Pioneer DV-595K-S manual

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    D VD Pla yer DV -490V - S DV -490V - K DV -393- S DV -595K- S Operating Instructions DV393S_ASIA_EN.book 1 ページ 2006年5月12日 金曜日 午後7時50分[...]

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    The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "[...]

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    This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited vi[...]

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    4 En 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 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Wha[...]

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    Before you start 01 5 En Chapter 1 Before you start Features • 24-bit/96 kHz compatible DAC The integrated 24-bit/96 kHz DAC means that this player is compatible with high sampling- rate discs, capable of delivering exceptional sound quality in terms of dynamic range, low- level resolution and high-frequency detail. • Excellent audio performanc[...]

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    Before you start 01 6 En *4 It is not possible to output SACD or DVD- Audio sources from the HDMI connection of this player. *5 DivX, DivX Certified, and associated logos are trademarks of DivX, Inc. and are used under license. What’s in the box Please confirm that the following accessories are in the box when you open it. • Remote control • [...]

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    Before you start 01 7 En • Place on a window sill or a place where the player will be exposed to direct sunlight. • Use in an excessively dusty or damp environment. • 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?[...]

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    Before you start 01 8 En CD-R/RW compatibility • Compatible formats: CD-Audio, Video CD/ Super VCD, ISO 9660 CD-ROM* containing MP3, WMA, JPEG or DivX video files * ISO 9660 Level 1 or 2 compliant. CD physical format: Mode1, Mode2 XA Form1. Romeo and Joliet file systems are both compatible with this player. • Multi-session playback: No • Unfi[...]

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    Before you start 01 9 En individual DivX video files are called "Titles". When naming files/titles on a CD-R/RW disc prior to burning, keep in mind that by default they will be played in alphabetical order. Displaying DivX subtitle files The font sets listed below are available for DivX external subtitle files. You can see the proper font[...]

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    Connecting up 02 10 En 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 throu[...]

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    Connecting up 02 11 En 1 Connect the VIDEO OUT and AUDIO OUT L/R jacks to a set of A/V inputs on your TV. Use the supplied audio/video cable, connecting the red and white plugs to the audio outputs and the yellow plug to the video output. Make sure you match up the left and right audio outputs with their corresponding inputs for correct stereo soun[...]

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    Connecting up 02 12 En Watching progressive scan video from the component video outputs This player can output progressive scan video from the component video output. Compared to interlace video, progressive scan video effectively doubles the scanning rate of the picture, resulting in a very stable, flicker-free image. To set up the player for use [...]

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    Connecting up 02 13 En You’ll probably also want to connect a video output to your AV receiver. You can use any of the video outputs available on this player (the illustration shows a standard (composite) connection). 1 Connect one of the DIGITAL AUDIO OUT jacks on this player to a digital input on your AV receiver. This enables you to listen to [...]

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    Connecting up 02 14 En Connecting using HDMI (DV- 490V only) If you have a HDMI equipped monitor or display, you can connect it to this player using a commercially available HDMI cable. The HDMI connector outputs uncompressed digital video, as well as almost every kind of digital audio that the player is compatible with, including DVD-Video, Video [...]

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    Connecting up 02 15 En HDMI, the HDMI logo and High-Definition Multimedia Interface are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI licensing LLC. Resetting the output resolution to the default setting with HDMI connection Switch the player to standby then, using the front panel controls, press  STANDBY/ON while pressing  to switch the player[...]

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    Controls and displays 03 16 En Chapter 3 Controls and displays Front panel DV -393 DV -490V DV -595K 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 18 9 11 12 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 18 17 9 9 11 12 13 1 1 6 7 10 8 11 12 18 13 2 3 4 5 16 15 14 DV393S_ASIA_EN.book 16 ページ 2006年5月12日 金曜日 午後7時50分[...]

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    Controls and displays 03 17 En 1  STANDBY/ON (page 19) 2 Disc tray 3 TOP MENU (page 23) 4 ENTER & cursor buttons (page 20) 5 MENU (page 23) 6 RETURN (page 23) 7 HOME MENU (page 20) 8 Display 9  OPEN/CLOSE (page 22) 10  (page 22) 11  (page 22) 12  (page 22) 13  and  (page 22) 14 ECHO control (DV-595K only) (page 24) 15 VOLUM[...]

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    Controls and displays 03 18 En Remote control 1  STANDBY/ON (page 19) 2 AUDIO (page 34) 3 SUBTITLE (page 34) 4 Number buttons (page 22) 5 TOP MENU (page 23) 6 ENTER & cursor buttons (page 20) 7 HOME MENU (page 20) 8  and / (pages 22, 27) 9  (page 22) 10  (page 22) 11  (page 22) 12 PLAY MODE (for DV-393 and DV-490V) (page 30[...]

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    Getting started 04 19 En Chapter 4 Getting started Switching on After making sure that everything is connected properly and that the player is plugged in, press  STANDBY/ON on the front panel or 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. FAQ • My DV[...]

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    Getting started 04 20 En Using the on-screen displays For ease of use, this player makes extensive use of graphical on-screen displays (OSDs). All the screens are navigated in basically the same way, using the cursor buttons ( ///  ) to change the highlighted item and pressing ENTER to select it. Note • From here on in this manual, th[...]

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    Getting started 04 21 En Setting the language of this player’s on-screen displays This sets the language of the player’s on- screen displays. 1 Press HOME MENU and select ‘Initial Settings’. 2 Select ‘OSD Language’ from the ‘Display’ settings. Taiwanese model only : 3 Select a language. The on-screen language will change according t[...]

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    Getting started 04 22 En 2 Press  OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc tray. 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  (play) to start playback. If you’re playing a DVD or Video CD/Supe[...]

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    Getting started 04 23 En Resume and Last Memory When you stop playback of a DVD, CD, Video CD/Super VCD or DivX video discs, RESUME is shown in the display indicating that you can resume playback again from that point. If the disc tray is not opened, the next time you start playback the display shows RESUME and playback resumes from the resume poin[...]

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    Getting started 04 24 En Video CD/Super VCD PBC menus Some Video CD/Super VCDs have menus from which you can choose what you want to watch. These are called PBC (Playback control) menus. You can play a PBC Video CD/Super VCD without having to navigate the PBC menu by starting playback using a number button to select a track, rather than the  (pl[...]

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    Getting started 04 25 En 2 Connect (a) microphone(s) (not supplied) to the MIC input jack. The karaoke function is active whenever (a) microphone(s) is/are connected to the player. Make sure that the plug is inserted firmly and completely into the jack to use the karaoke function. 3 Load a disc with the music you want to use. 4 Play the title, chap[...]

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    Getting started 04 26 En FAQ • After I load a DVD disc, it ejects automatically after a few seconds! Most likely, the disc is the wrong region for your player. The region number should be printed on the disc; check it against the region number of the player (which you can find on the rear panel). See also DVD-Video regions on page 46. If the regi[...]

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    Playing discs 05 27 En Chapter 5 Playing discs Note • Many of the functions covered in this chapter apply to DVD discs, Video CDs/ Super VCDs, CDs, DivX video and WMA/ MP3, JPEG discs, although the exact operation of some varies slightly with the kind of disc loaded. • Some DVDs restrict the use of some functions (random or repeat, for example)[...]

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    Playing discs 05 28 En Frame advance/frame reverse You can advance or back up DVD discs frame- by-frame. With Video CD/Super VCDs and DivX video file you can only use frame advance. 1 During playback, press  (pause). 2 Press / or / to reverse or advance a frame at a time. 3 To resume normal playback, press  (play). • Depending o[...]

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    Playing discs 05 29 En 2 Select a view option. The options available depend on the kind of disc loaded and whether the disc is playing or not, but include: • Title – Titles from a DVD-Video disc. • Chapter – Chapters from the current title of a DVD-Video disc. • Track – Tracks from a Video CD /Super VCD disc. • Time – Thumbnails fro[...]

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    Playing discs 05 30 En • When a JPEG file is highlighted, a thumbnail image is displayed on the right. 3 To play the highlighted track or DivX video file or display the highlighted JPEG file, press ENTER. • When a WMA/MP3 or DivX video file is selected, playback begins, starting with the selected file, and continues until the end of the folder.[...]

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    Playing discs 05 31 En Important • You can’t use Repeat play with Video CD/ Super VCDs in PBC mode, or with WMA/ MP3 discs. • You can’t use repeat and random play at the same time. 1 During playback, press HOME MENU and select ‘PLAY MODE’ from the on-screen menu. 2 Select ‘Repeat’ from the list of functions on the left. DV-393 and D[...]

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    Playing discs 05 32 En 3 Select a random play option. The random play options available depend on the kind of disc loaded. For example, for DVD discs, you can select Random Title or Random Chapter (or Random Off ). • For CDs and Video CD/Super VCDs, select On or Off to switch random play on or off. Tip • Use the following controls during random[...]

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    Playing discs 05 33 En • You can insert steps into the middle of a program list by just highlighting the position where you want the new step to appear and entering a title/chapter/track number. • To delete a step, highlight it and press CLEAR . 6 To play the program list, press  (play). Program play remains active until you turn off program[...]

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    Playing discs 05 34 En 5 Press ENTER to start playback. Switching subtitles Some DVD and DivX video discs have subtitles in one or more languages; the disc box will usually tell you which subtitle languages are available. You can switch subtitle language during playback. 1 Press SUBTITLE repeatedly to select a subtitle option. Note • Some discs o[...]

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    Playing discs 05 35 En Displaying disc information Various track, chapter and title information, such as the elapsed and remaining playing time can be displayed on-screen while a disc is playing. 1 To show/switch/hide the information displayed, press DISPLAY repeatedly. • When a disc is playing, the information appears at the top of the screen. K[...]

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    Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus 06 36 En Chapter 6 Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus Audio Settings menu The Audio Settings menu offers features for adjusting the way discs sound. 1 Press HOME MENU and select ‘Audio Settings’ from the on-screen display. 2 Select and change settings using the / // (cursor) buttons, and ENTE[...]

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    Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus 06 37 En • If the player is outputting Dolby Digital, DTS or MPEG bitstream audio (in other words, no conversion to PCM), Virtual Surround has no effect on the audio from the digital output. See Digital Audio Out settings on page 38 for how to set up the digital output formats. • How good the surround effec[...]

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    Initial Settings menu 07 38 En Chapter 7 Initial Settings menu Using the Initial Settings menu The Initial Settings menu provides audio and video output settings, parental lock settings, and display settings, among others. If an option is grayed out it means that it cannot be changed at the current time. This is usually because a disc is playing. S[...]

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    Initial Settings menu 07 39 En Video Output settings DTS Out DTS DTS encoded digital audio is output when playing a DTS disc. (Noise will be output if your amplifier/receiver is not compatible with DTS audio.) Off No digital audio is output when playing a DTS disc. 96 kHz PCM Out 96kHz > 48kHz 96 kHz digital audio is converted to 48 kHz for digi[...]

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    Initial Settings menu 07 40 En Language settings HDMI Resolution* (Default changes with TV format (PAL/ NTSC).) * DV-490V only. 1920x1080i Set if your TV supports 1920 x 1080 pixel interlace video. 1280x720p Set if your TV supports 1280 x 720 pixel progressive-scan video. 720x480p (NTSC) / 720x576p (PAL) Set if your TV supports 720 x 480 pixel (NTS[...]

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    Initial Settings menu 07 41 En Display settings Options settings Subtitle Display On Subtitles are displayed according to your selected subtitle language (see above). Off Subtitles are always off by default when you play a DVD disc (note that some discs override this setting). Setting Option What it means Setting Option What it means OSD Language E[...]

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    Initial Settings menu 07 42 En Parental Lock • Default level: Off ; Default password: none ; Default Country/Area code: us (2119) To give you some control over what your children watch on your DVD player, some DVD- Video discs feature a Parental Lock level. If your player is set to a lower level than the disc, the disc won’t play. Some discs al[...]

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    Initial Settings menu 07 43 En The new Country/Area code is set and you will return to the Options menu screen. Note that the new Country/Area code doesn’t take effect until the next disc is loaded (or the current disc is reloaded). About DivX ® VOD content In order to play DivX VOD (video on demand) content on this player, you first need to reg[...]

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    Additional information 08 44 En Chapter 8 Additional information Taking care of your player and discs General Hold discs by the edge or by the center hole and edge. When you're not using a disc, return it to its case and store upright. Avoid leaving discs in excessively cold, humid, or hot environments (including under direct sunlight). Don&ap[...]

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    Additional information 08 45 En If you use a chemical-impregnated cleaning cloth, read the instructions carefully before use. These cloths may leave smear marks on half-mirror finish surfaces; if this happens, finish with a dry cloth. Cleaning the pickup lens The DVD player’s lens should not become dirty in normal use, but if for some reason it s[...]

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    Additional information 08 46 En Note • Using the 16:9 (Wide) setting with a standard 4:3 TV, or either of the 4:3 settings with a widescreen TV, will result in a distorted picture. Setting the TV system (Except Taiwanese model) The default setting of this player is AUTO , and unless you notice that the picture is distorted when playing some discs[...]

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    Additional information 08 47 En The diagram below shows the various DVD regions of the world. Selecting languages using the language code list Some of the language options (such as ‘DVD Menu Lang.’ in the Setup Navigator) allow you to set your preferred language from any of the 136 languages listed in the language code list on page 50. 1 Select[...]

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    Additional information 08 48 En Note • Static electricity or other external influences may cause malfunctioning of this unit. In this case, unplug the power cord and then plug back in. This will usually reset the unit for proper operation. If this does not correct the problem, please consult your nearest Pioneer service center. Glossary No HDMI v[...]

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    Additional information 08 49 En *1 DivX, DivX Certified, and associated logos are trademarks of DivX, Inc. and are used under license. *2 Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby” and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. *3 “DTS” and “DTS Digital Out” are registered trademarks of Digital Theater Sy[...]

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    Additional information 08 50 En Language code list Language (Language code letter), Language code Country/Area code list Country/Area, Country/Area code , Country/Area code letter Japanese (ja), 1001 English (en), 0514 French (fr), 0618 German (de), 0405 Italian (it), 0920 Spanish (es), 0519 Chinese (zh), 2608 Dutch (nl), 1412 Portuguese (pt), 1620[...]

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    Additional information 08 51 En Specifications General System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DVD player Power requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 110–127/ 220–240 V, 50/60 Hz Power consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 W Power consumption (standby) . . . . . . . . . 0.7 W (DV-490V-S, DV-490V-K, DV-393-S)[...]

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    PIONEER CORPORATION 4-1, Meguro 1-Chome, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8654, Japan PIONEER ELECTRONICS (USA) INC. P.O. BOX 1540, Long Beach, California 90810-1540, U.S.A. TEL: (800) 421-1404 PIONEER ELECTRONICS OF CANADA, INC. 300 Allstate Parkway, Markham, Ontario L3R OP2, Canada TEL: 1-877-283-5901 PIONEER EUROPE NV Haven 1087, Keetberglaan 1, B-9120 Mels[...]