Contents | Pioneer S-DV777T, HTZ373DVD, XV-DV373, HTZ777DVD, XV-DV777

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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.

01 Controls and displays

Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

02 Getting started

Home theater sound setup . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Using the Auto MCACC setup for optimal surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Using the on-screen displays . . . . . . . . . . .12 Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Basic playback controls . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Resume and Last Memory. . . . . . . . . . . .13 DVD-Video disc menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Video CD/Super VCD PBC menus . . . . . .13 Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Improving poor FM reception . . . . . . . . .14 Memorizing stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . .14 Listening to other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

03 Listening to your system

Auto listening mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . .15 Dolby Pro Logic II Music settings . . . . . .15 Using Front Stage Surround Advance . . . .16 Using Advanced Surround. . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Listening with headphones . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . .17 Using the Sound Retriever . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Enhancing dialogue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Using the Tone controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Adjusting the bass and treble . . . . . . . . .17 Quiet and Midnight modes . . . . . . . . . . .17 Boosting the bass level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

04 Disc playback features

Scanning discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Playing in slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Frame advance/frame reverse . . . . . . . . . . 18 Playing a JPEG slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Browsing DVD or Video CD/Super VCD discs with the Disc Navigator . . . . . . . . . . 19 Browsing Windows MediaTM Audio (WMA), MP3, MPEG-4 AAC, DivX video/WMV and JPEG files with the Disc Navigator . . . . . . 20 Using Playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Programming playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Listening to playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Clearing files from a playlist . . . . . . . . . . 21 Looping a section of a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Using repeat play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Using random play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Creating a program list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Other functions available from the program menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Searching a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Switching subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Switching language/audio channels . . . . . 23 Zooming the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Switching camera angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Displaying disc information. . . . . . . . . . . . 24

05 USB playback

Using the USB interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Basic playback controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Scanning files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Playing a JPEG slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Browsing files with the Navigator . . . . . . . 26