Getting started

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DVD-Video disc menus

Many DVD-Video discs contain menus from which you can select what you want to watch.

Sometimes DVD-Video menus are displayed automatically when you start playback; others only appear when you press MENU or TOP MENU.

Button

What it does

 

 

TOP MENU Displays the ‘top menu’ of a DVD disc — this varies with the disc.

MENU Displays a DVD disc menu — this varies with the disc and may be the same as the ‘top menu’.

 Moves the cursor around the screen.

ENTER Selects the current menu option.

RETURN Returns to the previously displayed menu screen.

Numbers Highlights a numbered menu option (some discs only). Press ENTER to select.

Video CD/Super VCD PBC menus

Some Video CD/Super VCDs have menus from which you can choose what you want to watch. These are PBC (Playback control) menus.

You can play a PBC Video CD/Super VCD without having to navigate the PBC menu by starting playback using a number button to select a track, rather than the  (play) button.

Button

What it does

 

 

RETURN Displays the PBC menu.

Numbers Selects numbered menu options. Press ENTER to select.

Displays the previous menu page (if there is one).

Displays the next menu page (if there is one).

 

 

 

 

 

Listening to the radio

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broadcasts, and lets you memorize your

The tuner can receive both FM and AM

 

favorite stations so you don’t have to manually

 

tune in every time you want to listen.

 

 

1 Press TUNER to switch to the tuner, then

 

 

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press repeatedly to select the AM or FM band.

 

 

The display shows the band and frequency.

 

 

2 Tune to a frequency.

 

 

 

 

There are three tuning modes — manual, auto,

 

 

 

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and high-speed:

 

 

 

Manual tuning: Press TUNE +/–

 

 

repeatedly to change the displayed

 

 

frequency.

 

 

 

 

Auto tuning: Press and hold TUNE +/–

 

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until the frequency display starts to move,

 

then release. The tuner will stop on the next

 

station it finds. Repeat to keep searching.

 

High-speed tuning: Press and hold

 

TUNE +/– until the frequency display starts

 

 

 

to move rapidly. Keep the button held down

 

 

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until you reach the frequency you want. If

 

 

necessary, fine tune the frequency using

 

 

the manual tuning method.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Improving poor FM reception

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If you’re listening to an FM station in stereo but

 

the reception is weak, you can improve the

 

sound quality by switching to mono.

 

1Tune to an FM radio station then press

SHIFT+SETUP.

2Use / to choose FM MODE then press

ENTER.

3Use / to select FM MONO then press

ENTER.

The mono indicator ( ) lights when the tuner is in mono reception mode.

Select FM AUTO above to switch back to auto- stereo mode (the stereo indicator ( ) lights when receiving a stereo broadcast).

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Pioneer S-DV272T Listening to the radio, DVD-Video disc menus, Video CD/Super VCD PBC menus, Improving poor FM reception

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