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Pioneer DV-354 Operating Instructions Manual

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  • Page 1 1onelor souno! visiofJ.soul DVD Player DV-354 Operating Instructions...

  • Page 2: Important Safety Instructions

    1 IMPORTANT The lightning flash with arrowhead CAUTION: symbol, within an equilateral TOPREVENTTHERISKOF ELECTRIC triangle, is intended to alert the SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER usertothepresenceof uninsulated (OR BACK) NO USER-SERVICEABLE “dangerous voltage” within the PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute PERSONNEL a risk of electric shock to persons...
  • Page 3 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 connected...
  • Page 4 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 used in accordance with the instructions,...
  • Page 5 Selecting fine audio equipment such as the unit you’ve just purchased is only the start of your musical enjoyment. Now it’s time to consider how you can maximize the fun and excitement your equipment offers. This manufacturer and the Electronic Industries Association’s Consumer Electronics Group want you to get the most out of your equipment by playing it at a safe level.
  • Page 6 ( Contents Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Please read through these operating instructions so you will know how to operate your model properly. Afteryou have finished reading the instructions, put them away in a safe place for future reference.

  • Page 8: Before You Start

    Before You Start ED< Features 24-bWl92kHz 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*’ Digital and DTS*2 software Logos: Rs m When connected to a suitable AV amplifier or receiver, this player gives great surround...

  • Page 9: What's In The Box

    What’s in the box Please confirm that the following accesso- ries are in the box when you open it. Remote control AA/RGP dry cell batteries x2 Audio/video cable (red/white/yellow plugs) Power cable These operating instructions Warranty card Putting the batteries in the remote control Open the battery compartment cover on the back of the remote control.

  • Page 10: Disc / Content Format Playback Compatibility

    Before You Start Disc / Content Format Play- back Compatibility General Disc Compatibility This player was designed and engineered to be compatible with software bearing one or more of the following logos. DVD-Video Audio CD CD-RW CD-R FUJICOLOR is a trademark To<...

  • Page 11: Compressed Audio Compatibility

    ( Before You Start Compressed Audio Compatibility Q This unit will play CII-ROM discs contaln- lng files saved in the MPCG-1 Audio Layer 3 format (MP3) wlth a smal~ling rate of 32. 44.1 or 48kHz. Incompatible files will not play and “UNPLAYABLE” WIII be displayed on the urit.

  • Page 12: Rear Panel Connections

    Connecting Up Rear panel connections When connecting this player up to your TV, AV receiver or other components, make sure that all components are switched off and unplugged. DIGITAL AUDIO OUT - COAXIAL This is a digital audio output for connectlon to a PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS and/or MPEG- compatible AV receiver that has a coaxial digital input,...

  • Page 13: Easy Connections

    (Connecting Up ,Easy connections The setup descrrbed here is a basic setup that allows you to play discs using Just the cables supplied with the player. In this setup, stereo audio played through the speakers your TV. Important This player is equipped with copy protection technology.

  • Page 14: Using Other Types Of Video Output

    Connecting Up Important Before unplugging the player from the power outlet, make sure you first switch it into standby using either the front panel (I, STANDBY/ON button, or the remote control, and wait of the -OFF- message to disappear from the player’s display.

  • Page 15: Connecting To An Av Receiver

    (conneaing Up Connecting to an AV receiver To enjoy multrchannel surround sound you need to connect this p!ayer to an AV 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.
  • Page 16 Connecting Up My TVdoesn’t have any inputs to connect the DVD player: How can I watch DVDs? Unfortunately, if yourTV has no inputs you can’t use this player with it, My VCR is already connected to my v so there aren’t any spare inputs. What should I do? If all your TV’s inputs are already in use,...

  • Page 17: Front Panel

    Controls and Displays Front panel 1 6 STANDBY/ON Press to switch the player on or into standby 2 Disc tray 3 & OPEN/CLOSE Press to open or close the dtsc tray 4 Remote control sensor The remote control has a range of up to about 7m (23ft.) 5 Display See page 18 for a description of the display...

  • Page 18: Controls And Displays

    Controls and Displays Display Lights when a DTS soundtrack is playing Lights during multi-angle scenes on a DVD disc 3 GUI (Graphical User Interface) Lights when a menu is displayed on-screen 4 TITLE Indicates that the character display is showing a DVD title number Lights when mV/TruSurround is selected 6 T R K Indicates that the character display is...

  • Page 19: Remote Control

    (Controls and Displays Remote control r u P M E n ” MENU ---II> 1 (I, STANDBY/ON Press to switch the player on or into standby 2 A U D I O Press to select the audio channel or language (pages 36-37) 3 SUBTITLE Press to select a subtitle display (page 36) 4 Number buttons...
  • Page 20 Controls and Displays 12 PLAY MODE Press to display the Play Mode menu (pages 31-36) (You can also get to the Play Mode menu by pressing SETUP and select- ing Play Mode) 13 SURROUND Press to activate/switch off UlV/TruSurround 14 h OPEN/CLOSE Press to open or close the disc tray 15 ANGLE Press to change the camera angle during...

  • Page 21: Cgetting Started

    DVD player to. ,- 0 STAN DBYION My DVD player switches on but there is nothing displayed on my TL! Make sure that the TV is set to the correct video input (not a TV channel).

  • Page 22: Getting Started

    4’ Getting Started Use the + / + (cursor left/right) buttons to select either ‘Wide screen (16:9)’ or ‘Standard size screen (4:3)’ according to the kind of TV you have, then press ENTER. Press ENTER again to finish setting up. Select Back then press ENTER if you want to go back and change the setting you just made.

  • Page 23: Setting Up With The Setup Navigator

    Getting Started ----------> r;;) T i p 0 The button guide at the bottom of every 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.
  • Page 24 I’ Getting Started - Did you connect this player to an AV receiver using a digital output? Select Connected or Not Connected, If you selected Not Connected here, that completes setup using the Setup Navigator. Press ENTER to exit. Is your AV receiver Dolby Digital compatible? Select Compatible, Not Compatible or Don’t Know.

  • Page 25: Playing Discs

    Getting Started Playing discs The basic playback controls for playing DVD, CD, Video CD and MP3 discs are covered here. Further functions are detailed in the next chapter, If the player isn’t already on, press 0 STANDBY/ON to switch it on. If you’re playing a DVD or Video CD, also turn on your TV and make sure that rt is set to the correct video input.

  • Page 26: Basic Playback Controls

    1’ Getting Started 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 52 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.

  • Page 27: Front Panel Controls

    Getting Started _~ .- ~.-~ --- Front panel controls The ) (play), (stop), and II (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 (I- u and w W) work slightly differently from the remote buttons.

  • Page 28: Video Cd Pbc Menus

    I’ Getting Started 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. You 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 w (play) button.

  • Page 29: Using The Disc Navigator To Browse The Contents Of A Disc

    Introduction Most of the features described In this chapter make use of on-screen displays. For an explanation of how to navigate these, see Using the on-screen displays on page 22. Many of the functions covered in this chapter apply to DVD discs, Video CDs, CDs and MP3 discs, although the exact operation of some vanes slightly with the kind of disc loaded.

  • Page 30: Scanning Discs

    Playing Discs The Disc Navigator is not available unless there is a disc loaded. It’s not possible to use the Disc Naviga- tor when playing a Video CD in PBC mode, or an unfinalized CD-R/RW disc. Another way to find a particular place on a disc is to use one of the search modes, See Searching a disc on page Scanning discs...

  • Page 31: Looping A Section Of A Disc

    Note 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 reached. When changing direction with a DVD disc, the picture may ‘move’ in an unexpected way.

  • Page 32: Using Random Play

    Playing Discs Select a repeat play option. If program play is active, select Program Repeat to repeat the program list, or Repeat Off to cancel. For DVD discs, select Title Repeat or Chapter Repeat (or Repeat Off). For CDs and Video CDs, select or Track Repeat (or Repeat Off), For MP3 discs, select Disc Repeat, Folder Repeat or Track Repeat (or Repeat Off).

  • Page 33: Creating A Program List

    0 To stop the disc and cancel random playback, press (stop), To cancel random playback without stopping playback, press CLEAR, The disc will play to the end, then stop. During random play, the ~1 and H buttons function a little differently to normal: I++ returns to the beginning of the current track/chapter, You can’t go back further than this.
  • Page 34 Playing Discs -- To add a chapter, first highlight the title, then press chapter from the list. For a CD or Video CD, select a track to add the program list. For an MP3 disc, you can add a whole folder, or a track within a folder to the program list.

  • Page 35: Editing A Program List

    Playing Discs Editing a program list After creating a program list, you can add, delete and change steps. Press PLAY MODE and select ‘Pro- gram’ from the list of functions on the left. Select ‘Create/Edit’ from the list of program options. To clear a step, highlight the step number and press CLEAR.

  • Page 36: Searching A Disc

    Playing Discs Searching a disc You 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, Press PLAY MODE and select ‘Search Mode’...

  • Page 37: Switching Audio Channel When Playing A Video Cd

    Playing Discs Switching audio channel when playing a Video CD When playing a Video CD, you can switch between stereo, just the left channel or just the right channel. Press AUDIO repeatly to select an audio channel option. Audio SkWO Zooming the screen Using the zoom feature you can magnify a part of the screen by a factor of 2 or 4, while...

  • Page 38: Displaying Disc Information

    Playing Discs Displaying disc information Various 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. To show/switch the information displayed, press DISPLAY. When a disc is playing, the information appears at the top of the screen.

  • Page 39: Audio Drc

    (The Audio Settings Menu Audio DRC Default setting: Off When watching Dolby Digital DVDs at low volume, it’s easy to lose the quieter sounds completely-including some of the dialog. Switching Audio DRC (Dynamic Range Control) to On can help by bringing up the quieter sounds, while controlling loud peaks, How much of a difference you hear depends on the material you’re listening to.
  • Page 40 The Audio Settings Menu Press SETUP and select ‘Audio Set- tings’ from the on-screen display. Highlight Virtual Surround, then use the +I + buttons (cursor left/right) to change to ‘mV/TruSurround’ or ‘Off’, as required. Audk Settings &li#itiD& Virtual Surround Press ENTER to make the setting and exit the Audio Settings screen.

  • Page 41: Using The Initial Settings Menu

    Using the Initial Settings menu The Initial Settings menu gives you complete control in setting up your DVD player, including audio, and video output settings, audience limitation settings, among others. If an option is grayed out it means that it cannot be changed at the current time.

  • Page 42: The Initial Settings Menu

    The Initial Settings Menu DTS Out Default setting: Off You only need to make this setting if you connected this system to an AV receiver (or other component) using one of the digital outputs. If your AV receiver (or other connected component) has a built-in DTS decoder, set this to DTS, otherwise set to Off.

  • Page 43: Video Output Settings

    The Initial Settings Menu Video Output settings TV Screen Default setting: 4:3 (Letter Box) If you have a widescreen TV select the 16:9 (Wide) setting-widescreen DVD software is then shown using the full screen area. When playing software recorded in conventional (4:3) format, the settings on your TV will determine how the material is presented- see the manual that came with your TV for...

  • Page 44: Language Settings

    The Initial Settings Menu Language settings Audio Language Default setting: English Subtitle Display This setting is your preferred audio language for DVD discs. If the language you specify here is recorded on a disc, the system automatically plays the disc in that lan- guage.

  • Page 45: Display Settings

    The Initial Settings Menu DVD Menu Language Default setting: w/Subtitle Lang. Q Initial Settings Audio Language DtgiW Audio OUI Subtitle Language Video Output Language pvo Menu idmg. FfMGh Subtitle Display Display &moan Options lelian SpdSA OthetLangvage Some multilingual discs have disc menus in several languages.

  • Page 46: Angle Indicator

    Lock level. If your player is set to a lower level than the disc, the disc won’t play. This gives you some control about what your children watch on your DVD player. Some discs also support the Country Code feature. The player does not play certain scenes on these discs, depending on the country code you set.

  • Page 47: Setting/Changing The Parental Lock Level

    :>he Initial Settings Menu Press ENTER to register 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 54 for how to reset the player. Changing your password To change your password, coniirni your existing password then enter a new one.

  • Page 48: Setting/Changing The Country Code

    The Initial Settings Menu Select a new level. 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 I, Press ENTER to set the new level and return to the Options menu screen.

  • Page 49: Photoviewer (Photo Viewer)

    lIThe Initial Settings Menu PhotoViewer (Photo Viewer) * Default setting: On Q Initial Settings Digital Audio Out Parental Lock =0ll [ PhotoViewer Video Output Language Display Options If you load a FUJICOLOR CD, Kodak Picture CD, or a CD/CD-R/RW containing JPEG picture files, set this to On.

  • Page 50: Playing Jpeg Discs

    Viewing JPEG Discs Playing JPEG discs After loading a CD/CD-R/RW containing JPEG pictures, press F to start a slideshow from the first folder/picture on the disc. The player displays the pictures in each folder in alphabetical order. Pictures are automatically adjusted so that they fill as much of the screen as possible (if the aspect ratio of the picture is different to your TV screen you may notice black bars at...

  • Page 51: Viewing Jpeg Discs

    ‘/-Viewing JPEG Discs ‘k------- Zooming the screen Using the zoom feature you can magnify a par-t of the screen by a factor of 2 or 4, while viewing pictures from a JPEG disc. During sldeshow playback, use the ZOOM button to select the zoom factor. Normal * 2x I J 4x...

  • Page 52: Additional Information

    Additional Information Taking care of your player and discs Handling discs When holding discs of any type, take care not 10 leave fingerprints, dirt or scratches on the disc surface. Hold the disc by its edge or by the center hole and edge. Damaged or dirty discs can affect playback performance.

  • Page 53: Cleaning The Pickup Lens

    Unplug the unit when cleaning. Cleaning the pickup lens The DVD player’s lens should not become dirty in normal use, but if for some reason it should malfunction due to dust or dirt consult your nearest Pioneer-authorized service center.

  • Page 54: Screen Sizes And Disc Formats

    1’ Additional Information Screen sizes and disc formats DVD-Video 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’...

  • Page 55: Titles, Chapters And Tracks

    Indicates which region(s) of the world the disc is compatible with. Your DVD player also has a region mark, which you can find on the rear panel. Discs from incom- patible regions will not play In this player, Discs marked ALL will play in any player.

  • Page 56: Language Code List

    I’ Additional Information Language code list Language (Language code letter), Language code Japanese (la), 1001 English (en), 0514 French (fr), 0618 German (de), 0405 Italian (it), 0920 0519 Spanish (es), Chinese (zh), 2608 Dutch (nl), 1412 Portuguese (pt), 1620 1922 Swedish (sv), Russian (ru), 1821 Korean (ko), 1115...

  • Page 57: Selecting Languages Using The Language Code List

    _------__ (Additional Information - Selecting languages using the language code list Some of the language options (such as ‘DVD Language’ in the Setup Navigator) allow you to set your prefered language from any of the 136 languages listed in the language code list on the previous page.
  • Page 58 m (Additional Information Dynamic range The difference between the quietest and loudest sounds possible in an audio signal (without distorting or getting lost in noise). Dolby Digital and DTS soundtracks are capable of a very wide dynamic range, delivering dramatic cinema-like effects, EXIF (Exchangeable Image File) A file format developed by Fuji Photo Film for digital still cameras.

  • Page 59: Specifications

    Specifications General S y s t e m I,, ,,,,,,,,,,,..,. ,111, ,,.,,,,,,, .,,. ,, DVD player Power requirements ,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,., AC 120 V, 60 Hz Power consumption .,,,,,. ,, Power consumption (standby) ,.,,.,,., ,,,,..,..,.., 0.3 W Weight ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,IIIII~,,,,,,,,,,I.I,I~~ Dimensions ,,,.,.. 420 (W) x 55 (H) x 278 (D) mm (16 :)/IF (W) x 7 :‘/rh (H) x 10 ls/16: (D) in.)
  • Page 60 ------------------------- 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 Please do not ship your product to Pioneer wrthout first calling the Customer Support Division at the above listed number for assistance For warranty information please see the Limited Warranty sheet included with your product...

  • Page 61: Limited Warranty

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