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Pioneer XV-DV363 manual

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    cover & anki .fm 1 ページ ２００７年 ２月３日　土曜日　 午後３時１８分[...]

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    Location: bottom of the unit The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the [...]

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    Operating Environment O p e r ating envi r onment tem p e r atu r e and humidity : +5 ºC to +35 ºC (+41 ºF to +95 ºF); less than 85 %RH (cooling vents not blocked) Do not install this unit in a p oo r ly ventilated a r ea, o r in locations ex p osed to high humidity o r di r ect sunlight (o r st r ong a r tificial light) D3-4-2-1-7c_A_En CAUTIO[...]

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    4 En 01 Controls and displays Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 02 Getting s tarted Home theater sound setup . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Using the Auto MCACC setup for optimal surround sound .[...]

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    5 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español 08 Initial Settings menu Using the Initial Set tings men u . . . . . . . . 29 Video Ou tput settin gs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Language settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0 Display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Options settings . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    Controls and display s 01 6 En Chapter 1 Controls and displays Front panel 1  STANDBY/ON Switches the system on or into standby. 2 PLAY LIST buttons Add tracks (during playback), or select a playlist (while st opped) (page 20). 3  OPEN/CLOSE Opens/closes the disc tray. 4  DVD/CD Selects the DVD/CD function and starts/ pauses/resumes playba[...]

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    Controls and displays 01 7 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Remote cont rol 1  STANDBY/ON 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, DISPLAY and DVD controls CLEAR Clears an entry. DISPLAY Displays/c[...]

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    Controls and display s 01 8 En 8 Playback controls See Basic play back controls on page 12, Disc playback featu res on page 18 and U SB playback on page 2 5 for an ex planation of these controls. 9 TV CONTROL buttons These control Pioneer plasma tele visions. 10 SHIFT Press to access the co ntrols highlighted in green. 11 SOUND RETRIEVER – Press [...]

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    Controls and displays 01 9 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Display 1 DTS Lights during playback of a DTS source (page 15). 2P R G S V E Lights when progressive scan video output is selected (page 29). 3 SOUND Lights when the Sound Retriever is active (page 17). 4 SURR. Lights when one of the Advanced surround listening mod[...]

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    Getting started 02 10 En Chapter 2 Getting started Home theater sound setup Place your speakers as shown below for optimal surround sound (see th e Speaker Setup Guide for more placement tips). • Standard surround setup – Th is is a standard multichannel surround sound speaker setup for optimal 5.1 channel home theater sound. Depending on the s[...]

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    Getting started 02 11 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español • M ake sure the mic and speakers are not moved during the MCACC setup. 1 Connect the micro phone to the MCACC MIC jack on the rear pane l. 2 Place the micr ophone at your normal listening position . Place it about ear height, and make sure it is level by using a tabl[...]

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    Getting started 02 12 En 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 con trols for playing DVD, CD, Video CD/Super VCD, DivX video and WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC discs a re covered here. Further functions are detailed in chapter 4. 1 If the player[...]

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    Getting started 02 13 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Resume and Last Memory When you stop playback of a disc , RESUME shows in the display indicating that you can resume playback from th at point. With DVDs and Video CD/Su per VCDs, even if ejected, the play position is stored in memory. 1 The next time you load the disc,[...]

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    Getting started 02 14 En Improving poor FM reception If you’re listening to an FM statio n in stereo but the reception is weak, you can improve the sound quality by switching to mo no. 1 Tune to an FM radio st ation then pr ess SHIFT+SETUP . 2U s e / t o c h o o s e F M M O D E t h e n p r e s s ENTER . 3U s e / to select FM MONO then[...]

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    Listening to your system 03 15 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Chapter 3 Listening to your system Auto listen ing mod e The Auto listening mode is the simplest way to listen to any source as it was mastered: the output from the spea kers mirrors the chann els in the source material. • I f you set up the system for Front [...]

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    Listening to your system 03 16 En Using Front Stage Surround Advance The Front Stage Surround Advan ce modes are effective when you are using the Front surround speaker setup as described on page 10. 1 • Press F.S .SURR to sele ct a Front Stag e Surround Advance mode. Press repeatedly to select FOCUS5.1 , WIDE5.1 or EXTRAPWR . • FOCUS5.1 – Us[...]

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    Listening to your system 03 17 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español 2U s e / to s e l ec t E Q O N o r EQ O FF then press ENTER to confirm . •I f y o u s e l e c t EQ OFF , equalization is set to off but speaker settings (channel delay and channel level) rema in in effect. • EQ ON is selected automaticall y after the [...]

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    Disc playback features 04 18 En Chapter 4 Disc playback features Important • Many of the functions covered in this chapter apply to DVD discs, Video CD s/ Super VCDs, CDs, DivX video a nd 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 functi[...]

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    Disc playback features 04 19 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español While the slideshow is running: 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 s[...]

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    Disc playback features 04 20 En Browsing WMA, MP3, MPEG-4 AAC, DivX video 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 th e on-screen menu. 2U s e /// and ENTER to navigate. Use / to move up and down the folder/[...]

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    Disc playback features 04 21 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Tip • T o add files without the on-screen display, simply press PLAY LIST 1 , 2 or 3 during normal pl ayback of the file you want (except when a JPEG slideshow is playing at the same time as audio). Listening to playlists • With playbac k stopped, p ress PLAY[...]

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    Disc playback features 04 22 En 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 p lay on or off. Tip • Use the foll owing contr ols during ra ndom play: • Random play remains in effect until yo u select Random Off from [...]

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    Disc playback features 04 23 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Searching a disc You can search DVD d iscs by titl e or chapter number, or by time; CDs and Video CD/ Super VCDs by track num ber or time; DivX video discs by time. 1 Press HOME MENU and select ‘ Play Mode ’. 2 Select ‘Search Mode’. The search options tha[...]

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    Disc playback features 04 24 En Switching camera angles Some DVD discs feature scenes shot from two or more angles — check th e 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 30). • During playback (or when paused) , press SHIFT+ANGLE t[...]

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    USB playback 05 25 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Chapter 5 USB playback Using the USB interface It is possible to listen to two-channel audio 1 and watch JPEG files using the USB in terface on the front of this unit. Connect a USB mass storage device 2 as shown b elow. 1 With the player switched on, press USB. Make sure [...]

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    USB playback 05 26 En Scanning files You can fast- scan forward or backwar d at various different speeds. • During playback, press  or  . Press repeatedly to increase the scanning speed (shown on-screen). • To resume playback, press  (play). 1 Playing a JPEG slideshow Press  to start a slideshow from the first folder/picture. 2 The [...]

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    Surround sou nd settings 06 27 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Chapter 6 Surround sound settings Using the Setup menu From the Setup menu you can access all the surround sound settings of the system 1 , including channel levels, speaker distances and dynamic range adjustment. The A uto MCACC feature (page 10) should give y[...]

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    Video Adjust menu 07 28 En Chapter 7 Video Adjust menu Video Adjust menu From the Video Adjust screen yo u can adjust settings th at affect pi cture presen tation. 1P r e s s HOME MENU and select ‘V ideo Adjust’ from the on-screen display. 2 Make settings using /// and ENTER . You can adju st the foll owing sett ings: • Sharpness [...]

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    Initial Settings menu 08 29 En Engli s h Françai s Deut s ch Nederland s Italiano E s pañol Chapter 8 Initial Settings menu Using the Initial Settings menu The Initial S ettings m enu provides audio and video output setti ngs, pa rental lock settings, and display settings, among others. If an option is grayed out it mean s that it cannot be cha n[...]

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    Initial Settings menu 08 30 En Language settings Display settings HDMI Color (See Connecting using HDMI on page 35.) * Default changes depending o n device connected. Full range RGB If colors are weak, this gives br ighter colors and deeper black (default setting for HDMI-compatible DVI devices). RGB Use this setting if colors appear overly rich on[...]

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    Initial Settings menu 08 31 En Engli s h Françai s Deut s ch Nederland s Italiano E s pañol Options settings Parental Lock • D efault level: Off ; Default password: none ; Default Country/A rea code: us (2119) To give you some control over wha t your children watch on your DVD player, some DVD- Video discs feature a Parent al Lock level. If you[...]

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    Initial Settings menu 08 32 En Setting/changing the Coun try/Area code You can fi nd the Country/Area code list on page 49. 1 Select ‘Country Code’, input your password, then press ENTER . 2 Select a Country/Area code then press ENTER . There are two ways you can do this: • Select by code letter: Use /  to change the Country/Area code. [...]

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    Other connections 09 33 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Chapter 9 Other connections Connecting external antennas For an external AM an tenna, use 5 m to 6 m of vinyl-insula ted wire and set up either indoors or outdoors. Leave the loop antenna con nected. Only use the in cluded AM loop antenna. For an external FM anten na,[...]

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    Other connections 09 34 En Connecting the S-video output If your TV has an S-video input, you can use this instead of the standard video output for a better quality picture. • Use an S-video cable to connect the S- VIDEO OUT to an S-video inpu t on your TV. Line up the small triangle a bove the jack with the same mark on the plug before plugging [...]

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    Other connections 09 35 En Engli s h Françai s Deut s ch Nederland s Italiano E s pañol Connecting usin g HDMI If you have a HDMI or DVI (with HDCP) equipped monitor or display, you can connect it to this player usin g a commercially avail able HDMI cable for high qual ity digital video. 1 See About HDMI below for more about the HDMI connection. [...]

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    Other connections 09 36 En HDMI has the capability to support standard, enhanced, or high-definition video plus standard to multichann el surroun d-sound audio. HDMI features include uncompr essed digital video, a bandwidth of up to 2.2 gigabytes per second (with HDTV signals), one connector (instead of several cables and connectors), and communica[...]

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    Other connections 09 37 En Engli s h Françai s Deut s ch Nederland s Italiano E s pañol 4 Assign any input source connected to the plasma television to the corresp onding input number. Use / to select the source ( DVD , LN ( LINE ) or USB ), then / to select th e input number. This matches this unit’s inp ut source with a numbered v[...]

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    Additional information 10 38 En Chapter 10 Additional information Optional system settings All the available settings in the standby setup menu are listed below. See th e notes in each section for mo re informatio n about th e settings. The first setting in each se ction is the default. 1 Switch the system into standby. 2P r e s s SHIFT+SETUP and u[...]

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    Additional information 10 39 En Engli s h Françai s Deut s ch Nederland s Italiano E s pañol • NORMAL – Regular CD playback; some DTS-encoded CDs output a noisy signal. • DTS-CD – Proper decoding of DTS- encoded CDs; the beginnin g of regular CD tracks my be skip ped. Key lock setting • LOCK ON – Makes t he front pan el buttons and co[...]

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    Additional information 10 40 En About DualDisc playback A DualDisc is a new two -sided disc, one side of which contains DVD content video , audio, etc. while the other side contains non-DVD content such as digital audio material. The non-DVD, au dio side of t he disc is not compliant with the CD Audio specification and therefore may not pla y. The [...]

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    Additional information 10 41 En Engli s h Françai s Deut s ch Nederland s Italiano E s pañol About DivX DivX is a compressed digital video format created by the DivX ® video codec from DivX, Inc. This player ca n play DivX video files burned on CD-R/ - RW and DVD-R/ - RW/ - ROM discs. Keeping the same termino logy as DVD-Video, individual DivX v[...]

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    Additional information 10 42 En Windows Media is either a registered trademark or trademark of Mic rosoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries . This product includ es technology owned by Microsoft Corporation and cannot be use d or distributed without a license from Microsoft Licensing, Inc. Using and taking care of discs Handli[...]

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    Additional information 10 43 En Engli s h Françai s Deut s ch Nederland s Italiano E s pañol  Use on a thick rug or carpe t, or cover with cloth — this may prevent proper cooling of the system unit.  Place on a n unstable su rface, or on e that is not large enough to support all four of the system unit’s feet. Cleaning the pickup lens T[...]

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    Additional information 10 44 En Troubles hooting Incorrect operations are often mistaken for troubl e and malfunctions. If you thin k that there is something wrong with this compon ent, check the points below. Sometimes the trouble m ay lie in another component. Investigate the other components and electrical a pplianc es being used. If the trouble[...]

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    Additional information 10 45 En Engli s h Françai s Deut s ch Nederland s Italiano E s pañol DVD/CD/Video CD player SND. DEMO shows in the display and the unit can’t be controlled. • Press and hold  (stop) on the fron t panel for about f ive seconds. The di sc tray ejects automatically to indicate the Sound Dem o mode is disabled. Problem [...]

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    Additional information 10 46 En Tuner USB connection HDMI connection CD-ROM disc is not recognized. • Make sure that th e CD-ROM was record ed usin g the ISO 9660 disc format. See Disc compatibility table on page 40 for more on disc comp atibility. DVD-ROM disc is not recognized. • Make sure that th e DVD-ROM was reco rded using the UDF bridge [...]

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    Additional information 10 47 En Engli s h Françai s Deut s ch Nederland s Italiano E s pañol Error Messages No HDMI video output. • Make sure th at you’ve selected this player as the HDMI inp ut in the settings f o r the component you’re using (refer to the component’s instruction manual). • Check that th e HDMI cable is conne cted prop[...]

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    Additional information 10 48 En Resetting the system Use the front panel controls to reset al l system settings to the factory d efault. • With the system on, press  STANDBY/ ON while holding down  USB. The next time you switch on, all the system settings should b e reset. Using the language code list Some of the la nguage options (see Lang[...]

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    Additional information 10 49 En Engli s h Françai s Deut s ch Nederland s Italiano E s pañol Language co de list Language (Language code le tter), Language code Country/Area code list Country/Area, Co untry/Area code, Country/Area code letter Japanese (ja), 1001 English (en), 0514 French (fr), 0618 German (de), 0405 Italian (it), 0920 Spanish (es[...]

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    Additional information 10 50 En Specifications • Amplifier section RMS Power Output: Front, Center, Surrou nd . . . 100 W per channel (1 kHz, 10 % T.H.D., 4 Ω ) Subwoofer . . . 100 W (100 Hz, 10 % T.H.D., 4 Ω ) • Disc section Digital audio characteristics . . . . . . . . . DVD fs: 96 kHz, 24-bit Type . . . . . . . DVD system, Video CD/Super V[...]

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    Additional information 10 51 En Engli s h Françai s Deut s ch Nederland s Italiano E s pañol Speakers: Woofer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 cm cone typex2 Tweeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6 cm semi-dome type Nominal impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Ω Frequency range . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Hz to 20 kHz Maximu[...]

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    PIONEER CORPORATION 4-1, Meguro 1-Chome, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8654, Japan PIONEER ELECTRONICS (USA) INC. P.O. BOX 1540, Long Beach, California 90801-1540, U.S.A. TEL: (800) 421-1404 PIONEER ELECTRONICS OF CANADA, INC. 300 Allstate Parkway, Markham, Ontario L3R 0P2, Canada TEL: 1-877-283-5901, 905-479-4411 PIONEER EUROPE NV Haven 1087, Keetberglaan [...]