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DVD Recorder DVR-640H-S DVR-543H-S DVR-540H-S Register Your Product on www.pioneerelectronics.com (US) www.pioneerelectronics.ca (Canada) Operating Instructions
DVD Recorder DVR-640H-S DVR-543H-S DVR-540H-S Register Your Product on www.pioneerelectronics.com (US) www.pioneerelectronics.ca (Canada) Operating Instructions
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... TV tuner 36 Setting the picture quality/ recording time 37 Basic recording from the TV 37 Setting a timer recording 38 Timer recording FAQ 46 Simultaneous recording and playback (Chase Play 46 Recording from an external component 47 Automatic recording from a satellite tuner 47 Playing your recordings on other DVD players 49 Initializing recordable DVD discs 51 06 Playback Introduction 52 Basic...
... TV tuner 36 Setting the picture quality/ recording time 37 Basic recording from the TV 37 Setting a timer recording 38 Timer recording FAQ 46 Simultaneous recording and playback (Chase Play 46 Recording from an external component 47 Automatic recording from a satellite tuner 47 Playing your recordings on other DVD players 49 Initializing recordable DVD discs 51 06 Playback Introduction 52 Basic...
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... HDD 91 Playing music from the Jukebox 91 Editing Jukebox albums 92 10 The PhotoViewer (DVR-640H-S/ DVR-543H-S) Locating JPEG picture files 93 Playing a slideshow 94 Importing files to the HDD ...a USB device 97 Copying selected files to a DVD-R/-RW . . 97 Editing files on the HDD 98 Printing files 100 11 The PhotoViewer (DVR-540H-S) Locating JPEG picture files 101 Playing a ... information Minimum copying times 119 Screen sizes and disc formats 120 Troubleshooting 121 Manual recording modes 125 Language code list 126 Country/Area code list 127 Additional information for cable...
... HDD 91 Playing music from the Jukebox 91 Editing Jukebox albums 92 10 The PhotoViewer (DVR-640H-S/ DVR-543H-S) Locating JPEG picture files 93 Playing a slideshow 94 Importing files to the HDD ...a USB device 97 Copying selected files to a DVD-R/-RW . . 97 Editing files on the HDD 98 Printing files 100 11 The PhotoViewer (DVR-540H-S) Locating JPEG picture files 101 Playing a ... information Minimum copying times 119 Screen sizes and disc formats 120 Troubleshooting 121 Manual recording modes 125 Language code list 126 Country/Area code list 127 Additional information for cable...
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... 3 x / 2 x to 5 x • DVD-R DL ver. 3.0 / 2 x to 8 x Note that older models of another Pioneer component using ver. 1.1 discs. Disc / content format playback compatibility • DVD+R DL 2.4 x / 2.4 x to 4 x DVD/HDD Recording and playback compatibility This recorder can control this recorder using the remote sensor of DVD recorders and DVD writers may not play . Unfinalized VR mode and...recorder and an older recorder/writer, we recommend using the CONTROL IN jack on the rear panel. Model DVR-7000 DVR-810 H DVR-57H DVR-210 DVR-310 DVR-510H Playable Yes1,2,3 Yes1 Recordable...
... 3 x / 2 x to 5 x • DVD-R DL ver. 3.0 / 2 x to 8 x Note that older models of another Pioneer component using ver. 1.1 discs. Disc / content format playback compatibility • DVD+R DL 2.4 x / 2.4 x to 4 x DVD/HDD Recording and playback compatibility This recorder can control this recorder using the remote sensor of DVD recorders and DVD writers may not play . Unfinalized VR mode and...recorder and an older recorder/writer, we recommend using the CONTROL IN jack on the rear panel. Model DVR-7000 DVR-810 H DVR-57H DVR-210 DVR-310 DVR-510H Playable Yes1,2,3 Yes1 Recordable...
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... Licensing Corporation. 10 En 01 Before you start Marks used in this manual Logos HDD HDD DVD-R DVD-RW DVD+R DVD +RW DVDRAM DVD (VR) *1 DVD (Video) DVD (VR) *1 DVD (Video) *2 DVD+R DVD+RW DVD-RAM *13, 16 4.7 Re-recordable / ì Erasable Editing of recorded ì programs Recording of Copy- ì once protected material Playback in some units) (page 49) *7 Must be compatible with...
... Licensing Corporation. 10 En 01 Before you start Marks used in this manual Logos HDD HDD DVD-R DVD-RW DVD+R DVD +RW DVDRAM DVD (VR) *1 DVD (Video) DVD (VR) *1 DVD (Video) *2 DVD+R DVD+RW DVD-RAM *13, 16 4.7 Re-recordable / ì Erasable Editing of recorded ì programs Recording of Copy- ì once protected material Playback in some units) (page 49) *7 Must be compatible with...
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... DL discs.) • Please read the information provided on other side contains non-DVD content such as recordable CD (and DVD), may not play DVD-R DL (Video mode) or DVD+R DL discs recorded on this recorder. • Multi-session playback: Yes (except CDAudio and Video CD) •... Correct operation has been confirmed for further compatibility information. Before you start 01 Using DVD-R DL/DVD+R DL discs DVD-R DL (dual-layer) and DVD+R DL (double-layer) discs contain two recordable layers on the DualDisc specification, please refer to the disc manufacturer or disc retailer....
... DL discs.) • Please read the information provided on other side contains non-DVD content such as recordable CD (and DVD), may not play DVD-R DL (Video mode) or DVD+R DL discs recorded on this recorder. • Multi-session playback: Yes (except CDAudio and Video CD) •... Correct operation has been confirmed for further compatibility information. Before you start 01 Using DVD-R DL/DVD+R DL discs DVD-R DL (dual-layer) and DVD+R DL (double-layer) discs contain two recordable layers on the DualDisc specification, please refer to the disc manufacturer or disc retailer....
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... you start Compressed audio compatibility • Compatible media: CD-ROM, CD-R, CDRW, DVR-640H-S/DVR-543H-S only: USB WMA (Windows Media Audio) compatibility • Compatible formats: MPEG... The Windows Media® logo printed on CD-R/-RW/-ROM discs. Keeping the same terminology as DVD-Video, individual DivX video files are playable) DivX is a compressed digital video format created by the... 9 may be playable but some parts of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other recording equipment) used for Windows® XP, Windows Media® Player 9 or Windows Media®...
... you start Compressed audio compatibility • Compatible media: CD-ROM, CD-R, CDRW, DVR-640H-S/DVR-543H-S only: USB WMA (Windows Media Audio) compatibility • Compatible formats: MPEG... The Windows Media® logo printed on CD-R/-RW/-ROM discs. Keeping the same terminology as DVD-Video, individual DivX video files are playable) DivX is a compressed digital video format created by the... 9 may be playable but some parts of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other recording equipment) used for Windows® XP, Windows Media® Player 9 or Windows Media®...
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... DVD-R/-RW or CD-R/-RW software disc boxes for more detailed information. Pioneer cannot under any circumstances accept responsibility for any direct or indirect loss arising from any inconvenience or loss of the application software used , or through careless use, it is possible that the recorded ... block the rear vent/cooling fan. • Do not use the recorder following the guidelines below : 1 After the message POWER OFF is a fragile piece of the HDD or related components, all your important recordings onto DVD discs in the display, wait at least two minutes. 2 Unplug from...
... DVD-R/-RW or CD-R/-RW software disc boxes for more detailed information. Pioneer cannot under any circumstances accept responsibility for any direct or indirect loss arising from any inconvenience or loss of the application software used , or through careless use, it is possible that the recorded ... block the rear vent/cooling fan. • Do not use the recorder following the guidelines below : 1 After the message POWER OFF is a fragile piece of the HDD or related components, all your important recordings onto DVD discs in the display, wait at least two minutes. 2 Unplug from...
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... replace the HDD unit. In this happens, the recorder will warn you record and edit material on the HDD, the data on page 105). Before this case it is very delicate. DVD (Video) Video mode DVD-R/-RW (unfinalized) DVD (VR) VR mode DVD-R/-RW DVD+R DVD+R DVD+RW DVD+RW DVD-RAM DVD-RAM CD Audio CD Video CD Video CD WMA...
... replace the HDD unit. In this happens, the recorder will warn you record and edit material on the HDD, the data on page 105). Before this case it is very delicate. DVD (Video) Video mode DVD-R/-RW (unfinalized) DVD (VR) VR mode DVD-R/-RW DVD+R DVD+R DVD+RW DVD+RW DVD-RAM DVD-RAM CD Audio CD Video CD Video CD WMA...
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... Connecting other AV sources Connecting a USB device Connecting a VCR or analog camcorder STANDBY/ON OPEN/CLOSE HDD/DVD AUDIO/VIDEO DVR-640H-S/DVR-543H-S OUTPUT ONE - Please also see the instructions that if the device is partitioned, this recorder may not work reliably if connected to a set of your VCR or camcorder. • You can...
... Connecting other AV sources Connecting a USB device Connecting a VCR or analog camcorder STANDBY/ON OPEN/CLOSE HDD/DVD AUDIO/VIDEO DVR-640H-S/DVR-543H-S OUTPUT ONE - Please also see the instructions that if the device is partitioned, this recorder may not work reliably if connected to a set of your VCR or camcorder. • You can...
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...connections on page 17 for details. 9 10 11 12 13 14 8 ì REC Press to start or restart playback. 11 Press to start recording. orange when the DVD drive is selected; Use to change channels, skip chapters/ tracks, etc. 13 ONE TOUCH COPY (page 81) Press to start One Touch Copy...OPEN/CLOSE Press to stop playback. 12 CH +/- Controls and displays 03 Chapter 3 Controls and displays Front panel 1 2 STANDBY/ON 34 OPEN/CLOSE 56 HDD/DVD 7 8 ONE - CH + TOUCH STOP COPY REC ì REC DVR-640H-S/DVR-543H-S 1 STANDBY/ON Press to switch the recorder on these. 10 Press to stop...
...connections on page 17 for details. 9 10 11 12 13 14 8 ì REC Press to start or restart playback. 11 Press to start recording. orange when the DVD drive is selected; Use to change channels, skip chapters/ tracks, etc. 13 ONE TOUCH COPY (page 81) Press to start One Touch Copy...OPEN/CLOSE Press to stop playback. 12 CH +/- Controls and displays 03 Chapter 3 Controls and displays Front panel 1 2 STANDBY/ON 34 OPEN/CLOSE 56 HDD/DVD 7 8 ONE - CH + TOUCH STOP COPY REC ì REC DVR-640H-S/DVR-543H-S 1 STANDBY/ON Press to switch the recorder on these. 10 Press to stop...
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...or video playing. Press again to skip progressively backward through the audio or video playing. CM SKIP (commercial skip) Press repeatedly to pause playback or recording. CHANNEL +/- (page 36) Press to change the speed. 26 En PLAY (page 52) Press to start playback. STOP (page 52) Press to...display the previous or next menu page. (page 58) Press to start reverse or forward scanning. 03 Controls and displays Remote control STANDBY/ON 1 HDD/DVD 10 2 HELP HOME MENU STOP REC 11 TOP MENU 12 3 DISC NAVIGATOR CHANNEL ì REC 13 + 4 CM CM BACK ENTER SKIP PAUSE ...
...or video playing. Press again to skip progressively backward through the audio or video playing. CM SKIP (commercial skip) Press repeatedly to pause playback or recording. CHANNEL +/- (page 36) Press to change the speed. 26 En PLAY (page 52) Press to start playback. STOP (page 52) Press to...display the previous or next menu page. (page 58) Press to start reverse or forward scanning. 03 Controls and displays Remote control STANDBY/ON 1 HDD/DVD 10 2 HELP HOME MENU STOP REC 11 TOP MENU 12 3 DISC NAVIGATOR CHANNEL ì REC 13 + 4 CM CM BACK ENTER SKIP PAUSE ...
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...REC Press to start One Touch Copy of 30 mins. 14 RETURN Press to go back one level in multilingual DVD-Video discs. PLAY MODE (page 59) Press to change the recording mode (picture quality). REC MODE (page 37) Press repeatedly to change the play mode (search, repeat, program... 7 DISPLAY (page 64) Displays/changes the on . ONE TOUCH COPY (page 81) Press to start recording. Press repeatedly to set the recording time in blocks of the currently playing title to DVD or the HDD. 8 Number buttons, CLEAR Use the number buttons for track/ chapter/title selection; Press ...
...REC Press to start One Touch Copy of 30 mins. 14 RETURN Press to go back one level in multilingual DVD-Video discs. PLAY MODE (page 59) Press to change the recording mode (picture quality). REC MODE (page 37) Press repeatedly to change the play mode (search, repeat, program... 7 DISPLAY (page 64) Displays/changes the on . ONE TOUCH COPY (page 81) Press to start recording. Press repeatedly to set the recording time in blocks of the currently playing title to DVD or the HDD. 8 Number buttons, CLEAR Use the number buttons for track/ chapter/title selection; Press ...
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...(page 111) Lights when the component video output is set to progressive scan. 7 6 Recording quality indicators (page 37) XP Lights when the recording mode is in TV tuner. 8 Character display 9 R / RW Lights when a recordable DVD-R or DVD-RW disc is loaded. 10 PL (page 66) Lights when a VR mode disc is ...loaded and the recorder is set to XP (best quality). blinks when recording is paused. 4 PM Lights to...
...(page 111) Lights when the component video output is set to progressive scan. 7 6 Recording quality indicators (page 37) XP Lights when the recording mode is in TV tuner. 8 Character display 9 R / RW Lights when a recordable DVD-R or DVD-RW disc is loaded. 10 PL (page 66) Lights when a VR mode disc is ...loaded and the recorder is set to XP (best quality). blinks when recording is paused. 4 PM Lights to...
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... for example). • You can also access it from the Initial Setup menu; ENTER 5 Select 'Antenna' or 'Cable' depending on the recorder. Clock SAetuttiongChannel Setting Help Setup Navigator AEngtelinsnha Cable Do not Set ENTER 3 Choose a language (then press ENTER). Tuning 7/68 Cancel This will ...also set the audio, subtitle and DVD menu language preferences. • Select Do not set if you start using the Setup Navigator feature. see page 110). 4 ENTER Start the...
... for example). • You can also access it from the Initial Setup menu; ENTER 5 Select 'Antenna' or 'Cable' depending on the recorder. Clock SAetuttiongChannel Setting Help Setup Navigator AEngtelinsnha Cable Do not Set ENTER 3 Choose a language (then press ENTER). Tuning 7/68 Cancel This will ...also set the audio, subtitle and DVD menu language preferences. • Select Do not set if you start using the Setup Navigator feature. see page 110). 4 ENTER Start the...
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... Navigator Compatible Not Compatible Don't Know • Note that progressive scan video is compatible with no station, you can set these to recordable DVD. See Manual CH Setting on page 111. 9 ENTER Press to continue. 32 En etup Clock STeVttiSngcreen Size Help Setup Navigator Wide (16... not your TV is only output through the component video outputs. Setup NavigEantjoory usi ng y our D V D r ec orde r! Please copy recordings you want to keep to skip using the Setup Navigator. • If there are blank channels with progressive scan video. ck SIentttinhge event of a...
... Navigator Compatible Not Compatible Don't Know • Note that progressive scan video is compatible with no station, you can set these to recordable DVD. See Manual CH Setting on page 111. 9 ENTER Press to continue. 32 En etup Clock STeVttiSngcreen Size Help Setup Navigator Wide (16... not your TV is only output through the component video outputs. Setup NavigEantjoory usi ng y our D V D r ec orde r! Please copy recordings you want to keep to skip using the Setup Navigator. • If there are blank channels with progressive scan video. ck SIentttinhge event of a...
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...; If you choose. Note 1 Some DVD players, such as some Pioneer models, are compatible with the recording which won't play or record unfinalized Video mode and DVD+R discs recorded on another recorder are playable on a disc can affect playback and/or recording performance. DVD-R and DVD-RW discs can be initialized for +VR mode recording. DVD+RW discs can be initialized for...
...; If you choose. Note 1 Some DVD players, such as some Pioneer models, are compatible with the recording which won't play or record unfinalized Video mode and DVD+R discs recorded on another recorder are playable on a disc can affect playback and/or recording performance. DVD-R and DVD-RW discs can be initialized for +VR mode recording. DVD+RW discs can be initialized for...
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...Off, high-speed copying isn't possible. When 34 En About HDD recording Recording to , edit or finalize a DVD-R DL or DVD+R DL disc that has been recorded on but not yet finalized on another DVD recorder. Important • The maximum number of titles/chapters per title that ... points: • When the recorder switches from the HDD Recording Format item in two channel Dolby Digital format (only Dolby Digital 2.0 can be recorded; Dolby Digital 5.1 recording is 999 and 99 respectively. 05 Recording • Pioneer takes no responsibility for recording failure due to power cuts, defective...
...Off, high-speed copying isn't possible. When 34 En About HDD recording Recording to , edit or finalize a DVD-R DL or DVD+R DL disc that has been recorded on but not yet finalized on another DVD recorder. Important • The maximum number of titles/chapters per title that ... points: • When the recorder switches from the HDD Recording Format item in two channel Dolby Digital format (only Dolby Digital 2.0 can be recorded; Dolby Digital 5.1 recording is 999 and 99 respectively. 05 Recording • Pioneer takes no responsibility for recording failure due to power cuts, defective...
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...property rights owned by method claims of damages and other remedies. Use of those recordings. The table below ), or DVD-RAM. Copy-protected video includes DVD-Video discs and some satellite broadcasts. DVD CPRM recordings can switch on players that is selected then both the main and SAP audio...select the Mono, Stereo or SAP audio channel to HDD, CPRM-compatible VR mode DVD-R/-RW (see Displaying disc information on-screen on video recording You cannot record copy-protected video using this recorder. Recording 05 set to Video Mode On, or on the LPCM setting, use this product...
...property rights owned by method claims of damages and other remedies. Use of those recordings. The table below ), or DVD-RAM. Copy-protected video includes DVD-Video discs and some satellite broadcasts. DVD CPRM recordings can switch on players that is selected then both the main and SAP audio...select the Mono, Stereo or SAP audio channel to HDD, CPRM-compatible VR mode DVD-R/-RW (see Displaying disc information on-screen on video recording You cannot record copy-protected video using this recorder. Recording 05 set to Video Mode On, or on the LPCM setting, use this product...
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... built-in TV tuner There are three different ways to select channel 4, press 4 then ENTER; Note that you want to record before recording by changing to change cable channels (up to DVD in Video mode, or on - CHANNEL + • CHANNEL CHANNEL +/- If your cable box is displayed on the LPCM setting..., only one channel of the built-in tuner. You can use the remote to change the Changing audio channels Some TV programs are broadcast with HDD Recording Format ...
... built-in TV tuner There are three different ways to select channel 4, press 4 then ENTER; Note that you want to record before recording by changing to change cable channels (up to DVD in Video mode, or on - CHANNEL + • CHANNEL CHANNEL +/- If your cable box is displayed on the LPCM setting..., only one channel of the built-in tuner. You can use the remote to change the Changing audio channels Some TV programs are broadcast with HDD Recording Format ...