Pioneer DCS-240 User Manual [en, de, fr]

DVD/CD Receiver Récepteur-lecteur DVD/CD DVD/CD Receiver

XV-DV232 XV-DV240

Speaker System Système Acoustique Lautsprechersystem

S-DV232 S-DV340ST

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Location: rear of the unit

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RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

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01 Getting started

Home theater sound setup

Setting the channel levels Using the on-screen displays Playing discs

Basic playback controls

Resume and Last Memory

DVD-Video disc menus

Video CD/Super VCD PBC menus Listening to the radio

Improving poor FM reception

Memorizing stations

Listening to station presets Listening to other sources Setting the sleep timer Dimming the display

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02 Listening to your system

About the listening modes Auto listening mode Listening in surround sound Using Front Surround Listening in stereo

Listening with headphones Using the SFC modes Adjusting the bass and treble Boosting the bass level

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03 Playing discs

Scanning discs Playing in slow motion Frame advance/frame reverse Playing a JPEG slideshow Browsing DVD or Video CD/Super VCD discs with the Disc Navigator Browsing WMA, MP3, DivX video and JPEG files with the Disc Navigator Looping a section of a disc Using repeat play Using random play Creating a program list

Other functions available from the

program menu Searching a disc Switching subtitles Switching language / audio channels Zooming the screen Switching camera angles Displaying disc information

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04 More tuner features: RDS

An introduction to RDS

Displaying RDS information

Searching for RDS programs

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05 Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus

Audio Settings menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Audio DRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Video Adjust menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

06 Initial Settings menu

Using the Initial Settings menu . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Video Output settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Language settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Display settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Options settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Speakers settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Parental Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

About DivX® VOD content . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Speaker Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

07 Other connections

Connecting auxiliary components . . . . . . . . . 24

Recording mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Connecting external antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Using the SCART AV output . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

08 Controls and displays

Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

09 Additional information

Disc/content format playback compatibility .29

Disc compatibility table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

About DivX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

DivX video compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

About WMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Using and taking care of discs . . . . . . . . . . . 31

DVD Video regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Handling discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Storing discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Discs to avoid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Installation and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Hints on installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Cleaning the pickup lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Problems with condensation . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Moving the system unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Screen sizes and disc formats. . . . . . . . . . . . 33

TV system setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

DVD/CD/Video CD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Tuner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Resetting the system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Using the language code list. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Language code list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Country/Area code list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Getting started

Chapter 1

Getting started

Home theater sound setup

Depending on the size and characteristics of your room, you can place your speakers in one

of two ways using this system:

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Standard surround 5-spot setup

a standard multichannel surround sound speaker setup for optimal 5.1 channel home theater sound.

Center

Front left

Listening position

Surround

left

•

Front surround 3-spot setup

is ideal when rear surround speaker placement isn't possible or you want to avoid running long speaker cables in your listening area. Use this setup together with the Front Surround modes to take advantage of wall and ceiling reflections for a very realistic surround effect.

Surround

left

Center

Listening position

Front

left

Subwoofer

Surround

Front right

Surround right

right

Front right

– This is

– This setup

After placing your speakers, complete

the channel levels settings

on page 21 to complete your surround

below then refer to

Setting

Speakers

sound setup.

Setting the channel levels

Set the relative channel levels from your main listening position.

1 Press

SHIFT+TEST TONE

The test tone is output in the following order (from the speakers active in the current listening mode):

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– Front left speaker

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– Center speaker

– Front right speaker

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– Right surround speaker

– Left surround speaker

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– Subwoofer

2 Use the VOLUME +/– button to adjust the volume to an appropriate level.

3 Use the to adjust the speaker levels in turn.

You should hear the test tone at the same volume from each speaker when seated in the main listening position. The channel level range is ± 10 dB.

4 When you’re done, press ENTER to exit test tone setup.

/

(cursor up/down) buttons

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Note

1 See

About the listening modes

2• This is only available when

• The speaker volume can be adjusted while listening to any sound source you want: Press

/

(cursor left/right) buttons to select the channel level setting, then press

/

channel levels; 3 Since the subwoofer produces ultra-low frequencies its sound may seem quieter than it actually is.

(cursor left/right) to move to the next channel. Press

on page 10 for more on using the different listening modes with each speaker setup.

DVD/CD

is selected and playback is stopped. Also make sure headphones are unplugged.

ENTER

when you’re finished.

SHIFT+SYSTEM SETUP

. Use

/

(cursor up/down) to adjust the

, use the

Getting started01

Using the on-screen displays

For ease of use, this system makes extensive use of graphical on-screen displays (OSDs).

All the screens are navigated in basically the same way, using the cursor buttons (



) to change the highlighted item and

ENTER

pressing

to select it.

, , 

Load a disc with the label side facing up, using the disc tray guide to align the disc (if you’re loading a double-sided DVD disc, load it with the side you want to play face down).

Important

• Throughout this manual, ‘Select’ means use the cursor buttons to highlight an item on-screen, then press

Button

HOME

What it does

Displays/exits the on-screen display

ENTER



ENTER

RETURN

Changes the highlighted menu item Selects the highlighted menu item Returns to the main menu without

saving changes

Tip

• The button guide at the bottom of every OSD screen shows you which buttons you’ll need to use for that screen.

Playing discs

The basic playback controls for playing DVD, CD, Video CD/Super VCD, DivX video and MP3/ WMA discs are covered here. Further functions are detailed in chapter 3.

1 If the player isn’t already on, switch it on.

If you’re playing a disc with video, also turn on your TV and make sure that it is set to the correct video input.

2 Press



OPEN/CLOSE

to load a disc.

3 Press  (play) to start playback.

If you’re playing a DVD or Video CD/Super VCD, a menu may appear. See

menus

and

Video CD/Super VCD PBC menus

DVD-Video disc

page 7 to navigate these. If you’re playing a DivX video or WMA/MP3

disc, it may take a few seconds before playing. If you loaded a CD/CD-R/RW containing

JPEGs, a slideshow will start. See

JPEG slideshow

on page 12 for more on this.

Playing a

• If a disc contains a mixture of DivX video and other media file types (MP3, for example), first select whether to play the DivX video files ( file types (

DivX

) or the other media

MP3 / WMA / JPEG

) from the

on-screen display.

4 Adjust the volume.

Use the

VOLUME

control.

Basic playback controls

The following table shows the basic controls on the remote for playing discs

other playback features in the chapter 3.

Button What it does





Starts/resumes normal playback.

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If the display shows

LAST MEM

resume or last memory point (see

Resume and Last Memory

Pauses/unpauses a disc.

. You can find

RESUME

playback starts from the

below).

Note

1 The screen saver will appear after five minutes of inactivity. 2 You may find with some DVD discs that some playback controls don’t work in certain parts of the disc.

Getting started

Button











Numbers

What it does

Stops playback or cancels the resume function (if the display shows

Press to start fast reverse scanning. Press to start fast forward scanning. Skips to the start of the current track or

chapter, then previous tracks/chapters. Skips to the next track or chapter. Use to enter a title/chapter/track

number. Press

• If the disc is stopped, playback starts from the selected title (for DVD) or track (for CD/Video CD/Super VCD).

• If the disc is playing, playback jumps to the start of the selected title (VR mode DVD-RW), chapter (DVD-Video) or track (CD/Video CD/Super VCD).

ENTER

RESUME

to select.

Resume and Last Memory

When you stop playback of a disc, shows in the display indicating that you can resume playback from that point. With DVDs and Video CD/Super VCDs, even if

ejected, the play position is stored in memory. The next time you load the disc, the display shows

LAST MEM

and you can resume playback. If you want to clear the resume point, press (stop) while

RESUME

is displayed.

RESUME



DVD-Video disc menus

Many DVD-Video discs contain menus from which you can select what you want to watch.

Sometimes DVD-Video menus are displayed automatically when you start playback; others only appear when you press

TOP MENU

Button What it does

SHIFT+TOP MENU

DVD MENU



ENTER

RETURN

Numbers

Displays the ‘top menu’ of a DVD disc—this varies with the disc.

Displays a DVD disc menu—this varies with the disc and may be the same as the ‘top menu’.

Moves the cursor around the screen.

Selects the current menu option. Returns to the previously

displayed menu screen. Highlights a numbered menu

option (some discs only). Press

ENTER

DVD MENU

to select.

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 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

Button

RETURN

Numbers





What it does

Displays the PBC menu. Selects numbered menu options.

Press Displays the previous menu page

(if there is one). Displays the next menu page (if

there is one).

ENTER



(play) button.

to select.

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Note

1• The Last Memory function may not work with some discs.

• For DVD-Video discs (except VR mode DVD-RW), the player stores the play position of the last five discs.

Getting started01

Listening to the radio

The tuner can receive both FM and AM broadcasts, and lets you memorize your favorite stations so you don’t have to manually tune in every time you want to listen. See also

More tuner features: RDS

1 Press

TUNER

press repeatedly to select the AM or FM band.

The display shows the band and frequency.

2 Tune to a frequency.

There are three tuning modes—manual, auto, and high-speed:

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Manual tuning

repeatedly to change the displayed frequency.

•

Auto tuning

until the frequency display starts to move, then release. The tuner will stop on the next station it finds. Repeat to keep searching.

•

High-speed tuning +/–

until the frequency display starts to move rapidly. Keep the button held down until you reach the frequency you want. If necessary, fine tune the frequency using the manual tuning method.

Improving poor FM reception

If you’re listening to an FM station in stereo but the reception is weak, you can improve the sound quality by switching to mono.

1 Tune to an FM radio station then press

SHIFT+SYSTEM SETUP

2 Use

/

MODE then press

3 Use

MONO

The mono indicator ( ) lights when the tuner is in mono reception mode.

Select stereo mode (the stereo indicator ( ) lights when receiving a stereo broadcast).

(cursor left/right) to choose FM

/

(cursor up/down) to select

then press

FM AUTO

on page 18.

to switch to the tuner, then

: Press

TUNE +/–

: Press and hold

TUNE +/–

TUNE

ENTER

above to switch back to auto-

Memorizing stations

You can save up to 30 station presets so that you always have easy access to your favorite stations without having to tune in manually each time.

1 Tune to an AM or FM radio station.

For the FM band, select mono or auto-stereo reception as necessary. This setting is saved along with the preset.

2 Press

3 Use ‘ST.MEM.’ then press

4 Use station preset you want then press

SHIFT+SYSTEM SETUP

/

(cursor left/right) to choose

ENTER

/

(cursor up/down) to select the

ENTER

Listening to station presets

1 Make sure the

2 Use the preset.

• You can also use the number buttons to do this.

TUNER

function is selected.

ST +/–

buttons to select a station

Listening to other sources

You can connect up to two external sources (TV, satellite receiver, etc.) to this system. See

Connecting auxiliary components

FM/AM

DVD/CD

TUNER LINE

1 Make sure that the external source (TV, satellite receiver, etc.) is switched on.

LINE

2 Press

to select the source.

Press repeatedly to switch between

LINE

3 If necessary, start playback of the source.

on page 24.

LINE1 and

Getting started

Setting the sleep timer

The sleep timer switches off the system after a specified time so you can fall asleep without

worrying about it.

• Press then press

Choose between the following options:

•

SLP AUTO

after the currently playing CD, Video CD or DivX disc has finished.

•

SLP ON

•

SLP OFF

After selecting again to check how much time is left. Each line indicates approximately 12 minutes (remaining):

SLEEP

repeatedly to select an option

ENTER

– Switches off automatically

– Switches off after about an hour

– Cancels the sleep timer

SLP ON

, you can press

SLEEP

SLP --- --

Dimming the display

You can choose to dim the display if you find it too bright.

1 Press

2 Use to choose the dimmer setting.

This is shown in the front panel display.

3 Use LIGHT or DARK then press ENTER.

SHIFT+SYSTEM SETUP

/

(cursor left/right) then

/

(cursor up/down) to select

ENTER

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Note

1 The display dims when the sleep timer is set. 2

Sleep Auto

will not work with WMA/MP3 discs, Video CD/Super VCDs during PBC playback, or CDs in repeat play.

Listening to your system02

Chapter 2

Listening to your system

About the listening modes

As explained in page 5, there are two basic surround speaker setup options available with any of the listening modes:

•

Standard surround 5-spot setup

any of the surround listening modes with this setup (except Front Surround).

•

Front surround 3-spot setup

the Front Surround mode is switched on before selecting a surround listening mode (see

Home theater sound setup

Using Front Surround

– Use

– Make sure

on page 10).

Auto listening mode

The Auto listening mode is the simplest way to listen to any source as it was mastered: the output from the speakers mirrors the channels in the source material.

DISPLAY

CLEAR SLEEP

SHIFT

SURROUND FRONT

SURROUND

• Press AUTO listening mode.

SHIFT+SURROUND

to select the

Listening in surround sound

You can listen to stereo or multichannel sources in surround sound.

is generated from stereo sources using one of the Dolby Pro Logic decoding modes.

SHIFT

Note

1 If the source is Dolby Digital or DTS, the front panel 2 D 2• Note that the input source must be switched to

• If you’re planning on recording a multichannel source, refer to 3 When listening in Dolby Pro Logic II decoding.

DOLBY DIGITAL / DTS

CLEAR SLEEP

SURROUND FRONT

DISPLAY

SURROUND

Surround sound

DVD/CD

mode, two-channel material will automatically be played in surround sound using

• Press select a listening mode.

SHIFT+SURROUND

repeatedly to

The choices that appear in the display will vary according to the type of source that’s playing.

•

AUTO

– Auto listening mode (see above)

DOLBY DIGITAL/DTS

•

– Dolby Digital or

DTS decoding (depending on the source). For a multichannel source, this will be the same as

PROLOGIC

•

AUTO

– 4.1 channel surround sound

for use with any two-channel source

•

MOVIE

– Pro Logic II 5.1 channel surround sound, especially suited to movie sources (use with any two-channel source)

•

MUSIC

– Pro Logic II 5.1 channel surround sound, especially suited to music sources, for use with any two-channel source

•

STEREO

– See

Listening in stereo

Using Front Surround

The Front Surround mode is effective when you are using the Front surround 3-spot speaker setup as described in

setup

on page 5. The surround speakers should be placed on top of the front speakers and oriented towards the walls (see the

Setup Guide

) and

the input source.

DTS

indicator lights.

for multichannel playback.

Recording mode

on page 24.

Home theater sound

DVD/CD

SHIFT

must be selected as

DISPLAY

CLEAR SLEEP

SURROUND FRONT

SURROUND

below

Speaker

Listening to your system

HOME

DVD

• Press

SHIFT+FRONT SURROUND

switch Front Surround on or off.

When set to

MODE ON

, make sure to follow the guidelines in the Setup Guide for best surround sound.

Listening in stereo

You can listen to any source—stereo or multichannel—in stereo. When playing a multichannel source, all channels are downmixed to the front left/right speakers and the subwoofer.

DISPLAY

CLEAR SLEEP

SHIFT

SURROUND FRONT

SURROUND

• Press

SHIFT+SURROUND

repeatedly until

STEREO shows in the display.

Listening with headphones

When headphones are connected, only the

STEREO

mode is available.

Using the SFC modes

The SFC (Sound Field Control) modes can be used with any multichannel or stereo source for a variety of additional surround sound effects.

SYSTEM SETUP

SOUND MODE

TEST TONE

1 Press

2 Use MODE then press

3 Press

SOUND MODE

/

(cursor left/right) to select SFC

ENTER

/

(cursor up/down) then

to select an SFC Sound Mode.

Select between

ROCK, POP, HALL

OFF, ACTION, DRAMA

ENTER

LIVE

TOP

RETURN

ENTER

Adjusting the bass and treble

Use the bass and treble controls to adjust the overall tone.

1 Press

2 Use BASS or TREBLE then press

3 Use sound

SOUND MODE

/

(cursor left/right) to select

/

(cursor up/down) to adjust the

ENTER

then press ENTER to confirm

Boosting the bass level

There are two bass modes you can use to enhance the bass in a source.

1 Press

2 Use BASSMODE then press

3 Use sound

Select between

SOUND MODE

/

(cursor left/right) to select

/

(cursor up/down) to adjust the

ENTER

then press ENTER to confirm

OFF, MUSIC

CINEMA

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Chapter 3

Playing discs

Important

• Many of the functions covered in this chapter apply to DVD discs, Video CDs/ Super VCDs, CDs, DivX video and WMA/ MP3/JPEG discs, although the exact operation of some varies slightly with the kind of disc loaded.

• Some DVDs restrict the use of some functions (random or repeat, for example) in some or all parts of the disc. This is not a malfunction.

• When playing Video CD/Super VCDs, some of the functions are not available during PBC playback. If you want to use them, start the disc playing using a number button to select a track.

1 During playback, press  (pause).

/

/

2 Press and hold motion playback starts.

Press repeatedly to change the slow motion speed (shown on-screen).

• To resume playback, press

until slow



(play).

Frame advance/frame reverse

You can advance or back up DVD discs frameby-frame. With Video CD/Super VCDs and DivX video you can only use frame advance.

1 During playback, press  (pause).

2 Press advance a frame at a time.

• To resume playback, press  (play).

/

/

to reverse or

Scanning discs

You can fast-scan discs forward or backward at various different speeds.

• During playback, press  or  to start scanning.

Press repeatedly to increase the scanning speed (shown on-screen).

• To resume playback, press

(play).



Playing in slow motion

You can play DVDs, Video CD/Super VCDs and DivX video at four different forward slow motion speeds. DVD discs can also be played in reverse slow motion.

Note

1 Only one speed is available for DivX video discs. 2• Depending on the disc, normal playback may automatically resume when a new chapter is reached on a DVD disc.

• With Video CD/Super VCDs in PBC mode or a WMA/MP3 track, playback automatically resumes at the end or beginning of

the track. 3• The time it takes for the player to load a file increases with large file sizes.

• Discs can contain up to 299 folders and up to 648 folders and files combined.

Playing a JPEG slideshow

After loading a CD/CD-R/RW containing JPEG pictures, press

first folder/picture on the disc. displays the pictures in each folder in alphabetical order.

Pictures are automatically adjusted so that they fill as much of the screen as possible.

While the slideshow is running:

Button What it does





to start a slideshow from the

Pauses the slideshow; press again to restart.

The player

Playing discs

Button





///

ZOOM

DVD MENU

What it does

Displays the previous picture.

Displays the next picture.

Pauses the slideshow and rotates/ﬂips the displayed picture. (Press  (play) to restart slideshow).

Pauses the slideshow and zooms the picture. Press again to toggle between 1x, 2x and 4x zoom. (Press  (play) to restart slideshow).

Displays the Disc Navigator screen (see below).

Browsing DVD or Video CD/ Super VCD discs with the Disc Navigator

Use the Disc Navigator to browse through the contents of a DVD or Video CD/Super VCD disc to find the part you want to play.

1 During playback, press HOME MENU and select ‘Disc Navigator’ from the onscreen menu.

Disc Navigator

2 Select a view option.

Track

– Tracks from a Video CD/Super VCD

• disc.

•

Time

– Thumbnails from a Video CD/Super

VCD disc at 10 minute intervals.

•

Original: Title

– Original titles from a VR

mode DVD-RW disc.

•

Playlist: Title

– Playlist titles from a VR

mode DVD-RW disc.

•

Original: Time

– Thumbnails from the

Original content at 10 minute intervals.

•

Playlist: Time

– Thumbnails from the

Playlist at 10 minute intervals.

The screen shows up to six moving thumbnail images displayed one after another. To display the previous/next six thumbnails, press





3 Select the thumbnail image for what you want to play.

Disc Navigator: Title 01- 49: - -

You can use either the cursor buttons (

/

) and

ENTER

to select a thumbnail, or the

//

number buttons. To select using the number buttons, enter a

two-digit number then press

ENTER

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Disc Navigator Title Chapter

The options available depend on the kind of disc loaded and whether the disc is playing or not, but include:

•

Title

– Titles from a DVD-Video disc.

•

Chapter

– Chapters from the current title

of a DVD-Video disc.

Browsing WMA, MP3, DivX video and JPEG files with the Disc Navigator

Use the Disc Navigator to find a particular file or folder by filename.

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Play Mode

1 Press HOME MENU and select ‘Disc Navigator’ from the on-screen menu.

00:00/ 00:00 0kbps

Folder1

Folder2

Folder3

Folder4

2 Use the cursor buttons (

///

and ENTER to navigate.

Use the cursor up/down buttons (

/

) to

move up and down the folder/file list. Use the cursor left button ( parent folder. Use

ENTER

or cursor right () to open a



) to return to the

highlighted folder.

• When a JPEG file is highlighted, a thumbnail image is displayed on the right.

00:00/ 00:00 0kbps

Folder2

File1

File2

File3

File4

File5

Tip

• To play the contents of the whole disc rather than just the current folder, exit the Disc Navigator and start playback using the



(play) button.

Looping a section of a disc

)

The A-B Repeat function allows you to specify two points (A and B) within a track (CD, Video CD/Super Video CD) or title (DVD) that form a loop which is played over and over.

1 During playback, press select ‘

Play Mode

’.

HOME MENU

and

2 Select ‘A-B Repeat’.

ENTER

3 Press

on ‘A(Start Point)’ to set the

loop start point.

ENTER

4 Press

on ‘B(End Point)’ to set the

loop end point.

After pressing

ENTER

, playback jumps back to

the start point and plays the loop.

5 To resume normal playback, select ‘Off’.

3 To play the highlighted track or DivX video file or display the highlighted JPEG file, press ENTER.

• When a WMA/MP3 or DivX video file is selected, playback begins from that file, and continues until the end of the folder.

• When a JPEG file is selected, a slideshow begins, starting with that file, and continues to the end of the folder.

Note

1 You can also do this by going to the ‘..’ folder at the top, then pressing 2 You can’t use repeat play with WMA/MP3 discs.

Using repeat play

In addition to various repeat play options, it’s also possible to use repeat play together with program play (see page 15).

1 During playback, press select ‘

Play Mode

2 Select ‘Repeat’ then select a repeat play

option.

If program play is active, select

Repeat

to repeat the program list, or

Off

to cancel.

ENTER

Creating a program list

’.

HOME MENU

Program

Repeat

and

Playing discs

• For DVD discs, select

Chapter Repeat

Title Repeat

• For CDs and Video CD/Super VCDs, select

Disc Repeat

• For DivX video discs, select (or

Repeat Off

Track Repeat

Repeat Title

Using random play

Use this function to play titles or chapters (DVD-Video) or tracks (CD and Video CD/Super

VCD) in a random order.

1 During playback, press select ‘

Play Mode

2 Select ‘Random’ then select an option.

• For DVD discs, select

Random Chapter

• For CDs and Video CD/Super VCDs, select

Off

to switch random play on or off.

Tip

• Use the following controls during random play:

Button





What it does

Selects a new track/title/chapter at random.

Returns to the beginning of the current track/title/chapter; further presses select another random track/title/chapter.

’.

HOME MENU

Random Title

and

Creating a program list

This feature lets you program the play order of titles/chapters/tracks on a disc.

1 During playback, press select ‘

Play Mode

’.

2 Select ‘Program’ then select ‘Create/Edit’ from the list of program options.

3 Use the cursor buttons and select a title, chapter or track for the current step in the program list.

For a DVD disc, you can add a title or a chapter.

• For a CD or Video CD/Super VCD, select a track to add to the program list.

After pressing

ENTER

to select the title/ chapter/track, the step number automatically moves down one.

4 Repeat step 3 to build up a program list.

A program list can contain up to 24 steps.

• You can insert steps by just highlighting the position where you want the new step to appear and entering a title/chapter/track number.

• To delete a step, highlight it and press

CLEAR

5 To play the program list, press  (play).

Program play remains active until you turn off program play (see below), erase the program list (see below), eject the disc or switch off.

HOME MENU

ENTER

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• Random play remains in effect until you select

Random Off

from the random play

menu options.

Note

1• You can set the random play option when a disc is playing or stopped. However, you can't use random play together with program play.

• You can’t use random play with VR format DVD-RW discs, WMA/MP3 discs, DivX video discs, or while a DVD disc menu is

being displayed. 2• Program lists are saved for the DVD disc loaded. When you load a disc with a saved program list, program play is automatically turned on.

• You can’t use Program play with VR format DVD-RW discs, WMA/MP3 discs, DivX video discs, or while a DVD disc menu is

being displayed.

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Tip

• Use the following controls during program play:

Button

HOME MENU



What it does

Save the program list and exit without starting playback.

Skip to the next step in the program list.

Other functions available from the program menu

There are a number of other options in the program menu in addition to Create/Edit.

•

Playback Start

– Starts playback of a

saved program list

•

Playback Stop

– Turns off program play,

but does not erase the program list

•

Program Delete

– Erases the program list

and turns off program play

Searching a disc

You can search DVD discs by title or chapter number, or by time; CDs and Video CD/Super VCDs by track number or time; DivX video discs by time.

1 Press

Mode

2 Select ‘Search Mode’.

The search options that appear depend on the kind of disc loaded.

3 Select a search mode.

HOME MENU

and select ‘

Play

’.

• The disc must be playing in order to use time search.

4 Use the number buttons to enter a title, chapter or track number, or a time.

• For a time search, enter the number of minutes and seconds into the currently playing title (DVD/ DivX video) or track (CD/ Video CD/Super VCD) you want playback to resume from. For example, press

4, 5, 0, 0

to have playback start from 45 minutes into the disc. For 1 hour, 20 minutes and 30 seconds, press

5 Press

ENTER

8, 0, 3, 0

to start playback.

Switching subtitles

Some DVD discs and DivX video discs have subtitles in one or more languages; the disc box will usually tell you which subtitle languages are available. You can switch

subtitle language during playback.

• Press

SHIFT+SUBTITLE

repeatedly to

select a subtitle option.

• To set subtitle preferences, see

settings

on page 20.

Displaying DivX subtitle files

• See

Language

page 30 for more on DivX subtitles.

Switching language / audio channels

When playing discs recorded with dialog in two or more languages, or with dual-mono audio you can switch these during playback.

• Press

SHIFT+AUDIO

repeatedly to select

an audio language option.

• To set audio language preferences, see

Language settings

on page 20.

Note

1 Some discs only allow you to change subtitle language from the disc menu. Press cess. 2 Some Super VCDs have two soundtracks. With these discs you can switch between the two soundtracks as well as individual channels in each. 3 Some discs only allow you to change audio language from the disc menu. Press

SHIFT+TOP MENU

DVD MENU

to ac-

to access.

Playing discs

Zooming the screen

Using the zoom feature you can magnify a part of the screen by a factor of 2 or 4, while watching a DVD, DivX video title or Video CD/ Super VCD or playing a JPEG disc.

1 During playback, use the button to select the zoom factor (Normal, 2x or 4x).

2 Use the cursor buttons to change the zoomed area.

You can change the zoom factor and the zoomed area freely during playback.

SHIFT+ZOOM

Switching camera angles

Some DVD discs feature scenes shot from two or more angles—check the disc box for details.

When a multi-angle scene is playing, a icon appears on screen (this can be switched off if you prefer—see page 21).

• During playback (or when paused), press

SHIFT+ANGLE

Display settings

to switch angle.

Displaying disc information

Various track, chapter and title information can be displayed on-screen during playback.

• To show/switch/hide the information displayed, press

Limited disc information also appears in the front panel display. Press the displayed information.

DISPLAY

repeatedly.

DISPLAY

to change

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Note

1• Since DVD, Video CD/Super VCD, DivX video title and JPEG pictures have a fixed resolution, picture quality will deteriorate, especially at 4x zoom. This is not a malfunction.

• If the navigation square at the top of the screen disappears, press

SHIFT+ZOOM

again to display it.

More tuner features: RDS04

Chapter 4

More tuner features: RDS

An introduction to RDS

Radio Data System (RDS) is a system used by most FM radio stations to provide listeners with various kinds of information—the name of the station and the kind of show they’re broadcasting, for example.

One feature of RDS is that you can search by type of program. For example, you can search for a station that’s broadcasting a show with the program type,

You can search the following program types:

NEWS –

News

AFFAIRS

– Current Affairs

– General Information

INFO SPORT

– Sport

EDUCATE DRAMA CULTURE

regional culture, theater, etc.

SCIENCE

technology

VARIED

based material, such as quiz shows or interviews.

POP M ROCK M EASY M LIGHT M

music

CLASSICS

classical music

OTHER M

fitting above categories

WEATHER

reports

– Educational

– Radio plays, etc.

– National or

– Science and

– Usually talk-

– Pop music

– Rock music

– Easy listening

– ‘Light’ classical

– ‘Serious’

– Music not

– Weather

JAZZ

FINANCE

– Stock market reports, commerce, trading, etc.

CHILDREN

children

SOCIAL RELIGION

concerning religion

PHONE IN

expressing their views by phone

TRAVEL

travel rather than traffic announcements LEISURE – Leisure interests and hobbies

JAZZ – Jazz COUNTRY NATION M – Popular

music in a language other than English OLDIES – Popular music from the ’50s and ’60s

FOLK M – Folk music

DOCUMENT

– Programs for

– Social affairs

– Programs

– Public

– Holiday-type

– Country music

– Documentary

Displaying RDS information

Use the different types of RDS information available.

• Press

Each press changes the display as follows:

DISPLAY

• Radio Text (

button to display the

DISPLAY

for RDS information.

) – Messages sent by the radio station. For example, a talk radio station may provide a phone number as RT.

• Program Service Name (

) – The name of

the radio station.

• Program Type (

PTY

) – This indicates the

kind of program currently being broadcast.

•

– PTY search (see below)

• Current tuner frequency

Searching for RDS programs

You can search for a program type listed above.

1 Press the

2 Press appears in the display.

3 Use program type you want to hear.

4 Press

The system searches the station presets for a match. If it finds one, searching stops for 5 sec.

5 If you want to keep listening to the station, press

If you don’t press

TUNER

button for the FM band.

DISPLAY

/

ENTER

repeatedly until SEARCH

(cursor left/right) to select the

to start the search.

ENTER

within the 5 seconds.

ENTER

, searching resumes.

Note

1 In addition, there are three other program types, TEST, ALARM, and NONE. ALARM and TEST are used for emergency announcements. You can’t search for these, but the tuner will switch automatically to this RDS broadcast signal. NONE appears when a program type cannot be found. 2• If any noise is picked up while displaying the RT scroll, some characters may be displayed incorrectly.

• If you see NO RADIO TEXT DATA in the RT display, it means no RT data is sent from the broadcast station. The display will

automatically switch to the PS data display (if no PS data, the frequency is displayed).

• In the PTY display, NO DATA or NONE may be shown. In this case, the PS display is shown after a few seconds.

3 RDS is only possible in the FM band.

Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus

Video Adjust

Chapter 5

Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus

Audio Settings menu

The Audio Settings menu offers features for adjusting the way discs sound.

1 Press

HOME MENU

and select ‘Audio

Settings’ from the on-screen display.

Audio Settings

2 Select and change settings using the

//

(cursor) buttons, and

Audio Settings

Audio DRC High

Medium

Low

Off

ENTER

/

Audio DRC

• Settings:

(default)

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.

How much of a difference you hear depends on the material you’re listening to. If the material doesn’t have wide variations in volume, you

may not notice much change.

High, Medium, Low, Off

Video Adjust menu

From the Video Adjust screen you can adjust settings that affect picture presentation.

Note

1• Audio DRC is only effective with Dolby Digital audio sources.

1 Press Adjust’ from the on-screen display.

2 Make settings using the

///

You can adjust the following settings:

Adjust the Brightness, Contrast, Hue and Chroma Level settings using the left/right) buttons.

3 Press screen, or

HOME MENU

and select ‘Video

(cursor) buttons, and

Video Adjust

Sharpness

Brightness

Contrast

Gamma

Hue

Chroma Level

•

Sharpness

edges in the picture (

•

Brightness

brightness (

Contrast

• light and dark (

•

Gamma

picture (

Hue

– Adjusts the red/green balance

• (

Green 9

Chroma Level

• colors appear (

Brightness min max

ENTER

HOME MENU

Standard



Off



– Adjusts the sharpness of

Fine, Standard, Soft

– Adjusts the overall

–20

+20

– Adjusts the contrast between

–16

+16

– Adjusts the ‘warmth’ of the

High, Medium, Low, Off

Red 9

)

– Adjusts how saturated

–9

to +9)

to return to the Video Adjust

to exit.

ENTER

)

/

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Initial Settings

Chapter 6

Initial Settings menu

1 Press

Using the Initial Settings menu

Settings’.

The Initial Settings menu provides audio and video output settings, parental lock settings, and display settings, among others.

If an option is grayed out it means that it cannot be changed at the current time. This is usually because a disc is playing. Stop the disc, then change the setting.

2 Use the cursor buttons and select the setting and option you want to set.

All the settings and options are explained on the following pages.

Video Output settings

Setting Option What it means

TV Screen

(See also

Screen sizes

and disc formats

page 33.)

AV Connector Out

(See

Using the SCART

AV output

on page 25.)

4:3 (Letter Box)

4:3 (Pan & Scan)

16:9 (Wide)

Video

S-Video

RGB

Set if you have a conventional 4:3 TV. Widescreen movies are shown with black bars top and bottom.

Set if you have a conventional 4:3 TV. Widescreen movies are shown with the sides cropped so that the image fills the screen.

Set if you have a widescreen TV.

Standard video, compatible with all TVs.

Higher quality, but check your TV for compatibility.

Best quality, but check your TV for compatibility.

Language settings

Setting

Audio Language English

Option What it means

If there is an English soundtrack on the disc, it is played.

Languages as displayed

Other Language

If there is a language selected on the disc, it is played.

Select to choose a language other than the ones displayed (see

Using the language code list

HOME MENU

on page 36).

and select ‘Initial

ENTER

Note

1• In the table, the default setting is shown in

• Some settings, such as

these settings can also be made from the DVD disc menu.

AV Connector Out

• The

TV Screen, Audio Language

setting only needs to be set if you have connected this player to your TV using a SCART cable.

bold

: other settings are shown in

and

Subtitle Language

italics

may be overridden by the DVD disc. Often

Initial Settings menu

Setting

Subtitle Language English

DVD Menu Language

Subtitle Display On

Option What it means

If there are English subtitles on the disc they are displayed.

Languages as displayed

Other Language

w/Subtitle Lang.

Languages as displayed

Other Language

Off

The subtitle language selected on the disc is displayed.

Select to choose a language other than the ones displayed (see

Using the language code list

DVD disc menus are displayed in the same language as your selected subtitle language, if possible.

DVD menus are displayed in the selected language, if possible.

Select to choose a language other than the ones displayed (see

Using the language code list

Subtitles are displayed in your selected subtitle language.

Subtitles are always off by default when you play a DVD disc.

Display settings

Setting

OSD Language English

Angle Indicator On

Option What it means

On-screen displays of the player are in English.

Languages as displayed

Off

On-screen displays are shown in the language selected.

A camera icon is displayed on-screen during multi-angle scenes on a DVD disc.

No multi-angle indication is shown.

Options settings

Setting Option What it means

See

Parental Lock –

DivX VOD Display

Parental Lock

See

About DivX® VOD content

below.

on page 36).

below.

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Speakers settings

Setting

Speaker Distance –

Parental Lock

• Default level: Default Country code:

Option What it means

Off

; Default password:

us (2119)

Specify the distance of your speakers from your listening position (see

Speaker Distance

on page 23).

To give you some control over what your

none

children watch on your DVD player, some DVD-

;

Video discs feature a Parental Lock level. If your player is set to a lower level than the disc, the disc won’t play.

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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.

Registering a new password

1 Select ‘Password’.

Initial Settings

Video Output

Language

Display

Options

Speakers

Parental Lock

DivX VOD

Password

Level Change

Country Code

2 Use the number buttons to input a 4-digit password then press

ENTER

Changing your password

To change your password, confirm your existing password then enter a new one.

1 Select ‘Password Change’.

2 Input your existing password, then press

ENTER

3 Enter a new password and press

ENTER

Setting/changing the Parental Lock

1 Select ‘Level Change’.

2 Use number buttons to enter your

ENTER

password, then press

3 Select a new level and press

ENTER

• Press  (cursor left) repeatedly to lock more levels (more discs will require the password); press



(cursor right) to

unlock levels. You can’t lock level 1.

Setting/changing the Country code

You can find the

Country/Area code list

page 37.

1 Select ‘Country Code’.

2 Input your password, then press

3 Select a Country code then press

ENTER

There are two ways you can do this:

/

• Select by code letter: Use

(cursor up/

down) to change the Country code.

• Select by code number: Press



(cursor right) then use the number buttons to enter the 4-digit Country code.

The new Country code takes effect after ejecting the disc once.

About DivX® VOD content

In order to play DivX VOD (video on demand) content on this player, you first need to register the player with your DivX VOD content provider. You do this by generating a DivX VOD registration code, which you submit to your

provider.

Displaying your DivX VOD registration code

1 Press HOME MENU and select ‘Initial Settings’.

Important

• DivX VOD content is protected by a DRM (Digital Rights Management) system. This restricts playback of content to specific, registered devices.

• If you load a disc that contains DivX VOD content not authorized for your player, the message

Authorization Error

is displayed

and the content will not play.

Note

1• Not all discs use Parental Lock, and will play without requiring the password first.

• If you forget your password, you’ll need to reset the player to register a new password. (see

2 Resetting the player (as described in

Resetting the system

on page 36) will not cause you to lose your registration code.

Resetting the system

on page 36).

Initial Settings menu

2 Select ‘Options’, then ‘DivX VOD’.

Initial Settings

Video Output

Language

Display

Options

Speakers

Parental Lock

DivX VOD

Display

3 Select ‘Display’.

Your 8-digit registration code is displayed.

Initial Settings

Video Output

Language

Display

Options

Speakers

DivX VOD Registration Code

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Make a note of the code as you will need it when you register with a DivX VOD provider.

Playing DivX® VOD content

Some DivX VOD content may only be playable a fixed number of times. When you load a disc containing this type of DivX VOD content, the remaining number of plays is shown on-screen and you then have the option of playing the disc (thereby using up one of the remaining plays), or stopping. If you load a disc that contains expired DivX VOD content (for example, content that has zero remaining plays), the message

Rental Expired

displayed. If your DivX VOD content allows an unlimited

number of plays, then you may load the disc into your player and play the content as often as you like, and no message will be displayed.

Speaker Distance

• Default setting:

To get the best surround sound from your system, you should set up the speaker distances from your listening position.

3.0 m

Initial Settings

Video Output

Language

Display

Options

Speakers

1 Use the

Speaker Distance

/

(cursor up/down) to select a

speaker.

• The L and R speakers are paired; you can’t set them differently.

Initial Settings

2 Press

Video Output

Language

Display

Options

Speakers



(cursor right) to change the

3.0m

speaker distance for the highlighted speaker.

3 Use the

/

(cursor up/down) to change

the distance.

• When you change the distance settings of the front left (

) or front right (R) speakers, all the other speaker distances change relative to it.

• Front left/right (

L/R

) speaker distances can be set from 30 cm to 9 m in 30 cm increments.

• The center speaker (

) can be set from –2.1 m to 0 m relative to the front left/right speakers.

• Surround left/right (

SL/SR

) speakers can

be set from –6.0 m to 0 m relative to the front left/right speakers.

• The subwoofer (SW) can be set from –2.1 m to 0 m relative to the front left/right speakers.

4 Press  (cursor left) to go back to the speaker list if you want to modify another speaker, or press

ENTER

to exit the Speaker

Distance screen.

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Note

1 Make sure to set them the same distance when using Front Surround (page 10).

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Outdoor antenna

Chapter 7

Other connections

Connecting auxiliary components

Using the stereo analog inputs, you can connect an external component such as a VCR, MD or CD player for playback through this system.

Tape deck, etc.

AUDIO

OUTPUT

LINE 2

FRONT

SURROUND

VIDEO

OUT

AUDIOVIDEO

• Connect the AUDIO IN jacks to the analog outputs of an external playback component.

Connect using RCA pin-plug stereo cables.

Recording mode

The Recording mode allows you to make surround-compatible analog recordings from

the

AV CONNECTOR

multichannel sources will be downmixed to stereo for improved playback with systems that can provide matrix-decoding (like Dolby Pro Logic).

output.1 Dolby

1 Press

2 Use MODE then press

3 Use MODE ON or MODE OFF then press

SOUND MODE

/

(cursor left/right) to select REC

/

(cursor up/down) to select

ENTER

confirm.

•

MODE ON

– Multichannel sources are downmixed to stereo for recording (the same downmix is heard through the front speakers and the subwoofer).

•

MODE OFF

– For regular multichannel playback through your speaker system (only the front left and right channels are output from the line output).

Connecting external antennas

For an external AM antenna, use 5–6 meters of vinyl-insulated wire and set up either indoors or outdoors. Leave the loop antenna connected.

Indoor

antenna

(vinyl-coated

wire)

5–6m

LOOP ANTENNA

Note

1• When Recording mode is on, most sound features cannot be used. The display will briefly blink use a prohibited function while Recording mode is on.

• When Recording mode is off, the audio from the

• The Recording mode switches off if you change the input function (

REC MODE

AV CONNECTOR

output may be interrupted, depending on the operation.

DVD/CD, TUNER

, etc.) or switch the power off.

if you try and

Other connections

For an external FM antenna, Use a PAL connector to hook up an external FM antenna.

ANTENNA

PAL connector

Using the SCART AV output

There are two different kinds of video outputs you can use to connect this system to your TV. The SCART output should give you better picture quality than the standard composite video output. The SCART AV connector

functions as both a video and audio output.

• Use a commercially available SCART cable to connect the AV CONNECTOR to your TV.

SCART pin assignment

The diagram below shows the SCART 21-pin connector assignment. This connector provides the video and audio signals for connection to a compatible color TV/monitor.

Assignment

No.

1 Audio R OUT 12 No connection

2 Audio R IN 13 GND (video)

3 Audio L OUT 14 GND (video)

4 GND (audio) 15 R or C OUT

5 GND (video) 16 BLANK OUT

6 Audio L IN 17 GND (video)

7B OUT 18 GND (video)

8 Status 19 Video or Y OUT

9 GND (video) 20 No connection

10 No connection 21 GND (video)

11 G OUT

Pin No.

Assignment

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ANTENNA

FM UNBAL 75ΩAMLOOP ANTENNA

AV CONNECTOR

VIDEO

OUT

LINE 2

AUDIOVIDEO

Note

1 SCART cables are available in several configurations. Make sure that the one you get will work with this system and your TV/ monitor (see

SCART pin assignment

above).

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Chapter 8

Controls and displays

Display

1 5 6

SOUND DTS F.SURR.

2D 2PL

12 89 7

DTS

Lights during playback of a DTS source (page 10).

SOUND

Lights when the SFC Modes or the tone controls (treble, bass or bass boost) are active (page 11).

F.SURR.

Lights when the Front Surround listening mode is selected (page 10).

RPT

and

RPT

-1

RPT

lights during repeat play.

during repeat one-track play (page 14).

REC MODE

Lights when Rec Mode is on (page 24).

PGM

Lights during program play (page 15).

7 Tuner indicators

– Lights when a broadcast is being

received.

being received in auto stereo mode.

– Lights when FM mono reception is

selected.

display or search modes.

– Lights when a stereo FM broadcast is

– Lights when in one of the RDS

1113

RPT-1

lights

REC MODE RPT -1

PGM

kHz MHz RDM

RDM

Lights during random play (page 15).

9 kHz / MHz

Indicates the frequency unit shown in the character display (

10 Character display

Lights when sleep timer is active (page 9).

Lights when a disc is playing.

132 PL II

Lights during Dolby Pro Logic II decoding (page 10).

142 D

Lights during playback of a Dolby Digital source (page 10).

kHz

for AM,



MHz

for FM).

Controls and displays

Front panel

4 5 6 7 8321

VOLUME

DVD/CD FM/AM

0 OPEN/CLOSE

1 Display

See Display above for detailed information.

 OPEN/CLOSE

Opens/closes the disc tray.

 DVD/CD

Selects the DVD/CD function and starts/ pauses/resumes playback.



Stops playback.

FM/AM

Selects the tuner function and toggles between FM/AM bands.

VOLUME

buttons

Adjusts the volume.

 STANDBY/ON

Switches the system on or into standby.

PHONES

jack

Headphone jack.



STANDBY/ON

–

Remote control

STANDBY/ON MUTE

FM/AM

DVD/CD

TUNER

123

456

7890

AUDIO SUBTITLE ANGLE ZOOM

SYSTEM SETUP

SOUND MODE

HOME MENU

TEST TONE

TUNE

ENTER

TUNE

DVD

LINE

VOLUME

TOP

RETURN

 STANDBY/ON

SHIFT

CLEAR SLEEP

SURROUND FRONT

SURROUND

DISPLAY

Switches the system on or into standby.

2 Function select buttons

Selects the source you want to listen to (DVD/ CD. TUNER, LINE)

3 Number buttons

Select chapters/tracks from a disc directly. Press DVD/CD to access these controls:

SHIFT+AUDIO

Selects audio channel/language (page 16).

SHIFT+SUBTITLE

Displays/changes the subtitles (page 16).

SHIFT+ANGLE

Changes camera angle during DVD multiangle scene playback (page 17).

SHIFT+ZOOM

Changes the screen zoom level (page 17).

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HOME MENU

Displays (or exits) the on-screen menu for Initial Settings, Play Mode functions, etc.

SHIFT+SYSTEM SETUP

Use to make various system and surround sound settings (page 5, 9 and 33).

5 Cursor buttons, buttons

Cursor buttons

Use the cursor buttons ( navigate on-screen displays and menus.

ENTER

Selects an option or executes a command.

TUNE +/–

Tunes the radio.

ST +/–

Selects station presets when listening to the radio.

SOUND MODE

Accesses the sound menu to adjust the SFC Mode, bass and treble, etc. (page 11 and 24)

SHIFT+TEST TONE

Outputs the test tone (for speaker setup) (page 5).

7 Disc playback controls

See

Basic playback controls

Playing discs

these controls.

SHIFT

Some of the buttons have alternate functions (they are outlined on the remote control). Press and hold

Clears an entry.

Mutes the sound (press again to cancel).

Adjusts the volume.

SHIFT

CLEAR

MUTE

VOLUME +/–

ENTER

and tuning

///

on page 6 and

on page 12 for an explanation of

to access these.

) to

DVD MENU

Press to display a DVD disc menu, or the Disc Navigator (page 7).

SHIFT+TOP MENU

Displays the top menu of a DVD disc in the play position—this may be the same as pressing

RETURN

Returns to a previous menu screen.

DISPLAY

Displays/changes disc information shown on-screen (page 17) or to display RDS information (page 18).

SHIFT+FRONT SURROUND

Selects a Front Surround listening mode (page 10).

SLEEP

Press to set the sleep timer (page 9).

SHIFT+SURROUND

Selects a Surround mode (page 10).

DVD MENU

(page 7).

Additional information

Chapter 9

Additional information

Disc/content format playback compatibility

This player is compatible with a wide range of disc types (media) and formats. Playable discs will generally feature one of the following logos on the disc and/or disc packaging. Note however that some disc types, such as recordable CD and DVD, may be in an unplayable format.

See the

Disc compatibility table

information.

DVD-Video DVD-R DVD-RW

Audio CD CD-R

• is a trademark of Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd.

• is a trademark of DVD Format/Logo Licensing Corporation

• Also compatible with KODAK Picture CD

This player supports the IEC’s Super VCD standard for superior picture quality, dual soundtracks, and widescreen support.

Video CD

Fujicolor CD

below for more

CD-RW

Disc compatibility table

Media

CD-R/RW

DVD-R/RW

PC-created disc

Compatible formats

• CD-Audio, Video CD/Super VCD, ISO 9660 CD-ROM*

* ISO 9660 Level 1 or 2 compliant. CD physical format: Mode1, Mode2 XA Form1. Romeo and Joliet file systems are both compatible.

• Multi-session playback: No

• Unﬁnalized disc playback: No

• DVD-Video, Video Recording (VR)*

Edit points may not play exactly as

edited; screen may go momentarily blank at edited points.

• Unﬁnalized playback: No

• WMA/MP3/JPEG ﬁle playback on DVD-R/RW: No

• Discs recorded using a PC may not be playable due to the setting of the software used to create the disc. In these instances, check the DVD-R/RW or CD-R/RW software manual or disc boxes for more on compatibility.

• Discs recorded in packet write mode (UDF format) are not compatible.

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VIDEO

Super Video CD (Super VCD)

Additional information09

Media

Compressed audio

JPEG ﬁle

Compatible formats

• MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 (MP3), Windows Media Audio (WMA)

• Sampling rates: 32, 44.1 or 48kHz

• Bit-rates: Any (128Kbps or higher recommended)

• VBR (variable bit rate) MP3 playback: No

• VBR WMA playback: No

• WMA lossless encoding: No

• DRM (Digital Rights Management) compatible: Yes (DRM-protected audio

not

ﬁles will

• File extensions: .mp3, .wma (these must be used for the player to recognize MP3 and WMA ﬁles

• File structure: Up to 299 folders and up to 648 folders and ﬁles combined.

• Baseline JPEG and EXIF 2.2* still image ﬁles up to a resolution of 3072 x

2048.

*File format for digital still cameras

• Progressive JPEG compatible: No

• File extensions: .jpg (must be used for the player to recognize JPEG ﬁles)

• File structure: Up to 299 folders; up to 648 folders and ﬁles combined

play in this player).

About DivX

DivX is a compressed digital video format created by the DivX

DivXNetworks, Inc. This player can play DivX video files burned on CD-R/RW/ROM discs. Keeping the same terminology as DVD-Video, individual DivX video files are called ‘Titles’. When naming files/titles on a CD-R/RW disc prior to burning, keep in mind that by default they will be played in alphabetical order.

video codec from

DivX video compatibility

• Official DivX® Certified product.

• Plays DivX VOD video content (in compliance with

DivX

• File extensions: .avi and .divx (these must be used for the player to recognize DivX video files).

extension are recognized as MPEG4, but not all of these are necessarily DivX video files and therefore may not be playable on this player.

Displaying DivX subtitle files

The font sets listed below are available for DivX external subtitle files. You can see the proper font set on-screen by setting the

Language

to match the subtitle file.

ISO 8859-1

following West European languages:

Albanian (sq), Basque (eu), Catalan (ca), Danish (da), Dutch (nl), English (en), Faroese (fo), Finnish (fi), French (fr), German (de), Icelandic (is), Irish, (ga) Italian (it), Norwegian (no), Portuguese (pt), Rhaeto-Romanic (rm), Scottish (gd), Spanish (es), and Swedish (sv)

ISO 8859-2

following East European languages:

Albanian (sq), Croatian (hr), Czech (cs), Hungarian (hu), Polish (pl), Romanian (ro), Slovak (sk), Slovenian (sl)

ISO 8859-5

following Russian languages:

Bulgarian (bg), Byelorussian (be), Macedonian (mk), Russian (ru), Serbian (sr), Ukrainian (uk)

ISO 8859-8

following Hebraic languages:

Hebrew (iw), Yiddish (ji)

5, DivX® 4, DivX® 3, and DivX®

Certified technical requirements).

Note that all files with the .avi

Subtitle

(in

Language settings

on page 20)

(also known as “Latin 1”) covers the

(also known as “Latin 2”) covers the

(also known as “Latin 5”) covers the

(also known as “Latin 8”) covers the

Note

1• For external subtitle files the following subtitle format filename extensions are supported (please note that these files are not shown within the disc navigation menu): .srt, .sub, .ssa, .smi

• Some external subtitle files may be displayed incorrectly or not at all.

• The filename of the movie file has to be repeated at the beginning of the filename for the external subtitle file.

• The number of external subtitle files which can be switched for the same movie file is limited to a maximum of 10.

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