and for recording. Setting the picture quality for TV and external inputs Picture Creation l...

The Video/Audio Adjust menu 10 67 En • Black Level – Adjusts the intensity of black. • Black Setup – Corrects the standard reference black level (NTSC video playback only). • Gamma Correction – Adjusts the brightness of darker images. • Hue – Adjusts overall balance between red and green. • Chroma L...

The Initial Setup menu 11 68 En Chapter 11 The Initial Setup menu Using the Initial Setup menu The Initial Setup menu is where you can set various recorder options for sound, picture, language and so on. Some settings can only be changed when the recorder is stopped. During playback and recording th...

The Initial Setup menu 11 69 En Manual CH Setting Next Screen Proceed to the next screen if you need to adjust any of the settings made by auto tuning. Select your country, then proceed to the manual channel setting screen:• Change channel presets using the CH +/– buttons. • To skip the displayed ch...

The Initial Setup menu 11 70 En External Audio Stereo • Select if the audio from the currently selected external input is stan-dard stereo. Bilingual Select if each channel carries a separate soundtrack. When the external audio is from the DV input, an audio subcode channel within the DV audio tells...

The Initial Setup menu 11 74 En Additional information about the TV system settings About the input line system This recorder is compatible with PAL, SECAM, 3.58 NTSC and PAL-60 TV systems. The Input Line System and Input Colour System settings determine how the recorder treats incoming video signal...

Additional information 12 75 En Chapter 12 Additional information Resetting the recorder If you need to, you can reset the recorder to all its factory settings. 1 Make sure that the recorder is on. 2 Press and hold STOP and press STANDBY/ ON. The recorder turns off with all settings reset. Setting u...

Additional information 12 76 En Screen sizes and disc formats When viewing on a standard TV or monitor Screen format of disc Setting Appearance 16:9 4:3 (Letter Box) The program is shown in widescreen with black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. 4:3 (Pan & Scan) The sides of the program ...

Additional information 12 77 En Troubleshooting Incorrect operation is often mistaken for trouble and malfunction. If you think there is something wrong with this component, please check the points below. Sometimes the trouble may lie in another component. Investigate the other components and electr...

Additional information 12 78 En The picture is distorted • Change the Input Line System setting (page 74). (You can also change it by pressing the STOP button and OPEN/CLOSE on the front panel simultaneously with the recorder stopped.) Screen is stretched vertically or hori-zontally • Make sure that...

Additional information 12 81 En Manual recording modes The table below shows the approximate recording times for a VR mode and Video mode DVD in each manual recording mode, as well as the standard recording mode equivalents. Levels separated by a bold line show where there is a noticeable change in ...

Additional information 12 82 En Language code list Language (Language code letter), Language code Country/Area code list Country/Area, Country/Area code , Code letter Japanese (ja), 1001 English (en), 0514 French (fr), 0618 German (de), 0405 Italian (it), 0920 Spanish (es), 0519 Chinese (zh), 2608 D...

Additional information 12 83 En On-screen displays and recorder displays The table below shows a list of error messages that you may encounter when using the recorder and an explanation of their meaning. Message Explanation/Action • Initializing disc. Please wait a moment. When you load a blank DVD-...

Additional information 12 84 En Handling discs When holding discs of any type, take care not to leave fingerprints, dirt or scratches on the disc surface. Hold the disc by its edge or by the center hole and edge. Damaged or dirty discs can affect playback and recording performance. Take care also no...

Additional information 12 85 En Hints on installation We want you to enjoy using this unit for years to come, so please bear in mind the following points when choosing a suitable location for it: Do... Use in a well-ventilated room. Place on a solid, flat, level surface, such as a table, shelf or st...

Additional information 12 86 En DRM (Digital Rights Management) DRM (Digital Rights Management) copy protection is a technology designed to prevent unauthorized copying by restricting playback, etc. of material on devices other the PC (or other WMA recording equipment) used to record it. For detaile...

Additional information 12 87 En Regions (DVD-Video only) (example region code marks) Regions associate discs and players with particular areas of the world. This unit will only play discs that have compatible region codes. You can find the region code of your unit by looking on the rear panel. Some ...

Additional information 12 88 En Specifications General System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DVD-Video, DVD-R/RW, Video-CD, Super VCD, CD, CD-R/RW (WMA, MP3, JPEG, CD-DA) Power requirements . . . . . . . 110–127 / 220–240 V, 50/60 HzPower consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Additional information 12 89 En Input/Output VHF/UHF antenna input/output terminal . . . . VHF/UHF set 75 Ω (IEC connector) Video input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Input 1,3 (rear), 2 (front) Input level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vp-p (75 Ω ) Jacks . . . ....

90 En Index A Audio digital output settings 70 DV audio settings 43 dynamic range control 67 external audio settings 70 input settings 69 setting preferences for audio language 71 switching on playback 52 , 53 switching TV audio 26 Auto Start Recording 22 , 42 Automatic channel setup 23 C CD Audio c...

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