Pioneer DV-383S Multi-Volt DVD Player
Attention Reviewer C.H.H. Darley
C.H.H. Darley, I wanted you to know that I had the same problem with this device that you did -- black and white output only on Region 2 discs.  I had read your review before purchasing and thought \\"Eh, the man's obviously an idiot -- everyone else has it working.\\"  Then, of course, I had the same problem, which forced me to reconsider my opinion of you.    As it turns out, this has nothing to do with Region 2 discs; I tried a regular US DVD and had the same problem.  Rather, the player appears to emit black and white on the component video output when used in Auto->NTSC mode.  When I switched to the composite video output, I got color video.  Apparently you, C.H.H., and I are the only reviewers who tried to use the component output.    If you still have the player, I hope you can do the same: use the composite video output (i.e. the single yellow RCA output, (probably) just like your VCR uses).  I'm docking the player one star for not putting out color on the component video, but it seems to do its other tasks just fine.    Hope that helps C.H.H., and anyone else.   (C.H.H. . . . if you do see this, please edit your review to let me know.)