Pioneer DV46AV Owner's Manual - Page 54

Additional information, Resetting the player, DVD-Video regions

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08 Additional information Standard TV users If you have a standard TV, the TV Screen setting (page 41) of this player should be set to 4:3 (Letter Box) or 4:3 (Pan&Scan), depending on which you prefer. Set to 4:3 (Letter Box), widescreen discs are shown with black bars top and bottom. Resetting the player Use this procedure to reset all the player's settings to the factory default. 1 Switch the player into standby. 2 Using 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. 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 override the player's settings so that the disc is shown in letter box format regardless of the setting. 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. 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. The diagram below shows the various DVD regions of the world. 1 5 2 1 6 2 3 4 5 2 4 54 En

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Additional information
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Standard TV users
If you have a standard TV, the
TV Screen
setting (page 41) of this player should be set to
4:3 (Letter Box)
or
4:3 (Pan&Scan)
,
depending on which you prefer.
Set to
4:3 (Letter Box)
, widescreen discs are
shown with black bars top and bottom.
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
override the player’s settings so that the disc is
shown in letter box format regardless of the
setting.
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.
Resetting the player
Use this procedure to reset all the player’s
settings to the factory default.
1
Switch the player into standby.
2
Using the front panel buttons, hold
down the
¸
STOP button and press
³
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.
The diagram below shows the various DVD
regions of the world.
1
2
2
5
5
6
3
2
1
4
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