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    00 1 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español DVD/CD Receiver XV-DV232 XV-DV240 XV-DV131 Speaker System S-DV232 S-DV340ST S-DV240SW S-DV131 Operating Instructions XV-DV232_240_131.book 1 ページ ２００４年１２月２４日　金曜日　午後５時２１分[...]

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    The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "[...]

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    This product complies with the Low V oltage Directive (73/23/EEC, amended by 93/68/EEC), EMC Directives (89/336/EEC, amended by 92/31/EEC and 93/68/EEC). D3-4-2-1-9a_En CAUTION These speaker terminals carr y HAZARDOUS LIVE voltage . T o prevent the risk of electric shock when connecting or disconnecting the speaker cables, disconnect the power cord[...]

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    4 En Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. 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 Setting the chan[...]

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    5 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Connecting using the component video output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 About progressive scan video . . . . . . . . 28 Using the SCART AV output . . . . . . . . . . . 29 08 Controls and displays Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 [...]

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    Getting started 01 6 En Chapter 1 Getting started Home theater sound setup Depending on the size and characteristics of your room, you can place your speakers in one of two ways using this system: 1 • Standard surround 5-spot setup – This is a standard multichannel surround sound speaker setup for optimal 5.1 channel home theater sound. • Fro[...]

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    Getting started 01 7 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Using the on-screen displays For ease of use, this system makes extensive use of graphical on-screen displays (OSDs). All the screens are navigated in basically the same way, using the cursor buttons (  ,  ,  ,  ) to change the highlighted item and pressing E[...]

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    Getting started 01 8 En Resume and Last Memory When you stop playback of a disc, RESUME shows in the display indicating that you can resume playback from that point. With DVDs and Video CD/Super VCDs, even if ejected, the play position is stored in memory. 1 The next time you load the disc, the display shows LAST MEM and you can resume play- back. [...]

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    Getting started 01 9 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español 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. U.K. model only – See also More tuner features: RDS on page 19. 1 Press TUNER to [...]

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    Getting started 01 10 En Setting the sleep timer The sleep timer switches off the system after a specified time so you can fall asleep without worrying about it. 1 • Press SLEEP repeatedly to select an option then press ENTER . Choose between the following options: 2 • SLP AUTO – Switches off automatically after the currently playing CD, Vide[...]

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    Listening to your system 02 11 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Chapter 2 Listening to your system About the listening modes As explained in Home theater sound setup on page 6, there are two basic surround speaker setup options available with any of the listening modes: • Standard surround 5-spot setup – Use any of the [...]

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    Listening to your system 02 12 En • Press SHIFT+FRONT SURROUND to switch Front Surround on or off. When set to MODE ON , make sure to follow the guidelines in the Setup Guide for best surround sound. Listening in stereo You can listen to any source—stereo or multichannel—in stereo. When playing a multichannel source, all channels are downmixe[...]

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    Playing discs 03 13 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Chapter 3 Playing discs Important • Many of the functions covered in this chapter apply to DVD discs, Video CDs/ Super VCDs, CDs, DivX video and WMA/ MP3/JPEG discs, although the exact operation of some varies slightly with the kind of disc loaded. • Some DVDs restric[...]

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    Playing discs 03 14 En Browsing DVD or Video CD/ Super VCD discs with the Disc Navigator Use the Disc Navigator to browse through the contents of a DVD or Video CD/Super VCD disc to find the part you want to play. 1 During playback, press HOME MENU and select ‘Disc Navigator’ from the on- screen menu. 2 Select a view option. The options availab[...]

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    Playing discs 03 15 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español 1 Press HOME MENU and select ‘ Disc Navigator’ from the on-screen menu. 2 Use the cursor buttons ( /// ) and ENTER to navigate. Use the cursor up/down buttons ( / ) to move up and down the folder/file list. Use the cursor left button (  ) to retur[...]

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    Playing discs 03 16 En • For DVD discs, select Title Repeat or Chapter Repeat . • For CDs and Video CD/Super VCDs, select Disc Repeat or Track Repeat . • For DivX video discs, select Repeat Title (or Repeat Off ). Using random play Use this function to play titles or chapters (DVD-Video) or tracks (CD and Video CD/Super VCD) in a random order[...]

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    Playing discs 03 17 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Tip • Use the following controls during program play: Other functions available from the program menu There are a number of other options in the program menu in addition to Create/Edit. • Playback Start – Starts playback of a saved program list • Playback Stop –[...]

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    Playing discs 03 18 En Zooming the screen Using the zoom feature you can magnify a part of the screen by a factor of 2 or 4, while watching a DVD, DivX video title or Video CD/ Super VCD or playing a JPEG disc. 1 During playback, use the SHIFT+ZOOM button to select the zoom factor (Normal, 2x or 4x). 2 Use the cursor buttons to change the zoomed ar[...]

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    More tuner features: RDS 04 19 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Chapter 4 More tuner features: RDS U.K. model only An introduction to RDS Radio Data System (RDS) is a system used by most FM radio stations to provide listeners with various kinds of information—the name of the station and the kind of show they’re broadcas[...]

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    Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus 05 20 En Chapter 5 Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus Audio Settings menu The Audio Settings menu offers features for adjusting the way discs sound. 1 Press HOME MENU and select ‘Audio Settings’ from the on-screen display. 2 Select and change settings using the / // (cursor) buttons, and ENTE[...]

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    Initial Settings menu 06 21 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Chapter 6 Initial Settings menu Using the Initial Settings menu The Initial Settings menu provides audio and video output settings, parental lock settings, and display settings, among others. If an option is grayed out it means that it cannot be changed at the cur[...]

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    Initial Settings menu 06 22 En Language settings Display settings Options settings Setting Option What it means Audio Language English If there is an English soundtrack on the disc, it is played. Languages as displayed If there is a language selected on the disc, it is played. Other Language Select to choose a language other than the ones displayed[...]

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    Initial Settings menu 06 23 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Speakers settings Parental Lock • Default level: Off ; Default password: none ; Default Country code: us (2119) To give you some control over what your children watch on your DVD player, some DVD- Video discs feature a Parental Lock level. If your player is set [...]

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    Initial Settings menu 06 24 En About DivX ® VOD content In order to play DivX VOD (video on demand) content on this player, you first need to register the player with your DivX VOD content provider. You do this by generating a DivX VOD registration code, which you submit to your provider. 1 Important • DivX VOD content is protected by a DRM (Dig[...]

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    Initial Settings menu 06 25 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español 2 Press  (cursor right) to change the speaker distance for the highlighted speaker. 3 Use the / (cursor up/down) to change the distance. • When you change the distance settings of the front left ( L ) or front right ( R ) speakers, all the other speaker[...]

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    Other connections 07 26 En Chapter 7 Other connections Connecting auxiliary components U.K. model connections: Using the stereo analog inputs, you can connect an external component such as a VCR, MD or CD player for playback through this system. • Connect the LINE 2 (AUDIO IN) jacks to the analog outputs of an external playback component. Connect[...]

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    Other connections 07 27 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Recording mode The Recording mode allows you to make surround-compatible analog recordings from the LINE (AUDIO OUT) jacks. 1 Dolby multichannel sources will be downmixed to stereo for improved playback with systems that can provide matrix-decoding (like Dolby Pro Log[...]

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    Other connections 07 28 En Connecting using the component video output Australian model only If your TV has component video inputs, you can use these instead of the standard video output to connect this system to your TV. 1 This should give you the best quality picture from the three types of video output available. • Use a component video cable [...]

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    Other connections 07 29 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Using the SCART AV output U.K. model only There are two different kinds of video outputs you can use to connect this system to your TV. The SCART output should give you better picture quality than the standard composite video output. The SCART AV connector functions a[...]

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    Controls and displays 08 30 En Chapter 8 Controls and displays Display 1 DTS Lights during playback of a DTS source (page 11). 2 PRGSVE Australian model only Lights when progressive scan video output is selected (page 21). 3 SOUND Lights when the SFC Modes or the tone controls (treble, bass or bass boost) are active (page 12). 4 F.SURR. Lights when[...]

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    Controls and displays 08 31 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Front panel 1 Display See Display above for detailed information. 2  OPEN/CLOSE Opens/closes the disc tray. 3  DVD/CD Selects the DVD/CD function and starts/ pauses/resumes playback. 4  Stops playback. 5 FM/AM Selects the tuner function and toggles betwee[...]

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    Controls and displays 08 32 En 4 HOME MENU Displays (or exits) the on-screen menu for Initial Settings, Play Mode functions, etc. SHIFT+SYSTEM SETUP Use to make various system and surround sound settings (page 6, 10 and 37). 5 Cursor buttons, ENTER and tuning buttons Cursor buttons Use the cursor buttons ( /// ) to navigate on-screen di[...]

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    Additional information 09 33 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Chapter 9 Additional information Disc / content format playback compatibility This player is compatible with a wide range of disc types (media) and formats. Playable discs will generally feature one of the following logos on the disc and/or disc packaging. Note h[...]

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    Additional information 09 34 En About DivX DivX is a compressed digital video format created by the DivX ® video codec from DivXNetworks, Inc. This player can play DivX video files burned on CD-R/RW/ROM discs. Keeping the same terminology as DVD-Video, individual DivX video files are called ‘Titles’. When naming files/titles on a CD-R/RW disc [...]

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    Additional information 09 35 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español ISO 8859-9 (also known as “Latin 9”) covers the following Turkish languages: Turkish (tr) DivX, DivX Certified, and associated logos are trademarks of DivXNetworks, Inc. and are used under license. About WMA The Windows Media ® logo printed on the box indica[...]

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    Additional information 09 36 En Installation and maintenance Hints on installation We want you to enjoy using this system for years to come, so please bear in mind the following points when choosing a location: Do...  Use in a well-ventilated room.  Place on a solid, flat, level surface, such as a table, shelf or stereo rack . Don’t...  [...]

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    Additional information 09 37 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español TV system setting 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 find picture distortion with some discs, set the TV system to match your country o[...]

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    Additional information 09 38 En Troubleshooting Incorrect operations are often mistaken for trouble and malfunctions. If you think that there is something wrong with this component, check the points below. Sometimes the trouble may lie in another component. Investigate the other components and electrical appliances being used. If the trouble cannot[...]

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    Additional information 09 39 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español DVD/CD/Video CD player Problem Remedy The disc is ejected automatically after loading. • Clean the disc and align the disc properly in the disc guide. • If the region number on a DVD-video disc does not match the number on the player, the disc cannot be used [...]

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    Additional information 09 40 En Tuner Error Messages Resetting the system Use this procedure to reset all system settings to the factory default. 1 Switch the system on. 2 Press  STANDBY/ON while holding down the front panel FM/AM button. The next time you switch on, all the system settings should be reset. Using the language code list Some of t[...]

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    Additional information 09 41 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español Language code list Language (Language code letter), Language code Country/Area code list Country/Area, Country/Area code, Country/Area code letter Japanese (ja), 1001 English (en), 0514 French (fr), 0618 German (de), 0405 Italian (it), 0920 Spanish (es), 0519 Dut[...]

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    Additional information 09 42 En Specifications • Amplifier section Continuous Power Output (RMS): Front, Center, Surround . . . 60 W per channel (1 kHz, 10 % T.H.D., 4 Ω ) 50 W per channel (1 kHz, 10 % T.H.D., 6 Ω ) Subwoofer . . . 60 W (100 Hz, 10 % T.H.D., 4 Ω ) 50 W (100 Hz, 10 % T.H.D., 6 Ω ) • Disc section Digital audio characteris[...]

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    Additional information 09 43 En English Français Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Español • Accessories Non-skid pads (small) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Non-skid pads (large) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 S-DV340ST Speaker system (Front speakers x2, surround speakers x2, center speaker x1) • Front speakers Enclosure .[...]

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    <05A000001> Printed in <ARB7329-A> AF TER -SALES SERVICE FOR PIONEER PRODUCTS Please contact the dealer or distributor from where you purchased the product for its after-sales ser vice (including warranty conditions) or any other information. In case the necessary information is not available, please contact the P ioneer's subsidia[...]