Thank you for purchasing the PIONEER Projection Monitor Receiv- If you have not read the precautionary instructions enclosed with these operating instructions, please do so before proceeding. After learning how to operate the Projection Monitor be sure to keep this manual handy for future reference.
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] PORTA ]THOT]CE WARNING:TO REDUCETHE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, D ONOTEXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TOWETLOCATIONS, The model number and the serial number of this Projection Monitor are located on the rear panel. Please write the serial number on the enclosed warranty card and keep it in a safe place for future reference.
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A damaged power cord can cause a fire or give you an electrical shock. Check the power cord regularly. If you find it damaged, ,/our nearest PIONEER authorized service center or your deater for a replace- ment.
FEATURES Sharp, Clear Images with 730 line Horizontal Resolution (Video input) eA !0 MHz video bandwidth and Dynamic Picture Control circuitry provide sharp detail and crisp outlines. oN•w, high-resolution picture tubes improve focusing performance by 20%, • Dynamic focusing c_rcuit enhances resolution at p_cture edges. Wide Viewing Range Screen...
INSTALL ,Ti0H ANTENNA CONNECTION Downward si:_l lights or fluorescent lights in an overhead •Honey* comb' prevent 0irect illumination of the screen¸ Connect to an outdoor antenna, cable box or centralized an- tenna terminal (see page 12 for details)• MOUNTING The Projection Monitor is designed to be placed on the floor or on a sturdy platform.
]NSERTiNG BATTERIES I NTHERE 'tOTE CONTROL U NIT INSERTING BA'I-FERIES You wi!l find the remote control unit packed inside lhe projec- tion monitor box Open the remote control unit _.nd _nsert the batteries Fo!low the procedure below Open the battery compadmen_ on the rear of _he remote control unt Press down wilh your thumb while sfid_ngthe lid outward Note the poiarity( + and - ) markings _nthe case Insert...
FRONT PANEL FACILITIES A flip-down door conceals the control panel. Push gently and release to open the door. TO close the door, lift it back up into place. Push and release to open. NOTE: • If you accidentally pull the door open, it may not shut properly. Push in when shutting the door to restore it to normal operation.
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FRONT PANEL FACILITIES POWER SWITCH AND INDICATOR DPO(Dynamic Picture Optimizer) BUTTON Press once to turn on the Dower Press again to turn the power off Press to turn DPO on or off as desired. When DPO is on, it automati- The POWER indicator lights up when the power is on This unit Jsequip.
SYSTEM CONNECTION D IAGRAM Refer to the instructions for your VCR, LD Player and other components for details concerning connections. Turn off all components before making connections. Laser Vision Player OUTPUT (See p.13) BLE I F-type plug these audio video jacks to an AV amplifier when using the system mode fur_tion...
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VCRs causes an osc#lahon feedback loop in such sguahons. I CONTROL OUT I JACKS EXTERNAL This jack is used to extend remote control to other PIONEER equipment SPEAKERS bearing (System Retool•) mark. Use mono minlplug cords (available at audio and video shops) to connect the monilor's CONTROL...
SYSTEM REMOTE CONTROL C ONNECTIONS Many PIONEER audio and video components can be connected to provide remote control for an entire audio/video system.
SPEAKERS CONNECTING E_ERNAL SPEAKER WIRES Do this for each wire. Be careful to connect the right speaker's plus and minus terminal wires to the "R" "+" and "--" terminals. Like- w_se, connect the left speaker's I_US and minus terrninal wires to the "L"...
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II_ourLD F%ee o_ ,'CR i_,,._ec,C_s_-tte P-:corde_t ;s a P!OHEER model other components with commands you ,nOdt L_s_r,glhe bearing me _ mark you can control :he comoonent using _hese keys LEARN funcbon, as well as PIONEER equ_Drnenl Fo_ delais see page 23 LEARN: This setting activates the cepab_ht_,of the unit to •'learn...
REMOTE CONTROL UNIT FACILITIES ,_414, CH RETURN (Channel return) MUTE Press to switch between the current channel and the channel you were Press to temporarily turn off the sound. Press again to return to the previous volume level. Th_s is useful, for example, when answering watching immediately before This is useful, for example, if you wish to switch back and forth between two sporting events,...
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,,tg. PICTURE Direct Channel Selection/Color Convergence Press to select the picture parameter to be adjusted. Press the key (or keys) that correspond to the channel that you wish to watch, to switch directly to that channel from any other channel i_., T_], keys are also used for co!or...
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REMOTE CONTROL UNIT FACILITIES Dynamic sound expansion effects This monitor is equipped with the newty designed Dynam_c Sound Expansion system to reproduce a wider and more dynamic sound fie_d for any video source including TV pro- grams, A monaural sound track can also be modified to pro- duce stereo-like sound.
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REMOTE CONTROL UNIT FACILITIES Picture-in-Picture functions P IN P Key INPUT Key STILL key Any one of the three sources connected to the Projection Monitor MULT_ key can be displayed simultaneously on a sina!! area of the screen. while one of the other sources is being watched on the main screen, "ro turn the Picture-in-Picture function on and off...
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REMOTE CONTROL UNIT FACILITIES Attention To display the picture of several television stations ing the channel scan feature Do not use the Picture-in-Picture function for more than 2 hours. It may damage the picture tubes inside the Projection The channel scan feature can display 4 or 9 television station p=c- Monitor.
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Also do not throw away the original remote control units after programming. You might need the ong/nal ones in the future. This remotecont rot unit contains preprogrammed commands com- pa_ib_ewith PIONEER equipment. It you_ home audiolvideo cente_ r 0,)plo_E -F_'_ P,m_,Jac:_o_ MeN_TDa =IECE:I_...
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How to use the remote control buttons How to program the remote control buttons Set the LEARN MODE switch back to the USE position Set the LEAN MODE switch to LEARN. Point the programmable remote control uniI toward the cor- Place the other remote control unit and the program- responding component and check operation by pressing the mable remote control unit on a table facing each other,...
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Using a ball.point pen or similar object, press and hold lhe M.CLR button down untillthe indicator flashes and then goes out. All commands you programmeO will be erased, and the unit wil! be reset to use codes initially set by PIONEER...
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Control keys for a PIONEER LD Player and VCR bearing the mark If your LD Player or VCR isa PIONEER model bearing the _ marking, your remotecontrolunit can performmost basicoperations without remote control code programming The TRANSMIT MODE switch is used to select whether the programmable remote controlunit operation keys will iunotion as LD or VCR control keys.
HOWTOALIGNCOLOR CONVERGENCE This Projection Monitor uses three separate TV tubes -- a MENU ON/OFF button red, a green, and a blue tube. The red, green and blue im- ages are projected onto the screen where they converge to _I_TA P iN ¢...
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HOW TO ALIGN COLOR CONVERGENCE Color convergence alignment without using the remote control unit Color convergence adjustment can be performed by either the operation keys of the remote control unit as described in operation 4 of the above procedures, or the MENU SE- LECT/ADJUST buttons and MENU SET button on the con- trol panel as described...
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HOW TO ALIGN COLOR CONVERGENCE 5 R/B key Notes for the convergence alignment adjustment By repeatedly pressing the 5 R/B key or the MENU SET but- ton when the convergence alignment adjustment is en- gaged, a selected image can be displayed on the screen in- stead of the alignment cross pattern, This is the alignment proof mode, which a}lows you to check the center of the images to ensure that colored borders are...
TV CHANNEL SELECTION The Praiection Monitor uses a frequency synthesizer tuning system to permit reception of up to 127 channels (including cable channels}, This electronic tun- ir_gsystem gives you _wo ways of selecting channels. You can use the remote control keys numbered "0"...
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"IV CHANNEL SELECT{ON PRESETTING YOUR CATV SYSTEM (When the cable box output is connected to the ANTENNA terminal MENU ON/OFF button on the rear panel.) _=RE_E T rvle- r,jL j Press the INPUT SELECTOR button so that "TV CHXX" appears on the monitor screen, or press the "IV input selector key on the remote con- trol unit.
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"iV CHANNEL SELECTION CABLE (CAW) CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT TABLE Channel number assignment for the cable tuning mode begins with 01 through 65, omits the unassigned numbers 66 through 93, then proceeds from 94 through 99, The specific channel number assignments and the corresponding alphabetical designation are shown below in the channe_ table.
MULTI-CHANNEL TV SOUND (MTS) A multi-channel TV sound decoder is built into the Projection Monitor, This MTS decoder permits stereo and SAP sound reception. (SAP is a "second audio program" often used for a second language.) The MTS decoder is only effective if the broad- cast includes stereo or SAP signals.
HOW TORELABEL INPUT DISPLAYS The input label function can be used to replace the input displays; such as LD, VIDEO 1, VIDEO 2 or VIDEO 3; with the model numbers or model names of the components that are MENU ON/OFF button connected to the monitor For example, you can display _LD.
TUNER PRESET You can customize this special tuning system so that it will select only your personal choice of channels. When the Pro- jection Monitor leaves the factory, all possible channels are in TUNER PRESET. Using the menu function you can add or delete channels to or from TUNER PRESET to suit your tastes.
USING THESTATION LABEL FUNCTION The station label function can be used to label each station MENU ON/OFF butten with a cail sign, network name, etc. For example, 'ABCD' can be displayed on the screen when that TV station is se- lected.
PICTURE A NDSOUND ADJUSTMENT The remote control unit has a PICTURE key and a SOUND key. These keys allow to adjust color, tint, contrast. brightness, sharpness, bass, treblm and balance. ,NmUT MULTI i't..L IOj o r--i I--] Press the PICTURE key or SOUND key until the item to be adjusted lurns red.
AVMEMORY After making adjustments, you can store your picture and MENU ON/OFF button tone quality settings in the two AV MEMORY presets. Follow the procedure below. _Sl_,r_L P_ESET "-_ENU Storing a Setting Watch a TV show, video tape, or video disc. Adjust the picture and tone using the PICTURE key, SOUND key and ADJUST key.
DP0ADJUSTiVlENT Attention When the DPO (Dynamic Picture Optimizer) switch is on, the monitor automatically adjusts the contrast, brightness The following picture adjustments should not be performed color to match room lighting conditions. This is done accord- when the DPO system is engaged. ing to factory preset specifications which ordinarily do not They are automatically...
HOWTOTURN THESYSTEM MODEFUNCTION ONANDOFF MENU ON!OFF button On the system mode function The system mode function is used to internally separate the _,_ F. SET rv1[- %U TV tuner section from the Monitor sect=on of the Projection Monitor This allows the TV signal to be sent through an AV i C.,j ._F:_- ir4_j-...
TROUBLESHOOTING Please check the following chart and try the suggested solutions before consulting a PIONEER authorized service center. Often you can fix the problem by making a simple adjustment on the Projection Monitor. Fautty connect+ons may be to blame, or it may be another piece of equipment that is causing the troubte.
CARE OFYOURPROJECTION MONITOR DO NOT: • Use a soft cloth to dust the screen and cabinet. IDo not use strong cleansers, solvents, polishes, or chemi- cally treated cloths to clean the screen or cabinet. elf necessary, unplug the monitor and wipe with a soft cloth eDo not touch or scratch the screen.