JVC XV-FA90BK manual

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    STANDBY/ON STANDBY/ON DVD / VIDEO CD / CD PAUSE PLAY STOP 3 8 7 OPEN/CLOSE 0 SKIP ¢ 4 DVD AUDIO/DVD VIDEO/CD PLAYER DISC 1 DISC 2 DISC 3 DISC 4 DISC 5 DISC 6 DISC 7 PLAY & EXCHANGE 7 - DISC EXCHANGE DISC SKIP DVD AUDIO       [...]

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    W arnings, Cautions and Other s IMPORTANT for the U.K. DO NOT cut off the mains plug from this equipment. If the plug fitted is not suitable for the power points in your home or the cable is too short to reach a power point, then obtain an appropriate safety approved extension lead or consult your dealer. BE SURE to replace the fuse only with an id[...]

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    1 English English T able of Co nt ents Introduction Page 2 Features ......... ................. ................. ........... ................. ........ 2 Supplied ac cessories ................ ........... ................. ........... ... 3 About this instruction manual ................. ........... ..............4 Notes on h andling .............[...]

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    2 Introduc tion Intr oduction F eatur es This unit is a compati ble play er for D VD VIDEO , DVD A U DIO , Audio CD and V ideo CD dis cs. 7 7 7 7 Special pictur e playback Pr ovide s special picture play bac k fu nctions su c h as Strobe, Frame-b y-frame , Zoom and Sl ow-m otion. 7 7 7 7 Angle function* Y ou can sel ect a desi red angle from m ulti[...]

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    Introduc tion 3 Introduc tion English Supplied accessor ies • Audio/vi deo cable (x 1) • S-video cable (x 1) • Audio cable (x 2) • R emote Control Unit ( x 1) • R6P(SUM -3)/AA(1 5F) bat teries (x 2) • Instruction m anual (x 1) • AC power cord (x 1) S.F RE Q D IS C S E L E C T T V D V D R EP E A T 3D P H O N IC T V /V ID E O C A N C EL[...]

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    Introduc tion 4 Introduc tion About this instr uction manual • This instru ction ma nual is writ ten in the following manner . • This unit c an playbac k CD-R discs rec orded by the M P3 format ( we refer to those d iscs as MP3 discs in this manual ). • R egardin g operations f or MP3 discs, see “ MP3 di sc playba c k ” on and af ter page[...]

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    Introduc tion 5 Introduc tion English Notes on handli ng Important cautions Installation of the unit • S elect a place whic h is level, dry and neither too hot nor too cold (between 5 o C and 35 o C). • Leav e suffic ient dis tanc e betw een t he uni t and the T V . • Do not us e the play er in a place subje ct to vibr ations. Pow e r c o rd [...]

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    6 Preliminary knowle dge Pr eliminar y knowledge Names of par ts and contr o ls Refer to the cor respon ding page s indicated in () for detai ls. Front panel 1 ST ANDB Y/ON indicat or (26) Light s i n red when t he power cor d is connect ed and the uni t i s on st andby. When the uni t i s tu rned on, th e S T A ND B Y in di cato r lig hts in g ree[...]

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    Preliminary knowledge 7 Preliminary knowl edge English 6 0 (OPEN/CL OSE) but t on (26, 27 ) Used to open an d cl ose the carous el. Y ou can al so use thi s bu tton in t he pl ay exchange mode. 7 8 (P A USE) but ton (2 9, 38, 54) Pauses pl ayback. Al s o, u sed t o di spl ay nine co nti nuous sti ll pi ctur es ( STROBE funct ion) . 8 Remot e sensor[...]

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    Preliminary knowledge 8 Preliminary knowle dge Remote contro l unit 1 DISC SELECT bu tt on (14, 2 8) Pressi ng thi s butt on f oll owed by the a ppropr ia te numeri c button ( 1 thr ough 7) withi n 5 sec onds sel ect s a disc to be played b ac k. 2 REPEA T butt on (42 , 56) S ele cts t he repeat mo de. 3 3D PHONI C butt on (4 9) Produces a si mulat[...]

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    Preliminary knowledge 9 Preliminary knowl edge English 9 4 /PREV IOUS but t on (29, 35, 54) Skips bac k a chapter , ti tl e, gr oup or tra c k. Also us ed for the page sel ect ion of a menu scr ee n (f or DVD VIDEO/ D VD AUDI O/Vi deo CD) . Holdi ng down thi s button duri ng p la yback rever s es playb ac k rapi dl y (exc ept MP3 di sc). 0 7 /CLEAR[...]

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    Preliminary knowledge 10 Preliminary knowle dge Rear pa nel 1 A UDIO O UT jac ks (1 7, 1 9, 20, 21) Output s th e multi c hannel si gnals of a DVD AU DI O disc recor ded b y th e li near PCM mult ic hann el f ormat or a DVD VIDEO di sc rec ord ed by t he Do lby Dig it al surround , DT S or MPE G Mult ichannel for mat. FRONT jac ks also ou tput ster[...]

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    Preliminary knowledge 11 Preliminary knowl edge English Oper ational Pr incipl es Y ou can set pref erences a nd perform adva nced playb ac k functions v ia various o n-screen di splays, in cluding the Opening, P refe rence, Spea ker setting , Pa rental Loc k and Control displa ys. Basic oper ations of on-scr een displa ys • Y ou can move using t[...]

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    Preliminary knowledge 12 Preliminary knowle dge PREFERENCE (1, 2) and SPK.SET TING (spea k er setting) disp lays (see page 57) Y ou can set pre ferences via these displa ys. • T o bri ng up the PREFERENCE 1/PRE FERENCE 2/ SPK.SET TING display 1 When a D VD VIDEO disc is set and s topped or no disc is inser ted, press CHOICE. 2 T o select the disp[...]

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    Preliminary knowledge 13 Preliminary knowl edge English CD CONTRO L displa y Y ou can select a nd set various fu nctions for Aud io CD playbac k from this d isplay . • T o bri ng up the CD CONTROL d ispla y Whenever an Audio CD is inser ted, press ON SCREEN. V CD CONTROL displa y There are tw o types of V CD CON TROL displa y . The display sh own[...]

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    Preliminary knowledge 14 Preliminary knowle dge On-s creen gu ide icon s During D VD VIDEO play bac k, you may se e icons displ ay ed ove r the picture. T hese have the followi ng meanings. : Display ed at the beginni ng of a scene re corded from mul tiple ang les. (S ee page 44 .) : Display ed at the beginni ng of a scene re corded with multiple a[...]

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    Preliminary knowledge 15 Preliminary knowl edge English About discs Playable a nd non-pl ayable dis c types are as follows: Play able discs The DV D Logo is a trademark. • CD-R and CD-R W discs recorded with the Aud io CD format and CD-R discs recorded wit h the Audio CD, V ideo CD and MP3 format c an be play ed bac k, though some d iscs may not [...]

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    Preliminary knowledge 16 Preliminary knowle dge A DVD VIDEO disc is comprised of “ titles ” and eac h title may be d ivided into som e “ ch a p t e r s ” . F or ex ample, if a D VD VIDEO disc conta ins some mo vies, eac h mov ie may have its ow n title number , and eac h movie ma y be divided into som e c hapters. In a D VD VIDEO KARA OKE d[...]

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    17 Getting starte d English Getti ng star ted Connections *In the follo wing de scription, “ TV ” may b e substituted w ith “ monitor ” or “ proj ector . ” *Before usin g the unit, you have to co nnect th e unit to a TV a nd/or amplifie r . • • • • Do not connec t the AC powe r cord until all other conne ctions hav e been made. [...]

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    Getting started 18 Getting st arted Y ou can enjoy using the un it by simply connecting it to your t elevision s et with a 2 1 -pin SCAR T ca ble. T o hear audio sound with bet ter qua lity , connect the a udio output to y our audio equi pment. Set the Y/C - COMP . switc h cor rectly acc ording to your TV . • If the T V only acco mmodates the com[...]

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    Getting started 19 Getting starte d English Y ou can enjoy high-quality a udio by connecting the unit's au dio output to y our amplifier or rec eiver . • Connect the unit's A UDIO OUT (FRON T LEF T/RIGHT) to an y line-leve l inputs (suc h as A UX, DVD, CD, etc.) of an a udio amplifier or rec eiver . T o conn ect t o an au dio amp lifi e[...]

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    Getting started 20 Getting st arted The unit su ppor ts the line ar PCM multic hannel format of DVD A UDIO an d can feed multic hannel audio out put signals from the 6 ana log AU DIO OUT jac ks. It is also equipped w ith the DTS, Dolby Digital and MP E G Multic hannel dec oders. So yo u can enjoy any t ype of the hig h quality sur round sounds b y [...]

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    Getting started 21 Getting starte d English Y ou can enhance the sound qu ality by connecting either of the un it's DIGIT AL OUT jac ks to the digital inp ut of an amplifier , MD, etc. by using an op tical or a co axial d igital cable (optional). The dig ital audi o signal from a disc is direc tly transfer red. If y ou connect the unit to a Do[...]

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    Getting started 22 Getting st arted When all the audio/v ideo connec tions have been made, inser t the sm aller plug of th e supplied AC p ower co rd to the unit ’ s AC IN con nector , then inser t the other end to the wall outlet. Make sure that plugs are ins er ted firmly . The ST ANDBY/ON indic ator lights and s etup is com pleted. Wa rn i n g[...]

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    Getting started 23 Getting starte d English Pr ecautions f or the saf e use of batt er ies Observe the following precautions for the safe use of bat teries. If they are used i mproperly their li fe will be s hor tened, they may bu r st or thei r cont ents may le ak. • Operate the remote contro l unit while pointing it tow ard the remote sens or o[...]

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    Getting started 24 Getting st arted Y ou can operate you r TV from the re mote control u nit. Setti ng the r e mot e contr ol signal f or oper ating y our TV . 1 Holding down TV/VI DEO - CANCEL, enter the manufac turer code of your TV listed below by using the numeric but tons (0 to 9). Do not relea se TV/VIDEO - CANCE L. Kee p holding it un til th[...]

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    Getting started 25 Getting starte d English The follow ing but tons can be used for o perating th e TV : T o use the CURSOR (CH – , CH+, V OL – , V OL+ ), TV/VIDEO - CANC EL and nume ric but tons for T V control, set the TV - D VD switc h to “ TV ” . T ur ns the T V on or of f . Sw itches the TV input mode between T V and VIDEO . Selects th[...]

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    26 Basic op erati ons Basic operations In the fo llowing descrip tion, the but tons on the remote c ontrol unit are m ainly used, however , you may u se the cor respondin g butto ns on th e front panel o f the unit if available. T ur ning on/of f the unit Pr ess D VD ST ANDBY/ON on the remote control unit or press S T ANDBY/ON on the front panel. T[...]

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    Basic operations 27 Basic op erati ons English 2 Press EXCHANGE/ DISC SKIP t o select a ccessible tra ys if require d. Eac h press of the but ton rotates the carous el cloc kwise by an amount for acc essing the ne xt two trays . 3 Place one or two discs in the tray(s). 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 if you wish to set one or more discs to other trays. 5 Pr[...]

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    Basic operations 28 Basic op erati ons Basic pla ybac k Note that this sect ion describes ba sic operations for pla ybac k of DVD VIDEO , DV D AUDIO , Audio CD and V ideo CD discs. For MP 3 disc pla ybac k, see the indepe ndent c hapter on and a ft er page 54. Press 3 . or Press a desir ed DISC (1 through 7) button on the front panel, or press DISC[...]

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    Basic operations 29 Basic op erati ons English Press 7 . The unit sto ps play bac k. • If you press 0 (OPEN/CL OSE) during playbac k, t he unit stops playb ac k and opens the tray carrou sel. Press 8 . The unit pau ses playb ac k. T o resume p laybac k, press 3 . . ¶ During playba c k Method 1 (fr om the r emot e contr ol unit only) Press 1 or ?[...]

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    Basic operations 30 Basic op erati ons ¶ During playba c k Press 4 or ¢ . Pre s s 4 to locate the b eginning of th e cur rent c hapter , title, or trac k, and press ¢ to loca te the beginn ing of the next c hapter , title, or trac k. Y ou can open th e carousel during playba c k and c hange d iscs that are not being p layed bac k. ¶ During play[...]

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    Basic operations 31 Basic op erati ons English Resuming pl a ybac k The unit can me morize the p osition on a disc where you inter r upt pla ybac k, and res ume playbac k from that positio n later . ¶ During playba c k Press 7 , or press DVD ST ANDBY/ON on the remote control unit or ST ANDBY/ON on the front panel. The unit mem orize s the inter ru[...]

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    32 Adva nced oper ations Advanced operations • Note that t his sectio n describes op erations for playbac k of DVD VIDEO , DVD A UDIO, Audio CD an d Vide o CD discs. For MP 3 disc pla ybac k, see the in dependent c hapter on a nd af ter page 54. B ut “ Chec king the samplin g frequency ” on page 53 is applied to MP3 discs. • The foll owing [...]

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    Advanced operations 33 Adva nced opera tions English Pla yin g fr om a specific position o n a disc Y ou can play a dis c from the selec ted trac k, title or c hapter , or from the specified time. DVD d iscs gen erally have their own men us whic h show the disc cont ents. Th ese menus contain va rious items suc h as titles of a movie , names of s o[...]

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    Advanced operations 34 Adva nced oper ations The unit sta r ts playbac k of the s elected item. Y ou can return to th e menu by pre ssing the RETURN but ton. When “ NEXT ” or “ PREVIOU S ” appears on the TV screen, the unit general ly works a s follows: • Pre s si n g ¢ advances to the next page. • Pre s si n g 4 returns to the previou[...]

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    Advanced operations 35 Adva nced opera tions English Y ou can locate the beginning of a c hapte r (for D VD VIDEO) or trac k (for DVD AUDIO/Audi o CD/V ideo CD) by using the 4 or ¢ . ¶ For D VD VIDEO: During playbac k For D VD A UDIO/Audio CD: During playba c k or while stopped For Vi de o C D: During p laybac k without PBC function 1 Press 4 or [...]

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    Advanced operations 36 Adva nced oper ations • The “ 10 ” and “ +1 0 ” button s are not used in t his funct ion. Y ou can play a dis c from the de sired positio n by specifyin g the elaps ed time from the beginning of the cur rent title (for DVD VIDEO), the cur rent group (for DVD AUDIO ) or the disc (for Audio CD/V ideo CD) us ing the TI[...]

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    Advanced operations 37 Adva nced opera tions English • When you make a mi stake Move the cursor to the inc or rect value , then press the cor rect but ton to re-select the value. The unit ca n displ ay the openin g scene o f eac h title or c hapter on a DVD VIDEO or ea c h trac k of a V ideo CD. Y ou can sele ct a desire d scene from those disp l[...]

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    Advanced operations 38 Adva nced oper ations Special pict ur e pla ybac k The un it pro vides speci al pictu re play bac k functi ons includ ing Frame- by-frame, Strobe, Slow-motio n and Zo om. ¶ While paus ed (still) 1 Press 8 . Eac h time you press 8 , the stil l picture adva nces to the n ext f rame. Pressing 3 returns to no rmal playback. ¶ D[...]

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    Advanced operations 39 Adva nced opera tions English ¶ During playba c k or w hile paused 1 Press ZOOM + or –. The unit z ooms in by pressi ng ZOOM + or zooms out by pr essing ZO OM – . Eac h time you press ZO OM +, the magnificatio n is doubled (up to x 1 024). Eac h time you press ZO OM – , the ma gnification is halved (dow n to x 1/8). At[...]

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    Advanced operations 40 Adva nced oper ations Changi ng the playback or der Y ou can play trac ks on a DVD AUDIO , Audio CD or V ideo CD disc cu rren tly loaded in the desired order or in random ord er using the P rogram o r Ran dom playbac k function. Note that y ou cannot us e these fu nctions amo ng multiple dis cs. By program ming trac ks, you c[...]

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    Advanced operations 41 Adva nced opera tions English • T o quit progr am playbac k Pr ess EN TER when points [PROGRAM]. [PROGRAM] returns to its or iginal color . (When playing bac k a V ideo CD, yo u have to pre ss 7 and then pres s ON SCREEN to bring up the on-scre en dis play .) • T o cle ar the pr ogram While stopped an d the on-sc reen dis[...]

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    Advanced operations 42 Adva nced oper ations Repeat pla yba c k Y ou can repeat p laybac k of the cur rent title or c hapte r (for DVD VIDEO), cur rent group or trac k (for D VD AUDIO), or cur rent or a ll trac ks. Y ou can also repe at play bac k of a desired par t. Note that you cannot repeat p laybac k of multiple discs. Method 1 ¶ For D VD AUD[...]

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    Advanced operations 43 Adva nced opera tions English • A udio CD/Video C D The selec ted mod e is also show n on the on- screen display , however , it is show n in the dif fe rent wa y from the display win dow. The follo wing table shows th e relation betw een them. • T o stop r e peat p layba ck Pre s s 7 . When a D VD VIDEO disc is set, the u[...]

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    Advanced operations 44 Adva nced oper ations 3 Press ENTER at the end of the part you want to repeat (point B). The unit loc ates “ A ” and star ts rep eat playbac k between “ A ” and “ B. ” • T o quit A -B r epeat p laybac k Pre s s 7 . The unit stops playbac k and quits A-B repeat mode. Y ou can also c lear the A-B repea t mode b y [...]

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    Advanced operations 45 Adva nced opera tions English Fr om on- scr een displa y ¶ During DVD V IDEO playbac k 1 Press ON SCREEN. The on-sc reen display appears on the TV s creen. 2 Use CURSOR 5 / ∞ or ANGLE to move to [ANGLE]. 3 Use CURSOR 2 / 3 or ANGLE to select the desired angle number . ¶ During DV D VIDEO playbac k 1 Press and hold ANGLE f[...]

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    Advanced operations 46 Adva nced oper ations Changing the language and sound So me DVD VIDEO discs suppor t more tha n one subtitl e language and/or au dio languag e/sound, while some D VD AUDIO discs supp ort more than one aud io language/ sound. Y ou can select th e desired on e from them . Similarly , you can s elect audi o c hanne l(s) of a V i[...]

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    Advanced operations 47 Adva nced opera tions English By A UDIO selec tion, you can c hoose th e audio la nguage of movies or en joy KARAOKE with or with out the vocal. Fr om nor mal scr een ¶ During playba c k 1 Press AUDI O - S.FREQ. The Audio sele ction display a ppears on the TV screen 2 Use AUDIO - S.FREQ or CURSOR 2 / 3 to select the desired [...]

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    Advanced operations 48 Adva nced oper ations Miscellaneous fun ctions The VFP (V ideo Fine Pr ocessor) functi on enables you to adjust the p icture c haracter ac cording to the type of programming, pi cture tone or pe rsonal preferences. ¶ During playbac k (for D VD A UDIO: During play bac k while pic ture is show n) 1 Press V FP to select t he de[...]

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    Advanced operations 49 Adva nced opera tions English • BRIG HTN ESS Controls the brightness of the screen. • CONTRAS T Controls the contrast of th e screen. • COL OR Controls the color depth o f the screen . • TINT Controls the tint of the sc reen. • SHA RPNES S Controls the sharpness of the screen. • Y DELA Y Controls the color g ap of[...]

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    Advanced operations 50 Adva nced oper ations 3 Press CURSOR 2 / 3 to adjust the effe ct level. Y ou can adjus t the ef fect le vel in 5 st eps. T oward L: R educes the e ff ect. T oward H: Enhance s the ef fect. • T o turn off the 3D PHONIC screen, press EN TER. The 3D PHONIC screen disappears if no operations are made for more than 1 0 seconds .[...]

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    Advanced operations 51 Adva nced opera tions English Most D VD AU DIO discs in clude still pictures, whic h usually a ppear in tu rn automatica lly during play bac k accord ing to the pla ybac k sequence. Howeve r , there are other page(s ) of the cur rent still picture and y ou can c hange the picture (tu rn the page) ma nually . • At the beginn[...]

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    Advanced operations 52 Adva nced oper ations So me DV D AUDIO discs con tain a s pecial group called “ bonus grou p ” whose cont ents are not opened to the public. The bonus group is alw ays ass igned to the last group of a dis c (for examp le, if a disc contains four groups inc luding a bo nus group, “ group 4 ” is the bonus group). T o pl[...]

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    Advanced operations 53 Adva nced opera tions English Y ou can c hec k the sa mpling fre quency of di gital audio during playba c k. ¶ During playba c k 1 Press AUDIO - S.FREQ for more than one second. The samp ling frequenc y of the cur rent d igital audio is shown in the d isplay win dow temporarily . Check ing the samplin g freque ncy NOT ES •[...]

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    54 MP3 disc playbac k MP3 disc playback This unit c an playbac k CD-R discs recorded by th e MP3 format (we refe r to those discs a s MP3 discs in thi s manual) . Though ava ilable fu nctions wi th MP3 di scs are lim ited, operations fo r the availabl e functions are s imilar to those with Audio CD di scs . About MP3 disc On an MP3 disc, eac h mate[...]

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    MP3 disc playback 55 MP3 disc playbac k English English English When loading an MP3 disc, af ter the di sc co ntents are read, the MP3 CON TROL dis play automa tically appears on the TV screen. Y ou can specify the desired Group and T rac k for playbac k via this display . Y ou can speci fy the desired Group/T rac k from the display by the followin[...]

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    MP3 disc playback 56 MP3 disc playba ck Y ou can repeat p laybac k of the cur rent trac k or group. ¶ During playba c k or w hile stopped 1 Press REP EA T . Eac h time you press REP EA T , the repeat mod e toggles am ong cur rent group repeat, cur rent trac k repeat and o f f. Y ou can see t he selecte d mode by ic ons in the display w indow on th[...]

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    57 Initial se ttings English Initial settings Selecting pr ef er ences Y ou can set various pre ferences for p laybac k via two preferenc e disp lays. Y ou can bring up a prefe rence display at an y time except the unit is turned off . ¶ In an y condition except the unit is tu rned of f . 1 Press C HOICE. One of the Pre ference on-screen d isplays[...]

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    Initia l set tings 58 Initial settings A UDIO LANGU A GE Y ou can selec t the default a udio languag e to be pl ayed if it is contained on a D VD VIDEO/D VD A UDIO disc. Eac h time you press CURSOR 3 , the langua ge set ting c hanges in the following ord er: ENGLISH → → → → SP ANISH → → → → FRENCH → → → → CHINESE → → →[...]

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    Initia l settin gs 59 Initial se ttings English MONIT OR TYPE Y ou can se lect t he monit or type to matc h your TV when you playbac k DVD VIDEO discs r ecord ed for wide scre en televisi ons. • 4:3 LB. (Let ter B o x Con ver sion) Should be select ed when yo u connec t a normal TV to the unit . When you play a wide picture recorded on a DVD VIDE[...]

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    Initia l set tings 60 Initial settings The followi ng c hart s hows the re lationship be tween types of pl aybac k discs and ou tput signals . * With some DVD VI DEO discs that are not fully copy - protected, a 20 or 24 b it digital signal may be output. DOWN MIX T o playbac k a D VD VIDEO disc recorded with sur round m ultic hann el audio cor rect[...]

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    Initia l settin gs 61 Initial se ttings English DTS BA SS MANA GEMENT This it em controls t he output si gnals when playi ng bac k D TS-encode d DVD VIDEO discs. • OFF This is the normal se tting for DTS-enco ded discs. Signals w ith the full fre quency range are output from all spea ker s when pla ying bac k a DTS-enco ded disc. This mod e ignor[...]

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    Initia l set tings 62 Initial settings Speak e r Channe l set ting Se lect the s peaker configur ation type accord ing to your speaker system. N ormally , simply select “ 5.1 C H. ” or “ 2 CH. ” . However , by selec ting “ EXPER T ” , you c an make fine tuning to matc h your speaker sy stem. • 2 CH. When you connec t to a 2-c hannel a[...]

  • Page 65

    Initia l settin gs 63 Initial se ttings English 2 Select the desired s peaker(s) to be set using CURSOR 5 / ∞ . • F. S P : F ront sp eaker s. Th e level is fixed to 0dB. • C.SP : Cente r sp eak er • R.SP : Rear speakers • S.WOO FE R : Sub-woofer The set ting range is betwe en – 6dB an d +6dB i n 1dB steps . 3 Set the level using CU RSOR[...]

  • Page 66

    Initia l set tings 64 Initial settings Limiting pla ybac k b y ch i l d re n This functi on restricts p laybac k of DVD VIDE O discs whic h contain viol ent (and other) s cenes acc ording to the level set by the user . F or ex ample, if a m ovi e whic h includes violent sce nes suppo rts the parental loc k feature, suc h scenes whic h you do not w [...]

  • Page 67

    Initia l settin gs 65 Initial se ttings English Y ou can c hange the P arental Loc k set tings later . ¶ While a D VD VIDE O disc is st opped or no disc is inser ted 1 Press ENTER while holding down 7 on the remote control unit. The P arental L oc k on- screen dis play appe ars on the TV screen. points [P ASSW OR D]. 2 Enter your current 4-di git [...]

  • Page 68

    Initia l set tings 66 Initial settings When you s et the parental level stric tly , some discs may not be pl ayed bac k at all. When y ou inser t suc h a disc and try to pla y it, the follow ing P arental L oc k on-screen display a ppears on the T V screen, as king you w hether you w ant the P arenta l Loc k to be temporarily released or not. 1 Use[...]

  • Page 69

    67 Addit ional inf orma tio n English Additional information Car e and handl ing of di scs Ho w to handle di scs When handling a dis c, do not touc h the surface of the disc. Since disc s are made of plastic, they are easily damag ed. If a disc gets dir ty , dusty , scratc hed or w arped, th e images a nd sound will n ot be pic ked up cor rectly , [...]

  • Page 70

    Additional inf ormation 68 Addit ional informat ion T r oub lesho oting What appears t o be a malfun ction may no t alw ays be se rious. Pleas e go through th e following l ist befo re requesting servic e. Symptom P oss ible case Reme dy Pow er does not come on. Pow er plug is not inser ted securely . Plug in securely . Remote control does not wor [...]

  • Page 71

    Addi tion al i nfor mati on 69 Addit ional inf orma tio n English Specifications Gener al Reada ble discs: DVD A UDIO , D VD VIDEO , Audio CD, V ideo C D V ideo format: P AL Other P owe r re qui reme nts: AC 230 V , 50 Hz Power c onsu mpti on: 18 W (POWER ON ), 2. 7 W (ST A NDBY mo de) Mass: 5.6 k  Dimensi ons (W x H x D ): 435 mm x 1 02 mm x 44[...]

  • Page 72

    Additional inf ormation 70 Addit ional informat ion Appendix A:T able of languag es and their abb r eviations When you s elect the s ubtitle langua ge or sound, the langu ages shown b elow are dis play ed as abbreviati ons. T o select the desired language, s elect the a bbreviation c or responding th e language y ou w ant to. AA Afar IK Inupiak RN [...]

  • Page 73

    Addi tion al i nfor mati on 71 Addit ional inf orma tio n English Appendix B:Country cod e list f or P ar ental Loc k This list i s used for th e P arental Loc k operation. Fo r details, see p age 64. AD Andorra AE United Arab Emirates AF Afghanistan AG Antig ua and Barbuda AI Angu illa AL Albania AM Armenia AN Netherlands Antilles AO A ngola AQ An[...]

  • Page 74

    SAFETY INS TRUCTIONS “ SOME DOS AND DON ’ TS ON THE SAFE USE OF EQUIPMENT ” This equipme nt ha s been de sign ed and m anufac tured to meet inter natio nal s afety standar ds but, li ke any elect rical eq uipmen t, care must be taken if you are to obtain the be st resul ts and safety is to be a ssured. Do rea d the ope rati ng inst ruct ions [...]