Pioneer DV-59AVi Operating Instructions Manual page 42

04 Getting Started
• After I load a DVD disc, it ejects automati-
cally after a few seconds!
Most likely, the disc is the wrong region
for your player. The region number should
be printed on the disc; check it against
the region number of the player (which
you can find on the rear panel). See also
DVD-Video regions on page 13.
If the region number is OK, it may be that
the disc is damaged or dirty. Clean the
disc and look for signs of damage. See
also Taking care of your player and discs on
page 81. Check also that the disc is
aligned properly in the disc tray and that
it's loaded label-side up.
• Why won't the disc I loaded play?
First check that you loaded the disc the
right way up (label side up), and that it's
clean and not damaged. See Taking care
of your player and discs on page 81 for
information on cleaning discs.
If a disc loaded correctly won't play, it's
probably an incompatible format or disc
type, such as DVD-ROM. See Disc /
content format playback compatibility on
page 11 for more on disc compatibility.
• There's no picture!
Check the front panel and make sure that
the PURE AUDIO indicator isn't lit. If it is,
press the PURE AUDIO button to switch
the video and HDMI outputs back on. See
also Front panel on page 26.
Also make sure that if your TV isn't
compatible with progressive scan video,
that the PROGRESSIVE indicator isn't lit.
If it is, press the PROGRESSIVE button to
switch the video output back to interlace.
See also Front panel on page 26.
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• I have a widescreen TV so why are there
black bars at the top and bottom of the
screen when I play some discs?
Some movie formats are such that even
when played on a widescreen TV, black
bars are necessary at the top and bottom
of the screen. This is not a malfunction.
• I have a standard (4:3) TV and set the player
to show widescreen DVDs in pan & scan
format, so why do I still get black bars top
and bottom with some discs?
Some discs override the display prefer-
ences of the player, so even if you have 4:3
(Pan & Scan) selected, those discs will
still be shown in letterbox format. This is
not a malfunction.
• My DVD-Audio disc starts playing, but then
suddenly stops!
The disc may have been illegally copied.
• My CD with MP3 tracks won't play!
Make sure that the tracks are encoded in
MPEG1 audio layer 3 format. See also
Compressed Audio Compatibility on
page 11.
• Some MP3 tracks don't show up. Where are
they?
Filenames that don't end with the exten-
sion ".mp3" won't be recognized by this
player. Also, if there are more than 250
folders or tracks on the disc, only the first
250 are recognized. See also Compressed
Audio Compatibility on page 11.
• There's no sound from the analog/optical/
coaxial outputs or the HDMI interface!
Check the front panel and make sure that
the PURE AUDIO indicator isn't lit. If it is,
press the PURE AUDIO button to switch
the digital audio (optical/coaxial and
HDMI) outputs back on.