Pioneer DCS-370 User Manual [en, de, fr]

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DVD/CD Receiver Récepteur-lecteur DVD/CD DVD/CD Receiver

Speaker System Système Acoustique Lautsprechersystem

DVD/CD Receiver Récepteur-lecteur DVD/CD DVD/CD Receiver

S-DV370T S-DV370SW

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Operating Instructions

Speaker System Système Acoustique Lautsprechersystem

(or http://www.pioneer.eu).

| Mode d’emploi | Bedienungsanleitung

Thank you for buying this Pioneer product.

Please read through these operating instructions so that you will know how to operate your model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions,

put them in a safe place for future referenc

Location: rear of the unit

IMPORTANT

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.

CAUTION:

TO PREVENT THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

WARNING

This equipment is not waterproof. To prevent a fire or shock hazard, do not place any container filed with liquid near this equipment (such as a vase or flower pot) or expose it to dripping, splashing, rain or moisture.

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WARNING

To prevent a fire hazard, do not place any naked flame sources (such as a lighted candle) on the equipment.

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VENTILATION CAUTION

When installing this unit, make sure to leave space around the unit for ventilation to improve heat radiation (at least 10 cm at top, 10 cm at rear, and 10 cm at each side).

WARNING

Slots and openings in the cabinet are provided for ventilation to ensure reliable operation of the product, and to protect it from overheating. To prevent fire hazard, the openings should never be blocked or covered with items (such as newspapers, table-cloths, curtains) or by operating the equipment on thick carpet or a bed.

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.

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Replacement and mounting of an AC plug on the power supply cord of this unit should be performed only by qualified service personnel.

IMPORTANT: THE MOULDED PLUG

This appliance is supplied with a moulded three pin mains plug for your safety and convenience. A 5 amp fuse is fitted in this plug. Should the fuse need to be replaced, please ensure that the replacement fuse has a rating of 5 amps and that it is approved by ASTA or BSI to BS1362.

Check for the ASTA mark or the BSI mark on the body of the fuse.

If the plug contains a removable fuse cover, you must ensure that it is refitted when the fuse is replaced. If you lose the fuse cover the plug must not be used until a replacement cover is obtained. A replacement fuse cover can be obtained from your local dealer.

If the fitted moulded plug is unsuitable for your socket outlet, then the fuse shall be removed and the plug cut off and disposed of safely. There is a danger of severe electrical shock if the cut off plug is inserted into any 13 amp socket.

If a new plug is to be fitted, please observe the wiring code as shown below. If in any doubt, please consult a qualified electrician.

IMPORTANT: The wires in this mains lead are coloured in accordance with the following code: Blue : Neutral Brown : Live As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this appliance may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug, proceed as follows ;

The wire which is coloured BLUE must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the

letter N or coloured BLACK.

The wire which is coloured BROWN must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the

letter L or coloured RED.

How to replace the fuse: Open the fuse compartment with a screwdriver and replace the fuse.

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CAUTION

This product is a class 1 laser product, but this product contains a laser diode higher than Class 1.

To ensure continued safety, do not remove any covers or attempt to gain access to the inside of the product. Refer all servicing to qualified personnel. The following caution label appears on your unit. Location:

top of the unit

CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT

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Operating Environment

Operating environment temperature and humidity: +5 ºC to +35 ºC (+41 ºF to +95 ºF); less than 85 %RH (cooling vents not blocked) Do not install this unit in a poorly ventilated area, or in locations exposed to high humidity or direct sunlight (or strong artificial light)

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This product complies with the Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC, amended by 93/68/EEC), EMC Directives (89/336/EEC, amended by 92/31/EEC and 93/68/EEC).

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POWER-CORD CAUTION

Handle the power cord by the plug. Do not pull out the plug by tugging the cord and never touch the power

cord when your hands are wet as this could cause a short circuit or electric shock. Do not place the unit, a piece of furniture, etc., on the power cord, or pinch the cord. Never make a knot in the cord or tie it with other cords. The power cords should be routed such that they are not likely to be stepped on. A damaged power cord can cause a fire or give you an electrical shock. Check the power cor damaged, ask your nearest PIONEER authorized service center or your dealer for a replacement.

This product is for general household purposes. Any failure due to use for other than household purposes (such as long-term use for business purposes in a

restaurant or use in a car or ship) and which requires repair will be charged for even during the

warranty period.

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WARNING

Before plugging in for the first time, read the following

section carefully.

The voltage of the available power supply differs according to country or region. Be sure that the power supply voltage of the area where this unit will be used meets the required voltage (e.g., 230 V or 120 V) written on the rear panel.

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CAUTION

The STANDBY/ON switch on this unit will not completely shut off all power from the AC outlet. Since the power cord serves as the main disconnect device for the unit, you will need to unplug it from the AC outlet to shut down all power. Therefore, make sure the unit has been installed so that the power cord can be easily unplugged from the AC outlet in case of an accident. To avoid fire hazard, the power cord should also be unplugged from the AC outlet when left unused for a long period of time (for example, when on vacation).

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If the AC plug of this unit does not match the AC outlet you want to use, the plug must be removed and appropriate one fitted. Replacement and mounting of an AC plug on the power supply cord of this unit should be performed only by qualified service personnel. If connected to an AC outlet, the cut-off plug can cause severe electrical shock. Make sure it is properly disposed of after removal. The equipment should be disconnected by removing the mains plug from the wall socket when left unused for a long period of time (for example, when on vacation).

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Contents

01 Controls and displays

Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

02 Getting started

Home theater sound setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Setting the channel levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Using the on-screen displays . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Basic playback controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Resume and Last Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

DVD-Video disc menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Video CD/Super VCD PBC menus . . . . . . . 12

Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Improving poor FM reception . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Memorizing stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Listening to other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Setting the sleep timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

03 Listening to your system

Auto listening mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Listening in surround sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Using Extra Power mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Listening with headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Using the SFC modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Adjusting the bass and treble . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Boosting the bass level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

04 Disc playback features

Scanning discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Playing in slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Frame advance/frame reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Playing a JPEG slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Browsing DVD or Video CD/Super VCD discs with

the Disc Navigator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Browsing WMA, MP3, MPEG-4 AAC, DivX video

and JPEG files with the Disc Navigator . . . . . 18

Using Playlists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Programming playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Listening to playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Clearing files from a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Looping a section of a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Using repeat play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Using random play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Creating a program list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Other functions available from the program

menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Searching a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Switching subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Switching language/audio channels . . . . . . . 21

Zooming the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Switching camera angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Displaying disc information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

05 USB playback

Using the USB interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Basic playback controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Scanning files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Playing a JPEG slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Browsing files with the Navigator . . . . . . . . . 24

06 More tuner features: RDS

An introduction to RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Displaying RDS information . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Searching for RDS programs . . . . . . . . . . . 25

07 Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus

Audio Settings menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Audio DRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Video Adjust menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

08 Initial Settings menu

Using the Initial Settings menu . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Video Output settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Language settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Display settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Options settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Speakers settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Parental Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

About DivX® VOD content . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

09 Other connections

Connecting external antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Connecting auxiliary audio components . . . . 32

Using the SCART AV output . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Line Out options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Connecting using HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Switching the HDMI audio setting . . . . . . . 34

Resetting the HDMI connection . . . . . . . . . 34

About HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

About control out connections . . . . . . . . . . . 35

10 Additional information

Disc/content format playback

compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Disc compatibility table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

About DVD+R/DVD+RW compatibility. . . . 37

About DivX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

About MPEG-4 AAC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

About WMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Using and taking care of discs. . . . . . . . . . . . 38

DVD Video regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Installation and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Hints on installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Cleaning the pickup lens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Problems with condensation. . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Moving the system unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Screen sizes and disc formats . . . . . . . . . . . .39

TV system setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Switching off the demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Dimming the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

DVD/CD/Video CD player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Tuner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

USB connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

HDMI connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Resetting the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Setting the Key Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Using the language code list . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Language code list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Country/Area code list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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If you want to dispose this product, do not mix it with general household waste. There is a separate collection system for used electronic products in accordance with legislation that requires proper treatment, recovery and recycling.

Private households in the 25 member states of the EU, in Switzerland and Norway may return their used electronic products free of charge to designated collection facilities or to a retailer (if you purchase a similar new one).

For countries not mentioned above, please contact your local authorities for the correct method of disposal.

By doing so you will ensure that your disposed product undergoes the necessary treatment, recovery and recycling and thus prevent potential negative effects on the environment and human health.

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Chapter 1

Controls and displays

Front panel

OPEN/CLOSE

STANDBY/ON

PLAY LIST 1 PLAY LIST 2

DVD/CD

5 6 743

PLAY LIST 3

VOLUME +/–

USB

interface

Connect a USB device for playback (see USB

playback on page 23).

VOLUME

USB

9 PHONES jack

Connect headphones.

10 Indicator

Lights blue when the power is on (except when

the dimmer/sleep timer is active).

11 Remote Sensor

12 Display

See Display below.

121110

buttons

8 9

 STANDBY/ON

Switches the system on or into standby.

2 PLAY LIST buttons

Add tracks (during playback), or select a playlist (while stopped) (page 18).

 OPEN/CLOSE

Opens/closes the disc tray.

 DVD/CD

Selects the DVD/CD function and starts/ pauses/resumes playback.



Stops playback.

 USB

Selects the USB function and starts/pauses playback.

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Remote control

TUNER

STANDBY

DVD/CD

(FM/AM)

/ON

1 2

123

4 5

456

789

CLEAR

TOP MENU

HOME MENU

SETUP

 STANDBY/ON

INPUT CHANNEL VOLUME

SHIFT

Switches the system on or into standby.

2 Function select buttons Selects the source you want to listen to (DVD/ CD, TUNER, USB, LINE).

3 Number buttons, CLEAR, and DVD controls

CLEAR

Clears an entry.

DISPLAY

Displays/changes disc information shown on-screen (page 22) or to display RDS information (page 25).

USB

AUDIO

ANGLE

SLEEP

TEST TONE

TV CONTROL

TUNE

ENTER

TUNE

LINE

SUBTITLE

ZOOM

DISPLAY

SURROUND

VOLUME

OPEN/CLOSE

PLAYLIST

EXTRA PWR

RETURN

SOUND

LINE OUT

MUTE

DISPLAY

, SLEEP

SHIFT+SLEEP

Press to set the sleep timer (page 13).

SHIFT+AUDIO

Selects audio channel/language (page 21).

SHIFT+SUBTITLE

Displays/changes the subtitles (page 21).

SHIFT+ANGLE

Changes camera angle during DVD multiangle scene playback (page 22).

SHIFT+ZOOM

Changes the screen zoom level (page 21).

TOP MENU

Displays the top menu of a DVD disc in the play position — this may be the same as pressing

MENU (page 12).

5 Cursor buttons,

ENTER

and tuning

buttons

Cursor buttons

Use the cursor buttons (///) to navigate on-screen displays and menus.

ENTER

Selects an option or executes a command.

TUNE +/–

Tunes the radio.

ST +/–

Selects station presets when listening to the radio.

HOME MENU

Displays (or exits) the on-screen menu for Initial Settings, Play Mode functions, etc.

7 Setup and other sound controls

SETUP

Use to make various system and surround sound settings (page 10, 13, 34 and 40).

TEST TONE

Outputs the test tone (for speaker setup) (page 10).

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SURROUND

Selects a Surround mode (page 14) or switches to stereo playback (page 15).

SOUND

Accesses the sound menu to adjust the SFC Mode, bass and treble, etc. (page 15).

8 Playback controls

See Basic playback controls on page 11, Disc playback features on page 16 and USB playback

on page 23 for an explanation of these controls.

9 TV CONTROL buttons

These control Pioneer plasma televisions.

SHIFT

Press to access the controls highlighted in green.

 OPEN/CLOSE

Opens/closes the disc tray.

12 PLAYLIST buttons

Add tracks (during playback), or select a playlist (while stopped) (page 18).

13 EXTRA PWR

Switches on the Extra Power mode (page 14).

Press to display a DVD disc or USB menu, or the Navigator (page 12, 17 and 24).

RETURN

Returns to a previous menu screen.

16 LINE OUT

Cycle whether or not to output a downmixed signal from the LINE OUT terminal/AV

CONNECTOR (page 33).

17 MUTE

Mutes the sound (press again to cancel).

VOLUME +/–

Adjusts the volume.

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Display

1 6

SOUND DTS F.SURR.

2D 2PL

12 89 7

DTS

Lights during playback of a DTS source (page 14).

SOUND

Lights when the SFC Modes or the tone controls (treble, bass or bass boost) are active (page 15).

F.SURR.

Lights when the Extra Power mode is selected (page 14).

RPT

RPT lights during repeat play. RPT-1 lights

during repeat one-track play (page 19).

5REC MODE

Lights when Line Out mode is on (page 33).

PGM

Lights during program or playlist playback (page 18 and 20).

7 Tuner indicators

received.

being received in auto stereo mode.

selected.

display or search modes.

and

RPT

– Lights when a broadcast is being

– Lights when a stereo FM broadcast is

– Lights when FM mono reception is

– Lights when in one of the RDS

1113

-1

REC MODE RPT -1 kHz

PGM

MHz RDM

RDM

Lights during random play (page 19).

9 kHz/MHz

Indicates the frequency unit shown in the character display (kHz for AM, MHz for FM).

10 Character display

Lights when sleep timer is active (page 13).



Lights during playback.

132 PL II

Lights during Dolby Pro Logic II decoding (page 14).

142 D

Lights during playback of a Dolby Digital source (page 14).

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Chapter 2

Getting started

Home theater sound setup

Place your speakers as shown below for optimal surround sound (see the Speaker Setup Guide for more placement tips).

• Standard surround setup – This is a standard multichannel surround sound speaker setup for optimal 5.1 channel home theater sound.

Center

Front left

Listening position

Front right

Subwoofer

• SL – Left surround speaker

• SW – Subwoofer

2 Use the VOLUME +/– button to adjust the volume to an appropriate level.

3Use / to adjust the speaker levels in turn.

You should hear the test tone at the same volume from each speaker when seated in the main listening position. The channel level range is ±10 dB.

4 When you’re done, press ENTER to exit test tone setup.

Surround

left

After placing your speakers, complete Setting

the channel levels below then refer to Speakers settings on page 29 to complete your surround

sound setup.

Surround right

Using the on-screen displays

For ease of use, this system makes extensive use of graphical on-screen displays (OSDs).

All the screens are navigated in basically the same way, using , , ,  to change the highlighted item and pressing ENTER to select

Setting the channel levels

it. Set the relative channel levels from your main listening position.

1Press

TEST TONE

The test tone is output in the following order (from the speakers active in the current listening mode):

• L – Front left speaker

• C – Center speaker

• R – Front right speaker

• SR – Right surround speaker

Note

1 • This is only available when DVD/CD is selected and playback is stopped. Also make sure headphones are unplugged.

• To adjust the overall balance while listening to any sound source you want, press SETUP, use / to select CH LEVEL then press ENTER. Use / to move channel to channel, and / to adjust the channel levels. Press ENTER when you’re finished. 2 Since the subwoofer produces ultra-low frequencies its sound may seem quieter than it actually is. 3 The screen saver will appear after five minutes of inactivity.

Important

• Throughout this manual, ‘Select’ means use the cursor buttons to highlight an item on-screen, then press ENTER.

Button What it does

HOME

Displays/exits the on-screen display

 Changes the highlighted menu item

ENTER

Selects the highlighted menu item

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Button What it does

RETURN

Returns to the main menu without saving changes

Tip

• The button guide at the bottom of every OSD screen shows you which buttons you’ll need to use for that screen.

Playing discs

The basic playback controls for playing DVD, CD, Video CD/Super VCD, DivX video and WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC discs are covered

Further functions are detailed in chapter 4.

here.

1 If the player isn’t already on, switch it on.

If you’re playing a disc with video, also turn on your TV and make sure that it is set to the correct video input.

2 Press

Load a disc with the label side facing up, using the disc tray guide to align the disc (if you’re loading a double-sided DVD disc, load it with the side you want to play face down).

3 Press  (play) to start playback.

If you’re playing a DVD or Video CD/Super VCD, a menu may appear. See DVD-Video disc menus and Video CD/Super VCD PBC menus on page 12 to navigate these.

If you loaded a disc containing JPEGs, a slideshow will start. See Playing a JPEG slideshow on page 16 for more on this.

 OPEN/CLOSE

to load a disc.

• If a disc contains a mixture of DivX video and other media file types (MP3, for example), first select whether to play the DivX video files (DivX) or the other media file types (MP3/WMA/JPEG/MPEG-4 AAC) from the on-screen display.

4 Adjust the volume. Use the VOLUME control.

Basic playback controls

The following table shows the basic controls on the remote for playing discs

other playback features in the chapter 4.

Button What it does

 Starts/resumes normal playback.

 Pauses/unpauses a disc.  Stops playback or cancels the resume

 Press to start fast reverse scanning.  Press to start fast forward scanning.  Skips to the start of the current track or

 Skips to the next track or chapter.

Numbers

• If the display shows RESUME or LAST MEM playback starts from the

resume or last memory point (see Resume and Last Memory below).

function (if the display shows

chapter, then previous tracks/chapters.

Use to enter a title/chapter/track number. Press

• If the disc is stopped, playback starts from the selected title (for DVD) or track (for CD/Video CD/Super VCD).

• If the disc is playing, playback jumps to the start of the selected title (VR mode DVD-R/-RW), chapter (DVDVideo) or track (CD/Video CD/Super VCD).

. You can find

ENTER to select.

RESUME

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Note

1 You may find with some DVD discs that some playback controls don’t work in certain parts of the disc.

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Resume and Last Memory

When you stop playback of a disc, RESUME shows in the display indicating that you can resume playback from that point. With DVDs and Video CD/Super VCDs, even if

ejected, the play position is stored in memory. The next time you load the disc, the display shows LAST MEM and you can resume playback. If you want to clear the resume point, press  (stop) while RESUME is displayed.

DVD-Video disc menus

Many DVD-Video discs contain menus from

You can play a PBC Video CD/Super VCD without having to navigate the PBC menu by starting playback using a number button to select a track, rather than the  (play) button.

Button What it does

RETURN

Numbers Selects numbered menu options.

 Displays the previous menu page

 Displays the next menu page (if

Displays the PBC menu.

ENTER to select.

Press

(if there is one).

there is one).

which you can select what you want to watch. Sometimes DVD-Video menus are displayed

automatically when you start playback; others only appear when you press MENU or TOP

MENU.

Button What it does

TOP MENU

 Moves the cursor around the

ENTER RETURN

Numbers Highlights a numbered menu

Displays the ‘top menu’ of a DVD disc — this varies with the disc.

Displays a DVD disc menu — this varies with the disc and may be the same as the ‘top menu’.

screen. Selects the current menu option. Returns to the previously

displayed menu screen.

option (some discs only). Press

ENTER to select.

Listening to the radio

The tuner can receive both FM and AM broadcasts, and lets you memorize your favorite stations so you don’t have to manually tune in every time you want to listen. See also More tuner features: RDS on page 25.

1 Press press repeatedly to select the AM or FM band.

The display shows the band and frequency.

2 Tune to a frequency.

There are three tuning modes — manual, auto, and high-speed:

TUNER

to switch to the tuner, then

• Manual tuning: Press TUNE +/– repeatedly to change the displayed frequency.

• Auto tuning: Press and hold TUNE +/– until the frequency display starts to move, then release. The tuner will stop on the next station it finds. Repeat to keep searching.

• High-speed tuning: Press and hold

Video CD/Super VCD PBC menus

Some Video CD/Super VCDs have menus from which you can choose what you want to watch. These are PBC (Playback control) menus.

TUNE +/– until the frequency display starts to move rapidly. Keep the button held down until you reach the frequency you want. If necessary, fine tune the frequency using the manual tuning method.

Note

1 • The Last Memory function may not work with some discs.

• For DVD-Video discs (except VR mode DVD-R/-RW), the player stores the play position of the last five discs.

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Improving poor FM reception

If you’re listening to an FM station in stereo but the reception is weak, you can improve the sound quality by switching to mono.

1 Tune to an FM radio station then press SETUP

/

2Use ENTER

3Use ENTER

The mono indicator ( ) lights when the tuner is in mono reception mode.

Select FM AUTO above to switch back to autostereo mode (the stereo indicator ( ) lights when receiving a stereo broadcast).

to choose FM MODE then press

/

to select

FM MONO

then press

Memorizing stations

You can save up to 30 station presets so that you always have easy access to your favorite stations without having to tune in manually each time.

1 Tune to an AM or FM radio station.

For the FM band, select mono or auto-stereo reception as necessary. This setting is saved along with the preset.

2 Press ‘ST.MEM.’ then press

3Use want then press

SETUP

and use

/

to select the station preset you

ENTER

/

ENTER

to choose

Listening to other sources

You can connect auxiliary sources (TV, satellite receiver, etc.) to this unit for playback through the speaker system. See Connecting auxiliary audio components on page 32 for more on this.

• To connect a USB device to the USB

terminal, see USB playback on page 23.

1 Make sure that the external source (TV, satellite receiver, etc.) is switched on.

LINE

2Press Each press switches between LINE1 and LINE2.

3 If necessary, start playback of the source.

to select the source.

Setting the sleep timer

The sleep timer switches off the system after about an hour so you can fall asleep without

worrying about it.

• Press SHIFT+ option then press

Choose between the following options:

• SLP ON – Switches off after about an hour

• SLP OFF – Cancels the sleep timer

After selecting SLP ON, you can press SHIFT+SLEEP again to check how much time is left. Each line indicates approximately 12 minutes (remaining):

SLEEP

repeatedly to select an

ENTER

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Listening to station presets

1 Make sure the selected.

2Use the preset.

• You can also use the number buttons to do this.

Note

1 The display dims when the sleep timer is set, and the power indicator is turned off.

TUNER

function is

ST +/–

buttons to select a station

SLP --- --

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Chapter 3

Listening to your system

• MUSIC (Dolby Pro Logic II Music) – Pro

Auto listening mode

The Auto listening mode is the simplest way to listen to any source as it was mastered: the output from the speakers mirrors the channels in the source material.

•Press

listening mode.

SURROUND

to select the AUTO

Listening in surround sound

You can listen to stereo or multichannel sources in surround sound.

is generated from stereo sources using one of the Dolby Pro Logic decoding modes.

•Press

listening mode.

The choices that appear in the display will vary according to the type of source that’s playing.

• AUTO – Auto listening mode (see above)

• DOLBY PL (Dolby Pro Logic) – 4.1 channel

• MOVIE (Dolby Pro Logic II Movie) – Pro

SURROUND

surround sound (use with any two-channel source)

Logic II 5.1 channel surround sound, especially suited to movie sources (use with any two-channel source)

Surround sound

repeatedly to select a

Logic II 5.1 channel surround sound, especially suited to music sources (use with any two-channel source)

• STEREO – See Listening in stereo below

Using Extra Power mode

Extra Power mode allows you to enjoy richer, fuller sound from stereo (2.1ch) sources.

Power mode is available when listening to

DVD/CD or USB sources.

• Press EXTRA PWR to select MODE ON or MODE OFF

After selecting MODE ON, the F.SURR. indicator lights on the front panel display.

Extra

Note

1 If the source is Dolby Digital or DTS, the corresponding indicator lights in the front panel display. 2 Note that the input source must be switched to DVD/CD or USB for multichannel playback. 3 When the Extra Power mode is on, most sound features cannot be used. The display will briefly blink EXTRAPWR if you try and use a prohibited function while the Extra Power mode is on. 4 • Note that you cannot use Extra Power mode when using headphones. If you press EXTRA PWR when headphones are connected, a ’CANNOT’ error message appears on the front panel display.

• When set to MODE ON, make sure to follow the Setup Guide for best surround sound.

• When set to MODE OFF, the listening mode is automatically set to AUTO.

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Listening in stereo

You can listen to any source — stereo or multichannel — in stereo. When playing a multichannel source, all channels are downmixed to the front left/right speakers and the subwoofer.

• Press STEREO shows in the display.

SURROUND

repeatedly until

Listening with headphones

When headphones are connected, only the STEREO mode is available.

Using the SFC modes

The SFC (Sound Field Control) modes can be used with any multichannel or stereo source for a variety of additional surround sound effects.

1 Press

2Use ENTER

3 Press Sound Mode. Select between OFF, ACTION, DRAMA, ROCK, POP, HALL or LIVE.

SOUND

/

to select SFC MODE then press

/

then

ENTER

to select an SFC

Adjusting the bass and treble

Use the bass and treble controls to adjust the overall tone.

1Press

2Use press

3Use ENTER to confirm

SOUND

/

ENTER

to select BASS or TREBLE then

/

to adjust the sound

then press

Boosting the bass level

There are two bass modes you can use to enhance the bass in a source.

1Press

2Use press

3Use ENTER to confirm Select between OFF, MUSIC or CINEMA.

SOUND

/

ENTER

to select BASSMODE then

/

to adjust the sound

then press

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Chapter 4

Disc playback features

Important

• Many of the functions covered in this chapter apply to DVD discs, Video CDs/ Super VCDs, CDs, DivX video and WMA/ MP3/MPEG-4 AAC/JPEG discs, although the exact operation of some varies slightly with the kind of disc loaded.

• Some DVDs restrict the use of some functions (random or repeat, for example) in some or all parts of the disc. This is not a malfunction.

• When playing Video CD/Super VCDs, some of the functions are not available during PBC playback. If you want to use them, start the disc playing using a number button to select a track.

1 During playback, press  (pause).

/

/

2 Press and hold motion playback starts.

Press repeatedly to change the slow motion speed (shown on-screen).

• To resume playback, press  (play).

until slow

Frame advance/frame reverse

You can advance or back up DVD discs frameby-frame. With Video CD/Super VCDs and DivX video you can only use frame advance.

1 During playback, press  (pause).

/

/

2 Press advance a frame at a time.

• To resume playback, press  (play).

to reverse or

Scanning discs

You can fast-scan discs forward or backward at various different speeds.

• During playback, press  or  to start scanning.

Press repeatedly to increase the scanning speed (shown on-screen).

• To resume playback, press  (play).

Playing in slow motion

You can play DVDs, Video CD/Super VCDs and DivX video at four different forward slow motion speeds. DVD discs can also be played in reverse slow motion.

Note

1 Only one speed is available for DivX video discs. 2 • Depending on the disc, normal playback may automatically resume when a new chapter is reached on a DVD disc.

• With Video CD/Super VCDs in PBC mode or a WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC track, playback automatically resumes at the end or

beginning of the track. 3 • The time it takes for the player to load a file increases with large file sizes.

• Discs can contain up to 299 folders and up to 648 folders and files combined.

Playing a JPEG slideshow

After loading a disc containing JPEG pictures, press  to start a slideshow from the first

folder/picture on the disc. the pictures in each folder in alphabetical order.

• If the disc contains WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC files, playback of the slideshow and audio files repeats. During audio playback, you can still use the skip (/), scan (/) and pause () functions.

Pictures are automatically adjusted so that they fill as much of the screen as possible.

The player displays

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While the slideshow is running:

Button What it does

 Pauses the slideshow (or audio);

press again to restart.

 Jumps to the previous picture (or

audio file with audio playback).

 Jumps to the next picture (or

audio file with audio playback).

///

Pauses the slideshow and rotates/flips the displayed picture (Press  (play) to restart slideshow).

SHIFT+ZOOM

Pauses the slideshow and zooms the picture. Press again to toggle between 1x, 2x and 4x zoom (Press  (play) to restart slideshow).

Displays the Disc Navigator screen (see below).

Browsing DVD or Video CD/ Super VCD discs with the Disc Navigator

Use the Disc Navigator to browse through the contents of a DVD or Video CD/Super VCD disc to find the part you want to play.

1 During playback, press HOME MENU and select ‘Disc Navigator’ from the onscreen menu.

Disc Navigator

2 Select a view option.

The options available depend on the kind of disc loaded and whether the disc is playing or not, but include:

• Title – Titles from a DVD-Video disc.

• Chapter – Chapters from the current title of a DVD-Video disc.

• Track – Tracks from a Video CD/Super VCD disc.

• Time – Thumbnails from a Video CD/Super VCD disc at 10 minute intervals.

• Original: Title – Original titles from a VR mode DVD-R/-RW disc.

• Playlist: Title – Playlist titles from a VR mode DVD-R/-RW disc.

• Original: Time – Thumbnails from the Original content at 10 minute intervals.

• Playlist: Time – Thumbnails from the Playlist at 10 minute intervals.

The screen shows up to six moving thumbnail images displayed one after another. To display the previous/next six thumbnails, press / .

3 Select the thumbnail image for what you want to play.

Disc Navigator: Title 01- 49: - -

You can use either /// and ENTER to select a thumbnail, or the number buttons.

To select using the number buttons, enter a two-digit number then press ENTER.

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• When a JPEG file is selected, a slideshow

Browsing WMA, MP3, MPEG-4 AAC, DivX video and JPEG files

begins, starting with that file, and continues to the end of the folder.

with the Disc Navigator

Use the Disc Navigator to find a particular file or folder by filename.

1 Press HOME MENU and select ‘Disc Navigator’ from the on-screen menu.

00:00/ 00:00 0kbps

Folder1

Folder2

Folder3

Folder4

2Use /// and ENTER to navigate.

Use / to move up and down the folder/file list.

Use  to return to the parent folder.

Use ENTER or  to open a highlighted folder.

• When a JPEG file is highlighted, a thumbnail image is displayed on the right.

00:00/ 00:00 0kbps

Folder2

File1

File2

File3

File4

File5

3 To play the highlighted track or DivX video file or display the highlighted JPEG file, press ENTER.

• When a WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC or DivX video file is selected, playback begins from that file, and continues until the end of the folder.

Note

1 You can also do this by going to the ‘..’ folder at the top, then pressing ENTER. 2 The disc must be loaded for the files in your playlist to play back.

Tip

• You can also play a JPEG slideshow while listening to WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC playback. Simply select the audio file you want to listen to followed by the JPEG from which you want the slideshow to start. Playback of both the slideshow and the audio files repeats. Playback controls are effective for the JPEG slideshow only.

• To play the contents of the whole disc rather than just the current folder, exit the Disc Navigator and start playback using the  (play) button.

Using Playlists

With this feature, you can make up to three playlists of 30 files each for discs containing WMA, MP3, MPEG-4 AAC and JPEG files. Since this unit will remember all playlists for the last ten discs you have loaded, this is useful for if you have a large number of files that you

want to organize quickly and easily.

Programming playlists

1 With the disc stopped, press HOME MENU and select ‘Disc Navigator’ from the on-screen menu.

2 Select the file you want to add to the playlist.

See Browsing WMA, MP3, MPEG-4 AAC, DivX video and JPEG files with the Disc Navigator

above if you don’t know how to do this.

3 Press

The file is added to the playlist you select.

4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you’re done.

PLAY LIST

1, 2 or 3.

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Tip

• To add files without the on-screen display, simply press PLAY LIST normal playback of the file you want (except when a JPEG slideshow is playing at the same time as audio).

1, 2

or 3 during

Listening to playlists

•

With playback stopped, p

1, 2 or 3.

During playback, PGM lights in the front panel display. If no playlist has been programmed, NO LIST shows in the display.

• If the playlist contains both JPEG and audio files, playback of the slideshow and audio files starts.

ress

PLAY LIST

Clearing files from a playlist

1 Start playback of your playlist.

2 From the ‘Disc Navigator’ screen, select the file you want to remove from the playlist and press

CLEAR

Looping a section of a disc

The A-B Repeat function allows you to specify two points (A and B) within a track (CD, Video CD/Super Video CD) or title (DVD) that form a loop which is played over and over.

1 During playback, press select ‘

Play Mode

’.

Play Mode

HOME MENU

and

2 Select ‘A-B Repeat’.

ENTER

3Press loop start point.

4Press loop end point.

After pressing ENTER, playback jumps back to the start point and plays the loop.

5 To resume normal playback, select ‘Off’.

on ‘A(Start Point)’ to set the

ENTER

on ‘B(End Point)’ to set the

Using repeat play

In addition to various repeat play options, it’s also possible to use repeat play together with program play (see Creating a program list on page 20).

1 During playback, press

Play Mode

select ‘

2 Select ‘Repeat’ then select a repeat play

option. If program play is active, select Program Repeat to repeat the program list, or Repeat Off to cancel.

• For DVD discs, select Title Repeat or Chapter Repeat.

• For CDs and Video CD/Super VCDs, select Disc Repeat or Track Repeat.

• For DivX video discs, select Title Repeat (or Repeat Off).

’.

HOME MENU

Using random play

Use this function to play titles or chapters (DVD-Video) or tracks (CD and Video CD/Super

VCD) in a random order.

1 During playback, press

Play Mode

select ‘

HOME MENU

’.

and

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1 You can’t use repeat play with WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC discs. 2 • You can set the random play option when a disc is playing or stopped. However, you can’t use random play together with program play.

• You can’t use random play with VR format DVD-R/-RW discs, WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC discs, DivX video discs, or while a

DVD disc menu is being displayed.

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2 Select ‘Random’ then select an option.

• For DVD discs, select Random Title or Random Chapter.

• For CDs and Video CD/Super VCDs, select On or Off to switch random play on or off.

Tip

• Use the following controls during random play:

Button What it does

 Selects a new track/title/chapter

 Returns to the beginning of the

at random.

current track/title/chapter; further presses select another random track/title/chapter.

• Random play remains in effect until you select Random Off from the random play menu options.

Creating a program list

This feature lets you program the play order of titles/chapters/tracks on a disc.

1 During playback, press select ‘

Play Mode

’.

2 Select ‘Program’ then select ‘Create/Edit’ from the list of program options.

3Use

///

and title, chapter or track for the current step in the program list.

For a DVD disc, you can add a title or a chapter.

• For a CD or Video CD/Super VCD, select a track to add to the program list.

After pressing ENTER to select the title/ chapter/track, the step number automatically moves down one.

HOME MENU

ENTER

to select a

and

4 Repeat step 3 to build up a program list.

A program list can contain up to 24 steps.

• You can insert steps by just highlighting the position where you want the new step to appear and entering a title/chapter/track number.

• To delete a step, highlight it and press

CLEAR.

5 To play the program list, press  (play).

Program play remains active until you turn off program play (see below), erase the program list (see below), eject the disc or switch off.

Tip

• Use the following controls during program play:

Button What it does

HOME MENU

 Skip to the next step in the

Save the program list and exit without starting playback.

program list.

Other functions available from the program menu

There are a number of other options in the program menu in addition to Create/Edit.

• Playback Start – Starts playback of a saved program list

• Playback Stop – Turns off program play, but does not erase the program list

• Program Delete – Erases the program list and turns off program play

Note

1 Yo u can ’t us e Pro gram play with VR f orma t DVD -R/- RW di scs, WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC discs, DivX video discs, or while a DVD disc menu is being displayed.

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Searching a disc

You can search DVD discs by title or chapter number, or by time; CDs and Video CD/Super VCDs by track number or time; DivX video discs by time.

1 Press Mode

2 Select ‘Search Mode’.

The search options that appear depend on the kind of disc loaded.

3 Select a search mode.

• The disc must be playing in order to use

4 Use the number buttons to enter a title, chapter or track number, or a time.

• For a time search, enter the number of

5 Press

HOME MENU

’.

time search.

minutes and seconds into the currently playing title (DVD/ DivX video) or track (CD/ Video CD/Super VCD) you want playback to resume from. For example, press 4, 5, 0, 0 to have playback start from 45 minutes into the disc. For 1 hour, 20 minutes and 30 seconds, press 8, 0, 3, 0.

ENTER

and select ‘

to start playback.

Play

Switching subtitles

Some DVD discs and DivX video discs have subtitles in one or more languages; the disc box will usually tell you which subtitle languages are available. You can switch

subtitle language during playback.

•Press select a subtitle option.

• To set subtitle preferences, see Language

• See Displaying DivX subtitle files on

SHIFT+SUBTITLE

settings on page 28.

page 37 for more on DivX subtitles.

repeatedly to

Switching language/audio channels

When playing discs recorded with dialog in two or more languages, or with dual-mono audio you can switch these during playback.

•Press an audio language option.

• To set audio language preferences, see

SHIFT+AUDIO

Language settings on page 28.

repeatedly to select

Zooming the screen

Using the zoom feature you can magnify a part of the screen by a factor of 2 or 4, while watching a DVD, DivX video title or Video CD/ Super VCD or playing a JPEG disc.

1 During playback, press select the zoom factor (Normal, 2x or 4x).

///

2Use area.

You can change the zoom factor and the zoomed area freely during playback.

SHIFT+ZOOM

to change the zoomed

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Note

1 Some discs only allow you to change subtitle language from the disc menu. Press TOP MENU or MENU to access. 2 Some Super VCDs have two soundtracks. With these discs you can switch between the two soundtracks as well as individual channels in each. 3 Some discs only allow you to change audio language from the disc menu. Press TOP MENU or MENU to access. 4 • Since DVD, Video CD/Super VCD, DivX video title and JPEG pictures have a fixed resolution, picture quality will deteriorate, especially at 4x zoom. This is not a malfunction.

• If the navigation square at the top of the screen disappears, press SHIFT+ZOOM again to display it.

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Switching camera angles

Some DVD discs feature scenes shot from two or more angles — check the disc box for details.

When a multi-angle scene is playing, a icon appears on screen (this can be switched off if you prefer — see Display settings on page 29).

• During playback (or when paused), press SHIFT+ANGLE

to switch angle.

Displaying disc information

Various track, chapter and title information can be displayed on-screen during playback.

• To show/switch/hide the information displayed, press

Limited disc information also appears in the front panel display. Press DISPLAY to change the displayed information.

DISPLAY

repeatedly.

USB playback 05

Chapter 5

USB playback

Using the USB interface

It is possible to listen to two-channel audio1 and watch JPEG files using the USB interface on the front of this unit. Connect a USB mass

storage device

1 With the player switched on, press USB.

Make sure your TV is on and set to the correct video input.

2 Connect your USB device.

The USB terminal is located on the front panel.

3 Press  (play) to start playback.

If your USB device contains JPEGs, a slideshow will start. See Playing a JPEG slideshow on page 24 for more on this.

•Make sure USB DATA is showing in the front panel display (or the system is in standby) when disconnecting.

Note

1 This includes playback of WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC files (except files with copy-protection or restricted playback). It is not possible to play DivX files through the USB terminal. 2 • Compatible USB devices include external magnetic hard drives, portable flash memory (particularly keydrives) and digital audio players (MP3 players) of format FAT16/32. It is not possible to connect this unit to a personal computer for USB playback.

• Pioneer cannot guarantee compatibility (operation and/or bus power) with all USB mass storage devices and assumes no

responsibility for any loss of data that may occur when connected to this unit.

• With large amounts of data, it may take longer for the system to read the contents of a USB device.

as shown below.

USB

(Type A)

USB mass storage device

Important

If a USB ERR message lights in the display, it may mean that the power requirements of the USB device are too high for this player, or that the device is incompatible. Try the following:

• Switch the player off, then on again.

• Reconnecting the USB device with the player switched off.

• Selecting to another input source (like DVD/CD), then back to USB.

• Using a dedicated AC adapter (supplied with the device) for USB power.

If this doesn’t remedy the problem, it is likely your USB device is incompatible.

Basic playback controls

The following table shows the basic controls on the remote for USB playback.

Button What it does

 Starts normal playback.  Pauses/unpauses playback.  Stops playback.  Press to start fast reverse scanning.  Press to start fast forward scanning.  Skips to the start of the current file,

then previous files.

 Skips to the next file.

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Scanning files

You can fast-scan forward or backward at various different speeds.

• During playback, press  or  to start scanning.

Press repeatedly to increase the scanning speed (shown on-screen).

• To resume playback, press  (play).

Button What it does

Displays the Navigator screen (see below).

Browsing files with the Navigator

Use the Navigator to find WMA, MP3, MPEG-4 AAC and JPEG files or folders by name.

1Press MENU.

Playing a JPEG slideshow

Press  to start a slideshow from the first folder/picture.

displayed in order.

• If the device contains WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC files, playback of the slideshow and audio files repeats. During audio playback, you can still use the skip (/), scan (/) and pause () functions.

Pictures are automatically adjusted so that they fill as much of the screen as possible.

While the slideshow is running:

The pictures in each folder are

2Use /// and ENTER to navigate.

Use / to move up/down the folder/file list. Use  to return to the parent folder.

Use ENTER or  to open a highlighted folder.

• When a JPEG file is highlighted, a thumbnail image is displayed on the right.

3 To play the highlighted track or display the highlighted JPEG file, press ENTER.

• When a WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC file is selected, playback begins from that file, and continues until the end of the folder.

• When a JPEG file is selected, a slideshow

Button What it does

 Pauses the slideshow (or audio);

press again to restart.

 Jumps to the previous picture (or

audio file with audio playback).

 Jumps to the next picture (or

audio file with audio playback).

///

SHIFT+ZOOM

Note

1 With WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC tracks, playback automatically resumes at the end or beginning of the track. 2 • The time it takes for the player to load a file increases with large file sizes.

• USB devices can contain up to 299 folders and up to 648 folders and files combined. 3 Filenames may be displayed incorrectly with some digital audio players. 4 You can also do this by going to the ‘..’ folder at the top, then pressing ENTER.

Pauses the slideshow and rotates/flips the current picture (Press  to restart slideshow).

Pauses the slideshow and zooms the picture. Press again to toggle between 1x, 2x and 4x zoom (Press  to restart slideshow).

begins, starting with that file, and continues to the end of the folder.

Tip

• To play all of the contents, rather than just the current folder, exit the Navigator and start playback using the  (play) button.

More tuner features: RDS 06

Chapter 6

More tuner features: RDS

An introduction to RDS

Radio Data System (RDS) is a system used by most FM radio stations to provide listeners with various kinds of information — the name of the station and the kind of show they’re broadcasting, for example.

One feature of RDS is that you can search by type of program. For example, you can search for a station that’s broadcasting a show with the program type, JAZZ.

You can search the following program types:

NEWS – News AFFAIRS – Current Affairs INFO

– General Information

SPORT – Sport EDUCATE – Educational DRAMA – Radio plays, etc. CULTURE – National or

regional culture, theater, etc. SCIENCE – Science and technology VARIED – Usually talkbased material, such as quiz shows or interviews.

POP M – Pop music ROCK M – Rock music EASY M – Easy listening LIGHT M – ‘Light’ classical

music CLASSICS – ‘Serious’ classical music OTHER M – Music not fitting above categories WEATHER – Weather reports

FINANCE – Stock market reports, commerce, trading, etc. CHILDREN – Programs for children

SOCIAL – Social affairs RELIGION – Programs

concerning religion PHONE IN – Public expressing their views by phone TRAVEL – Holiday-type travel rather than traffic announcements LEISURE – Leisure interests and hobbies

JAZZ – Jazz COUNTRY NATION M – Popular

music in a language other than English OLDIES – Popular music from the ’50s and ’60s

FOLK M – Folk music DOCUMENT

– Country music

– Documentary

Displaying RDS information

Use the DISPLAY button to display the different types of RDS information available.

•Press

DISPLAY

for RDS information.

Each press changes the display as follows:

• Radio Text (RT) – Messages sent by the radio station. For example, a talk radio station may provide a phone number as RT.

• Program Service Name (PS) – The name of the radio station.

•Program Type (PTY) – This indicates the kind of program currently being broadcast.

• SEARCH – PTY search (see below)

• Current tuner frequency

Searching for RDS programs

You can search for a program type listed above.

1 Press the band.

2Press appears in the display.

3Use want to hear.

4Press

The system searches the station presets for a match. If it finds one, searching stops for five sec.

5 If you want to keep listening to the station, press If you don’t press ENTER, searching resumes.

/

TUNER

button for the FM

DISPLAY

repeatedly until SEARCH

to select the program type you

ENTER

to start the search.

ENTER

within the five seconds.

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Nederlands

Note

1 In addition, there are three other program types, TEST, ALARM, and NONE. ALARM and TEST are used for emergency announcements. You can’t search for these, but the tuner will switch automatically to this RDS broadcast signal. NONE appears when a program type cannot be found. 2 • If any noise is picked up while displaying the RT scroll, some characters may be displayed incorrectly.

• If you see NO RADIO TEXT DATA in the RT display, it means no RT data is sent from the broadcast station. The display will

automatically switch to the PS data display (if no PS data, the frequency is displayed).

• In the PTY display, NO DATA or NONE may be shown. In this case, the PS display is shown after a few seconds.

3 RDS is only possible in the FM band.

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Chapter 7

Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus

Audio Settings menu

The Audio Settings menu offers features for adjusting the way discs sound.

1Press Settings’ from the on-screen display.

2 Select and change settings using

/

Audio DRC

When watching Dolby Digital DVDs at low volume, it’s easy to lose the quieter sounds completely — including some of the dialog. Switching Audio DRC (Dynamic Range Control) to on can help by bringing up the quieter sounds, while controlling loud peaks.

How much of a difference you hear depends on the material you’re listening to. If the material doesn’t have wide variations in volume, you

may not notice much change.

HOME MENU

and

ENTER

Audio Settings

Audio DRC High

and select ‘Audio

Audio Settings

Medium

Low

Off

•Settings: High, Medium, Low,

Off (default)

//

1 Press

HOME MENU

and select ‘Video

Adjust’ from the on-screen display.

Video Adjust

2 Make settings using ENTER

Video Adjust

Sharpness

Brightness

Contrast

Gamma

Hue

Chroma Level



Standard

Off

///

and

You can adjust the following settings:

• Sharpness – Adjusts the sharpness of edges in the picture (Fine, Standard, Soft)

• Brightness – Adjusts the overall brightness (–20 to +20)

• Contrast – Adjusts the contrast between light and dark (–16 to +16)

• Gamma – Adjusts the ‘warmth’ of the picture (High, Medium, Low, Off)

• Hue – Adjusts the red/green balance (Green 9 to Red 9)

• Chroma Level – Adjusts how saturated colors appear (–9 to +9)

Adjust the Brightness, Contrast, Hue and Chroma Level settings using /.

Brightness min max 0

Video Adjust menu

From the Video Adjust screen you can adjust settings that affect picture presentation.

Note

1 Audio DRC is only effective with Dolby Digital audio sources.

3 Press screen, or

ENTER

to return to the Video Adjust

HOME MENU

to exit.

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Chapter 8

Initial Settings menu

1Press

Using the Initial Settings menu

The Initial Settings menu provides audio and video output settings, parental lock settings,

2 With playback stopped, press MENU

and display settings, among others. If an option is grayed out it means that it

cannot be changed at the current time. This is usually because a disc is playing. Stop the disc, then change the setting.

3Use setting and option you want to set.

All the settings and options are explained on the following pages.

Video Output settings

Setting Option What it means

TV Screen

(See also Screen sizes and disc formats on

page 39.)

AV Connector Out

(See Connecting auxiliary audio components

on page 32.)

HDMI Resolution*

(See Connecting using HDMI on page 33.)

* Default changes with TV format (PAL/NTSC).

Note

1 • In the table, the default setting is shown in bold: other settings are shown in italics.

• Some settings, such as TV Screen, Audio Language and Subtitle Language may be overridden by the DVD disc. Often

these settings can also be made from the DVD disc menu.

• The AV Connector Out setting only needs to be set if you have connected this player to your TV using a SCART cable.

• The HDMI Resolution and HDMI Color settings only need to be set if you connected this player to an HDMI-compatible component using the HDMI connector. 2 This setting can only be used when you are connected via HDMI and have the HDMI resolution set to 1920x1080i or 1280x720p. When using this setting, only the HDMI connection is available.

4:3 (Letter Box) Set if you have a conventional 4:3 TV. Widescreen movies are

4:3 (Pan & Scan) Set if you have a conventional 4:3 TV. Widescreen movies are

16:9 (Wide) Set if you have a widescreen TV. 16:9 (Compressed) Set if you have a widescreen TV. 4:3 material is shown with

Video Standard video, compatible with all TVs.

S-Video Higher quality, but check your TV for compatibility. RGB Best quality, but check your TV for compatibility. 1920x1080i Set if your TV supports 1920 x 1080 pixel interlace video. 1280x720p Set if your TV supports 1280 x 720 pixel progressive-scan video.

720x480p (NTSC)/ 720x576p (PAL)

720x480i (NTSC)/ 720x576i (PAL)

shown with black bars top and bottom.

shown with the sides cropped so that the image fills the screen.

black bars on either side of the screen.

Set if your TV supports 720 x 480 (NTSC)/720 x 576 (PAL) pixel progressive-scan video.

Set if your TV supports 720 x 480 (NTSC)/720 x 576 (PAL) pixel interlace video.

DVD/CD

and select ‘Initial Settings’.

Initial Settings

///

and

ENTER

to select the

HOME

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Italiano Español

Nederlands

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Setting Option What it means

HDMI Color

(See Connecting using HDMI on page 33.)

* Default changes depending on device connected.

Full range RGB If colors are weak, this gives brighter colors and deeper black

(default setting for HDMI-compatible DVI devices).

RGB Use this setting if colors appear overly rich on the Full Range

RGB setting.

Component Outputs 8-bit component video format (default setting for

HDMI-compatible devices).

Language settings

Setting Option What it means

Audio Language English If there is an English soundtrack on the disc, it is played.

Languages as displayed If there is a language selected on the disc, it is played. Other Language Select to choose a language other than the ones displayed (see

Subtitle Language English If there are English subtitles on the disc they are displayed.

Languages as displayed The subtitle language selected on the disc is displayed. Other Language Select to choose a language other than the ones displayed (see

DVD Menu Language

Subtitle Display On Subtitles are displayed in your selected subtitle language.

w/Subtitle Lang. DVD disc menus are displayed in the same language as your

Languages as displayed DVD menus are displayed in the selected language, if possible. Other Language Select to choose a language other than the ones displayed (see

Off Subtitles are always off by default when you play a DVD disc.

Using the language code list on page 44).

selected subtitle language, if possible.

Using the language code list on page 44).

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Display settings

Setting Option What it means

OSD Language English On-screen displays of the player are in English.

Languages as displayed On-screen displays are shown in the language selected.

Angle Indicator On A camera icon is displayed on-screen during multi-angle

Off No multi-angle indication is shown.

scenes on a DVD disc.

Options settings

Setting Option What it means

Parental Lock – See Parental Lock below. DivX(R) VOD Display See About DivX® VOD content below.

Speakers settings

Setting Option What it means

Speaker Distance – Specify the distance of your speakers from your listening

Parental Lock

• Default level: Off; Default password: none;

Default Country/Area code: us (2119)

To give you some control over what your children watch on your DVD player, some DVDVideo discs feature a Parental Lock level. If your player is set to a lower level than the disc, the disc won’t play.

Some discs also support the Country/Area Code feature. The player does not play certain scenes on these discs, depending on the Country/Area Code you set.

Registering a new password

position (see Speaker Distance on page 31).

1 Select ‘Password’.

Initial Settings

Video Output

Language

Display

Options

Speakers

2 Use the number buttons to input a fourdigit password then press

Changing your password

To change your password, confirm your existing password then enter a new one.

1 Select ‘Password Change’, input your

existing password, then press

2 Enter a new password and press

Parental Lock

DivX (R) VOD

Password

Level Change

Country Code

ENTER

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Nederlands

Note

1 • Not all discs use Parental Lock, and will play without requiring the password first.

• If you forget your password, you’ll need to reset the player to register a new password (see Resetting the system on page 44).

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Setting/changing the Parental Lock

1 Select ‘Level Change’.

2 Use number buttons to enter your

ENTER

password, then press

3 Select a new level and press

ENTER

• Press  repeatedly to lock more levels (more discs will require the password); press  to unlock levels. You can’t lock level 1.

Setting/changing the Country/Area code

You can find the Country/Area code list on page 45.

1 Select ‘Country Code’, input your

ENTER

password, then press

2 Select a Country/Area code then press ENTER

There are two ways you can do this:

• Select by code letter: Use / to change the Country/Area code.

• Select by code number: Press  then use the number buttons to enter the four-digit Country/Area code.

The new Country/Area code takes effect after ejecting the disc once.

About DivX® VOD content

In order to play DivX VOD (video on demand) content on this player, you first need to register the player with your DivX VOD content provider. You do this by generating a DivX VOD registration code, which you submit to your

provider.

Important

• DivX VOD content is protected by a DRM (Digital Rights Management) system. This restricts playback of content to specific, registered devices.

• If you load a disc that contains DivX VOD content not authorized for your player, the message Authorization Error is displayed and the content will not play.

Displaying your DivX VOD registration code

1 Press HOME MENU and select ‘Initial Settings’.

2 Select ‘Options’, then ‘DivX (R) VOD’.

Initial Settings

Video Output

Language

Display

Options

Speakers

Parental Lock

DivX (R) VOD

Display

3 Select ‘Display’.

Your eight-digit registration code is displayed. Make a note of the code as you will need it

when you register with a DivX VOD provider.

Playing DivX® VOD content

Some DivX VOD content may only be playable a fixed number of times. When you load a disc containing this type of DivX VOD content, the remaining number of plays is shown on-screen and you then have the option of playing the disc (thereby using up one of the remaining plays), or stopping. If you load a disc that contains expired DivX VOD content (for example, content that has zero remaining plays), the message Rental Expired is displayed.

If your DivX VOD content allows an unlimited number of plays, then you may load the disc into your player and play the content as often as you like, and no message will be displayed.

Note

1 Resetting the player (as described in Resetting the system on page 44) will not cause you to lose your registration code.

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