DVR-RT601H-S VHS/HDD/DVD RECORDER
Operating Instructions
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presence of important operating and
maintenance (servicing) instructions in the
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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.
CAUTION
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT OPEN
IMPORTANT
WARNING
This equipment is not waterproof. To prevent a fire
or shock hazard, do not place any container filed
with liquid near this equipment (such as a vase or
flower pot) or expose it to dripping, splashing, rain
or moisture.
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WARNING
To prevent a fire hazard, do not place any naked
flame sources (such as a lighted candle) on the
equipment.
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CAUTION
The STANDBY/ON switch on this unit will not
completely shut off all power from the AC outlet.
Since the power cord serves as the main disconnect
device for the unit, you will need to unplug it from
the AC outlet to shut down all power. Therefore,
make sure the unit has been installed so that the
power cord can be easily unplugged from the AC
outlet in case of an accident. To avoid fire hazard,
the power cord should also be unplugged from the
AC outlet when left unused for a long period of time
(for example, when on vacation).
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WARNING
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
or 120V) written on the rear panel.
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Before plugging in for the first time, read the following
section carefully.
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
93/68/EEC).
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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.
CAUTION
This product is a class 1 laser product, but this
product contains a laser diode higher than Class 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.
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CAUTION
ATTENTION
CLASS 3B VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION
WHEN OPEN, AVOID EXPOSURE TO THE BEAM.
DRW2247 - B
RADIATIONS LASER VISIBLES ET INVISIBLES DE CLASSE 3B
QUAND OUVERT. ÉVITEZ TOUT EXPOSITION AU FAISCEAU.
ADVARSEL KLASSE3BSYNLIGOGUSYNLIGLASERSTRÅLINGVEDÅBNING.
UNDGÅ UDSÆTTELSE FOR STRÅLING.
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DEL ÄR ÖPPNAD. UNDVIK ATT UTSÄTTA DIG FÖR STRÅLEN.
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AVATTAESSA OLET ALTTIINA NÄKYVÄLLE JA
NÄKYMÄTTÖMÄLLE LUOKAN 3B LASERSÄTEILYLLE.
ÄLÄ KATSO SÄTEESEEN.
PRECAUCIAÓN CUANDOSEABREHAYRADIACIÓNLÁSERDECLASE3BVISIBLE
E INVISIBLE. EVITE LA EXPOSICIÓN A LOS RAYOS LÁSER.
VORSICHT BEIGEÖFFNETERABDECKUNGISTSICHTBAREUNDUNSICHTBARE
LASERSTRAHLUNG DER KLASSE 3B IM GERÄTEINNEREN
VORHANDEN. AUGEN NICHT DEM LASERSTRAHLAUSSETZEN!
The following caution label appears on your unit.
Location: inside of the unit
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VENTILATION CAUTION
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 to ensure reliable operation of the
product, and to protect it from overheating. To
prevent fire hazard, the openings should never be
blocked or covered with items (such as newspapers,
table-cloths, curtains) or by operating the
equipment on thick carpet or a bed.
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Operating Environment
Operating environment temperature and humidity:
+5 ºC +35 ºC (+41 ºF +95 ºF); less than 80 %RH
(cooling vents not blocked)
Do not install this unit in a poorly ventilated area, or in
locations exposed to high humidity or direct sunlight (or
strong artificial light)
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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 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.
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If the AC plug of this unit does not match the AC
outlet you want to use, the plug must be removed
and appropriate one fitted. Replacement and
mounting of an AC plug on the power supply cord of
this unit should be performed only by qualified
service personnel. If connected to an AC outlet, the
cut-off plug can cause severe electrical shock. Make
sure it is properly disposed of after removal.
The equipment should be disconnected by removing
the mains plug from the wall socket when not left
unused for a long period of time (for example, when
on vacation).
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Do not connect either wire to the earth terminal of a
three pin plug.
NOTE
After replacing or changing a fuse, the fuse cover in
the plug must be replaced with a fuse cover which
corresponds to the colour of the insert in the base
of the plug or the word that is embossed on the
base of the plug, and the appliance must not be
used without a fuse cover. If lost replacement fuse
covers can be obtained from your dealer.
Only 5 A fuses approved by B.S.I or A.S.T.A to
B.S.1362 should be used.
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The wires in this mains lead are coloured in
accordance with the following code:
Blue
: Neutral
Brown : Live
If the plug provided is unsuitable for your socket
outlets, the plug must be cut off and a suitable plug
fitted.
IMPORTANT
FOR USE IN THE UNITED
KINGDOM
The cut-off plug should be disposed of and must
not be inserted into any 13 amp socket as this can
result in electric shock. The plug or adaptor or the
distribution panel should be provided with 5 A fuse.
As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this
appliance may not correspond with coloured
markings identifying the terminals in your plug,
proceed as follows ;
The wire which is coloured blue must be connected
to the terminal which is marked with the letter N or
coloured black.
The wire which is coloured brown must be
connected to the terminal which is marked with the
letter L or coloured red.
Replacement and mounting of an AC plug on the power supply cord of this unit should be performed only by qualified
service personnel.
If you want to dispose this product, do not mix it with general household waste. There is a separate collection system for used
electronic products in accordance with legislation that requires proper treatment, recovery and recycling.
Private households in the 25 member states of the EU, in Switzerland and Norway may return their used electronic products free of charge to
designated collection facilities or to a retailer (if you purchase a similar new one).
For countries not mentioned above, please contact your local authorities for the correct method of disposal.
By doing so you will ensure that your disposed product undergoes the necessary treatment, recovery and recycling and thus prevent potential
negative effects on the environment and human health.
This product is for general household purposes. Any failure
due to use for other than household purposes (such as long-
term 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.
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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
. . . . . . . 8
About the internal hard disk drive
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
02 Connecting up
Rear panel connections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Front panel connections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Extra features for use with compatible TVs
. . . . . . . . 14
Easy connections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Using other types of audio/video output
. . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting to a cable box, satellite receiver or
digital terrestrial receiver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting an external decoder box (1)
. . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting an external decoder box (2)
. . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting to an AV amplifier/receiver
. . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting other AV sources
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Plugging in
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
03 Controls and displays
Front panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Remote control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
04 Getting started
Switching on and setting up
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Setting up the GUIDE Plus+® system
. . . . . . . . . . . 28
Selecting the VHS, hard disk or DVD for playback
and recording
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Making your first HDD or DVD recording
. . . . . . . . . 31
Using the built-in TV tuner
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Basic playback
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the Home Menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Displaying disc information on-screen
. . . . . . . . . . . 36
05 Using the GUIDE Plus+® electronic
program guide
The GUIDE Plus+® system
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using the GUIDE Plus+® system
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Areas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
FAQ and troubleshooting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
06 HDD and DVD recording
About DVD recording
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
About HDD recording
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Recording time and picture quality
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Recorded audio
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Restrictions on video recording
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Setting the picture quality/recording time
. . . . . . . . 52
Basic recording from the TV
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Setting a timer recording
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Timer recording FAQ
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Simultaneous recording and playback
. . . . . . . . . . . 57
Recording from an external component
. . . . . . . . . . 58
Playing your recordings on other DVD players
. . . . . 58
Initializing a recordable DVD disc
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
07 HDD and DVD playback
Introduction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Navigating discs and the HDD
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Using the Disc Navigator to browse the contents
of a disc.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Scanning discs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Playing in slow motion
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Frame advance/frame reverse
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
The Play Mode menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Displaying and switching subtitles
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Switching DVD soundtracks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Switching audio channels
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Switching camera angles
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
08 VHS playback and recording
About VHS tape
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Playing a tape
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Recording the program you're watching
. . . . . . . . . . 72
Direct recording from TV
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Other VHS playback features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Zero Return
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Searching for the start of a program
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Displaying information on-screen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
09 HDD and DVD copying and back-up
Introduction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
One Touch Copy: HDD
DVD
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Copy Select: HDD
DVD
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Using Copy Lists
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Title editing commands
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Using disc back-up
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
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10 Copying between VHS and DVD/HDD
Introduction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
VHS Auto Copy: VHS
DVD
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
One Touch Copy: VHS
HDD
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Copy Select: VHS
HDD/DVD
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Copy Select: HDD/DVD
VHS
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
VHS Easy Copy: VHS
HDD/DVD
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
11 HDD and DVD editing
The Disc Navigator screen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Command menu panel options
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Editing accuracy
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
HDD genres
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
12 Using the Jukebox
Copying CDs to the HDD
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Playing music from the Jukebox
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Editing Jukebox albums
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
13 The PhotoViewer
Playing a slideshow
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
14 The Disc Setup menu
Introduction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Basic settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Initialize settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Finalize settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Optimize HDD
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Initialize HDD
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
15 The Video/Audio Adjust menu
Setting the picture quality for HDD/DVD recording
sources
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Setting the picture quality for HDD/DVD playback
. 107
Audio DRC
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
16 The Initial Setup menu
Using the Initial Setup menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
17 Additional information
Resetting the recorder
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Setting up the remote to control your TV
. . . . . . . . 118
Screen sizes and disc formats
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Minimum copying times
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Troubleshooting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Frequently asked questions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Manual recording modes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Language code list
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Country/Area code list
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
On-screen displays and recorder displays
. . . . . . . 127
Handling discs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Cleaning the pickup lens
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Handling video tapes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Moisture condensation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Hints on installation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Glossary
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Specifications
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Index
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