Pioneer S-DV262SW, S-DV262T, S-DV161, XV-DV262, HTZ262DVD User Manual

Operating Instructions

Thank you for buying this Pioneer product.

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

put them in a safe place for future referenc

Location: bottom of the unit

IMPORTANT

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

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

CAUTION:

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

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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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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Operating Environment

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

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POWER-CORD CAUTION

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

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VENTILATION CAUTION

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

WARNING

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

WARNING

Before plugging in for the first time, read the following

section carefully.

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

CAUTION

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

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CAUTION

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

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

top of the unit

[Taiwanese model]

CAUTION : CLASS 3B VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER

RADIATION WHEN OPEN, AVOID

EXPOSURE TO THE BEAM.

VRW2159

[All other models]

CLASS 1
LASER PRODUCT

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

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

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

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Contents

01 Controls and displays

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

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

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

02 Getting started

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

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

Using the on-screen displays . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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

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

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

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

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

Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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

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

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

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

Setting the sleep timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Dimming the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

03 Listening to your system

Auto listening mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Listening in surround sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Using Front Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Using Extra Power mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Listening with headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Using the SFC modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Adjusting the bass and treble . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Boosting the bass level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

04 Disc playback features

Scanning discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Playing in slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Frame advance/frame reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Playing a JPEG slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Browsing DVD or Video CD/Super VCD discs with

the Disc Navigator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

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

and JPEG files with the Disc Navigator . . . . . 19

Using Playlists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Programming playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Listening to playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Clearing files from a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Looping a section of a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Using repeat play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Using random play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Creating a program list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Other functions available from the program

menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Searching a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Switching subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Switching language/audio channels . . . . . . . 22

Zooming the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Switching camera angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Displaying disc information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

05 USB playback

Using the USB interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Basic playback controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Scanning files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Playing a JPEG slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Browsing files with the Navigator . . . . . . . . . 25

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06 Audio Settings and Video Adjust
menus

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

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

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

07 Initial Settings menu

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

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

Language settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Display settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Options settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Speakers settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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

About DivX® VOD content . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

08 Other connections

Connecting external antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Connecting auxiliary audio components . . . . 31

Line Out options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Connecting the S-video output . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Connecting using the component video

output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

About progressive scan video . . . . . . . . . . . 32

About control out connections . . . . . . . . . . . 33

09 Additional information

Disc/content format playback

compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Disc compatibility table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

About DVD+R/DVD+RW compatibility. . . . 35

About DivX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

About MPEG-4 AAC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

About WMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Using and taking care of discs. . . . . . . . . . . . 36

DVD Video regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Installation and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Hints on installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Cleaning the pickup lens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Problems with condensation. . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Moving the system unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Screen sizes and disc formats . . . . . . . . . . . .37

TV system setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Frequency step setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Switching off the demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

DVD/CD/Video CD player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Tuner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

USB connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Resetting the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Setting the Key Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Using the language code list . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Language code list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Country/Area code list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

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Chapter 1

Controls and displays

7

Front panel

OPEN/CLOSE

STANDBY/ON

PLAY LIST 1 PLAY LIST 2

DVD/CD

21

5 6 743

PLAY LIST 3

VOLUME +/–

8

USB

interface

Connect a USB device for playback (see USB

playback on page 24).

VOLUME

USB

9 PHONES jack

Connect headphones.

10 Remote Sensor

11 Display

See Display below.

1110

buttons

8 9

1

 STANDBY/ON

Switches the system on or into standby.

2 PLAY LIST buttons

Add tracks (during playback), or select a
playlist (while stopped) (page 19).

3

 OPEN/CLOSE

Opens/closes the disc tray.

4

 DVD/CD

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

5



Stops playback.

6

 USB

Selects the USB function and starts/pauses
playback.

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Remote control

TUNER

STANDBY

DVD/CD

(FM/AM)

/ON

1
2

123

3

4
5

456

789

CLEAR

TOP MENU

ST

HOME
MENU

6

SETUP

7

8

9

INPUT CHANNEL VOLUME

10

1

 STANDBY/ON

SHIFT

Switches the system on or into standby.

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

3 Number buttons, CLEAR,
and DVD controls

CLEAR

Clears an entry.

DISPLAY

Displays/changes disc information shown
on-screen (page 23).

SHIFT+SLEEP

Press to set the sleep timer (page 14).

USB

AUDIO

ANGLE

SLEEP

0

TEST TONE

TV CONTROL

TUNE

ENTER

TUNE

LINE

SUBTITLE

ZOOM

DISPLAY

SURROUND

VOLUME

OPEN/CLOSE

PLAYLIST

1

2

3

EXTRA PWR

MENU

ST

RETURN

SOUND

LINE OUT

MUTE

DISPLAY

11

12

13

14

15

16

17
18

, SLEEP

SHIFT+AUDIO

Selects audio channel/language (page 22).

SHIFT+SUBTITLE

Displays/changes the subtitles (page 22).

SHIFT+ANGLE

Changes camera angle during DVD multi­angle scene playback (page 23).

SHIFT+ZOOM

Changes the screen zoom level (page 22).

4

TOP MENU

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

MENU (page 12).

5 Cursor buttons,

ENTER

and tuning

buttons

Cursor buttons

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

ENTER

Selects an option or executes a command.

TUNE +/–

Tunes the radio.

ST +/–

Selects station presets when listening to
the radio.

6

HOME MENU

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

7 Setup and other sound controls

SETUP

Use to make various system and surround
sound settings (page 10, 13 and 38).

TEST TONE

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

SURROUND

Selects a Surround mode (page 15) or
switches to stereo playback (page 16).

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SOUND

Accesses the sound menu to adjust the
SFC Mode, bass and treble, etc. (page 16).

8 Playback controls

See Basic playback controls on page 11, Disc
playback features on page 17 and USB playback

on page 24 for an explanation of these
controls.

9 TV CONTROL buttons

These control Pioneer plasma televisions.

10

SHIFT

Press to access the controls highlighted in
green.

11

Opens/closes the disc tray.

12 PLAYLIST buttons

Add tracks (during playback), or select a
playlist (while stopped) (page 19).

13 EXTRA PWR

Switches on the Extra Power mode (page 16).

14

Press to display a DVD disc or USB menu, or
the Navigator (page 12 and 25).

15

Returns to a previous menu screen.

16 LINE OUT

Cycle whether or not to output a downmixed
signal from the LINE OUT terminal (page 31).

17 MUTE

Mutes the sound (press again to cancel).

18

Adjusts the volume.

 OPEN/CLOSE

MENU

RETURN

VOLUME +/–

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Display

3

21 4

PRGSVE SOUND
DTS F.SURR.

2D
2PL

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15

1

DTS

Lights during playback of a DTS source
(page 15).

2PRGSVE

Lights when progressive scan video output is
selected (page 32).

3

SOUND

Lights when the SFC Modes or the tone
controls (treble, bass or bass boost) are active
(page 16).

4

F.SURR.

Lights when either the Extra Power mode
(page 16) or Front Sound listening mode is
selected (page 15).

5

RPT

RPT lights during repeat play. RPT-1 lights

during repeat one-track play (page 20).

6REC MODE

Lights when Line Out mode is on (page 31).

7

PGM

Lights during program or playlist playback
(page 19 and 21).

8 Tuner indicators

received.

being received in auto stereo mode.

selected.

and

RPT

– Lights when a broadcast is being

– Lights when a stereo FM broadcast is

– Lights when FM mono reception is

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-1

6

7

5

REC MODE
RPT -1
kHz

PGM

MHz RDM

11

9

RDM

Lights during random play (page 20).

10 kHz/MHz

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

11 Character display

12

Lights when sleep timer is active (page 14).

13



Lights during playback.

142 PL II

Lights during Dolby Pro Logic II decoding
(page 15).

152 D

Lights during playback of a Dolby Digital
source (page 15).

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Chapter 2

Getting started

Home theater sound setup

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

• Standard surround 5-spot setup – This is
a standard multichannel surround sound
speaker setup for optimal 5.1 channel
home theater sound.

Center

Front left

Listening position

Surround

left

HTZ161DVD only:

Depending on the size and characteristics of
your room, you can choose to use the following

setup option:

1

• Front surround 3-spot setup – This setup
is ideal when rear surround speaker
placement isn’t possible or you want to
avoid running long speaker cables in your
listening area. Use this setup together with
the Front Surround modes to take
advantage of wall and ceiling reflections
for a very realistic surround effect.

Front

left

Surround

left

Subwoofer

Center

Subwoofer

Front right

Surround
right

Surround

right

Front
right

After placing your speakers, complete Setting

the channel levels below then refer to Speakers
settings on page 28 to complete your surround

sound setup.

Setting the channel levels

Set the relative channel levels from your main
listening position.

1 Press

TEST TONE

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

• L – Front left speaker

• C – Center speaker

• R – Front right speaker

• SR – Right surround speaker

• SL – Left surround speaker

• SW – Subwoofer

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

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

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

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

2

.

3

Listening position

Note

1 When using this setup, make sure the front surround mode is switched on (page 15) before selecting any surround mode.
2 • This is only available when DVD/CD is selected and playback is stopped. Also make sure headphones are unplugged.

• To adjust the overall balance while listening to any sound source you want, press SETUP, use / to select CH LEVEL then

press ENTER. Use / to move channel to channel, and / to adjust the channel levels. Press ENTER when you’re finished.
3 Since the subwoofer produces ultra-low frequencies its sound may seem quieter than it actually is.

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Load a disc with the label side facing up, using

Using the on-screen displays

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

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

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it.

Important

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

Button What it does

HOME
MENU

 Changes the highlighted menu item

ENTER

RETURN

• The button guide at the bottom of every

Displays/exits the on-screen display

Selects the highlighted menu item
Returns to the main menu without

saving changes

Tip

OSD screen shows you which buttons
you’ll need to use for that screen.

Playing discs

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

Further functions are detailed in chapter 4.

here.

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

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

2 Press

1 The screen saver will appear after five minutes of inactivity.
2 You may find with some DVD discs that some playback controls don’t work in certain parts of the disc.

 OPEN/CLOSE

Note

to load a disc.

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

3Press  (play) to start playback.

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

If you loaded a disc containing JPEGs, a
slideshow will start. See Playing a JPEG
slideshow on page 17 for more on this.

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

4 Adjust the volume.
Use the VOLUME control.

Basic playback controls

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

other playback features in the chapter 4.

Button What it does

 Starts/resumes normal playback.

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

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

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

function (if the display shows

2

. You can find

RESUME

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Button What it does

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

 Skips to the next track or chapter.

Numbers

chapter, then previous tracks/chapters.

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

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

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

ENTER to select.

Resume and Last Memory

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

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

DVD-Video disc menus

Many DVD-Video discs contain menus from
which you can select what you want to watch.

Sometimes DVD-Video menus are displayed
automatically when you start playback; others
only appear when you press MENU or TOP

MENU.

Button What it does

TOP MENU

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

Button What it does

MENU

 Moves the cursor around the

ENTER

RETURN

Numbers Highlights a numbered menu

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

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

displayed menu screen.

option (some discs only). Press

ENTER to select.

Video CD/Super VCD PBC menus

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

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

1

Button What it does

RETURN

Numbers Selects numbered menu options.

 Displays the previous menu page

 Displays the next menu page (if

Displays the PBC menu.

ENTER to select.

Press

(if there is one).

there is one).

Note

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

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

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Listening to the radio

The tuner can receive both FM and AM
broadcasts, and lets you memorize your
favorite stations so you don’t have to manually
tune in every time you want to listen.

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

The display shows the band and frequency.

2 Tune to a frequency.

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

Improving poor FM reception

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

1 Tune to an FM radio station then press
SETUP

2Use
ENTER

3Use
ENTER

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

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

TUNER

to switch to the tuner, then

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

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

• High-speed tuning: Press and hold
TUNE +/– until the frequency display starts
to move rapidly. Keep the button held down
until you reach the frequency you want. If
necessary, fine tune the frequency using
the manual tuning method.

.

/

to choose FM MODE then press

.

/

to select

.

FM MONO

then press

Memorizing stations

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

1 Tune to an AM or FM radio station.

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

2Press
‘ST.MEM.’ then press

3Use
want then press

SETUP

and use

/

to select the station preset you

ENTER

/

ENTER

.

to choose

.

Listening to station presets

1 Make sure the
selected.

2Use the
preset.

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

TUNER

function is

ST +/–

buttons to select a station

Listening to other sources

You can connect auxiliary sources (TV, satellite
receiver, etc.) to this unit for playback through
the speaker system. See Connecting auxiliary
audio components on page 31 for more on this.

• To connect a USB device to the USB
terminal, see USB playback on page 24.

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

LINE

2Press

3 If necessary, start playback of the source.

to select the source.

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Setting the sleep timer

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

worrying about it.

•Press SHIFT+
option then press

Choose between the following options:

• SLP ON – Switches off after about an hour

• SLP OFF – Cancels the sleep timer

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

1

SLEEP

repeatedly to select an

ENTER

.

SLP --- --

Dimming the Display

You can adjust the brightness of the text in the
front panel display.

1Press
DIMMER then press

This is shown in the front panel display.

2Use
press

SETUP

and use

/

to select LIGHT or DARK then

ENTER

.

/

ENTER

to choose

.

Note

1 The display dims when the sleep timer is set.

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Listening to your system

Auto listening mode

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

• Press
listening mode.

SURROUND

1

to select the AUTO

Listening in surround sound

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

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

• Press
listening mode.

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

SURROUND

1

• AUTO – Auto listening mode (see above)

• DOLBY PL (Dolby Pro Logic) – 4.1 channel
surround sound (use with any two-channel
source)

• MOVIE (Dolby Pro Logic II Movie) – Pro
Logic II 5.1 channel surround sound,
especially suited to movie sources (use
with any two-channel source)

• MUSIC (Dolby Pro Logic II Music) – Pro
Logic II 5.1 channel surround sound,
especially suited to music sources (use
with any two-channel source)

• STEREO – See Listening in stereo below

2

Surround sound

repeatedly to select a

Using Front Surround

HTZ161DVD only

The Front Surround mode is effective when
DVD/CD or USB is selected as the input

source and you are using the Front surround
3-spot speaker setup as described in Home

theater sound setup on page 10 and the
Speaker Setup Guide.

• The surround speakers should be placed
on top of the front speakers and oriented
towards the walls.

1 Press SETUP and use
F.SURR

then press ENTER.

2Use to
OFF then press ENTER.

After selecting MODE ON, you can use the
surround listening modes with Front

Surround.

/

select MODE ON or MODE

/

3

4

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Note

1 If the source is Dolby Digital or DTS, the corresponding indicator lights in the front panel display.
2 Note that the input source must be switched to DVD/CD or USB for multichannel playback.
3 Note that the F.SURR option does not appear when headphones are connected.
4 • When set to MODE ON, make sure to follow the Setup Guide for best surround sound.

• When you have Extra Power set to MODE ON and then change Front Surround to MODE OFF, the Listening Mode is

automatically switched to AUTO.

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Using Extra Power mode

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

Power mode is available when listening to
DVD/CD or USB sources.

For HTZ161DVD:
The surround speakers should be placed on

top of the front speakers, with all speakers
facing forwards.

For HTZ262DVD:
The front and surround speakers should be

placed next to one another, with all speakers
facing forwards.

• Press EXTRA PWR to select MODE ON or
MODE OFF

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

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Listening in stereo

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

•Press
STEREO shows in the display.

Listening with headphones

When headphones are connected, only the

STEREO mode is available.

SURROUND

repeatedly until

Using the SFC modes

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

1 Press

2Use
ENTER

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

SOUND

/

.

/

.

to select SFC MODE then press

then

ENTER

to select an SFC

Adjusting the bass and treble

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

1 Press

2Use
press

3Use
ENTER to confirm

SOUND

/

ENTER

/

.

to select BASS or TREBLE then

.

to adjust the sound

then press

.

Boosting the bass level

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

1 Press

2Use
ENTER

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

SOUND

/

.

/

.

to select BASSMODE then press

to adjust the sound

.

then press

Note

1 When the Extra Power mode is on, most sound features cannot be used. The display will briefly blink EXTRAPWR if you try and
use a prohibited function while the Extra Power mode is on.
2 • Note that you cannot use Extra Power mode when using headphones. If you press EXTRA PWR when headphones are
connected, a CANNOT error message appears on the front panel display.

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

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

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Chapter 4

Disc playback features

Important

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

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

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

Scanning discs

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

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

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

• To resume playback, press  (play).

1

2

Playing in slow motion

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

Note

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

• For Video CDs/Super VCDs in PBC mode and WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC tracks (in Scan Mod e only), normal playback resumes

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

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

1 During playback, press  (pause).

/

or

/

2 Press and hold
motion playback starts.

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

• To resume playback, press  (play).

until slow

2

Frame advance/frame reverse

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

1 During playback, press  (pause).

/

or

/

2Press
advance a frame at a time.

• To resume playback, press  (play).

to reverse or

2

Playing a JPEG slideshow

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

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

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

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

3

The player displays

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While the slideshow is running:

Button What it does

 Pauses the slideshow (or audio);

press again to restart.

 Jumps to the previous picture (or

audio file with audio playback).

 Jumps to the next picture (or

audio file with audio playback).

///

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

SHIFT+ZOOM

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

MENU

Displays the Disc Navigator
screen (see below).

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

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

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

Disc Navigator

2 Select a view option.

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

• Title – Titles from a DVD-Video disc.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

01

04

Disc Navigator: Title
01- 49: - -

02

05

03

06

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

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

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• When a JPEG file is selected, a slideshow

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

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

with the Disc Navigator

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

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

00:00/ 00:00 0kbps

Folder1

Folder2

Folder3

Folder4

2Use /// and ENTER to navigate.

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

Use  to return to the parent folder.

1

Use ENTER or  to open a highlighted folder.

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

00:00/ 00:00 0kbps

Folder2

File1

File2

File3

File4

File5

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

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

Note

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

Tip

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

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

Using Playlists

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

want to organize quickly and easily.

Programming playlists

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

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

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

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

3Press

The file is added to the playlist you select.

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

PLAY LIST

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Tip

• To add files without the on-screen display,

1, 2

simply press PLAY LIST

or 3 during
normal playback of the file you want
(except when a JPEG slideshow is playing
at the same time as audio).

Listening to playlists

•

With playback stopped, p

ress

PLAY LIST

1, 2 or 3.

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

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

Clearing files from a playlist

1 Start playback of your playlist.

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

CLEAR

and press

.

Looping a section of a disc

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

1 During playback, press
select ‘

Play Mode

’.

Play Mode

HOME MENU

and

2 Select ‘A-B Repeat’.

ENTER

3 Press

on ‘A(Start Point)’ to set the

loop start point.

ENTER

4 Press

on ‘B(End Point)’ to set the

loop end point.

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

5 To resume normal playback, select ‘Off’.

Using repeat play

In addition to various repeat play options, it’s
also possible to use repeat play together with
program play (see Creating a program list on
page 21).

1 During playback, press
select ‘

Play Mode

’.

HOME MENU

2 Select ‘Repeat’ then select a repeat play

1

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

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

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

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

Using random play

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

VCD) in a random order.

1 During playback, press

Play Mode

select ‘

2

HOME MENU

’.

and

and

Note

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

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

DVD disc menu is being displayed.

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2 Select ‘Random’ then select an option.

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

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

Tip

• Use the following controls during random
play:

Button What it does

 Selects a new track/title/chapter

at random.

 Returns to the beginning of the

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

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

Creating a program list

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

1 During playback, press
select ‘

Play Mode

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

///

3Use
title, chapter or track for the current step in
the program list.

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

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

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

’.

and

1

HOME MENU

ENTER

to select a

and

4 Repeat step 3 to build up a program list.

A program list can contain up to 24 steps.

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

• To delete a step, highlight it and press

CLEAR.

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

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

Tip

• Use the following controls during program
play:

Button What it does

HOME
MENU

 Skip to the next step in the

Save the program list and exit
without starting playback.

program list.

Other functions available from the
program menu

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

• Playback Start – Starts playback of a
saved program list

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

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

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Searching a disc

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

1Press
Mode

HOME MENU

’.

and select ‘

Play

2 Select ‘Search Mode’.

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

3 Select a search mode.

• The disc must be playing in order to use
time search.

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

• For a time search, enter the number of
minutes and seconds into the currently
playing title (DVD/ DivX video) or track (CD/
Video CD/Super VCD) you want playback to
resume from. For example, press 4, 5, 0, 0
to hav e pl ayba ck s tart fro m 45 min utes int o
the disc. For 1 hour, 20 minutes and 30
seconds, press 8, 0, 3, 0.

5Press

ENTER

to start playback.

Switching subtitles

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

subtitle language during playback.

1

• Press

SHIFT+SUBTITLE

repeatedly to

select a subtitle option.

• To set subtitle preferences, see Language
settings on page 27.

• See Displaying DivX subtitle files on
page 35 for more on DivX subtitles.

Switching language/audio
channels

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

• Press

SHIFT+AUDIO

repeatedly to select

3

an audio language option.

• To set audio language preferences, see
Language settings on page 27.

Zooming the screen

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

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

2Use

///

area.

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

SHIFT+ZOOM

to

to change the zoomed

4

2

Note

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

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

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Switching camera angles

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

When a multi-angle scene is playing, a
icon appears on screen (this can be switched
off if you prefer — see Display settings on
page 28).

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

to switch angle.

Displaying disc information

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

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

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

DISPLAY

repeatedly.

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Chapter 5

USB playback

Using the USB interface

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

storage device

1 With the player switched on, press USB.

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

2 Connect your USB device.

The USB terminal is located on the front panel.

2

as shown below.

Important

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

• Switch the player off, then on again.

• Reconnecting the USB device with the
player switched off.

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

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

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

USB

(Type A)

Basic playback controls

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

Button What it does

USB mass
storage device

3Press  (play) to start playback.

If your USB device contains JPEGs, a
slideshow will start. See Playing a JPEG
slideshow on page 25 for more on this.

•Make sure USB DATA is showing in the
front panel display (or the system is in

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

then previous files.

 Skips to the next file.

standby) when disconnecting.

Note

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

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

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

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

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Scanning files

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

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

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

• To resume playback, press  (play).

1

Button What it does

MENU

Displays the Navigator screen
(see below).

Browsing files with the
Navigator

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

1Press MENU.

Playing a JPEG slideshow

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

displayed in order.

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

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

While the slideshow is running:

2

The pictures in each folder are

2Use /// and ENTER to navigate.

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

Use ENTER or  to open a highlighted folder.

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

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

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

• When a JPEG file is selected, a slideshow

Button What it does

 Pauses the slideshow (or audio);

press again to restart.

 Jumps to the previous picture (or

audio file with audio playback).

 Jumps to the next picture (or

audio file with audio playback).

///

SHIFT+ZOOM

Note

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

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

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

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

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

Tip

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

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

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Chapter 6

Audio Settings and Video
Adjust menus

Audio Settings menu

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

1Press
Settings’ from the on-screen display.

2 Select and change settings using

/

Audio DRC

•Settings: High, Medium, Low,

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

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

may not notice much change.

HOME MENU

and

ENTER

Audio Settings

Audio DRC High

Off (default)

and select ‘Audio

Audio Settings

.

Medium

Low

Off

//

1

1 Press

HOME MENU

and select ‘Video

Adjust’ from the on-screen display.

Video Adjust

2 Make settings using
ENTER

.

Video Adjust

Sharpness

Brightness

Contrast

Gamma

Hue

Chroma Level













Standard

0

0

Off

0

0

///

and

You can adjust the following settings:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Brightness min max 0

Video Adjust menu

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

Note

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

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3 Press
screen, or

ENTER

to return to the Video Adjust

HOME MENU

to exit.

Initial Settings menu 07

Chapter 7

Initial Settings menu

1Press

Using the Initial Settings menu

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

2 With playback stopped, press
MENU

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

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

3Use
setting and option you want to set.

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

Video Output settings

Setting Option What it means

TV Screen

(See also Screen sizes
and disc formats on

page 37.)

Component Out

(See also Connecting
using the component
video output

page 32

on

.)

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

shown with black bars top and bottom.

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

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

16:9 (Wide) Set if you have a widescreen TV.
Interlace Set if your TV is not compatible with progressive scan video.
Progressive Set if your TV is compatible with progressive scan video (see

your TV’s instruction manual for details). Press ENTER once
more to confirm (or RETURN to cancel).

Note that progressive scan video is only output from the
component video jacks.

DVD/CD

and select ‘Initial Settings’.

///

.

Initial Settings

and

1

ENTER

HOME

to select the

English

FrançaisDeutsch

Italiano Español

Nederlands

Language settings

Setting Option What it means

Audio Language English /

Note

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

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

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

English (Taiwanese model)
Languages as displayed /

(Taiwanese model)

Chinese

Other Language Select to choose a language other than the ones displ ayed (see

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

If there is a language selected (or Chinese for the Taiwanese
model) on the disc, it is played.

Using the language code list on page 42).

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Setting Option What it means

Subtitle Language English /

English (Taiwanese model)
Languages as displayed /

Chinese

(Taiwanese model)

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

The subtitle language selected (or Chinese for the Taiwanese
model) on the disc is displayed.

Other Language Select to choose a language other than the ones displayed (see

DVD Menu
Language

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

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

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

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

Using the language code list on page 42).

selected subtitle language, if possible.

Using the language code list on page 42).

Display settings

Setting Option What it means

OSD Language English /

English (Taiwanese model)
Languages as displayed /
(Taiwanese model)

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

Off No multi-angle indication is shown.

On-screen displays are shown in English.

On-screen displays are shown in the language selected (or
Chinese for the Taiwanese model).

scenes on a DVD disc.

Options settings

Setting Option What it means

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

Speakers settings

Setting Option What it means

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

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position (see Speaker Distance on page 30).