Internal battery replacement on the Pioneer PRV-LX1 DVD Recorder

Adnan Bhatti

• 1188 Answers
• Posted on Sep 10, 2009

SOURCE: need a service manual for Pioneer DVD Recorder

The manual is available but for a fee of $10. Only pay if you trust the site is legitimate:


PRV-lx1-dvd-recorder">SERVICE Manual Pioneer PRV LX1 DVD RECORDER

You will find some use full troubleshooting guides here on this page:

Pioneer DVD Recorder

Just scroll down and download pdf files which you think might help you.

Note: I have no affiliation with any of the above sites. They are for your reference only.

SOURCE: Pioneer PRV-LX1 DVD Recorder will not initialize.

I found that the "plug in a keyboard and hit F1" solution did work but the problem kept recurring. I got curious and dug into it. There is a CR2032 BIOS battery on the mother board that had gone dead. It is a project to dig down to the battery but replacing it solved the problem.