Onkyo DV-SP405 manual

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    E n DV D P l a y e r D V-SP405 Instruction Manual Thank you for purchasing an Onk yo 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 achie ve optimum performance and enjo yment. K eep this manual for future reference. Contents Overview ..............[...]

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    2 Impor tant Saf ety Instructions 1. Read these instructions. 2. K eep these instru ctions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Foll ow all instructi ons. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water . 6. Clean only with dr y cloth. 7. Do not block any v entilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufact urer’ s instructions. 8. Do not install near any[...]

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    3 Precautions 1. Recording Copyright —Unless it’ s for personal use only , recording cop yrighted material i s illeg al with- out the permission of the copyright holder . 2. A C Fuse —The A C fuse inside the unit is not user - serviceable. If you cannot turn on the unit, contact your Onkyo dealer . 3. Care —Occasionally you should dust the [...]

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    4 Precautions —Continued 10. Region Numbers —The D VD standard uses re gion numbers to control how di scs can be played around the world, the w orld being di vided into six re gions. This unit will only play D VD discs that match its region number , which can be found on its rear panel (e.g., , ). 11. About this Manual —This manual explains h[...]

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    5 Precautions —Continued For Canadian Models NO TE: THIS CLASS B DIGIT AL APP ARA TUS COMPLIES WITH CAN ADIAN ICES-003. For models ha ving a po wer cord with a polarized plug: CA UTION: TO PREVENT EL ECTRIC SHOCK, MA TCH WIDE BLADE OF PLUG TO WIDE SLO T , FULL Y INSER T . Modèle pour les Canadien REMARQ UE: CET APP A REIL NUMÉRIQ UE DE LA CLASS[...]

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    6 T able of Contents Basic Operation Overvie w Important Safety Instructions ...............................2 Precautions ......................................................... 3 Introduction .......................................................... 7 Supplied Accessories ...................................... 7 Features .......................[...]

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    7 Intr oduction Make sure you hav e the following accessories: The letter displayed at the end of the product name found in catalogs and on package represents the color of the D V-SP405 D VD player . Though the color v aries, the specifications and operations are the same. A udio/Video Processing •D o l b y *1 Digital and DTS *2 Digital Outputs ?[...]

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    8 Introduction —Continued Supported Discs The D V-SP405 supports the following discs. • Some audio CDs feature copy protection that doesn’ t conform to the off icial CD standa rd. Since these are nonstandard discs, they may not play properly in the D V-SP405. • The D V-SP405 supports CD-R and CD-R W discs recorded in V ideo CD format, audio[...]

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    9 Intr oduction —Continued About DualDisc pla yback A DualDisc is a new two -sided disc, one side of which con- tains D VD content vi deo, audio, etc. while the other side contains non-DVD content such as digital au dio material. The non-D VD, audio side of the disc is not compliant with the CD Audio specification and theref ore may not play . Th[...]

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    10 Introduction —Continued About DivX DivX is a compressed digital video format created by the DivX ® vid eo codec from DivX, Inc. This player can play DivX video files b urned on CD-R/R W/ROM discs. K eeping the same termi nology as D V D-V ideo, individ- ual Di vX video files are call ed “T itles”. When naming files/titles on a CD-R/R W di[...]

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    11 Intr oduction —Continued PC-created disc compatibility Discs recorded using a personal computer may not be playable in this unit due to the setting of the application software used to create the disc. In these particular instances, check with the software publisher for more detailed information . Discs recorded in pack et write mode (UDF forma[...]

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    12 Bef ore Using the D V-SP405 Notes: • If the remote controlle r doesn’t work rel iably , try replacing both batteries. • Don’t mix ne w and old batter ies, or different types of batteries. • If you intend not to use the remote controller for a long time, remove the batteries t o pre vent possible leaka ge and corrosion. • Flat batteri[...]

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    13 Fr ont & Rear P anels For detailed information, refer to the pages in brackets. North American model Oceanian and European models  ST ANDBY/ON bu tton [24, 27] This button is used to set the D V-SP405 to On or Standby .  HDMI indicator Lights when the D V-SP405 is recognized by another HDMI or D VI/HDCP compatible compo- nent.  Disc[...]

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    14 Front & Rear P anels —Continued  Pause indicator This indicator appears when playback is paused.  Play indicator This indicator is sho wn during playback.  CHP indicator This indicator appears while the nu mber of the cur- rent chapter is being displayed.  TITLE indicato r This indicator appears while the nu mber of the cur- re[...]

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    15 Fr ont & Rear P anels —Continued North American model Oceanian model Europe an model  HDMI OUT [22] This connector can be used to connect a TV or pro- jector with an HDMI input. This connector outputs digital audio and digital video.  COMPONENT VIDEO OUTPUT [21] These sockets output component video and can be connected to an componen[...]

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    16 Front & Rear P anels —Continued  ST ANDBY button [24] This button is used to set the D V-SP405 to Standb y .  ON button [24] This button is used to turn on the D V-SP405. Don’t turn on the D V-SP405 until you’ ve com- pleted, and double checked all connections (pages 18–23).  Number buttons [28–29, 38, 48–49] These butt [...]

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    17 Fr ont & Rear P anels —Continued (2 Fast Forwar d /( ) button [28, 31, 32] This button is used for fa st forward, slow motion, and frame-by-frame playback. (3 USB/D VD button [41] (not North American model) This button is used to select the playback media. Press to change between D VD mode and USB mode. (4 OPEN/CLOSE button [27] This butto[...]

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    18 Connecting the D V-SP405 • 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. Optical Digital Output (Oceanian model only) The optical digital connector is fitted with protecti ve cap. Before connecting a cable, remo ve the cap and keep it safely . [...]

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    19 Connecting the D V -SP405 —Contin ued The setup described here is a basic setup that allo ws you to play discs using just the supplied A V cable (RCA). In this setup, stereo audio is played throu gh the speakers in your TV . Important: • This player is equipped with cop y protection technol- ogy . Do not connect this player to your TV via a [...]

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    20 Connecting the D V-SP405 —Contin ued Switching the video out put to interlace using the f ront pa nel contro ls Switch the player to standby then, using the front panel controls, press ST ANDBY/ON while pressing to switch the player back to “Interlace”. • If the player is connected using HDMI, disconnect the HDMI cable before resetting t[...]

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    21 Connecting the D V -SP405 —Contin ued • Connect the D VD Player to the TV directly . If you connect the D VD Player to a VCR, TV/VCR combi- nation, or video selector , the playback picture may be distorted as D VD videos are copy protected. Using S-Video (not Eur opean model) If your TV (or other equipment) has an S-V ideo input, you can use[...]

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    22 Connecting the D V-SP405 —Contin ued Using HDMI If you hav e a HDMI equipped monitor or display , you can connect it to this player using a commercially av ail- able HDMI cable. The HDMI connector outputs uncompressed digital video, as well as almost e very kind of digital audio that the player is compatible with, including D VD-V ideo, V ideo[...]

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    23 Connecting the D V -SP405 —Contin ued Although you can reproduce the D VD Player’ s sound from the TV speakers with the connections on page 19, connecting with an amplifier pro vides you high quality dynamic sounds. T o reproduce Dolby Digital surround and DTS su rround sound, you need to connect to an amplif ier with a Dolby Digital and DTS[...]

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    24 Connecting the P o wer/T urning on the D V-SP405 Befor e connecting • Make sure that all the connections on pages 18–23 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 button is pressed for fi ve minutes, the screen sav er starts[...]

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    25 Getting Star ted For ease of use, this player makes extensi ve use of graph- ical on-screen displays (OSDs). All the screens are navigated in ba sically the same w ay , u s i n g t h e /// ( c u r s o r ) b u t t o n s t o c h a n g e t h e highlighted item and pressing ENTER to select it. Note: • From here on in this manual, the word “selec[...]

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    26 Getting Star ted —Contin ued This sets the language of this system’ s on-screen dis- plays. Setting the language of this pla yer’ s on-screen displa ys 1 Press HOME MENU and select “Initial Settings”. 2 Select “OSD Language” fr om the “Display” settings. 3 Select a lang uage. The on-screen language will change according to your[...]

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    27 Getting Started —Continued The basic playback controls for playing D VD, CD, V ideo CD, DivX V ideo/WMV and MP3/WMA/MPEG- 4 AA C discs are cov ered here. Further functions are detailed in the ne xt chapter . For details on playing JPEG picture discs, see “V ie wing a JPEG slideshow” on page 32. Notes: • Y ou may find with some D VD discs[...]

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    28 Getting Star ted —Contin ued The table belo w shows the basic controls on the remote for playing discs. The following chapter co vers other playback features in more detail. 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 ti[...]

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    29 Getting Started —Continued Many D VD-V ideo discs feature menus from which you can select what you want to watch. They may also gi ve access to additional fe atures, such as subtitle and audio language selection, or special features su ch as slide- shows. See the disc packaging for details. Sometimes D VD-V ideo menus are displayed automati- c[...]

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    30 Getting Star ted —Contin ued Hint: • After I load a D VD disc, it ejects automatically after a fe w seconds! o Most likely , the disc is the wr ong region for your player . The re gion number should be printed on the disc; check it against the re gion number of the player (which you can find on the rear panel). See also “D VD-V ideo region[...]

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    31 Pla ying discs Notes: • Many of the functions covered in this chapter apply to D VD discs, V ideo CDs, CDs, DivX V ideo/WMV and MP3/WMA/MPEG-4 AA C/JPEG discs, although the exact operation of some varies 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 par[...]

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    32 Playing discs —Contin ued Y ou can advance or back up D VD discs frame-by-frame. W ith V ideo CD you can o nly use frame advance. Note: • Backward frame-b y-frame playbac k does not work with V ideo CD. After loading a CD/CD-R/R W containing JPEG picture files, press (play) to start a slidesho w from the first folder/picture on the disc. The[...]

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    33 Playing discs —Contin ued Use the “Disc Navigator ” to browse 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 Navigator” with V ideo CD in PBC mode. Tip : • Another way to f ind a particular place on a disc is to use one of the search modes. See “Searchi[...]

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    34 Playing discs —Contin ued Use the “Disc Navigator” to f ind a particular fi le or folder by f ilename. Note that if there are other types of files on the same disc , these will not be displayed in the “Disc Navigator”. Tip: • T o play the contents of th e whole disc rather than just the current folder , e xit the “Disc Navigator”[...]

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    35 Playing discs —Contin ued The “A-B Repeat” function allows 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 ov er and ove r . • Y ou can’t use “A-B Repeat” with V ideo CD in PBC mode, or MP3/WMA/MPEG-4 AA C/DivX V ideo/ WMV files. There are v arious repeat play opti[...]

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    36 Playing discs —Contin ued 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- d[...]

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    37 Playing discs —Contin ued 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 D VD-R/ -R W discs, V ideo CD playing in PBC mode, MP3/ WMA/MPEG-4 AA C discs, Di vX V ideo/WMV discs, or while a D VD disc menu is being displayed. Tip : • Use the f ollowin[...]

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    38 Playing discs —Contin ued There are a number of other options in the “Program” menu in addition to “Create/Edit”. • Playback Start – Starts playback of a sav ed program list • Playback Stop – T urns of f program play , bu t does not erase the program list • Program Delete – Erases the program list and turns off progr am pla[...]

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    39 Playing discs —Contin ued Some D VD or Di vX V ideo discs have subtitles in one or more languages; the disc box will usu ally tell you which subtitle languages are a vailable. Y ou can switch subtitle language during playback. • See “Displaying Di vX subtitle files” on page 10 for more on DivX subtit le. When playing a D VD or DivX V ide[...]

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    40 Playing discs —Contin ued Using the zoom feature you can magnify a part of the screen by a factor of 2 or 4, while w atching a D VD, Di vX V ideo/WMV title or V ideo CD, or playing a JPEG disc. Some D VD discs feature scenes shot from two or more angles—check the disc box for details. When a multi-angle scene is playing, a icon appears on sc[...]

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    41 USB pla ybac k (Not Nor th American model) Note: Onkyo cannot guarantee compatibility (operation and/or bus po wer) with all USB mass storage de vices and assumes no responsibility for any loss of data that may occur when connected to this unit. It is possible to listen to two-channel audio and watch JPEG files u sing the USB interface on the fr[...]

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    42 A udio Settings and Video Adjust menus The “Audio Settings” menu of fers features for adjusting the way discs sound. Equalizer • Settings: “Of f (default)” , “Rock”, “Pop”, “Li ve”, “Dance”, “T echno”, “Classic”, “Soft” The vario us preset EQ curves are designed to suit vari- ous styles of music. Note: • 9[...]

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    43 A udio Settings and Video Adjust menus —Contin ued From the “V ideo Adjust” screen you can adjust various settings that affect how the picture is presented. Note: • Depending on your TV , the picture may appear dis- torted if the brightness is set too high. If this happens, lower the brightness. Video Adjust menu 1 Press HOME MENU and se[...]

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    44 Initial Settings menu The “Initial Settings” menu provides audio and video output settings, parental lock sett ings, and display set- tings, 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 tabl[...]

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    45 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 playing a Dolb y Digital D VD disc. Dolby Digital > PCM Dolby Digital audi[...]

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    46 Initial Settings menu —Continued Video Output settings Setting Option What it mean s TV Screen *1 (This setting effective for analog and HDMI video output. See also “Screen sizes and disc formats” on page 52.) *1 When connected to a 16:9 television: when either “16:9 (Wide)” or “16:9 (Compressed)” is selected and the television scr[...]

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    47 Initial Settings menu —Contin ued Language settings Setting Option What it means Audio Language *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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    48 Initial Settings menu —Continued • Default lev el: “Off”; Default password: none; Default Country/Area code: us (2119) T o gi ve you some control o ver what your children w atch on your D VD player , some D VD-V ideo discs feature a “Parenta l Lock” le vel. If yo ur player is set to a lo wer lev el than th e disc, the disc won’t pl[...]

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    49 Initial Settings menu —Contin ued Changing y our passw or d T o change your password, conf irm your existing pass- word then enter a ne w one. Setting/changing the P arental Loc k Setting/changing the Country/Area code Y ou can find th e Country/Area code list in the adjacent column. 1 Select “P assw ord Change”. 2 Use the number b uttons [...]

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    50 Initial Settings menu —Continued • Defaul t setting: “STEREO” If you’ v e selected “DTS > PCM” in “DTS Out” on page 45, you can choose the way the signal is down- mixed to PCM audio. “STEREO” will downmix the DTS signal to 2-channel stereo, whereas “ Lt/Rt” will down mix to a 2-channel signal compatible with Dolby su[...]

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    51 Initial Settings menu —Contin ued Some DivX V OD content may only be playable a fix ed number of times. When you load a disc containing this type of Div X V OD content, the remaining number of plays is shown on-screen and you then ha ve the option of playing the disc (thereby using up one of the remaining plays), or stopping. If you load a dis[...]

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

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    53 Additional inf ormation —Continued Note: • Y ou have to switch the player into standby (press ST ANDBY/ON) before each change . D VD discs are generally divided into one o r more titles. T itles may be further subdivided into chapters. CDs and V ideo CDs are di vided into tracks. CD-R OMs contain folders and files. MP3, WMA and MPEG-4 AA C f[...]

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    54 Additional inf ormation —Continued Language code list Language Language code letter Language code Japanese ja 1001 English en 0514 F rench fr 061 8 German de 0405 Italian it 0920 Spanish es 0519 Chinese zh 260 8 Dutch nl 1412 P ort u guese pt 1620 Swedish sv 1922 Russian ru 1821 K orean ko 1115 Greek el 0512 Afa r aa 0101 Abkhazian ab 0102 Afr[...]

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    55 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 h eight. Con ven- tional TVs are 4:3 (in other words, the screen is almost[...]

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    56 Glossary —Continued Progressive scan video All the lines that make up a video picture are updated in one pass (compared to interlace which takes two passes to update the whole picture). Regions (DVD-Video only) These associate discs a nd players with particular areas of the world. This unit will only play discs that ha ve com- patible region c[...]

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    57 T r oub leshooting If you ha ve any trouble using your D V-SP405, check the follo wing table for possible causes and remedies. If you still can’t resolv e the issue yourself, please contact yo ur Onkyo dealer . Symptoms Causes Remedies DV D P l ay er Can’t turn on th e D V-SP405? The power cord is not connected. Connect the power cord to a s[...]

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    58 T roubleshooting —Continued Symptoms Causes Remedies DV D P l aye r Brightness is unstable or the picture is noisy? The D V-SP405 is connected to your TV via a VCR or other video equipment and a copy-protection system is af fecting the picture. Connect the DV-SP405 directly to your TV (page 19). Y our TV doesn’t support progr essiv e scannin[...]

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    59 T roubleshooting —Contin ued Symptoms Causes Remedies DV D P l aye r Some MP3 fil es don’t play? MP3 files without a “.mp 3” or “.MP3” filename e xtension are not recognized. Use the correct filename e xtension (page 9). The MP3 disc is a multisession disc. The D V-SP405 doesn’t fully support multisession discs. Only files in the f[...]

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    60 T roubleshooting —Continued HDMI tr oubleshooting Incorrect operation is often mistak en for trouble or malfunction. If you think that there is something wrong with this component, check the points belo w . Sometimes the trouble may lie in another component. Inspect the other components and electrical appliances being used. I f the trouble can[...]

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    61 T roubleshooting —Contin ued USB tr oubleshooting (Not North American model) Note: • Static electricity or other external influences may cause malfunctioning of this unit. In this case, unplug the po wer cord and then plug back in . This will usually reset the unit for pr oper operation. If this does not correct the problem, please consult y[...]

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    62 Specifications ■ General Specifications and features subject to change without notice. Signal System NTSC (Nor th American model) P AL/NTSC (Oceanian and European models) Composite Video Outpu t/Impedance 1.0 V (p-p)/75 : negative sync, RCA S-Video Output /Impedance (not European model) Y : 1.0 V (p-p)/75 : negative sync , 4-pin mini DIN C: 0.[...]

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    63 MEMO[...]

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    64 Printed in Japan Y0705-1 (C) Copyright 2007 ONKY O CORPORA TION Japan. All rights reser v ed. http://www.onky o.com/ HOMEP AGE SN 29344511 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: [...]