02Getting started

If you want to clear the resume point, press (stop) while RESUME is displayed.

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).

 

 

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Button

What it does

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

Listening to the radio

The tuner can receive both FM and AM broadcasts, and lets you memorize your favorite stations so you don’t have to manually tune in every time you want to listen.

1Press TUNER to switch to the tuner, then press repeatedly to select the AM or FM band. The display shows the band and frequency.

2Tune to a frequency.

There are three tuning modes—manual, auto, and high-speed:

Manual tuning: Press TUNE +/– repeatedly to change the displayed frequency.

Auto tuning: Press and hold TUNE +/– 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 until you reach the frequency you want. If necessary, fine tune the frequency using the manual tuning method.

Improving poor FM reception

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.

2

Use

to choose FM MODE then press

ENTER.

 

3

Use

to select FM MONO then press

ENTER.

 

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

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Pioneer S-DV555T Listening to the radio, DVD-Video disc menus, Video CD/Super VCD PBC menus, Improving poor FM reception

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