Pioneer S-DV434ST, XV-DV434 Contents, Getting started, Listening to your system, Playing discs

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Please read through these operating instructions so that you will know how to operate your model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them in a safe place for future reference.

Contents

01 Getting started

Home theater sound setup . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Using the Auto MCACC setup for optimal surround sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Using the on-screendisplays . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Basic playback controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Resume and Last Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . .9 DVD-Video disc menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Video CD/Super VCD PBC menus . . . . . . .9 Listening to the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Improving poor FM reception . . . . . . . . .10 Memorizing stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Listening to station presets . . . . . . . . . . .10 Listening to other sources . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

02 Listening to your system

About the listening modes . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Auto listening mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Listening in surround sound . . . . . . . . . . .11 Dolby Pro Logic II Music settings . . . . . .12 Using Front Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Using Advanced Surround. . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Adjusting the effect level . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Listening in stereo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Listening with headphones . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Listening with Acoustic Calibration EQ . . .13 Enhancing dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Using Quiet and Midnight listening

modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Adjusting the bass and treble . . . . . . . . . .13 Boosting the bass level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

03 Playing discs

Scanning discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Playing in slow motion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Frame advance/frame reverse . . . . . . . . . .14 Playing a JPEG slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

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Browsing DVD or Video CD/Super VCD discs with the Disc Navigator . . . . . . . . . . 15 Browsing WMA, MP3, DivX video and JPEG files with the Disc Navigator . . . . . . 15 Looping a section of a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Using repeat play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Using random play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Creating a program list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Using the OSD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Other functions available from the program menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Using the front panel display . . . . . . . . . 18

Searching a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Switching subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Switching language / audio channels . . . . 19 Zooming the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Switching camera angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Displaying disc information. . . . . . . . . . . . 19

04 Using the timer

Setting the wake-uptimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Turning the wake-uptimer on/off . . . . . . 20 Setting the sleep timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

05 Surround sound and other settings

Using the System Setup menu . . . . . . . . . 21 Surround and sound setup options. . . . . 21 Setting the channel levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 SR+ Setup for Pioneer plasma displays . . 23

06 Video Adjust menu

Video Adjust menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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