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  • Page 1 Operating Instructions Blu-ray Disc PLAYER...
  • Page 2 Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate your model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them away in a safe place for future reference.
  • Page 3 When you find it Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or damaged, ask your nearest PIONEER authorized disassembly is prohibited. service center or your dealer for a replacement.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Taking care of your player and discs ..... . 44 Controlling this player via another Pioneer component ..14 Screen sizes and disc formats.

  • Page 5: Before You Start

    (press HDMI Control POPUP MENU/MENU during playback for these), full-colour, By connecting this unit to a Pioneer plasma television, AV system high-definition animated buttons and animated menu transition (amplifier or AV receiver etc.), or HD AV Converter with an HDMI...

  • Page 6: What's In The Box

    High quality audio • HDMI cable • LAN cable • Power cable • Warranty card Putting the batteries in the remote control • Insert two AA/R6P batteries into the battery compartment following the indications (,) inside the compartment. This player is compatible with Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio, Dolby Digital and DTS.

  • Page 7: Disc/Content Format Playback Compatibility

    • This player may not be able to play perfectly every disc that create the disc. Check with the software publisher for more detailed features one of the logos listed above. Please contact Pioneer if information. you find a disc that won’t play properly.

  • Page 8: Titles And Chapters

    • Please note, the following file naming structure needs to be Even when files have a supported file extension, some files may not adhered to when creating/renaming any digital media to be play or display depending on the content or media server type. played on the unit (either through computer-created disc media, Titles and chapters or the Home Media Gallery connection).

  • Page 9: Connecting Up

    (page 13). CONTROL IN AUDIO OUT (2ch) Use to control this player from the remote sensor of another Pioneer Stereo analog audio outputs for connection to your TV, AV receiver component with a CONTROL OUT terminal and bearing the ...

  • Page 10: Easy Connections

    Easy connections To audio input To video input CONTROL AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT AC IN (5.1ch) (2ch) VIDEO OUT CENTER SURROUND FRONT DIGITAL AUDIO OUT SETTING 2 HDMI OUT LAN(100) SETTING 1 IR RECEIVER COMPONENT SUB WOOFER COAXIAL OPTICAL VIDEO OUT To power outlet Using other types of video output This is a basic setup that allows you to watch discs on your TV using...

  • Page 11: Connecting For Hdmi Output

    Connecting for HDMI output After switching on the player you may need to set the output video resolution and HDMI colour space for compatibility with your display. See Changing the output video resolution on page 12 and If you have an HDMI or DVI (with HDCP) equipped monitor or HDMI Color Space in Using the Initial Setup menu on page 39.

  • Page 12: Changing The Output Video Resolution

    Changing the output video resolution 24p output For smooth presentation of 1080/24p or 720/24p video with an HDMI-equipped display compatible with 1080/24p input, set Use the OUTPUT RESOLUTION button located on both the front 24p Direct Out (page 39) on this player to On. panel and the remote control to switch the output video resolution This player will output 1080/24p video over HDMI in the following for the HDMI and component video outputs.

  • Page 13: Connecting For Surround Sound

    Connecting for surround sound Analog connections • Connect the AUDIO OUT (5.1ch) jacks on this player to the This player offers both analog and digital connections for surround multi-channel analog inputs on your AV receiver. sound. The digital outputs (coaxial and optical) provide a convenient Use a dedicated six-way cable (not supplied), or three sets of stereo way to connect this player to an AV receiver with built-in Dolby cables (not supplied) to connect the six channels.

  • Page 14: Network Connection

    The CONTROL IN jack allows you to control this player via the remote control sensor of another Pioneer component — typically an AV receiver — that has a CONTROL OUT jack. Remote control signals are passed through to the player from the remote sensor of...

  • Page 15: Using An External Ir Receiver With This Player

    Using an external IR receiver with this player If you prefer to keep your AV equipment in a closed cabinet, you can use an external IR receiver connected to the IR IN jack. You can thus have just the receiver outside of the cabinet and still be able to control the player.

  • Page 16: Controls And Displays

    Chapter 3 Controls and displays Front panel  STANDBY/ON  (play) Press to switch the player on (the power indicator and indicator in Press to start or resume playback. the middle of the unit light up when the power is on) or into standby. ...

  • Page 17: Remote Control

    Remote control DISPLAY Press to display information (see page 23). ANGLE Press to change the camera angle during BD-ROM or DVD-Video movie multi-angle scene playback (see page 23). STANDBY/ON OPEN/CLOSE DIMMER  11 DISC NAVIGATOR/TOP MENU  Press to display the top menu of a BD-ROM or DVD-Video disc. HOME MEDIA When playing a DVD-R/-RW disc, press to display/exit the Disc GALLERY...

  • Page 18: Getting Started

    Chapter 4 Getting Started Switching on and setting up Press ENTER to start setting up using the Setup Navigator. Setup Navigator When you switch the player on for the first time the Setup Navigator screen appears. We recommend using this to make a few basic Before using, make some simple settings for the BD player.

  • Page 19: Using The On-Screen Displays

    Select ‘Finish Setup’ to accept the settings and exit the Use the on-screen keypad to enter a name for the player. Setup Navigator, or ‘Go Back’ to go through the settings again. This is how the player will appear to connected devices on the local area network.

  • Page 20: Playing Movies, Music And Photos

    Playing movies, music and photos When playing BD-ROM discs: • Commercially produced BD-ROM movie discs often go straight to the disc menu when playback is started (sometimes preceded Using this player, you can enjoy watching movies, listening to music by an opening sequence). Navigate through the disc menu and browsing photos, from DVD discs or from a media server on the using the cursor keys (///) and the ENTER button.

  • Page 21: Playback Controls

    Playback controls • Some actions in the Disc Navigator/Home Media Gallery (such as changing the Browse category) will cause the resume position to be lost. Scanning video and audio You can fast-scan BD/DVD movies or Audio CDs, forward or CLEAR ENTER OUTPUT RESOLUTION...
  • Page 22 Playing video in slow motion Play Mode option compatibility The available options depend on what kind of disc/file is playing (=available/=unavailable): You can play BD and DVD movies at different forward slow motion Disc/file type speeds. Play Mode PC File PC File PC File Audio...

  • Page 23: Switching Subtitles

    Switching camera angles • There may be a short delay after pressing the button for the audio channel to change. ANGLE Some BD and DVD movies feature scenes shot from two or more angles — check the disc box for details. •...

  • Page 24: Frequently Asked Questions

    Frequently Asked Questions • My AV receiver is definitely compatible with 96 kHz Linear PCM audio, but it doesn’t seem to work with this player. What’s wrong? 192 kHz/96 kHz BD and 96 kHz DVD discs only output digital • Why won’t the disc I loaded play? audio downsampled to 48 kHz through the optical and coaxial First check that you loaded the disc the right way up (label side outputs.

  • Page 25: Using The Disc Navigator

    Chapter 5 Using the Disc Navigator Movie Navigator Use the Disc Navigator to browse through the PC files on a DVD-R/ -RW disc to find what you want to play. You can use the Disc Navigator when a disc is playing or stopped. The movie section of the Disc Navigator allows you to browse and play all the compatible movie files stored on the loaded DVD-R/-RW disc (non-movie files are not displayed).

  • Page 26: Photo Navigator

    Displaying the browse menu Searching movies From the Search sub-menu you can enter a few (up to 20) characters Press  to display the browse menu: • of a movie title or genre. As each character is entered into the search field the search results are dynamically updated, narrowing down the list of movies until you can see the one you’re looking for.
  • Page 27 Use the / buttons to change the current selection Browsing photos (highlighted in yellow). The browse sub-menu gives you several ways to browse photos. • Press ENTER to start full-screen slideshow playback from the currently selected photo. Folder1 30 items •...

  • Page 28: Music Navigator

    Pictures Of My Life 4:57 All Albums Search Real Sound 9:36 Acoustic Guitar 20 Songs Sort Rush Street 6:18 Best of Pioneer All Sta 13 Songs Now Playing Take The Time 6:18 Cooking Or Eating 10 Songs Family 12 Songs Good!! 18 Songs...
  • Page 29 Electrified Song Options End Of The Road Play Song Into The Arena Remove Keep On Running Artist: Pioneer All Stars Album: Acoustic Guitar Never Let You Go Genre: Rock Open Your Eyes Format: WMA Pictures Of My Life Real Sound...

  • Page 30: Introduction

    • Problems with the PC may cause malfunctions. • This product is protected by certain intellectual property rights of Pioneer is not responsible for any malfunction of the player and/or Microsoft. Use or distribution of such technology outside of this the Home Media Gallery features due to communication error/ product is prohibited without a license from Microsoft.

  • Page 31: Using The Home Media Gallery

    Using the Home Media Gallery Movie Navigator Before using the Home Media Gallery, make sure that you have From the movie section of the Home Media Gallery you can browse connected the player to the network and made the necessary and play all the compatible movie files found on your local area settings.
  • Page 32 Displaying the browse menu Searching movies From the Search sub-menu you can enter a few (up to 20) characters Press  to display the browse menu: • of a movie title or genre. As each character is entered into the search field the search results are dynamically updated, narrowing down the list of movies until you can see the one you’re looking for.

  • Page 33: Photo Navigator

    Photo Navigator Displaying the browse menu From the left-most column, press  to display the Browse • The photo section of the Home Media Gallery allows you to browse menu: and display all the compatible photo files found on your local area network (non-photo files are not displayed).

  • Page 34: Music Navigator

    All Albums of a photo title. As each character is entered into the search field the Acoustic Guitar 20 Songs Best of Pioneer All Stars 13 Songs search results are dynamically updated, narrowing down the list of Cooking Or Eating 10 Songs photos until you can see the one you’re looking for.
  • Page 35 Play song Into The Arena 7:31 Into The Arena Remove Keep On Running 3:55 Keep On Running Artist: Pioneer All Stars Never Let You Go 6:33 All Songs Album: Acoustic Guitar Never Let You Go Open Your Eyes 5:26 Genre: Rock...

  • Page 36: About Windows Media Player 11/Windows Media Connect

    About Windows Media Player 11/Windows First entering Movie, Photo or Music Navigator After powering on this player and entering the Movie, Music or Media Connect Photo Navigator, you may be presented with the Folders screen. This is due to this player compiling a list of the available media on Windows Media Player 11/Windows Media Connect is software to your media servers.

  • Page 37: Video/Audio Adjust Menu

    Chapter 7 Video/Audio Adjust menu From the Video/Audio Adjust menu you can make various settings PureCinema mode can be automatically activated if you choose Cinema from the Video Adjust menu, have the input line system set that affect how video is presented on your TV and how the sounds. to PAL (50 Hz), and have the output video resolution set to anything Items in the Video/Audio Adjust menu can only be changed other than 576i or 1080i.

  • Page 38: Audio Adjust

    Audio Adjust From the Audio Adjust menu you can set the Audio DRC (Dynamic Range control). Audio DRC • Default setting: Off When watching Dolby Digital BD and DVD discs, as well as PC files with Dolby Digital audio, at low volume, it’s easy to lose the quieter sounds completely —...

  • Page 39: Initial Setup Menu

    Chapter 8 Initial Setup menu Using the Initial Setup menu The Initial Setup menu is where you can set various player options for sound, picture, language and so on. Note that settings can only be changed when the player is stopped. If you disconnect the player from the wall outlet before switching the player off, any new settings made during that session will be lost.
  • Page 40 Setting Options Explanation Audio Out Dolby Digital Out Dolby Digital • Outputs a Dolby Digital signal when a Dolby Digital source is being played. Dolby Digital  PCM Converts Dolby Digital sources to Linear PCM output. Use if your connected equipment doesn’t support Dolby Digital audio.
  • Page 41 Setting Options Explanation Parental Lock Change Password Next Screen Set or change the password necessary to play BD or DVD discs that have level/age (Set Password) restrictions. In order to change the password, you’ll need to first enter your existing one. DVD Parental Lock Change Level Enter your password and then set the parental lock level.

  • Page 42: About The Audio Output Settings

    About the audio output settings The table below shows how the audio settings you make in the Initial Setup menu (page 39) affect the output to the analog (2ch/5.1ch), digital and HDMI outputs with various types of disc/files. Analog outputs Digital outputs HDMI output Disc audio format...

  • Page 43: Speaker Setup

    Speaker Setup Note • Steps are the operations performed by the user (they are You only need to make this setting if you connected this player to your intended to download the software from the Internet). amplifier using the 5.1 channel analog outputs. •...

  • Page 44: Additional Information

    Use of shaped discs is not recommended for this product. outside edge as shown in the diagram below. Pioneer disclaims all liability arising in connection with the use of shaped discs. Do not use any kind of adapter when playing 8 cm DVD discs. This size disc can be played in this player without an adapter;...

  • Page 45: Screen Sizes And Disc Formats

    Screen sizes and disc formats Hints on installation We want you to enjoy using this product for years to come, so please bear in mind the following points when choosing a suitable location BD-ROM and DVD-Video discs come in several different screen for it: aspect ratios, ranging from TV programmes, which are generally 4:3, to CinemaScope widescreen movies, with an aspect ratio of up to...

  • Page 46: Setting Up The Remote To Control Your Tv

    TV. on (or into standby if it was on previously), then you have the correct For example, if you have a Pioneer TV, press and hold TV CONTROL , code.

  • Page 47: Bd/Dvd Language Code List

    Sometimes the trouble may lie in another component. Investigate the other components and electrical appliances being used. If the trouble cannot be rectified even after checking the points below, ask your nearest Pioneer authorized service center or your dealer to carry out repair work.
  • Page 48 Problem Remedy • Press  (stop), then start playback again ( (play)). Picture freezes and the front panel and • Press the front panel  STANDBY/ON button to switch the power off, then switch back on and remote control buttons stop working. restart playback.
  • Page 49 Problem Remedy Disc containing PC files won’t play. • Make sure the disc is compatible with this player (see Disc/content format playback compatibility on page 7). • This player is compatible with multi-border discs, but only plays the first border. •...
  • Page 50 • This unit will not function properly with components that do not support HDMI Control, or when connected with components other than those made by Pioneer. • If you want to use an HDMI cable other than the supplied HDMI cable, use the one that supports the (Category 2) or later HDMI 1.3 specification...
  • Page 51 “WRT FAILED” is displayed on the front • The message is displayed when downloading failed. As the player may be failed, contact your local panel display during network downloading. Pioneer Customer Service Center. Miscellaneous troubleshooting Problem Remedy •...

  • Page 52: Glossary

    Problem Remedy On hybrid discs with BD and CD layers, • Change the Set hybrid disc playback layer to CD (page 41). the CD layer cannot be played back. When the Set hybrid disc playback layer • When the layer set to playback at Set hybrid disc playback layer is not present on an inserted hybrid is set to DVD and you insert a hybrid disc disc, the BD layer is played back.
  • Page 53 DTS-HD High Resolution Audio Progressive scan video DTS-HD High Resolution Audio provides sound quality which far Also called non-interlaced video, this method of displaying a picture outpaces that of the current DVD discs with constant data rates updates all the lines in one pass, resulting in a more stable, from 1.5 Mbps to 6.0 Mbps for Blu-ray Disc.

  • Page 54: License

    License [MPEG4IP] This software is based in part on Mozilla Public License 1.1 see http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/for information. [OpenSSL] OpenSSL License Copyright © 1998-2004 The OpenSSL Project. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1.
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  • Page 58 b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License. c) If the modified program normally reads commands interactively when run, you must cause it, when started running for such interactive use in the most ordinary way, to print or display an announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a notice that there is no warranty (or else, saying that you provide a warranty) and that users may redistribute the program under these conditions, and telling the user how to view a copy of this License.
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  • Page 60 Preamble The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public Licenses are intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free software – to make sure the software is free for all its users. This license, the Lesser General Public License, –...
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  • Page 63: Specifications

    General Public License. The machine readable copy of the corresponding source code is available for the cost of distribution. For more information or to obtain a copy, contact your local Pioneer Customer Service center. Details of the GNU General Public License can be found at the GNU website (http://www.gnu.org).
  • Page 64 253 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. 11000 TEL: 55-9178-4270 K002_B_En Published by Pioneer Corporation.

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