Troubleshooting

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Incorrect operation is often mistaken for trouble or malfunction. If you think that there is something wrong with this component, check the points below. Sometimes the trouble may lie in another component. Inspect the other components and electrical appliances being used. If the trouble cannot be rectified after checking the items below, ask your nearest Pioneer authorized service center or your dealer to carry out repair work.

During playback

Problem

Check

Remedy

 

 

 

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Data does not play.

Data does not play properly.

Is one of the following messages

• Check whether the data is playable on this unit (page 18).

displayed?

• Check whether the data being played is damaged.

UNSUPPORTED VIDEO

• Check the Pioneer website for information on encoding software

CONTENTS

and settings whose operation Pioneer has verified (page 17).

OPEN FILE ERROR

• Operation is not guaranteed for encoding software and settings

DECODE ERROR

whose operation Pioneer has not verified.

 

 

Is the main unit display’s

• The temperature inside this unit is high. Turn the power off and

backlight flashing and the

wait for the temperature to lower.

message Internal Temp. High

• Check whether the surrounding temperature is 45 °C or greater.

Condition! displayed?

 

 

 

Has a time map table file been

• If there is no time map table file, it may happen that no error

created?

message such as UNSUPPORTED VIDEO CONTENTS is displayed

 

and the unit cannot make the proper judgment. Create a time map

 

table file before playing.

• No picture is displayed.

Is the resolution properly set?

• For the video signals output from the HDMI OUT and

• Picture is not clear.

 

COMPONENT VIDEO OUT terminals, use the OUTPUT

 

 

RESOLUTION (+, –)buttons to switch the resolution of the video

 

 

and audio signals (page 43).

 

 

• For the video signals output from the Video Out terminals, set

 

 

the TV SYSTEM switch according to the monitor being used. The

 

 

TV SYSTEM switch setting is only applied after the power is turned

 

 

off then back on.

 

 

 

 

• Is the equipment connected

Depending on the HDMI cable being used and this unit’s settings,

 

with an HDMI cable other than a

1080p signals may not be output properly. Restore the factory

 

High Speed HDMI® Cable (with a

defaults at Initial Settings Options Initialize (page 47).

 

Standard HDMI® Cable)?

Now, to output 1080p signals, connect using a High Speed HDMI®

 

• Is the equipment connected

Cable with no built-in equalizer.

 

 

 

using an HDMI cable with built-in

 

 

equalizer?

 

 

 

 

• Picture is stretched.

Is the display’s picture size

See the display’s operating instructions and set the TV’s aspect

• Picture is cut off.

(aspect ratio) properly set?

ratio properly.

• Aspect ratio cannot be

Is this unit’s TV Screen setting

Set this unit’s TV Screen setting properly (page 46).

switched.

properly set?

 

 

 

 

 

 

When outputting video signals with a resolution of 1080/59.94i,

 

 

1080/59.94p, 720/59.94p, 1080/50i, 1080/50p or 720/50p from the

 

 

HDMI OUT or COMPONENT VIDEO OUT terminals, the signals

 

 

may be output with an aspect ratio of 16:9, even when TV Screen

 

 

is set to 4:3 (page 46).

 

 

 

Picture is interrupted.

 

• The picture may be interrupted when the resolution is switched.

 

 

• The picture may be interrupted when the SD memory card

 

 

reading speed is too low.

 

 

• The picture may be disturbed if one of the operations below is

 

 

performed while playing video signals with a high bit rate. Either

 

 

stop playback and change the settings, or check operation in

 

 

advance before playing.

 

 

– Operations for changing settings, etc. (page 45)

 

 

– Text crawl setting and operation

 

 

Monitor OSD or On Screen Display display (page 36)

 

 

– Display of still picture files

 

 

– Signal transfer with device connected to the RS-232Cterminal

 

 

or LAN (10/100) port

 

 

– File operations on an SD memory card or USB storage device

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