Proceed PMDT User Manual

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Owner’s Manual

PMDT

Modular DVD

Transport

PR O C E E D

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WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL.

The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.

Marking by the “CE” symbol (shown left) indicates compliance of this device with the EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) and LVD (Low Voltage Directive) standards of the European Community.

NOTICES

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment on and off, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna;

• Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver;

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected;

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

CAUTION: Changes or modifications to this equipment not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited.

The information contained in the manual is subject to change without notice. The most current version of this manual will be posted on our web site at http://www.madrigal.com.

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Important Safety Instructions

Please read all instructions and precautions carefully and completely before operating your Proceed power amplifier.

1. ALWAYS disconnect your entire system from the AC mains before connecting or disconnecting any cables, or when cleaning any component.

2. This product is equipped with a three-conductor AC mains power cord which includes an earth ground connection. To prevent shock hazard, all three connections must ALWAYS be used. If your electrical outlets will not accept this type of plug, an adapter may be purchased. If an adapter is necessary, be sure it is an approved type and is used properly, supplying an earth ground. If you are not sure of the integrity of your home electrical system, contact a licensed electrician for assistance.

3. AC extension cords are not recommended for use with this product. If an extension cord must be used, be sure it is an approved type and has sufficient current-carrying capacity to power this product.

4. NEVER use flammable or combustible chemicals for cleaning audio components.

5. NEVER operate this product with any covers removed.

6. NEVER wet the inside of this product with any liquid.

7. NEVER pour or spill liquids directly onto this unit.

8. NEVER block air flow through ventilation slots or heatsinks.

9. NEVER bypass any fuse.

10. NEVER replace any fuse with a value or type other than those specified.

11. NEVER attempt to repair this product. If a problem occurs, contact your Proceed

12. NEVER expose this product to extremely high or low temperatures.

13. NEVER operate this product in an explosive atmosphere.

14. ALWAYS keep electrical equipment out of the reach of children.

15. ALWAYS unplug sensitive electronic equipment during lightning storms.

retailer.

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From all of us at Madrigal Audio Laboratories, thank you for choosing this Proceed product.

A great deal of effort went into the design and construction of this precision device. Used properly, it will give you many years of enjoyment.

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Table of Contents

Unpacking and Placement ........................................................................ 7

Unpacking the PMDT .......................................................................................... 7

Placement of the PMDT ..................................................................................... 7

Operating Voltage & Frequency ................................................................ 8

Voltage label ............................................................................................... 8

A Quick Start… ............................................................................................ 9

check & connect ac power ...................................................................... 9

Quick video connection ............................................................................ 9

quick audio connection............................................................................. 9

loading a disc ............................................................................................. 9

Warm up/break-in period ................................................................................. 9

Special Design Features ............................................................................ 11

Modular hardware ............................................................................................ 11

Updatable software .......................................................................................... 11

No-compromise audio ..................................................................................... 11

Unexcelled video techniques .......................................................................... 12

Ease of use .........................................................................................................12

Industrial Design................................................................................................ 13

Front Panel, PMDT....................................................................................... 14

Rear Panel, PMDT ....................................................................................... 20

trigger tip polarity....................................................................................... 21

IR input tip polarity .....................................................................................21

building a link cable ..................................................................................21

The PMDT Remote Control ......................................................................... 25

The PMDT Menus ......................................................................................... 31

Using the menus ................................................................................................ 31

Video setup ...................................................................................................... 32

TV type ....................................................................................................... 32

black setup ................................................................................................ 32

black level ................................................................................................. 32

white level .................................................................................................. 32

chroma ...................................................................................................... 33

video outs .................................................................................................. 33

dvd pause ................................................................................................. 33

Audio Setup ...................................................................................................... 34

spoken........................................................................................................ 34

subtitles....................................................................................................... 34

favorite multichannel ................................................................................ 35

alternative sound ...................................................................................... 35

audio delay ............................................................................................... 35

output 96kHz.............................................................................................. 36

Disc behavior .................................................................................................... 36

after load… ............................................................................................... 36

play key...................................................................................................... 37

, keys ................................................................................................. 37

stop dvd ..................................................................................................... 38

power user tip............................................................................................ 38

use ESP ....................................................................................................... 38

User preferences ............................................................................................... 38

key feedback ............................................................................................ 39

OSD position .............................................................................................. 39

background............................................................................................... 39

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link options ................................................................................................. 39

display time ............................................................................................... 40

auto standby ............................................................................................. 40

screen saver ............................................................................................... 41

Information preferences .................................................................................... 41

disc time ..................................................................................................... 41

sound type ................................................................................................. 41

camera angle ........................................................................................... 42

a/v processor ............................................................................................ 42

play status .................................................................................................. 42

time of day ................................................................................................ 42

set clock ..................................................................................................... 42

Technical menu ................................................................................................ 43

video menu ............................................................................................... 43

teach IR commands ................................................................................. 43

restore defaults .......................................................................................... 44

delete programs ........................................................................................ 44

parental control ......................................................................................... 44

Programming the PMDT ............................................................................. 45

electronically saved preferences (ESP™) ....................................................... 45

audio, language ........................................................................................ 46

subtitles....................................................................................................... 46

subtitle on/off ............................................................................................ 46

camera angle ........................................................................................... 46

aspect ratio ............................................................................................... 46

black level ................................................................................................. 46

delay offset ................................................................................................ 47

lock settings ............................................................................................... 47

ad hoc programming ...................................................................................... 47

ad hoc program menu ............................................................................ 47

Troubleshooting ......................................................................................... 50

Care & Maintenance ................................................................................ 52

U.S. and Canadian Warranty .................................................................... 53

90-Day Limited Warranty .................................................................................. 53

Five Year Extended Warranty ........................................................................... 53

Obtaining Service ..................................................................................... 54

Specifications ............................................................................................ 55

Dimensions: PMDT ..................................................................................... 56

Rack Mount Kit .......................................................................................... 57

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Unpacking and Placement

Unpacking the PMDT Unpack your PMDT Modular DVD Transport and remove all accessories from the

carton.

The accessories include:

• an AC mains cable

• the PMDT remote control

• 4 AAA alkaline batteries for the remote control

• a 2 meter Link cable for use with the Proceed AVP (necessary only for interoperation between the two units)

Important! Keep all packing materials for future transport of your PMDT.

Shipping your new component in anything other than its purpose-designed packing material may result in damage that is not covered by the warranty.

Placement of the PMDT The PMDT should be placed close to your audio and video processors, thus

keeping interconnect cabling reasonably short. It may be placed on a shelf or in a cabinet where it is convenient to operate.

Drawings are included in this manual to facilitate special installations and custom cabinetry (see Dimensions).

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Voltage label

Operating Voltage & Frequency

The PMDT is set at the factory (internally) for 100V, 120V, 200V, 220V, or 240V AC mains operation as appropriate for the country in which it is to be sold. (230V/ 50Hz only in European Union countries, in compliance with CE regulations.) Make sure that the label on the rear panel of the PMDT (beside the AC input receptacle) indicates the correct AC operating voltage for your location. Attempting to operate the PMDT at an incorrect voltage can damage the unit.

The PMDT Modular DVD Transport is also set at the factory for operation on either 50 or 60 Hz AC line frequencies, as appropriate for the country in which it is to be sold. It will not operate if it senses an incorrect line frequency.

Neither the voltage nor the line frequency setting may be changed by the user.

If the AC mains voltage or frequency indicated on your PMDT is incorrect, please contact your local, authorized Proceed dealer or distributor.

The PMDT can easily be powered by a normal 15-ampere AC mains line. If other devices are also powered from the same AC line, their additional power consumption should be taken into account.

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A Quick Start…

Out of the box, the PMDT is designed to operate much as a fully-featured CD transport when playing Compact Discs, and much like other DVD players when playing DVD discs (with the exception, of course, that the PMDT is a transport– it has only digital audio outputs).

check & connect ac power

Quick video connection

quick audio connection

If you have not already done so, check the voltage label on the rear of your PMDT to ensure that it matches the AC mains supply in your area. (See previous page.) If your PMDT matches the power in your AC outlets, attach the detachable power cord to the rear panel recepticle of your PMDT, and then to the AC mains plug in the wall.

Once this is accomplished, depress the latching power switch mounted in the base (or plinth) of the PMDT, on the right side. The PMDT will run through some self-testing diagnostics, and enter standby when satified that all is well.

All the video outputs on your PMDT are active when you first unpack it. Select component (YPbPr), S-Video, or composite (on either RCA or BNC), as needed by your display device, and make the appropriate connection(s). For example, if you have an S-Video equipped Proceed AVP, you would probably want to set up an S-video input on the AVP, and rely on the AVP to then get the signal to the television. If your television also has component (YPbPr) inputs, you should take advantage of the higher quality that connection standard offers and also run a direct connection from the PMDT to your television. Then, when you want the best possible picture quality from your PMDT, remember to switch your TV to its component input.

All the digital audio outputs on your PMDT are active at all times. Select the one that matches the available input on your A/V processor, and make the audio connection. If you have a choice, the best options are either the AES/EBU output (the one using an XLR connector), or the BNC output. These digital transmission inter- faces have a slight performance edge over S/PDI F on an RCA, and a larger edge over

EIA-J (sometimes called “Toslink™”)

loading a disc

Warm up/break-in period Although your Proceed PMDT Modular DVD Transport delivers outstanding per-

Pressing drawer at this point, on either the front panel or the remote control, will “wake up” the PMDT (bring it out of standby) and open the drawer so you can load a disc. Select either a CD or a DVD and press play to start enjoying your PMDT.

formance straight out of the box, you should expect to hear it continue to improve as it reaches its normal operating temperatures and its various components “break-in.” It has been our experience that the greatest changes occur within the first few hours as the PMDT reaches thermal equilibrium. Depending on how cold the PMDT was when you first connected it to AC power, full thermal equilibrium might take as long as a day or so. After this initial break-in period, its performance will remain quite constant, assuming that the unit is toggled between operate and standby (rather than being turned fully off).

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The only exception to this rule is if power is removed from the unit for a few hours, allowing it to cool down. Depending on the degree of cooling involved, you should expect a brief warm-up period before the PMDT’s sound quality is at its best. Unless your PMDT was allowed to become quite chilled, subsequent thermal re-stabilization should not take long.

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Special Design Features

Modular hardware Perhaps the most obvious distinction of the PMDT is its card-cage design. With

seven slots on a powerful and flexible backplane, the PMDT represents an investment in avoiding premature obsolescence in state of the art DVD playback. With the exception of the power supplies (there are four of them), all important circuitry resides on these easily-replaced cards.

These cards include the MPEG decoder and transport interface (immediately adjacent to the transport loader); a component video output card; a composite and S-video output card; a digital audio output card; and the communications/control card. This leaves two slots open for future expansion. After all, what good does an “expandable” design such as this do if there is no room to expand?

Updatable software Less obvious, but every bit as important, is the degree of software modularity

built into the PMDT. We chose not to accept the standard DVD navigation software that comes with a laser transport mechanism, with all its limitations and confusion. Instead, we re-wrote all of the software from an extremely low level on up. While this represents a huge undertaking for a small company, the benefits seemed more than worth the effort: we would be able to address many of the failings found in the typical DVD user experience, making the PMDT a pleasure to use; we would also be able to incorporate new technologies more easily as they were developed.

Thus, if standards evolve to the point that a new transport is required to read new data formats on discs, we can swap out the necessary hardware, and make some new “connections” between it and our own software. Rather than having to start all over again, we can continue to use the infrastructure we have developed, and our customers can continue to enjoy the benefits of what we hope you’ll agree is a superior user experience. Just as important, no one has to throw away everything they own and start over—something that cannot be said for any product that does not have equivalent hardware and software modularity.

No-compromise audio For DVD machines, audio is usually an afterthought. The usual assumption is that

people are buying DVD for the video quality and that the audio is good enough. The result is that little effort is put into optimizing DVD systems for best audio performance.

Madrigal’s roots and its reputation are derived from knowing and caring about audio. The PMDT uses techniques developed for Mark Levinson Reference products to ensure the best possible recovery and transmission of digital audio signals. The PMDT is a digital audio transport – it has no analog audio outputs. It is designed to read DVD video discs (including 24-bit/96 kHz music recordings on this format) as well as standard Compact Discs. The transport is compatible with Dolby Digital® and DTS®. With hardware and software changes, the PMDT can be reconfigured to read future DVD Audio discs.

Madrigal’s CLJR™ (Closed Loop Jitter Reduction™) system is employed to optimize performance by minimizing jitter in the digital output, regardless of whether from CD or DVD sources. In other machines, the audio clock is slaved to the video – not to the audio data. This is done to keep audio synchronized with video. In the

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PMDT, the audio is optimized, independent of the video, while maintaining proper synchronization. The PMDT even lets you delay audio to compensate for recordings where the video is not synchronized with the audio. This same feature can correct for systems where video processors delay the video signal by such a degree that the audio is no longer in sync.

Digital audio outputs are provided on four different connector standards: EIAJ (Toslink‘), SPDIF on RCA and BNC, and AES/EBU on XLR.

Unexcelled video techniques Many people think good video performance is a given when it comes to DVD.

And while it’s true that even the most basic DVD players deliver much higher performance than VHS tape, they also fall short of the full potential of the format.

The PMDT is designed to extract video information from the disc with the greatest fidelity, preserving the digital signal, converting to analog and buffering the analog output with the greatest care. The PMDT achieves superior video performance through attention to detail. Careful selection of parts and construction details – such as trimming circuit elements by hand – allow us to achieve better results. This is the same approach that distinguishes our audio designs and contributes to both their cost and their value.

The PMDT uses a 5 part-per-million TCXO (temperature controlled crystal oscillator – the same type used for our digital audio) to ensure low-jitter recovery of the digital video signal.

The PMDT uses 10-bit, oversampled video DACs (rather than the standard 8-bit variety) for highest resolution. An active I-V (current-to-voltage) converter, phaseaccurate analog filters and broadcast-quality analog output buffers combine to form a system where all aspects of the video path are well balanced.

Analog video outputs include composite on RCA and BNC, S-Video, and Component (BNC). A progressive output card will be made available as an option in the future. The PMDT’s card-cage chassis simplifies the addition of this and other features.

Ease of use For all of the advantages that DVD can bring to audio and video performance, the

frustrating difficulty of the format has been its user interface. DVD players tend to be difficult and awkward to use – and no two seem to work the same way. The operation of most players even varies from disc to disc, complicating the operation of an otherwise familiar player.

The PMDT makes significant progress in this area. It allows the setting of system defaults to help automate basic selections such as language, surround format and aspect ratio. System defaults are easily overridden for individual discs with different, preferred settings. What’s more, the PMDT can automatically recall the settings of a DVD from the last time it was used – with no additional programming required.

People around the world are listening to DVDs with Dolby Pro Logic® because they don’t know that they need to select Dolby Digital®, sometimes for their player, sometimes for each disc they play, sometimes each time they play it.

This simple example points to the problem the PMDT solves. System defaults are used to bypass the usual navigation of DVDs as much as possible. You could simply tell the PMDT that if English, Dolby Digital and 16:9 Wide are available, those

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are your preferences. Load your discs and press play – the PMDT “navigates” for you.

Since some discs will undoubtedly be played using different options than your system defaults (such as subtitles on the occasional foreign film), the PMDT will remember the settings in place at the time the disc is removed from the machine. The next time this disc is loaded, the PMDT overrides the system defaults and plays the disc using its last settings. The PMDT remembers how you want to play each disc. These Electronically Saved Preferences (ESP) eliminate much of the day-to-day annoyance of using DVD players.

Programming is also available to permanently record settings for individual discs. This method allows the PMDT to recognize when you have preferences that you want remembered, regardless of how the disc was last used. Other programming features, such as re-ordering or skipping titles/chapters/tracks, are included as well.

On screen menus simplify the navigation of discs and programming of system and disc defaults. A help menu is offered to guide users through more advanced functions. Dealers who find particular messages to be most useful for their customers may edit help menus.

The PMDT is intuitive to use. It works like a CD player (with advanced features) when playing CDs, and like a well-designed DVD player when playing DVDs. Our goal has been to allow the use of multiple formats without requiring the user to fully understand the navigation and confusing options on different discs. Load the disc, press play and get what you want – that’s the way the PMDT works. That is a high-performance user interface.

Industrial Design The PMDT shares the handsome industrial design of other Proceed components

such as the AVP audio/video processor. Dark buttons against a light face simplify the operation of the PMDT, even in a dimly-lit room.

The large, easily read display provides information as to the operational status of the PMDT from across the room, making the supplied remote control more genuinely useful than on products lacking such a display.

In keeping with its sophisticated design, the PMDT also incorporates a Madrigaldesigned loading mechanism. Contrasting strongly with the bulky, plastic drawers commonly used, the slim drawer is machined from a solid piece of aluminum and rides on highly polished steel and Teflon™ bearings. Its variable-speed design opens and closes quickly, but without jarring the disc contained within, nor risking a jam from dislodging it.

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쐃 쐇쐋 쐏 쐄 쐂 쐆 쐊 쐎 쐅 쐈 씈씉씊씋씌

쐉

standby stop

PR O C E E D

modular DVD transport

previous play next pause

drawer

title/track chap/index

display

intensity

Front Panel, PMDT

1 STANDBY BUTTON AND INDICATOR

Pressing this button places the PMDT in standby mode, turning off the dis- play, disengaging all control functions, and turning off all outputs to the main zone (remote zone functions are still available). The internal circuitry remains on in order to maximize performance on demand by virtue of all circuits remaining thermally stable. Lest you think this wasteful, you should know that the PMDT draws about the same power as a light bulb, whether in standby or fully on. The benefits of having it always warmed up and ready to go (and always able to respond to remote control commands) far outweigh the small amount of power used. We recommend using the front panel power switch (19 ) only when you will be away from the house for extended period of time, such as during a vacation.

씎씍

power

enter

program

repeat

씏

return

time

display mode

modular DVD transport face art part#501xxx fonts used: Avant Garde 5.28.98 for color and material information see mechanical print

shuffle

2 DRAWER

The PMDT employs an elegant, slim drawer that is machined from a solid piece of aluminum. It is opened and closed by pressing the drawer button, either on the front panel or on the remote control. If opened, it may also be closed simply by gently pushing the front edge inward (as though you were going to close it manually). The PMDT will interpret this as a request to close the drawer and take over for you, smoothly closing the drawer.

If the PMDT senses an obstruction during opening of the drawer mechanism, it will attempt to re-close. If successful, it will read the disc’s table of contents and display the disc’s number of titles & chapters (or tracks on a CD) and total time (followed by the playlist’s track and time information, if one exists). If for any reason the drawer does not close fully, it will stop where it is and wait for your intervention. After removing the obstruction, press the drawer button again to close the drawer normally.

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Similarly, if the PMDT senses an obstruction during the closing of its drawer (as might be caused by an inquisitive child’s finger), it will stop immediately and attempt to reopen. If the nature of the obstruction prevents this also, it will stop where it is and wait for your intervention. After removing the obstruction, press the drawer button again to close the drawer.

3STOP BUTTON

Unfortunately, DVD players and CD players often treat the

stop button dif-

ferent. This can be confusing. We allow you to make the PMDT work the way you think it should (see the section on The Player Menu later in this manual). However, by default,

• Pressing stop once with a CD will actually stop the disc from spinning (introducing a slight delay upon pressing play, as the disc spins up).

• Pressing stop once with a DVD will actually pause the disc with a blank screen, allowing you to resume where you left off in a movie quickly and easily by pressing play.

4 PREVIOUS BUTTON

Pressing this button momentarily will return you to the beginning of the current DVD chapter (or CD track). Pressing it repeatedly will move you backward through the available chapters/tracks, one at a time. Note that some DVD discs may prevent you from using this button (and others) at certain times.

5PLAY BUTTON

Press this button in order to play a disc. If a programmed sequence of tracks exists for that particular disc, the program will be played from its beginning. Also, as you might expect, you may press the play button immediately after placing a disc in the PMDT’s drawer; the drawer will close and the PMDT will enter the play mode as soon as it has read the disc’s table of contents.

6 NEX T BUT TON

Pressing the next button momentarily will advance the PMDT to the begin- ning of the next track. Pressing it repeatedly will move you forward through the available chapters/tracks, one at a time. Note that some DVD discs may prevent you from using this button (and others) at certain times.

7PAUSE BUTTON

Pressing this button during play will pause the PMDT at that point within the track; the time display will show a “double quotation mark” (") as a reminder that you are in the pause mode.

8 DRAWER BUTTON

The PMDT employs an elegant, slim drawer that is machined from a solid piece of aluminum. It is normally opened and closed by pressing the

drawer button located to its right. If opened, it may also be closed simply

by gently pushing the front edge inward (as though you were going to close it manually). The PMDT will interpret this as a request to close the drawer and take over for you, smoothly closing the drawer.

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If the PMDT senses an obstruction during opening of the drawer mechanism, it will stop where it is and wait for your intervention. After removing the obstruction, press either the play or the drawer button again to close the drawer normally.

drawer button again to close the drawer.

9 DISPLAY INTENSITY BUTTON

Pressing the display intensity button will cycle the PMDT’s display through the four available levels of brightness: high, medium, low, and off. For example, during bright daytime hours you may wish to use high; in the evening, in a dimly-lit room, a low setting is probably easier on the eyes.

10 D ISPL AY WIND OW

This window contains eight large and eight smaller alphanumeric characters that provide information on the current status of the PMDT. The information it displays depends on the type of disc being played:

• with DVDs, it provides the title, chapter, and time information for the disc being played;

• withCDs, it provides track, index and time information.

There is a legend above the display window that describes the information normally displayed.

In addition, this window displays a number of messages designed to keep you informed as to the status of the PMDT, including SELFTEST(during initial connection to the AC mains), LOADING (with a spinning slash, during disc spinup), and other cues to help you get along with the onscreen display should you be playing a CD without the television on.

11 DISPLAY MODE BUTTON

The time section of the display can be set to display any of the following four indications of time in minutes and seconds: time elapsed on title/disc,

time remaining on title/disc, time elapsed on chapter/track, time remaining on chapter/track

(depending on whether you have loaded a DVD or a CD). These four options are accessed by pressing the display mode button, which cycles through the four modes of time display, using both the onscreen display and the front panel display window to indicate which mode is chosen at any moment.

12 INFRARED TRANSMITTER (WITHIN DISPLAY)

The PMDT has the ability to teach a learning remote control its own commands from an IR transmitter located in this area. (See Using Learning Re- mote Controls for more information.)

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13 RETURN BUTTON

Used in DVD navigation, the return button will also return you to where you were on the disc after a stop command, unless the authoring of the DVD in question explicitly prohibits doing so. It may also be used by a DVD disc author for part of their onscreen menu system.

14 MENU BUT TON

In the DVD standard, there are provisions for both disc menus and player menus, which can get confusing. When you first press the

menu button,

you will be presented with a choice on the onscreen display:

Disc Menu

Player Menu

Help Menu

About…

(In the front panel display window, you will see only the currently selected menu.)

Subsequent presses of the menu button will cycle through your options. When you have highlighted the one you want to use, press enter.

Note that using this system, you can (for example) access the player menu to check on your PMDT’s setup at any time, without having to stop the disc.

Once you are working in the player’s menu system, the menu button acts like a “cancel” button on your computer, allowing you to exit a particular menu item without having made any changes.

Since some DVD discs use the menu button as part of their internal navagation, when you are already within a disc menu, the list of choices presented on screen will change to:

Send MENU command to disc

Player Menu

Help Menu

About…

Pressing enter while the first item on the above menu is highlighted will issue the menu command that some discs require for navigation. Note that the menu shown immediately above only appears when you are within the DVD’s own menu structure—not while watching a movie, or while stopped, or while listening to a CD. The PMDT is smart enough to be context-sensitive. That is, it will give you access to the things you might need, when you might need them.

15 ENTER BUTTON

As you might expect, the enter button allows you to explicitly save any changes you might make in the menu system. It may also be used by DVD discs as part of their own navigation system.

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16 PROGRAM BUTTON AND INDICATOR

The program button on the front panel duplicates the function of the prog button on the remote control. Pressing either generates a popup menu on the on screen display containing the following:

Add Item Delete Item Save Program Delete Program Program On

(or Program Off, depending on which mode you are in)

Pressing program repeatedly cycles you through the listed options. The currently selected option is highlighted on the screen, and appears in the front panel display. For more information on programming your PMDT, see Pro- gramming the PMDT later in this manual.

The program indicator LED is lit when the PMDT’s program mode is en- gaged, e.g., while a programmed playlist is being played. If a program has been saved for the current disc, you may toggle the program on and off by pressing program (or prog on the remote), moving the highlight to Pro-

gram On ter.

or Program Off (the last item on the popup list), and pressing en-

For more information on programming your PMDT, see Programming

the PMDT later in this manual.

17 SHUFFLE INDICATOR

By pressing shuffle on the remote control, the PMDT will enter a random play mode in which the order of the current disc’s playlist is scrambled, and then played. The shuffle LED on the front panel will illuminate to indicate this random play mode. Moreover, placing the PMDT into random play mode while the disc repeat function is engaged will cause it to play the various tracks on the disc randomly indefinitely (until you stop it). This can be a great way to provide background music during a dinner party, for example.

18 NAVIGATION CLUSTER (UP/DOWN, LEFT/RIGHT) & IR SENSOR

This cluster of four buttons (up, down, left, right) duplicates the same set of buttons on your remote control, allowing you to operate the PMDT fully from the front panel whenever that is more convenient (such as when the remote has gone astray between the cushions on the couch). In addition, during normal play (as opposed to when you are in a menu), left and right can be used to access scan reverse and scan forward, respectively.

The space on the inside of this cluster is used for the infrared receiver. Infrared commands transmitted from the remote control are received by a receiver behind this section of the display. Remote control of the PMDT may be unreliable if there is not a clear line of sight between the remote control and the receiver (if the remote is far off-axis, or if the PMDT is within a cabinet, for example). In such a case consider using a third-party IR repeater to route the signal to the IR input jack on the rear panel (see Rear Panel, PMDT, below).

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19 POWER & POWER LED

Assuming that the PMDT’s power cord is connected to AC power, pressing this latching power button connects the PMDT to the AC mains. After a brief self-test routine to ensure that all is well with the internal hardware, the unit will enter standby. Pressing standby will “wake up” the unit, making it operational.

Whenever AC power is being applied to the PMDT, the LED above the latching power button is amber. Naturally, when the PMDT is disconnected from AC power (either at the wall, or using the latching power switch), this LED is off.

20 REPEAT BUTTON AND INDICATOR

You may choose to either repeat the entire title/disc (including any programs you might have entered for that particular title/disc) or an individual chapter/track by pressing the

repeat button. Both front panel window dis-

play and onscreen messages are displayed to let you know what you have selected, for example:

Repeat Off

Repeat Chapter

Repeat Title

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mains

trigger

remote

PHASTLink

compatable

232

control ports

audio outputs

digital

video video

video

s-video composite composite

Y/R Pb/G Pr/B

S video composite composite

Y/R Pb/G Pr/B

Rear Panel, PMDT

1 ~ AC MAINS CONNECTOR

The latching AC power switch on the front panel disconnects the PMDT from the wall outlet’s AC power. Check to ensure that the power switch in disengaged (protruding from the front panel), then plug the supplied threeprong power cord into the AC mains receptacle before plugging the power cord into the wall. (If a longer AC power cord is required for your application, be sure to use a three-conductor power cord which conforms to IEC standards.) Once the connections are all firmly made, switch on power at the front panel. After a few moments of self test, the PMDT will be enter standby. Pressing the standby button will make it ready for use.

BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE THIS

WARNING:

DEVICE, REFER TO OWNER'S MANUAL FOR PROPER OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. HAZARDOUS VOLTAGE AVAILABLE INSIDE; DISCONNECT AC ~ MAINS CABLE BEFORE OPENING UNIT.

modular DVD transport

S/N

designed and manufactured in USA

www.madrigal.com

Apparatus Claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 4,631,603; 4,577,216;

4,819,098 and 4,907,093 licensed for limited viewing uses only.

No User Serviceable Components Inside.

Laboratories or an Authorized Dealer. Any modifications to this equipment will void all warranties.

For service, contact Madrigal Audio

CLASS 1

LASER PRODUCT

The PMDT is designed to be left in standby when not in use, rather than completely “off.” Being in standby allows it to respond to commands from the remote control and maintains a stable operating temperature at all times for optimal performance and longevity.

The Proceed PMDT has been safety-tested and is designed for operation with a three-conductor power cord. Do not defeat the “third pin” or earth ground of the AC power cord.

2 COMMUNICATIONS CARD

The PMDT provides for robust communications between components using this card.

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Working from the top down, an RS-232 port (on an RJ-11 connector) provides both for software downloads and for external control. Software download capability makes it easier to update the unit for many of the possible changes in disc formats that can be expected in this rapidly changing environment. External control provides a critical link for two-way communication with automation systems like those from AMX and Crestron.

The

trigger input will toggle the PMDT in and out of standby when used

with less sophisticed control systems than those that use RS-232. The tip polarity for this trigger is as shown below:

trigger tip polarity

IR input tip polarity

+–

5-12 volts @ less than 100 mA

A 1⁄8" “mini” jack labeled remote ir provides direct access to the infrared control circuitry of the PMDT. It may be used instead of the front panel IR receiver in circumstance when use of the front panel receiver is impractical (as when the PMDT is located inside of a cabinet, for example).

The incoming signal for the remote IR input should conform to widely-accepted IR repeater standards: that is, the signal present should be between 5-12 volts DC at less than 100 mA current, with a positive tip polarity, as shown below:

+–

5-12 volts @ less than 100 mA

Your Proceed dealer can help you take advantage of these design features to maximize your system’s versatility.

The remaining two PHASTLink™ control ports at the bottom of the module provide for sophisticated inter-component communications between the PMDT and other Proceed products, as well as with PHAST home automation systems. (See

link options

, page 38.)

building a link cable

A suitable RJ-45 cable used for the Link connection between the PMDT and the AVP is included with the PMDT. It may also be made to length using two RJ-45 connectors and the appropriate length (up to 100 feet/30 meters) of RJ-45 (flat, eight conductor) cable. (Your AVP may require an additional

hardare module in order to take advantage of Linking features. Please see your dealer for further information.)

RJ-45 cables and connectors are used throughout the world for both telecommunications and computers, and are widely available at low cost. The connectors are crimped on to the ends of the cable such that pin 1 at one end is connected to pin 1 at the other end. Such a “straight-through” con-

nection is (counter-intuitively) made by introducing a 180° twist in the

cable between the two ends, as shown below.

To AVPTo PMDT

180° twist

Locking tabLocking tab

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Warning! Connecting the communication ports other than as

described in this manual can damage the PMDT and the associated Mark Levinson components, and will void those products’ warranties.

3 BLANK SLOT (FOR FUTURE USE)

What good would expansion slots be if they were all full? There would be no room to expand. This slot is reserved for possible future audio applications.

4 DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT CARD

The PMDT is a “transport” rather than a “player.” That is, it provides digital audio outputs, but no analog audio outputs, under the reasonable assumption that people purchasing this product already have sophistcated, goodsounding audio/video preamplifiers such as the Proceed AVP (or similar). After all, how many times do you want to have to pay for high quality digital to analog conversion?

Since we have no way of knowing what type of digital output you may require, we provide you with four choices. You only need to use one, and may pick whatever matches the needs of your system. From the top down (physically):

EIAJ (“Toslink”): This output provides the digital audio signal (DAS) via opti-

cal cables equipped with EIAJ-type connectors to the processor.

S/PDIF on RCA: This output provides the digital audio signal (DAS) via

cables equipped with RCA-type connectors to the digital processor.

S/PDIF on BNC: This output provides the digital audio signal (DAS) via

cables equipped with BNC-type connectors to the digital processor.

The previous two outputs conform to the Sony/Philips Digital Interface

Standard (S/PDIF), which calls for a 75Ω transmission of the DAS. We rec-

ommend using a digital interconnecting cable specifically designed for the

75Ω S/PDIF standard, such as Madrigal MDC-2 cable, when using these out-

put. (In our experience, a BNC-terminated S/PDIF cable has a slight advantage over the same cable terminated with RCAs. This is probably due to the

fact that a BNC connector can have a true 75Ω impedance, whereas RCA

connectors cannot.)

AES/EBU: This output provides the digital audio signal (DAS) via cables

equipped with XLR-type connectors to the digital audio processor.

This input conforms to the Audio Engineering Society/European Broadcast

Union (AES/EBU) professional digital audio standard, which calls for a 110Ω

transmission of the DAS. Use a digital interconnecting cable specifically de-

signed for the 110Ω AES/EBU standard, such as Madrigal MDC-1 cable,

when using this input, with pin assignments as indicated below:

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Pin 1: Chassis ground

Pin 2: non-inverted digital Pin 3: inverted digital Connector ground lug: chassis ground

It has been Madrigal’s experience that the AES/EBU interconnection standard offers the best quality of all digital transmission interfaces when fully optimized, and we recommend its use wherever possible between Proceed components.If you are using a Madrigal-designed digital processor, we recommend using the aes/ebu connection for the best results; the two s/pdif electrical connections follow closely behind aes/ebu. EIAJ is (unfortunately) the most widely-used digital interconnection standard, yet offers the poorest performance. We include it for compatibility reasons.

However, optimizing any digital interface completely represents a significant engineering challenge. It is entirely possible that a different type of input may actually outperform a less-than-optimized AES/EBU implementation on some brands of digital processors. For this reason, we have gone to great lengths to fully optimize all four of the digital outputs on the PMDT. If you are using you PMDT with a different brand of processor, we recommend experimenting to determine which type of input on that processor results in the best audible performance.

5 BLANK SLOT (FOR FUTURE USE)

Remember item number 3? What good would expansion slots be if they were all full? There would be no room to expand. This slot is reserved for possible future video applications.

6 COMPOSITE & S-VIDEO OUTPUT CARD

This slot provides the video signal (along with any PMDT onscreen menus and messages) to your audio/video preamplifier or display device. Specifically, this card provides two composite outputs (one on the consumer-standard

RCA connector, the other on a professional-standard BNC connector),

and one S-video output.

Although you may turn off any video output you are not using (in the menu system, see The PMDT Menus), all video outputs are normally active at all times.

7 COMPONENT OUTPUT CARD

This card provide broadcast-quality component video outputs in the SMPTE (Y Pb Pr) format. Consistent with the SMPTE standard, there is no black setup or pedestal on this output, regardless of the Black Setup setting you choose in the Video Setup menu. (This setting is for the composite and S-video outputs only.)

If your display device can accept a 480I component video input, we recommend using these outputs for your critical viewing. The improvement in image dynamic range, clarity, and realism can be quite remarkable, since using this connection bypasses a great deal of circuitry, both in the PMDT and in your display device.

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8 MPEG DECODER CARD

Although there are no rear panel connectors on this card, there is a critically-important card in this slot. It contains the MPEG decoder that translates the information on the disc into something that resembles (in a digital way) the picture you want to see. It also contains the circuitry that interacts most intimately with the laser mechanism and transport assembly itself.

9 SERIAL NUMBER & INFORMATION LABEL

Please write down your serial number on the warranty card that came with your PMDT and send in the card now, if you have not already done so. That way, we can stay in better contact with you should there be a software update made available for your product, or to let you know about future products that you might want to consider to complement your PMDT.

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1 2

The PMDT Remote Control

The Proceed PMDT comes with a comprehensive remote control that can handle all player and disc functions. While many of these functions will be familiar to anyone who has used DVD players before, the remote also provides several conveniences that you have probably never seen before. This section will provide an overview of the many functions served by your PMDT remote control.

1 THE DISPLAY AREA

info: The info button can be used to display information about the current

status of the PMDT in two different ways.

When clicked, it displays those info items from the Info Preferences menu

that have been designated “on,” one after the other. This way, you can choose a few things to which you would like quick access, and have them be readily available.

When pressed and held, the info button will display a list of information items (both those designated “on” and “list only” in the Info Preference menu), giving you access to quite a bit of information all at once (though of course, it uses more of the screen to do so). You can scroll through these items with the navigation buttons; pressing enter will display that item on the screen until you press info agai n.

mode: The time section of the display can be set to display any of the fol-

lowing four indications of time in minutes and seconds: time elapsed on

title/disc time remaining on chapter/track (depending on whether you have loaded

a DVD or a CD). These four options are accessed by pressing the display

mode

both the onscreen display and the front panel display window to indicate which mode is chosen at any moment.

, time remaining on title/disc, time elapsed on chapter/track,

button, which cycles through the four modes of time display, using

intensity: Pressing the display intensity button will cycle the PMDT’s display

through the four available levels of brightness: high, medium, low, and off. For example, during bright daytime hours you may wish to use high; in the evening, in a dimly-lit room, a low setting is probably easier on the eyes.

2 STANDBY & DRAWER

standby: Pressing this button places the PMDT in standby mode, turning

off the display, disengaging all control functions, and turning off all outputs to the main zone (remote zone functions are still available). The internal circuitry remains on in order to maximize performance on demand by virtue of all circuits remaining thermally stable.

drawer: Pressing this button once while a disc is playing will stop the disc

and cause the drawer to open.

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Pressing the drawer button will also cause an open drawer to close. If it senses a disc in the drawer, the PMDT will take a moment to read the disc’s table of contents so that it may display the total number of titles, chapters/ tracks and the total time on the disc for your information.

3 SHUFFLE & REPEAT BUTTONS

shuffle: By pressing shuffle, the PMDT will enter a random play mode in

which the order of the current disc’s playlist is scrambled, and then played. The shuffle LED on the front panel will illuminate to indicate this random

play

mode. Moreover, placing the PMDT into random play mode while the

disc repeat function is engaged will cause it to play the various tracks on

the disc randomly indefinitely (until you stop it). This can be a great way to provide background music during a dinner party, for example.

repeat: You may choose to either repeat the entire title/disc (including any

programs you might have entered for that particular title/disc) or an individual chapter/track by pressing the repeat button. Both front panel win- dow display and onscreen messages are displayed to let you know what you have selected, for example: Repeat Off, Repeat Chapter, Repeat Title.

a/b: To repeat (continuously) a specific section of a DVD or CD (when

learning how to play a favorite solo, for example), press a/b on the remote at the beginning of the passage you would like to repeat. The display will blink while continuing to play to indicate that the PMDT is waiting for you to define the end of your A–B loop. At the end of your chosen passage, press rpt a/b on the remote again. The passage you selected will repeat continuously. (Note that B must follow A on the disc, or the A–B loop is not meaningful and will be ignored by the PMDT.)

To return to normal play, press the a/b button again.

4 PREVIOUS, NEXT, STOP, PAUSE

prev ( ): Pressing this button momentar ily will return you to the beginning

of the current DVD chapter (or CD track). Pressing it repeatedly will move you backward through the available chapters/tracks, one at a time. Note that some DVD discs may prevent you from using this button (and others) at certain times.

next ( ): Pressing the next button momentarily will advance the PMDT to

the beginning of the next track. Pressing it repeatedly will move you for- ward through the available chapters/tracks, one at a time. Note that some DVD discs may prevent you from using this button (and others) at certain times.

stop: Unfortunately, DVD players and CD players often treat the stop button

different. This can be confusing. We allow you to make the PMDT work the way you think it should (see the section on The Player Menu later in this manual). However, by default,

• Pressing stop once with a CD will actually stop the disc from spinning (introducing a slight delay upon pressing play, as the disc spins up).

• Pressing stop once with a DVD will actually pause the disc with a blank screen, allowing you to resume where you left off in a movie quickly and easily by pressing play.

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pause: Pressing this button during play will pause the PMDT at that point

within the track; the time display will blink slowly as a reminder that you are in the pause mode.

5 NAVIGATION CLUSTER

This centrally-located cluster of four buttons (up, down, left, right) duplicates the same set of buttons on the PMDT’s front panel, allowing you to operate the PMDT fully from the remote control.

up/down/left/right: Use the up, down, left and right buttons to navigate

menus (both the PMDT’s own menus and those of the DVD discs you play). In addition, during normal play (as opposed to when you are in a menu), left and right can be used to access scan reverse and scan forward, respectively.

return: Use the return button to return you to where you were on the disc

after a stop command. (It is possible that the authoring of the DVD in question will explicitly prohibit doing so, in which case nothing will happen.) The return button may also be used by a DVD disc author for part of their onscreen menu system.

menu: In the DVD standard, there are provisions for both disc menus and

player menus, which can get confusing. When you first press the menu button, you will be presented with a choice on the onscreen display:

Disc Menu

Player Menu

Help Menu

About…

(In the front panel display window, you will see only the currently selected menu.)

Subsequent presses of the menu button will cycle through your options. When you have highlighted the one you want to use, press enter.

Note that using this system, you can (for example) access the player menu to check on your PMDT’s setup at any time, without having to stop the disc.

Once you are working in the menu system, the menu button acts like a “cancel” button on your computer, allowing you to exit a particular menu item without having made any changes.

Since some DVD discs use the menu button as part of their internal navagation, when you are already within a disc menu, the list of choices presented on screen will change to:

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Send MENU command to disc

Player Menu

Help Menu

About…

enter: As you might expect, the enter button allows you to explicitly save

any changes you might make in the menu system. It may also be used by DVD discs as part of their own navigation system.

program: The prog button on the remote control duplicates the function of

the program button on the front panel. Pressing either generates a popup menu on the on screen display containing the following:

Add Item Delete Item Save Program Delete Program Program On

(or Program Off, depending on which mode you are in)

6 NUMERIC KEYPAD

Use these numbers in conjunction with disc menus (when the authoring of the disc calls for numeric input), and in conjunction with the jump button to directly access the part of the disc you want.

7 TITLE, HELP, JUMP

title: Use the title button to access the title menu of any DVD you play, at

any time.

help: Use the help button to access the online help system bilt into the

PMDT. Press help, followed by the button that you would like to have help on. Note that this feature places information on your television screen, so your TV will have to be on to see the help text. (Note: this feature not implemented as of August 1999.)

jump: Use the jump button to “jump” directly to a different spot on the

disc. Pressing the button creates a popup window that looks something like the following:

Jump to: 1 5 00:23

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The example above indicates that you pressed the jump button at 23 sec- onds into Title 1, Chapter 5. By default, the current title is selected. If you want to Jump to a different Title, just enter the number and press play or

enter.

Pressing jump again provides access to any chapter within the title dis- played in the previous field; the third press of jump allows you to access a particular time within that chapter. Pressing

jump a fourth time cycles you

back to selecting the title you want. When done, press play or enter to jump to your selected location.

8SLOW AND STEP

Use the slow forward and slow backward buttons to put the PMDT into a slow motion mode (either forward or backward). Note that the steps between one frame and the next are larger when moving backwards than when moving forward. This is a result of the way MPEG video is encoded on the disc, and is completely normal.

Use the step + and step – buttons to move one frame at a time through the DVD being watched, forward and backward respectively. Note that the steps between one frame and the next are larger when moving backwards than when moving forward. This is a result of the way MPEG video is encoded on the disc, and is completely normal.

9 SUBTITLE, ANGLE, ASPECT, AUDIO

subtitle: Click the subtitle button to toggle subtitles on and off. The lan-

guage used by default depends on the setting in the Audio Setup menu. However, you can also cycle through the available languages to temporarily change the language you see onscreen, by pressing and holding the subtitle button, and then making a selection from among the languages available on that disc. (A popup menu gives you your options.) These will vary from one disc to the next, depending on what the producer of the disc decided to include. But the subtitle button gives you easy access to all of them, and to turning them off entirely.

angle: Use the angle button to explore the various camera angles that may

have been included on the DVD you are watching. Again, pressing this button will cycle you through the available camera angles (assuming there are any), returning you to where you started after you reach the end of the list.

aspect: Use the aspect ratio button for quick access to the different aspect

ratios supported by the disc you are watching. Depending on how the DVD is produced, you may have as many as three different options:

• 4:3 pan & scan, in which the picture will fill a normal 4:3 display at all times.

• 4:3 letterbox, in which a wide aspect ratio film is placed within a 4:3 frame, leaving black bars above and below the picture.

• 16:9 anamorphic, in which an anamorphically-squeezed 4:3 pic- ture (with tall, thin people) is passed to your 16:9 television, which should have the capability to “unsqueeze” it to its widescreen format, retaining the highest possible resolution.

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• zoom, which is accessed by pressing and holding the aspect button, and then pressing enter once the popup menu appears. This feature allows you to “zoom in” on a section of the screen. The up/down/left/right buttons allow you to slide the zoomedin area appropriately, to whatever caught your interest.

Note that you should tell the PMDT what type of display you have during initial setup, so it can provide the most appropriate signal to your television by default. This button is a convenient way of making on-the-fly, temporary changes. After pressing and holding the button until the aspect ratio popup menu appears, it also displays the native format of the signal on the disc as part of the “header” to that menu. (Try it!)

audio: Use the audio button to cycle through the available soundtracks on

the disc. When you reach the end of the list, it will cycle back to the beginning.

10 LIGHT

Press the light button to temporarily light the buttons on the PMDT remote control for better visibility in dimly-lit rooms. It will automatically timeout after about ten seconds.

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The PMDT Menus

The PMDT has an unusually extensive, flexible and powerful menu system which allows you to customize the way it operates. The thought here is that you should be able to make the PMDT work in a way that makes sense to you, despite the fact that the DVD standard by its nature tends to be fairly confusing, and often contradicts what we have come to expect from CD.

A simple case in point: when you put a CD in the drawer and press play, you pretty much know what to expect. However, the same cannot be said for most DVDs in most DVD players. You might get any combination of soundtracks (Dolby Surround, Dolby Digital, DTS, etc., potentially in any of several languages); any of three different aspect ratios (which can have a significant impact on picture quality); subtitle (or not), in any of several different languages. What’s worse, what you get isn’t even consistent. It is usually determined by what the producer of the disc “expected” you would want to have.

The PMDT gives you the ability to define how you want your system to work, by default. You always have the ability to override those defaults, to make an exception for a particular disc.

Moreover such exceptions will be remembered by the PMDT (if you like), so the next time you play the same disc, all your preferences (whether default or ad hoc for the particular disc) will be remembered.

In any event, in order to take full advantage of the features offered by the PMDT, you need to review and make some selections in the onscreen menus. These menus are divided into six functional areas:

• Video setup

• Audio setup

• Disc behavior

• User preferences

• Information preferences

• Technical menu

These menus are explained in detail below, with depictions of the menu structure alongside each description.

Using the menus Navigation within the PMDT’s menus is simple. All menus are shown in a three-

column layout, with the “top-level” being presented on the left in icon form. Whenever a particular icon is selected, the menu items and current values associated with those items appear in the center column. If you want to modify a menu item, move to that item, which then displays the possible values in the right column. In short:

• Press menu to pop up the list of available menus.

• Press menu again to go to the “Player Menu” and press enter.

•Use the up/down buttons to move between menus and menu items, and use the left/right arrows to access specific menu items and their settings.

• Press enter to save changes, or press menu to exit a menu without having made any changes.

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Video setup The Video setup menu allows the PMDT to deliver the best possible perfor-

mance, in the context of the system in which it exists.

TV type

black setup

TV Type

4:3 letterbox 4:3 pan & scan 16:9

The display setting describes two characteristics: the aspect ratio of your display device (traditional 4:3 or widescreen 16:9), and in the case of a 4:3 display, whether you prefer to watch movies in their original aspect ratio (letterboxed) or in a full-screen “pan & scan” version. Having selected the appropriate setting for your system and preferences, press enter.

Black Setup

0 IRE (Japan)

7.5 IRE

In the NTSC world, there are two different definitions for the electrical signal that defines “black.” The unit “IRE” represents a scale of 0-100 where 0 equals zero voltage in that signal, and 100 equals the brightest white that the signal can contain. In most of the world, “black” is defined to exist 7.5 IRE units up from zero volts, but in Japan, black is defined as being at 0. This setting is normally preset at the factory to suit the market to which the PMDT is being shipped, but you can change this should you need to do so. (Advanced videophile note: the com-

ponent outputs are unaffected by this setting. They always pass along a SMPTEstandard YPbPr output, where black is defined at zero.)

black level

white level

Black level

0 to +18 IRE

This adjustment is a PMDT-specific version of the black level (or brightness) control on your television/display device. Leaving it at zero (assuming black setup is correct for your location in the world) will ensure that the black level is exactly where it should be, per broadcast standards. However, if you find that you have another source that you watch a lot, which has noticeably different black level settings (and no way to adjust them), you can change the way the PMDT works to match the other component, and then readjust your television to compensate.

Note that you should not use this control to compensate for an atypical disc. If you want to correct for a poor film tranfer to DVD, use the video adjustments found in the Program section. That way, any corrections can be remembered for that particular disc, and your correct, default settings will be retained for all other discs.

White Level

75% to 125%

This adjustment is a PMDT-specific version of the white level (or contrast) control on your television/display device. Leaving it at 100 will ensure that the white level is exactly where it should be, per broadcast standards. However, if you find that you have another source that you watch a lot, which has noticeably different white level settings (and no way to adjust them), you can change the way the PMDT works to match the other component, and then readjust your television to compensate.

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chroma

video outs

Chroma

75% to 125%

This adjustment is a PMDT-specific version of the chroma level (or color) control on your television/display device. Leaving it at 100 will ensure that the chroma level is exactly where it should be, per broadcast standards. However, if you find that you have another source that you watch a lot, which has noticeably different color settings (and no way to adjust them), you can change the way the PMDT works to match the other component, and then readjust your television to compensate.

Video Outs: 3/3 Enabled

Composite: On (or off) S Video: On (or off) Component: On (or off)

Any of the three types of video outputs in the PMDT may be turned off if it is not being used. All three types of outputs (composite being on two separate connectors) are normally active at all times, and all may be used simultaneously. However, there is little point in having all those video amplifiers running if you are not using all of them.

dvd pause

To toggle between on and off once you have selected a particular video output, press either enter or the right arrow. You may turn off two of the three video out- puts (your choice), The PMDT will prevent you from turning off all three, as this would make using the menu system impossible.

DVD pause:

on frame on field

The PMDT has the option of entering pause while either showing the full video frame (all 525 lines in the NTSC system, for example), or while showing a single field of that frame (every other line). For test patterns and the like, pausing on a full frame is usually more useful. On the other hand, pausing fast action on a frame can leave you with jagged edges, caused by the motion introduced between the taking of the first field and the second. You may choose whichever seems best, given the way you use you PMDT.

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Audio Setup The DVD standard provides for many different audio options, including multiple

soundtracks on the same disc. The Audio setup menu establishes many of your personal preferences for how you would like audio handled on most of the discs you play. Don’t worry about the occasional exception to the rule – they are easily handled on a case by case basis without having to return to this menu.

spoken

subtitles

Spoken

English French German Spanish Italian Russian Japanese Chinese Thai Korean Dutch Portuguese any

This setting establishes your preference for the language of the soundtrack you want to hear on DVDs that you play. You may temporarily override this setting at any time, using either the audio button on the remote or the disc’s own menu system. This setting simply establishes the language the PMDT will look for when playing a disc. “Any” indicates that you have no preference.

Choose your preferred language and press enter.

Subtitles

English French German Spanish Italian Russian Japanese Chinese Thai Korean Dutch Portuguese any

This setting establishes your preference for the language of the subtitles you want to see on DVDs that you play. You may temporarily override this setting at any time, using either the subtitle button on the remote or the disc’s own menu sys- tem. This setting simply establishes the language the PMDT will look for when playing a disc. Any” indicates that you have no preference.

Choose your preferred language and press enter.

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favorite multichannel

Favorite multichannel

AC3 DTS MPEG any none

Similarly, this setting establishes your preference for the type of multichannel soundtrack the PMDT will give you upon spinning up a disc for the first time. Note that if your preference is not available, the PMDT will give you the first soundtrack it finds that meets other criteria (such as alternative sound and spo-

ken

language).

The first three choices are self-explanatory, as they are all multichannel-capable formats. For example, if more than one AC-3 soundtrack exists, selecting AC3 in this menu will cause the PMDT will choose the one that is both multichannel and in your preferred language.

Selecting any tells the PMDT that you have no particular preference for format, as long as it is multichannel. Selecting none indicates that you do not want the multichannel soundtrack (useful, if for example, you have not yet set up all the extra speakers in your A/V system).

alternative sound

Note: The PMDT can only pass along information that it retrieves

audio delay

Alternative sound

AC3 DTS MPEG PCM

If your favorite multichannel selection is not available (or if you selected none to indicate that you do not want a multichannel soundtrack), then the PMDT will look to the alternative sound setting for guidance on what type of soundtrack you would like to hear.

from the disc; it will not convert from one audio format to another. Thus, selecting PCM does not provide you with a PCM output from an AC-3 soundtrack.

Audio delay

0 to +85 ms

If your system includes sophisticated video processing (such as line multipliers or scalers), the delay introduced in the video signal’s reproduction may introduce a “lip sync” problem where the sound arrives slightly ahead of the picture. You can correct this as a one-time setup item by having the PMDT delay the audio to match the delay introduced by your video processor.

You should be able to determine from the manufacurer of your video processor how much of a delay (their specification sheet may list it as “latency”) their product introduces. If so, simply ask the PMDT to delay things by the same number of milliseconds (ms). Otherwise, you can adjust this by trial and error until you no

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longer notice any lip sync problems. (If you have a video processor, a good place to start would be around 40-50 ms.)

Note that this is not where you should try to compensate for an individual disc that was mastered poorly with respect to lip sync. You can program in a discspecific audio delay in the delay offset section of the ESP menu.

output 96kHz

Output 96kHz

yes no

Some DVD-Video discs include a 24 bit, 96 kHz PCM soundtrack. While these discs can be played (assuming that their copy protection scheme, called CSS, allows it) on the PMDT, not all processors can handle a 96 kHz digital input. If yours does, you may want to change this setting to “yes” in order to take advantage of these disc. By default, we have it set to downconvert 96 kHz information to 48 kHz, which is a universally-accepted digital rate.

Note: If the author of the disc invokes the CSS copy protection

system, we are legally obligated to not let more than 16 bit, 48 kHz digital information out of the transport. This (16/48) is what the digital output will provide in that case, regardless of the setting you choose on “Output 96kHz.”

Disc behavior Unfortunately, most CD players and most DVD players work differently from one

another when doing seemingly simple things like loading discs, pressing stop, and so forth. Some people may find this inconsistency quite confusing, particularly in a single product that plays both kinds of discs. Fortunately, the PMDT gives you control over how you would like it to work in a number of potential problem areas.

after load…

The default settings from the factory correspond to the way DVD players and CD players normally work. That is, when playing a CD, the PMDT operates like most other CD players; when playing a DVD, it works differently, so as to be like most other DVD players. However, you can make it work the way that you find most attractive (or least confusing) by changing the settings below.

After load DVD

Play Stop

After load CD

Play Stop

Typically, DVD players begin playing a disc immediately after loading; CD players typically load the disc and then stop, waiting until you explicitly press play. This disparity in behavior is just one of many little annoyances in the way DVD players tend to work.

Using these two menus, you can have the PMDT work the way that makes sense to you. Choose either Play or Stop for each type of disc, whatever you prefer.

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play key

DVD play key

dialog box resumes restarts

CD play key

dialog box resumes restarts

In a similar vein, DVD players vary in what they do after the stop button is pushed.

• Some keep the disc itself spinning, effectively placing the player in pause but with a blue screen showing, so that you can resume where you stopped watching quickly and easily. In this case, if you press drawer, you must wait for the disc to spin down before the drawer can be opened.

• Other DVD players actually stop the disc, allowing immediate use of the drawer button, but this both loses track of where you were (forcing a restart at the beginning of the disc) and requires a delay for spinning up the disc before you can start playing it.

Using the two menus shown above, you can determine the behavior you would like to see upon pressing play after stop, not only for DVDs but also (and separately) for your CDs. If you would like to be presented a choice whenever this situation arises, choose dialog box, and a popup menu will let you choose on an ad hoc basis. Otherwise, simply choose your preference to avoid having to choose each time.

, keys

DVD , key

latching simple

, key latching simple

DVD players and CD players also typically differ in the way they handle “fast forward scan” and “fast reverse scan.” Most DVD players have a “latching” fast scan button that requires only a momentary push of the button, and then another push (typically of play or stop) to exit the fast scanning mode. Often, even higher search speed can be accessed by repeatedly pressing the fast scan buttons.

By contrast, CD players generally only scan forward or backward as long as you are pressing the button. This simple and intuitive system works great as long as you do not need to search at multiple speeds. It does not provide access to higher scan speeds, since each release of the button prior to a second push takes the player out of a fast scan mode. Thus “simple” fast scanning is limited to the first (slowest) fast scanning speed.

As elsewhere, the factory defaults are consistent with DVD player norms when playing a DVD, and with CD player norms when playing a CD. If, for example, you prefer latching fast forward and fast reverse for both types of disc, select that option here.

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stop dvd

Stop DVD

single key double key

As described above, DVD players vary in what they do when you first press the

stop key during play. Some actually stop the disc, while others keep it spinning in

pause, but present you with a blue screen rather than a still frame from the movie. These latter models require you to press

stop twice if you actually want it

to stop spinning the disc.

If you dislike the possibility of walking away with the disc still spinning, choose

single key from the menu. Selecting this option will require some extra time

spinning the disc back up prior to resuming the movie, since it will come to a full stop the first time you press stop.

If you like the idea of “pause-without-a-picture,” then set this menu item to double-key (meaning that you have to click stop twice to actually stop the disc from spinning; the disc will also have to spin down to a stop prior to being able to eject the disc.)

power user tip

use ESP

The return button will always return you to where you stopped, as long as the drawer has not been opened since the last time you were playing the disc. Also,

pause will also avoid losing your place in a movie. Most DVD players resort to

these odd definitions of stop because they cannot give you access to the player’s menu during play. The PMDT does. So pick whatever makes sense for you, based on whether you find the spin-up or the spin-down delay less annoying.

Use ESP:

yes no

Perhaps one of the most valuable features of the PMDT in terms of ease of use is its Electronically Saved Preferences (ESP) feature. If you have been setting up your PMDT as you read this manual, by now it already knows how to behave in the vast majority of cases, relieving you of a lot of wasted time and effort searching through disc menus, whose organization varies so wildly. However, there are occasions when your chosen preferences just aren’t quite right.

For example, you normally have subtitles off, but when watching a particular foreign film, you need to have them on. Whenever you play a disc in a way that is “the exception that proves the rule,” the PMDT makes a note of how you appear to prefer to have it played. The next time you play that disc, even years later, the PMDT will recognize it and play it the way you played it the last time—with the subtitles on (or whatever).

This menu setting determines whether or not the PMDT should make use of this information about how certain discs merit special treatment upon playback. If you prefer to handle everything manually, on a case-by-case basis, turn it off. If you prefer for the PMDT to handle such details for you, leave it on.

User preferences The PMDT also provides for several general user preferences, reviewed below.

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key feedback

Key feedback

Yes No

With this menu item, you have the option of receiving visible (onscreen) feedback about the buttons you push, confirming that the command has been received by the PMDT. When you press play, stop, previous, next, and so on, small messages will appear on the screen to let you know “message received.” If you find these distracting, you can turn them off by choosing

No.

OSD position

background

link options

OSD position

upper/left upper/mid upper/right lower/left lower/mid lower/right

The onscreen display (messages, prompts, etc.) of the PMDT can be moved to the various listed locations in order to avoid conflicts with OSDs being superimposed on the signal in other products If you find such a conflict, you can move the PMDT’s OSD to a different position to ensure legibility of both OSDs.

Background

blue black

The background displayed when the PMDT has no disc in it but is on (not in standby) can be selected from the list above.

Link Options: 4/4 Enabled

Standby: On (or off) Play Link: On (or off) Intensity: On (or off) Display: On (or off) Projector: On (or off)

These settings allow you to tailor the way the PMDT interacts with other Linked Proceed products, such as the AVP Audio/Video Processor or Madrigal Imaging projectors. (Your AVP may require an additional hardare module in order to take advantage of Linking features. Please see your dealer for further information.)

All of these communications capabilities rely upon the PHAST network, so you must connect a “straight through” RJ-45 cable (such as the one provided) between the PMDT and the AVP in order to have these functions available to your system.

• Standby Link will cause the PMDT and AVP (and amplifiers Linked to the AVP) to all exit and enter standby together, with one push of a standby button (rather than pressing as many as three or four).

• Play Link automates the selection of whatever input is named “PMDT” on the AVP, whenever play is pressed on the PMDT. (If you

have set up mode defaults on the AVP, this can also select appropriate surround modes automatically—see the AVP owner’s manual for more details.)

• Intensity Link ensures that the displays of the PMDT and AVP track one another, so they remain at the same intensity (off, low, medium high) at all times.

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• Display Link reflects the AVP’s on screen messages and menu information on the PMDT’s component output. With this feature engaged, you can enjoy the picture benefits of a direct component connection to your television, without giving up the useful information that the AVP would normally be superimposing on a composite or S Video signal it was switching.

• Projector Link will automatically toggle the Linked Madrigal Imaging projector between

standby and operate as needed, dictated by the

needs of the disc you are playing. For example, it will turn the projector on when playing a DVD, but leave it off when playing a CD. It will also automatically switch the projector’s aspect ratio between linear (4:3) and anamorphic (16:9), based on what the DVD needs.

To toggle any of the Links between on and off, move the menu highlight to the Link in question (in the third column), and press enter. (This is a bit different

than most other menus, where the third column contains only the setting’s value, rather than the setting and its value. For this reason, these Links are displayed in yellow rather than the usual off-white.)

Note that in order for all the Links to work properly, you must have the input that is used for the PMDT named “PMDT” on your AVP or PAV/PDSD.

display time

auto standby

Display time

1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec

This menu item determines the length of time onscreen messages/prompts are displayed before “timing out” and disappearing again.

Auto standby

disable 10 minutes 20 minutes 30 minutes 40 minutes 50 minutes 60 minutes

Auto standby monitors how long it has been since the PMDT has had to either:

respond to user commands (buttons pushes, etc.); or play a disc. If the amount of time exceeds that set in this menu item, it will automatically enter standby. Thus, if you have a tendency to fall asleep on the couch while watching movies, the movie will finish, the PMDT will wait (for example) 10 minutes, and then go into standby.

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screen saver

Screen Saver

disable 10 minutes 20 minutes 30 minutes 40 minutes 50 minutes 60 minutes

The screen saver keeps track of how long an unchanging image has been sent to your television (either a DVD menu or its own menu, for example). After the amount of time you select here, it will engage a screen saver function in the OSD (center) area of the screen.

Information

preferences

The information preferences menu allows you to have a wealth of information relevant to PMDT at your fingertips. In some case, this may be more information than you really need; in other cases, you may want ready access to a wide variety of information. Using this menu, you can control exactly what information is presented, and when.

The information you have selected to have available is repesented to you onscreen in either of two ways.

• A relatively inconspicuous single-line display will pop up when you click the info button; subsequent clicks of this button will cycle through the information items you have designated as being on, eventually turning the single-line display off (whenever you reach the end).

• A larger list of information items can be presented when you press and hold the info button; this list contains everything designated as

on as well as those items designated list only. You may either scan

this list to get the information you want, or move the highlighted area down to a particular item and press enter, which will then place that particular item on the single-line display until you press

info again.

Thus, for each item in this menu, you have a choice of either having it on, (meaning available in either single-line or list form) or in the list only, or entirely

off.

disc time

sound type

Disc time

on list only off

This info item displays your time (location) on the disc, consistent with the display mode you have selected (time elapsed in title, time elapsed in chapter, etc.)

Sound type

on list only off

This info item displays what form of audio/soundtrack you are currently listening to, both in terms of format (AC-3, DTS, MPEG, PCM) and language.

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camera angle

Camera angle

on list only off

This item tells you what camera angle is currently being displayed. (Note that most discs only have one camera angle encoded into them.)

a/v processor

play status

time of day

set clock

A/V processor

on list only off

This information item provides the status of the linked Proceed processor (assuming you have one, and it is linked).

Play status

on list only off

This item can display (continuously) the status of the transport with respect to

play, stop, scan forward, etc.

Time of day

on list only off

This menu item determines whether the time of day (as determined by the PMDT’s internal clock) is displayed.

Set clock

(set time)

This is where you set the clock on your PMDT. Set the hours first (using the up/

down

buttons) move to the right with the right button, and then set the minutes

with the up/downbuttons. Please enter to save the change.

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Technical menu The technical menu contains a few items with which most people never need

concern themselves, but that occasionally are invaluable for solving particular problems. We recommend that you leave everything in this menu alone unless you have an extremely specific problem you need to address, and you fully understand how the item you are changing will address it.

Important! Some items in the PMDT’s Technical Menu can cause you to

lose all programs and other valuable information contained in its memory. Other settings (depending on the nature of your television system) can prevent the PMDT from creating a legible onscreen display in you system. If you have the slightest doubt as to what you might be tempted to do in this menu, consult with your authorized Proceed dealer prior to doing anything.

video menu

Video System

NTSC PAL PAL-60 Auto

The first item in the Technical menu is a good example of why this is considered an “expert” or “power user” menu. If you have an NTSC-only television and switch your PMDT to PAL, you will not be able to see the onscreen menus necessary to return it to the proper setting. You must know what you are doing before changing these settings.

As delivered from the factory, the PMDT is set for either the NTSC or PA L video standards, as appropriate for the country in which it was to be sold. In fact, it will even convert a disc that is in the “wrong” format to the “right” format, allowing it to be viewed without its native display being available. (This holds true, of course, only if the region code designation of the disc in question allows it to be played in the region to which the PMDT is set.) Most people need not change it.

However, if you have a multistandard television and prefer to watch both NTSC and PAL discs in their native formats, you may prefer to set this item to auto, which will deliver NTSC signals from NTSC discs, and PAL signals from PAL discs.

PAL-60 is a special mode that will convert NTSC (60 Hz) discs to a special 60 Hz version of PAL, rather than displaying the material in its native NTSC. Again, this is a highly specialized need—if you aren’t sure that you need it, you probably do not.

teach IR commands

If you have a macro-capable learning remote control such as Madrigal’s IRIQ, or a home automation system that uses IR control (such as Audioaccess™) to coordinate the operations of several pieces of equipment, the Teach IR menu item pro- vides a lengthy list of everything that the PMDT can do in response to an infrared command. This list includes positive control items for commands that are normally toggles, such as the standby button. In addition to the normal standby toggle command, we also provide a positive control for “enter standby” and “exit

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standby.” The availability of such commands makes the writing and operation of IR macros vastly more reliable.

When you select the Teach IR commands menu item, a long, scrolling list appears on the right side of the menu system. Select the item you need to learn into a remote (or control system), and press enter on the front panel.

restore defaults

delete programs

parental control

Use this button to restore the PMDT to its factory default settings. Note that doing so will cause all customization to be deleted permanently from the PMDT’s memory; you will have to re-enter all this information. This function cannot be undone. Do not select this item unless told to do so by an authorized representative of Madrigal Audio Laboratories

Similar to (although somewhat less drastic than) restore defaults, the delete programs menu item allows you to clear out all the individual disc programs that may have been saved into memory. (Video setup, audio setup, etc. settings will remain, but all disc programs will be wiped out.) This function cannot be undone.

Parental Level U.S. M.P.A. rating

Level 8 Level 7 (NC-17) Level 6 (R) Level 5 Level 4 (PG-13) Level 3 (PG) Level 2 Level 1 (G)

When they are “authored,” DVD discs can be assigned a Parental Level based on their content; the higher the number, the less suitable it is for children. The DVD Parental Level system is similar to the rating system that the film industry uses for theatrical releases.

Using this menu, you can prohibit playback of inappropriate material (by unauthorized people) on your PMDT. When you move to the right of the current Parent Level setting (into the third column, where you select settings), you will be asked for a password. Type in the series of numbers that is your password, and you will be allowed to change the current Parent Level setting.

Your dealer can assist you with creating a password that is meaningful to you. (Frankly, we do not want to publish how that is accomplished in this manual, since most of the inquisitive children we know are more likely to read this manual than are their parents. This fact, combined with full disclosure in this manual, would render this function pretty useless.)

By default, the PMDT is set to play all Parental Levels (Level 8). If you do not have children for whom you would like to censor discs beyond a certain level, you can ignore this feature entirely.

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Programming the PMDT

The PMDT offers an unusually wide range of programming options for advanced users. These options operate on two levels:

• Electronically Saved Preferences (ESP™) that keep track of the playback options (soundtrack, subtitles, etc.) you want used for this particular disc;

• ad hoc, on-the-fly changes to the sequence in which you want a disc played;

We will cover ESP™ first.

electronically saved preferences (ESP™)

As detailed elsewhere in this manual, the PMDT allows you to set up general preferences for how you want discs played: spoken language, audio format, subtitles, audio delay and so forth. However, there are likely to be some exceptions to these general rules. For example, you may have a foreign film in your collection for which you need subtitles turned on.

Normally, you need do nothing special to take advantage of this “intelligence.” Just play the disc as you see fit, and the PMDT will remember how you last played it, the next time you play it. In the example above, you would simply use the subtitle button on the remote control to turn on the subtitles of your choice, the first time you play the disc. The PMDT remembers that exception to the general rule (“subtitles off”) for that particular disc. (Use ESP in the Disc Behavior menu must be set to Yes to have this happen. This is the factory default setting.)

To see what the current ESP information is, press and hold the program button for a few seconds. A fairly comprehensive list appears on the screen, complete with context-sensitive help along the bottom edge of the screen.

Audio, language AC-3: 6-chan: English Subtitles English Subtitle On/Off Off Camera Angle Angle 1 Aspect Ratio 16:9 Widescreen Brightness Minimum Level Delay Offset No Delay Lock settings Off

If you would like to force ESP to remember certain settings regardless of how the disc was playing when it was last played, edit the ESP settings here, and then lock the settings using the last menu item. The help bar at the bottom of the screen will guide you, but the navigation is much like the main menu.

Use the four navigation buttons (up, down, left, right) to move around the menu system and make selections. Moving to the right from an item displays a list of the possibilities for that item. Clicking either the program button or the return button exits the ESP menu, as will clicking the left arrow when the cursor is al- ready on the left-most column of the menu.

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audio, language

This field summarizes the information regarding the soundtrack currently playing, including the audio format (AC-3, DTS, MPEG, etc.), how many channels are available, and the language. (This information is all taken from the disc itself; its accuracy is limited to what is on the disc. For example, many old classic movies have two identical channels of audio, which is effectively mono. Yet because there are two channels, this is what would be reported by the PMDT.)

subtitles

subtitle on/off

camera angle

This feature can also be accessed without using the

ESP menu, using the audio

button on the remote control. Clicking that button cycles through the available settings; pressing and holding the button displays a list of the available settings, from which you may choose your selection using the up and down buttons.

Assuming that subtitles are turned on (see next item), this line will tell you what language the subtitles are in.

This feature can also be accessed without using the ESP menu, using the subtitle button on the remote control. Clicking that button cycles through the available settings; pressing and holding the button displays a list of the available settings, from which you may choose your selection using the up and down buttons.

This item merely toggles the subtitle on or off. When they are on, the subtitle language is displayed beside subtitles, above.

Some DVD discs include more than one camera angle, for at least some portion of the disc’s contents. This item displays the currently selected camera angle (usually Angle 1, as most discs do not include this feature).

aspect ratio

black level

This feature can also be accessed without using the ESP menu, using the angle button on the remote control. Clicking that button cycles through the available settings; pressing and holding the button displays a list of the available settings, from which you may choose your selection using the up and down buttons.

The aspect ratio setting is similar to the TV Type setting in the video setup menu, and allows you to treat an individual disc differently than your default settings, should you want to do so. Note that if the disc you are playing is a natively 4:3 aspect ratio disc, there are no display options available: there is only one way to play such discs, as letterboxing, pan & scan, and widescreen presentations only apply to widescreen material.

This feature can also be accessed without using the ESP menu, using the aspect button on the remote control. Clicking that button cycles through the available settings; pressing and holding the button displays a list of the available settings, from which you may choose your selection using the up and down buttons.

The black level, or “brightness,” of discs varies somewhat, depending on the quality of the transfer from film to video. When your PMDT is set to 0, it adheres ex-

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tremely accurately to broadcast standards. However, if you find a particular disc seems so dark as to obscure details in the picture, it may be the result of one of these poor transfers. Rather than changing the accurate calibration of the PMDT in the video setup menu, change the black level setting for that particular disc here, in ESP. Your change will be remembered and implemented automtically the next time you play the same disc, without affecting the quality of other discs you play.

delay offset

A surprising number of discs are mastered poorly with respect to keeping the audio and the video properly synchronized. Since this varies from one disc to the next, there is no way to correct for it in a general setting. Instead, if you find yourself sensitive to this sort of thing, you can use the Delay Offset adjustment in ESP™ to remember the best setting for any particular disc in your collection.

lock settings

By default, ESP simply remembers the way individual DVDs were last played. In some cases, discs automatically return to their menu systems after the movie is finished, at which point several settings may change, including the soundtrack, subtitles, etc. Rather than remember these irregular settings, you can force the PMDT to remember the correct settings for the movie by using the lock settings feature at the end of the ESP menu. To do so, check on the settings, preferably while the movie is playing (to ensure you have all your options available to you). Edit them as necessary to ensure that they are the way you want them to be, and then change the lock settings item from off to on.

ad hoc programming The most common custom program for most people involves deleting a particular

chapter (or track on CDs) that they would prefer not to see/hear again. This could be the annoying FBI warning at the beginning of a movie, or a song that was overplayed on the radio. This can be done on an ad hoc basis. Clicking on the program (prog) button brings up a short menu:

ad hoc program menu

Program

Add item Delete item Save program Delete program Program On

Clicking on the program button while this menu is displayed cycles you through the various options; press enter to issue the selected command. A popup display will either confirm that the command has been issued, or provide you with a space to add more information. For example, you may want to create programs for frequently-watched discs that contain only the movie itself, skipping all the introductory material, so you can simply press play and have the movie begin.

A note about programs: Depending on how a particular disc is “authored,” it may not

be possible to execute the programs exactly as you would like. Although this problem seems to effect relatively few discs, it is, unfortunately, beyond our control—the producers of the discs themselves can do “programming” of their own that we must honor. Fortunately, these problems are uncommon. If you create a program that results in unexpected behavior, simply delete the program as indicated below, and use as normal.

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Add item allows you to add an item to the current disc’s playlist. With DVD discs,

the “item” in question can be either an entire title, or a specific chapter within a title. (On CDs, the “item” will be a track.) Having selected Add item, an editable popup display appears that displays the current Title and Chapter (or Track on CD). For example, while in Title 2, Chapter 3, the popup display would look something like this:

2 3 -:--:--

If you press enter while the first field (title) is highlighted, the entire title will be added to a playlist for that disc. If instead the second field (chapter) is high- lighted when you press enter, the PMDT will assume you want to create a more specific playlist, one chapter at a time. Unless you issue a save program com- mand, this is considered a temporary program—it exists only until the drawer is opened, and is then forgotten.

Delete item, as you might expect, allows you to delete the current chapter or

track from the disc’s playlist. With DVD discs, the “item” in question can be either an entire title, or a specific chapter within a title. (On CDs, the “item” will be a track.) Having selected Delete item, an editable popup display appears that displays the current Title and Chapter (or Track on CD). For example, while in Title 2, Chapter 3, the popup display would look something like this:

2 3 -:--:--

If you press enter while the first field (title) is highlighted, the entire title will be deleted from the playlist for that disc. If instead the second field (chapter) is highlighted when you press enter, the PMDT will assume you want to create a playlist that omits only that chapter. Unless you issue a save program command, this is considered a temporary program—it exists only until the drawer is opened, and is then forgotten.

Save program saves what would otherwise be a temporarily assembled playlist

into non-volatile memory, so that it will be executed every time that disc is played, until you decide to delete the program yourself. Having this as a separate command, rather than assuming it as soon as a playlist is created, gives you the freedom to experiment at will with various playlists until you get it “just right;” you can save the program at that time, or decide to forget the whole thing by simply removing the disc.

Delete program will delete a saved program from memory, should you later de-

cide that you’d rather play the disc as its producers intended. (On a few discs, you may need to delete the program if your program conflicts with the one contained on the disc, put there by the author of the disc. See caution, earlier in this section.)

Program on/off gives you the option to temporarily turning off your customized

program without having to actually delete it entirely. For example, you might have created a program that skips the disc’s navigation system, FBI warning, extra/bonus materials, etc. and plays only the movie itself. If you wanted to show some friends all of the extra features that DVDs often have, you could simply turn off your program and play the disc as its authors intended, giving yourself access to everything on the disc. When finished, simply turn the program back on to return to your preferred playlist.

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Note: You must turn off a program you have created in order to

access material outside the bounds of the program.

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Troubleshooting

In general, refer any service problems to your local authorized Proceed dealer. Before contacting your dealer, however, check to see if the problem is listed here. If it is, try the suggested solutions. If none of these solves the problem, contact your Proceed dealer.

1. THE PMDT WON’T FUNCTION, AND THE DISPLAY IS DARK.

✓ The PMDT isn’t plugged into the AC mains. ✓ The ✓ The wall socket (or extension cord, if used) is faulty, or the wall

✓ A fuse is blown in your PMDT (contact your Proceed dealer).

2. THE DISPLAY IS LIT AND THE ELAPSED TIME NUMBERS APPEAR TO BE ADVANCING NORMALLY, BUT THERE IS NO AUDIO OUTPUT

✓ The proper source isn’t selected on your a/v processor. ✓ The volume is set too low or muted on your a/v processor. ✓ The connecting cables are connected incorrectly or are faulty. ✓ The power amplifier(s) is/are not on.

power button has not been engaged.

socket has a tripped circuit breaker or blown fuse.

3. THE PMDT WON’T PLAY A DISC INSERTED IN THE PLAYER.

✓ The disc is inserted upside down. ✓ The disc may be severely scratched and unreadable. Check the

disc.

✓ You may be trying to play a CD-R or CD-RW disc. The transport

used in the PMDT is not specified to play these discs, and we cannot guarantee that they will play (although sometimes a particular disc may play without problems due to its reflectivity, the way it was burned, etc.).

✓ There may be condensation (moisture) on the laser pickup. This

can happen if the PMDT is moved from a cold environment (such as a warehouse or a shipper’s truck) to a warm one. Plug in the PMDT, leave it on for one hour to warm up, then try playing a disc again.

4. WHEN A DISC IS PLAYING, THE SOUND AND/OR PICTURE "SKIPS."

✓ The disc is severely scratched or dirty. ✓ The PMDT is on an unstable surface or is too close to your speakers.

5. THE REMOTE CONTROL DOESN’T OPERATE THE PMDT.

✓ The Remote Control is at the wrong angle relative to the PMDT,

and it can’t receive the signal.

✓ The sensor window on the front panel of the PMDT is dirty or

blocked.

✓ The Remote Control’s projection lens is dirty. ✓ Fluorescent lighting or sunlight is interfering with the operation

of the Remote Control.

✓ The Remote Control’s batteries need to be replaced. ✓ The Remote Control’s batteries are installed incorrectly.

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6. THE UNIT IS OPERATING ERRATICALLY

✓ The microprocessor’s program may have been temporarily cor-

rupted by adverse power conditions or severe static shock. Cycling power off and on should reset it.

✓ The program itself may have been damaged. Enter the Player

Menu and check the “About…” menu for the current software version numbers and their checksums; then call your dealer/ distributor with this information.

7. I SEE ERROR MESSAGES WHEN I PRESS BUTTONS AT CERTAIN TIMES

✓ There are several possible error messages that might be dis-

played on the PMDT’s on screen display, depending on the nature of the problem. They are:

•

Operation prohibited indicates that the authoring of the

disc will not allow this action to be taken at this time. This is indicative of one of several flags referred collectively as “UOP” for “User Operation Prohibited,” and is controlled by the disc rather than by the PMDT.

• Access restricted indicates that the authoring of the disc will not allow access to that portion of the disc at this time. This is indicative of one of several flags referred collectively as “UOP” for “User Operation Prohibited,” and is controlled by the disc rather than by the PMDT.

• Invalid command indicates that you are asking to do something that the MPEG docoder cannot do at the moment. This could be because the command itself does not make sense, or because the decoder is “preoccupied” with another process at the moment.

• Not implemented indicates that this action is not sup- ported at this time. It may, however, be included in a software update in the future. Stay in touch with your local dealer for information on new software releases.

• Button inactive indicates that the command (at that point in time) does not make sense and has been ruled out. Examples include trying to go into cue forward from stop, where the PMDT cannot even begin your command for lack of a defined starting point from which to begin scanning forward.

8. I HAVE LINKED THE PMDT TO MY AVP BUT THE LINKS DON’T SEEM TO BE WORKING.

✓ Check to make sure your Link cable is seated properly, connect-

ing the Control ports (PHASTLink compatible) of the two products, and that the PMDT’s input name on the AVP is “PMDT” (no quotation marks).

✓ Check to make sure you have version 3.0 software or greater

installed in your AVP. (The date code in the about box will be 10/22/99 or later.) Please consult with your dealer for more information on your AVP software version.

✓ Your AVP may need the PHAST™ daughtercard installed. Please

contact your dealer for details.

8. I CREATED A PROGRAM, BUT NOW THE DISC DOES NOT PLAY PROPERLY.

✓ It may be that the disc was authored in such a way that it will

not allow us to control its playback. Sorry – delete the program and use the disc as the author/producer intended.

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Care & Maintenance

To remove dust from the cabinet of your amplifier, use a feather duster or a lintfree soft cloth. To remove dirt and fingerprints, we recommend isopropyl alcohol and a soft cloth. Dampen the cloth with alcohol first and then lightly clean the surface of the amplifier with the cloth. Do not use excessive amounts of alcohol that might drip off the cloth and into the amplifier.

Caution! At no time should liquid cleaners be applied directly to the

amplifier, as direct application of liquids may result in damage to electronic components within the unit.

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U.S. and Canadian Warranty

90-Day Limited Warranty This Proceed

manship under normal use for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of purchase. To extend the warranty of this Proceed product, return the warranty registra- tion card along with a copy of the original receipt of purchase to Madrigal Audio Laboratories, Inc., P. O. Box 781, Middletown, CT 06457.

Five Year Extended Warranty The extended warranty for this Proceed product is five (5) years from the date of

purchase. During the warranty period, any Proceed component exhibiting defects in materials and/or workmanship will be repaired or replaced, at our option, without charge for either parts or labor, at our factory. The warranty will not apply to any Proceed component that has been misused, abused or altered.

Any Proceed component not performing satisfactorily may be returned to the factory for evaluation. Return authorization must first be obtained by either calling or writing the factory prior to shipping the component. The factory will pay for return shipping charges only in the event that the component is found to be defective as mentioned above. There are other stipulations that may apply to shipping charges.

There is no other express warranty on this component. Neither this warranty nor any other warranty, express or implied, including any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness, shall extend beyond the warranty period. No responsibility is assumed for any incidental or consequential damages. Some states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts and other states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so that the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.

product is warranted to be free from defects in material and work-

This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state. This warranty is applicable in the United States and Canada only. Outside of the U.S. and Canada, please contact your local, autho- rized Proceed distributor for warranty and service information.

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Obtaining Service

We take great pride in our dealers. Experience, dedication, and integrity make these professionals ideally suited to assist with our customers’ service needs.

If your Proceed component must be serviced, please contact your dealer. Your dealer will then decide whether the problem can be remedied locally, or whether to contact Madrigal for further service information or parts, or to obtain a Return Authorization. The Madrigal Technical Services Department works closely with your dealer to solve your service needs expediently.

Important! Return authorization must be obtained from Madrigal’s

Technical Services Department BEFORE a unit is shipped for service.

It is extremely important that information about a problem be explicit and complete. A specific, comprehensive description of the problem helps your dealer and the Madrigal Technical Services Department locate and repair the difficulty as quickly as possible.

A copy of the original bill of sale will serve to verify warranty status. Please include it with the unit when it is brought in for warranty service.

Warning! All returned units must be properly packaged (preferably in

their original packing material), and the proper return authorization numbers must be marked on the outer carton for identification. If the packaging to protect the unit is, in our opinion or that of our dealer, inadequate to protect the unit, we reserve the right to repackage it for return shipment at the owner’s expense. Neither Madrigal nor your dealer can be responsible for shipping damage due to improper (that is, non-original) packaging.

Your dealer can order a new set of shipping materials for you if you need to ship your component and no longer have the original materials. There will be a charge for this service. We strongly recommend saving all packing materials in case you need to ship your unit some day.

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Specifications

■ Video processing: 10-bit

■ Video frequency response: ±0.5 dB up to 5.5 MHz

■

Video signal to noise ratio: better than –60 dB

■ Video differential phase: better than 0.5°

■ Video differential gain: better than 0.1 dB

■ Video output impedance:75Ω

■ Video output complement: component on 75Ω BNC

S-video on satndard mini-DIN

component (YPbPr) on 75Ω BNC

■ Video formats supported: NTSC, PAL, PAL-60

■ Video aspect ratios: anamorphic, 16:9

letterboxed, 4:3

pan&scan, 4:3

zoomed video, 4:3

■ Digital audio output, XLR: AES/EBU 110Ω, 3.5V

■ Digital audio output, BNC: S/PDIF 75Ω, 0.5V

■ Digital audio output, RCA: S/PDIF 75Ω, 0.5V

■ Mains voltage: 100V, 120V, 220V, 230V, 240V,

factory set for destination country only

■ Mains frequency: 50 or 60 Hz,

factory set for destination country only

■ Power consumption: 60 watts maximum

■ Overall dimensions: See “Dimensions”

■ Shipping weight: 45 lbs. (20.5 kg)

For more information, see your Proceed dealer, or contact:

Madrigal Audio Laboratories, Inc.

P.O. Box 781 2081 South Main Street (Route 17) Middletown, Connecticut 06457 USA Telephone (860) 346-0896 FAX (860) 346-1540 Internet http://www.madrigal.com/

Madrigal provides an owner-transferable, five year extended warranty on all Proceed products within the U. S. and Canada ONLY. Warranty and service policies outside the U. S. and Canada are set by the local, authorized distributor and are applicable in the country of purchase ONLY. Madrigal products are designed to operate at set voltages appropriate for the country of sale and may be damaged if operated at the wrong voltage.contact your local dealer or distributor.

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Dimensions: PMDT

17.26"

43.84 cm

modular DVD transport

title/track chap/index

drawer

display intensity

15.56"

39.52 cm

.420"

1.07 cm

4.55"

11.6 cm

1.03"

2.62 cm

standby stop

PRO C E E D

previous play next pause

enter

return

time

display mode

power

modular DVD transport face art part#501xxx fonts used: Avant Garde 5.28.98 for color and material information see mechanical print

program

shuffle

repeat

1.03"

2.62 cm

1.175"

2.98 cm

13.28"

33.73 cm

4.55"

11.6 cm

1.175"

2.98 cm

17.61"

44.73 cm

14.46"

36.73 cm

13.28"

33.73 cm

10.26"

2.20"

5.59 cm

(note that additional space must be allowed

for connections

26.06 cm

behind

the unit)

2.00"

5.08 cm

17.26"

43.84 cm

14.46"

36.73 cm

0.5"

1.27 cm

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Rack Mount Kit

If you need or prefer to rack mount your PMDT, contact your Proceed dealer about the optional rack mount kit. This purpose-designed assembly replaces the standard top cover of the unit with one designed to support this relatively heavy component solely from the “ears” that bolt into the rack.

To use the rack mount kit, simply replace the standard top cover with the rack mount top cover. (Full instructions are included with the top cover when purchased separately.) Once the rack mount top cover is in place, you may bolt the entire unit securely to any EIA-standard rack. Alternatively, you may find it easier to mount the top cover in the rack, and to then slide the “topless” PMDT into place.

(The illustration above depicts the Proceed AVP, but the kit and mounting system for both is the same.)

The mounted PMDT and rack mount kit occupies four standard rack units of height.

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Madrigal Audio Laboratories, Inc.

2081 South Main Street, P.O. Box 781

Middletown, Connecticut 06457 USA

Telephone: (860) 346-0896

Fax: (860) 346-1540

http://www.madrigal.com/

PR O C E E D

is a registered trademark of Madrigal Audio Laboratories, Inc.

a Harman International company

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