PCM
PCM stands for Pulse Code Modulation and is digital audio. The digital audio of CDs is PCM. This player also has a function that converts Dolby Digital and MPEG digital bitstreams into PCM to enable you to listen to quality digital sound even without a special decoder.
Playback Control (PBC)
This refers to signals recorded on a Video CD (Version 2.0) enabling playback control.
You can use menus recorded on discs with PBC for easy, interactive search for desired scenes, and playback.
You can also enjoy viewing
Progressive scan video
Also called
PureCinema
Video on a DVD discs may be either video material (originally shot on video) or film material (originally shot on film). Video material has a frame rate of 30 frames/ sec., compared with 24 frames/sec. for film. This player converts film material to 60 frames/sec. (in progressive scan mode). PureCinema adjusts the picture so that it matches more closely the picture quality of a cinema screen.
You can see whether video on a DVD disc is film or video material by displaying the video transmission rate.
If a hash mark (#) appears above the transmission rate display, it is film material.
Regional restriction codes (region number)
Regional restriction codes are built in to DVD players and DVD discs for each sales region. If the regional code of the DVD player does not match one of the regional codes of the DVD disc, playback is not possible.
The region number can be found on the rear panel of the DVD player. The illustration below shows the regions and corresponding region numbers.
Sampling Frequency
When a sound wave is converted to a digital signal, the sound is sampled and converted to data at a specific frequency rate. For example, a signal with a 96 kHz sampling rate indicates that in one second, the analog signal was sampled 96000 times to produce the digital signal.
Slideshow
A feature of some DVD discs in which still pictures recorded on the disc cycle automatically as the audio is played. See also Browsable pictures.
Subtitle
Subtitles are language titles superimposed on movies, or other media. Up to 32 different subtitle languages can be recorded on a DVD disc. The subtitle function can be used to select the language of your choice.
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Connecting the
System control
When you connect this player via a cord with a mini plug to another Pioneer component such as a receiver or an amplifier bearing the Î mark, you can control the player as though it were a component in a system. To control the player, point the player’s remote control at the component that the player is connected to, and not the player itself.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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