Onkyo DV-SP403E manual

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    E n D VD Player DV -SP403E Instruction Manual Thank you for purchasing the Onkyo D V - SP403E D VD Player . Read this manual carefully before using your ne w D VD Player . A good understanding of its features and operation will allo w you to achiev e optimum performance and enjoyment. K eep this manual for future reference. Contents Overview ......[...]

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    2 Impor tant Saf ety Instructions 1. Read Instructions – All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the appliance is operated. 2. Retain Instructions – The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. 3. Heed W arnings – All warnings on the appliance and in the operating instructions should b[...]

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    3 Important Safety Instructions —Continued A. When the power -supply cord or plug is damaged, B. If liquid has been spilled, or objects have fallen into the appliance, C. If the appliance has been exposed to rain or water , D. If the appliance does not operate normally by following the operating instructions. Adjust only those controls that are c[...]

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    4 Precautions —Continued • Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. • Increase the separation between the equipment and receiv er . • Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit dif- ferent from • that to which the receiv er is connected. • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV tech- nician for help. F or Canadian model[...]

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    5 Precautions —Continued 5. Never T ouch this Unit with W et Hands Nev er handle this unit or its power cord while your hands are wet or damp. If water or any other liquid gets inside this unit, hav e it checked by your Onkyo dealer . 6. Installing this Unit • Install this unit in a well-ventilated location. Ensure that there’ s adequate vent[...]

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    6 Ta b le of Contents Basic Operation Overview Important Safety Instructions .............................. 2 Precautions ........................................................ 3 Introduction ......................................................... 7 Supplied Accessories ..................................... 7 DV-SP403E Features ................[...]

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    7 Intr oduction Make sure you ha ve the following accessories: Highlights • Dolby *1 Digital and DTS *2 •D VD-V ideo / V ideo CD / Audio CD playback • CD-R, CD-R W (V ideo CD, audio CD, MP3/WMA *3 / JPEG/DivX V ideo) •D VD-R (D VD-V ideo) •D VD-R W (D VD-V ideo, VR format) Video • Adv anced 54 MHz/10-bit video D/A conv erter • Compone[...]

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    8 Introduction —Continued Supported Discs The D V -SP403E supports the following discs. • Some audio CDs feature copy protection that doesn’ t conform to the official CD standard. Since these are nonstandard discs, they may not play properly in the DV -SP403E. • The D V -SP403E supports CD-R and CD-R W discs recorded in V ideo CD format, a[...]

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    9 Introduction —Continued About WMA WMA is an acronym for W indows Media Audio and refers to an audio compression technology dev eloped by Microsoft Corporation. WMA content can be encoded by using Windo ws Media ® Player v ersion 7, 7.1, W in- dows Media ® Player for W indows ® XP , or W indows Media ® Player 9 Series. Microsoft, Windo ws Me[...]

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    10 Introduction —Continued Handling Discs •N ev er touch the underside of a disc. Always hold discs by the edge, as shown. •N ev er attach adhesiv e tape or sticky labels to discs. Cleaning Discs •F or best results, keep your discs clean. Fingerprints and dust can affect the sound and picture quality and should be remov ed as follows. Using[...]

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    11 Bef ore Using the D V -SP403E Notes: • The supplied batteries should last for about six months, although this will vary with usage. • If the remote controller doesn’t w ork reliably , try replacing both batteries. • Don’t mix ne w and old batteries, or different types of batteries. • If you intend not to use the remote controller for[...]

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    12 Fr ont & Rear P anels For detailed information, refer to the pages in brackets. A ST ANDBY/ON button [22, 24] This button is used to set the D V -SP403E to On or Standby . B (pause) button [25] This button is used to pause playback. C (stop) button [25] This button is used to stop playback. D / (previous/ne xt) buttons [25] The Previous b ut[...]

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    13 Front & Rear P anels —Continued 1 P ause indicator This indicator appears when playback is paused. 2 Play indicator This indicator is shown during playback. 3 CHP indicator This indicator appears while the number of the cur- rent chapter is being displayed. 4 TITLE indicator While stopped, the total number of titles on the cur- rent D VD-V[...]

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    14 Front & Rear P anels —Continued A CO AXIAL DIGIT AL AUDIO OUT [21] This coaxial digital audio output can be connected to a coaxial digital audio input on a hi-fi amp, A V receiv er , or surround sound decoder (Dolby Digital, DTS). B S VIDEO VIDEO OUT[20] This connector can be used to connect a TV or pro- jector with an S-V ideo input. C C[...]

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    15 Front & Rear P anels —Continued A ST ANDBY button [22] This button is used to set the D V -SP403E to Standby . B ON button [22] This button is used to turn on the D V -SP403E. Don’t turn on the D V -SP403E until you’ ve com- pleted, and double checked all connections (pages 17–21). C Number buttons [25–27, 35, 43] These buttons are[...]

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    16 Front & Rear P anels —Continued K Fast Forwar d / ( ) button [25, 28, 29] This button is used for f ast forward, slow motion, and frame-by-frame playback. L OPEN/CLOSE b utton [24] This button is used to open and close the disc tray . M PLA Y MODE button [32–35] This button is used to open and close the Play Mode menu. N DISPLA Y button [...]

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    17 Connecting the D V -SP403E • Read the manuals supplied with your A V components. • Don’t connect the po wer cord until you’ ve completed all audio and video connections. RCA/phono A V Connection Color Coding RCA/phono A V connections are usually color coded: red, white, and yellow . Use red plugs to connect right- channel audio inputs an[...]

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    18 Connecting the D V -SP403E —Continued The setup described here is a basic setup that allows you to play discs using just the cables supplied with the player . In this setup, stereo audio is played through the speakers in your TV . • This player is equipped with copy protection technol- ogy . Do not connect this player to your TV via a VCR us[...]

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    19 Connecting the D V -SP403E —Continued Switching the video output to interlace using the front panel contr ols Switch the player to standby then, using the front panel controls, press ST ANDBY/ON while pressing to switch the player back to Interlace. Compatibility of this play er with progressive-scan and high-definition TVs This player is com[...]

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    20 Connecting the D V -SP403E —Continued • Connect the D VD Player to the TV directly . If you connect the D VD Player to a VCR, TV/VCR combina- tion, or video selector , the playback picture may be distorted as D VD videos are copy protected. Using S-Video If your TV (or other equipment) has an S-V ideo input, you can use this instead of the s[...]

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    21 Connecting the D V -SP403E —Continued Although you can reproduce the D VD Player’ s sound from the TV speak ers with the connections on page 18, connecting with an amplifier provides you high quality dynamic sounds. To reproduce Dolby Digital surround and DTS surround sound, you need to connect to an amplifier with a Dolby Digital and DTS [...]

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    22 Connecting the P ower/T urning on the D V -SP403E Befor e connecting • Make sure that all the connections on pages 17 – 21 are complete (the connection to a TV is required). Note: • This player features a screen sav er and an auto power off function. If the player is stopped and no b utton is pressed for five minutes, the screen sa ver st[...]

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    23 Getting Star ted F or ease of use, this player makes e xtensiv e use of graph- ical on-screen displays (OSDs). All the screens are navigated in basically the same w ay , using the cursor buttons (///) t o change the highlighted item and pressing ENTER to select it. Note: •F r om here on in this manual, the word “select” generally means use[...]

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    24 Getting Started —Continued This sets the language of this system’ s on-screen dis- plays. The basic playback controls for playing D VD, CD, V ideo CD, DivX V ideo and MP3/WMA discs are cov- ered here. Further functions are detailed in the next chap- ter . F or details on playing JPEG picture discs, see “V iewing a JPEG slideshow” on page[...]

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    25 Getting Started —Continued Notes: •Y ou may find with some D VD discs that some play- back controls don’t w ork in certain parts of the disc. This is not a malfunction. • If a disc contains a mixture of Di vX video and other media file types (MP3, for example), first select whether to play the DivX video files (Di vX) or the other me[...]

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    26 Getting Started —Continued When you stop playback of a disc, RESUME is shown in the display indicating that you can resume playback again from that point. If the disc tray is not opened, the next time you start play- back the display shows RESUME and playback resumes from the resume point. W ith D VDs and V ideo CDs, if you take the disc out o[...]

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    27 Getting Started —Continued Some V ideo CD have menus from which you can choose what you want to watch. These are called PBC (Playback control) menus. Y ou can play a PBC V ideo CD without having to na vi- g ate the PBC menu by starting playback using a number button to select a track, rather than the (play) button. Video CD PBC menus Button Wh[...]

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    28 Pla ying discs Notes: • Many of the functions co vered in this chapter apply to D VD discs, V ideo CDs, CDs, Di vX V ideo and MP3/ JPEG discs, although the exact operation of some v ar- ies slightly with the kind of disc loaded. • Some D VDs restrict the use of some functions (ran- dom or repeat, for example) in some or all parts of the disc[...]

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    29 Playing discs —Continued Y ou can advance or back up D VD discs frame-by-frame. W ith V ideo CD and Di vX V ideo you can only use frame advance. Note: • Backward frame-by-frame playback does not w ork with V ideo CD. After loading a CD/CD-R/R W containing JPEG picture files, press (play) to start a slideshow from the first folder/picture o[...]

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    30 Playing discs —Continued Use the Disc Navigator to bro wse through the contents of a D VD or V ideo CD disc to find the part you want to play . Important: •Y ou can’t use the Disc Na vigator with V ideo CD in PBC mode. Tip: • Another way to find a particular place on a disc is to use one of the search modes. See “Searching a disc” [...]

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    31 Playing discs —Continued Use the Disc Navigator to find a particular file or folder by filename. Tip: •T o play the contents of the whole disc rather than just the current folder , exit the Disc Navig ator and start playback using the (play) button. Bro wsing WMA, MP3, DivX Video and JPEG files with the Disc Navigator 1 Press SETUP and s[...]

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    32 Playing discs —Continued The A-B Repeat function allo ws you to specify two points (A and B) within a track (CD, V ideo CD) or title (D VD) that form a loop which is played over and o ver . •Y ou can’t use A-B Repeat with V ideo CD in PBC mode, or WMA /MP3/DivX V ideo files. There are v arious repeat play options, depending on the kind of[...]

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    33 Playing discs —Continued Use the random play function to play titles or chapters (D VD-V ideo) or tracks (CD, V ideo CD) at random. (Note that the same track/title/chapter may play more than once.) Y ou can set the random play option when a disc is play- ing or stopped. Important: • Random play remains in ef fect until you select Ran- dom Of[...]

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    34 Playing discs —Continued This feature lets you program the play order of titles/ chapters/tracks on a disc. Important: •Y ou can’t use Program play with VR format DVD-R W discs, V ideo CD playing in PBC mode, WMA/MP3 discs, or while a D VD disc menu is being displayed. Tip: Use the follo wing controls during program play: Creating a progra[...]

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    35 Playing discs —Continued There are a number of other options in the program menu in addition to Create/Edit. • Playback Start – Starts playback of a saved program list • Playback Stop – T urns off program play , but does not erase the program list • Program Delete – Erases the program list and turns off program play Y ou can search[...]

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    36 Playing discs —Continued Some D VD or DivX V ideo discs hav e subtitles in one or more languages; the disc box will usually tell you which subtitle languages are av ailable. Y ou can switch subtitle language during playback. • See Displaying DivX subtitle files on page 9 for more on DivX subtitle. When playing a D VD or DivX V ideo disc rec[...]

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    37 Playing discs —Continued Using the zoom feature you can magnify a part of the screen by a factor of 2 or 4, while watching a D VD, DivX V ideo title or V ideo CD, or playing a JPEG disc. Note: • If you are displaying subtitles, these will disappear when the screen is zoomed. The y will reappear when you return the screen to normal. Some D VD[...]

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    38 A udio Settings and Video Adjust menus The Audio Settings menu of fers features for adjusting the way discs sound. • Settings: High, Medium, Lo w , Off (def ault) The Dialog feature is designed to make the dialog stand out from other background sounds in the soundtrack. • Settings: Rock, Pop, Li ve, Dance, T echno, Classic, Soft, Off (def au[...]

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    39 A udio Settings and Video Adjust menus —Continued From the V ideo Adjust screen you can adjust various set- tings that affect ho w the picture is presented. Notes: • Depending on your TV , the picture may appear dis- torted if the brightness is set too high. If this happens, lower the brightness. • These settings for progressiv e scan appl[...]

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    40 Initial Settings menu The Initial Settings menu provides audio and video out- put settings, parental lock settings, and display settings, among others. If an option is grayed out it means that it cannot be changed at the current time. This is usually because a disc is playing. Stop the disc, then change the setting. Notes: • In the table on ne[...]

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    41 Initial Settings menu —Contin ued Digital A udio Out settings Setting Option What it means Digital Out On Digital audio is output from the digital outputs . Off No digital audio output. Dolby Digital Out Dolby Digital Dolby Digital encoded digital audio is output when pla ying a Dolby Digital D VD disc. Dolby Digital > PCM Dolby Digital aud[...]

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    42 Initial Settings menu —Contin ued Language settings Setting Option What it means Audio Langua ge *1 *1 This setting is your preferred audio language for DVD discs. You can switch between the languages recorded on a DVD disc during playback using the AUDIO button. Some DVD discs set the audio language automatically when loaded, overriding the ?[...]

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    43 Initial Settings menu —Contin ued • Default le vel: Of f; Default password: none; Default Country code: us (2119) To giv e you some control over what your children w atch on your D VD player , some DVD-V ideo discs feature a P arental Lock le vel. If your player is set to a lo wer level than the disc, the disc won’ t play . Some discs also[...]

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    44 Initial Settings menu —Contin ued Y ou can find the Country code list in the adjacent col- umn. Setting/changing the Country code 1 Select “Country Code”. 2 Use number b uttons to enter your passw ord, then press ENTER. 3 Select a Country code and press ENTER. There are two ways you can do this: • Select by code letter: Use / (cur- sor [...]

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    45 Initial Settings menu —Contin ued In order to play DivX V OD (video on demand) content on this player , you first need to register the player with your DivX V OD content provider . Y ou do this by gener- ating a DivX V OD registration code, which you submit to your provider . Important: •D i vX VOD content is protected by a DRM (Digital Rig[...]

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    46 Additional inf ormation D VD-V ideo discs come in sev eral different screen aspect ratios, ranging from TV programs, which are generally 4:3, to Cinema- Scope widescreen movies, with an aspect ratio of up to about 7:3. T elevisions, too, come in dif ferent aspect ratios; “stan- dard” 4:3 and widescreen 16:9. Widescreen TV users If you hav e [...]

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    47 Additional inf ormation —Continued The default setting of this player is “ A UTO”, and unless you notice that the picture is distorted when playing some discs, you should leav e it set to “ A UTO”. If you e xperience picture distortion with some discs, set the TV system to match your country or region’ s system. Doing this, howe ver [...]

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    48 Additional inf ormation —Continued Some of the language options (such as “D VD Language” in the Setup Navigator) allo w you to set your prefered language from any of the 136 languages listed in the lan- guage code list on page 49. Selecting languages using the language code list 1 Select “Other Language”. 2 Use the / (cursor left/right[...]

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    49 Additional inf ormation —Continued Language code list Language Language code letter Language code Japanese ja 1001 English en 0514 F rench fr 0618 German de 0405 Italian it 0920 Spanish es 0519 Chinese zh 2608 Dutch nl 1412 Po r tuguese pt 1620 Swedish sv 1922 Russian ru 1821 K orean ko 1115 Greek el 0512 Afar aa 0101 Abkhazian ab 0102 Afrikaa[...]

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    50 Glossary Analog audio An electrical signal that directly represents sound. Com- pare this to digital audio which can be an electrical sig- nal, but is an indirect representation of sound. See also “Digital audio”. Aspect ratio The width of a TV screen relati ve to its height. Con ven- tional TVs are 4:3 (in other w ords, the screen is almost[...]

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    51 Tr oubleshooting If you hav e any trouble using your D V -SP403E, check the following table for possible causes and remedies. If you still can’t resolv e the issue yourself, please contact your Onkyo dealer . Symptoms Causes Remedies D VD Player Can’t turn on the DV -SP403E? The power cord is not connected. Connect the power cord to a suitab[...]

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    52 Tr oubleshooting —Continued D VD Player No sound? The 96 kHz PCM Out setting is set to “96 kHz. ” Change the 96 kHz PCM Out setting to “96 kHz > 48 kHz, ” or use analog connections (page 41). The Digital Out setting is set to “Off. ” Change the Digital Out setting to “On” (page 41). The wrong input source is selected on your[...]

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    53 Tr oubleshooting —Continued The D V -SP403E contains a microcomputer for signal processing and control functions. In very rare situations, sev ere interference, noise from an external source, or static electricity may cause it to lockup. In the unlikely e ven that this should happen, unplug the power cord from the w all outlet, wait at least ?[...]

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    54 Specifications ■ General Specifications and features subject to change without notice. Signal System P AL/A UTO Composite Video Output/Impedance 1.0 V (p-p)/75 Ω negative sync, RCA/phono S-Video Output/Impedance Y: 1.0 V (p-p)/75 Ω negative sync, 4-pin mini DIN C: 0.286 V (p-p)/75 Ω Component Video Output/Impedance Y: 1.0 V (p-p)/75 ?[...]

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    56 Printed in Japan I0504-1 (C) Copyright 2005 ONKY O CORPORA TION Japan. All r ights reserved. Sales & Product Planning Div. : 2-1, Nisshin-cho, Neyagawa-shi, OSAKA 572-8540, JAPAN Tel: 072-831-8023 Fax: 072-831-8124 ONKYO U.S.A. CORPORATION 18 Park Way, Upper Saddle River, N.J. 07458, U.S.A. Tel: 201-785-2600 Fax: 201-785-2650 http://www.us.o[...]