Linn UNIDISK 2.1 PLAYER manual

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English UNIDISK 2. 1 PLA YER Owner's Manual i Important Saf e t y Inf ormation Impor t ant Saf et y Inf ormation Explanation of s ymbols used in this manual and on the product: T his s ymbol is intended to alert the user t o the presenc e of uninsulated dangerous v oltages within the enclosur e of sufficient magnitude t o cause electric shock.[...]

UK USERS PLEA SE READ THIS IMPOR T ANT S AFETY INFORMA TION Fu se r eplac ement T his applianc e is fitt ed with a non-rewir eable 13 Amp mains plug. The plug cont ains a 5 Amp fuse . If the fuse has blown it can be r eplaced as follo ws: a) Pull out the red fus e cover / carrier . b) R emove and dispo se of the blo wn fuse. c) Fit a new 5 Amp BS13[...]

Co p yright and A cknowledgement s Cop yright © 20 03 Linn Pr oducts L td. Firs t edition July 2003 . Linn Product s Limited, Floor s Road, W aterf oot, Glasgow , G7 6 OEP , Sc otland, United Kingdom. All rights r eserv ed. No part of this publication may be r eproduced, s tored in a r etriev al sy st em, or tr ansmitted, in an y form or by an y m[...]

Co n te n t s Introduction 1 Disc t ypes 1 A udio outputs 1 Cleaning 1 C onnecting 2 Unpacking 2 V oltage selection 2 Po sitioning 2 B ack panel 3 C onnecting the UNIDISK 2. 1 to a Linn S yst em Controller 4 Fr ont P anel and Handset 5 Fr ont panel 5 Handset 6 Handset mode s 6 A note f or users of Linn 5 103... 6 V ideo Output 7 S et up Menus 7 Abo[...]

Intr oduction T he UNIDISK 2. 1 play er repr esents a ne w kind of sour ce product fr om Linn that embodies our continuing desir e to simplify ac cess t o high quality home ent er tainment . This unique “ true con vergenc e” pr oduct has been designed and engineer ed to unite all qualit y disk f ormat s and of fer the highe st le vels o f perfo[...]

C onnecting T his chapt er explains how t o install y our UNIDISK 2. 1 and how to c onnect it to an audio pre amplifier , display de vices, et c. Note: In this manual, ‘displa y device ’ ref ers t o plasma screens, pr ojection TV s, monitor s and t ele visions. Unpacking T he UNIDISK 2. 1 is supplied with the follo wing acces sories: ● lumine[...]

B ack p anel S S P P D D I I F F Fo r connection t o a device with c oaxial digital input c apabilities. T T O O S S L L I I N N K K Fo r connection to a de vice with optical digital input c apabilities. R R S S 2 2 3 3 2 2 O O U U T T / / I I N N F or operating the unit via a PC or t ouch-screen de vice. R R E E M M O O T T E E O O U U T T / / I I[...]

C onnecting the UNIDISK 2. 1 to a Linn S ys tem C ontroller* T he c onnections indicat ed below should be used to c onnect the UNIDISK 2.1 t o the c orr esponding connections on a Linn S yst em Contr oller . V ideo c onnections T he c orrect video output c onnections to use ar e governed b y the type of video inputs on y our displa y device . F or [...]

Fr ont P anel and Handse t Fr ont panel English UNIDISK 2. 1 PLA YER Owner's Manual 5 Fr ont P anel and Handset D D i i s s c c d d r r a a w w e e r r F F r r o o n n t t p p a a n n e e l l d d i i s s p p l l a a y y Opens/ closes the dis c dr aw er . , Skips/ searche s backw ards, na vigates left in a menu. , Skips/ searche s forw ards , n[...]

Handset P P R R O O G G ( ( p p r r o o g g r r a a m m ) ) Allows ac cess t o REPEA T (digit 1), SHUFFLE ( digit 2) and INCLUDE ( digit 3) functions. A A U U D D I I O O A A D D J J ( ( a a d d j j u u s s t t ) ) Cy cles through a vailable audio str eams on a disc. L L I I P P S S Y Y N N C C S S U U R R R R V V O O L L - - / / + + C C D D A A U [...]

V ideo Output In or der to se t up your UNIDISK 2. 1, you must fir st ensure that the unit is outputting the c orr ect video type for y our display devic e. T T o o d d o o t t h h i i s s : : ● Pre ss V V I I D D E E O O A A D D J J ( adjus t) on the handset. T he current set ting for the output video t ype is sho wn on the front panel display .[...]

T T o o a a c c c c e e s s s s t t h h e e s s e e t t u u p p m m e e n n u u s s : : Ensure y our display devic e is on and tuned to the UNIDISK 2. 1’ s video output signal. ● Pre ss S S E E T T U U P P on the handset . Y our display de vice scr een show s the Setup Menu – Main P age. Note: T he se tup menus can be acc ess ed when a disc i[...]

Gener al Setup O SD Language ( on-scr een display language ) Def ault setting: E E n n g g l l i i s s h h Choose the language y ou want on-s creen in formation and menus display ed in. Aspect R atio Def ault setting: 1 1 6 6 : : 9 9 Choose the option that mat ches your displa y devic e; either 4 4 : : 3 3 , L L e e t t t t e e r r b b o o x x or 1[...]

Pictur e Mode Def ault setting: A A u u t t o o Due to the pr ocess o f conv er ting movies shot on film into the digit al format rec orded onto D VD- Videos, flickering o f images can occur on a displa y device . The UNIDISK 2. 1 off ers tw o methods of eliminating this eff ect: H H i i g g h h r r e e s s o o l l u u t t i i o o n n and N N o o n[...]

A udio Setup SPDIF Out (Digital outputs only ) Def ault setting: R R a a w w If you ar e not using the UNIDISK 2. 1’s digit al audio outputs, s et to O O f f f f . If any o f the UNIDISK 2.1’ s digital outputs are c onnected to a Linn S yst em Controller , other ext ernal audio decoder or other de vice, s et to R R a a w w . If you ar e rec or [...]

Pref erenc es A udio* Def ault setting: E E n n g g l l i i s s h h Se t to y our preferr ed audio language. F or languages other than the ones shown, highlight Others and pr ess ‘ ‘ e e n n t t e e r r ’ ’ . Using the digit ke ys on the handset, ent er the four-digit code f or the desired language. Language c odes are a v ailable at www .l[...]

English UNIDISK 2. 1 PLA YER Owner's Manual 13 Playing Dis cs Pla ying Discs T his chapt er describes how t o play discs on the UNIDISK 2. 1 and explains v arious fe atures and us er functions. Fir st of all * 1. T urn on your display de vice and tune it to the UNIDISK 2. 1’ s video output signal. 2. Mute an y audio output from y our display[...]

B asic oper ation Ensure the hands et is in Disc mode (s ee First of all at the beginning of this chapt er). T T o o p p l l a a y y a a d d i i s s c c : : ● Pre ss . ● Insert a disc with the playb ack side f acing down. ● Pre ss . ● T he disc dr aw er close s and playback begins aut omatically . Notes: T he disc dr aw er can be clos ed by[...]

Lo cating titles/ chapter s/ track s on a disc Direct title / chapter s election T T o o d d i i r r e e c c t t l l y y a a c c c c e e s s s s a a t t i i t t l l e e / / c c h h a a p p t t e e r r o o n n a a d d i i s s c c w w h h i i l l e e t t h h e e m m e e n n u u p p a a g g e e i i s s s s h h o o w w i i n n g g : : ● Pre ss G G O [...]

R eplay chapt er /tr ack T T o o r r e e p p l l a a y y t t h h e e c c u u r r r r e e n n t t c c h h a a p p t t e e r r / / t t r r a a c c k k : : ● Pre ss on the front p anel or handset . T he chapt er /tr ack will play fr om the beginning. 16 Playing Dis cs Lo cating a par ticular point on a disc Fa st se arch f or w ards and back war ds [...]

Slow s earch f or w ards and back w ards T T o o p p e e r r f f o o r r m m f f o o r r w w a a r r d d s s o o r r r r e e v v e e r r s s e e p p l l a a y y b b a a c c k k o o n n e e f f r r a a m m e e a a t t a a t t i i m m e e w w h h i i l l e e a a d d i i s s c c i i s s p p l l a a y y i i n n g g : : ● Pre ss on the front p anel or[...]

U sing pr ogram mode s t o control pla yback R epeat disc T T o o r r e e p p e e a a t t a a n n e e n n t t i i r r e e D D V V D D - - V V i i d d e e o o t t i i t t l l e e , , D D V V D D - - A A u u d d i i o o g g r r o o u u p p o o r r C C D D : : ● W hile the disc is pla ying, press P P R R O O G G on the handset , then press and hold [...]

Include progr am T his pr ogram mode allo ws y ou to select which chapt ers /tr acks you wish t o listen to fr om those a vailable on a disc. Disc must be s topped bef ore this function can be ac cessed. T T o o s s e e l l e e c c t t w w h h i i c c h h t t r r a a c c k k s s a a r r e e t t o o b b e e p p l l a a y y e e d d : : 1. Pre ss P P [...]

F u r ther pl a y b ack options f or D VD - V ide o s and D VD- A udi o s Language or audio str eam selection T T o o c c y y c c l l e e t t h h r r o o u u g g h h t t h h e e a a v v a a i i l l a a b b l l e e l l a a n n g g u u a a g g e e o o r r a a u u d d i i o o s s t t r r e e a a m m o o p p t t i i o o n n s s : : ● R epe atedly pr [...]

A dditional in formation on V ideo CDs and Super V CDs V ideo CDs and Super V CDs may f eature PBC (Pla yback Contr ol). PBC allow s additional co ntrol ov er playback functionality . PBC can be turned on or o ff to suit y our r equir ements. If PBC is on y ou will be able to pause the disc and skip f orwar ds or b ack war ds through tr acks. A ddi[...]

● To fa st se arch f orwar ds/back war ds while an MP3 or MPEG 2 file is pla ying, press and hold / . ● To st op playing/ viewing an item, pr ess . Note: If Disc Nav . in the setup menus is se t to M M e e n n u u O O f f f f , a data disc inserted int o the UNIDISK 2. 1 will play from the fir st item of the fir st folder when y ou press ‘ ?[...]

T able of user options T he f ollowing table show s the UNIDISK 2.1’ s user options, briefly describe s them and lists the a v ailable set tings for each. Def ault set tings are shown in bold ( and are mark ed with a ‘ * ’ on the front p anel display ). O O p p t t i i o o n n D D e e s s c c r r i i p p t t i i o o n n S S e e t t t t i i n [...]

T echnical Specification 24 T echnical Specific ation English UNIDISK 2. 1 PLA YER Owner's Manual E E l l e e c c t t r r i i c c a a l l Mains volt age 100- 230 V AC @ 50-60 Hz Pow er consumption 40 W appro ximately P P h h y y s s i i c c a a l l W eight 4.8 k g Dimensions 380 (W) x 3 60 (D ) x 80 (H) mm Signal Interf aces A A n n a a l l o [...]

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