Pioneer PRO-110FD, PRO-150FD Operating Instruction

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Operating Instructions

PLASMA DISPLAY SYSTEM

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.

Read these instructions.

Keep these instructions.

Heed all warnings.

Follow all instructions.

Do not use this apparatus near water.

Clean only with dry cloth.

Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.

Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.

Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug. A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other. A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong. The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your safety. If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet, consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet.

10)

Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the apparatus.

CAUTION:

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

11)

Only use attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer.

12)

Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table specified by the manufacturer, or sold with the apparatus. When a cart is used, use caution when moving the cart/apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip-over.

13)

Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time.

14)

Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way, such as power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped.

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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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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NOTE TO CATV SYSTEM INSTALLER

THIS REMINDER IS PROVIDED TO CALL THE CATV SYSTEM INSTALLER’S ATTENTION TO ARTICLE 820-40 OF THE NEC THAT PROVIDES GUIDELINES FOR PROPER GROUNDING AND, IN PARTICULAR, SPECIFIES THAT THE CABLE GROUND SHALL BE CONNECTED TO THE GROUNDING SYSTEM OF THE BUILDING, AS CLOSE TO THE POINT OF CABLE ENTRY AS PRACTICAL.

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WARNING: This product equipped with a three-

wire grounding (earthed) plug - a plug that has a third (grounding) pin. This plug only fits a grounding-type power outlet. If you are unable to insert the plug into an outlet, contact a licensed electrician to replace the outlet with a properly grounded one. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the grounding plug

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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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This digital television is capable of receiving analog basic, digital basic and digital premium cable television programming by direct connection to a cable system providing such programming. A security card provided by your cable operator is required to view encrypted digital programming. Certain advanced and interactive digital cable services such as video-ondemand, a cable operator’s enhanced program guide and data-enhanced television services may require the use of a set-top box. For more information call your local cable operator.

VENTILATION CAUTION:

When installing this unit, make sure to leave space around the unit for ventilation to improve heat radiation. For the minimum space required, see page

17.

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.

WARNING: Handling the cord on this product or

cords associated with accessories sold with the product will expose you to chemicals listed on proposition 65 known to the State of California and other governmental entities to cause cancer and birth defect or other reproductive harm.

Wash hands after handling.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired

Information to User

Alteration or modifications carried out without appropriate authorization may invalidate the user’s right to operate the equipment.

operation. Product Name: Plasma Display System Model Number: PRO-150FD/PRO-110FD Product Category: Class B Personal Computers &

Peripherals

[For Canadian model]

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

Responsible Party Name: PIONEER ELECTRONICS SERVICE, INC.

Address: 1925 E. DOMINGUEZ ST., LONG BEACH, CA 90801-1760, U.S.A.

Phone: 800-421-1625 URL : http://www.pioneerelectronics.com

NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

– Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. – Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. – Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. – Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

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CAUTION: This product satisfies FCC regulations when shielded cables and connectors are used to connect the

unit to other equipment. To prevent electromagnetic interference with electric appliances such as radios and televisions, use shielded cables and connectors for connections.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE – THE SERIAL NUMBER FOR THIS EQUIPMENT IS LOCATED IN THE REAR.

PLEASE WRITE THIS SERIAL NUMBER ON YOUR ENCLOSED WARRANTY CARD AND KEEP IN A SECURE AREA. THIS IS FOR YOUR SECURITY.

CAUTION:

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)

The  switch on this unit will not completely shut off all power from the AC outlet. Since the power cord serves as the main

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STANDBY: When placed into the standby mode, the main power flow is cut and the unit is no longer

fully operational.

STANDBY/ON Indicator: The indicator is lit red when the unit is in the standby mode and lit blue when it is in the

power-on mode. No operation can be performed when the indicator is off. However, the Plasma Display system will still consume some power as long as the power cord is inserted into the power outlet.

Operating Environment

Operating environment temperature and humidity: +0 ˚C to +40 ˚C (+32 ˚F to +104 ˚F); 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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Contents

Thank you for buying this Pioneer product.

Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate your model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them away in a safe place for future reference. In some countries or regions, the shape of the power plug and power outlet may sometimes differ from that shown in the explanatory drawings. However the method of connecting and operating the unit is the same.

Illustrations shown in this manual are for the PRO-110FD unless otherwise specified.

Contents

01 Important User Guidance

Information ........................................... 7

02 Safety Precautions .............................. 10

Installation Precautions ............................11

03 Supplied Accessories........................... 12

04 Part Names........................................... 14

Plasma display ...........................................14

Remote control unit ...................................16

05 Preparation .......................................... 17

Installing the plasma display ....................17

Moving the plasma display .......................17

Attaching the Pioneer stand .....................17

Installing the Pioneer speaker ..................19

Preventing the plasma display from

falling over ..................................................26

Detaching the Pioneer stand ....................27

Cable connections for watching digital

and/or conventional TV channels .............29

Inserting the CableCARD™ .......................29

Routing cables ...........................................30

Connecting the power cord .......................30

Preparing the remote control unit ............31

Allowed operation range of the remote

control unit .............................................31

06 Basic Operations.................................. 32

Turning on the power .................................32

Turning off the power .................................32

Watching TV channels ...............................33

Selecting the antenna ...........................33

Changing channels ...............................33

Changing the volume and sound .........34

Changing the language ........................34

Setting MTS/SAP mode ........................35

Viewing a channel banner ....................36

Using the POD service ..........................36

Using the multiscreen functions ............. 36

Splitting the screen .............................. 36

Freezing images ........................................ 37

07 TV Guide On Screen™ System

Setup ....................................................38

About the TV Guide On Screen™

system ........................................................ 38

Setting up the TV Guide On Screen™

system ........................................................ 38

08 The HOME MENU.................................. 41

HOME MENU overview ............................. 41

Using the HOME MENU ........................... 41

09 Tuner Setup.......................................... 42

Setting up TV channels ............................. 42

Using Auto Channel Preset ................. 42

Setting for skipping unwanted

channels ................................................ 42

Setting up TV channels manually ........ 42

Checking signal strength ..................... 42

Checking the CableCARD™ ID ............ 43

Parental Control ........................................ 43

Changing the password ....................... 43

Clearing the password ......................... 44

Activating the Parental Control ........... 44

Setting the voluntary movie rating

system (MPAA) .....................................44

Setting the TV ratings ........................... 44

Setting the TV Parental Guidelines

(TV Guidelines) ...................................... 45

Blocking Not Rated TV programs ........ 45

Canadian rating systems ..................... 45

Setting Canadian English ratings ....... 46

Setting Canadian French ratings ........46

Setting new ratings ............................... 46

Deleting new ratings ............................ 47

Temporarily deactivating the Parental

Control ................................................... 47

Setting your favorite channels .................. 48

Contents

Setting up closed captions ....................... 48

Activating the closed caption .............. 48

Selecting the type of conventional

closed captions ..................................... 48

Selecting digital closed captions ........ 48

Selecting digital closed caption

parameters ............................................ 49

Clock Setting ............................................. 49

10 TV Guide On Screen™ System

Operation .............................................50

Using the TV Guide On Screen™

system ........................................................ 50

Screen components ............................. 50

The Listings screen ................................... 51

Setting program reminders ...................... 51

Searching for programs ........................... 53

Searching by category .......................... 53

Searching by keyword .......................... 54

Alphabetical search ............................. 54

The search Episode Options menu ..... 55

Scheduling reminders .............................. 55

Using the reminder To Do list .............. 56

Changing setup options ........................... 56

Changing the system settings ............. 56

Changing the channel display

settings .................................................. 57

Changing the default options .............. 58

Displaying setup progress ................... 58

11 Adjustments and Settings ..................59

AV Selection .............................................. 59

Basic picture adjustments ....................... 60

Advanced picture adjustments ................ 61

Using PureCinema ............................... 61

Using Intelligent Mode ......................... 61

Using the Picture Detail ....................... 61

Using Color Temp ................................. 62

Using CTI and Color Space .................. 62

Using Color Management .................... 62

Eliminating noise from images ............ 63

Using the 3DYC and I-P Mode .............63

Comparing picture adjustments on the

screen .........................................................64

Sound adjustments ................................... 64

Power Control ............................................65

Energy Save ........................................... 65

No Signal off (AV source only) .............65

No Operation off (AV source only) ....... 66

Power Management

(PC source only) .................................... 66

Sleep Timer ................................................66

Image position adjustment

(AV source only) .........................................67

Automatic image position and

clock adjustments (PC source only) ........67

Manual image position and clock

adjustments (PC source only) ..................67

Reducing video noise ................................67

Selecting a game mode ............................68

Selecting a screen size manually ............. 68

Selecting a screen size automatically .....69

Detecting side masks ................................ 69

Changing the brightness at both

sides of the screen (Side Mask) ...............69

Room Light Sensor .................................... 70

Blue LED Dimmer ...................................... 70

Orbiter .........................................................70

Video Pattern ..............................................70

Language setting .......................................70

12 Enjoying through External

Equipment ........................................... 71

About External Equipment ........................ 71

Watching a DVD image ............................71

Watching a VCR image .............................71

Using HDMI Input .....................................72

Enjoying a game console or watching

camcorder images .....................................74

Connecting other audio equipment ......... 74

Contents

Watching an image from a personal

computer ....................................................75

Computer compatibility chart ...................75

Connecting control cords ..........................76

IR REPEATER OUT .....................................76

Enjoying the Home Media Gallery ..........77

Making network connections ...............78

Connecting a USB device .....................78

Starting the Home Media Gallery

function ..................................................79

Enjoying movie files ..............................81

Enjoying music files ..............................84

Enjoying photo files ...............................85

Other useful functions ..........................88

Glossary ..................................................93

13 Using the HDMI Control...................... 94

Using the HDMI Control functions ...........94

Making the HDMI Control connections ...95

Setting the HDMI Control ..........................96

Using the HDMI Control menus ...............97

14 Useful Remote Control Features........ 98

Learning function of the remote control

unit ..............................................................98

Using the learning function .................98

Presetting manufacturer codes to control

other devices ..............................................98

Presetting manufacturer codes ...........98

Library Search ........................................98

Delete Learning .....................................98

Manufacturing Reset ............................99

Programming codes ..........................100

Using the remote control unit to

control other devices ...........................105

15 Appendix ........................................... 109

Troubleshooting .......................................109

Specifications ...........................................123

Important User Guidance Information

Chapter 1

Important User Guidance Information

In order to obtain maximum enjoyment from this Pioneer PRO150FD/PRO-110FD plasma display, please first read this information carefully.

With the Pioneer PRO-150FD/PRO-110FD, you can be assured of a high quality plasma display with long-life and high reliability. To achieve images of exceptional quality, this Pioneer plasma display incorporates state-of-the-art design and construction, as well as very precise and highly advanced technology.

The Pioneer PRO-150FD/PRO-110FD incorporates the latest in color filter technology – Direct Color Filter. This improves the color / picture reproduction of these models as compared to previous models. It also eliminates the need for a physical glass panel to be placed in front of the plasma panel, which furthers Pioneer’s continued goal of reducing environmental waste in consumer electronics, now during the manufacturing process and in the future during the recycling process.

Over the course of its lifetime, the luminosity of the Pioneer PRO150FD/PRO-110FD plasma display will diminish very slowly, such as with all phosphor-based screens (for example, a traditional tube-type television). To enjoy beautiful and bright images on your Pioneer plasma display for many years to come, please carefully read and follow the usage guidelines below.

Usage guidelines

All phosphor-based screens (including conventional tube-type televisions) can be affected by displaying static images for a prolonged period. Plasma displays are no exception to this rule. After-image and permanent effects on the screen can be avoided by taking some basic precautions. By following the recommendations listed below, you can ensure longer and satisfactory results from your plasma:

• Whenever possible, avoid frequently displaying the same image or virtually still moving pictures (e.g. closed-captioned images or video game images which have static portions).

• Avoid viewing the On Screen Display for extended periods, from a DVD player, VCR, and all other components.

• Do not leave the same picture freeze-framed or paused continuously over a long period of time, when using the still picture mode from a TV, VCR, DVD player or any other component.

• Images which have both very bright areas and very dark areas side by side should not be displayed for a prolonged period of time.

• When playing a game, the “GAME” mode setting within “AV Selection” is strongly recommended. However, please limit its use to less than two hours at a time.

• After playing a game, or displaying a PC image or any still image, it is best to view a normal moving picture in the “WIDE” or “FULL” screen setting for over three times longer than the previous still/moving image.

• After using the plasma display, always switch the display to “STANDBY” mode.

• Extensive viewing of content with top, bottom, or side masks may cause uneven wear. After viewing masked content, it is recommended to view full screen motion video for an equal or greater amount of time.

Installation guidelines

The Pioneer PRO-150FD/PRO-110FD plasma display incorporates a very thin design. To ensure safety, please take the proper measures to mount or install the plasma display, in order to prevent the unit from tipping over in the event of vibration or accidental movement.

This product should be installed by using only parts and accessories designed by Pioneer. Use of accessories other than the Pioneer stand or installation bracket may result in instability, and could cause injury. For custom installation, please consult the dealer where the unit was purchased. To ensure correct installation, experienced and qualified experts must install the unit.

Pioneer will not be held responsible for accident or damage caused by the use of parts and accessories manufactured by other companies, inadequate installation or stabilization, erroneous operation, remodeling or natural disasters.

To avoid malfunction and overheating when installing, make sure that the vents on the main unit are not blocked. To ensure proper heat emission:

• Distance the unit slightly from other equipment, walls, etc. For the minimum space required around the unit, see page 17.

• Do not fit the unit inside narrow spaces where ventilation is poor.

• Do not cover with a cloth, etc.

• Clean the vents on the sides and rear of the unit to remove dust build-up by using a vacuum cleaner set to its lowest suction setting.

• Do not place the product on a carpet or blanket.

• Do not leave the product tilted over.

• Do not invert the product.

Using the unit without proper ventilation may cause the internal temperature to rise, and could result in possible malfunction. When the surrounding or internal temperature exceeds a certain degree, the display will automatically power off in order to cool the internal electronics and prevent a hazardous occurrence.

Malfunction can be caused by many factors: inappropriate installation site, improper assembly/installation/mounting, improper operation of or modifications made to this product. However, Pioneer cannot be held responsible for accidents or malfunction caused by the above.

Note

The following are typical effects and characteristics of a phosphor-based matrix display and as such, are not covered by the manufacturer’s limited warranties:

• Permanent residual images upon the phosphors of the panel.

• The existence of a minute number of inactive light cells.

• Panel generated sounds, examples: Fan motor noise, and electrical circuit humming / glass panel buzzing

Important

• Under certain conditions, Parental Control functions of this product may NOT control Audio/Video input from external devices connected to this product. To avoid unintended display of inappropriate materials, please consult each external device’s manual to set up its Parental Control features.

Important User Guidance Information

Caution

Pioneer bears no responsibility for any damage arising from incorrect use of the product by you or other people, malfunctions when in use, other product related problems, and use of the product except in cases where the company must be liable.

Plasma display protection function

When still images (such as photos and computer images) stay on the screen for an extended period of time, the screen will be slightly dimmed. This is because the protection function of the plasma display automatically adjusts the brightness to protect the screen when detecting still images; so this does not designate malfunction. The screen is dimmed when a still image is detected for about three minutes.

Information of pixel defect

Plasma screens display information using pixels. Pioneer plasma display panels contain a very large number of pixels. (Depending on the panel size; over 3.1 million pixels for a 50 inch/60 inch display). All Pioneer display panels are manufactured using a very high level of ultra-precision technology and undergo individual quality control.

In rare cases, some pixels can be permanently switched off, or on, resulting in either a black or colored pixel permanently fixed on the screen.

This effect is common to all plasma displays because it is a consequence of the technology.

If the defective pixels are visible at a normal viewing distance of between 2.5 and 3.5 meters (8.2 and 11.5 feet) while viewing a normal broadcast (i.e. not a test card, still image or single color display) please contact Pioneer Customer Support Div. (USA) or Customer Satisfaction Dept. (CANADA). See back cover.

If, however, they can only be seen close up or during single color displays then this is considered normal for this technology.

Infrared rays

The plasma display releases infrared rays because of its characteristics. Depending on how the plasma display is in use, the remote controls of nearby equipment may be adversely affected or wireless headphones using infrared rays are interfered with by noise. If this is the case, place that equipment at a location where its remote control sensor is not affected.

Radio interference

While this product meets the required specifications, it emits a small amount of noise. If you place such equipment as an AM radio, personal computer, and VCR close to this product, that equipment may be interfered. If this happens, place that equipment far enough from this product.

Plasma display driving sound

The screen of the plasma display is composed of extremely fine pixels and these pixels emit light according to received video signals. This principle may cause you to hear a buzz or electrical hum coming from the plasma display.

Do not attach such items as labels and tape to the product.

• This may result in the discoloration or scratch of the cabinet.

When not using the product for a long period of time

• If you do not use the product for a long period of time, the functions of the product may be adversely affected. Switch on and run the product occasionally.

Condensation

• Condensation may take place on the surface or inside of the product when the product is rapidly moved from a cold place to a warm place or just after a heate r is swit che d on on a w inter morning, for example. When condensation takes place, do not switch on the product until condensation disappears. Using the product with condensation may result in malfunction.

Cleaning the surface of the screen and the glossy surface of the front cabinet

• When cleaning the surface of the screen or the glossy surface of the front cabinet, gently wipe it with a dry soft cloth; the supplied cleaning cloth or other similar cloths (e.g., cotton and flannel). If you use a dusty or hard cloth or if you rub the screen hard, the surface of the product will be scratched.

• If you clean the surface of the screen with a wet cloth, water droplets on the surface may enter into the product, resulting in malfunction.

Cleaning the cabinet

• When cleaning the cabinet of this product, gently wipe it with a clean soft cloth (e.g., cotton and flannel). If you use a dusty or hard cloth or if you rub the cabinet hard, the surface of the cabinet will be scratched.

• The cabinet of this product is mostly composed of plastic. Do not use chemicals such as benzene or thinner to clean the cabinet. Using these chemicals may result in quality deterioration or coating removal.

• Do not expose the product to volatile gas or fluid such as pesticide. Do not bring the product in contact with rubber or vinyl products for a long period of time. The effect of plasticizer in the plastic may result in quality deterioration or coating removal.

• If you clean the surface of the cabinet with a wet cloth, water droplets on the surface may enter into the product, resulting in malfunction.

Handles at the rear of the plasma display

• Do not remove the handles from the rear of the plasma display.

• When moving the plasma display, ask another person for help and use the handles attached to the rear of the plasma display. Do not move the plasma display by holding only a single handle. Use the handles as shown on page 17.

• Do not use the handles to hang the product when installing or carrying the product, for example. Do not use the handles for the purpose of preventing the product from tilting over.

Important User Guidance Information

Fan motor noise

The rotation speed of the cooling fan motor increases when the ambient temperature of the plasma display becomes high. You may hear the sound of the fan motor at that time.

To use this product for a long period of time

• Energy Save maintains efficiency of the screen for a long period of time by decreasing picture brightness and lowering power consumption. Setting Energy Save to “Mode 1” is recommended for increased efficiency.

About the menu window size following video format switch

The video program that you watch may be high definition (HD) or standard definition (SD). This plasma display is designed to scale to each type of definition properly. If the video program’s definition type changes while a menu window is displayed on the screen (for example: HD → SD or SD → HD), the menu size may temporarily shrink or enlarge until the scaling is completed. This may happen, for example, when you switch between television and an external digital video recorder (D-VHS), or when your recorded program switches between different definition types, while the on-screen menu is being shown.

If this happens, the menu will return to its normal size after two to three seconds. This action is normal, and does not indicate a problem with your plasma display.

Image Retention

When a static image is left frozen on a display for several hours, a faint imprint of the image, known as image retention, can remain. This image retention may be temporary or permanent. Although caused by different things, image retention can occur on all display technologies, including plasma and LCD. On today’s plasma displays, permanent image retention is less of a worry. Most image retention can be improved simply by watching moving video.

Image retention, also known as burn-in, can occur in all phosphor-based display systems (including CRT television systems–both direct view and projection–as well as plasma displays). Displaying the same still images for long periods should be avoided as permanent image retention or burn-in may occur. Recommended guidelines are as follows:

Do not display static images for long periods (such as still images, fixed images from PC or TV game equipment, and/or fixed images such as time of day indicator or channel logo display).

Do not display content in the 4:3 aspect ratio (black or gray bars on left and right side of content) or letter-box content (black bars above and below content) for extended periods of time, or use either of these viewing modes repeatedly within a short period of time. This plasma display is equipped with multiple wide-screen viewing modes; use one of these screen modes to fill the entire screen with content.

Displaying dark images after displaying still images for a period of time may cause image retention. In most cases, the image retention can be corrected by displaying bright images for a similar period of time.

If you display still images on your plasma display for long periods of time, image retention may be irreparable.

Caution

Panel sticking and after-image lag

• Displaying the same images such as still images for a long time may cause after-image lagging. This may occur in the following two cases.

1 After-image lagging due to remaining electric load

When image patterns with very high peak luminance are displayed more than one minute, after-image lagging may occur due to the remaining electric load. The after-images remaining on the screen will disappear when moving images are displayed. The time for the after-images to disappear depends on the luminance of the still images and the time they had been displayed.

2 After-image (lag image) due to burning

Avoid displaying the same image on the plasma display continuously over a long period of time. If the same image is displayed continuously for several hours, or for shorter periods of time over several days, a permanent after-image may remain on the screen due to burning of the fluorescent materials. Such images may become less noticeable if moving images are later displayed, but they will not disappear completely.

Note

• When a program menu, TV Guide screen or frozen image is displayed for 5 to 10 minutes, the system automatically turns the image off to prevent damage from screen burning.

• To minimize image retention, the display position is automatically changed imperceptibly when watching plasma display. Some parts of the picture may not be visible (see Orbiter on page 70).

Minimizing damage from screen burning

• Set the Side Mask detection function to “On”. The High Definition 16:9 aspect ratio images containing side masks will be detected automatically and side masks will be added or the image displayed in full screen.

• We recommend that you enjoy watching images displayed in full screen, except when doing so may result in copyright infringement. The use of images displayed in screen sizes different from the original video for financial gain or in broadcasting for public viewing may result in infringement of the legally enforceable rights of the copyright holder (see page 68).

Caution

DO NOT PLACE THIS PRODUCT ON AN UNSTABLE CART, STAND, TRIPOD, BRACKET, OR TABLE. THE PRODUCT MAY FALL, CAUSING SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURY AND SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE PRODUCT. USE ONLY WITH A CART, STAND, TRIPOD, BRACKET, OR TABLE RECOMMENDED BY THE MANUFACTURER, OR SOLD WITH THE PRODUCT. FOLLOW THE MANUFACTURER’S INSTRUCTIONS WHEN INSTALLING THE PRODUCT AND USE MOUNTING ACCESSORIES RECOMMENDED BY THE MANUFACTURER.

A PRODUCT AND CART COMBINATION SHOULD BE MOVED WITH THE CARE. QUICK STOPS, EXCESSIVE FORCE, AND UNEVEN SURFACES MAY CAUSE THE PRODUCT AND CART COMBINATION TO OVERTURN.

Safety Precautions

Chapter 2

Safety Precautions

Electricity is used to perform many useful functions, but it can also cause personal injuries and property damage if improperly handled. This product has been engineered and manufactured with the highest priority on safety. However, improper use can result in electric shock and/or fire. In order to prevent potential danger, please observe the following instructions when installing, operating and cleaning the product. To ensure your safety and prolong the service life of your product, please read the following precautions carefully before using the product.

1. Read instructions—All operating instructions must be read and understood before the product is operated.

2. Keep this manual in a safe place—These safety and operating instructions must be kept in a safe place for future reference.

3. Observe warnings—All warnings on the product and in the instructions must be observed closely.

4. Follow instructions—All operating instructions must be followed.

5. Cleaning—Unplug the power cord from the AC outlet before cleaning the product. To clean the product, use the supplied cleaning cloth or other soft cloth (e.g., cotton, flannel). Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners.

6. Attachments—Do not use attachments not recommended by the manufacturer. Use of inadequate attachments can result in accidents.

7. Water and moisture—Do not use the product near water, such as bathtub, washbasin, kitchen sink and laundry tub, swimming pool and in a wet basement.

8. Stand—Do not place the product on an unstable cart, stand, tripod or table. Placing the product on an unstable base can cause the product to fall, resulting in serious personal injuries as well as damage to the product. Use only a cart, stand, tripod, bracket or table recommended by the manufacturer or sold with the product. When mounting the product on a wall, be sure to follow the manufacturer’s instructions. Use only the mounting hardware recommended by the manufacturer.

9. When relocating the product placed on a cart, it must be moved with utmost care. Sudden stops, excessive force and uneven floor surface can cause the product to fall from the cart.

10. Ventilation—The vents and other openings in the cabinet are designed for ventilation. Do not cover or block these vents and openings since insufficient ventilation can cause overheating and/or shorten the life of the product. Do not place the product on a bed, sofa, rug or other similar surface, since they can block ventilation openings. This product is not designed for built-in installation; do not place the product in an enclosed place such as a bookcase or rack, unless proper ventilation is provided or the manufacturer’s instructions are followed.

11. Power source—This product must operate on a power source specified on the specification label. If you are not sure of the type of power supply used in your home, consult your dealer or local power company.

12. Power cord protection—The power cords must be routed properly to prevent people from stepping on them or objects from resting on them. Check the cords at the plugs and product.

13. The plasma display used in this product is made of glass. Therefore, it can break when the product is dropped or applied with impact. Be careful not to be injured by broken glass pieces in case the plasma display breaks.

14. Overloading—Do not overload AC outlets or extension cords. Overloading can cause fire or electric shock.

15. Entering of objects and liquids—Never insert an object into the product through vents or openings. High voltage flows in the product, and inserting an object can cause electric shock and/or short internal parts. For the same reason, do not spill water or liquid on the product.

16. Servicing—Do not attempt to service the product yourself. Removing covers can expose you to high voltage and other dangerous conditions. Request a qualified service person to perform servicing.

17. Repair—If any of the following conditions occurs, unplug the power cord from the AC outlet, and request a qualified service person to perform repairs.

a. When the power cord or plug is damaged. b. When a liquid was spilled on the product or when objects

have fallen into the product. c. When the product has been exposed to rain or water. d. When the product has been dropped or damaged. e. When the product displays an abnormal condition. Any

noticeable abnormality in the product indicates that the

product needs servicing.

18. Replacement parts—In case the product needs replacement parts, make sure that the service person uses replacement parts specified by the manufacturer, or those with the same characteristics and performance as the original parts. Use of unauthorized parts can result in fire, electric shock and/or other danger.

19. Safety checks—Upon completion of service or repair work, request the service technician to perform safety checks to ensure that the product is in proper operating condition.

20. Wall or ceiling mounting—When mounting the product on a wall or ceiling, be sure to install the product according to the method recommended by the manufacturer.

21. Heat sources—Keep the product away from heat sources such as radiators, heaters, stoves and other heat- generating products (including amplifiers).

22. Unplug the power cord from the AC outlet before installing the speakers.

23. Never expose the screen of the plasma display to a strong impact, for example, by hitting it. The screen may be broken, resulting in fire or personal injury.

24. Do not expose the plasma display to direct sunlight for a long period of time. The optical characteristics of the front protection panel changes, resulting in discoloration or warp.

25. The plasma display weighs about 66.7 kg (147.0 lbs.) for the PRO-150FD (including the stand and speaker) and about

45.1 kg (99.4 lbs.) for the PRO-110FD (including the stand and speaker). Because it has small depth and is unstable, unpack, carry, and install the product with one more person at least and use the handles.

Safety Precautions

Installation Precautions

Observe the following precautions when installing with any items such as the optional bracket.

When using the optional brackets or equivalent items

• Ask your dealer to perform the installation.

• Be sure to use the supplied bolts.

• For details, see the instruction manual that comes with the optional bracket (or equivalent items).

When using other items

• Consult your dealer.

• The following mounting holes can be used for the installation:

Rear view (PRO-150FD)

Side view

Mounting surface

Mounting hole

Rear view (PRO-110FD)

Mounting hole

Median line

Mounting hole

Median line

Plasma display

Mounting bracket (or equivalent item)

M8 screw

12 mm to 18 mm (0.5 inches to 0.7 inches)

Median line

Caution

• Be sure to use four or more mounting holes symmetrical to the vertical and horizontal median lines.

• Use M8 screws, which go 12 mm to 18 mm (0.5 inches to 0.7 inches) in depth from the mounting surface of the plasma display. See the side view above.

• Be careful not to block the ventilation opening at the rear of the plasma display.

• Be sure to install the plasma display on a flat surface because it contains glass.

• The screw holes other than the above are to be used only for the specified products. Never use them for mounting non-specified products.

Note

• It is strongly recommended to use the optional Pioneer mounting products.

• Pioneer shall not be liable for any personal injury or product damage that results from the use of mounting items other than the optional Pioneer products.

Supplied Accessories

Chapter 3

Supplied Accessories

Remote control unit

AA size battery × 2

(Alkaline batteries for

remote control unit)

Screw (M4 x 10 mm) x 2 (for plastic bands) (PRO-110FD only)

Plastic band x 2 (PRO-110FD only)

Power cord (2 m/6.6 feet)

Speed clamp

Bead band

Cleaning cloth

Warranty card

Stand accessories (PRO-150FD only)

Stand pipe (L) x 1

Light-blocking shield x 1

Plastic band x 4

Base cover x 1

Stand pipe (R) x 1

➀

Screw (M5 x 10 mm: black) x 6

Operating instructions

Screw

➁

(M6 x 20 mm: black) x 4

Screw

➂

(for plastic bands) (M4 x 10 mm: black) x 4

Supplied Accessories

Speaker accessories

(PRO-150FD)

Speaker Mounting Fittings

(PRO-110FD)

Speaker

Speaker cable × 2

Speaker Mounting Fittings

Bracket for BOTTOM-Left

Bracket for BOTTOM-Right

Bracket for TOP-Left

Bracket for TOP-Right

Speaker mounting screw (M5 × 10 mm: black) × 16

For TOP-Left

For BOTTOM-Left

For TOP-Right

For BOTTOM-Right

Speaker mounting screw (M5 × 10 mm: black) × 14

Part Names

Chapter 4

Part Names

Plasma display

(Front)

Side PRO-110FDPRO-150FD

Side

8 9

Viewed from below of the display

1 a

button (This button is located on the bottom of the side panel of the plasma display for the PRO-150FD and at the bottom on the rear panel for the PRO-110FD (see on page 15). If the button is off, the power will not turn on even when TV a on the remote control unit or

STANDBY/ON

pressed. To turn on the power, press

POWER ON indicator (See page 32.)

STANDBY indicator (See page 32.)

SLEEP indicator

Room Light Sensor

Remote control sensor

7 STANDBY/ON 8INPUT

button (

2 3 4

Viewed from the front side of the display

on the plasma display is

button

ENTER

button*)

5 6

2 3 4

The terminals on side panels are common to the PRO-150FD and PRO-110FD.

9 VOLUME UP/DOWN

buttons*)

10 CHANNEL UP/DOWN

buttons*)

11 TV GUIDE 12

USB port

PHONES output terminal

INPUT 3 terminals (COMPONENT VIDEO: Y, PB,

)

INPUT 3 terminal (VIDEO)

INPUT 3 terminals (AUDIO)

The buttons with asterisks (*) can operate the TV Guide On Screen™ system.

button*

buttons (

UP/DOWN

LEFT/RIGHT

Part Names

(Rear)

14 15

16 17

18 19

PRO-150FD PRO-110FD

23 24

678

32 4

*For exact terminal positions, refer to

27 26

the terminal position sheet located near the terminal compartment.

1 a

button

Ethernet cable port

CableCARD™ slot

ANT/CABLE A IN terminal

AC IN terminal

INPUT 4 terminal (HDMI)

INPUT 5 terminal (HDMI)

INPUT 6 terminal (HDMI)

INPUT 7 terminal (HDMI)

PC INPUT terminal (ANALOG RGB)

CONTROL OUT terminal (supports

RS-232C terminal (used for factory setup)

ANT B IN terminal

INPUT 1 terminal (S-VIDEO)

INPUT 1 terminal (VIDEO)

SUBWOOFER terminal

SR+

The terminals on the rear panel are common to the PRO-150FD and PRO-110FD.

AUDIO OUT terminals (AUDIO)

INPUT 1 terminals (AUDIO)

INPUT 2 terminals (AUDIO)

INPUT 4 terminals (AUDIO)

INPUT 5 terminals (AUDIO)

INPUT 2 terminal (VIDEO)

IR REPEATER OUT terminal

DIGITAL OUT terminal (OPTICAL)

PC INPUT terminal (AUDIO)

INPUT 2 terminals (COMPONENT VIDEO: Y, PB,

)

PR)

SPEAKERS (R/L) terminals

Part Names

Remote control unit

This section describes the functions of the buttons available when the mode switch has been set to TV. For the buttons for controlling other equipment, see Using the remote control unit to control other devices starting from page 105.

1 2

3 4

5 6

15 16

Mode switch

(with “TV” selected)

21 22

27 28

1TV

Turns on the power to the plasma display or places it

into standby mode.

Transmission confirmation LED

3 INPUT

4 SCREEN SIZE 5 AV SELECTION

6INFO

7HOME MENU

8 DAY +/–

9 10 HDMI CONTROL 11 FAVORITE CH (A, B, C, D)

12 0 to 9 13 •(dot) 14 CH +/– 15 SPLIT

16 FREEZE

17 MTS

18 D

19 ANT 20 PC 21 DISPLAY 22 TV GUIDE 23 ENTER 24 PAGE +/–

25 RETURN 26 HOME MEDIA GALLERY

27 CH ENTER 28 CH RETURN

29 VOL +/– 30 M MUTING 31 SHIFT

32 SWAP

: Selects an input source of the plasma display. (“INPUT 1”, “INPUT 2”, “INPUT 3”, “INPUT 4”, “INPUT 5”, “INPUT 6” and “INPUT 7”)

OPTIMUM, STANDARD, DYNAMIC, MOVIE, PURE, GAME, USER. PC source: STANDARD, USER.)

: Displays a channel banner when a TV program is being watched. When the TV Guide On Screen™ system is in operation, displays information about the currently highlighted channel (if available).

system is in operation.

in the TV Guide On Screen™ Listing service.

///: Selects a desired item on the menu screen.

Selects any of the four preset channels. See page 48 for details to set the FAVORITE CH. While watching, you can toggle the set channels by pressing

B, C

and D.

: Switches the screen mode among 2-screen, picture-in-

picture, and single-screen.

cancel the function.

: Selects MTS/SAP or language depending on the program

being watched.

: Lights up all buttons

Lights turn off if no operations are performed within five seconds. This is used for remote control use in dark locations.

: Selects the antenna (A, B). See page 29 for details.

: Selects the PC terminal as an input source.

program listing screen vertically.

screen.

disabled while the TV Guide On Screen™ system is displayed.

picture-in-picture mode.

or picture-in-picture mode.

: Selects the screen size.

: Selects audio and video settings.

: Displays the HOME MENU screen.

: Displays a panel menu when the TV Guide On Screen™

: Jumps to the next or previous day of program listings

: Displays the HDMI Control menu.

: Selects the channel.

: Enters a dot.

: Selects the channel.

: Freezes a frame from a moving image. Press again to

: Displays the channel information.

: Displays the TV Guide On Screen™ system.

: Executes a command.

(for the TV Guide On Screen™ system): Scrolls the

: Returns to the previous menu screen.

: Displays the Home Media Gallery

: Executes a channel number.

: Returns to the previous channel. This button is

: Sets the volume.

: Mutes the sound.

: Moves the location of the small screen when in the

: Switches between the two screens when in the 2-screen

(AV source:

Note

• When using the remote control unit, point it at the plasma display.

• See pages 98 to 108 for operating buttons not listed on this page.

Preparation

Chapter 5

Preparation

Installing the plasma display

Over 50 cm (19-11/16 inches)

Over 10 cm (3-5/16 inches)

Location

• Avoid direct sunlight. Maintain adequate ventilation.

Note

• Allow enough space around the upper and back parts when installing to ensure adequate ventilation of the rear of the unit.

Moving the plasma display

Caution

When installing on a rack, etc., hold the plasma display.

Attaching the Pioneer stand

The plasma display comes with the Pioneer table top stand. You can also install the display on a rack by detaching the stand. The method for attaching/detaching the stand varies depending on the product.

Caution

• This product can be used only with the attached stand. Using other stands can result in instability, possibly causing injury.

• The weight of a 60 inch plasma display is about 55.5 kg (122.4 lbs.) and a 50 inch about 38.8 kg (85.5 lbs.), it has no depth, and is unstable. Therefore, at least two people must assemble and install it.

Assembling the stand (PRO-150FD only)

1 Turn the base cover over so the underside is

facing up.

2 Insert the stand pipes into the base cover.

Insert stand pipe (R) into the side marked “R” and stand pipe (L) into the side marked “L”.

Because the plasma display is heavy, be sure to have someone help you when moving it.

(PRO-150FD)

(PRO-110FD)

3 Tighten the screws 1 (M5 x 10 mm: black) to

stabilize the stand pipes.

➀

Screws (M5 x 10 mm: black)

Screws

➀

(M5 x 10 mm: black)

Stand pipe with “R” inscribed

Rear

Stand pipe with “L” inscribed

Completed Table top stand

Front

Sheet

Base cover

Note

• Assemble the stand with a soft sheet placed under the base cover. If a sheet is not laid before assembly, the front surface of the base cover may be scratched.

• Please take care when installing stand pipes (L) and (R) to ensure that they are in the correct positions. Mistakenly installing the stand pipes may damage the stand.

Preparation

Attaching the light-blocking shield (PRO-150FD only)

This part prevents reflection of the cables connected to the back of the plasma display on the base cover.

Note

• Attach it after anchoring the base cover on a flat stable place.

Light-blocking shield

Front

Base cover

Rear

1 Remove the double-sided adhesive tape from

the light-blocking shield.

Remove each double-sided adhesive tape.

2 While firmly holding the ends of the light-

blocking shield, apply it with the doublesided adhesive tape.

Front

Rear

Note

• Be careful that the light-blocking shield does not catch on the pipe insertion holes.

• Anchor it in place so that there are no gaps (See diagram at below). If there is a gap, the light-blocking shield may peel off.

3 Anchor it in place while pressing it down

from above.

Press

Front

Rear

Press

Be sure that there is no gap.

Preparation

Attaching the stand

• Steps for attaching the stand are the same for PRO-150FD and PRO-110FD (use the screw holes with “T” inscribed).

1 With the plasma display lying flat, fit the stand’s

support columns to the bottom of the plasma display as indicated by the arrows, then slowly insert them.

• Be extremely careful not to insert the support columns of the stand into any part of the plasma display other than the stand insertion slots. Doing so might damage the plasma display panel or its ports or result in warping of the stand.

Plasma display

Insert the stand into the plasma display so that an arrow with “FRONT/FACE AVANT” mark inscribed at the bottom of the stand indicates downward.

Sheet

(PRO-150FD)

2 Attach the stand at the points indicated by the arrows

and tighten the installation bolts (2) and (1) firmly using a screwdriver.

Installation bolts (1): M8 x 23 mm (black) for PRO-110FD

M6 x 20 mm (black) for PRO-150FD

Installation bolts (2): M8 x 40 mm (black) for PRO-110FD

Installation bolts (1)

M6 x 20 mm (black) for PRO-150FD

(Step 2)

Installation bolts (2)

(Step 1)

3 Replace the plasma display to stand upright.

For speaker installation, see Installing the Pioneer speaker.

Note

• Be sure to install the plasma display in a flat, stable location.

• Insert the screws into the holes vertically and tighten them.

• Place a sheet or protective cover to protect the display from scratches or damage.

• Work only with the plasma display lying flat on a table or similar surface.

• When lying the plasma display down, be careful not to scratch or damage it.

• If the speaker has been installed, it is recommended to detach the speaker before attaching the stand.

Installing the Pioneer speaker

Caution

• Do not move the display holding on to the mounting fittings. This can result in injury or damage to the unit.

About the speaker

• In order to prevent damage to the speaker system resulting from input overload, please observe the following precautions:

• Do not use the speaker with anything other than the plasma display. Doing so may result in damage or fire.

• Be sure to turn the connected devices off and remove the power cord from the power outlet beforehand when changing the connection or installation method.

• When using a tone control function to greatly emphasize treble sounds, do not use excessive amplifier volume.

• Please handle the speaker with sufficient care, as the grille net and the cabinet can become damaged or broken when they are subjected to strong external impacts.

• Placing a CRT computer screen or CRT monitor near to the speaker may result in interference or color distortion. If this happens, distance the monitor from the speaker.

Installation

• When installing the speaker, do not use any screws other than those supplied, otherwise the speaker may come off from the main unit and fall over.

• When installing the speaker, tighten the screws firmly.

(PRO-150FD)

Preparation

PRO-150FD with the speaker installed (with the Pioneer table top stand)

Speaker mounting fitting (for TOP-Right)

Speaker mounting screw (M5 x 10 mm)

Speaker mounting fitting (for TOP-Left)

Speaker mounting screw (M5 x 10 mm)

Speaker Speaker

Speaker mounting fitting (for BOTTOM-Right)

Speaker mounting screw (M5 x 10 mm)

Speed clamp

Bead band (accessories of the plasma display)

Speaker cable

Note

• Before installing the speaker, make sure that the Pioneer table top stand is attached to the plasma display.

• When using the hang on wall unit, first lay the plasma display on top of a soft sheet, etc., remove the stand, then attach the speaker.

1 Attach the speaker mounting fittings to the

speakers.

• There is a left speaker and a right speaker. When you are mounting them, check the label on the back to get them right.

• There are top and bottom speaker mounting fittings for both the left and the right speaker. Attach the appropriate fittings to the top and the bottom on the back of the speakers using the supplied screws. (It shows the attachment of the fitting on the right side. It is attached on the left side by the same procedure.)

Speaker mounting fitting (for TOP-Right) (The skinny slot is used for mounting to the top.)

Speaker mounting fitting (for BOTTOM-Right)

Speaker mounting screw (M5 x 10 mm)

Speed clamp

Screw holes

Place the speaker so its terminals (bottom) are facing you.

Speed clamp

Speaker mounting screw (M5 x 10 mm)

Speaker mounting fitting (for BOTTOM-Left)

Speaker mounting screw (M5 x 10 mm)

Screw holes

Speaker mounting fitting (for TOP-Right)

Speaker mounting fitting (for BOTTOM-Right)

Preparation

2 Screw a supplied screw into the speaker

mounting hole (lower of the two) at the top, rear of the display.

• Do not tighten it all the way yet. Leave it loose, with about

5 mm left to tighten.

Speaker mounting hole

Top of display

Leave a space of about 5 mm

Top, rear of display

5 mm

5 Tighten the two screws, at the top and

bottom for each speaker (total of four screws), thus fixing the speakers to the display.

3 Hang the speaker mounting fitting on the

screw you installed at the top by passing the wide part over it and lowering into the slot; screw in the lower screw temporarily.

After passing the wide part of the hole of the speaker mounting fitting (top) over the screw, lower the speaker onto it.

After passing the wide part of hole over the screw, lower the speaker.

Tighten with the provided screw the bottom speaker mounting fitting to the display temporarily (one place bottom).

6 Pass the supplied speaker cable between the

speaker and the plasma display (below the speaker mounting fitting) from below.

7 Connect the speaker cables to the speaker

(see next page).

8 Insert the cable in the groove on the speaker.

Speaker cable

Speaker terminal

Insertion in groove

9 Connect the other end of the speaker cables

to the rear of plasma display (see next page).

4 Adjust the position of the speaker and then

tighten the upper and lower screws firmly.

Preparation

speaker cables

Connecting the speaker cables to the rear of plasma display.

Gray Gray

Connect the cables correctly with respect to the polarity of the plasma display speaker terminals, that is,  cable (Gray) to  terminals (Red) and  cable (Black) to  terminals (Black).

Black

BlackRed Red

Speaker terminal

Connecting the speaker cables to the speaker.

Black

Black

Connect the cables correctly with respect to the polarity of the speaker terminals, that is,  cable (Gray) to  terminals (Red) and  cable (Black) to  terminals (Black).

Red

Gray

Speaker terminal

Speaker cable

Note

• Press the lever and insert the end of the cable.

• When you release the lever, it clamps onto the speaker cable.·

Caution

• Be sure to turn the connected devices off and remove the power cord from the wall outlet beforehand when changing the connection or installation method.

• If you insert the speaker cable too far so that the insulation is touching the speaker terminal, you may not get any sound.

Lever

Speaker terminal

• Check if the end of the speaker cables are securely connected to the terminals by slightly tugging on the cable after making connections. Loose connections may result in sound dropouts or noise.

• If there is a short in the  and  cables caused by an exposed lead wire, excessive load may be applied to the plasma display, resulting in interrupted operation or malfunction.

• Incorrect connections of the speaker cable to the right or left of the plasma display terminals with respect to the polarity may result in insufficient stereo sound effects, delivering poor bass sounds or unstable sound image.

• Bundle the cable without pulling.

Preparation

PRO-110FD with the speaker installed (with the Pioneer table top stand)

Speaker mounting fitting (for TOP-Right)

Speaker mounting screw (M5 x 10 mm)

Speaker mounting fitting (for TOP-Left)

Speaker mounting screw (M5 x 10 mm)

Speaker

Speaker mounting fitting (for BOTTOM-Right)

Speaker mounting screw (M5 x 10 mm)

Speed clamp

Bead band (accessories of the plasma display)

Speaker cable

Note

• Before installing the speaker, make sure that the Pioneer table top stand is attached to the plasma display.

• When using the hang on wall unit, first lay the plasma display on top of a soft sheet, etc., remove the stand, then attach the speaker.

1 Attach the speaker mounting fittings to the

speakers.

• There is a left speaker and a right speaker. When you are mounting them, check the label on the back to get them right.

Speaker mounting screw (M5 x 10 mm)

Speed clamp

Speaker mounting fitting (for TOP-Right) (The skinny slot is used for mounting to the top.)

Speaker mounting fitting (for BOTTOM-Right)

Screw holes

Speaker mounting screw (M5 x 10 mm)

Speaker

Speaker mounting fitting (for BOTTOM-Left)

Speaker mounting screw (M5 x 10 mm)

Screw holes

Speaker mounting fitting (for BOTTOM-Right)

Place the speaker so its terminals (bottom) are facing you.

Speaker mounting fitting (for TOP-Right)

Preparation

2 Screw a supplied screw into the speaker

mounting hole (lower of the two) at the top, rear of the display.

• Do not tighten it all the way yet. Leave it loose, with about 5 mm left to tighten.

Speaker mounting hole

Top of display

Leave a space of about 5 mm

Top, rear of display

5 mm

3 Hang the speaker mounting fitting on the

screw you installed at the top by passing the wide part over it and lowering into the slot; screw in the lower screw temporarily.

After passing the wide part of the hole of the speaker mounting fitting (top) over the screw, lower the speaker onto it.

4 Adjust the position of the speaker and then

tighten the upper screw firmly.

5 Tighten all screws firmly, thus fixing the

speakers to the display.

6 Pass the supplied speaker cable between the

speaker and the plasma display (below the speaker mounting fitting) from below.

7 Connect the speaker cables to the speaker

(see next page).

8 Insert the cable in the groove on the speaker.

After passing the wide part of hole over the screw, lower the speaker.

Tighten with the provided screw the bottom speaker mounting fitting to the display temporarily (one place bottom).

Speaker cable

Speaker terminal

Insertion in groove

9 Connect the other end of the speaker cables

to the rear of plasma display (see next page).

Preparation

speaker cables

Connecting the speaker cables to the rear of plasma display.

Gray Gray

Connect the cables correctly with respect to the polarity of the plasma display speaker terminals, that is,  cable (Gray) to  terminals (Red) and  cable (Black) to  terminals (Black).

Black

BlackRed Red

Speaker terminal

Connecting the speaker cables to the speaker.

Black

Black

Connect the cables correctly with respect to the polarity of the speaker terminals, that is,  cable (Gray) to  terminals (Red) and  cable (Black) to  terminals (Black).

Red

Gray

Speaker terminal

Speaker cable

Note

• Press the lever and insert the end of the cable.

• When you release the lever, it clamps onto the speaker cable.·

Caution

• Be sure to turn the connected devices off and remove the power cord from the wall outlet beforehand when changing the connection or installation method.

• If you insert the speaker cable too far so that the insulation is touching the speaker terminal, you may not get any sound.

Lever

Speaker terminal

• Check if the end of the speaker cables are securely connected to the terminals by slightly tugging on the cable after making connections. Loose connections may result in sound dropouts or noise.

• If there is a short in the  and  cables caused by an exposed lead wire, excessive load may be applied to the plasma display, resulting in interrupted operation or malfunction.

• Bundle the cable without pulling.

Wood screw

Supplied screwSupplied screw

Preparation

Preventing the plasma display from falling over

After installing the stand, be sure to take special care to ensure that the plasma display will not fall over and is stabilized to both the wall and rack.

Stabilizing on a table or rack

Stabilize the plasma display as shown in the diagram using the supplied plastic bands and screws.

Note

• To stabilize the plasma display on a table or rack, also use commercially available wood screws that have a nominal diameter of 4 mm (5/32 inch) and that are at least 20 mm (13/16 inch) long.

(PRO-150FD)

4 mm

(5/32 inch)

20 mm min.

8 mm to 15 mm

(13/16 inch)

(3/8 inch to 5/8 inch)

4 5

8 mm to 15 mm

(3/8 inch to 5/8 inch)

Supplied screw (M4 x 10 mm)

20 mm min. (13/16 inch)

Wood screw (commercially available, 4 mm x 20 mm min.) (5/32 inch x 13/16 inch)

4 mm

(5/32 inch)

(PRO-110FD)

Supplied screw  (M4 x 10 mm)

Wood screw (commercially available, 4 mm x 20 mm min.) (5/32 inch x 13/16 inch)

Supplied

Supplied screw 

screw 

Wood screw

Drill a hole in the middle at the rear of the tabletop panel before using a wood screw. Perform this work the same way on the left and right sides.

Using a wall for stabilization

1 Attach falling prevention bolts (hooks) to the plasma

display.

2 Use strong cords to stabilize it appropriately and

firmly to a wall, pillar, or other sturdy element.

Perform this work in the same way on the left and right sides.

Note

• Use hooks, cords and fittings that are available on the market. Recommended hook: Nominal diameter 8 mm, length 12 mm to 18 mm (0.5 inches to 0.7 inches)

12 mm to 18 mm

(0.5 inches to 0.7 inches)

1. Hook

2. Cord

Fitting

Preparation

Caution

• A table or rack with adequate strength should always be used to support the plasma display. Failure to do so could result in personal injury and physical damage.

• When installing the plasma display, please take the necessary safety measures to prevent it from falling or overturning in case of emergencies, such as earthquakes, or of accidents.

• If you do not take these precautions, the plasma display could fall down and cause injury.

• The screws, hooks, cords and other fittings that you use to secure the plasma display to prevent it from overturning will vary according to the composition and thickness of the surface to which it will be attached.

• Select the appropriate screws, hooks, cords, and other fittings after first inspecting the surface carefully to determine its thickness and composition and after consulting a professional installer if necessary.

Installation bolts (1)

Installation bolts (2)

(Step 1)

(Step 2)

Detaching the Pioneer stand

You can also install the display on a rack by detaching the stand. The method for attaching/detaching the stand varies depending on the product.

Detaching the stand

• Steps for detaching the stand are the same for PRO-150FD and PRO-110FD.

1 With the plasma display lying flat, loosen and remove

the two installation bolts (1) and (2) using a screwdriver.

Installation bolts (1): M8 x 23 mm (black) for PRO-110FD

Installation bolts (2): M8 x 40 mm (black) for PRO-110FD

Installation bolts (1)

(Step 1)

M6 x 20 mm (black) for PRO-150FD

Installation bolts (2)

(Step 2)

Table top stand

Sheet

(PRO-110FD)

2 Remove the stand from the plasma display.

Note

• Make sure to keep the installation bolts (1) and (2) that have been removed as they are re-used when attaching the stand to the plasma display.

• Place a sheet or protective cover to protect the display from scratches or damage.

• Work only with the plasma display lying flat on a table or similar surface.

• When lying the plasma display down, be careful not to scratch or damage it.

• If the speaker has been installed, it is recommended to detach the speaker before removing the stand.

Table top stand

(PRO-150FD)

Sheet

Preparation

Attaching the stand again

• Steps for attaching the stand are the same for PRO-150FD and PRO-110FD (use the screw holes with “T” inscribed).

1 With the plasma display lying flat, fit the stand’s

support columns to the bottom of the plasma display as indicated by the arrows, then slowly insert them.

Plasma display

Insert the stand into the plasma display so that an arrow with “FRONT/FACE AVANT” mark inscribed at the bottom of the stand indicates downward.

Sheet

(PRO-150FD)

Line up the column supports with the bottom of the plasma display, as indicated in the accompanying diagram.

Installation bolts (2): M8 x 40 mm (black) for PRO-110FD

M6 x 20 mm (black) for PRO-150FD

Installation bolts (1)

(Step 2)

Installation bolts (2)

(Step 1)

Screw hole with “T” inscribed

Installation bolts (1)

(PRO-150FD)

(Step 2)

Installation bolts (2)

(Step 1)

Plasma display

Insert the stand into the plasma display so that an arrow with “FRONT/FACE AVANT” mark inscribed at the bottom of the stand indicates downward.

Sheet

2 Attach the stand at the points indicated by the arrows

and tighten the installation bolts (2) and (1) firmly using a screwdriver.

Installation bolts (1): M8 x 23 mm (black) for PRO-110FD

M6 x 20 mm (black) for PRO-150FD

(PRO-110FD)

3 Replace the plasma display to stand upright.

For speaker installation, see Installing the Pioneer speaker on page 19.

Note

• Be sure to install the plasma display in a flat, stable location.

• Insert the screws into the holes vertically and tighten them.

• Place a sheet or protective cover to protect the display from scratches or damage.

• Work only with the plasma display lying flat on a table or similar surface.

• When lying the plasma display down, be careful not to scratch or damage it.

• If the speaker has been installed, it is recommended to detach the speaker before attaching the stand.

Preparation

Cable connections for watching digital and/or conventional TV channels

This system is equipped with two terminals for inputting TV broadcasting signals: ANT/CABLE A IN and ANT B IN. The ANT/ CABLE A IN terminal accepts both digital and conventional TV broadcasting signals while the ANT B IN terminal accepts only conventional TV broadcasting signals. When using cable TV to watch digital and/or conventional TV channels, connect to the ANT/CABLE A IN terminal as shown. In addition, you may connect an antenna to the ANT B IN terminal as shown; use an outdoor antenna to enjoy clearer pictures. If your outdoor antenna uses a 75-ohm coaxial cable with an F-type connector, plug it into the antenna terminal at the rear of the plasma display.

Connecting VHF/UHF antennas and a Cable

VHF antenna

U/Vmixer

4 54 5

UHF antenna

Inserting the CableCARD™

The plasma display is equipped with a slot for inserting a CableCARD™. When you are watching digital and/or High Definition TV channels over cable, the card allows you to use the POD service provided by the cable TV company; the POD stands for Point of Deployment. This service presents various types of useful information, using HTML text.

1 Confirm that the ANT/CABLE A IN terminal has been

connected with the coaxial cable from the Cable Converter.

2 Hold and push the tab of the slot cover on the rear of

the plasma display leftward, and remove the cover while pulling the tab’s latch downward.

(Viewed from below of the plasma display)

Tab

Coaxial

Cable TV

Note

• Be sure to connect coaxial cables as shown above. Signal reception may fail if not properly connected.

• In order to watch cable TV channels, be sure to connect the cable to the ANT/CABLE A IN terminal.

• The ANT/CABLE A IN and ANT B IN terminals must not receive the same signals. For example, do not connect a cable from a cable TV to both the ANT/CABLE A IN and ANT B IN terminals. Similarly, do not connect a cable from an antenna to both the ANT/CABLE A IN and ANT B IN terminals.

• TV Guide may not be available in all areas and is not available with satellite systems. In addition, as content providers move to digital programming and broadcasting, TV Guide Data may be unavailable or become unavailable.

3 Insert the specified CableCARD™ into the Cable CARD

slot as far as it goes.

Note

• Be sure to insert only the specified CableCARD™.

• Do not insert a PC card.

• When you use a CableCARD™, you need not execute Auto Channel Preset; the CableCARD™ automatically generates a cable channel list.

Preparation

Routing cables

When the speaker is installed under the plasma display panel (for PRO-110FD)

Rear view

Speaker cable

Speed clamp Speed clamp

Bead band

Speed clamp

Bead band

Attaching speed clamps to the main unit

Attach the speed clamps using the three holes (60 inches: four holes) marked with below, depending on your routing system.

for PRO-150FD

for PRO-110FD

Attaching and removing speed clamps

Insert [1] into an appropriate hole on the rear of the plasma display and snap [2] into the back of [1] to lock the clamp. Speed clamps are designed to be difficult to undo once in place. Please attach them carefully. Use pliers to twist the clamp 90º, pulling outward. The clamp may deteriorate over time and become damaged if removed.

Note

• Use the supplied bead bands and speed clamps as necessary.

• When tidying up your speaker cables, make sure to bundle them so that they are not subjected to any pressure.

Connecting the power cord

Connect the power cord after all component connections have been completed.

Plasma display (rear view)

AC IN terminal is located on the upper edge of the compartment.

Caution

• Use only the supplied power cord.

• Be sure to use the specified power supply voltage; neglecting this can result in fire or electric shock.

• For the plasma display, a three-core power cord with a ground terminal is used for efficient protection. Always connect the power cord to a three-pronged outlet and make sure that the cord is properly grounded.

Power cord

Noise filter Partially eliminates noise caused by the power source.

Note

• Always turn off the power of the plasma display when connecting or disconnecting power cords.

• Disconnect the power cord from the power outlet when the plasma display is not going to be used for a long period of time.

Preparation

Preparing the remote control unit

Inserting batteries

1 Open the battery cover.

2 Load the supplied two AA size batteries while inserting

their respective negative polarity (–) ends first.

• The battery polarities must correspond with the (+) and (–) indicators in the battery compartment.

3 Close the battery cover.

Allowed operation range of the remote control unit

Operate the remote control unit while pointing it toward the remote control sensor located at the bottom right of the front panel of the plasma display. The distance from the remote control sensor must be within 7 m (23 feet) and the angle relative to the sensor must be within 30 degrees in the right or left direction.

7 m

30º

(23 feet)

30º

Remote control sensor

Cautions regarding batteries

• The remote control unit cannot operate the system if the batteries in the unit are weak. When this happens, replace the batteries with new ones.

• When you replace the batteries, use alkaline batteries for the remote control unit.

• Do not mix batteries of different types. Different types of batteries have different characteristics.

• Do not mix old and new batteries. Mixing old and new batteries can shorten the life of new batteries or cause chemical leakage in old batteries.

• Do not leave dead batteries in the remote control unit; chemical leakage will occur. If you find any chemical leakage, wipe thoroughly with a cloth.

• The batteries supplied with this product may have a shorter life expectancy due to storage conditions.

• If you will not use the remote control unit for an extended period of time, remove the batteries from it.

Battery disposal

When disposing of used batteries, please comply with governmental regulations or environmental public institution’s rules that apply in your country/area.

Note

• For remote control sensor locations, see Part Names on page 13.

Cautions regarding the remote control unit

• Do not expose the remote control unit to shock, liquid, or high humidity.

• Do not place the remote control unit under direct sunlight; the unit may deform.

• The remote control unit may not work properly if the remote sensor window of the plasma display is under direct sunlight or strong lighting. In such case, change the angle of the lighting or plasma display, or operate the remote control unit closer to the remote sensor window.

• When any obstacle exists between the remote control unit and the remote control sensor, the remote control unit may not function.

• As the batteries become weak, the remote control unit can function within a shorter distance from the remote control sensor. Replace the batteries with new ones if necessary.

• The plasma display emits very weak infrared rays from its screen. If you place such equipment operated through infrared remote control as a VCR nearby, that equipment may not receive commands from its remote control unit properly or entirely. If this is the case, place that equipment at a location far enough from the plasma display.

• Depending on the installation environment, infrared rays from the plasma display may not allow this system to properly receive commands from the remote control unit or may shorten allowable distances between the remote control unit and the remote control sensor. The strength of infrared rays emitted from the screen differs, depending on images displayed on the screen.

Basic Operations

Chapter 6

Basic Operations

Turning on the power

• Turn a on on the plasma display when the POWER ON

and STANDBY indicators are off (see Part Names on pages 14 and 15).

•The system is on.

• The POWER ON indicator lights up blue.

• Press TV a on the remote control unit or STANDBY/ON

on the plasma display if the STANDBY indicator lights up red.

• The POWER ON indicator lights up blue.

Turning off the power

(to standby mode)

1 Press TV a on the remote control unit or STANDBY/ON

on the plasma display.

• The system enters the standby mode and the image on the screen disappears.

•The STANDBY indicator lights up red.

• This will allow the system to automatically receive digital TV program information while in the standby mode.

Note

• If you are not going to use this system for a long period of time, remove the power cord from the power outlet.

Plasma display status indicators

The table below shows the operational status of the plasma display. You can check the current status of the system with the indicators on the plasma display.

Indicator Status System Status

POWER ON STANDBY

The power cord of the plasma display has been disconnected. Or, the power cord of the plasma display has been connected but the a button of the plasma display is off.

Power to the system is on.

Caution

• While the POWER ON and STANDBY indicators are off, the system cannot be placed into the power-on mode even when TV a or STANDBY/ON button is pressed. Turn a on on the plasma display.

• The plasma display will still consume some power as long as the power cord is inserted into the power outlet.

Plasma display (PRO-150FD)

POWER ON indicator

STANDBY indicator

button (located on the bottom

of the side panel. See page 14.)

(PRO-110FD)

POWER ON indicator

STANDBY indicator

button (located at the bottom on the rear panel. See page 15.)

STANDBY/ON

button

The system is in the standby mode.

For other than the above, see Troubleshooting on page 109.

Note

• You can select “Auto”, “High”, “Mid” or “Low” for the brightness of the POWER ON indicator. When “Auto” is selected, the brightness of the indicator changes to “High”, “Mid” or “Low” to match the brightness level of the viewing area. For details, see Blue LED Dimmer on page 70.

(Right side view)

Basic Operations

Watching TV channels

Unless you set up TV channels that you can watch under the current conditions, you cannot tune in those channels. For the procedure, see Setting up TV channels on page 42.

Note

• When watching a digital TV program, you may see emergency

alert messages scrolling at the top of the screen. Those messages are broadcasted by TV stations as necessary when in emergency situations.

Selecting the antenna

After confirming that the Mode switch on the remote control unit has been set to “TV”, press ANT on the remote control unit to select antenna A or B.

• Make this selection depending on the connections to the

antenna input terminals at the rear of the plasma display (page

29).

• While watching a broadcast, press ANT to view the image

received from the other antenna.

•Pressing ANT while watching in the multiscreen mode (TV

image and video image) with TV selected will display the TV image of the other antenna.

•Pressing ANT while watching in the multiscreen mode with

two TV images displayed will not have any effect.

Plasma display (right side view)

CHANNEL +/–

Changing channels

To increase the channel number, press CH + on the remote control unit. To decrease the channel number, press CH –.

• CHANNEL +/– on the plasma display operates the same as CH

+/– on the remote control unit.

•Press CH RETURN to switch the currently tuned channel to the

previously tuned channel. Press CH RETURN again to restore the currently tuned channel.

Using 0 to 9 and • (dot) on the remote control unit

Select channels directly by pressing buttons 0 to 9. To select subchannels, also use the • (dot) button.

EXAMPLE

• To select channel 5 (one-digit channel), press 5.

• To select channel 25 (two-digit channel), press 2 then 5.

• To select channel 125 (three-digit channel), press 1, 2, then 5.

• To select subchannel 10.01, press 1, 0, • (dot), 0, then 1.

• To select subchannel 10.001 (for cable TV), press 1, 0,

• (dot), 0, 0, then 1.

Note

• After entering a channel or subchannel number, you may

press CH ENTER to tune in the channel more quickly.

• Each time you change a channel, a channel banner appears

that shows information about the currently selected channel. To clear the channel banner, press INFO.

• If you do not setup the TV Guide On Screen™ system, the

channel banner may not display certain types of program information.

Channel banner

12:33pm

DTV 2 • 1002.102 A

XXXXXXXXXX

12:30pm — 2:00pm

XXX

Basic Operations

Changing the volume and sound

• VOLUME +/– on the plasma display operates the same as VOL +/– on the remote control unit.

Plasma display (right side view)

VOLUME +/–

To increase the volume, press VOL + on the remote control unit. To decrease the volume, press VOL –.

Changing the language

If you have selected a digital TV program that provides multilanguage services, you can switch among the languages by pressing MTS on the remote control unit.

Each time you press MTS, the language switches.

Note

• Switchable languages differ depending on the current broadcast.

• If the language selected through language setting is available when the channel or program is changed, you will hear that language.

• If you are watching a digital TV program without sound or language information, “N/A” appears on the screen. With a language other than English, French, and Spanish are selected, “Others” will appear.

Volume adjustment display

• To mute the sound output, press MUTING. “ ” appears on the screen. To quit muting, press MUTING again. Pressing

VOL + also quits muting.

Muting display

Basic Operations

Setting MTS/SAP mode

When watching conventional TV programs, you may enjoy stereo sound and/or Secondary Audio Programs (SAP), using the Multichannel Television Sound (MTS) function.

• Stereo broadcasts

You can enjoy, for example, sports, shows, and concerts in dynamic stereo sound.

• SAP broadcasts

MAIN sound: The normal program soundtrack (either in mono or stereo).

SAP sound: Listen to second language, supplementary commentary and other information. (SAP is mono sound.)

Note

• Conventional TV channels in this manual designate TV

channels that are received through the conventional VHF/UHF frequencies or conventional cable TV channels.

• When stereo sound is difficult to hear, you may manually

switch to the MONO mode to obtain clearer sound.

• Once the MONO mode is selected, the plasma display sound

remains mono even if the system receives a stereo broadcast. You must reselect the STEREO mode if you want to hear stereo sound again.

• Selecting MTS while the input source is “INPUT 1” to “INPUT 7”

or “PC” does not change the type of sound. In this case, sound is determined by the video source.

•The MTS button is disabled while the TV Guide On Screen™

system is displayed.

• In each of the MTS/SAP modes selected, the display changes

depend on broadcast signals being received.

When receiving STEREO sound signals

A 125

STEREO

A 125

STEREO

A 125

MONO

In STEREO mode

In SAP mode

In MONO mode

When receiving MONO + SAP sound signals

A 125

MONO (SAP)

A 125

SAP (MAIN)

A 125

MONO (SAP)

In STEREO mode

In SAP mode

In MONO mode

When receiving STEREO + SAP sound signals

A 125

STEREO (SAP)

In STEREO mode

Each time you press MTS, MTS toggles as shown below.

STEREO mode

STEREO

SAP mode

SAP

MONO mode

MONO

A 125

SAP (STEREO)

A 125

MONO (SAP)

In SAP mode

In MONO mode

When receiving MONO sound signals

A 125

MONO

A 125

MAIN

A 125

MONO

In STEREO mode

In SAP mode

In MONO mode

Basic Operations

Viewing a channel banner

While watching a TV program, pressing INFO causes the following banner to appear. Pressing INFO again causes the banner to disappear.

12:33pm

DTV 2 • 1002.102 A

XXXXXXXXXX

12:30pm — 2:00pm

6 7 8

XXX

1 Station name 2 Current time 3 Channel number 4 Input (Ant. A or Ant. B) 5 Program title 6 Program time schedule 7 Channel logo 8 TV rating name or icon

Using the multiscreen functions

Splitting the screen

Use the following procedure to select the 2-screen or picture-inpicture mode.

2-screen

Picture-in-picture

Note

• The above information is not displayed if not included in broadcast signals.

• If you do not setup the TV Guide On Screen™ system, the channel banner may not display certain types of program information.

Using the POD service

If you have watched digital and/or High Definition TV channels over cable, you can use the POD service provided by the cable TV company. This service presents various types of useful information, using HTML text.

1 Press SPLIT to select the display mode.

• Each time you press SPLIT, the display mode is switched among 2-screen, picture-in-picture, and single-screen.

Press HOME MENU, 9, 9, then 9 to view the POD display.

Basic Operations

• In 2-screen or picture-in-picture mode, press SWAP to switch the position of the two screens shown. Left screen is the active screen which will be indicated by

“ ”. The user is allowed to operate picture and sound.

• In picture-in-picture mode, press SHIFT to move the position of the small screen in anti-clockwise.

Freezing images

Use the following procedure to capture and freeze one frame from a moving image that you are watching.

Moving image Still image

2 To select the desired input source, press the appropriate

input source button.

• If watching TV programs, press CH +/– to change the channel.

Note

•The SPLIT button is disabled while the TV Guide On Screen™ system is displayed.

• The multiscreen function cannot display images from the same input source or two external input sources at the same time. If you make such an attempt, a warning message appears.

• When you press HOME MENU, the single-screen mode is restored and the corresponding menu is displayed.

• When the two screens show the same analog broadcasting coming through antenna A and B, the picture quality may differ between the two screens.

• Displaying pictures in multi-screen mode for an extended period may cause an after-image.

1 Press FREEZE.

• A still image appears on the right screen while a moving image is shown on the left screen.

2 Press FREEZE again to cancel the function.

Note

• With the screen split, any image cannot be frozen.

• When you try to use this function when it is not available, a warning message appears.

• Image FREEZE is canceled automatically if you do not perform any operation for five minutes.

• Displaying pictures in FREEZE mode for an extended period may cause an after-image.

TV Guide On Screen™ System Setup

Chapter 7

TV Guide On Screen™ System Setup

About the TV Guide On Screen™ system

The TV Guide On Screen™ system is a free, interactive on-screen television program guide. The system offers program listings, searching by keyword, reminders and more. The TV Guide On Screen™ system is a convenient way to find out what’s on right now or during the coming week, by channel or by genre. It also allows you to automatically set your viewing and recording selections quickly and easily.

Before you can start using the TV Guide On Screen™ system, you’ll need to set it up.

Legal Notices

In the United States, TV Guide and other related marks are registered marks of Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. and/or one of its affiliates. In Canada, TV Guide is a registered mark of Transcontinental, Inc. and is used under license by Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc.

Note

• The TV Guide On Screen™ interactive program guide provides listings for cable-ready and digital cable services as well as over-the-air broadcast. It does not provide listings for satellite services.

• Depending on the current settings and selected items, the order of the setup screens may differ from the one given in this manual. Follow the instructions shown on the screens.

• TV Guide may not be available in all areas. As content providers move to digital programming and broadcasting, TV Guide data may be unavailable or become unavailable.

Setting up the TV Guide On Screen™ system

When the plasma display is powered on for the very first time, you are automatically taken through the setup process. Immediately thereafter the TV Guide On Screen™ setup process begins, starting with the Welcome Screen. Setup may be accessed from the initial Setup reminder screens, or by pressing TV GUIDE for a device in which TV Guide On Screen™ has not yet been setup.

Welcome Screen

Initial TV set up leads you to the Welcome screen. Or press TV GUIDE to begin setup.

• The Welcome Screen lists features in the Guide.

•Press ENTER to display Screen 1 (shown on the right column of this page).

Reminder Screen

If you previously skipped Guide setup, you see the Reminder Screen when you power on your TV.

To make a selection, press / to highlight an option, and press ENTER.

• “Start setup” displays Screen 1.

• “Remind me to set it up later” returns you to watching TV.

• “Don’t remind me again” returns you to watching TV and stops the reminder screen from appearing upon power on.

Note

• Once you set up the TV Guide On Screen™ system it may take up to 24 hours to begin to receive TV program listings. Receipt of all eight days of listings may take up to one week (see Screen

6).

Note

• If you decide not to set up the Guide now, this reminder screen will appear each time you power on the TV (except if you selected “Don’t remind me again”).

TV Guide On Screen™ System Setup

System Setup Screens

Screen 1: Select Country

• This screen asks you the location of your TV.

• Press / to highlight a country.

•Press ENTER to display Screen 2.

Screen 2: Enter ZIP or Postal Code

• If you selected USA in Screen 1, you see the ZIP Code screen.

• Input ZIP Code by either

• pressing the number keys or

• pressing / to scroll through numbers, and then to move to the next character field and Next.

• You can select the Back button from any screen to return to the previous setup screens to correct or review the information you entered.

•Press ENTER to display Screen 3.

Screen 3: Select service(s)

• Press / to highlight the connected video source(s) for which you would like to receive show listings.

• Press ENTER to make your selection(s).

• Press to highlight Next.

• Press ENTER to go to Screen 4.

Note

• If you do not have cable service, you must select Antenna in order to receive a channel lineup and listings.

Screen 4: Which input terminal is the system plugged into?

• Select “ANT/CABLE A IN” or “ANT B IN” and you see Screen 5.

• If you selected Canada in Screen 1, you see the Postal Code screen.

• Input Postal Code by pressing / to scroll through letters (or numbers) and then to move to the next character field.

• Press to highlight Next.

•Press ENTER to display Screen 3.

TV Guide On Screen™ System Setup

Screen 5: Are the settings correct?

• If you select “Yes”, you see Screen 6.

• If you select “No”, you see Screen 1.

Screen 6: Congratulations

The HOME MENU

Chapter 8

The HOME MENU

HOME MENU overview

For AV source

HOME MENU Item Page

Picture AV Selection 59

Contrast 60 Brightness 60 Color 60 Tint 60 Sharpness 60 Pro Adjust 60 Reset 60

Sound Treble 64

Bass 64 Balance 64 Reset 64 Sound Effect 65

Power Control Energy Save 65

No Signal off 65 No Operation off 66

Sleep Timer 66 Option Position 66

Auto Size 69 Side Mask 69 HDMI Input 72 HDMI Control Setting 96 Blue LED Dimmer 70 Orbiter 70 Video Pattern 70 Digital Audio Out 75 Language 70 Tuner NR Setting 67 Game Control Pref 68 Room Light Sensor 70

Tuner Setup Channel Setup 42

Parental Control 43 – 47 Favor ites 48 Closed Captions 48 – 49 Clock 49

Home Media Gallery 77 – 93 HDMI Control 94

For PC source

HOME MENU Item Page

Picture AV Selection 59

Contrast 60 Brightness 60 Red 60 Green 60 Blue 60 Reset 60

Sound Same as the AV source 64 Power Control Energy Save 65

Power Management 66

Sleep Timer 66 Option Auto Setup 67

Manual Setup 67 HDMI Input 72 HDMI Control Setting 96

Home Media Gallery 77 – 93 HDMI Control 94

Using the HOME MENU

The following describes the typical procedure for setting up the menus. For the actual procedures, see the appropriate pages that describe individual functions.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Press / to select a menu item, and then press ENTER. 3 Repeat step 2 until you access the desired submenu

item.

• The number of menu layers differs depending on the menu items.

• If you select “Tuner Setup”, a menu bar appears at the bottom of the screen. To select a submenu item on the bar,

press / instead of / .

4 Press / to select an option (or parameter), and then

press ENTER.

• For some menu items, press / instead of / .

5 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• You can return to the upper menu levels by pressing RETURN.

Tuner Setup

Chapter 9

Tuner Setup

Setting up TV channels

This section describes how to search and set up TV channels that you can watch under the current conditions. Unless you set up TV channels using Auto Channel Preset, you may not be able to tune in those channels.

Using Auto Channel Preset

Auto Channel Preset automatically searches and sets up TV channels.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Tuner Setup” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Channel Setup” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Ant. A” or “Ant. B” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select “Auto Channel Preset” ( / then ENTER). 6 Select “Air” or “Cable” ( / then ENTER).

Channel Setup

Ant. A

Ant. A Auto Channel Preset

Enter

Begin Preset

• Channel search automatically starts.

Channel Setup

Ant. A Auto Ch. Preset

Ant. A Auto Channel Preset

• To quit Auto Channel Preset halfway, press D.

7 After Auto Channel Preset has been finished, press

HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• When using the Cable Converter, you may need to manually add Cable Converter output channels.

• When an inserted CableCARD™ is functioning, you can execute Auto Channel Preset by selecting “Ant.B” in step 4.

Setting for skipping unwanted channels

From among TV channels searched and set up using Auto Channel Preset, you can select channels to be skipped when

CH+/- are operated.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Tuner Setup” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Channel Setup” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Ant. A” or “Ant. B” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select “Channel Keep/Skip” ( / then ENTER).

Auto Ch. Preset

Air

Cable

• Cable

Cancel

Cable

2.0

4.0

Cancel

6.0

Cable

One Moment Please …

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Home Menu

Exit

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Home Menu

Exit

6 Select a channel to be skipped ( / then ENTER).

Channel Setup Ant. A

Ant. A Channel Keep/Skip

• For the skipped channel, a check mark disappears.

Channel Keep/Skip

2.0

4.0

6.0

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Home Menu

Exit

7 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• To restore skipped channels, use the above procedure except that you select a skipped channel in step 6.

• When using the Cable Converter, you may need to manually add Cable Converter output channels.

Setting up TV channels manually

This section describes how to manually set up TV channels that have not been set up by Auto Channel Preset.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Tuner Setup” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Channel Setup” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Ant. A” or “Ant. B” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select “Add Channel” ( / then ENTER). 6 Select a channel number to be added ( / then ENTER).

• You can also use buttons 0 to 9 to enter a channel number.

Channel Setup Ant. A

Ant. A Add Channel

Add Channel

000

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Home Menu

Exit

•After ENTER has been pressed, a confirmation screen appears.

7 Press A to complete the setup process. 8 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• Adding channels manually is for adding analog channels only. Digital channels cannot be added.

Checking signal strength

When you have selected antenna A, you can check the current channel’s signal strength. You may use this function when receiving a channel through a VHF/UHF antenna.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Tuner Setup” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Channel Setup” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Ant. A” ( / then ENTER).

Tuner Setup

5 Select “Signal Strength” ( / then ENTER).

Channel Setup

Ant. A

Signal Strength

Maximum: 100 Current: 100

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Home Menu

Exit

• Adjust the direction of the antenna so that the current signal strength reaches as close to the maximum signal strength as possible.

6 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• This function is available only when receiving digital broadcasting signals over air.

• When you use the TV Guide On Screen™ system with a cable service, select “Cable” for “Auto Channel Preset”.

• Executing more than one scan for cables will result in broadcasting reception failures.

Checking the CableCARD™ ID

The plasma display has a slot for a CableCARD™ that is used for managing your information by the cable TV company. You will locate the CableCARD™ slot on the rear of the plasma display. The following procedure allows you to check your CableCARD™ ID and the Host ID.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Tuner Setup” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Channel Setup” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “POD ID” ( / ).

• The Host ID and CableCARD™ ID appear.

5 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Parental Control

With the Parental Control, parents can prevent their children from watching inappropriate TV programs, VCR or DVD contents. When an attempt is made to watch a program (or content) blocked by parents, the plasma display shows nothing but a message. The Parental Control functions for both conventional and digital TV channels.

In the U.S. three rating systems have been provided: the TV ratings, TV Parental Guidelines, and movie ratings. Movie ratings are provided by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and are used for original movies not edited for television.

For the rating system in Canada, see page 45.

Important

Note

• In the U.S. TV Parental Guideline Rating System, programs with a rating of “None” may be blocked on this product. Examples of programs with a “None” rating include:

• Emergency Bulletins (such as EAS messages, weather warning and others)

• Locally originated programming

•News

•Political

• Public Service Announcements

• Religious

• Sports

• Weather

• No Parental Control setting is available for any content played or displayed in the Home Media Gallery.

Voluntary movie rating system (MPAA)

Rating Description

N/A Not applicable for MPAA ratings G General audiences. All ages admitted. PG Parental guidance suggested. Some material may

PG-13 Parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be

Age-Base

R Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying

NC-17 No one 17 and under admitted NR Not rated

not be suitable for children.

inappropriate for children under 13.

parent or adult guardian (age varies in some jurisdictions).

Note

• The voluntary movie rating system only uses an age-based rating.

TV ratings

Rating Description

TV-Y All children

TV-Y7 Children seven and above

Age-Base

TV-G General audiences

TV-PG Parental guidance suggested

TV-14 Parents strongly cautioned

TV-MA Mature audiences only

Note

• The system also allows you to select “None”, which blocks programs with a rating of “None”. For the examples of such programs, see “Note” on the left column on this page.

Changing the password

Using a password prevents other persons from changing Parental Control settings. A default password (1234) has been set before shipment. Use the following procedure to change the password.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Tuner Setup” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Parental Control” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Password” ( / then ENTER).

Tuner Setup

5 Select “Change Password” ( / then ENTER).

Parental Control

Password

Enter the current four-digit password, using buttons 0 to 9.

Enter a four-digit password to be newly set, using buttons 0 to 9

Password

Change Password

Clear Password

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Home Menu

Exit

8 Enter the same password that you have entered in step

• A confirmation screen appears.

9 Press A. 10 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• Take note of the newly set password and keep it handy.

Clearing the password

Use the following procedure to clear the password.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Tuner Setup” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Parental Control” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Password” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select “Clear Password” ( / then ENTER).

Parental Control

Password

Change Password

Clear Password

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Home Menu

Exit

Activating the Parental Control

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Tuner Setup” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Parental Control” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Status” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select “On” ( / then ENTER).

• The password entry screen appears. Enter your four-digit

password using buttons 0 to 9.

6 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Setting the voluntary movie rating system (MPAA)

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Tuner Setup” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Parental Control” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “MPAA Ratings” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select the desired rating and change the setting ( /

then ENTER).

Parental Control

MPAA Ratings

N/A

G PG

Blocked MPAA Ratings N/A, G, PG,PG-13, R, NC-17

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Home Menu

Exit

• The password entry screen appears. Enter your four-digit

password using buttons 0 to 9.

• Each time you press ENTER, the setting is switched.

• A lock icon appears beside the blocked rating.

• All the ratings have been unblocked before shipment.

6 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

6 Enter the current four-digit password, using buttons 0

to 9.

• A confirmation screen appears.

7 Press A. 8 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• The above procedure will reset the password to the factory default (1234).

We suggest you write down your password so you don’t forget it.

PRO-150FD/PRO-110FD

Your password No.:

Note

• Blocking a rating causes more severe ratings to be automatically blocked as well. Likewise, unblocking a rating causes less severe ratings to be automatically unblocked.

Setting the TV ratings

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Tuner Setup” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Parental Control” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “TV Ratings” ( / then ENTER).

If you forget the password

When the message “Enter your Password” is displayed in step 6 under “Clearing the password”, press the ENTER button on the remote control unit and hold it down for three seconds or longer. The password reverts to “1234”.

Tuner Setup

5 Select the desired rating and change the setting ( /

then ENTER).

Parental Control

TV Ratings

TV-None TV-Y

TV-Y

TV-Y7

TV-G TV-PG

Blocked TV Ratings

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Home Menu

Exit

• The password entry screen appears. Enter your four-digit password using buttons 0 to 9.

• Each time you press ENTER, the setting is switched.

• A lock icon appears beside the blocked rating.

• All the ratings have been unblocked before shipment.

6 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• Blocking a rating causes more severe ratings to be automatically blocked as well. Likewise, unblocking a rating causes less severe ratings to be automatically unblocked.

Setting the TV Parental Guidelines (TV Guidelines)

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Tuner Setup” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Parental Control” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “TV Parental Guidelines” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select the desired rating and change the setting ( /

then ENTER).

Parental Control

TV Parental Guidelines

Fantasy Violence

Violence Sexual Situations

Blocked TV Parental Guidelines

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Home Menu

Exit

• The password entry screen appears. Enter your four-digit password using buttons 0 to 9.

• Each time you press ENTER, the setting is switched.

• A lock icon appears beside the blocked rating.

• All the ratings have been unblocked before shipment.

6 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Blocking Not Rated TV programs

Use the following procedure to block TV programs whose rating information is unavailable.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Tuner Setup” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Parental Control” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Unavailable Ratings” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select “Block” or “Don’t Block” ( / then ENTER).

Parental Control

Unavailable Ratings

Block

Don’t Block

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Home Menu

Exit

• The password entry screen appears. Enter your four-digit password using buttons 0 to 9.

• The factory default is “Don’t Block”.

6 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Canadian rating systems

In Canada you can choose the Canadian English ratings or the Canadian French ratings. These ratings are based on the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) policy.

Canadian English ratings

Rating Description

Age-Base

E Exempt: Includes news, sports, documentaries and

C Children: Intended for younger children under the age

C8+ Children over eight years old: Contains no portrayal

G General: Considered acceptable for all age groups.

PG Parental Guidance: Intended for a general audience,

14+ Over 14 Years: Could contain themes where violence

18+ Adults: Intended for viewers 18 years and older and

other information programming; talk shows, music videos, and variety programming.

of eight years. Pays careful attention to themes that could threaten their sense of security and well-being.

of violence as the preferred, acceptable, or only way to resolve conflict; nor encourages children to imitate dangerous acts which they may see on the screen.

Appropriate viewing for the entire family, contains very little violence, physical, verbal or emotional.

but may not be suitable for younger children (under the age of eight) because it could contain controversial themes or issues.

is one of the dominant elements of the storyline, but it must be integral to the development of plot or character. Language usage could be profane and nudity present within the context of the theme.

might contain depictions of violence, which while related to the development of plot, character or themes, are intended for adult viewing. Could contain graphic language and portrayals of sex and nudity.

Tuner Setup

Canadian French ratings

Rating Description

E Exempt programming

G General: All ages and children, contains minimal

8ans+ General but inadvisable for young children: May be

Age-Base

13ans+ Over 13 years: Could contain scenes of frequent

16ans+ Over 16 years: Could contain frequent violent scenes

18ans+ Over 18 years: Only for adult viewing. Could contain

direct violence, but may be integrated into the plot in a humorous or unrealistic manner.

viewed by a wide public audience, but could contain scenes disturbing to children under eight who cannot distinguish between imaginary and real situations. Recommended for viewing with parent.

violent scenes and therefore recommended for viewing with parent.

and intense violence.

frequent violent scenes and extreme violence.

Setting Canadian English ratings

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Tuner Setup” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Parental Control” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Canadian English Ratings” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select the desired rating and change the setting ( /

then ENTER).

Parental Control

Canadian English Ratings

C C8+

Blocked Canadian English Ratings

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Home Menu

Exit

• The password entry screen appears. Enter your four-digit password using buttons 0 to 9.

• Each time you press ENTER, the setting is switched.

• A lock icon appears beside the blocked rating.

• All the ratings have been unblocked before shipment.

6 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• Blocking a rating causes more severe ratings to be automatically blocked as well. Likewise, unblocking a rating causes less severe ratings to be automatically unblocked.

Setting Canadian French ratings

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Tuner Setup” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Parental Control” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Canadian French Ratings” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select the desired rating and change the setting ( /

then ENTER).

Parental Control

Canadian French Ratings

G 8 ans+

Blocked Canadian French Ratings E, G, 8 ans+, 13 ans+, 16 ans+, 18 ans+

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Home Menu

Exit

• The password entry screen appears. Enter your four-digit password using buttons 0 to 9.

• Each time you press ENTER, the setting is switched.

• A lock icon appears beside the blocked rating.

• All the ratings have been unblocked before shipment.

6 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• Blocking a rating causes more severe ratings to be automatically blocked as well. Likewise, unblocking a rating causes less severe ratings to be automatically unblocked.

Setting new ratings

Digital broadcasts are now carrying new ratings that are not compatible with the plasma display’s original Parental Control settings. When you first tune in one of these broadcasts, a New Parental Control menu appears on the screen. This tells you that you must now change your Parental Control settings to handle these new ratings. Otherwise, ratings you had previously blocked may become unblocked.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Tuner Setup” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Parental Control” ( / then ENTER).

Parental Control

Status MPAA Ratings TV Ratings

• The new menu is displayed when Status is selected and the message “Regional ratings have changed. Set Parental Control ratings again.” appears on the right of the screen.

Status

New XXXXXXXXXXXXX

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Home Menu

Exit

Tuner Setup

4 Select the desired rating and change the setting ( /

then ENTER).

Parental Control Unavailable Ratings

New (xxx) New (xxx) New (xxx) Password

New (xxx)

XX XX

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Home Menu

Exit

• The menu is added between “Unavailable Ratings” and “Password”.

• The password entry screen appears. Enter your four-digit password using buttons 0 to 9.

• Each time you press ENTER, the setting is switched.

• A lock icon appears beside the blocked rating.

• When you are finished, the word “New” disappears from the Parental Control menu.

5 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Deleting new ratings

You can delete a New Parental Control menu. When deleted, the past blocking settings you had entered are also cleared and removed from the menu.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Tuner Setup” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Parental Control” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Status” and then “Off” ( / then ENTER).

Temporarily deactivating the Parental Control

When the Parental Control is working and senses a blocked TV program (or content), the plasma display shows nothing but a message.

The method for temporarily deactivating the Parental Control differs, depending on the currently selected input source.

Antenna A or antenna B:

The following screen appears. Press ENTER.

Parental Control

WWWWWWW

1000.0000 (Ant. B)

Enter your four-digit password.

Parental Control

Enter your Password

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Clear Entry

• The password entry screen stays only for one minute. After the screen disappears, pressing ENTER causes it to appear again.

“INPUT 1” to “INPUT 3”:

Enter your four-digit password. You need not press ENTER first; pressing ENTER causes the password entry screen to disappear.

Please Input Your Password.

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Enter

Disable Parental Control

Cancel

Parental Control

Status

Change Password

Off Clear Password

Enter your Password

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Clear Entry

Cancel

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Home Menu

Exit

• The password entry screen appears. Enter your four-digit password using buttons 0 to 9.

5 Select A for “Accept” or D for “Cancel”.

Parental Control

Status

• The New Parental Control menu remains, however, when the selection screen for deleting new ratings disappears in approximately 60 seconds after no settings are entered.

Status

Change Password

Off _ _ _ _

Clear Password

Reset Digital regional ratings?

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Cancel

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Home Menu

Exit

6 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• While the Parental Control menu is opened, the status display remains unchanged even if the system had received broadcasts carrying new ratings.

• Blocking a rating causes more severe ratings to be automatically blocked as well. Likewise, unblocking a rating causes less severe ratings to be automatically unblocked.

• The above password entry screen will also be shown during 2screen, picture-in-picture, and while freezing an image.

• The password entry screen stays only for one minute. After the screen disappears, pressing ENTER causes it to appear again.

• A password entry screen is displayed if you select “Block” in “Unavailable Ratings” for “INPUT 4” to “INPUT 7”.

Tuner Setup

Setting your favorite channels

Set up to 10 TV channels to each of the four color buttons on the remote control unit (40 channels in total). You can then quickly select from only your favorite channels.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Tuner Setup” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Favorites” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select a color button (A, B, C, D) ( / then ENTER). 5 Select a TV channel to be registered ( / then ENTER).

Favorites Favorites

Favorites

• A star appears beside the favorite channels currently selected.

• To register another TV channel under the same color button, repeat step 5. To register another TV channel under a different color button, repeat steps 4 and 5.

B 8.0 A 9.0

B 9.0

A 11.0 B 11.0

Current Favorites A Line Up B0008.000 A0009.000 A0011.000

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Home Menu

Exit

6 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Setting up closed captions

Your plasma display is equipped with an internal closed caption decoder. Closed caption allows you to view conversations, narration, and sound effects in TV programs and home videos as subtitles on your plasma display screen.

You may enjoy digital closed captions when watching digital TV programs. Digital closed captions allow you to change parameters such as fonts and colors.

• Not all programs and videos offer closed caption. Please look for the “ ” symbol to ensure that captions will be shown.

• No Closed Caption setting is available for any content played or displayed in the Home Media Gallery.

Activating the closed caption

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Tuner Setup” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Closed Captions” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Status” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select “On” or “On If Mute” ( / then ENTER).

Closed Captions

Status

Off

On If Mute

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Home Menu

Exit

Item Description

Off (default)

On Always shows closed captions

On If Mute Shows closed captions only while sound is being muted

Does not show closed captions

6 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Selecting the type of conventional closed captions

Select the type of conventional closed captions that you will watch after tuning to a conventional TV channel. This selection also becomes effective when a selected digital TV program provides only conventional closed captions.

• “CC 1”, “CC 2”, “CC 3”, or “CC 4” displays subtitles of TV dramas and news programs while allowing a full view of the picture.

• “Text 1”, “Text 2”, “Text 3”, or “Text 4” superimposes on the picture other information (e.g. TV guide, weather) that is independent of the TV program in progress.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Tuner Setup” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Closed Captions” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Analog Settings” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select the desired closed caption ( / then ENTER).

Closed Captions

Analog Settings

• The factory default is “CC 1”.

Analog Settings

CC1 CC2

CC3

CC4 Text 1

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Home Menu

Exit

6 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Selecting digital closed captions

Use the following procedure to select digital closed captions: Service 1 to 6.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Tuner Setup” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Closed Captions” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Digital Settings” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select “Digital Service” ( / then ENTER). 6 Select the desired closed caption ( / then ENTER).

Closed Captions

Digital Settings Digital Service

Digital Settings

Digital Service

Service 1 Service 2

Service 3

Service 4 Service 5

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Home Menu

Exit

• The factory default is “Service 1”.

Tuner Setup

7 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• The Primary Caption Service is usually offered for Service 1, and the Secondary Language Service is usually offered for Service 2 if these services are available.

Selecting digital closed caption parameters

Use the following procedure to change such parameters of digital closed captions as font size, font type, foreground and background colors.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Tuner Setup” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Closed Captions” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Digital Settings” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select “Font Size”, “Font”, or any other item ( / then

ENTER).

6 Select the desired parameter ( / then ENTER).

Closed Captions

Digital Settings Font Size

Digital Settings

Font Size

Large Standard

Small

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Home Menu

Exit

7 Repeat steps 5 and 6 as necessary ( , / ). 8 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

The following table shows the parameters selectable for each item.

Item Selection

Font Size Auto/ Large/ Standard/ Small

Font

Font Color Auto/ Black/ White/ Red/ Green/ Blue/ Yellow/

Font Opacity Auto/ Solid/ Transparent/ Translucent/Flashing

Background Color

Background Opacity

Font 1 (monospaced with serifs)/ Font 2 (proportionally spaced with serifs)/ Font 3

(monospaced without serifs)/ Font 4 (proportionally spaced without serifs)/ Font 5 (casual font)/ Font 6 (cursive font)/ Font 7 (small capitals font)

With “Auto” selected, parameters specified by the provider are used; if not specified by the provider, the bolded default parameters are used. If you select parameters other than “Auto”, the selected parameters are used regardless of the provider’s specifications.

Auto/ Font 1/ Font 2/ Font 3/ Font 4/ Font 5/ Font 6/ Font 7

Magenta/ Cyan

Auto/ Black/ White/ Red/ Green/ Blue/ Yellow/ Magenta/ Cyan

Auto/ Solid/ Transparent/ Translucent

Clock Setting

With “Auto Set” selected for Clock Setting, the system acquires and sets time information automatically. You can also manually set the correct time. If you disconnect the power cord from the power outlet or power blackout occurs, the set time is cleared.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Tuner Setup” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Clock” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Time Zone” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select a time zone for your area ( / then ENTER).

Clock

Time Zone

Atlantic

Eastern

Central Mountain

Current Time: 9:55 pm EDT Monday 05/17/04

6 Select “D.S.T.” ( , / , then ENTER). 7 Select “Applies” or “Does Not Apply” ( / then ENTER).

• When you start “Daylight Savings Time” mode, select “Applies” for “D.S.T.” and select “Does Not Apply” when you cancel it, otherwise the correct time will not be displayed regardless of the “Auto/Manual Set” setting.

Daylight Savings Time

Clock

Current Time:

D.S.T.

Applies

Does Not Apply

9:56 pm EDT Monday 05/17/04

8 Select “Auto/Manual Set” ( , / , then ENTER). 9 Select “Auto Set” or “Manual Set” ( / then ENTER). 10 If you select “Auto Set”, select an antenna (A or B) and

a channel number using / and ENTER.

Auto/Manual Set

Clock

Auto/Manual Set

•Auto Set 2.0

Clock Set Channel

Ant. A

Current Time: 11:58 pm PDT Monday 05/17/04

• The date and time will be automatically corrected using data from the selected channel.

If you select “Manual Set”, manually set the date and time using /, / and ENTER.

Auto/Manual Set

Clock

Auto/Manual Set

•Manual Set

Date and Time

3 4

3 /17/04

5 6

11:58pm

Current Time: 11:58 pm PDT Monday 05/17/04

11 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

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Note

• If you setup the TV Guide On Screen™ system, the plasma display acquires clock information through the TV Guide On Screen™ system; in this situation you cannot set up the clock using the menu. If you select a parameter for the Clock menu and press appears instead; press

ENTER

, the menu screen disappears and a dialog box

to clear the dialog box.

TV Guide On Screen™ System Operation

Chapter 10

TV Guide On Screen™ System Operation

Using the TV Guide On Screen™ system

Before you can start using the TV Guide On Screen™ system, you’ll need to set it up. If you haven’t already done this, please turn to “TV Guide On Screen™ System Setup” on page 38 before proceeding.

Legal Notices

Note

• Once you set up the TV Guide On Screen™ system it may take up to 24 hours to begin to receive TV program listings. Receipt of all eight days of listings may take up to one week.

• TV Guide may not be available in all areas. As content providers move to digital programming and broadcasting, TV Guide data may be unavailable or become unavailable.

Screen components

Many of the screens have common elements to make using the system easier.

6 7

11 Channel logo & number – Identifies network and channel

number

12 Info Box – Shows information about the highlighted item. 13 Highlight – Indicates an active file, from which you can set

reminder, display a menu, etc.

TV Guide On Screen™ icons

Various icons are used to convey information or show the status of an item. You will locate these icons on the Info Bar, inside the Info Box, or beside program titles.

• Info icon – Additional information is available; press the INFO button to display.

• Progress Bar – Shows the elapsed time of the current program.

• HDTV – Indicates that a program is a high-definition broadcast.

• New – The program is new (not a repeat).

• Stereo – The program is broadcast in stereo.

• CC – The program is broadcast with closed captioning.

• TV Rating – Indicates the age rating for the program.

• Remind Once – One-time only reminder

• Remind Daily – Reminds for the same channel and time every Monday through Friday (manual reminder only).

• Remind Regularly – Reminds the same program any day it airs on the same channel at the same time.

1 TV GUIDE logo 2Clock – Shows the current time. 3Time slot – Half-hour time slots are displayed horizontally. 4Time tab – Indicates the currently selected time slot. 5 Current service label – Indicates the currently selected

service.

6 Service bar – Gives access to the various services of the

Guide.

7 Info Bar – Shows various icons to convey information or

show the status of an item.

8 Title tile – Shows the title of the TV program. 9 Video window – Allows you to continue watching the

current program while using the Guide or to view the program selected in the listings.

10 Panel ads and panel menu entry – Space for show or

product advertising (and the panel menu).

• Remind Weekly – Reminds every week at the same time/ day.

• Remind Off – The program remains in the SCHEDULE list, but will not remind until the frequency is changed to one of the above.

TV Guide On Screen™ System Operation

TV Guide On Screen™ navigation

The table below shows a summary of the remote buttons you’ll use to navigate the TV Guide On Screen™ system.

Key What it does

TV GUIDE Press to display the TV Guide On Screen™ system

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ENTER Press to confirm a selection or execute an action.

MENU Press to display a panel menu

INFO Press to cycle through the available information

Number buttons Use for numeric entry

PAGE +/– Press to select the previous/next page of

DAY +/– Press to jump to the next/previous day of program

You can also use the TV GUIDE, ENTER, UP/DOWN, and LEFT/ RIGHT buttons on the plasma display. The UP/DOWN and LEFT/ RIGHT buttons operate the same as the / and / buttons

on the remote control unit.

(also use to exit)

Use to navigate screens (highlight an item)

Can also be used to display the panel menu when a future program is highlighted.

for the current program or screen

information (where applicable)

listings (if applicable)

1 Press TV GUIDE to display the Listings screen.

• With “LISTINGS” highlighted in the Service bar at the top of the screen, press INFO to display (and then close) Help information.

•Press TV GUIDE anytime to exit.

2 Press / / / to navigate the Listings screen.

• With a currently showing program highlighted, press ENTER to start watching.

• Move right for later time slots.

•Press PAGE+/– to scroll one vertical screen at a time.

•Press INFO to display additional information (if available) about the currently selected program.

•Press DAY+/– to jump to the next/previous day in the listings grid.

The Listings screen

You can consider the Listings screen as the “home” screen of the TV Guide On Screen™ system. This is the screen you see when you press TV GUIDE.

From the Listings screen you can:

• View eight days of program listings.

• Display information about individual programs.

• Select a program to start watching.

• Set a program to remind.

• See a thumbnail display of any channel in the video window.

• Access panel and channel ads.

Setting program reminders

By setting a program reminder you can have the TV alert you when a program is about to start on another channel. You can set reminders for individual episodes of a program, or every time a program airs.

1 From LISTINGS, SCHEDULE or SEARCH, highlight the

program for which you want to set a reminder.

2 Press MENU to display the Episode Options menu.

TV Guide On Screen™ System Operation

3 Highlight “set reminder” and press ENTER. 4 Set the reminder options:

Press / to highlight a field; press / to change the setting.

• frequency – select whether to be reminded just Once,

Regularly (at the same time on the same channel), or Weekly (every week at the same time/day). There’s also an Off option which puts the program in the reminder

schedule but no reminder is given (you can set it to remind later).

• auto tune – choose whether or not the TV should automatically change channels when a reminder is due.

• when – set when the reminder is displayed (before, on time, or after a program has started).

5 Once all the settings have been made, press ENTER to

highlight “schedule reminder”, then press ENTER again.

When scheduled reminder is due (auto-tune is OFF)

Depending on the settings you made, your program reminder will appear on your TV screen around the time the program is scheduled to start. This happens when you have selected “NO” for the auto tune. The reminder will remain on-screen for three minutes before it automatically disappears.

Press

ENTER

to tune to the highlighted program in the reminder;

or highlight “hide reminders” to dismiss the reminder.

If more than one reminder is set for the same time, select the program you want by pressing / .

Depending on the situation, the following screens will appear. In this case, the reminder will remain on-screen for 15 seconds before it automatically disappears.

Timer Alert

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Cancel TimerAccept

Timer Alert

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Cancel Timer

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• The reminder is now set (and will appear in SCHEDULE) and the appropriate icon appears on the program tile.

If there is a time conflict with a previously scheduled auto-tune reminder, you will be alerted to this. You can select to set a reminder for the conflicting program, or cancel the reminder. The following screens appear depending on whether it will override a scheduled reminder.

REMINDER CONFLICT!

Auto-tuning “Law & Order” will override the recording for “Friends”.

auto-tune anyway

remind, no auto-tune

don’t set this reminder

A to leave the reminder effective, or D to dismiss the

Press reminder.

When scheduled reminder is due (auto-tune is ON)

If the “auto-tune” setting was set to “yes” in the Remind Options, one of the following screens appears, depending on the situation. The screen will remain for 15 seconds before it automatically disappears.

Timer Alert

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Timer Alert

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Press A to make the Timer Alert screen disappear.

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TV Guide On Screen™ System Operation

Searching for programs

The Search screen lets you search for programs alphabetically, by category or by keyword. You can also search for HDTV programs.

Searching by category

Here you can search for programs by category, and then by a further sub-category if you want.

1 Select “SEARCH” from the Service bar at the top of the

screen.

2 Press to move to the search category bar, then press

/ to select a search category.

• Available categories may include:

•Movies

•Sports

•Children

•Educational

•News

•Variety

•Series

•HDTV

3 Press to move to the search sub-categories and select

the sub-category you want.

4 Press ENTER to display a listing of upcoming programs

that match the categories you chose.

5 Highlight a program listing and press MENU to display

the Episode Options panel menu.

• If the program listing is a program now being broadcast you can press ENTER to start watching it immediately.

• The sub-categories available depend on the category you chose in the last step.

TV Guide On Screen™ System Operation

Searching by keyword

Here you search for shows based on keywords you enter. The keywords you create are stored so you can use them again in the future.

1 Select “SEARCH” from the Service bar at the top of the

screen.

2 Press to move to the search category bar, then press

/ to select “KEYWORD”.

• If you already entered any keywords, they are displayed. Just select one if you want to search for it again.

• To edit or delete one of the displayed keywords, highlight it and then press MENU. From the panel menu you can choose “edit search” or “delete search”.

3 Press ENTER to display the Keyword Search menu.

•Highlight characters by pressing ///, then pressing ENTER to input them.

• The keyword you input is stored so that you can use it again whenever you need it.

8 Select “DONE” to start the search. 9 Highlight a program listing, then press MENU to display

the Episode Options panel menu.

• If the program listing is a program now being broadcast you can press ENTER to start watching it immediately.

Alphabetical search

This search is designed to display all programs that start with a particular letter.

1 Select “SEARCH” from the Service bar at the top of the

screen.

2 Press to move to the search category bar, then press

/ to select “ALPHABETICAL”.

4 Select “new search”. 5 If you want to change the category, move up and select

the category you want.

• To search using only the keyword, leave the category set to “All”.

• If you select a category (“HDTV”, for example) then you’ll only see programs in that category that also match the keyword.

6 Highlight “enter keyword” and press ENTER. 7 Input the keyword for the search.

TV Guide On Screen™ System Operation

3 Press ENTER. 4 Select a letter, then press ENTER to display all programs

starting with that letter.

5 Highlight a program listing and press MENU to display

the Episode Options panel menu.

• If the program listing is a program now being broadcast you can press ENTER to start watching it immediately.

The search Episode Options menu

From the Episode Options menu you can select:

• go to Service bar – closes the panel menu and returns to the Service bar at the top of the screen.

• tune to channel / watch now – exits the TV Guide On Screen™ guide and tunes to the channel.

• set reminder – goes to the Remind Options menu.

• cancel – closes the panel menu and returns to the highlighted program listing.

Navigation and search tips

• The / buttons move the highlight between options in the panel menu. Use the number buttons to input information.

• If a highlighted field has arrows on either side, press / to cycle through the options.

•Press ENTER on any option to highlight the default command (e.g., Done), then press ENTER again to execute and close the panel menu.

• Select Cancel and press ENTER to close the panel menu and return to the previous screen, or press MENU to cancel any changes and close the menu.

Scheduling reminders

From the Schedule area you can review, edit or delete reminders.

1 Select “SCHEDULE” from the Service bar at the top of

the screen.

A list of programs that have remind events scheduled appears. The icons on the right side indicate the status of the events.

• Once only reminder

• Daily Reminds for the same channel and time every Monday through Friday (manual reminder only)

• Regularly – Reminds the same program any day it airs on the same channel at the same time

• Weekly reminder (every week at the same time/day)

• Off: The program remains in the SCHEDULE list, but will not remind until the frequency is changed to one of the above.

The reminder will still appear if the program starts any time up to the midway point of the original schedule. For example, up to 9:15 for a 9:00 to 9:30 program.

2 Highlight a program in the list and press MENU to

display the Schedule Options panel menu.

• When you highlight a program in the list you’ll see information related to that program appear in the Info Box.

TV Guide On Screen™ System Operation

Using the reminder To Do list

The To Do screen lists scheduled events with an icon that identifies the event type. From the To Do screen you can review, edit, or delete reminder events that you previously set. You can sort the scheduled events by date, title, or event type. You can also schedule a manual reminder.

The Schedule Optios menu

The Schedule Options menu is accessible by pressing MENU when either “SCHEDULE” is highlighted in the Service bar, or a program is highlighted.

When “SCHEDULE” is highlighted in the service bar:

• go to Service Bar – closes the panel menu and returns to the Service bar at the top of the screen.

• sort by – select a sort order for the program listings.

• new manual reminder – select and then fill in all the necessary fields to set the reminder. Select “schedule reminder” when you’re done to save and exit, or select “cancel” to exit without saving.

• done – closes the panel menu and returns to the Service bar at the top of the screen.

• cancel – closes the panel menu without saving any changes and returns to the Service bar at the top of the screen.

When a program is highlighted:

• go to Service Bar – closes the panel menu and returns to the Service bar at the top of the screen.

• watch now – start watching the selected program (this option is “tune to channel” for a program that isn’t showing now).

• cancel – closes the panel menu and returns to the highlighted program listing.

For reminder:

• delete reminder – remove the reminder from the schedule (requires confirmation).

• edit reminder – edit the reminder settings (opens the Remind Options menu).

Changing setup options

You can change TV Guide On Screen™ settings from the Setup menu. Setup options are divided into three categories: system settings, channel display, default options, and display setup progress.

1 Select “SETUP” from the Service bar at the top of the

screen.

Changing the system settings

The system settings include your ZIP/postal code and your cable TV setup.

1 Highlight the “Change system settings” item.

As you highlight an option you can see the settings you can adjust in that area:

• System settings – ZIP/postal code, cable setup, etc.

• Channel display – Channel position, tuning channel, display on/off, etc.

• Default options – General and reminder defaults

• Display setup progress – Status of various Guide setup functions

TV Guide On Screen™ System Operation

2 Press ENTER to display the current settings and the

options to change them.

3 Select one of the options, then follow the on-screen

instructions.

• Yes, everything is correct: displays a helpful information screen. Press ENTER to quit the TV Guide On Screen™.

• Yes, but my channel lineup is incorrect: displays a screen from which you may choose the correct channel lineup. Press ENTER to display the Channel Editor screen.

• No, repeat setup process: displays Screen 1 shown on page 39.

Changing the channel display settings

From the channel display settings you can set/change:

• the display setting to always display (On), never display (Off), or display only when channel information is available (Auto Hide).

• the tuned channel number.

• the channel position in the channel listing.

1 Highlight the “Change channel display” item.

2 Press ENTER to display the channel editor.

3 Press / to highlight a channel then press ENTER to go

to the Grid Options menu.

From the Grid Options menu you can set:

• channel – On (display in channel list), Off (don’t display) or Auto Hide (hide when no program information is available)

• tune channel – the channel number that the channel listing is tuned to

• position – place that the channel appears in the channel list

• Re-sort numerically to change the channel order in the Listings service (and Channel Editor) to numeric

• Undo all changes to reset all the Channel Editor options (and Listings display) to their original (factory) settings

4 When you’ve made all the settings you want for the

channel, highlight “done” then press ENTER.

• To cancel without saving any of the changes you made, select “cancel”.

TV Guide On Screen™ System Operation

Changing the default options

This is the place to change the default settings for reminders and other general settings.

1 Select the “Change default options” item.

2 Select one of the two default option categories.

A different panel menu appears for each option:

General default options

• Info Box size upon entering the Guide

- Small

- Large

- No

- Last used (default)

• Info Box position

- Float

- Top (default)

• Video Window status

- Locked (default)

- Unlocked

• Channel ID in Listings

- Logo

- Number

- Both (default)

• Auto guide (whether Guide appears automatically when the unit is powered On)

- On

- Off (default)

Displaying setup progress

Display setup progress lets you verify the status of the various Guide setup functions. This screen also appears when you enter the Guide prior to receiving the complete channel lineup.

Remind defaults

• auto tune – automatically tunes to the correct channel when a reminder becomes due (Yes or No)

• when – when to display the reminder (15 minutes early to 15 minutes late, or On time)

3 When you’ve made all the settings you want, highlight

“done” then press ENTER.

• To cancel without saving any of the changes you made, select “cancel”.

Adjustments and Settings

Chapter 11

Adjustments and Settings

AV Selection

Select from the seven viewing options, depending on the current environment (e.g., room brightness), the type of the current TV program, or the type of images input from external equipment.

1 Press AV SELECTION.

• The current AV Selection mode appears.

2 Press AV SELECTION again before the displayed mode

disappears.

• For AV source, the mode is switched in this order;

OPTIMUM, STANDARD, DYNAMIC, MOVIE, PURE, GAME, then USER.

• For PC source, the mode is switched between STANDARD

and USER.

You can also use the menu to change the options.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Picture” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “AV Selection” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select the desired option ( / then ENTER).

AV Selection

OPTIMUM

STANDARD

DYNAMIC

MOVIE

PURE

GAME

USER

For AV source

Item Description

OPTIMUM Automatically adjusts the brightness of the image to the

optimum level in accordance with the brightness level of the viewing area. This selection is shared by the external input and TV input sources.

STANDARD For a highly defined image in a normally bright room.

This selection is shared by the external input and TV input sources.

DYNAMIC For a very sharp image with maximum contrast.

This mode does not allow manual image quality adjustment. This selection is shared by the external input and TV input sources.

Item Description

MOVIE For movies.

This selection is shared by the external input and TV input sources.

PURE Reflects input signals as faithfully as possible.

For example, you may select this option to check image materials.

GAME Lowers image brightness for easier viewing.

This selection is shared by the external input and TV input sources.

USER Allows you to customize settings as desired. You can set

the mode for each input source.

For PC source

Item Description

STANDARD For a highly defined image in a normally bright room

USER Allows you to customize settings as desired. You can set

the mode for each input source.

5 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• You can also press AV SELECTION on the remote control unit to switch the viewing option.

• If you have selected “DYNAMIC”, you cannot select “Contrast”, “Brightness”, “Color”, “Tint”, “Sharpness”, “Pro Adjust” and “Reset”; these menu items are dimmed.

• If you have selected “OPTIMUM”, you cannot select “Pro Adjust”; menu items in “Pro Adjust” are dimmed.

• To prevent the screen from damage, you can freely change the AV selection mode while enjoying the Home Media Gallery function. However, when you resume the Home Media Gallery after having quit it, “STANDARD” is automatically selected for the AV source.

• While enjoying the Home Media Gallery, you can freely change the AV selection mode, but you cannot select “USER”.

• As the OPTIMUM function automatically optimizes image quality, the process in which image settings such as brightness and tint gradually change may be seen on the screen. This is not a malfunction.

• When “OPTIMUM” is selected, images are reproduced based on the information collected at the Room Light Sensor as well, regardless of its setting (“On” or “Off”) for the “Option” menu.

Adjustments and Settings

Basic picture adjustments

Adjust the picture to your preference for the chosen AV Selection option (except DYNAMIC).

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Picture” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select an item to be adjusted ( / then ENTER).

Picture

AV Selection

Contrast

Brightness

Color

Tint

Sharpness

Pro Adjust

Reset

For PC source, the following screen appears:

Picture

AV Selection

Contrast

Brightness

Red

Green

Blue

Reset

4 Select the desired level ( / ).

Contrast

OPTIMUM

STANDARD

For AV source

Item

Contrast For less contrast For more contrast

Brightness For less brightness For more brightness

Color For less color intensity For more color intensity

Tint Skin tones become

Sharpness For less sharpness For more sharpness

button button

purplish

Skin tones become greenish

For PC source

Item

Contrast For less contrast For more contrast

Brightness For less brightness For more brightness

Red For weaker red For stronger red

Green For weaker green For stronger green

Blue For weaker blue For stronger blue

button button

Note

• To perform advanced picture adjustments, select “Pro Adjust” in step 3 and then press ENTER. For the subsequent procedures see Advanced picture adjustments on page 61.

• To restore the factory defaults for all items, press / to select “Reset” in step 3, and then press ENTER. A confirmation screen appears. Press / to select “Yes”, and then press ENTER.

• Some functions, such as OPTIMUM, Room Light Sensor and Intelligent Mode, are temporarily turned off when the “Picture” menu is displayed. This may cause the screen brightness to suddenly change as you open the menu.

• You may experience a sudden change in the image position and screen brightness when you open the “Picture” menu.

• When an adjustment screen is displayed, you can also change the item to be adjusted, by pressing / .

5 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Adjustments and Settings

Advanced picture adjustments

The plasma display provides various advanced functions for optimizing the picture quality. For details on these functions, see the tables.

Using PureCinema

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Picture” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Pro Adjust” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “PureCinema” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select “Film Mode” or “Text Optimization” ( / then

ENTER).

6 Select the desired parameter ( / then ENTER).

• For the selectable parameters, see the table.

PureCinema

Automatically detects a film-based source (originally encoded at 24 frames/second), analyzes it, then recreates each still film frame for highdefinition picture quality

Film Mode Off Deactivates the PureCinema

Standard Produces smooth and vivid moving

Smooth Produces smoother and more vivid

Advance Produces smooth and quality moving

Text Optimization

Off Deactivates Text Optimization

On Improves subtitle display quality

7 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• Standard” is not selectable for the following input signals: 480p, 720p@60 Hz, 1080p@60 Hz.

• “Smooth” is not selectable for the following input signals: 1080p@60 Hz.

• “Advance” is not selectable for the following input signals: 1080p@60 Hz.

• When you select “On” for “Game Control Pref” on the “Option” menu, the “PureCinema” setting is disabled.

images (film specific) by automatically detecting recorded image information when displaying DVD or high-definition images (e.g., movies) having 24 frames per second

moving images

images (as shown on theatre screens) by converting to 72 Hz when displaying DVD images (e.g., movies) having 24 frames per second

Using Intelligent Mode

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Picture” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Pro Adjust” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Intelligent Mode” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select the desired parameter ( / then ENTER).

Intelligent Mode

Performs such compensation that results in the optimum color tones and brightness for images

Selections Off Deactivates Intelligent Mode

On Activates Intelligent Mode

6 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• As this function automatically optimizes image quality, the process in which image settings such as brightness and tint gradually change may be seen on the screen. This is not a malfunction.

Using the Picture Detail

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Picture” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Pro Adjust” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Picture Detail” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select an item to be adjusted ( / then ENTER).

• You can select “DRE Picture”, “Black Level”, “ACL”, “Enhancer Mode” or “Gamma”.

6 Select the desired parameter ( / then ENTER).

DRE Picture

Emphasizes the contrast on images so that the difference between brightness and darkness becomes more distinct

Selections Off Deactivates DRE Picture

High Enhanced DRE Picture

Mid Standard DRE Picture

Low Moderate DRE Picture

Black Level

Emphasizes dark portion on images so that the difference between brightness and darkness becomes more distinct

Selections Off Deactivates Black Level

On Activates Black Level

ACL

Performs such compensation that results in the optimum contrast characteristics for images

Selections Off Deactivates ACL

On Activates ACL

Adjustments and Settings

Enhancer Mode

Selects processing of the image’s high frequency (detailed) areas

Selections 1 Selects Hard (SHARPNESS) image

2 Selects Natural (SHARPNESS) image

3 Selects Soft (SHARPNESS) image

Gamma

Adjusts the gamma characteristics (image gradation characteristics)

Selections 1 Selects gamma characteristics 1

2 Selects gamma characteristics 2

3 Selects gamma characteristics 3

7 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Using Color Temp

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Picture” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Pro Adjust” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Color Detail” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select “Color Temp” ( / then ENTER). 6 Select the desired parameter ( / then ENTER).

Color Temp

Adjusts the color temperature, resulting in a better white balance

Selections High White with bluish tone

Mid-High Intermediate tone between High and Mid

Mid Natural tone

Mid-Low Intermediate tone between Mid and Low

Low White with reddish tone

Manual Color temperature adjusted to your

preference

• You may rather want to perform fine adjustment. To do this, select “Manual” first and then press and hold ENTER for more than three seconds. The manual adjustment screen appears. Then go to step 7.

7 Select an item to be adjusted ( / then ENTER). 8 Select the desired level ( / ).

Item

R High

Fine adjustment for bright

G High For weaker green For stronger green

portions

B High For weaker blue For stronger blue

R Low

Fine adjustment

G Low For weaker green For stronger green

for dark portions

B Low For weaker blue For stronger blue

button button

For weaker red For stronger red

• To perform adjustment for another item, press RETURN, and then repeat steps 7 and 8.

• You may press / to immediately change an item to be adjusted.

9 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Using CTI and Color Space

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Picture” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Pro Adjust” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Color Detail” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select “CTI” or “Color Space” ( / then ENTER). 6 Select the desired parameter ( / then ENTER).

CTI

Provides images with clearer color contours. The CTI stands for Color Transient Improvement.

Selections Off Deactivates CTI

On Activates CTI

Color Space

Changes color reproduction space

Selections 1 Optimized for vivid, vibrant color reproduction

2 Standard color reproduction

7 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Using Color Management

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Picture” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Pro Adjust” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Color Detail” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select “Color Management” ( / then ENTER). 6 Select an item to be adjusted ( / then ENTER).

Color Management

7 Select the desired level ( / ).

Adjustments and Settings

Item

R Closer to magenta Closer to yellow

Y Closer to red Closer to green

G Closer to yellow Closer to cyan

C Closer to green Closer to blue

B Closer to cyan Closer to magenta

M Closer to blue Closer to red

button button

• To adjust another item, press RETURN then repeat steps 6 and 7.

• Press / to select another item for adjustment.

8 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Eliminating noise from images

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Picture” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Pro Adjust” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Noise Reduction” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select an item to be adjusted ( / then ENTER).

• You can select “3DNR”, “Field NR”, “Block NR” or “Mosquito NR”.

6 Select the desired parameter ( / then ENTER).

3DNR

Eliminates video noise for clean crisp images. 3DNR stands for 3dimensional Noise Reduction.

Selections Off Deactivates 3DNR

High Enhanced 3DNR

Mid Standard 3DNR

Low Moderate 3DNR

Field NR

Removes glimmer for more natural images

Selections Off Deactivates Field NR

High Enhanced Field NR

Mid Standard Field NR

Low Moderate Field NR

Using the 3DYC and I-P Mode

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Picture” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Pro Adjust” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Others” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select “3DYC” or “I-P Mode” ( / then ENTER).

6 Select the desired parameter ( / then ENTER).

3DYC

Optimizes characteristics for separating brightness signals and color signals. This works for both video and still images.

Selections Off Deactivates 3DYC

High Enhanced 3DYC

Mid Standard 3DYC

Low Moderate 3DYC

I-P Mode

Perform optimum conversion from interlace signals to progressive signals. This works for both video and still images.

Selections 1 Optimum for video images

2 Standard setting

3 Optimum for still images

7 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• The I-P Mode setting is disabled if you use an external input source and select “On” for “Game Control Pref” on the “Option” menu.

• For the I-P Mode, the individual parameters are not selectable for the following input signals: 480p, 720p, 1080p.

• The 3DYC setting is selectable when composite video or analog TV signals are received.

Block NR

Helps reduce noise appearing in high-definition images

Selections Off Deactivates Block NR

On Activates Block NR

Mosquito NR

Reduces mosquito noise in DVD and high-definition images, resulting in noise-free images

Selections Off Deactivates Mosquito NR

On Activates Mosquito NR

7 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Adjustments and Settings

Comparing picture adjustments on the screen

During picture adjustments, you can quickly refer to the image previously set in the same parameter, allowing you to easily compare and select the preferred image quality.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Picture” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select an item to be adjusted ( / then ENTER). 4 While performing adjustment, press BLUE on the

remote control unit.

“Before” displays and the image adjusted last time appears for comparison.

Before

5 Press the button again to return to the newly adjusted

image.

Each press of the button toggles between “Before” and “After”.

6 Repeat steps 1 and 5 for other parameters. 7 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Caution

• If you exit the menu by pressing HOME MENU or no operation is performed for 60 seconds, all the parameter settings displayed last are stored in memory.

• If you want to exit the menu without performing the adjustments (or leaving the settings disabled) on the “After” screen, switch to “Before” and then exit.

Note

• You cannot adjust any item while on the “Before” screen. A warning message appears.

• When you switch to another parameter, make sure to change the display from “Before” to “After” first, otherwise you cannot select “Before”. A warning message appears if you don’t.

• If you exit the selection from the “Before” screen, the previous entry is stored in the memory and the button no longer works.

• If you exit the selection from the “After” screen, the new entry is stored in the memory and the button no longer works.

• If you move and change the “AV Selection” parameter, the new entry in the current parameter is stored in the memory and the button continues to work.

• You cannot compare images between different parameters on the “AV Selection” menu (“STANDARD” and “MOVIE”, for example).

• When you select this function, “OPTIMUM” on the “AV Selection” menu, “Intelligent Mode” for “Pro Adjust” on the “Picture” menu and “Room Light Sensor” on the “Option” menu are set to off and image quality returns to default settings.

• This function is not selectable:

- when you select “AV Selection”,

- when you select “Yes” or “No” on the confirmation screen for “Reset” from the “Picture” menu or

- when you select a menu from the PC source

Sound adjustments

You can adjust the sound quality to your preference with the following settings.

Adjust the sound to your preference for the chosen AV Selection option. See page 59.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Sound” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select an item to be adjusted ( / ). 4 Select the desired level ( / ).

Sound

STANDARD

Treble

Bass

Balance

Reset

Sound Effect

Item

Treble For weaker treble For stronger treble

Bass For weaker bass For stronger bass

Balance Shifts the audio balance to

button button

the left

5 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• You cannot adjust the sound for listening with headphones.

• If you perform sound adjustments with headphones connected, the new settings will become effective as soon as you disconnect the headphones.

• To restore the factory defaults for all items, press / to select “Reset” in step 3, and then press ENTER. A confirmation screen appears. Press / to select “Yes”, and then press ENTER.

Shifts the audio balance to the right

Adjustments and Settings

Sound Effect

You can select from SRS FOCUS, SRS or SRS TruBass.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Sound” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Sound Effect” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “SRS FOCUS”, “SRS” or “SRS TruBass” ( / ). 5 Select the desired parameter ( / ).

SRS FOCUS

Selections Off Deactivates SRS FOCUS

On Activates SRS FOCUS

SRS

Selections Off Deactivates SRS

On Activates SRS

SRS TruBass

Selections Off Deactivates SRS TruBass

On Activates SRS TruBass

Shifts the apparent direction of the sound upward for more clearly defined sound

Reproduces highly effective three-dimensional sound

Provides deep, rich bass using a new technology

6 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• (WOW) denotes a status where SRS FOCUS®, SRS®

Power Control

Power Control provides convenient functions for saving power.

Energy Save

You may use one of the three Energy Save modes to save power consumption.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Power Control” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Energy Save” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Mode 1”, “Mode 2”, or “Picture Off” ( / then

ENTER).

Item Description

Off Provides normally bright pictures

Mode 1 Consumes less power than “Off” mode

Mode 2 Consumes less power than “Mode 1”

Picture Off Deactivates the screen to save power. To restore the

screen display, press any button other than VOL +/– and MUTING. This setting is not memorized by the system.

5 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• When you change the Energy Save mode, you may notice a change in the panel sound. This is normal.

and SRS TruBass® are on.

• You cannot adjust the sound effect for listening with headphones.

• If you change the sound effect with headphones connected, the new setting will become effective as soon as you disconnect the headphones.

• The effect of this function differs depending on signals.

No Signal off (AV source only)

The system will be automatically placed into the standby mode if no signal is received for 15 minutes.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Power Control” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “No Signal off” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Enable” ( / then ENTER).

Item Description

Disable (default)

Enable Places the system into the standby mode if no signal

Does not place the system into the standby mode

is received for 15 minutes

5 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• Five minutes before the system is placed into the standby mode, a message appears every minute.

• The system may not be placed into the standby mode when noise signals are present at the plasma display after a TV program finishes.

Adjustments and Settings

No Operation off (AV source only)

The system will be automatically placed into the standby mode when no operation is performed for three hours.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Power Control” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “No Operation off” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Enable” ( / then ENTER).

Item Description

Disable (default)

Enable Places the system into the standby mode if no

Does not place the system into the standby mode

operation is performed for three hours

5 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• Five minutes before the system is placed into the standby mode, a message appears every minute.

Power Management (PC source only)

The system will be automatically placed into the standby mode when no signal is received from the personal computer.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Power Control” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Power Management” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Mode 1” or “Mode 2” ( / then ENTER).

Item Description

Off (default)

Mode 1 •Places the system into the standby mode when no

Mode 2 •Places the system into the standby mode when no

No power management

signal is received from the personal computer for eight minutes.

• Even when you start using the computer and a signal is received again, the system stays off.

• The system is switched on again by pressing STANDBY/ON on the plasma display or TV on the remote control unit.

signal is received for eight seconds.

• When you start using the computer and a signal is received again, the system is switched on.

• The system is switched on again by pressing STANDBY/ON on the plasma display or TV on the remote control unit.

Sleep Timer

When the selected time elapses, the Sleep Timer automatically places the system into the standby mode.

• The factory default is “Off”.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Sleep Timer” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select the desired time ( / then ENTER).

• Select “Off” (cancel), “30 min”, “60 min”, “90 min” or “120 min”.

4 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• Five minutes before the selected time elapses, the remaining time appears every minute.

• To check the remaining time, perform steps 1 and 2. After checking the time, press HOME MENU to restore the previous display.

• The SLEEP indicator on the front of the plasma display lights orange when the sleep timer is set.

About “Option” menus

The “Option” menu consists of two screens. To select the desired menu, press / repeatedly to switch between Screen 1 and

Screen 2. The current screen number appears at the top right corner on the screen.

Option

Position

Auto Size

Side Mask

HDMI Input

HDMI Control Setting

Blue LED Dimmer

Orbiter

Video Pattern

Option

Digital Audio Out

Language

Tuner NR Setting

Game Control Pref

Room Light Sensor

Wide-Zoom

Auto

Dolby Digital

Off

1/2

2/2

5 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• This function is not selectable when the PC is connected to the HDMI terminal.

(For AV source)

Adjustments and Settings

Image position adjustment (AV source only)

Adjusts the horizontal and vertical positions of images on the plasma display.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Option” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Position” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “H/V Position Adjust” ( / then ENTER).

Position

H/V Position Adjust

Reset

5 Adjust the vertical position ( / ) or horizontal position

(/).

6 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• To restore the factory defaults for all the items, press / to

select “Reset” in step 4, and then press ENTER. A confirmation screen appears. Press / to select “Yes”, and then press ENTER.

• Adjustments are stored separately for each input source.

• Depending on the displayed video, the image position may not

change even after adjustment.

• When “Dot by Dot” is selected for the screen mode, the

“Position” menu is dimmed (for AV source only).

Automatic image position and clock adjustments (PC source only)

Use Auto Setup to automatically adjust positions and clock of images coming from a personal computer.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Option” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Auto Setup” ( / then ENTER).

Option

Auto Setup

Manual Setup

• Auto Setup starts.

4 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• When Auto Setup is finished, “Auto Setup completed.”

appears.

• Even when “Auto Setup completed.” appears, Auto Setup may

have failed, depending on conditions.

• Auto Setup may fail with a PC image composed of similar

patterns or monochrome. If not successful, change the PC image and try again.

• Be sure to connect the computer to the plasma display and

switch it on before starting Auto Setup.

• Depending on the displayed video, the image position may not

change even after adjustment.

• This function is not selectable when the PC is connected to the

HDMI terminal.

Manual image position and clock adjustments (PC source only)

Usually you can easily adjust the positions and clock of images using Auto Setup. Use Manual Setup to optimize the positions and clock of images when necessary.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Option” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Manual Setup” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select an item to be adjusted ( / then ENTER).

Manual Setup

H/V Position Adjust

Clock

Phase

Reset

5 Perform adjustment ( / or / ).

• With “Clock” or “Phase” selected, you can change the parameter using / .

6 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• To restore the factory defaults for all the items, press / to select “Reset” in step 4, and then press ENTER. A confirmation screen appears. Press / to select “Yes”, and then press ENTER.

• This function is not selectable when the PC is connected to the HDMI terminal.

Reducing video noise

For the individual analog TV channels, you can specify whether the plasma display should reduce video noise depending on the levels of broadcasting signals.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Option” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Tuner NR Setting” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Channel Map” ( / ).

You can select only analog channels set by the Auto Channel Preset or POD.

5 Select “Tuner NR” ( / ). 6 Select “On” ( / ).

HTuner NR Setting ANT.A

Channel Map

Tuner NR

Channel Keep/Skip

Item Description

On (default) Activates Tuner NR

Off Deactivates Tuner NR

Keep

Adjustments and Settings

7 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• This function is only selectable when signals are received through ANT.A or ANT.B.

• The “Channel Keep/Skip” menu is not selectable. “Keep” or “Skip” is displayed when the setting in “Channel Map” is changed.

• This function may not achieve satisfactory results, depending on the conditions of broadcasting signals.

Selecting a game mode

When playing a game, you can use this function to establish a preference for image quality or operability.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Option” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Game Control Pref” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “On” or “Off” ( / then ENTER).

Item Description

On Establishes a preference for operability

Off Establishes a preference for image quality

5 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• The “Game Control Pref” is only available when using an external input (except a PC source) and “GAME” is selected in “AV Selection”.

• The “Game Control Pref” options are not effective when PC signals are received (when a PC source menu is displayed on the screen).

• The “On” setting is not effective when freezing images or in the multiscreen mode.

Selecting a screen size manually

PC source

Item Description

4:3 Fills the screen without altering the input signal aspect

FULL Full 16:9 screen display

ratio

Note

• While watching High Definition TV broadcasting, pressing SCREEN SIZE switches among FULL, Dot by Dot, ZOOM, WIDE, and 4:3.

• If you watch High Definition TV broadcasting with WIDE selected, part of the screen (e.g., images, graphic interface) may not appear on the display. If this is the case, select FULL.

• Some HD broadcasts may display 4:3 content with side masks, which may cause uneven wear. After viewing, it is recommended to view full screen motion video (see Detecting side masks on page 69).

• The selectable screen sizes may differ depending on the conditions.

• You can freely change the screen size while watching HD broadcasts or enjoying other HD input sources. However, when you resume the HD programs after having quit them, “FULL” is automatically selected for the screen size.

• It is not recommended to consistently display signals that do not completely fill the screen. This may cause temporary or permanent image retention depending on the frequency and duration.

AV source PC source

4:3

CINEMA

WIDE

In single-screen mode, press SCREEN SIZE to change the size of the screen from among the selectable options for the type of video signals currently received.

• The selectable screen sizes differ depending on the types of input signals.

AV source

Item Description

4:3 For 4:3 “standard” pictures. A side bar appears on each

side

WIDE In this mode pictures are progressively stretched toward

each side of the screen

FULL For 16:9 squeezed pictures

Dot by Dot Matches input signal to the same number of screen

pixels (selectable for 1080i or 1080p signals only)

ZOOM For 16:9 letterbox pictures. Bars may appear on the top

and bottom on some programs

CINEMA For 14:9 letterbox pictures. Bars may appear on the top

and bottom on some programs

ZOOM

FULL

Dot by Dot

Adjustments and Settings

Selecting a screen size automatically

The plasma display automatically selects an appropriate screen size when video signals are received from a connected HDMI device (see page 72). To activate this function, use the following procedure.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Option“ ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Auto Size“ ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Natural” or “Wide-Zoom” ( / then ENTER).

Item Description

Off Deactivates the Auto Size function

Natural Naturally adjusts the image to the screen

Wide-Zoom Enlarges and displays only the 4:3 aspect ratio portion in

full and wide screen

5 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• Manually select an appropriate screen size if an image does not automatically switch to a correct screen format.

• When the video signal contains no aspect ratio information, the function will not work even with “Natural” or “Wide-Zoom” selected.

Detecting side masks

Some HD broadcasts may display 4:3 content with side masks. The plasma display automatically detects these side masks to provide gray side masks when “Natural” has been selected for “Auto Size”, or display the image full screen with the side masks removed when “Wide-Zoom” has been selected. This function does not operate when “Off” is selected for “Auto Size”.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Option“ ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Side Mask“ ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Detection” ( / ). 5 Select “On” ( / ).

Item Description

Off Deactivates the Side Mask detection

On Activates the Side Mask detection

6 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Important

• The “On” setting prevents uneven wear on 4:3 content and side masks and can reduce the possibility of image retention.

Note

• You cannot set the Side Mask detection to “On” or “Off” when “Off” is selected in “Auto Size”.

• This Side Mask detection does not operate on 4:3 content displayed in SD (standard definition) broadcasts.

• “Auto” will appear on the channel display when this function is on.

• Detection errors may occur depending on the HD content. In case a detection error occurs, manually change the screen size to the desired size.

• The Side Mask detection function may not operate properly for video signals that contain no aspect ratio information. If that is the case, check if “FULL” is selected for the screen size, switch to another input source, then switch back to the original input source again.

Changing the brightness at both sides of the screen (Side Mask)

With the 4:3 screen size, you can change the brightness of the gray side masks that appear at both sides of the screen.

1 Repeat steps 1 to 3 in Detecting side masks. 2 Select “Brightness Sync.” ( / ). 3 Select the desired parameter ( / ).

Item Description

Fixed (default) Always sets the same brightness for the gray side masks

Auto Adjusts the brightness of the gray side masks according to

the brightness of images

Important

• The “Auto” setting adjusts the brightness of the side masks according to the brightness of the screen and can reduce the possibility of image retention.

4 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Adjustments and Settings

Room Light Sensor

This function automatically adjusts the brightness of the display panel in accordance with the brightness level of the viewing area. For details, use the following procedure.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Option” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Room Light Sensor” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “On” or “Off” ( / then ENTER).

Item Description

On Activates the Room Light Sensor function

Off Deactivates the Room Light Sensor function

5 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• This function is disabled when “OPTIMUM” is selected on the “AV Selection” menu.

• This function is not available when PC signals are received.

• As this function automatically optimizes image quality, the process in which image settings such as brightness and tint gradually change may be seen on the screen. This is not a malfunction.

Blue LED Dimmer

You can adjust the brightness of the POWER ON indicator depending on the brightness level of the viewing area. When “Auto” is selected, the brightness of the indicator changes to “High”, “Mid” or “Low” to match the brightness level of the viewing area.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Option” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Blue LED Dimmer” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Auto”, “High”, “Mid” or “Low” ( / then

ENTER).

5 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Orbiter

5 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

• To cancel this function, select “Off” in step 4.

Note

• For the Dot by Dot mode, see Selecting a screen size manually on page 68.

• This function does not operate when PC signals are received.

Video Pattern

You can display the Video Pattern screen that also helps eliminate after-image when it occurs.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Option” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Video Pattern” ( / then ENTER).

A confirmation screen appears.

4 Select “Start” (ENTER).

The Video Pattern screen displays.

Note

• The system is automatically placed into standby one hour after the Video Pattern screen has started.

• While the Video Pattern screen is on, no buttons operate except TVa on the remote control unit, STANDBY/ON and a on the plasma display.

• To cancel the Video Pattern screen, press TVa on the remote control unit, STANDBY/ON or a (or slide a up) on the plasma display.

• The Video Pattern timer has priority over the sleep timer. When the Video Pattern timer is on, the sleep timer becomes ineffective.

Language setting

You can select a language to be used for on-screen display such as menus from among three languages: English, French, and Spanish.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Option” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Language” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select a language ( / ).

This function automatically shifts the image little by little to reduce the occurrence of the burning.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Option” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Orbiter” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Mode 1” or “Mode 2” ( / then ENTER).

Item Description

Off Disables the Orbiter

Mode 1 (default)

Mode 2 Enables the display protection function for all available

Enables the display protection function for any screen mode other than "Dot by Dot"

screen modes

Language

English

5 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

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Chapter 12

Enjoying through External Equipment

About External Equipment

You can connect many types of external equipment to your plasma display, like a DVD player, VCR, personal computer, game console, and camcorder.

To view images coming from external equipment, select the input source using the INPUT 1 to INPUT 7 buttons on the remote control or the INPUT button on the plasma display.

Caution

• To protect all equipment, always unplug the plasma display from the power outlet before connecting to a DVD player, VCR, personal computer, game console, camcorder, or other external equipment.

Note

• Refer to the relevant instruction manual (DVD player, personal computer, etc.) carefully before making connections.

Watching a DVD image

Connecting a DVD player

Use the INPUT 2 terminals when connecting a DVD player and other audiovisual equipment.

Rear view

Displaying a DVD image

To watch a DVD image, press INPUT 2 on the remote control unit or press INPUT on the plasma display to select “INPUT 2”.

Note

• Refer to your DVD player instruction manual for the signal type.

• The INPUT 2 terminals are checked whether they are connected in the following order; 1) Component Video, 2) SVideo, 3) Video. Use the desired connection for viewing.

• Connect external equipment to only terminals that are to be actually used.

Watching a VCR image

Connecting a VCR

Use the INPUT 1 terminals when connecting a VCR and other audiovisual equipment.

Rear view

S-Video cable

(commercially available)

AV cable

(commercially available)

AV cable

(commercially available)

Component Video cable

(commercially available)

DVD player

VCR

Displaying a VCR image

To watch a VCR image, press INPUT 1 on the remote control unit or press INPUT on the plasma display to select “INPUT 1”.

Note

• The INPUT 1 terminals are checked whether they are connected in the following order; 1) S-Video, 2) Video. Use the desired connection for viewing.

• Connect external equipment only to terminals that are actually to be used.

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Using HDMI Input

The INPUT 4, INPUT 5, INPUT 6, INPUT 7 terminals are HDMI terminals to which digital video and audio signals can be input. To use the HDMI terminal, specify the types of video and audio signals to be received from the connected equipment. For the types of these signals, see the operation manual that came with the connected equipment.

Before starting the menu, press INPUT 4, INPUT 5, INPUT 6 or INPUT 7 on the remote control unit or press INPUT on the plasma display to select “INPUT 4”, “INPUT 5”, “INPUT 6” or “INPUT 7”.

Video signals supported

720 (1440) x 480i@59.94 Hz/60 Hz

720 x 480p@59.94 Hz/60 Hz

1280 x 720p@59.94 Hz/60 Hz

1920 x 1080i@59.94 Hz/60 Hz

1920 x 1080p@24 Hz

1920 x 1080p@60 Hz

PC signals supported

640 x 480 (VGA) 60 Hz

800 x 600 (SVGA) 60 Hz

1024 x 768 (XGA) 60 Hz

1360 x 768 (Wide - XGA) 60 Hz

1280 x 1024 (SXGA) 60 Hz

For audio, the system supports the following:

• Linear PCM (STEREO 2ch)

• Sampling frequency: 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz

• When connecting a PC to the HDMI terminal using a DVI output terminal, the plasma display may not display properly. If that is the case, consult with your PC manufacturer.

• PC picture and/or sound may not be displayed or heard properly depending on the PC used.

• This plasma display is HDMI compatible. However, depending on the type of the connected source component, it may exhibit irregularities with this plasma display. Please consult the component manual or contact the component manufacturer for support.

Connecting HDMI equipment

When using the INPUT 4 terminal:

Rear view

Audio cable (commercially available) Make this connection when inputting analog audio signals.

Viewed from below of the plasma display

HDMI compliant cable (HDMI cable having the HDMI mark)

HDMI Control supported

The plasma display supports the HDMI Control functions. By connecting devices that support the HDMI Control functions to the plasma display, you can control the connected device(s) from the plasma display or remote control unit of the plasma display. See Using the HDMI Control on Chapter 13.

Deep Color supported

Deep Color means the color depth that describes the number of bits used to represent the color of a single pixel in a bitmapped image. Besides the conventional RGB/YCbCr16 bit/20 bit/24 bit signals, the plasma display also supports RGB/YCbCr30 bit/36 bit signals. This enables finer, minute color reproduction when a device that supports Deep Color signals is connected to the plasma display. When Deep Color signals are received, the color depth appears on the channel display.

Note

• It may take a short while until the image is displayed, depending on the equipment connected.

• Make sure to use an HDMI compliant cable.

• When inputting 1080p signals, we recommend you use an HDMI cable that supports HDMI Category 2.

• When connecting a PC to the HDMI terminal, use the HDMI compliant PC or video card.

HDMI equipment

When using the INPUT 7 terminal:

Rear view

HDMI compliant cable (HDMI cable having the HDMI mark)

HDMI equipment

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To specify the type of input signals

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Option” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “HDMI Input” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Signal Type” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select “Video” or “PC” ( / then ENTER).

Item Description

Video (default) Select this option except when a PC is connected

PC Select this option when a PC is connected to the

HDMI input terminal

6 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Caution

• Make sure to select “PC” when a PC is connected to the HDMI

input terminal.

Note

• In the “Video” mode, the image is “over-scanned” (enlarged),

and the mode is automatically switched to “PC” when PC signals are received.

• In the “PC” mode, the image is displayed in full size for

optimum image quality.

Note

• If you select a parameter other than “Auto”, make such a setting that results in natural color.

• If no image appears, specify another digital video signal type.

• For the digital video signal types to be specified, check the operation manual that came with the connected equipment.

To specify the type of audio signals

When you use the INPUT 4 or INPUT 5 HDMI terminal, select the terminal for the desired input source, then perform the following procedure to specify the type of audio signals.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Option” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “HDMI Input” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Audio” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select the type of audio signals ( / then ENTER).

• If you select “Auto”, an attempt will be made to identify the type of audio signals when audio signals are received.

Item Description

Auto (default) Automatically identifies input audio signals

Digital Accepts digital audio signals

Analog Accepts analog audio signals

when “Video” is selected (“overscan” size screen)

when “PC” is selected (“underscan” size screen)

To specify the type of digital video signals

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Option” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “HDMI Input” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Video” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select the type of digital video signals ( / then

ENTER).

• If you select “Auto”, an attempt will be made to identify the type of digital video signals when digital video signals are received.

Item Description

Auto (default) Automatically identifies input digital video signals

Color-1 Digital Component Video signals (4:2:2) locked

Color-2 Digital Component Video signals (4:4:4) locked

Color-3 Digital RGB signals (16 to 235) locked

Color-4 Digital RGB signals (0 to 255) locked

6 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• If no sound is output, specify another audio signal type.

• For the audio signal types to be specified, check the operation manual that came with the connected equipment.

• Depending on the equipment to be connected, you also need to connect analog audio cables.

6 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

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Enjoying a game console or watching camcorder images

Connecting a game console or camcorder

Use the INPUT 3 terminals to connect a game console, camcorder and other audiovisual equipment.

Plasma display (left side view)

Component Video cable (commercially available)

AV cable (commercially available)

Connecting other audio equipment

The digital audio output terminal (optical) on this system can output Dolby Digital signals. Using an optical digital cable, connect an AV receiver to the digital audio output terminal (optical) on the rear of the plasma display. This allows audio such as digital TV broadcasting to be played in high quality.

If your AV receiver does not have a digital audio input terminal (optical), you may connect the AUDIO OUT terminals (AUDIO) on the rear of the plasma display to the audio input terminals on the AV receiver. However, this method may result in audio delay between the speakers and AUDIO, which may be reduced by muting the speakers on the plasma display. Nonetheless, you may experience delay between audio and video.

Connecting an AV receiver

Rear view

Camcorder/Game console

Displaying an image of the game console or camcorder

To watch an image coming from the game console or camcorder, press INPUT 3 on the remote control unit or press INPUT on the plasma display to select “INPUT 3”.

Note

• The INPUT 3 terminals are checked whether they are connected in the following order; 1) Component Video, 2) Video. Use the desired connection for viewing.

• Connect external equipment to only terminals that are to be actually used.

Optical digital cable (commercially available)

This connection is not required when connecting an AV amp equipped with the surround function to a subwoofer.

Subwoofer

AV cable (commercially available)

AV receiver

Note

• When using the digital audio output terminal (optical), you need to make settings depending on your AV receiver. For more information, see the instruction manual that came with the AV receiver.

• For details, refer to the operation manual for the audio equipment to be connected.

• Audio signals synchronized with currently displayed images are always output to the AUDIO OUT terminals.

• The audio accompanying the images shown on the display are always output to the SUBWOOFER output terminal.

• When signals are input from the HDMI terminals, no signals are output from the DIGITAL OUT terminal.

• Input signals from the Home Media Gallery may cause audio delays between the speakers and OPTICAL. Try muting the speakers on the plasma display; however, you may still experience delays between audio and video.

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Switching the optical audio signal type

Set up for the DIGITAL OUT terminal (OPTICAL), depending on your AV receiver.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Option” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Digital Audio Out” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Dolby Digital” or “PCM” ( / then ENTER).

Item Description

Dolby Digital (default)

PCM Always outputs in the PCM format regardless of the

For Dolby Digital encoded signals, outputs in the Dolby Digital format. For PCM encoded signals, outputs in the PCM format.

types of signals

5 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Watching an image from a personal computer

Connecting a personal computer

Use the PC terminals to connect a personal computer.

Note

• The PC input terminals are DDC2B-compatible.

• Plug & Play may not correctly function, depending on the personal computer in use.

Rear view

Viewed from below of the plasma display

Displaying an image from a personal computer

When connected to a personal computer, the input signal type is automatically identified. If the personal computer image does not come in clearly, you may need to use Auto Setup. See page 67.

To watch an image coming from the personal computer, press PC on the remote control unit or press INPUT on the plasma display to select “PC”.

Note

• The PC terminals cannot be used for audio-visual equipment.

Signal names for 15-pin mini D-sub connector

Pin No. Signal name

1 R 2 G 3 B 4 Not connected 5 Not connected 6 GND (ground) 7 GND (ground) 8 GND (ground) 9 +5 V 10 GND (ground) 11 Not connected 12 SDA 13 HD 14 VD 15 SCL

4 3

141312

AV cable with a mini plug (commercially available) (When PC audio is connected)

Personal computer

RGB cable (commercially available)

Computer compatibility chart

Resolution Frequency

720 x 400 70 Hz

640 x 480 (VGA) 60 Hz

800 x 600 (SVGA) 60 Hz

1280 x 720 60 Hz

1024 x 768 (XGA) 60 Hz

1360 x 768 (Wide-XGA) 60 Hz

1280 x 1024 (SXGA) 60 Hz

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Connecting control cords

Connect control cords between the plasma display and other Pioneer equipment having the logo. You can then operate the

connected equipment by sending commands from its remote control unit to the remote control sensor on the plasma display.

After the CONTROL IN terminals have been connected, the remote control sensors on the connected equipment do not accept commands from the remote control units. Face the remote control units to the remote control sensor on the plasma display when operating the connected equipment.

Note

• Make sure that the power is turned off when making connections.

• Complete all component connections before making control cord connections.

About SR+

The CONTROL OUT terminal on the rear of the plasma display supports SR+, which allows linked operations with a Pioneer AV receiver. SR+ presents functions such as the input switch linkage operation function and the DSP surround mode display function. For more information, see the instruction manual that came with the Pioneer AV receiver supporting SR+.

Note

• When making control cord connections, use the SR+ cable.

• When making control cord connections with one or more pieces of Pioneer equipment, directly connect the plasma display and the Pioneer amplifier that supports SR+. Do not connect other equipment between them.

• When the connected equipment is being operated using SR+, the volume on the plasma display is temporarily reduced.

Plasma display

Rear view

CONTROL

OUT

IR REPEATER OUT

Connect control cords between the plasma display and other Pioneer equipment. You can then operate the connected equipment by sending commands from its remote control unit to the remote control sensor on the plasma display. This function is convenient when controlling Pioneer equipment from other Pioneer equipment.

CONTROL

OUT

When

SR+

is not used (a, b, and c): The control cables (commercially available) are mono sound cables with mini plugs (no resistance).

SR+

When Use the

is used (a):

SR+

cable (available as option).

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Enjoying the Home Media Gallery

With Home Media Gallery, you can enjoy digital content such as movies, music and photo files. Playable content is files stored on one or more media servers connected by a home network (LAN) or those stored on a USB flash drive. After connecting via a broadband router or an Ethernet hub to a media server with network software*, you can navigate through the digital content on the Home Media Gallery. For USB interface, the plasma display supports Mass Storage Class devices.

* Referred to as a “media server” that contains digital content such

as movies, music and photo files. PCs that have pre-installed media server software and recorders with a media server function are considered the media server. There are some media servers that you can choose from; for example, Windows Media Connect, Windows Media Player that has a media sharing function, and DLNA compliant servers.

Usable free media servers

Free media servers available from Microsoft include:

1. Windows Media Connect 2.0

Windows Media Connect runs on a 32-bit PC with Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) installed. When it is already installed, you can enjoy Home Media Gallery using your PC.

2. Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP

Windows Media Player 11 features Media Sharing that runs on a 32-bit PC with Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) installed. If Windows Media Connect 2.0 is not installed in your PC, you can download Windows Media Player 11 from Microsoft’s website.

3. Windows Media Player 11 for Windows Vista

Windows Media Player 11 will be featured in 32-bit Windows Vista PCs.

When selecting the most suitable media server, please visit Microsoft’s website for system requirements, known issues, installation procedures and other updated information.

PlaysForSure

PlaysForSure is a marketing certification given by Microsoft. The PlaysForSure logo makes it easy to find digital media stores and devices that work together. Digital media purchased from online stores carrying the PlaysForSure logo is available for use on this unit. This unit complies with PlaysForSure Requirements Specification for Network Devices Version 1.21.

The PlaysForSure logo, Windows Media and the Windows logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the USA and other countries.

DLNA CERTIFIED™ Audio/Video/Image Player

The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) is a cross-industry organization of consumer electronics, computing industry and mobile device companies. Digital Living provides consumers with easy sharing of digital media through a wired or wireless network in the home. The DLNA certification logo makes it easy to find products that comply with the DLNA Interoperability Guidelines. This unit complies with the DLNA Home Networked Device Interoperability Guidelines v1.0. When a PC running DLNA server software or other DLNAcompatible device is connected to this player, some setting changes of software or other devices may be required. Please refer to the operating instructions for the software or device for more information.

DLNA and DLNA CERTIFIED are trademarks and/or service marks of Digital Living Network Alliance.

Supported file formats

The table below shows supported file formats that can be played back or displayed on the plasma display. These formats are applicable to network sources. Most of them are also applicable to USB sources. However, media server content protected by digital rights management, such as WMDRM10 (Windows Media Digital Rights Management 10), may not play on the plasma display.

Type of files Format

Movie MPEG PS (mpg, mpeg, mpe, m2p), MPEG-2 TS, WMV

(asf, wmv), MPEG4 (mp4)

Music MP3 (mp3), LPCM, WAV (wav), WMA (asf, wma)

Photo JPEG (jpg, jpeg), BMP (bmp), PNG (png), TIFF (tif, tiff),

GIF (gif)

• Some formats may not be supported nor displayed on Home Media Gallery as formats that individual media servers support vary. Refer to the manufacturer’s or other relevant website for supported formats on your media server.

• Even with the format included in the above table, some functions may not operate properly depending on the content.

• Even with the format included in the above table, some files may not be played properly through a USB device.

Note

• Content may not play or display properly depending on the conditions of use.

• Sources for this panel include media servers running on the LAN network, or SD Card, MS, MMC, xD Picture and CF that comply with the Mass Storage File System through a USB interface.

• Home Media Gallery complies with DLNA version 1.0 and PlaysForSure version 1.21. If your media server supports different DLNA and/or PlaysForSure version(s), some Home Media Gallery function(s) and content format(s) may not be supported.

• Supported formats and contents are subject to change. Visit the Pioneer website for updated information: http://www.pioneerelectronics.com

• The Home Media Gallery functions as a WMDRM10-ND (Microsoft Windows Media DRM for networked devices). Content can only be navigated from the media servers that support WMDRM10-ND.

• The system may not be able to display content from incompatible memory cards.

• You cannot use the Home Media Gallery until dimmed elements on the menu screen turn white.

• Some Home Media Gallery functions, such as trick play during Fast Forward and Rewind, Time Search and Search, may not work depending on the media server’s capability and functionality.

Digital Audio Output terminal (Optical)

Note

• When using the optical output terminal for networked audio or video: If the plasma display and audio system are in the same room, you may experience an audio delay between the plasma speakers and the audio system. Try muting the speakers on the plasma display to correct this delay. However, this action may cause delays between audio and video.

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Making network connections

To connect to a network, set up the Home Media Gallery through the panel’s menu. Connect to a home network (LAN) via an Ethernet hub or cable directly to a media server.

Note

• Although the Home Media Gallery supports 10BASE-T, it is better to use 100BASE-TX for improved display quality and speed.

Connecting via an Ethernet hub

If you already operate one or more media servers on a local area network (LAN), connect the plasma display to the Ethernet (LAN) hub using a standard (“straight-through”) Ethernet (LAN) cable. See the diagram below.

Rear view

Media Server 2

Ethernet Hub (Router with hub function)

Viewed from the bottom of the plasma display

Straight-through Cable

Confirming the IP Address

After making the network connection, follow the instructions below to confirm the panel’s IP Address before accessing the network. (The setup is effective for “Auto” only. To perform the procedure, DHCP on your server or router must be valid.)

1 Press HOME MEDIA GALLERY.

• The Home Media Gallery screen is displayed.

2 Select “Setup” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Network Setup” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Automatically acquire IP” ( / / / then

ENTER).

• The screen turns from “Select” mode to “Input” mode.

5 Select “Yes” ( / then ENTER).

• The IP Address is automatically assigned.

• The Home Media Gallery supports Auto IP and DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). If the system failed to acquire the IP Address or if you want to obtain different addresses, select “No” then enter “IP Address”

and “Subnet mask”. Use the 0 to 9 and /// buttons to enter an address, then press ENTER. You do not need to enter “Default Gateway” and “DNS Server”.

6 Select “OK” ( / then ENTER).

• The “Reset” dialog appears on screen.

7 Select “OK” and press ENTER.

• The home network module restarts.

• A message “Setting up Home Media Gallery. Please wait until initialized.” appears on screen.

• When the initialization is finished, setting values become effective and the top menu of the Home Media Gallery returns.

Media Server 1

Connecting directly to a Media Server

To run a PC as a media server, connect the plasma display directly to the PC using a twisted (“cross-over”) Ethernet (LAN) cable. See the diagram below.

Rear view

Viewed from the bottom of the plasma display

Cross-over Cable

Media Server 1

Note

• For information on DHCP, refer to network device’s operating instructions.

• You may need to contact your service provider or network administrator when manually entering an IP Address.

• Some media servers block or are programmed to block access to client servers. When connecting the plasma display, check the media server for client server access rights.

Connecting a USB device

You can also enjoy content stored on memory cards by connecting a USB device to the plasma display. When you insert a USB flash drive or multi-card reader into the USB port, the root directory or the Device List screen appears. In addition, you can connect your digital camera directly to the plasma display using a USB connector cable.

1 Press HOME MEDIA GALLERY.

• The Home Media Gallery screen is displayed.

2 Select “USB” ( / then ENTER).

• The Device List is displayed on screen with the selected device highlighted if you have not checked in the “Single Server/USB” box after selecting “Setup” and then “Auto Connection Setup”. If you have checked in the box, the list is skipped.

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3 Select the desired device ( / then ENTER).

• You can select a device only when the Device List is displayed.

4 Press ENTER to navigate to a folder or play a file/

content.

• To return to the previous screen, press RETURN.

Note

• If the Home Media Gallery is launched and the “Single Server/ USB” box is checked after selecting “Setup” and then “Auto Connection Setup”, the system displays the root directory immediately after inserting a USB device. In this case, you can start from step 4. When a multi-card reader is inserted, the Device List appears with the selected device highlighted. In this case, you can start from step 3.

Plasma display

USB flash drive

Removing a USB device

To remove a USB device, exit the Home Media Gallery first and then disconnect the device.

Note

• Be sure to exit the Home Media Gallery screen before removing the USB device. If you remove the USB device while the Home Media Gallery screen is displayed, data inside the memory may be damaged.

• Do not insert or remove the USB device immediately after the system is switched On or Off. This action may cause data inside the memory to be damaged.

• Pioneer is not liable for any loss or damage to the data inside the USB flash drive.

Starting the Home Media Gallery function

1 Press HOME MEDIA GALLERY.

• The Home Media Gallery screen is displayed.

2 Select “Media Navigator”, “USB”, “My Playlist” or

“Setup” ( / then ENTER).

• To return to the previous screen, press RETURN.

• To exit Home Media Gallery, press HOME MENU or HOME MEDIA GALLERY.

Digital Camera with USB Mass Storage Class

Flash media via USB adapter (Multi-card Reader )

Readable USB devices

This system reads FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, ISO9660, Joliet or UDF.

Readable data files

Movie, music and photo files can also be played with the exception of Digital Rights Management (WMDRM10) protected files.

Note

• A single USB device can be connected at a time and no USB hub connected.

• This system may not be able to display modified or edited content from a PC or other equipment.

• This system supports the USB Mass Storage Class.

• Some digital cameras may require a setup procedure for Mass Storage Class data transfer. The setup is done on the camera. See the operating instructions supplied with the digital camera.

• This system may not be able to display images, depending on the type of your memory card, or camera.

Home Media Gallery

Server XXXXXX

Media Navigator

USB

My Playlist

Setup

Navigating the files and folders

By selecting Media Navigator, the previously selected server menu is automatically displayed on the screen by default (page

92). When only one server is found, the system automatically connects the server. You can also use the Tool Menu to switch to another server or manually select a server from the Server List. The display is automatically changed to a server list if there are no previously navigated servers.

1 Press HOME MEDIA GALLERY.

• The Home Media Gallery screen is displayed.

2 Select “Media Navigator” ( / then ENTER).

• A server menu appears. The file/folder configuration may vary depending on the server selected.

• After selecting a category, folder or container and navigating on subsequent screens, you can find a file and start the appropriate Player depending on the selected file.

3 Select the desired folder to navigate or file/content to

play ( / or / then ENTER).

4 Press ENTER to display a subsequent screen.

• Subsequent screen(s) appears.

• To return to the previous screen, press RETURN.

• To exit Home Media Gallery, press HOME MENU or HOME MEDIA GALLERY.

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Selectable screen display

Menu display options are: “List”, “Thumbnail” or “Thumbnail List”. Press D then select “Change view” from the Tool Menu to choose from the screen display options.

List screen

All Photos

Title XXXX

Album XXXX Date 2006/11/19 Server XXXXXX

XXXX

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX

Tool

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Thumbnail screen

Add to My Playlist

Til

Change view

Sort

All

Slide Show Settings

Da 2

Detailed Display

Select Searver

Stop Music

All Photos

XXXX

List

Thumbnail

Thunbnail List

XXXX

Title XXXX

Album XXXX Date 2006/11/19 Server XXXXXX

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Tool

All Photos

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Tool

Thumbnail List screen

All Photos

Title XXXX

Album XXXX Date 2006/11/19 Server XXXXXX

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Using the Tool Menu

Press D on the remote control to access the pop-up Tool Menu. Various play and display modes can be selected from the Tool Menu. The selectable menu items differ depending on the submenu (see the table below).

Menu items Function

Update to Latest Information

Updates the server connection status

Delete Server Deletes the server(s)

that are dimmed on the list

USB Devices List Moves to the USB

Devices List screen

Consecutive

Playback

Detailed Display

Continuously plays video content starting from the selected item

Displays the detailed information on the selected content

Sort Sorts items in Folder or

Contents List

Search Searches the desired

items in Folder or Contents List by word

Screen on which Tool Menu is available

Server List (connected/ not connected)

Server List (server not connected)

Folder Contents List (USB)/Contents List (USB)

Media Navigator/Folder Contents List/Contents List

Menu items Function

Slide Show Setup Used to set up a slide-

show on the Photo Player

Add to My

Playlist

Adds the selected files to My Playlist

Select Server Moves to the Server List

screen

Stop Music

Stops playback of a music file

Change Name Used to change content

names in My Playlist

Change view Switches the screen

display to List, Thumbnail, or Thumbnail List

Time Search Starts playback at the

preset time on the Movie or Music Player screen

Slow Playback Plays back in the slow

mode on the Movie or Music screen

BGM Setup Used to set up the

slideshow BGM on the Photo Player

Move Moves the order of

content in My Playlist

Delete from My

Playlist

*1When a file is selected

While music is played

Deletes the selected content from My Playlist

Screen on which Tool Menu is available

Server List/Media Navigator/USB/My Playlist/Playlist List (Movie/Music/Photo)/ Folder Contents List/ Contents List/Photo Player

Media Navigator/Folder Contents List/Contents List/Movie Player/Music Player/Photo Player

Media Navigator/Folder Contents List/Contents List

Media Navigator/ Playlist List (Movie/ Music/ Photo)/Folder Contents List/Contents List/Music Player/Photo Player

Playlist List (Movie/ Music/Photo)

Folder Contents List/ Contents List

Movie Player/Music Player

Movie Player

Photo Player

Contents List (Playlist)

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Media Navigator

While navigating through the folders a media server provides, you can select the desired file to start the corresponding player by pressing ENTER.

Screen Components

Title Movie

Server

XXXXXX

1 Thumbnail of the file selected (if obtained) 2 Name of the server currently selected 3 Current menu level 4 Item being selected (highlighted in yellow) 5 File number/total number of files 6 Number of servers connected

7 Key guide

Media Navigator

Movie

Music Photos User Files

Tool

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4 Select the desired content ( / or / then ENTER).

• The menu can be displayed as a “List”, “Thumbnail” or “Thumbnail List” screen. Press D then select “Change

view” from the Tool Menu ( / then ENTER).

5 Press ENTER to play or display.

• To return to the previous screen, press RETURN.

• To exit Home Media Gallery, press HOME MENU or HOME MEDIA GALLERY.

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You can display the menu as a “List”, “Thumbnail” or “Thumbnail List” screen. Press D then select an option under “Change view” on the Tool Menu. You can also navigate through the subsequent or preceding menu levels in the server or USB device by

pressing////ENTER. When you select movie content from the server menu on the Media Navigator screen, the Movie Player automatically launches. Select a category, folder, or device to access the submenu containing the required file or content.

The Movie Player screen appears when you select a movie file from My Playlist, just like selecting a file in the server.

Screen Components

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Note

• The Media Navigator is not launched depending on the option selected in Auto Connection Setup (page 92). The screen displays after selecting a server in the server list.

USB

Like navigating through the media servers, you can select the desired file contained in the device selected on the USB Devices List screen to start the corresponding player by pressing ENTER. You can also select the menu displayed on either “List”, “Thumbnail” or “Thumbnail List” screen. Press D and select “Change view” from the Tool Menu.

Note

• The USB Devices List screen may not be displayed depending on the option selected in “Auto Connection Setup”. “Single Server/USB” is selected for “Auto Connection Setup” by default. You don’t need to select a device in the USB Devices List when you use a single directory device (USB flash drive).

My Playlist

Each category (Movie, Music and Photo) has five different Playlists in which you can register up to 100 files each. The My Playlist option can contain sound and image files selected in the “Media Navigator”. To edit a Playlist, use the Tool Menu (page 80).

1 Press HOME MEDIA GALLERY.

• The Home Media Gallery screen is displayed.

2 Select “My Playlist” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select a Playlist list from “Movie Playlist”, “Music

Playlist” or “Photo Playlist” ( / then ENTER).

RDM

Playback

A-B

00 : 00 : 45

Repeat

Random

Tool

L R A-B

9 117 6

1 Movie icon 2 Title (Category or Folder name) 3 Date 4 Album name 5 Play time 6 Play status 7 Key guide 8 Progress bar 9 Audio mode icon 10 A-B repeat mode icon 11 Repeat mode icon 12 Random mode icon (appears when the mode is valid)

10 12

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Movie Player key guide

ENTER: Pauses while playback or plays back while in PAUSE

 (PLAY): Plays back the content

 (PAUSE): Pauses the playback

 (STOP): Stops the Player and returns to the previous screen

 (FF):

 (RWD):

A (BLUE): Sets A-B repeat mode. Sets the desired point A to start

B (RED): Every press toggles the repeat mode between “No

C (GREEN): Available only in Playlist or “Consecutive Playback”

D (YELLOW): Switches the Tool Menu display on and off. Even if the

INFO: Displays the Player status at the bottom of the screen

MTS: Every press of the key toggles the audio mode between

RETURN:

VOL+, VOL-: Adjusts the sound volume

MUTING: Mutes the sound

HOME MENU: Quits Home Media Gallery and returns to the last entry

HOME MEDIA GALLERY:

Fast reverse during playback or when in PAUSE. Each press toggles the reverse speed between x 2, x 4, x 8, x 20, x 50, and x 100 or the slow mode speed between x 1/2, x 1/4, x 1/8, and x 1/16. When the beginning of the content is reached, it pauses.

Fast forward while playback or PAUSE. Each press toggles the forward speed between x 2, x 4, x 8, x 20, x 50, and x 100 or the slow mode speed between x 1/16, x 1/8, x 1/4, and x 1/2. When the end of the content is reached, it pauses.

Skips 15 seconds backward and plays back or pauses while in PAUSE

Skips 15 seconds forward and plays back or pauses while in PAUSE

(List/Thumbnail/Thumbnail List)

Same as (only fast forward function while in the slow mode)

Same as (only fast reverse function while in the slow mode)

and B to end during playback. To cancel the mode, press A (BLUE) on the remote control.

Repeat” and “Repeat Once” or between “No Repeat”, “Repeat Once” and “Repeat All” while in Playlist

mode. Every press toggles the random mode between “Random Off” and “Random On”.

Tool Menu is displayed while content is played back, a movie is kept playing but the time counter and progress bar do not function.

while a movie is played back. Another press of the key displays a key guide, as well. Pressing the key once more cancels all the information display.

“L + R”, “L” and “R”

Same function as STOP

screen.

Quits Home Media Gallery and returns to the last entry screen.

Play modes

Time Search (Tool Menu) Plays back the selected content

Slow Playback

Add to My Playlist

Stop Movie Player

Fast For ward/ Fast Reverse

Forward/ Reverse (15 sec.)

Play ENTER,

A-B Repeat Mode

Repeat Mode B (RED) See the key guide table

Random Mode

(Tool Menu) D (YELLOW) See the key guide table

(Tool Menu) Plays back the content in slow

(Tool Menu) Adds the selected content to My

 (STOP), RETURN

/

 (PLAY)

A (BLUE) See the key guide table

C (GREEN) See the key guide table

from the time preset on the Movie Player

mode on the Movie Player

Playlist List

Stops the Movie Player

See the key guide table

Note

• Some functions may not be supported depending on the server type or version used.

• During playback, an error may arise in time-related information depending on the content or server software.

• Some functions may not be supported depending on the content.

Time Search

1 In playback mode or PAUSE, press D then select “Time

Search” from the Tool Menu ( / then ENTER).

• A “Time Search” dialog screen appears.

2 Select “Hour” and/or “Minute” for “Input Time” ( /

then ENTER).

• Enter the desired time using buttons 0 to 9.

Time Search

Input Time

HMin

OK Cancel

3 Press ENTER after the entry is complete. 4 Select “OK” ( / then ENTER).

• The movie begins playing from the time you set.

• To cancel the Time Search, select “Cancel” and press ENTER.

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Note

• This function may not be supported depending on the content or server software.

• An error may arise in time-related information depending on the content or server software.

• Only “Cancel” can be selected when you have entered a time exceeding the content’s time range.

Slow Playback

1 In playback mode or PAUSE, press D then select “Slow

Playback” from the Tool Menu.

2 Press ENTER.

• Slow playback begins.

• You can change the playback speed by pressing / while in the slow mode.

• To discontinue slow playback, press ENTER or PLAY. The system returns to the normal playback mode.

Note

• This function may not be supported depending on the content.

Add to My Playlist

1 While navigating or playing, select the file to be added

to My Playlist ( / / / then ENTER).

2 Press D then select “Add to My Playlist” from the Tool

Menu ( / then ENTER).

• A “Playlist Selection” dialog screen appears.

3 Select a Playlist ( / then ENTER).

• A check mark is provided beside the selected Playlist.

• When you select a different Playlist and press ENTER, the mark jumps to the new Playlist from the previously selected one.

Playlist Selection

Select a Playlist to register

Playlist1 20 Playlist2 0 Playlist3 0 Playlist4 0 Playlist5 0

OK Cancel

4 Select “OK” ( / then ENTER).

• The file is added to the selected Playlist.

• To cancel the operation, select “Cancel” then press ENTER.

Fast Forward/Fast Reverse

1 While playing content, press and hold for Fast

Reverse or press and hold for Fast Forward.

Forward/Reverse (15 sec.)

1 While playing content, press and hold or to jump

backward or forward in 15-second increments.

A-B Repeat Mode

1 While playing content, press A where you want repeat

to start.

2 Press A again where you want repeat to end.

• The Player status appears on the screen and the A-B mode icon changes.

• The selected movie scenes are repeatedly played back.

• To return to normal mode, press A again while in the A-B repeat mode.

Note

• The A-B repeat function is only available during playback in normal mode.

• If the screen display doesn’t match the player status, a malfunction may have occurred. Stop playback, then try the operation again.

Repeat Mode

1 While playing content in the Media Navigator or USB

device, press B to select “Repeat Once”.

• The title being played is repeated.

2 Press B again to cancel the repeat mode (“Repeat Off” is

selected).

• After playing the currently selected title, the Player stops.

Note

• When playing content in the Playlist, you can select from “Repeat Off”, “Repeat All” (plays all items in the Playlist repeatedly) or “Repeat Once” (plays the content being watched repeatedly).

Random Mode

1 While playing content in the Playlist, press C to select

“Random On”.

• Random Repeat playback starts.

2 Press C again to cancel the random mode (“Random Off”

is selected).

Note

• The Random Repeat mode is only available for content in the Playlist, or in “Consecutive Playback” mode.

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Enjoying music files

////ENTER.

When you select music content from the server menu on the Media Navigator screen, the Music Player automatically launches. Select a category, folder, or device to access the submenu containing the required file or content. The Music Player screen appears when you select a music file from My Playlist, just like selecting a file in the server.

Note

• The Music Player only displays a “List” screen.

Screen Components

All Music

XXXX

Repeat

XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX

Random

XXXX XXXX

XXXX

00:01:00 Other

Playback

A-B

00 : 00 : 14

8 11 129 7

1 Title (Category or Folder name) 2 Jacket image (Music icon) 3 Playing Music icon 4 Contents list 5 Number of items 6 Detailed display 7 Play status 8 Time counter 9 Key guide 10 Progress bar 11 A-B repeat mode icon 12 Repeat mode icon 13 Random mode icon

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Tool

A-B

Music Player key guide

ENTER: Plays back the selected music content. Pauses the

RETURN: Returns to the previous screen (List/Thumbnail/

 (PLAY): Plays back the selected content. Pauses while in

 (PAUSE): Pauses the playback

 (STOP): Stops the Player and does not return to the previous

 (FF):

 (RWD):

A (BLUE): Sets A-B repeat mode. Sets the desired point A to start

B (RED): Every press toggles the repeat mode between “No

C (GREEN): Every press toggles the random mode between

D (YELLOW): Displays the Tool Menu. Even if the Tool Menu is

PAGE+, PAGE-: Available only when there are one or more pages in the

VOL+, VOL-: Adjusts the sound volume

MUTING: Mutes the sound

HOME MENU: Quits Home Media Gallery and returns to the last entry

HOME MEDIA GALLERY:

Moves up a cursor to a title above

Moves down a cursor to a title below

music content being played if it is highlighted in the Playlist screen or plays the selected music content if different content is highlighted by pressing / .

Fast reverse during playback or when in PAUSE. Each press toggles the reverse speed between x 2, x 4, x 8, x 20, x 50, and x 100. When the beginning of the content is reached, it pauses.

Fast forward during playback or when in PAUSE. Each press toggles the forward speed between x 2, x 4, x 8, x 20, x 50, and x 100. When the end of the content is reached, it pauses.

Thumbnail List). Content being played does not stop.

playback and plays while in PAUSE.

screen (Selecting the “Stop Music” from the Tool Menu also stops the Player.)

Same as

and B to end during playback. To cancel the mode, press A (BLUE) on the remote control.

Repeat”, “Repeat Once” and “Repeat All”

“Random Off” and “Random On”

displayed while content is played back, music is kept playing but the time counter and progress bar do not function.

content. Change the pages back and forth.

screen

Quits Home Media Gallery and returns to the last entry screen.

Note

• Files may not be played back properly depending on the content.

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Play modes

Add to My Playlist (Tool Menu) Adds the selected content to My

Time Search (Tool Menu) Plays back the selected content

Stop Music (Tool Menu),

Fast For ward/ Fast Reverse

Moves Up/Down a cursor

Play ENTER,

A-B Repeat Mode

Repeat Mode B (RED) See the key guide table

Random Mode

(Tool Menu) D (YELLOW) See the key guide table

 (STOP)

/

 (PLAY)

A (BLUE) See the key guide table

C (GREEN) See the key guide table

Playlist List

from the time preset on the Music Player

Stops the Music Player

See the key guide table

• Setup procedures for the above play modes are the same as for the Movie Player.

• Refer to page 80 for the color button D (Tool Menu).

Note

• Some functions may not be supported depending on the server type or version used.

• Playback continues even when you move from the Player screen to the previously selected screen by pressing RETURN.

Random Mode

1 While playing content in the Playlist, press C to select

“Random On”.

• Random Repeat playback starts.

2 Press C again to cancel the random mode (“Random Off”

is selected).

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////ENTER.

When you select photo content from the server menu on the Media Navigator screen, the Photo Player automatically launches. The selected content is displayed in full screen by pressing ENTER. Select a category, folder or device to access the submenu containing the required file or content.

Pressing ENTER again allows a slideshow to begin. After a slideshow launches, pressing ENTER toggles between “PLAY” and “PAUSE”. Instead of pressing ENTER twice, you can press PLAY to start the slideshow immediately.

The Photo Player screen appears when you select a photo file from My Playlist, just like selecting a file in the server.

Screen Components

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A-B Repeat Mode

1 While playing content, press A where you want repeat

to start.

2 Press A again where you want repeat to end.

• The Player status appears on the screen and the A-B repeat mode icon changes.

• The selected part of the title is repeatedly played back.

• To return to normal mode, press A again while in the A-B repeat mode.

Note

• The A-B repeat function is only available during playback in normal mode.

Repeat Mode

1 While playing content in the Media Navigator, USB

device or Playlist, press B to select “Repeat All”.

• All titles in the folder or Playlist are played repeatedly.

2 Press B again to cancel the repeat mode (“Repeat Once”

is selected).

• The title being played is repeated.

3 Press B once more to cancel the repeat mode (“Repeat

Off” is selected).

• After playing the currently selected title, the Player stops.

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Repeat

7 56

Random

Tool

1 Photo icon 2 Title (Category or Folder name) 3 Album name 4 Date 5 Number of items 6 Play status 7 Key guide 8 Progress bar 9 Repeat mode icon 10 Random mode icon

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Photo Player key guide

ENTER: Starts displaying a photo or playing a slideshow. Pauses

RETURN: Stops the Player and returns to the previous screen

, :

 (PLAY): Plays a slideshow  (PAUSE): Pauses the slideshow  (STOP): Stops the Player and returns to the previous screen

 (FF): Rotates the image 90º clockwise. Each press toggles

 (RWD): Rotates the image 90º counter-clockwise. Each press

A (BLUE): Rotates the image 90º clockwise. Each press toggles

B (RED): Every press toggles the repeat mode between “No

C (GREEN): Every press toggles the random mode between

D (YELLOW): Displays the Tool Menu. If the Tool Menu is displayed

INFO: Displays the Player status at the bottom of the screen

VOL+, VOL-: Adjusts the sound volume MUTING: Mutes the sound HOME MENU: Quits Home Media Gallery and returns to the last entry

HOME MEDIA GALLERY:

Play modes

BGM Setup (Tool Menu) Sets up BGM Slide Show

Setup Add to My

Playlist Stop Photo

Player Move File Forward/

Backward Slideshow ENTER,

Rotate A (BLUE),

Repeat Mode B (RED) See the key guide table Random

Mode (Tool Menu) D (YELLOW) See the key guide table

while playback or plays back while in PAUSE.

(List/Thumbnail/Thumbnail List) Displays the previous image content

Display the next image content

(List/Thumbnail/Thumbnail List)

the rotation angle by 90º between 90º, 180º, 270º and 0º.

toggles the rotation angle by 90º between 270º, 180º, 90º, and 0º.

the rotation angle by 90º between 90º, 180º, 270º and 0º.

Repeat” and “Repeat All”

“Random Off” and “Random On”

while a slideshow is played, the slideshow and BGM are paused.

while image content is played. Another press of the key displays a key guide, as well. No Player information is displayed when an image is shown in full screen (no slideshow has been started). Other information may display. Pressing the key once more cancels all the information display.

screen. Quits Home Media Gallery and returns to the last entry

screen.

(Tool Menu) Allows various slideshow setups

(Tool Menu) Adds the selected content to My

 (STOP), RETURN

(// / )

 (PLAY)

on the Photo player

Playlist List Stops the Photo Player

See the key guide table

/

C (GREEN) See the key guide table

• Setup procedures for the above play modes are the same as for the Movie Player.

• Refer to page 80 for the color button D (Tool Menu).

Note

• Some functions may not be supported depending on the server type or version used.

• In rare cases, the image on the screen may appear jagged when photo content is selected directly from a USB device. If this is the case, the problem may be solved by viewing the photo content through the network after having transferred it to the server PC.

• Even with the supported format, files may not be played properly depending on the content.

Setting up the slideshow

You can enjoy a slideshow with music in the background. To activate this feature, you must register music content in My Playlist List beforehand (see My Playlist on page 81 and Setting up BGM for the slideshow).

1 Press HOME MEDIA GALLERY.

• The Home Media Gallery screen is displayed.

2 Select “Media Navigator” ( / then ENTER). 3 Press D.

• A pop-up screen of the Tool Menu appears.

4 Select “Slide Show Setup” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select the desired setup item ( / then ENTER). 6 Enter the setting in the “Effect” or “Interval” box ( /

then ENTER).

• Repeat steps 5 and 6 to enter another setup.

Slide Show Setup

Effect

Interval 3 seconds

OK Cancel

Auto

7 Select “OK” ( / then ENTER).

• The slideshow setup finishes.

Note

• After setting the “Interval” time, it may take longer than the preset time as the “Interval” time means the time up until the Home Media Gallery starts obtaining the next image. Key operations may not work while obtaining the next image.

Setting up BGM for the slideshow

1 Press HOME MEDIA GALLERY.

• The Home Media Gallery screen is displayed.

2 Select photo content in the Media Navigator, USB

device or My Playlist ( / / / then ENTER).

• The Photo Player launches and photo content is displayed in full screen.

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3 Press D then select “BGM Setup” from the Tool Menu

( / then ENTER).

• A “BGM Setup” dialog screen appears.

4 Select a Playlist from the list as BGM ( / then ENTER).

• A check mark is provided beside the selected Playlist.

• When you select a different Playlist and press ENTER, the mark jumps to the new Playlist from the previously selected one.

BGM Setup

Playlist1 20 Playlist2 0 Playlist3 0 Playlist4 0 Playlist5 0

BGM ON

OK Cancel

5 Select “BGM ON”, “BGM ON (Random)” or “BGM OFF”

from the BGM status box ( / then ENTER).

6 Select “OK” ( / then ENTER).

Starting the slideshow

1 Press HOME MEDIA GALLERY.

• The Home Media Gallery screen is displayed.

2 Select a folder containing photo content ( / then

ENTER).

• The Thumbnail screen is displayed (Thumbnail List or List screen is displayed depending on the setting).

3 Select the desired photo file from the Thumbnail screen

( / / / then ENTER).

• The photo content is displayed in full screen.

• You can start a slideshow by pressing

 (Play) on the

Thumbnail screen.

All Photos

Title XXXX

Album XXXX Date 2006/11/19 Server XXXXXX

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Tool

4 Press ENTER or (Play) to start a slideshow.

• The slideshow starts and photo images in the folder automatically display one by one. See “Setting up the slideshow” (page 86) for setting up the interval time.

• To display a key guide, press INFO.

• To display the next image content manually, press or

• To display the previous image content manually, press or .

5 Press ENTER or  (Pause) to stop the slideshow.

• The Photo Player goes into “PAUSE”.

6 Press ENTER again to resume the slideshow.

• To cancel the slideshow and stop the Photo Player, press RETURN or

 (Stop) during the playback. The previous

screen returns.

Note

•When you press ///, / while photo content is displayed, the Photo Player goes into “PAUSE”.

Rotating the image

1 Press HOME MEDIA GALLERY.

• The Home Media Gallery screen is displayed.

2 Select photo content in the Media Navigator, USB

device or My Playlist ( / / / then ENTER).

• The photo content is displayed in full screen.

• To stop the slideshow, press ENTER again.

3 Press ENTER or (Play) to start a slideshow.

• The slideshow starts and photo images in the folder automatically display one by one.

• To display a key guide, press INFO.

4 While using Photo Player, press A to rotate a photo.

• The displayed image rotates by one quarter clockwise. Each time A is pressed, the image rotates; 90º, 180º, 270º and “Rotate Off”.

• The Photo Player goes into “PAUSE” (the slideshow is in Stop mode).

5 Press ENTER again to resume the slideshow.

• The selected rotation mode is only effective for the image being displayed. The default setting (“Rotate Off”) returns when you move and display content on a different screen.

Repeating the slideshow

1 While playing a slideshow, press B to select “Repeat

Once”.

• The slideshow being played is repeated.

2 Press B again to cancel the repeat mode (“Repeat Off” is

selected).

• After playing the currently selected slideshow, the Player stops.

Playing the slideshow at random

1 While playing a slideshow, press C to select “Random

On”.

• Random Repeat playback starts.

2 Press C again to cancel the random mode (“Random Off”

is selected).

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Other useful functions

You can search the desired items contained in the Folder or Contents List by word. Searched results are displayed on the screen.

1 Press HOME MEDIA GALLERY.

• The Home Media Gallery screen is displayed.

2 Select the desired folder and/or content in the Media

Navigator ( / / / then ENTER).

3 Press D then select “Search” from the Tool Menu ( /

then ENTER).

• A “Search” dialog screen appears.

4 Select the “Contains the following” box in “Set the

search condition:” ( / then ENTER).

• The software keyboard appears on the screen.

XXXX

Title XXXX

Album XXXX Date 2006/11/30 Play Time 00:00:59 Server XXXXXX

Set the search condition.

Title

Contains the following:

OK Cancel

Tool

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5 Enter the word for search on the software keyboard

( / / / then ENTER).

6 Select “OK” on the software keyboard ( / then

ENTER).

• The software keyboard disappears.

• To cancel the search, select “Cancel” then press ENTER.

7 Select “OK” on the “Search” dialog screen ( / then

ENTER).

• The searching starts based on the word entered and search results are displayed.

• Even while searching, you can select content to play. To return to the search screen, press RETURN during playback.

8 Press RETURN to cancel the search mode.

Note

• Search may not be available depending on the server used.

Sort

You can sort the items contained in the Folder or Contents List.

1 Press HOME MEDIA GALLERY.

• The Home Media Gallery screen is displayed.

2 Select the desired folder and/or content in the Media

Navigator ( / / / then ENTER).

3 Press D then select “Sort” from the Tool Menu ( /

then ENTER).

• A “Sort” dialog screen appears.

4 Select “Bottom-Up” or “Top-Down” in the “Sort Order”

box ( / then ENTER).

XXXX

Sort Order

Sort

Title

Bottom-Up

OK Cancel

Tool

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Title XXXX

Album XXXX Date 2006/11/30 Play Time 00:00:59 Server XXXXXX

Select a sorting order.

5 Select “OK” on the “Sort” dialog screen ( / then

ENTER).

• The sorting starts based on your selection and sort results are displayed.

• Even while sorting, you can select content to play. To return to the sort screen, press RETURN during playback.

6 Press RETURN to cancel the sort mode.

Note

• The “Select a sorting order.” screen can be displayed while navigating through the music categories.

Adding files to My Playlist

The Home Media Gallery function provides “My Playlist” - a selfcontained play list that allows you to bookmark your favorite movie, music and photo files from the network. You can register, edit, and sort up to 100 files in each Playlist List.

1 Press HOME MEDIA GALLERY.

• The Home Media Gallery screen is displayed.

2 Select “Media Navigator” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select the desired music content to add to “My Playlist”

(/ then

ENTER).

4 Press D to open the Tool Menu.

• A dialog screen appears.

Playlist Selection

Select a Playlist to register

Playlist1 20 Playlist2 0 Playlist3 0 Playlist4 0 Playlist5 0

OK Cancel

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5 Press ENTER.

• A check mark is provided in the box at the selected Playlist List.

6 Press to select “OK”. 7 Press ENTER.

• The selected content is added to the Playlist.

Note

• When giving a slideshow of photo content, you can use Music Playlist as for background music.

Setup

The “Setup” is used for “Network Setup”, “Auto Connection Setup”, “Default Settings”, “Software Update” and “Home Media Gallery Version”.

Setup

Network Setup

Auto Connection Setup Default Settings Software Update Home Media Gallery Version

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1 Press HOME MEDIA GALLERY.

• The Home Media Gallery screen is displayed.

2 Select “Setup” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Network Setup”, “Auto Connection Setup”,

“Default Settings”, “Software Update” and “Home Media Gallery Version” (/// then ENTER).

“Network Setup”

When you select “Network Setup” from the “Setup” menu, a submenu is displayed to select “Auto” or “Manual” for network connections.

To automatically set:

The following setup is effective for “Auto” only. To perform the procedure, DHCP on your server or router must be valid.

1 Select “Automatically acquire IP” then press ENTER. 2 Select “Yes” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “OK” ( / / / then ENTER).

• A restart dialog screen appears.

4 Press ENTER again on the dialog screen.

• The setup finishes.

• The system restarts then the Home Media Gallery screen returns.

To manually set: Before setting up, check your media server for IP Address and

Subnet mask.

1 Select “Automatically acquire IP” then press ENTER. 2 Select “No” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select the setup item’s box ( / / / then

ENTER).

• The screen turns to entry mode for “IP Address” and “Subnet mask”.

• No need to enter “Default Gateway” and “DNS Server”.

4 Enter the figures using buttons 0 to 9.

• Subnet mask (such as 255.255.255.0) Enter the same figures as you checked.

• IP Address (such as 192.168.201.***) Enter the same figures as used in the media server

(PC, etc.) you use. For ***, enter 3-digit figures (0 –

254) that have not been used for network connections yet.

5 Press ENTER on the setup item’s box after the entry

is complete.

• The screen turns to setup selection mode.

• Repeat steps 2 to 4 to complete the necessary setup.

6 Select “OK” (/// then ENTER).

• A restart dialog screen appears.

7 Press ENTER again on the dialog screen.

• The setup finishes.

• The system restarts then the Home Media Gallery screen returns.

“Auto Connection Setup”

When you enjoy content on the network, you can select from the following options: “Last Connected Server” and “Single Server/USB”. See “Auto Connection Setup” on page 92.

“Wake on LAN (WOL)” functions to turn the last accessed server’s power on if the server is WOL-compliant and is in Standby or sleep mode, then display the Media Navigator screen. During the WOL is activated, the “Start Server” dialog screen displays and a message “The server is starting up.” appears. If the server is not WOL-compliant or the WOL function fails, the “Start Server” dialog appears on the “Server List” screen and a message “Failed to start server.” displays on the dialog screen.

For USB content, the Device List is displayed on the screen if you have not checked in the “Single Server/USB” box after selecting “Setup” and then “Auto Connection Setup”. You can select the desired device and then content in it. If you have checked in the box, the list is skipped (default setting) and you can see the folder(s) or file(s) in the USB device that has a single directory.

“Default Settings”

Setups you have entered within the Home Media Gallery function return to default. When you select “Reset”, a confirmation screen “To activate the default settings, restart Home Media Gallery.” will appear. Press ENTER to reset to default. When you select “Cancel”, the previous screen

displays ( / then ENTER).

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“Software Update”

Select “Next” to follow the procedure on the subsequent screens or “Cancel” to return to the previous screen ( / then ENTER). When update is completed, a confirmation message “To activate the updated software, restart Home Media Gallery.” appears. See “Software Update” on page 91.

“Home Media Gallery Version”

You can confirm the version and copyright information on the Home Media Gallery software. Select “OK” to return to the previous screen (ENTER).

Editing files in My Playlist

1 Press HOME MEDIA GALLERY.

• The Home Media Gallery screen is displayed.

2 Select “My Playlist” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Movie Playlist”, “Music Playlist” or “Photo

Playlist” from the Playlist category ( / then ENTER).

• Five playlists are displayed.

• Press D to open the Tool Menu and select an item on this screen or next contents list screen ( / then ENTER).

• Check the appropriate box: “Change Name”, “Move” or “Delete from My Playlist” (/// then ENTER).

“Change Name”

1 Select “Change Name” from the Tool Menu.

• A dialog screen appears.

2 Select “Playlist Name” ( then ENTER).

• The software keyboard appears.

3 Select “OK” on the software keyboard ( / / / then

ENTER).

• The software keyboard disappears and “Playlist Name” in the “Change Name” dialog screen returns.

4 Select “OK” when the new name is entered ( / then

ENTER).

• The editing finishes and “Change Name” dialog screen disappears.

• The new Playlist displays.

Movie Playlist

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Tool

Delete

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Playlist Name

Title

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• The on-screen keyboard (“Software Keyboard”) is displayed only when you select “Search” or “Change Name”.

“Move”

You can change the listing order of the content registered in My Playlist.

1 Select “Move” from the Tool Menu.

• The content selected is placed in a yellow box (“Source Selection” mode).

2 Select the desired content ( / then ENTER).

• The selected content is highlighted in the yellow box. A specific icon appears on the left (“Destination Selection mode”).

3 Press / to move the content up or down, then

ENTER.

• The highlight in the yellow box disappears and the specific icon returns to the original one.

• Repeat steps 2 and 3 to move another content.

4 Press RETURN.

• A “Playlist” dialog screen appears.

5 Select “OK” ( / then ENTER).

• The dialog screen disappears and moving content finishes.

• To cancel, select “Cancel” then ENTER.

“Delete from My Playlist”

1 Select “Delete from My Playlist” from the Tool Menu.

• A dialog screen appears.

2 Select “OK” ( / then ENTER).

• The dialog screen disappears and the selected content is deleted from My Playlist.

• To cancel, select “Cancel” then ENTER.

Playing/displaying files from My Playlist

1 Press HOME MEDIA GALLERY.

• The Home Media Gallery screen is displayed.

2 Select “My Playlist” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select the desired Playlist from “Movie Playlist”, “Music

Playlist” or “Photo Playlist”.

4 Select the desired Playlist List ( / then ENTER). 5 Select the desired content ( / / / then ENTER).

• The selected content is played or displayed.

• To return to the previous screen, press RETURN.

Switching the server

When one or more servers are connected within the network, you can switch between servers.

1 Press HOME MEDIA GALLERY.

• The Home Media Gallery screen is displayed.

2 Select “Media Navigator” ( / then ENTER).

• The previous server is selected.

3 Press D to open the Tool Menu. 4 Choose “Select Server” ( / then ENTER).

• The Server List is displayed.

• Pressing RETURN changes the screen to the Home Media Gallery.

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5 Select the desired server ( / then ENTER).

• The screen changes to “Media Navigator” on the selected server.

Note

• The Home Media Gallery can memorize previously connected servers. When the Media Navigator is launched, available servers are automatically searched and connected. To switch between connected servers, choose server to another one, select “Select Server” from the Tool Menu.

• If a previously connected server can not be found or if the server is in the sleep mode, the server name is dimmed (grayed out).

• In some cases, you may be able to start a media server if it supports “Wake On LAN”. Select the server and press ENTER to transmit a “Wake On LAN” command to the selected server.

• You cannot select a server unless that media server has been set up.

Resetting to default

You can reset the setups you have entered within the Home Media Gallery function to default (See “Default Settings” on page

89).

1 Press HOME MEDIA GALLERY.

• The Home Media Gallery screen is displayed.

2 Select “Setup” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Default Settings” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Reset” ( / then ENTER).

• A restart dialog screen appears.

5 Press ENTER on the dialog screen.

• The setup finishes.

• The system restarts then the Home Media Gallery screen returns.

Other convenient features

Screen saver

During navigation, the screen saver launches automatically if no activity is sensed within five minutes.

• No screen saver is available while a movie or slideshow is played.

• Pressing any key cancels screen saver. When canceled with a USB device being connected, connecting operation resumes.

Note

•Pressing INFO to display the Player status or key guide before screen saver is activated may cause image retention to appear.

• Do not display the Player status and key guide for an

extended period of time while playing a movie or slideshow.

Software Update

Software update is available on the Pioneer website (http:// www.pioneerelectronics.com). Make sure that you have a

USB flash drive. First download the software according to the guidelines on the website and perform the following to update the software.

Downloading the software for update

Perform the following procedure to download the software onto your computer and copy it onto a USB flash drive.

1 Download the software. 2 Extract the downloaded file.

• The file extracts to a folder named “updater”.

3 Plug a USB flash drive into your PC and copy the

extracted folder onto it.

• All the files and subfolders inside “updater” are copied into the root directory of your USB flash drive.

Note

• If you change any of the names of the files or folders, updating may not work properly.

• A ZIP compressed file cannot be used to update your software. Make sure to decompress the file before copying it to the USB flash drive. Software to decompress ZIP files is not supplied with the plasma display. The software is available on the Internet.

Confirming the existing Home Media Gallery version

Be sure to check the version of the software you are using before updating the software. You can check it with the following procedure.

1 Press HOME MEDIA GALLERY.

• The Home Media Gallery screen is displayed.

2 Select “Setup” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Home Media Gallery Version” ( / then

ENTER).

• Jot down the Home Media Gallery Version displayed in the screen.

Ex.) software Version: 1.0.xxx

4 Select “OK” to return to the previous screen (ENTER).

Updating the software

Then perform the following procedure to update the software. Do not turn the system off until the procedure is complete.

1 Press HOME MEDIA GALLERY.

• The Home Media Gallery screen is displayed.

2 Select “Setup” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “Software Update” ( / then ENTER).

• A “Software Update” submenu appears.

4 Remove the USB flash drive from your PC and plug it

into the plasma display.

5 Select “Next” ( / then ENTER).

• The next screen appears. Complete the procedure following the guidelines on the screen.

6 Press ENTER after the following steps are complete:

“Download”, “Write” and “Verify”

• A restart dialog screen appears.

7 Press ENTER after reading a notice on the screen.

• The system is restarted then the Home Media Gallery screen returns.

• Software update finishes.

• You can remove the USB flash drive from the plasma display.

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Setup

Software Update

To check whether the software needs to be updated or not. Home Media Gallery must be connected to a USB device. Connect the USB device and press the Next button.

Current Version: 1.x.xx

Next Cancel

Note

• Be sure to check that the version of the software has been changed by comparing with the one written down after updating the software (the procedure to check it is the same as above.). If it has not changed, the update may have failed. Please attempt the update again (the existing software can be used if the update fails). If you still cannot update the software after retrying, the file may have been damaged. Please return to the procedure for Downloading the software for update.

• On average, it may take 15 minutes or more to complete a software update.

• If you attempt a software update during the multiscreen mode, the single screen automatically returns.

“Auto Connection Setup”

For extra convenience, you can toggle between the following features:

“Last Connected Server”

“Single Server/ USB”

When you check in the “Last Connected Server” box, the plasma display accesses the last server using WOL (“Wake On LAN”) first as the Media Navigator is selected from the Home Media Gallery. The Media Navigator displays the last server when WOL succeeds, while a server list is displayed when WOL fails. WOL is activated to turn the last accessed server On if the server is WOL-compliant and is in Standby or sleep mode.

This function is used only when a USB flash drive or a single server is connected. You do not need this function when a multi-card reader, or two or more servers are connected. USB:

• When USB flash drive is connected, the Devices List is skipped as long as you have checked in the “Single Server/USB” box. If not, the list may be displayed at any time.

Media Navigator (Server):

• When a single server is connected, the Server List is skipped as long as you have checked in the “Single Server/USB” box. If not, the list may be displayed at any time. When the “Last Connected Server” box is checked, the other server setup option – “Single Server/USB” – becomes invalid.

Setup

Auto Connection Setup

Last Connected Server

Single Server/USB

OK Cancel

Dialog Screen Message

No. Message Problem

001 Content playback failed

(001).

100 A communication error

occurred (100).

101 No response from the

server (101).

102 Disconnected from the

network (102).

103 Invalid response was

received from the server (103).

300 This format is not

supported (300).

500 Authorization failed

(500).

501 Authorization failed

(501).

503 Authorization failed

(503). Please check for trouble in routers, hubs, and other network devices.

504 Authorization failed

(504). The maximum allowed number of devices are connected to the server.

505 Authorization failed

(505). The content license is off. Please turn on the license from the server.

• The message consists of “Error”, “Warning” and “Information” and is displayed for 5 seconds.

Displaying pictures in the Home Media Gallery for an extended period may cause an after-image.

No details are available for the error

No further details are available for the error

Timeout period reaches due to delayed server response

Cables are disconnected

Invalid response from the server

A file that is not supported is selected

Failed to obtain WMDRM authorization

Failed to obtain WMDRM

Failed to obtain WMDRM authorization

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Glossary

Default Gateway

Default gateway is a node on a computer network that serves as an access point to another network. A default gateway (such as a computer and router) is used to forward all traffic that is not addressed to a station within the local subnet.

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) Server

Provides a mechanism to allocate IP addresses to client hosts. In most cases, a broadband router serves as a DHCP server in a home network.

DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance)

The DLNA authorized logo makes it easy for consumers to recognize products that meet the new standard for home network PCs and other digital devices, as set down in the DLNA Guidelines for interoperability. This allows music, video, etc. to be enjoyed from various devices over a home network. This unit is compatible with music, photo and video content, and is based on the DLNA Home Networked Device Interoperability Guidelines v1.0. This unit can be used to playback music, photos and video stored on a DLNA-compatible server connected through a LAN cable.

Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) is dedicated to the simplified sharing of digital content, such as digital music, photos and video among networked consumer electronics (CE) and PCs. By establishing a platform of interoperability based on open industry standards, DLNA delivers technical design guidelines that companies can use to develop digital home products that share content through wired or wireless networks in the home.

MAC (Media Access Control) Address

An address attached to the port of any network device with an IP address. The MAC address is expressed as “00:e0:36:01:23:xx” and cannot be changed.

Mass Storage Class devices

The standard provides an interface to a variety of storage devices, such as USB flash drive and digital cameras.

PlaysForSure

This unit incorporates PlaysForSure. “PlaysForSure” is a new logo program from Microsoft Corporation. You can check for the PlaysForSure logo at various online stores. Where you see the PlaysForSure logo, you can be sure that the digital media you are purchasing (music, video, pictures) will play on this unit.

Subnet mask

Used when IP addresses are broken into several parts. It is expressed as “255.255.255.0”. In most cases, the Subnet mask is automatically assigned by the DHCP server.

UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)

Architecture for pervasive peer-to-peer network connectivity of devices of all form factors. It is designed to bring easy-to-use, flexible, standardsbased connectivity to ad-hoc or unmanaged networks whether in the home, in a small business, public spaces, or attached to the Internet.

USB (Universal Serial Bus)

USB provides a serial bus standard for connecting devices, usually to computers such as PCs. The plasma display supports the Mass Storage Class.

DNS (Domain Name Service) Server

DNS Server is a server that determines the name of networkcomputer within the Internet. The server functions to exchange IP address to the hostname, hostname to the IP address.

Ethernet

A frame-based computer networking technology for local area networks (LANs). The plasma display supports 100BASE-TX.

IP (Internet Protocol) Address

A unique number that devices use in order to identify and communicate with each other on a network utilizing the Internet Protocol standard, such as “192.168.1.xxx”. No duplicate numbers are allowed within the network.

LAN Cable

A cable that has an eight-pin modular plug on each end and is different from a telephone plug which has four pins. A straight cable is used when connecting the plasma display to a home network via a hub. A cross-over cable is used when connecting directly to a PC. Use category 5 (CAT-5) LAN cables.

Windows Media Connect

Microsoft Windows Media Connect is a new technology to distribute music, photos and video stored on a PC with Windows XP installed to a stereo system of TV. Using this technology you can playback files stored on the PC from various devices wherever you like in your home.

Windows Media DRM

Windows Media DRM is copyright protection technology developed by Microsoft Corporation. It enables content providers to distribute over the Internet music, video and other digital media content in a protected, encrypted file format.

Windows Media Player

A free digital media player application provided by Microsoft that is used for playing audio, video and images on PCs.

Windows Media Player 11

The functionality of Windows Media Connect has been integrated into this version of Windows Media Player. After installing Windows Media Player 11 Windows Media Connect will not function. See Microsoft’s website for details.

Using the HDMI Control

Chapter 13

Using the HDMI Control

Using the HDMI Control functions

You can operate such Pioneer devices as a recorder, player or AV system support the HDMI Control functions using the remote control of the plasma display.

The HDMI Control functions include playback of content using on-screen control panel on the plasma display. For details, see the table below.

Note

• Maximum number of devices that can be connected and controlled using the remote control unit of the plasma display is as follows: recorder x 2, player x 2, AV system x 1.

• Not all device operations may be available for HDMI Control functions.

HDMI Control functions

Function Description

Playback of content

On-screen control

Display Language Setup

AV system control

Power On

Power Off

The proper input source is automatically selected and the content is played back on the plasma display as you press PLAY on the connected device

Recorder/player operation can be controlled onscreen or with the remote control unit of the plasma display (play, stop, fast forward/reverse, etc.)

Information on the display menu language is transferred to the recorder or player connected to the plasma display. For details, see the operation manual that came with the recorder or player.

Receiver/amplifier operation can also be controlled with the remote control unit of the plasma display (volume, surround mode and input selection of the HDMI terminal)

The plasma display can be turned On when the connected recorder(s) or player(s) is turned On and images are input to the plasma display.

The connected device(s) can be turned Off when the plasma display is turned Off

Usable devices

Recorder/ player

AV system

Recorder/ player

Recorder/ player/AV system

• Press VOL +/– or e to adjust volume for the AV system.

• Press , , , , ENTER, RETURN () or color (BLUE, RED, YELLOW, GREEN) buttons to use functions such as the disc navigator on the connected recorder or player.

Note

• When using the HDMI Control functions, operate the remote control unit while pointing it toward the remote control sensor (t) located at the bottom right of the front panel of the plasma display.

• You cannot use two or more HDMI terminals at the rear of the plasma display at the same time except “Power Off” and “Display Language Setup” functions.

Using the HDMI Control

On-screen control panel

For an AV system

HDMI Control



SURROUND+

INPUT- INPUT+

SURROUND-

HDMI CONTROLHDMI CONTROL

Exit

Switches the surround mode in order

Switches the input source in reverse order

Switches the surround mode in reverse order

Closes the screen to return to the HDMI Control

Displays the model number of the connected device

Void

Switches the input source in order

Press  or  on the remote control unit of the plasma display to switch the surround mode in order or in reverse order,  or  to switch the input source in order or in reverse order. Pressing HDMI CONTROL turns the control panel screen off to return to the HDMI Control menu.

Note

• You cannot operate the recorder/player when you press  or  to switch the input source during operation. To resume the

operation, return to the HDMI Control menu and select the desired function again.

For a recorder

HDMI Control



HDMI CONTROLHDMI CONTROL

Exit

Press  or  on the remote control unit of the plasma display to select fast reverse or fast forward mode,  to skip commercials or  to stop playback. Pressing ENTER starts playback and HDMI CONTROL turns the control panel screen off to return to the HDMI Control menu.

For a player

HDMI Control



HDMI CONTROLHDMI CONTROL

Exit

Press  or  on the remote control unit of the plasma display to select fast reverse or fast forward mode,  to display the DVD disc menu or Blu-ray disc’s pop-up menu on the player or  to stop playback. Pressing ENTER starts playback and HDMI CONTROL turns the control panel screen off to return to the HDMI Control menu.

Skips commercials

Fast reverse

Stops playback

Closes the screen to return to the HDMI Control

Displays the model number of the connected device

Starts playback

Fast forward

Displays the DVD disc menu or Blu-ray disc's pop-

up menu on the player

Fast reverse

Stops playback

Closes the screen to return to the HDMI Control menu

Displays the model number of the connected device

Starts playback

Fast forward

Making the HDMI Control connections

When you make changes in connections between the plasma display and the device(s) that supports the HDMI Control functions or settings for the “HDMI Control Setting”, perform the following procedure:

1 Turn on the plasma display and all the connected devices. 2 Confirm that the setting in “Input Setting” for “HDMI Control

Setting” is properly entered according to the connected devices. Also confirm the HDMI Control related settings in the connected devices.

3 Switch to the HDMI input terminals to which the devices are connected to check if audio and video images are properly output and displayed.

4 Try turning off the plasma display, then turn the power back on to the plasma display.

Connecting an AV amp/BD player

Rear view

Optical digital cable (commercially available)

AV cable (commercially available)

AV amp

BD player

HDMI compliant cable (HDMI cable having the HDMI mark)

Using the HDMI Control

Connecting a BD player

Rear view

HDMI compliant cable (HDMI cable having the HDMI mark)

BD player

Note

• Maximum number of devices that can be connected and controlled using the remote control unit of the plasma display is as follows: recorder x 2, player x 2, AV system x 1.

• When connecting an AV system, be sure to place and connect it between the plasma display and recorder or player.

• Do not connect an AV system that does not support the HDMI Control functions between the plasma display and a recorder/ player, otherwise the HDMI Control functions may not operate properly.

• When connecting an AV system that does not support the HDMI Control functions and a player/recorder that supports the HDMI Control functions to the plasma display, connect the AV system to the DIGITAL OUT terminal and the AUDIO OUT terminal on the plasma display using an optical digital cable and an AV cable (commercially available), and the recorder/ player to the HDMI terminal using an HDMI compliant cable (see the illustration). Please note that signals input from the HDMI terminals will not be output from the DIGITAL OUT terminal.

• HDMI Control may not operate properly if you do not use an HDMI cable that supports the HDMI 1.3 Specification.

AV cable (commercially available)

Optical digital cable (commercially available)

HDMI compliant cable (HDMI cable having the HDMI mark)

BD playerAV amp

• After making connections, enter the setting in “Input Setting” for “HDMI Control Setting”. Be sure that the setting is entered in each HDMI input terminal to which the device is connected.

• Settings in the connected device(s) are also required to use the HDMI Control functions. For details, see the operation manual that came with the connected device(s).

• For more information on the devices that support the HDMI Control functions, check the Pioneer Web site (see back cover).

Setting the HDMI Control

Selecting the input terminal

Select the HDMI terminal to which the external device is connected in order to use the HDMI Control functions.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Option” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “HDMI Control Setting” ( / then ENTER).

HDMI Control Setting

Input Setting

Power Off Control

Power-On Ready

Hold Sound Status

INPUT 4

Off

Power On Test

Power Off Test

4 Select “Input Setting” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select “INPUT 4”, “INPUT 5”, “INPUT 6” or “INPUT 7” ( /

then

ENTER).

Only the device that supports the HDMI Control and is connected through the selected INPUT terminal is available for the HDMI Control functions.

6 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Using the HDMI Control

Note

• If you have selected “Off” in step 5, a message “Operations cannot be carried out. Confirm the HDMI control settings.” appears when HDMI CONTROL is pressed on the remote control unit.

• If you operate an HDMI supported device(s) using an HDMI terminal other than the terminal selected in “Input Setting”, a malfunction may occur. When connecting to any HDMI terminals other than the terminal selected in “Input Setting”, make sure to enter the settings of the external device(s) so that the HDMI Control function does not operate.

Selecting the Power Off Control

You can select whether or not the connected device is turned Off when the plasma display is turned Off. (factory default is “On”)

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “Option” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “HDMI Control Setting” ( / then ENTER). 4 Select “Power Off Control” ( / then ENTER). 5 Select “On” ( / then ENTER). 6 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• The “Power Off Control” function is valid for the devices connected to any of HDMI terminals at the rear of the plasma display.

Selecting the Power-On Ready

You can select whether or not the plasma display is turned On when the connected Pioneer recorder or player is turned On and images are input to the plasma display. (factory default is “On”)

1 Repeat steps 1 to 3 in Selecting the Power Off Control. 2 Select “Power-On Ready” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “On” ( / then ENTER). 4 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Selecting the Hold Sound Status

You can select whether or not the function is held for the connected Pioneer AV system even if the system is placed into standby during HDMI Control operations. (factory default is “Off”)

1 Repeat steps 1 to 3 in Selecting the Power Off Control. 2 Select “Hold Sound Status” ( / then ENTER). 3 Select “On” ( / then ENTER). 4 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Power On/Off Test

You can confirm if the Power On/Off control function is effective between the plasma display and the connected device.

1 Repeat steps 1 to 3 in Selecting the Power Off Control. 2 Select “Power On Test” or “Power Off Test” ( / then

ENTER).

A list containing devices appears when multiple HDMI devices are connected to the HDMI terminals.

3 Select the desired device ( / then ENTER). 4 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

• Devices that can be checked for Power On/Off Test are those connected to HDMI terminals as set in “Input Setting”.

• If the Power On/Off Test fails, check for the connection and setting.

Using the HDMI Control menus

You can enjoy various functions with the connected Pioneer recorder, player or AV system that supports the HDMI Control functions by selecting and using the corresponding HDMI Control menus.

1 Press HOME MENU. 2 Select “HDMI Control” ( / then ENTER).

The HDMI Control menu is displayed.

HDMI Control

Disc Navigator

CTRL Panel(AV-SYS)

Playback CTRL Panel

Switch to AV Sound

HDMI Control menu

Item Description

Disc Navigator Displays a title list of the connected recorder or player

CTRL Panel (AV-SYS)

Playback CTRL Panel

Switch to AV Sound (Switch to PDP Sound)

Note

• To use the HDMI Control functions, a Pioneer recorder, player or AV system that supports the HDMI Control functions is required.

• Not all operations may be controlled for the connected devices.

• The HDMI Control menu is not selectable when “Off” is selected in “Input Setting” for the “HDMI Control Setting” menu.

• The CTRL Panel (AV-SYS) menu is only available when the sound is output from the AV system.

• The Playback CTRL Panel menu is selectable when the connected recorder or player is ready to operate.

• You can also display the HDMI Control menu by pressing HDMI CONTROL on the remote control unit of the plasma display.

Displays the control panel for the connected AV system on the plasma display

Displays the control panel for the connected recorder or player on the plasma display

Switches between the plasma display and the connected AV system to which sound is output

Useful Remote Control Features

Chapter 14

Useful Remote Control Features

Learning function of the remote control unit

You can operate the connected AV products (AV receiver, Cable Box, SAT tuner, VCR, DVD, DVD recorder, BD player, LD) using the remote control’s learning function. The remote control can memorize other remote control’s codes.

2 cm to 5 cm (0.8 inches to 2.0 inches)

Remote control (Supplied accessory)

Using the learning function

1 Slide the Mode switch to match the type of device to be

learned.

2 Press EDIT/LEARN and 2 at the same time.

• The LED flashes.

3 Press a button to be learned.

• The LED lights up.

• For the functions that can be learned, see pages 105 to

108.

• When the device’s remote is memorized, the LED flashes.

4 Press EDIT/LEARN again to exit the Learn mode.

Note

• To exit the Learn mode before it is complete, press EDIT/ LEARN again.

•If the Mode switch selection is changed when EDIT/LEARN and 2 are pressed (the LED is flashing), the Learn session is canceled.

•If the Mode switch selection is changed when a button to be learned is pressed after EDIT/LEARN and 2 have been pressed (the LED lights up), the Learn session is not canceled and the selected mode and button remain effective.

• If no operation is performed for more than one minute after having pressed EDIT/LEARN and 2 (the LED is flashing), the Learn session is canceled.

• If a button to be learned is pressed after having pressed EDIT/ LEARN and 2 (the LED is lit), the Learn session is canceled in 30 seconds and the LED restarts blinking again.

• Code transmission finishes in approximately two seconds. Do not interrupt it halfway. Wait until the LED flashes again.

• When using any of the receiver buttons (a, INPUT, or VOL +/ –), the learned manufacturer code remains the same

Remote control of AV product

regardless of the Mode switch position or even if the switch is shifted to a different position.

Presetting manufacturer codes to control other devices

Presetting manufacturer codes

1 Slide the Mode switch to match the type of device to be

preset.

2 Press EDIT/LEARN and 1 at the same time.

• The LED flashes.

3 Press 0 to 9 to enter the manufacturer code. See page

100.

• Preset mode is finished when the LED blinks Off.

Library Search

In the event that the device code for a particular target unit is unknown, cycle through the available codes for that type of device. Sample the functions from each code in order to find the code that properly operates the target device.

1 Slide the Mode switch to match the type of device to be

preset.

2 Press EDIT/LEARN and 3 at the same time.

• The LED indicator flashes and the remote control unit enters the Library Search programming mode.

3 Press either SOURCE POWER, PLAY, 1 or CH+ to sample

the selected code.

4 If the code is missing, press / to advance to the next

code or return to the previous code and repeat step 3.

5 Press ENTER when the code that properly operates the

target device is found.

• All the available buttons for the selected mode are programmed to the remote control. The remote control unit returns to normal operation (LED lights for one second to confirm addition).

Delete Learning

You can delete a learned code by either overwriting it with a new code on the same button or performing the procedure below.

1 Press EDIT/LEARN and 2 at the same time.

• The LED indicator flashes and the remote control unit enters the Learning mode.

2 Press and hold TV a for more than two seconds.

• The remote control unit starts deleting all learned codes in the selected mode (marked by a lit LED).

• When completed, the LED blinks Off and the remote control unit returns to normal operation.

Useful Remote Control Features

Manufacturing Reset

All learned and preset codes can be returned to the factory defaults regardless of the mode.

1 Press EDIT/LEARN and TV a at the same time. The Mode

switch setting is ignored.

• The LED indicator flashes and the remote control unit enters the Manufacturing Reset mode.

2 Press D (yellow) to reset the remote control.

• The manufacturing reset is complete. The LED flashes for one second then the remote control unit returns to normal operation.

Note

• To exit the Edit mode before it is complete, press EDIT/LEARN again.

•If the Mode switch selection is changed when in the Edit mode, the Edit session is canceled.

• If no operation is performed within one minute, the Edit session is canceled.

• When you enter an unlisted code, the LED flashes repeatedly.

• If the tables on pages 100 to 104 do not include your device’s manufacturer or the remote control does not work, use the Learn mode.

• The initial mode is “PIONEER”.

• When using any of the receiver buttons (a, INPUT, or VOL +/

–) to cancel the Learn mode, follow the procedure with the Mode switch set to “TV”. You cannot cancel the mode

otherwise.

• You may not be able to partially or entirely control some equipment in the tables.

Useful Remote Control Features

Programming codes

CABLE

Brand Codes Brand Codes Brand Codes Brand Codes

A-Mark 0008, 0144 Fosgate 0276 NSC 0012, 0637 Signature 0011 ABC 0237, 0003, 0008,

Accuphase 0003, 0014, 0011, 0017 Pace 1877, 0877, 0237, 0008 Starcom 0003, 0014 Acorn 0237 Gibralter 0003 Panasonic 0000, 0008, 0144, Action 0237 Global 1327 Storm 0637 Active 0237 GMI 0883 Panther 0637 Supercable 0276 Americast 0899 GoldStar 0144 Paragon 0000, 0008, 0525 Supermax 0883 Amino 1602, 1822 Hamlin 0009, 0273 Penney 0000, 0637 Thomson 1256 Archer 0237, 0260 Hitachi 0003, 0008, 0009, BCC 0276 Pioneer 1877, 0877, 0144, Bell & Howell 0014 Houston 0011 Toshiba 0000 Bell South 0899 i3 Micro 1602 Prism 0012 Tristar 0883 British Telecom 0003 Insight 0476, 0810 Pulsar 0000 United Cable 0276, 0003, 0014, 0011 Century 0008 Jebsee 0014 Quasar 0000 US Electronics 0276, 0003, 0008, 0017 Citation 0017 Jerrold 0476, 0810, 0276, Clearmaster 0883 RCA 1256, 0021 Videoway 0000 ClearMax 0883 Memorex 0000 Regal 0276, 0279, 0273 Viewmaster 0883 Cleartron 1327 Mitsubishi 0003 Rembrandt 0011 ViewmaxPro 1544 Cool Box 0883 Motorola 1376, 0476, 0810, Coolmax 0883 Samsung 0003, 0144, 0023 Vortex View 0883 Digeo 1187 Scientific Atlanta 1877, 0877, 0477, Digi 0637 Multitech 0883 Director 0476 Myrio 1602, 1822 Dumont 0637 Nova Vision 0008 Sejin 1602 Emerson 0014 Novaplex 0008, 0017 Signal 0011

0014, 0011, 0017

GE 0144, 0021 Oak 0017 Sony 1006, 1506, 1606 General Instrument 0476, 0810, 0276,

0003, 0012, 0014, 0011

0011, 0154

0003, 0012, 0014, 0011

0276, 1187, 1254, 0014, 1106

Optimus 0021 Sprucer 0144, 0021

Stargate 0014

0107, 0021

Philips 1305, 0317 Tocom 0012

Torx 0003

0533, 0023, 0260, 1021

RadioShack 0883 V2 0883

Runco 0000 Vision 0883

Zenith 0000, 0525, 0899, 0017 0237, 0003, 0000, 0008, 0012, 0017, 0021

SATELLITE

Brand Codes Brand Codes Brand Codes Brand Codes

A-Mark 0210 GE 0392, 0566 MegaSat 1551 Realistic 0052 AlphaStar 0772 General Instrument 0869 Memorex 0724, 0269 Samsung 1377, 1142, 1276, Amino 1615 GOI 0775, 1775 Mitsubishi 0749 Bell ExpressVu 0775 Goodmans 1246 Motorola 0869, 0856 Sanyo 1219 Channel Master 0212 Hisense 1535 NEC 0178, 1270 SKY 0856, 0099 Chaparral 0053, 0209, 0216 Hitachi 0749, 0819, 1250 Netsat 0099 Sony 0639, 1639, 1640 Crossdigital 1109 Homecable 0238 Next Level 0869 Star Choice 0869 DirecTV 1377, 0392, 0566,

0639, 1639, 1142, 0247, 0749, 1749, 0724, 0819, 1856, 1076, 1108, 0099, 1109, 1392, 1414, 1442, 1443, 1444, 1538, 1609, 1640

Dish Network System 1505, 1005, 0775,

1170, 1775 Dishpro 1505, 1005, 0775, 1775 Jerrold 0869 Proscan 0392, 0566 Echostar 1505, 1005, 0775,

0159, 0269, 0280,

1170, 1775 Expressvu 0775, 1775 LG 1226, 1414 RCA 0392, 0566, 1142, Fortec Star 1550 Magnavox 0724, 0722

Funai 1377 McIntosh 0869

Houston 0775, 0280 Optimus 0724 Star Trak 0772, 0869, 0180 HTS 0775, 0280, 1775 Panasonic 0247, 0701, 0152 STS 0210 Hughes Network

Systems Humax 1790 Philips 1142, 0749, 1749,

iLo 1535 Toshiba 0749, 1749, 0790, Innova 0099 IQ 0210 IQ Prism 0210 Pioneer 1142, 0329, 1442 UltimateTV 1392, 1640 Janeil 0152 Primestar 0869 Uniden 0724, 0722, 0052,

JVC 0775, 1170, 1775 Proton 1535 US Digital 1535 King Viper 0210 RadioShack 0566, 0775, 0869, Legend 0269 Voom 0869

1142, 0749, 1749, 1442, 1443, 1444, 1538

Pansat 0647, 1551, 1807 Thomson 0392, 0566 Paysat 0724 Tivo 1142, 1442, 1443,

0775, 0724, 0819, 1076, 0722, 0099, 1442

USDTV 1535

0052, 0269

Zenith 0856, 1856, 1810 0775, 0855, 0143, 1392, 1442

1108, 1109, 1442, 1609

1444, 1538

0819, 0082, 1285

0074, 0238

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