DVD/CD Receiver
XV-DV515
Speaker System
S-DV515
Wireless Speaker System
XW-DV515
Operating Instructions
HTS.book 1
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.
IMPORTANT
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: THIS APPARATUS IS NOT
WATERPROOF. TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK
HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPARATUS TO
RAIN OR MOISTURE AND DO NOT PUT ANY
WATER SOURCE NEAR THIS APPARATUS, SUCH
AS VASES, FLOWER POTS, COSMETICS
CONTAINERS, MEDICINE BOTTLES, ETC.
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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European model only:
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 this system.
Thank you for your support.
Location: underside of the unit
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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HTS.book 2
CAUTION: THE STANDBY/ON BUTTON 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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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
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: Slots 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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ENERGY STAR® and the
ENERGY STAR
certification mark are
registered US marks.
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Energy-saving design
This system is designed to use 0.39 W of
electricity when power is switched to standby.
Australian model:
HTS.book 3
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
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Introduction to home theater
. . . . . . . . . . . 8
General disc compatibility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
CD-R/RW compatibility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
DVD-R/RW compatibility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
PC-created disc compatibility
. . . . . . . . . 9
About WMA
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Compressed audio compatibility
. . . . . . 10
JPEG file compatibility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
02 Controls and displays
Front panel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Remote control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Wireless speaker system
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
03 Getting started
Switching on and setting up
. . . . . . . . . . . 19
Setting the clock
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Setting up the remote to control
your TV
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using the Room Setup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using the on-screen displays
. . . . . . . . . . 22
Playing discs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Basic playback controls
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Resume and Last Memory
. . . . . . . . . . . 25
DVD-Video disc menus
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Video CD/Super VCD PBC menus
. . . . . 27
Listening to the radio
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Improving poor FM reception
. . . . . . . . . 29
Memorizing stations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Listening to station presets
. . . . . . . . . . 30
Listening to other sources
. . . . . . . . . . . . 30
04 Home theater sound
Auto listening mode
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Listening in surround sound
. . . . . . . . . . . 31
Dolby Pro Logic II Music settings
. . . . . . 32
Listening in stereo
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Listening with headphones
. . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the Advanced Surround effects
. . . . 33
Adjusting the Advanced Surround
effect level
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Enhancing dialogue
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Listening with a virtual surround back
speaker
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using Quiet and Midnight
listening modes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Adjusting the bass and treble
. . . . . . . . . . 35
Boosting the bass level
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Muting the sound
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using the wireless surround speaker
. . . . . 36
05 Playing discs
Introduction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using the Disc Navigator to browse the
contents of a disc
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Scanning discs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Playing in slow motion
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Frame advance/frame reverse
. . . . . . . . . . 39
Looping a section of a disc
. . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using repeat play
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using the OSD
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using the front panel display
. . . . . . . . . . 41
Using random play
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using the OSD
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Creating a program list
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using the OSD
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using the front panel display
. . . . . . . . . . 44
Clearing the program list
. . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Searching a disc
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Switching subtitles
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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English
Italiano
Français
Nederlands
Español
Deutsch
Switching the DVD audio language
. . . . . 46
Switching VR format DVD-RW
audio channel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Switching the Video CD/Super VCD
audio channel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Zooming the screen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Switching camera angles
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Displaying disc information
. . . . . . . . . . . 47
OSD disc information
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Front panel display information
. . . . . . . 48
06 Viewing JPEG discs
Playing a JPEG slideshow
. . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Using the JPEG Disc Navigator and
Photo Browser
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Zooming the screen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
07 More tuner features: RDS
European model only
An introduction to RDS
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Displaying RDS information
. . . . . . . . . 53
Searching for RDS programs
. . . . . . . . . 53
08 Using the timer
Setting the wake-up timer
. . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Turning the wake-up timer on/off
. . . . . . 55
Setting the sleep timer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
09 Surround sound setup
Setting up surround sound
. . . . . . . . . . . 57
System Setup menu options
. . . . . . . . . 57
Setting the channel levels
. . . . . . . . . . . 59
10 Video Adjust menu
Video Adjust
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Creating your own presets
. . . . . . . . . . . 60
11 Initial Settings menu
Using the Initial Settings menu
. . . . . . . . 62
Video Output settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
TV Screen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
AV Connector Out
(European model only)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Component Out (Not Applicable to
the European model)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
S-Video Out (Not Applicable to
the European model)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Language settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Audio Language
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Subtitle Language
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
DVD Menu Language
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Subtitle Display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Display settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
OSD Language
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
On Screen Display
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Angle Indicator
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Options
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Parental Lock
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
PhotoViewer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
12 Other connections
Connecting the wireless
speaker system
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Connecting external antennas
. . . . . . . . . . 70
Connecting auxiliary components
. . . . . . . 71
Reducing the TV and line signal levels
. . 72
Recording mode
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Connecting using the S-video output
(Not Applicable to the European model)
. . . 72
Connecting using the component video
output (Not Applicable to the
European model)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Using the SCART AV output
(European model only)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Switching the TV audio input from
SCART to RCA
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
13 Additional information
Switching off the demo
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Child Lock
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Changing the clock format
. . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Setting the TV format
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Watching NTSC on a PAL TV
(MOD. PAL)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Changing the frequency step
(Not Applicable to the European model)
. . . 76
Resetting the system
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Using and taking care of discs
. . . . . . . . . 76
Titles, chapters and tracks
. . . . . . . . . . . 76
DVD Video regions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Handling discs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Storing discs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Discs to avoid
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
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