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Cleaning the pickup lens
The DVD
p
laye
r
’s lens should not become di
r
ty
in no
r
mal use, but if fo
r
some
r
eason it should
malfunction due to dust o
r
di
r
t, consult you
r
nea
r
est Pionee
r
autho
r
ized se
r
vice cente
r
.
Although lens cleane
r
s a
r
e comme
r
cially
available, we do not
r
ecommend using them
since some may damage the lens.
Problems with condensation
Condensation may fo
r
m inside the
p
laye
r
if it is
b
r
ought into a wa
r
m
r
oom f
r
om outside, o
r
if
the tem
p
e
r
atu
r
e of the
r
oom
r
ises quickly.
Although the condensation won’t damage the
p
laye
r
, it may tem
p
o
r
a
r
ily im
p
ai
r
p
e
r
fo
r
mance.
Leave it to adjust to the wa
r
me
r
tem
p
e
r
atu
r
e
fo
r
about an hou
r
befo
r
e switching on.
Moving the system unit
If you need to move the main unit, fi
r
st
r
emove
a disc if the
r
e’s one in the
p
laye
r
, then
pr
ess
STANDBY/ON
on the f
r
ont
p
anel to tu
r
n the
system off. Wait fo
r
GOOD BYE
to disa
pp
ea
r
f
r
om the dis
p
lay, then un
p
lug the
p
owe
r
co
r
d.
1
Neve
r
lift o
r
move the unit du
r
ing
p
layback —
discs
r
otate at high s
p
eeds and may damage.
Screen sizes and disc formats
DVD-Video discs come in diffe
r
ent sc
r
een
as
p
ects,
r
anging f
r
om TV
pr
og
r
ams, which a
r
e
gene
r
ally 4:3, to CinemaSco
p
e widesc
r
een
movies
2
, with an as
p
ect
r
atio of u
p
to about 7:3.
Televisions also come in diffe
r
ent as
p
ect
r
atios;
‘standa
r
d’ 4:3 and widesc
r
een 16:9.
3
Widescreen TV users
If you have a widesc
r
een TV, the
TV Screen
setting (
p
age 30) of this
p
laye
r
should be set
to
16:9 (Wide)
o
r
16:9 (Compressed)
.
When you watch discs
r
eco
r
ded in 4:3 fo
r
mat
with the
16:9 (Wide)
setting, you can use the
TV cont
r
ols to select how the
p
ictu
r
e is
pr
esented. You
r
TV may offe
r
va
r
ious zoom and
st
r
etch o
p
tions; see the inst
r
uctions that came
with you
r
TV fo
r
details.
Please note that some movie as
p
ect
r
atios a
r
e
wide
r
than 16:9, so even though you have a
widesc
r
een TV, these discs will still
p
lay in a
‘lette
r
box’ style with black ba
r
s at the to
p
and
bottom of the sc
r
een.
Standard TV users
If you have a standa
r
d TV, the
TV Screen
setting (
p
age 30) of this
p
laye
r
should be
set to
4:3 (Letter Box)
o
r
4:3 (Pan & Scan)
,
de
p
ending on which you
pr
efe
r
.
Please note that many widesc
r
een discs
ove
rr
ide the
p
laye
r
’s setting so that the disc
is shown in lette
r
box fo
r
mat
r
ega
r
dless of the
setting.
Note
1 Un
p
lugging the unit befo
r
e
GOOD BYE
disa
pp
ea
r
s f
r
om the dis
p
lay may cause the system to
r
etu
r
n to the facto
r
y settings.
2 Many widesc
r
een discs ove
rr
ide the system’s settings so that the disc is shown in lette
r
box fo
r
mat
r
ega
r
dless of the setting.
3 Using the
16:9 (Wide)
o
r
16:9 (Compressed)
setting with a standa
r
d 4:3 TV, o
r
one of the
4:3
settings with a widesc
r
een TV,
will
r
esult in
p
ictu
r
e disto
r
tion.
Set to
4:3 (Letter Box)
, widesc
r
een
discs a
r
e shown with black ba
r
s to
p
and bottom.
Set to
4:3 (Pan & Scan)
, widesc
r
een
discs a
r
e shown with the left and
r
ight sides c
r
o
pp
ed. Although the
p
ictu
r
e looks la
r
ge
r
, you don’t
actually see the whole
p
ictu
r
e.
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