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  • Pioneer DV-C505 | Operating Instructions - Page 1
    Pioneer soundvision.soul DVD Player DV-0505 Operating Instructions OP
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    USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions of the mast and supporting structure, grounding of
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    and power-line those controls that are covered by the operating instructions as an improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage and other products (including amplifiers) that the product. SERVICING - Do not attempt to service this ANTENNA product yourself as opening or removing
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    energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions. may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is , which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of
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    We Want You Listening For A Lifetime nem eatteatet: Selecting fine audio equipment such as the unit you've just purchased is only the start of your musical enjoyment. Now it's time to consider how you can maximize the fun and excitement your equipment offers. This manufacturer and the Electronic
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    Pioneer product. Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate your model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions DVD-Video regions 11 Remote control Display Creating and editing a DVD program list 37 17 18 20 Creating and editing a non-DVD
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    screen Switching camera angles Audio Language Subtitle Language DVD Menu Language Subtitle Display Problems with condensation Hints on installation Moving the player Power cord caution Screen sizes and disc formats Widescreen TV users Standard TV users Resetting the player Operating the player
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    (see page 44). Graphical on-screen displays Setting up and using your DVD player is made very easy using the graphical onscreen displays. Energy saving design This player features an auto power-off function. If the player is not used for over 30 minutes. it automatically switches itself into
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    (red/white plugs) • Video cable (yellow plugs) • Power cable • These operating instructions • Warranty card Putting the batteries in the remote control 1 Open the battery compartment cover on the back of the remote control. • Don't mix new and old batteries together. • Don't use different kinds
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    too.v.) driN Audio CD Video CD CD•R CD•RW • Other formats, including but not limited to the following, are not playable in this player: DVD-Audio, SACD, Photo CD, DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM, CD-ROM* *Except those that contain MP3 files formatted as specified in the "Compressed Audio Compatibility" section
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    world the disc is compatible with. Your DVD player also has a region mark, which you can find on the rear panel. Discs from incompatible regions will not play in this player. Discs marked ALL will play in any player. The diagram below shows the various DVD regions of the world. rates available to
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    AV receiver that has an optical digital input. Connect using a commercially available optical digital audio cable. Tip • You may find it useful to have the manuals supplied with your other components handy when connecting this player. • If you come across any unfamiliar terms in this section of the
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    is equipped with copy protection technology. Do not connect this player to your N via a VCR (or your VCR via this player) using AV cables, as the picture from this player will not appear properly on your TV. (This player may also not be compatible with some combination TVNCRs for the same reason
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    it into standby using either the front panel (!) STANDBY/ON button, or the remote control, and wait of the -OFFmessage to disappear from the player's display. • For the above reasons, do not plug this player into a switched power supply found on some amplifiers and AV receivers. S VIDEO INPUT
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    your AV receiver. 2 Connect the analog AUDIO OUT 1L/R or 2L/R and VIDEO OUT jacks on this player to a set of analog audio and video inputs on your AV receiver. rn -fl 0 000 AV to connect the same kind of video cable between your DVD player and AV receiver, and between your AV receiver and 1V. En
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    AV receiver, and although the sound is fine, there's no picture. What didI do wrong? Make sure that the type of video connection from the DVD player to your AV receiver is the same as that from the receiver to your TV. Most AV receivers won't convert from one kind of connection
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    to select discs in the player directly DISC SKIP (page 25) • During playback, press to start playing the next disc in the player • If the disc tray Press and hold for fast reverse scanning • Display (page 20) lE Remote control sensor The remote control has a range of up to about 7m (23ft.) ▪ A OPEN
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    "oneer ▪ STANDBY/ON Press to switch the player on or into standby El AUDIO (page 42) Press to select the audio channel or language 13 SUBTITLE (page 41) Press to select a subtitle display ▪ Number buttons D TOP MENU Press to display the top menu of a DVD disc O ENTER & cursor control buttons Use to
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    page 25) • During playback, press to start playing the next disc in the player • If the disc tray is open while no disc is playing, the tray close the disc tray pa ANGLE (page 43) Press to change the camera angle during DVD multi-angle scene playback ED CLEAR Press to clear a numeric entry ag ENTER
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    repeat play El 5 Lights during multi-angle scenes on a DVD disc ▪ GUI (Graphical User Interface) Lights when a menu is displayed on-screen a] player has not yet determined whether a disc is loaded it also lights) lap Character display • CHP Indicates that the character display is showing a DVD
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    0.) STANDBY/ON on the front panel, or on the remote control to switch the player on. Also, switch on your TV and make sure that it is set to the input you connected the DVD player to. Let's Get Started When you switch on the player for the first time, you should see a welcome screen
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    way these work as you'll need to use them when setting up the player, using some of the playback features, such as program play, and when the highlighted item and pressing ENTER to select it. A Important • Throughout this manual, 'Select' means use the cursor buttons to highlight an item on-screen,
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    this player to an AV receiver for playing surround sound. To answer some of the questions about digital audio formats you may need to look at the instructions that earrigetter 3 Select 'Setup Navigator'. 4 Select a DVD language. Some DVD discs feature on-screen menus. soundtracks and subtitles
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    D (Getting Started 6 Did you connect this player to an AV receiver using a digital output? Select Connected Not Connected. 9 Is your AV receiver MPEG compatible? Compatible. Not Compatible Don't Know. ..... Setup Navigator Language
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    for playing DVD, CD, Video CD and MP3 discs are covered here. Further functions are detailed in the next chapter. 3 Load a disc. Load a disc with the label side facing up, using the disc tray guide to align the disc. II/kW In C) =") 0000 000C2 0000 c) .C .c) (*) o COO CD0009 Pioneer Disc number
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    2 Load a disc with the label side facing up, using the disc tray guide to align the disc. 00 Disc number • If you want to load more After I load a DVD disc, it ejects automatically after a few seconds! Most likely, the disc is the wrong region for your player. The region number should be printed
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    The player is in CD mode. Press CD MODE to cancel. (page 29). Basic playback controls The table below shows the basic controls on the remote for playing discs. The folllowing chapter covers more playback features in more detail. Button ► II ■ *4i ►► IN Numbers what it does Starts playback. DVD
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    N.* work slightly differently from the remote buttons. a ;-; C.3 (±) DVD-Video disc menus Many DVD-Video discs contain menus from which scan; press for track/ chapter skip. A Important • You may find with some DVD discs that some playback controls don't work in certain parts of the disc. This
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    CDs and MP3 discs loaded in the disc tray- automatically skipping over any DVDs and Video CDs loaded. This may be useful if you have a mixture , the player automatically stops. • To cancel the CD mode, press CD MODE again. • If you open the disc tray using the OPEN/CLOSE button load a DVD or Video
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    , a disc number with a disc mark (0) indicates a CD or MP3 disc (page 20). • The DISC SKIP button is ineffective if all the other discs loaded are DVDs or Video CDs, or if all the other disc trays are empty. • Although program play is not possible in CD mode, it is possible to
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    .0,pwoo.. 2 Select what you want to play. Depending on the type of disc you have loaded, the Disc Navigator looks slightly different. The screen for DVD discs shows the titles on the left and the chapters on the right. Select a title, or a chapter within a title. t aw:Navigator T01•140 I On Imam
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    When scanning a Video CD or MP3 track, playback automatically resumes at the end or beginning of the track, • There is no sound while scanning DVDs and Video CDs, and no subtitles while scanning DVDs. • Depending on the disc, normal playback may automatically resume when a new chapter is reached on
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    resume normal playback, press ► (play). Note • Video CD only supports forward slow motion playback. • The picture quality during slow motion playback chapter is reached. Frame advance/frame reverse You can advance or back up a DVD disc frame-by-frame. With Video CDs, you can only use frame advance.
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    Repeat 2 Select a repeat play option. If program play is active, select Program Repeat to repeat the program list, or Repeat Off to cancel, For DVD discs, select Title Repeat or Chapter Repeat (or Repeat Off). Play Mode A•11 Repeal [ Repeat Random Program Search Modo Titre Repeat Chapter Repeal
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    the player, you can also select Program Repeat play. Front panel controls REPEAT 1 During playback, press REPEAT repeatedly to select a repeat mode. • To cancel the repeat mode, press CLEAR on the remote control. DVD: Chapter Repeater Title Repeat Repeat off 4 CI Note • If you switch camera angle
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    All function ignores DVDs loaded in the player. Front panel controls 0 a RANDOM 2 Select a random play option. For DVD discs, select Random select a random mode. • To cancel the random mode, press CLEAR on the remote control. DVD: r e. Random Chapter -a. Random Title -) Random off 4 CD / Video CD
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    title, or a chapter within a title. • Some titles and/or chapters of DVD discs may be grayed out, depending on the disc. Grayed out titles/chapters see below), erase the program list (see below), or switch off the player. Creating and editing a nonDVD program list This feature lets you program the
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    options. Play Mode A-B Repeat Repeat Random Program Search Mode Creole Ed.t • With CDs and Video CDs, select a track. • Any DVDs loaded are shown grayed out and can't be selected. • If the player has not yet determined the type of disc in a tray position, 'fl?' is displayed as the disc type. If
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    play (see below), erase the program list (see below), or switch off the player. Tip • To save your program list and exit the program edit screen without of disc in the play position (DVD or non-DVD) and select Create/Edit from the Play Mode menu. • DVD playback follows commands recorded on the disc
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    in PBC mode, or unfinalized CD-R/RW discs. Switching subtitles Some DVD discs have subtitles in one or more languages: the disc box a time search, enter the number of minutes and seconds into the currently playing title (DVD) or track (Video CD) you want playback to resume from. For example, press
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    magnify a part of the screen by a factor of 2 or 4, while watching a DVD or Video CD. 1 During playback, use the ZOOM button to select the zoom factor select an audio channel option. CID Audio Stereo Zoom 4 • Since DVD and Video CD have a fixed resolution, picture quality will deteriorate,
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    . • If you are displaying subtitles, these will disappear when the screen is zoomed. They will reappear when you return the screen to normal. Switching camera angles Some DVD discs feature scenes shot from two or more angles-check the disc box for details. When a multi-angle scene is playing, a icon
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    , or if you wish to purchase replacement parts, operating instructions, service manuals, or accessories, please call the number shown below. 800- 4 2 1- 1404 Please do not ship your product to Pioneer without first calling the Customer Support Division at the above listed number for assistance
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    06 The Audio Settings Menu Audio DRC • Default setting: Off When watching Dolby Digital DVDs at low volume, it's easy to lose the quieter sounds completely-including some of the dialog. Switching Audio DRC (Dynamic Range Control) to On can
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    • Virtual Surround doesn't work with DTS or 96kHz linear PCM audio, or during MP3 playback, through either the analog or digital outputs. • If the player is outputting Dolby Digital or MPEG bitstream audio (in other words, no conversion to PCM), Virtual Surround has no effect on the audio from the
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    Initial Settings menu gives you complete control in setting up your DVD player. including audio, and video output settings. audience limitation settings, the following pages may not correspond to those available in your country or region. If at any time you need to switch off the digital audio
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    in DTS decoder, set this to DTS, otherwise set to Off. Check the manual that came with the other component if you're unsure whether it is DTS 48kHz (96 kHz audio is converted to a more compatible 48 kHz). Check the manual that came with the other component if you're unsure whether it is 96 kHz
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    You only need to make this setting ifyou connected this player to your TV using an SVideo cord. Initial Settings select the 16:9 (Wide) setting-widescreen DVD software is then shown using the full determine how the material is presented- see the manual that came with your TV for details on
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    See also Selecting languages using the language code list on page 58. 0 Tip • With most discs, you can switch between the languages recorded on a DVD disc during playback using the AUDIO button. (This does not affect this setting.) See page 42. • Discs with two or more audio languages usually allow
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    in the same language as your Subtitle Language-see page 49. The DVD format recognizes 136 different languages. Select Other Language if you want to • English francals Deutsch ttanano Espahol This sets the language of this player's onscreen displays. On Screen Display • Default setting: On ifi
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    If you prefer not to see the camera icon onscreen during multi-angle scenes on DVD discs, change this setting to Off. Options some control about what your children watch on your DVD player. Some discs also support the Country Code feature. The player does not play certain scenes on these discs,
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    The Initial Settings Menu 07 Setting/changing the Country Code You may also want to refer to the Country code list on page 57. 1 Select 'Country Code'. C.,' • Initial Settings Digital Audio Out Video Output Language Display (Options Parental Lock Password Change Level Change Country Code 2
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    other sharp-tipped writing instrument. These could all damage the disc. For more detailed care information see the instructions that come with discs. Do not load more than one disc into the player at a time. Wipe lightly from the center of the disc using straight strokes. Discs to avoid Discs spin
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    07 The Initial Settings Menu Changing your password To change your password, confirm your existing password then enter a new one. 1 Select 'Password Change'. L.) Initial Settings Digital Audio Out Video Output Language Display (Option Parental Lock Password Change Level Change Country Code
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    Information 08 Cleaning the pickup lens The DVD player's lens should not become dirty in normal use, but if for some reason it should malfunction due to dust or dirt, consult your nearest Pioneer-authorized service center. Although lens cleaners for CD players are commercially available, we do not
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    left and right sides cropped. Although the picture looks larger, you don't actually see the whole picture. Widescreen TV users If you have a widescreen TV, the TV Screen setting (page 48) of this player should be set to 16:9(Wide). When you watch discs recorded in 4:3 format, you can use the TV
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    Additional Information Language code list Language (Language code letter). Language code Japanese (la). 1001 English (en), 0514 French (fr). 0618 German (de). 0405 Italian (it). 0920 Spanish (es). 0519 Chinese (zh). 2608 Dutch (nl), 1412 Portuguese (p1). 1620 Swedish (sv), 1922 Russian (ru). 1821
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    08 Additional Information Selecting languages using the language code list Some of the language options (such as 'DVD Language' in the Setup Navigator) allow you to set your prefered language from any of the 136 languages listed in the language code list on
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    from beginning to end all at once-karaoke discs, for example. Regions (DVD-Video only) These associate discs and players with particular areas of the world. This unit will only play discs that have compatible region codes. You can find the region code of your unit by looking on the rear panel. Some
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    08 (Additional Information Specifications General System DVD player Power requirements AC 120 V, 60 Hz Power consumption 13 W Power consumption (standby) 0.3 W Video cable 1 Power cable 1 Remote control 1 AA/R6P dry cell batteries 2 Operating Instructions 1 Warranty card 1 gi
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