Pioneer has been in disarray for the past six years, so finding things thru their website isn't as easy as it once was. You can get user manuals for the Elite 7000 on the Pioneer Europe site: a list of manuals you can download in various languages is available at
this link . Of the four English versions, the top one dated 01/01/2002 is the most recent.
Note the late-2001/early-2002 Elite 7000 is prehistoric: the first consumer-model DVD recorder Pioneer ever offered. Being a first-generation unit of a new format, it has bugs and has not aged well. Consumer-recordable DVD went thru a lot of changes over the years, not least of which blank media sold today will often not work reliably (if at all) in very early models of recorder. To avoid disappointment, don't attempt recording any media other than TY/JVC 8x-speed DVD-R or Verbatim DataLifePlus 8x DVD-R: that is the maximum speed blank the 7000 comfortably burns, and it may not even accept that if the laser is on its last legs. Recorders in 2001/2002 were optimized for Japanese 1x media, if firmware-updated they manage burning 8x media at 1x speed, but typically don't like burning 16x media at 1x speed. The Elite cannot record on +R blanks at all.
Among the AVS threads jjeff provided were reports from owners who swore their firmware-updated 7000 could use any random crap 16x media they got at the local WalMart. Good on them, but I wouldn't bet on an ancient second-hand 7000 bought
today to be all that compatible with current blanks. If you got lucky, the 7000 you just bought already has the firmware updates AND is from a "known-good" production run (there were several ongoing changes made to the 7000 hardware). If unlucky, you may have a tough time finding the correct firmware update or applying it: Pioneer USA is kind of a mess right now, and the firmware you might track down on the
EU site is not recommended for the North American units (using the wrong update can brick the recorder or alter it to Region 2).
The 7000 is a fine-looking piece of gear with incredible build quality, as you'd expect considering what it cost in 2002. But in 2014, its more a fun collectors item for Pioneer fans than a practical recorder.