Pioneer DVR-540H-S Operating Instructions Manual

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Copying and backup0882En• Low resolution (SEP through LP modes 1 )widescreen material can’t be copied to aVideo mode disc. Use a VR mode DVD-R/-RW or DVD-RAM disc for this type ofmaterial.• When HDD Recording Format is set toVideo Mode Off, titles recorded in LP/MN9 to MN15 modes cannot be high-speed copied to a Video mode disc.Please use a VR mode DVD-R/-RW orDVD-RAM.• Recordings of dual mono broadcastscannot be high-speed copied to a Videomode DVD. Please use a VR mode DVD-R/-RW or DVD-RAM.• Titles over 8 hours cannot be copied tosingle-layer DVD+R/+RW discs usingOne Touch Copy. Use DVD+R DL discsfor titles over 8 hours.• Titles recorded in MN1 to MN6, SEP, SLPor EP mode cannot be copied to DVD+R/+RW using One Touch Copy.Copying to the HDD• The maximum title length for copying is12 hours.• Title name and chapter markers are alsocopied, except when copying from afinalized Video mode disc.• Thumbnail picture markers and chaptermarkers for the Disc Navigator arecopied, but their position in the copymay be slightly changed from theoriginal.• If some part of the title being copied iscopy-protected, copying will start, butthe copy-protected portions will not becopied.Using Copy Lists* See also Copyright on page 81.At its simplest, a Copy List is just a list ofHDD or DVD titles that you want to copy.When copying HDD titles to DVD, you can,however, edit the titles in your copy list,erasing chapters you don’t need, or re-naming titles, for example. Edits you make totitles in the Copy List do not affect the actualvideo content; only the ‘virtual’ content of theCopy List. So you can freely erase and modifyanything in your Copy List safe in theknowledge that the actual content is notbeing altered.Copying from HDD to DVDImportant• The recorder can only store one Copy Listat a time.• Resetting the recorder to its factorysettings (see Resetting the recorder onpage 132) will erase the Copy List.1 Load a recordable DVD.• It is possible to complete the followingsteps without having a recordable DVDloaded (or having an uninitialized DVDloaded); however, the steps are slightlydifferent.• If you want to use a DVD-RW (VR mode)disc for the copy, make sure it isinitialized before you start.2 Select ‘Copy’ from the HomeMenu.Note1 In manual recording mode these equate to MN1–15 (Video Mode Off) or MN1–8 (Video Mode On).HOME MENU