Pioneer DV-251 manual

DVD Player DV-353 DV-251 DV-250 Operating Instructions[...]

READ INSTRUCTIONS — All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the product is operated. RETAIN INSTRUCTIONS — The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. HEED WARNINGS — All warnings on the product and in the operating instructions should be adhered to. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS — All operat[...]

POWER-CORD PROTECTION — Power-supply cords should be routed so that they are not likely to be walked on or pinched by items placed upon or against them, paying particular attention to cords at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the product. OUTDOOR ANTENNA GROUNDING — If an outside antenna or cable system is conn[...]

[For Canadian model] This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. [Pour le mod è le Canadien] Cet appareil num é rique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. H009_2L 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. Th[...]

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6 En Contents 01 Before Y ou Start F eatures .............................................................. 8 What ’ s in the box ............................................... 9 P utting the batteries in the remote control ..... 9 Using the remote control .................................. 9 Discs compatible with this player .................. [...]

7 En Contents 06 The Audio Settings Menu Audio DRC ........................................................ 39 Virtual Surround ............................................... 39 07 The Initial Settings Menu Using the Initial Settings menu ...................... 41 Digital Audio Out settings .............................. 41 Digital Out ...........[...]

Befor e Y ou Start 01 8 En Featur es 24-bit/192kHz compatible DAC This player is fully compatible with high sampling-rate discs, capable of delivering better-than-CD sound quality in terms of dynamic range, low-level resolution and high-frequency detail. Excellent audio performance with Dolby* 1 Digital and DTS* 2 software Logos: 1 When connected t[...]

Befor e Y ou Start 01 9 En • Don ’ t mix new and old batteries together . • Don ’ t use different kinds of battery together — although they may look similar , different batteries may have different voltages. • Make sure that the plus and minus ends of each batter y match the indications in the battery compartment. • Remove batteries f[...]

Befor e Y ou Start 01 10 En Discs compatible with this player Any disc that displays one of the following logos should play in this player . Other formats, including DVD-Audio, DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM, CD -ROM (except those that contain MP3 files), SACD and Photo CD will not play . D VD- V ideo Video CD Audio CD CD-R CD-R W • DVD-R/RW and CD-R/RW (audio[...]

Befor e Y ou Start 01 11 En • Use CD-R or CD -RW media for record- ing your MP3 files. The disc must be finalized in order to play . • Audio encoded at 128Kbps should sound close to regular audio CD quality . Although this player will play lower bit- rate MP3 tracks, the sound quality becomes noticeably worse at lower bit- rates. • F older an[...]

Connecting Up 02 12 En 4 AC IN Connect the supplied power cord here, then plug into a power outlet. 5 VIDEO OUT This is a standard video output that you can connect to your TV or A V receiver using the supplied audio/video cable. 6 S (S-Video output) This is an S-video output that you can use instead of the video output described in 5 above. 7 DIGI[...]

Connecting Up 02 13 En 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 through the speakers in your TV . • This player is equipped with copy protection technology . Do not connect this player to your TV via a VCR (or your VCR via this pl[...]

Connecting Up 02 14 En • Before unplugging the player from the power outlet, make sure you first switch it into standby using either the front panel ST ANDBY/ON button , or the remote control, and wait of the -OFF- message to disappear from the player ’ s display . • F or the above reasns, do not plug this player into a switched power supply [...]

Connecting Up 02 15 En Connecting to an A V receiver T o enjoy multichannel surround sound you need to connect this player to an A V receiver using a digital output. There are both coaxial and optical digital jacks; use whichever is convenient. In addition to a digital connection, we recommend also connecting using the stereo analog connection. Yo [...]

Connecting Up 02 16 En • 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 alr eady connected to my TV , so there ar en ’t any spar e inputs. What should I do? If all your TV ’ s inputs are already in use, you can buy[...]

Contr ols and Displays 03 17 En 7 8 P ress to pause playback. P ress again to restart 8 7 P ress to stop the disc (you can resume playback by pressing 3 (play)) 9 ¡ ¢ • P ress and hold for fast forward scanning • P ress to jump to the next chapter or track 10 4 1 • P ress and hold for fast reverse scanning • P ress to jump back to the beg[...]

Contr ols and Displays 03 18 En Display 1 12 9 11 10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7C H P Indicates that the character display is showing a DVD chapter number 8 REMAIN Lights when the character display is showing the time or number of tracks/titles/chapters remaining 9 Character display 10 8 Lights when a disc is paused 11 3 Lights when a disc is playing 12 2 D Li[...]

Contr ols and Displays 03 19 En 1 ST ANDBY/ON P ress to switch the player on or into standby 2 AUDIO P ress to select the audio channel or language ( pages 36–37 ) 3 SUBTITLE P ress to select a subtitle display ( page 36 ) 4 Number buttons 5 TOP MENU P ress to display the top menu of a DVD disc 6 ENTER & cursor control buttons Use to navigate[...]

Contr ols and Displays 03 20 En 12 PLA Y MODE P ress to display the Play Mode menu ( pages 31 – 36 ) (Y ou can also get to the Play Mode menu by pressing SETUP and select- ing Play Mode ) 13 SURROUND P ress to activate/switch off 2 V/T ruSurround 14 0 OPEN/CLOSE P ress to open or close the disc tray 15 ANGLE P ress to change the camera angle duri[...]

Getting Started 04 21 En Let’ s Get Started When you switch on the player for the first time, you should see a welcome screen displayed on your TV . F rom here you can set up the player to work with the kind of TV you have, then either use the Setup Navigator to make more settings, or jump right in and start playing some discs. GUIDE RETURN ENTER[...]

Getting Started 04 22 En Using the on-scr een displays F or ease of use, this player makes extensive use of graphical on-screen displays (OSDs). Y ou should get used to the way these work as you ’ ll need to use them when setting up the player , using some of the playback features, such as program play , and when making more advanced settings for[...]

Getting Started 04 23 En • The button guide at the bottom of ever y OSD screen shows you which buttons you ’ ll need to use for that screen. Setting up with the Setup Navigator Using the Setup Navigator you can make a number of other initial settings for this player . W e recommend using the Setup Navigator , especially if you connected this pl[...]

Getting Started 04 24 En 6 Did you connect this player to an A V receiver using a digital output? Select Connected or Not Connected . Connected Not Connected A V Receiver Digital Audio Out Language Settings Audio Out Settings A V Receiver Func. Setup Navigator • If you selected Not Connected here, that completes setup using the Setup Navigator . [...]

Getting Started 04 25 En Playing discs The basic playback controls for playing DVD, CD, Video CD and MP3 discs are covered here. F urther functions are detailed in the next chapter . 0 1 23 4 56 789 STANDBY/ON OPEN/CLOSE 4 1 ¡ ¢ 8 7 3 0 ENTER ENTER 1 If the player isn ’ t alr eady on, press ST ANDBY/ON to switch it on. If you ’ re playing a D[...]

Getting Started 04 26 En • Why won ’ t the disc I loaded play? First check that you loaded the disc the right way up (label side up), and that it ’ s clean and not damaged. See page 49 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 [...]

Getting Started 04 27 En Front panel contr ols The 3 (play), 7 (stop), and 8 (pause) buttons on the front panel work in exactly the same way as their remote control equivalents. The combined scan/skip buttons on the front panel ( 4 1 and ¡ ¢ ) work slightly differently from the remote buttons. STANDBY/ON 3 OPEN/ CLOSE 0 8 7 1 4 ¡ ¢ DV -353 41 ?[...]

Getting Started 04 28 En Video CD PBC menus Some Video CDs have menus from which you can choose what you want to watch. These are called PBC (Playback control) menus. Y ou can play a PBC Video CD without having to navigate the PBC menu by starting playback using a number button to select a track, rather than the 3 (play) button. 0 1 23 4 56 789 RET[...]

Playing Discs 05 29 En 2 Select what you want to play . Depending on the type of disc you have loaded, the Disc Navigator looks slightly different. The screen for DVD discs shows the titles on the left and the chapters on the right. Select a title, or a chapter within a title. Title 1-10 Title 01 Title 02 Title 03 Title 04 Title 05 Title 06 Title 0[...]

Playing Discs 05 30 En Playing in slow motion Y ou can play DVDs and Video CDs at four different forward slow motion speeds, and DVDs also at two reverse speeds. 1 During playback, press 8 (pause). 2 Press and hold / e or E / until slow motion playback starts. • The slow motion speed is shown on- screen. • There is no sound during slow motion p[...]

Playing Discs 05 31 En • The picture quality when using frame reverse is not as good as frame ad- vance. • Depending on the disc, normal playback may automatically resume when a new chapter is reached. Looping a section of a disc The A-B Repeat function allows you to specify two points (A and B) within a track (CD and Video CD) or title (DVD) t[...]

Playing Discs 05 32 En 2 Select a repeat play option. If program play is active, select Program Repeat to repeat the program list, or Repeat Off to cancel. F or DVD discs, select Title Repeat or Chapter Repeat (or Repeat Off ). Title Repeat Chapter Repeat Repeat Off A-B Repeat Repeat Random Program Search Mode Play Mode F or CDs and Video CDs, sele[...]

Playing Discs 05 33 En • T o stop the disc and cancel random playback, press 7 (stop). • T o cancel random playback without stopping playback, press CLEAR . The disc will play to the end, then stop. • During random play , the 4 and ¢ buttons function a little differently to normal: 4 returns to the beginning of the current track/chapter . Y [...]

Playing Discs 05 34 En • T o add a chapter , first highlight the title, then press (cursor right) and select a chapter from the list. Program Step 01. 01-003 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. Title 1-38 Title 01 Title 02 Title 03 Title 04 Title 05 Title 06 Title 07 Title 08 Chapter 1-4 Chapter 001 Chapter 002 Chapter 003 Chapter 004 Program F or a CD o[...]

Playing Discs 05 35 En Editing a program list After creating a program list, you can add, delete and change steps. 1 Press PLA Y MODE and select ‘ Pro- gram ’ from the list of functions on the left. 2 Select ‘ Create/Edit ’ fr om the list of program options. 3 T o clear a step, highlight the step number and press CLEAR. 4 T o insert a step [...]

Playing Discs 05 36 En Sear ching a disc Y ou can search DVD discs by title or chapter number , or by time. CDs can be searched by track number , and Video CDs by track number or time. MP3 discs can be searched by folder or track number . 1 Press PLA Y MODE and select ‘ Search Mode ’ from the list of functions on the left. The search options th[...]

Playing Discs 05 37 En Switching audio channel when playing a V ideo CD When playing a Video CD, you can switch between stereo, just the left channel or just the right channel. 1 Press AUDIO r epeatly to select an audio channel option. Audio Stereo Zooming the screen Using the zoom feature you can magnify a part of the screen by a factor of 2 or 4,[...]

Playing Discs 05 38 En Displaying disc information V arious track, chapter and title information, as well as the video transmission rate for DVD discs, can be displayed on-screen while a disc is playing. ¶ T o show/switch the information displayed, press DISPLA Y . When a disc is playing, the information appears at the top of the screen. Keep pres[...]

The Audio Settings Menu 06 39 En • 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 page 41 . • The effect of Audio DRC depends on your speakers and A V receiver settings. Virtual S[...]

The Audio Settings Menu 06 40 En 1 Press SETUP and select ‘ Audio Set- tings ’ from the on-scr een display . Audio Settings Play Mode Setup Navigator Disc Navigator Initial Settings 2 Highlight Virtual Surround, then use the / buttons (cursor left/right) to change to ‘ 2 V/T ruSurr ound ’ or ‘ Off ’ , as requir ed. Audio Settings Audio [...]

The Initial Settings Menu 07 41 En Digital Audio Out settings Digital Out • Default setting: On Y ou only need to mak e this setting if you connected this system to an A V receiver (or other component) using one of the digital outputs. Digital Audio Out Video Output Language Display Options Digital Out Dolby Digital Out DTS Out 96 kHz PCM Out MPE[...]

The Initial Settings Menu 07 42 En If your A V receiver (or other connected component) is compatible with high sampling rates (96 kHz), set this to 96kHz , otherwise set it to 96kHz > 48kHz (96 kHz audio is converted to a more compatible 48 kHz). Check the manual that came with the other component if you ’ re unsure whether it is 96 kHz compat[...]

The Initial Settings Menu 07 43 En S-Video Out • Default setting: S2 Y ou only need to mak e this setting if you connected this player to your TV using an S- V ideo cord. Digital Audio Out Video Output Language Display Options TV Screen S-Video Out S1 S2 Initial Settings If you find that the picture is stretched or distorted on the default S2 set[...]

The Initial Settings Menu 07 44 En Subtitle Language • Default setting: English Digital Audio Out Video Output Language Display Options Audio Language Subtitle Language DVD Menu Lang. Subtitle Display English French German Italian Spanish Other Language Initial Settings This setting is your preferred subtitle language for DVD discs. If the langua[...]

The Initial Settings Menu 07 45 En Display settings OSD Language • Default setting: English Digital Audio Out Video Output Language Display Options OSD Language On Screen Display Angle Indicator English Français Deutsch Italiano Español Initial Settings This sets the language of this player ’ s on- screen displays. On Screen Display • Defau[...]

The Initial Settings Menu 07 46 En • Not all discs that you may consider inappropriate for your children use the P arental Lock feature. These discs will always play without requiring the password first. • If you forget your password, you ’ ll need to reset the player to it ’ s factor y settings ( page 51 ), then register a new pass- word. [...]

The Initial Settings Menu 07 47 En 3 Press ENTER to r egister the password and return to the Options menu screen. If you forget your password, you can reset the system then register a new one. See page 51 for how to reset the player . Changing your password T o change your password, confirm your existing password then enter a new one. 1 Select ‘ [...]

The Initial Settings Menu 07 48 En 3 Select a new level. Digital Audio Out Video Output Language Display Options Parental Lock : Level Change Initial Settings ** * * Password 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 off P ress (cursor lef t) repeatedly to lock more levels (more discs will require the password); press (cursor right) to unlock levels. Y ou can ’ t lock lev[...]

Additional Information 08 49 En Storing discs Although CDs and DVD discs are more durable than vinyl records, you should still take care to handle and store discs correctly . When you're not using a disc, return it to its case and store upright. Avoid leaving discs in excessively cold, humid, or hot environ- ments (including under direct sunli[...]

Additional Information 08 50 En ✗ 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 — especially if the television uses an indoor antenna. ✗ Use in a kitchen or other room where the player may be exposed to smoke or [...]

Additional Information 08 51 En Screen sizes and disc formats DVD-V ideo 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. T elevisions, too, come in different aspect ratios; ‘ standard ’ 4:3 and widescreen 16:9. Wid[...]

Additional Information 08 52 En Argentina, 0118 , ar Australia, 0121 , au Austria, 0120 , at Belgium, 0205 , be Brazil, 0218 , br Canada, 0301 , ca Chile, 0312 , cl China, 0314 , cn Denmark, 0411 , dk Finland, 0609 , fi F rance, 0618 , fr Germany , 0405 , de Japanese (ja), 1001 English (en), 0514 F rench (fr), 0618 German (de), 0405 Italian (it), 0[...]

Additional Information 08 53 En Glossary Analog audio An electrical signal that directly represents sound. Compare this to digital audio which can be an electrical signal, but is an indirect representation of sound. See also Digital audio . Aspect ratio The width of a TV screen relative to its height. Conventional TVs are 4:3 (in other words, the s[...]

Additional Information 08 54 En Excellent quality , but requires a lot of data compared to formats such as Dolby Digital and MPEG audio. F or compatibility with digital audio recorders (CD, MD and DA T) and AV amplifiers with digital inputs, this unit can convert Dolby Digital, DTS and MPEG audio to PCM. See also Digital audio . PBC (PlayBack Contr[...]

Additional Information 08 55 En General System ............................. DVD- Video , Video CD, CD and MP3 files P ower requirements ................. AC 120 V , 60 Hz P ower consumption .................................... 13 W P ower consumption (standby) ....................... 0.3 W W eight ......................................... 2.4 kg ([...]

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