Getting started

Using the on-screen displays

For ease of use, this system makes extensive use of graphical on-screen displays (OSDs).

All the screens are navigated in basically the same way, using the cursor buttons ( , , ,

) to change the highlighted item and pressing ENTER to select it.1

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Throughout this manual, ‘Select’ means use the cursor buttons to highlight an item on-screen, then press ENTER.

Button What it does

HOME Displays/exits the on-screen display

MENU

Changes the highlighted menu item

ENTER Selects the highlighted menu item

RETURN Returns to the main menu without saving changes

Tip

The button guide at the bottom of every OSD screen shows you which buttons you’ll need to use for that screen.

Playing discs

The basic playback controls for playing DVD, CD, Video CD/Super VCD, DivX video and MP3/ WMA discs are covered here. Further functions are detailed in chapter 3.

1If the player isn’t already on, switch it on. If you’re playing a disc with video, also turn on your TV and make sure that it is set to the correct video input.

2 Press OPEN/CLOSE to load a disc.

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Load a disc with the label side facing up, using

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the disc tray guide to align the disc (if you’re

 

loading a double-sided DVD disc, load it with

 

the side you want to play face down).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Press (play) to start playback.

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you’re playing a DVD or Video CD/Super VCD,

 

 

 

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a menu may appear. See DVD-Video disc

 

 

 

menus and Video CD/Super VCD PBC menus on

 

 

page 8 to navigate these.

 

 

If you’re playing a DivX video or WMA/MP3

 

 

 

 

disc, it may take a few seconds before playing.

 

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If you loaded a CD/CD-R/RW containing

 

JPEGs, a slideshow will start. See Playing a

 

JPEG slideshow on page 13 for more on this.

 

 

• If a disc contains a mixture of DivX video

 

 

and other media file types (MP3, for

 

 

example), first select whether to play the

 

 

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DivX video files (DivX) or the other media

 

 

 

file types (MP3 / WMA / JPEG) from the

 

 

 

on-screen display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Adjust the volume.

 

Use the VOLUME control.

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The following table shows the basic controls on

Basic playback controls

 

the remote for playing discs2. You can find other playback features in the chapter 3.

Button What it does

Starts/resumes normal playback.

If the display shows RESUME or LAST MEM playback starts from the resume or last memory point (see Resume and Last Memory below).

Pauses/unpauses a disc.

Note

1The screen saver will appear after five minutes of inactivity.

2You may find with some DVD discs that some playback controls don’t work in certain parts of the disc.

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Pioneer S-DV232T, S-DV131 manual Getting started Using the on-screen displays, Playing discs, Basic playback controls, Menu

S-DV232T, S-DV131 specifications

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