Playback settings, The initial setup menu 12 – Pioneer DVR-3100-S User Manual

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The Initial Setup menu

• Optimized Recording only compensates for the first

(earliest starting) timer program if more than one has
been set.

• Optimized recording can’t be used together with

VPS/PDC.

Navi Mark

• Default setting:

0 seconds

In the Disc Navigator, each title is shown with a still
frame picture to remind you what it is. This setting lets
you decide the default still frame. The default setting of

seconds

takes the first frame of the title, but you can also

set it to

30 seconds

3 minutes

into the title (if the title

is shorter than the setting, then the first frame is used).

Auto Chapter (Video)

• Default setting:

10 minutes

When recording in Video mode, a new chapter is started
every 10 minutes on the default setting. You can change
this interval to

15 minutes

, or switch off automatic

chapter marking altogether with the

No Separation

setting.

DVD-RW Auto Init.

• Default setting:

VR Mode

When you load a new, blank DVD-RW disc the recorder
automatically initializes it for recording. You can set it to
initialize the disc for

VR mode

Video mode

recording.

Playback settings

TV Screen Size

• Default setting:

4:3 (Letter Box)

If you have a widescreen TV, select the

16:9

setting—

widescreen DVD software is then shown using the full
screen area. When playing software recorded in
conventional (4:3) format, the settings on your TV will
determine how the material is presented—see the
manual that came with your TV for details on what
options are available.

If you have a conventional TV, choose either

4:3 (Letter

Box)

4:3 (Pan & Scan)

. In Letter Box mode,

widescreen software is shown with black bars at the top
and bottom of the screen. Pan & Scan chops the sides off
widescreen material to make it fit the 4:3 screen (so even
though the picture looks larger on the screen, you’re
actually seeing less of the movie). See

Screen sizes and

disc formats

on page 91 for more information.

Still Picture

• Default setting:

Auto

The recorder uses one of two processes when displaying
a still frame from a DVD disc. The default

Auto

setting

automatically chooses the best setting each time.

•

Field

– produces a stable, generally shake-free

image.

•

Frame

– produces a sharper image, but more prone

to shake than field stills.