Pioneer DV-45A

Contents

01 Before You Start

Features ..............................................................8

What’s in the box ...............................................9

Putting the batteries in the remote control..... 9

Using the remote control ..................................9

Disc / Content Format Playback

Compatibility ................................................... 10

CD-R/RW Compatibility ............................ 10

DVD-R/RW Compatibility........................... 10

Compressed Audio Compatibility .............10

PC Created Disc Compatibility.................. 11

Titles, chapters, Groups and tracks ......... 11

DVD-Video regions..................................... 11

02 Connecting Up

Rear panel........................................................ 12

Easy connections............................................ 13

Using other types of video output.................. 14

Connecting using an S-Video output........ 14

Connecting using the

component video output............................ 14

Connecting for multichannel surround

sound.......................................................... 15

Connecting using the multichannel analog

outputs ........................................................15

Connecting using a digital output ........... 16

Controlling this player from another Pioneer

component .......................................................17

03 Controls and Displays

Front panel........................................................18

About progressive scan video .................. 19

Display ............................................................. 20

Remote control................................................ 21

04 Getting Started

Switching on.................................................... 23

Let’s Get Started .........................................24

Using the on-screen displays......................... 25

Setting up with the Setup Navigator.............. 25

Playing discs ................................................... 28

Basic playback controls............................ 28

Front panel controls.................................. 29

DVD disc menus.........................................29

Video CD PBC menus ................................30

05 Playing Discs

Introduction..................................................... 33

Using the Disc Navigator to browse

the contents of a disc ..................................... 33

Scanning discs................................................ 35

Using the Multi Dial......................................... 35

Playing in slow motion ....................................36

Frame advance/frame reverse ....................... 36

Looping a section of a disc ............................ 37

Using repeat play ............................................ 38

Using random play.......................................... 39

Creating a program list....................................40

Editing a program list.................................42

Other functions available

from the program menu ............................42

Searching a disc ..............................................43

Switching subtitles ..........................................44

Switching DVD-Video audio language.......... 44

Switching DVD-RW audio channel ............... 45

Switching DVD-Audio audio channel ........... 45

Switching CD/MP3/Video CD audio

channel .............................................................45

Switching camera angles................................45

Displaying disc information............................ 46

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