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DVD Player

DV-280-

DV-285-

Operating Instructions

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Page 1: ...01 1 En DVD Player DV 280 S DV 285 S Operating Instructions RegisterYour Product at www pioneerelectronics com US www pioneerelectronics ca Canada ...

Page 2: ...S PRODUCT WILL INCREASE EYE HAZARD D6 8 2 1_En 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 installed and use...

Page 3: ...s and built up static charges Article 810 of the National Electrical Code ANSI NFPA 70 provides information with regard to proper grounding of the mast and supporting structure grounding of the lead in wire to an antenna discharge unit size of grounding conductors location of antenna discharge unit connection to grounding electrodes and requirements for the grounding electrode See Figure A LIGHTNI...

Page 4: ...nd you avoid prolonged exposure to excessive noise This list of sound levels is included for your protection Decibel Level Example 30 Quiet library soft whispers 40 Living room refrigerator bedroom away from traffic 50 Light traffic normal conversation quiet office 60 Air conditioner at 20 feet sewing machine 70 Vacuum cleaner hair dryer noisy restaurant 80 Average city traffic garbage disposals a...

Page 5: ...iscs 22 Playing in slow motion 22 Frame advance frame reverse 22 Viewing a JPEG slideshow 23 Browsing DVD or Video CD disc with the Disc Navigator 23 Browsing WMA MP3 and JPEG files with the Disc Navigator 24 Looping a section of a disc 25 Using repeat play 25 Using random play 26 Creating a program list 26 Searching a disc 27 Switching subtitles 28 Switching audio language channels 28 Zooming the...

Page 6: ...ts you can enjoy extremely stable flicker free images with the same frame refresh 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 30 Picture zoom See Zooming the screen on page 28...

Page 7: ...ed batteries please comply with governmental regulations or environmental public instruction s rules that apply in your country or area Hints on installation We want you to enjoy using this product for years to come so please use the following guidelines when choosing a suitable location Do Use in a well ventilated room Place on a solid flat level surface such as a table shelf or stereo rack Don t...

Page 8: ...u need further information about playability of DualDisc please see Service Support on the Pioneer web site www pioneerelectronics com CD R RW compatibility Compatible formats CD Audio Video CD ISO 9660 CD ROM containing MP3 WMA or JPEG 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 play...

Page 9: ...ws Media and the Windows logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries JPEG file compatibility Compatible formats Baseline JPEG and EXIF 2 2 still image files up to a resolution of 3072 x 2048 File format used by digital still cameras Progressive JPEG compatible No File extensions jpg must be used for the player to recognize JPEG ...

Page 10: ...this player to your TV via a VCR using audio video or S video cables as the picture from this player will not appear properly on your TV This player may also not be compatible with some combination TV VCRs for the same reason refer to the manufacturer for more information When connecting to your TV as shown above do not set the Component Out setting See Video Output settings on page 33 to Progress...

Page 11: ...g using the S video output 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 above the jack with the same mark on the plug before plugg...

Page 12: ...rlace see below Switching the video output to interlace using the front panel controls Switch the player to standby then using the front panel controls press STANDBY ON while pressing to switch the player back to Interlace Compatibility of this player with progressive scan and high definition TVs This player is compatible with progressive video Macro Vision System Copy Guard Consumers should note ...

Page 13: ...AL AUDIO OUT COAXIAL jack on this player to a coaxial digital input on your AV receiver 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 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 AV receiver You can use the S video or component vi...

Page 14: ...e 16 2 and page 19 20 3 page 19 4 page 19 5 page 19 6 RW Compatible page 8 7 HOME MENU page 16 8 RETURN page 20 9 MENU page 20 10 ENTER cursor buttons page 16 11 TOP MENU page 20 12 Display 13 OPEN CLOSE page 18 14 Disc tray 15 Remote control sensor page 15 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 15 12 14 2 ...

Page 15: ...lowing 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 7m 23ft 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 loc...

Page 16: ...o power off function If the player is stopped and no button is pressed for around five minutes the screen saver 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 navigat...

Page 17: ...hange the setting from 4 3 Letter Box to 4 3 Pan Scan if you prefer See Video Output settings on page 33 for more 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 ...

Page 18: ... 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 an on screen menu may appear See DVD Video disc menus on page 20 and Video CD PBC menus on page 20 for more on how to navigate ...

Page 19: ...loaded you can resume playback Note The Last Memory function doesn t work with VR format DVD RW 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 20: ...te the PBC menu by starting playback using a number button to select a track rather than the play button 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 RETURN Returns to the previously dis pl...

Page 21: ...ayer and discs on page 36 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 or DVD ROM See Disc content format playback compatibility on page 8 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 I play some discs Some movie formats are su...

Page 22: ...laying in PBC mode or a WMA MP3 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 DVDs at four different slow motion speeds forwards and backwards Video CDs can be played at four different forward slow motion speeds 1 During playback...

Page 23: ... 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 disc Time Thumbnails from a Video CD disc at 10 minute intervals Original Title Original titles from a VR mode DVD RW disc Playlist Title Playlist titles ...

Page 24: ...EG files with the Disc Navigator Use the Disc Navigator to find a particular file or folder by filename 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 fol...

Page 25: ...esume 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 26 Important You can t use Repeat play with Video CDs in PBC mode or with WMA MP3 discs You can t use repeat ...

Page 26: ...om Chapter or Random Off For CDs and Video CDs select On or Off to switch random play on or off Tip Use the following controls during random play Creating a program list This feature lets you program the play order of titles chapters tracks on a disc Important You can t use Program play with VR format DVD RW discs Video CDs playing in PBC mode WMA MP3 discs or while a DVD disc menu is being displa...

Page 27: ...during program play Other functions available from the program menu There are a number of other options in the program menu in addition to Create Edit Playback Start Starts playback of a saved program list Playback Stop Turns off program play but does not erase the program list Program Delete Erases the program list and turns off program play Searching a disc You can search DVD discs by title or c...

Page 28: ...guage during playback When playing a VR format DVD RW disc recorded with dual mono audio you can switch between the main sub and mixed channels during playback When playing a Video CD you can switch between stereo just the left channel or just the right channel 1 Press AUDIO repeatedly to select an audio language channel option The language channel information is shown on screen Note Some DVD disc...

Page 29: ...les are available this can be switched off if you prefer see Display settings on page 34 1 During playback or when paused 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 1 To show switch hide the information displayed press DISPLAY repeatedly When a ...

Page 30: ... the material doesn t have wide variations in volume you may not notice much change Note 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 Digital Audio Out settings on page 32 The effect of Audio DRC also depends on your speakers and AV receiver set...

Page 31: ... Video Adjust menu From the Video Adjust screen you can adjust various settings that affect how the picture is presented 1 Press HOME MENU and select Video Adjust from 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...

Page 32: ...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 menu Digital Audio Out settings Initial Settings Setting Option What it means Digital Out On Digital audio ...

Page 33: ...scan video see your TV s instruction manual for details See also Switching the video output to interlace using the front panel controls on page 12 Note that progressive scan video is only output from the component video jacks and that there is no output from the composite and S video jacks when this setting is selected Setting Option What it means Setting Option What it means Audio Language Englis...

Page 34: ...e player on page 38 DVD Menu Language 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 38 Subtitle Display On Subtitles are displayed according to your selec...

Page 35: ...ER 3 Select a new level and press ENTER Press cursor left repeatedly to lock more levels more discs will require the password press cursor right to unlock levels You can t lock level 1 This sets the new level and you will return to the Options menu screen Setting changing the Country Area code You can find the Country Area code list on page 39 1 Select Country Code 2 Use number buttons to enter yo...

Page 36: ...e used only with conventional fully circular discs Do not use shaped discs Pioneer disclaims all liability arising in connection with the use of shaped discs Cleaning discs Fingerprints and dust on discs can affect playback performance Clean 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...

Page 37: ...deo 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 Televisions too come in different aspect ratios standard 4 3 and widescreen 16 9 Widescreen TV users If you have a widescreen TV the TV Screen setting page 33 of this player should be set to 16 9 Wide When you watch discs...

Page 38: ... disc is compatible with Your DVD player also has a region mark which you can find on the rear panel Discs from incompatible regions will not play in this player Discs marked ALL will play in any player 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 Language in the Setup Navigator allow you to s...

Page 39: ...alagasy 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 1823...

Page 40: ...rries 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 ISO 9660 format International standard for the volume and file structure of CD ROM discs JPEG A standard file format used for still images JPEG files are identified by the file extension jpg MP3 MP3 MPEG1 audio ...

Page 41: ... 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 Digital audio characteristics Frequency response 4 Hz to 44 kHz DVD fs 96 kHz S N ratio 115 dB Dynamic range 101 dB Total harmonic distortion 0 0023 Wow and flutter Limit of measurement 0 001 W PEAK or low...

Page 42: ...piso Col Lomas de Chapultepec Mexico D F 11000 TEL 55 9178 4270 K002_A_En TPTZZ Printed in Thailand VRB1355 A Should this product require service in the U S A and you wish to locate the nearest Pioneer Authorized Independent Service Company or if you wish to purchase replacement parts operating instructions service manuals or accessories please call the number shown below 8 0 0 4 2 1 1 4 0 4 Pleas...

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