Pioneer S-DV555T, S-DV1SW, S-DV353, HTZ353DVD manual Contents

Contents

01 Controls and displays

Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

02 Getting started

Home theater sound setup . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Using the Auto MCACC setup for optimal surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Using the on-screen displays . . . . . . . . . . .10 Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Basic playback controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Resume and Last Memory. . . . . . . . . . . .11 DVD-Video disc menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Video CD/Super VCD PBC menus . . . . . .12 Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Improving poor FM reception . . . . . . . . .12 Reducing AM reception noise . . . . . . . . .13 Memorizing stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . .13 Listening to other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

03 Listening to your system

Auto listening mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . .14 Dolby Pro Logic II Music settings . . . . . .14 Using Front Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Using Advanced Surround. . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Listening with headphones . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . .15 Using the Sound Retriever . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Enhancing dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Using the Tone controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Adjusting the bass and treble . . . . . . . . .16 Quiet and Midnight modes . . . . . . . . . . .16 Boosting the bass level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

04 Disc playback features

Scanning discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Playing in slow motion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Frame advance/frame reverse . . . . . . . . . .17 Playing a JPEG slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Browsing DVD or Video CD/Super VCD discs with the Disc Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Browsing WMA, MP3, MPEG-4 AAC, DivX video and JPEG files with the Disc

Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Looping a section of a disc . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Using repeat play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Using random play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

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Creating a program list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Other functions available from the program menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Searching a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Switching subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Switching language / audio channels . . . . 21 Zooming the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Switching camera angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Displaying disc information. . . . . . . . . . . . 22

05 USB playback

Using the USB interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Basic playback controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Scanning files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Playing a JPEG slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Browsing files with the Navigator . . . . . . . 24

06 Surround sound settings

Using the Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

07 Video Adjust menu

Video Adjust menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

08 Initial Settings menu

Using the Initial Settings menu . . . . . . . . . 27 Video Output settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Language settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Display settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Options settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Parental Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 About DivX® VOD content . . . . . . . . . . . 29

09 Other connections

Connecting external antennas. . . . . . . . . . 31 Connecting auxiliary audio components . . 31 Connecting the S-video output . . . . . . . . . 31 Connecting using the component video output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

About progressive scan video . . . . . . . . . 32 Using this unit with a Pioneer plasma

display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

SR+ Setup for Pioneer plasma

displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Switching on the SR+ mode. . . . . . . . . . 33