System Manuals

Date/Code	Document	Author	Description
DRB1141	Pioneer CLD-A100 - Operating Instructions	Pioneer
ARP2757	Pioneer CLD-A100 - Service Manual	Pioneer	An official, complete, comprehensive service manual for the CLD-A100 player, including schematics, parts lists, calibration steps, troubleshooting guides, and a logical description of how the player operates.
	Pioneer CLD-A100 - Service Information Bulletins	Pioneer	This is a compilation of various supplementary service bulletins and other service materials. It was not published as a single document, this is simply a compilaton of a material gathered from an individual repair centre where this information was obtained from.
	Pioneer PAC-K1 - Operating_Instructions	Pioneer
	Pioneer PAC-N10 - Operating_Instructions	Pioneer
ARP2763	Pioneer PAC-N10 - Service Manual	Pioneer
	Pioneer PAC-S10 - Operating_Instructions	Pioneer
ARP2779	Pioneer PAC-S10 - Service Manual	Pioneer
RRV1012	Pioneer GOL-1 - Service Manual	Pioneer

Other Player Manuals

This is a collection of player manuals and service materials for other Laserdisc players other than the CLD-A100. This will be helpful if you are using one of these players for creating RF Laserdisc backups, as well as for a technical reference on player operations and commands. The programming manuals for these players in particular contain details on player states and system commands, which have overlap in some cases with the registers and commands in the low-level register interface provided to the PAC modules. See the Dragon’s Lair Project for a more complete compilation of materials across a broader range of manufacturers. Documents lited here will be limited to those of interest.

Date/Code	Document	Author	Description
DRE1006 1991	Pioneer LD-V4300D - Operating Instructions	Pioneer
ARP2311 1991-07	Pioneer LD-V4300D - Service Manual	Pioneer	Alternate Versions Pioneer LD-V4300D - Service Manual - Lower quality scan of the manual in black and white rather than colour.
	Pioneer LD-V4300D - Brochure with Specifications	Pioneer
TP116 V1.1 1993-09	Pioneer LD-V4400 - Level I & III User’s Manual - Programmer’s Reference Guide	Pioneer	Since the LD-V4400 is an NTSC-only variation of the LD-V300D, this manual is also applicable for the LD-4300D.
ARP1758 1989-05	Pioneer LD-V8000 - Service Manual	Pioneer
TP113 V2.1 1993-02	Pioneer LD-V8000 - Level I & III User’s Manual - Programmer’s Reference Guide	Pioneer
DTP114 V1.0 1991-07	Pioneer LD-V8000 - Level II User’s Manual - Programmer’s Reference Guide	Pioneer
	Pioneer LD-V8000 - Brochure with Specifications	Pioneer
	Pioneer LD-V8000 - Product Information Bulletin - Specifications	Pioneer
	Pioneer CLD-V2400 - Brochure with Specifications	Pioneer
	Pioneer CLD-V2600 - Brochure with Specifications	Pioneer
TP117 V2.0 1993-12	Pioneer CLD-V2600 and CLD-V2400 - Level I & III User’s Manual - Programmer’s Reference Guide	Pioneer
TP120 V1.0 1995-10	Pioneer CLD-V2800 - Level III User’s Manual - Programmer’s Reference Guide	Pioneer
	Pioneer CLD-V2800 - Brochure with Specifications	Pioneer
TP121 V1.1 1996-03	Pioneer CLD-V5000 - Level III User’s Manual - Programmer’s Reference Guide	Pioneer

Standards Documents

Two main sets of standards cover the LaserDisc format, and by extension the LaserActive system - the “Laser vision” IEC standards for PAL/NTSC and their amendments, and for the digital audio/data portion, the Rainbow Books, specifically the Red Book and Yellow Book. Additionally there is the CD-V variant, which is a hybrid CD and LaserDisc format. I would love nothing more than to post the full IEC standards documents here, as the documents themselves contain vital information to understanding how these systems work, and in particular how to decode the data. Unfortunately, although these standards are thoroughly obsolete, standards bodies can be aggressive at enforcing copyright, no matter how irrelivent or obsolete it may be to industry. These documents are still available to purchase by the publishing standards bodies, as long as you have deep pockets. That means they cannot reasonably be construed to be abandoned. The relevant standards documents will be listed here, however download links will only be provided to documents externally hosted on archive.org, as we consider they have already obtained permission or qualified for an exemption allowing them to host these materials. Where a document is known but not currenly available on archive.org, the name will appear with no link provided.

Date/Code	Document	Author
IEC 60857:1986 1986-10	Pre-recorded optical reflective videodisk system “Laser vision” 60 Hz/525 lines - M/NTSC	IEC
IEC 60857:1986 1991-07	Pre-recorded optical reflective videodisk system “Laser vision” 60 Hz/525 lines - M/NTSC - Amendment 1	IEC
IEC 60857:1986 1997-04	Pre-recorded optical reflective videodisk system “Laser vision” 60 Hz/525 lines - M/NTSC - Amendment 2	IEC
IEC 60856:1986 1986-10	Pre-recorded optical reflective videodisk system “Laser vision” 50 Hz/625 lines - PAL	IEC
IEC 60856:1986 1991-07	Pre-recorded optical reflective videodisk system “Laser vision” 60 Hz/525 lines - PAL - Amendment 1	IEC
IEC 60856:1986 1997-05	Pre-recorded optical reflective videodisk system “Laser vision” 60 Hz/525 lines - PAL - Amendment 2	IEC
IEC 61104:1992 1992-06	Compact disc video system — 12cm CD-V	IEC
IEC 60908:1987 1987-09	Compact disc digital audio system (Red Book)	IEC
IEC 60908:1987 1992-09	Compact disc digital audio system (Red Book) - Amendment 1	IEC
IEC 60908:1999 1999-02	Compact disc digital audio system - Second Edition (Red Book)	IEC
IEC 10149:1989 1989-09	Information technology - Data interchange on read-only 120 mm Optical data disks (CD-ROM) (Yellow Book)	IEC
IEC 10149:1995 1995-07	Information technology - Data interchange on read-only 120 mm Optical data disks (CD-ROM) (Yellow Book) - Second Edition	IEC

Technical Reference Materials

Date/Code	Document	Author	Description
No 1	Pioneer Tuning Fork - No 1	Pioneer	Some discussion of FM techniques, but not much relevant for Laserdiscs. Included here for completeness.
1980-04	Pioneer Tuning Fork - Digital Supplement	Pioneer	Digital electronics primer. Included here for completeness.
No 2	Pioneer Tuning Fork - No 2	Pioneer	Not much relevant for Laserdiscs. Included here for completeness.
1984-03	Pioneer Tuning Fork - No 2 Supplement	Pioneer	Not much relevant for Laserdiscs. Included here for completeness.
No 3	Pioneer Tuning Fork - No 3	Pioneer	Not much relevant for Laserdiscs. Included here for completeness.
No 4	Pioneer Tuning Fork - No 4	Pioneer	Not much relevant for Laserdiscs. Included here for completeness.
No 5	Pioneer Tuning Fork - No 5	Pioneer	Not much relevant for Laserdiscs. Included here for completeness.
No 6	Pioneer Tuning Fork - No 6	Pioneer	Thorough introduction into the Laserdisc format, and the principles and technology underpinning Laserdisc players.
No 7	Pioneer Tuning Fork - No 7	Pioneer	Thorough introduction into the CD format, and the principles and technology underpinning CD players.
No 8	Pioneer Tuning Fork - No 8	Pioneer	Brief introduction to NTSC and PAL, and thorough introduction to NTSC VHS, and the principles and technology underpinning VHS players.
No 9	Pioneer Tuning Fork - No 9	Pioneer	Diagnostic and calibration information for servicing LD and CD players. A thorough discussion of the Z80. Coverage of PAL VHS principles and technology.
No 10	Pioneer Tuning Fork - No 10	Pioneer	Not much relevant for Laserdiscs. Included here for completeness.
1984-11	Digital Audio Modulation in the PAL and NTSC Optical Video Disk Coding Formats	Philips	Engineering paper proposing the addition of digital audio to the Laserdisc format, which was ultimately carried out as described. It gives a good breakdown of the approach used.
1989	Basic Laser Disc Technology Guide - 1989	Pioneer	A good grounding of the Laserdisc format and operation of Laserdisc players
1990-05	Basic Laser Disc Technology Guide - 1990	Pioneer	Adds a description of CD-V and describes “trick play” techniques such as reverse, slow-motion, and still frame.