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DVD Player
Reproductor DVD
DV-656A
Operating Instructions
Manual de instrucciones
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IMPORTANT CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The lightning flash with arrowhead CAUTION: The exclamation point within an symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is TO PREVENT THE RISK OF ELECTRIC equilateral triangle is intended to alert intended to alert the user to the presence SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR the user to the presence of important of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS operating and maintenance (servicing) within the product’s enclosure that
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English This product is for general household purposes. Any WARNING: BEFORE PLUGGING IN THE UNIT failure due to use for other than household purposes FOR THE FIRST TIME, READ THE FOLLOWING SECTION (such as long-term use for business purposes in a res- CAREFULLY. THE VOLTAGE OF THE AVAILABLE POWER taurant or use in a car or ship) and which requires repair SUPPLY DIFFERS ACCORDING TO COUNTRY OR RE- will be charged for even during the warranty period. GION. BE SURE THAT THE POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGE K04
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Contents Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate your model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them away in a safe place for future reference. 01 Before You Start 04 Getting Started Features ..............................................................6 Setting the TV System ..................................... 20 What’s in the box ...............................................7
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English Contents Setting/changing the Parental 06 The Audio Settings Menu Lock level ...............................................57 Audio DRC ........................................................44 Setting/changing the country code ....57 Virtual Surround ...............................................45 Bonus Group ...............................................58 Channel Level ...................................................46 Auto Disc Menu ..........................................
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01 Before You Start Super Fine Focus digital filter Features This improves the quality of the video output DVD-Audio and SACD compatible by reducing video noise and increasing the Experience the super high-quality audio horizonatal resolution to 540 lines performance of DVD-Audio and Super Audio (see page 48). CD (SACD). Picture zoom (interlace output only) The on-board 24-bit/192kHz DAC means that While a DVD-Video or Video CD is paused, this player is fully compatible with high you can zoom in
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English Before You Start 01 What’s in the box Please confirm that the following accesso- Incorrect use of batteries can result in ries are in the box when you open it. hazards such as leakage and bursting. • Remote control Please observe the following: • AA/R6P dry cell batteries x2 • Don’t mix new and old batteries together. • Stereo audio cable (red/white plugs) • Don’t use different kinds of battery • Video cable (yellow plugs) together—although they may look • Power cable similar, different
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01 Before You Start CD-R/RW Compatibility Disc / Content Format • This unit will play CD-R and CD-RW discs Playback Compatibility recorded in CD Audio or Video CD format, or as a CD-ROM containing MP3 audio files. However, any other content may General Disc Compatibility cause the disc not to play, or create noise/ • This player was designed and engi- distortion in the output. neered to be compatible with software • This unit cannot record CD-R or CD-RW bearing one or more of the following discs
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English Before You Start 01 • This player is compatible with multi- DVD-Audio discs are divided into one or session discs, but only plays sessions that more groups that can each contain a are closed. number of tracks. • Use CD-R or CD-RW media for recording your MP3 files. • This player can recognize a combined total Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 of up to 250 tracks and folders. If a disc containing over 250 tracks/folders is Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 1 Track 1 Track 2 loaded, only the first 250 t
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02 Connecting Up Rear panel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 AV CONNECTOR 1 (RGB)-TV AV CONNECTOR 2 CENTER L OPTICAL COAXIAL L 1 2 AUDIO OUT 12 IN OUT Y PB PR (5.1ch) R SUB R FRONT SURROUND WOOFER DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO CONTROL S-VIDEO VIDEO COMPONENT VIDEO OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT (2ch) When connecting this player up to your 7 COMPONENT VIDEO OUT TV, AV receiver or other components, High quality video output for connection to a make sure that all components are TV, monitor or AV receiver that has compo- switched off
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English Connecting Up 02 Easy connections A/V IN TV AV CONNECTOR 1 (RGB)-TV AV CONNECTOR 2 CENTER L OPTICAL COAXIAL L 1 2 IN OUT AUDIO OUT 12 Y PB PR (5.1ch) R SUB R WOOFER DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO FRONT SURROUND S-VIDEO VIDEO COMPONENT VIDEO OUT CONTROL OUT OUT OUT OUT (2ch) To power outlet The setup described here is a basic setup See the next page if you want to use an that allows you to play discs using just the S-video, component or a D video connection. cables supplied with the player. In this
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02 Connecting Up Connecting using the AV Using other types of video connector output output If your TV has a SCART-type AV input, you This player has standard (composite), can use a SCART cable to connect this S-video and component video outputs. The player to your TV. This type of connection main difference between them is the quality carries both the sound and the picture, so of the picture. there’s no need to connect up the AUDIO S-video delivers a better picture than OUT L/R and VIDEO OUT ja
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English Connecting Up 02 Connecting for multichannel surround sound • SCART cables are available in several You can connect this player to your AV configurations. Make sure that the one receiver using the multichannel analog you get will work with this player and outputs or one of the digital outputs. your TV/monitor. You can find the pin assignments on page 74. In addition to these connections, you should also connect the 2 channel analog outputs for compatibility with all discs. Connecting usi
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02 Connecting Up 2 Connect the analog AUDIO OUT L/R 1 Connect one of DIGITAL OUT jacks on and VIDEO OUTPUT jacks on this player this player to a digital input on your AV to a set of analog audio and video inputs receiver. DIGITAL IN on your AV receiver. OPTICAL AV receiver DIGITAL IN AV receiver AUDIO/ COAXIAL VIDEO INPUT AV CONNECTOR 1 (RGB)-TV AV AV CONNECTOR 1 (RGB)-TV AV CENTER L OPTICAL COAXIAL L CENTER AUDIO OUT 1 2 12 L IN OUT Y PB PR OPTICAL COAXIAL L (5.1ch) AUDIO OUT 1 2 12 R IN OUT Y
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English Connecting Up 02 The diagram shows standard video connec- tions, but you can alternatively use the S-video or component video connections if • My TV doesn’t have any inputs to they’re available. connect the DVD player. How can I watch DVDs? 3 Connect the AV receiver’s video output to a video input on your TV. Unfortunately, if your TV has no inputs you can’t use this player with it. • My VCR is already connected to my TV, so there aren’t any spare inputs. What • You usually have to conne
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03 Controls and Displays Front panel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 OPEN/CLOSE 0 STANDBY/ON 3 PLAY VIDEO OFF FL DIMMER 41 ¡¢ 7 8 3 Î 13 12 11 10 9 8 3 1 STANDBY/ON Press to switch the player on or into standby Press to start or resume playback 2 VIDEO OFF button/indicator 9 ¡ ¢ Press to switch the video output on/off. The • Press and hold for fast forward scanning indicator lights when the video output is • Press to jump to the next chapter or track switched off (when listening to a DVD-Audio disc, for exam
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English Controls and Displays 03 Display 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 15 14 13 12 11 1 5.1CH 9CHP Lights when analog 5.1 channel output is Indicates that the character display is selected (page 60) showing a DVD chapter number 2V-PART 10 REMAIN Lights when playing a video part of a DVD Lights when the character display is showing disc the time or number of tracks/titles/chapters remaining 3 11 Character display Lights during multi-angle scenes on a DVD disc (page 42) 128 Lights when a disc is paused 4 G
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03 Controls and Displays 1 STANDBY/ON Remote control Press to switch the player on or into standby 2 AUDIO Press to select the audio channel or language (page 41) STANDBY/ON OPEN/CLOSE 3 SUBTITLE 0 1 14 Press to select a subtitle display (page 40) AUDIO ANGLE SUBTITLE 2 15 3 4 Number buttons CLEAR 1 23 4 16 5 TOP MENU ENTER 4 5 6 17 Press to display the top menu of a DVD disc 78 9 0 TOP MENU MENU 6 ENTER & cursor control buttons 5 18 Use to navigate on-screen displays and menus. Press ENTER to s
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English Controls and Displays 03 104 18 MENU Press to jump to the beginning of the current Press to display a DVD disc menu, or the chapter or track, then to previous chapters/ Disc Navigator if a DVD-RW, CD, Video CD or tracks MP3 disc is loaded 118 19 RETURN Press to pause playback; press again to Press to return to a previous menu screen restart E/ 20¡ and 12 PLAY MODE Use for forward slow motion playback, frame Press to display the Play Mode menu advance and forward scanning. See page 33 (p
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04 Getting Started Watching NTSC on a PAL TV Setting the TV System Most models of the newly developed The default setting of this player is AUTO, countdown PAL TV system detect 50 Hz and unless you notice that the picture is (PAL)/60 Hz (NTSC) and automatically switch distorted when playing some discs, you vertical amplitude, resulting in a display should leave it set to AUTO. If you experi- without vertical shrinkage. ence picture distortion with some discs, set the TV system to match your coun
