Operating Environment H045 En VENTILATION: When installing this

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VENTILATION:

When installing this unit, make sure to leave space around the unit for ventilation to improve heat radiation (at least 15 cm at top, 15 cm at rear, and 15 cm at each side).

WARNING:

Slot and openings in the cabinet are provided for ventilation and to ensure reliable operation of the product and to protect it from overheating, to prevent fire hazard, the openings should never be blocked and covered with items, such as newspapers, table-cloths, curtains, etc. Also do not put the apparatus on the thick carpet, bed, sofa, or fabric having a thick pile. H040 En

Operating Environment

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Operating environment temperature and humidity:

+5

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F – +95

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F); less than 85%RH (cooling vents not blocked) Do not install in the following locations • Location exposed to direct sunlight or

strong artificial light

• Location exposed to high humidity, or poorly ventilated location

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Energy-saving design

This system is designed to use 0.5W of electricity when power is switched to standby.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PURCHASE OF THIS FINE PIONEER PRODUCT.

Pioneer is on the leading edge of DVD research for consumer products and this unit incorporates the latest technological developments.

We are sure you will be fully satisfied with this DVD system.

Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate your model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them away in a safe place for future reference.

• This player is not suitable for commercial use.

This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse

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.

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN

CAUTION

These labels can be found on the DVD/CD tuner rear panel and bottom panel and on the powered subwoofer rear panel.

WARNING: This product contains checmicals, including lead, known to the State of California to cause cancer, and birth defects or other reproductive harm. Wash hands after handling.

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[For U.S. model]

IMPORTANT NOTICE

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The serial number for this equipment is located in the bottom plate. Please write this serial number on your enclosed warranty card and keep it in a secure area. This is for your security.

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On the bottom base of the unit CAUTION : VORSICHT : ADVARSEL : VARNING : VARO! :

VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN. AVOID EXPOSURE TO BEAM. SICHTBARE UND UNSICHTBARE LASERSTRAHLUNG, WENNABDECKUNG GEÖFFNET NICHT DEM STRAHL AUSSETZEN!

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CUIDADO :RADIACIÓN LÁSER VISIBLE E INVISIBLE AL ESTAR ABIERTO. EVITAR EXPOSICIÓN AL RAYO.

Installation precautions

• Install components so that there are no obstructions above or either side, and nothing blocking ventilation holes. • Leave at least 2 in. / 5 cm of free space

around the subwoofer and at least 6 in. / 15 cm around the DVD/CD Tuner, as shown below. Remember to also leave this amount of space at the rear. • Components have ventilation holes on

the bottom so do not install on thick pile carpets or other surfaces that may block them.

• Use a vacuum cleaner periodically to clean the port of the subwoofer to keep it free of dust.

2 in. / 5 cm

Powered subwoofer unit (S-DV1000SW)

6 in. /15 cm

6 in. / 15 cm

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01 Before you start

Features ... 9

Supplied accessories ... 10

Putting the batteries in the remote control ... 10

Using the remote control ... 11

Disc / Content Format Playback Compatibility ... 11

General Disc Compatibility ... 11

CD-R/RW Compatibility ... 12

DVD-R/RW Compatibility ... 12

Compressed Audio Compatibility ... 12

PC Created Disc Compatibility ... 12

Titles, chapters, groups and tracks ... 13

DVD-Video regions ... 13

02 Controls and displays

Front panel ... 14 Remote control ... 15 Display (discs) ... 18 Display (tuner) ... 19 Display (other) ... 20

03 Getting started

Switching on ... 21

Automatic power on buttons ... 21

Setting the unit to match your TV system ... 21

Using the Room Setup guide ... 22

Setting the clock ... 23

Setting up the remote to control your TV ... 23

Using the on-screen displays ... 24

Playing discs ... 25

Basic playback controls ... 26

DVD disc menus ... 27 Navigating DVD-RW (VR mode) disc menus ... 28 Video CD PBC menus ... 28

04 Playing discs

Introduction ... 29

Using the Disc Navigator to browse the contents of a disc ... 29

Scanning discs ... 30

Playing in slow motion ... 30

Frame advance/frame reverse ... 31

Looping a section of a disc ... 31

Using repeat play ... 32

Using the OSD ... 32

Using the display unit ... 33

Using random play ... 33

Creating program lists ... 34

Other functions available from the OSD program menu ... 35

Clearing the program list ... 36

Searching a disc ... 36

Playing DVD-Audio ‘Bonus Groups’ ... 37

Switching subtitles ... 37

Switching DVD-Video audio languages ... 38

Switching DVD-Audio audio channels ... 38

Switching CD/MP3/Video CD/Super VCD audio channels ... 38

Switching camera angles ... 39

Displaying disc information ... 39

Using the front panel display ... 40

05 Listening to the radio

Choosing stations ... 41

Improving poor FM reception ... 41

Memorizing stations ... 42

Listening to station presets ... 42

About RDS ... 43

Using the RDS display ... 44

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06 Playing other components

Selecting an external component

as your source ... 45

Changing the audio input from analog to digital ... 45

Reducing the line signal level ... 45

07 Setting up for surround sound

Choosing your surround sound settings ... 46

Setting the front speaker distance ... 46

Setting the center speaker distance ... 46

Setting the surround speaker distance .... 47

Dynamic range control setting ... 47

Dual mono setting ... 47

LFE attenuator setting ... 47

Setting channel levels ... 48

Using the test tone to set channel levels ... 48

Using a surround sound source to set channel levels ... 48

08 Playing sources

Introduction ... 49

Auto ... 49

Surround modes ... 49

Dolby Pro Logic ... 49

Dolby Pro Logic II Movie ... 49

Dolby Pro Logic II Music ... 49

Advanced Surround modes ... 49

Advanced Music ... 49

Advanced Movie ... 49

Virtual Surround Back ... 49

Expanded ... 50 TV Surround ... 50 Virtual Surround ... 50 5-Channel Stereo ... 50 Phones Surround ... 50 Stereo ... 50

Listening in Auto mode ... 50

Using the Surround modes ... 50

Using Advanced Surround ... 51

Adjusting the effect level ... 52

09 Adjusting the sound

Adjusting the bass and treble ... 53

Boosting the bass level ... 53

Quiet / Midnight listening ... 53

Muting the sound ... 53

10 Using the timer

Setting the wake-up timer ... 54

Turning the wake-up timer on/off ... 55

Setting the sleep timer ... 55

11 The Video Settings Menu

Video Adjust ... 56

Creating your own presets ... 56

12 The Initial Settings Menu

Using the Initial Settings menu ... 58

Digital Audio Mode settings ... 58

Dolby Digital Out ... 58

DTS Out ... 58

Linear PCM Out ... 59

Video Output settings ... 59

TV Screen ... 59

Component Out ... 60

Compatibility of this unit with progressive-scan TVs. ... 60 AV Connector Out ... 60 S-Video Out ... 61 Still Picture ... 61 Language settings ... 61 Audio Language ... 61 Subtitle Language ... 61 Auto Language ... 62 DVD Menu Language ... 62 Subtitle Display ... 63 Display settings ... 63 OSD Language ... 63 On Screen Display ... 63 Angle Indicator ... 63 Background ... 63 Screen Saver ... 64

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Options ... 64

Parental Lock ... 64

Registering a new password ... 64

Changing your password ... 65

Setting/changing the Parental Lock level ... 65

Setting/changing the Country Code ... 66

Bonus Group ... 66

Auto Disc Menu ... 67

Group Playback ... 67 DVD Playback Mode ... 67 SACD Playback ... 68 CD Playback ... 68 Speakers ... 68 Speaker Distance ... 68 Channel Level ... 69

13 Other Connections

Other TV connections ... 71

Using the S-video output ... 71

Using the SCART AV output ... 71

Switching on the SCART audio output ... 72

Using the component video outputs ... 72

Listening to TV programs through this system ... 72

Switching the TV audio input from SCART to RCA ... 72

Connecting other components ... 73

Analog connections ... 73

Digital connections ... 73

Setting up the SCART video output ... 74

Connecting a component for recording ... 74

Connecting external antennas ... 75

External AM antenna ... 75

External FM antenna ... 75

14 Additional information

Displaying the clock ... 76

Simple display mode ... 76

Entertainment modes ... 76

Changing the display/OSD language ... 76

Dimming the display ... 76

Switching off the demo ... 76

Changing the frequency step ... 77

Setting the TV System ... 77

Watching NTSC on a PAL TV ... 77

Reverse display style ... 78

Child Lock ... 78

Recording DVD-Audio using the REC Mode ... 78

Resetting the unit ... 78

Selecting languages using the language code list ... 79

Taking care of your player and discs ... 79

Handling discs ... 79

Storing discs ... 79

Discs to avoid ... 80

Hints on installation ... 80

Removing the side panels ... 80

Cleaning the pickup lens ... 81

Problems with condensation ... 81

Moving the unit ... 81

Power cord caution ... 81

Troubleshooting ... 82

General ... 82

DVD/CD/Video CD player ... 83

Tuner ... 84

Screen sizes and disc formats ... 85

Widescreen TV users ... 85

Standard TV users ... 85

Preset code list ... 86

Language code list ... 88

Country code list ... 88

Glossary ... 89

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Features

DVD-Audio and SACD compatible

Experience the super high-quality audio performance of DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD (SACD).

The on-board 24-bit/192kHz DAC means that this player is fully compatible with high sampling-rate discs, capable of delivering exceptional sound quality in terms of dynamic range, low-level resolution and high-frequency detail.

Built-in Dolby*

1

_{Digital, Dolby Pro}

Logic and DTS*

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Enjoy movies with multichannel surround sound from Dolby Digital and DTS encoded DVD-Video discs, and from other sources using Dolby Pro Logic and Dolby Pro Logic II decoding.

Organic EL display unit

The striking OEL (organic electrolumine-scent) display shows source information and system settings in bright, easy-to-read animated type and graphics.

Multilingual displays

A choice of six languages is available for displays shown on-screen and on the display unit.

Simple Room Setup for surround

sound

Setting up basic surround sound is made a simple two step process with the Room Setup feature. Tell the unit the size of your listening room and your listening position, and the system automatically configures the surround sound.

PureCinema progressive scan

(Except European model)

When connected to a progressive scan-compatible TV or monitor using the compo-nent video outputs, you can enjoy extremely stable, flicker free images, with the same frame refresh rate as the original movie.

Super Fine Focus digital filter

This improves the quality of the video output by reducing video noise and increasing the horizontal resolution to 540 lines.

Graphical on-screen displays

Setting up and using your DVD player is made very easy using the graphical on-screen displays.

MP3 compatibility

This player is compatible with CD-R, CD-RW and CD-ROM discs that contain MP3 audio tracks (see pages 11–12).

Super VCD compatible

This player supports the IEC’s Super VCD standard. Compared to the Video CD standard, Super VCD offers superior picture quality, and allows two stereo soundtracks to be recorded. Super VCD also supports the widescreen size.

Energy saving design

This unit is designed to use 0.5 W of power when in standby mode.

*1 Manufactured under license from Dolby Laborato-ries. “Dolby”, “Pro Logic”, and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.

*2 “DTS” and “DTS Digital Surround” are registered trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc.

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Supplied accessories

Please confirm that the following accesso-ries have been supplied with your system.

• Remote control • Display unit

• AA/R6P dry cell batteries x2 • Video cable (yellow plugs) • Power cable

• Display cable (gray plugs) • Control cable A (blue plugs) • Control cable B (black plugs) • AM loop antenna

• FM wire antenna

• Allen key wrench & 4 screws • Speaker cords (15 ft. / 5 m) x3 • Speaker cords (30 ft. / 10 m) x2 • Sheet of small non-slip pads • Sheet of large non-slip pads • Subwoofer isolation feet • These operating instructions • Warranty card

Putting the batteries in the

remote control

1 Open the battery compartment cover

on the back of the remote control.

2 Insert two AA/R6P batteries into the battery compartment following the indications (ª, ·) inside the compart-ment.

3 Close the cover.

Incorrect use of batteries can result in hazards such as leakage and bursting. Please observe the following:

• Don’t mix new and old batteries together.

• Don’t use different kinds of battery together—although they may look similar, different batteries may have different voltages.

• Make sure that the plus and minus ends of each battery match the indications in the battery compartment.

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• Remove batteries from equipment that isn’t going to be used for a month or more.

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

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Using the remote control

Keep in mind the following when using the remote control:

• Make sure that there are no obstacles between the remote and the remote sensor on the unit.

• The remote has a range of about 21 ft. (7 meters)

• Remote operation may become unreli-able if strong sunlight or fluorescent light is shining on the unit’s remote sensor.

• Remote controllers for different devices can interfere with each other. Avoid using remotes for other equipment located close to this unit.

• Replace the batteries when you notice a fall off in the operating range of the remote.

Disc / Content Format

Play-back Compatibility

General Disc Compatibility

• This player was designed and engi-neered to be compatible with software bearing one or more of the following logos. DVD-Video DVD-R DVD-RW DVD-Audio Video CD Super Audio CD Super VCD Audio CD CD-R CD-RW

• Other formats, including but not limited to the following, are not playable in this player:

Photo CD, DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM,

CD-ROM*1

*1_{Except those that contain MP3 files}

formatted as specified in the

“Com-pressed Audio Compatibility” section.

• DVD-R/RW and CD-R/RW discs (Audio CDs and Video CDs) recorded using a DVD recorder, CD recorder or personal computer may not be playable on this machine. This may be caused by a number of possibilities, including but not limited to: the type of disc used; the type of recording; damage, dirt or condensation on either the disc or the player’s pick-up lens. See below for notes about particular software and formats.

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CD-R/RW Compatibility

• This unit will play CD-R and CD-RW discs recorded in CD Audio or Video CD format, or as a CD-ROM containing MP3 audio files. However, any other content may cause the disc not to play, or create noise/distortion in the output.

• This unit cannot record CD-R or CD-RW discs.

• Unfinalized CD-R/RW discs recorded as CD Audio can be played, but the full Table of Contents (playing time, etc.) will not be displayed.

DVD-R/RW Compatibility

• This unit will play DVD-R/RW discs that were recorded using the DVD Video format or Video Recording format. • This unit cannot record DVD-R/RW

discs.

• Unfinalized DVD-R/RW discs cannot be played in this player.

Compressed Audio Compatibility

• This unit will play CD-ROM discs containing files saved in the MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 format (MP3) with a sampling rate of

44.1 or 48kHz. Incompatible files will not play and “UNPLAYABLE” will be displayed.

• Fixed bit-rate files are recommended. Variable bit-rate (VBR) files are playable, but playing time may not be shown correctly.

• The CD-ROM used to compile your MP3 files must be ISO 9660 Level 2 compli-ant.

• CD physical format: Mode1, Mode2 XA Form1.

• This player only plays tracks that are named with the file extension “.mp3” or “.MP3”.

• This player is compatible with multi-session discs, but only plays multi-sessions that are closed.

• Use CD-R or CD-RW media for record-ing your MP3 files.

• This player can recognize a combined total of up to 250 tracks and folders. If a disc containing over 250 tracks/folders is loaded, only the first 250 tracks/ folders recorded on the disc will be playable.

• Folder and track names (excluding the “.mp3” extension) are displayed. • There are many different recording

bit-rates available to encode your MP3 files. This unit was designed to be compatible with all of them. Audio encoded at 128Kbps should sound close to regular CD Audio quality. This player will play lower bit-rate MP3 tracks, but please note that the sound quality becomes noticeably worse at lower bit-rates.

PC Created Disc Compatibility

• If you record a disc using a personal computer, even if it is recorded in a “compatible format” as listed above, there will be cases in which the disc may not be playable in this machine due to the setting of the application software used to create the disc. In these particular instances, check with the software publisher for more detailed information.

• Check the DVD-R/RW or CD-R/RW software disc boxes for additional compatibility information.

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Titles, chapters, groups and

tracks

DVD-Video discs are generally divided into one or more titles. Titles may be further subdivided into chapters.

Title 1 Title 2 Title 3

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Chapter 2

DVD-Audio discs are divided into one or more groups that can each contain a number of tracks.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 1 Track 1 Track 2

CDs, SACDs and Video CD/Super VCDs are divided into tracks.

Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5 Track 6

CD-ROMs containing MP3 files are divided into folders and tracks. Folders may also contain further subfolders.

Folder A Folder B Folder C Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 1 Track 1 Track 2

mp3 mp3 mp3 mp3 mp3 mp3

DVD-Video regions

All DVD-Video discs carry a region mark on the case somewhere that indicates which region(s) of the world the disc is compatible with. Your DVD player also has a region mark, which you can find on the rear panel. Discs from incompatible regions will not play in this player. Discs marked ALL will play in

any player.

The diagram below shows the various DVD regions of the world.

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Controls and displays

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1 STANDBY/ON

Switches the player on or into standby

2 VOLUME buttons

Adjusts the volume

3 TUNER (FM/AM )

Switches to the tuner function and toggles between the AM and FM bands

4 DVD / CD indicator

Lights when the DVD/CD function is selected

5 Disc tray 6 7 Stops playback

Front panel

/ 7 TRAY OPEN/CLOSE

Opens/closes the disc tray

8 DOOR OPEN/CLOSE

Opens/closes the front panel door

9 PHONES jack

Headphone jack

10 6

Switches to the DVD/CD function and starts/ pauses/resumes playback

11 Front panel door

12 Timer indicator

Lights in standby to indicate that the wake up timer has been set

13 Removeable side panels

For instructions on removing these, see page 80

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Remote control

1 2 3

CH LEVEL TCP MENU SYS MENU

DIMMER DVD DISP SYS DISP

4 5 6 7 8 9 0 LANGUAGE MAIN AX0000 SUB PCM TELETEXT ON/OFF TIMER (CLOCK ADJ) FOLDER– CLR ENTER / –– – FOLDER+

(Illustration shows European model)

1 STANDBY/ON

Switches the player on or into standby

2 Function select buttons

Selects the source you want to listen to

3 TRAY OPEN/CLOSE 0

Press to open/close the disc tray

4 DOOR OPEN/CLOSE

Press to open/close the front panel door

5 Disc playback controls

3

Starts/resumes playback 8

Pauses playback; press again to restart ¡ and

Use for forward slow motion playback, frame advance and forward scanning 7

Stops playback 1 and

Use for reverse slow motion playback, frame reverse and reverse scanning

6 4

Jumps to the beginning of the current chapter or track, then to previous chapters/tracks

7 ¢

Jumps to the next chapter or track

8 DVD MENU

Displays the DVD disc menu, or the Disc Navigator if a DVD-RW, CD, Video CD or MP3 disc is loaded

9 RETURN

Press to return to the previous on-screen menu without saving the changes made in the current screen

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10 Cursor buttons, ENTER and tuning buttons

Cursor buttons

Use to navigate menus and on-screen displays

ENTER

Selects the currently highlighted option

TUNE + / –

Use to tune the radio

ST + / –

Use to select station presets when listening to the radio

11 MUTE

Press to mute the sound from the speakers and headphones. Press again to restore the sound

12 SOUND

Press to access the Sound menu, from which you can adjust the DSP effect level, bass and treble, and so on (page 53)

13 MASTER VOLUME + / –

Use to adjust the overall volume level

TV CONTROL

Switches the TV on or into standby

INPUT

Switches the TV input

P + / – (US model: CH + / –)

Selects channels on the TV

VOL + / –

Adjusts the volume on the TV

15 Sliding cover

PROGRAM REPEAT RANDOM AUTO

TEST TONE DVD SYSTEM

CH LEVEL TOP MENU SYS MENU

DIMMER DVD DISP SYS DISP SET UP SURROUND ANGLE AUDIO SUBTITLE ADVANCED MC RL RR FL FR 0 LANGUAGE MAIN SUB PDP TIMER (CLOCK ADJ) FOLDER– CLR ENTER / –– – FOLDER+ SEAT POSITION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ROOM SETUP 1 2 3 6 5 7 8 4 (European model)

Most of the buttons under the sliding cover have more than one function. Function names printed in green are accessed by first sliding the switch

at the bottom of the remote to SUB. For other

functions, move the switch to MAIN.

European model only: Set the switch to PDP for

Teletext control on a Pioneer PDP display.

1 PROGRAM

Use to program/play a program list (pages 34–36)

AUTO

Automatically selects a decoding format depending on the source (page 49–51) REPEAT

Use to select a repeat play mode (pages 32–33)

SURROUND

Use to select a surround mode (pages 50–51)

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Displays the disc menu of a DVD disc (pages 27–28)

SYS MENU

Press to access the system menu

5 DIMMER

Press to change the display brightness

DVD DISP

Changes the information shown in the display (pages 39–40)

SYS DISP

Displays the clock and (European model

only) RDS information (page 44)

6 LANGUAGE

Press to change the display language (page 76)

FOLDER + / –

Use to select the next / previous folder in an MP3 disc (page 27)

7 MAIN / SUB / PDP (European model) MAIN / SUB (US model)

Change from MAIN to SUB to access

functions printed in green. Switch to PDP

to be able to use teletext with Pioneer plasma displays (see Teletext on/off below)

8 TIMER (CLOCK ADJUST)

Press to set the wake up (page 54)

and sleep timer (page 55), and to set

the clock (page 23)

Teletext on/off (European model only)

Press to display/hide the teletext screen. (Use the number buttons and the blue, green and yellow buttons to navigate teletext screens when using with a Pioneer plasma display.)

RANDOM

Use to select a random play mode (pages 33–34)

ADVANCED

Use to select a DSP mode (pages 51–52)

2 ROOM SETUP

Press to start the room setup sequence for basic surround sound setup

(pages 22–23) ANGLE

Changes the camera angle during DVD multi-angle scene playback (page 39) AUDIO

Selects the audio channel or language (page 38)

SUBTITLE

Selects a subtitle language (pages 37–38)

3 Number buttons

Use in Room Setup (pages 22–23), when

searching a disc (pages 36–37), and

selecting station presets (page 42) TEST TONE

Press to output (or cancel) the test tone when setting up surround sound channel levels (page 48)

DVD SETUP

Displays (or exits) the on-screen DVD display

SYSTEM SETUP

Press to make surround sound settings

4 CH LEVEL

Use to setup the channel levels for surround sound (page 48)

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Display (discs)

1 DVD / CD function indicator 2

Lights when the wake-up timer is set

3

Lights when the sleep timer is active

4

Lights during multi-angle scenes on a DVD disc

5 V-PART

Lights when playing a video part of a DVD disc

6 PGM / RDM / RPT / RPT-1 / PGM RPT

Indicates program (PGM), random (RDM),

repeat (RPT or RPT-1), or program-repeat

(PGM RPT) play

7 PROGRESSIVE (US model only)

Lights when the player is outputting progresive-scan video 8 Character display 9 Surround indicator V–PART

1 2

1 2 3

:

4 5

Dolby D

96kHz Dolby PL II Adv. Surr. [ L ] [ C ] [ R ] [LS] [RS][LFE] DVD-A TRACK GROUP PGM RPT PROGRESSIVE 1 11 12 13 14 10 9 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

TRACK TRACK REMAIN

Indicates the surround type; ADV. SURR, SURR OFF or DOWNMIX

10 Dolby PLII

Lights when Dolby Pro Logic II decoding is selected

11 Audio decoding format indicator

Shows the decoding format in use; Dolby D

(Dolby Digital), DTS

12 Sampling frequency indicator

Shows the sampling frequency when a linear PCM soundtrack is playing

13 Channel indicators

Show which channels are encoded in the currently playing soundtrack

14 Disc type / GUI

Shows what kind of disc is loaded; DVD-A, DVD, DVD-RW, SACD, CD, VCD, MP3. If no

disc is loaded, ‘No Disc’ is displayed GUI lights when an OSD is shown on-screen

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1 Tuner function indicator

2

3

4 TUNED

Lights when a radio broadcast is correctly tuned

5 STEREO / MONO

Indicates whether the FM Mode is Mono or Stereo

6 RDS (European model only)

Lights when receiving an RDS broadcast

7 PTY SEARCH (European model only)

Lights during a program type search

8 Character display

Shows the tuner frequency or preset station number

9 Surround indicator

Shows Adv. Surr. when an Advanced Surround

mode is selected, or Surr. Off

10 Dolby PLII

Lights when Dolby Pro Logic II decoding is selected 11 AM / FM Indicates AM or FM band

Display (tuner)

TUNED

1 0 0 . 0 5 M H z

Adv. Surr. FM S T 3 0

STEREO RDS PTY SEARCH

Dolby PL II 10 1 11 8 9 2 3 4 5 6 7

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1 TV/Video function indicator

Shows the type of connection for the current input (Analog, Optical, Coaxial or (European

model only) SCART)

2

3

4 Character display

Shows the input function (Television, Video 1, Video 2 or Video 3)

5 ATT

Lights when the input attenuator is on for the current analog input

6 DIGITAL

Lights when the source is from the optical or coaxial digital input

7 Surround indicator

Indicates the surround type; Adv. Surr., Surr off or Downmix

8 Dolby PLII

Lights when Dolby Pro Logic II decoding is selected

9 Audio decoding format indicator

Shows the decoding format in use; Dolby D

(Dolby Digital), DTS

10 Sampling frequency indicator

Shows the sampling frequency when a linear PCM soundtrack is playing

11 Channel indicators

Show which channels are encoded in the currently playing soundtrack

V i d e o 3

COAXIAL

1 2 3 4 5 ATT 6 DIGITAL Dolby D

96kHz Dolby PL II Adv. Surr.

[ L ] [ C ] [ R ] [LS] [RS][LFE] 9 10 11 8 7

Display (other)

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Switching on

After making sure that everything is con-nected properly and that the player is plugged in, press STANDBY/ON on the

front panel, or on the remote control to switch the player on.

STANDBY/ON

CD FM/AM

DVD TUNER TV VIDEO

V1/V2/V3

Also, switch on your TV and make sure that it is set to the input you connected the system to.

• My DVD player switches on but there is nothing displayed on my TV.

Make sure that the TV is set to the correct video input (not a TV channel). For example, if you connected this player to the VIDEO 1 inputs on your TV,

switch your TV to VIDEO 1.

• This system features three screen savers for the OEL display unit. If no button is pressed for five minutes, the screen saver starts. See Entertainment mode on

page 76 if you want to change it.

• There is also a screen saver function for your TV screen. See Screen Saver on

page 64 for how to switch this feature

on.

Automatic power on buttons

As well as the STANDBY/ON button on

the remote, any of the function select buttons (CD DVD, TUNER, TV, VIDEO), the

0 TRAY OPEN/CLOSE and the 0 DOOR

OPEN/CLOSE buttons will switch the system

on and into that function. In the case of the

CD DVD button, if there is a disc loaded, it

will start playing automatically.

Setting the unit to match

your TV system

When you switch on the system for the first time, you should see a welcome screen displayed on your TV. From here you can set up the player to work with the kind of TV you have, then go ahead and start playing some discs.

ENTER

1 Europe only: Use the / (cursor up/

down) buttons to select a language for the on-screen displays, then press ENTER.

Hello!

Select the display language using the cursor keys on the remote

English Français Deutsch Italiano Español Nederlands

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2 US only: Press ENTER to move on to

the next screen.

Welcome to Pioneer DVD!

Thank you for purchasing this Pioneer DVD player. Before using, please take a little time to setup your DVD player Put the batteries into the remote control Next, press the [ENTER] button on the remote control and start the Let's Get Started Menu

Next

3 Use the / (cursor left/right) buttons to select either ‘Wide Screen (16:9)’ or ‘Standard size screen (4:3)’ according to the kind of TV you have, then press ENTER.

Let's Get Started Menu

What kind of TV do you have? Use the / cursor buttons to choose, then press [ENTER]

Wide screen (16:9) Standard size screen (4:3)

4 Press ENTER again to finish setting up.

Let's Get Started Menu

Setup complete If you're finished setting up, choose [Complete], to start again choose [Back]

Complete Back

• Select Back then press ENTER if you

want to go back and change the setting you just made.

Using the Room Setup guide

You can get good surround sound results from your system very simply using this quick Room Setup feature.

You can make more detailed settings later if you need to. These are explained in Choosing

your surround sound settings (pages 46–48).

ENTER ROOM SETUP MC RL RR FL FR SEAT POSITION

1 Press ROOM SETUP.

The display shows an animation.

2 Use the / (cursor up/down)

buttons to select a room size.

•Large Room – more than 30 square

meters

•Middle Room – about 20 square meters

•Small Room – up to 13 square meters

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3 Press ENTER.

4 Use the / (cursor up/down)

buttons to set the hour.

5 Press ENTER.

6 Use the / (cursor up/down)

buttons to set the minute. 7 Press ENTER to set the clock.

• Press SYS DISP to cycle through the

clock displays.

Setting up the remote to

control your TV

You can set up the supplied remote to control your TV (the default setting is for a Pioneer TV).

1 Switch on your TV.

2 Find the name of the manufacturer

of your TV in the Preset code list (pages 86–87).

Next to each manufacturer is one or more three digit codes. These tell the remote what kind of TV you have.

If the name of the manufacturer of your TV does not appear in the table, you won’t be able to set up this remote to control your TV.

4 Use the SEAT POSITION buttons

to select a listening position relative to your TV.

• The seat position buttons correspond to the number buttons on the remote.

5 Press ENTER.

• You can check the current settings by pressing ROOM SETUP. Press twice if

you want to change them.

Setting the clock

In order to be able to use the timer features of this system, you should set the clock. When the time is not set, the clock display blinks.

ENTER

SYS DISP

TIMER (CLOCK ADJ)

1 Press TIMER (CLOCK ADJ).

2 If ‘Clock Adjust’ isn’t already showing in the display, use the / (cursor left/ right) buttons to select it.

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All the screens are navigated in basically the same way, using the cursor buttons to change the highlighted item and pressing

ENTER to select it.

ENTER

RETURN

DVDSET UP

Button What it does

DVD SETUP Displays/exits the on-screen display

Changes the highlighted menu item

ENTER Selects the highlighted menu

item (both ENTER buttons

work in exactly the same way)

RETURN Returns to the main menu

without saving changes

• Throughout this manual, ‘Select’ means use the cursor buttons to highlight an item on-screen, then press ENTER. 3 Point the remote at your TV, hold

down the CLR button, then enter the three digit code for your TV.

The remote transmits an on/off signal to the TV. If you’ve entered the correct code, your TV should switch off.

If your TV doesn’t turn off, repeat the procedure using the next code in the list until your TV switches off successfully. Once set, you can then use the individual TV controls shown below.

INPUT

TV CONTROL

P VOL

(Illustration shows European model)

Switches your TV on or into standby.

P +/– (CH +/–) Changes the TV channel.

VOL +/– Adjusts the volume.

INPUT Switches the TV’s input

between the built in TV tuner and an external video source.

Using the on-screen displays

For ease of use, this player makes extensive use of graphical on-screen displays (OSDs). You should get used to the way these work as you’ll need to use them when setting up the player, using some of the playback features, such as program play, and when making more advanced settings for audio and video.

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• 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, SACD, Video CD and MP3 discs are covered here. Further functions are detailed in the next chapter.

Throughout this manual, the term ‘DVD’ means any kind of DVD disc (DVD-Video, DVD-Audio or DVD-R/RW).

1 Press 0 TRAY OPEN/CLOSE to switch

the system on, open the front panel door and disc tray.

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

2 Load a disc.

Load a disc with the label side facing up, using the disc tray guide to align the disc.

3 Press _{3 (6) to close the disc tray} and start playback.

The display shows what kind of disc you’ve loaded.

If you’re playing a DVD or Video CD, a menu may appear. See pages 27, 28 for how to

navigate these.

If you’re playing an MP3 disc, it may take a few seconds before playback starts, depend-ing on the complexity of the file structure on the disc.

• After I load a DVD disc, it ejects automati-cally after a few seconds!

Most likely, the disc is the wrong region for your player. The region number should be printed on the disc; check it against the region number of the player (which you can find on the rear panel). See also page 13.

If the region number is OK, it may be that the disc is damaged or dirty. Clean the disc and look for signs of damage. See also pages 79–80.

• There’s no picture!

Check that the TV is set to the video input that you connected this system to. For example, if you connected it to

VIDEO 1, make sure you have VIDEO 1

selected on your TV.

US model: See Troubleshooting on page 82 for possible causes.

• Why won’t the disc I loaded play?

First check that you loaded the disc the right way up (label side up), and that it’s clean and not damaged. See pages 79–80 for information on cleaning discs.

If a disc loaded correctly won’t play, it’s probably an incompatible format or disc type, such as DVD-ROM. See page 11

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• I have a widescreen TV so why are there black bars at the top and bottom of the screen when I play some discs?

Some movie formats are such that even when played on a widescreen TV, black bars are necessary at the top and bottom of the screen. This is not a malfunction.

• I have a standard (4:3) TV and set the player to show widescreen DVDs in pan & scan format, so why do I still get black bars top and bottom with some discs?

Some discs override the display preferences of the player, so even if you have 4:3 (Pan & Scan) selected, those

discs will still be shown in letterbox format. This is not a malfunction.

• Why can’t I hear DVD-Audio and SACD audio through the digital outputs?

DVD-Audio and SACD audio is only available through the analog outputs. This is not a malfunction.

• My CD with MP3 tracks won’t play!

Make sure that the tracks are encoded in MPEG1 audio layer 3 format. See also

Compressed Audio Compatibility on

page 12.

• Some MP3 tracks don’t show up. Where are they?

Filenames that don’t end with the extension “.mp3” won’t be recognized by this player. Also, if there are more than 250 folders or tracks on the disc, only the first 250 are recognized.

• My DVD-Audio disc starts playing, but then suddenly stops!

The disc may have been illegally copied.

Basic playback controls

The table below shows the basic controls on the remote for playing discs. The following chapter covers more playback features in more detail. ENTER 1 4 4 ¡ 8 7 RETURN 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 FOLDER– FOLDER+ DVD MENU RETURN

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3 Starts playback. DVD and Video CD: if the display shows RESUME,

playback starts from the resume point.

8 Pauses a disc that’s playing, or restarts a paused disc. 7 Stops playback.

DVD and Video CD: Display shows RESUME. Press 7 again to cancel the resume function.

1 Press to start fast reverse scanning. Press _{3 (play) to} resume normal playback. ¡ Press to start fast forward scanning. Press 3 (play) to resume normal playback. 4 Skips to the start of the

current track or chapter, then to previous tracks/chapters. ¢ Skips to the next track or

chapter.

FOLDER + / – Selects the next / previous

folder when an MP3 disc is loaded.

Numbers Use to enter a title/group/track number. Press ENTER to select

(or wait a few seconds). • If the disc is stopped, playback starts from the selected title/group (for DVD) or track number (for SACD/ CD/Video CD/MP3). • If the disc is playing, playback jumps to the start of the selected chapter or track.

• You may find with some DVD discs that some playback controls don’t work in certain parts of the disc. This is not a malfunction.

DVD disc menus

Many DVD-Video and DVD-Audio discs contain menus from which you can select what you want to watch or listen to. They may give access to additional features, such as subtitle and audio language selection, or special features such as slideshows. See the disc packaging for details.

Sometimes menus are displayed automati-cally when you start playback; others only appear when you press DVD MENU.

• Some DVD-Audio discs feature a bonus group. To access this group you have to input a password which you can find on the disc packaging. See pages 66–67

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TOP MENU Displays the ‘top’ disc menu (this varies with the disc)

DVD MENU Displays a disc menu (this may be the same as the ‘top’ menu).

Moves the cursor around the screen.

ENTER Selects the current menu

option.

RETURN Returns to the previously displayed menu screen. On some DVD-Audio discs featuring browsable pictures, press to display the browser screen.

Numbers Highlights a numbered menu

option (some discs only). Press ENTER to select (or wait

a few seconds).

Navigating DVD-RW (VR mode)

disc menus

1 Press DVD MENU.

2 Use the cursor / buttons to toggle between Original and Play List.

• The Original screen shows the contents of the disc as recorded. The Play List screen shows the contents in the order programmed by the person who recorded the disc (not all DVD-RW discs contain a Play List).

• You can’t switch between Original and Play List while a disc is playing.

3 Use the cursor / buttons to highlight a menu item in the list, then press ENTER to select it.

• To preview the first frame of the high-lighted menu item, press cursor (cursor right).

• To display this disc menu during playback, press DVD MENU.

Video CD PBC menus

Some Video CDs have menus from which you can choose what you want to watch. These are called PBC (Playback control) menus.

You can play a PBC Video CD without having to navigate the PBC menu by starting playback using a number button to select a track, rather than the 3 (6) button.

RETURN Displays the PBC menu.

Numbers Selects a numbered menu

option. (Press ENTER to select,

or wait a few seconds) 4 Displays the previous menu

page (if there is one). ¢ Displays the next menu page

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29 2 Select what you want to play.

Depending on the type of disc you have loaded, the Disc Navigator looks slightly different.

The screen for DVD-Video discs shows the titles and chapters. Select a title, or a chapter within a title.

Title(1-03) DVD Disc Navigator Chapter (1-036) Title 01 Title 02 Title 03 Chapter 001 Chapter 002 Chapter 003 Chapter 004 Chapter 005 Chapter 006 Chapter 007 Chapter 008

For DVD-Audio, select a group or a track within a group. Group(1-03) DVD-Audio Disc Navigator Track (1-36) Group 01 Group 02 Group 03 Track 01 Track 02 Track 03 Track 04 Track 05 Track 06 Track 07 Track 08

For DVD-RW, select Playlist or Original, or

an individual title. Title (1-03) 01. 3/31 FIRST LEAGUE 02. 4/28 SECOND LEAGUE 03. 4/29 FINAL ROUND Original Play List Disc Navigator

Introduction

Most of the features described in this chapter make use of on-screen displays. For an explanation of how to navigate these, see

Using the on-screen displays on page 24.

Many of the functions covered in this chapter apply to DVD and SACD discs, Video CDs, CDs and MP3 discs, although the exact operation of some varies slightly with the kind of disc loaded.

Some DVD discs restrict the use of some functions (random or repeat, for example). This is not a malfunction.

When playing Video CDs, 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.

• To access functions printed in green on the remote, move the slider switch from

MAIN to SUB.

Using the Disc Navigator to

browse the contents of a disc

(Available only when using the OSD)

Use the Disc Navigator to browse through the contents of a disc to find the part you want to play.

1 Press DVD SETUP and select ‘Disc Navigator’ from the on-screen display.

Play Mode Disc Navigator Video Adjust

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Scanning discs

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

1 During playback, press 1 or ¡ to

start scanning.

2 Press repeatedly to increase the scanning speed.

• The scanning speed is shown on-screen.

3 To resume normal playback, press 3 (play) (_{6 on the front panel).}

• Sound can be heard while scanning audio CDs and MP3 discs.

• MP3 discs have one scanning speed only.

• There are no subtitles displayed and no sound while scanning DVDs and Video CDs.

• Depending on the disc, normal playback may automatically resume when a new chapter is reached on a DVD disc.

Playing in slow motion

You can play DVDs and Video CDs forward or backward at various slow motion speeds.

1 During playback, press 8 (pause) (6 on the front panel).

2 Press and hold or until

slow motion playback starts.

• The slow motion speed is shown on-screen.

• There is no sound during slow motion playback

For SACD, select a track from the current play area. Track(1-014) Track 001 Track 002 Track 003 Track 004 Track 005 Track 006 Track 007 Track 008 2ch Area Disc Navigator Total Time 73.05

For CD and Video CD, select a track.

Track(1-12) Track 01 Track 02 Track 03 Track 04 Track 05 Track 06 Track 07 Track 08 CD Disc Navigator Total Time 51.50

For MP3, select a folder or a track within a folder. Folder(1-017) MP3 Disc Navigator Track(1-010) 001. ACP 002. Nth Degree 003. Pfeuti 004. Live 005. Glitch music 006. CodHead 007. Thermo 008. Missing Man 001. Gravity deluxe 002. Tesla's patent 003. Border dispute 004. Delayed by rain 005. Accident incident 006. Pigeon post 007. Outernational 008. Vacuum tube

Playback starts after you press ENTER.

• The disc navigator is not available unless there is a disc loaded.

• Another way to find a particular place on a disc is to use one of the search modes. See Searching a disc on pages 36–37.

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31 3 Press repeatedly to change the slow

motion speed.

• The slow motion speed is displayed on-screen.

4 To resume normal playback, press 3 (play) (6 on the front panel).

• Video CD only supports forward slow motion playback.

• The picture quality during slow motion playback is not as good as during normal playback.

• Depending on the disc, normal playback may automatically resume when a new chapter is reached.

Frame advance/frame reverse

You can advance or back up a DVD disc frame-by-frame. With Video CDs, you can only use frame advance.

1 During playback, press 8 (pause) (6 on the front panel).

2 Press or to reverse or

advance a frame at a time.

3 To resume normal playback, press ₃ (play) (_{6 on the front panel).}

• The picture quality when using frame reverse is not as good as frame ad-vance.

• Depending on the disc, normal playback may automatically resume when a new chapter is reached.

• For DVD-Audio discs featuring browsable pictures, press or

to view the previous/next picture.

Looping a section of a disc

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

• A-B Repeat is not available with MP3 discs, Video CDs in PBC mode, or SACDs.

1 During playback, press DVD SETUP

and select ‘Play Mode’.

2 Select ‘A-B Repeat’ from the list of functions on the left.

A(Start Point) B(End Point) Off A-B Repeat Repeat Random Program Search Mode Play Mode

3 Press ENTER on ‘A(Start Point)’ to set the loop start point.

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4 Press ENTER on ‘B(End Point)’ to set the loop end point.

After pressing ENTER, playback jumps back

to the start point and plays the loop. • The minimum loop time is 2 seconds.

5 To resume normal playback, select ‘Off’ from the menu.

• While the loop is being played, you can press CLR to resume normal

playback.

Using repeat play

There are various repeat play options, depending on the kind of disc loaded. It’s also possible to use repeat play together with program play to repeat the tracks/chapters in the program list (see Creating program lists on pages 34–36).

• Repeat play is not available with Video CDs in PBC mode.

Using the OSD

1 During playback, press DVD SETUP

and select ‘Play Mode’.

2 Select ‘Repeat’ from the list of functions on the left.

Title Repeat Chapter Repeat Repeat Off A-B Repeat Repeat Random Program Search Mode Play Mode

3 Select a repeat play option.

The repeat play options depend on the disc: For DVD-Video and DVD-RW:

• Title Repeat • Chapter Repeat • Repeat Off For DVD-Audio: • Group Repeat • Track Repeat • Repeat Off

For SACD / CD / Video CD:

• Disc Repeat • Track Repeat • Repeat Off For MP3: • Disc Repeat • Folder Repeat • Track Repeat • Repeat Off

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Using the display unit

• During playback, press REPEAT to select a repeat play option.

Press repeatedly until the repeat play option you want is shown in the display.

The repeat options are the same as those available from the OSD (see above).

• If you’ve created a program list,

Program Repeat is also available.

• During playback, you can cancel repeat play by pressing CLR.

• You can’t use repeat and random play at the same time.

• If you switch camera angles during repeat play, repeat play is cancelled.

Using random play

Use the random play function to play the contents of a disc in a random order. You can set the random play option when a disc is playing or stopped.

• You can’t use random play with DVD-RWs, Video CDs playing in PBC mode, or with SACDs.

Using the OSD

1 Press DVD SETUP and select ‘Play Mode’.

2 Select ‘Random’ from the list of functions on the left.

Random Title Random Chapter Random Off A-B Repeat Repeat Random Program Search Mode Play Mode

3 Select a random play option.

The random play options depend on the disc: For DVD-Video: • Random Title • Random Chapter • Random Off For DVD-Audio: • Random Group • Random Track • Random Off For CD / Video CD / MP3: • On • Off

Using the display unit

1 Press RANDOM to select a random

play option.

Press repeatedly until the random play option you want is shown in the display. The random options are the same as those available from the OSD (see above).

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2 If playing a DVD disc, press ENTER or

3 (play) (6 on the front panel).

• Random play is cancelled when you press 7 (stop).

• To cancel random playback without stopping playback, press CLR. The rest

of the disc plays out.

• During random play, the 4 and ¢ buttons function a little differently to normal: 4 returns to the beginning of the current track/chapter. You can't go back further than this. ¢ selects another track/chapter at random from those remaining.

• You can't use random play together with program or repeat play.

Creating program lists

This feature lets you program the play order of titles/groups/chapters/folders/tracks on a disc. You can use the on-screen display or the display unit to help you make a program list.

• You can’t use program play with DVD-RW discs.

Using the OSD

• Alternatively, when a DVD is loaded, press PROGRAM to jump directly to

step 4.

2 Select ‘Program’ from the list of functions on the left.

Create/Edit Playback Start Playback Stop Program Delete Program Memory ‰Off A-B Repeat Repeat Random Program Search Mode Play Mode

3 Select ‘Create/Edit’ from the list of program options.

4 Select a title, chapter, group, folder or track for the first/next step in the program list.

The playlist create/edit screen that appears depends on the kind of disc loaded. The screen below shows a DVD-Video disc with 38 titles; title 1 contains 4 chapters.

Program Step 01. 01 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. Title (1-38) Title 01 Title 02 Title 03 Title 04 Title 05 Title 06 Title 07 Title 08 Chapter (1-004) Chapter 001 Chapter 002 Chapter 003 Chapter 004 Program

Current program step Current selection

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• When this screen first appears, the first title, folder or track on the disc is highlighted as the current selection. • From a DVD you can select a whole title

or a chapter.

• Some titles and/or chapters of DVD discs may be grayed out, depending on the disc. Grayed out titles/chapters can’t be added to the program list.

• From a DVD-Audio disc you can select a group or a track.

• From an SACD, CD or Video CD, select a track.

• From an MP3 disc you can select a folder or a track.

5 Add further items to the program list in the same way.

• A program list can contain up to 24 steps.

• To clear a step in the program list, move to the Program Step column, highlight

the step to clear and press CLR.

• To insert a step in the program list, move to the Program Step column and

highlight the step where you want a new step to appear. After you select a title/ chapter/folder/track, all the program steps will move down one to make space for the new one.

6 To play the program list, press ₃ (play).

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

Other functions available from the OSD program menu

As well as creating and editing a program list, you can start program play, cancel program play, erase the program list, and memorize a program list from the Program menu.

2 Select ‘Program’ from the list of functions on the left.

3 Select a program play function.

•Create/Edit – See above

•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 •Program Memory (DVD-Video only) –

Select On to save the program list for

the disc loaded. (Select Off to cancel

the program memory for the disc loaded)

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• Program lists are saved for the disc loaded. When you load a disc with a saved program list, program play is automatically turned on.

• You can save program lists for up to 24 discs. After that, the oldest one is replaced with the new one saved.

Using the display unit

Even though the OSD is available for SACDs, CDs and MP3 discs, the front panel display provides enough information to make a program list easily. If a disc is playing, stop it first.

1 Press PROGRAM.

You’re prompted to enter a track or folder for the first step in the program list.

P G M 0 0

2 Use the / buttons to select a track or a folder, then press ENTER.

• For MP3 discs only: to select an individual track within a folder, use the

/ buttons to select the folder, then

press , then use the / buttons to select a track. Press ENTER.

P G M 0 1 0 3

Wait for the display to prompt you after completing each selection. If you make a mistake, press CLR to delete the last (most

recently) programmed track.

3 Repeat steps 2 to build up a program list.

A program list can contain up to 24 steps.

4 To play the program list, press ₃ (play).

Program play remains active until you press 7 (stop), clear the playlist (see below), eject the disc or switch off the player.

Clearing the program list

You must clear the program list to program a new one.

1 If a disc is playing, press 7 (stop). 2 Press CLR.

Searching a disc

Using the search mode function from the Play Mode menu you can quickly jump to a particular part of the disc that you want to watch or listen to.

• You can’t use search functions with Video CDs/Super VCDs playing in PBC mode.

2 Select ‘Search Mode’ from the list of functions on the left.

The search options that appear depend on the kind of disc loaded. The screen below shows the DVD-Video search options.

Title Search Chapter Search Time Search A-B Repeat Repeat Random Program Search Mode Play Mode

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4 Use the number buttons to enter a

title, group, chapter, folder, page or track number, or a time. 0 0 1 Title Search Chapter Search Time Search Input Chapter A-B Repeat Repeat Random Program Search Mode Play Mode

• For a time search, enter the number of minutes and seconds into the currently playing title (DVD-Video) or track (Video CD) you want playback to resume from. For example, press 4, 5, 0, 0 to have

playback start from 45 minutes into the track/title. For 1 hour, 20 minutes and 30 seconds, press 8, 0, 3, 0.

• Some DVD-Audio discs feature pages of browsable pictures. Enter the page number you want.

5 Press ENTER to start playback.

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

• You can often select what you want to watch from a DVD disc menu. See also

pages 27–28.

Playing DVD-Audio ‘Bonus

Groups’

Some DVD-Audio discs have an extra ‘bonus’ group that requires a 4-digit key number to access. See the disc packaging for details and the key number. When you try and play the bonus group, the player will automati-cally ask you for the key number.

1 Use the number buttons to enter the

4-digit key number.

• It’s also possible to enter the key number from the Options menu. See

pages 66–67.

Switching subtitles

Some DVD-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 SUBTITLE repeatedly to select a subtitle option.

Subtitle 1 English

• While the above display is showing, you can also press to display a drop down menu then select a subtitle language from the list.

Subtitle 1 English Off 1. English 2. French 3. German 4. Italian 1/ 1