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DV393_WV.book Page 1 Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:19 AM
DVD Player
DV-393-s
DV-490V-s
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DV393_WV.book Page 2 Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:19 AM IMPORTANT CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, CAUTION: The exclamation point within an equilateral within an equilateral triangle, is intended to TO PREVENT THE RISK OF ELECTRIC triangle is intended to alert the user to the alert the user to the presence of uninsulated SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR presence of important operating and "dangerous voltage" within the product's BACK). NO
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DV393_WV.book Page 3 Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:19 AM If the AC plug of this unit does not match the AC This product is for general household purposes. Any failure due to use for other than household purposes outlet you want to use, the plug must be removed (such as long-term use for business purposes in a res- and appropriate one fitted. Replacement and taurant or use in a car or ship) and which requires repair mounting of an AC plug on the power supply cord of will be charged for even d
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DV393_WV.book Page 4 Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:19 AM Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read through these operating instructions so that you will know how to operate your model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them in a safe place for future reference. Contents 01 Before you start 04 Getting started Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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DV393_WV.book Page 5 Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:19 AM 06 Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus Audio Settings menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Audio DRC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Virtual Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Equalizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Video Adjust menu. . .
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DV393_WV.book Page 6 Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:19 AM 01 Before you start Chapter 1 Before you start *4 Features sound audio , all using one interface. You can easily connect to a HDMI-equipped AV receiver 24-bit/96 kHz compatible DAC or audiovisual device for high quality audio and The integrated 24-bit/96 kHz DAC means that video, and communication between the video this player is compatible with high sampling- source and (DTV)
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DV393_WV.book Page 7 Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:19 AM Before you start 01 *4 Make sure that the plus and minus ends of It is not possible to output SACD or DVD- each battery match the indications in the Audio sources from the HDMI connection of this battery compartment. player. Remove batteries from equipment that *5 DivX, DivX Certified, and associated logos are isn’t going to be used for a month or more. trademarks of DivX, Inc. and are used under When d
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DV393_WV.book Page 8 Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:19 AM 01 Before you start Use in a kitchen or other room where the is a trademark of DVD Format/Logo player may be exposed to smoke or steam. Licensing Corporation. Use on a thick rug or carpet, or cover with • is a trademark of Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd. cloth—this may prevent proper cooling of Also compatible with KODAK Picture CD the unit. This player supports the IEC’s Super VCD Place on an unstable surface, or
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DV393_WV.book Page 9 Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:19 AM Before you start 01 File structure (may differ): Up to 299 folders About WMA on a disc; up to 648 folders and files (combined) within each folder DVD+R/DVD+RW compatibility Only DVD+R/DVD+RW discs recorded in ‘Video Mode (DVD Video Mode)’ which have been finalized, can be played back. However, some editing made during the recording may not be played back accurately. ® The Windows Media logo
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DV393_WV.book Page 10 Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:19 AM 01 Before you start This player supports the following language File extensions: .avi and .divx (these must groups: be used for the player to recognize DivX video files). Note that all files with the .avi Group 1: Albanian (sq), Basque (eu), Catalan (ca), Danish (da), Dutch (nl), English (en), Faroese (fo), extension are recognized as MPEG4, but not Finnish (fi), French (fr), German (de), Icel
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DV393_WV.book Page 11 Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:19 AM Connecting up 02 Chapter 2 Connecting up Easy connections Before making or changing any connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cable from the AC outlet. The setup described here is a basic setup that allows you to play discs using just the cables supplied with the player. In this setup, stereo audio is played through the speakers in your TV. The following illustrations show the DV-490V, but conn
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DV393_WV.book Page 12 Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:19 AM 02 Connecting up 1 Connect the VIDEO OUT and AUDIO Connecting using a SCART AV OUT L/R jacks to a set of A/V inputs on your cable TV. A SCART-type AV connector is provided for Use the supplied audio/video cable, connection to a TV or AV receiver. The video connecting the red and white plugs to the output is switchable between ordinary audio outputs and the yellow plug to the video composite and RGB. See AV C
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DV393_WV.book Page 13 Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:19 AM Connecting up 02 Connecting using the Important component video output When Component Out (page 35) is set to You can use the component video output Progressive, there is no video output from instead of the standard video out jack to the VIDEO OUT (composite) jack. connect this player to your TV (or other If you want to display video on more than equipment). This should give you the best
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DV393_WV.book Page 14 Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:19 AM 02 Connecting up Connecting to an AV receiver To enjoy multichannel surround sound you AV receiver AUDIO/ need to connect this player to an AV receiver VIDEO IN using the digital audio output. In addition to a digital connection, we recommend also connecting using the stereo VIDEO OUT AUDIO OUT PB analog connection. L HDMI R You’ll probably also want to connect a video OUT COAXIAL PR Y DIGITAL AUDIO OUT COMPONENT VIDE
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DV393_WV.book Page 15 Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:19 AM Connecting up 02 The arrow on the cable connector body About HDMI should be face up for correct alignment HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) with the connector on the player. supports both video and audio on a single digital connection for use with DVD players, DTV, set-top boxes, and other AV devices. HDMI was developed to provide the technologies of High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (H
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DV393_WV.book Page 16 Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:19 AM 03 Controls and displays Chapter 3 Controls and displays Front panel 1 2 3 4 5 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 DV-490V 1 3 4 5 2 15 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 DV-393 1 STANDBY/ON (page 18) 10 (page 21) 2 Disc tray 11 (page 21) 3 TOP MENU (page 22) 12 (page 21) 4 ENTER & cursor buttons (page 18) 13 and (page 21) 5 MENU (page 22) 14 HDMI indicator (DV-490V only) Lights when this player is recognized
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DV393_WV.book Page 17 Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:19 AM Controls and displays 03 11 (page 21) Remote control 12 PLAY MODE (page 27) 13 SURROUND (page 32) STANDBY/ON OPEN/CLOSE 14 OPEN/CLOSE (page 20) 1 14 15 ANGLE (page 31) AUDIO SUBTITLE ANGLE 2 15 16 CLEAR (page 29) 3 CLEAR 1 23 4 16 17 ENTER (page 18) ENTER 4 5 6 17 18 MENU (page 22) 0 78 9 19 RETURN (page 18) TOP MENU MENU 5 18 20
and / (page 21, 24) ENTER 21
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DV393_WV.book Page 18 Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:19 AM 04 Getting started Chapter 4 Getting started Switching on Using the on-screen displays After making sure that everything is connected For ease of use, this player makes extensive properly and that the player is plugged in, use of graphical on-screen displays (OSDs). press STANDBY/ON on the front panel or All the screens are navigated in basically the remote control to switch the player on. same wa
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DV393_WV.book Page 19 Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:19 AM Getting started 04 Setting the language of this Note player’s on-screen displays From here on in this manual, the word This sets the language of the player’s on- ‘select’ generally means use the cursor screen displays. buttons to highlight an item on-screen, then press ENTER. 1 Press HOME MENU and select ‘Initial Settings’. Setting up the player for your Initial Settings TV If you have a widescreen (16:9)
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DV393_WV.book Page 20 Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:19 AM 04 Getting started 2 Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc Playing discs tray. The basic playback controls for playing DVD, CD, Video CD/Super VCD, DivX video and MP3/ 3 Load a disc. WMA discs are covered here. Further functions Load a disc with the label side facing up, using are detailed in the next chapter. the disc tray guide to align the disc (if you’re loading a double-sided DVD disc, load it w
