DVD/CD Receiver
XV-DV323
XV-DV424
Speaker System
S-DV323
S-DV424
Operating Instructions
XV-DV323.book 1
Location: underside 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, within
an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert
the user to the presence of uninsulated
"dangerous voltage" within the product's
enclosure that may be of sufficient
magnitude to constitute a risk of electric
shock to persons.
CAUTION:
TO PREVENT THE RISK OF ELECTRIC
SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR
BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS
INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED
SERVICE PERSONNEL.
CAUTION
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT OPEN
IMPORTANT
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Do not connect either wire to the earth terminal of a
three pin plug.
NOTE
After replacing or changing a fuse, the fuse cover in
the plug must be replaced with a fuse cover which
corresponds to the colour of the insert in the base
of the plug or the word that is embossed on the
base of the plug, and the appliance must not be
used without a fuse cover. If lost replacement fuse
covers can be obtained from your dealer.
Only 5 A fuses approved by B.S.I or A.S.T.A to
B.S.1362 should be used.
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The wires in this mains lead are coloured in
accordance with the following code:
Blue
: Neutral
Brown : Live
If the plug provided is unsuitable for your socket
outlets, the plug must be cut off and a suitable plug
fitted.
IMPORTANT
FOR USE IN THE UNITED
KINGDOM
The cut-off plug should be disposed of and must
not be inserted into any 13 amp socket as this can
result in electric shock. The plug or adaptor or the
distribution panel should be provided with 5 A fuse.
As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this
appliance may not correspond with coloured
markings identifying the terminals in your plug,
proceed as follows ;
The wire which is coloured blue must be connected
to the terminal which is marked with the letter N or
coloured black.
The wire which is coloured brown must be
connected to the terminal which is marked with the
letter L or coloured red.
Replacement and mounting of an AC plug on the power supply cord of this unit should be performed only by qualified
service personnel.
WARNING: The apparatus is not waterproofs, to
prevent fire or shocks hazard, do not expose this
apparatus to rain or moisture and do not put any
water source near this apparatus, such as vase,
flower pot, cosmetics container and medicine
bottle etc.
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WARNING:
BEFORE PLUGGING IN THE UNIT FOR THE FIRST
TIME, READ THE FOLLOWING SECTION CAREFULLY.
The voltage of the available power supply differs
according to country or region. Be sure that the
power supply voltage of the area where this unit
will be used meets the required voltage (e.g., 230V
or 120V) written on the rear panel.
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WARNING: No naked flame sources, such as
lighted candle, should be placed on the apparatus.
If naked flame sources accidentally fall down, fire
spread over the apparatus then may cause fire.
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VENTILATION:
European, UK, Australian, New Zealand, Hong
Kong and Taiwanese models:
When installing this unit, make sure to leave space
around the unit for ventilation to improve heat
radiation (at least 10 cm at top, 10 cm at rear, and
10 cm at each side).
All other models:
When installing this unit, make sure to leave space
around the unit for ventilation to improve heat
radiation (at least 20 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.
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XV-DV323.book 2
For U.S. and Australia Model
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Operating Environment
Operating environment temperature and humidity:
+5 ºC +35 ºC (+41 ºF +95 ºF); 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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CAUTION
This product contains a laser diode of higher class
than 1. To ensure continued safety, do not remove any
covers or attempt to gain access to the inside of the
product.
Refer all servicing to qualified personnel.
The following caution label appears on your unit.
CLASS 1
LASER PRODUCT
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This product complies with the Low Voltage Directive
(73/23/EEC, amended by 93/68/EEC), EMC Directives
(89/336/EEC, amended by 92/31/EEC and
93/68/EEC).
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The STANDBY/ON switch is secondary connected
and therefore, does not separate the unit from mains
power in STANDBY position. Therefore install the
unit suitable places easy to disconnect the MAINS
plug in case of the accident. The MAINS plug of unit
should be unplugged from the wall socket when left
unused for a long period of time.
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CAUTION
These speaker terminals can be under
HAZARDOUS
VOLTAGE. When you connect or disconnect the
speaker cables, to prevent the risk of electric shock, do
not touch uninsulated parts before disconnecting the
power cord.
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CAUTION : USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES OTHER THAN THOSE
SPECIFIED HEREIN MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS RADIATION EXPOSURE.
CAUTION : THE USE OF OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH THIS PRODUCT WILL INCREASE EYE HAZARD. D6-8-2-1_En
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Thank you for buying this Pioneer product.
Please read through these operating instructions so that you will know how to operate your model
properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them in a safe place for future
reference.
Contents
01 Before you start
Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Disc / content format playback
compatibility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
CD-R/RW compatibility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
DVD-R/RW compatibility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
PC-created disc compatibility
. . . . . . . . . .7
Compressed audio compatibility
. . . . . . . .7
About WMA
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
JPEG file compatibility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
02 Controls and displays
Front panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Remote control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
03 Getting started
Switching on and setting up
. . . . . . . . . . .13
Setting the clock
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Home theater sound setup
. . . . . . . . . . . .15
Using the Room Setup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Setting up the remote to control your TV
. .16
Using the on-screen displays
. . . . . . . . . . .16
Playing discs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Basic playback controls
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Resume and Last Memory
. . . . . . . . . . . .18
DVD-Video disc menus
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Video CD/Super VCD PBC menus
. . . . . .20
Listening to the radio
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Improving poor FM reception
. . . . . . . . .21
Memorizing stations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Listening to station presets
. . . . . . . . . . .22
Listening to other sources
. . . . . . . . . . . . .22
04 Listening to your system
About the listening modes
. . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Auto listening mode
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Listening in surround sound
. . . . . . . . . . . 24
Dolby Pro Logic II Music settings
. . . . . . 24
Using the Advanced Surround effects
. . . . 25
Using Front Surround
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Adjusting the Advanced and Front
Surround effect level
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Listening in stereo
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Listening with headphones
. . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Enhancing dialogue
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Listening with a virtual surround back
speaker
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using Quiet and Midnight listening
modes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Adjusting the bass and treble
. . . . . . . . . . 28
Boosting the bass level
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
05 Playing discs
Scanning discs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Playing in slow motion
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Frame advance/frame reverse
. . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the Disc Navigator to browse the
contents of a disc
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Looping a section of a disc
. . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using repeat play
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using random play
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Creating a program list
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the OSD
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Other functions available from the
program menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the front panel display
. . . . . . . . . 34
Clearing the program list
. . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Searching a disc
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Switching subtitles
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Switching the DVD audio language
. . . . . . 35
Switching VR format DVD-RW audio
channel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Switching the Video CD/Super VCD
audio channel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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Français
Deutsch
Nederlands
Italiano
Español
Zooming the screen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Switching camera angles
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Displaying disc information
. . . . . . . . . . . 36
OSD disc information
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Front panel display information
. . . . . . . 37
06 Viewing JPEG discs
Playing a JPEG slideshow
. . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using the JPEG Disc Navigator and Photo
Browser
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Zooming the screen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
07 More tuner features: RDS
An introduction to RDS
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Displaying RDS information
. . . . . . . . . 41
Searching for RDS programs
. . . . . . . . . 41
08 Using the timer
Setting the wake-up timer
. . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Turning the wake-up timer on/off
. . . . . . 42
Setting the sleep timer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
09 Surround sound and other settings
Using the System Setup menu
. . . . . . . . . 44
Surround and sound setup options
. . . . 44
SR+ control options for Pioneer
plasma displays
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Setting the channel levels
. . . . . . . . . . . . 46
10 Video Adjust menu
Video Adjust
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Creating your own presets
. . . . . . . . . . . 48
11 Initial Settings menu
Using the Initial Settings menu
. . . . . . . . 49
Video Output settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Language settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Display settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Options
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Parental Lock
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
12 Other connections
Connecting external antennas
. . . . . . . . . 53
Connecting auxiliary components
. . . . . . 53
Recording mode
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Connecting using the S-video output
. . . . 55
Connecting using the component video
output
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
About progressive scan video
. . . . . . . . .55
Using the SCART AV output
. . . . . . . . . . . .56
Switching the TV audio input from
SCART to RCA
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Using this unit with a Pioneer plasma
display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Using the SR+ mode with a Pioneer
plasma display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
13 Additional information
Optional system settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
System Setup menu options in
standby
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Watching NTSC on a PAL TV
(MOD. PAL)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Resetting the system
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Using and taking care of discs
. . . . . . . . . .61
Titles, chapters and tracks
. . . . . . . . . . . .61
DVD Video regions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Handling discs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Storing discs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Discs to avoid
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Proper installation and maintenance of
this system
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Hints on installation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Cleaning the pickup lens
. . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Problems with condensation
. . . . . . . . . .63
Moving the system unit
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Power cord caution
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Troubleshooting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
General
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
DVD/CD/Video CD player
. . . . . . . . . . . . .65
WMA/MP3/JPEG discs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Tuner
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Error Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Screen sizes and disc formats
. . . . . . . . . .68
Widescreen TV users
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Standard TV users
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Selecting languages using the language
code list
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Language code list
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Country code list
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Preset code list
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Glossary
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Specifications
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
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