PIONEER PDP-427XG/DLFR - Owner's Manual Immediate Download

Operating Instructions

Manual de instrucciones

Manual de instruções

PDP-507XG

PDP-427XG

PLASMA DISPLAY

PANTALLA DE PLASMA

MONITOR DE PLASMA

WARNING

This equipment is not waterproof. To prevent a fire or shock

hazard, do not place any container filed with liquid near this

equipment (such as a vase or flower pot) or expose it to

dripping, splashing, rain or moisture.

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CAUTION

The POWER switch on this unit will not completely shut off all power

from the AC outlet. Since the power cord serves as the main

disconnect device for the unit, you will need to unplug it from the AC

outlet to shut down all power. Therefore, make sure the unit has been

installed so that the power cord can be easily unplugged from the AC

outlet in case of an accident. To avoid fire hazard, the power cord

should also be unplugged from the AC outlet when left unused for a

long period of time (for example, when on vacation).

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WARNING

This product equipped with a three-wire grounding

(earthed) plug - a plug that has a third (grounding) pin.

This plug only fits a grounding-type power outlet. If you are

unable to insert the plug into an outlet, contact a licensed

electrician to replace the outlet with a properly grounded

one. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the grounding

plug.

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WARNING

Before plugging in 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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The following symbols are found on labels

attached to the product. They alert the operators

and service personnel of this equipment to any

potentially dangerous conditions.

WARNING

This symbol refers to a hazard or unsafe

practice which can result in personal injury

or property damage.

CAUTION

This symbol refers to a hazard or unsafe

practice which can result in severe personal

injury or death.

WARNING

To prevent a fire hazard, do not place any naked flame

sources (such as a lighted candle) on the equipment.

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VENTILATION CAUTION

When installing this unit, make sure to leave space around

the unit for ventilation to improve heat radiation. For the

minimum space required, see page 15.

WARNING

Slots and openings in the cabinet are provided for

ventilation to ensure reliable operation of the product, and

to protect it from overheating. To prevent fire hazard, the

openings should never be blocked or covered with items

(such as newspapers, table-cloths, curtains) or by operating

STANDBY/ON Button

STANDBY: When placed into the standby mode, the main power

flow is cut and the unit is no longer fully operational.

STANDBY/ON Indicator: The indicator is lit red when the unit

is in the standby mode and is lit blue when it is in the power-on

mode.

English

Contents

Thank you for buying this Pioneer product.

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.

In some countries of regions, the shape of the power plug and power outlet may sometimes differ from that shown in the explanatory

drawings. However the method of connecting and operating the unit are the same.

Contents

01 Important user information

02 Safety precautions

Installation precautions

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

03 Supplied accessories

04 Part names

Plasma display (front)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Plasma display (rear)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Remote control unit

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

05 Preparation

Installing the plasma display

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Moving the plasma display

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Preventing the plasma display from falling over

. . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Stabilizing on a table or floor

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Using a wall for stabilization

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Basic connections

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Connecting the antenna

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Routing cables

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Attaching the ferrite core

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Connecting the power cord

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Preparing the remote control unit

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Inserting batteries

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Operating range of the remote control unit

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06 Watching TV

Turning the power on

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

plasma display status indicators

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Changing channels

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Using P+ / P on the remote control unit

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Using 0 to 9 on the remote control unit

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Changing the volume and sound

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Using

i + /i

i on the remote control unit . . . . . . . . . .20

Using

e on the remote control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Switching the broadcast audio channel

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Using the multiscreen functions

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Freezing images

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07 The Home Menu

AV mode menu overview

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

PC mode menu overview

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Using the Home Menu

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08 Setting up

Setting up TV channels automatically

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Using Auto Installation

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Setting up TV channels manually

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Reducing video noise

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Setting Child Lock

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Suppressing audio distortion

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Labeling TV channels

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Sorting preset TV channels

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Language setting

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

AV Selection

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Basic picture adjustments

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Advanced picture adjustments

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Using PureCinema

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Using Color Temp

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Using CTI

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Using Color Management

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Using Color Space

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Using Intelligent Color

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Eliminating noise from images

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Using the Dynamic Range Expander (DRE) functions

. . . . . . . 31

Using the 3DYC and I-P Mode

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Sound adjustments

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

FOCUS

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Front Surround

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Listening to audio from the sub screen using headphones

. . . . 33

Power Control

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Energy Save

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

No Signal off (AV mode only)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

No Operation off (AV mode only)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Power Management (PC mode only)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

09 Useful adjustment settings

Switching the vertical drive frequency

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Adjusting image positions (AV mode only)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Adjusting image positions and clock automatically

(PC mode only)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Adjusting image positions and clock manually

(PC mode only)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Color system setting

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Selecting a screen size manually

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Selecting a screen size automatically

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Selecting a screen size for 4:3 aspect ratio signals

. . . . . . . . . 37

Changing the brightness at both sides of the screen

(Side Mask)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Sleep Timer

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Using a password (AV mode only)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Entering a password

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Contents

English

Changing the password

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Resetting the password function

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10 Using with other equipment

Connecting a digital tuner

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Displaying broadcasts via a digital tuner

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Connecting a DVD player

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

DVD playback

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Connecting a VCR

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

VCR playback

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Connecting a game console or camcorder

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Displaying an image from the game console or camcorder

. . 41

Connecting a personal computer

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Displaying an image from a personal computer

. . . . . . . . . . . 42

Connecting an amplifier/AV receiver

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Avoiding unwanted feedback

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Using the HDMI Inputs

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Connecting HDMI equipment

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Using control cords

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

About SR+

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11 Using Teletext

Using the Teletext Functions

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What is Teletext?

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Operating the Teletext basics

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Turning on and off Teletext

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Selecting and operating Teletext pages

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Displaying subpages

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Displaying TOP Over View

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Displaying subtitle pages

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

12 Additional information

Troubleshooting

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Signal assignments for 15-pin D-sub connector

. . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Standard channel allocation selections for countries and

regions

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Specifications

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Trademarks

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