Pioneer DV-355 manual

DVD Player DV-355 Operating Instructions[...]

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NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not install[...]

4 En Contents 01 Before Y ou Start F eatures .............................................................. 6 What’s in the box ............................................... 7 P utting the batteries in the remote control ..... 7 Using the remote control .................................. 7 Disc / Content F ormat Playback Compatibility .........[...]

5 En Contents Switching camera angles ................................ 36 Displaying disc information ............................ 36 06 The Audio Settings Menu Audio DRC ........................................................ 37 Virtual Surround ............................................... 37 07 The Initial Settings Menu Using the Initial Sett[...]

Befor e Y ou Start 01 6 En Featur es 24-bit/192kHz compatible DAC This player is fully compatible with high sampling-rate discs, capable of delivering better-than-CD sound quality in terms of dynamic range, low-level resolution and high-frequency detail. Excellent audio performance with Dolby* 1 Digital and DTS* 2 software Logos: 1 When connected t[...]

Befor e Y ou Start 01 7 En • Don’t mix new and old batteries together . • Don’t use different kinds of batter y together—although they may look similar , different batteries may have different voltages. • Make sure that the plus and minus ends of each batter y match the indications in the battery compartment. • Remove batteries from e[...]

Befor e Y ou Start 01 8 En Disc / Content Format Play- back Compatibility General Disc Compatibility • This player was designed and engi- neered to be compatible with software containing one or more of the following logos. DVD-V ideo Video CD Audio CD CD-R CD-RW • This player supports the IEC ’ s Super VCD standard. Compared to the Video CD s[...]

Befor e Y ou Start 01 9 En Compressed Audio Compatibility • This unit will play compressed audio files formatted in the MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 format (MP3) with a 32, 44.1 or 48kHz fixed bit rate. Incompatible files will not play and “ UNPLAY ABLE ” will be displayed on the unit. • V ariable Bit-Rate (VBR) files are playable, but playing time[...]

Connecting Up 02 10 En 5 D1 VIDEO OUT (T aiwanese model only) Use to connect this player to a TV with a D video input. 6 VIDEO OUT F or connection to your TV or AV receiver using the supplied audio/video cable. 7 S (S-Video output) F or connection to your TV or AV receiver using a commercially available S- Video cable. 8 DIGIT AL AUDIO OUT – OPTI[...]

Connecting Up 02 11 En 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 . • This player is equipped with copy protection technology . Do not connect this player to your TV via a VCR (or your VCR via this pl[...]

Connecting Up 02 12 En • Before unplugging the player from the power outlet, make sure you first switch it into standby using either the front panel ST ANDBY/ON button, or the remote control, and wait of the -OFF- message to disappear from the player ’ s display . • F or the above reasons, do not plug this player into a switched power supply [...]

Connecting Up 02 13 En T aiwanese model only: Connecting using the D1 video output If your TV is equipped with a D type video input, you can use a D video cord to connect this player to your TV . DIGITAL AUDIO OUT S L R P R P B Y COAXIAL OPTICAL COMPONENT VIDEO OUT AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT D1 VIDEO OUT TV D VIDEO INPUT • The D video output on this pla[...]

Connecting Up 02 14 En 2 Connect the analog AUDIO OUT L/R and VIDEO OUT jacks on this player to a set of analog audio and video inputs on your A V receiver . DIGITAL AUDIO OUT S L R P R P B Y COAXIAL OPTICAL COMPONENT VIDEO OUT AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT A V receiver AUDIO/ VIDEO INPUT The diagram shows standard video connec- tions, but you can alternativ[...]

Contr ols and Displays 03 15 En 7 8 P ress to pause playback. Press again to restart 8 7 P ress to stop the disc (you can resume playback by pressing 3 (play)) 9 ¡ ¢ • P ress and hold for fast for ward scanning • P ress to jump to the next chapter or track 10 4 1 • P ress and hold for fast reverse scanning • P ress to jump back to the beg[...]

Contr ols and Displays 03 16 En Display 1 12 9 11 10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7C H P Indicates that the character display is showing a DVD chapter number 8 REMAIN Lights when the character display is showing the time or number of tracks/titles/chapters remaining 9 Character display 10 8 Lights when a disc is paused 11 3 Lights when a disc is playing 12 2 D Li[...]

Contr ols and Displays 03 17 En 1 ST ANDBY/ON P ress to switch the player on or into standby 2 AUDIO P ress to select the audio channel or language ( page 35 ) 3 SUBTITLE P ress to select a subtitle display ( page 35 ) 4 Number buttons 5 TOP MENU P ress to display the top menu of a DVD disc 6 ENTER & cursor control buttons Use to navigate on-sc[...]

Contr ols and Displays 03 18 En 10 4 P ress to jump to the beginning of the current chapter or track, then to previous chapters/ tracks 11 8 P ress to pause playback; press again to restart 12 PLA Y MODE P ress to display the Play Mode menu ( pages 29 – 34 ) (Y ou can also get to the Play Mode menu by pressing SETUP and select- ing Play Mode ) 13[...]

Getting Started 04 19 En Switching on After making sure that ever ything is con- nected properly and that the player is plugged in, press ST ANDBY/ON on the front panel, or on the remote control to switch the player on. Also, switch on your TV and make sure that it is set to the input you connected the DVD player to. STANDBY/ON Î 3 OPEN/ CLOSE 0 8[...]

Getting Started 04 20 En 1 Press ENTER to move on to the next screen. Welcome to Pioneer D VD! Thank you for purc hasing this Pioneer DVD player . Before using, please take a little time to setup your DVD pla yer Put the batteries into the remote control Next, press the [ENTER] b utton on the remote control and start the Let's Get Started Menu[...]

Getting Started 04 21 En Using the on-screen displays For ease of use, this player makes extensive use of graphical on-screen displays (OSDs). Y ou should get used to the way these work as you’ll need to use them when setting up the player , using some of the playback features, such as program play , and when making more advanced settings for aud[...]

Getting Started 04 22 En 4 Select a DVD language. Some DVD discs feature on-screen menus, soundtracks and subtitles in several lan- guages. Set your preferred language here. English French Spanish Chinese Other Language DVD Language Language Settings Audio Out Settings A V Receiver Func. Setup Navigator T aiwanese model only Chinese English Other L[...]

Getting Started 04 23 En 9 Is your A V receiver MPEG compatible? Select Compatible , Not Compatible or Don’t Know . Compatible Not Compatible Don't Know Dolby Digital DTS MPEG Language Settings Audio Out Settings A V Receiver Func. Setup Navigator 10 Is your A V receiver compatible with 96kHz Linear PCM audio? Select Compatible , Not Compati[...]

Getting Started 04 24 En 3 Load a disc. Load a disc with the label side facing up, using the disc tray guide to align the disc (if you’re loading a double-sided DVD disc, load it with the side you want to play face down). 4 Press 3 (play) to star t playback. If you’re playing a DVD or Video CD/Super VCD, a menu may appear . See pages 25, 26 for[...]

Getting Started 04 25 En Basic playback controls The table below shows the basic controls on the remote for playing discs. The folllowing chapter covers more playback features in more detail. Button What it does 3 Starts playback. DVD and Video CD/Super VCD: if the display shows RESUME , playback starts from the resume point. 8 P auses a disc that?[...]

Getting Started 04 26 En TOP MENU MENU RETURN ENTER 0 1 23 4 56 789 ENTER Button What it does TOP MENU Displays the ‘top menu’ of a DVD disc—this varies with the disc. MENU Displays a DVD disc menu— this varies with the disc and may be the same as the ‘top menu’. Moves the cursor around the screen. ENTER Selects the current menu option.[...]

Playing Discs 05 27 En 2 Select what you want to play . Depending on the type of disc you have loaded, the Disc Navigator looks slightly different. The screen for DVD discs shows the titles on the left and the chapters on the right. Select a title, or a chapter within a title. Title 1-10 Title 01 Title 02 Title 03 Title 04 Title 05 Title 06 Title 0[...]

Playing Discs 05 28 En Playing in slow motion Y ou can play DVDs and V ideo CD/Super VCDs at four different forward slow motion speeds, and DVDs also at two reverse speeds. 1 During playback, press 8 (pause). 2 Press and hold / e or E / until slow motion playback starts. • The slow motion speed is shown on- screen. • There is no sound during sl[...]

Playing Discs 05 29 En Frame advance/frame reverse Y ou can advance or back up a DVD disc frame-by-frame. With V ideo CD/Super VCDs, you can only use frame advance. 1 During playback, press 8 (pause). 2 Press / e or E / to reverse or advance a frame at a time. 3 T o resume normal playback, pr ess 3 (play). • The picture quality when using frame r[...]

Playing Discs 05 30 En Using repeat play There are various repeat play options, depending on the kind of disc loaded. It’s also possible to use repeat play together with program play to repeat the tracks/chapters in the program list (see Creating a pr ogram list on page 31 ). Repeat play is not available with V ideo CD/ Super VCDs in PBC mode, or[...]

Playing Discs 05 31 En Using random play Use the random play function to play titles or chapters (DVD) or tracks (CD, Video CD/ Super VCD and MP3 discs) in a random order . Y ou can set the random play option when a disc is playing or stopped. 1 Press PLA Y MODE and select ‘Random’ from the list of functions on the left. Random Title Random Cha[...]

Playing Discs 05 32 En 2 Select ‘Create/Edit’ fr om the list of program options. Create/Edit Playback Start Playback Stop Program Delete Program Memory ‰ Off A-B Repeat Repeat Random Program Search Mode Play Mode The P rogram edit screen that appears depends on the kind of disc loaded. On the left side is the program list, then to the right i[...]

Playing Discs 05 33 En • T o add a track, first find the folder , then press (cursor right) and select a track name from the list. Program Step 01. 001-003 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. Program Folder 1-6 001. A CP 002. Nth Degree 003. Pfeuti 004. Live 005. Glitch m usic 006. CodHead T rack 1-10 001. Gravity delux e 002. T esla's patent 003. B[...]

Playing Discs 05 34 En 1 Press PLA Y MODE and select ‘Pro- gram’ from the list of functions on the left. Create/Edit Playback Start Playback Stop Program Delete Program Memory ‰ Off A-B Repeat Repeat Random Program Search Mode Play Mode 2 Select a program play function. • Create/Edit – See above • Playback Start – Starts playback of a[...]

Playing Discs 05 35 En • The disc must be playing in order to use time search. • Search functions are not available with Video CD/Super VCDs in PBC mode, or unfinalized CD-R/RW discs. Switching subtitles Some DVD discs have subtitles in one or more languages; the disc box will usually tell you which subtitle languages are available. Y ou can sw[...]

Playing Discs 05 36 En 2 Use the cursor buttons to change the zoomed area. Y ou can change the zoom factor and the zoomed area freely during playback. • If the navigation square at the top of the screen disappears, press ZOOM again to display it. • W e do not recommend using DVD disc menus when the screen is zoomed as menu options will not be h[...]

The Audio Settings Menu 06 37 En • Audio DRC is only effective with Dolby Digital audio sources. • Audio DRC is only effective through the digital output when Digital Out is set to On , and Dolby Digital Out is set to Dolby Digital > PCM . See page 39 . • The effect of Audio DRC depends on your speakers and A V receiver settings. Virtual S[...]

The Audio Settings Menu 06 38 En 1 Press SETUP and select ‘ Audio Set- tings ’ from the on-scr een display . Audio Settings Play Mode Setup Navigator Disc Navigator Initial Settings 2 Highlight Virtual Surround, then use the / buttons (cursor left/right) to change to ‘ 2 V/T ruSurround ’ or ‘ Off ’ , as requir ed. Audio Settings Audio D[...]

The Initial Settings Menu 07 39 En Digital Audio Out settings Digital Out • Default setting: On Y ou only need to make this setting if you connected this system to an A V receiver (or other component) using one of the digital outputs. Digital Audio Out Video Output Language Display Options Digital Out Dolby Digital Out DTS Out 96 kHz PCM Out MPEG[...]

The Initial Settings Menu 07 40 En If your A V receiver (or other connected component) is compatible with high sampling rates (96 kHz), set this to 96kHz , otherwise set it to 96kHz > 48kHz (96 kHz audio is converted to a more compatible 48 kHz). Check the manual that came with the other component if you’re unsure whether it is 96 kHz compatib[...]

The Initial Settings Menu 07 41 En S-Video Out • Default setting: S2 Y ou only need to make this setting if you connected this player to your TV using an S- V ideo cor d. Digital Audio Out Video Output Language Display Options TV Screen S-Video Out S1 S2 Initial Settings If you find that the picture is stretched or distorted on the default S2 set[...]

The Initial Settings Menu 07 42 En Subtitle Language • Default setting: English Digital Audio Out Video Output Language Display Options Audio Language Subtitle Language DVD Menu Lang. Subtitle Display English French Spanish Chinese Other Language Initial Settings T aiwanese model only: Chinese Digital Audio Out Video Output Language Display Optio[...]

The Initial Settings Menu 07 43 En Display settings OSD Language • Default setting: English Digital Audio Out Video Output Language Display Options OSD Language On Screen Display Angle Indicator English français Español Initial Settings T aiwanese model only: Digital Audio Out Video Output Language Display Options OSD Language On Screen Display[...]

The Initial Settings Menu 07 44 En • Not all discs that you may consider inappropriate for your children use the P arental Lock feature. These discs will always play without requiring the password first. • If you forget your password, you’ll need to reset the player to it’s factor y settings ( page 49 ), then register a new pass- word. Regi[...]

The Initial Settings Menu 07 45 En 3 Press ENTER to r egister the password and return to the Options menu screen. If you forget your password, you can reset the system then register a new one. See page 49 for how to reset the player . Changing your password T o change your password, confirm your existing password then enter a new one. 1 Select ‘P[...]

The Initial Settings Menu 07 46 En 3 Select a new level. Digital Audio Out Video Output Language Display Options Parental Lock : Level Change Initial Settings ** * * Password 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 off P ress (cursor left) repeatedly to lock more levels (more discs will require the password); press (cursor right) to unlock levels. Y ou can’t lock level [...]

Additional Information 08 47 En Storing discs Although CDs and DVD discs are more durable than vinyl records, you should still take care to handle and store discs correctly . When you're not using a disc, return it to its case and store upright. Avoid leaving discs in excessively cold, humid, or hot environ- ments (including under direct sunli[...]

Additional Information 08 48 En ✗ Place directly on top of an amplifier , or other component in your stereo system that becomes hot in use. ✗ Use near a television or monitor as you may experience interference—especially if the television uses an indoor antenna. ✗ Use in a kitchen or other room where the player may be exposed to smoke or st[...]

Additional Information 08 49 En Screen sizes and disc formats DVD-V ideo discs come in several different screen aspect ratios, ranging from TV programs, which are generally 4:3, to CinemaScope widescreen movies, with an aspect ratio of up to about 7:3. T elevisions, too, come in different aspect ratios; ‘standard’ 4:3 and widescreen 16:9. Wides[...]

Additional Information 08 50 En Argentina, 0118 , ar Australia, 0121 , au Austria, 0120 , at Belgium, 0205 , be Brazil, 0218 , br Canada, 0301 , ca Chile, 0312 , cl China, 0314 , cn Denmark, 0411 , dk Finland, 0609 , fi F rance, 0618 , fr Germany , 0405 , de Japanese (ja), 1001 English (en), 0514 F rench (fr), 0618 German (de), 0405 Italian (it), 0[...]

Additional Information 08 51 En Glossary Analog audio An electrical signal that directly represents sound. Compare this to digital audio which can be an electrical signal, but is an indirect representation of sound. See also Digital audio . Aspect ratio The width of a TV screen relative to its height. Conventional TVs are 4:3 (in other words, the s[...]

Additional Information 08 52 En PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) The most common system of encoding digital audio, found on CDs and DA T . Excellent quality , but requires a lot of data compared to formats such as Dolby Digital and MPEG audio. F or compatibility with digital audio recorders (CD, MD and DA T) and AV amplifiers with digital inputs, this u[...]

Additional Information 08 53 En Setting the TV system (Except T aiwanese model) The default setting of this player is AUTO , and unless you notice that the picture is distorted when playing some discs, you should leave it set to AUTO . If you experience picture distortion with some discs, set the TV system to match your countr y or region’s syste[...]

Additional Information 08 54 En T aiwanese model only: Changing the on-screen dis- play language to English 1 Press SETUP . The on-screen display (OSD) appears. 2 Use the / // (cursor up/down/ left/right) buttons to select ‘ ’ from the on-scr een display , then press ENTER. 3 Use the / (cursor up/down) buttons to select ‘ ’ from the list on[...]

Additional Information 08 55 En General System ............................................... DVD player P ower requirements T aiwanese model ............................ 110 V , 60 Hz Other models ..... 110 – 127/220 – 240 V , 50/60 Hz P ower consumption T aiwanese model ....................................... 13 W Other models ..............[...]

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