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Pioneer 383-S - DV-383S DVD Player, Operating Instructions Manual

The Pioneer 383-S - DV-383S DVD Player is a high-quality product designed to enhance your home entertainment experience. This sleek and compact DVD player offers exceptional performance and versatility. To get the most out of your device, make sure to download the free Operating Instructions Manual from our website. Gain valuable insights and step-by-step guidance to fully utilize its features and enjoy seamless operation.

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Chapter 1

 

Before you start

 

Features

 

•

24-bit/192kHz compatible DAC

 

The on-board 24-bit/192kHz DAC means that 
this player is fully 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 performance surround 

sound entertainment with Dolby Digital

 

*1

 

 

and DTS

 

*2

 

 software

 

Logos:   

When connected to a suitable AV amplifier or 
receiver, this player gives great surround 
sound with Dolby Digital and DTS discs.

 

•

PureCinema Progressive Scan video

 

When connected to a progressive scan-
compatible TV or monitor using the 
component video outputs, 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 29.

 

•

MP3 and WMA compatibility

 

See 

 

Compressed audio compatibility

 

 on page 7.

 

•

JPEG compatibility

 

See 

 

JPEG file compatibility

 

 on page 9.

 

•

DivX video compatibility

 

See 

 

DivX video compatibility

 

 on page 8.

 

•

Energy saving design

 

An auto power-off function switches the player 
into standby if not used for about 30 minutes.

 

*1

 

Manufactured under license from Dolby 

Laboratories. “Dolby” and the double-D symbol 
are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.

 

*2

 

“DTS” and “DTS Digital Out” are registered 

trademarks of Digital Theater Systems Inc.

 

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 x2

• Audio/video cable (red/white/yellow plugs)

• Power cable (Central American, South 

American and Taiwan model x2)

• Operating instructions x2 (Australian, Thai-

land and PX model x1)

• Front panel button names sticker 

 

(Taiwan 

models only) 

 

— Chinese language button 

names for the front panel controls.

• Remote control overlay 

 

(Taiwan models 

only) 

 

— Place the overlay on the remote 

control to be able to read the buttons in 
Chinese.

DV380_ASIA.book Page 5 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 10:07 AM

Summary of Contents for 383-S - DV-383S DVD Player

Page 1: ...DVD Player DV 380 S DV 383 S DV 383 K Operating Instructions ...

Page 2: ... OCH OSYNLIG LASERSTRÅLNING NÄR DENNA DEL ÄR ÖPPNAD BETRAKTA EJ STRÅLEN 7260000356 SH CUIDADO RADIACIÓN LÁSER VISIBLE E INVISIBLE AL ESTAR ABIERTO EVITAR EXPOSICIÓN AL RAYO Singapore and Taiwanese model only 726000A114 SH CAUTION The POWER switch on this unit will not completely shut off all power from the AC outlet Since the power cord serves as the main disconnect device for the unit you will ne...

Page 3: ... one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help D8 10 1 2_En Information to User Alteration or modifications carried out without appropr...

Page 4: ... Frame advance frame reverse 23 Viewing a JPEG slideshow 23 Browsing DVD or Video CD Super VCD disc with the Disc Navigator 23 Browsing WMA MP3 DivX video 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 27 Searching a disc 28 Switching subtitles 28 Switching audio language channels 29 Zooming the screen 29 S...

Page 5: ...d playback See Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus on page 30 Picture zoom See Zooming the screen on page 29 MP3 and WMA compatibility See Compressed audio compatibility on page 7 JPEG compatibility See JPEG file compatibility on page 9 DivX video compatibility See DivX video compatibility on page 8 Energy saving design An auto power off function switches the player into standby if not used for ...

Page 6: ...ly 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 Use in a place exposed to high temperatures or humidity including near radiators and other heat generating a...

Page 7: ...iles 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 Unfinalized disc playback No File structure may differ Up to 299 folders on a disc up to 648 folders and files combined within each folder DVD R RW compatibility Compatible formats DVD Video Video Recording VR Edit points may not ...

Page 8: ...age in Language settings on page 33 to match the subtitle file This player supports the following language groups Group 1 Albanian sq Basque eu Catalan ca Danish da Dutch nl English en Faroese fo Finnish fi French fr German de Icelandic is Irish ga Italian it Norwegian no Portuguese pt Rhaeto Romanic rm Scottish gd Spanish es Swedish sv Group 2 Albanian sq Croatian hr Czech cs Hungarian hu Polish ...

Page 9: ...l 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 files do not use for other file types PC created disc compatibility Discs recorded using a personal computer may not be playable in this unit due to the setting of the application software used to create the disc ...

Page 10: ...er is equipped with copy protection technology Do not connect 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 S VIDEO OUT AUDIOOUT COAXIAL OPTICAL COMPONENTVIDEOOUT DIGITALAUD...

Page 11: ...AV receivers Connecting 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...

Page 12: ...w 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 that not all h...

Page 13: ... to a digital input on your AV receiver This enables you to listen to multichannel surround sound For an optical connection use an optical cable not supplied to connect the OPTICAL DIGITAL AUDIO OUT jack to an optical input on your AV receiver For a 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...

Page 14: ...ENTER cursor buttons page 16 5 MENU page 20 6 RETURN page 20 7 HOME MENU page 16 8 Display 9 RW Compatible page 7 10 OPEN CLOSE page 18 11 page 19 12 page 19 13 page 19 14 and page 19 STANDBY ON OPEN CLOSE TOP MENU MENU RETURN HOME MENU STANDBY ON DV 380 s 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 9 11 10 8 12 13 14 10 8 11 12 13 14 1 2 1 DV 383 s DV 383 K ...

Page 15: ...following 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 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 16: ...ive 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 navigated in basically the same way using the cursor buttons to change the highlighted ite...

Page 17: ...ress 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 Taiwanese model only 3 Select a language The on screen language will change according to your selection 4 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu screen Initia...

Page 18: ...c 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 Super VCD an on screen menu may appear See DVD Video disc menus on page 20 and Video CD Super VCD PBC menus on page 20 for more on how to navigate these If you re pla...

Page 19: ...ed 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 Pauses...

Page 20: ...aving to navigate 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 pr...

Page 21: ...ayer and discs on page 37 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 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 I play some discs Some movie formats are su...

Page 22: ...Ds DivX video and Video CD Super VCDs 2 Press repeatedly to increase the scanning speed The scanning speed is shown on screen 3 To resume normal playback press play When scanning a Video CD Super VCD playing 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 ...

Page 23: ...lideshow is running Note The time it takes for the player to load a file increases with large file sizes Browsing DVD or Video CD Super VCD disc with the Disc Navigator Use the Disc Navigator to browse through the contents of a DVD or Video CD Super VCD disc to find the part you want to play Important You can t use the Disc Navigator with Video CD Super VCDs in PBC mode 1 During playback press HOM...

Page 24: ...at you want to play You can use either the cursor buttons and ENTER to select a thumbnail or the number buttons To select using the number buttons enter a two digit number then press ENTER Tip Another way to find a particular place on a disc is to use one of the search modes See Searching a disc on page 28 Browsing WMA MP3 DivX video and JPEG files with the Disc Navigator Use the Disc Navigator to...

Page 25: ...d over You can t use A B Repeat with Video CD Super VCDs in PBC mode or WMA MP3 DivX video files 1 During playback press PLAY MODE and select A B Repeat from the list of functions on the left 2 Press ENTER on A Start Point to set the loop start point 3 Press ENTER on B End Point to set the loop end point After pressing ENTER playback jumps back to the start point and plays the loop 4 To resume nor...

Page 26: ...n effect until you select Random Off from the random play menu options You can t use random play with VR format DVD RW discs Video CD Super VCDs playing in PBC mode WMA MP3 discs DivX video discs or while a DVD disc menu is being displayed You can t use random play together with program or repeat play 1 Press PLAY MODE and select Random from the list of functions on the left 2 Select a random play...

Page 27: ...automatically moves down one 4 Repeat step 3 to build up a program list A program list can contain up to 24 titles chapters tracks 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 5 To play the program list press play Program play rem...

Page 28: ...ime search enter the number of minutes and seconds into the currently playing title DVD DivX video 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 4 Press ENTER to start playback Switching subtitles Some DVD and DivX video discs have subtitles in one or ...

Page 29: ...tton to select the zoom factor Normal 2x or 4x Since DVD Video CD Super VCD DivX video title and JPEG pictures have a fixed resolution picture quality will deteriorate especially at 4x zoom This is not a malfunction 2 Use the cursor buttons to change the zoomed area You can change the zoom factor and the zoomed area freely during playback If the navigation square at the top of the screen disappear...

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: ...tible with progressive 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 Setting Option What it means Setting Option What it means Audio Language English If there is an English soundtrack on the disc then it will be played L...

Page 34: ...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 40 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 disc...

Page 35: ... Use number buttons to enter your password then press ENTER 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 ...

Page 36: ...t Options then DivX VOD 3 Select Display Your 8 digit registration code is displayed Make 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 opt...

Page 37: ...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 38: ...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 39: ...e TV system changes as follows AUTO NTSC NTSC PAL PAL AUTO Note You have to switch the player into standby press STANDBY ON before each change 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 s...

Page 40: ... to set your preferred language from any of the 136 languages listed in the language code list on page 41 1 Select Other Language 2 Use the cursor left right buttons to select either a code letter or a code number 3 Use the cursor up down buttons to select a code letter or a code number See Language code list on page 41 for a complete list of languages and codes ...

Page 41: ...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 42: ...te 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 layer 3 ...

Page 43: ...A 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 lower Digital output Coaxial digital output RCA jack Optical digital output Optical...

Page 44: ... 9120 Melsele Belgium TEL 03 570 05 11 PIONEER ELECTRONICS ASIACENTRE PTE LTD 253 Alexandra Road 04 01 Singapore 159936 TEL 65 6472 7555 PIONEER ELECTRONICS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD 178 184 Boundary Road Braeside Victoria 3195 Australia TEL 03 9586 6300 PIONEER ELECTRONICS DE MEXICO S A DE C V Blvd Manuel Avila Camacho 138 10 piso Col Lomas de Chapultepec Mexico D F 11000 TEL 55 9178 4270 K002_A_En TPTZZ...

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