Aiwa XD-DV380U manual

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    8B-A V3-905-01 010209AMK-Y -L U AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) DVD PLA YER PLA TINA DVD XD-DV380 OPERA TING INSTRUCTIONS MANUAL DE INSTRUCCIONES MODE D’EMPLOI En (English) E (Español) F (Français) For assistance and information, call toll free 1-800-BUY -AIW A. (United States and Puerto Rico) Model No. Serial No. (Lot No.) Own[...]

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    AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) 2 ENGLISH W ARNING T O REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NO T EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE T O RAIN OR MOISTURE. “CAUTION:TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.” CAUTION RISK OF EL[...]

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    AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) ENGLISH 3 INTRODUCTION En TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Precautions ............................................................... 2 Before Use ................................................................. 4 Suppor ted disc formats .................................... 4 Disc-related terms .....[...]

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    AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) 4 ENGLISH Please read the f ollowing bef ore operating the unit. Supported disc formats This unit can play discs with the f ollowing marks only . DV D (8 cm disc/12 cm disc) Video CD (VCD) (8 cm disc/12 cm disc) Audio CD (8 cm disc/12 cm disc) In addition, this unit can pla y a CD-R or CD-RW that con[...]

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    AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) ENGLISH 5 INTRODUCTION En Handling the unit When shipping the unit The original shipping car ton and packing materials come in handy . F or maximum protection, re-pack the unit as it was originally pack ed at the factory . When setting the unit The picture and sound of a nearby TV , VCR, or radio ma [...]

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    AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) 6 ENGLISH P AR TS AND CONTROLS The instructions in this manual refer mainly to the b uttons on the remote control. Buttons on the main unit with the same names as those on the remote control can be used as well. Front panel 2 1 34 56 7 8 9 0 ! @ 1 6 ST ANDBY/ON indicator • Lights in red when the un[...]

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    AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) ENGLISH 7 INTRODUCTION En Remote control 1 A-B button Press to memorize the point you w ant to repeat. 2 PO WER b utton Press to turn on and off the unit. 3 REPEA T b utton Press to repeat playbac k. 4 A UDIO button Press to select the sound trac ks. 5 SUBTITLE button Press to change the subtitle lan[...]

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    AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) 8 ENGLISH Display window 1 Operating status indicator Rotates when loading and playing bac k a disc. 2 VCD indicator Lights when a Video CD is loaded. 3 CD indicator Lights when a CD is loaded. 4 DV D indicator Lights when a D VD is loaded. 5 TITLE indicator Indicates the title number being pla yed d[...]

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    ENGLISH 9 En PREP ARA TIONS AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) Connection type A on page 10 B on page 11 C on page 12 D on page 13 F on page 15 E on page 14 Input jac k of equipment to be connected to the unit Digital input jack Analog audio input jacks (L/R) Digital input jack Analog audio input jacks (L/R) Digital input jack CONNECT[...]

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    10 ENGLISH AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) CONNECTIONS (CONTINUED) NO TE If picture noise appears while playing cop y-protected D VDs, connect the unit directly to a TV . Do not connect through a VCR, TV/VCR, or A V selector . A Connecting to a TV only Audio cord (supplied) Rear of the TV to the audio input jac ks (Left/ white, Rig[...]

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    ENGLISH 11 En PREP ARA TIONS AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) DIGITAL OUT VIDEO OUT S-VIDEO COMPONENT S-VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT DIGITAL OUT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT Pb Pr Y AUDIO OUT 2 AUDIO OUT 1 COAXIAL OPTICAL L R L R B Connecting to a TV and an amplifier with a Digital In jack Use either a commercially av ailable optical cord or a 75 ohm[...]

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    12 ENGLISH AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) DIGITAL OUT VIDEO OUT S-VIDEO COMPONENT S-VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT DIGITAL OUT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT Pb Pr Y AUDIO OUT 2 AUDIO OUT 1 COAXIAL OPTICAL L R L R CONNECTIONS (CONTINUED) white red C Connecting to a TV and an audio system Audio cord (supplied) TV Rear of the unit Set the setup menu corr[...]

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    ENGLISH 13 En PREP ARA TIONS AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) R DIGITAL OUT VIDEO OUT S-VIDEO COMPONENT S-VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT DIGITAL OUT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT Pb Pr Y AUDIO OUT 2 AUDIO OUT 1 COAXIAL OPTICAL L R L R D C onnecting to an A V receiver equipped with a Dolby Digital (AC-3) decoder Use either a commercially av ailable optic[...]

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    14 ENGLISH AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) CONNECTIONS (CONTINUED) E C onnecting to an A V receiver equipped with a DTS decoder Use either a commercially av ailable optical cord or a 75 ohm coaxial cord when connecting the unit to an A V receiver with a Digital In jack. The supplied video cord is also availab le instead of a coaxia[...]

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    ENGLISH 15 En PREP ARA TIONS AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) DIGITAL OUT VIDEO OUT S-VIDEO COMPONENT S-VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT DIGITAL OUT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT Pb Pr Y AUDIO OUT 2 AUDIO OUT 1 COAXIAL OPTICAL L R L R NO TE If picture noise appears while playing cop y-protected D VDs, connect the unit directly to a TV . Do not connect thr[...]

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    16 ENGLISH AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) CONNECTIONS (CONTINUED) Connecting to a TV equipped with an S-video jack Rear of the TV S-video input connector (S1, S2) S-video cord (not supplied) Rear of the unit to S-VIDEO OUT connector Before connecting! Set the VIDEO OUT switch to S-VIDEO when connecting to a TV with an S-video jack[...]

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    ENGLISH 17 En PREP ARA TIONS AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) Connecting to a TV or monitor with component video input connectors Before connecting! Set the VIDEO OUT s witch to COMPONENT when connecting to a TV with component video input jacks. Tip Video signals are alwa ys output from VIDEO OUT jack on the unit regardless of this [...]

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    18 ENGLISH AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) Installing batteries Detach the battery cover on the rear of the remote control, and inser t two R03 (siz e AAA) batteries with 0 and 9 aligned correctly . When to replace the batteries The maximum operational distance between the remote control and the sensor of the unit should be approxi[...]

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    ENGLISH 19 En AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) 3 2,4 2,4 1 c T OP MENU v RETURN 1 i / k / j / l / ENTER MENU MENU PLA YBACK 6 ST ANDBY/ON indicator s CONTINUE B ASIC OPERA TIONS Getting ready to pla y • T ur n on the TV , and set its video source (Video 1, Video 2, Video 3, etc.) to the one connected to the unit. • T ur n on the[...]

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    20 ENGLISH AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) Still (Pause) Press a during playback. T o return to normal pla yback Press c . Frame Advance Press a during pause. Each time you press the b utton, the progr am advances one frame. There is no audio during F rame Adv ance pla yback. T o return to normal pla yback Press c . Resuming playba[...]

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    ENGLISH 21 En AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) Slow playback Press F .SLOW or B.SLOW during playback. Each time you press the b utton, the pla yback speed changes as shown below . Slow pla yback Slow pla ybac k (forwar d only) T o return to normal pla yback Press c . NO TES • Slow pla yback in rev erse does not work during Video C[...]

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    22 ENGLISH AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) On Screen Display (OSD) menu PLA YBACK (CONTINUED) 1 Press DISPLA Y during playback. 2 Press i / k to select the desired item. The currently selected item is indicated by a y ellow frame on its OSD menu. 3 Press j / l to select the desired setting. The number buttons can also be used f or [...]

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    ENGLISH 23 En AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) Detailed description of each OSD menu Each item shows its current status and can be changed on the OSD menu. F or details of the functions or optional settings, refer to the page in parentheses . Function Skip to the desired title (Title search on page 24) Skip to the desired chapter (C[...]

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    24 ENGLISH AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) SEARCH This unit provides 4 types of D VD searches. Title search/T rack sear ch Specifies a title or track n umber . • T o use this feature with Video CDs that suppor t PBC, turn off PBC first. (See “ CHANGING SETUP V ALUE ” on page 38.) Chapter search Specifies a chapter number . Ti[...]

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    ENGLISH 25 En AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) Chapter search 1 Press DISPLA Y during playback. 2 Press i / k to select “ C (chapter). ” 3 Press j / l to enter the desired chapter number . • The number b uttons can also be used to select the desired number . Example: T o pla y chapter number 17 Press 1 , 7 . If you enter the w[...]

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    26 ENGLISH AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) MARK M-SEARCH CLEAR i / k / j / l / ENTER c Mark search Pla yback can restart from the marked point. Up to 5 points can be marked within the same title number . T o mark a desired point Press MARK at that point during playbac k. “ 1/5 ” is displa yed and the picture marked “ 1 ” is[...]

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    ENGLISH 27 En AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) Changing the angle When pla ying a D VD with multi-angles recorded (photographed from se veral diff erent angles), you can select the angle you w ant to view . When a multi-angle scene comes on during pla yback, “ ” will b link in the display window to let y ou know that you can cha[...]

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    28 ENGLISH AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) RANDOM AND REPEA T PLA YBACK Repeat playback Press REPEA T during playback. Repeat mode will change each time you press REPEA T . CHAPTER: Repeats the chapter currently being pla yed. TITLE: Repeats the title currently being play ed. OFF: Cancels repeat playbac k. (Normal playback) REPEA T[...]

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    ENGLISH 29 En MORE FEA TURES AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) Repeating a portion between two specified points (A-B Repeat) Y ou can select a por tion of a track to be repeated. The portion to be repeated cannot span a track boundary , but must be within a single trac k. 1 During playback, press A-B at the starting point (A) of the [...]

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    30 ENGLISH AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) PROGRAMMED PLA YBACK CLEAR Y ou can select up to 20 tracks, and pla y them in programmed order . • T o use this feature with Video CDs that suppor t PBC, turn PBC off first. See “ CHANGING SETUP V ALUE ” on page 38. 1 Press PROGRAM during playback or in stop mode. The program men u s[...]

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    ENGLISH 31 En MORE FEA TURES AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) CREA TING A 3D SURROUND EFFECT The unit can produce a 3D Surround eff ect, which simulates multi-channel audio pla yback from two con ventional stereo speakers , instead of the five or more speak ers nor mally required to listen to multi-channel audio from a home theater [...]

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    32 ENGLISH AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) Some discs hav e more than one audio trac k, such as soundtracks with diff erent languages. While playing such a disc, the audio trac k can be changed to pla y the diff erent soundtracks . Y ou can also change the sound track using the i / k / j / l buttons after displa ying the OSD men u [...]

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    ENGLISH 33 En MORE FEA TURES AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) DISPLA YING AND CHANGING SUBTITLES When playing DVD discs which contain subtitles, you can display the subtitles on the screen or change the language of the subtitles. Y ou can also change the subtitle language using the i / k / j / l buttons after displa ying the OSD men[...]

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    34 ENGLISH AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) PLA YING BACK AN MP3 DISC The unit can pla y back MP3s recorded on CD-R OM, CD-R or CD-RW discs . Before pla ying bac k an MP3 disc, read the f ollowing notes. Notes on MP3 discs An MP3 file stores audio data compressed using MPEG1, the audio la yer-3 file-coding scheme . In this manual, w[...]

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    ENGLISH 35 En AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) Playing back an MP3 disc 1 Load an MP3 disc. The MP3 menu is displa yed. NO TES • It ma y take o ver 30 seconds to read the MP3 files depending on the comple xity of the folder tree . • If you press v RETURN , MENU , or T OP MENU during playbac k, pla yback stops . v RETURN MENU T O[...]

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    36 ENGLISH AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) Programmed playback Up to 60 tracks per disc can be programmed. 1 Follow steps 2 and 3 of “Playing back an MP3 disc” on page 35. i / k / j / l / ENTER CLEAR NO TE Unlik e A udio CD operations , the f ollowing pla yback modes and functions do not work when pla ying back an MP3 disc. •[...]

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    ENGLISH 37 En AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) Repeat playback T o pla y back a track repeatedl y Press REPEA T once during playbac k. The current trac k will be play ed back repeatedly . T o pla y back an entire alb um repeatedly Press REPEA T twice during playbac k. All of the tracks within the alb um will be pla yed back repeated[...]

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    38 ENGLISH AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) CHANGING SETUP V ALUES Basic operations 1 Press SETUP during playback or in stop mode. The setup menu is displa y ed. v RETURN SETUP i / k / j / l / ENTER CLEAR All the basic settings of the unit are pr operly preset at the factory . • Check that “ Digital Audio Output ” and “ TV A[...]

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    ENGLISH 39 En AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) Disc Audio The audio sound track language on a D VD disc can be changed. If the selected language is not availab le on the disc, the original language for the disc is selected. 1 Press i / k to select “ Disc Audio ” on the setup menu and press the l right cursor button. 2 Press i / [...]

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    40 ENGLISH AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) Rating Some D VD discs contain a restriction lev el which enables parents to remov e scenes or pre v ent children from pla ying the discs. This unit is equipped with a password designed to pre v ent children from changing the lev el. 1 Press i / k to select “ Rating ” on the setup menu[...]

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    ENGLISH 41 En AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) Password A 4-digit passw ord can be set to pre vent pla ying discs with higher ratings. 1 Press i / k to select “ Password ” on the setup menu and press the l right cursor button. 2 Enter a 4-digit password using the number buttons, then press ENTER. Example : T o set the passw ord [...]

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    42 ENGLISH AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) TV Aspect Select the appropriate screen type of your TV: conv entional size screen (4:3) or wide-screen (16:9). 1 Press i / k to select “ TV Aspect ” on the setup menu and press the l right cursor button. 2 Press i / k to select the desired TV Aspect and press ENTER. 4:3 Letterbo x : S[...]

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    ENGLISH 43 En AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) Menu Language The language used in this setup menu can be changed. 1 Press i / k to select “ Menu Language ” on the setup menu and press the l right cursor button. 2 Press i / k to select the desired language and press ENTER. English/Spanish/French/German/Italian: The setup menu is [...]

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    44 ENGLISH AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) DOLBY DIGIT AL/PCM: Select this when connecting to an A V receiver or other equipment equipped with a Dolb y Digital (AC-3) decoder or a Dolby Pro Logic Surround decoder . Stream/PCM: Select this when connecting to an A V receiver or other equipment equipped with a DTS decoder or an MPEG d[...]

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    AS NECESSAR Y ENGLISH 45 En AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) Language codes Code Language Code Language Code Language 6565 Af ar 7285 Hungarian 8084 P or tuguese 6566 Abkhazian 7289 Armenian 8185 Quechua 6570 Afrikaans 7365 Interlingua 8277 Rhaeto-Romance 6577 Amharic 7378 Indonesian 8279 Romanian 6582 Arabic 7383 Icelandic 8285 Rus[...]

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    46 ENGLISH AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) TROUBLESHOOTING If something seems to be wrong with y our D VD play er, first chec k the items in the table belo w . Symptom Check See page The power does not come on. The disc does not play . Playbac k stops almost immediately . No picture. The picture is bad. No sound. The remote control[...]

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    ENGLISH 47 En AS NECESSAR Y AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) P ow er supply 120 V AC , 60 Hz P ow er consumption 16 W P ow er consumption in standby mode 2.9 W Weight 3.2 kg (7.1 lbs) External dimensions 430 × 88 × 245 mm (w × h × d) (17 × 3.5 × 9.9 inches) Laser Semiconductor Laser , wa v elength 650/780 nm Signal format NTSC[...]

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    For Assistance and Inf ormation, Call T oll Free 1-800-BUY -AIWA (United States and Puer to Rico) AIW A XD-D V380U 8B-A V3-905-01 (010209AMK-Y -L) Printed in Korea[...]