Setting the TV system, Resetting the player

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Note

•Using the 16:9 (Wide) setting with a standard 4:3 TV, or either of the 4:3 settings with a widescreen TV, will result in a distorted picture.

Setting the TV system

(Except Taiwanese model)

The default setting of this player is AUTO, and unless you notice that the picture is distorted when playing some discs, you should leave it set to AUTO. If you experience picture distor- tion with some discs, set the TV system to match your country or region’s system. Doing this, however, may restrict the kinds of disc you can watch. The table below shows what kinds of disc are compatible with each setting (AUTO, PAL and NTSC).

1 If the player is on, press STANDBY/ ON to switch it to standby.

2 Using the front panel controls, hold

down then press STANDBY/ON to switch the TV system.

The TV system changes as follows:

• AUTO	NTSC
• NTSC	PAL
• PAL	AUTO

Note

•You have to switch the player into standby (press STANDBY/ON) before each change.

Disc		Player setting
Type	Format	NTSC PAL		AUTO

DVD/Super	NTSC	NTSC	PAL	NTSC
VCD/Video CD/	PAL	NTSC	PAL	PAL
DivX Video	PAL	NTSC	PAL	PAL
DivX Video

CD/MP3/WMA/				NTSC
JPEG	—	NTSC	PAL	NTSC
JPEG	—	NTSC	PAL	or PAL
no disc

Resetting the player

Use this procedure to reset all the player’s settings to the factory default.

1Switch the player into standby.

2Using the front panel buttons, hold

down the (stop) button and press STANDBY/ON to switch the player back

on.

All the player’s settings are now reset.

DVD-Video regions

All DVD-Video discs carry a region mark on the case somewhere that 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 incompatible regions will not play in this player. In this case the attention sentence “Incompatible disc region number Can't play disc” is displayed on screen. Discs marked ALL will play in any player.

DV-595K-S, DV-490V-S specifications

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Pioneer DV-595K-S, DV-490V-S Setting the TV system, Resetting the player, DVD-Video regions

Models: DV-595K-S DV-490V-S