Contents | Pioneer DV-393-S guide

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 Putting the batteries in the remote . . . . . 7 Hints on installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Disc / content format playback
compatibility	. 8
CD-R/RW compatibility	. 8
DVD+R/DVD+RW compatibility	. 9
DVD-R/RW compatibility	. 9
Compressed audio compatibility	. 9
About WMA	. 9
About DivX	. 9
DivX video compatibility	10
JPEG file compatibility	10
PC-created disc compatibility	10

02 Connecting up

Easy connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Connecting using a SCART AV cable . . . . 12 Connecting using the component video output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Watching progressive scan video from

the component video outputs . . . . . . . . 13 Connecting to an AV receiver . . . . . . . . . . 14 Connecting using HDMI (DV-490V only) . . 14 About HDMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

03 Controls and displays

Front panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Using the 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

Basic playback controls . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Resume and Last Memory . . . . . . . . . . .21 DVD-Video disc menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Video CD/Super VCD PBC menus . . . . . .22

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/Super VCD 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

Other functions available from the program menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Searching a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Switching subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Switching audio language/channels . . . . .31 Zooming the screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Switching camera angles . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Displaying disc information . . . . . . . . . . . .31