18
Video Connections
This player features S-video and composite video output
possibilities. Check the manual supplied with your TV or
monitor to determine the best possible connection for
your system.
In addition to making physical connections to your TV or
monitor, it is also necessary to assign the TV screen
size. You can use the [Setup Navigator] in the Setup
screen
General
to set whether you are using a wide
screen or standard size TV or monitor (page 20).
Additionally, you can use the [TV Screen] setting in the
Setup screen
Video
menu (page 29).
S-VIDEO OUT
• Make S-video connections to a TV or monitor with S-
video input to produce a high quality video image.
• Use an S-video cable (not supplied) to connect the
output on the player to S-video input on the TV or
monitor.
VIDEO OUT
• Make composite video connections to a standard TV
or monitor with a video input jack.
• Use the supplied video cable to connect the video
output jack on the player to the video input on the TV
or monitor.
• Be sure to match the color of the plug with the color
of the jack (yellow).
TV SYSTEM switch (except for DVD-V550)
Video output changes as follows according to the
playback disc‘s recorded format.
NTSC
=
PAL, PAL
=
NTSC conversion is possible on
Super VCDs/Video CDs. PAL
=
NTSC conversion is not
possible on DVDs. When the TV SYSTEM switch is set
to the AUTO position, the disc’s format will be output as
is. When a CD or disc is not loaded, the previous video
output format will be selected.
About MOD. (Modulation) PAL
• SHRINK
Most models of the newly developed countdown PAL
TV system detect 50 Hz (PAL)/60 Hz (NTSC) and
automatically switch vertical amplitude, resulting in a
display without vertical shrinkage.
• If your PAL TV does not have a V-Hold control, you
may not be able to view NTSC disc because the
picture may roll. If the TV has a V-Hold control, adjust
it until the picture stops rolling. On some TVs, the
picture may shrink vertically, leaving black bands at
the top and bottom of the screen. This is not a
malfunction; it is caused by the NTSC
=
PAL
conversion.
Type
DVD
Super VCD/
Video CD
CD, No disc
Format
NTSC
PAL
NTSC
PAL
Disc
Output format
Position of TV SYSTEM switch
NTSC
PAL
AUTO
NTSC
MOD. PAL
NTSC
PAL
PAL
NTSC
MOD. PAL
NTSC
NTSC
PAL
PAL
NTSC
PAL
NTSC or PAL
System Control Connections
Using a commercially available cord with a mini plug (3.5
mm dia. with no resistance) to connect this player’s
CONTROL IN jack to the CONTROL OUT jack of another
PIONEER component bearing the
Î
mark, you can
control the player as though it were a component in a
system (system control).
• If you connect for system control, you cannot operate
the player directly. Point the remote control unit at the
component (AV amplifier, etc.) connected to the
CONTROL OUT jack to operate.
• When controlling as a system, be sure to make a
connection to the amplifier
using an audio or video
cord
, even when using only digital components.
• For details, refer to the operation manuals of the
connected components.
TV or monitor
S-VIDEO IN
S-VIDEO OUT
TV or monitor
VIDEO OUT
VIDEO IN
Pioneer component
with
Î
mark.
CONTROL
OUT
CONTROL
IN
