Pioneer DVR-660H-S Operating Instructions - Page 128

Additional information, Troubleshooting

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17 Additional information • Levels separated by a bold line show where there is a noticeable change in picture quality. • Audio recording in all manual recording modes is in Dolby Digital 2 ch format, except for LPCM mode, which is in Linear PCM format. • See also Recording on page 34. 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 electrical appliances being used. If the trouble cannot be rectified even after checking the points below, ask your nearest Pioneer authorized service center or your dealer to carry out repair work. General Problem The disc is automatically ejected after closing the disc tray Can't eject a disc Remedy • Check that the disc is not an incompatible format disc (page 8). • Check that the disc is loaded properly (aligned in disc tray and labelside up). • Take out the disc and clean it (page 140). • Check that the disc has a region code compatible with the recorder. • Turn off the power to this device and press and hold  OPEN/CLOSE on the front of the unit for more than three seconds. Can't play a disc • Check that the disc is a compatible format disc (page 8). • Take out the disc and clean it (page 140). • Check that the disc is loaded properly (aligned in disc tray and labelside up). • Press DVD to select the DVD. • There may be condensation in the recorder. Leave the recorder for an hour or so for the condensation to evaporate. • DVD+R/+RW discs recorded using another recorder with copyonce protected recordings will not play in this recorder. Can't record a disc Remote control does not work All settings are reset • Check that the disc is not an incompatible format disc (page 8). • Some DVD-RAM discs are not recordable until they have been initialized (page 50). This can take up to an hour. • If you connected this recorder to another Pioneer product using the CONTROL IN jack, point the remote control at the other component to use (page 15). • Set the remote control to the same ID number as the recorder (page 122). (When the batteries run down, the remote mode is automatically reset to Recorder1.) • Use the remote within its operating range (page 7). • Replace the batteries (page 7). • If the recorder is unplugged (or there is a power failure) while the recorder is on, all the settings will be lost. • Make sure that you switch the recorder into standby before unplugging the power cord. 128 En

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Additional information
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128
En
Levels separated by a bold line show where there is a noticeable change in picture quality.
Audio recording in all manual recording modes is in Dolby Digital 2 ch format, except for LPCM mode, which is
in Linear PCM format.
See also Recording on page 34.
Troubleshooting
Inco
rr
ect o
p
e
r
ation is often mistaken fo
r
t
r
ouble and malfunction. If you think the
r
e is
something w
r
ong with this com
p
onent,
p
lease check the
p
oints below. Sometimes the
t
r
ouble may lie in anothe
r
com
p
onent. Investigate the othe
r
com
p
onents and elect
r
ical
a
pp
liances being used. If the t
r
ouble cannot be
r
ectified even afte
r
checking the
p
oints below,
ask you
r
nea
r
est Pionee
r
autho
r
ized se
r
vice cente
r
o
r
you
r
deale
r
to ca
rr
y out
r
e
p
ai
r
wo
r
k.
General
Problem
Remedy
The disc is
automatically ejected
after closing the disc
tray
• Check that the disc is not an incom
p
atible fo
r
mat disc (
p
age 8).
• Check that the disc is loaded
pr
o
p
e
r
ly (aligned in disc t
r
ay and label-
side u
p
).
• Take out the disc and clean it (
p
age 140).
• Check that the disc has a
r
egion code com
p
atible with the
r
eco
r
de
r
.
Can’t eject a disc
• Tu
r
n off the
p
owe
r
to this device and
pr
ess and hold
OPEN/CLOSE
on the f
r
ont of the unit fo
r
mo
r
e than th
r
ee seconds.
Can’t play a disc
• Check that the disc is a com
p
atible fo
r
mat disc (
p
age 8).
• Take out the disc and clean it (
p
age 140).
• Check that the disc is loaded
pr
o
p
e
r
ly (aligned in disc t
r
ay and label-
side u
p
).
• P
r
ess
DVD
to select the DVD.
• The
r
e may be condensation in the
r
eco
r
de
r
. Leave the
r
eco
r
de
r
fo
r
an
hou
r
o
r
so fo
r
the condensation to eva
p
o
r
ate.
• DVD+R/+RW discs
r
eco
r
ded using anothe
r
r
eco
r
de
r
with co
p
y-
once
pr
otected
r
eco
r
dings will not
p
lay in this
r
eco
r
de
r
.
Can’t record a disc
• Check that the disc is not an incom
p
atible fo
r
mat disc (
p
age 8).
• Some DVD-RAM discs a
r
e not
r
eco
r
dable until they have been
initialized (
p
age 50). This can take u
p
to an hou
r
.
Remote control does
not work
• If you connected this
r
eco
r
de
r
to anothe
r
Pionee
r
pr
oduct using the
CONTROL
IN
jack,
p
oint the
r
emote cont
r
ol at the othe
r
com
p
onent to
use (
p
age 15).
• Set the
r
emote cont
r
ol to the same ID numbe
r
as the
r
eco
r
de
r
(
p
age 122). (When the batte
r
ies
r
un down, the
r
emote mode is
automatically
r
eset to
Recorder1
.)
• Use the
r
emote within its o
p
e
r
ating
r
ange (
p
age 7).
• Re
p
lace the batte
r
ies (
p
age 7).
All settings are reset
• If the
r
eco
r
de
r
is un
p
lugged (o
r
the
r
e is a
p
owe
r
failu
r
e) while the
r
eco
r
de
r
is on, all the settings will be lost.
• Make su
r
e that you switch the
r
eco
r
de
r
into standby befo
r
e
un
p
lugging the
p
owe
r
co
r
d.