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Problem

Check

Remedy

 

 

 

Picture is disturbed during playback.

Picture is dark.

No picture is displayed or picture is not output in high definition when playing BDs.

This player supports Macrovision analog copy protection technology. With some TVs (such as with built-in video deck), the picture will not be displayed properly when the copy protected DVD title is played. This is not a malfunction.

If the player and TV are connected via a DVD recorder/video deck, etc., the picture will not be displayed properly due to analog copy protection. Connect the player and TV directly.

With some content protected discs, it may not be possible to output the video signals from the VIDEO output terminals, the S-VIDEOoutput terminal or the COMPONENT VIDEO output terminals. In this case, connect using an HDMI cable (page 14).

No sound is output.

Is the disc played back in slow motion?

No sound is output during slow motion play and forward and

Sound is disturbed.

Is the disc played back in fast forward or fast reverse?

reverse scanning.

 

 

 

 

Is the disc scratched?

The sound may not be output if the disc is scratched.

 

 

 

 

Is the disc dirty?

Clean the disc (page 59).

 

 

 

 

Is the player properly connected to the other components (AV

• Check that you connect the player to the audio output

 

receiver or amplifier, etc.)?

terminals of a different component, etc.

 

 

• Check that you connect the player to the PHONO input

 

 

terminals of the AV receiver or amplifier, etc.

 

 

 

 

Are the connected components (AV receiver or amplifier, etc.)

Read the operating instructions of the connected components

 

properly set?

and check the volume, input, speaker settings, etc.

 

 

 

 

Are the audio cables properly connected?

Insert the cables firmly and all the way in.

 

 

 

 

Is the audio cable damaged?

If the cable is damaged, replace it with a new one.

 

 

 

 

Is the player connected to the TV using an HDMI cable to watch

When connecting using component video cables, an S-Video

 

the picture?

cable or a video cable to watch the picture, it is not possible to

 

 

listen to the sound of devices connected with HDMI cables.

 

 

Take one of the measures below (pages 14 and 17).

 

 

– To watch the picture on a device that is not HDMI

 

 

compatible, connect using either an optical digital audio

 

 

cable, coaxial digital audio cable or analog audio cables

 

 

(7.1 or 2 channels) to listen to the sound.

 

 

– To listen to the sound on an HDMI-compatible device,

 

 

connect to the TV using an HDMI cable to watch the

 

 

picture.

 

 

After one of the above measures, use Setup Navigator to reset

 

 

the player (page 20).

 

 

 

 

Is Audio Output Mode properly set?

If Audio Output Mode is set to Multi-channel, the audio

 

 

signals may not be output properly from the AUDIO OUT (2

 

 

ch) terminals (page 40). Set Audio Output Mode to 2

 

 

Channel.

 

 

 

 

Are the speakers properly set?

Set Speaker Setup properly (page 40).

 

 

 

 

 

For some BDs, audio signals are only output from the optical

 

 

digital audio output terminal, the coaxial digital audio output

 

 

terminal or the HDMI output terminal.

 

 

 

Multi-channel sound is not

Is the AV receiver or amplifier, etc. connected to the HDMI

Read the operating instructions of the connected AV receiver

output.

OUT terminal, the AUDIO OUT (7.1 ch) terminals or DIGITAL

or amplifier and check the audio output settings of AV receiver

 

OUT (COAXIAL/OPTICAL) terminal?

or amplifier.

 

 

 

 

Is Output Terminal Priority properly set?

Linear PCM (2-channel) audio signals are output from output

 

 

terminals other than the one set at Audio under Output

 

 

Terminal Priority. Set Output Terminal Priority properly

 

 

(page 48).

Is the audio output of the connected AV receiver or amplifier, etc., properly set?

Read the operating instructions of the connected AV receiver or amplifier and check the audio output settings of AV receiver or amplifier.

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Pioneer BDP-51FD OUT COAXIAL/OPTICAL terminal?, Terminal Priority. Set Output Terminal Priority properly

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