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DV393 KU.book Page 1 Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:17 PM
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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DV393 KU.book Page 2 Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:17 PM CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The lightning flash with arrowhead, within CAUTION: The exclamation point within an equilateral an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert TO PREVENT THE RISK OF ELECTRIC triangle is intended to alert the user to the 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 USER-SERVICEABLE PART
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DV393 KU.book Page 3 Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:17 PM READ INSTRUCTIONS — All the safety and GROUNDING OR POLARIZATION OBJECT AND LIQUID ENTRY — Never push operating instructions should be read before the If this product is equipped with a polarized objects of any kind into this product through product is operated. alternating current line plug (a plug having one openings as they may touch dangerous voltage RETAIN INSTRUCTIONS — The safety and blade wider than the other), it will fit into t
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DV393 KU.book Page 4 Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:17 PM For U.S. and Australia Model POWER-CORD CAUTION Handle the power cord by the plug. Do not pull out the plug by tugging the cord and never touch the power cord when your hands are wet as this could cause a short circuit or electric shock. Do not place the unit, a piece of furniture, etc., on the power cord, or pinch the cord. Never make a knot in the cord or tie it with other C67-7-3_En cords. The power cords should be routed such that t
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DV393 KU.book Page 5 Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:17 PM 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 Using repeat play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 01 Before you s
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DV393 KU.book Page 6 Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:17 PM 01 Before you start Chapter 1 Before you start easily connect to a HDMI-equipped AV receiver Features or audiovisual device for high quality audio and • 24-bit/96 kHz compatible DAC video, and communication between the video The integrated 24-bit/96 kHz DAC means that source and (DTV) players, set-top boxes, and this player is compatible with high sampling- other audiovisual devices i
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DV393 KU.book Page 7 Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:17 PM Before you start 01 *4 Remove batteries from equipment that It is not possible to output SACD or DVD- isn’t going to be used for a month or more. Audio sources from the HDMI connection of this player. When disposing of used batteries, please comply with governmental regulations or *5 DivX, DivX Certified, and associated logos are environmental public instruction’s rules trademarks of DivX, Inc. and are used u
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DV393 KU.book Page 8 Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:17 PM 01 Before you start 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 one that is standard. Compared to the Video CD standard, not large enough to support all four of the Super VCD offers superior picture quality, an
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DV393 KU.book Page 9 Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:17 PM Before you start 01 DVD+R/DVD+RW compatibility About WMA 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. DVD-R/RW compatibility Compatible formats: DVD-Video, Video Recording (VR)* ® * Edit points may not play exactly as edited; The Windows Media logo printed
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DV393 KU.book Page 10 Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:17 PM 01 Before you start ® Displaying DivX subtitle files Plays all versions of DivX video (including The font sets listed below are available for DivX ® ® DivX 6) with standard playback of DivX external subtitle files. You can see the proper media files. font set on-screen by setting the Subtitle File extensions: .avi and .divx (these must Language (in Language settings on page 36) be used for
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DV393 KU.book Page 11 Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:17 PM 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-393, but connectio
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DV393 KU.book Page 12 Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:17 PM 02 Connecting up 1 Connect the VIDEO OUT and AUDIO OUT L/R jacks to a set of A/V inputs on your TV. S-VIDEO Use the supplied audio/video cable, IN connecting the red and white plugs to the audio outputs and the yellow plug to the video TV output. Make sure you match up the left and right audio outputs with their corresponding VIDEO OUT AUDIO OUT inputs for correct stereo sound. PB L See below if you want to use a
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DV393 KU.book Page 13 Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:17 PM Connecting up 02 resolution will be reset to its default—see Watching progressive scan video Resetting the output resolution to the from the component video outputs default setting with HDMI connection on This player can output progressive scan video page 15.) from the component video output. Compared to interlace video, progressive scan video STANDBY/ON effectively doubles the scanning rate o
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DV393 KU.book Page 14 Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:17 PM 02 Connecting up 1 Connect the DIGITAL AUDIO OUT COAXIAL jack on this player to a coaxial digital input on your AV receiver. AV receiver AUDIO/ VIDEO IN DIGITAL IN VIDEO OUT AUDIO OUT PB L AV receiver (COAXIAL) COAXIAL R S-VIDEO PR Y DIGITAL AUDIO OUT OUT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT DV-490V VIDEO OUT AUDIO OUT COAXIAL PB DIGITAL L AUDIO OUT You can use the S-video or component HDMI OUT R video jacks to connect to the AV receiver if
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DV393 KU.book Page 15 Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:17 PM Connecting up 02 The arrow on the cable connector body Visual Interface (DVI) in one specification. should be face up for correct alignment HDCP is used to protect digital content with the connector on the player. transmitted and received by DVI-compliant displays. HDMI has the capability to support standard, enhanced, or high-definition video plus standard to multi-channel surround-sound audio. HDMI features
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DV393 KU.book Page 16 Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:17 PM 03 Controls and displays Chapter 3 Controls and displays Front panel 1 3 4 5 2 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 DV-490V 1 2 3 4 5 15 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 DV-393/ DV-290 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 recogn
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DV393 KU.book Page 17 Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:17 PM 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
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DV393 KU.book Page 18 Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:17 PM 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 way, u
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DV393 KU.book Page 19 Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:17 PM 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) TV,
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DV393 KU.book Page 20 Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:17 PM 04 Getting started 2 Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc Playing discs tray. The basic playback controls for playing DVD, CD, Video CD, DivX video and MP3/WMA discs 3 Load a disc. are covered here. Further functions are Load a disc with the label side facing up, using detailed in the next chapter. the disc tray guide to align the disc (if you’re loading a double-sided DVD disc, load it with For detai
