Mitsubishi Electronics DD-8040 manual

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    DVD Player Owner's Guide DD-8040 VIDEO / AUDIO E5733UD.qxp 03.5.12 3:00 PM Page 1[...]

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    – 2 – EN 1L25 CAUTION W ARNING: T O REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SER VICEABLE P AR TS INSIDE. REFER SER VICING TO Q U ALIFIED SER VICE PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous v olta[...]

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    – 3 – EN 1L25 PLEASE READ ALL THESE INSTR UCTIONS AND RET AIN FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. FOLLO W ALL W ARNINGS AND INSTR UCTIONS MARKED ON THE D VD PLA YER. An appliance and cart combination should be moved with care. Quick stops, excessive force, and uneven surfaces may cause the appliance and cart combination to overturn. 7. V entilation Slots and[...]

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    – 4 – EN 1L25 13. Object and Liquid Entry Never push objects of any kind into this DVD Player through openings, as they may touch dangerous voltage points or short-out parts that could result in a fire or electric shock. Never spill any liquid on the D VD Pla yer . 14. Servicing Do not attempt to service this DVD Player yourself, as opening or [...]

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    – 5 – EN 1L25 A Note About Recycling This product’s packaging materials are recyclable and can be reused. Please dispose of any materials in accordance with your local recycling regulations. Batteries should never be thrown away or incinerated but disposed of in accordance with your local regulations concerning chemical wastes. The serial num[...]

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    – 6 – EN 1L25 T ABLE OF CONTENTS ■ IMPOR T ANT SAFEGU ARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ■ NO TES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 ■ FE[...]

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    – 7 – EN 1L25 FEA TURES ¡ Analog 6-Channel decoder This player is equipped with an analog 6-Channel decoder for D VD Audio/Dolby Digital playback (does not support DTS sound). ¡ Progressive Scan system Unlike con ventional interlace scanning, the progressiv e scan system provides less flickering and images in higher resolution than that of tr[...]

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    – 8 – EN 1L25 ABOUT THE DISCS The following discs can be played back on this D VD player . This player conforms to the NTSC color system. Y ou cannot play discs recorded in other color systems such as P AL or SECAM. ¡ Some discs include region codes as sho wn belo w . ¡ The number inside the symbol refers to a region of the world, and a disc [...]

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    – 9 – EN 1L25 OPERA TING CONTR OLS AND FUNCTIONS 4 5 6 7 8 3 2 1 FRONT P ANEL REMO TE CONTROL 1 9 10 6 11 28 13 27 26 14 18 16 17 15 25 12 24 23 5 2 4 22 3 21 20 19 1. PO WER Button [page 14] Press to turn the power on and of f. 2. P AUSE Button (main unit) [pa ge 15] Pauses the current disc operation. P AUSE/STEP Button (remote contr ol) [page[...]

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    – 10 – EN 1L25 OPTICAL COAXIAL R L VIDEO YC r Cb S SCAN MODE VIDEO OUT CENTER SUBWOOFER L R SURROUND R FRONT L ANALOG 5.1 CH AUDIO OUT IP AUDIO OUT DIGIT AL AUDIO OUT (PCM/BITSTREAM) 29 34 36 37 35 33 30 31 32 38 REAR VIEW 29. P ower Cor d 30. Left AUDIO OUT Jac k 31. OPTICAL DIGIT AL A UDIO OUT Jack 32. CO AXIAL DIGIT AL A UDIO OUT Jack 33. Ri[...]

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    – 11 – EN 1L25 HOOKUPS FOR TVs WITH S-VIDEO INPUT J A CK Use an S-V ideo cable (commercially av ailable) in place of the yellow video cable to enjoy pictures at higher quality . CONNECTING TO A TV OPTICAL COAXIAL R L VIDEO YC r Cb S SCAN MODE VIDEO OUT CENTER SUBWOOFER L R SURROUND R FRONT L ANALOG 5.1 CH AUDIO OUT IP AUDIO OUT DIGIT AL AUDIO O[...]

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    – 12 – EN 1L25 CONNECTING TO A DOLBY DIGIT AL DECODER OR DTS DECODER If using this D VD player to playback a DVD in a 5.1 channel Dolby Digital surround or DTS surround format, the D VD player outputs a Dolby Digital or DTS data stream from its OPTICAL or CO AXIAL DIGIT AL A UDIO OUT jacks. 5.1 channel Dolby Digital Surround sound can also be o[...]

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    – 13 – EN 1L25 CONNECTING TO AN AMPLIFIER EQUIPPED WITH DIGIT AL INPUT J A CKS SUCH AS MD DECK OR D A T DECK Use an audio coaxial or optical digital cable (not included) for the audio connections. Connecting to an amplifier equipped with digital input jacks such as MD Deck or Dat Deck: OPTICAL COAXIAL R L VIDEO YC r Cb S SCAN MODE VIDEO OUT CEN[...]

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    – 14 – EN 1L25 PLA YING A D VD VIDEO OR AN A UDIO CD Getting started T urn on the power of the TV , amplifier and any other components which are connected to the D VD player . (Change the input system to suit the D VD player, and check that the sound volume is correct.) 1 Press the PO WER button. ¡ The power will turn on. 2 Press the OPEN/CLOS[...]

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    – 15 – EN 1L25 PLA YING A DISC RECORDED IN THE VIDEO RECORDING FORMA T The user can select either “ Original ” or “ Play list ” before playing the disc if a “ Play list ” has been set in the disk recorded in the V ideo Recording Format. 1 Press the MENU button when the system is at rest. ¡ The menu screen of the currently set state[...]

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    – 16 – EN 1L25 STEPPING THR OUGH FRAMES 1 Press the P A USE/STEP button while playbac k is paused. ¡ The next picture frame is displayed with sound muted each time the button is pressed. 2 Press the PLA Y button to resume pla yback. Note ¡ For D VD Audio discs, only the picture can be forwarded by a step. VCD D VD-RW D VD-V D VD-A k B RESUMIN[...]

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    1 Press SEARCH MODE once for the Chapter Searc h, twice for the Title sear ch during pla yback. 2 Enter the desired chapter/title number using the Number buttons. ¡ During playback , press the numeric buttons to select a Chapter . The Chapter will be located and playback will start. ¡ When playback is stopped, press the numeric buttons to select [...]

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    – 18 – EN 1L25 ST AR TING FR OM A DESIRED TIME COUNT 1 Press the SEARCH MODE button twice during playbac k. 2 Press the numeric b uttons to set the desired time count. ¡ Example: 1 hour , 23 minutes and 30 seconds 12330 Notes ¡ In the case of D VD V ideo, T ime Search in T itle is effecti ve, but Time Search in Chapter is inef fecti ve. ¡ In[...]

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    – 19 – EN 1L25 REPEA T 1 Press the REPEA T b utton. F or D VD V ideos ¡ A single title or chapter is played back repeatedly . ¡ Pressing the REPEA T button c ycles the display on the screen as follows. F or audio CDs or V ideo CDs ¡ The whole disc or a single track is played back repeatedly . ¡ Pressing the REPEA T button c ycles the displa[...]

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    – 20 – EN 1L25 PR OGRAM 1 Press the MODE button in stop mode. ¡ The program screen will appear . CD 1/1 1/3 CD [AUDIO] TOT AL 0:00:00 PROGRAM ENTER PLAY CLEAR 2 5:02 3 1:22 4 4:35 5 3:49 6 3:05 7 4:18 2 Select a track using K / L buttons, then press the ENTER button. 3 Press the PLA Y button. ¡ Playback will start in the programmed order . ¡[...]

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    This machine can reproduce images and sounds from data recorded in MP3, JPEG and WMA formats on CD-R OM, CD-R and CD-R W discs. The machine can also run Picture CD dealt by K odak Inc. The user can enjo y picture images on their television set by reproducing Picture CDs. * Picture CD is a service that con verts photographs taken by con ventional fi[...]

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    – 22 – EN 1L25 F or discs of Picture CD: ¡ A Picture CD menu appears. ¡ If all menu items cannot be displayed in the screen scope, a prompt symbol “ G ” appears at the right bottom of the screen, indicating that the user can vie w remaining items on the next page. If another prompt symbol “ H ” appears, it indicates that the user can [...]

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    1 Press the MODE button in ST OP mode . ¡ The program screen sho ws up. 2 Using the K / L buttons, select a group. Then press the ENTER button. ¡ A T rack selection screen appears. 3 Using the K / L buttons, select a trac k. Then press the ENTER button to sa ve it in a program. ¡ The programmed track is displayed in the right-hand screen. ¡ If [...]

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    – 24 – EN 1L25 SETTINGS CHANGING THE A UDIO LANGU A GE OR SOUND MODE This D VD player has a function which allows you to select the desired audio language and sound mode. F or D VDs Press the A UDIO button during playbac k, and then press the A UDIO button to select the desired audio language. ¡ The audio language can be changed if multiple la[...]

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    – 25 – EN 1L25 CHANGING THE CAMERA ANGLE (Multi-Angle Pictures) This D VD player has a function which allows you to select the desired camera angle. 1 Press the ANGLE button during pla ybac k. ¡ If the disc contains sequences recorded from different camera angles, the angle icon ( ) will appear at the top-right of the screen. Y ou can change t[...]

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    – 26 – EN 1L25 F or audio CDs or V ideo CDs T 1/36 0:02:57 TRACK01 TRACK01 File name TIME Repeat setting (1) (2) PROGRAM RANDOM or Program/Random Playback only File name (For WMA) (For MP3) TR (Track) CHANGING THE ON-SCREEN DISPLA Y Y ou can check the information about the disc by pressing the DISPLA Y button on the remote control. 1 Press the [...]

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    – 27 – EN 1L25 G 1/25 PICTURE01 File name TR(Track) Repeat setting (1) (2) PROGRAM RANDOM or Program/Random Playback only F or JPEGs or Picture CDs (1) (2) File name TR Repeat Name of currently play ed track Current track n umber/the number of total tracks The repeat status of the currently play ed item is display ed (Not display ed if repeat h[...]

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    – 28 – EN 1L25 Setting image quality ¡ The “ Image quality setting ” screen appears only when “ User ” has been selected in “ Image quality adjustment ” on “ Select image quality modes ” screen. 1. Press the s / B buttons to change the v alue. 2. Press the K / L buttons to switch items. 3. Press the RETURN button to sa ve the c[...]

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    – 29 – EN 1L25 1 Press the SETUP button in ST OP mode . ¡ The setup screen will appear . 2 Press the s / B buttons to select CUST OM, and then press the ENTER button. 3 Press the s / B buttons to select Langua ge, and then press the ENTER button. 4 Press the K / L buttons to select an item, and then press the ENTER button. A UDIO: (V oice is p[...]

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    – 30 – EN 1L25 Language Country code Af ar Abkhazian Afrikaans Amharic Arabic Assamese A ymara Azerbaijani Bashkir Byelorussian Bulgarian Bihari Bislama Bengali;Bangla Tibetan Breton Catalan Corsican Czech W elsh Danish [D AN] German [GER] Bhutani Greek [GRE] English [ENG] Esperanto Spanish [SP A] Estonian Basque P ersian Finnish [FIN] Fiji F a[...]

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    P ANEL DISPLA Y (Default : BRIGHT) Adjust the brightness of the unit ’ s display . Auto: Stays dim only during playback. ANGLE ICON (Default : ON) Display the Angle icon on the screen. ON SCREEN INFO (Default: ON) Displays the play-back mark, etc. on the screen. B A CKGROUND COLOR (Def ault : BLUE) Select blue or gray . 5 (If y ou selected TV ASP[...]

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    1 Press the SETUP button in ST OP mode . ¡ The setup screen will appear . 2 Press the s / B buttons to select CUST OM, and then press the ENTER button. 3 Press the s / B buttons to select A UDIO and then press the ENTER button. 4 Press the K / L buttons to select an item, and then press the ENTER button. DRC (Default : OFF) ON : DRC (Dynamic Range[...]

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    SPEAKER SIZE Select the speaker to set by pressing o / p buttons, then press the ENTER button. Select the size of the speaker by pressing o / p b uttons, then press the ENTER button. LARGE: Select this when the connected speaker is capable of playing back sounds of 100Hz or less. SMALL: Select this when the connected speaker is not capable of playi[...]

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    – 34 – EN 1L25 B ALANCE When the volume le vel differs from each speak er , adjustment can be made in the unit of dB, from -12 dB to 0 dB. Select the speaker to set by pressing o / p b uttons, then press the ENTER button Select the volume le vel by pressing o / p buttons, then press the ENTER button ¡ TEST : The test tone is output in clockwis[...]

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    When “P ARENT AL LEVEL” is selected ¡ Press the K / L buttons to select an item from “ ALL ” or 8 to 1 and then press the ENTER button. ALL All parental lock is cancelled. Level 8 D VD software of any grade (adult/general/children) can be played back. Levels 7 to 2 Only D VD software intended for general use and children can be played back[...]

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    – 36 – EN 1L25 TR OUBLESHOO TING GUIDE If the D VD player does not perform properly when operated as instructed in this Owner's Manual, check the player , consulting the following checklist. Symptom Cause Remedy No po wer ¡ Loose power plug. ¡ Insert the power plug f irmly into the wall outlet. The player does not respond to the remote c[...]

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    – 37 – EN 1L25 Servicing Should your DVD player become inoperable, do not try to correct the problem by yourself. There are no user-serviceable parts inside. Turn the power off, unplug the power cord, and please call our help line at 1-800-332-2119 to locate an Authorized Service Center. Discs that are irregularly shaped, contain a scratch prot[...]

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    – 38 – EN 1L25 Disc Handling • Use discs which have the following logos on them. • Handle the discs so that fingerprints and dust do not adhere to the surfaces of the discs. • Alwa ys store the disc in its protective case when it is not used. • T o clean-off , use a soft cloth. • Do not use a hard cloth since this will mar the disc. ?[...]

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    – 39 – EN 1L25 SPECIFICA TIONS Product type : D VD Player Discs : D VD V ideo D VD Audio Audio CD V ideo CD Output signal format : NTSC color Frequency response : 20 Hz to 22 kHz (sample rate: 48 kHz) 20 Hz to 44 kHz (sample rate: 96 kHz) 20 Hz to 88 kHz (sample rate: 192 kHz) Signal-to-noise ratio (S/N ratio) CD: 120 dB (JEIT A) Dynamic range:[...]

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    RETAIN THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS SERIAL NO. CUSTOMER NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP PHONE ( ) PURCHASE DATE // MO DAY YR PLACE OF PURCHASE MITSUBISHI DVD Player LIMITED W ARRANTY MITSUBISHI DIGITAL ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC. ( “ MDEA ” ) warrants to the original purchaser of this DVD player if purchased from an authorized MITSUBISHI Audi[...]