Pioneer BDP-140, Operating Instructions Manual

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 Stream Smoother Link
About Stream Smoother Link
St r eam Smoothe r Link is a function that im pr oves p ictu r e
quality of netwo r k video contents using the cont r ol
function with HDMI. St r eam Smoothe r Link function
allows you to enjoy a high quality p ictu r e with less noise
by setting the connected AV r eceive r ’s St r eam Smoothe r
function automatically.
St r eam Smoothe r Link function on this p laye r wo r ks
exclusively with the following situations.
• Playback of PC contents sto r ed on discs and USB
devices.
• The Pionee r AV r eceive r with St r eam Smoothe r Link
function is connected to this p laye r th r ough an HDMI
cable.and the p laye r ’s setting is set as shown below
( p age 41).
Control: On
• Also r efe r to the inst r uctions fo r the AV r eceive r .
• See Pionee r website about AV r eceive r s com p atible
with St r eam Smoothe r Link function.
Caution
• Connect the p laye r di r ectly to the Pionee r AV r eceive r
com p atible with St r eam smoothe r Link function.
Inte rr u p ting a di r ect connection with an am p lifie r o r
AV conve r te r (such as HDMI switch) can cause
malfunction.
 About the PQLS function (Only for
BDP-440)
PQLS (P r ecision Qua r tz Lock System) is a digital audio
t r ansfe r cont r ol technology using the HDMI cont r ol
function. The p laye r ’s out p ut signals a r e cont r olled f r om
the AV r eceive r to achieve high sound quality p layback
using the r eceive r ’s qua r tz oscillato r . This eliminates the
influence of the jitte r gene r ated du r ing signal t r ansfe r
which can adve r sely affect the sound quality.
• This p laye r su pp o r ts the functions below.
– The “PQLS 2ch Audio” function that is only
activated when p laying music CDs (CD-DAs)
– The “PQLS Multi Su rr ound” function that is
activated when p laying all discs (BDs, DVDs, etc.)
with linea r PCM audio out p ut
– The “PQLS Bitst r eam” function that is activated
when p laying with bitst r eam audio out p ut
• The va r ious PQLS functions a r e activated when a
Pionee r AV r eceive r su pp o r ting the PQLS functions is
connected di r ectly to the HDMI OUT te r minal with an
HDMI cable and the p laye r ’s settings a r e set as
shown below ( p age 41).
Control: On
• Also r efe r to the AV r eceive r ’s o p e r ating inst r uctions.
• See the Pionee r website fo r AV r eceive r s su pp o r ting
the PQLS function.
Caution
• The PQLS function may sto p wo r king when the video
out p ut r esolution is switched. The PQLS function will
sta r t wo r king again once p layback is sto pp ed then
r esta r ted.
• When the PQLS 2ch function is activated, the out p ut
f r om the p laye r ’s VIDEO OUTPUT jacks may not have
the pr o p e r colo r s. If this ha pp ens, connect the TV and
AV r eceive r ’s HDMI te r minals to view the p ictu r e.
• Tu r n on the p owe r of the AV r eceive r connected to the
HDMI OUT
te r minal, then sta r t p layback of the disc.
Note
• PQLS indicato r on the p laye r ’s f r ont p anel dis p lay
lights when the PQLS function is activated ( p age 14).
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