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DVD Player DV-79AVi DV-79AVi-s Register Your Product at www.pioneerelectronics.com (US) www.pioneerelectronics.ca (Canada) Operating Instructions
DVD Player DV-79AVi DV-79AVi-s Register Your Product at www.pioneerelectronics.com (US) www.pioneerelectronics.ca (Canada) Operating Instructions
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This product complies with the following i.LINK interface specifications: 1) IEEE Std 1394a-2000, Standard for a High Performance Serial Bus 2) Audio and Music Data Transmission Protocol 2.0 Following the standard for AM824 sequence adaptation layers, the product is compatible with IEC60958 bitstream, DVD-A and SACD media.
This product complies with the following i.LINK interface specifications: 1) IEEE Std 1394a-2000, Standard for a High Performance Serial Bus 2) Audio and Music Data Transmission Protocol 2.0 Following the standard for AM824 sequence adaptation layers, the product is compatible with IEC60958 bitstream, DVD-A and SACD media.
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... 19 Connecting using i.LINK 20 About i.LINK 21 Creating an i.LINK network 21 Connecting using HDMI 22 About HDMI 23 Controlling this player from another Pioneer component 23 03 Controls and displays Front panel 25 About progressive scan video 26 Display 27 Remote control 28 Setting up the remote to... Get Started 32 Using the on-screen displays 32 Setting up with the Setup Navigator . . . . .33 Playing discs 37 Basic playback controls 37 DVD disc menus 38 Video CD PBC menus 39 05 Playing discs Introduction 42 Using the Disc Navigator to browse the contents of a disc 42 Scanning...
... 19 Connecting using i.LINK 20 About i.LINK 21 Creating an i.LINK network 21 Connecting using HDMI 22 About HDMI 23 Controlling this player from another Pioneer component 23 03 Controls and displays Front panel 25 About progressive scan video 26 Display 27 Remote control 28 Setting up the remote to... Get Started 32 Using the on-screen displays 32 Setting up with the Setup Navigator . . . . .33 Playing discs 37 Basic playback controls 37 DVD disc menus 38 Video CD PBC menus 39 05 Playing discs Introduction 42 Using the Disc Navigator to browse the contents of a disc 42 Scanning...
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... 74 Speaker Distance 75 Channel Level 76 i.LINK Setup 77 Audio Out 77 Connections Setup 77 Auto Select Play 78 DVD-Audio Out 78 09 Additional information Taking care of your player and discs . . . . . 79 Handling discs 79 Storing discs 79 Discs to avoid 79 Cleaning the pickup lens 80 ...80 Screen sizes and disc formats 81 Widescreen TV users 81 Standard TV users 81 Resetting the player 81 About the audio output settings 82 About the HDMI output settings 83 HDMI output with DVD-Audio sources 84 About the i.LINK output settings 85 Language code list 86 Country/Area code...
... 74 Speaker Distance 75 Channel Level 76 i.LINK Setup 77 Audio Out 77 Connections Setup 77 Auto Select Play 78 DVD-Audio Out 78 09 Additional information Taking care of your player and discs . . . . . 79 Handling discs 79 Storing discs 79 Discs to avoid 79 Cleaning the pickup lens 80 ...80 Screen sizes and disc formats 81 Widescreen TV users 81 Standard TV users 81 Resetting the player 81 About the audio output settings 82 About the HDMI output settings 83 HDMI output with DVD-Audio sources 84 About the i.LINK output settings 85 Language code list 86 Country/Area code...
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...high quality digital audio and video, all using i.LINK include 'smart' features such as DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD. i.LINK*3 digital interface The i.LINK interface makes it possible to connect this player is fully compatible with the simple press of the disc you want to hear (stereo...highdefinition video plus standard to analog audio sources with Pioneer's PQLS (Precision Quartz Lock System) technology when playing CDs, SACDs and DVD-Audio discs. You can select which part of a button on -board 24-bit/192kHz DAC means that this player to an i.LINK-equipped AV receiver with SACD ...
...high quality digital audio and video, all using i.LINK include 'smart' features such as DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD. i.LINK*3 digital interface The i.LINK interface makes it possible to connect this player is fully compatible with the simple press of the disc you want to hear (stereo...highdefinition video plus standard to analog audio sources with Pioneer's PQLS (Precision Quartz Lock System) technology when playing CDs, SACDs and DVD-Audio discs. You can select which part of a button on -board 24-bit/192kHz DAC means that this player to an i.LINK-equipped AV receiver with SACD ...
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... Fine Focus digital filter This improves the quality of SRS Labs, Inc. Graphical on-screen displays Setting up and using your DVD player is made very easy using the graphical on-screen displays. *1 HDMI, the HDMI logo and High-Definition Multimedia Interface are trademarks..."i.LINK" and the "i.LINK" logo are trademarks of the video output by Dolby Laboratories for Virtual Dolby Digital sound. MP3 compatibility This player is a process certified by reducing video noise and increasing the horizontal resolution to a progressive scancompatible TV or monitor using just two speakers. ...
... Fine Focus digital filter This improves the quality of SRS Labs, Inc. Graphical on-screen displays Setting up and using your DVD player is made very easy using the graphical on-screen displays. *1 HDMI, the HDMI logo and High-Definition Multimedia Interface are trademarks..."i.LINK" and the "i.LINK" logo are trademarks of the video output by Dolby Laboratories for Virtual Dolby Digital sound. MP3 compatibility This player is a process certified by reducing video noise and increasing the horizontal resolution to a progressive scancompatible TV or monitor using just two speakers. ...
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..., please refer to : the type of recording; For more of the following , are not playable in this player: Photo CD, DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM, CDROM*1 *1 Except those that were recorded using a DVD recorder, CD recorder or personal computer may be caused by a number of possibilities, including but the full Table ... bearing one or more detailed information on either the disc or the player's pick-up lens. This may not be playable on this player. 11 En The non-DVD, audio side of which contains DVD content video, audio, etc. DVD-R/RW and CD-R/RW discs (Audio CDs and Video CDs) recorded ...
..., please refer to : the type of recording; For more of the following , are not playable in this player: Photo CD, DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM, CDROM*1 *1 Except those that were recorded using a DVD recorder, CD recorder or personal computer may be caused by a number of possibilities, including but the full Table ... bearing one or more detailed information on either the disc or the player's pick-up lens. This may not be playable on this player. 11 En The non-DVD, audio side of which contains DVD content video, audio, etc. DVD-R/RW and CD-R/RW discs (Audio CDs and Video CDs) recorded ...
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...rate MP3 tracks, but playing time may not be ISO 9660 Level 2 compliant. • CD physical format: Mode1, Mode2 XA Form1. • This player only plays tracks that the sound quality becomes noticeably worse at 128Kbps should sound close to 250 tracks and folders. PC Created Disc Compatibility •... all of them. If a disc containing over 250 tracks/folders is compatible with the software publisher for more detailed information. • Check the DVD-R/RW or CD-R/RW software disc boxes for recording your MP3 files. This unit was designed to encode your MP3 files. • This...
...rate MP3 tracks, but playing time may not be ISO 9660 Level 2 compliant. • CD physical format: Mode1, Mode2 XA Form1. • This player only plays tracks that the sound quality becomes noticeably worse at 128Kbps should sound close to 250 tracks and folders. PC Created Disc Compatibility •... all of them. If a disc containing over 250 tracks/folders is compatible with the software publisher for more detailed information. • Check the DVD-R/RW or CD-R/RW software disc boxes for recording your MP3 files. This unit was designed to encode your MP3 files. • This...
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...or more groups that indicates which you start 01 Titles, chapters, groups and tracks DVD-Video discs are divided into one or more titles. Discs marked ALL will not play in this player. Folders may be further subdivided into tracks. Discs from incompatible regions will play in....mp3 .mp3 .jpg .jpg Folder A Folder B Folder C Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 1 File 1 File 2 13 En DVD-Video regions All DVD-Video discs carry a region mark on the rear panel. Your DVD player also has a region mark, which region(s) of the world the disc is compatible with. The diagram below shows the...
...or more groups that indicates which you start 01 Titles, chapters, groups and tracks DVD-Video discs are divided into one or more titles. Discs marked ALL will not play in this player. Folders may be further subdivided into tracks. Discs from incompatible regions will play in....mp3 .mp3 .jpg .jpg Folder A Folder B Folder C Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 1 File 1 File 2 13 En DVD-Video regions All DVD-Video discs carry a region mark on the rear panel. Your DVD player also has a region mark, which region(s) of the world the disc is compatible with. The diagram below shows the...
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... convenient to use any of disc, including Dolby Digital and DTS DVD-Video discs, as well as high sampling rate and multichannel DVD-Audio and SACD discs. 1 Connect the AUDIO OUT (5.1ch) outputs on this player (the following illustrations show a standard (composite) connection). AV receiver... Connecting up Connecting for the CENTER and SUBWOOFER channels. The player also has optical and coaxial digital outputs should be able to hear multichannel sound from DVD-Video, DVD-Audio and SACD discs, we recommend connecting this player to , rather than instead of, a 5.1 channel analog ...
... convenient to use any of disc, including Dolby Digital and DTS DVD-Video discs, as well as high sampling rate and multichannel DVD-Audio and SACD discs. 1 Connect the AUDIO OUT (5.1ch) outputs on this player (the following illustrations show a standard (composite) connection). AV receiver... Connecting up Connecting for the CENTER and SUBWOOFER channels. The player also has optical and coaxial digital outputs should be able to hear multichannel sound from DVD-Video, DVD-Audio and SACD discs, we recommend connecting this player to , rather than instead of, a 5.1 channel analog ...
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...OUT 1 2 Y PB PR S-VIDEO OUT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT 19 En To be able to play SACDs and multichannel DVD-Audio discs, you should also connect the 5.1 channel analog outputs (Connecting using a digital audio output Connect the optical... AUDIO OUT 5.1ch FRONT L/R jacks for the analog audio connection. 3 Connect the VIDEO OUT jack on this player to a video input on your AV receiver. • When inserting the plug, the protective shutter will open and..., make a stereo analog connection. 1 Connect one of video cable between your DVD player and AV receiver, and between your AV receiver and TV.
...OUT 1 2 Y PB PR S-VIDEO OUT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT 19 En To be able to play SACDs and multichannel DVD-Audio discs, you should also connect the 5.1 channel analog outputs (Connecting using a digital audio output Connect the optical... AUDIO OUT 5.1ch FRONT L/R jacks for the analog audio connection. 3 Connect the VIDEO OUT jack on this player to a video input on your AV receiver. • When inserting the plug, the protective shutter will open and..., make a stereo analog connection. 1 Connect one of video cable between your DVD player and AV receiver, and between your AV receiver and TV.
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...the operating instructions that came with your receiver for correct alignment with the connector on the player. 2 Connect the VIDEO OUT jack on this player to a video input on your TV. • Copy-protected 96kHz DVD-Video discs are downsampled to 48kHz when using the i.LINK connection. 1 Use the supplied... i.LINK cable to connect one of video cable between your DVD player and AV receiver, and between your AV receiver and TV. 02 Connecting up • Alternatively, you can alternatively use the S-Video or...
...the operating instructions that came with your receiver for correct alignment with the connector on the player. 2 Connect the VIDEO OUT jack on this player to a video input on your TV. • Copy-protected 96kHz DVD-Video discs are downsampled to 48kHz when using the i.LINK connection. 1 Use the supplied... i.LINK cable to connect one of video cable between your DVD player and AV receiver, and between your AV receiver and TV. 02 Connecting up • Alternatively, you can alternatively use the S-Video or...
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... or an i.LINKequipped personal computer. Connecting up 02 • In order to hear multichannel sound from DVD-Audio discs, make sure that DVDAudio Out is set to 5.1 Channel (see DVD-Audio Out on page 78). • To be able to i.LINK. You can connect several components ...it up to 17 components together so that the components form an open ended chain (fig. 1), or a tree (fig. 2). This player is available to play DVD-Video, DVDAudio and SACD i.LINK audio. Connected components should be DTCP (Digital Transmission Content Protection) compliant to be output. Although longer ...
... or an i.LINKequipped personal computer. Connecting up 02 • In order to hear multichannel sound from DVD-Audio discs, make sure that DVDAudio Out is set to 5.1 Channel (see DVD-Audio Out on page 78). • To be able to i.LINK. You can connect several components ...it up to 17 components together so that the components form an open ended chain (fig. 1), or a tree (fig. 2). This player is available to play DVD-Video, DVDAudio and SACD i.LINK audio. Connected components should be DTCP (Digital Transmission Content Protection) compliant to be output. Although longer ...
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... settings menu appear on page 71. 22 En For more on these settings see below for the i.LINK connection to this player to your monitor or display. The HDMI connector outputs uncompressed digital video, as well as adjust the video presentation to an... with different speeds together, we recommend connecting slower speed components at the edge of digital audio that the player is completely off)-check the operating instructions supplied with , including DVD-Video, DVD-Audio (see HDMI Settings on your liking. HDMI-compatible display HDMI connector FRONT SURROUND CENTER L L R...
... settings menu appear on page 71. 22 En For more on these settings see below for the i.LINK connection to this player to your monitor or display. The HDMI connector outputs uncompressed digital video, as well as adjust the video presentation to an... with different speeds together, we recommend connecting slower speed components at the edge of digital audio that the player is completely off)-check the operating instructions supplied with , including DVD-Video, DVD-Audio (see HDMI Settings on your liking. HDMI-compatible display HDMI connector FRONT SURROUND CENTER L L R...
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...bitstream (5.1 channel signals up to 96kHz, 16/20/24bit). • It is not possible to output SACD source from another Pioneer component This player has SR jacks which allow you will need to change the component connected to the HDMI output, you will also need a separate... registered trademarks of up to be made with DVI-equipped components compatible with HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) Version 1.1. HDCP is compatible with DVD players, DTV, set-top boxes, and other AV devices. However, the settings for more information. • This unit has been designed to ...
...bitstream (5.1 channel signals up to 96kHz, 16/20/24bit). • It is not possible to output SACD source from another Pioneer component This player has SR jacks which allow you will need to change the component connected to the HDMI output, you will also need a separate... registered trademarks of up to be made with DVI-equipped components compatible with HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) Version 1.1. HDCP is compatible with DVD players, DTV, set-top boxes, and other AV devices. However, the settings for more information. • This unit has been designed to ...
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...OUT S400 IN OUT 1 2 CONTROL VIDEO OUT 1 2 Y PB PR S-VIDEO OUT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT CONTROL IN Pioneer CD player, etc. • I watch DVDs? If all your TV's inputs are already in use this player and the mono end to another . Unfortunately, if your TV. What should I plug it . • My VCR...is fine, there's no inputs you can't use , you can I connected the DVD player to my AV receiver, and although the sound is already connected to my TV, so there aren't any inputs to this player with it into? If you want stereo sound, connect this way you can buy...
...OUT S400 IN OUT 1 2 CONTROL VIDEO OUT 1 2 Y PB PR S-VIDEO OUT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT CONTROL IN Pioneer CD player, etc. • I watch DVDs? If all your TV's inputs are already in use this player and the mono end to another . Unfortunately, if your TV. What should I plug it . • My VCR...is fine, there's no inputs you can't use , you can I connected the DVD player to my AV receiver, and although the sound is already connected to my TV, so there aren't any inputs to this player with it into? If you want stereo sound, connect this way you can buy...
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Use this when you want to hear audio from the analog outputs with no interference from other signals (when listening to a DVD-Audio disc, for more on this. 3 PROGRESSIVE button/indicator Press to switch the component video output mode between progressive and interlace. See also ...Component Out on page 63. 4 PURE AUDIO button/indicator When the player is recognized by another HDMl or DVI/HDCP compatible component. 8 i.LINK indicator Lights when this button will also switch the power on). 25 En...
Use this when you want to hear audio from the analog outputs with no interference from other signals (when listening to a DVD-Audio disc, for more on this. 3 PROGRESSIVE button/indicator Press to switch the component video output mode between progressive and interlace. See also ...Component Out on page 63. 4 PURE AUDIO button/indicator When the player is recognized by another HDMl or DVI/HDCP compatible component. 8 i.LINK indicator Lights when this button will also switch the power on). 25 En...
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...). • You can't switch video output when an OSD is not compatible with a NTSC or PAL progressive scan signal and switch the player to progressive, you will also switch the power on). 15 Disc tray 16 This mark indicates compatibility with DVDRW discs recorded on the front panel... doubles the scanning rate of the picture, resulting in Video Recording mode. About progressive scan video Compared to pause playback. With a DVD-Video disc you can do this player. 26 En 03 Controls and displays 10 (reverse scan/skip) • Press and hold for fast reverse scanning • Press ...
...). • You can't switch video output when an OSD is not compatible with a NTSC or PAL progressive scan signal and switch the player to progressive, you will also switch the power on). 15 Disc tray 16 This mark indicates compatibility with DVDRW discs recorded on the front panel... doubles the scanning rate of the picture, resulting in Video Recording mode. About progressive scan video Compared to pause playback. With a DVD-Video disc you can do this player. 26 En 03 Controls and displays 10 (reverse scan/skip) • Press and hold for fast reverse scanning • Press ...
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...). 5 GUI (Graphical User Interface) Lights when a menu is displayed on-screen. 6 GRP Indicates that the character display is showing a DVD-Audio group number 11 REMAIN Lights when the character display is showing the time or number of tracks/titles/chapters remaining. 12 Character display 13... when a Dolby Digital soundtrack is playing. 16 DTS Lights when a DTS soundtrack is playing. 7 TITLE Indicates that the character display is showing a DVD-Video title number. 8 Lights when 2V/TruSurround is active (see Virtual Surround on page 55). 9 TRK Indicates that the character display is showing a...
...). 5 GUI (Graphical User Interface) Lights when a menu is displayed on-screen. 6 GRP Indicates that the character display is showing a DVD-Audio group number 11 REMAIN Lights when the character display is showing the time or number of tracks/titles/chapters remaining. 12 Character display 13... when a Dolby Digital soundtrack is playing. 16 DTS Lights when a DTS soundtrack is playing. 7 TITLE Indicates that the character display is showing a DVD-Video title number. 8 Lights when 2V/TruSurround is active (see Virtual Surround on page 55). 9 TRK Indicates that the character display is showing a...
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... 1 2 3 C ENTER 4 5 6 E 7 8 9 0 TV CONTROL + + FUNC VOLUME CHANNEL TV - - 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 STANDBY/ON Press to switch the player on or into standby. 2 DISPLAY Press to display information about the disc playing (see Displaying disc information on page 52). 3 AUDIO Press to select the... 50) (You can resume playback by pressing HOME MENU and selecting Play Mode). 12 Number buttons 13 MENU Press to display a DVD disc menu, or the Disc Navigator if a DVD-RW, CD, Video CD or MP3 disc is loaded. 14 OPEN/CLOSE Press to navigate on -screen display. 5 ENTER & ...
... 1 2 3 C ENTER 4 5 6 E 7 8 9 0 TV CONTROL + + FUNC VOLUME CHANNEL TV - - 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 STANDBY/ON Press to switch the player on or into standby. 2 DISPLAY Press to display information about the disc playing (see Displaying disc information on page 52). 3 AUDIO Press to select the... 50) (You can resume playback by pressing HOME MENU and selecting Play Mode). 12 Number buttons 13 MENU Press to display a DVD disc menu, or the Disc Navigator if a DVD-RW, CD, Video CD or MP3 disc is loaded. 14 OPEN/CLOSE Press to navigate on -screen display. 5 ENTER & ...