Pioneer PDP-507XD manual Enjoying through External Equipment, Watching a decoder image

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Enjoying through External Equipment

You can connect many types of external equipment to your Plasma Television, like a decoder, VCR, DVD player, personal computer, game console, and camcorder.

To view images coming from external equipment, select the input source using the INPUT buttons on the remote control (page 16) or the INPUT button on the Plasma Television.

CAUTION

•To protect all equipment, always unplug the Plasma Television from the power outlet before connecting to a decoder, VCR, DVD player, personal computer, game console, camcorder, or other external equipment.

NOTE

•Refer to the relevant operation manual (DVD player, personal computer, etc.) carefully before making connections.

Watching a decoder image

Connecting a decoder

Use the INPUT 1 terminal when connecting a decoder and other audiovisual equipment.

Plasma Television (rear view)

Watching a VCR image

Connecting a VCR

Use the INPUT 2 terminals when connecting a VCR and other audiovisual equipment.

If your VCR supports TV-VCR advanced “AV link” systems (page 60), you can connect the VCR to the INPUT 2 or 3 terminal on the Plasma Television using the fully-wired 21-pin SCART cable.

AV link advanced system

•Download tuning information directly from TV to VCR (Preset download).

•While watching TV, you can record a programme with a one- touch press of the VCR recording button. (WYSIWYR*)

*Refer to your VCR operation manual as some VCRs have an exclusive key for WYSIWYR.

•When you press the play button on the VCR, the system automatically turns on from standby and displays a VCR image.

NOTE

•TV-VCR advanced “AV link” systems may not be compatible with some external sources.

Plasma Television (rear view)

Antenna cable (commercially available)

IN

3 4

SCART cable (commercially available)

Decoder

Displaying a decoder image

SCART cable (commercially available)

IN

OUT

VCR

OUT

Antenna cable (commer- cially available)

Antenna cable (commercially available)

1Press buttons 0 to 9 or P +/P – to select a programme specified for decoder setting (page 30).

2Press INPUT 1 on the remote control unit or press INPUT on the Plasma Television to select INPUT1.

Displaying a VCR image

To watch a VCR image, press INPUT 2 on the remote control unit or press INPUT on the Plasma Television to select INPUT2.

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NOTE

•Be sure to use INPUT1 to connect a decoder.

•If decoder images do not come in clearly, you may need to change the input signal type setting using the menu. See page 53.

•Refer to your decoder operation manual for the signal type.

NOTE

•If VCR images do not come in clearly, you may need to change the input signal type setting using the menu. See page 53.

•Refer to your VCR operation manual for the signal type.

•Connect external equipment to only terminals that are to be actually used.

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