Philips VP415 Operating Instructions Manual

L\fRDM

VP415
Laser

Vision

ROM

disc drive

PHILIPS

tUNIFNTS

Section I INTRODUCTION

Section

INSTALLATION
FEATURES OFTHEVP4!5
CONTROLS, INDICATORS AND CONNECTIONS

2 PLAYING

ADISC
Section 1 SPECIAL PLAY FUNCTIONS
Section~ INTERACTIVE PLAY

Se
Section

OPERATION

ction

'i

F-CODE PROGRAMMING

h F-CODE COMMANDS

Section 7 SCSI OPERATION
Section X MAINTENANCE

TECHNICAL DATA

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101

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med

in

lklgium

/

11

12

13 14

15

Fig. I: VP415 c:ontrob

16

and

connections.

17

18

Vl'~li

(front)

fJECTbulto•

STANDBY

hulin11or

ON/STANDBY

bullon

EJ[CTiD~Cllor
PAUSE

Mintor

REPLAY

india!Cor

Rt:PEATindinlor

AUDIO

I

indicator
AUDIO Z indicator
CAVin4icator

C

LViadintor

RF.MOTE

CONTROL

VP~l5

(rear)

I

ON/OFFiwitch

Z

MAINSkadsockel

J

REPLAY

on/offswilrh

4

RC

IR/EURO

.5

6

7

M

9

II

II

12
U-

1,

15

16 RGB!ITL)INIKICkel

17
18

~witch

WIRED

RC

socket

RSll2C

sodttl

84UDRATEdipswitches

AUDIOIN(l&l)

AUOIOOUT(l&l)

AN

EUROCONNECTOR

H·SHIFTrontrollrorGenlotkl

CVBSOlfTsocket
SYNC

OUT

sod,ct

cvas

IN

!W)("kets

SYNC IN

wcktb

SCSl

ad*tssd

lp5

SCSl$0l'ktl

witch

indicator

sockt

soc

es

ts

kels

SECTION I

F'ig.

J:

VP415

con1roU

INTRODUCTION

The LaserVi~ion

lnlcnictiveu1>e

•·1-:ATURt:S

RGB

Sync-pulse generator

Genlock

CVBSoutput
Electronic timebase

VMlcomi11.ing

Instant

Fastral\domactc!iS

Wired

INS"r

Si1ing1heplayer .
Connecting the player to the mains

Connecting

C-ction

Rcrno1:econtrolhandse1

C

ONTKOIS,

Summary

Summary

Summa

.

Sys1em

TypnoflAsuVisiondisc.

ot'THE

VP41S

output/

PAL·RGB

/RGB·PAL

corrector.

.

jump

remote

control

,\(.1.,\

nON

the

player

Fi

g.

2:

Co1"1«ticm

and adaptor cables

to peripheral audio equipment

Fig .

.1:

lnstrting baneries

INDICATORS

of

controls

of

front-panel

ry

or

eonnec1ions

to a monitor

indieaton

and

~n«1ioru

decoder

encoder .

in

rnnottcontrol

AND

hanllM1

CO.'lrlNE(.TIONS

INTRODUCTION

The

VP41S

~rVision

player

(ROM

disc

driv

e)

is

in

inleraclivc oomputer-c:ontrolled systems

for use

capabiliticsofl.&strVisionas a vena1ile,high-quati1yst0111efrc1rieval
medium. Communication between the YP4tS

COl'!IP'JICr

is

via s1andard RS2J2-C

are

fitted

to

the

player.

The

Lz.erVision discs containing audiovisual inrormacion.

discs.

which

contain

la

lr.nlheplaceoftheaudiochannelonsomeor

1l>e VP415 can

CAY

(Active play)

e111ensi

vc

program control. wilh search

conveniently

operated

THE

I.ASl-:RVISION

J...asnVisionis1he on\yaudiovisualplaybacks ys1emusingoptical(laser
beam)

reai;lout.

inconceivably fine point
reacts

wry

densely-packed informalion under

of

the

La

scrVision disc

The:

ptdurc

reproduced
slereowund. The
uuesnely

resistant

Typaef

1.aaerVilion dbc

Thtte

1ypes

of

disc

operatewithanyofthese:

J. N

MaillCA.

V(Active

r.p.m.

They have a

(36

minu1es played
LaserVision e U
forward. fMt reverse a

1.

CLV(Longplay) discs spin

11te

disc plays.

lime and

chapter

oflhourpcrsidc.

lime

J.

LY-ROM.

ThisisatypeofCAV(Acti

replacing some

pa

city

is

324 Mbytes

u

INU:RACllVI-:

The

VP41S allows all

coratr~led by a computer.

pK1ure,

sound a
numben. chapt
program

ca

n

be

lbe

computer keyboard. o r oth

ommuni

cation with the VP415 is achieved u,i

C

-wde

known u F

1ltc

F-a>de ins

characters)

to

the

be

relumed

to

10

in

an

participate
l

oad

ed

wi1h

the

LV-OOS

commands allow
memory device
andpt

ayercontrol are possible.

player can

data

a.swell

as

of

coum!

be

used for direct

or

CLV

(Long

from the remote control

SYSl'EM

The

laser beam, concentrated

(

60

1imes finer

.

is

of

high quality

re

is no wear

to

the

to

scratches. dust

arc

available and the player will

play)di~spin

muimum

at

25 pictures

ec

lS

such

as

still. slow-~tOn.

nd

goco picture

at

a speed which

The

y offer conlinuous forward

search. a

nd

!he advantage

or

all

parts

of

of

user

data

USE

the

facilities
In

this way. the computer can control

nd

LV-ROM

dat

er number$. autost

activaced by

the Vf'41

er

oomputer peri

. or L V-DOS commands (via 1he SCSI interface).

truction set e nables commands 10 be sen1

player; some

of

the

computer. Using F-code oomm11ncb. a VP415 can

interactive program with any computer system that is

necessary program.

the

VP41S

in

a compu1er system. Both

primarily designed

rtu,1

exploit the

and

or

SCSI interfaoes, bolh

audiovisual

play) discs.

disc
and

capaci1y

the audio tra,ck .

and 54 000 pim1res.

of

a. Play is concrollcd

ops

S remote control h,md

these commands c.aus.ing responses

a contro

of

used with ordinary

or

LY-ROM

information.

This

of LascrVision

In 1his respect it has

memory facilities.

h.andsc1.

10

an

almost

a gramophone stylus

?-cha11ncl mono

and

the

discs

speed

of

1500

000

pictur

es

per side

and

of

fer

special

reverse pl a

y. fas

number

.

g.ra

d1W1

1ly

decreases

pby

only. but with

of

an incre

ased

playing

)disc.withdata

lbeir

maximum

tem

by

picrnre

s.et.or via

pheral.

ng

eilbc,

11

special code

(as

ASC

u

sed

as

an

LV-ROM

retrieval from disc

which

be

allsec;tiom;ofthcdisc.

playbxt

and

Chan

lhe uamparcnt surf

wich

or

'pick-up·.

fingerprinls.

al

aoonscanl
of

54

per

$CC011d)

or

chap1er

ve play

the

LaserViskin sys

or a compu1er program. The

10

be

data

llin&

dala

to be

FEAl'URES

RGB

The
a LaserVisk>n disc.
the
encoded form.
frame·
because lhe
correct lhis sequenc.e

reproduce correct cofour. many players incorporate a

This piece

reduces

e.g.echoes.

The

RGB

be fully optimised

disc. even in non·Slandard playing modes.

Th

e resulc

).

au

playing modes.

ace

videom

RGB

or

output (al$o

are

Sy11Cpalse1nent«
The

either
itself

The
player·s video
PAL
si1na

t

~table

as

Ge

lllock

Genl

be

synchronised wilh an external reference signal. It ens

overlay
reference signal,
should
of

the
is achieved by adjusting the H-SHIFT control situated
player.

Nou:

the

toarefcren<:esipl

Th

e V
out

pul
into a CVBS si1n
signal available at
however have a reduc
MHz).

II

C.C.D.

A

provide correction

from
mirror

s

ysc

1he

OF

o...,.1/PAl.,&GII

VP41S allows

the

best possible picture quality 10 be

by

Laser Vision format. video inform91ion is s1ored

VP41S contains a n internal sync pulse generator

SPG

em. This redlKtion
disc fas1er

emptoyina a built-in PAL-

Tlmcan

or

'slow motton·.

PAL

8·riekl sequence becomes destroyed. In

of

circui

lry

lhe

video bandwidth. and introduces

VP41S

txkks

this problem by employing a fast-locking

deooder. Having

10

g;ve

is

an RCB output giving

1be

aterialsuchMmapswithfinct

output

abo

h:nds

RGB).

in uternal equipment

free-nm.

or

in

1he

to

the

u 1

emal

rererence (Genlock).

provides fre~ly-generated line

output

at

to

RGB

(sec

above), fresh Jync pulses

l. which is available 1 1 1he

out

put r

rom

1he player is guaranceed

oc:

k allo~ 1he field and line sync pulses from the player oulpul to

of

video signals and can also

comp

be

applied

to(i)

RGB (TTL)

IN socke

Th

e player may take

P41

5 eon1ains

from lhe player (pri

al

using fresh sync pulses from

the

(charge coupled device) timebase correclor is employed

of

the

video disc. This replaces

(me

chanical method) allowing

and

thus

THE

VP415

dttoder

cause problems when the dik: is played in ·s

or

any

other

such that a monitor can understa

corrects the

PAL

1his

device built-in. allows its characteristics

1hc

highest possible picture quality from the

the

benefit is particularly valuable when

it-1\tll

to

simpler miKing with computer graphic

presence

of

all times. Followin1

Eur

oconnec

prevent

risi

ng

line

and

ei1herofthe

two

t.

A horizontal shift

up

to

2 seconds inilially

an

RG B-PAL encoder. This 1akes

or

to the

vid

CVBS output is thus tota lly stable.

ed

bandwidth in all playing m

timing

errors

always present in

in

mass allows the

reduces picture access lime.

obtained

RGB

decoder. Within

on

the

disc-

non-standard playing mode.

nd

'PAL Mod

sequence. but

in

other

unwanted effects.

full S MHz video bandw:idlh

eKt.

if

required.

(SPG)

and

field sync pulses at the

the

decoclin& process rrom

are inse

rted into11te

tor

socket.

at

all

cime

s

picture

jump

IN soc:ketsor (ii)

of

the overlay picture

at the re

to

effectively lock

mi King stage) a

the

int

erna

ode

the

more

traditional tan&entia l

a smaller. lighter

optical

readou1 unit co uacl;

which may

Therefore

ure

or

nd

l SPG.

s (

sign.al

a suitable reference signal. lock

field syncs (negalive•going)

SYNC

eo

the

for

from

in PAL

order

ii

ifier'.

do

ing so.

PAL-

viewin&

RGB

s correct
roll. The

pin4

ar

of 1he

1he

RG B

encodes it

It

does

appro

read

op

and

1be

tkal

1il\

10

10

in

a

a 3

10

The VP4\S has a built-in video

RGB signal derived from tbe video disc (via the PAL-RGB decoder)
or an RGB signal derived from an
one of

1hc

CVBS

the RGB (TTL)

This facility a llows the
compu1er to be milcd

number of ways. The miled

soc:ke1:

Mo*I:

Playe

Model

: Compu1erRGBonly

Model

: Keymode

Playcroutput: 100'J'.intensity
Computeroutp.it:

Mode<I:

Mixcdmode(nansparentvaphics)
Playt:roulput: 02% intensily
Computeroulp.11:

Mode5: Enhanccdvideo

(presence of graphics produces
intensityvideoatlhatpoinl;
elsewhere video
Pl

IOO¾intensity
Player output (No graphics):
57%intensity

When mixing
sy

ncsignalfromthe extemalcompu1er.

·--

The

VP415

;;i.lso
means that the radial mirror which points the laser beam at the required
disc u ack can be made
number of !racks (max.
internl

(field nyback
performed within the video blanking. This gives the effect of an instant
search to the required picture · almost as if
adjacentlothecurrentpicture.

This feature
picture contains a map
adjacent areas. The user can 'scan· across map boundaries with no

bl

ack picture' be tween maps while the playe

'
picture.

is

also possible to in1er\eave programmes on the disc such that by

It
playing the disc and missins
one particular storyline
by

one picture, another storyline

II

musl be realised

finite time

10

·catch up·

imposed on how many jumps may be made

OCCUB

when the e ffective playing speed of the disc exceeds
normal speed, i.e.
of I picture, then jump another20 tracks etc. continuously, without the
optical slide falling behind.

Details of the types of jump possible, and their associated commands
are given

in

lhe F·Code command list (sec Section 6).

miler

which

is

able

10

mil

either the

el

tem

al

IN

soc:kels), with an

IN

soc:kCI

TIL

wi1h

rRGBon

aye

routput(inpresenceofgr

in

1his

manner. the VP4\S 'genlocks" to the oomposilC

incorporates an 'Instant Jump' feature. Essen1ially this

10

1im

is

valuable in for exa mple map-walking. where each

of

is

1ha1

foUowiog a jump, the opttelll slide requires a

artd

ii

is possible to jump

video signal (conncclCd lo

eltcmal

Tn

ROB signal from

RGB graphics

ou1pu1

1hc

off-disc video (or exiemal video) in a

Vkico

is

ly

100

% intensity

38

% inlensily

•'

highlighting'

is

reduced)

·twitch' and therefore jump a predetermined
SO)

in either direction during the vertical

e). Small jumps are invisible, as they can be

an area and each successive picture

ou1

(jumping over) every altemate picture,

followed, and then

is

immedia1ely accessed and followed.

centralise lhe radial

of an ex1cmal

availab

le

at the Euroconncctor

IOO%

aphics):

it

were immediate

rsearchesforthenext

by

offseuing this proces.s

miC"Tor.

in

a given lime.

20

tracks, display for a period

Thus a limit

The

20

shOW5

Wiredreaoteeoatrol

In some applications it may be required lo
cases, the infra-red beam of the remo1e control handsc1
able to operate. For reliable working under such conditions, the wired
connection should be used between the remote control handset and the

limit

times

WIRED RCsock

ly

is

ct at the rear of the player .

hid

e lhe VP41S. In such

may

no1

be

TbeVP41Sfea1uresaveryfastrandomaettsstime;1hisisthe1ime
needed for the optical readout unit
10

another, which may be anywhere on lhe disc. Figures are typically

di

sc and

1 s for a CAV

Ss

fora

CLV disc.

10

move from one point on the disc

INSTALLATION

SITING

THE

PLA

Stand the player

slotso•

a monilor directly on
slols;

the

equipment that gives off a suhs1an1ial

heat
sunlight for long periods.

CONNl-:CTING THE PI.A

The VP415

with any voltage between 220

docs not fall into this category. contact your nearesl Philips
Organisation

If necessary.

l,,,parr,..1no1t/f)t'(!.K . ...,...

The
Grccn·and·ycllnw:Earth
llluc:Ncutral

Brown:l.ivc

These,

terminals
wore
Connecl

the

lnscrtthemain,plugin1nawaLl,ockot.lf1hcpla)·cri,n<>1tohcuscdforalong

period of lime.

CONNt:CTING

The VP415 has

monitors.

refer

Nott:Some

this should be set

LaserVisionusc.

This

the monitor

It

socket.

Connect the cable supplied between

wcket

monitor.

This connection carries both

picture quality

monitor accepts

to

If"°

I. &roconn«tor-to-DIN

\'ER

on

a firm level surface, eiasuring

lbe lop and sides

oflhe

player are nol obsanided,

top

of

in

thi~ case. a properly designed rack should be used lo support

monitor.

source.

wires

in

colours

in

10 lhe terminal marked E or

the

Blue

wire w the

to

Fig. 2 • ·Connection and

is

a direct connection. ensuring

is

also possible

on

ROB

input.

Eumr:ann«for sodcd is avallablr:

If

the monitor
lhe Euroconncc!Or·to-DIN
20485, length 1.5 m) mus!
to

the

AN

AV

plug

the player

Never

stand

the

Avoid any position

is

designed

fit

the

may

your

Brown

rcmu~e

Vanous

moniton. have a ·time•constant' ~witch for

is

the

to

where

\'F:RTOTHE

to

operate

and

a mains plug

to

the

WARNIN6i:

mains

lead

arc coloun;d

nOI

corrc,pond "'ilh

plug.

'"

proceed ;1, follow,: Connccl lhe Grcen·and·~cllnw

-½

wire

10

1he

terminal marked

terminal

mukcd

the

mains

plug

THE

PI.A YER

outputs

suitable for

connection possibilities

to

the

·normal' (i.e. non-VCR) position for

equipped for it. stereo sound.

10

use a

TV

receiver if it

rear

of

the

player

ROB

is

ohtained

if

the

ROB

both

RGB

and

CVBS signals. ensure that

A.

V (audio/vhko) - CVBS only

is

fitted with a 6-pole DIN

AV

be

EUROCONNECTOR

used. Connect the Euroconncctor plug

the monitor.

1h11

if

this obstructs these ventilation

player directly

on

amount

of

heal.

the

player is

subjected

MAINS

from a

SU/61)

Hz a.c. main~ supply

240

V.

If

your local mains supply

mains lead as described below.

THIS

APPARATUS

MUST

BE

EARTHED

in

accordance

wnh

1he

the

colour marking, idcmifying

.or colnurcd Green orGrccn-and·)·clluw:

L.

or coloured Red: Connect

N. or

e<.>lourcd

lllack

frol'II

the

,.,.11

socket

TO A MONITOR

both

RGB

monitors

arc

described below. Also

adaptor

cables·.

u,c

the

highest quality picture

is

fitted with a Euroconneclor

the

AIV

EUROCONNECTOR

and

the corrc~ponding sockel on the

and

CVBS signals. Optimum

signals arc used. Therefore

AV

(Audio-Video) socket.

adaptor

cable

SBC

socket

of

the

player

die

venlilalion

Do

not Mand

any

electronic

or

near

following

and

with a VCR;

it

is

1012

(4822

and

10

to

direct

code

CVBS

and.

if

switched

the

2.

lrthc

monitor

is

fitted with a coaxial BNC-typc video input socket.

there

arc two possihilitics·

a.

Euroa,nn«tor-to-BNC -CVBS only

Using Euroconncctor-to-BNC
204K4.

length 1.5 m). connCl't
EUROCONNECTOR
plug lo lhe video
Audio

plug

of

monitor

or

any

1hc

if

the

321

DIN

to

b.

BNC-to-BNC

Using BNC-to·BNC connection cahlc
length 1.5 m).
and

the

video input

from the

AUDIO

cable SBC044

CONNE<.TION

The

AUDIO

OUT
through connection cable
SBC

(144

(4822

peripheral

equipment.

on

or

off by

means
remote control handset.
If a disc con1ains stereo sound, this will be reproduced stereophonically
when

bo1h

channels arc

Noll!:

If

either

audio channel

signal

is

rooted

to

from a dual-language disc

REMOTE CONTROL HANDSET (Fi,:s. l

Normally.

the

VP415
remote control handset ~upplicd.
have been grouped into logically-related sections.

The

remote control handset controls all play functions, audio

memory controls

The

handset can he used

the

VP415 itself.

the

infra-red detector on

model).

In

the latter case.

VP415(!>CcFig.

When using

the

the

front

of

the player

convenient,

the

between

the

handset and

in

this section).

The

UM4. located

in

Fig.

J:

Inserting baneries in remote conlrol handsel.

adaptor

the

sockel

or

inpu1

of

1he

monitor. Connect

this

adaptor

cahlc

an audio amplifier

connl.>ct

(41122

TO

321

both

and

or.

l)mustbe~etloEURO.
handset. point

remote control cable supplied can be connected

its base (Sec Fig. 3).

to

(waxlal).

CVBS only

ti,ctwecn

the

of

the monilor.

OUT

socket~

321

20344. lcngth

PERIPHERAL

socke1s on

the

rear

SBC

043 (4822

20344.

length

Either

or

both

of

the

AUDIO I and

in

operation.

is

switchetl off. then

output

channels. This avoids ·one-sided'

operates

by

remote

The

also accesses specified program

in

conjunction with

when a

Euroconnccmr

the

monitor

the

RC

IR/EURO

it

directly

(or

monitor). If 1his

the

player (sec ·Wired remote con1ror earlier

handset require~ 4 X 1.5 volt

cahte

SBC

JUI)

Euroconnector

the

player and one coaxial BNC

the

SBC
CVBS
The

of

the

IO

AUDIO

of

the player can he connected

321

HJ

m) to a linear input

sound channels may he swi1chcd

control hullon~ on lhis hand~cl

(dependent

at

(-1822

plug to the A/V

the

5-polc DIN

Audio

injiut socket of your

I0\5

(.tll22

32fl J lOO),

OUT

socket

of

the

Audio

player using a connection

m)

player

signal must he taken

EQUIPMENT

203(18,

length 2.5 m)

of

AUDIO

2 buttons on the

the

remaining audio

and3)

control from the infra-red

pans.

the

infra-red

detector

connection

is

used. with

on

ac1oal

monitor

switch on the

rear

the infra-red detcclor on

is

not pos.~ihlc.

or

haucncs.

type

ROJ

sound

of

321

or

the

and

on

the

not

or

SBC1010
SBC1011

SBC1012

~~

SBC1013

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482232120487

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CONTROLS,
CONNECTIONS

SUMMARY

rw.,o1,..,...,

•

E/ECTbuuon

For

openinJ

• ONISTilNDBYbutton

For

,witching

effects

•nretplayer

• ON/OFFswitch
Primary mains power switch

•

REPL.4.Yon.loffswitch

Swild\es

• RCIRIEUROswitch (4)

To switch
by1he

• BAUDRATEdip5witches(7)
For 5decting the baud rate for RS232-C communica1ion. See Section

-'F-oodeprogramming'.

•

ff-SHIFT

To shift

sync iignal (connected

·Gentock'

•

SCSI

To

s.c1

ope,a1ion°.

SUMMA

TIM:

Jot

STANDBY

EJECT

PAUSE

REPLAY

REPEAT

AUDIO

AU

D102

CAV

CL

V (green) Lights

REMOTE
CONTROL

INDICATORS

0t·coNTROI.S

the

disc-tray

and

between

'standby'

aCP

Ure~t.

(•

...

ben

refer

(I)

(3)

the

replay function

between

remote control

VP41S

(JR)

or

via the

control

(I

I)

the

horizontal position

to

inSectionl.

addre55 dip switches ( I 7)

the

SCSI

bus

address

KY

01:

t·

RONT•PANt'.

lowing indicators give

(red)

Lights

start-up.

(grccn)Aashcsduringcjccl.

(grccn)Lightsduringpause.

(green) Lights when replay funccion

(green) Light$ when

I (green) Lights

(1n:en)

Li&hls when

(green) Lighls

(green)

Rashes

1rcmotecontrolcommand

(Fig.

I)

ejecting a

diK"

and

'on'

lo

fie,

I)

on

or

off.

See

commands

monitor(EURO)

of

the

pic::ture

either

of

the SYNC

of

the

player.

l.

ll'liDICAT

status

informllion

in

standby

mode

repeat

when

audio

1udio

when

playingCAV

when

playing CL V discs.

toconfinn

AND

if

one

I$ loaded.

modes.

This DUuon also

"Repb.y'

in

Section)

bcln1

iueived

.

when

using

IN

See

Section 7 - ·SCSI

ORS

:aboul

and

fla~during

is

fulk:ttOn is active

channel

I in nabled.

channe

l 2

is enabled.

disa

that

player

is

directly

an

utemal

sockets). Sec

he

VP41S:

active.

.

receiving

.

SUMMARY

• MAINS

Forconnecti-Onofthemainslcad.

•

W/REDRCsocket(S)

For

wired connection
control cable supplied. This
when

the

Section

1.)

•

RS232C

Provides a serial

•

A.UD/O/N(land2)socke1s(8)

Used

for

connection
AUDIOL
AUDIO

R =

•

AUD/001.D(I

Used

for conn.cction
AUDIO
AUDIO

•AIVE~(IO)

Provides connection

Sec

Section 8 • ·Technical da1a' for full details.

S

CVBS0UTwtkct(l2)

•
Provides a
information,

•

St7VCOUTsoctet(13)
Provides a synchronising signal
VP41Scannectedinpar11llcl

•

CV8$/Nsockets(14)

These

two

used.

They

VP41S.

The

the

second

must

be

property
signal to
looped

through

•

St7VC/Nsoctets(IS)

These

two

used.

They

looped

through

If

no

such

witha7:5ohmplu,.
Note: The
respect

of

•

RG8(1TL)INsocket(J6)

DIN

RGB

compute

r.

•

SCS/

soc

Provid

es

standard

s.

OF

CONNECTIONS

lead

soctct

(2)

of

thr

remote

VP415 is hidden from view.

socket

• AUDIO

L •

R "'

video

sockets a

acc

CVBS

an

socke1s arc internally

acccp1

loop

rcfcuncc

putsc-

inpul

Rder to

ket(l8

a connection

Rder10Scction8

permits

(6)

u,nnection

for

an

of

an external

I;

AUDIO

2.

and2)sockets(9)

of

an

external

AUDIO

I;

AUD102.

for

variety

of

s,ignal

output

rdc,

10

·eves

output/

rc

internally

tpc

an

external

signal

e:r.temlll R

vidto

may

be

looped thro

IN

socket. If

no

terminated

with a 75

GB

signal ( for mi:r.ing

to

one

of the

SYNC

an

cxlemal

video synchronising signal which

to

other equipment

r!wed.

the

second

sisneol

must

shape

and

1iming(1s11ndard

sockcl

for vid

eo

See1ion 8-·Technical data" for further

)

to

an

ext

-0Tcchnic

(numben

rderto

control

handset.

using

the

remote

conlrol

(Sec

"Wired

rrmole

external

computer.

stereo

or

2-channel

stereo

or

2-ehannel

inputs

and

ou1puu

suitable for a monitor.

RGe·PALencoder'

for

the

host compu1cr

conne

cte

d: cilher

of

input

sianal

.e.g

ugh to o

ther

such l

connected;

socket

conform

ernal

cq...ipment usin1

oop

is used,

the

ohm

plug.

To

purposes

IN sockets.

either

using

the

second

SYNC

must

be

properly

to

broadcast stand

CVBS

signal is sui1able).

and

sync input from

computer according 10 SCSI

ald1ta'forfurthcrdetails

Fia.

sound

sound

for

FOi'"

in Sce1ion I .

or a second

them

. fr

om a se

Kcond

lock

),

of

them

delaib.

I)

the remo
to

be

used

rontror

source.

iOuree.

a monilOf.

funhcr

rnay be

cond

sockel

1hc

ev

it

must

may

may

IN socket.

terminated

ards in

an

uternal

.

te

in

es
be

be
be

SEC"flON 2

l'LA

YING A DISC .

Switching on

Inserting a

disc

Au1oma1ic

play

To slop

play

and remove

Page

II
II

II

1he

disc

.

II
II

10

PLAYING A DISC

SWIT<.:HINGON

on

1he player

Switch

rea

r.

Check

1h11

STANDBY

indicalor will li&ht.

Prus

!he

ON/ST

flash. A

waming

loaded.

Nou:

The

VP41S contains a Ian

lemperature.

If a certain

win

automatkally

indicati

on.

Press

the

EJECT

disc-1,ay

aU

the

on l

he

disc-u·•y wi1h

At:TOMATIC

Genlly

push

amoma1ically. The disc will build up

10

seoonds.

During

flashes.

As

soon

as

the

indit&IOf

goes

according

10

the

lo

Section 3 - 'Special play functions'.

When

the

erMI

firs!

track,

&,ives

funhercommand i,given

If

repeated

playins:

be

in

lhe

ON
indtc:ator. Jn this
di

sabled

rOSTOP

PI.AY

To

terminat

e play

the

player.

When

disc

and

goes

to

U$in1

the

REPLAY !wi1ch is

A.NOBY

'beep'

is

temperature

increase;

button;

way. Remove

the

desired label uppcnnos1.

PI.A Y

the

disc-tray forward;

the

start-up

correci

speed

out

and

either

type

of

disc loaded.

of

1h

e disc

is

a warning

wi1hin

of

the

disc is

posilion.

This

case,

the controls on

A~D

REMOvt:

at

any

time:, press

the:

disc

the

standby c:ondi1ion.

(Rercrlol'ii

the

mains

button;

given

thi5.

the

disc-tray will partly
the

reached,

·beep', and ent

2 minu1c,,

req

will

comes

ONIOFF

the

ST

AND

to

indicate thlll

to

maintain

iseJ1ceeded.1he

is

quite

disc from ils pa

10

speed

period,

has

been reached.

the

CAV

Play

then

the

player rc1ums rapidly

uired,

be

confirm

TIU:

DIS

the:

EJECT

to

a standstill,

.

I)

swlcch

loelltd

in

1he

OFF

posilion.

BY

i!Ml

ica

tor

nodis(:

has

correct

~dofthis

normal

and

ao1 a fault

open.

Pull ou1

d:aJins

and

it

will

be

drawn

(ISOOr.p.m.) in approx.

the

STANDBY

1he

STANDBY

or

Cl

V

indicator

commences.

ers

the

pause

mode.

the

playergoe110

lhe

REPLAY

switch should

ed

by

lhe

the

front

of

lhe

C

buuonon the:

the:

player

11

will then

yet

operating

place it

inside

indicator

lights,

Also

10

standby,

R

EPLAY

player

front

ejects

been

refer

If

The

the

fan

1he

the

no

are

of

the

11

SECTION3

SPECIAL

PLA

\'

FUNCTIONS .

St

andby

Playlonward

Playrevcrse

SCill
SCq, rorward

and

Pklure

Playc1anddiscs1a1usdisplay.

Search

Po=
Slow.

Audio

Ooto
Goto

Goto lime position

Programming

Start/repeat

Replay .

TXTbuuon

reverse

number, chapter number

FIJ.f:l'i,ctuurwmMrdispkly.

Fig.

5:

C~rnumba-display

Fi1.

6:

Timecodedisplay

Fig,

1:

Playtranddi.rcstlllwdi.Jplay

pte1ure

number

chaprer

number

Fig.

IJ:

Pro1rr,mmUlg

Picture segment program entry

Chapter program entry

Tll'Ksegmcnlprogramentry.

P1ayingaprogrammedsequence.

dispUly

and

tin1c aide display

....

"
"

"

"

"

"

"

"

"

13

"

I)

"
"

"

14
14
14
14
14

14
14

"

"

"

"

"

"

16

12

SPECIAL

All the fone1ions
rcmo6e control handset. Some

depending upon the presenl mode (c.,. whc1her1be

playing a disc

also havt ttr1ain oommands which can

dtSC

IRJEURO

ST,\'.'IOR\'

Pressing this
at1ion
display
lighls.
pl
commence

N41«:

disabled

Pl.AYt'<}RWARD
Prusing

oormalspccd)

PI.A y Rt;vt:Rst;

Pressing lhe ~ s.ection
normal1.p:ed).

STILl.1CAVna1,·1

Wh
b«omts
of
ins1

playback.

STf.P t·ORWARD

If

prca:din

PIC£CRE

UISPI.AY

E~
on

To

I S1lLL

I PLAY

flt.

In
rode
1he
lh

PLAY

FUNCTIONS

deo;cribed

in

1his

section may be pcrfo

runctions

h;i.w:

or

not). CAV {Active play) and CLV (Long play)

..

U

lhe

remote

control

switch

on

the

(1dso

0:'lr/lSTA~DB\'

bunon

during any play operation will c

to

cease.

The

player

g~

out

and

the

If

programming was in progress. it is te rminated. Pressing any

ay

ing mode

bunon

while the player

1ha1

action

lh

hc repl

ay

runction is in ope

the

> section

.

(CA\'

en

either ilt

ttion

station ary. A still picture is useful

a situation

(for

u ample, in spo

,uc1iona

l programme). It can also s

AND

lhc

>or~

!tCc

lion

of

gpic

ture

appc

NUMBl,:R.

individual picture

1he

disc. Discs may also

numbe

rs

arc

also encoded

number

on the moni1or screen (Fig.

mode

is

also displayed. Pre~

display

the

chap1er number

bunc

m. Pn:ss ii again m remove

r

•.

4:

Pkuren11111berdisplay,

handset

does

rear

of

the player

goes

to

STANDBY

of

the

PLAY

•ml,·)

of

the

PLAY

of

the

STILL button is

Kl,;H•

:RSE

the ST

ILL

~rs respectively.

CHAPTER

on a CA

V disc

be

divided

on

the

the

buu
on
the disp

only~

not

fune1ion.

is

in 1he

control

on

pl•f"'J

the

standby

indicator

on

is

in standby, c.i.uscs the player

mion,

Che STA

butlon

~ans

button sla

for

rt),

or

the ~1udy

erve

as a stion

buuon

is pressed. the following

.,UMKl-

:K ASUTl.\11-: C'.OIH'

h~s

a number ,,,;hid,

inm

chapters; t

disc. To displ

4),

pre

ss

the

on again to r

the screen {F

lay

PNR

F1JD

5:

CMpl:H n111nbe:rdbplay.

Cl

V discs.

an

elapsed time code is encoded

may be in minu1es only or

pan

k ular disc. So

esc

ehapler

numbers encoded on 1he disc.

in

minutes

.a

me

CL V discs are also divided in10 chaptcrJ, and

nd sccortds. depending on

mw:d

iliffcrent cffc

pbyer

used

1With

check

IR

position.

:.Hsc

mode

.

Any

tbe

rront of

NDBY

forwa~d play

ns

reverse play (at

p,c»cd.

lhe

dose

of

inierludt

ay 1be

current picture

PNR

buuon.

emove

i@.

5>. press the

1642

CHR

on

the

disc. This time

u5in

is

currently

1h

a1 type

that

the

the

current

on-screen

the

hun

tht

picture

cxamina1ion

details (in

is

encoded

hes.e

chap1er

The play

the Uisp

2

s the

di!o('S

player

on i~

during

tay.
CNR

c:1

RC

(al

To

display the

cun

button. Press it again

display

the

ch;ap1er number

si1apin1

ent elapsed lime

10

remove

on

o remove1heUisplay.

F1JD

the

TD'IE

or

s

PNR

To

button. Prc$

I PLAY

fls.6:T-wdcdii:flay.

PLA

n:R

,\:\'I)

IHSCSTATllS

Pressing

the

DIS

be

displayed

onlhc

i~

shown

on

lhc

bu11on

Pressing !he

lf,however,thepicturenumbcretc.wasbcingdisplaycdontbcscrcen

10

the player enters
thissec1ion.

VIDEO

AUDI01

AUM02

SLOIJ

FAST

9600

Fi&,

7:

Pllya

....

Sl-:AH.01

If only a

part

an

or

of

SEARCH

bunon.

huunn move~

1ht

approxima1dy 201iml'S normal s
During this search

~u

cee

S11

ion

of

pKlures from the programme.

When

the

bult

on

priorl

osca

w~sin
It is often use(ul

searching.
When searching a

:.irt:

being displayed. the player aulomatically rcv

numbers
previous moclc wh.·n

ii

is desired 10

If
SEARCH

t'lun

on

chapter.

hap1crn1.1mbcrsareoo

lf c
thr

oughoullhedlSC.

di

~ . 1

With Cl V
CA V di5CS.

buc 1hc display shows

pp

ropriate.

as a

PAL:SJ-:
Wh.:n

the

PAUSE

a

nd

the

PAUSE

To

resume

1he

previous actio

While in t

he

pause mode.

pres.sing 1he appropri

DISPLAY

PLAY

hutton will cause the player and

screen. Disc status (e.g. CAVICL

right and player status (e.g. play

again switches

the

lhe

programming mode. Sec ·Programmin

OH
OH

OH
1/3
3

BAUD

_

1tal111

dbplay.

a disc is required. it can

Pre.tSing and

holding the appropriaw seccion

O{lf

ital reado

ut unil in lhc de~ired direction

peeU

ittlion you will

is

released. the player reverts

rching.

lo

have the picture number etc. displayed

CAV

di5" containing

ii

re

ach••s

the nc~t chapter.

con

tinue

~arching

and prCM

aiai

n. ScarchinJ !hen conlinuc~

t hcingdisplayed.scarchingisunin1e

he

SEARCH

buu

on operates in

tt'le

button

is

pressed,

indicat

or

lights.

n,

press

other

functions may also be st

11

e buttons (e.g. PLAY, STILL,

on

the screen (Fig.

the

display.

screen (Fig. 5

),

preM

11 : 23

V,

side,

mode)

display ort.

STEREO

SIDE

30

be

quickly found

KC

on the ~ rccn a very rapid

10

the

ehapler

numbers

this nc~t chapter. relea.-.e

the same

elap

sed lime

or

ehap1er number.

both

audio

and

video

the

PAUSE

button once more.

SEAR

6).

press

1h.c

di~

~1a1u~

sizc,ele

on

g'

CAV

CH

u.<.ing

mode

:.ind
crl

101t'le nc~t

way

are

ancd

CH etc .)

CNR

lhe

bier

1

of

which it

while

ltk:sc

s 10

rrup4c<I

as

muled

1hc

to

.)

lefl.

.

in

lhc
this

it

i1s

t

h..:

for

by

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