Arcam DV137 manual

DV137 HANDBOOK Arc am DV1 37 DV D p la y er English[...]

DV137 E-2 Sa fe t y g u i d el i nes RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE P AS OUVRIR A TTENTION CA UTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: To reduce the risk o f electri c shock, d o not remo ve cover ( or back). No user s erviceable parts ins ide. Refer servicing to quali ed servic e personne l. WARNING: To reduce the risk o f re or elect[...]

English DV137 E-3 Safety g uideline s ...... ........ ......... ........ ......... ....... E-2 Importan t safet y instruc tions ...... ........ ......... ..... E- 2 Safety complian ce ............... ........ ......... ........ ... E- 2 Install ation ..... ........ ......... ........ ......... ........ ......... E-4 Pos itioning the unit ....... ..[...]

DV137 E-4 Positioning the unit Place th e DV137 on a lev el, rm surface and ensu re that there is adequate ventil ation for the uni t. Making video connections T o view the pictures from th e DVD pl ayer y ou nee d to conn ect one of its v ideo outp uts to y our dis play device (TV , monitor , projector , etc.). The DV1 37 has v e video outpu[...]

English DV137 E-5 SCART o utput The SCAR T connector is comm on on Eur opean A/ V equipme nt and p rovides a conv enient connecti on method b etween y our DVD play er and d isplay device, carrying both vid eo and st ereo audi o. If you are usi ng a SCA RT connecti on and y ou do n ot wish t o listen to the a udio thr ough yo ur TV , then it is best[...]

DV137 E-6 The remote-control and trigger inputs The REMO TE IN inp ut can be used to pass RC5 codes t o the DV 137 if it is inst alled in a positi on (or system) where in frare d cannot be used . If thi s is requ ired, pl ease cont act you r dealer for fur ther informat ion. The TRIG GER IN in put can b e used t o switch the DV13 7 in and out of s [...]

English DV137 E-7 Bas i c use o f y o u r D VD p la y er Introduction ‘Basic opera tion’ exp lains ho w to pla y a DVD , CD or othe r type o f disc. Note that it ma y be nec essary to congure your playe r correct ly for y our sys tem befo re optimu m – or a ny – pl ayback can be a chieve d. Play er congu ratio n is des cribed be ginni[...]

DV137 E-8 If the remote control receiver (located on the right of the front- panel window) is not ‘visible’ to the remote control hand-set, then the remote control will not work! Either locate the unit differently, or take advantage of the remote control input on the rear of the player (consult your dealer for further information on this option[...]

English DV137 E-9 SHUFF (s hufe) Press SH UFFLE to toggle r andom playbac k             RTN (ret urn) Press RT N to mo ve back through the DVD ‘Di sc’ and ‘Title’ menus. No te that this fe atu[...]

DV137 E-10 If the remote control receiver (located on the right of the front- panel window) is not ‘visible’ to the remote control hand-set, then the remote control will not work! Either locate the unit differently, or take advantage of the remote control input on the rear of the player (consult your dealer for further information on this optio[...]

English DV137 E-11 RAND Press RA ND to tog gle r andom pl ayback RAND ST A TU S SRCH ZOOM ANGLE SUBT MODE AUDIO TRIM TITLE RTN MEM SRCH (se arch) It is po ssible t o get acc ess to a ny poi nt on the dis c directl y using the ‘Sear ch’ menu . Press SR CH to acc ess the ‘Search’ menu. RTN (ret urn) Press RT N to mo ve back through the DVD ?[...]

DV137 E-12 Co n  g u ri ng y o u r D VD p l a y e r Introduction This sec tion of the docu ment desc ribes th e use of the ‘Set -up’ menu, wh ich is u sed to co ngure y our play er for y our sys tem and y our per sonal pr eferences . Obtaining a picture T o view the Set- up menu f or the i nitial co ngur ation, w e recomme nd the u se [...]

English DV137 E-13 Operational set-up Preferred language This set tings al lows yo u to spe cify y our prefe rred lan guage. Th e defaul t languag e is English, but thr ee other language s (French , German and Dut ch) are s upported. Status messages This setting controls the ‘pop up’ messages that appear on screen. On Pop -up messag es are ena [...]

DV137 E-14 Video set-up If you r displa y devic e is HDM I-comp liant, t he DV137 can read the capa bilities of the dis play de vice dire ctly; th e informa tion all ows the D V137 to congure its outp ut automati cally an d optima lly for t he attac hed devi ce. See page 22 for more info rmation about co nnecting to HDMI devices. Main video outp[...]

English DV137 E-15 HDMI colour space This set ting con trols the type o f video (the colo ur space ) given out ov er the HDMI con nection. Auto The co lour space will be s et appropr iately fo r the conn ected disp lay . This is t he recomm ended sett ing if you are conne cting the DV137 to an HDMI- or DVI-compl iant devic e. YUV The HDM I connecti[...]

DV137 E-16 Audio set-up This sec tion all ows you to con gure the analogue , digital and HDM I audio outputs. In particul ar , the dig ital outp ut type needs t o be set correctly if yo u are usi ng an ex ternal audio d ecoder , rece iver or D- A conv erter . Digital audio output This set ting con gures th e digita l audio o utput – coaxial[...]

English DV137 E-17 Dolby Pro Logic II Dolb y Pr o Lo gic I I de codi ng i s des igne d to pro duce a 5- chan nel analo gue outp ut f rom t wo- chann el s ourc e mate rial . Set this item to one of the follo wing. Du e to the differe nt record ing metho ds used for mov ies and m usic, it is recom mended t hat the c orrect d ecoding m ode for your s [...]

DV137 E-18 Speaker set-up This men u screen allows you to specify the spea ker co ngur ation tha t is con nected to the analogue ouputs of your DVD pla yer . (If you ar e using the HDMI or SPDI F audio o utputs, this sp eaker c ongur ation s hould be performe d in y our surro und-sound receiv er .) It is importan t that t his con gurat ion[...]

English DV137 E-19 Video post-processing (lip-sync.) Delay (NTSC/PAL) Modern d isplays and vid eo scale rs often employ digital video pro cessing that can introduc e a signica nt video delay . The ‘Delay ’ menu i tems allo w correc tion of t his effe ct by de laying the audi o soundtr ack up to 150 millisec onds. The amount o f correc tion r[...]

DV137 E-20 D V D / V CD speci a l pl a y ba ck mo d es This sec tion exp lains the special playba ck modes for DVD s and VCD s. The o perat ions desc ribed he re are not exa ctly the same for DVDs an d VCDs, but ve ry simila r . Note tha t many VCDs ha ve a single tr ack, so some opera tions in volvi ng tr acks will not be relev ant. Jumping to a p[...]

English DV137 E-21 CD d isc n a v i g a to r sc reen When a disc cont aining a udio/vide o/image  les is d etected by the D VD play er , the di sc navi gator sc reen is displ ayed. In the example, a CD-R containin g MP3 l es is sho wn. The fol lowing ar eas can be identi ed: Folder/ track lis t area The name s of fol ders, le s and tr a[...]

DV137 E-22 The H D M I i n ter fa ce If you have a HDMI - or D VI-equ ipped mo nitor or display , you can connect i t to the DV137 us ing a HD MI cable. T he HDMI connector carries uncompre ssed dig ital vid eo, as well as digital audio. About HDMI HDMI (H igh Deni tion Mul timedia I nterface ) support s both v ideo and audio on a singl e digita[...]

English DV137 E-23 R e mo te -co n trol cod e s Power c ommands Command Decimal Code Pow er toggl e 25–12 Pow er-on 25 –123 Pow er-off 2 5–124 Playback control commands Command Decimal Code T r ack numb er ‘n’ , (e.g. , 1) 25–n (e.g. , 25–1) T r ack forw ard 25–32 T r ack back 25–33 F ast forward 25–52 F ast rewind 25–50 Slow [...]

DV137 E-24 T ech n ica l speci  ca ti on s General Pow er R equireme nts 100/115V or 230V AC, set by voltage selecto r switch on rear panel Pow er consu mption < 35 V A Dimensi ons 435mm x 80mm x 3 50mm W eight net: 5.1kg ; pack ed: 8.0kg Video o utputs Composit e video 1 x gold plated phono. 1V pk -pk in 75Ω S-V ideo 1 x 4-pi n mini-D IN. Y[...]

English DV137 E-25 CD-R/RW and DV D-R/RW c ompatib ility < This uni t will pl ay CD- R and CD -RW discs recorde d in CD Audio or Video C D/Super VCD forma t, or as a CD-ROM c ontainin g the aud io and v ideo le types l isted ab ove. O ther con tent ma y cause the dis c not to play , or to cr eate noi se/distor tion in the outpu t. < This u[...]

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