Zenith DVB312 --need to change from progressive scan to interlaced scan---lost manual

Progressive Scan produces higher video quality than Interlaced Scan. If your TV is progressive scan compatible - and nearly all HDTV and DTV sets are - then a progressive scan DVD / Blu-Ray player / Home Theater System can give you a significant increase in perceived vertical resolution and a more detailed and film-like picture.

You can always switch to Interlace Scan mode (and vice versa) via the on-screen menus at any time if you prefer.

https://www.manualowl.com/p/Zenith/DVB312/Manual/50390

Please check if the DVD players progressive scan is enabled. If it is disable it. You will get instruction in the last chapter of the owners manual under troubleshooting. Or find out how to do a factory reset, because all DVD players come with progressive scan disabled from the factory.

This is a common issue with this brand of player. While the unit is on, and without any discs inserted, press and hold STOP button on the front panel (not the remote) for 10 seconds, then release. This should turn the progressive scan function off and revert the video output of the player back to normal interlace.

Zenith, Samsung, Magnavox, and Goldstar DVD players are notorious for progressive scan headaches, but it's easy to correct.

You do either of the following; refer to your instruction manual (if you still have it) and look for general output settings to turn off progressive scan, or you can try something much simpler.

On the front of the unit, without a disc inserted, and the drive selected as DVD, press and hold STOP button for 10 seconds (on the unit, not the remote), then release. This may revert progressive scan back to normal interlace for your TV, and thus turn progressive off.

This trick works for Goldstar, Samsung, some LG, Magnavox, and Zenith DVD players. Give it a try before referring to the manual.

Progressive Scan is a menu option relating to video output of this player. Assuming you have the original DVD remote, this should be easy.

* From the user manual (pages 50-51 of the pdf document):

About progressive scan video
Compared to interlace video, progressive
scan video effectively doubles the scanning
rate of the picture, resulting in a very stable,
flicker-free image. Progressive scan video is
available only from the component video
output.

If you connect a TV that is not compatible
with a progressive scan signal and switch
the player to progressive, you will not be
able to see any picture at all. In this case,
switch everything off and reconnect using
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 'back to Interlace.

Hold these 2 buttons together for about 10-15 seconds or so, but only while the player is in standby mode. *

If you have lost the manual, you may be able to download the user guide (as an adobe reader (pdf) document) from:

http://www.retrevo.com/support/Pioneer-DV-363-K-DVD-Players-manual/id/385bh937/t/2/

(it will ask you for an email address prior to downloading - use a blank address if possible and enter the security code in the fields then save the document)

If the above suggestion does not switch it back to interlace, you will need a TV with progressive scan function to enable you to access the player's on-screen menu and in 'Initial Settings' 'Video Output' 'Component Out' section, select 'Interlace'. and press OK from remote as required.

Either way, it should NOT require a workshop service, and is simple enough to do at consumer level with the right TV type.

Have you looked for a Rio Sonic Blue HT2030 manual (it's the same machine)?

This happened to me & I finally found a manual online that I could download.

Here's what the manual says:

"If you set Progressive Scan to On in error, you must reset the unit.

1) Remove any disc from the unit and close the disc tray. See that "NO DISC" is displayed on the display window.

2) Press STOP and hold it for five seconds before releasing it. The video output will be restored to the standard setting and a picture will once again be visible on a conventional analog TV or monitor."

Glad I could help because this problem is very annoying!

To reset to user defaults for mu1 with no video: 1. turn on dvd with no disc 2. press "setup" 3. press "down arrow" 3 times 4. press "enter" 5. press "down arrow" 9 times 6. press "enter" More than likely you changed from interlaced scan to progressive scan. If your tv does not sopport progressive scan there will be no video. The default setting is interlaced scan.

Hi If your t.v.has built-in blue screen when there is no signal, then the DVD may have been accidentally switched to progressive scan mode, or defaults to that setting if new. If your T.V. is not capable of displaying in progressive scan mode, you will just get a blue screen. If you have an older tv, without blue screen, then connect it to that, and if you get a black and white split screen when you turn on the DVD, then progressive scan is the problem. Check the manual for the DVD player for the procedure to get out of that mode, and it should then work. If you still have no video, and you are using the yellow composite video jack on the back of your DVD player, then it must be brought in for service. Good Luck!