Contents | Pioneer DV-490V-K, DV-290-K manual

Thank you for buying this Pioneer product.

Please read through these operating instructions so that you will know how to operate your model properly. After you have finished reading the instructions, put them in a safe place for future reference.

01 Before you start

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 What’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Hints on installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Disc / content format playback
compatibility	8

02 Connecting up

Easy connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Connecting using the S-video output . . . . 12 Connecting using the component video output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Connecting to an AV receiver . . . . . . . . . . 13 Connecting using HDMI (DV-490V only) . . 14 About HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

03 Controls and displays

Front panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

04 Getting started

Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Using the on-screendisplays . . . . . . . . . . 18 Setting up the player for your TV. . . . . . . . 19 Setting the language of this player’s on-screen displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

05 Playing discs

Scanning discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Playing in slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Frame advance/frame reverse . . . . . . . . . 25 Viewing a JPEG slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Browsing DVD or Video CD disc with

the Disc Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Browsing WMA, MP3, DivX video and JPEG files with the Disc Navigator . . . . . . 26 Looping a section of a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Using repeat play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Using random play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Creating a program list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Searching a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Switching subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Switching audio language/channels . . . . . 31 Zooming the screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Switching camera angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Displaying disc information . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

06 Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus

Audio Settings menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Video Adjust menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

07 Initial Settings menu

Using the Initial Settings menu . . . . . . . . . 34 Digital Audio Out settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Video Output settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Language settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Options settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Parental Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

08 Additional information

Taking care of your player and discs . . . . . 40 Screen sizes and disc formats . . . . . . . . . . 41 Resetting the player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 DVD-Video regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Selecting languages using the language code list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Language code list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Country/Area code list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47