Operating Instructions
X-PR7DV
DVD/MD Mini Component System
XV-PR7DV.book 1
Information to User
Alteration or modifications carried out without
appropriate authorization may invalidate the
user's right to operate the equipment. H011_En
The lightning flash with arrowhead
symbol, 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.
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.
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RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT OPEN
CAUTION
WARNING: THE APPARATUS IS NOT
WATERPROOFS, TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCKS
HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPARUTUS 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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Operating Environment H045_En
Operating environment temperature and
humidity:
+5ºC +35ºC (+41ºF +95ºF); 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
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 the DVD player.
Thank you for your support.
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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IMPORTANT
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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.
· The use of optical instruments with this
product will increase eye hazard.
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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.
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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 engineering
or disassembly is prohibited.
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.
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This product includes FontAvenue® fonts
licenced by NEC corporation. FontAvenue is
a registered trademark of NEC Corporation.
Recording equipment and copyright: Recording
equipment should be used only for lawful
copying and you are advised to check carefully
what is lawful copying in the country in which
you are making a copy. Copying of copyright
material such as films or music is unlawful unless
permitted by a legal exception or consented to
by the rightowners.
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15 cm or more
rear : 15 cm or more
English
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Contents
01 Before you start
Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
What's in the box
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Putting the batteries in the remote
control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Using the remote control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Disc / content format playback
compatibility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
General disc compatibility
. . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Disc Compatibility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
CD-R/RW compatibility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
DVD-R/RW compatibility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
PC-created disc compatibility
. . . . . . . . 10
About WMA
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Compressed audio compatibility
. . . . . . 10
JPEG file compatibility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Video CD vs Super VCD
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
02 Connecting up
Basic connections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
AM loop antenna
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
FM wire antenna
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Video connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Speaker connections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Power cord
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Other connections
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
03 Setting up the system
Cancelling the demo mode
. . . . . . . . . . . 16
Switching on
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Automatic power on buttons
. . . . . . . . . 16
Let's Get Started
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Setting the clock
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Changing the hour format
. . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using the on-screen displays
. . . . . . . . . . 19
04 Getting Started
Playing discs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Basic playback controls
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Resume and Last Memory
. . . . . . . . . . . 22
DVD-Video disc menus
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Video CD/Super VCD PBC menus
. . . . . . 23
Playing MiniDiscs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Basic remote playback controls
. . . . . . . 24
Front panel controls
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Listening to the radio
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Improving FM stereo sound
. . . . . . . . . . . 25
Listening to other sources
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Adjusting the sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Adjusting the bass and treble
. . . . . . . . . 26
Using sound modes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Listening at low volumes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using virtual surround
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Watching a DVD/JPEG disc while listening
to an MD
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
05 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 front panel display
. . . . . . . . . . 32
Using random play
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Creating a program list
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Editing a program list
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Other functions available from the
program menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Making a program list using the front
panel display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Clearing a track from the program list
. . . 37
Clearing the program list
. . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Searching a disc
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Switching subtitles
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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Switching the DVD audio language
. . . . . 38
Switching VR format DVD-RW audio
channels
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Switching audio channels when playing a
Video CD/Super VCD
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Zooming the screen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Switching camera angles
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Displaying disc information
. . . . . . . . . . . 40
06 Viewing JPEG discs
Playing a JPEG slideshow
. . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using the JPEG Disc Navigator and Photo
Browser
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Zooming the screen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
07 Playing MDs
About groups
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Making a group
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Selecting a group to play
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Playing groups or the whole disc
. . . . . . 44
Editing a group
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Canceling groups
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using program play
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Checking a program
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Erasing the program list
. . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using repeat play
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using random play
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
08 Recording MDs
Introduction to recording MDs
. . . . . . . . . 47
Record this track!
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Recording a whole CD or program list
. . . 47
Manual recording
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
MD recording settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Standard and long play recording
. . . . . 48
Selecting the input type
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Setting the digital volume
. . . . . . . . . . . 49
Reducing the line input level
. . . . . . . . . 49
09 Editing MDs
Introduction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Naming tracks, groups and discs
. . . . . . . 52
Editing names
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Dividing a track into two
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Combining two tracks into one
. . . . . . . . . 54
Moving tracks on a disc
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Erasing tracks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Erasing a disc
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
10 More tuner features
Saving individual station presets
. . . . . . . . 56
Automatically saving station presets
. . . . . 56
Listening to station presets
. . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Naming station presets
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Editing station preset names
. . . . . . . . . . 57
11 Using the timer
Using the wake up timer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Using the record timer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Switching on/off the wake up and record
timers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Using the sleep timer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
12 Audio Settings menu
Audio DRC
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Virtual Surround
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
13 Video Adjust menu
Video Adjust
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Creating your own presets
. . . . . . . . . . . 65
14 Initial Settings menu
Using the Initial Settings menu
. . . . . . . . . 67
Digital Audio Out settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Dolby Digital Out
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
DTS Out
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
96kHz PCM Out
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
MPEG Out
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Video Output settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
TV Screen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
S-Video Out
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Language settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Audio Language
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Subtitle Language
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
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