Pioneer CX303 Operating Instructions
Operating Instructions CX303 DVD/CD Receiver XV -CX303 Speaker System S-CX303 CX505 DVD/CD Receiver XV -CX505 Speaker System S-CX505 CX500 DVD/CD Receiver XV -CX500 Speaker System S-CX500 CX303_505_500. book Page 1 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:39 PM
The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (ser vicing) 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 "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. CAUTION: TO PREVENT THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE P ARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN IMPOR T ANT D3-4-2-1-1_En-A W ARNING This equipment is not waterproof. T o prevent a fir e or shock hazard, do not place any container filed with liquid near this equipment (such as a vase or flower pot) or expose it to dripping, splashing, rain or moisture. D3-4-2-1-3_A_En W ARNING The voltage of the available power supply differs according to country or r egion. Be sure that the power supply voltage of the area wher e this unit will be used meets the requir ed voltage (e.g., 230 V or 120 V) written on the rear panel. D3-4-2-1-4_A_En Before plugging in for the first time, read the following section carefully . W ARNING T o prevent a fire hazar d, do not place any naked flame sources (such as a lighted candle) on the equipment. D3-4-2-1-7a_A_En VENTILA TION CAUTION When installing this unit, make sure to leave space around the unit for ventilation to impr ove heat radiation (at least 30 cm at top, 15 cm at rear , and 15 cm at each side). W ARNING Slots and openings in the cabinet are pr ovided for ventilation to ensure r eliable operation of the product, and to pr otect it from overheating. T o prevent fir e hazard, the openings should never be blocked or covered with items (such as newspapers, table-cloths, curtains) or by operating the equipment on thick carpet or a bed. D3-4-2-1-7b_A_En Operating Environment Operating environment temperature and humidity : 5 úC to 35 úC ( 41 úF to 95 úF); less than 85 %RH (cooling vents not blocked) Do not install this unit in a poorly ventilated area, or in locations exposed to high humidity or direct sunlight (or strong artificial light) D3-4-2-1-7c_A_En CAUTION This product is a class 1 laser product, but this product contains a laser diode higher than Class 1. T o ensure continued safety , do not remove any covers or attempt to gain access to the inside of the product. Refer all servicing to qualified personnel. The following caution label appears on your unit. CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT D3-4-2-1-8_A_En Location: top of the main unit T aiwan model All other models Location: bottom of the main unit CAUTION : CLASS 3B VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER VRW2159 EXPOSURE TO THE BEAM. RADIA TION WHEN OPEN, A VOID For Australia Model C67-7-3_En CX303_505_500. book Page 2 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:39 PM
CAUTION The ST ANDBY/ON switch on this unit will not completely shut off all power from the AC outlet. Since the power cord ser ves as the main disconnect device for the unit, you will need to unplug it from the AC outlet to shut down all power . Therefore, make sure the unit has been installed so that the power cord can be easily unplugged from the AC outlet in case of an accident. T o avoid fire hazard, the power cord should also be unplugged from the AC outlet when left unused for a long period of time (for example, when on vacation). D3-4-2-2-2a_A_En CAUTION : USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MA Y RESUL T IN HAZARDOUS RADIA TION EXPOSURE. CAUTION : THE USE OF OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH THIS PRODUCT WILL INCREASE EYE HAZARD. D6-8-2-1_En Information to User Alteration or modifications carried out without appropriate authorization may invalidate the user âÂÂs right to operate the equipment. D8-10-2_En For T aiwan exclusively T aiwanese two pin flat-bladed plug If the AC plug of this unit does not match the AC outlet you want to use, the plug must be removed and appropriate one fitted. Replacement and mounting of an AC plug on the power supply cord of this unit should be per formed only by qualified ser vice personnel. If connected to an AC outlet, the cut-off plug can cause severe electrical shock. Make sure it is properly disposed of after removal. The equipment should be disconnected by removing the mains plug from the wall socket when left unused for a long period of time (for example, when on vacation). D3-4-2-2-1a_A_En This product is for general household purposes. Any failure due to use for other than household purposes (such as long-term use for business purposes in a restaurant or use in a car or ship) and which requires repair will be charged for even during the warranty period. K041_En CX303_505_500. book Page 3 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:39 PM
4 En Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read throug h these operating instructions so that you will know how to opera te your model properly. After you h ave finished reading the instructions, put them in a safe place for future reference . Contents 01 Before you start Checking whatâÂÂs in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Loading the batteri es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Range of the remote control unit . . . . . . . . . . 7 At tac hin g th e no n-s ki d pa ds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Placing the subwoofer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Removing the speaker gr illes . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 At tac hin g th e b rac kets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Wall-mount ing the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 02 Connect ing up Connecting the speaker terminals . . . . . . . . 1 0 Multichannel speaker connections . . . . . . . . 12 Hints on speaker pl acement . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Connecting the radio antennas . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Connecting external antennas . . . . . . . . . . 13 Connecting to your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Connect ing usi ng th e compone nt vid eo outpu t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Connecting au xiliary co mponents . . . . . . . . . 15 Connecting the power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 03 Controls and displ ays Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Displa y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 04 Getting started Usi ng t he on- scre en d is pla ys . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0 Basic pl ayback c ontr ols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Resume and Last Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 DVD-Video disc menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Video CD/Super VCD PBC menus . . . . . . . 21 Listenin g to the radi o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Improving FM stereo sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Re duc in g A M r ece pt io n no is e . . . . . . . . . . 22 Memorizing stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Manually saving station presets . . . . . . . . . 23 Automatically saving stati on presets . . . . . 23 Li ste n in g to sta t ion pre se ts . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Listening to othe r sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Dimming the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 05 Setting up for surround sound Home theater sound setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Sett in g th e ch an ne l le ve ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 06 H ome th eater sound Abo ut the l is teni ng m o des . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Auto li ste n ing m o de . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Lis ten in g in su rrou n d s oun d . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Usin g Fr ont Su rroun d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Using the Front Surr ound mode . . . . . . . . . 27 Using the Extra Power mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Lis ten in g in ste re o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Lis ten in g with h ea dp hon e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 07 Disc playb ack features Scanning discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Playing i n slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Frame advance/fr ame reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Playing a JP EG slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Browsing DVD or Video CD/Super VCD discs with t he D isc Nav iga tor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Browsing WMA, MP3, M PEG-4 AAC, DivX video and JPE G f iles with the Di sc N av iga tor . . . . . 30 Looping a sect ion of a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Using repeat pl ay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Using ran dom pla y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Creati ng a program list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Using the OSD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Other functions avail able from the program menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Using the f ront panel display . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Using Pl aylists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Progr amming playlist s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Listenin g to playli sts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Clearing f iles from a pla ylist . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 Searching a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Swit ching subtit les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Swit ching language/au dio channels . . . . . . . 3 4 Zoom ing the scr een . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Swit ching camera angl es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Displaying disc information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 CX303_505_500. book Page 4 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:39 PM
5 En 08 USB playback Using the US B interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Bas ic pl ay back cont rol s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Scanning files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Playing a JPEG slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Browsi ng file s with th e Navig ator . . . . . . . . . 36 09 Singing karaok e Singing karaoke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Changing the vocal mi x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Changing the backing track . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 10 Adjust ing the sound Using the Sound m enu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Using the Sound Field Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Boosting the bass level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Mut ing the so und . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 11 Audio Settings and Video Adjust me nu Audio Settings menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Audio DRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Virtual Sur round . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Vide o Adju st menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 12 Ini tial Se ttin gs m enu Using the Init ial Setti ngs menu . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Video Ou tput sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Language settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Display s etti ngs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Options settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Parental Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 About Div Xî VOD con tent . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 13 Additi onal i nformation Optional sy stem settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 System Setup menu options i n standby . . . 46 Settin g the sleep time r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Disc/content format playback compati bility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7 Disc co mpatibili ty table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Abou t DVD R/DVD RW compa tibili ty . . . . 4 8 Abo ut Di vX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8 Abou t MPEG- 4 AAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Abo ut WM A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9 Using and taking care of discs . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 DVD V ide o reg ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Han dli ng di sc s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Storing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 0 Discs to avoid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Installati on and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Hints on installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Cleaning the pickup lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Probl ems wi th cond ensation . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Moving the system unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Screen sizes and disc format s . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Resetting the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Troubl esho oting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 DVD/ CD/ Vide o CD pla yer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC/JPEG disc s . . . . . 54 Tu ner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 USB conn ection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Erro r M ess age s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Using the language code list . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Language code list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Co unt ry/ Are a c ode lis t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Specific ations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7 CX303_505_500. book Page 5 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:39 PM
Before you start 01 6 En Chapter 1 Before you start Checking whatâÂÂs in the box Please check that youâÂÂve received the following supplied accessories: ⢠Remote control ⢠AA/R6 dry cell batteries (to confirm system operation) x2 â¢V i d e o c o r d â¢A M l o o p a n t e n n a â¢F M a n t e n n a â¢P o w e r c o r d : Duty free model x2 Argentine (CX303 only), Taiwan, Philippines models x2 All other models x1 ⢠Power plug adapter x1 (CX303 Argentine model only) ⢠Speaker cables x5 (S-CX500 only) ⢠Brackets x2 (S-CX500 only) ⢠Screw x8 (S-CX500 only) ⢠Non-skid pads fo r center speaker x4 (S-CX505 only) / for front, center, surroun d speaker x24 (S-CX500 on ly) ⢠Non-skid pads for f ront speaker x8 (S-CX505, S-CX303) ⢠Non-skid pads for surround speaker (S-CX505 only) x8 ⢠Non-skid pads for subwoofer x4 ⢠Spiral wrap x2 (S-CX500 only) ⢠These op erating instruct ions Loading the batteries Use AA/R6 batteries with the supplied r emote c o n t r o l . M a k e s u r e t o f o l l o w t h e i n d i c a t i o n s ( ï« , ïª ) inside the compartment. Important Incorrect use of batteries may result in such hazards as leakage an d bursting. Observe the following precau tions: ⢠Never use new and old batteries together. ⢠Insert the plus and minus sides of the batteries properly according to the marks in the battery case. ⢠Batteries with the same shape may h ave different voltages. Do n ot use different batterie s toge ther. ⢠When disposing of used batterie s, please comply with governmental regulations or environmental publ ic instructionâÂÂs rule s that apply in your cou ntry or area. ⢠Do not use or store batteries in direct sunlight or other excessively hot place, such as inside a c ar or near a heater. This can cause batteries to leak, overh eat, explode or catch fire. It c a n a l s o r e d u c e t h e life or performa nce of batteries. CX303_505_500_01 _before_start .fm 6 ãÂÂ㼠㸠ï¼Âï¼Âï¼Âï¼ å¹´ï¼ÂæÂÂï¼Âï¼ æÂ¥ãÂÂæ¨æÂÂæÂ¥ã åÂÂå¾Âï¼Âæ ï¼Âï¼ÂÃ¥ÂÂ
Before you start 01 7 En Range of the rem ote control unit The remote c ontrol has a range of ab out 7 meters. It may n ot work properly if: ⢠There are obstacles between th e remote control and this unitâÂÂs remote sen sor. ⢠Direct sunlight or fluorescent l ight is shining onto the remote sensor. ⢠This system is located near a device that is emitting infrared rays. ⢠This uni t is operated simultaneo usly wi th another infrared rem ote control unit. Attaching the non-s kid pads Use the self-adhesive non-skid p ads to provide a stable base for the speakers. Attach four to each speaker as shown below. The illust ration shows the CX505. ⢠CX500 model only â Attach the non-skid pads to four corners on the bottom su rface of each speaker. (The shape of the speaker is different from the CX505 model) ⢠CX303 model only â Attach the non-skid pads to four corners on the bottom surface of the Front speaker. Placing the subwoofer The subwoofer supp lied with this system can be placed u pright or on its side (flat). Choos e the position that works best for your room, then attach the non-skid pads as shown below. Caution ⢠Do not place o ther speakers (front/center/ surround ) on top of the subwoofer. There is a risk that they will fall and cause injuries. Removing the speak er grilles CX505/CX30 3 model onl y If necessary, remove the front speake r grilles as de scr ibe d be lo w. 1 Gent ly ease the gri lle l oose by gri pping the bottom and pul lin g towards you. 2 Pul l t he t op f ree i n the same wa y. When reattaching, start from the top then push the bottom in until secure. ⢠It is not recommended (du e to dirt and dust) to leave the speaker grilles removed. ⢠Do not install y our speak ers overh ead on the ceiling or w all. If improperly attached, the speaker grille can fall and cause dam age or personal injury. Front speaker Center speaker Surround speaker Subwoofer CX303_505_500. book Page 7 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:39 PM
Before you start 01 8 En Attaching the br ackets CX500 model only Attach th e brackets as desc ribed below. B efore attaching, make sure to check which Home theater sound setup you wa nt to use. 1 ⢠Stac k t he speak ers and fi x wi th the bracke ts. Ea ch sp ea ke r is pr ov id ed w ith a c olo r -c od ed indicator on th e model label on the rear side to assist identifi cation. Refer to the colo r indicators and install the speakers co rrectly. Standard surr ound/Front s urround setup (Fr ont surround mode) : Fro nt su rroun d setu p (Ext ra Po wer m ode ): As shown in the ill ustration, stack the speakers. Align the bracket w ith the respective upper screw hole on the back of the front speaker and fasten the screws securely. Standard surround/Fr ont surround setup (Front surround mode): Front surround setup (Extra Power mode): Caution ⢠Do not attempt to carry the speakers when they are connected w ith the bracket. Do ing so may cause damage to the bracket or worsen dam age to t he bracket an d speakers in the event they are dro pped. Note 1 ⢠Refer to Ho me theater sound set up on page 24 fo r details on how to plac e your speakers. ⢠Standard surround/Front surround setup (F ront surround mode) only - Attaching brackets is necessary only when mount ing center speakers to right and le ft. Front speaker Center speaker Left Green White Green Red Right Color indicator Model label Front speaker Color indicator Model label Center speaker Surround speaker Left Blue White Green Gray Red Green Right Bracket Screw Center speaker Front speaker Surround speaker Bracket Screw Center speaker Front speaker CX303_505_500. book Page 8 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:39 PM
Before you start 01 9 En Wall-mounting the s peakers CX505 â C enter s peaker, S urround s peakers only CX500 â Front speaker s, Center spe akers, Surr oun d spea kers Depending on the speaker setu p you choose, you can w all- mount th e front , center and surro und speake rs. (W hen using Front surro und setup , you can only wall -mo unt the center speaker.) The illust ration shows the CX505. Before moun ting (see above), keep in mind th e following poi nts: ⢠Rememb er that the speaker system is heavy and that its weigh t could cause the screws to wo rk loose, or the wa ll material to fail to support it, resulting in the speaker falling. Make sure that the wall you intend to mount the speakers on is st rong enough to support them. Do not mount on plyw ood or soft surf ace walls. ⢠Mounting screws ar e not supplied. Use screws suitable for the wa ll material and support the weigh t of the speaker. Caution ⢠If you are unsure of the qualities and strengt h of the w alls, co nsult a pr ofes si ona l for ad vic e. ⢠Pioneer is not responsible for any acciden ts or damage th at result fro m improper in stallatio n. ⢠Subwoofer and (CX303 /CX505 model o nly) front speakers only â Do not attach these speakers to the wall or ceiling. They may fall off and cause i njury. 5 mm to 7 mm 5 mm 10 mm CX303_505_500. book Page 9 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:39 PM
Connecting up 02 10 En Chapter 2 Connecting up Im porta nt ⢠Before making or changing any connections, sw itch off the power and unplug the power cord from the AC outlet. ⢠When making cabl e connect ions, m ake sure not to b end the cables over th e top of this unit . This m ay cause a hu mmi ng nois e from the speak ers. Connecti ng the speaker terminals Connect the wires from the speakers to the terminals on the main unit rear panel as shown be low . Be fore conn ec ting, yo u may wa nt to consider the placement options available in your room, a nd when using this system: 1 ⢠CX303 model o nly â Place the front left and right speakers at equal distan ces from the TV, then connect them as shown below. ⢠CX505/CX 500 model only â A color -c oded system is provided fo r speaker connections (see Multichannel speaker conne ctions bel ow). See Home theater sound setup on page 24 for su rround placement options. Cau ti on ⢠Do not connect this speaker to any amplifier other than the one supplied with this syst em. Connect ion t o a ny oth er ampl ifi er ma y r esu lt in a m alfu n ctio n or fir e. ⢠Make sure that the bar e speaker wires canno t touch e ach ot her, or come in to contact with other metal parts once the unit is switch ed on. ⢠Match t he colo r-code d speak er pl ugs t o the col ored s peake r termi nal s on t he rear of the unit (as s hown below). Make sure to insert completel y. The small lug at the wire-end of the speaker plug should face up or d own depen ding on whether it âÂÂs being plugged into one of the up per or lower three speaker terminals. Please ma ke sure to connect correctly . ⢠CX500 only: The front and surround speaker c ables have a col or-cod ed connec tor at one end and two bare wires at the other end. Note 1 The s peake rs s uppli ed w ith t his s yst em a re ma gnet icall y sh iel ded. Howev er, pla cing t he m ext reme ly c lose t o a t elevi sion may result in col or distorti on on the scr een. If this ha ppens, move the spe ake rs a li ttle fur the r aw ay and s wit ch of f the tele vi sio n for 15 to 30 min utes . Upper terminals Lower terminals Color-coded wire (Connect to speaker) Color-coded connector (Connect to rear panel) CX303_505_500. book P age 10 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Connecting up 02 11 En ⢠Since there is only one terminal to connect the two center spea kers, you will need to use the supplied Y-cable for the connect ion. ⢠Twist and pull of f the protecti ve shields on each wire. ⢠Connect the wires to th e speaker. Each speaker in the illust ration can be identi fied by m eans of the col or-coded in dicat or provided o n the rear -surface mo del label. Match the color-coded wire with the col or indicator on the model label, th en insert the color-coded wire into th e red ( ) side and the other w ire into the black ( â ) side. ⢠When connecting the center speakers, connect the Y-cable dual end to the two center speakers in the same w ay. ⢠When conn ectio ns are com pleted, adjust the cable placements. If t he speakers have been fixed with the bra ckets, fix the cable to the groove in the brackets as shown. ⢠Fasten the cables together with the spiral wra p. Hold multiple cables together and place the wrap o ver the cables from the end. Wrap the spiral w rap with the cables in the center. The spiral wra p may be cut at a d esired length. Y-cable T o Main unit CX303_505_500. book P age 11 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Connecting up 02 12 En Multichannel speaker con nections CX505/CX5 00 model only Connect each speaker using the color-coded speaker cable. Match them to the colored labels above the speaker term inals (see illustrati on belo w). The illustra tion shows the CX505. Hints on speaker pla cement The following guidelines will help you to get the best performance from your speaker system. See Home thea ter sound setup on page 24 for surround placement option s with this syst em. ⢠Place the fron t left and right speakers at equal distances from the TV. ⢠Place the center speaker above or below the TV so that the sound of the center channel is l ocalized at the TV screen. ⢠If possible, place the surround speakers slightly above ear lev el. Caution ⢠These speaker terminals carry HAZARDOUS LIVE VOLTAGE . To prevent the risk of electric shock w hen connecting or disconnecting the speaker cables, disconnect the powe r cord before to uching any uninsu lated parts. ⢠If you choose to install the center speaker on top of the TV, be su re to secure it with putty, or by other suitable m eans, to red uce the risk of damage or in jury resulting from the speaker falling f rom the TV in the even t of external shocks suc h as earthquakes. Surround right Surround left Subwoofer Center Front left Front right Gray Blue White Red Purple Green SURROUND SUB WOOFER FRONT CENTER SPEAKERS (4 ⦠) R L R L CX303_505_500. book P age 12 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Connecting up 02 13 En ⢠Try not to place the surround speak ers further away from the listening position than the front and center speakers. D oing so can weaken the surround sound effect. ⢠Make sure all speakers are installed securely to prevent accid ents and improve sound quality . ⢠Subw oofer and (C X505 mode l only) front speakers on ly â Do not attach these speakers to the wa ll or ceilin g. They m ay fall off and cause injury. Connec ting the ra dio ante nnas Connect ing the suppli ed antennas will al low you to listen to both AM a nd FM radio broa dcast s. If yo u find tha t recep tion qual ity is poor, an outdoor an tenna shou ld give you better so und qualit y â see Connecting e xternal antennas below for mo re on how to do this. 1 Pull off the protecti ve shields of both AM antenna wires. 2 Push open the tabs, then insert one wi re fully into each terminal, then release the tabs to secure the AM antenna wires. 3 Fix the AM loop antenna to the stand. To fix the stand to the antenna, bend in the direction indicated by the arrow ( fig. a ) then cl ip t he l oop on to the st an d ( fig. b ). ⢠If you plan to mount the AM antenna to a wall or other surface, secure th e stand with screws ( fig . c ) before clipping the loop to the stand. Mak e sure the reception is clear. 4 Place the AM antenna on a f lat surface and poin t in the dire ction giv ing the bes t reception. DonâÂÂt let it come into contact with metal objec ts and av oid p lacing n ear co mput ers, television sets or other electrical appliances. 5 Connect the FM wire antenna i n the same way as the AM loop ant enna. For best results, extend the FM antenna fully and fix to a wall or doo r frame. Do nâÂÂt drape loosely or leave coiled up. Connecting external antennas External AM antenna Use 5 to 6 meters of vinyl-insulated wire a nd set up either i ndoors or o utdoors. Le ave the AM loop an tenna co nnect ed. 2 3 ANTENNA FM UNBAL 75 ⦠AM LOOP 1 4 5 fig. a fig. b fig. c ANTENNA FM UNBAL 75 ⦠AM LOOP Outdoor antenna 5 m to 6 m Indoor antenna (vinyl-coated wire) CX303_505_500. book P age 13 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Connecting up 02 14 En External FM antenna Use a PAL connector to h ook up an external FM ant enna. Connec ting to your TV This system off ers three types of video connecti ons. If your TV ha s component video inputs, see Co nnecting us ing the component video ou tput bel ow. 1 Use the suppli ed yel low video cable to connec t the VI DEO OUT j ack to a video input on your TV. 2 Optional ly: Use a st ereo aud io cabl e to connec t the audi o outs of your TV (or VCR) to the LINE IN jacks on t he rear of thi s unit. This will enable y ou to hear the TV (or VCR) sound through this sy stem. See Connecting auxiliary components below for mo re on this. Connect ing using the com ponent video output If your TV has comp onent vi deo inputs, you can use these instead of the standard video output to connect th is system to your TV. 1 This shou ld give you the best quality picture from the three type s of video ou tput avail able. ⢠Use a component video c able to connect the COMPONENT V IDEO OUT to a set of component inputs on your TV. About progressive scan video Compared to interlace video, pro gressive scan video effectively doubles the scanning rate of the picture, resulting in a very stable, flicker- free image. Progressive scan video is available onl y fro m th e c om po nent vid eo ou tpu t. Compatibility of this player with progressive-scan and high-definit ion TVs. Thi s p la yer is c om p at ible w ith pr o gr es siv e vid eo Macro Visi on System Copy Guard. 2 ANTENNA FM UNBAL 75 ⦠AM LOOP P AL connector VIDE O Note 1 The compone nt vi deo outpu t is switcha ble be twee n inter laced and pr ogressiv e forma ts. Se e Video Outp ut setting s on page 42. 2 Consumers sh ould n ote that n ot all high-d efini tion te levisi on sets a re full y comp atible with th is prod uct a nd may c ause artifacts to be di splayed in the picture. In case of 5 25 progre ssive scan picture problems, it is recommended that the use r swi tch the co nnectio n to the âÂÂsta ndard de finiti onâ ou tput (I nterl ace). If t here are qu estio ns rega rding o ur TV set com patibi lity w ith thi s model, please contact our customer service cente r. COMPONENT VIDEO VIDEO Y P B P R VIDEO OUT S-VIDEO T o C o m pon e nt input CX303_505_500. book P age 14 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Connecting up 02 15 En Connect ing auxil iary compo nents This system has a front panel audio input as well as stereo analog inputs on the rear pa nel. ⢠See Using the USB interf ace on page 35 to co nn e ct th e f ro nt pa ne l US B INPUT . ⢠Con nect the LINE IN jacks on the rear panel to an aux iliary playback componen t. These include components such as a VCR, cassette deck, o r your T V. Connect us ing RCA pin-plug stereo cables. ⢠Connect t he fr ont pane l AUDIO IN mini- plug jac k to an aux iliary playb ac k com ponent . These include components like a digital audio player or the analo g audio output of a P C. Connect using a 1/4" stereo m ini-plug cable. Connec ting the po wer Aft er maki ng sur e t hat e veryt hing i s co nnecte d properly, conne ct the Media unit and the Power unit with attached co rd, then plug in th e power cord to the AC inlet, and the other end to a mains power outlet. Congrat ulatio ns! YouâÂÂr e done set ting up. POWER-CORD CAUTIO N Handle the power cord by the pl ug. Do not p ull out t he plug by tu gging the c ord and nev er touch the power cord when your hands are w et as this could cause a short circuit or electric shock. Do not place the unit, a piece of furniture, etc., on the power cord, o r pinch the cord. N ever make a knot in th e cord or tie it with other co rds. The power c ords should b e routed such th at they are not likely to be ste ppe d on. A dama ge d pow er co rd c an ca use a fire or give you an electri cal shock. Check t he powe r cord onc e in a wh ile. When yo u fin d it dama ged, as k your ne arest PIO NEE R authorized service center or your dealer for a replacement. M N BAL 75 ý SYSTEM UB WOOFER P EAKERS (4 - 6 ) R L T o AC outlet P ower unit Media unit AC IN CX303_505_500. book P age 15 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Controls and displays 03 16 En Chapter 3 Controls and displays Front pane l 1 ïµ S TANDBY/ON Switches the player on or into standby. 2 Playba ck cont rols The skip buttons are us ed for skipping on di scs. Th e pla yba ck c ontr o l but ton s ar e us ed for playing, pausin g and stoppin g playback. 3D i s p l a y See Display on page 17. 4V O L U M E Adjusts the v olume level. 5 X.BOOM button Switches on the bass boost (page 39). 6 ï¨ O PEN/ CLO SE Opens/closes the disc tray. 7 D isc tray 8 MIC VOL and MIC input j acks Controls the volume of the karaoke mics ( MAIN and SUB ) (pa ge 37). 9 Remote sens or 10 PHONE S jac k Headphone ja ck. 11 AUDI O I N Connect an auxiliary compo nent using a stereo mini-jack cable (see Connecting auxili ary co mpo n ent s on pag e 15). 12 USB interface Connect a USB device for playback (see USB playback on pa ge 35). MAIN MIC SUB MIN MAX MIC VOL PHONES AUDIO IN USB î STANDBY/ON î î îÂÂî FULL DIGITAL SURR OUND SYSTEM VOLU ME î OPEN/CLOSE 8 6 1 2 4 3 7 5 9 10 11 12 CX303_505_500. book P age 16 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Controls and displays 03 17 En Display 1 Character display 2 Forma t indi cators 2 PL I I (CX505/C X500 only) â Lights during Dol by Pro Logi c II dec odi ng. 2 D â Lights durin g playback of a D olby Digi tal sour ce . DTS â Lights du ring playback o f a DTS source. 3 Lights when the sleep timer is active. 4 Tuner i ndica tors â Lights when a bro adcas t is being received. â Ligh ts when F M mono reception is selected. â Lights when a stereo FM broadca st is being received in a uto stereo mode. 5 Karaoke indic ator s KARAOKE (Vocal can cel) â Vocals in the backing track are partiall y eliminated usi ng EQ. ECHO â Lights when the Karaoke ECHO effect is selected. KEY â Lights when the Karaoke pitch co ntr ol is sel ec te d. L â Left chan nel only. U se for tracks tha t have a vocal rec orded in the right chan nel. R â Right channel only . Use for tracks that have a vocal recorded in the left c hannel. L R â Use to put a single-channel vocal track into the center of the mix. 6 P layb ack m ode indicato rs RPT- 1 â RP T lights during repeat play ( RPT- 1 lights during repeat one-track play). PGM â Lights during program play . RDM â Lights during random p layba ck. 7S O U N D Lights when the SFC modes, XBOO M , b ass, treble, ST.WI D E , MP 3 EXP. (MP3 Expand er) or V OIC E. E . (Vo ice Enhancer) are active. Remot e contr ol The illustra tion shows the CX505/CX500. 1 ïµ STAND BY/ON Switches the player on or into standby . 2 Input sour ce f uncti on sele ct Selects the sou rce you want to li sten to. DTS SOUND DTS SOUND 2 PL 2 D L R L R KEY KEY ECHO ECHO KARA OKE KARAOKE RPT - 1 RPT - 1 PGM PGM RDM RDM 3 2 7 4 6 5 1 ST ANDBY / ON DVD / CD TUNER ( FM / AM ) USB F. AUDIO LINE PLA Y LIST PGM RPT RDM KARAOKE ECHO TOP MENU MENU SOUND MODE SFC SYSTEM SETUP TUNE - TUNE ST - ST ZOOM MUTE AUDIO SUBTITLE ANGLE SLEEP DISPLA Y 1 2 3 456 7 8 9 CLEAR ENTER 0 ENTER HOME MENU SHIFT VOLUME X.BOOM 1 3 2 SURROUND EXT PWR FRT . SURR RETURN TEST TON E 1 2 3 8 9 4 7 12 11 13 14 15 16 17 5 6 10 CX303_505_500. book P age 17 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Controls and displays 03 18 En 3 Nu mber but tons and SHIFT function s The number b uttons can be used for selecting tracks directly , the functions above the buttons are accessed b y pressing SHI FT at the same time as th e button. PGM ( SHIFT 1 ) â Use to pro gram/play a program list (page 31). RPT (SHIF T 2 ) â Selects a repeat play mode (pag e 30). RDM ( SHI FT 3 ) â Selects a ra ndom play mode (pag e 31). CLE AR â Clears an entry. ENT ER â Selects menu o ptions, et c. 4 HO ME ME NU Press to disp lay (or exit) the on-sc reen menu for Initial Settings, Play Mo de functions, etc. 5 ENT ER , TUNE & cursor control butt ons Navigates on-screen displays and menus. ENT ER selects a n option or executes a comman d. 6 SYST EM SET UP Use to make various system settings (page 46). Also used when saving station presets when using the tuner (page 23). 7 Sound Field/ li steni ng mode buttons SFC â Selects sou nd modes or custom settings from the Sound Field Control (page 38). SURROUND ( CX505/CX50 0 only) â Selects a surround listening mode (page 26). EXT PWR ( CX505/CX50 0 only) â Swi tch es o n the Extra P ower mode (page 27). FRT.SURR ( CX505/CX50 0 only) â Switches on the Front Surround mode (page 27). SOUND MODE â Accesses settin gs in the Soun d men u, suc h as the tone co ntrol s (page 38). 8 Pl aybac k con tr ols ï¤ â Starts/resumes play back. ï and ï³/ï± â Use for rev erse slow motion playback, frame re verse and reverse scanning. ï® an d ï² /ï´ â Use for forward slow motion playbac k, frame advan ce and forward scan ning. ï° â Jumps to the next chapter or track. ï¯ â Jump s to t he be gin nin g of t he current chapter or track, then to p revious chapters/tracks. ïÂÂ¥ â Pau ses playbac k; press again to restart. ï§ â Stop s playb ack. 9 D VD cont rols AUDIO â Selects the audio channel or language (page 34). SUBTI TLE â Selects a subtitle display (page 33). ANGLE â Chan ges the camera angle during DVD m ulti-angle scene playback (page 34). ZOOM â Changes the zoom leve l (page 34). 10 SHIFT Press to acces s the functions/commands written in green on the rem ote. 11 X.BOOM Switches the bass boost on or off (page 39). 12 PLAY LIST buttons Adds tracks to (during playback), or selects the playlist (while sto pped) (pa ge 32). 13 KARAOKE c ontro ls KARAOKE â Se lects audio channe ls for karaoke (page 37). ECHO â Changes the echo level on the karaoke mics (page 37). ï / ï â Raises/lowers the pitch of the backing track (page 37). 14 MENU Displa ys the DVD menu (for V ideo C D/ Super VCDs, D ivX video and W MA/MP 3/ MPEG-4 AAC/JPEG discs, th e Disc Navigator screen ap pears). TOP M EN U ( SHI FT MENU ) Displa ys the top m enu o f a DV D dis c. CX303_505_500. book P age 18 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Controls and displays 03 19 En 15 RETUR N Press to return to a previous menu screen. TEST TO NE ( SHI FT RETU RN ) (CX505/ CX500 only) â P ress to output the test tone for speaker setup (page 25). 16 SLEE P Press to set the sleep timer (page 47). DISP LAY Switches between in formation displ ays (page 34). MUTE Mutes the volume (page 39). 17 VOLUME Adjusts the volume lev el. CX303_505_500. book P age 19 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Getting started 04 20 En Chapter 4 Getting started Using the on -screen displays For ease of use, this system makes extensive use of graph ical on-screen displays (OSDs). All the screens are navigated in basically the same way, using the cursor buttons ( ï© , ïª , ï« , ï¬ ) to ch ange the highlighted item an d pressing ENTER to select it . 1 Im porta nt ⢠Thr ough out this m anual, âÂÂSel ectâ me ans use ï©/ ïª/ï« /ï¬ to highlight an item on- screen, then press ENTER . Tip ⢠You can change the On-Screen Display Language to Traditional Chinese (see OSD Language on pa ge 43) ⢠The button guide at the bottom of every OSD screen shows you which b uttons yo uâÂÂll nee d t o use for that sc ree n. Playing discs The basic playback co ntrols for DVD, CD, Video CD/S uper VCD, Di vX vi deo a nd WMA/ MP3/ MPEG-4 AA C discs are covered h ere. Further functions are detailed in chapter 7. 1 If the p layer is nâÂÂt a lrea dy on, swi tch i t on. If y o u âÂÂr e p la yi n g a d is c w it h vi d e o, a ls o t ur n o n your TV and mak e sure that it is set to t he correct video input. 2P r e s s ï¨ O PEN/ CLO SE on the front pane l to lo ad a di sc. Load a disc with t he label side f acing up, using the disc tray guide to align the disc (if y ouâÂÂre loading a double-sided DVD disc, load it with the side you want to play fa ce down). 3P r e s s ï¤ (p lay) t o st art p lay bac k. If yo uâÂÂre playi ng a D VD or V id eo CD/S up er VC D, a menu ma y appear. See DVD-Video di sc menus and Video CD/Super VCD PBC menus on page 21 to navigate these. If you loaded a disc c ontaining JPEGs, a slideshow will start. See Playing a JPEG slideshow on page 28 for more on this. ⢠I f a d is c c ont ai ns a mix tu re o f D ivX vid eo and other media file types (MP3, for example), first select whether to play the DivX vide o files ( DivX ) or the other media file types ( MP 3 / WM A/ M PEG-4 AAC / JPEG ) from the on-screen display. 4 A djust the volume. Use the VOLUM E control. Note 1 The screen saver will appear after f ive minutes of ina ctivity . Button What it does HOME MENU Displays/ex its the on-screen displ ay ï«ï©ïªï¬ Changes the highlighted menu item ENTER Selects the highlighted menu item RETURN Return s to the main m en u wi thou t saving changes CX303_505_500. book P age 20 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Getting started 04 21 En Basic play back co ntrol s The following table shows the basic controls on the remote for playing discs 1 . You can find other playback features in the chapter 7. Resume and Las t Memory When you stop playback o f a disc, R ESU ME shows in the display indicating that you can resume pla yback from that point. With DV Ds and Video CD /Supe r VCDs, even if ejected, the play position is stored in memory. 2 The next time you load the disc, the display shows LAST M EM and you ca n resume playback. If you want to c lear the resume point, press ï§ (stop) while RESUM E is dis pl ay ed . DVD-Video disc menus Many DVD -Video d iscs conta in menu s from which y ou can se lect what you wa nt to wat ch. Sometimes DVD-Video menu s are displayed automatically when you start playback; others only app ear when you press MENU or TOP MENU ( SHIFT MENU ). Video CD/Super VCD PBC menus Some Video CD/Super VCDs have menus from whi ch you can c hoo se wh at yo u want to wa tch. These are PBC (Playback control) menus. You can p lay a PBC Video CD/Super VC D wit hout ha ving to nav igat e the PBC menu by starting playback using a number b utton to select a track, rather than the ï¤ (play) button . Note 1 You may find with some DVD discs that some playback controls donâÂÂt work i n certain parts of the disc. Button What it does ï¤ Starts/res umes normal playback . ⢠If the display s hows RESUME or LAST MEM playback starts f rom the resume or last memor y point (se e Resum e and Last Memory below). ïÂÂ¥ P auses/unpauses a disc. ï§ Stop s pla ybac k or ca ncel s the re sume functi on (i f the d isp lay show s RESUME ). ï P ress to star t fast rever se scanning. ï® P ress to star t fast forward scanning. ï¯ Skips to t he star t of the c urrent track or chapter , then previous t racks/chapt ers. ï° Skips to th e next track or chapter . Number s Us e to ente r a tit le/ cha pte r/t rack number . P ress ENTER to select. ⢠If the disc is stopped, pl ayback starts from t he selected ti tl e (for DVD ) or track (for CD/V ideo CD/Super VCD). ⢠If the disc is playing, playback jumps to the star t of the selec ted tit le (VR mode DVD -R/-RW), chapter (DVD - Vide o) or tr ack ( CD /Video C D/Su per VCD). 2 ⢠The Last Memo ry func tion may n ot wor k with s ome disc s. ⢠For DVD- Video discs (ex cept VR mode DVD -R/-RW), the pl ayer stores t he play posit ion of the l ast five discs. Button What it doe s TOP MENU ( SHIF T MENU ) Displays the âÂÂtop men uâ of a DVD disc â this varies with the disc. MENU Displ ays a DVD d isc menu â th is varies with the dis c and may be the same as the âÂÂtop menu âÂÂ. ï«ï©ïªï¬ Moves the cursor around th e screen . ENTER Select s the cur rent menu o ption . RETURN Retu rn s to the pr evio us ly displayed menu screen . Numbers Highlights a number ed menu option (some discs only) . P ress ENT ER to select . Button What it doe s RETURN Displays the PBC menu. CX303_505_500. book P age 21 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Getting started 04 22 En Listening to the rad io The tuner can receive both FM an d AM broadc asts, and lets you mem orize your favor ite s tation s so y ou do nâÂÂt h ave t o manua lly tune in every time you want to lis ten (see Memorizing st ations on pag e 23 for more o n this). 1 Pre ss TUNER ( FM/AM ) to switch to the tuner, then press repeatedly to select the A M or FM band. The display shows the ban d and frequency. 2 Tune to a frequency . There are three tuning modes â man ual, auto, and high -speed: ⢠Manua l tuning : Press TU NE /â repeatedly to change the displayed frequency. ⢠Auto tuning : Press and hold TUNE /â until the frequency display starts to move, then release. The tuner will stop on the next station it find s. Repeat to keep searching. ⢠High-speed tuning : P ress and hol d TUNE /â until the frequency display starts to move rapidly. Keep th e button held down until y ou rea ch the fr equency you wa nt. If necessar y, fine tune th e fre quency us ing the manual tuning method. Improving FM stereo sound I f y o u â r e l i s t e n i n g t o a n F M s t a t i o n i n s t e r e o b u t the reception is weak, you c an improve the soun d quality by switch ing to mono . 1 Tune to a n FM r adio stati on then pres s SYSTEM SETUP . 2U s e ï«/ï¬ to choos e FM MODE then pr ess ENTER . 3U s e ï©/ïª to s ele ct FM MONO then pres s ENTER The MONO indicator lig hts when the tuner is in mono rec eption mode. Sele ct FM AUTO above to switch back to auto- stereo mode (the indicator lights when receiving a stereo b roadcast ). Reducing AM reception noise If AM rec eption seems p articularly poor, or the AM radio station youâÂÂre listening to seems noisy, try using the Noise Cut feature f or better soun d quality. 1 Tune to an AM radi o st ation then pre ss SYSTEM SETUP . 2U s e ï«/ ï¬ to choose NOISECUT then pr ess ENTER . 3U s e ï©/ïª to select the noise cut mo de then press ENTER . Select an effect l evel between 1 and 3. Numbers Selects num bered menu option s. P ress ENTER to se lec t. ï¯ Displays the previous menu page (if there is o ne). ï° Disp la ys t he next me nu pa ge ( if there is one). Button What it doe s CX303_505_500. book P age 22 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Getting started 04 23 En Memori zing st ations You c an s ave up to 3 0 st atio n presets so that you al ways ha ve easy access t o you r favori te stations without having to tune in manually each time. Manually saving s tation presets 1 Tune to an AM or FM radio stati on. Select mono or au to-stereo reception (FM) or the Noise Cu t mode (AM) as necessary. These settings are saved along with the preset. 2 P ress SYS TEM SE TUP and use ï«/ï¬ to choose â ST.MEM.â then pr ess ENT ER . 3U s e ï©/ïª to se lec t the s tat ion pre set you want then press ENTER . Automat ically sa ving station pr esets 1 P ress SYS TEM SE TUP , use ï«/ï¬ to choose â A. P RESET â then pr ess ENT ER . Auto tuning starts in the FM band, stopping when a strong signal is received. 2 W hen auto tun ing stops at a stati on, press ENT ER to sav e the sta ti on as a pr eset , or press ï©/ïª to conti nue wi thout savi ng. Auto tuning resumes. After the FM ban d is finish ed, auto tuning con tinues in t he AM band. Press ï§ (stop) anytime to exit. Auto tuning stops automaticall y after the AM band is finished, or after the limit of 30 presets has been reached. W hen this happen s, the tuner automatically switches to preset ST-1 . Listening to station preset s 1 Make sur e the TUN ER funct ion is selected . 2U s e ï«/ï¬ to selec t a station preset . ⢠You can also use the num ber buttons and ENTER to do this. Listeni ng to ot her sou rces Yo u ca n co nne ct an e xte rna l sou rce fo r playback thro ugh this systemâÂÂs speakers. See Connecting auxiliary components on page 15 for more on this. ⢠T o c onn ect a US B de vi ce t o t he US B terminal, see USB play back on page 35. 1 Make sure that the external source (TV, MD pla ye r, et c.) is switch ed on . 2 Press LINE to select the source connec ted to the rea r panel LIN E input and F. AUDIO to sele ct the source connect ed to the front panel AUDIO-I N input . 3 If nece ssary, s tart pl a yback of t he s ource. Dimmin g the display You can choose one of two bri ghtness setting s for the front pane l display. 1 Press SY STEM SET UP and use ï«/ï¬ to choose DIMMER then pr ess ENT ER . 2U s e ï©/ïª to ad just th en pres s ENTER to conf irm and exi t. ⢠DIMME R 1 : Front panel display d ims. ⢠DIMME R 2 : Front panel display d ims and automatically turns th e display of f after t he unit has been left for two minutes. 1 ⢠OFF : F ront panel display returns to the original brightn ess. Note 1 When any key is pressed, the display turns on. CX303_505_500. book P age 23 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Setting up for surround sound 05 24 En Chapter 5 Setting up for surround sound CX505/CX5 00 model only Hom e the ater soun d setup Depending on the siz e and characteristics of your r oom, y ou can p lace y our speak ers in one of two wa ys using thi s system : 1 ⢠Standa rd surround se tup â Th is is a standard multichann el surround soun d speaker setup for optimal 5.1 chan nel home theater sound. CX505 model speaker configuratio n: CX500 model speaker configuratio n: ⢠Front surround se tup â This setup is ideal when rear su rround speaker placemen t is nâÂÂt poss ibl e or you want to av oid run ning long speaker cables i n your listening area. Use this setup together with the Front Sur roun d mode s to take adv anta ge of wall and ceiling reflections for a very realistic surround effect. CX505 model speaker confi guration: CX500 model speaker confi guration: For F ron t su rr oun d mod e Note 1S e e Abou t the l istening m ode s on page 26 for more on using t he different li stening mo des with each speaker se tup. Center Center Front left Front left Front right Front right Surround left Surround left Surround right Surround right Bass Bass Surround left *When center speakers are placed in the center. Surround right Center Center Front left Listening position Listening position Front right Subwoofer Center Front left Front right Front right Front right Surround left Surround left Surround right Surround right Center Center Bass Bass Front left Front left * W hen c enter s peakers are plac ed in the c enter. Li st en in g po sit io n Li st e n i ng po si t io n Cente r Cente r Surround ri ght Su rr ou nd lef t Su bw oo f er Fro nt rig ht Fron t lef t Surround ri ght Su rr ou nd lef t Fro nt rig ht Fron t lef t Cente r CX303_505_500. book P age 24 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Setting up for s urround sound 05 25 En For Ex tra Power mod e Af ter pla cin g y our s pe ake rs , comp le te Setting th e ch an n el lev e ls then refer to Sp eak er Distance on page 45 to com plete your surround sound setup. Setting the c hannel levels Set the relative chann el levels from you r main listenin g position. 1 1 Switch t o the DVD/CD or USB input source . 2 P ress TEST TON E ( SHIFT RETUR N ). The test tone is out put in the followin g order (from the speakers active in the curren t listening mode): ⢠L â Fron t left speaker ⢠C â Center sp eaker ⢠R â Front right speaker ⢠SR â Surroun d right speaker ⢠SL â S urround left speaker ⢠SW â Subwoof er 2 3 Us e th e VO LUME / â but ton to ad just the vo lume to an appr opriat e level. Yo u can al so use t he fr ont pan el vo lum e button. 4U s e t h e ï©/ ïª buttons to adjust the spea ke r leve ls in turn . You should hear the test tone at the same volume from each speaker w hen seated in the main listen ing positi on. The channel lev el range is ñ10 dB. 5 W hen yo uâÂÂre done, press TEST TONE ( SHIFT RETUR N ) to exit test t one setup. Note 1 ⢠Make sure headphones are unplugged. ⢠The channel balance can be adjusted (independently for each listening mode ) while listening to any sound source you want: Press SYSTEM SETUP and use ï«/ï¬ to cho ose CH LEVEL then p ress ENTER , then use ï«/ï¬ to select channels and ï©/ïª to adju st th e leve l. Press ENTER when youâÂÂre finished. 2 S ince the sub woofe r pro duc es ul tra -low fre que ncie s its s oun d may s eem q uie ter t han it actu ally i s. Surround left Center Front left Listening position Listening position Center Front right Surround right Subwoofer CX303_505_500. book P age 25 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Home theater sound 06 26 En Chapter 6 Home theater sound CX505/CX5 00 model only About the listening m odes As ex plai ned in H ome theater sound setup on page 24, there are two ba sic surround speaker setup options available. Of cours e you can select any of the listening modes regardless of how yo u place yo ur spe akers, b ut you will achieve the best surround effect by using the liste ning modes i n conjun cti on with y our speaker setup: ⢠Standa rd surround se tup â Use the Standard ( List ening in surround sound below) surround li stening modes with this setup. ⢠Fro nt s urro un d se tup â See Using Front Surround on page 27 for the op tions available with this speaker setup. Ma ke sur e yo u hav e c omple ted Setting the channel leve ls on page 25. Auto list ening mo de The Auto li stening mode is the simplest way to listen to any source as it was mastered: the output from the s peakers mirrors the channels in the source material. ⢠Press SURROUND to s ele ct t he A UTO li steni ng mode. 1 Listening in su rround sound You can listen to stereo or multichannel sour ces in su rround so und. Surr ound sou nd is generated from stereo sou rces using one of th e Dol by Pro Logi c dec odi ng mod es. 1 Sw itch to th e DVD/CD or USB input sou rc e. 2P r e s s SURROUN D repea tedl y to se lect a lis tening mode. The choices t hat appear in the display will vary according to the ty pe of source thatâÂÂs playing . ⢠AUTO â Auto listening mode (see ab ove) ⢠DOLBY PL (Dolby Pro Logic) â 4.1 chan nel surr ound so und for u se wit h any two- channe l sour ce ⢠MOVIE (Dolby P ro Logic II Movie) â Pro Logi c II 5.1 c hannel surrou nd so und, especially suited to movie sources (use with any two-channel source) ⢠MUSIC (D olby Pro L ogic II M usi c) â Pr o Logi c II 5.1 c hannel surrou nd so und, especially suited to music sources, for use with any two-channel source ⢠STEREO â See Listening in stereo below Note 1 If the sour ce is Dol by D igi tal o r DTS , th e cor res pond ing indi cat or li gh ts in t he fr ont pan el di spla y. CX303_505_500. book P age 26 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Home theater sound 06 27 En Using F ront S urround The Front Surrou nd mod e and Extra Po wer mode are effective when DVD /C D or USB is selected as the input source and you are u sing the Front surround speaker setup as described in Home theater sound setup on page 24. Using the Front Surround mode ⢠CX505 model â The surround speakers should be placed on top of the front speakers an d oriented (abou t 60ú) towa rds the walls. ⢠CX500 model â The surround speakers should be placed beside the front speakers and oriented (abou t 60ú) towards the walls. ⢠Press EXT PW R / FRT. SURR to s ele ct t he Front Sur round mode. ⢠FRT. SUR R â Use to p rovide rich surround sound effect. ⢠OFF â Switches the Front Surround mo de off. Using the Extr a Power mode The Extra Power mod e uses the Front surroun d setup as described in H ome theater sound set up on page 24, but the surround speakers and (CX500 o nly) center speakers should be pointed in the same direction as the front speakers (towards the listening po sition). ⢠Press EXT PW R / FRT.SU RR to sele ct t he Extra Power mode. ⢠EXT POW ER â Ou tputs stereo sound (in the case of multi-c hannel sources, down- mixed stereo so und) from the surroun d speakers for powerful stereo effect. ⢠OFF â Switches the Extra P ower mode off. Listening in stereo You can list en to any source â stereo or multichannel â in stereo. When playing a mu lt ic han ne l so u rc e, a ll c h an nel s ar e downmixed to the front left/ri ght speakers and the subwoofer. ⢠Press SURROUND rep eate dly un til STE REO sh ows in the disp lay. Listening with headphon es When head phones are connected, on ly the STER EO m ode is available. 1 60ú î Left front Left surround 60 ú î Right surround Right front Right surround Right front Center 60 ú î 60ú Left front Left surround î Note 1 When you disconnect them it reverts to the previous mo de. CX303_505_500. book P age 27 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Disc playback feature s 07 28 En Chapter 7 Disc playback features Im porta nt ⢠Many of the functi ons covered in this chapter apply to DVD discs, Video CDs/ Super VC Ds, CDs, D ivX video and W MA/ MP3/MPEG-4 AAC/JPEG discs, although the exact operation of some va ries slightly with the kind of disc loaded. ⢠Some DVDs restrict the use of some functions (random o r repeat, for examp le) in some or all parts of the disc. This is not a malfunct ion. ⢠Whe n pla ying Vi deo CD /Supe r VCD s, so me of the functions are not available during PBC playback. If you wan t to use them, start th e disc pl aying u sing a nu mber button to select a tr ack. Scanni ng discs You can f ast-scan discs f orward or backward at various different speeds. 1 ⢠During pla yback, press ï or ï® to start scann ing. Press repeatedly to increase the scanning speed (shown on -screen). ⢠To resume playback, press ï¤ (play). 2 Playing in slow motion You c an pl ay DVD s, Vid eo CD /Sup er VC Ds and Di vX vide o at fo ur di ffer ent forw ar d slo w motion speeds. DVD discs can also be played in reverse slow motion. 1 Duri ng play back, pre ss ïÂÂ¥ (pause). 2 Pre ss and hold ï³ / ï± or ï² /ï´ until slow motion pl ayback sta rts. Press repeatedly to change the slow motion speed (shown on-screen). ⢠To resume playbac k, press ï¤ (play). 2 Frame advanc e/frame reverse With D VD disc s, you can mo ve ad vanc e/bac k frame-by-fram e. With Video CD/Su per VCDs and D ivX video y ou can onl y use f rame advance. 1 Duri ng play back, pre ss ïÂÂ¥ (pause). 2P r e s s ï³ / ï± or ï² /ï´ to reverse or advanc e a fra me at a ti me. ⢠To resume playbac k, press ï¤ (play). 2 Playing a JPEG slideshow After loading a disc containing JPEG p ictures, press ï¤ to start a slideshow from the first folder/pictu re on the disc. 3 The player displays the pictures in each folder in alphabetical ord er. ⢠If the disc contains WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC files, playback of the slideshow and audio files repeats. During audio playback, you can stil l use the skip ( ï¯ /ï° ), scan ( ï / ï® ) a nd pa u se ( ïÂÂ¥ ) func tions. Pictures are automatically adjusted so th at they fill as mu ch of the screen as possible. Note 1 Only one spe ed is available for DivX video discs. 2 ⢠Depend ing on the disc, normal playba ck may a utomat icall y res ume when a new ch apter i s reache d on a DV D disc . ⢠For Video CDs/Super VCDs in P BC mode and WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC tracks (in Scan M ode only), normal pl ayback resumes when you reach the beginning or the e nd of a track. 3 ⢠The time it takes fo r the pla yer to l oad a file i ncreases wi th large fi le sizes. ⢠Dis cs ca n conta in up to 299 f older s and up to 648 fold ers an d fi les co mbin ed. CX303_505_500. book P age 28 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Disc playback features 07 29 En While the slidesho w is running: Browsing DV D or Video C D/ Supe r VCD di scs wi th the D isc Navigator Use the Disc Navigator to browse through the content s of a DVD or Video CD /Super VC D disc to find the part you wa nt to play. 1 Du ring playback, press H OME MENU and select âÂÂDisc Navigatorâ from the o n- screen m enu. 2 Sel ect a view option. The opti ons avai lable depend on the kind of disc loaded and wh ether the disc is playing or no t, bu t i n clu de : ⢠Title â Titles f rom a DVD- Video disc. ⢠Cha pter â Chapters from the current title of a DVD-Vid eo disc. ⢠Trac k â Tracks fr om a Video CD/ Super VCD di sc. ⢠Time â T humbnai ls fr om a Vid eo C D/Super VCD disc at 10 m inute intervals. ⢠Original: Title â Original titl es from a VR mode DV D-R/ -RW di sc. ⢠Play list: Title â Playlist titles f rom a VR mode DV D-R/ -RW di sc. ⢠Original: Time â Thumbnails from the Original content at 10 min ute intervals. ⢠Play list: Time â Thumbn ails from the Playlist at 10 minute intervals. The screen shows up to six moving thu mbnail images disp layed one after another. To display the previous/next six thu mbnails, press ï¯ / ï° . 3 Selec t the th umbna il im age for what you want t o pl ay . You can use either the ï©/ïª/ ï«/ï¬ and ENT ER to select a thumbnail, or the number buttons. To selec t using t he numb er butt ons, en ter a two- digit num ber then press EN TER . Button Wh at it doe s ïÂÂ¥ P aus es the slideshow (or audio); press again to rest art. ï¯ Jumps to the pre vious pict ure (or audio file with audio playback). ï° Jump s to th e ne xt pi ctur e ( or audio file with audio playback). ï«/ï¬/ï©/ïª Pa u s e s t h e s l i d e s h o w a n d rotates/f lips the displ ayed picture (P ress ï¤ (play) to restart slideshow). ZOOM P auses the slideshow and zooms the picture. Press agai n to toggle between 1x, 2x and 4x zoom (P ress ï¤ (play) to restart slideshow). MENU Displa ys the Disc Navig ator screen (see below). Disc Navigator Disc Navigator Title Chapter 01 04 02 05 03 06 Disc Navigator: Title 01- 49: - - CX303_505_500. book P age 29 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Disc playback feature s 07 30 En Brows ing WMA , MP3, MPEG-4 AAC, DivX video and JP EG files wi th t he D isc Na vig ato r Use the Disc Navigator to find a particular file or folder by filename. 1 Pres s HO ME MENU and se le ct âÂÂDi sc Naviga torâ fr om the on-scre en menu. 2U s e ï©/ïª /ï«/ ï¬ a nd EN TER to navigat e. Use ï©/ïª to move up/down the folder/fil e list. Use ï« to return to the pa rent folder. 1 Use ENTER or ï¬ to open a highlighted folder. ⢠When a JPEG file is h ighlighted, a thu mbna il i mage is disp l ayed o n the ri ght. 3 To play t he highlighted track or DivX video file or display the high lighted JPEG file, pr ess ENT ER. ⢠When a WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC or DivX video file is selec ted, playback begins from that file, and continues un til the end of the folder. ⢠When a JPEG file is sel ected, a slideshow begins, starting with tha t file, and continues to the end of the f older. Tip ⢠You can also play a JPEG slidesh ow while lis te nin g to W MA/ M P3 /M PE G -4 AA C playback. Simply select th e audio file you want to listen to followed by the JPEG from which yo u want the sl ides how to start. Playback of both t he slide show and the audio files repeats. Playback co ntrols are effecti ve for the JPEG slideshow only. ⢠To play the cont ents of the whole disc rather than just the current folder, exit the Disc Navigator an d start playback u sing the ï¤ (play) button. Looping a s ection of a disc The A- B Repeat f unct ion al lows you t o speci fy two points (A and B) within a track (CD, Video CD/Super Video CD) or title (DVD) that form a loop which is played over a nd over. 1 Duri ng play back, pr ess HOME MENU and se lect â Play Mod e âÂÂ. 2 Sel e ct â A-B Repeat âÂÂ. 3P r e s s ENTER on âÂÂA ( Start Point)â to set th e loop st art poi nt. 4P r e s s ENTER o n âÂÂB (End Po int )â to set the loop e nd poin t. After pressing ENT ER , play back jum ps bac k to the start point and plays the l oop. 5 To res ume normal playback , sel ect âÂÂOff âÂÂ. Using rep eat play In a ddition to various r epeat play options, itâ s also possible to use repeat play togeth er with program play (see Cr eat ing a pr og ram lis t on page 31 ). 1 Duri ng play back, pr ess HOME MENU and se lect â Play Mod e âÂÂ. Note 1 You can a lso do this by going to the â .. â folder at t he top, then pre ssing ENTER . 00:00 / 00:00 0kbps Folder1 Folder2 Folder3 Folder4 File1 File2 File3 File4 File5 Folder 2 00:00 / 00:00 0kbps CX303_505_500. book P age 30 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Disc playback features 07 31 En 2 Se l ect âÂÂR epeat â then s elec t a re peat p lay option. 1 If program play is active, select Prog ram Repea t to repeat the progra m list, or Rep ea t Off to cancel. ⢠For DVD discs, select Title Re peat or Chapte r Repeat . ⢠For C Ds an d Video C D/S uper V CDs, select Disc Repe at or Track R epe at . ⢠For DivX video discs, sel ect Titl e Repea t (or Repeat Off ). Tip ⢠You can also use the RPT ( SHIFT 2) b utton on the remo te to select a repeat play option. The repeat modes available are the same as those from the Play Mod e menu. Using random play Use this function to play titles o r chapters (DVD-Video) or tracks (CD and Video C D/Super VCD) in a ran dom order. 2 1 D uring pl ayback, press HOME ME NU and select â Play M od e âÂÂ. 2 Se lec t âÂÂRandomâ then sel ect an option. ⢠For DVD discs, select Random Title or Rando m C hapter . ⢠For C Ds an d Video C D/S uper V CDs, select On or Off t o switch r andom play on or off . Tip ⢠Use the following controls duri ng random pl ay: ⢠You can a lso use the RD M ( SHIF T 3 ) button on the remote to select a random pl ay mo de. The ran dom mo des a vai la ble are the same as w hen choosing from the Play Mod e m enu. Pre ss EN TER to start random play. ⢠Rando m play re mains in effect unti l you select Random Off from the random play menu op tions. Creating a program list This feature lets you program the play order of titles/chapters/tracks on a disc. 3 Using the OSD 1 During pl aybac k, pres s HO ME ME NU and select â Play Mo de âÂÂ. 2 Select âÂÂPr ogra mâ the n se lec t âÂÂCr eat e/Ed itâ from the li st of program option s. 3U s e ï©/ïª /ï«/ ï¬ and ENTER to sele ct a title, chapter or track for the current step in the progra m list. For a DVD disc, you can add a title o r a chapter. Note 1 You canâÂÂt use repeat play with WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC discs. 2 ⢠You can set the random play opt ion when a disc is pl aying or stopped. However, you canâÂÂt use random play to gether with program play. ⢠You canâÂÂt use random play w ith VR format DVD-R/-RW discs, WMA/ MP 3/ MP EG -4 A AC di sc s, D iv X v id eo d i scs, o r wh i le a DVD disc menu is being displayed. Button What it doe s ï° Selects a new trac k/title/ chapter at random. ï¯ Returns to the beginning of the cur ren t t rac k/ti tle /cha pt er; furth er presses sele ct another random t rack/ti tle/chapt er. 3 You canâÂÂt use Program play with VR format DVD-R/-RW discs, WMA /MP3/MPEG-4 AAC discs, DivX video discs, or while a DVD disc menu is being displayed. CX303_505_500. book P age 31 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Disc playback feature s 07 32 En ⢠For a CD or Vi deo CD/Su per VCD, se lect a track to add to the program list. After pressing ENTER to select the title/ chapter/track, the step number au tomatically move s down one. 4 Re peat st ep 3 to buil d up a program lis t. A progra m list can contain up to 24 steps. ⢠You c an insert steps by just highlig hting the position where you wan t the new step to appear and entering a title/chapter/track number . ⢠To delete a step, highli ght it and press CLE AR . 5 T o play the program list, press ï¤ (p lay). Program play remains active until you turn o ff program play (see below ), erase the program list (see below), eject the disc or swit ch off. Tip ⢠Use the following co ntrols during pro gram pl ay: Other functions av ailable from the program menu There are a numb er of other op tions in the program menu in addition to Create/Edit. ⢠Pl ayb ack St art â Starts playbac k of a saved program list ⢠Pl ayb ack St op â Turns off program play , but does not erase the program list ⢠Pro gra m De le te â Erases th e program list and turns off progra m play Using the front panel display Even though the OSD is available for CDs, the front panel display provides information to make a program list easily. If a disc is playing, sto p i t f irs t . 1P r e s s PGM (SH IFT 1). YouâÂÂre prompted to enter a track for the first step in the program list. 2 Use the number buttons to select a track, then press ENTER . If you make a mi stake, press CLE AR to delete the last (most recently) programmed track. 3 Repe at step 2 to buil d up a program li st. A program list can contain up to 24 steps. 4 To pl ay the progra m list, pre ss ï¤ (p lay). ⢠Pr ogram pl ay rema ins acti ve unti l yo u press ï§ (stop), clear the p laylis t (see tip above), eject the disc or switch off the player. Using Playlists With this feature, you can ma ke up to three playlist s of 30 files each f or discs containing WMA, MP3, MPEG-4 AAC and JPEG files. Since this unit will remember all playlists for the last ten discs you have l oaded, this is useful for if yo u have a l arge nu mber of files t hat you want to o rgani ze qu ickly and easily. 1 Programming playlists 1 With the disc s topped , press HOME MENU and sele ct âÂÂDisc Na vigatorâ from t he on-scre en menu. 2 Sele ct the file you want to add to the pl aylis t. See Browsing WMA, MP3, MPEG-4 AA C, DivX video and JP EG files w ith the Di sc Naviga tor on page 3 0 if you do nâÂÂt kno w ho w to do this. Button What it doe s HOME MENU Save the progr am list and exit wi tho ut sta rti ng pl ayb ac k. ï° Skip to th e next step in the program li st. Note 1 T he disc must be loa ded for the files in your playli st to play back. CX303_505_500. book P age 32 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Disc playback features 07 33 En 3 Press PLA Y LIST 1, 2 or 3. The file is added to the playl ist you select. 4 Re peat ste ps 2 and 3 until youâÂÂre done . Tip ⢠To add f iles with out the on- screen d isplay, simply press PLAY LI ST 1 , 2 or 3 during normal playbac k of the file you want (except when a JP EG slideshow is playing at the same time as audio). Listening to playlists ⢠With playback stop ped, p ress PLA Y LIS T 1, 2 or 3. Dur ing play bac k, PGM lights in the front panel display . ⢠If no playlist has been pr ogrammed , NO LIST shows in the f ront panel display. ⢠If the playlist contains both JPEG and audio files, playback of the slideshow an d audio files starts. Clearing files from a playlist 1 St art play back of your pla ylist . 2 Press HOME MEN U and se lec t âÂÂDis c NavigatorâÂÂ. 3 From the âÂÂD isc Navig atorâ screen, select the fil e you want to remove from the pl aylis t and pr ess CLE AR . Searching a disc You can search DVD discs by title or ch apter number , or by t ime; CDs and Vi deo CD/Su per V C D s b y t r a c k n u m b e r o r t i m e ; D i v X v i d e o d i s c s by t ime . 1 Press HOME MENU and selec t â Play Mode âÂÂ. 2 Sel ect âÂÂSe arch ModeâÂÂ. The search options that appear d epend on the kind of disc loaded . 3 Sel ect a sear ch mode. ⢠The di sc mus t be pla ying in order to use time search. 4 Use the numb er buttons to enter a titl e, chapter or tra ck number, or a ti me. ⢠For a tim e search, enter the number of minutes and seconds into the curren tly playing title (DVD/ DivX video) or track (CD/ Video CD/ Super VCD) you w ant play back to resume fro m. For example, p ress 4 , 5 , 0 , 0 to have playback start from 45 mi nutes into the disc. For 1 hour, 20 m inutes and 30 seconds, press 8 , 0 , 3 , 0 . 5 Press ENTER to start playback. Switch ing subtitles Some DVD discs and DivX video d iscs have subtitles in o ne or more languages; the disc bo x w ill us ua lly te ll y ou wh ic h su bt it le languag es are avai labl e. You can swit ch subtitl e lang uage d uri ng play back. 1 ⢠Press SUB TITLE repe ate dly t o se lec t a subt itle opt ion. ⢠To set subtitle preferences, see Language settings on page 42. ⢠See Displaying Div X subtitle files on page 49 for m ore on DivX subtitles. Note 1 Some discs only allow you to change subtitle language from the disc menu. Press TOP MENU ( SHIFT MENU ) o r MENU to access. CX303_505_500. book P age 33 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Disc playback feature s 07 34 En Sw itch ing lang uag e/au dio channe l s When playing discs recorded with dialog in two or mo re la nguage s, or w ith dual -mono aud io 1 you can sw itch these durin g playback. 2 ⢠Press AUDIO re pea tedly to sele ct a n audi o lan guage op tion. ⢠To se t audio langua ge prefer ence s, see Language settings on page 42. Zooming the screen Using the zoom f eatur e y ou can ma gni fy a part of the screen by a factor of 2 or 4, while watc hing a DVD, D ivX vi deo t itl e or Vi deo CD/ Super VCD or playing a JPEG disc. 1 D uring pl aybac k, use the ZOO M button to s elec t t he z oom factor (No rm al, 2x o r 4x ). 2U s e ï©/ïª/ï« /ï¬ to cha nge the zoomed area. You can chan ge the zoom factor and the zoomed are a freely during playback. 3 Switching camera ang les Some DVD disc s feature scen es shot from two or mo re angl es â chec k th e di sc bo x for det ai ls. When a multi-angle scene is playing, a icon appears on screen (this can be switched off if you prefer â see D isplay settings on page 43). ⢠During pla yback (or when pause d), pres s ANGLE to swi tch angle. Di sp lay ing disc infor ma tion Various track, chapter and title inform ation can be display ed on -screen duri ng playb ack. ⢠To show/switch/ hide the i nformat ion display ed, press DISPLAY rep eatedl y. Limited disc information also appears in the front panel display. Press DISPLAY to change the displaye d inform ation. Note 1 Some Super VCDs have two soundtracks. Wit h these discs you can switch between the two so undtracks as well as individual chann els in each. 2 Some discs only allow you to change audio language from th e disc menu. Press TOP MENU ( SHIFT MENU ) or MENU to access. 3 ⢠Si nce DVD, Video CD/S uper VCD, DivX video t itle and JPEG pictures have a fixed resol ution, picture quality will de teriorate, especially at 4x zo om. This i s not a ma lfunction. ⢠If the navi gation square at the to p of the screen disappears, press ZOOM again to displ ay it. CX303_505_500. book P age 34 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
USB playback 08 35 En Chapter 8 USB playback Usin g th e USB inter fa ce It is possible to li sten to two-channel audio 1 and watch JPEG files usin g the USB interface on the front of this unit. Connect a USB mass storage device 2 as shown b elow. 1 Wit h the pla yer swi tched on, press USB. Make sure y our TV is on a nd set to the correct vide o input . 2 Conne ct your USB dev ice . The USB terminal is located on the front panel. 3 Press ï¤ (pl ay) t o st art play back. If your USB devic e contai ns JPEGs, a slideshow will start. See Playing a JPEG slideshow o n page 36 for mo re on this. â¢M a k e s u r e U SB DATA is sho wing in the front panel display (or the sy stem is in standby ) when di sconn ecting. Important If a USB ERR message lights in the di splay, it may mea n that the power requ irements of the USB device a re too high for this pl ayer, o r that the device is in compatible. Try the f ollowing: ⢠Switch the player o ff, then on again. ⢠Reconnecting the USB device with the player switched off. ⢠Selecting to another input source (like DVD /CD ), then b ack to USB . ⢠Using a dedicated AC ad apter (supplied with the dev ice) for USB power. If t h is d oe sn âÂÂt rem e dy the pr ob lem , i t is li ke ly your USB devi ce is incompatibl e. Basic playback controls The following table shows the basic controls on the remote for USB play back. Note 1 This includes playback of WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC files (except f iles with copy-protection or restricted playback). It is not poss ible t o pl ay Div X file s throu gh t he USB term inal. 2 ⢠Compatible USB devices include external magnetic hard drives, portable flash memory (particularly keydrives) and digital audio pl ayers ( MP3 play ers) o f fo rmat F AT16/ 32. I t is not p oss ible to c onnect this un it to a pers onal comp uter for USB p layba ck . ⢠Pioneer cannot guarantee compatibility (operation and/or bus power) with all USB mass storage devices and assumes no respon sibility for any loss o f data th at may occur w hen conne cted to this u nit. ⢠With large amounts of data, it ma y take longer f or the system to read the contents of a USB device . PHONES AUDIO IN USB USB mass storage device USB (T ype A) Button Wh at it does ï¤ Starts normal playback. ïÂÂ¥ P auses/unpauses playback. ï§ St ops playback. ï P r ess to start fast reverse s canning. ï® P r ess to start fas t for ward scanning. ï¯ Ski ps to the st art of the cur rent fil e, then previo us files. ï° Ski ps to the ne xt f ile . CX303_505_500. book P age 35 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
USB playback 08 36 En Scanning files You can fa st-sca n forwar d or backw ard at various different speeds. ⢠During pl aybac k, press ï or ï® . Press repeatedly to increase the scanning speed (shown on -screen). ⢠To resume playback, press ï¤ (play). 1 Playing a JPEG slideshow Press ï¤ to start a slideshow from the first folder/picture. 2 The pictures in each folder are displayed in order. ⢠If the d evice con tains WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC file s, playback of the slidesho w and audio files repeats. During audio playbac k, you can sti ll use the skip ( ï¯ /ï° ), s ca n ( ï / ï® ) and pau se ( ïÂÂ¥ ) functions. Pictures are automatic ally adjusted so that they fill as much of the screen as possible. While the slideshow is running: Browsing files with the Navigator Use the Navigator to fi nd WMA, MP3, MPEG-4 AAC and JPEG files or fold ers by name. 3 1 Pre ss ME NU th en use ï©/ ïª/ï« /ï¬ and ENTER to navi gate . Use ï©/ïª to move up/down the f older/file list. Use ï« to return to the parent folder. 4 Use ENTER or ï¬ to open a highlighted folder. ⢠When a JPEG file is high lighted , a thumbnai l image is displayed on the right. 2 To pla y the highlight ed trac k or display the highli ghted JPEG file, press ENTER. ⢠When a WMA/MP 3/MPEG-4 AA C file is selected, playb ack begins fr om that file, and continues until the end of the folder. ⢠When a JPEG fi le is selected, a slideshow begins, starting with th at file, and continues to the end of the folder. Tip ⢠You can also play a JPEG slidesh ow while lis te nin g to W MA/ M P3 /M PE G -4 AA C playback. Simply select th e audio file you want to listen to followed by the JPEG from which yo u want the sl ides how to start. Playback of both t he slide show and the audio files repeats. Playback co ntrols are effecti ve for the JPEG slideshow only. ⢠To play all of the contents, rather than ju st the current folder, exit the Navigator and st art pl ay back us ing the ï¤ (play) button. Note 1 W ith WM A/MP3/MP EG-4 AAC trac ks, pla yback a utomati cally re sumes at the en d or b eginning of the track. 2 ⢠The time it takes fo r the pla yer to l oad a file i ncreases wi th large fi le sizes. ⢠U SB dev ice s can c ontai n up to 299 f older s a nd up t o 648 f older s an d file s com bin ed. Button What it doe s ïÂÂ¥ P auses the slideshow (or audio); press again to restart. ï¯ Jumps to the pr evious pic ture (or audio file with audio pl ayback). ï° Jumps to the n ext pict ure (or audio file with audio pl ayback). ï«/ï¬/ï©/ïª Pa u s e s t h e s l i d e s h o w a n d rotates/f lips the curr ent picture (P ress ï¤ to restart s lideshow). ZOOM P auses the slideshow and zooms the picture . P ress ag ain to toggle between 1x, 2x and 4x zoom (P ress ï¤ to restart s lideshow). MENU Displ ays the Navi gator screen (see below) . 3 Filenames ma y be displayed incorrectly with some digital audio players. 4 You can a lso do this by going to the â .. â folder at t he top, then pre ssing ENTER . Butt on Wha t it d oes CX303_505_500. book P age 36 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Singing karaoke 09 37 En Chapter 9 Singing karaoke Singing karaok e Using the karaoke featur es you can plug in a micr ophone and mix the sound of you r own voice with a backing track 1 . You ca n select a backing track fro m audio sources such as CD s, DVDs , VCDs or USB de vice s. Ad just the microphone level relative to th e backing track. 1 Se t the MIC VOL knob (f ront panel) to minimum. 2 Pl ug in the mic rophone( s). If youâÂÂre only usin g one mic, plug it into the MIC (MAIN) jack. Th e MIC (SUB) ja ck can be used on ly if MIC (MAIN) is al so connect ed. ⢠If the microphone h as an on/off switch , make sure itâÂÂs on. 3 L oad a kara oke backi ng disc. 4 To change the mix ( CD or Vi deo CD /Super VCD only ), pr ess KAR AOKE . Press to switch between these options: 2 ⢠KARAOKE (Vocal cancel) â Backing track voc al s a re pa rt ia lly eli min at ed us in g E Q. ⢠L CH â Left c hannel only. U se for tracks that have a vocal reco rded in the righ t channel. ⢠R CH â Right channel only. Use for tracks that have a vocal recorded in the left channel. ⢠L R CH â Use to put a single-ch annel voca l track into the center of the mix. ⢠OFF â Switches the Karao ke mode off. 5 Pl ay the backi ng track. 6 Adjus t the MIC VOL knob. To avoid un pleasant feedback, m ake sure you donâÂÂt point the microphone(s) at the speak ers. 3 7 Si ng! Changing the vocal mix Addi ng some e ffe cts to t he mi cropho ne mi x can sometimes improve the ov erall sound. 4 You can choose be tween three echo levels. ⢠T o add effec ts to the micr ophone mi x, press ECH O. Pressing repeatedly switches between echo levels 1 to 3 and of f. Changing the backing track You may want to lower or raise the pitch of the backing track to match your vocal range. 5 ⢠Press KEY CONT ROL ï (SHIFT KARAOKE) or ï (SHIF T E CHO ) to raise or lower the pitch of the backing track. Note 1 ⢠These features are only possible when a microphone is connected. If you try to use KARAOKE , ECHO , ï (SHIFT KARAOKE) , or ï (SHIFT ECHO) when no mic is connected, a âÂÂNO MICâ error message is displayed. Also note that during DVD playback, when you connect a mic sound settings are automatically switched to ST EREO playback and downmi xes multichannel sources to 2.1 channels. ⢠Th ese fe atur es ar e only a vai lable with t he DVD/CD or USB input functions. 2 The cu rrent s etting i s fir st shown in the displa y. MAIN MIC SUB MIN MAX MIC VOL 3 Depending on the microphone le vel, the sound of the di sc may disto rt. If this happens , turn down t he volume. 4 You cannot adjust Sound menu, S FC modes or bass boost controls when a microphone is plugged in. 5 This feature is not compa tible with DTS signals. CX303_505_500. book P age 37 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Adjusting the sound 10 38 En Chapter 10 Adjusting the sound Using the Sou nd menu There are several optional sound settings you can make from th e sound menu. 1 Press SOUND MODE . 2U s e ï«/ ï¬ to choos e the setting y ou want to adjust. The current setting is shown for each option (in the order shown in step 3, with the defaults in bol d ) as you cycle throug h the displa y. 3U s e ï©/ïª to adjust. Make adjustments to the f ollowing settings: 4 Repeat st eps 2 and 3 for other setting s. 1 5 W hen youâ re do ne, pr ess ENT ER to leav e the Sound menu . 2 Tip ⢠You ca n store your cur rent bass, tre ble as a preset. Simp ly hold ENTER for three seconds, then press ENTER ag ain to con fir m w he n USER shows in the display. You can now select this preset from the SFC men u (see Using the Sound Fi eld Control bel ow) . Usin g the Soun d Field Control Depe nd in g o n t he s ou rce yo uâÂÂr e li st en ing to , you may w ant to use the Sou nd Field Co ntrol to matc h the sour ce yo uâÂÂre list enin g to. ⢠Press SFC repe ated ly to select a mode. The options are as follows: ⢠ROCK â Live con cert sound for rock music. ⢠POP â Live concert sound for pop music. ⢠DANCE â Good for music with lots of bass. ⢠CLASSIC â Large conc ert hall t ype sound. ⢠DRAMA â Good fo r movies with lots of dialog . ⢠ACTION â Good fo r movi es with dyna mic sound t racks. ⢠USER â See Tip above. ⢠OFF Setting What it do es Optio n(s) MP3 EX P. 1 (2 channel source only) Repr oduce t he comf ort able sound for compr essed music (MP3, WMA, MPEG-4 AAC). OFF ON BASS Adjusts t he amount of bass. âÂÂ4 to 4 TREBLE Adjusts t he amount of tre ble. âÂÂ4 to 4 ST. WID E (CX303 only) Makes the stereo spre ad appear wid er than it reall y is. OFF ON VOICE. E. 2 (CX505/CX500 only) Enha nces the di alo g awa y from the backgr oun d soun ds. ON OFF Note 1 W hen turned on, the SFC mode will turn o ff. 2 ⢠When turned on , the SFC mode and Extra Power mode will turn o ff. ⢠For multichannel DVD disc onl y. CX303_505_500. book P age 38 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Adjusting the sound 10 39 En Boostin g the bass level If y ou want t o brin g up th e low end for cert ai n kinds of music or so und sources, you can us e the bass boost t o do so. ⢠Pre ss X.BOOM repeatedly to select a mode. The options are as follows (the X. BOO M LED lights as indicated in parantheses): ⢠AUTO â Au tomatically selects XBOOM MS or XBOOM MV (d epending on the source). For DVD video /Video CD/ SuperVCD/D ivX disc, XBOOM MV w ill be selected. For other sources, XBOOM MS will be selected. ⢠XBOOM MS â Good for m usic with lots of bass (blue). ⢠XBOOM MV â Boos ts lo w fre quen cy (bass) sounds in m ovies (orange). ⢠OFF â Switches the bass boost off. Mu ti ng t he s o und ⢠Pres s MUTE to swit ch of f t he vol ume. To sw itc h th e sou nd b ac k o n , a dj us t th e volume or press MUTE again. CX303_505_500. book P age 39 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Audio Settings and Video Adjust menu 11 40 En Chapter 11 Audio Settings and Video Adjust menu Audio Settings m enu The Au dio Se ttings m enu o ffers featu res for adjusting the way discs soun d. 1 Pres s HO ME MENU and se le ct âÂÂAu dio Sett ingsâ from the o n-scre en di splay. 2 S elec t and change s ettings using ï©/ïª/ ï«/ ï¬ and ENTER . Audio D RC ⢠Settings : High , Medi um , Low , Off (default) When watch ing Dolb y Digi tal DVDs at l ow volume, itâÂÂs easy to lose the q uieter sounds completely â including some of th e dialog. Sw itching A udi o DRC (Dyna mic R ange Control) to on can help by bringin g up the quieter sounds, while control ling loud peaks. How much of a diffe renc e you hear depe nds on the material youâÂÂre listening to. If the m aterial does nâÂÂt hav e wide varia tions i n volume, you may not noti ce much c han ge. 1 Virtual Surround CX303 o nly ⢠Settings: On , Of f (default) Switch on Virtual Surround to en joy realistic surround so und effects from just three sp ea ke rs . 2 Video Ad just me nu From the Video Adjust sc reen you can adjust various settin gs that affect how the picture is presented. 1P r e s s HOME ME NU an d se lec t âÂÂV ideo Adjustâ f rom t he on-s cre en di spla y. 2 Make s etting s using ï©/ïª/ï« /ï¬ and ENTER . You can adjust the fo llowing set tings: ⢠Sharp ness â Adjusts the sharpness of edges in the pict ure ( Fine , Stan dar d , So ft ) ⢠Br ig htne ss â Adjusts the ov erall brightn ess ( âÂÂ20 to 20 ) Note 1 ⢠Aud io DR C is o nly eff ect ive wi th Dolby Dig ita l au dio s our ces. ⢠The effect of A udio DRC also depends on your spe akers and settings. Audio Settings 2 ⢠96 kH z Lin ear P CM a udio is aut oma tica ll y down sa mple d to 48 kHz if Vir tua l Su rro und is swi tche d on. ⢠How goo d the surround effect is varies w ith the disc. Video Adjust Sharpness Brightness Contrast Gamma Hue Chroma Level Standard 0 0 Off 0 0 î î î î î î Video Adjust CX303_505_500. book P age 40 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Audio Settings and Video Adjust menu 11 41 En ⢠Contras t â A djusts the c ontrast between light and dark ( âÂÂ16 to 16 ) ⢠Gamma â Adjusts the âÂÂwarm thâ of the picture ( High , Medium , Low , Off ) ⢠Hue â Adjusts the red /green balance ( Green 9 to Red 9 ) ⢠Ch roma Lev el â Adjusts how saturated colors app ear ( âÂÂ9 to 9 ) Adjust the Bright ness, Contrast, Hue and Chroma Level settin gs using ï«/ï¬ . 3 Pr ess EN TER to re tu rn to the Vide o Adjust screen, or HOME MENU t o exit. Brightness min max 0 CX303_505_500. book P age 41 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Initial Settings menu 12 42 En Chapter 12 Initial Settings menu Using the Init ial Sett ings menu The Initial Settin gs menu provides audio and video output settings, parental lock settings, and display settings, among oth ers. If an option is grayed o ut it means that it cannot be c hanged at t he current tim e. This is usua lly becau se a disc is playin g. Stop the disc, then ch ange the setting. 1P r e s s DVD/CD . 2 Wit h playbac k stopped , press HOME MEN U an d se le ct âÂÂIn itial Se ttin gsâÂÂ. 3U s e ï©/ïª/ ï«/ï¬ and ENTER to s ele ct th e setting and opti on you want to set. All the settings and options are explained on the follow ing pages. 1 Video Output settings Language settings Note 1 ⢠In the table, th e def ault se tting i s shown in bold : other settings a re shown in it alics . ⢠Some setti ngs, such as TV Screen , Audio Langua ge and Subtitle Language may be overridden by the D VD disc. Often these settings can also be made from the DVD disc menu. ⢠The Component Out setting only needs to be set if you have connecte d this player to your T V using component video. Initial Settings Setting Option What it mean s TV Sc reen (See also Using th e langua ge code list on page 55. ) 4:3 (L etter B ox) Set i f you hav e a con vent ional 4:3 TV. Wide scree n movies are sho wn with black b ars top an d bottom . 4:3 ( Pan & Sca n) Set i f you hav e a con vent ional 4:3 TV. Wide scree n movies are shown with the side s cropped so that the i mage fills the screen. 16:9 (W ide) Set if you have a wide screen TV. Comp onent Out (See also Conn ec ting using the compone nt video o utput on page 14. ) Interl ace Set if your TV i s not compatible with progressive sca n video. Progressive Set if yo ur T V is com pa tib le wi th p ro gre ssi ve sc an vid eo ( se e you r TV âÂÂs inst ruc t ion manu al f or de ta ils ). Pr ess ENT ER once more to conf irm (or RETUR N to ca ncel). Note that progressi ve scan video is only ou tput fr om the component v ideo jacks. Setting Option What it mean s Audi o La ng uage E nglis h If there i s an English soundtra ck on the disc, it is p layed. Language s as d isplayed If ther e is a l anguage selec ted on t he disc , it is p layed. Ot her Lan g uag e Select to choose a lang uage other than the ones displayed (see Usi n g th e la ngu age co de li st on page 55). CX303_505_500. book P age 42 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Initial Settings m enu 12 43 En Di splay setti ngs Option s setti ngs Paren tal Lock ⢠Default level: Off ; Default password: none ; Def ault Co untry /Area code: us (2 119) To giv e you som e cont rol ov er wh at you r chil dre n watch on your DV D playe r, s ome DVD - Video d iscs fe ature a Parenta l Lock level . If yo ur player is set to a lower level than the disc, the disc wonâÂÂt play. Some discs also support the Country/Area Code feature. The pla yer does not play certain scenes on these discs, depen ding on the Country /Area Cod e you set. Regist ering a new password Register a password to change the Parental Lock level or enter a Country/Area co de. 1 Subtit le Lan guage Englis h If t here a re Engl ish subt itles on the disc t hey are displa yed. Langua ges as disp laye d The s ubtit le lan guage sele cted on the disc is disp layed. Other Languag e Sel ect to ch oose a langua ge ot her tha n the on es displa yed ( see Using th e language code list on page 55). DVD Menu Lang uage w/Subt itle Lang. DVD disc m enus are di spla yed in the sa me lan guage as you r selected subtitle langu age, if po ssible. Languages as displayed D VD me nus are d isplayed in the selected langu age, if p ossible. Other Languag e Sel ect to ch oose a langua ge ot her tha n the on es displa yed ( see Using th e language code list on page 55). Subtit le Dis play On Subtit les are disp layed in your selec ted subt itle langua ge. Off Subt itles are al way s off by de fault whe n you p lay a DVD d isc. Setting Option What it means Setting Option What it means OSD Lang uage Eng lish On -scr een d ispl ay s of th e pl ayer are i n Eng li sh. Languages as displayed O n-s cree n displ ay s are s hown i n the lang uage selec ted . Angl e In dica tor On A cam era ico n is di spla yed on- scre en du ring multi -ang le scenes on a DVD disc. Off No mult i-angle indicat ion is sh own. Setting Option What it means Parent al Loc k â See Parental Lo ck below . DivX( R) VOD Disp lay See About Di vXî VOD con tent bel ow. Note 1 ⢠Not all discs use Parental Lock, and will play without requiring the password first. ⢠If you fo rget your password, youâÂÂll need to reset the pl ayer to register a new password ( see Resett ing the system on page 51). CX303_505_500. book P age 43 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Initial Settings menu 12 44 En 1 S el ect â Passwor dâÂÂ. 2 U se the number butt ons to inp ut a 4-di git passw ord then press ENTER . Changing y our password To change yo ur passwo rd, confirm your existing password then enter a new one . 1 S elec t âÂÂPas sword Changeâ . 2 I nput your e xisti ng pas sword, the n pr ess ENT ER . 3 E nter a new pa ss word and press ENTER . Settin g/changing the Par ental Lock 1 S elec t âÂÂLe vel Changeâ . 2 Us e number buttons to enter your passw ord, then press ENTER . 3 S elec t a new level and press ENTER . ⢠Press ï« repeatedly to lock more levels (more discs will require the passw ord); press ï¬ to unlock levels. You canâÂÂt lock level 1. Setting/changing the Country/Area code Yo u can fi nd t he Country/Area code list on page 56. 1 S elec t âÂÂCountry CodeâÂÂ. 2 I nput your password, then pres s ENTER . 3 S elec t a Country/A rea code then press ENT ER . There are two ways you can do this: ⢠Select by code letter: Use ï©/ ïª to change the Country/Area code. ⢠Select by code number: Press ï¬ then u se the number buttons to enter the 4-digit Cou ntry /Ar ea c ode . The new Country /Area code takes effect after ejecting the di sc once. About DivX î VOD cont ent In order to play DivX V OD (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 Div X VOD registrat ion code , whi ch you s ubmit t o you r provider. 1 Impor tant ⢠Div X VO D c ont ent is p rote cte d by a DR M (Digital Rights Management) system. This restricts playback of content to specific, registered devices. ⢠If you load a disc that contains Di vX VOD content not authorized for your player, the message Aut horizatio n Error is displayed and the content will not play. Displaying your DivX VO D registration code 1 Press HOME MENU and sele ct âÂÂInitial Setting sâÂÂ. 2 Select âÂÂOpti onsâÂÂ, then â DivX(R) VODâÂÂ. 3 Selec t âÂÂDi splayâ . Your 8-digi t registration code i s displayed . Parental Lock DivX (R) VOD Password Level Change Country Code Initial Settings Video Output Language Display Options Speakers Note 1 Resetting t he player (as described in R esetting the syst em on page 51) wi ll not cause you to lose your registration code. Video Output Language Display Options Speakers Display Initial Settings Parental Lock DivX (R) V OD CX303_505_500. book P age 44 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Initial Settings m enu 12 45 En Make a no te of the code as you wi ll need it when you register with a DivX VOD p rovider. Playi ng DivX î VOD conten t Some DivX V OD c onten t may only be pl ay able a fi xed nu mber of ti mes. Whe n you lo ad a dis c conta ini ng thi s type of Div X VOD co ntent , the remaining nu mber of plays is shown on- screen and you then have the option of playing the disc (thereby using up one of the rem aining plays), or stopping. If you load a d isc that contains expired DivX VOD con tent (for example, content that has z ero remaining plays), the message R ental Expired is display ed. If your Div X VOD co ntent allows a n unlimited number of play s, then you ma y load the disc into your player and play the content as often as you like, an d no messag e will be displayed. Speaker Distanc e CX505/ CX500 model only ⢠Default setting: 3.0m To get t he best surroun d sound from yo ur system, you should set u p the speakers equal distances from you r listening positi on. 1 Pre ss HO ME MENU and s elec t â Initi al Settings âÂÂ. 2 Sel ect âÂÂSpeaker sâÂÂ, then âÂÂSpeaker Dist ance âÂÂ. 3U s e ï©/ïª to se lec t a spea ker. 4P r e s s ï¬ to change the s peaker dis tan ce for the hi ghlight ed spea ker . 5U s e ï©/ïª to change the dist ance. ⢠Wh en you change the dis tance s ettings of the front l eft ( L ) or front right ( R ) sp eakers, all the other speaker distances change relative to it. ⢠Front left/right ( L /R ) speaker distances can be set from 30 cm to 9 m in 30 cm increments. 1 ⢠The center speaker ( C ) can be set fro m âÂÂ2.1 m to 0 m relative to the fron t left/right speakers. ⢠Surro und left/right ( SL / SR ) speakers can be set from âÂÂ6.0 m to 0 m relative to the front left/right speakers. 2 ⢠The subw oofer ( SW ) can be set from âÂÂ2.1 m to 0 m relative to the fron t left/right speakers. 6 Press ï« to g o b ack to the s peake r list if you want to modify another speak er, or press ENT ER to exi t the Spea ker Di st ance sc ree n. Video Output Language Display Options Speakers Speaker Distance Initial Settings Note 1T h e L and R s pea kers a re p aired ; you canâÂÂt set them diffe ren tly. 2 Make sure to set the m the same dista nce when using Front Surround ( Usi ng Fr on t S urr ou nd on page 27). Video Output Language Display Options Speakers L C R SR SL SW 3.0m 3.0m 3.0m 3.0m 3.0m 3.0m Initial Settings CX303_505_500. book P age 45 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Additional informa tion 13 46 En Chapter 13 Additional information Optiona l syst em se ttin gs These settings are accessed by using the System Setup me nu while in stan dby. 1 S witch the system int o standby . 2 Press SYSTE M SETUP . 3U s e ï«/ï¬ to choose the se tting the n press ENT ER . The curr ent setting is shown for each op tion as you cy cle thro ugh th e display . See be low f or a full list an d desc ription of each. 4U s e ï©/ïª to adjust the setting then press ENT ER to c onf irm. 5 R epea t steps 2 to 4 to ma ke other setting s. Syste m Setu p menu optio ns in standby Below are all the availabl e sett ings in the setup menu. The first setting in each is the default. Sy ste m d emo se tt i ng Switches the automa tic demo feature on or o ff (this starts when you plug in for the first time): ⢠DEMO ON â Switches the dem o feature on. ⢠DEMO OFF â Switches the demo feature off. Frequency s tep setting If yo u find t hat you ca nâÂÂt t une into st ation s successful ly, the frequency step may not be suitable for yo ur country/region. â¢A M 9 K â AM 9 kHz /FM 50 kHz ⢠AM 10K â AM 10 kHz/FM 100 kHz TV syste m settin g The default setting of this system is AUTO , and unless you notice that the pictu re is distorted when playing some discs, you sho uld leave it se t to AUTO . If you fin d pic ture di storti on wit h some discs, set the TV system to match you r coun try o r reg ionâ s syst em. How ever , thi s may restrict th e kinds of disc you can watch. See the table fo r the kinds o f discs compatible with each setting ( AUTO , PAL and N TSC ). 1 ⢠A fter selecting TV SYS in step 3 above, press ENTER to cha nge the T V system . The TV system as follows: ⢠AUTO ï¤ NTSC ⢠NTSC ï¤ PAL ⢠PAL ï¤ AUTO The system automatically switches on and youâÂÂll see th e new TV system setting in the display after seeing WE LCO ME . 2 Note 1 Most models of the newly developed countdown PAL TV sys tem detect 50 Hz (PAL)/60 Hz (NTSC) and auto matically switch vert ica l ampl itu de, re su lting in a d ispl ay wit hou t vert ical shrin ka ge. Ho wev er, in som e case s, th e imag e m ay appe ar wit hout color. If your PAL TV does not have a V-Hold control, you may no t be able to wa tch NTS C d iscs bec au se o f pic ture ro ll. I f th e T V ha s a V-Ho ld co ntrol , adj ust it unti l the pictu re st op s roll ing. On som e TVs , the pi ctu re may s hrin k ver tical ly , leav ing blac k bands at the top an d bottom of the sc reen. Disc Player setting Typ e Format NTSC PAL AUTO DVD/Super VCD/ Video CD /DivX Video NTSC NTS C PA L NTSC PAL NTS C PA L PAL CD/ MP3/WM A/ MPEG-4 AAC/ JPE G/n o disc â NTS C PA L NTSC or PAL 2 Y ou have to sw itch the player i nto standby (press ïµ STANDBY/ON ) before each change. CX303_505_500. book P age 46 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Additional information 13 47 En Key l ock s etting ⢠LOCK O N â M ak es th e fr on t pa ne l bu tto n s and controls ino perative. ⢠LOCK OFF â Restores regular u se of the front panel buttons and controls. Volume mode setting If y ou want t o mak e finer a djust ments of the volum e. ⢠FINE â 60 steps ⢠NORMAL â 30 steps Setting th e sleep timer The sleep timer switches off the system after about an hour so yo u can fall as leep without worrying about it. 1 ⢠Press SLEE P rep eate dly to sele ct an option. Choose between the following options: ⢠SLP O N â Switches off after about an hour ⢠SLP O FF â Canc els the sleep timer Aft er sel ecti ng SLP ON , y ou can p ress SLEE P agai n to check ho w much tim e is left. Each line indicates approximately 12 minutes (remaining): Disc /conte nt fo rmat play back compatib ility This player is compatible with a wid e range of disc types (media) and forma ts. Playable discs will gen erally feature on e of the following logos on the dis c and/o r disc pack aging. N ote however that some disc types, such as recordab le CD and D VD, may be in an unplayab le format. See the About DualDisc playba ck below fo r more informatio n. ⢠Th is uni t will play DV D R/ RW discs. ⢠is a trademark of FUJIFILM Corporation. ⢠is a trademark of DVD Format/Logo Licensing Corp oration. ⢠A ls o co mp at ible w it h KO DA K P ic ture CD . This player supports the I ECâÂÂs Super VCD standard for superior pic ture quality, dual soundtracks, an d wi descreen suppo rt. About DualD isc pl ayback A DualDisc is a new two -sided disc, one side of whic h contai ns DVD co nten t video, a udio , etc . whi le the o the r sid e con tai ns no n-D VD conten t such as digital audio mat erial. The non -DVD, audio side of the disc is no t compliant with the CD Au dio specificati on and therefore may not play. The DV D side of a D ualDisc plays in this pr oduc t. D VD-A udio co nten t wil l not play. For more detailed information on the DualDisc specification, please refer to the disc manufa cturer o r disc retai ler. Note 1 The Fr ont p anel displ ay di ms w hen th e slee p tim er is set and t he s leep i ndica tor tu rns on . S L P --- -- DVD- Video DVD-R DVD-RW Video CD F ujicolor CD Audio CD CD-R CD-RW VIDEO CD Super Video CD (Super VCD) CX303_505_500. book P age 47 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Additional informa tion 13 48 En Disc compatibility table About DVD R/DVD RW compat ibility Only DV D R/DV D R W dis cs reco rde d in âÂÂVideo Mode (DVD Video Mode)â which have been finalized, can be played back. Ho wever, some editing made during the recording may not be pla yed back accurately. About DivX DivX is a compres sed di gital vi deo fo rmat created by the DivX î vide o code c from Div X, Inc. This player can play DivX video files burned on CD-R/-RW and DVD-R/-RW/-ROM discs . Keepin g the sa me termi nology a s DVD-Vid eo, individual DivX video files are called âÂÂTitlesâÂÂ. When nam ing f iles/titles on a CD-R/-RW o r DVD- R/-RW di sc prior t o burn ing, k eep in mind that by default they will play in alphab etical ord er. DivX video compatibili ty ⢠O ffi cia l D ivX î Certi fied product. ⢠Plays all version s of DivX î video (i nclu ding DivX î 6) with standard playback o f DivX î media files. 1 Media Compatible fo rmats CD-R/- RW ⢠CD -Aud io , Vi deo CD /S uper VCD , ISO 9660 CD-R OM* * ISO 96 60 Lev el 1 o r 2 compl iant. CD physical format: Mode1, Mode2 XA Form1. Romeo and Joliet file systems are both compatible. ⢠Multi-s ession playbac k: No ⢠Un fi na liz ed d isc pl ayba c k: No DVD- R/- RW ⢠D V D -Vid eo ( Vid e o m o de ) , Vi d eo Recordi ng (VR) *, UDF Bridge DVD -ROM * Edit points may not play exactly as edited; scree n may go momentar ily blank at edited poi nts. ⢠Multi Bo rder playback: No ⢠Unfinal ized playbac k: No PC-creat ed disc ⢠Di sc s reco rded usi ng a PC may no t be playable due to the setting of the softwa re used to cre ate the disc. In thes e ins tan ces, check th e DVD-R /-R W or C D -R/- RW so ftw are ma nual o r d isc box es fo r mo re on c omp atib ility . ⢠Discs r ecorded i n packet w rite mo de are not c ompatibl e. Compre ssed audio ⢠MPEG -1 Aud io Layer 3 (MP3), Wi ndows Media Audio (WMA), MPEG- 4 AAC ⢠Sampli ng rates: 32 kHz/44.1 kH z/ 48 kHz ⢠Bit-ra tes: Any (128 kbps o r higher recomme nded) ⢠VBR (var iable bi t rate) MP 3/WMA/ MPEG -4 AAC playback: No ⢠WMA lossless encoding: No ⢠DRM (Digit al Rights Ma nagement) comp atibl e: Y es (DRM -prot ected a udio files w ill not play in this pl ayer) ⢠F ile extensions: .mp3, .wma, . m4a (these m ust be use d for the playe r to recognize MP3/WMA/MPEG -4 AAC files) ⢠F ile structur e (may dif fer): Up t o 299 folders o n a disc; up t o 648 folders and fil es (combine d) with in each folder JPEG f ile ⢠Baseline JPEG and EXIF 2.2* still image fil es up to a resolu tion of 307 2 x 2048. *File format for digital still cameras ⢠Progressive JPEG compatible: No ⢠File extensi ons: .jpg (must b e used for the play er to rec ognize JPE G files) ⢠File stru cture (may differ) : Up to 299 folders on a dis c; up to 648 folders and fil es ( com bi ne d) with in e ach fol der Note 1 P layback of .avi vide o files l arger tha n 4 GB is not possibl e. Media Co mpatible formats CX303_505_500. book P age 48 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Additional information 13 49 En ⢠File extensions: .a vi and .divx (th ese must be used for th e player to recognize DivX video f iles) . Note that all fil es with the .avi extension are recogniz ed as MPEG4, but not all of these are necessari ly DivX video fi les and therefore may not be playable on this player. Dis playing Di vX subt itl e files The font sets listed below are available f or DivX external subtitle files. You can see the proper font set on-screen by setting the Subtitle Langu age (in Language settings on page 42) to match the subtitle fil e. 1 Grou p 1: Albanian (sq), Basque (eu), Cata lan (ca), Danish (da), Dutch (nl), English (en), F aroese (fo), Finn ish (fi ), Fren ch (fr), Germa n (de ), Icel andic (is), Iris h (ga) , Itali an (it) , Nor wegia n (no) , Po rtugue se (p t), Rhaeto-Romanic (rm), Scottish (gd), Spanish (es), Swedish (sv) Grou p 2: Albanian (sq), Croatia n (hr), Czech (cs), Hungarian (hu ), Polish (pl), R omanian (ro), Slovak (sk), Slovenian (sl) Grou p 3: Bulgarian (bg), Byelor ussian (be), Mac edoni an ( mk), Russ ian (r u), Se rbian ( sr) , Ukra in ian (uk ) Grou p 4: Hebrew (iw ), Yi ddish (ji) Grou p 5: Turkish ( tr) DivX, DivX Certified, and associ ated logos are trademarks of DivX, Inc. and are used under license. About MPE G-4 AAC Advanced Audio Codin g (AAC) is at the core of the MPEG-4 AAC standard, which incorpo rates MPEG-2 AAC, forming th e basis of the MPEG-4 audio compressio n technology. Th e file format and extension used depend on the application used to encode the AAC file. This unit plays back AAC files en coded by iTun es î bearing the extensio n â .m4a âÂÂ. DRM-protected fil es will not play, an d files e ncoded with so me versi ons o f iTunes î may no t pl ay, or fil ena mes may disp lay incorrectly. Apple and iTunes are t rademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. About WMA This pl ayer can playb ack Windows Media Audio conte nt. WMA is an acronym for Windows M edia Audio and refers to an audio com pression technology dev elop ed by Micr oso ft Co rpo rati on. W MA cont ent c an be encode d by u sing W ind ows Med ia î Player version 7.7 .1, Windows Media î Play er for Wi ndows î XP, or W indow s Media î Player 9 seri es. Windows Media is either a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft C orporation in the United States and/o r other countr ies. This product includes technol ogy owned by Microsoft C orporation and c annot be used or distributed without a license f rom Microso ft Licensing, Inc. Using an d taking care of discs DVD Video regions All DVD Video discs carry a region m ark that indicates which region(s) of the world the disc is compatible with. Your DVD system also has a region m ark (on the rear pan el). Discs from incompatible region s will not play in this player. Discs m arked ALL play in any p layer. Note 1 ⢠For ex tern al s ubti tle file s the f ollo wing sub tit le for mat fi len ame exte nsio ns ar e sup por ted ( plea se no te th at the se f iles ar e not shown withi n the dis c navigation menu): .srt, .sub, . ssa, .smi ⢠Some external subtitle fil es may be displayed incorrectly or not at all. ⢠The file name of the movie file has to be repeated at th e beginning o f the fi lename fo r the ex ternal subtit le file . ⢠Th e num be r of ex tern al s ubt itle fi les whi ch ca n be s wit ched for the same movie file is limited to a maximum o f 10. CX303_505_500. book P age 49 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Additional informa tion 13 50 En Handling discs Hold the disc by its ed ges when hand ling so as not to leave fingerprints, dirt or scratches on eit her si de o f th e di sc. Dama ge d or dir ty d iscs can aff ect playba ck performanc e. If a disc be comes mar ked with fingerp rints, dust, etc., clea n using a soft, dry c loth. Wipe lightly from the center of the disc using straight strokes . DonâÂÂt wipe the disc su rface with circul ar stroke s. If nec es sa ry, us e a c lot h soa ke d i n al coho l, or a commercially available CD/DVD cleaning kit to clean a di sc more t horou ghly. N ever use benzin e, thi nner or othe r cl eaning a gents s uch as those design ed for cleaning vinyl records. Storing di scs Avoid leaving discs in excessively cold, humid, or ho t envi ronment s (i nclud ing und er di rect sunlight). DonâÂÂt gl ue paper o r put stickers onto the disc, or use a pencil , ball-point pen or oth er sharp-tipped writing instrument. These could all da mage t he dis c. Discs to av oid Discs spin at hi gh speed inside the player. If a disc is cracked, chipped, wa rped, or otherw ise dama ged, do nâÂÂt risk u sing it i n your p layer â you c ould en d up damagi ng th e unit. This unit is designed for u se with conventional, fu lly ci rc ula r di scs on ly . P io ne er dis c la ims al l liability arisi ng in connec tion with the use of shaped discs. Installation and maintenance Hints on installation We w ant you to en joy usin g th is sy stem fo r years to come, so please bear in m ind the foll owing points when choosing a location: Do... ï± Use in a well -venti lated room . ï± Place on a solid, f lat, level surface, suc h as a table, sh elf or ster eo rack . DonâÂÂt... ï³ Use i n a place ex posed t o high temp eratures or humidit y, inc luding n ear radi ators and o ther heat -generatin g appli ances. ï³ Pla ce on a window sill or other place where the system wil l be expo sed to direct sun light. ï³ Use i n an excessively d usty or damp env ir onm en t. ï³ Place directly on top of an am plifier, or other component in your st ereo system that becomes hot in u se . ï³ Use ne ar a tel evision or moni tor as you may exper ience inter ference â especially if the televis ion uses an indoor ant enna. ï³ Use in a kit chen or other room where the system may be exposed to smoke or steam. ï³ Use on a thick rug or c arpet, or cover wi th cloth â thi s may prevent proper cooli ng of the system uni t. ï³ Pla ce on an unstable surface, or one that is not large enough to su pport all four of the system unitâÂÂs feet. Cleaning the pickup lens The DVD playerâÂÂs lens should not become d irty in n o rm a l u se , b u t i f f o r s om e re a so n i t sh o uld malfun ct ion due to d ust o r dir t, co nsul t your nearest Pioneer authorized serv ice center. Although lens cleaners are commercially available, w e do not rec omm end using them s ince s ome ma y da mag e the len s. CX303_505_500. book P age 50 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Additional information 13 51 En Problems with c ondensation C o n d e n s a t i o n m a y f o r m i n s i d e t h e p l a y e r i f i t i s broug ht into a warm room from outside, or i f the temperature of the room rises quickly. Although this w onâÂÂt damage th e player, it m ay te mp ora r ily im pai r p e rfo rm an ce . Yo u sh ou ld leave it to adjust to the warmer temperatu re for about an hou r before switching on. Moving the system unit If you n eed to move the main unit, first remove a di sc if the re âÂÂs on e i n th e pl ay er, th en pre s s STANDBY/ON on th e f ron t pa ne l to tu rn th e syst em of f. W ait for GOOD BYE to disappear from the displa y, then u nplug the po wer cor d. 1 Nev er li ft or move the unit dur ing playback â discs rot ate at hi gh speeds and may be damaged. Screen si zes and disc format s DVD-Video discs c ome in different screen aspects, ranging from TV program s, which are generally 4:3, to CinemaScope widescreen movi es 2 , with an aspect ra tio of up to abo ut 7:3. Televisi ons also come in different aspect ratios; âÂÂstandardâ 4:3 and w idescreen 16:9. 3 Resetti ng the sy stem Use this procedure to reset all system sett ings to the factory default. Use the front panel controls t o do this. 1 Switch the system on. 2 Press the DVD/CD button and sel ect DVD. Make su re the disc tray is empty . 3 Press and hold the ï¯ button for about eigh t seconds unti l the dis play s hows âÂÂMEM CLR?âÂÂ. 4 Press the ï¦ button. MEM C LR will be di splayed in the front panel display and the play er switches into standby. 5 Press the STANDBY/ON . All the systemâÂÂs settings are now reset. Note 1 Unplugging the unit before GOOD BYE disappears f rom the dis play may cause the sys tem to r eturn to the factory settin gs. 2 Many widescreen discs override t he systemâÂÂs set tings so that the disc is shown in lett erbox format regardless o f the setting. Set to 4 :3 (L etter Box) , widesc reen discs are shown with black bars top and bottom. Set to 4:3 (Pan &Scan ) , widescreen discs are shown with the left and right sides cro pped. Although th e picture looks l arger, yo u donâ t actua lly see th e who le p ict ure . 3⢠U s i n g t h e 16:9 (Wide) setting with a stan dard 4: 3 TV, or on e of the 4:3 se ttings with a widescreen TV, will resul t in distortion. ⢠When you watch discs re corded in 4:3 format, you can use the TV controls to se lect how the picture is presented. Your TV may offer v arious zoom and stre tch options; se e the instructions that came with your TV for deta ils. ⢠Some movi e aspect rati os are wide r than 16:9 , so even with a w idescreen TV, the se discs will st ill play in a âÂÂl etterboxâ st yl e. CX303_505_500. book P age 51 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Additional informa tion 13 52 En Troublesho oting Incorrect operations are often mistaken for trouble and malfunctions. If you think that there is something wrong with this component, ch eck the points below. Sometimes the trouble may lie in another com ponent. Investigate the ot her components an d electrical appliances being used. If the trouble cannot be rectified even after exercising the checks listed below, ask your nearest Pioneer authorized service cente r or your dealer to carry ou t repair work. ⢠If the unit does not operate normally due to external effects such as static electri city disconnect the power plug from the outlet and insert again to retur n to normal operating condition s. General Pro blem Remedy The pow er does not turn on. ⢠Conne ct the pow er plug to the wall outl et. ⢠Disconnec t the power plu g from the outle t, and insert again. ⢠Make sure th e power source is the righ t voltage for the AC inlet. The power doe s not turn on , or switches of f suddenly (an error message m ay be display ed at startup). ⢠Wait for one min ute befo re swit ching back on. ⢠Make sure t here are no lo ose strand s of wire touc hing the uni t. This could ca use th e system to shut o ff automati cally. ⢠Check that the speakers ar e connect ed correctl y. ⢠Make sure the voltage of the mai ns power sou rce is correct f or the mod el . ⢠Try reducing the volume level. ⢠If the prob lem persists, take it to your neares t Pioneer aut horize d service center o r your deal er for ser vicing. No sound i s output when a funct ion is select ed. ⢠If youâÂÂre u sing the F.AUDIO/LINE inp ut, mak e sur e t he c omp on ent is connected correctly ( see Connecting auxili ary components on page 15). ⢠P ress MUTE on the remote co ntrol to turn mu ting off . ⢠Adjust t he volume. No image is output when watching d iscs. ⢠Make sure t he TV is conne cted correctl y (see Connecting to your TV on page 14) . CanâÂÂt operate th e remot e control . ⢠Rep lace the b atteries ( see Loading the batteri es on page 6). ⢠Operat e within 7 m, 30ð of the remote sen sor on the fron t panel (see Range of the remote control unit on page 7). ⢠Rem ove the obstac le or op erate from an other po sition. ⢠Avoid ex posing the remote sensor on the front pa nel to dire ct light. The micro phone can âÂÂt be heard. ⢠Y ou are only us ing one microphone and itâÂÂs pl ugged into t he MIC (SUB) jack. Th e MIC (SUB) jack can only be used if there i s also a m icrophone plugge d into t he MIC (MAIN) jack. ⢠Adjust t he MIC VOL . F eedback noise when m ic is switched on . ⢠The mic i s point ing toward t he speakers. Keep the mic po inted aw ay from the speaker s. ⢠The micro phone le vel is set t oo high. T urn down the mic control l evel. CX303_505_500. book P age 52 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Additional information 13 53 En DVD/CD/Video CD player SND . DE MO shows in the display a nd the un it can âÂÂt be controlle d. ⢠P ress and hold ï§ (stop) on the front p anel for ab out five seco nds. T he disc tra y ejects au tomatical ly to indic ate the So und De mo mod e is disabl ed. TR AYLO CK shows in the display and the t ray can âÂÂt be ej ected. ⢠P ress and hold ï¨ OP EN/CL OSE on the front pa nel for abou t eight seconds. T hen the tray can be ope ned/closed us ing ï¨ OPEN/CLOSE . Pr oblem Remedy Pr oblem Remedy The di sc is ejected automa tically a fter l oading . ⢠Clean th e disc and al ign the di sc properly i n the d isc guide. ⢠If the regi on number on a DVD-video dis c does not m atch the num ber on the player , the disc cannot be used (see DVD Video regions on page 49). In this case, the message âÂÂIncompatible disc region number/Can âÂÂt play disc.â appears o n-screen . ⢠Allow time f or any condensa tion ins ide the pl ayer to evap orate. Avoi d using the pl ayer n ear an air -condi tionin g unit. Play back is not possible. ⢠Disc m ay be loaded up side d own. Relo ad the disc wit h the l abel si de f ace up. P icture p layback stops and the oper ation butt ons cannot be use d. ⢠P ress ï§ , then st art playba ck again ( ï¤ ). ⢠Switch the power off once, t hen on agai n using t he front panel ïµ STANDBY/ON bu tton. Setti ngs are cance led. ⢠If the p ower is cut d uring operat ion, s ettings may b e canceled . No pi cture/ No co lor . ⢠Che ck th at conne ctio ns a re co rre ct and tha t pl ugs are i nser ted f ul ly . ⢠Check th e instruct ion manual o f the TV/m onitor t o make sure t he TV/ monit or settings are inco rrect. ⢠If the Pro gressive setting is selecte d and you have used component video cables to connec t a TV t hat is not compatib le with a progressive sca n signal, you will not be ab le to see any p icture at all. Wit h your T V connected usin g either the c omposite o r S-video termi nals, cha nge the Compone nt Out setting to Inte rl ace (see Video Output settings o n pag e 42). Screen is stre tched or a spect does no t c han ge . ⢠The TV Scre e n setting is incorrect. Set th e TV Screen opt ion to match the TV/moni tor youâÂÂre using (see Video Output settings on page 4 2). When rec orded on a VCR or passed t hrough an AV selector, ther e i s di st urb a nce in t he play back p ictu re. ⢠This system uses copy-pro tectio n technology w hich may pre vent recording o r cause picture problems when connec ted throu gh a VCR or AV se lec tor . T his is no t a m alf un ct ion . Pict ure distur bance dur ing pla yback or dark . ⢠This player i s compatible with Macro-Vision System copy guard. Some discs in clude a copy pr eventio n signal, and when this t ype of di sc is pla yed back, stripes etc., may appear on some sectio ns of the p icture dep ending on the TV. Thi s is not a malfunctio n. ⢠Discs respo nd differently to p articular player funct ions. This may result in the screen be coming bla ck for a br ief inst ant or sha king slig htly when the function is executed. Th ese prob lems are lar gely due t o differenc es between di scs and d isc co ntent a nd are not m alfunct ions of this player. CX303_505_500. book P age 53 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Additional informa tion 13 54 En WMA/MP3/ MPEG-4 AAC /JPEG discs Tuner USB connection Noticeabl e differenc e in DVD and CD volum e. ⢠DVDs and CDs u se differen t recording meth ods. This is not a ma lfun c tio n. Pro blem Re me dy Pro blem Rem edy CD-R OM disc is not recogniz ed by the system. ⢠Make sure that the CD-ROM wa s recorded usi ng the ISO 966 0 disc forma t. See Disc compatibil ity table on p age 48 f or other disc compat ibility i nformatio n . DVD-R OM disc i s not recogni zed. ⢠Make sure that th e DVD-ROM was r ecorded using the U DF bridge format. See Disc compatibil ity table on p age 48 for more on disc compatibility. Files donâÂÂt show up in the Dis c Navigato r/ Photo Brow ser. ⢠The fil es on the disc must be named wi th the c orrect file extension: .mp3 for MP3 files; .wma for WMA files; .m4a fo r MPEG-4 AAC files; .jpg for JPEG files (upper or lower-case is OK). See Disc compatibility t able on page 48. CanâÂÂt play WMA or MPEG-4 AAC files. ⢠The files were re corded usin g DRM (digital righ ts managem ent). This is not a ma lfun c tio n. Pro blem Remedy Conside rable noise in radio broad casts. ⢠Connect the AM antenna (see Connecting t he radio antennas o n page 13) and adjust th e direction a nd pos ition for best recepti on. You may al so connect an additio nal inter nal or ext ernal AM antenna ( refer to C onnecting external antennas on page 13) . ⢠Fully extend the FM wi re antenn a, positi on for be st recep tion, and secure to a wall. You may also connect an outd oor FM antenna (see Connecting external antennas on page 13) . ⢠Turn off other equi pment that m ay be causing the noise or move it further away . ⢠The tunin g interval is inco rrect for you r country or regi on. See Frequency step setting o n page 46 to sw itch the tuning interva l. Auto tuning does not pick up some stations. ⢠The radio signal is weak. Auto tuni ng will only detect radio stations with a good signal. F or more sensit ive tuning , connect an outdoor a ntenna. Sound is m ono only . ⢠Check that the tuner i s not set to FM mono (see Improving FM stere o sound on page 22) . Pro blem Rem edy USB mass stora ge device i s not re cognized by the system. ⢠Make sure you have com pletely in serted the USB connector t o this unit . ⢠Ch ec k th at th e me mo ry for ma t is FA T1 6 o r FAT 32 . ⢠USB d evices with an internal USB hub ar e not suppo rted. CanâÂÂt play WMA or MPEG-4 AAC files. ⢠The files were re corded usin g DRM (digital righ ts managem ent). This is not a ma lfun c tio n. CX303_505_500. book P age 54 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Additional information 13 55 En Error Messages Using the lang uage code list Some of the language options (see Language settings on page 42) allow you to set your preferred language from any of the 136 languages list ed in the Language code list . 1 Switch the system on. 2 Press the DVD/CD button and select DVD. Make sure th e disc tray is empty. 3U s e ï«/ï¬ to select either a code letter or a code number. 4U s e ï©/ïª to sele ct a c ode let ter or a code number. See the Language code list below for a complete list of l anguages and codes. File s donâÂÂt show up in the Navigat or/Photo Browser. ⢠The files must have the correct file exten sion: .mp3 for MP3 files ; .wma for WMA files; .m4a for MPEG-4 AAC files; .jpg for JPEG f iles (upper or l ower-case is OK). ⢠Make sure the fil e permi ssion hasnâÂÂt been restricted ( through a password, etc.). Pr oblem Rem edy Messa ge Descriptio n KEY LOC K ⢠This message appe ars when t he front panel b uttons are pressed when t he Key lock feature i s activ e. See Optional system settings on p age 4 6 fo r more on swi tching on/off th e Key lock. PHONESI N ⢠An o peration is prohibit ed because headphones a re connect ed. MUTING ⢠An o peration is prohibit ed because the sound i s muted. EXIT ⢠Appe ars briefl y when a menu is automatic ally exit ed when th e micropho ne or headp hone are in serted. USB ERR ⢠See Im portant in Us ing th e USB interface on p age 35 for more on th is. NO MIC ⢠A kar aoke feature i s prohib ited bec ause no mic i s connected. MIC IN ⢠An o peration i s prohibit ed because the mic is connecte d. SND . DE MO ⢠The sound demo is on. See Gener al in Troubleshooting on p age 52. TR AYLO CK ⢠The tray l ock is on. See Gener al in Troubleshooting on pag e 52. EEP ERR ⢠Contac t your Pioneer authorize d service cen ter or your deale r for servi cing. CANNOT ⢠An o peration i s prohibit ed because DV D /CD or USB isnâÂÂt selected , headpho nes are conne cted , or TEST T ONE (SHIFT RE TURN) is pressed during di sc play back. CX303_505_500. book P age 55 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Additional informa tion 13 56 En Language code list Lang uage (La nguag e code letter ), Language co de Countr y/Area code list Coun try/Area, Co untry/Area code , Coun try/Area co de letter Japanese (j a), 1001 Eng lish (e n), 05 14 Frenc h (fr), 0618 German (d e), 0405 Itali an (it), 0920 Spanish (e s), 0519 Dutc h (nl ), 1412 Russian (ru ), 1821 Chines e (zh), 2608 Korean (ko), 11 15 Gre ek (e l), 05 12 Afar (aa), 0101 Abkhazia n (ab), 01 02 Afri kaans (af) , 0106 Amhar ic (am), 01 13 Ar abic ( ar ) , 0 118 Assamese (as), 01 19 Aymara (ay), 0125 Azer ba ijan i (a z), 01 26 Bas hkir ( ba) , 02 01 Byelor ussian (be), 0205 Bulg ari an ( bg) , 02 07 Bihari (b h), 0208 Bisla ma ( bi) , 0209 Beng ali (bn) , 02 14 Tibetan (b o), 0215 Breton (br), 0218 Catal an ( ca), 0301 Corsica n (co), 0315 Cze ch (cs ), 0319 Welsh (cy), 0325 Danish (da), 0401 Bhuta ni (dz) , 0426 Esperanto (eo), 0515 Estonian (et), 0520 Bas que (e u), 0521 Persia n (fa ), 0601 Finni sh (f i), 0609 Fiji (fj) , 061 0 Faroese (fo), 0615 Frisia n (fy), 0 625 Irish ( ga), 0701 Scots-Gae lic (gd), 0704 Gali cian (g l), 0712 Guar ani (g n), 0714 Gujara ti (gu), 0721 Hausa (ha ), 08 01 Hindi ( hi), 0809 Croat ian (hr ), 0 818 Hung arian (hu), 0821 Arm enia n (h y), 082 5 Interl ingu a (ia), 0 901 Interl ingue ( ie), 0905 Inupiak (ik), 0911 Ind ones ian (i n), 09 14 Icelan dic (is), 091 9 Hebrew (iw), 09 23 Yi ddish ( ji), 1009 Javanese (jw), 1023 Georgian (ka), 1101 Kazakh (kk), 1111 Green landic (kl ), 1112 Cambod ian (km) , 1113 Ka nnada ( kn), 11 14 Kashmiri (ks), 1119 Kurdish (ku), 1 121 Kirghiz ( ky), 1125 Latin (la), 1201 Ling ala (ln), 12 14 Laothian (lo), 1215 Lit hua nian (lt) , 1220 Lat vi an (l v), 12 22 Malaga sy (mg ), 1307 Maor i (mi), 1309 Macedonian (mk), 1311 Mala yal am ( ml) , 13 12 Mongo lian ( mn), 131 4 Moldav ian (mo), 1315 Marathi (mr), 131 8 Malay (ms), 1319 Maltese (mt), 1320 Burmes e (my), 13 25 Nauru (na) , 1401 Nepali (ne), 1405 Norwegian (no), 1415 Occitan (oc), 1503 Oromo (om), 1513 Oriya (or), 151 8 Panj abi ( pa) , 16 01 Poli sh (pl), 1612 Pashto, Push to (ps), 1619 Port ugue se (pt ), 16 20 Quec hua (q u), 17 21 Rhaeto-Romance (rm ), 1813 Kir undi (r n), 1814 Romanian (ro), 1815 Kinya rwa nda (r w), 1823 Sanskrit (sa), 1901 Si ndhi (sd ), 1904 Sa ngho ( sg), 1907 Serbo-Croatian (sh), 1908 Sinh alese (s i), 190 9 Slovak (sk), 1911 Slo ven ia n (sl ), 1912 Samoa n (sm) , 1913 Sho na (sn ), 1914 So mal i (s o) , 1915 Albanian (sq), 1917 Serbia n (s r), 1918 Siswati (ss), 1919 Sesotho (st), 1920 Sund an ese ( su), 1921 Swe dis h ( sv ), 19 22 Swahil i (s w), 1923 Tamil (ta), 2001 Telugu (te), 200 5 Tajik (tg), 2007 Thai (th), 2008 Tigrinya (ti), 20 09 Turkmen (tk), 20 11 Tagalog (tl), 2012 Setswana (tn), 2014 Tonga (to), 2015 Tu rki sh (t r), 2 018 Tsonga (ts), 2019 Tatar (tt), 2020 Twi (tw), 2023 Ukrain ian ( uk), 211 1 Urdu (ur), 2118 Uzb ek (u z), 2126 Vietnamese (vi), 22 09 Volapük (vo), 2215 Wolof (wo), 2315 Xhos a (xh), 2408 Yoruba (yo), 2515 Zulu (zu), 2621 Argent ina, 0118, ar Austr alia, 01 21, au Austr ia, 0120, at Belg ium, 0205 , be Bra zil, 021 8, br Cana da, 0301, c a Chil e, 0312, cl Chin a, 0314, cn Denm ark , 0411, d k Finl and , 0609, f i Fran ce, 0618, fr Germany, 0405 , de Hong Kong, 0811, hk India, 09 14, in Indonesi a, 0904 , id Italy, 0920, it Japan, 1016, jp Korea, Repu blic of, 1118 , kr Malay sia, 1325, m y Mex ico , 1324, mx Nether lands, 1 412, n l New Zeal and, 1426 , nz Norway, 1415, no Pakista n, 161 1, pk Phili ppines , 1608 , ph Port ugal , 1620, pt Rus sian F eder atio n, 1821 , ru Singapore, 1907 , sg Spain, 0519 , es Switzerla nd, 0308 , ch Swed en, 1905 , se Taiw an, 2023, t w Thai land, 2008, th Unite d Kin gdom , 07 02, gb Unit ed St at es of Amer ic a, 2 119, u s CX303_505_500. book P age 56 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Additional information 13 57 En Specifications ⢠A mplifier section CX505/CX500 mode l Continuous power output: Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 W per channel (1 kHz, 10 % T.H.D., 4 é ) Center . . . . . . . . 100 W (1 kHz, 10 % T.H.D., 4 é ) Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 W per channel (1 kHz, 10 % T.H.D., 4 é ) Subwoofer . . . 100 W (100 Hz, 10 % T.H.D., 4 é ) CX303 mode l Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 W per channel (1 kHz, 10 % T.H.D., 4 é ) Subwoofer . . . 100 W (100 Hz, 10 % T.H.D., 4 é ) ⢠D isc section Digital audio characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DVD fs: 96 kHz, 24-bit Type . . . DVD s ystem, Video CD /Super VCD sy stem and Compact Disc digital audio system Frequency response . . . . . . . . . . 20 Hz to 44 kHz S/N ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 dB Dynamic range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 dB Total harmonic distortion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.01 % Wow and Flutter. . . . . . . . Limit of measurement (ñ0.001 % W.PEAK) or less (JEITA) ⢠F M tuner section Frequency range . . . . . . . . 87.5 MHz to 1 08 MHz Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 é , unbalanced ⢠A M tuner section Frequency range: With 9 kHz step . . . . . . . . 531 kH z to 1602 kHz With 10 kHz step . . . . . . . 530 kHz to 170 0 kHz Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loop antenna ⢠Miscellan eous Power requirements Australia, New Zealand model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 240 V, 50 Hz/60 Hz Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Phi lipines, Argentine model . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 220 V to 240 V, 50 Hz/60 Hz Taiwanese model . . . . . AC 110 V, 50 Hz/60 Hz Power consumption : CX505/CX500 model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 W CX303 model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 W Power consumption in standby mode . . . . 0.5 W Dimensions: DVD/CD Receiver . . . . . . 210 mm (W) x 112 mm (H) x 336 mm (D) Power unit . . . . . . . 197 mm (W) x 65 mm (H) x 162 mm (D) Weight: DVD/CD Receiver: CX505/CX500 model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9 kg CX303 model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 .8 kg Power unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 kg ⢠Accessories (DVD/CD receive r) Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Power cord: Duty free model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Argentine (CX303 only), Taiwan, Philippines models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 All other models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Power plug adapter (CX303 Argentine model only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Video cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 AM loop antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 FM antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 AA/R6 dry cell batteries (to confirm system operation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 These operating instruc tions S-CX303 Spe aker syst em ⢠Front speakers Enclosure . . . . . . . . . Closed-box bookshelf type (magnetically shielded) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 cm 2-way syste m Speakers: Woofer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 cm cone type Tweeter . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6 cm semi-dome type Nominal impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 é Frequency range . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Hz to 20 kHz Maximum input power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 W Dimensions . . . . . . 130 mm (W) x 221 mm (H) x 172 mm (D) Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .7 kg ⢠Subwoofer Enclosure . . . . . . Bass-reflex floorstanding type (magnetically shielded) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 cm 1-way system CX303_505_500_14 _add_info.fm 57 ãÂÂã¼ã¸ ï¼Âï¼Âï¼Âï¼Âå¹´ ï¼ÂæÂÂï¼Âï¼ÂæÂÂ¥ ãÂÂæ¨æÂÂæÂ¥ãÂÂå å¾Âï¼ÂæÂÂï¼ ï¼ÂÃ¥ÂÂ
Additional information 13 58 En Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 cm cone type x 2 Nominal impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 é Frequency range . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Hz to 6 kHz Maximum input power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 W Dimensions . . . . . 190 mm (W) x 444 mm (H) x 220 mm (D) Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.7 kg ⢠Accessories Non-skid pads for fro nt speakers . . . . . . . . . . 8 Non-skid pads for subwoofer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 S-CX505 Spe aker syst em ⢠Front speakers Same as S-CX303 Front speakers ( see above ). ⢠Center speaker Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . Closed-box bookshelf type (magnetically shielded) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 cm 1-way system Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 cm cone type Nominal impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 é Frequency range . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Hz to 18 kHz Maximum input power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 W Dimensions . . . . . . 200 mm (W) x 108 mm (H ) x 101 mm (D) Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.75 kg ⢠Surround speakers Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . Closed-box bookshelf type (magnetically shielded) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 cm 1-way system Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 cm cone type Nominal impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 é Frequency range . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Hz to 18 kHz Maximum input power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 W Dimensions . . . . . . 130 mm (W) x 100 mm (H ) x 110 mm (D) Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.68 kg ⢠S ubwoofer Same as S-CX303 Subwoofer ( see above ). ⢠Accessories Non-skid pads for fro nt and surround speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Non-skid pads for cente r speaker . . . . . . . . . . 4 Non-skid pads for subwoofer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 S-CX 500 Speaker s ystem ⢠Front speakers Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . Closed-box bookshelf type (magnetically shielded) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 cm 1-way system Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 cm cone type Nominal impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 é Frequency range . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 0 Hz to 20 kHz Maximum input power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 00 W Dimensi ons . . . . . . . 100 mm (W) x 100 mm (H) x 103 mm (D) Weight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.55 kg ⢠Center speaker Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . Closed-box bookshelf type (magnetically shielded) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 cm 1-way system Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 cm cone type Nominal impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 é Frequency range . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 0 Hz to 20 kHz Maximum input power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 W Dimensi ons . . . . . . . 100 mm (W) x 100 mm (H) x 103 mm (D) Weight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.55 kg ⢠Surround speaker s Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . Closed-box bookshelf type (magnetically shielded) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 cm 1-way system Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 cm cone type Nominal impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 é Frequency range . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 0 Hz to 20 kHz Maximum input power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 00 W Dimensi ons . . . . . . . 100 mm (W) x 100 mm (H) x 103 mm (D) Weight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.55 kg â¢S u b w o o f e r Same as S-CX303 Subwoofer ( see ab ove ). ⢠Acces sories Speaker cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Screws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Spiral wrap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Non-skid pads for front, center and surround speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Non-skid pads for subwoof er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CX303_505_500_14 _add_info.fm 58 ãÂÂã¼ã¸ ï¼Âï¼Âï¼Âï¼Âå¹´ ï¼ÂæÂÂï¼Âï¼ÂæÂÂ¥ ãÂÂæ¨æÂÂæÂ¥ãÂÂå å¾Âï¼ÂæÂÂï¼ ï¼ÂÃ¥ÂÂ
Additional information 13 59 En Note ⢠Speci fications an d desig n subject to po ss ib le mo di fi ca tio n w i tho ut n oti c e, d ue to improvemen ts. Man ufact ured unde r licens e from Dolby Laborator ies.âÂÂDolb yâÂÂ, âÂÂPro Logicâ and the double- D symbol are tr ademark s of Dolby Laborator ies. âÂÂDTS âÂÂ, âÂÂDT S Di git al Su rroundâ and âÂÂDTS 2.0â are reg is ter ed tra d em arks o f D T S, Inc . This product includes F ontA venueî fonts licenced by NEC corporation. F ontAvenue is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation. This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is pr otected by method claims of certain U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited uses only unless other wise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited. DRM (digital rights management) copy protection is a technology designed to prevent unauthorized copying by restricting playback, etc. of compressed audio files on devices other than the PC (or other recor ding equipment) used to recor d it. F or detailed information, please see the instruction manuals or help files that came with your PC and/or software. CX303_505_500. book P age 59 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
<XRB3083-A> P ublished by P ioneer Corporation. Copyright é 2007 P ioneer Corporation. All rights reser ved. Printed in PIONEER CORPORATION 4-1, Meguro 1-Chome, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8654, Japan PIONEER ELECTRONICS (USA) INC. P.O. BOX 1540, Long Beach, California 90801-1540, U.S.A. TEL: (800) 421-1404 PIONEER ELECTRONICS OF CANADA, INC. 300 Allstate Parkway, Markham, Ontario L3R 0P2, Canada TEL: 1-877-283-5901, 905-479-4411 PIONEER EUROPE NV Haven 1087, Keetberglaan 1, B-9120 Melsele, Belgium TEL: 03/570.05.11 PIONEER ELECTRONICS ASIACENTRE PTE. LTD. 253 Alexandra Road, #04-01, Singapore 159936 TEL: 65-6472-7555 PIONEER ELECTRONICS AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. 178-184 Boundary Road, Braeside, Victoria 3195, Australia, TEL: (03) 9586-6300 PIONEER ELECTRONICS DE MEXICO S.A. DE C.V. Blvd.Manuel Avila Camacho 138 10 piso Col.Lomas de Chapultepec, Mexico,D.F . 1 1000 TEL: 55-9178-4270 K002_B_En CX303_505_500. book P age 60 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (ser vicing) 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 "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. CAUTION: TO PREVENT THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE P ARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN IMPOR T ANT D3-4-2-1-1_En-A W ARNING This equipment is not waterproof. T o prevent a fir e or shock hazard, do not place any container filed with liquid near this equipment (such as a vase or flower pot) or expose it to dripping, splashing, rain or moisture. D3-4-2-1-3_A_En W ARNING The voltage of the available power supply differs according to country or r egion. Be sure that the power supply voltage of the area wher e this unit will be used meets the requir ed voltage (e.g., 230 V or 120 V) written on the rear panel. D3-4-2-1-4_A_En Before plugging in for the first time, read the following section carefully . W ARNING T o prevent a fire hazar d, do not place any naked flame sources (such as a lighted candle) on the equipment. D3-4-2-1-7a_A_En VENTILA TION CAUTION When installing this unit, make sure to leave space around the unit for ventilation to impr ove heat radiation (at least 30 cm at top, 15 cm at rear , and 15 cm at each side). W ARNING Slots and openings in the cabinet are pr ovided for ventilation to ensure r eliable operation of the product, and to pr otect it from overheating. T o prevent fir e hazard, the openings should never be blocked or covered with items (such as newspapers, table-cloths, curtains) or by operating the equipment on thick carpet or a bed. D3-4-2-1-7b_A_En Operating Environment Operating environment temperature and humidity : 5 úC to 35 úC ( 41 úF to 95 úF); less than 85 %RH (cooling vents not blocked) Do not install this unit in a poorly ventilated area, or in locations exposed to high humidity or direct sunlight (or strong artificial light) D3-4-2-1-7c_A_En CAUTION This product is a class 1 laser product, but this product contains a laser diode higher than Class 1. T o ensure continued safety , do not remove any covers or attempt to gain access to the inside of the product. Refer all servicing to qualified personnel. The following caution label appears on your unit. CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT D3-4-2-1-8_A_En Location: top of the main unit T aiwan model All other models Location: bottom of the main unit CAUTION : CLASS 3B VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER VRW2159 EXPOSURE TO THE BEAM. RADIA TION WHEN OPEN, A VOID For Australia Model C67-7-3_En CX303_505_500. book Page 2 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:39 PM
CAUTION The ST ANDBY/ON switch on this unit will not completely shut off all power from the AC outlet. Since the power cord ser ves as the main disconnect device for the unit, you will need to unplug it from the AC outlet to shut down all power . Therefore, make sure the unit has been installed so that the power cord can be easily unplugged from the AC outlet in case of an accident. T o avoid fire hazard, the power cord should also be unplugged from the AC outlet when left unused for a long period of time (for example, when on vacation). D3-4-2-2-2a_A_En CAUTION : USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MA Y RESUL T IN HAZARDOUS RADIA TION EXPOSURE. CAUTION : THE USE OF OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH THIS PRODUCT WILL INCREASE EYE HAZARD. D6-8-2-1_En Information to User Alteration or modifications carried out without appropriate authorization may invalidate the user âÂÂs right to operate the equipment. D8-10-2_En For T aiwan exclusively T aiwanese two pin flat-bladed plug If the AC plug of this unit does not match the AC outlet you want to use, the plug must be removed and appropriate one fitted. Replacement and mounting of an AC plug on the power supply cord of this unit should be per formed only by qualified ser vice personnel. If connected to an AC outlet, the cut-off plug can cause severe electrical shock. Make sure it is properly disposed of after removal. The equipment should be disconnected by removing the mains plug from the wall socket when left unused for a long period of time (for example, when on vacation). D3-4-2-2-1a_A_En This product is for general household purposes. Any failure due to use for other than household purposes (such as long-term use for business purposes in a restaurant or use in a car or ship) and which requires repair will be charged for even during the warranty period. K041_En CX303_505_500. book Page 3 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:39 PM
4 En Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read throug h these operating instructions so that you will know how to opera te your model properly. After you h ave finished reading the instructions, put them in a safe place for future reference . Contents 01 Before you start Checking whatâÂÂs in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Loading the batteri es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Range of the remote control unit . . . . . . . . . . 7 At tac hin g th e no n-s ki d pa ds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Placing the subwoofer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Removing the speaker gr illes . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 At tac hin g th e b rac kets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Wall-mount ing the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 02 Connect ing up Connecting the speaker terminals . . . . . . . . 1 0 Multichannel speaker connections . . . . . . . . 12 Hints on speaker pl acement . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Connecting the radio antennas . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Connecting external antennas . . . . . . . . . . 13 Connecting to your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Connect ing usi ng th e compone nt vid eo outpu t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Connecting au xiliary co mponents . . . . . . . . . 15 Connecting the power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 03 Controls and displ ays Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Displa y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 04 Getting started Usi ng t he on- scre en d is pla ys . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0 Basic pl ayback c ontr ols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Resume and Last Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 DVD-Video disc menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Video CD/Super VCD PBC menus . . . . . . . 21 Listenin g to the radi o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Improving FM stereo sound . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Re duc in g A M r ece pt io n no is e . . . . . . . . . . 22 Memorizing stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Manually saving station presets . . . . . . . . . 23 Automatically saving stati on presets . . . . . 23 Li ste n in g to sta t ion pre se ts . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Listening to othe r sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Dimming the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 05 Setting up for surround sound Home theater sound setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Sett in g th e ch an ne l le ve ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 06 H ome th eater sound Abo ut the l is teni ng m o des . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Auto li ste n ing m o de . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Lis ten in g in su rrou n d s oun d . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Usin g Fr ont Su rroun d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Using the Front Surr ound mode . . . . . . . . . 27 Using the Extra Power mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Lis ten in g in ste re o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Lis ten in g with h ea dp hon e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 07 Disc playb ack features Scanning discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Playing i n slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Frame advance/fr ame reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Playing a JP EG slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Browsing DVD or Video CD/Super VCD discs with t he D isc Nav iga tor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Browsing WMA, MP3, M PEG-4 AAC, DivX video and JPE G f iles with the Di sc N av iga tor . . . . . 30 Looping a sect ion of a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Using repeat pl ay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Using ran dom pla y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Creati ng a program list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Using the OSD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Other functions avail able from the program menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Using the f ront panel display . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Using Pl aylists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Progr amming playlist s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Listenin g to playli sts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Clearing f iles from a pla ylist . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 Searching a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Swit ching subtit les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Swit ching language/au dio channels . . . . . . . 3 4 Zoom ing the scr een . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Swit ching camera angl es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Displaying disc information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 CX303_505_500. book Page 4 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:39 PM
5 En 08 USB playback Using the US B interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Bas ic pl ay back cont rol s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Scanning files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Playing a JPEG slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Browsi ng file s with th e Navig ator . . . . . . . . . 36 09 Singing karaok e Singing karaoke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Changing the vocal mi x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Changing the backing track . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 10 Adjust ing the sound Using the Sound m enu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Using the Sound Field Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Boosting the bass level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Mut ing the so und . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 11 Audio Settings and Video Adjust me nu Audio Settings menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Audio DRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Virtual Sur round . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Vide o Adju st menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 12 Ini tial Se ttin gs m enu Using the Init ial Setti ngs menu . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Video Ou tput sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Language settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Display s etti ngs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Options settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Parental Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 About Div Xî VOD con tent . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 13 Additi onal i nformation Optional sy stem settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 System Setup menu options i n standby . . . 46 Settin g the sleep time r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Disc/content format playback compati bility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7 Disc co mpatibili ty table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Abou t DVD R/DVD RW compa tibili ty . . . . 4 8 Abo ut Di vX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8 Abou t MPEG- 4 AAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Abo ut WM A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9 Using and taking care of discs . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 DVD V ide o reg ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Han dli ng di sc s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Storing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 0 Discs to avoid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Installati on and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Hints on installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Cleaning the pickup lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Probl ems wi th cond ensation . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Moving the system unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Screen sizes and disc format s . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Resetting the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Troubl esho oting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 DVD/ CD/ Vide o CD pla yer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC/JPEG disc s . . . . . 54 Tu ner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 USB conn ection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Erro r M ess age s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Using the language code list . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Language code list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Co unt ry/ Are a c ode lis t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Specific ations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7 CX303_505_500. book Page 5 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:39 PM
Before you start 01 6 En Chapter 1 Before you start Checking whatâÂÂs in the box Please check that youâÂÂve received the following supplied accessories: ⢠Remote control ⢠AA/R6 dry cell batteries (to confirm system operation) x2 â¢V i d e o c o r d â¢A M l o o p a n t e n n a â¢F M a n t e n n a â¢P o w e r c o r d : Duty free model x2 Argentine (CX303 only), Taiwan, Philippines models x2 All other models x1 ⢠Power plug adapter x1 (CX303 Argentine model only) ⢠Speaker cables x5 (S-CX500 only) ⢠Brackets x2 (S-CX500 only) ⢠Screw x8 (S-CX500 only) ⢠Non-skid pads fo r center speaker x4 (S-CX505 only) / for front, center, surroun d speaker x24 (S-CX500 on ly) ⢠Non-skid pads for f ront speaker x8 (S-CX505, S-CX303) ⢠Non-skid pads for surround speaker (S-CX505 only) x8 ⢠Non-skid pads for subwoofer x4 ⢠Spiral wrap x2 (S-CX500 only) ⢠These op erating instruct ions Loading the batteries Use AA/R6 batteries with the supplied r emote c o n t r o l . M a k e s u r e t o f o l l o w t h e i n d i c a t i o n s ( ï« , ïª ) inside the compartment. Important Incorrect use of batteries may result in such hazards as leakage an d bursting. Observe the following precau tions: ⢠Never use new and old batteries together. ⢠Insert the plus and minus sides of the batteries properly according to the marks in the battery case. ⢠Batteries with the same shape may h ave different voltages. Do n ot use different batterie s toge ther. ⢠When disposing of used batterie s, please comply with governmental regulations or environmental publ ic instructionâÂÂs rule s that apply in your cou ntry or area. ⢠Do not use or store batteries in direct sunlight or other excessively hot place, such as inside a c ar or near a heater. This can cause batteries to leak, overh eat, explode or catch fire. It c a n a l s o r e d u c e t h e life or performa nce of batteries. CX303_505_500_01 _before_start .fm 6 ãÂÂ㼠㸠ï¼Âï¼Âï¼Âï¼ å¹´ï¼ÂæÂÂï¼Âï¼ æÂ¥ãÂÂæ¨æÂÂæÂ¥ã åÂÂå¾Âï¼Âæ ï¼Âï¼ÂÃ¥ÂÂ
Before you start 01 7 En Range of the rem ote control unit The remote c ontrol has a range of ab out 7 meters. It may n ot work properly if: ⢠There are obstacles between th e remote control and this unitâÂÂs remote sen sor. ⢠Direct sunlight or fluorescent l ight is shining onto the remote sensor. ⢠This system is located near a device that is emitting infrared rays. ⢠This uni t is operated simultaneo usly wi th another infrared rem ote control unit. Attaching the non-s kid pads Use the self-adhesive non-skid p ads to provide a stable base for the speakers. Attach four to each speaker as shown below. The illust ration shows the CX505. ⢠CX500 model only â Attach the non-skid pads to four corners on the bottom su rface of each speaker. (The shape of the speaker is different from the CX505 model) ⢠CX303 model only â Attach the non-skid pads to four corners on the bottom surface of the Front speaker. Placing the subwoofer The subwoofer supp lied with this system can be placed u pright or on its side (flat). Choos e the position that works best for your room, then attach the non-skid pads as shown below. Caution ⢠Do not place o ther speakers (front/center/ surround ) on top of the subwoofer. There is a risk that they will fall and cause injuries. Removing the speak er grilles CX505/CX30 3 model onl y If necessary, remove the front speake r grilles as de scr ibe d be lo w. 1 Gent ly ease the gri lle l oose by gri pping the bottom and pul lin g towards you. 2 Pul l t he t op f ree i n the same wa y. When reattaching, start from the top then push the bottom in until secure. ⢠It is not recommended (du e to dirt and dust) to leave the speaker grilles removed. ⢠Do not install y our speak ers overh ead on the ceiling or w all. If improperly attached, the speaker grille can fall and cause dam age or personal injury. Front speaker Center speaker Surround speaker Subwoofer CX303_505_500. book Page 7 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:39 PM
Before you start 01 8 En Attaching the br ackets CX500 model only Attach th e brackets as desc ribed below. B efore attaching, make sure to check which Home theater sound setup you wa nt to use. 1 ⢠Stac k t he speak ers and fi x wi th the bracke ts. Ea ch sp ea ke r is pr ov id ed w ith a c olo r -c od ed indicator on th e model label on the rear side to assist identifi cation. Refer to the colo r indicators and install the speakers co rrectly. Standard surr ound/Front s urround setup (Fr ont surround mode) : Fro nt su rroun d setu p (Ext ra Po wer m ode ): As shown in the ill ustration, stack the speakers. Align the bracket w ith the respective upper screw hole on the back of the front speaker and fasten the screws securely. Standard surround/Fr ont surround setup (Front surround mode): Front surround setup (Extra Power mode): Caution ⢠Do not attempt to carry the speakers when they are connected w ith the bracket. Do ing so may cause damage to the bracket or worsen dam age to t he bracket an d speakers in the event they are dro pped. Note 1 ⢠Refer to Ho me theater sound set up on page 24 fo r details on how to plac e your speakers. ⢠Standard surround/Front surround setup (F ront surround mode) only - Attaching brackets is necessary only when mount ing center speakers to right and le ft. Front speaker Center speaker Left Green White Green Red Right Color indicator Model label Front speaker Color indicator Model label Center speaker Surround speaker Left Blue White Green Gray Red Green Right Bracket Screw Center speaker Front speaker Surround speaker Bracket Screw Center speaker Front speaker CX303_505_500. book Page 8 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:39 PM
Before you start 01 9 En Wall-mounting the s peakers CX505 â C enter s peaker, S urround s peakers only CX500 â Front speaker s, Center spe akers, Surr oun d spea kers Depending on the speaker setu p you choose, you can w all- mount th e front , center and surro und speake rs. (W hen using Front surro und setup , you can only wall -mo unt the center speaker.) The illust ration shows the CX505. Before moun ting (see above), keep in mind th e following poi nts: ⢠Rememb er that the speaker system is heavy and that its weigh t could cause the screws to wo rk loose, or the wa ll material to fail to support it, resulting in the speaker falling. Make sure that the wall you intend to mount the speakers on is st rong enough to support them. Do not mount on plyw ood or soft surf ace walls. ⢠Mounting screws ar e not supplied. Use screws suitable for the wa ll material and support the weigh t of the speaker. Caution ⢠If you are unsure of the qualities and strengt h of the w alls, co nsult a pr ofes si ona l for ad vic e. ⢠Pioneer is not responsible for any acciden ts or damage th at result fro m improper in stallatio n. ⢠Subwoofer and (CX303 /CX505 model o nly) front speakers only â Do not attach these speakers to the wall or ceiling. They may fall off and cause i njury. 5 mm to 7 mm 5 mm 10 mm CX303_505_500. book Page 9 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:39 PM
Connecting up 02 10 En Chapter 2 Connecting up Im porta nt ⢠Before making or changing any connections, sw itch off the power and unplug the power cord from the AC outlet. ⢠When making cabl e connect ions, m ake sure not to b end the cables over th e top of this unit . This m ay cause a hu mmi ng nois e from the speak ers. Connecti ng the speaker terminals Connect the wires from the speakers to the terminals on the main unit rear panel as shown be low . Be fore conn ec ting, yo u may wa nt to consider the placement options available in your room, a nd when using this system: 1 ⢠CX303 model o nly â Place the front left and right speakers at equal distan ces from the TV, then connect them as shown below. ⢠CX505/CX 500 model only â A color -c oded system is provided fo r speaker connections (see Multichannel speaker conne ctions bel ow). See Home theater sound setup on page 24 for su rround placement options. Cau ti on ⢠Do not connect this speaker to any amplifier other than the one supplied with this syst em. Connect ion t o a ny oth er ampl ifi er ma y r esu lt in a m alfu n ctio n or fir e. ⢠Make sure that the bar e speaker wires canno t touch e ach ot her, or come in to contact with other metal parts once the unit is switch ed on. ⢠Match t he colo r-code d speak er pl ugs t o the col ored s peake r termi nal s on t he rear of the unit (as s hown below). Make sure to insert completel y. The small lug at the wire-end of the speaker plug should face up or d own depen ding on whether it âÂÂs being plugged into one of the up per or lower three speaker terminals. Please ma ke sure to connect correctly . ⢠CX500 only: The front and surround speaker c ables have a col or-cod ed connec tor at one end and two bare wires at the other end. Note 1 The s peake rs s uppli ed w ith t his s yst em a re ma gnet icall y sh iel ded. Howev er, pla cing t he m ext reme ly c lose t o a t elevi sion may result in col or distorti on on the scr een. If this ha ppens, move the spe ake rs a li ttle fur the r aw ay and s wit ch of f the tele vi sio n for 15 to 30 min utes . Upper terminals Lower terminals Color-coded wire (Connect to speaker) Color-coded connector (Connect to rear panel) CX303_505_500. book P age 10 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Connecting up 02 11 En ⢠Since there is only one terminal to connect the two center spea kers, you will need to use the supplied Y-cable for the connect ion. ⢠Twist and pull of f the protecti ve shields on each wire. ⢠Connect the wires to th e speaker. Each speaker in the illust ration can be identi fied by m eans of the col or-coded in dicat or provided o n the rear -surface mo del label. Match the color-coded wire with the col or indicator on the model label, th en insert the color-coded wire into th e red ( ) side and the other w ire into the black ( â ) side. ⢠When connecting the center speakers, connect the Y-cable dual end to the two center speakers in the same w ay. ⢠When conn ectio ns are com pleted, adjust the cable placements. If t he speakers have been fixed with the bra ckets, fix the cable to the groove in the brackets as shown. ⢠Fasten the cables together with the spiral wra p. Hold multiple cables together and place the wrap o ver the cables from the end. Wrap the spiral w rap with the cables in the center. The spiral wra p may be cut at a d esired length. Y-cable T o Main unit CX303_505_500. book P age 11 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Connecting up 02 12 En Multichannel speaker con nections CX505/CX5 00 model only Connect each speaker using the color-coded speaker cable. Match them to the colored labels above the speaker term inals (see illustrati on belo w). The illustra tion shows the CX505. Hints on speaker pla cement The following guidelines will help you to get the best performance from your speaker system. See Home thea ter sound setup on page 24 for surround placement option s with this syst em. ⢠Place the fron t left and right speakers at equal distances from the TV. ⢠Place the center speaker above or below the TV so that the sound of the center channel is l ocalized at the TV screen. ⢠If possible, place the surround speakers slightly above ear lev el. Caution ⢠These speaker terminals carry HAZARDOUS LIVE VOLTAGE . To prevent the risk of electric shock w hen connecting or disconnecting the speaker cables, disconnect the powe r cord before to uching any uninsu lated parts. ⢠If you choose to install the center speaker on top of the TV, be su re to secure it with putty, or by other suitable m eans, to red uce the risk of damage or in jury resulting from the speaker falling f rom the TV in the even t of external shocks suc h as earthquakes. Surround right Surround left Subwoofer Center Front left Front right Gray Blue White Red Purple Green SURROUND SUB WOOFER FRONT CENTER SPEAKERS (4 ⦠) R L R L CX303_505_500. book P age 12 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Connecting up 02 13 En ⢠Try not to place the surround speak ers further away from the listening position than the front and center speakers. D oing so can weaken the surround sound effect. ⢠Make sure all speakers are installed securely to prevent accid ents and improve sound quality . ⢠Subw oofer and (C X505 mode l only) front speakers on ly â Do not attach these speakers to the wa ll or ceilin g. They m ay fall off and cause injury. Connec ting the ra dio ante nnas Connect ing the suppli ed antennas will al low you to listen to both AM a nd FM radio broa dcast s. If yo u find tha t recep tion qual ity is poor, an outdoor an tenna shou ld give you better so und qualit y â see Connecting e xternal antennas below for mo re on how to do this. 1 Pull off the protecti ve shields of both AM antenna wires. 2 Push open the tabs, then insert one wi re fully into each terminal, then release the tabs to secure the AM antenna wires. 3 Fix the AM loop antenna to the stand. To fix the stand to the antenna, bend in the direction indicated by the arrow ( fig. a ) then cl ip t he l oop on to the st an d ( fig. b ). ⢠If you plan to mount the AM antenna to a wall or other surface, secure th e stand with screws ( fig . c ) before clipping the loop to the stand. Mak e sure the reception is clear. 4 Place the AM antenna on a f lat surface and poin t in the dire ction giv ing the bes t reception. DonâÂÂt let it come into contact with metal objec ts and av oid p lacing n ear co mput ers, television sets or other electrical appliances. 5 Connect the FM wire antenna i n the same way as the AM loop ant enna. For best results, extend the FM antenna fully and fix to a wall or doo r frame. Do nâÂÂt drape loosely or leave coiled up. Connecting external antennas External AM antenna Use 5 to 6 meters of vinyl-insulated wire a nd set up either i ndoors or o utdoors. Le ave the AM loop an tenna co nnect ed. 2 3 ANTENNA FM UNBAL 75 ⦠AM LOOP 1 4 5 fig. a fig. b fig. c ANTENNA FM UNBAL 75 ⦠AM LOOP Outdoor antenna 5 m to 6 m Indoor antenna (vinyl-coated wire) CX303_505_500. book P age 13 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Connecting up 02 14 En External FM antenna Use a PAL connector to h ook up an external FM ant enna. Connec ting to your TV This system off ers three types of video connecti ons. If your TV ha s component video inputs, see Co nnecting us ing the component video ou tput bel ow. 1 Use the suppli ed yel low video cable to connec t the VI DEO OUT j ack to a video input on your TV. 2 Optional ly: Use a st ereo aud io cabl e to connec t the audi o outs of your TV (or VCR) to the LINE IN jacks on t he rear of thi s unit. This will enable y ou to hear the TV (or VCR) sound through this sy stem. See Connecting auxiliary components below for mo re on this. Connect ing using the com ponent video output If your TV has comp onent vi deo inputs, you can use these instead of the standard video output to connect th is system to your TV. 1 This shou ld give you the best quality picture from the three type s of video ou tput avail able. ⢠Use a component video c able to connect the COMPONENT V IDEO OUT to a set of component inputs on your TV. About progressive scan video Compared to interlace video, pro gressive scan video effectively doubles the scanning rate of the picture, resulting in a very stable, flicker- free image. Progressive scan video is available onl y fro m th e c om po nent vid eo ou tpu t. Compatibility of this player with progressive-scan and high-definit ion TVs. Thi s p la yer is c om p at ible w ith pr o gr es siv e vid eo Macro Visi on System Copy Guard. 2 ANTENNA FM UNBAL 75 ⦠AM LOOP P AL connector VIDE O Note 1 The compone nt vi deo outpu t is switcha ble be twee n inter laced and pr ogressiv e forma ts. Se e Video Outp ut setting s on page 42. 2 Consumers sh ould n ote that n ot all high-d efini tion te levisi on sets a re full y comp atible with th is prod uct a nd may c ause artifacts to be di splayed in the picture. In case of 5 25 progre ssive scan picture problems, it is recommended that the use r swi tch the co nnectio n to the âÂÂsta ndard de finiti onâ ou tput (I nterl ace). If t here are qu estio ns rega rding o ur TV set com patibi lity w ith thi s model, please contact our customer service cente r. COMPONENT VIDEO VIDEO Y P B P R VIDEO OUT S-VIDEO T o C o m pon e nt input CX303_505_500. book P age 14 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Connecting up 02 15 En Connect ing auxil iary compo nents This system has a front panel audio input as well as stereo analog inputs on the rear pa nel. ⢠See Using the USB interf ace on page 35 to co nn e ct th e f ro nt pa ne l US B INPUT . ⢠Con nect the LINE IN jacks on the rear panel to an aux iliary playback componen t. These include components such as a VCR, cassette deck, o r your T V. Connect us ing RCA pin-plug stereo cables. ⢠Connect t he fr ont pane l AUDIO IN mini- plug jac k to an aux iliary playb ac k com ponent . These include components like a digital audio player or the analo g audio output of a P C. Connect using a 1/4" stereo m ini-plug cable. Connec ting the po wer Aft er maki ng sur e t hat e veryt hing i s co nnecte d properly, conne ct the Media unit and the Power unit with attached co rd, then plug in th e power cord to the AC inlet, and the other end to a mains power outlet. Congrat ulatio ns! YouâÂÂr e done set ting up. POWER-CORD CAUTIO N Handle the power cord by the pl ug. Do not p ull out t he plug by tu gging the c ord and nev er touch the power cord when your hands are w et as this could cause a short circuit or electric shock. Do not place the unit, a piece of furniture, etc., on the power cord, o r pinch the cord. N ever make a knot in th e cord or tie it with other co rds. The power c ords should b e routed such th at they are not likely to be ste ppe d on. A dama ge d pow er co rd c an ca use a fire or give you an electri cal shock. Check t he powe r cord onc e in a wh ile. When yo u fin d it dama ged, as k your ne arest PIO NEE R authorized service center or your dealer for a replacement. M N BAL 75 ý SYSTEM UB WOOFER P EAKERS (4 - 6 ) R L T o AC outlet P ower unit Media unit AC IN CX303_505_500. book P age 15 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Controls and displays 03 16 En Chapter 3 Controls and displays Front pane l 1 ïµ S TANDBY/ON Switches the player on or into standby. 2 Playba ck cont rols The skip buttons are us ed for skipping on di scs. Th e pla yba ck c ontr o l but ton s ar e us ed for playing, pausin g and stoppin g playback. 3D i s p l a y See Display on page 17. 4V O L U M E Adjusts the v olume level. 5 X.BOOM button Switches on the bass boost (page 39). 6 ï¨ O PEN/ CLO SE Opens/closes the disc tray. 7 D isc tray 8 MIC VOL and MIC input j acks Controls the volume of the karaoke mics ( MAIN and SUB ) (pa ge 37). 9 Remote sens or 10 PHONE S jac k Headphone ja ck. 11 AUDI O I N Connect an auxiliary compo nent using a stereo mini-jack cable (see Connecting auxili ary co mpo n ent s on pag e 15). 12 USB interface Connect a USB device for playback (see USB playback on pa ge 35). MAIN MIC SUB MIN MAX MIC VOL PHONES AUDIO IN USB î STANDBY/ON î î îÂÂî FULL DIGITAL SURR OUND SYSTEM VOLU ME î OPEN/CLOSE 8 6 1 2 4 3 7 5 9 10 11 12 CX303_505_500. book P age 16 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Controls and displays 03 17 En Display 1 Character display 2 Forma t indi cators 2 PL I I (CX505/C X500 only) â Lights during Dol by Pro Logi c II dec odi ng. 2 D â Lights durin g playback of a D olby Digi tal sour ce . DTS â Lights du ring playback o f a DTS source. 3 Lights when the sleep timer is active. 4 Tuner i ndica tors â Lights when a bro adcas t is being received. â Ligh ts when F M mono reception is selected. â Lights when a stereo FM broadca st is being received in a uto stereo mode. 5 Karaoke indic ator s KARAOKE (Vocal can cel) â Vocals in the backing track are partiall y eliminated usi ng EQ. ECHO â Lights when the Karaoke ECHO effect is selected. KEY â Lights when the Karaoke pitch co ntr ol is sel ec te d. L â Left chan nel only. U se for tracks tha t have a vocal rec orded in the right chan nel. R â Right channel only . Use for tracks that have a vocal recorded in the left c hannel. L R â Use to put a single-channel vocal track into the center of the mix. 6 P layb ack m ode indicato rs RPT- 1 â RP T lights during repeat play ( RPT- 1 lights during repeat one-track play). PGM â Lights during program play . RDM â Lights during random p layba ck. 7S O U N D Lights when the SFC modes, XBOO M , b ass, treble, ST.WI D E , MP 3 EXP. (MP3 Expand er) or V OIC E. E . (Vo ice Enhancer) are active. Remot e contr ol The illustra tion shows the CX505/CX500. 1 ïµ STAND BY/ON Switches the player on or into standby . 2 Input sour ce f uncti on sele ct Selects the sou rce you want to li sten to. DTS SOUND DTS SOUND 2 PL 2 D L R L R KEY KEY ECHO ECHO KARA OKE KARAOKE RPT - 1 RPT - 1 PGM PGM RDM RDM 3 2 7 4 6 5 1 ST ANDBY / ON DVD / CD TUNER ( FM / AM ) USB F. AUDIO LINE PLA Y LIST PGM RPT RDM KARAOKE ECHO TOP MENU MENU SOUND MODE SFC SYSTEM SETUP TUNE - TUNE ST - ST ZOOM MUTE AUDIO SUBTITLE ANGLE SLEEP DISPLA Y 1 2 3 456 7 8 9 CLEAR ENTER 0 ENTER HOME MENU SHIFT VOLUME X.BOOM 1 3 2 SURROUND EXT PWR FRT . SURR RETURN TEST TON E 1 2 3 8 9 4 7 12 11 13 14 15 16 17 5 6 10 CX303_505_500. book P age 17 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Controls and displays 03 18 En 3 Nu mber but tons and SHIFT function s The number b uttons can be used for selecting tracks directly , the functions above the buttons are accessed b y pressing SHI FT at the same time as th e button. PGM ( SHIFT 1 ) â Use to pro gram/play a program list (page 31). RPT (SHIF T 2 ) â Selects a repeat play mode (pag e 30). RDM ( SHI FT 3 ) â Selects a ra ndom play mode (pag e 31). CLE AR â Clears an entry. ENT ER â Selects menu o ptions, et c. 4 HO ME ME NU Press to disp lay (or exit) the on-sc reen menu for Initial Settings, Play Mo de functions, etc. 5 ENT ER , TUNE & cursor control butt ons Navigates on-screen displays and menus. ENT ER selects a n option or executes a comman d. 6 SYST EM SET UP Use to make various system settings (page 46). Also used when saving station presets when using the tuner (page 23). 7 Sound Field/ li steni ng mode buttons SFC â Selects sou nd modes or custom settings from the Sound Field Control (page 38). SURROUND ( CX505/CX50 0 only) â Selects a surround listening mode (page 26). EXT PWR ( CX505/CX50 0 only) â Swi tch es o n the Extra P ower mode (page 27). FRT.SURR ( CX505/CX50 0 only) â Switches on the Front Surround mode (page 27). SOUND MODE â Accesses settin gs in the Soun d men u, suc h as the tone co ntrol s (page 38). 8 Pl aybac k con tr ols ï¤ â Starts/resumes play back. ï and ï³/ï± â Use for rev erse slow motion playback, frame re verse and reverse scanning. ï® an d ï² /ï´ â Use for forward slow motion playbac k, frame advan ce and forward scan ning. ï° â Jumps to the next chapter or track. ï¯ â Jump s to t he be gin nin g of t he current chapter or track, then to p revious chapters/tracks. ïÂÂ¥ â Pau ses playbac k; press again to restart. ï§ â Stop s playb ack. 9 D VD cont rols AUDIO â Selects the audio channel or language (page 34). SUBTI TLE â Selects a subtitle display (page 33). ANGLE â Chan ges the camera angle during DVD m ulti-angle scene playback (page 34). ZOOM â Changes the zoom leve l (page 34). 10 SHIFT Press to acces s the functions/commands written in green on the rem ote. 11 X.BOOM Switches the bass boost on or off (page 39). 12 PLAY LIST buttons Adds tracks to (during playback), or selects the playlist (while sto pped) (pa ge 32). 13 KARAOKE c ontro ls KARAOKE â Se lects audio channe ls for karaoke (page 37). ECHO â Changes the echo level on the karaoke mics (page 37). ï / ï â Raises/lowers the pitch of the backing track (page 37). 14 MENU Displa ys the DVD menu (for V ideo C D/ Super VCDs, D ivX video and W MA/MP 3/ MPEG-4 AAC/JPEG discs, th e Disc Navigator screen ap pears). TOP M EN U ( SHI FT MENU ) Displa ys the top m enu o f a DV D dis c. CX303_505_500. book P age 18 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Controls and displays 03 19 En 15 RETUR N Press to return to a previous menu screen. TEST TO NE ( SHI FT RETU RN ) (CX505/ CX500 only) â P ress to output the test tone for speaker setup (page 25). 16 SLEE P Press to set the sleep timer (page 47). DISP LAY Switches between in formation displ ays (page 34). MUTE Mutes the volume (page 39). 17 VOLUME Adjusts the volume lev el. CX303_505_500. book P age 19 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Getting started 04 20 En Chapter 4 Getting started Using the on -screen displays For ease of use, this system makes extensive use of graph ical on-screen displays (OSDs). All the screens are navigated in basically the same way, using the cursor buttons ( ï© , ïª , ï« , ï¬ ) to ch ange the highlighted item an d pressing ENTER to select it . 1 Im porta nt ⢠Thr ough out this m anual, âÂÂSel ectâ me ans use ï©/ ïª/ï« /ï¬ to highlight an item on- screen, then press ENTER . Tip ⢠You can change the On-Screen Display Language to Traditional Chinese (see OSD Language on pa ge 43) ⢠The button guide at the bottom of every OSD screen shows you which b uttons yo uâÂÂll nee d t o use for that sc ree n. Playing discs The basic playback co ntrols for DVD, CD, Video CD/S uper VCD, Di vX vi deo a nd WMA/ MP3/ MPEG-4 AA C discs are covered h ere. Further functions are detailed in chapter 7. 1 If the p layer is nâÂÂt a lrea dy on, swi tch i t on. If y o u âÂÂr e p la yi n g a d is c w it h vi d e o, a ls o t ur n o n your TV and mak e sure that it is set to t he correct video input. 2P r e s s ï¨ O PEN/ CLO SE on the front pane l to lo ad a di sc. Load a disc with t he label side f acing up, using the disc tray guide to align the disc (if y ouâÂÂre loading a double-sided DVD disc, load it with the side you want to play fa ce down). 3P r e s s ï¤ (p lay) t o st art p lay bac k. If yo uâÂÂre playi ng a D VD or V id eo CD/S up er VC D, a menu ma y appear. See DVD-Video di sc menus and Video CD/Super VCD PBC menus on page 21 to navigate these. If you loaded a disc c ontaining JPEGs, a slideshow will start. See Playing a JPEG slideshow on page 28 for more on this. ⢠I f a d is c c ont ai ns a mix tu re o f D ivX vid eo and other media file types (MP3, for example), first select whether to play the DivX vide o files ( DivX ) or the other media file types ( MP 3 / WM A/ M PEG-4 AAC / JPEG ) from the on-screen display. 4 A djust the volume. Use the VOLUM E control. Note 1 The screen saver will appear after f ive minutes of ina ctivity . Button What it does HOME MENU Displays/ex its the on-screen displ ay ï«ï©ïªï¬ Changes the highlighted menu item ENTER Selects the highlighted menu item RETURN Return s to the main m en u wi thou t saving changes CX303_505_500. book P age 20 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Getting started 04 21 En Basic play back co ntrol s The following table shows the basic controls on the remote for playing discs 1 . You can find other playback features in the chapter 7. Resume and Las t Memory When you stop playback o f a disc, R ESU ME shows in the display indicating that you can resume pla yback from that point. With DV Ds and Video CD /Supe r VCDs, even if ejected, the play position is stored in memory. 2 The next time you load the disc, the display shows LAST M EM and you ca n resume playback. If you want to c lear the resume point, press ï§ (stop) while RESUM E is dis pl ay ed . DVD-Video disc menus Many DVD -Video d iscs conta in menu s from which y ou can se lect what you wa nt to wat ch. Sometimes DVD-Video menu s are displayed automatically when you start playback; others only app ear when you press MENU or TOP MENU ( SHIFT MENU ). Video CD/Super VCD PBC menus Some Video CD/Super VCDs have menus from whi ch you can c hoo se wh at yo u want to wa tch. These are PBC (Playback control) menus. You can p lay a PBC Video CD/Super VC D wit hout ha ving to nav igat e the PBC menu by starting playback using a number b utton to select a track, rather than the ï¤ (play) button . Note 1 You may find with some DVD discs that some playback controls donâÂÂt work i n certain parts of the disc. Button What it does ï¤ Starts/res umes normal playback . ⢠If the display s hows RESUME or LAST MEM playback starts f rom the resume or last memor y point (se e Resum e and Last Memory below). ïÂÂ¥ P auses/unpauses a disc. ï§ Stop s pla ybac k or ca ncel s the re sume functi on (i f the d isp lay show s RESUME ). ï P ress to star t fast rever se scanning. ï® P ress to star t fast forward scanning. ï¯ Skips to t he star t of the c urrent track or chapter , then previous t racks/chapt ers. ï° Skips to th e next track or chapter . Number s Us e to ente r a tit le/ cha pte r/t rack number . P ress ENTER to select. ⢠If the disc is stopped, pl ayback starts from t he selected ti tl e (for DVD ) or track (for CD/V ideo CD/Super VCD). ⢠If the disc is playing, playback jumps to the star t of the selec ted tit le (VR mode DVD -R/-RW), chapter (DVD - Vide o) or tr ack ( CD /Video C D/Su per VCD). 2 ⢠The Last Memo ry func tion may n ot wor k with s ome disc s. ⢠For DVD- Video discs (ex cept VR mode DVD -R/-RW), the pl ayer stores t he play posit ion of the l ast five discs. Button What it doe s TOP MENU ( SHIF T MENU ) Displays the âÂÂtop men uâ of a DVD disc â this varies with the disc. MENU Displ ays a DVD d isc menu â th is varies with the dis c and may be the same as the âÂÂtop menu âÂÂ. ï«ï©ïªï¬ Moves the cursor around th e screen . ENTER Select s the cur rent menu o ption . RETURN Retu rn s to the pr evio us ly displayed menu screen . Numbers Highlights a number ed menu option (some discs only) . P ress ENT ER to select . Button What it doe s RETURN Displays the PBC menu. CX303_505_500. book P age 21 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Getting started 04 22 En Listening to the rad io The tuner can receive both FM an d AM broadc asts, and lets you mem orize your favor ite s tation s so y ou do nâÂÂt h ave t o manua lly tune in every time you want to lis ten (see Memorizing st ations on pag e 23 for more o n this). 1 Pre ss TUNER ( FM/AM ) to switch to the tuner, then press repeatedly to select the A M or FM band. The display shows the ban d and frequency. 2 Tune to a frequency . There are three tuning modes â man ual, auto, and high -speed: ⢠Manua l tuning : Press TU NE /â repeatedly to change the displayed frequency. ⢠Auto tuning : Press and hold TUNE /â until the frequency display starts to move, then release. The tuner will stop on the next station it find s. Repeat to keep searching. ⢠High-speed tuning : P ress and hol d TUNE /â until the frequency display starts to move rapidly. Keep th e button held down until y ou rea ch the fr equency you wa nt. If necessar y, fine tune th e fre quency us ing the manual tuning method. Improving FM stereo sound I f y o u â r e l i s t e n i n g t o a n F M s t a t i o n i n s t e r e o b u t the reception is weak, you c an improve the soun d quality by switch ing to mono . 1 Tune to a n FM r adio stati on then pres s SYSTEM SETUP . 2U s e ï«/ï¬ to choos e FM MODE then pr ess ENTER . 3U s e ï©/ïª to s ele ct FM MONO then pres s ENTER The MONO indicator lig hts when the tuner is in mono rec eption mode. Sele ct FM AUTO above to switch back to auto- stereo mode (the indicator lights when receiving a stereo b roadcast ). Reducing AM reception noise If AM rec eption seems p articularly poor, or the AM radio station youâÂÂre listening to seems noisy, try using the Noise Cut feature f or better soun d quality. 1 Tune to an AM radi o st ation then pre ss SYSTEM SETUP . 2U s e ï«/ ï¬ to choose NOISECUT then pr ess ENTER . 3U s e ï©/ïª to select the noise cut mo de then press ENTER . Select an effect l evel between 1 and 3. Numbers Selects num bered menu option s. P ress ENTER to se lec t. ï¯ Displays the previous menu page (if there is o ne). ï° Disp la ys t he next me nu pa ge ( if there is one). Button What it doe s CX303_505_500. book P age 22 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Getting started 04 23 En Memori zing st ations You c an s ave up to 3 0 st atio n presets so that you al ways ha ve easy access t o you r favori te stations without having to tune in manually each time. Manually saving s tation presets 1 Tune to an AM or FM radio stati on. Select mono or au to-stereo reception (FM) or the Noise Cu t mode (AM) as necessary. These settings are saved along with the preset. 2 P ress SYS TEM SE TUP and use ï«/ï¬ to choose â ST.MEM.â then pr ess ENT ER . 3U s e ï©/ïª to se lec t the s tat ion pre set you want then press ENTER . Automat ically sa ving station pr esets 1 P ress SYS TEM SE TUP , use ï«/ï¬ to choose â A. P RESET â then pr ess ENT ER . Auto tuning starts in the FM band, stopping when a strong signal is received. 2 W hen auto tun ing stops at a stati on, press ENT ER to sav e the sta ti on as a pr eset , or press ï©/ïª to conti nue wi thout savi ng. Auto tuning resumes. After the FM ban d is finish ed, auto tuning con tinues in t he AM band. Press ï§ (stop) anytime to exit. Auto tuning stops automaticall y after the AM band is finished, or after the limit of 30 presets has been reached. W hen this happen s, the tuner automatically switches to preset ST-1 . Listening to station preset s 1 Make sur e the TUN ER funct ion is selected . 2U s e ï«/ï¬ to selec t a station preset . ⢠You can also use the num ber buttons and ENTER to do this. Listeni ng to ot her sou rces Yo u ca n co nne ct an e xte rna l sou rce fo r playback thro ugh this systemâÂÂs speakers. See Connecting auxiliary components on page 15 for more on this. ⢠T o c onn ect a US B de vi ce t o t he US B terminal, see USB play back on page 35. 1 Make sure that the external source (TV, MD pla ye r, et c.) is switch ed on . 2 Press LINE to select the source connec ted to the rea r panel LIN E input and F. AUDIO to sele ct the source connect ed to the front panel AUDIO-I N input . 3 If nece ssary, s tart pl a yback of t he s ource. Dimmin g the display You can choose one of two bri ghtness setting s for the front pane l display. 1 Press SY STEM SET UP and use ï«/ï¬ to choose DIMMER then pr ess ENT ER . 2U s e ï©/ïª to ad just th en pres s ENTER to conf irm and exi t. ⢠DIMME R 1 : Front panel display d ims. ⢠DIMME R 2 : Front panel display d ims and automatically turns th e display of f after t he unit has been left for two minutes. 1 ⢠OFF : F ront panel display returns to the original brightn ess. Note 1 When any key is pressed, the display turns on. CX303_505_500. book P age 23 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Setting up for surround sound 05 24 En Chapter 5 Setting up for surround sound CX505/CX5 00 model only Hom e the ater soun d setup Depending on the siz e and characteristics of your r oom, y ou can p lace y our speak ers in one of two wa ys using thi s system : 1 ⢠Standa rd surround se tup â Th is is a standard multichann el surround soun d speaker setup for optimal 5.1 chan nel home theater sound. CX505 model speaker configuratio n: CX500 model speaker configuratio n: ⢠Front surround se tup â This setup is ideal when rear su rround speaker placemen t is nâÂÂt poss ibl e or you want to av oid run ning long speaker cables i n your listening area. Use this setup together with the Front Sur roun d mode s to take adv anta ge of wall and ceiling reflections for a very realistic surround effect. CX505 model speaker confi guration: CX500 model speaker confi guration: For F ron t su rr oun d mod e Note 1S e e Abou t the l istening m ode s on page 26 for more on using t he different li stening mo des with each speaker se tup. Center Center Front left Front left Front right Front right Surround left Surround left Surround right Surround right Bass Bass Surround left *When center speakers are placed in the center. Surround right Center Center Front left Listening position Listening position Front right Subwoofer Center Front left Front right Front right Front right Surround left Surround left Surround right Surround right Center Center Bass Bass Front left Front left * W hen c enter s peakers are plac ed in the c enter. Li st en in g po sit io n Li st e n i ng po si t io n Cente r Cente r Surround ri ght Su rr ou nd lef t Su bw oo f er Fro nt rig ht Fron t lef t Surround ri ght Su rr ou nd lef t Fro nt rig ht Fron t lef t Cente r CX303_505_500. book P age 24 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Setting up for s urround sound 05 25 En For Ex tra Power mod e Af ter pla cin g y our s pe ake rs , comp le te Setting th e ch an n el lev e ls then refer to Sp eak er Distance on page 45 to com plete your surround sound setup. Setting the c hannel levels Set the relative chann el levels from you r main listenin g position. 1 1 Switch t o the DVD/CD or USB input source . 2 P ress TEST TON E ( SHIFT RETUR N ). The test tone is out put in the followin g order (from the speakers active in the curren t listening mode): ⢠L â Fron t left speaker ⢠C â Center sp eaker ⢠R â Front right speaker ⢠SR â Surroun d right speaker ⢠SL â S urround left speaker ⢠SW â Subwoof er 2 3 Us e th e VO LUME / â but ton to ad just the vo lume to an appr opriat e level. Yo u can al so use t he fr ont pan el vo lum e button. 4U s e t h e ï©/ ïª buttons to adjust the spea ke r leve ls in turn . You should hear the test tone at the same volume from each speaker w hen seated in the main listen ing positi on. The channel lev el range is ñ10 dB. 5 W hen yo uâÂÂre done, press TEST TONE ( SHIFT RETUR N ) to exit test t one setup. Note 1 ⢠Make sure headphones are unplugged. ⢠The channel balance can be adjusted (independently for each listening mode ) while listening to any sound source you want: Press SYSTEM SETUP and use ï«/ï¬ to cho ose CH LEVEL then p ress ENTER , then use ï«/ï¬ to select channels and ï©/ïª to adju st th e leve l. Press ENTER when youâÂÂre finished. 2 S ince the sub woofe r pro duc es ul tra -low fre que ncie s its s oun d may s eem q uie ter t han it actu ally i s. Surround left Center Front left Listening position Listening position Center Front right Surround right Subwoofer CX303_505_500. book P age 25 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Home theater sound 06 26 En Chapter 6 Home theater sound CX505/CX5 00 model only About the listening m odes As ex plai ned in H ome theater sound setup on page 24, there are two ba sic surround speaker setup options available. Of cours e you can select any of the listening modes regardless of how yo u place yo ur spe akers, b ut you will achieve the best surround effect by using the liste ning modes i n conjun cti on with y our speaker setup: ⢠Standa rd surround se tup â Use the Standard ( List ening in surround sound below) surround li stening modes with this setup. ⢠Fro nt s urro un d se tup â See Using Front Surround on page 27 for the op tions available with this speaker setup. Ma ke sur e yo u hav e c omple ted Setting the channel leve ls on page 25. Auto list ening mo de The Auto li stening mode is the simplest way to listen to any source as it was mastered: the output from the s peakers mirrors the channels in the source material. ⢠Press SURROUND to s ele ct t he A UTO li steni ng mode. 1 Listening in su rround sound You can listen to stereo or multichannel sour ces in su rround so und. Surr ound sou nd is generated from stereo sou rces using one of th e Dol by Pro Logi c dec odi ng mod es. 1 Sw itch to th e DVD/CD or USB input sou rc e. 2P r e s s SURROUN D repea tedl y to se lect a lis tening mode. The choices t hat appear in the display will vary according to the ty pe of source thatâÂÂs playing . ⢠AUTO â Auto listening mode (see ab ove) ⢠DOLBY PL (Dolby Pro Logic) â 4.1 chan nel surr ound so und for u se wit h any two- channe l sour ce ⢠MOVIE (Dolby P ro Logic II Movie) â Pro Logi c II 5.1 c hannel surrou nd so und, especially suited to movie sources (use with any two-channel source) ⢠MUSIC (D olby Pro L ogic II M usi c) â Pr o Logi c II 5.1 c hannel surrou nd so und, especially suited to music sources, for use with any two-channel source ⢠STEREO â See Listening in stereo below Note 1 If the sour ce is Dol by D igi tal o r DTS , th e cor res pond ing indi cat or li gh ts in t he fr ont pan el di spla y. CX303_505_500. book P age 26 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Home theater sound 06 27 En Using F ront S urround The Front Surrou nd mod e and Extra Po wer mode are effective when DVD /C D or USB is selected as the input source and you are u sing the Front surround speaker setup as described in Home theater sound setup on page 24. Using the Front Surround mode ⢠CX505 model â The surround speakers should be placed on top of the front speakers an d oriented (abou t 60ú) towa rds the walls. ⢠CX500 model â The surround speakers should be placed beside the front speakers and oriented (abou t 60ú) towards the walls. ⢠Press EXT PW R / FRT. SURR to s ele ct t he Front Sur round mode. ⢠FRT. SUR R â Use to p rovide rich surround sound effect. ⢠OFF â Switches the Front Surround mo de off. Using the Extr a Power mode The Extra Power mod e uses the Front surroun d setup as described in H ome theater sound set up on page 24, but the surround speakers and (CX500 o nly) center speakers should be pointed in the same direction as the front speakers (towards the listening po sition). ⢠Press EXT PW R / FRT.SU RR to sele ct t he Extra Power mode. ⢠EXT POW ER â Ou tputs stereo sound (in the case of multi-c hannel sources, down- mixed stereo so und) from the surroun d speakers for powerful stereo effect. ⢠OFF â Switches the Extra P ower mode off. Listening in stereo You can list en to any source â stereo or multichannel â in stereo. When playing a mu lt ic han ne l so u rc e, a ll c h an nel s ar e downmixed to the front left/ri ght speakers and the subwoofer. ⢠Press SURROUND rep eate dly un til STE REO sh ows in the disp lay. Listening with headphon es When head phones are connected, on ly the STER EO m ode is available. 1 60ú î Left front Left surround 60 ú î Right surround Right front Right surround Right front Center 60 ú î 60ú Left front Left surround î Note 1 When you disconnect them it reverts to the previous mo de. CX303_505_500. book P age 27 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Disc playback feature s 07 28 En Chapter 7 Disc playback features Im porta nt ⢠Many of the functi ons covered in this chapter apply to DVD discs, Video CDs/ Super VC Ds, CDs, D ivX video and W MA/ MP3/MPEG-4 AAC/JPEG discs, although the exact operation of some va ries slightly with the kind of disc loaded. ⢠Some DVDs restrict the use of some functions (random o r repeat, for examp le) in some or all parts of the disc. This is not a malfunct ion. ⢠Whe n pla ying Vi deo CD /Supe r VCD s, so me of the functions are not available during PBC playback. If you wan t to use them, start th e disc pl aying u sing a nu mber button to select a tr ack. Scanni ng discs You can f ast-scan discs f orward or backward at various different speeds. 1 ⢠During pla yback, press ï or ï® to start scann ing. Press repeatedly to increase the scanning speed (shown on -screen). ⢠To resume playback, press ï¤ (play). 2 Playing in slow motion You c an pl ay DVD s, Vid eo CD /Sup er VC Ds and Di vX vide o at fo ur di ffer ent forw ar d slo w motion speeds. DVD discs can also be played in reverse slow motion. 1 Duri ng play back, pre ss ïÂÂ¥ (pause). 2 Pre ss and hold ï³ / ï± or ï² /ï´ until slow motion pl ayback sta rts. Press repeatedly to change the slow motion speed (shown on-screen). ⢠To resume playbac k, press ï¤ (play). 2 Frame advanc e/frame reverse With D VD disc s, you can mo ve ad vanc e/bac k frame-by-fram e. With Video CD/Su per VCDs and D ivX video y ou can onl y use f rame advance. 1 Duri ng play back, pre ss ïÂÂ¥ (pause). 2P r e s s ï³ / ï± or ï² /ï´ to reverse or advanc e a fra me at a ti me. ⢠To resume playbac k, press ï¤ (play). 2 Playing a JPEG slideshow After loading a disc containing JPEG p ictures, press ï¤ to start a slideshow from the first folder/pictu re on the disc. 3 The player displays the pictures in each folder in alphabetical ord er. ⢠If the disc contains WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC files, playback of the slideshow and audio files repeats. During audio playback, you can stil l use the skip ( ï¯ /ï° ), scan ( ï / ï® ) a nd pa u se ( ïÂÂ¥ ) func tions. Pictures are automatically adjusted so th at they fill as mu ch of the screen as possible. Note 1 Only one spe ed is available for DivX video discs. 2 ⢠Depend ing on the disc, normal playba ck may a utomat icall y res ume when a new ch apter i s reache d on a DV D disc . ⢠For Video CDs/Super VCDs in P BC mode and WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC tracks (in Scan M ode only), normal pl ayback resumes when you reach the beginning or the e nd of a track. 3 ⢠The time it takes fo r the pla yer to l oad a file i ncreases wi th large fi le sizes. ⢠Dis cs ca n conta in up to 299 f older s and up to 648 fold ers an d fi les co mbin ed. CX303_505_500. book P age 28 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Disc playback features 07 29 En While the slidesho w is running: Browsing DV D or Video C D/ Supe r VCD di scs wi th the D isc Navigator Use the Disc Navigator to browse through the content s of a DVD or Video CD /Super VC D disc to find the part you wa nt to play. 1 Du ring playback, press H OME MENU and select âÂÂDisc Navigatorâ from the o n- screen m enu. 2 Sel ect a view option. The opti ons avai lable depend on the kind of disc loaded and wh ether the disc is playing or no t, bu t i n clu de : ⢠Title â Titles f rom a DVD- Video disc. ⢠Cha pter â Chapters from the current title of a DVD-Vid eo disc. ⢠Trac k â Tracks fr om a Video CD/ Super VCD di sc. ⢠Time â T humbnai ls fr om a Vid eo C D/Super VCD disc at 10 m inute intervals. ⢠Original: Title â Original titl es from a VR mode DV D-R/ -RW di sc. ⢠Play list: Title â Playlist titles f rom a VR mode DV D-R/ -RW di sc. ⢠Original: Time â Thumbnails from the Original content at 10 min ute intervals. ⢠Play list: Time â Thumbn ails from the Playlist at 10 minute intervals. The screen shows up to six moving thu mbnail images disp layed one after another. To display the previous/next six thu mbnails, press ï¯ / ï° . 3 Selec t the th umbna il im age for what you want t o pl ay . You can use either the ï©/ïª/ ï«/ï¬ and ENT ER to select a thumbnail, or the number buttons. To selec t using t he numb er butt ons, en ter a two- digit num ber then press EN TER . Button Wh at it doe s ïÂÂ¥ P aus es the slideshow (or audio); press again to rest art. ï¯ Jumps to the pre vious pict ure (or audio file with audio playback). ï° Jump s to th e ne xt pi ctur e ( or audio file with audio playback). ï«/ï¬/ï©/ïª Pa u s e s t h e s l i d e s h o w a n d rotates/f lips the displ ayed picture (P ress ï¤ (play) to restart slideshow). ZOOM P auses the slideshow and zooms the picture. Press agai n to toggle between 1x, 2x and 4x zoom (P ress ï¤ (play) to restart slideshow). MENU Displa ys the Disc Navig ator screen (see below). Disc Navigator Disc Navigator Title Chapter 01 04 02 05 03 06 Disc Navigator: Title 01- 49: - - CX303_505_500. book P age 29 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Disc playback feature s 07 30 En Brows ing WMA , MP3, MPEG-4 AAC, DivX video and JP EG files wi th t he D isc Na vig ato r Use the Disc Navigator to find a particular file or folder by filename. 1 Pres s HO ME MENU and se le ct âÂÂDi sc Naviga torâ fr om the on-scre en menu. 2U s e ï©/ïª /ï«/ ï¬ a nd EN TER to navigat e. Use ï©/ïª to move up/down the folder/fil e list. Use ï« to return to the pa rent folder. 1 Use ENTER or ï¬ to open a highlighted folder. ⢠When a JPEG file is h ighlighted, a thu mbna il i mage is disp l ayed o n the ri ght. 3 To play t he highlighted track or DivX video file or display the high lighted JPEG file, pr ess ENT ER. ⢠When a WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC or DivX video file is selec ted, playback begins from that file, and continues un til the end of the folder. ⢠When a JPEG file is sel ected, a slideshow begins, starting with tha t file, and continues to the end of the f older. Tip ⢠You can also play a JPEG slidesh ow while lis te nin g to W MA/ M P3 /M PE G -4 AA C playback. Simply select th e audio file you want to listen to followed by the JPEG from which yo u want the sl ides how to start. Playback of both t he slide show and the audio files repeats. Playback co ntrols are effecti ve for the JPEG slideshow only. ⢠To play the cont ents of the whole disc rather than just the current folder, exit the Disc Navigator an d start playback u sing the ï¤ (play) button. Looping a s ection of a disc The A- B Repeat f unct ion al lows you t o speci fy two points (A and B) within a track (CD, Video CD/Super Video CD) or title (DVD) that form a loop which is played over a nd over. 1 Duri ng play back, pr ess HOME MENU and se lect â Play Mod e âÂÂ. 2 Sel e ct â A-B Repeat âÂÂ. 3P r e s s ENTER on âÂÂA ( Start Point)â to set th e loop st art poi nt. 4P r e s s ENTER o n âÂÂB (End Po int )â to set the loop e nd poin t. After pressing ENT ER , play back jum ps bac k to the start point and plays the l oop. 5 To res ume normal playback , sel ect âÂÂOff âÂÂ. Using rep eat play In a ddition to various r epeat play options, itâ s also possible to use repeat play togeth er with program play (see Cr eat ing a pr og ram lis t on page 31 ). 1 Duri ng play back, pr ess HOME MENU and se lect â Play Mod e âÂÂ. Note 1 You can a lso do this by going to the â .. â folder at t he top, then pre ssing ENTER . 00:00 / 00:00 0kbps Folder1 Folder2 Folder3 Folder4 File1 File2 File3 File4 File5 Folder 2 00:00 / 00:00 0kbps CX303_505_500. book P age 30 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Disc playback features 07 31 En 2 Se l ect âÂÂR epeat â then s elec t a re peat p lay option. 1 If program play is active, select Prog ram Repea t to repeat the progra m list, or Rep ea t Off to cancel. ⢠For DVD discs, select Title Re peat or Chapte r Repeat . ⢠For C Ds an d Video C D/S uper V CDs, select Disc Repe at or Track R epe at . ⢠For DivX video discs, sel ect Titl e Repea t (or Repeat Off ). Tip ⢠You can also use the RPT ( SHIFT 2) b utton on the remo te to select a repeat play option. The repeat modes available are the same as those from the Play Mod e menu. Using random play Use this function to play titles o r chapters (DVD-Video) or tracks (CD and Video C D/Super VCD) in a ran dom order. 2 1 D uring pl ayback, press HOME ME NU and select â Play M od e âÂÂ. 2 Se lec t âÂÂRandomâ then sel ect an option. ⢠For DVD discs, select Random Title or Rando m C hapter . ⢠For C Ds an d Video C D/S uper V CDs, select On or Off t o switch r andom play on or off . Tip ⢠Use the following controls duri ng random pl ay: ⢠You can a lso use the RD M ( SHIF T 3 ) button on the remote to select a random pl ay mo de. The ran dom mo des a vai la ble are the same as w hen choosing from the Play Mod e m enu. Pre ss EN TER to start random play. ⢠Rando m play re mains in effect unti l you select Random Off from the random play menu op tions. Creating a program list This feature lets you program the play order of titles/chapters/tracks on a disc. 3 Using the OSD 1 During pl aybac k, pres s HO ME ME NU and select â Play Mo de âÂÂ. 2 Select âÂÂPr ogra mâ the n se lec t âÂÂCr eat e/Ed itâ from the li st of program option s. 3U s e ï©/ïª /ï«/ ï¬ and ENTER to sele ct a title, chapter or track for the current step in the progra m list. For a DVD disc, you can add a title o r a chapter. Note 1 You canâÂÂt use repeat play with WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC discs. 2 ⢠You can set the random play opt ion when a disc is pl aying or stopped. However, you canâÂÂt use random play to gether with program play. ⢠You canâÂÂt use random play w ith VR format DVD-R/-RW discs, WMA/ MP 3/ MP EG -4 A AC di sc s, D iv X v id eo d i scs, o r wh i le a DVD disc menu is being displayed. Button What it doe s ï° Selects a new trac k/title/ chapter at random. ï¯ Returns to the beginning of the cur ren t t rac k/ti tle /cha pt er; furth er presses sele ct another random t rack/ti tle/chapt er. 3 You canâÂÂt use Program play with VR format DVD-R/-RW discs, WMA /MP3/MPEG-4 AAC discs, DivX video discs, or while a DVD disc menu is being displayed. CX303_505_500. book P age 31 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Disc playback feature s 07 32 En ⢠For a CD or Vi deo CD/Su per VCD, se lect a track to add to the program list. After pressing ENTER to select the title/ chapter/track, the step number au tomatically move s down one. 4 Re peat st ep 3 to buil d up a program lis t. A progra m list can contain up to 24 steps. ⢠You c an insert steps by just highlig hting the position where you wan t the new step to appear and entering a title/chapter/track number . ⢠To delete a step, highli ght it and press CLE AR . 5 T o play the program list, press ï¤ (p lay). Program play remains active until you turn o ff program play (see below ), erase the program list (see below), eject the disc or swit ch off. Tip ⢠Use the following co ntrols during pro gram pl ay: Other functions av ailable from the program menu There are a numb er of other op tions in the program menu in addition to Create/Edit. ⢠Pl ayb ack St art â Starts playbac k of a saved program list ⢠Pl ayb ack St op â Turns off program play , but does not erase the program list ⢠Pro gra m De le te â Erases th e program list and turns off progra m play Using the front panel display Even though the OSD is available for CDs, the front panel display provides information to make a program list easily. If a disc is playing, sto p i t f irs t . 1P r e s s PGM (SH IFT 1). YouâÂÂre prompted to enter a track for the first step in the program list. 2 Use the number buttons to select a track, then press ENTER . If you make a mi stake, press CLE AR to delete the last (most recently) programmed track. 3 Repe at step 2 to buil d up a program li st. A program list can contain up to 24 steps. 4 To pl ay the progra m list, pre ss ï¤ (p lay). ⢠Pr ogram pl ay rema ins acti ve unti l yo u press ï§ (stop), clear the p laylis t (see tip above), eject the disc or switch off the player. Using Playlists With this feature, you can ma ke up to three playlist s of 30 files each f or discs containing WMA, MP3, MPEG-4 AAC and JPEG files. Since this unit will remember all playlists for the last ten discs you have l oaded, this is useful for if yo u have a l arge nu mber of files t hat you want to o rgani ze qu ickly and easily. 1 Programming playlists 1 With the disc s topped , press HOME MENU and sele ct âÂÂDisc Na vigatorâ from t he on-scre en menu. 2 Sele ct the file you want to add to the pl aylis t. See Browsing WMA, MP3, MPEG-4 AA C, DivX video and JP EG files w ith the Di sc Naviga tor on page 3 0 if you do nâÂÂt kno w ho w to do this. Button What it doe s HOME MENU Save the progr am list and exit wi tho ut sta rti ng pl ayb ac k. ï° Skip to th e next step in the program li st. Note 1 T he disc must be loa ded for the files in your playli st to play back. CX303_505_500. book P age 32 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Disc playback features 07 33 En 3 Press PLA Y LIST 1, 2 or 3. The file is added to the playl ist you select. 4 Re peat ste ps 2 and 3 until youâÂÂre done . Tip ⢠To add f iles with out the on- screen d isplay, simply press PLAY LI ST 1 , 2 or 3 during normal playbac k of the file you want (except when a JP EG slideshow is playing at the same time as audio). Listening to playlists ⢠With playback stop ped, p ress PLA Y LIS T 1, 2 or 3. Dur ing play bac k, PGM lights in the front panel display . ⢠If no playlist has been pr ogrammed , NO LIST shows in the f ront panel display. ⢠If the playlist contains both JPEG and audio files, playback of the slideshow an d audio files starts. Clearing files from a playlist 1 St art play back of your pla ylist . 2 Press HOME MEN U and se lec t âÂÂDis c NavigatorâÂÂ. 3 From the âÂÂD isc Navig atorâ screen, select the fil e you want to remove from the pl aylis t and pr ess CLE AR . Searching a disc You can search DVD discs by title or ch apter number , or by t ime; CDs and Vi deo CD/Su per V C D s b y t r a c k n u m b e r o r t i m e ; D i v X v i d e o d i s c s by t ime . 1 Press HOME MENU and selec t â Play Mode âÂÂ. 2 Sel ect âÂÂSe arch ModeâÂÂ. The search options that appear d epend on the kind of disc loaded . 3 Sel ect a sear ch mode. ⢠The di sc mus t be pla ying in order to use time search. 4 Use the numb er buttons to enter a titl e, chapter or tra ck number, or a ti me. ⢠For a tim e search, enter the number of minutes and seconds into the curren tly playing title (DVD/ DivX video) or track (CD/ Video CD/ Super VCD) you w ant play back to resume fro m. For example, p ress 4 , 5 , 0 , 0 to have playback start from 45 mi nutes into the disc. For 1 hour, 20 m inutes and 30 seconds, press 8 , 0 , 3 , 0 . 5 Press ENTER to start playback. Switch ing subtitles Some DVD discs and DivX video d iscs have subtitles in o ne or more languages; the disc bo x w ill us ua lly te ll y ou wh ic h su bt it le languag es are avai labl e. You can swit ch subtitl e lang uage d uri ng play back. 1 ⢠Press SUB TITLE repe ate dly t o se lec t a subt itle opt ion. ⢠To set subtitle preferences, see Language settings on page 42. ⢠See Displaying Div X subtitle files on page 49 for m ore on DivX subtitles. Note 1 Some discs only allow you to change subtitle language from the disc menu. Press TOP MENU ( SHIFT MENU ) o r MENU to access. CX303_505_500. book P age 33 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Disc playback feature s 07 34 En Sw itch ing lang uag e/au dio channe l s When playing discs recorded with dialog in two or mo re la nguage s, or w ith dual -mono aud io 1 you can sw itch these durin g playback. 2 ⢠Press AUDIO re pea tedly to sele ct a n audi o lan guage op tion. ⢠To se t audio langua ge prefer ence s, see Language settings on page 42. Zooming the screen Using the zoom f eatur e y ou can ma gni fy a part of the screen by a factor of 2 or 4, while watc hing a DVD, D ivX vi deo t itl e or Vi deo CD/ Super VCD or playing a JPEG disc. 1 D uring pl aybac k, use the ZOO M button to s elec t t he z oom factor (No rm al, 2x o r 4x ). 2U s e ï©/ïª/ï« /ï¬ to cha nge the zoomed area. You can chan ge the zoom factor and the zoomed are a freely during playback. 3 Switching camera ang les Some DVD disc s feature scen es shot from two or mo re angl es â chec k th e di sc bo x for det ai ls. When a multi-angle scene is playing, a icon appears on screen (this can be switched off if you prefer â see D isplay settings on page 43). ⢠During pla yback (or when pause d), pres s ANGLE to swi tch angle. Di sp lay ing disc infor ma tion Various track, chapter and title inform ation can be display ed on -screen duri ng playb ack. ⢠To show/switch/ hide the i nformat ion display ed, press DISPLAY rep eatedl y. Limited disc information also appears in the front panel display. Press DISPLAY to change the displaye d inform ation. Note 1 Some Super VCDs have two soundtracks. Wit h these discs you can switch between the two so undtracks as well as individual chann els in each. 2 Some discs only allow you to change audio language from th e disc menu. Press TOP MENU ( SHIFT MENU ) or MENU to access. 3 ⢠Si nce DVD, Video CD/S uper VCD, DivX video t itle and JPEG pictures have a fixed resol ution, picture quality will de teriorate, especially at 4x zo om. This i s not a ma lfunction. ⢠If the navi gation square at the to p of the screen disappears, press ZOOM again to displ ay it. CX303_505_500. book P age 34 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
USB playback 08 35 En Chapter 8 USB playback Usin g th e USB inter fa ce It is possible to li sten to two-channel audio 1 and watch JPEG files usin g the USB interface on the front of this unit. Connect a USB mass storage device 2 as shown b elow. 1 Wit h the pla yer swi tched on, press USB. Make sure y our TV is on a nd set to the correct vide o input . 2 Conne ct your USB dev ice . The USB terminal is located on the front panel. 3 Press ï¤ (pl ay) t o st art play back. If your USB devic e contai ns JPEGs, a slideshow will start. See Playing a JPEG slideshow o n page 36 for mo re on this. â¢M a k e s u r e U SB DATA is sho wing in the front panel display (or the sy stem is in standby ) when di sconn ecting. Important If a USB ERR message lights in the di splay, it may mea n that the power requ irements of the USB device a re too high for this pl ayer, o r that the device is in compatible. Try the f ollowing: ⢠Switch the player o ff, then on again. ⢠Reconnecting the USB device with the player switched off. ⢠Selecting to another input source (like DVD /CD ), then b ack to USB . ⢠Using a dedicated AC ad apter (supplied with the dev ice) for USB power. If t h is d oe sn âÂÂt rem e dy the pr ob lem , i t is li ke ly your USB devi ce is incompatibl e. Basic playback controls The following table shows the basic controls on the remote for USB play back. Note 1 This includes playback of WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC files (except f iles with copy-protection or restricted playback). It is not poss ible t o pl ay Div X file s throu gh t he USB term inal. 2 ⢠Compatible USB devices include external magnetic hard drives, portable flash memory (particularly keydrives) and digital audio pl ayers ( MP3 play ers) o f fo rmat F AT16/ 32. I t is not p oss ible to c onnect this un it to a pers onal comp uter for USB p layba ck . ⢠Pioneer cannot guarantee compatibility (operation and/or bus power) with all USB mass storage devices and assumes no respon sibility for any loss o f data th at may occur w hen conne cted to this u nit. ⢠With large amounts of data, it ma y take longer f or the system to read the contents of a USB device . PHONES AUDIO IN USB USB mass storage device USB (T ype A) Button Wh at it does ï¤ Starts normal playback. ïÂÂ¥ P auses/unpauses playback. ï§ St ops playback. ï P r ess to start fast reverse s canning. ï® P r ess to start fas t for ward scanning. ï¯ Ski ps to the st art of the cur rent fil e, then previo us files. ï° Ski ps to the ne xt f ile . CX303_505_500. book P age 35 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
USB playback 08 36 En Scanning files You can fa st-sca n forwar d or backw ard at various different speeds. ⢠During pl aybac k, press ï or ï® . Press repeatedly to increase the scanning speed (shown on -screen). ⢠To resume playback, press ï¤ (play). 1 Playing a JPEG slideshow Press ï¤ to start a slideshow from the first folder/picture. 2 The pictures in each folder are displayed in order. ⢠If the d evice con tains WMA/MP3/MPEG-4 AAC file s, playback of the slidesho w and audio files repeats. During audio playbac k, you can sti ll use the skip ( ï¯ /ï° ), s ca n ( ï / ï® ) and pau se ( ïÂÂ¥ ) functions. Pictures are automatic ally adjusted so that they fill as much of the screen as possible. While the slideshow is running: Browsing files with the Navigator Use the Navigator to fi nd WMA, MP3, MPEG-4 AAC and JPEG files or fold ers by name. 3 1 Pre ss ME NU th en use ï©/ ïª/ï« /ï¬ and ENTER to navi gate . Use ï©/ïª to move up/down the f older/file list. Use ï« to return to the parent folder. 4 Use ENTER or ï¬ to open a highlighted folder. ⢠When a JPEG file is high lighted , a thumbnai l image is displayed on the right. 2 To pla y the highlight ed trac k or display the highli ghted JPEG file, press ENTER. ⢠When a WMA/MP 3/MPEG-4 AA C file is selected, playb ack begins fr om that file, and continues until the end of the folder. ⢠When a JPEG fi le is selected, a slideshow begins, starting with th at file, and continues to the end of the folder. Tip ⢠You can also play a JPEG slidesh ow while lis te nin g to W MA/ M P3 /M PE G -4 AA C playback. Simply select th e audio file you want to listen to followed by the JPEG from which yo u want the sl ides how to start. Playback of both t he slide show and the audio files repeats. Playback co ntrols are effecti ve for the JPEG slideshow only. ⢠To play all of the contents, rather than ju st the current folder, exit the Navigator and st art pl ay back us ing the ï¤ (play) button. Note 1 W ith WM A/MP3/MP EG-4 AAC trac ks, pla yback a utomati cally re sumes at the en d or b eginning of the track. 2 ⢠The time it takes fo r the pla yer to l oad a file i ncreases wi th large fi le sizes. ⢠U SB dev ice s can c ontai n up to 299 f older s a nd up t o 648 f older s an d file s com bin ed. Button What it doe s ïÂÂ¥ P auses the slideshow (or audio); press again to restart. ï¯ Jumps to the pr evious pic ture (or audio file with audio pl ayback). ï° Jumps to the n ext pict ure (or audio file with audio pl ayback). ï«/ï¬/ï©/ïª Pa u s e s t h e s l i d e s h o w a n d rotates/f lips the curr ent picture (P ress ï¤ to restart s lideshow). ZOOM P auses the slideshow and zooms the picture . P ress ag ain to toggle between 1x, 2x and 4x zoom (P ress ï¤ to restart s lideshow). MENU Displ ays the Navi gator screen (see below) . 3 Filenames ma y be displayed incorrectly with some digital audio players. 4 You can a lso do this by going to the â .. â folder at t he top, then pre ssing ENTER . Butt on Wha t it d oes CX303_505_500. book P age 36 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Singing karaoke 09 37 En Chapter 9 Singing karaoke Singing karaok e Using the karaoke featur es you can plug in a micr ophone and mix the sound of you r own voice with a backing track 1 . You ca n select a backing track fro m audio sources such as CD s, DVDs , VCDs or USB de vice s. Ad just the microphone level relative to th e backing track. 1 Se t the MIC VOL knob (f ront panel) to minimum. 2 Pl ug in the mic rophone( s). If youâÂÂre only usin g one mic, plug it into the MIC (MAIN) jack. Th e MIC (SUB) ja ck can be used on ly if MIC (MAIN) is al so connect ed. ⢠If the microphone h as an on/off switch , make sure itâÂÂs on. 3 L oad a kara oke backi ng disc. 4 To change the mix ( CD or Vi deo CD /Super VCD only ), pr ess KAR AOKE . Press to switch between these options: 2 ⢠KARAOKE (Vocal cancel) â Backing track voc al s a re pa rt ia lly eli min at ed us in g E Q. ⢠L CH â Left c hannel only. U se for tracks that have a vocal reco rded in the righ t channel. ⢠R CH â Right channel only. Use for tracks that have a vocal recorded in the left channel. ⢠L R CH â Use to put a single-ch annel voca l track into the center of the mix. ⢠OFF â Switches the Karao ke mode off. 5 Pl ay the backi ng track. 6 Adjus t the MIC VOL knob. To avoid un pleasant feedback, m ake sure you donâÂÂt point the microphone(s) at the speak ers. 3 7 Si ng! Changing the vocal mix Addi ng some e ffe cts to t he mi cropho ne mi x can sometimes improve the ov erall sound. 4 You can choose be tween three echo levels. ⢠T o add effec ts to the micr ophone mi x, press ECH O. Pressing repeatedly switches between echo levels 1 to 3 and of f. Changing the backing track You may want to lower or raise the pitch of the backing track to match your vocal range. 5 ⢠Press KEY CONT ROL ï (SHIFT KARAOKE) or ï (SHIF T E CHO ) to raise or lower the pitch of the backing track. Note 1 ⢠These features are only possible when a microphone is connected. If you try to use KARAOKE , ECHO , ï (SHIFT KARAOKE) , or ï (SHIFT ECHO) when no mic is connected, a âÂÂNO MICâ error message is displayed. Also note that during DVD playback, when you connect a mic sound settings are automatically switched to ST EREO playback and downmi xes multichannel sources to 2.1 channels. ⢠Th ese fe atur es ar e only a vai lable with t he DVD/CD or USB input functions. 2 The cu rrent s etting i s fir st shown in the displa y. MAIN MIC SUB MIN MAX MIC VOL 3 Depending on the microphone le vel, the sound of the di sc may disto rt. If this happens , turn down t he volume. 4 You cannot adjust Sound menu, S FC modes or bass boost controls when a microphone is plugged in. 5 This feature is not compa tible with DTS signals. CX303_505_500. book P age 37 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Adjusting the sound 10 38 En Chapter 10 Adjusting the sound Using the Sou nd menu There are several optional sound settings you can make from th e sound menu. 1 Press SOUND MODE . 2U s e ï«/ ï¬ to choos e the setting y ou want to adjust. The current setting is shown for each option (in the order shown in step 3, with the defaults in bol d ) as you cycle throug h the displa y. 3U s e ï©/ïª to adjust. Make adjustments to the f ollowing settings: 4 Repeat st eps 2 and 3 for other setting s. 1 5 W hen youâ re do ne, pr ess ENT ER to leav e the Sound menu . 2 Tip ⢠You ca n store your cur rent bass, tre ble as a preset. Simp ly hold ENTER for three seconds, then press ENTER ag ain to con fir m w he n USER shows in the display. You can now select this preset from the SFC men u (see Using the Sound Fi eld Control bel ow) . Usin g the Soun d Field Control Depe nd in g o n t he s ou rce yo uâÂÂr e li st en ing to , you may w ant to use the Sou nd Field Co ntrol to matc h the sour ce yo uâÂÂre list enin g to. ⢠Press SFC repe ated ly to select a mode. The options are as follows: ⢠ROCK â Live con cert sound for rock music. ⢠POP â Live concert sound for pop music. ⢠DANCE â Good for music with lots of bass. ⢠CLASSIC â Large conc ert hall t ype sound. ⢠DRAMA â Good fo r movies with lots of dialog . ⢠ACTION â Good fo r movi es with dyna mic sound t racks. ⢠USER â See Tip above. ⢠OFF Setting What it do es Optio n(s) MP3 EX P. 1 (2 channel source only) Repr oduce t he comf ort able sound for compr essed music (MP3, WMA, MPEG-4 AAC). OFF ON BASS Adjusts t he amount of bass. âÂÂ4 to 4 TREBLE Adjusts t he amount of tre ble. âÂÂ4 to 4 ST. WID E (CX303 only) Makes the stereo spre ad appear wid er than it reall y is. OFF ON VOICE. E. 2 (CX505/CX500 only) Enha nces the di alo g awa y from the backgr oun d soun ds. ON OFF Note 1 W hen turned on, the SFC mode will turn o ff. 2 ⢠When turned on , the SFC mode and Extra Power mode will turn o ff. ⢠For multichannel DVD disc onl y. CX303_505_500. book P age 38 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Adjusting the sound 10 39 En Boostin g the bass level If y ou want t o brin g up th e low end for cert ai n kinds of music or so und sources, you can us e the bass boost t o do so. ⢠Pre ss X.BOOM repeatedly to select a mode. The options are as follows (the X. BOO M LED lights as indicated in parantheses): ⢠AUTO â Au tomatically selects XBOOM MS or XBOOM MV (d epending on the source). For DVD video /Video CD/ SuperVCD/D ivX disc, XBOOM MV w ill be selected. For other sources, XBOOM MS will be selected. ⢠XBOOM MS â Good for m usic with lots of bass (blue). ⢠XBOOM MV â Boos ts lo w fre quen cy (bass) sounds in m ovies (orange). ⢠OFF â Switches the bass boost off. Mu ti ng t he s o und ⢠Pres s MUTE to swit ch of f t he vol ume. To sw itc h th e sou nd b ac k o n , a dj us t th e volume or press MUTE again. CX303_505_500. book P age 39 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Audio Settings and Video Adjust menu 11 40 En Chapter 11 Audio Settings and Video Adjust menu Audio Settings m enu The Au dio Se ttings m enu o ffers featu res for adjusting the way discs soun d. 1 Pres s HO ME MENU and se le ct âÂÂAu dio Sett ingsâ from the o n-scre en di splay. 2 S elec t and change s ettings using ï©/ïª/ ï«/ ï¬ and ENTER . Audio D RC ⢠Settings : High , Medi um , Low , Off (default) When watch ing Dolb y Digi tal DVDs at l ow volume, itâÂÂs easy to lose the q uieter sounds completely â including some of th e dialog. Sw itching A udi o DRC (Dyna mic R ange Control) to on can help by bringin g up the quieter sounds, while control ling loud peaks. How much of a diffe renc e you hear depe nds on the material youâÂÂre listening to. If the m aterial does nâÂÂt hav e wide varia tions i n volume, you may not noti ce much c han ge. 1 Virtual Surround CX303 o nly ⢠Settings: On , Of f (default) Switch on Virtual Surround to en joy realistic surround so und effects from just three sp ea ke rs . 2 Video Ad just me nu From the Video Adjust sc reen you can adjust various settin gs that affect how the picture is presented. 1P r e s s HOME ME NU an d se lec t âÂÂV ideo Adjustâ f rom t he on-s cre en di spla y. 2 Make s etting s using ï©/ïª/ï« /ï¬ and ENTER . You can adjust the fo llowing set tings: ⢠Sharp ness â Adjusts the sharpness of edges in the pict ure ( Fine , Stan dar d , So ft ) ⢠Br ig htne ss â Adjusts the ov erall brightn ess ( âÂÂ20 to 20 ) Note 1 ⢠Aud io DR C is o nly eff ect ive wi th Dolby Dig ita l au dio s our ces. ⢠The effect of A udio DRC also depends on your spe akers and settings. Audio Settings 2 ⢠96 kH z Lin ear P CM a udio is aut oma tica ll y down sa mple d to 48 kHz if Vir tua l Su rro und is swi tche d on. ⢠How goo d the surround effect is varies w ith the disc. Video Adjust Sharpness Brightness Contrast Gamma Hue Chroma Level Standard 0 0 Off 0 0 î î î î î î Video Adjust CX303_505_500. book P age 40 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Audio Settings and Video Adjust menu 11 41 En ⢠Contras t â A djusts the c ontrast between light and dark ( âÂÂ16 to 16 ) ⢠Gamma â Adjusts the âÂÂwarm thâ of the picture ( High , Medium , Low , Off ) ⢠Hue â Adjusts the red /green balance ( Green 9 to Red 9 ) ⢠Ch roma Lev el â Adjusts how saturated colors app ear ( âÂÂ9 to 9 ) Adjust the Bright ness, Contrast, Hue and Chroma Level settin gs using ï«/ï¬ . 3 Pr ess EN TER to re tu rn to the Vide o Adjust screen, or HOME MENU t o exit. Brightness min max 0 CX303_505_500. book P age 41 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Initial Settings menu 12 42 En Chapter 12 Initial Settings menu Using the Init ial Sett ings menu The Initial Settin gs menu provides audio and video output settings, parental lock settings, and display settings, among oth ers. If an option is grayed o ut it means that it cannot be c hanged at t he current tim e. This is usua lly becau se a disc is playin g. Stop the disc, then ch ange the setting. 1P r e s s DVD/CD . 2 Wit h playbac k stopped , press HOME MEN U an d se le ct âÂÂIn itial Se ttin gsâÂÂ. 3U s e ï©/ïª/ ï«/ï¬ and ENTER to s ele ct th e setting and opti on you want to set. All the settings and options are explained on the follow ing pages. 1 Video Output settings Language settings Note 1 ⢠In the table, th e def ault se tting i s shown in bold : other settings a re shown in it alics . ⢠Some setti ngs, such as TV Screen , Audio Langua ge and Subtitle Language may be overridden by the D VD disc. Often these settings can also be made from the DVD disc menu. ⢠The Component Out setting only needs to be set if you have connecte d this player to your T V using component video. Initial Settings Setting Option What it mean s TV Sc reen (See also Using th e langua ge code list on page 55. ) 4:3 (L etter B ox) Set i f you hav e a con vent ional 4:3 TV. Wide scree n movies are sho wn with black b ars top an d bottom . 4:3 ( Pan & Sca n) Set i f you hav e a con vent ional 4:3 TV. Wide scree n movies are shown with the side s cropped so that the i mage fills the screen. 16:9 (W ide) Set if you have a wide screen TV. Comp onent Out (See also Conn ec ting using the compone nt video o utput on page 14. ) Interl ace Set if your TV i s not compatible with progressive sca n video. Progressive Set if yo ur T V is com pa tib le wi th p ro gre ssi ve sc an vid eo ( se e you r TV âÂÂs inst ruc t ion manu al f or de ta ils ). Pr ess ENT ER once more to conf irm (or RETUR N to ca ncel). Note that progressi ve scan video is only ou tput fr om the component v ideo jacks. Setting Option What it mean s Audi o La ng uage E nglis h If there i s an English soundtra ck on the disc, it is p layed. Language s as d isplayed If ther e is a l anguage selec ted on t he disc , it is p layed. Ot her Lan g uag e Select to choose a lang uage other than the ones displayed (see Usi n g th e la ngu age co de li st on page 55). CX303_505_500. book P age 42 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Initial Settings m enu 12 43 En Di splay setti ngs Option s setti ngs Paren tal Lock ⢠Default level: Off ; Default password: none ; Def ault Co untry /Area code: us (2 119) To giv e you som e cont rol ov er wh at you r chil dre n watch on your DV D playe r, s ome DVD - Video d iscs fe ature a Parenta l Lock level . If yo ur player is set to a lower level than the disc, the disc wonâÂÂt play. Some discs also support the Country/Area Code feature. The pla yer does not play certain scenes on these discs, depen ding on the Country /Area Cod e you set. Regist ering a new password Register a password to change the Parental Lock level or enter a Country/Area co de. 1 Subtit le Lan guage Englis h If t here a re Engl ish subt itles on the disc t hey are displa yed. Langua ges as disp laye d The s ubtit le lan guage sele cted on the disc is disp layed. Other Languag e Sel ect to ch oose a langua ge ot her tha n the on es displa yed ( see Using th e language code list on page 55). DVD Menu Lang uage w/Subt itle Lang. DVD disc m enus are di spla yed in the sa me lan guage as you r selected subtitle langu age, if po ssible. Languages as displayed D VD me nus are d isplayed in the selected langu age, if p ossible. Other Languag e Sel ect to ch oose a langua ge ot her tha n the on es displa yed ( see Using th e language code list on page 55). Subtit le Dis play On Subtit les are disp layed in your selec ted subt itle langua ge. Off Subt itles are al way s off by de fault whe n you p lay a DVD d isc. Setting Option What it means Setting Option What it means OSD Lang uage Eng lish On -scr een d ispl ay s of th e pl ayer are i n Eng li sh. Languages as displayed O n-s cree n displ ay s are s hown i n the lang uage selec ted . Angl e In dica tor On A cam era ico n is di spla yed on- scre en du ring multi -ang le scenes on a DVD disc. Off No mult i-angle indicat ion is sh own. Setting Option What it means Parent al Loc k â See Parental Lo ck below . DivX( R) VOD Disp lay See About Di vXî VOD con tent bel ow. Note 1 ⢠Not all discs use Parental Lock, and will play without requiring the password first. ⢠If you fo rget your password, youâÂÂll need to reset the pl ayer to register a new password ( see Resett ing the system on page 51). CX303_505_500. book P age 43 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Initial Settings menu 12 44 En 1 S el ect â Passwor dâÂÂ. 2 U se the number butt ons to inp ut a 4-di git passw ord then press ENTER . Changing y our password To change yo ur passwo rd, confirm your existing password then enter a new one . 1 S elec t âÂÂPas sword Changeâ . 2 I nput your e xisti ng pas sword, the n pr ess ENT ER . 3 E nter a new pa ss word and press ENTER . Settin g/changing the Par ental Lock 1 S elec t âÂÂLe vel Changeâ . 2 Us e number buttons to enter your passw ord, then press ENTER . 3 S elec t a new level and press ENTER . ⢠Press ï« repeatedly to lock more levels (more discs will require the passw ord); press ï¬ to unlock levels. You canâÂÂt lock level 1. Setting/changing the Country/Area code Yo u can fi nd t he Country/Area code list on page 56. 1 S elec t âÂÂCountry CodeâÂÂ. 2 I nput your password, then pres s ENTER . 3 S elec t a Country/A rea code then press ENT ER . There are two ways you can do this: ⢠Select by code letter: Use ï©/ ïª to change the Country/Area code. ⢠Select by code number: Press ï¬ then u se the number buttons to enter the 4-digit Cou ntry /Ar ea c ode . The new Country /Area code takes effect after ejecting the di sc once. About DivX î VOD cont ent In order to play DivX V OD (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 Div X VOD registrat ion code , whi ch you s ubmit t o you r provider. 1 Impor tant ⢠Div X VO D c ont ent is p rote cte d by a DR M (Digital Rights Management) system. This restricts playback of content to specific, registered devices. ⢠If you load a disc that contains Di vX VOD content not authorized for your player, the message Aut horizatio n Error is displayed and the content will not play. Displaying your DivX VO D registration code 1 Press HOME MENU and sele ct âÂÂInitial Setting sâÂÂ. 2 Select âÂÂOpti onsâÂÂ, then â DivX(R) VODâÂÂ. 3 Selec t âÂÂDi splayâ . Your 8-digi t registration code i s displayed . Parental Lock DivX (R) VOD Password Level Change Country Code Initial Settings Video Output Language Display Options Speakers Note 1 Resetting t he player (as described in R esetting the syst em on page 51) wi ll not cause you to lose your registration code. Video Output Language Display Options Speakers Display Initial Settings Parental Lock DivX (R) V OD CX303_505_500. book P age 44 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Initial Settings m enu 12 45 En Make a no te of the code as you wi ll need it when you register with a DivX VOD p rovider. Playi ng DivX î VOD conten t Some DivX V OD c onten t may only be pl ay able a fi xed nu mber of ti mes. Whe n you lo ad a dis c conta ini ng thi s type of Div X VOD co ntent , the remaining nu mber of plays is shown on- screen and you then have the option of playing the disc (thereby using up one of the rem aining plays), or stopping. If you load a d isc that contains expired DivX VOD con tent (for example, content that has z ero remaining plays), the message R ental Expired is display ed. If your Div X VOD co ntent allows a n unlimited number of play s, then you ma y load the disc into your player and play the content as often as you like, an d no messag e will be displayed. Speaker Distanc e CX505/ CX500 model only ⢠Default setting: 3.0m To get t he best surroun d sound from yo ur system, you should set u p the speakers equal distances from you r listening positi on. 1 Pre ss HO ME MENU and s elec t â Initi al Settings âÂÂ. 2 Sel ect âÂÂSpeaker sâÂÂ, then âÂÂSpeaker Dist ance âÂÂ. 3U s e ï©/ïª to se lec t a spea ker. 4P r e s s ï¬ to change the s peaker dis tan ce for the hi ghlight ed spea ker . 5U s e ï©/ïª to change the dist ance. ⢠Wh en you change the dis tance s ettings of the front l eft ( L ) or front right ( R ) sp eakers, all the other speaker distances change relative to it. ⢠Front left/right ( L /R ) speaker distances can be set from 30 cm to 9 m in 30 cm increments. 1 ⢠The center speaker ( C ) can be set fro m âÂÂ2.1 m to 0 m relative to the fron t left/right speakers. ⢠Surro und left/right ( SL / SR ) speakers can be set from âÂÂ6.0 m to 0 m relative to the front left/right speakers. 2 ⢠The subw oofer ( SW ) can be set from âÂÂ2.1 m to 0 m relative to the fron t left/right speakers. 6 Press ï« to g o b ack to the s peake r list if you want to modify another speak er, or press ENT ER to exi t the Spea ker Di st ance sc ree n. Video Output Language Display Options Speakers Speaker Distance Initial Settings Note 1T h e L and R s pea kers a re p aired ; you canâÂÂt set them diffe ren tly. 2 Make sure to set the m the same dista nce when using Front Surround ( Usi ng Fr on t S urr ou nd on page 27). Video Output Language Display Options Speakers L C R SR SL SW 3.0m 3.0m 3.0m 3.0m 3.0m 3.0m Initial Settings CX303_505_500. book P age 45 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Additional informa tion 13 46 En Chapter 13 Additional information Optiona l syst em se ttin gs These settings are accessed by using the System Setup me nu while in stan dby. 1 S witch the system int o standby . 2 Press SYSTE M SETUP . 3U s e ï«/ï¬ to choose the se tting the n press ENT ER . The curr ent setting is shown for each op tion as you cy cle thro ugh th e display . See be low f or a full list an d desc ription of each. 4U s e ï©/ïª to adjust the setting then press ENT ER to c onf irm. 5 R epea t steps 2 to 4 to ma ke other setting s. Syste m Setu p menu optio ns in standby Below are all the availabl e sett ings in the setup menu. The first setting in each is the default. Sy ste m d emo se tt i ng Switches the automa tic demo feature on or o ff (this starts when you plug in for the first time): ⢠DEMO ON â Switches the dem o feature on. ⢠DEMO OFF â Switches the demo feature off. Frequency s tep setting If yo u find t hat you ca nâÂÂt t une into st ation s successful ly, the frequency step may not be suitable for yo ur country/region. â¢A M 9 K â AM 9 kHz /FM 50 kHz ⢠AM 10K â AM 10 kHz/FM 100 kHz TV syste m settin g The default setting of this system is AUTO , and unless you notice that the pictu re is distorted when playing some discs, you sho uld leave it se t to AUTO . If you fin d pic ture di storti on wit h some discs, set the TV system to match you r coun try o r reg ionâ s syst em. How ever , thi s may restrict th e kinds of disc you can watch. See the table fo r the kinds o f discs compatible with each setting ( AUTO , PAL and N TSC ). 1 ⢠A fter selecting TV SYS in step 3 above, press ENTER to cha nge the T V system . The TV system as follows: ⢠AUTO ï¤ NTSC ⢠NTSC ï¤ PAL ⢠PAL ï¤ AUTO The system automatically switches on and youâÂÂll see th e new TV system setting in the display after seeing WE LCO ME . 2 Note 1 Most models of the newly developed countdown PAL TV sys tem detect 50 Hz (PAL)/60 Hz (NTSC) and auto matically switch vert ica l ampl itu de, re su lting in a d ispl ay wit hou t vert ical shrin ka ge. Ho wev er, in som e case s, th e imag e m ay appe ar wit hout color. If your PAL TV does not have a V-Hold control, you may no t be able to wa tch NTS C d iscs bec au se o f pic ture ro ll. I f th e T V ha s a V-Ho ld co ntrol , adj ust it unti l the pictu re st op s roll ing. On som e TVs , the pi ctu re may s hrin k ver tical ly , leav ing blac k bands at the top an d bottom of the sc reen. Disc Player setting Typ e Format NTSC PAL AUTO DVD/Super VCD/ Video CD /DivX Video NTSC NTS C PA L NTSC PAL NTS C PA L PAL CD/ MP3/WM A/ MPEG-4 AAC/ JPE G/n o disc â NTS C PA L NTSC or PAL 2 Y ou have to sw itch the player i nto standby (press ïµ STANDBY/ON ) before each change. CX303_505_500. book P age 46 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Additional information 13 47 En Key l ock s etting ⢠LOCK O N â M ak es th e fr on t pa ne l bu tto n s and controls ino perative. ⢠LOCK OFF â Restores regular u se of the front panel buttons and controls. Volume mode setting If y ou want t o mak e finer a djust ments of the volum e. ⢠FINE â 60 steps ⢠NORMAL â 30 steps Setting th e sleep timer The sleep timer switches off the system after about an hour so yo u can fall as leep without worrying about it. 1 ⢠Press SLEE P rep eate dly to sele ct an option. Choose between the following options: ⢠SLP O N â Switches off after about an hour ⢠SLP O FF â Canc els the sleep timer Aft er sel ecti ng SLP ON , y ou can p ress SLEE P agai n to check ho w much tim e is left. Each line indicates approximately 12 minutes (remaining): Disc /conte nt fo rmat play back compatib ility This player is compatible with a wid e range of disc types (media) and forma ts. Playable discs will gen erally feature on e of the following logos on the dis c and/o r disc pack aging. N ote however that some disc types, such as recordab le CD and D VD, may be in an unplayab le format. See the About DualDisc playba ck below fo r more informatio n. ⢠Th is uni t will play DV D R/ RW discs. ⢠is a trademark of FUJIFILM Corporation. ⢠is a trademark of DVD Format/Logo Licensing Corp oration. ⢠A ls o co mp at ible w it h KO DA K P ic ture CD . This player supports the I ECâÂÂs Super VCD standard for superior pic ture quality, dual soundtracks, an d wi descreen suppo rt. About DualD isc pl ayback A DualDisc is a new two -sided disc, one side of whic h contai ns DVD co nten t video, a udio , etc . whi le the o the r sid e con tai ns no n-D VD conten t such as digital audio mat erial. The non -DVD, audio side of the disc is no t compliant with the CD Au dio specificati on and therefore may not play. The DV D side of a D ualDisc plays in this pr oduc t. D VD-A udio co nten t wil l not play. For more detailed information on the DualDisc specification, please refer to the disc manufa cturer o r disc retai ler. Note 1 The Fr ont p anel displ ay di ms w hen th e slee p tim er is set and t he s leep i ndica tor tu rns on . S L P --- -- DVD- Video DVD-R DVD-RW Video CD F ujicolor CD Audio CD CD-R CD-RW VIDEO CD Super Video CD (Super VCD) CX303_505_500. book P age 47 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Additional informa tion 13 48 En Disc compatibility table About DVD R/DVD RW compat ibility Only DV D R/DV D R W dis cs reco rde d in âÂÂVideo Mode (DVD Video Mode)â which have been finalized, can be played back. Ho wever, some editing made during the recording may not be pla yed back accurately. About DivX DivX is a compres sed di gital vi deo fo rmat created by the DivX î vide o code c from Div X, Inc. This player can play DivX video files burned on CD-R/-RW and DVD-R/-RW/-ROM discs . Keepin g the sa me termi nology a s DVD-Vid eo, individual DivX video files are called âÂÂTitlesâÂÂ. When nam ing f iles/titles on a CD-R/-RW o r DVD- R/-RW di sc prior t o burn ing, k eep in mind that by default they will play in alphab etical ord er. DivX video compatibili ty ⢠O ffi cia l D ivX î Certi fied product. ⢠Plays all version s of DivX î video (i nclu ding DivX î 6) with standard playback o f DivX î media files. 1 Media Compatible fo rmats CD-R/- RW ⢠CD -Aud io , Vi deo CD /S uper VCD , ISO 9660 CD-R OM* * ISO 96 60 Lev el 1 o r 2 compl iant. CD physical format: Mode1, Mode2 XA Form1. Romeo and Joliet file systems are both compatible. ⢠Multi-s ession playbac k: No ⢠Un fi na liz ed d isc pl ayba c k: No DVD- R/- RW ⢠D V D -Vid eo ( Vid e o m o de ) , Vi d eo Recordi ng (VR) *, UDF Bridge DVD -ROM * Edit points may not play exactly as edited; scree n may go momentar ily blank at edited poi nts. ⢠Multi Bo rder playback: No ⢠Unfinal ized playbac k: No PC-creat ed disc ⢠Di sc s reco rded usi ng a PC may no t be playable due to the setting of the softwa re used to cre ate the disc. In thes e ins tan ces, check th e DVD-R /-R W or C D -R/- RW so ftw are ma nual o r d isc box es fo r mo re on c omp atib ility . ⢠Discs r ecorded i n packet w rite mo de are not c ompatibl e. Compre ssed audio ⢠MPEG -1 Aud io Layer 3 (MP3), Wi ndows Media Audio (WMA), MPEG- 4 AAC ⢠Sampli ng rates: 32 kHz/44.1 kH z/ 48 kHz ⢠Bit-ra tes: Any (128 kbps o r higher recomme nded) ⢠VBR (var iable bi t rate) MP 3/WMA/ MPEG -4 AAC playback: No ⢠WMA lossless encoding: No ⢠DRM (Digit al Rights Ma nagement) comp atibl e: Y es (DRM -prot ected a udio files w ill not play in this pl ayer) ⢠F ile extensions: .mp3, .wma, . m4a (these m ust be use d for the playe r to recognize MP3/WMA/MPEG -4 AAC files) ⢠F ile structur e (may dif fer): Up t o 299 folders o n a disc; up t o 648 folders and fil es (combine d) with in each folder JPEG f ile ⢠Baseline JPEG and EXIF 2.2* still image fil es up to a resolu tion of 307 2 x 2048. *File format for digital still cameras ⢠Progressive JPEG compatible: No ⢠File extensi ons: .jpg (must b e used for the play er to rec ognize JPE G files) ⢠File stru cture (may differ) : Up to 299 folders on a dis c; up to 648 folders and fil es ( com bi ne d) with in e ach fol der Note 1 P layback of .avi vide o files l arger tha n 4 GB is not possibl e. Media Co mpatible formats CX303_505_500. book P age 48 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Additional information 13 49 En ⢠File extensions: .a vi and .divx (th ese must be used for th e player to recognize DivX video f iles) . Note that all fil es with the .avi extension are recogniz ed as MPEG4, but not all of these are necessari ly DivX video fi les and therefore may not be playable on this player. Dis playing Di vX subt itl e files The font sets listed below are available f or DivX external subtitle files. You can see the proper font set on-screen by setting the Subtitle Langu age (in Language settings on page 42) to match the subtitle fil e. 1 Grou p 1: Albanian (sq), Basque (eu), Cata lan (ca), Danish (da), Dutch (nl), English (en), F aroese (fo), Finn ish (fi ), Fren ch (fr), Germa n (de ), Icel andic (is), Iris h (ga) , Itali an (it) , Nor wegia n (no) , Po rtugue se (p t), Rhaeto-Romanic (rm), Scottish (gd), Spanish (es), Swedish (sv) Grou p 2: Albanian (sq), Croatia n (hr), Czech (cs), Hungarian (hu ), Polish (pl), R omanian (ro), Slovak (sk), Slovenian (sl) Grou p 3: Bulgarian (bg), Byelor ussian (be), Mac edoni an ( mk), Russ ian (r u), Se rbian ( sr) , Ukra in ian (uk ) Grou p 4: Hebrew (iw ), Yi ddish (ji) Grou p 5: Turkish ( tr) DivX, DivX Certified, and associ ated logos are trademarks of DivX, Inc. and are used under license. About MPE G-4 AAC Advanced Audio Codin g (AAC) is at the core of the MPEG-4 AAC standard, which incorpo rates MPEG-2 AAC, forming th e basis of the MPEG-4 audio compressio n technology. Th e file format and extension used depend on the application used to encode the AAC file. This unit plays back AAC files en coded by iTun es î bearing the extensio n â .m4a âÂÂ. DRM-protected fil es will not play, an d files e ncoded with so me versi ons o f iTunes î may no t pl ay, or fil ena mes may disp lay incorrectly. Apple and iTunes are t rademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. About WMA This pl ayer can playb ack Windows Media Audio conte nt. WMA is an acronym for Windows M edia Audio and refers to an audio com pression technology dev elop ed by Micr oso ft Co rpo rati on. W MA cont ent c an be encode d by u sing W ind ows Med ia î Player version 7.7 .1, Windows Media î Play er for Wi ndows î XP, or W indow s Media î Player 9 seri es. Windows Media is either a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft C orporation in the United States and/o r other countr ies. This product includes technol ogy owned by Microsoft C orporation and c annot be used or distributed without a license f rom Microso ft Licensing, Inc. Using an d taking care of discs DVD Video regions All DVD Video discs carry a region m ark that indicates which region(s) of the world the disc is compatible with. Your DVD system also has a region m ark (on the rear pan el). Discs from incompatible region s will not play in this player. Discs m arked ALL play in any p layer. Note 1 ⢠For ex tern al s ubti tle file s the f ollo wing sub tit le for mat fi len ame exte nsio ns ar e sup por ted ( plea se no te th at the se f iles ar e not shown withi n the dis c navigation menu): .srt, .sub, . ssa, .smi ⢠Some external subtitle fil es may be displayed incorrectly or not at all. ⢠The file name of the movie file has to be repeated at th e beginning o f the fi lename fo r the ex ternal subtit le file . ⢠Th e num be r of ex tern al s ubt itle fi les whi ch ca n be s wit ched for the same movie file is limited to a maximum o f 10. CX303_505_500. book P age 49 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Additional informa tion 13 50 En Handling discs Hold the disc by its ed ges when hand ling so as not to leave fingerprints, dirt or scratches on eit her si de o f th e di sc. Dama ge d or dir ty d iscs can aff ect playba ck performanc e. If a disc be comes mar ked with fingerp rints, dust, etc., clea n using a soft, dry c loth. Wipe lightly from the center of the disc using straight strokes . DonâÂÂt wipe the disc su rface with circul ar stroke s. If nec es sa ry, us e a c lot h soa ke d i n al coho l, or a commercially available CD/DVD cleaning kit to clean a di sc more t horou ghly. N ever use benzin e, thi nner or othe r cl eaning a gents s uch as those design ed for cleaning vinyl records. Storing di scs Avoid leaving discs in excessively cold, humid, or ho t envi ronment s (i nclud ing und er di rect sunlight). DonâÂÂt gl ue paper o r put stickers onto the disc, or use a pencil , ball-point pen or oth er sharp-tipped writing instrument. These could all da mage t he dis c. Discs to av oid Discs spin at hi gh speed inside the player. If a disc is cracked, chipped, wa rped, or otherw ise dama ged, do nâÂÂt risk u sing it i n your p layer â you c ould en d up damagi ng th e unit. This unit is designed for u se with conventional, fu lly ci rc ula r di scs on ly . P io ne er dis c la ims al l liability arisi ng in connec tion with the use of shaped discs. Installation and maintenance Hints on installation We w ant you to en joy usin g th is sy stem fo r years to come, so please bear in m ind the foll owing points when choosing a location: Do... ï± Use in a well -venti lated room . ï± Place on a solid, f lat, level surface, suc h as a table, sh elf or ster eo rack . DonâÂÂt... ï³ Use i n a place ex posed t o high temp eratures or humidit y, inc luding n ear radi ators and o ther heat -generatin g appli ances. ï³ Pla ce on a window sill or other place where the system wil l be expo sed to direct sun light. ï³ Use i n an excessively d usty or damp env ir onm en t. ï³ Place directly on top of an am plifier, or other component in your st ereo system that becomes hot in u se . ï³ Use ne ar a tel evision or moni tor as you may exper ience inter ference â especially if the televis ion uses an indoor ant enna. ï³ Use in a kit chen or other room where the system may be exposed to smoke or steam. ï³ Use on a thick rug or c arpet, or cover wi th cloth â thi s may prevent proper cooli ng of the system uni t. ï³ Pla ce on an unstable surface, or one that is not large enough to su pport all four of the system unitâÂÂs feet. Cleaning the pickup lens The DVD playerâÂÂs lens should not become d irty in n o rm a l u se , b u t i f f o r s om e re a so n i t sh o uld malfun ct ion due to d ust o r dir t, co nsul t your nearest Pioneer authorized serv ice center. Although lens cleaners are commercially available, w e do not rec omm end using them s ince s ome ma y da mag e the len s. CX303_505_500. book P age 50 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Additional information 13 51 En Problems with c ondensation C o n d e n s a t i o n m a y f o r m i n s i d e t h e p l a y e r i f i t i s broug ht into a warm room from outside, or i f the temperature of the room rises quickly. Although this w onâÂÂt damage th e player, it m ay te mp ora r ily im pai r p e rfo rm an ce . Yo u sh ou ld leave it to adjust to the warmer temperatu re for about an hou r before switching on. Moving the system unit If you n eed to move the main unit, first remove a di sc if the re âÂÂs on e i n th e pl ay er, th en pre s s STANDBY/ON on th e f ron t pa ne l to tu rn th e syst em of f. W ait for GOOD BYE to disappear from the displa y, then u nplug the po wer cor d. 1 Nev er li ft or move the unit dur ing playback â discs rot ate at hi gh speeds and may be damaged. Screen si zes and disc format s DVD-Video discs c ome in different screen aspects, ranging from TV program s, which are generally 4:3, to CinemaScope widescreen movi es 2 , with an aspect ra tio of up to abo ut 7:3. Televisi ons also come in different aspect ratios; âÂÂstandardâ 4:3 and w idescreen 16:9. 3 Resetti ng the sy stem Use this procedure to reset all system sett ings to the factory default. Use the front panel controls t o do this. 1 Switch the system on. 2 Press the DVD/CD button and sel ect DVD. Make su re the disc tray is empty . 3 Press and hold the ï¯ button for about eigh t seconds unti l the dis play s hows âÂÂMEM CLR?âÂÂ. 4 Press the ï¦ button. MEM C LR will be di splayed in the front panel display and the play er switches into standby. 5 Press the STANDBY/ON . All the systemâÂÂs settings are now reset. Note 1 Unplugging the unit before GOOD BYE disappears f rom the dis play may cause the sys tem to r eturn to the factory settin gs. 2 Many widescreen discs override t he systemâÂÂs set tings so that the disc is shown in lett erbox format regardless o f the setting. Set to 4 :3 (L etter Box) , widesc reen discs are shown with black bars top and bottom. Set to 4:3 (Pan &Scan ) , widescreen discs are shown with the left and right sides cro pped. Although th e picture looks l arger, yo u donâ t actua lly see th e who le p ict ure . 3⢠U s i n g t h e 16:9 (Wide) setting with a stan dard 4: 3 TV, or on e of the 4:3 se ttings with a widescreen TV, will resul t in distortion. ⢠When you watch discs re corded in 4:3 format, you can use the TV controls to se lect how the picture is presented. Your TV may offer v arious zoom and stre tch options; se e the instructions that came with your TV for deta ils. ⢠Some movi e aspect rati os are wide r than 16:9 , so even with a w idescreen TV, the se discs will st ill play in a âÂÂl etterboxâ st yl e. CX303_505_500. book P age 51 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Additional informa tion 13 52 En Troublesho oting Incorrect operations are often mistaken for trouble and malfunctions. If you think that there is something wrong with this component, ch eck the points below. Sometimes the trouble may lie in another com ponent. Investigate the ot her components an d electrical appliances being used. If the trouble cannot be rectified even after exercising the checks listed below, ask your nearest Pioneer authorized service cente r or your dealer to carry ou t repair work. ⢠If the unit does not operate normally due to external effects such as static electri city disconnect the power plug from the outlet and insert again to retur n to normal operating condition s. General Pro blem Remedy The pow er does not turn on. ⢠Conne ct the pow er plug to the wall outl et. ⢠Disconnec t the power plu g from the outle t, and insert again. ⢠Make sure th e power source is the righ t voltage for the AC inlet. The power doe s not turn on , or switches of f suddenly (an error message m ay be display ed at startup). ⢠Wait for one min ute befo re swit ching back on. ⢠Make sure t here are no lo ose strand s of wire touc hing the uni t. This could ca use th e system to shut o ff automati cally. ⢠Check that the speakers ar e connect ed correctl y. ⢠Make sure the voltage of the mai ns power sou rce is correct f or the mod el . ⢠Try reducing the volume level. ⢠If the prob lem persists, take it to your neares t Pioneer aut horize d service center o r your deal er for ser vicing. No sound i s output when a funct ion is select ed. ⢠If youâÂÂre u sing the F.AUDIO/LINE inp ut, mak e sur e t he c omp on ent is connected correctly ( see Connecting auxili ary components on page 15). ⢠P ress MUTE on the remote co ntrol to turn mu ting off . ⢠Adjust t he volume. No image is output when watching d iscs. ⢠Make sure t he TV is conne cted correctl y (see Connecting to your TV on page 14) . CanâÂÂt operate th e remot e control . ⢠Rep lace the b atteries ( see Loading the batteri es on page 6). ⢠Operat e within 7 m, 30ð of the remote sen sor on the fron t panel (see Range of the remote control unit on page 7). ⢠Rem ove the obstac le or op erate from an other po sition. ⢠Avoid ex posing the remote sensor on the front pa nel to dire ct light. The micro phone can âÂÂt be heard. ⢠Y ou are only us ing one microphone and itâÂÂs pl ugged into t he MIC (SUB) jack. Th e MIC (SUB) jack can only be used if there i s also a m icrophone plugge d into t he MIC (MAIN) jack. ⢠Adjust t he MIC VOL . F eedback noise when m ic is switched on . ⢠The mic i s point ing toward t he speakers. Keep the mic po inted aw ay from the speaker s. ⢠The micro phone le vel is set t oo high. T urn down the mic control l evel. CX303_505_500. book P age 52 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Additional information 13 53 En DVD/CD/Video CD player SND . DE MO shows in the display a nd the un it can âÂÂt be controlle d. ⢠P ress and hold ï§ (stop) on the front p anel for ab out five seco nds. T he disc tra y ejects au tomatical ly to indic ate the So und De mo mod e is disabl ed. TR AYLO CK shows in the display and the t ray can âÂÂt be ej ected. ⢠P ress and hold ï¨ OP EN/CL OSE on the front pa nel for abou t eight seconds. T hen the tray can be ope ned/closed us ing ï¨ OPEN/CLOSE . Pr oblem Remedy Pr oblem Remedy The di sc is ejected automa tically a fter l oading . ⢠Clean th e disc and al ign the di sc properly i n the d isc guide. ⢠If the regi on number on a DVD-video dis c does not m atch the num ber on the player , the disc cannot be used (see DVD Video regions on page 49). In this case, the message âÂÂIncompatible disc region number/Can âÂÂt play disc.â appears o n-screen . ⢠Allow time f or any condensa tion ins ide the pl ayer to evap orate. Avoi d using the pl ayer n ear an air -condi tionin g unit. Play back is not possible. ⢠Disc m ay be loaded up side d own. Relo ad the disc wit h the l abel si de f ace up. P icture p layback stops and the oper ation butt ons cannot be use d. ⢠P ress ï§ , then st art playba ck again ( ï¤ ). ⢠Switch the power off once, t hen on agai n using t he front panel ïµ STANDBY/ON bu tton. Setti ngs are cance led. ⢠If the p ower is cut d uring operat ion, s ettings may b e canceled . No pi cture/ No co lor . ⢠Che ck th at conne ctio ns a re co rre ct and tha t pl ugs are i nser ted f ul ly . ⢠Check th e instruct ion manual o f the TV/m onitor t o make sure t he TV/ monit or settings are inco rrect. ⢠If the Pro gressive setting is selecte d and you have used component video cables to connec t a TV t hat is not compatib le with a progressive sca n signal, you will not be ab le to see any p icture at all. Wit h your T V connected usin g either the c omposite o r S-video termi nals, cha nge the Compone nt Out setting to Inte rl ace (see Video Output settings o n pag e 42). Screen is stre tched or a spect does no t c han ge . ⢠The TV Scre e n setting is incorrect. Set th e TV Screen opt ion to match the TV/moni tor youâÂÂre using (see Video Output settings on page 4 2). When rec orded on a VCR or passed t hrough an AV selector, ther e i s di st urb a nce in t he play back p ictu re. ⢠This system uses copy-pro tectio n technology w hich may pre vent recording o r cause picture problems when connec ted throu gh a VCR or AV se lec tor . T his is no t a m alf un ct ion . Pict ure distur bance dur ing pla yback or dark . ⢠This player i s compatible with Macro-Vision System copy guard. Some discs in clude a copy pr eventio n signal, and when this t ype of di sc is pla yed back, stripes etc., may appear on some sectio ns of the p icture dep ending on the TV. Thi s is not a malfunctio n. ⢠Discs respo nd differently to p articular player funct ions. This may result in the screen be coming bla ck for a br ief inst ant or sha king slig htly when the function is executed. Th ese prob lems are lar gely due t o differenc es between di scs and d isc co ntent a nd are not m alfunct ions of this player. CX303_505_500. book P age 53 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Additional informa tion 13 54 En WMA/MP3/ MPEG-4 AAC /JPEG discs Tuner USB connection Noticeabl e differenc e in DVD and CD volum e. ⢠DVDs and CDs u se differen t recording meth ods. This is not a ma lfun c tio n. Pro blem Re me dy Pro blem Rem edy CD-R OM disc is not recogniz ed by the system. ⢠Make sure that the CD-ROM wa s recorded usi ng the ISO 966 0 disc forma t. See Disc compatibil ity table on p age 48 f or other disc compat ibility i nformatio n . DVD-R OM disc i s not recogni zed. ⢠Make sure that th e DVD-ROM was r ecorded using the U DF bridge format. See Disc compatibil ity table on p age 48 for more on disc compatibility. Files donâÂÂt show up in the Dis c Navigato r/ Photo Brow ser. ⢠The fil es on the disc must be named wi th the c orrect file extension: .mp3 for MP3 files; .wma for WMA files; .m4a fo r MPEG-4 AAC files; .jpg for JPEG files (upper or lower-case is OK). See Disc compatibility t able on page 48. CanâÂÂt play WMA or MPEG-4 AAC files. ⢠The files were re corded usin g DRM (digital righ ts managem ent). This is not a ma lfun c tio n. Pro blem Remedy Conside rable noise in radio broad casts. ⢠Connect the AM antenna (see Connecting t he radio antennas o n page 13) and adjust th e direction a nd pos ition for best recepti on. You may al so connect an additio nal inter nal or ext ernal AM antenna ( refer to C onnecting external antennas on page 13) . ⢠Fully extend the FM wi re antenn a, positi on for be st recep tion, and secure to a wall. You may also connect an outd oor FM antenna (see Connecting external antennas on page 13) . ⢠Turn off other equi pment that m ay be causing the noise or move it further away . ⢠The tunin g interval is inco rrect for you r country or regi on. See Frequency step setting o n page 46 to sw itch the tuning interva l. Auto tuning does not pick up some stations. ⢠The radio signal is weak. Auto tuni ng will only detect radio stations with a good signal. F or more sensit ive tuning , connect an outdoor a ntenna. Sound is m ono only . ⢠Check that the tuner i s not set to FM mono (see Improving FM stere o sound on page 22) . Pro blem Rem edy USB mass stora ge device i s not re cognized by the system. ⢠Make sure you have com pletely in serted the USB connector t o this unit . ⢠Ch ec k th at th e me mo ry for ma t is FA T1 6 o r FAT 32 . ⢠USB d evices with an internal USB hub ar e not suppo rted. CanâÂÂt play WMA or MPEG-4 AAC files. ⢠The files were re corded usin g DRM (digital righ ts managem ent). This is not a ma lfun c tio n. CX303_505_500. book P age 54 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Additional information 13 55 En Error Messages Using the lang uage code list Some of the language options (see Language settings on page 42) allow you to set your preferred language from any of the 136 languages list ed in the Language code list . 1 Switch the system on. 2 Press the DVD/CD button and select DVD. Make sure th e disc tray is empty. 3U s e ï«/ï¬ to select either a code letter or a code number. 4U s e ï©/ïª to sele ct a c ode let ter or a code number. See the Language code list below for a complete list of l anguages and codes. File s donâÂÂt show up in the Navigat or/Photo Browser. ⢠The files must have the correct file exten sion: .mp3 for MP3 files ; .wma for WMA files; .m4a for MPEG-4 AAC files; .jpg for JPEG f iles (upper or l ower-case is OK). ⢠Make sure the fil e permi ssion hasnâÂÂt been restricted ( through a password, etc.). Pr oblem Rem edy Messa ge Descriptio n KEY LOC K ⢠This message appe ars when t he front panel b uttons are pressed when t he Key lock feature i s activ e. See Optional system settings on p age 4 6 fo r more on swi tching on/off th e Key lock. PHONESI N ⢠An o peration is prohibit ed because headphones a re connect ed. MUTING ⢠An o peration is prohibit ed because the sound i s muted. EXIT ⢠Appe ars briefl y when a menu is automatic ally exit ed when th e micropho ne or headp hone are in serted. USB ERR ⢠See Im portant in Us ing th e USB interface on p age 35 for more on th is. NO MIC ⢠A kar aoke feature i s prohib ited bec ause no mic i s connected. MIC IN ⢠An o peration i s prohibit ed because the mic is connecte d. SND . DE MO ⢠The sound demo is on. See Gener al in Troubleshooting on p age 52. TR AYLO CK ⢠The tray l ock is on. See Gener al in Troubleshooting on pag e 52. EEP ERR ⢠Contac t your Pioneer authorize d service cen ter or your deale r for servi cing. CANNOT ⢠An o peration i s prohibit ed because DV D /CD or USB isnâÂÂt selected , headpho nes are conne cted , or TEST T ONE (SHIFT RE TURN) is pressed during di sc play back. CX303_505_500. book P age 55 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Additional informa tion 13 56 En Language code list Lang uage (La nguag e code letter ), Language co de Countr y/Area code list Coun try/Area, Co untry/Area code , Coun try/Area co de letter Japanese (j a), 1001 Eng lish (e n), 05 14 Frenc h (fr), 0618 German (d e), 0405 Itali an (it), 0920 Spanish (e s), 0519 Dutc h (nl ), 1412 Russian (ru ), 1821 Chines e (zh), 2608 Korean (ko), 11 15 Gre ek (e l), 05 12 Afar (aa), 0101 Abkhazia n (ab), 01 02 Afri kaans (af) , 0106 Amhar ic (am), 01 13 Ar abic ( ar ) , 0 118 Assamese (as), 01 19 Aymara (ay), 0125 Azer ba ijan i (a z), 01 26 Bas hkir ( ba) , 02 01 Byelor ussian (be), 0205 Bulg ari an ( bg) , 02 07 Bihari (b h), 0208 Bisla ma ( bi) , 0209 Beng ali (bn) , 02 14 Tibetan (b o), 0215 Breton (br), 0218 Catal an ( ca), 0301 Corsica n (co), 0315 Cze ch (cs ), 0319 Welsh (cy), 0325 Danish (da), 0401 Bhuta ni (dz) , 0426 Esperanto (eo), 0515 Estonian (et), 0520 Bas que (e u), 0521 Persia n (fa ), 0601 Finni sh (f i), 0609 Fiji (fj) , 061 0 Faroese (fo), 0615 Frisia n (fy), 0 625 Irish ( ga), 0701 Scots-Gae lic (gd), 0704 Gali cian (g l), 0712 Guar ani (g n), 0714 Gujara ti (gu), 0721 Hausa (ha ), 08 01 Hindi ( hi), 0809 Croat ian (hr ), 0 818 Hung arian (hu), 0821 Arm enia n (h y), 082 5 Interl ingu a (ia), 0 901 Interl ingue ( ie), 0905 Inupiak (ik), 0911 Ind ones ian (i n), 09 14 Icelan dic (is), 091 9 Hebrew (iw), 09 23 Yi ddish ( ji), 1009 Javanese (jw), 1023 Georgian (ka), 1101 Kazakh (kk), 1111 Green landic (kl ), 1112 Cambod ian (km) , 1113 Ka nnada ( kn), 11 14 Kashmiri (ks), 1119 Kurdish (ku), 1 121 Kirghiz ( ky), 1125 Latin (la), 1201 Ling ala (ln), 12 14 Laothian (lo), 1215 Lit hua nian (lt) , 1220 Lat vi an (l v), 12 22 Malaga sy (mg ), 1307 Maor i (mi), 1309 Macedonian (mk), 1311 Mala yal am ( ml) , 13 12 Mongo lian ( mn), 131 4 Moldav ian (mo), 1315 Marathi (mr), 131 8 Malay (ms), 1319 Maltese (mt), 1320 Burmes e (my), 13 25 Nauru (na) , 1401 Nepali (ne), 1405 Norwegian (no), 1415 Occitan (oc), 1503 Oromo (om), 1513 Oriya (or), 151 8 Panj abi ( pa) , 16 01 Poli sh (pl), 1612 Pashto, Push to (ps), 1619 Port ugue se (pt ), 16 20 Quec hua (q u), 17 21 Rhaeto-Romance (rm ), 1813 Kir undi (r n), 1814 Romanian (ro), 1815 Kinya rwa nda (r w), 1823 Sanskrit (sa), 1901 Si ndhi (sd ), 1904 Sa ngho ( sg), 1907 Serbo-Croatian (sh), 1908 Sinh alese (s i), 190 9 Slovak (sk), 1911 Slo ven ia n (sl ), 1912 Samoa n (sm) , 1913 Sho na (sn ), 1914 So mal i (s o) , 1915 Albanian (sq), 1917 Serbia n (s r), 1918 Siswati (ss), 1919 Sesotho (st), 1920 Sund an ese ( su), 1921 Swe dis h ( sv ), 19 22 Swahil i (s w), 1923 Tamil (ta), 2001 Telugu (te), 200 5 Tajik (tg), 2007 Thai (th), 2008 Tigrinya (ti), 20 09 Turkmen (tk), 20 11 Tagalog (tl), 2012 Setswana (tn), 2014 Tonga (to), 2015 Tu rki sh (t r), 2 018 Tsonga (ts), 2019 Tatar (tt), 2020 Twi (tw), 2023 Ukrain ian ( uk), 211 1 Urdu (ur), 2118 Uzb ek (u z), 2126 Vietnamese (vi), 22 09 Volapük (vo), 2215 Wolof (wo), 2315 Xhos a (xh), 2408 Yoruba (yo), 2515 Zulu (zu), 2621 Argent ina, 0118, ar Austr alia, 01 21, au Austr ia, 0120, at Belg ium, 0205 , be Bra zil, 021 8, br Cana da, 0301, c a Chil e, 0312, cl Chin a, 0314, cn Denm ark , 0411, d k Finl and , 0609, f i Fran ce, 0618, fr Germany, 0405 , de Hong Kong, 0811, hk India, 09 14, in Indonesi a, 0904 , id Italy, 0920, it Japan, 1016, jp Korea, Repu blic of, 1118 , kr Malay sia, 1325, m y Mex ico , 1324, mx Nether lands, 1 412, n l New Zeal and, 1426 , nz Norway, 1415, no Pakista n, 161 1, pk Phili ppines , 1608 , ph Port ugal , 1620, pt Rus sian F eder atio n, 1821 , ru Singapore, 1907 , sg Spain, 0519 , es Switzerla nd, 0308 , ch Swed en, 1905 , se Taiw an, 2023, t w Thai land, 2008, th Unite d Kin gdom , 07 02, gb Unit ed St at es of Amer ic a, 2 119, u s CX303_505_500. book P age 56 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
Additional information 13 57 En Specifications ⢠A mplifier section CX505/CX500 mode l Continuous power output: Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 W per channel (1 kHz, 10 % T.H.D., 4 é ) Center . . . . . . . . 100 W (1 kHz, 10 % T.H.D., 4 é ) Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 W per channel (1 kHz, 10 % T.H.D., 4 é ) Subwoofer . . . 100 W (100 Hz, 10 % T.H.D., 4 é ) CX303 mode l Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 W per channel (1 kHz, 10 % T.H.D., 4 é ) Subwoofer . . . 100 W (100 Hz, 10 % T.H.D., 4 é ) ⢠D isc section Digital audio characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DVD fs: 96 kHz, 24-bit Type . . . DVD s ystem, Video CD /Super VCD sy stem and Compact Disc digital audio system Frequency response . . . . . . . . . . 20 Hz to 44 kHz S/N ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 dB Dynamic range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 dB Total harmonic distortion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.01 % Wow and Flutter. . . . . . . . Limit of measurement (ñ0.001 % W.PEAK) or less (JEITA) ⢠F M tuner section Frequency range . . . . . . . . 87.5 MHz to 1 08 MHz Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 é , unbalanced ⢠A M tuner section Frequency range: With 9 kHz step . . . . . . . . 531 kH z to 1602 kHz With 10 kHz step . . . . . . . 530 kHz to 170 0 kHz Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loop antenna ⢠Miscellan eous Power requirements Australia, New Zealand model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 240 V, 50 Hz/60 Hz Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Phi lipines, Argentine model . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 220 V to 240 V, 50 Hz/60 Hz Taiwanese model . . . . . AC 110 V, 50 Hz/60 Hz Power consumption : CX505/CX500 model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 W CX303 model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 W Power consumption in standby mode . . . . 0.5 W Dimensions: DVD/CD Receiver . . . . . . 210 mm (W) x 112 mm (H) x 336 mm (D) Power unit . . . . . . . 197 mm (W) x 65 mm (H) x 162 mm (D) Weight: DVD/CD Receiver: CX505/CX500 model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9 kg CX303 model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 .8 kg Power unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 kg ⢠Accessories (DVD/CD receive r) Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Power cord: Duty free model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Argentine (CX303 only), Taiwan, Philippines models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 All other models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Power plug adapter (CX303 Argentine model only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Video cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 AM loop antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 FM antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 AA/R6 dry cell batteries (to confirm system operation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 These operating instruc tions S-CX303 Spe aker syst em ⢠Front speakers Enclosure . . . . . . . . . Closed-box bookshelf type (magnetically shielded) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 cm 2-way syste m Speakers: Woofer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 cm cone type Tweeter . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6 cm semi-dome type Nominal impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 é Frequency range . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Hz to 20 kHz Maximum input power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 W Dimensions . . . . . . 130 mm (W) x 221 mm (H) x 172 mm (D) Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .7 kg ⢠Subwoofer Enclosure . . . . . . Bass-reflex floorstanding type (magnetically shielded) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 cm 1-way system CX303_505_500_14 _add_info.fm 57 ãÂÂã¼ã¸ ï¼Âï¼Âï¼Âï¼Âå¹´ ï¼ÂæÂÂï¼Âï¼ÂæÂÂ¥ ãÂÂæ¨æÂÂæÂ¥ãÂÂå å¾Âï¼ÂæÂÂï¼ ï¼ÂÃ¥ÂÂ
Additional information 13 58 En Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 cm cone type x 2 Nominal impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 é Frequency range . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Hz to 6 kHz Maximum input power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 W Dimensions . . . . . 190 mm (W) x 444 mm (H) x 220 mm (D) Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.7 kg ⢠Accessories Non-skid pads for fro nt speakers . . . . . . . . . . 8 Non-skid pads for subwoofer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 S-CX505 Spe aker syst em ⢠Front speakers Same as S-CX303 Front speakers ( see above ). ⢠Center speaker Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . Closed-box bookshelf type (magnetically shielded) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 cm 1-way system Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 cm cone type Nominal impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 é Frequency range . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Hz to 18 kHz Maximum input power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 W Dimensions . . . . . . 200 mm (W) x 108 mm (H ) x 101 mm (D) Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.75 kg ⢠Surround speakers Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . Closed-box bookshelf type (magnetically shielded) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 cm 1-way system Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 cm cone type Nominal impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 é Frequency range . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Hz to 18 kHz Maximum input power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 W Dimensions . . . . . . 130 mm (W) x 100 mm (H ) x 110 mm (D) Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.68 kg ⢠S ubwoofer Same as S-CX303 Subwoofer ( see above ). ⢠Accessories Non-skid pads for fro nt and surround speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Non-skid pads for cente r speaker . . . . . . . . . . 4 Non-skid pads for subwoofer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 S-CX 500 Speaker s ystem ⢠Front speakers Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . Closed-box bookshelf type (magnetically shielded) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 cm 1-way system Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 cm cone type Nominal impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 é Frequency range . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 0 Hz to 20 kHz Maximum input power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 00 W Dimensi ons . . . . . . . 100 mm (W) x 100 mm (H) x 103 mm (D) Weight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.55 kg ⢠Center speaker Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . Closed-box bookshelf type (magnetically shielded) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 cm 1-way system Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 cm cone type Nominal impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 é Frequency range . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 0 Hz to 20 kHz Maximum input power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 W Dimensi ons . . . . . . . 100 mm (W) x 100 mm (H) x 103 mm (D) Weight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.55 kg ⢠Surround speaker s Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . Closed-box bookshelf type (magnetically shielded) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 cm 1-way system Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 cm cone type Nominal impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 é Frequency range . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 0 Hz to 20 kHz Maximum input power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 00 W Dimensi ons . . . . . . . 100 mm (W) x 100 mm (H) x 103 mm (D) Weight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.55 kg â¢S u b w o o f e r Same as S-CX303 Subwoofer ( see ab ove ). ⢠Acces sories Speaker cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Screws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Spiral wrap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Non-skid pads for front, center and surround speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Non-skid pads for subwoof er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CX303_505_500_14 _add_info.fm 58 ãÂÂã¼ã¸ ï¼Âï¼Âï¼Âï¼Âå¹´ ï¼ÂæÂÂï¼Âï¼ÂæÂÂ¥ ãÂÂæ¨æÂÂæÂ¥ãÂÂå å¾Âï¼ÂæÂÂï¼ ï¼ÂÃ¥ÂÂ
Additional information 13 59 En Note ⢠Speci fications an d desig n subject to po ss ib le mo di fi ca tio n w i tho ut n oti c e, d ue to improvemen ts. Man ufact ured unde r licens e from Dolby Laborator ies.âÂÂDolb yâÂÂ, âÂÂPro Logicâ and the double- D symbol are tr ademark s of Dolby Laborator ies. âÂÂDTS âÂÂ, âÂÂDT S Di git al Su rroundâ and âÂÂDTS 2.0â are reg is ter ed tra d em arks o f D T S, Inc . This product includes F ontA venueî fonts licenced by NEC corporation. F ontAvenue is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation. This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is pr otected by method claims of certain U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited uses only unless other wise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited. DRM (digital rights management) copy protection is a technology designed to prevent unauthorized copying by restricting playback, etc. of compressed audio files on devices other than the PC (or other recor ding equipment) used to recor d it. F or detailed information, please see the instruction manuals or help files that came with your PC and/or software. CX303_505_500. book P age 59 Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2: 39 PM
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