Additional information

Setting the TV format

• Default setting: AUTO

The default setting of this system is AUTO, and unless you notice that the picture is distorted when playing some discs, you should leave it set to AUTO. If you experience picture distortion with some discs, set the TV system to match your country or region’s system. Doing this, however, may restrict the kinds of disc you can watch. The table below shows what kinds of disc are compatible with each setting (AUTO, PAL and NTSC).

1Switch the system into standby.

2Press SYSTEM SETUP.

3 Use the (cursor left/right) buttons to select ‘TV System?’, then press

ENTER.

4 Use the (cursor up/down) buttons to select Auto, PAL or NTSC, then press ENTER to confirm.

Disc

 

Player setting

 

Type

Format

NTSC

PAL

AUTO

 

 

 

 

 

DVD

NTSC

NTSC

MOD.PAL

NTSC

 

PAL

NTSC

PAL

PAL

 

 

 

 

 

Video CD

NTSC

NTSC

MOD.PAL

NTSC

 

PAL

NTSC

PAL

PAL

 

 

 

 

 

CD/no disc

—

NTSC

PAL

NTSC or

 

 

 

 

PAL

 

 

 

 

 

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Watching NTSC on a PAL TV

 

 

 

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(MOD. PAL)

 

 

 

 

 

Most models of the newly developed count-

 

 

down PAL TV system detect 50 Hz (PAL)/60 Hz

 

 

(NTSC) and automatically switch vertical

 

 

amplitude, resulting in a display without

 

 

 

 

vertical shrinkage. However, in some cases,

 

 

the image may appear without color.

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If your PAL TV does not have a V-Hold control,

 

you may not be able to watch NTSC discs

 

because of picture roll. If the TV has a V-Hold

 

control, adjust it until the picture stops

 

rolling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

On some TVs, the picture may shrink verti-

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cally, leaving black bands at the top and

 

bottom of the screen. This is not a malfunc-

 

tion; it is caused by the NTSC to PAL conver-

 

sion.

 

 

 

Resetting the system

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1

Switch the system into standby.

Use this procedure to reset all system

 

settings (except for station memory) to the

 

factory default.

 

 

 

2

Press and hold the top panel (Stop)

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button for about 8 seconds until the

display shows ‘Mem.Clr.?’.

 

 

 

 

 

3

Press the top panel

button.

 

The system’s settings are now reset, and you

 

should see the ‘Welcome to Pioneer DVD !’

 

screen.

 

 

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Dimming the display

 

 

• Default setting: 3

 

 

 

The display has three brightness levels (1–3).

 

1Press DIMMER to change the brightness level of the display unit.

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S-DV900ST, S-DV700SW, S-DV700ST, S-DV900SW, XV-DV700 specifications

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