Pioneer S-DV3SW, XV-DV170, S-DV170, HTZ171DVD, XV-DV270 User Manual

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Operating Instructions

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WARNING

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

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VENTILATION CAUTION

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

WARNING

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

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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

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

Basic playback controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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

DVD-Video disc menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Video CD/Super VCD PBC menus . . . . . . . 13

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

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

Memorizing stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Listening to other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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

03 Listening to your system

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

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

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

Using the Front Surround mode. . . . . . . . . 15

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

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

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

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

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

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

Using the MP3 Expander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Using the Voice Enhancer mode. . . . . . . . . . 17

04 Disc playback features

Scanning discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Playing in slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Frame advance/frame reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Playing a JPEG slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Browsing DVD or Video CD/Super VCD

discs with the Disc Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Browsing Windows Media MP3, MPEG-4 AAC, DivX video/WMV and

JPEG files with the Disc Navigator . . . . . . . . 20

Using Playlists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Programming playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Listening to playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Clearing files from a playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Looping a section of a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Using repeat play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Using random play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Creating a program list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Other functions available from the

program menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Searching a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Switching subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Switching language/audio channels . . . . . . . 23

Zooming the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Switching camera angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Displaying disc information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Audio (WMA),

05 USB playback

Using the USB interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Basic playback controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Scanning files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Playing a JPEG slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Browsing files with the Navigator . . . . . . . . . 26

06 Singing karaoke

Singing karaoke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Changing the vocal mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Changing the backing track . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

07 Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus

Audio Settings menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Audio DRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Video Adjust menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

08 Initial Settings menu

Using the Initial Settings menu . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Video Output settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Language settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Display settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Options settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Speakers settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Parental Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

About DivX

Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

VOD content . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

09 Other connections

Connecting external antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Connecting auxiliary audio components . . . . 34

Connecting using the component

video output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

About progressive scan video . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Connecting using HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Switching the HDMI audio setting . . . . . . . 36

Resetting the HDMI connection . . . . . . . . . 36

About HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

10 Additional information

Disc/content format playback

compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Disc compatibility table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

About DVD+R/DVD+RW compatibility. . . .38

About DivX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

About WMV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

About MPEG-4 AAC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

About WMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Using and taking care of discs. . . . . . . . . . . . 39

DVD Video regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Installation and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Hints on installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Cleaning the pickup lens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Problems with condensation. . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Moving the system unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Screen sizes and disc formats . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Widescreen TV users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Standard TV users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

TV system setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Frequency step setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Switching off the demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Dimming the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

DVD/CD/Video CD player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Tuner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

USB connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

HDMI connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Resetting the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Setting the Key Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Using the language code list . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Language code list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Country/Area code list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

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Chapter 1

Controls and displays

7 Disc tray

Front panel

COMPATIBLE

7 8 9

4 61 2 3

8 Remote Sensor 9Display

See Display below.

10 MIC VOL and MIC input jacks

Controls the volume of the karaoke mics (MAIN and SUB).

11 PHONES jack

Connect headphones.

USB

Connect a USB device for playback (see USB playback on page 25).

interface

 OPEN/CLOSE

Opens/closes the disc tray.

 DVD/CD

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



Stops playback.

 USB

Selects the USB function and starts/pauses playback.

VOLUME +/–

 STANDBY/ON

Switches the system on or into standby.

buttons

11 12

Controls and displays 01

Remote control

TUNER

STANDBY

DVD CD

(FM/AM)

/ON

1 2

123

4 5

456

789

CLEAR

TOP MENU

SETUP

HOME MENU

FRT. SURR

EXT PWR

INPUT CHANNEL VOLUME

 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 24).

SHIFT+SLEEP

Press to set the sleep timer (page 14).

OPEN/CLOSE

USB

LINE

PLAYLIST

AUDIO

SUBTITLE

ANGLE

ZOOM

SLEEP

DISPLAY

TUNE

ECHO



ENTER

RETURN

KARAOKE

TUNE

TEST TONE

MP3 EXP

SURROUND

SOUND

V.ENH

TV CONTROL

MUTE

VOLUME

15 16

DISPLAY

, SLEEP

SHIFT+AUDIO

Selects audio channel/language (page 23).

SHIFT+SUBTITLE

Displays/changes the subtitles (page 23).

SHIFT+ANGLE

Changes camera angle during DVD multiangle scene playback (page 24).

SHIFT+ZOOM

Changes the screen zoom level (page 24).

TOP MENU

Displays the top menu of a DVD disc in the play position — this may be the same as pressing MENU (page 13).

SHIFT+SETUP

Use to make various system and surround sound settings (page 11, 13, 14, 36, 42 and

47).

5 Karaoke, cursor buttons,

ENTER

and

tuning buttons

SHIFT+KARAOKE

Selects vocal fade for karaoke (page 27).

SHIFT+ECHO

Changes the echo level on the karaoke mics (page 27).

SHIFT+ / SHIFT+

Lowers/raises the pitch of a DVD/CD, USB backing track (page 27).

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.

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HOME MENU

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

7 Sound controls

FRT. SURR/

Switches on the Front Surround mode/ Extra Power mode (page 15).

MP3 EXP/V.ENH

Switches on the MP3 Expander mode/ Voice Enhancer mode (page 17).

SURROUND

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

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 12, Disc playback features on page 18 and USB playback

on page 25 for an explanation of these controls.

9 TV CONTROL buttons

These control Pioneer flat screen TVs.

SHIFT

Press to access the controls highlighted in green.

 OPEN/CLOSE

Opens/closes the disc tray.

12 PLAYLIST buttons

Add tracks (during playback), or select a playlist (while stopped) (page 20).

Press to display a DVD disc or USB menu, or the Navigator (page 13 and 26).

RETURN

Returns to a previous menu screen.

SHIFT+TEST TONE

Outputs the test tone (for speaker setup) (page 11).

EXT PWR

15 MUTE

Mutes the sound (press again to cancel).

VOLUME +/–

Adjusts the volume.

Controls and displays 01

Display

21 4

PRGSVE SOUND DTS F.SURR.

2D 2PL

12 89 7

DTS

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

2PRGSVE

Lights when progressive scan video signal is given from the component video output terminal (page 35).

SOUND

Lights when the SFC modes, the tone controls (treble, bass or bass boost), MP3 Expander mode, Voice Enhancer mode are active (page 16, 17).

F.SURR.

Lights when the Extra Power mode/Front surround mode is selected (page 15).

RPT

RPT lights during repeat play. RPT-1 lights

during repeat one-track play (page 21).

PGM

Lights during program or playlist playback (page 20 and 22).

7 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

1113

-1

RPT -1 kHz

PGM

MHz RDM

RDM

Lights during random play (page 21).

9 kHz/MHz

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

10 Character display

Lights when sleep timer is active (page 14).



Lights during playback.

132 PL II

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

142 D

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

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Note

Listening position

Center Center

Front

left

Listening positionListening position

Front right

Subwoofer

Surr

ound

right

Surround

left

*When center speakers are placed in the center.

Listening position

Chapter 2

Getting started

Home theater sound setup

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

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

HTZ171DVD model speaker configuration1:

• Front surround 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 in page 15.

HTZ171DVD model speaker configuration1:

Front

left

Surround

*When center speakers are placed in the center.

HTZ270DVD model speaker configuration

Front

left

Surround left Surround right

1 Since HTZ170DVD is equipped with only one center speaker, place the center speaker as shown in the above HTZ270DVD model speaker configuration. 2 Note that for HTZ272DVD, the surround speakers are the same size as the front speakers.

Center Center

left

Listening position

Center

Listening position

Surround right

Subwoofer

Front right

Subwoofer

HTZ270DVD model speaker configuration

Front left

Surround

left

Listening position

Center

Front right

Subwoofer

Surround right

After placing your speakers, complete Setting

the channel levels below then refer to Speakers settings on page 31 to complete your surround

sound setup.

Getting started 02

Note

Setting the channel levels

Set the relative channel levels from your main listening position.

1 Press

SHIFT+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.

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

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

Displays/exits the on-screen display

 Changes the highlighted menu item

ENTER RETURN

Selects the highlighted menu item Returns to the main menu without

saving changes

Tip

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

Playing discs

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

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.

Further functions are detailed in

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

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

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Note

2Press

 OPEN/CLOSE

to load a disc.

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

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 13 to navigate these.

If you loaded a disc containing JPEGs, a slideshow will start. See Playing a JPEG slideshow on page 18 for more on this.

• If a disc contains a mixture of DivX video/ WMV and other media file types (MP3, for example), first select whether to play the DivX video/WMV files (DivX/WMV) 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 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.

You can find

Button What it does

 Stops playback or cancels the resume

function (if the display shows

 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

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.

1 You may find with some DVD discs that some playback controls don’t work in certain parts of the disc. 2 • The Resume and the Last Memory functions 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.

Getting started 02

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

 Moves the cursor around the

ENTER RETURN

Numbers Highlights a numbered menu

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

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

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

displayed menu screen.

option (some discs only). Press

ENTER to select.

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.

Button What it does

RETURN

Numbers Selects numbered menu options.

 Displays the previous menu page

 Displays the next menu page

Displays the PBC menu.

Press

ENTER to select.

(if there is one).

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.

1Press 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:

• Manual tuning: Press TUNE +/–

• Auto tuning: Press and hold TUNE +/–

• High-speed tuning: Press and hold

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 SHIFT+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

repeatedly to change the displayed frequency.

until the frequency display starts to move, then release. The tuner will stop on the next station it finds. Repeat to keep searching.

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

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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 choose ‘ST.MEM.’ then press

3Use want then press

SHIFT+SETUP

/

to select the station preset you

ENTER

and use

ENTER

/

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 34 for more on this.

• To connect a USB device to the USB terminal, see USB playback on page 25.

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

2Press 3 If necessary, start playback of the source.

LINE

to select the source.

Setting the sleep timer

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

worrying about it.

• Press SHIFT+ option then press

Choose between the following options:

• SLP ON – Switches off after about an hour

• SLP OFF – Cancels the sleep timer

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

SLEEP

repeatedly to select an

ENTER

SLP --- --

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

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

• 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

Surround sound

repeatedly to select a

Using Front Surround

The Front Surround mode and Extra Power mode are effective when DVD/CD or USB is selected as the input source and you are using the Front surround speaker setup as described in Home theater sound setup on page 10.

•Press select a front surround mode.

• FRT. SURR – Use to provide rich surround

• EXT POWER – Outputs stereo sound (in

• OFF – Switches the Front Surround mode/

Using the Front Surround mode

The surround speakers should be placed beside the front speakers and oriented (about 60°) towards the walls.

Illustration shows HTZ171DVD model:

60º

FRT. SURR/EXT PWR

sound effect.

the case of multi-channel sources, downmixed stereo sound) from the surround speakers for powerful stereo effect.

Extra Power mode off.

Center

Left

surround



Left front

Right front

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Right

surround



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.

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Listening position

Using the Extra Power mode

The Extra Power mode uses the Front surround setup as described in Home theater sound setup on page 10, but the surround speakers and center speakers should be pointed in the same direction as the front speakers (towards the listening position).

Illustration shows HTZ171DVD model:

Surround

left

Center Center

Front

left

Listening position

Surround right

Front right

Subwoofer

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

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

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

/

to select SFC MODE then press

/

then

ENTER

to select an SFC

Sound mode. Select between OFF, LIVE, HALL, POP, ROCK, DRAMA or ACTION.

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

1 • When the Extra Power mode is on, most sound features cannot be used. The display will briefly blink EXTRAPWR if you try to use a prohibited function while the Extra Power mode is on.

• Note that you cannot use Extra Power mode when using headphones. If you press FRT. SURR/EXT PWR when headphones

are connected, a CANNOT error message appears on the front panel display.

• When the Extra Power mode is on, make sure to follow the Setup Guide for best sound.

• When the Extra Power mode is off, the listening mode is automatically set to AUTO.

2 When you disconnect the headphones, the system reverts to the previous surround setting mode.

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Using the MP3 Expander

Reproduce the comfortable sound for compressed music (MP3, WMA, MPEG-4 AAC)

• Press MP3 EXP/V.ENH repeatedly to select MP3 EXP.

Using the Voice Enhancer mode

This mode is used for easy listening to the spoken lines of the movies or dialogs.

• Press MP3 EXP/V.ENH repeatedly to select VOICE.E.

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Not applicable to the HTZ171DVD model -

• When turned on, the SFC mode will be turned off.

2 • When turned on, the SFC mode will be turned off.

•

Not applicable to the HTZ171DVD model -

This mode is effective for 2 channel source only.

For multichannel DVD disc only.

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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/WMV 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).

Playing in slow motion

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

1 During playback, press  (pause). 2 Press and hold

motion playback starts.

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

• To resume playback, press  (play).

/

/

until slow

Frame advance/frame reverse

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

1 During playback, press  (pause). 2 Press

advance a frame at a time.

• To resume playback, press  (play).

/

/

to reverse or

Playing a JPEG slideshow

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

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

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

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

The player displays

1 Only one speed is available for DivX video/WMV 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 mode only) normal playback resumes when you reach the beginning or the end of 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.

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Disc Navigator

Disc Navigator Title Chapter

While the slideshow is running:

Button What it does

 Pauses the slideshow (or audio);

press again to restart.

 Jumps to the previous picture (or

audio file with audio playback).

 Jumps to the next picture (or

audio file with audio playback).

///

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

SHIFT+ZOOM

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

Displays the Disc Navigator screen (see below).

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

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

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

2 Select a view option.

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

• Title – Titles from a DVD-Video disc.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Disc Navigator: Title 01- 49: - -

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

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

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Browsing Windows MediaTM Audio (WMA), MP3, MPEG-4 AAC, DivX video/WMV and JPEG files 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

• When a JPEG file is selected, a 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 the contents of the whole disc rather than just the current folder, exit the Disc Navigator and start playback using the  (play) button.

2Use /// and ENTER to navigate.

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

Use  to return to the parent folder.

Use ENTER or  to open a highlighted folder.

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

00:00/ 00:00 0kbps

Folder2

File1

File2

File3

File4

File5

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

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

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.

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 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 Windows MediaTM Audio (WMA), MP3, MPEG-4 AAC, DivX video/WMV and JPEG files with the Disc Navigator above if you don’t

know how to do this.

3 Press

The file is added to the playlist you select.

PLAYLIST

1, 2 or 3.

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

Tip

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

1, 2

or 3 during

Listening to playlists

•

With playback stopped, p

1, 2 or 3.

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

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

ress

PLAYLIST

Clearing files from a playlist

1 Start playback of your playlist. 2 From the ‘Disc Navigator’ screen,

highlight the file you want to remove from the playlist and press

CLEAR

Looping a section of a disc

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

1 During playback, press select ‘

Play Mode

’.

HOME MENU

and

2 Select ‘A-B Repeat’.

ENTER

3Press loop start point.

4Press loop end point.

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

5 To resume normal playback, select ‘Off’.

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 22).

1 During playback, press select ‘

Play Mode

2 Select ‘Repeat’ then select a repeat play

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

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

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

• For DivX video/WMV discs, select Title

Repeat (or Repeat Off).

on ‘A(Start Point)’ to set the

ENTER

on ‘B(End Point)’ to set the

HOME MENU

’.

Using random play

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

VCD) in a random order.

1 During playback, press select ‘

Play Mode

HOME MENU

’.

and

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

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

a DVD disc menu is being displayed.

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2 Select ‘Random’ then select an option.

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

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

Tip

• Use the following controls during random play:

Button What it does

 Selects a new track/title/chapter

 Returns to the beginning of the

at random.

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

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

Creating a program list

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

1 During playback, press select ‘

Play Mode

’.

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

3Use

///

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

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

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

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

HOME MENU

ENTER

to select a

and

4 Repeat step 3 to build up a program list.

A program list can contain up to 24 steps.

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

• To delete a step, highlight it and press

CLEAR.

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

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

Tip

• Use the following controls during program play:

Button What it does

HOME MENU

 Skip to the next step in the

Save the program list and exit without starting playback.

program list.

Other functions available from the program menu

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

• Playback Start – Starts playback of a saved program list

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

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

1 You can’t use Program play with VR format DVD-R/-RW discs, WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC discs, DivX video/WMV discs, or while a DVD disc menu is being displayed.

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Searching a disc

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

1 Press Mode

2 Select ‘Search Mode’.

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

3 Select a search mode.

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

5 Press

HOME MENU

’.

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

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

ENTER

and select ‘

to start playback.

Play

Switching subtitles

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

subtitle language during playback.

•Press select a subtitle option.

SHIFT+SUBTITLE

• To set subtitle preferences, see Language settings on page 30.

• See Displaying DivX subtitle files on page 38 for more on DivX subtitles.

repeatedly to

Switching language/audio channels

When playing discs recorded with dialogue in two or more languages, or with dual-mono

audio

you can switch these during playback.

•Press an audio language option.

SHIFT+AUDIO

• To set audio language preferences, see Language settings on page 30.

repeatedly to select

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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.

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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/WMV title or Video CD/Super VCD or playing a JPEG disc.

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

2Use

///

area.

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

SHIFT+ZOOM

to change the zoomed

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 31).

• 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.

1 • Since DVD, Video CD/Super VCD, DivX video/WMV 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.

DISPLAY

repeatedly.

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USB mass storage device

USB

(Type A)

Chapter 5

USB playback

Using the USB interface

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

1 With the player switched on, press USB.

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

2 Connect your USB device.

The USB terminal is located on the front panel.

3 Press  (play) to start playback.

If your USB device contains JPEGs, a slideshow will start. See Playing a JPEG slideshow on page 26 for more on this.

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

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.

Basic playback controls

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

Button What it does

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

then previous files.

 Skips to the next file.

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1 This includes playback of WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC files (except files with copy-protection or restricted playback). 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).

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:

Button What it does

 Pauses the slideshow (or audio);

 Jumps to the previous picture (or

 Jumps to the next picture (or

///

SHIFT+ZOOM

The pictures in each folder are

press again to restart.

audio file with audio playback).

audio file with audio playback). 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).

Button What it does

Displays the Navigator screen (see below).

Browsing files with the Navigator

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

1Press MENU. 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 begins, starting with that file, and continues to the end of the folder.

Tip

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

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.

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Chapter 6

Singing karaoke

OFF (default) – Switches the Karaoke mode off.

Singing karaoke

Using the karaoke features you can plug in a microphone and mix the sound of your own

voice with a backing track. backing track from audio sources such as CDs, DVDs, VCDs or USB devices. Adjust the microphone level relative to the backing track.

1 Set the MIC VOL knob (front panel) to minimum.

2 Plug in the microphone(s).

If you’re only using one mic, plug it into the MIC (MAIN) jack. The MIC (SUB) jack can be used only if MIC (MAIN) is also connected.

• If the microphone has an on/off switch,

make sure it’s on.

3 Load a karaoke backing disc.

You can also use tracks on a USB device as source material for a backing track.

4 Adjust KARAOKE Mode settings.

• Press mode on or off for discs that have vocals on both Left and Right channels: KARAOKE (Vocal Fade) – Vocals in the

backing track are partially eliminated.

SHIFT+KARAOKE

You can select a

to turn KARAOKE

•Press audio channels (except Data discs and USB sources) with discs that have vocal tracks on only one channel: Left – Left channel only. Use for tracks that

have a vocal recorded in the right channel. Right – Right channel only. Use for tracks that

have a vocal recorded in the left channel.

STEREO – Switches the Karaoke mode off. 5 Play the backing track. 6 Adjust the MIC VOL knob to get the sound

you want.

To avoid unpleasant feedback, make sure you don’t point the microphone(s) at the speakers.

Changing the vocal mix

Adding some effects to the microphone mix can sometimes improve the overall sound.

You can choose between three echo levels.

• To add effects to the microphone mix, press

Pressing repeatedly switches between echo levels 1 to 3 and off.

Changing the backing track

You may want to lower or raise the pitch of the backing track to match your vocal range.

•Press SHIFT+ or SHIFT+ to lower or raise the pitch of the backing track.

SHIFT+AUDIO

SHIFT+

ECHO.

to switch between

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1 • These features are only possible when a microphone is connected. If you try to use SHIFT+KARAOKE, SHIFT+ECHO, SHIFT+, or SHIFT+ when no mic is connected, a NO MIC error message is displayed. Also note that during DVD playback,

when you connect a mic sound settings are automatically switched to STEREO playback and the player downmixes multichannel sources to 2.1 channels.

• These features are only available with the DVD/CD or USB input functions. 2 Depending on the microphone level, the sound of the disc may distort. If this happens, turn down the volume. 3 You cannot adjust SFC modes, tone controls (bass, treble, and bass boost), Extra Power mode, Front Surround mode, MP3 Expander mode or Voice Enhancer mode when a microphone is plugged in. 4 This feature is not compatible with DTS signals.

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Audio Settings

Video Adjust

Chapter 7

Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus

Audio Settings menu

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

1Press Settings’ from the on-screen display.

2 Select and change settings using

/

Audio DRC

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

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

may not notice much change.

HOME MENU

and

ENTER

Audio Settings

Audio DRC High

and select ‘Audio

Medium Low Off

•Settings: High, Medium, Low,

Off (default)

//

1 Press

HOME MENU

and select ‘Video

Adjust’ from the on-screen display.

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.

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

3 Press screen, or

ENTER

to return to the Video Adjust

HOME MENU

to exit.

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Initial Settings

Chapter 8

Initial Settings menu

1Press

Using the Initial Settings menu

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

2 With playback stopped, press MENU

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

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

3Use setting and option you want to set.

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

Video Output settings

Setting Option What it means

TV Screen

(See also Screen sizes and disc formats on

page 41.)

Component Out

(See also Connecting using the component video output

page 35

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

black bars on either side of the screen. 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’.

///

and

ENTER

HOME

to select the

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

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

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

• The HDMI Resolution and HDMI Color settings only need to be set if you connected this player to an HDMI-compatible component using the HDMI connector. 2 This setting can only be used when you are connected via HDMI and have the HDMI resolution set to 1920x1080p, 1920x1080i or 1280x720p. When using this setting, only the HDMI connection is available.

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Setting Option What it means

HDMI Resolution*

(See Connecting using HDMI on page 35.)

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

HDMI Color*

(See Connecting using HDMI on page 35.)

* Default changes depending on device connected.

1920x1080p Set if your TV supports 1920 x 1080 pixel progressive-scan video. 1920x1080i Set if your TV supports 1920 x 1080 pixel interlace video. 1280x720p Set if your TV supports 1280 x 720 pixel progressive-scan video.

720x480p (NTSC)/ 720x576p (PAL)

720x480i (NTSC)/ 720x576i (PAL)

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

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

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

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

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

(default setting for HDMI-compatible DVI devices).

RGB setting.

HDMI-compatible devices).

Language settings

Setting Option What it means

Audio Language English /

Subtitle Language English /

DVD Menu Language

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

English (Taiwanese model) Languages as displayed /

(Taiwanese model)

Chinese

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

English (Taiwanese model) Languages as displayed /

Chinese

(Taiwanese model)

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

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.

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 47). 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.

Using the language code list on page 47).

selected subtitle language, if possible.

Using the language code list on page 47).

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