Pioneer BDP-51FD manual

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S001_En Selecting fine audio equi p ment such as the unit you’ve just p u r chased is only the sta r t of you r musical enjoyment. Now it’s time to conside r how you can maximize the fun and excitement you r equi p ment offe r s. This manufactu r e r and the Elect r onic Indust r ies Association’s Consume r Elect r onics G r ou p want you to [...]

6 En Contents 01 Before you start What’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Putting the batteries in the remo te control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Types of discs/files that can be pla yed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Playable discs . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

01 7 En Chapter 1 Before you start What’s in the box Putting the batteries in the remote control 1 Open the rear cover. 2 Insert the batteries (AA/R6 x 2). Insert as indi cated by the  /  marks into the battery compartment. 3 Close the rear cover. Close securely (a click should be heard). Caution • Do not mix new and ol d batteries togeth[...]

01 8 En Types of discs/files that can be played Playable discs Discs with the logo marks below indicated on the disc label, package or jacket can be played.  Discs that cannot be played • HD DVDs •D V D A u d i o d i s c s •D V D - R A M d i s c s • Non-finalized DVD-R/DVD-RW /DVD+R/DVD+RW discs in the DVD-Video format and AVCHD format ?[...]

01 9 En Note • Some discs can not be played, even if one of the a bove logo marks is indica ted. • To play 8 cm discs, set the disc in the 8 cm disc depression in the center of th e disc tray. No adapter is nece ssary. 8 cm BD- ROM discs cannot be played.  About audio formats The following audio formats are supported on this player: •D o l[...]

01 10 En  About region numbers Blu-ray Disc Player and BD-ROM or DVD-Video discs are assigned region numbers according to the region in which they are sold. This player’s region numbers are: •B D - R O M : A •D V D - V i d e o : 1 Discs not in cluding these n umb ers cannot be played. Discs playable on this player are as shown below. • B[...]

01 11 En Part Names and Functions Remote Control 1  STANDBY/ON Press to turn the power on and off. 2 TV CONTROL Your TV can be controlle d using the player’s remote control (page 22).  – Press to turn the TV’s power on a nd off. INPUT SELECT – Press to switch the TV’s input. CH +/– – Press to select the TV channel. VOL +/– –[...]

01 12 En 19 PLAY MODE Press to display/hide the Play Mode screen (page 29). 20 POP UP MENU/M ENU Press to display the BD-ROM or DVD-Video menus. 21 DISPLAY Press to display disc informatio n (page 29). 22 TOOLS Press to display/hide the TOOLS menu (page 23). 23 RETURN Press to return to the previous screen. Front Panel 1  STANDBY/ON Press to tur[...]

01 13 En Front Panel Display 1  Lights during playback. 2  Lights when playback is paused. 3P Q L S Lights when the PQLS function is activate d (page 15). 4 Character display Displays the title/chap ter/track numbe r, elapsed ti me, etc. 5 24HZ/50 HZ/60HZ The frequency of the video fram e or field bei ng output li ghts. 6C O N T R O L Lights [...]

02 14 En Chapter 2 Connecting up Connecting a TV Be sure to turn off the power and un plug the power cord from the power outlet whenever making or changing connections. Note • Ma ke the settings in the Setup N avigator menu according to the type of cable connected (page 20). Connecting using a commercially available HDMI cable The audio and video[...]

02 15 En  Audio signals that can be transferred with the player’s HDMI output terminal •D o l b y T r u e H D •D o l b y D i g i t a l P l u s •D o l b y D i g i t a l • DTS-HD Ma ster Audio •D T S - H D H i g h R e s o l u t i o n A u d i o • DTS Digital Surround • MPEG-2 AAC •L i n e a r P C M Linear PCM audio si gnals meetin[...]

02 16 En Connecting using a commercially available component video cable Caution • When co nnected to the TV using a component video cable (commercially available), video signals are not output with resolutions of 1080/60p or 1080/24p. • Depending on the output video resolution setting, the picture may not be output (page 25). • When connecte[...]

02 17 En Caution • Video signal s are only output wi th a resolution of 480/60i wh en connected using a video cable (i ncluded) or an S-Video cable (commercially a vailable). • When connected to a TV using a video ca ble or an S-Video cab le, also connect usin g either audio cables (use the included ca ble for 2-channel connections, a combinati[...]

02 18 En Connecting using audio cables Caution • For DTS -HD Master Audio and DTS-HD High Resolution Audio signals, the DTS Digital Surround signals are converted to linear PCM for output (page 50). When conn ecting to a 7.1- channel comp atible AV rece iver or amplifie r – Connect using the included audio ca ble and 3 commercially available au[...]

02 19 En Connecting the power cord Connect the power cord after a ll the connections between devices have been completed. R R AUDIO OUT (2 ch) AUDIO OUT (7.1 ch) VIDEO OUT HDMI OUT DIGITAL OUT CONTROL IN L L Y P B P R FRONT COAXIAL OPTICAL COMPONENT VIDEO AC IN SURROUND CENTER VIDEO S-VIDEO SUB WOOFER SURROUND BACK AC IN UT VIDEO S - VIDEO Player?[...]

03 20 En Chapter 3 Getting Started Making settings using the Setup Navigator menu Be sure to perform th ese settings when using the player for the first time. Caution • Before turning on the power, check that the connections between the player and o ther devices are correct. 1 Turn on the power. Press  STANDBY/ON . 2 Turn on the TV’s power a[...]

03 21 En – When connecting the p layer to an AV receive r or amplifier using an HDMI cable in orde r to listen to the Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digi tal Plus, DT S-HD Ma ster Audio or DTS-HD High Resolution Audio signals conver ted into li near PCM, connect the TV to the AV receiver or amplifier u sing an HDMI cable (pages 14 and 17). • Linear PC M a[...]

03 22 En 10 Finish the Setup Navigator menu. Use  /  to select Finish , the n press ENTER . To redo the settings from the start, select Go Back . Depending on the ou tput terminal setting of step 4 or the HDMI cable being used, it may happen that no picture and/or so und is output. If this happens, the setup returns to step 4 if there is no o[...]

03 23 En Using the TOOLS menu Various function s can be called out according to the player’s operating status. 1 Display the TOOLS menu . Press TOOLS . 2 Select and set the ite m. Use  /  to select, then press ENTER . Note • Items that cannot be cha nged are displayed in gray. The items that can be selected depend on the player’s status[...]

03 24 En Erasing the additional data from BD-ROMs When a BD-ROM is played, addition a l data may be stored in the player’s memory (local storage). If the message indicating low memory (local storage) appe ars, erase the BDMV data. Caution • When th e BDMV data is erased, all the data of secondary video (Picture-in-Pic ture), secondary audio and[...]

03 25 En Switching the output video resolution Use the procedure below to switch the output video resolution from the various video ou tp ut terminals.  Press OUTPUT R ESOLUTION. The current output video resolu tion are displayed on the TV screen and on the player’s fro nt panel display. When pressed again, the output video resolution switches[...]

04 26 En Chapter 4 Playback Playing discs or files This section describes the player’s main operations. For the types of discs that can be played, see Playable discs on page 8. For the types of files that can be played, see Playable files on page 10. Music files recorded on di scs are played with Home Media Gallery (page 34). 1 Press  STANDBY/[...]

04 27 En Playing specific ti tles, chapters or tracks  Input the number of the title, chap ter or track you want to play. • Use the number buttons (0 to 9) to input th e number, then press ENTER . Note • For some disc s, it is not poss ible to specify and play titles, chapters or tracks. • Press CLEAR to clear the values you have inpu t. S[...]

04 28 En Switching the camera angles For BD-ROM and DVD-Video disc s on which mu ltiple angles ar e recorded, the angles can be switched during playback.  During pl ayback, press ANGLE. • The cu rrent angle and total n umber of recorded angles are displayed on the TV screen and o n the player’s front panel display. When pressed ag ain, the a[...]

04 29 En Note • The typ es of recorded audio streams/ channels depend on the disc. • If the audio stream/channel is not switched when AUDIO is pressed, switch it from the menu screen. • Some BD-ROMs do not in clude secondary audio. • Seconda ry audio mark is not displayed if Angle/ Seconda ry Indicator is set to Off (page 42). Switching the[...]

04 30 En 3 Input the time. Use the number buttons (0 to 9) or  /  to input the time. Use  /  to move the cursor. Note • To play from 4 5 minutes, input 0 , 0 , 4 , 5 , 0 and 0 , then press ENTER . • To play from 1 hour 20 minutes, input 0 , 1 , 2 , 0 , 0 and 0 , then press ENTER . • Press CLEAR to clear the values you have inpu t.[...]

04 31 En Playing a specific section within a title or track repeatedly (A-B Repeat) Use this procedure to play a specif ic sectio n within a ti tle or track repeate dly. 1 During playb ack, press PLAY MODE to display the Play Mode screen. The Play Mode screen can also be displayed by select ing Play Mode from the TOOLS menu. 2 Select A-B Repeat. Us[...]

04 32 En Playing in random order (Random Play) Use this procedure to play the tr acks or files in random order. 1 During playb ack, press PLAY MODE to display the Play Mode screen. The Play Mode screen can also be displayed by select ing Play Mode from the TOOLS menu. 2 Select Repeat/Random. Use  /  to select, then press ENTER . 3 Select the [...]

04 33 En About Play Mode t ypes The functions that can be used di ffer according to the typ e of disc and fil e. In some cases, some of the functions cannot be us ed. Ch eck the usable functions on the table below. Play Mode type Mark 1 1. During playback in a Play Mode, the type of Play Mode is in dicated by the mark. Disc/file ty pe BD-ROM 2 2. F[...]

04 34 En Playing from the Home Media Gallery The Home Media Gallery lets you displa y a list of the titles, tracks or files recorded on the disc. The di scs that can be pla yed from the Home Media Gallery are a s shown below (see also page 8 ). •B D - R / - R E d i s c s • DVDs recorded in VR format • Music CDs (CD-DAs and DTS-CDs) • DVDs/C[...]

04 35 En 3S e l e c t M u s i c . Press ENTER . 4 Select Fol ders or All Songs. Use  /  to select, then press ENTER . • Folders – The files in the selected folder are displayed. • All Songs – All the recorded files are displayed. If you have selected All Songs , proceed to step 6. 5 Select the fo lder containing the file you wa nt to [...]

04 36 En 3 Select the track/fi le to be adde d. Use  /  to select. 4 Press TOOLS to display the TOOLS menu. 5 Select Add to HMG Playlist. Use  /  to select, then press ENTER . The track or file selected in st ep 3 is added to the HMG Playlist. To add more tracks or files, re peat steps 3 to 5.  To add the currently playing track/file[...]

05 37 En Chapter 5 Adjusting audio and video Adjusting the video The quality of the playback picture can be adju sted according to the TV you are using. 1 During playback, press VIDEO ADJUST to display th e Video Adjust screen. The Video Adjust screen can al so be displayed by selecting Video Adjust fr om the TOOLS menu. 2 Select a prese t. Select [...]

05 38 En  Closing the Video Adjust screen Press HOME MENU .  About Pure Cinema There are two types of video signals: • Video materia l – Video signals recorded at 30 frames/second • Film material – Video signals recorded at 24 frames/second “Pure Cinema” u ses signal processi ng suited for “film mat erial” when converting 480i[...]

06 39 En Chapter 6 Advanced settings Changing the settings (Initial Setup) Operating the Initial Setup screen 1 When playback is stopped, display the Home Menu scre en. Press HOME MENU . 2 Select and set Initia l Setup. Use  /  to select, then press ENTER . 3 Select the i tem and change th e setting. Use  /  /  /  to select, then [...]

06 40 En Note • Items that cannot be changed are indicated in gray. The it ems that can be selected depen d on the player’s status. • The factory default settings are indicated in bold. Setting Options Explanation Video Out TV Aspect Ratio 16:9 (Widescr een) Select this when connected to a wide (16:9) TV. 4:3 (Stand ard) Select this wh en con[...]

06 41 En HDMI HDMI High-Speed Transmission On Se lect this when connected with a High Speed HDMI™ ca ble (page 15). Off Select this when connected with a Standard HDMI™ cable (page 15). The player’s setting screen is close d if the output video resolution is switc hed by changing the HDMI High-Speed Transmis sion setting. HDMI Color Space Aut[...]

06 42 En Options Output Terminal Priority Select the terminals for output ting video and audio signals with priority. For details, see Changing the terminals for outputting video and audio signals (Output Terminal Priority) on page 48. On Screen Display On Select this to display the operation indi cators (Play, Stop, etc.) on the TV screen. Off Sel[...]

06 43 En Changing to other language at language setting Note •R e f e r t o Language Code Table on page 56. • If a la nguage not recorded on the BD/DVD is set, one of the recorded languages is automa tica lly selected and played. 1 Select and set Other. Use  /  to select, then press ENTER . 2 Change the la nguage. Use  /  to change,[...]

06 44 En Adjusting the output level of the various speakers (Channel Level) Adjust each output level of the different speakers by using test tones. 1 Select a nd set Speakers. Use  /  to select, then press ENTER . 2 Select and set Channel Level, the n Fix or Variable. Use  /  to select, then press ENTER . • Fix – The output level of[...]

06 45 En 3 Input the password . Use the number buttons (0 to 9) or  /  to input the number, then press ENTER to set. Use  /  to move the cursor. 4 Re-input th e password. Use the number buttons (0 to 9) or  /  to input the number, then press ENTER to set. Use  /  to move the cursor.  To change the code number Input the pr[...]

06 46 En 3 Input the password . Use the number buttons (0 to 9) or  /  to input the number, then press ENTER to set. Use  /  to move the cursor. 4 Change the ag e. Use the number buttons (0 to 9) or  /  to input the number, then press ENTER to set. Use  /  to move the cursor. Note •W h e n Age Restriction is set to 255 , w[...]

06 47 En 3 Input the password . Use the number buttons (0 to 9) or  /  to input the number, then press ENTER to set. Use  /  to move the cursor. 4 Change the le vel. Use  /  to change, then press ENTE R to set . Note • The level ca n be set to Off or between Level1 and Lev el8 . When set to Off , watching is not restricted. Chan[...]

06 48 En 3 Input the password . Use the number buttons (0 to 9) or  /  to input the number, then press ENTER to set. Use  /  to move the cursor. 4 Change the country/area code. Use  /  to change, then press ENTE R to set .  To change the country/area co de using numbers 1U s e  /  to select Numb er. 2 Use the number bu tt[...]

06 49 En 3 Select the terminal for outputting video signa ls. Use  /  to select, then press  . When a digital output is selected for the video outp ut terminal, Video is fixed at HDMI and cannot be changed. When an analog ou tput is select ed fo r the video output te rminal, Component Vid eo or S-Video/Vi deo can be selected for Video . ?[...]

06 50 En About th e audio output settin gs The audio signals that are outp ut differ according to the audio format recorded on the disc and the player’s settings. Ch eck on the table below. Caution • Linear PC M audio signals (2 channels) ar e output fr om all terminals other than the ones selected at Audio under Output Terminal Priority , rega[...]

07 51 En Chapter 7 Additional information Troubleshooting Incorrect operation i s often mistaken for trouble or malfunction . If you think that there is someth ing wrong with this componen t, check the points below. Sometimes the trouble may lie in another component. Inspec t the other components an d electrical ap pliances being used. If the troub[...]

07 52 En Picture is disturbed durin g playback. Picture is dark. • This player su pports Macrov ision analog copy protection technology. With some TVs (such as with built-in vide o deck), the picture wil l not be disp layed properly when the copy protected DVD title is pl ayed . This is not a malfunction. • If the pla yer and TV are con nected [...]

07 53 En When connected usin g an HDMI cable Multi-channel sou nd is not output (conti nuous). Is multi-channel sound selected? Use the menu scre en or AUDIO to switch the dis c’s sound to multi-channel. Is Audio O ut set to audio format s supported by the conne cted AV receiver or amplifier? • Read the o perating instructions o f the connected[...]

07 54 En No picture is displayed. Is the HDMI in dicator lit? • If the H DMI indica tor is not lit, read the HDMI device’s operating instructions and sw itch to the proper input. • If the HDMI indicator is lit, use OU TPUT RESOLUTION to switch the output vide o resolution ( page 25). Are the termina ls for outputtin g video signals pr operly [...]

07 55 En Others Problem Check Remedy The power turns off automatic ally. Is Auto Power Off set to On ?I f Auto Power Off is set to On , the power turns off automaticall y if no opera tion is perfor med for over 3 0 minutes (page 42). Is HDMI Control set to On ? The player’s power ma y turn of f together with the power of th e connected TV . If yo[...]

07 56 En Language Code Table and Country/Area Code Table Language Code Table Language name (langua ge code), input code Country/Area Code Table Country/Area name, input code, Country/Area code Japanese (ja/jpn), 1001 English (en/eng), 0514 French (fr/fra), 0618 German (de/deu), 0405 Italian (it/ita), 0920 Spanish (es/spa), 0519 Chinese (zh/zho), 26[...]

07 57 En Specifications Note • The specifications and design of this product are subject to change with out notice. • This produc t includes FontAvenue ® fonts licensed by NEC Corporation. FontAvenue is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation. Model BDP-51FD Type Blu-ray Disc PLAYER Rated volt age AC 120 V Rated frequency 60 Hz Power consump[...]

07 58 En Cautions on use  Moving the player If you need to move this unit, first rem ove the disc, if there’s one loaded, and close the disc tray. Next, press  STANDBY/ON to switch the power to standby, checking that the POWER OFF indication on the front panel disp lay goes off. Wait at least 10 seconds. Lastly, disconnect the power cord. N[...]

07 59 En Handling discs Do not use damaged (cracked or warped) discs. Do not scratch the disc’s signal surface or let it get d irty. Do not load more than one disc into the player at a time. Do not glue paper or put stickers onto the disc, or use a pencil, ball- point pen or o ther sharp- tipped writin g instrument. These could all damage the dis[...]

07 60 En  Deep Color This is one of the ca pabilities of HDMI™. The player s supporting Deep Color can transmit a video si gnal with a color bit depth of greater than 8 bits per color component. Su btle color gradations can be reproduced when connecte d to a TV that s upports Deep Color.  Dolby Digital Dolby Digital is an audio format to re[...]

07 61 En  S-Video output An output t erminal for tra nsmitting sep arate lum inance (Y) and color (C) signals over a single cord. It offers clearer picture s than the composite video output.  Secondary audio Some BD-ROMs include sub audio streams mixed with the main audio. These sub audio streams are called “se condary audio”. On some dis[...]

07 62 En Licenses The licenses for the software used on this player a re shown below.  libxml2 The MIT License Copyright © <year> <copyright holders> Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person ob taining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software wi[...]

07 63 En Introduction The FreeType Project i s distributed in several archive packages; so me of them may contain, in addition to the FreeType font eng ine, various tools and c ontributions which rely on, or relate to, the FreeType Project. This license applies to all files found in such packages, and which do not fall under their own explicit lice[...]

07 64 En libpng versions 0.89, June 199 6, through 0.96, May 1997, are Copyright © 1996, 199 7 An dreas Dilger Distributed according to the same disclaimer and license as libpng- 0.88, with the following individuals added to the list of Contributing Authors: John Bowler Kevin Bracey Sam Bushell Magnus Holmgren Greg Roelofs Tom Tanner libpng versio[...]

07 65 En In order to support file conversion and viewing software, we have included considerable function ality bey ond the bare JPEG codi ng/decoding capability; for example, the color quantization modules are not strictly part of JPEG decoding , but they are essential for output to colormapp ed file format s or colormapped displays. Th ese extra [...]

07 66 En The TIFF 6.0 file format specif ication can be obtained by FTP from ftp://ftp.sgi.com/graphics/ti ff/TIFF6.ps.gz. The JPE G incorp oration scheme found in the TIFF 6.0 spec of 3-June-92 ha s a number of serious proble ms. IJG does n ot recommend use of the TIFF 6. 0 design (TIF F Compression t ag 6). Instea d , we recommend the JPEG design[...]

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07 68 En 12. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPL ICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WI LL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER P ARTY WHO MAY MOD IFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUT E THE PROGRAM AS PERMI TTED ABOVE, BE LIA BLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GEN ERAL, SPECIAL, INCI DENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIA L DAMAGES ARISIN G OUT OF THE USE OR INABI LITY TO USE T[...]

07 69 En TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION 0. This License Agreement applies to any software library or othe r program which contains a notice placed by the copyright holde r or other authorized party saying it may be distributed under the terms of this Lesser General Public License (al so called "thi s License&qu[...]

07 70 En It may happen that this requirement contra dicts the license restrictions of other pr oprietary libraries tha t do not normally ac company the operating system. Such a contradiction means you c annot use both them and the Li brary together in an executable that you distribute. 7. You may place library facilities that are a work based on th[...]

07 71 En [Notice on GNU General Public License] This product include the software licensed for use und er the terms of a GNU General Public License. A copy of the corresponding source code can be obtained by being charged the fee for distribution. To obtain a copy, contact your loca l Pioneer Customer Support Center. See the GNU website (http://www[...]

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