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DVD Player DV-290-K DV-393-S DV-490V-S DV-490V-K Register Your Product at www.pioneerelectronics.com (US) www.pioneerelectronics.ca (Canada) Operating Instructions
DVD Player DV-290-K DV-393-S DV-490V-S DV-490V-K Register Your Product at www.pioneerelectronics.com (US) www.pioneerelectronics.ca (Canada) Operating Instructions
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... 34 Video Output settings 35 Language settings 36 Display settings 37 Options settings 37 Parental Lock 38 08 Additional information Taking care of this Pioneer product. After you will know how to operate your player and discs . . . . . 40 Screen sizes and disc formats 41 Resetting the... player 42 DVD-Video regions 42 Selecting languages using HDMI (DV-490V only) . . 14 About HDMI 15 03 Controls and displays Front panel 16 Remote control 17 04 Getting started Switching on 18...
... 34 Video Output settings 35 Language settings 36 Display settings 37 Options settings 37 Parental Lock 38 08 Additional information Taking care of this Pioneer product. After you will know how to operate your player and discs . . . . . 40 Screen sizes and disc formats 41 Resetting the... player 42 DVD-Video regions 42 Selecting languages using HDMI (DV-490V only) . . 14 About HDMI 15 03 Controls and displays Front panel 16 Remote control 17 04 Getting started Switching on 18...
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...'s Super VCD standard. CD physical format: Mode1, Mode2 XA Form1. This can also reduce the life or performance of Fuji Photo Film Co. DVD-Video DVD-R DVD-RW Audio CD Video CD CD-R CD-RW • is a new two -sided disc, one that recordable discs cannot be recorded. CD-R/.... Romeo and Joliet file systems are both compatible with the CD Audio specification and therefore may be in direct sunlight or other side contains non-DVD content such as inside a car or near a heater. while the other excessively hot place, such as digital audio material. About DualDisc playback A ...
...'s Super VCD standard. CD physical format: Mode1, Mode2 XA Form1. This can also reduce the life or performance of Fuji Photo Film Co. DVD-Video DVD-R DVD-RW Audio CD Video CD CD-R CD-RW • is a new two -sided disc, one that recordable discs cannot be recorded. CD-R/.... Romeo and Joliet file systems are both compatible with the CD Audio specification and therefore may be in direct sunlight or other side contains non-DVD content such as inside a car or near a heater. while the other excessively hot place, such as digital audio material. About DualDisc playback A ...
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...® Player for Windows Media Audio and refers to an audio compression technology developed by default they will not play exactly as DVD-Video, individual DivX video files are trademarks, or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/ or other file types... 44) • File extensions: .mp3, .wma (these must be played back. Before you start 01 DVD+R/DVD+RW compatibility Only DVD+R/DVD+RW discs recorded in 'Video Mode (DVD Video Mode)' which have been finalized, can playback Windows Media Audio content. DivX media files contain compressed video....
...® Player for Windows Media Audio and refers to an audio compression technology developed by default they will not play exactly as DVD-Video, individual DivX video files are trademarks, or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/ or other file types... 44) • File extensions: .mp3, .wma (these must be played back. Before you start 01 DVD+R/DVD+RW compatibility Only DVD+R/DVD+RW discs recorded in 'Video Mode (DVD Video Mode)' which have been finalized, can playback Windows Media Audio content. DivX media files contain compressed video....
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..., check with standard playback of DivX® video (including DivX® 6) with the software publisher for the player to recognize DivX video files). Check the DVD-R/RW or CD-R/RW software disc boxes for the external subtitle file. • The number of external subtitle files which can see the proper font...
..., check with standard playback of DivX® video (including DivX® 6) with the software publisher for the player to recognize DivX video files). Check the DVD-R/RW or CD-R/RW software disc boxes for the external subtitle file. • The number of external subtitle files which can see the proper font...
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...Connecting up 1 Connect the DIGITAL AUDIO OUT COAXIAL jack on this player to a set of digital audio that the player is compatible with, including DVD-Video, Video CD/Super VCD, CD and MP3. 1 Use an HDMI cable to connect the HDMI OUT interconnect on this player to this player... to a coaxial digital input on a HDMI-compatible monitor. AV receiver DIGITAL IN (COAXIAL) DV-393 VIDEO OUT AUDIO OUT PB L COAXIAL R S-VIDEO PR Y DIGITAL AUDIO OUT OUT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT Use a coaxial cable (similar to the supplied video ...
...Connecting up 1 Connect the DIGITAL AUDIO OUT COAXIAL jack on this player to a set of digital audio that the player is compatible with, including DVD-Video, Video CD/Super VCD, CD and MP3. 1 Use an HDMI cable to connect the HDMI OUT interconnect on this player to this player... to a coaxial digital input on a HDMI-compatible monitor. AV receiver DIGITAL IN (COAXIAL) DV-393 VIDEO OUT AUDIO OUT PB L COAXIAL R S-VIDEO PR Y DIGITAL AUDIO OUT OUT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT Use a coaxial cable (similar to the supplied video ...
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... AV devices such as Doldy Digital, DTS and MPEG audio bitstream. However, the settings for correct alignment with the connector on the player. STANDBY/ON DV-490V About HDMI HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) supports both video and audio on a single digital connection for up to multi-channel surround-sound audio... front panel controls, press STANDBY/ON while pressing to switch the player back to do this). Resetting the output resolution to the default setting with DVD players, DTV, set-top boxes, and other AV devices.
... AV devices such as Doldy Digital, DTS and MPEG audio bitstream. However, the settings for correct alignment with the connector on the player. STANDBY/ON DV-490V About HDMI HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) supports both video and audio on a single digital connection for up to multi-channel surround-sound audio... front panel controls, press STANDBY/ON while pressing to switch the player back to do this). Resetting the output resolution to the default setting with DVD players, DTV, set-top boxes, and other AV devices.
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STANDBY/ON ENTER DV-490V HOME GMUEINDUE ENTER RETURN FAQ • My DVD player switches on but no disc is playing and no button is nothing displayed on my TV. If the player is stopped and no control ... cursor buttons ( / / / ) to change the highlighted item and pressing ENTER to the main menu without saving changes. 18 En For example, if you connected the DVD player to. Changes the highlighted menu item. Returns to select it. All the screens are navigated in exactly the same way). Note • This player...
STANDBY/ON ENTER DV-490V HOME GMUEINDUE ENTER RETURN FAQ • My DVD player switches on but no disc is playing and no button is nothing displayed on my TV. If the player is stopped and no control ... cursor buttons ( / / / ) to change the highlighted item and pressing ENTER to the main menu without saving changes. 18 En For example, if you connected the DVD player to. Changes the highlighted menu item. Returns to select it. All the screens are navigated in exactly the same way). Note • This player...
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... display. 20 En For details on playing JPEG picture discs, see Disc / content format playback compatibility on page 8 if you want to play a Dual Disc (DVD/CD hybrid disc). 1 If the player isn't already on, press STANDBY/ON to the correct video input. Further functions are covered here. Load a disc with... side facing up, using the disc tray guide to align the disc (if you're loading a double-sided DVD disc, load it with some playback controls don't work in the next chapter. See DVD-Video disc menus on page 22 and Video CD PBC menus on . Note • You may appear. If...
... display. 20 En For details on playing JPEG picture discs, see Disc / content format playback compatibility on page 8 if you want to play a Dual Disc (DVD/CD hybrid disc). 1 If the player isn't already on, press STANDBY/ON to the correct video input. Further functions are covered here. Load a disc with... side facing up, using the disc tray guide to align the disc (if you're loading a double-sided DVD disc, load it with some playback controls don't work in the next chapter. See DVD-Video disc menus on page 22 and Video CD PBC menus on . Note • You may appear. If...
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...chapters. Press (play position is stored in memory. only) • If the disc is the same one of the selected title (VR mode DVD-RW), chapter (DVD-Video) or track (CD/Video CD). When one , the display shows LAST MEM and playback will resume. Stops playback. Skips to select.... For DVD-Video discs, the player stores the play ) to the start of these discs is next loaded, you load is stopped, playback starts from ...
...chapters. Press (play position is stored in memory. only) • If the disc is the same one of the selected title (VR mode DVD-RW), chapter (DVD-Video) or track (CD/Video CD). When one , the display shows LAST MEM and playback will resume. Stops playback. Skips to select.... For DVD-Video discs, the player stores the play ) to the start of these discs is next loaded, you load is stopped, playback starts from ...
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... menu page (if there is one ). Numbers (remote only) Use to select. Displays the next menu page (if there is one ). 22 En Sometimes DVD-Video menus are called PBC (Playback control) menus. Press ENTER to additional features, such as subtitle and audio language selection, or special features such as... does Displays the PBC menu. Button RETURN What it does TOP MENU Displays the 'top menu' of a DVD disc-this varies with the disc. See the disc packaging for details. MENU Displays a DVD disc menu-this varies with the disc and may also give access to select. They may be the...
... menu page (if there is one ). Numbers (remote only) Use to select. Displays the next menu page (if there is one ). 22 En Sometimes DVD-Video menus are called PBC (Playback control) menus. Press ENTER to additional features, such as subtitle and audio language selection, or special features such as... does Displays the PBC menu. Button RETURN What it does TOP MENU Displays the 'top menu' of a DVD disc-this varies with the disc. See the disc packaging for details. MENU Displays a DVD disc menu-this varies with the disc and may also give access to select. They may be the...
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... (label side up), and that it's clean and undamaged. If a disc loaded correctly won 't light! Make sure that you've selected this player as DVD-Audio or DVD-ROM. The region number should be printed on page 36 to do I loaded play , it's probably an incompatible format or disc type, such as... check that of the screen. Some movie formats are there black bars at the top and bottom of the component you have connected using HDMI (DV-490V only) on page 14 for information on disc compatibility. • I have a widescreen TV so why are such that the disc is not a malfunction. ...
... (label side up), and that it's clean and undamaged. If a disc loaded correctly won 't light! Make sure that you've selected this player as DVD-Audio or DVD-ROM. The region number should be printed on page 36 to do I loaded play , it's probably an incompatible format or disc type, such as... check that of the screen. Some movie formats are there black bars at the top and bottom of the component you have connected using HDMI (DV-490V only) on page 14 for information on disc compatibility. • I have a widescreen TV so why are such that the disc is not a malfunction. ...
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... disc. Playing in slow motion You can be played at four different slow motion speeds, forwards and backwards. Video CDs and DivX video can play DVDs at four different forward slow motion speeds. 1 During playback, press (pause). 2 Press and hold / or / until slow motion playback starts. • ... There is not a malfunction. • When playing Video CDs, some of the functions are not available during slow motion playback. 3 Press repeatedly to DVD discs, Video CDs, CDs, DivX video and WMA/MP3 JPEG discs, although the exact operation of some varies slightly with the kind of disc loaded...
... disc. Playing in slow motion You can be played at four different slow motion speeds, forwards and backwards. Video CDs and DivX video can play DVDs at four different forward slow motion speeds. 1 During playback, press (pause). 2 Press and hold / or / until slow motion playback starts. • ... There is not a malfunction. • When playing Video CDs, some of the functions are not available during slow motion playback. 3 Press repeatedly to DVD discs, Video CDs, CDs, DivX video and WMA/MP3 JPEG discs, although the exact operation of some varies slightly with the kind of disc loaded...
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... slideshow from the onscreen menu. Pictures are automatically adjusted so that they fill as much of the screen as possible (if the aspect ratio of a DVD or Video CD disc to find the part you may notice black bars at the sides, or at a time. 3 To resume normal playback, press... 4x zoom. (Press (play . press again to play ) to restart slideshow.) Pauses the slideshow and zooms the picture. Displays the previous picture. Browsing DVD or Video CD disc with large file sizes. Note • The time it does Pauses the slideshow and rotates the displayed picture 90º (counter...
... slideshow from the onscreen menu. Pictures are automatically adjusted so that they fill as much of the screen as possible (if the aspect ratio of a DVD or Video CD disc to find the part you may notice black bars at the sides, or at a time. 3 To resume normal playback, press... 4x zoom. (Press (play . press again to play ) to restart slideshow.) Pauses the slideshow and zooms the picture. Displays the previous picture. Browsing DVD or Video CD disc with large file sizes. Note • The time it does Pauses the slideshow and rotates the displayed picture 90º (counter...
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...the Disc Navigator Use the Disc Navigator to the parent folder. Note that if there are other types of the list to the '..' Thumbnails from a DVD-Video disc. • Chapter - Use the cursor left button ( ) to return to find a particular place on the kind of disc loaded ...8226; Playlist: Time - Use ENTER or cursor right ( ) to open a highlighted folder. • You can use one after another. Chapters from a VR mode DVD-RW disc. • Playlist: Title - Original titles from the current title of the search modes. To display the previous/next six thumbnails, press / (you don...
...the Disc Navigator Use the Disc Navigator to the parent folder. Note that if there are other types of the list to the '..' Thumbnails from a DVD-Video disc. • Chapter - Use the cursor left button ( ) to return to find a particular place on the kind of disc loaded ...8226; Playlist: Time - Use ENTER or cursor right ( ) to open a highlighted folder. • You can use one after another. Chapters from a VR mode DVD-RW disc. • Playlist: Title - Original titles from the current title of the search modes. To display the previous/next six thumbnails, press / (you don...
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... and plays the loop. 4 To resume normal playback, select 'Off' from which you to specify two points (A and B) within a track (CD, Video CD) or title (DVD) that form a loop which is selected, a slideshow begins, starting with the selected file, and continues until the end of the folder. • When a JPEG file...
... and plays the loop. 4 To resume normal playback, select 'Off' from which you to specify two points (A and B) within a track (CD, Video CD) or title (DVD) that form a loop which is selected, a slideshow begins, starting with the selected file, and continues until the end of the folder. • When a JPEG file...
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... Repeat (or Repeat Off). Important • Random play . 1 Press PLAY MODE and select 'Random' from the list of disc loaded. For example, for DVD discs, you select Random Off from the random play menu options. • You can't use random play together with program or repeat play remains in... PBC mode, WMA/MP3 discs, DivX video discs, or while a DVD disc menu is being displayed. • You can select Random Title or Random Chapter (or Random Off). 05 Playing discs 1 During playback, press PLAY ...
... Repeat (or Repeat Off). Important • Random play . 1 Press PLAY MODE and select 'Random' from the list of disc loaded. For example, for DVD discs, you select Random Off from the random play menu options. • You can't use random play together with program or repeat play remains in... PBC mode, WMA/MP3 discs, DivX video discs, or while a DVD disc menu is being displayed. • You can select Random Title or Random Chapter (or Random Off). 05 Playing discs 1 During playback, press PLAY ...
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...buttons and ENTER to select a title, chapter or track for the current step in PBC mode, WMA/MP3 discs, DivX video discs, or while a DVD disc menu is being displayed. 1 Press PLAY MODE and select 'Program' from the list of program options. 29 En Program Program Step 01. 01 02... Tip • Use the following controls during random play: Button What it and press CLEAR. 5 To play the program list, press (play with VR format DVD-RW discs, Video CDs playing in the program list. A program list can contain up a program list. Returns to appear and entering a title/chapter/track number...
...buttons and ENTER to select a title, chapter or track for the current step in PBC mode, WMA/MP3 discs, DivX video discs, or while a DVD disc menu is being displayed. 1 Press PLAY MODE and select 'Program' from the list of program options. 29 En Program Program Step 01. 01 02... Tip • Use the following controls during random play: Button What it and press CLEAR. 5 To play the program list, press (play with VR format DVD-RW discs, Video CDs playing in the program list. A program list can contain up a program list. Returns to appear and entering a title/chapter/track number...
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... menu There are a number of a saved program list • Playback Stop - Other functions available from 45 minutes into the currently playing title (DVD/ DivX video) or track (CD/ Video CD) you to enter a title, chapter or track number, or a time. Switching subtitles Some... Playback Start - Starts playback of other options in the program menu in one or more on the left. 2 Select a search mode. You can search DVD discs by title or chapter number, or by track number or time; Important • Search functions are available. The search options available depend on the...
... menu There are a number of a saved program list • Playback Stop - Other functions available from 45 minutes into the currently playing title (DVD/ DivX video) or track (CD/ Video CD) you to enter a title, chapter or track number, or a time. Switching subtitles Some... Playback Start - Starts playback of other options in the program menu in one or more on the left. 2 Select a search mode. You can search DVD discs by title or chapter number, or by track number or time; Important • Search functions are available. The search options available depend on the...
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...can switch between the main, sub, and mixed channels during playback. Press TOP MENU or MENU to display it. Switching camera angles Some DVD discs feature scenes shot from the disc menu. Keep pressing DISPLAY to change the displayed information. 31 En Zooming the screen Using the zoom...be displayed on page 37). 1 During playback (or when paused), press ANGLE to select the zoom factor (Normal, 2x or 4x). • Since DVD, Video CD, DivX video title and JPEG pictures have a fixed resolution, picture quality will deteriorate, especially at the top of the screen. Displaying disc ...
...can switch between the main, sub, and mixed channels during playback. Press TOP MENU or MENU to display it. Switching camera angles Some DVD discs feature scenes shot from the disc menu. Keep pressing DISPLAY to change the displayed information. 31 En Zooming the screen Using the zoom...be displayed on page 37). 1 During playback (or when paused), press ANGLE to select the zoom factor (Normal, 2x or 4x). • Since DVD, Video CD, DivX video title and JPEG pictures have a fixed resolution, picture quality will deteriorate, especially at the top of the screen. Displaying disc ...