Pioneer 285-S, DV-280-S operating instructions Contents

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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.

Contents

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Connecting using the S-video output . . . . 11 Connecting using the component video output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Connecting to an AV receiver . . . . . . . . . . 13

03 Controls and displays

Front panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

04 Getting started

Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Using the on-screendisplays . . . . . . . . . . 16 Setting up the player for your TV. . . . . . . . 17 Setting the language of this player’s on-screen displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

05 Playing discs

Scanning discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Playing in slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Frame advance/frame reverse . . . . . . . . . 22 Viewing a JPEG slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Browsing DVD or Video CD disc with the Disc Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Browsing WMA, MP3 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Searching a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Switching subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Switching audio language/channels . . . . . 28 Zooming the screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Switching camera angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Displaying disc information . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

06 Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus

Audio Settings menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Video Adjust menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

07 Initial Settings menu

Using the Initial Settings menu . . . . . . . . . 32 Digital Audio Out settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Video Output settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Language settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Parental Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

08 Additional information

Taking care of your player and discs . . . . . 36 Screen sizes and disc formats . . . . . . . . . . 37 Resetting the player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 DVD-Video regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Selecting languages using the language

code list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Language code list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Country/Area code list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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