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DVD Player
DV-454
DV-350
Operating Instructions
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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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WARNING: Slot and openings in the cabinet are WARNING: THE APPARATUS IS NOT WATER- provided for ventilation and to ensure reliable opera- PROOFS, TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO tion of the product and to protect it from overheating, NOT EXPOSE THIS APPARATUS TO RAIN OR MOIS- to prevent fire hazard, the openings should never be TURE AND DO NOT PUT ANY WATER SOURCE NEAR blocked and covered with items, such as newspapers, THIS APPARATUS, SUCH AS VASE, FLOWER POT, COS- table-cloths, curtains, e
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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 Using the on-screen displays ......................... 20 Setting up with the Setup Navigator ..............21 Features ..............................................................6 Playing discs .........................
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Contents 06 The Audio Settings Menu 08 Additional Information Audio DRC ........................................................37 Taking care of your player and discs ..............47 Virtual Surround ...............................................37 Handling discs ........................................... 47 Storing discs ...............................................47 Discs to avoid ..............................................47 07 The Initial Settings Menu Cleaning the pickup lens ..
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01 Before You Start MP3 compatibility Features This player is compatible with CD-R, CD-RW and CD-ROM discs that contain MP3 audio 24-bit/192kHz compatible DAC tracks (see Compressed Audio Compatibility This player is fully compatible with high on page 9). sampling-rate discs, capable of delivering better-than-CD sound quality in terms of dynamic range, low-level resolution and Graphical on-screen displays high-frequency detail. Setting up and using your DVD player is made very easy using the gra
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Before You Start 01 • Don’t mix new and old batteries What’s in the box together. Please confirm that the following accesso- • Don’t use different kinds of battery ries are in the box when you open it. together—although they may look • Remote control similar, different batteries may have • AA/R6P dry cell batteries x2 different voltages. • Audio/video cable (red/white/yellow • Make sure that the plus and minus ends plugs) of each battery match the indications in • Power cable the battery compart
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01 Before You Start CD-R/RW Compatibility Disc / Content Format Play- • This unit will play CD-R and CD-RW back Compatibility discs recorded in CD Audio, Video CD, or MP3 audio formatting. However, any other content may cause the disc not to General Disc Compatibility play, or create noise/distortion in the • This player was designed and engi- output. neered to be compatible with software containing one or more of the following • This unit cannot record CD-R or CD-RW logos. discs. • Un-finalized
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Before You Start 01 Compressed Audio Compatibility Titles, chapters and tracks • This unit will play compressed audio DVD discs are generally divided into one or files formatted in the MPEG-1 Audio more titles. Titles may be further subdivided Layer 3 format (MP3) with a 32, 44.1 or into chapters. 48kHz fixed bit rate. Incompatible files will not play and “UNPLAYABLE” will be displayed on the unit. Title 1 Title 2 Title 3 • Variable Bit-Rate (VBR) files are playable, but playing time may not be
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02 Connecting Up Rear panel connections 1 2 3 4 DIGITAL AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT L COAXIAL AV CONNECTOR (RGB)-TV R OPTICAL S VIDEO OUT 7 6 5 When connecting this player up to your 4 AC IN TV, AV receiver or other components, Connect the supplied power cord here, then make sure that all components are plug into a power outlet. switched off and unplugged. 5 VIDEO OUT 1 DIGITAL AUDIO OUT – COAXIAL This is a standard video output that you can This is a digital audio output for connection connect to your
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Connecting Up 02 Easy connections A/V IN TV DIGITAL AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT L COAXIAL AV CONNECTOR (RGB)-TV R OPTICAL S VIDEO OUT To power outlet The setup described here is a basic setup 1 Connect the VIDEO OUT and AUDIO that allows you to play discs using just the OUT jacks to a set of A/V inputs on your cables supplied with the player. In this setup, TV. stereo audio is played through the speakers Use the supplied audio/video cable, connect- in your TV. ing the red and white plugs to the audio ou
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02 Connecting Up Connecting using the AV connector output • Before unplugging the player from the If your TV has a SCART-type AV input, you power outlet, make sure you first switch can use a SCART cable to connect this it into standby using either the front player to your TV. This type of connection panel STANDBY/ON button, or the carries both the sound and the picture, so remote control, and wait of the -OFF- there’s no need to connect up the AUDIO message to disappear from the player’s OUT L/
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Connecting Up 02 For a coaxial connection, use a coaxial cable Connecting to an AV (similar to the supplied video cable) to receiver connect the COAXIAL DIGITAL OUT jack to a To enjoy multichannel surround sound you coaxial input on your AV receiver. need to connect this player to an AV receiver using a digital output. The DV-454 has both 2 Connect the analog AUDIO OUT L/R coaxial and optical digital jacks; use which- and VIDEO OUT jacks on this player to a ever is convenient. The DV-350 has onl
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02 Connecting Up • My TV doesn’t have any inputs to connect the DVD player. How can I watch DVDs? 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 should I do? If all your TV’s inputs are already in use, you can buy a video input selector from an electronics store, which effectively gives you more inputs. • My TV only has one input for the sound. What should I plug it into? If you don’t mind
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Controls and Displays 03 Front panel 1 2 3 4 5 OPEN/CLOSE 0 STANDBY/ON 3 Î 41¡¢ 7 8 DV-350 10 9 8 7 6 1 2 3 4 5 OPEN/ CLOSE 0 ¡ 3 Î 1 8 4 ¢ 7 STANDBY/ON DV-454 10 9 8 7 6 7 8 1 STANDBY/ON Press to switch the player on or into standby Press to pause playback. Press again to restart 2 Disc tray 8 7 3 0 OPEN/CLOSE Press to stop the disc (you can resume Press to open or close the disc tray playback by pressing 3 (play)) 4 Remote control sensor 9 ¡ ¢ The remote control has a range of up to • Press
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03 Controls and Displays Display 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 11 10 9 1 DTS 7CHP Lights when a DTS soundtrack is playing Indicates that the character display is showing a DVD chapter number 2 8 REMAIN Lights during multi-angle scenes on a DVD Lights when the character display is showing disc the time or number of tracks/titles/chapters 3 GUI (Graphical User Interface) remaining Lights when a menu is displayed on-screen 9 Character display 4 TITLE 108 Indicates that the character display is Lights when a
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Controls and Displays 03 1 STANDBY/ON Remote control Press to switch the player on or into standby 2 AUDIO Press to select the audio channel or language (pages 34–35) STANDBY/ON OPEN/CLOSE 3 SUBTITLE 0 1 14 Press to select a subtitle display (page 34) AUDIO SUBTITLE ANGLE 2 15 4 Number buttons 3 CLEAR 1 23 4 16 5 TOP MENU ENTER Press to display the top menu of a DVD disc 5 6 4 17 78 9 0 6 ENTER & cursor control buttons TOP MENU MENU Use to navigate on-screen displays and 5 18 menus. Press ENTER
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03 Controls and Displays 12 PLAY MODE 18 MENU Press to display the Play Mode menu Press to display a DVD disc menu, or the (pages 29–34) (You can also get to the Play Disc Navigator if a CD, Video CD or MP3 disc Mode menu by pressing SETUP and select- is loaded ing Play Mode) 19 RETURN 13 SURROUND Press to return to a previous menu screen Press to activate/switch off 2V/TruSurround E/ 20¡ and 140 OPEN/CLOSE Use for forward slow motion playback, frame Press to open or close the disc tray advance
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Getting Started 04 Let’s Get Started Switching on When you switch on the player for the first After making sure that everything is con- time, you should see a welcome screen nected properly and that the player is displayed on your TV. From here you can set plugged in, press STANDBY/ON on the up the language and the kind of TV you have, front panel, or on the remote control to then either use the Setup Navigator to make switch the player on. more settings, or jump right in and start Also, switch
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04 Getting Started 3 Use the / (cursor left/right) Using the on-screen displays buttons to select either ‘Wide screen For ease of use, this player makes extensive (16:9)’ or ‘Standard size screen (4:3)’ use of graphical on-screen displays (OSDs). according to the kind of TV you have, You should get used to the way these work as then press ENTER. you’ll need to use them when setting up the player, using some of the playback features, such as program play, and when making Let's Get Started Menu mo
