Pioneer DV-400V-S, Operating Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...DV 600AV S DV 400V S DVD Player Operating Instructions Discover the benefits of registering your product online at http www pioneer co uk or http www pioneer eu ...

Page 2: ...sehold waste There is a separate collection system for used electronic products in accordance with legislation that requires proper treatment recovery and recycling Private households in the member states of the EU in Switzerland and Norway may return their used electronic products free of charge to designated collection facilities or to a retailer if you purchase a similar new one For countries n...

Page 3: ...es Any failure due to use for other than household purposes such as long term use for business purposes in a restaurant or use in a car or ship and which requires repair will be charged for even during the warranty period K041_En Replacement and mounting of an AC plug on the power supply cord of this unit should be performed only by qualified service personnel D3 4 2 1 2 2_B_En IMPORTANT THE MOULD...

Page 4: ...nd JPEG files with the Disc Navigator 28 Looping a section of a disc 29 Using repeat play 29 Using random play 30 Creating a program list 30 Searching a disc 32 Switching subtitles 32 Switching audio language channels 33 Zooming the screen 33 Switching camera angles 34 Displaying disc information 34 06 USB playback Using the USB interface 35 07 Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus Audio Settings ...

Page 5: ...rate as the original movie New Disc Navigator with moving pictures The new Disc Navigator enables you play the first few seconds of each title or chapter in a thumbnail image on screen DSP effects for enhanced playback See Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus on page 36 Picture zoom See Zooming the screen on page 33 MP3 WMA and MPEG 4 AAC compatibility See Compressed audio compatibility on page 8...

Page 6: ...s What s in the box Please confirm that the following accessories are in the box when you open it Remote control AA R6P dry cell batteries x 2 Audio video cable red white yellow plugs Power cable Operating instructions Warranty card Putting the batteries in the remote Open the battery compartment cover and insert the batteries as shown Use two AA R6P batteries and follow the indications inside the...

Page 7: ...e especially if the television uses an indoor antenna Use in a kitchen or other room where the player may be exposed to smoke or steam Use on a thick rug or carpet or cover with cloth this may prevent proper cooling of the unit Place on an unstable surface or one that is not large enough to support all four of the unit s feet Disc content format playback compatibility This player is compatible wit...

Page 8: ...ately DVD R RW compatibility Compatible formats DVD Video Video Recording VR Edit points may not play exactly as edited screen may go momentarily blank at edited points Unfinalized playback No MP3 WMA MPEG 4 AAC JPEG or DivX video WMV file playback on DVD R RW No Compressed audio compatibility Compatible formats MPEG 1 Audio Layer 3 MP3 Windows Media Audio WMA MPEG 4 AAC Sampling rates 32 kHz 44 1...

Page 9: ...cal order Displaying external subtitle files The font sets listed below are available for external subtitle files You can see the proper font set on screen by setting the Subtitle Language in Language settings on page 41 to match the subtitle file This player supports the following language groups Some external subtitle files may be displayed incorrectly or not at all For external subtitle files t...

Page 10: ...a video compression technology developed by Microsoft Corporation WMV content can be encoded by using Windows Media Encoder This player is compatible with WMV9 files that are encoded by using the Windows Media Encoder 9 Series with wmv as an extension Compatible with size under 720 x 576 pixels 720 x 480 pixels Advanced Profile is not supported DRM protected video files will not play in this playe...

Page 11: ... 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 sound See below if you want to use a component or S video DV 600AV only or SCART cable for the video connection 2 Connect the supplied AC power cable to the A...

Page 12: ...input on your TV or AV receiver Connecting using the S video output DV 600AV only If your TV or other equipment has an S video S1 input you can use the S video output on this player instead of the standard composite output for a better quality picture Use an S video cable not supplied to connect the S VIDEO OUT to an S video input on your TV or monitor or AV receiver Line up the small triangle abo...

Page 13: ...ut progressive scan video the PRGSVE indicator lights in the front panel display Important If you connect a TV that is not compatible with a progressive scan signal and switch the player to progressive you will not be able to see any picture at all In this case switch everything off and reconnect using the supplied video cable see Easy connections on page 11 then switch back to Interlace see below...

Page 14: ...nnel analog outputs DV 600AV only If your AV receiver has 5 1 channel analog inputs we recommend connecting this player to it using the multichannel analog outputs Doing this will ensure that you can enjoy all kinds of disc including Dolby Digital and DTS DVD Video discs as well as high sampling rate and multichannel DVD Audio and SACD discs Connect the multi channel audio outputs on this player t...

Page 15: ... coaxial connection use a coaxial cable similar to the supplied video cable to connect the COAXIAL DIGITAL AUDIO OUT jack to a coaxial input on your AV receiver Connecting using HDMI 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 ...

Page 16: ...signals as well as Doldy Digital DTS and MPEG audio bitstream About HDMI HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface supports both video and audio on a single digital connection for use with DVD players DTV set top boxes and other AV devices HDMI was developed to provide the technologies of High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection HDCP as well as Digital Visual Interface DVI in one specification HD...

Page 17: ...1 page 22 12 page 22 13 and page 22 14 HDMI indicator Lights when this player is recognized by another HDMl or DVI HDCP compatible component 15 DVD USB page 35 16 USB port Type A page 35 17 RW Compatible page 8 MENU TOP MENU STANDBY ON OPEN CLOSE USB DVD USB HDMI HOME MENU RETURN ENTER USB DVD USB HDMI MENU TOP MENU STANDBY ON OPEN CLOSE HOME MENU ENTER RETURN 2 3 4 5 1 7 6 8 10 9 17 14 15 16 11 1...

Page 18: ...ollowing when using the remote control Make sure that there are no obstacles between the remote and the remote sensor on the unit The remote has a range of about 7 m Remote operation may become unreliable if strong sunlight or fluorescent light is shining on the unit s remote sensor Remote controllers for different devices can interfere with each other Avoid using remotes for other equipment locat...

Page 19: ... starts If the disc tray is closed but no disc is playing and no control is pressed for about 30 minutes the player automatically goes into standby 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 sele...

Page 20: ... details 4 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu screen 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 3 Select a language The on screen language will change according to your selection 4 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu screen Initial Setting...

Page 21: ...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 Super VCD an on screen menu may appear See DVD Video and DivX disc menus on page 23 and Video CD Super VCD PBC menus on page 24 for more on how to navigate these If you re playing a contai...

Page 22: ...e playback Note The Last Memory function doesn t work with VR format DVD R RW DVD Audio or SACD discs If you don t need the Last Memory function when you stop a disc you can press OPEN CLOSE to stop playback and open the disc tray Button What it does Starts playback If the display shows RESUME or LAST MEM playback starts from the resume or last memory point see also Resume and Last Memory below Pa...

Page 23: ...o play this group you first have to input a password which you can find on the disc s packaging Use the number buttons to input the password The DivX menu can only be displayed on DV 600AV TOP MENU MENU RETURN ENTER 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Button What it does TOP MENU Displays the top menu of a DVD disc this varies with the disc MENU Displays a DVD disc or DivX media files menu this varies with the di...

Page 24: ...aged See Taking care of your player and discs on page 51 for information on cleaning discs If a disc loaded correctly won t play it s probably an incompatible format or disc type such as DVD Audio for DV 400V or DVD ROM See Disc content format playback compatibility on page 7 for more on disc compatibility I have a widescreen TV so why are there black bars at the top and bottom of the screen when ...

Page 25: ...ital copy protection purposes some 96 kHz 88 2 kHz DVD discs only output digital audio downsampled to 48 kHz 44 1 kHz This is not a malfunction To fully take advantage of the high sampling rate audio connect the analog audio outputs to your amplifier receiver Why can t I hear SACD audio through the digital outputs DV 600AV only SACD digital audio is only available through the HDMI outputs when con...

Page 26: ...press play When scanning a Video CD Super VCD playing in PBC mode or a MP3 WMA MPEG 4 AAC track playback automatically resumes at the end or beginning of the track Depending on the disc normal playback may automatically resume when a new chapter is reached on a DVD disc Playing in slow motion You can play DVD Videos and DVD R RW at four different slow motion speeds forwards and backwards Video CD ...

Page 27: ... VCDs in PBC mode 1 During playback press HOME MENU and select Disc Navigator from the on screen menu 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 from a Video ...

Page 28: ...splayed in the Disc Navigator 1 Press HOME MENU and select Disc Navigator from the on screen menu 2 Use the cursor buttons and ENTER to navigate Use the cursor up down buttons to move up and down the folder file list Use the cursor left button to return to the parent folder Use ENTER or cursor right to open a highlighted folder You can also return to the parent folder by going to the top of the li...

Page 29: ... plays the loop 4 To resume normal playback select Off from the menu 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 program list on page 30 Important You can t use Repeat play with Video CD Super VCDs in PBC mode or with MP3...

Page 30: ...andom play option The random play options available depend on the kind of disc loaded For example for DVD Video discs you can select Random Title or Random Chapter or Random Off For DVD Audio discs select Random Group or Random Track or Random Off For CDs SACDs and Video CD Super VCDs select On or Off to switch random play on or off Tip Use the following controls during random play Creating a prog...

Page 31: ...k number To delete a step highlight it and press CLEAR 5 To play the program list press play Program play remains active until you turn off program play see below erase the program list see below eject the disc or switch off the player Tip Use the following controls during program play Other functions available from the program menu There are a number of other options in the program menu in additi...

Page 32: ...itle DVD DivX video WMV or track CD Video CD Super VCD you want playback to resume from For example press 4 5 0 0 to have playback start from 45 minutes into the disc For 1 hour 20 minutes and 30 seconds press 8 0 3 0 Some DVD Audio discs feature pages of browsable pictures Enter the page number you want 4 Press ENTER to start playback Switching subtitles Some DVD Video and DivX video discs have s...

Page 33: ...l option The language channel information is shown on screen Note Some DVD discs only allow you to change audio language from the disc menu Press TOP MENU or MENU to access To set DVD audio language preferences see Language settings on page 41 Zooming the screen Using the zoom feature you can magnify a part of the screen by a factor of 2 or 4 while watching a DVD DivX video WMV title or Video CD S...

Page 34: ...d off if you prefer see Display settings on page 41 During playback press ANGLE to switch angle 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 To show switch hide the information displayed press DISPLAY repeatedly When a disc is playing the information appears at the top of th...

Page 35: ... front panel display 2 Connect your USB device The USB terminal is located on the front panel Disc Navigator is automatically displayed 3 Press ENTER to start playback The method of playback for files saved on a USB device is the same as for other discs For more information see Basic playback controls on page 22 and Playing discs on page 26 4 Turn off this player and remove the USB device The next...

Page 36: ...udio 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 Digital Audio Out settings on page 39 The effect of Audio DRC also depends on your speakers and AV receiver settings Virtual Surround Settings On Off default Switch on Virtual Surround to enjoy realistic surround sound effects from just two speakers Tip You can ...

Page 37: ...m the on screen display 2 Make settings using the cursor buttons and ENTER You can adjust the following picture quality settings Sharpness Adjusts the sharpness of edges in the picture Fine Standard default Soft Brightness Adjusts the overall brightness 20 to 20 Contrast Adjusts the contrast between light and dark 16 to 16 Gamma Adjusts the warmth of the picture High Medium Low Off default Hue Adj...

Page 38: ...ngs only need to be set if you have connected the digital output of this player to an AV receiver or other equipment Check the operating instructions supplied with your other equipment to see which digital audio formats it s compatible with Some settings such as TV Screen Audio Language and Subtitle Language may be overridden by the DVD disc Often these settings can also be made from the DVD disc ...

Page 39: ...through the digital outputs Down Sample Off 96kHz digital audio is output as is at 96kHz 96 kHz PCM Out DV 400V only 96kHz 48kHz 96 kHz digital audio is converted to 48 kHz for digital output 96kHz 96 kHz digital audio is output as is at 96 kHz MPEG Out MPEG PCM MPEG encoded digital audio is converted to PCM audio for digital output MPEG MPEG encoded digital audio is output as is HDMI Out LPCM 2CH...

Page 40: ...GSVE indicator lights in the front panel display See also Switching the video output to interlace using the front panel controls on page 13 Note that progressive scan video is only output from the component video jacks AV Connector Out Video Ordinary composite video output compatible with all TVs RGB If your TV is compatible this setting gives the best picture quality Note that there is no output ...

Page 41: ...e other than the ones displayed see page 54 DVD Menu Lang w Subtitle Lang DVD disc menus will be displayed in the same language as your selected subtitle language if possible Languages as displayed DVD disc menus will be displayed in the selected language if possible Other Language Select to choose a language other than the ones displayed see page 54 Subtitle Display On Subtitles are displayed acc...

Page 42: ... numbers you enter show up as asterisks on screen 3 Press ENTER to register the password You will return to the Options menu screen Setting Option What it means Parental Lock See Parental Lock on page 42 DVD Playback Mode DV 600AV only DVD Audio All material on a DVD Audio disc is playable DVD Video Only the DVD Video part of a DVD Audio disc is playable SACD Playback DV 600AV only 2ch Area Select...

Page 43: ...ress ENTER 3 Select a Country Area code and press ENTER There are two ways you can do this Select by code letter Use cursor up down to change the Country Area code Select by code number Press cursor right then use the number buttons to enter the 4 digit Country Area code 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...

Page 44: ...e a note of the code as you will need it when you register with a DivX VOD provider Playing DivX VOD content Some DivX VOD content may only be playable a fixed number of times When you load a disc containing this type of DivX VOD content the remaining number of plays is shown on screen and you then have the option of playing the disc thereby using up one of the remaining plays or stopping If you l...

Page 45: ...by Digital DTS and MPEG audio is mixed down to two channels so you still hear all the audio recorded on the disc With DTS encoded audio you can choose how the signal is downmixed to PCM audio See DTS Downmix on page 43 to change the downmix setting Some DVD Audio discs don t allow down mixing of audio These discs always output multi channel audio regardless of the setting made here Setting Option ...

Page 46: ...es are heard from the center speaker only Disc audio format Player setting Front L R Surround L R Center SW Surround L R Center SW Surround L R Center SW Surround L R Center SW Surround L R Center SW Surround L R Center SW Front L R Front L R Front L R Left Right Left Right Left Right Left Right Left Right 6 Left Right Left Right Left Right Left Right Left Right 2ch downmix 2ch downmix 2ch downmix...

Page 47: ...t from the HDMI terminal 7 Analog SACD audio is not output when you have HDMI Out set to Auto DSD CD DV 600AV DV 400V 5 1 ch 4 5 1 ch 4 5 1 ch DSD 4 7 Disc audio format DVD Audio with CPPM 2 DVD Audio without CPPM Linear PCM 1 MPEG 1 Dolby Digital Karaoke Dolby Digital 1 DTS CD MP3 WMA MPEG 4 AAC Video CD DTS CD LPCM 2CH LPCM 5 1CH HDMI Out setting Auto Left Right 5 1 ch 4 5 1 ch 4 5 1 ch 4 5 1 ch...

Page 48: ... audio area is selected If the video output resolution is 480i 576i 480p or 576p audio output may be limited to 2 channel depending to the connected component 3 In cases where the source is downmix prohibited only the front left right channels are output 4 If CPPM shows in the front panel display it means it is not possible to output CPPM copycon trolled DVD Audio sources from the HDMI connection ...

Page 49: ...elative to it Front left right L R speaker distances can be set from 30 cm to 9 m in 30 cm incre ments The center speaker C can be set from 2 1 m to 0 0 m relative to the front left right speakers Surround left right SL SR speakers can be set from 6 0 m to 0 0 m relative to the front left right speakers You can t set the subwoofer SW distance 4 Press cursor left to go back to the speaker list if y...

Page 50: ...he room graphic on the right of the screen Except for the subwoofer you can set speaker size to Large or Small If the main speaker cone in the speaker is 12cm or more set to Large otherwise set to Small or Off if you don t have that speaker If you set the front L and R speakers to Small the center and surround speakers are automatically set to Small and the subwoofer to On The subwoofer can only b...

Page 51: ...lean using a soft dry cloth wiping the disc lightly from the center to the outside edge as shown below If necessary use a cloth soaked in alcohol or a commercially available CD DVD cleaning kit to clean a disc more thoroughly Never use benzine thinner or other cleaning agents including products designed for cleaning vinyl records Cleaning the unit s exterior Unplug the unit before cleaning Use a d...

Page 52: ...s player should be set to 16 9 Wide or 16 9 Compressed When you watch discs recorded in 4 3 format with the 16 9 Wide setting you can use the TV controls to select how the picture is presented Your TV may offer various zoom and stretch options see the instructions that came with your TV for details Please note that some movie aspect ratios are wider than 16 9 so even though you have a widescreen T...

Page 53: ...nge Resetting the player Use this procedure to reset all the player s settings to the factory default 1 Switch the player into standby 2 Using the front panel buttons hold down the stop button and press STANDBY ON to switch the player back on All the player s settings are now reset DVD Video regions All DVD Video discs carry a region mark on the case somewhere that indicates which region s of the ...

Page 54: ...is not damaged page 51 Make sure the disc is loaded with the label side face up and aligned properly in the disc tray guide Incompatible region number If the region number on a DVD Video disc does not match the number on the player the disc cannot be used page 53 In this case the attention sentence Incompatible disc region number Can t play disc is displayed on screen Condensation inside the playe...

Page 55: ...isc is played back stripes etc may appear on some sections of the picture depending on the TV This is not a malfunction Due to the player s copy protection circuits connection of this device through a VCR or an AV selector may prevent recording or cause picture problems This is not a malfunction No audio or audio is distorted No audio is output during slow motion playback or when scanning discs ot...

Page 56: ...z PCM Out is set to Down Sample Off 96 kHz page 39 Some discs are digital copy protected and do not output high sampling rate digital audio In this case the output is automatically downsampled No DTS audio output If this unit is connected to a non DTS compatible amplifier or decoder using a digital audio cable set DTS Out to DTS PCM page 39 If you do not do this noise will be output when you play ...

Page 57: ...instruction manual of the component to do this Check that the HDMI cable is connected properly and that the cable isn t damaged Check that components connected using the HDMI interface are switched on and HDMI compatible This unit has been designed to be compliant with HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface Depending on the component you have connected using a DVI connection may result in unrel...

Page 58: ...ing a DVI connection may result in unreliable signal transfers Problem Remedy Problem Remedy USB mass storage device is not recognized by the system Make sure you have completely inserted the USB connector to this unit Check that the memory format is FAT16 or FAT32 USB devices with an internal USB hub are not supported Files don t show up in the Navigator Photo Browser The files must have the corr...

Page 59: ...se density of one bit data EXIF Exchangeable Image File A file format developed by FUJI FILM for digital still cameras Digital cameras from various manufacturers use this compressed file format which carries date time and thumbnail information as well as the picture data File extension A tag added to the end of a filename to indicate the type of file For example mp3 indicates an MP3 file HDMI HDMI...

Page 60: ... higher the rate the better the sound quality CD is 44 1 kHz DVD can be up to 96 kHz See also Digital audio Super Audio CD SACD Super Audio CD is a high quality audio disc format that can accommodate high sampling rate stereo and multi channel audio as well as conventional CD audio all on the same disc WMA WMA is short for Windows Media Audio and refers to an audio compression technology developed...

Page 61: ...22 Malagasy mg 1307 Maori mi 1309 Macedonian mk 1311 Malayalam ml 1312 Mongolian mn 1314 Moldavian mo 1315 Marathi mr 1318 Malay ms 1319 Maltese mt 1320 Burmese my 1325 Nauru na 1401 Nepali ne 1405 Norwegian no 1415 Occitan oc 1503 Oromo om 1513 Oriya or 1518 Panjabi pa 1601 Polish pl 1612 Pashto Pushto ps 1619 Quechua qu 1721 Rhaeto Romance rm 1813 Kirundi rn 1814 Romanian ro 1815 Kinyarwanda rw ...

Page 62: ...1 Vp p 75 Ω PB color Output level 0 7 Vp p 75 Ω PR color Output level 0 7 Vp p 75 Ω Jack RCA S video output DV 600AV only Y luminance Output level 1 Vp p 75 Ω C color Output level 286 mVp p 75 Ω Jack S video Video output Output level 1 Vp p 75 Ω Jack RCA Audio output 1 stereo pair Output level During audio output 200 mVrms 1 kHz 20 dB Number of channels 2 Jacks RCA HDMI output HDMI output 19 pin A...

Page 63: ... cell batteries 2 Audio video cable 1 Power cable 1 Warranty card 1 Operating instructions The specifications and design of this product are subject to change without notice due to improvement Published by Pioneer Corporation Copyright 2007 Pioneer Corporation All rights reserved ...

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