Pioneer KRP-500P, KRP-600M, KRP-500M, KRP-500A User Manual

Don’t just watch, don’t just listen, be transformed. be consumed.

Be changed mind, body and soul by experiences so intense

they alter everything forever.

By colours so vibrant they twist the very fabric of your being.

By sounds so pure they you don’t just hear them, you become them.

By a world so real, so rich, so pure, so beyond anything you’ve ever

experienced it surrounds your senses, takes hold of your emotions,

shatters your expectations and nothing will ever be the same.

There’s a fascinating, enthralling world available to you.

A world where the highest expressions of sight and sound finally

come together and awaken your senses — elevating them to a new

level of consciousness. A world where emotions are built with

feelings so deep that tears fall like lead, fear rages like wildfire,

and passions swell like a rising flood.

And in this world, every experience you’ll ever have is like nothing

you’ve ever known before. That’s because everything that exists in

that world comes from an insatiable drive for perfection and an

uncompromising attention to detail.

We should know — we built this world.

KURO, Adj. Black: Being of the achromatic colour
of maximum darkness: Origin: Japanese.

When we set out to make a new display, our engineers sought to create

the most immersive, experiential, emotionally powerful television

experience possible. Period. Because we understand the passion

that goes into producing amazing images, sounds, emotions and art, and we share it.

So we started from scratch and dedicated ourselves to making

a truly revolutionary display that reproduces what the artist originally intended.

And that meant, above all, achieving the blackest blacks imaginable.

Because when it comes to TV, black is everything. Black is the canvas.

Black is the foundation. Black gives each colour greater definition,

additional shades, more depth and the sharpest details. In red. In green.

In blue, and everywhere in between. A truly black black breathes life into

colour and forever changes the way you think about TV.

And black, as you might expect, is at the very heart of

what this television is all about.

KURO Flat Panel Display

KRP-600M

©2008 Nissan. GTR logo is a Nissan trademark.

Pio nee r’s Ne w K URO Fl at Scr een TV
“PDP-L X6090”f or Europe is aw arded
2008-2009 Best Product in European
Pl asm a- TV cate gor y fr om Eu ro pea n
Imaging and Sound Association.

KURO Flat Panel Display

KRP-500M

KURO Flat Screen TV

*KRP-500A with stand KRP-TS02 and side speaker KRP-S03

KRP-500A

*Images inside television screen are simulated.

Experience the True Black of KURO

Deeper Blacks for a More Vivid Picture

KURO, Japanese for "black," takes flat panel TVs to a new level
of perfo rmance wit h the rich est, deepe st blacks yet achiev ed.
This was made possible by the latest innovations in our plas ma
techn olo gy , t oge th er wit h the de velo pme nt of a new v ide o
pr ocess or. Wh y did we work s o har d to r ea ch thes e bl ac k
lev els ? Bec aus e we kno w t hat on ly the de epest bl ack s c an
cre ate th e hi ghe st pic tur e qu ali ty. Ou r n ew p las ma dis pla y
panels are "built for emotion" — offering you a new dimension of
dramatic, realistic visual entertainment.

Advanced Plasma TV Technologies

Pi on ee r de vel ope d Cryst al Em iss ive L ayer tec hn olo gy to
achi eve deep blac k re prod uctio n, a nd f or ou r la test plas ma
panels, we’ve made it even better. We also refined the structure
of the light emitting cells and employed a new electron source
mat eria l t o sp eed up the dis cha rge rat e in or der to prev ent
spar k di scha rge duri ng bl ack repr oduc tion . As a re sult , we
succee ded in reducing the minimum bright ness to one-fi fth of
pr ev io us m od els. Thi s en ab les th e hi ghest co nt ra st ev er
achieve d in the industry, so you ca n enjoy t ruly a vibrant and
natural picture, even during dark scenes.

New Direct Colour Filter

The co lou r f ilt er is als o a ke y e lem ent de ter min ing pi ctu re
quality. Pioneer’s proprietary high performance filter, the New
Direct Colour Filter, effectively reduces reflections, ensuring
so li d bl ac ks , opt im um c on tr as t a nd b ri ll ia nt co lo ur s
regar dless of th e ligh t cond itions—from brigh t sunlight to
dar k h ome th eat re roo ms. It al so cut s a nno yin g g lar e. All
Pioneer PDP models use New Direct Colour Filters that provide
enhanced chromatic purity for superior colour reproduction.

Conventional Plasma Image

Conventional Plasma Panel

Glass Filter

Image loss from
light reflection

External light

Light
Reflection

Glass

Emission

Glass Substrate

Air

KURO Image

KURO Panel

New colour Filter

Direct image
display with
no glass or
air layer

Glass Substrate

External light

Emission

New Optimum Mode

Room Environment Analysis

The room light and room colour (temperature)
changes throughout the day

Day Time Evening Fluorescent Lamp

Incandescent Lamp

No Lighting

Contents Analysis

Optimum Mode automatically detects the contents from picture

Analysis image

DRAMA

Bright

Dark

New PanelPrevious Panel

5x Deeper

Black

Idling Luminance
Eliminated

Deeper and Smoother BlackImage with Idling Luminance

KURO Improves Colour Performance

Deeper Blacks Mean More Vivid Colours

Whe n b lac ks a re dee p a nd soli d, col our re prod uct ion al so
improv es, with colours standin g out sh arply an d brilli antly.
Even at lo w bri ghtne ss le vels, the t hree prima ry co lours of
red, green, and b lue are d eeply and vividly produced, meaning
that in nigh t-time or sha dowy s cenes, colour s will stand out
beautifully without being assimilated into the darkness.

Optimum Picture and Sound Quality, Automatically

New Optimum Mode

Pioneer’s exclusive New Optimum Mode automatically analyses the
type of images being di splayed and uses a Room Light Se nsor to
monitor the ambient brightness. T he KRP-500A also accepts the
optional KRP-SE01 colour sensor for monitoring the colour of
the lighting. Based on the information received, parameter settings
are optimised so you enjoy the best possible
picture no matter when you're watching or
whether you’re watching movies, concerts,
sports or other types of content. Even if
the room brightness changes, you still get
optimum picture quality.

Adjusts for Best Sound Also

The New Optimum Mode not only optimises picture quality, it also
adj ust s f or best so und qu ali ty to m atc h t he gen re you are
viewing. Based on the results of analysing the source content, it
performs detailed sound adjustments using SRS, SRS FOCUS,
SRS Tr uBa ss and S RS Def ini tio n. The re sult is sou nd tha t
accentuates the excitement of the visual images. When watching a
movie, you hear sound like you would hear in a movie theatre, and
when watching a concert, you hear dynamic and energetic sound.

Optional colour sensor KRP-SE01

Picture Analysis colour Analysis etc.

Concert

Various examples of classified contents

Baseball

Optimum Mode automatically adjusts picture
and sound for various content categories

Optimum sound tuning for the program

Automatically adjusts for the most suitable and pleasing picture

Football Swimming

Dynamic sound for sports

and sound under any environment

Live Concert

Matching sound for the drama scene

Movie

Animation

Live

Enhanced Operating and Monitoring (KRP-600M/500M)

Network and E-mail Functions

By conne ctin g th e mo nito r
to a PC via a LAN connection
y o u c an f in e - tu n e t h e
pi ct ure qu al it y on a we b
browser, an d also transmit
R S -2 32C c om ma nds .
E -m ai l f un c ti on le ts y ou
s en d a v ar ie ty of s ta tus
infor mat ion to an add res s
you ha ve s et. Yo u ca n s end
pa nel usag e t ime, in te rna l
temper ature, input signals ,
and pro blem no tifi cati ons.
It 's a so ph ist icat ed wa y to
mo ni to r an d co nt ro l th e
p i c t u r e qu a l i t y o f y o ur
monitor.

Detailed Image Control (

120-Increment Image Tuning

Th es e m odels offe r a numb er of prec ise tuni ng fun ctio ns
ge ner ally f oun d on prof es sio nal mo nit ors: 5 -st ep ga mma
adjust ment, an d extra-fine 12 0-increm ent video adjus tments
in cl ud in g b rig ht nes s a nd co lou r. Yo u c an per fo rm the se
adjustme nts by swi tching the image at the push o f a button to
chec k th e ef fect s before and afte r tu ning. You ’ll enjo y th e
ability to delicat ely control colour nu ances, ima ge textures ,
and so on.

Fine-detail tuning of colour and contrast.

Pro Adjust Men u

,

A n

IP Control Screen

PC

LAN LAN

Router

KRP-600M/500M

5-step gamma adjustment

120-step brightness/colour/tint
adjustment

120-step adjustment of 6
parameters for RGB high and low

KURO

)

New, More Efficient OSD

Th e n ew P io nee r OS D let s

you display more information
w it h fe w e r o p e ra t i on s .
D es ig ne d t o mi n im is e t he
nu mbe r of lev els and m ake
th em mo re u nifo rm, it l ets
you easily perf orm de taile d
adju stme nts, whi le q uickl y
d i s p l a y i n g m e n u s a n d
functions. You have a choice
of 15 display languages.

Input Setup Menu of KRP-600M/500M

Sound that Complements the Beauty of the Images (KRP-500A)

Ultra-clear Sound, Including Dialogue

P io ne er ’s t r ad it io n of
hig h so und qua lity , f rom

de epl y pow erf ul b ass t o
cle ar a nd s harp hig hs, is
used to fu ll ad vanta ge in
t h e s e T V s . M o v i e
d i a l o g ue , e v e n w h e n
whis pere d, a s wel l as the
w i d e r a n g e o f o t h e r
d el i ca t e s ou n ds , ar e
a lw ay s he ar d cl e a rl y.
T h e p o w e r , t e n s i o n ,
pr ese nce , and rh yth mi c
f e e l o f m o v i e s a n d

Low impedance

condenser

co nc ert s ar e fa ithf ully
r e p r o d u c e d t o a d d
great er exc itement to th e
high resolut ion im ages.

Optimise the Sound
to Match the Content

You can set and memorise

pa ram et er s fo r o pt im um
s o u n d q u a l i t y w i t h
va ri ous pi ct ur e mo d es ,
su ch as Mov ie mod e a nd
Director m ode. Each sou nd effect can be varied th rough four
steps. You also get AVC (Auto Volume Control) that maintains
the volume at a constant l evel even when t he so urce volume
varies (so you are not bothered by loud commercials).

High sound quality speaker units
(Left: woofer, right: tweeter)

Low distortion
thin custom coil

Blends into Your Interior

Elegantly Thin at Only 64mm

KURO TVs enhan ce yo ur in terio r not only with
thei r be auti ful imag es, but w ith thei r ref ined ,
ele gant fo rm. Wit h a thi ckne ss of o nly 64m m,
the y a re nat urally lig htw eig ht as well . W hen
hung on a wall, they can be mounted so they seem
to b e in te gra te d wi th t he w al l su rf ac e, a t a
distance from t he wall of only 89mm*. Y ou will
appreciate how they beautifully blend into your
living space.

* KRP-600M when installed using KRP-WM01 wall mount unit.

Less Element Design

T h e s e K UR O m o del s e m bo d y
Pio neer’ s Les s E lem ent De si gn
con cep t: abs olu tel y m inimisi ng
elements not needed for viewi ng.
T h e y h a v e a l o g o w h i c h
dis appe ars if t he s urro undi ngs
become dark and w hich crea tes a
calm atmosphere in the viewing space, a frame made of luxurious
material, and other unique KURO finishing s. And by making the
back panel simpler and flatter, the overall form is refined.

KURO Link

By connecting t he KURO TV with a new LX A/V rec eiver an d the
LX Blu-ray Disc play er, KURO LINK lets you ope rate the whole
system ’s basi c funct ions, such as p ower on /off an d playback
through KURO’s remote control.

HDMI On-Screen Control

KURO TV

A/V Receiver

Power on/off

Blu-ray Disc Player

Power on/off

Playback

Playback

KURO’s

Remote Control