Page 2 - IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS; IMPORTANT; C A U T I O N
READ INSTRUCTIONS — All the safety and operating instructions should be read beforethe product is operated. RETAIN INSTRUCTIONS — The safety and operating instructions should be retained forfuture reference. HEED WARNINGS — All warnings on the product and in the operating instructions shouldbe adher...
Page 5 - Wash hands after handling.
WARNING: Handling the cord on this product or cords associated with accessories sold with the product will expose you to lead, a chemical known to the State of California and other governmental entities to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. Wash hands after handling.
Page 6 - Contents; 1 Before you start
01 6 En Contents 01 Before you start Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 What’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Putting the batteries in the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Using the remote control . . . . . ....
Page 8 - Before you start; Features
Before you start 01 8 En Chapter 1 Before you start Features 24-bit/192kHz 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 perfo...
Page 9 - Open the battery compartment cover; Using the remote control
Before you start 01 9 En What’s in the box Please confirm that the following accessories are in the box when you open it. • Remote control • AA/R6P dry cell batteries x2 • Audio/video cable (red/white/yellow plugs) • Power cable • Operating instructions • Warranty card Putting the batteries in the r...
Page 10 - General disc compatibility; is a trademark of Fuji Photo Film Co.
Before you start 01 10 En • Remote controllers for different devices can interfere with each other. Avoid using remotes for other equipment located close to this unit. • Replace the batteries when you notice a fall off in the operating range of the remote. Disc / content format playback compatibilit...
Page 11 - PC-created disc compatibility; Can’t play this format
Before you start 01 11 En PC-created disc compatibility • If you record a disc using a personal computer, even if it is recorded in a “compatible format” as listed above, there will be cases in which the disc may not be playable in this machine due to the setting of the application software used to ...
Page 12 - JPEG file compatibility; File format used by
Before you start 01 12 En • When naming MP3 and WMA files, add the corresponding file name extension (.mp3 or .wma). Files are played according to the file extension. To prevent noise and malfunctions, do not use these extensions for other kinds of files. • This player can recognize up to 999 files ...
Page 13 - Connecting up; Rear panel connections; • When connecting this player up to your; DIGITAL AUDIO OUT – COAXIAL
Connecting up 02 13 En Chapter 2 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. 1 DIGITAL AUDIO OUT – COAXIAL This is a digital audio output for connection to a PCM, Dolb...
Page 14 - DIGITAL AUDIO OUT – OPTICAL; Glossary; Easy connections; Component Out
Connecting up 02 14 En 7 DIGITAL AUDIO OUT – OPTICAL This is a digital audio output for connection to a PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS and/or MPEG-compatible AV receiver that has an optical digital input. Connect using a commercially available optical digital audio cable. • You may find it useful to have t...
Page 16 - Use a component video cable (not; • To set up the player for use with a progres-; Connecting to an AV receiver; Connect one of DIGITAL AUDIO OUT; jack to an optical input; COAXIAL DIGITAL AUDIO OUT; jack to a coaxial input on your AV receiver.
Connecting up 02 16 En Connecting using the component video output You can use the component video output instead of the standard video out jack to connect this player to your TV (or other equip-ment). This should give you the best quality picture from the three types of video output available. • Us...
Page 17 - Connect the analog AUDIO OUT L/R; • You usually have to connect the same
Connecting up 02 17 En 2 Connect the analog AUDIO OUT L/R and VIDEO OUT jacks on this player to a set of analog audio and video inputs on your AV receiver. The diagram shows standard video connec-tions, but you can alternatively use the S-video or component video connections if they’re available. 3 ...
Page 18 - Controls and displays; Front panel
Controls and displays 03 18 En Chapter 3 Controls and displays Front panel STANDBY/ON OPEN/ CLOSE TOP MENU MENU HOME MENU RETURN ENTER 1 3 4 7 8 9 10 11 14 6 5 12 16 15 13 DV-260/ DV-263 STANDBY/ON OPEN/CLOSE FL DIMMER TOP MENU MENU HOME MENU RETURN ENTER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 15 DV-36...
Page 20 - Indicates whether a disc is playing or paused.
Controls and displays 03 20 En Display 1 and Indicates whether a disc is playing or paused. 2 CHP Indicates that the character display is showing a DVD chapter number. 3 TITLE Indicates that the character display is showing a DVD title number. 4 Lights when 2 V/SRS TruSurround is selected. 5 Lights ...
Page 21 - Switching DVD audio language
Controls and displays 03 21 En Remote control 1 STANDBY/ON Press to switch the player on or into standby. 2 AUDIO Press to select the audio channel or language (see Switching DVD audio language on page 39). 3 SUBTITLE Press to select a subtitle display (see Switching subtitles on page 39). 4 Number ...
Page 22 - Switching camera angles; Displaying disc information
Controls and displays 03 22 En 13 SURROUND Press to activate/switch off 2 V/SRS TruSur- round. 14 OPEN/CLOSE Press to open or close the disc tray. 15 ANGLE Press to change the camera angle during DVD multi-angle scene playback (see Switching camera angles on page 40). 16 CLEAR Press to clear a numer...
Page 23 - Getting started; Switching on; on the; inputs on your TV, switch; VIDEO 1; • This player features a screen saver and an; Let’s Get Started; After you’re finished reading the
Getting started 04 23 En Chapter 4 Getting started Switching on After making sure that everything is connected properly and that the player is plugged in, press STANDBY/ON on the front panel, or on the remote control to switch the player on. Also, switch on your TV and make sure that it is set to th...
Page 24 - Front; Button
Getting started 04 24 En 2 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. 3 Press ENTER again to finish setting up. • Select Back then press ENTER if you want to go back and change th...
Page 27 - If the player isn’t already on, press; on
Getting started 04 27 En Playing discs The basic playback controls for playing DVD, CD, Video CD and WMA/MP3 discs are covered here. Further functions are detailed in the next chapter. 1 If the player isn’t already on, press STANDBY/ON to switch it on. If you’re playing a DVD or Video CD, also turn ...
Page 28 - Digital Out; Basic playback controls
Getting started 04 28 En • After I load a DVD disc, it ejects automati- cally after a few seconds! Most likely, the disc is the wrong region for your player. The region number should be printed on the disc; check it against the region number of the player (which you can find on the rear panel). See ...
Page 29 - Front panel controls; Resume and Last Memory
Getting started 04 29 En Front panel controls The (play), (stop), and (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 ( and ) work slightly differently from the remote buttons. Press and hold for f...
Page 30 - or; Video CD PBC menus; Selects the current menu option.; Displays the PBC menu.
Getting started 04 30 En DVD-Video disc menus Many DVD-Video discs contain menus from which you can select what you want to watch. They may give access to additional features, such as subtitle and audio language selec-tion, or special features such as slideshows. See the disc packaging for details. ...
Page 31 - Playing discs; Introduction; Using the
Playing discs 05 31 En Chapter 5 Playing discs Introduction Most of the features described in this chapter make use of on-screen displays. For an expla-nation of how to navigate these, see Using the on-screen displays on page 24. Many of the functions covered in this chapter apply to DVD discs, Vide...
Page 32 - Searching a disc; Scanning discs
Playing discs 05 32 En • Not all VR format DVD-RW discs have a Playlist. The screen for CDs and Video CDs shows a list of tracks. The screen for an WMA/MP3 disc shows the folder names on the left and the track names on the right (note that if there are more than 16 folders or names that contain acce...
Page 34 - Creating a program list
Playing discs 05 34 En 2 Press ENTER on ‘A(Start Point)’ to set the loop start point. 3 Press ENTER on ‘B(End Point)’ to set the loop end point. After pressing ENTER , playback jumps back to the start point and plays the loop. • The minimum loop time is 2 seconds. 4 To resume normal playback, select...
Page 36 - Press PLAY MODE and select ‘Program’
Playing discs 05 36 En • During random play, the and buttons function a little differently to normal: returns to the beginning of the current track/chapter. You can't go back further than this. selects another track/chapter at random from those remaining. • You can't use random play together with pr...
Page 37 - Editing a program list
Playing discs 05 37 En For an WMA/MP3 disc, you can add a whole folder, or a track within a folder to the program list. • To add a folder, select the folder. • To add a track, first find the folder, then press (cursor right) and select a track name from the list. After pressing ENTER to select the t...
Page 39 - Subtitle
Playing discs 05 39 En 4 Press ENTER to start playback. • The disc must be playing in order to use time search. • Search functions are not available with Video CDs in PBC mode, or unfinalized CD-R/RW discs. Switching subtitles Some DVD discs have subtitles in one or more languages; the disc box will...
Page 40 - Angle Indicator
Playing discs 05 40 En Zooming the screen Using the zoom feature you can magnify a part of the screen by a factor of 2 or 4, while watching a DVD or Video CD. 1 During playback, use the ZOOM button to select the zoom factor. • Normal • 2x • 4x • Since DVD and Video CD have a fixed resolution, pictur...
Page 42 - Viewing JPEG discs
Viewing JPEG discs 06 42 En Chapter 6 Viewing JPEG discs Viewing JPEG discs After loading a CD/CD-R/RW containing JPEG pictures, press 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 adj...
Page 43 - Using the Photo Browser; Zooming the screen
Viewing JPEG discs 06 43 En • When a folder is highlighted you can press ENTER to open the Photo Browser screen for that folder. See below for more on using the Photo Browser. 3 To resume the slideshow from the highlighted file, press ENTER. Using the Photo Browser The Photo Browser displays nine th...
Page 44 - Audio Settings menu; Audio DRC
Audio Settings menu 07 44 En Chapter 7 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 quie...
Page 45 - Digital Audio Out settings
Audio Settings menu 07 45 En 1 Press HOME MENU and select ‘Audio Settings’ from the on-screen display. 2 Highlight Virtual Surround, then use the / (cursor left/right) buttons to change to ‘ 2 V/SRS TruSurround’ or ‘Off’, as required. 3 Press ENTER to make the setting and exit the Audio Settings scr...
Page 46 - Video Adjust menu; Video Adjust; Creating your own presets
Video Adjust menu 08 46 En Chapter 8 Video Adjust menu Video Adjust • Default setting: Standard From the Video Adjust screen you can select the standard video presentation or define presets of your own. 1 Press HOME MENU and select ‘Video Adjust’ from the on-screen display. 2 Use the / (cursor left/...
Page 47 - Contrast; – Adjusts the contrast between; Brightness; – Adjusts the overall bright-; Chroma Level; – Adjusts how saturated; Press ENTER to save the preset and
Video Adjust menu 08 47 En You can adjust any or all of the following picture quality settings: • Contrast – Adjusts the contrast between light and dark. • Brightness – Adjusts the overall bright- ness. • Chroma Level – Adjusts how saturated colors appear. 4 Press ENTER to save the preset and exit t...
Page 48 - Initial Settings menu; • The language options shown in the on-; it; Dolby Digital Out
Initial Settings menu 09 48 En Chapter 9 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 mea...
Page 49 - DTS Out; • If you set to; MPEG Out; , otherwise set it to
Initial Settings menu 09 49 En If your AV receiver (or other connected component) is Dolby Digital compatible, set to Dolby Digital , otherwise set to Dolby Digital > PCM . DTS Out You only need to make this setting if you connected this player to an AV receiver (or other component) using one of ...
Page 50 - TV Screen; Screen sizes and disc; About progressive scan video
Initial Settings menu 09 50 En 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 o...
Page 51 - Interlace; Language settings; Audio Language; English
Initial Settings menu 09 51 En the supplied video cable (see Easy connections on page 14), then switch back to Interlace . Switch the player to standby then, using the front panel controls, press STANDBY/ON while pressing to switch the player back to Interlace . Compatibility of this unit with progr...
Page 52 - Subtitle Language; DVD Menu Language; Selecting languages using the; Subtitle Display
Initial Settings menu 09 52 En • Some DVD discs set the audio language automatically when loaded, overriding the Audio Language setting. • Discs with two or more audio languages usually allow you to select the audio language from the disc menu. Press MENU to access the disc menu. Subtitle Language •...
Page 53 - OSD Language; Options; Parental Lock; none; Registering a new password
Initial Settings menu 09 53 En Display settings OSD Language • Default setting: English This sets the language of this player’s on-screen displays. On Screen Display • Default setting: On This sets whether operation displays are shown on-screen ( Play , Resume , Scan and so on.) Angle Indicator • De...
Page 54 - Resetting; Changing your password
Initial Settings menu 09 54 En 1 Select ‘Password’. 2 Use the number buttons to enter a 4- digit password. The numbers you enter show up as asterisks (*) on-screen. 3 Press ENTER to register the password and return to the Options menu screen. If you forget your password, you can reset the player the...
Page 55 - Setting/changing the Country code; Country code
Initial Settings menu 09 55 En 2 Use number buttons to enter your password, then press ENTER. 3 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 1. 4 Press ENTER to set the new l...
Page 56 - The default; On; setting allows you to view only; to be able to play the WMA/MP3 audio files.
Initial Settings menu 09 56 En PhotoViewer • Default setting: On This setting is important if you load a disc that contains both WMA/MP3 audio files and JPEG picture files. The default On setting allows you to view only the JPEG files on this kind of disc. Set to Off to be able to play the WMA/MP3 a...
Page 57 - Additional information; Handling discs
Additional information 10 57 En Chapter 10 Additional information Taking care of your player and discs Handling discs When holding discs of any type, take care not to 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...
Page 58 - Discs to avoid
Additional information 10 58 En Discs to avoid Discs spin at high speed inside the player. If you can see that a disc is cracked, chipped, warped, or otherwise damaged, don't risk using it in your player—you could end up damaging it. This player is designed for use with conven-tional, fully circular...
Page 59 - Moving the player; Screen sizes and disc formats; Widescreen TV users; Standard TV users
Additional information 10 59 En • Place directly on top of an amplifier, or other component in your stereo system that becomes hot in use. • Use near a television or monitor as you may experience interference—especially if the television uses an indoor antenna. • Use in a kitchen or other room where...
Page 60 - Switch the player into standby.; Titles, chapters and tracks; ALL
Additional information 10 60 En Set to 4:3 (Pan&Scan) , widescreen discs are shown with the left and right sides cropped. Although the picture looks larger, you don’t actually see the whole picture. Please note that many widescreen discs over-ride the player’s settings so that the disc is shown ...
Page 61 - Select ‘Other Language’.; See
Additional information 10 61 En The diagram below shows the various DVD regions of the world. 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 ...
Page 62 - Language code; Country code list
Additional information 10 62 En Language code list Language (Language code letter), Language code Japanese (ja), 1001 English (en), 0514 French (fr), 0618 German (de), 0405 Italian (it), 0920 Spanish (es), 0519 Chinese (zh), 2608 Dutch (nl), 1412 Portuguese (pt), 1620 Swedish (sv), 1922 Russian (ru)...
Page 63 - Digital
Additional information 10 63 En Glossary Analog audio An electrical signal that directly represents sound. Compare this to digital audio which can be an electrical signal, but is an indirect representation of sound. See also Digital audio . Aspect ratio The width of a TV screen relative to its heigh...
Page 64 - Digital audio; Sampling frequency; WMA
Additional information 10 64 En JPEG A file format used for still images, such as photographs and illustrations. JPEG files are identified by the file extension “.jpg” or “.JPG”. Most digital cameras use this format. MP3 MP3 (MPEG1 audio layer 3) is a compressed audio file format. Files are recogniz...
Page 65 - • The specifications and design of this
Additional information 10 65 En Specifications General System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DVD playerPower requirements . . . . . . . . . .AC 120 V, 60 Hz Power consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 WPower consumption (standby) . . . . . . . . 0.12 WWeight . . . . ....
Page 68 - PIONEER CORPORATION; PIONEER EUROPE NV
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