Pioneer BDP-LX08 operating instructions  About audio formats,  Playing BDs,  Playing DVDs

01 Note

•Some discs cannot be played, even if one of the above logo marks is indicated.

•To play 8 cm discs, set the disc in the 8 cm disc depression in the center of the disc tray. No adapter is necessary. 8 cm BD- ROMs cannot be played.

About audio formats

The following audio formats are supported on this player:

•Dolby TrueHD

•Dolby Digital Plus

•Dolby Digital

•DTS-HD Master Audio

•DTS-HD High Resolution Audio

•DTS Digital Surround

•MPEG

•MPEG-2 AAC

•Linear PCM

To enjoy the surround sound of Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-HD Master Audio and DTS-HD High Resolution Audio, it is recommended to connect the player to an AV receiver or amplifier compatible with these audio formats using an HDMI cable. After loading a BD containing sound in one of these audio formats, select the audio format on the menu screen.

See About the audio output settings on page 50 for the output conditions of the different formats.

Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. Dolby and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.

Manufactured under license under U.S. Patent #: 5,451,942; 5,956,674; 5,974,380; 5,978,762; 6,487,535 & other U.S. and worldwide patents issued & pending. DTS is a registered trademark and the DTS logos, Symbol, DTS-HD and DTS-HD Advanced Digital Out are trademarks of DTS, Inc. © 1996-2007 DTS, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Playing BDs

•BDs (BDMV) compatible with the formats below can be played.

–Blu-ray Disc Read-Only (ROM) Format Version 2

–Blu-ray Disc Recordable (R) Format Version 2

–Blu-ray Disc Rewritable (RE) Format Version 3

This player supports BD-ROM Profile 1 Version 1.1. BONUSVIEW Functions such as playback of secondary video (Picture-in-Picture) and secondary audio can be used. For details on secondary video and secondary audio playback, refer to the disc’s instructions.

“BONUSVIEW” is trademark of Blu-ray Disc Association.

When a BD-ROM is played, additional data may be stored in the player’s memory area (local storage). If the message indicating low memory (local storage) appears, erase the BDMV data (page 24).

•BDs (BDAV) compatible with the formats below can be played.

–Blu-ray Disc Recordable (R) Format Version 1

–Blu-ray Disc Rewritable (RE) Format Version 2

•Dual Layer BDs can be played.

•Movie and music files recorded on BDs cannot be played.

•8 cm BD-ROMs cannot be played.

Playing DVDs

•DVD-Video can be played.

•DVD-R/-RW/+R/+RW discs recorded in the DVD-Video format can be played (finalize them before playing them on this player).

•DVD-R/-RW discs recorded in the VR format (Video Recording format) can be played.

•This label indicates playback compatibility with DVD-RW discs recorded in VR format (Video Recording format). However, for discs recorded with a record-only-once encrypted program, playback can only be achieved using a CPRM compatible device.

•DVDs recorded in the AVCHD format can be played (finalize them before playing them on this player).

“AVCHD” and the “AVCHD” logo are trademarks of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. and Sony Corporation.

•Movie and music files recorded on DVD-R/-RW/+R/+RW discs can be played. See Playable files on page 9.

•Dual Layer DVDs can be played. However, non-finalized Dual Layer DVD-R discs recorded in the VR format cannot be played (finalize them before playing them on this player).

•HD DVD, DVD Audio and DVD-RAM discs cannot be played.

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