Pioneer VSX-917V-S Brochure - Page 16

Explore infinite possibilities. Enjoy outstanding pictures and sound. Powerful, high-grade components ensure that everything you record and play on your HDD/DVD recorder is an absolute delight. Extremely natural playback is what you see and feel. All the space you need for your personal entertainment portfolio. 5 0 0 G B You could spend weeks watching all the films and programmes you've recorded. The 500 GB hard disk in our top-of-the-range model has enough space to hold 1,422 hours of recording - that's over 700 films or almost a thousand episodes of your favourite TV series. MEDIA GALLERY The multi-talented multi-media archive. The multi-media functions of the HDD/DVD recorders go far beyond simply playing back films, music and images. You have endless options for practical, straightforward networking with other devices. Simply hook up a portable audio player and enjoy your music played back directly through the recorder. Naturally, you can also copy your favourite tracks quickly and easily to the hard disk for archiving purposes. And if you have music stored on your PC, you can connect it and use Windows Media Player to copy all of your MP3 or Windows Media Audio tracks to the recorder's hard disk. JPEG images saved on a memory stick or digital camera can also be viewed directly via the recorder, or copied at lightning speed onto its hard disk. You decide what's on when. Genuinely convenient recording is all about putting you in control. The user-friendly Electronic Programme Guide lets you browse through the T V schedule, sort by programmes, time or category, at your leisure. It also lets you store personal favourites and decide what you want to watch or record next. All this at the touch of a button. 1080p Reach new heights in clarity. All HDD/DVD recorders feature an HDMI output terminal which ensures signal transfer without any loss of quality. They are also capable of upscaling video to 1080p resolution. The direct connection. Whether you've saved JPEG images to the hard disk or hooked up a digital camera to the recorder, you can print your pictures directly using a PictBridge-compatible printer. Of course, you can also connect a USB keyboard - offering an extremely convenient way of editing titles or navigating the menus if required. LONGEST RECORDING ON DVD A whole day on a single disc. No other HDD/DVD recorders come close to what a Pioneer can fit onto a single dual-layer disc. Store up to 24 hours on one Dual Layer DVD-R disc. Loss of quality? No way! HDMI is the first and best choice when it comes to transferring digital audio and video signals with no loss of quality. All signals are sent via a single cable - untouched and free of distortion. Put yourself in the picture. With the integrated digital (DVB-T) tuner, a host of terrestrial radio and TV programmes can be received and recorded in outstanding digital quality. 28 L P C M x 16 Your music takes centre stage. The HDD/DVD recorders feature a significantly enhanced jukebox function with a host of convenient options. It's now easier to combine JPEG images and music into an audiovisual slide show - and at last you can rip music CDs 16 times faster than real time. M U LT I FORMAT One solution for every format. Our recorders offer quality playback and recording in every format, without exception, letting you watch digital film formats such as DivX larger than life on your TV screen. You don't have to compromise on pl ayback either. It's no problem to pl ay MP3 music stored on CD-R /RW, Windows Media Audio files and view JPEG images. 29