Page 1
DVD Player DV-266- DV-366- DV-366- DV-466- DV-466- Operating Instructions...
Page 2
IMPORTANT The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. WARNING: The apparatus is not waterproofs, to prevent fire or shocks hazard, do not...
Page 3
[For Australian model] NERGY NERGY certification mark are registered US marks. [For PX model] NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
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.
Page 5
Switching audio channel when playing a Video CD/Super VCD ....41 Zooming the screen ....41 Switching camera angles.
See also Compressed audio compatibility on page 9. software Graphical on-screen displays Setting up and using your DVD player is made very easy using the graphical on-screen displays. Energy saving design This player features an auto power-off func- tion.
Before you start 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 (Central and South Amer- ican model x2) •...
Before you start • Replace the batteries when you notice a fall off in the operating range of the remote. Disc / content format playback compatibility General disc compatibility This player was designed and engineered to be compatible with software bearing one or more of the following logos: DVD-Video DVD-R...
Before you start • When playing a VR format DVD-RW discs that was edited on a DVD recorder, the screen may go momentarily black at edited points and/or you may see scenes from immediately before the edited point. • This unit cannot record DVD-R/RW discs. •...
Before you start • The CD-ROM used to compile your WMA/ MP3 files must be ISO 9660 Level 1 or 2 compliant. CD physical format: Mode1, Mode2 XA Form1. Romeo and Joliet file systems are both compatible with this player. •...
Connecting up Chapter 2 Connecting up Rear panel connections DIGITAL AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT COAXIAL OPTICAL COMPONENT VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT • When connecting this player up to your TV, AV receiver or other components, make sure that all components are switched off and unplugged.
Connecting up S (S-video output) This is an S-video output that you can use instead of the video output described in 5 above. 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.
Connecting up • This player is equipped with copy protec- tion technology. Do not connect this player to your TV via a VCR using AV cables, as the picture from this player will not appear properly on your TV. (This player may also not be compatible with some combination TV/VCRs for the same reason;...
Connecting up 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.
AV receiver, and between your AV receiver and TV. • My TV doesn’t have any inputs to connect the DVD player. How can I watch DVDs? If your TV has no inputs you can’t use this player with it.
Page 16
If you want stereo sound, connect this player to your amplifier or stereo system using a stereo audio cable. • I connected the DVD player to my AV receiver, and although the sound is fine, there’s no picture. What did I do wrong? Make sure that the correct video input is selected on your TV.
Controls and displays Chapter 3 Controls and displays Front panel STANDBY/ON DV-266-s FL DIMMER STANDBY/ON DV-366-s DV-366- STANDBY/ON DV-466-s DV-466- TOP MENU MENU OPEN/ CLOSE HOME ENTER MENU RETURN TOP MENU MENU HOME ENTER OPEN/CLOSE MENU RETURN OPEN/CLOSE...
Page 18
Controls and displays STANDBY/ON Press to switch the player on or into standby. FL DIMMER Press to dim or brighten the display. Disc tray OPEN/CLOSE Press to open or close the disc tray. Press to pause playback. Press again to restart.
Controls and displays Display DV-266-s DV-366-s/ DV-366- Indicates whether a disc is playing or paused. Indicates that the character display is showing a DVD chapter number. TITLE Indicates that the character display is showing a DVD title number. Lights when 2V/SRS TruSurround is selected.
Controls and displays Remote control STANDBY/ON AUDIO SUBTITLE TOP MENU ENTER HOME MENU PLAY MODE SURROUND Press to switch the player on or into standby. AUDIO Press to select the audio channel or language (see Switching DVD audio language on OPEN/CLOSE page 40).
Page 21
Controls and displays 13 SURROUND Press to activate/switch off 2V/SRS TruSur- round. 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 42). 16 CLEAR Press to clear a numeric entry.
STANDBY/ON STANDBY/ON DV-366- / DV-366- • My DVD player switches on but there is nothing displayed on my TV. Make sure that the TV is set to the correct video input (not a TV channel). For example, if you connected this player to the VIDEO 1 inputs on your TV, switch your TV to VIDEO 1.
Page 23
Press ENTER to move on to the next screen. Welcome to Pioneer DVD! Thank you for purchasing this Pioneer DVD player. Before using, please take a little time to setup your DVD player Put the batteries into the remote control...
Getting started Using the on-screen displays For ease of use, this player makes extensive use of graphical on-screen displays (OSDs). You should get used to the way these work as you’ll need to use them when setting up the player, using some of the playback features, such as program play, and when making more advanced settings for audio and video.
Getting started Setting up with the Setup Navigator Using the Setup Navigator you can make a number of other initial settings for this player. We recommend using the Setup Navigator, especially if you connected this player to an AV receiver for playing surround sound. To answer some of the questions about digital audio formats you may need to look at the instructions that came with your AV receiver.
Page 26
Getting started • If you selected Not Connected here, that completes setup using the Setup Navi- gator. Press ENTER to exit. Did you connect this player to an AV receiver using a digital output? Select Connected or Not Connected. Setup Navigator Language Settings AV Receiver Audio Out Settings...
Getting started Playing discs The basic playback controls for playing DVD, CD, Video CD/Super VCD and WMA/MP3 discs are covered here. Further functions are detailed in the next chapter. STANDBY/ON OPEN/CLOSE ENTER ENTER If the player isn’t already on, press STANDBY/ON to switch it on.
Page 28
Getting started • 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).
Getting started Basic playback controls The table below shows the basic controls on the remote for playing discs. The following chapter covers more playback features in more detail. Button What it does Starts playback. DVD and Video CD/Super VCD: If the display shows RESUME or LAST MEM playback starts from the resume or last memory point...
Getting started Resume and Last Memory When you stop playback of a DVD or Video CD/Super VCD disc, RESUME is shown in the display indicating that you can resume play- back again from that point. If the disc tray is not opened, the next time you start playback the display shows RESUME and playback resumes from the resume point.
Getting started Video CD/Super VCD PBC menus Some Video CD/Super VCDs have menus from which you can choose what you want to watch. These are called PBC (Playback control) menus. You can play a PBC Video CD/Super VCD without having to navigate the PBC menu by starting playback using a number button to select a track, rather than the ENTER...
Playing discs 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, Video CD/Super VCDs, CDs and WMA/MP3/JPEG discs, although the exact operation of some varies slightly...
Playing discs • Not all VR format DVD-RW discs have a Playlist. Disc Navigator Title(1-03) DVD-RW 01. 3/31 FIRST LEAGUE Original 02. 4/28 SECOND LEAGUE Play List 03. 4/29 FINAL ROUND The screen for CDs and Video CD/Super VCDs shows a list of tracks. Disc Navigator Track 1-10 Track 01...
Playing discs Playing in slow motion You can play DVDs and Video CD/Super VCDs at four different forward slow motion speeds. DVD-Video discs can also be played at two reverse speeds. (With Video CD/Super VCDs and VR format DVD-RWs, you can only use forward slow motion playback.) During playback, press Press and hold...
Playing discs During playback, press PLAY MODE and select ‘A-B Repeat’ from the list of functions on the left. Play Mode A-B Repeat A(Start Point) Repeat B(End Point) Random Program Search Mode Press ENTER on ‘A(Start Point)’ to set the loop start point. Play Mode A-B Repeat A(Start Point)
Playing discs For CDs and Video CD/Super VCDs, select Disc Repeat or Track Repeat (or Repeat Off). Play Mode A-B Repeat Disc Repeat Repeat Track Repeat Random Repeat Off Program Search Mode For WMA/MP3 discs, select Disc Repeat, Folder Repeat or Track Repeat (or Repeat Off).
Playing discs For WMA/MP3 discs, select Random All (all folders) or Random Track (current folder only), (or Random Off). Play Mode A-B Repeat Random All Repeat Random Track Random Random Off Program Search Mode • To stop the disc and cancel random play- back, press (stop).
Playing discs • To add a chapter, first highlight the title, then press (cursor right) and select a chapter from the list. Program Program Step Title 1-38 01. 01-003 Title 01 Title 02 Title 03 Title 04 Title 05 Title 06 Title 07 Title 08 For a CD or Video CD/Super VCD, select a...
Playing discs Editing a program list After creating a program list, you can add, delete and change steps. Press PLAY MODE and select ‘Program’ from the list of functions on the left. Select ‘Create/Edit’ from the list of program options. To clear a step, highlight the step number and press CLEAR.
Playing discs Searching a disc You can search DVD discs by title or chapter number, or by time. CDs can be searched by track number, and Video CD/Super VCDs by track number or time. WMA/MP3 discs can be searched by folder or track number. Press PLAY MODE and select ‘Search Mode’...
Playing discs • Some discs only allow you to change audio language from the disc menu. Press TOP MENU to access. • To set audio language preferences, see Audio Language on page 54. Switching VR format DVD-RW audio channel When playing a VR format DVD-RW disc recorded with dual-mono audio, you can switch between the main, sub, and mixed channels during playback.
Playing discs • We do not recommend using DVD disc menus when the screen is zoomed as menu options will not be highlighted. • If you are displaying subtitles, these will disappear when the screen is zoomed. They will reappear when you return the screen to normal.
Page 43
Playing discs • JPEG disc displays Play JPEG Current / Total File 1/40 File Name FL000001 Play JPEG Current / Total Folder 1/40 Folder Name Holiday • You can see disc information (number of titles/chapters, tracks, folders and so on) from the Disc Navigator screen.
Viewing JPEG discs Chapter 6 Viewing JPEG discs Viewing JPEG discs After loading a CD/CD-R/RW containing JPEG pictures, press from the first folder/picture on the disc. The player displays the pictures in each folder in alphabetical order. Pictures are automatically adjusted so that they fill as much of the screen as possible (if the aspect ratio of the picture is different to your TV screen you may notice black bars at...
Viewing JPEG discs • 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. To resume the slideshow from the highlighted file, press ENTER. Using the Photo Browser The Photo Browser displays nine thumbnail images at a time from the current folder.
Audio Settings menu 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 quieter sounds, while controlling loud peaks.
Page 47
Audio Settings menu Press HOME MENU and select ‘Audio Settings’ from the on-screen display. HOME MENU Audio Settings Video Adjust Play Mode Disc Navigator Setup Navigator Initial Settings Highlight Virtual Surround, then use (cursor left/right) buttons to change to ‘2V/SRS TruSurround’ or ‘Off’, as required.
Video Adjust menu 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. Press HOME MENU and select ‘Video Adjust’ from the on-screen display. HOME MENU Audio Settings Play Mode...
Page 49
Video Adjust menu 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.
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 means that it cannot be changed at the current time.
Initial Settings menu Dolby Digital Out You only need to make this setting if you connected this player to an AV receiver (or other component) using one of the digital outputs. • Default setting: Dolby Digital Initial Settings Digital Audio Out Digital Out Dolby Digital Video Output...
Initial Settings menu Video Output settings TV Screen • Default setting: 4:3 (Letter Box) Initial Settings Digital Audio Out TV Screen Video Output Component Out Language S-Video Out Display Options If you have a widescreen TV, select the 16:9 (Wide) setting—widescreen DVD software is then shown using the full screen area.
OUR TV SET COMPATIBILITY WITH THIS MODEL 525p DVD PLAYER, PLEASE CONTACT OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER. This player is compatible with the following Pioneer displays and monitors: PDP-503HDG, PDP-433HDG progressive scan-compatible TVs. S-Video Out You only need to make this setting if you connected this player to your TV using an S- video cable.
Initial Settings menu Language settings Audio Language • Default setting: English Initial Settings Digital Audio Out Audio Language Video Output Subtitle Language Language DVD Menu Lang. Display Subtitle Display Options Taiwanese model only: Chinese Initial Settings Digital Audio Out Audio Language Video Output Subtitle Language Language...
Initial Settings menu • You can change or switch off the subtitles on a DVD disc during playback using the SUBTITLE button. (This does not affect this setting.) See Switching subtitles on page 40. • Some DVD discs set the subtitle language automatically when loaded, overriding the Subtitle Language setting.
Initial Settings menu Display settings OSD Language • Default setting: English Initial Settings Digital Audio Out OSD Language Video Output On Screen Display Language Angle Indicator Display Options Taiwanese model only: Initial Settings Digital Audio Out OSD Language Video Output On Screen Display Language Angle Indicator...
Lock level. If your player is set to a lower level than the disc, the disc won’t play. This gives you some control about what your children watch on your DVD player. Some discs also support the Country code feature. The player does not play certain scenes on these discs, depending on the Country code you set.
Page 58
Initial Settings menu Use the number buttons to enter your existing password, then press ENTER. The numbers appear as asterisks as you enter them. Initial Settings Parental Lock: Password Change Digital Audio Out Video Output Password Language Display New Password Options Enter a new password.
Initial Settings menu Use number buttons to enter your password, then press ENTER. Initial Settings Parental Lock: Country Code Digital Audio Out Video Output Password Language Display Country Code List Options Select a Country code. There are two ways you can do this. •...
Additional information 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.
This player is designed for use with conven- tional, fully circular discs only. Use of shaped discs is not recommended for this product. Pioneer disclaims all liability arising in connection with the use of shaped discs. Cleaning the unit’s exterior •...
A damaged power cable can cause a fire or give you an electric shock. Check the power cable once in a while. If you find it damaged, ask your nearest Pioneer authorized service center or your dealer for a replacement. Screen sizes and disc formats...
Additional information 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 in letter box format regardless of the setting.
Additional information Language code list Language (Language code letter), Language code Japanese (ja), 1001 Bhutani (dz), 0426 English (en), 0514 Esperanto (eo), 0515 French (fr), 0618 Estonian (et), 0520 German (de), 0405 Basque (eu), 0521 Italian (it), 0920 Persian (fa), 0601 Spanish (es), 0519 Finnish (fi), 0609 Chinese (zh), 2608...
Additional information 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 height. Conventional TVs are 4:3 (in other words, the screen is almost square);...
Page 67
Additional information 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 (MPEG1 audio layer 3) is a compressed audio file format.
The TV system changes as follows: • AUTO NTSC • NTSC • PAL AUTO The player’s display shows “Welcome Pioneer”, then indicates the new setting. • You have to switch the player into standby STANDBY/ON) before each (press change. Disc Player setting...
Additional information Taiwanese model only: Changing the on-screen display language to English Press HOME MENU. The on-screen display (OSD) appears. HOME MENU Use the (cursor up/down/ left/right) buttons to select ‘ from the on-screen display, then press ENTER. HOME MENU Use the (cursor up/down) buttons to select ‘...