Toshiba BDX2500KU manual

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    E8EB6CD_SD-V398KC_EN_v1.indd 1 2009/01/29 17:04:54 BD X2500KU © 2010 T oshiba Corporation INTRODUCTION CONNECTIONS PLAYBACK FUNCTION SETUP OTHERS Blu-ra y Disc Play er OW N E R 'S M A N U A L Owner's Record The model number and serial number are on the back of this unit. Record these numbers i n the spaces below. Refer to these numbers w[...]

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    2 Introduction SAFETY PRECA UTIONS The lightning flash with an arrowhead symbol, within the equilateral triangle, is intended to aler t the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that ma y be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. The e xclamation point with[...]

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    3 Introduction SAFETY PRECA UTIONS PRECA UTIONS CA UTION: • T o prev entdirect exposure tolaser beam,do nottryto openthe enclosure.  Visible andinvisib lelaser radiationwhen openand interlocks def eated. DO NOT ST ARE INT O BEAM. • Use of controls or adjustments[...]

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    4 Introduction Supplied Accessories T rademark Information Symbols used in this Manual BONUSVIE W OWNER’S MANUAL T o specify for which media type each function is, we put the follo wing symbols at the beginning of each item to operate. If you do not find any of the symbols listed abov e under the function heading, the operation is applicable to [...]

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    5 Introduction T able of Contents Introduction SAFETY PRECA UTIONS ..................................... 2 IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ............. 2 PRECA UTIONS ................................................... 3 Supplied Accessories ....................................... 4 Symbols used in the Manual ............................ 4 T radema[...]

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    6 Introduction Features Blu-ray Disc Y ou can enjoy Blu-ra y Disc which is capab le of storing fiv e times more data than a conv entional D VD . BD-Jav a With some BDs which suppor t Ja va applications, you can enjo y the interactiv e functions such as games or interactive menus . BD-Live BD-Live (BD-ROM v ersion 2 Profile 2.0) that allows inter [...]

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    7 Introduction  Fr ont panel Rear panel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 AC IN LAN MUL TI CHANNEL AUDIO OUTPUT R AUDIO OUT L VIDEO OUTPUT USB HDMI OUT BITSTREAM / PCM OPTICAL Y P B P R SBL C SL FL SBR SW SR FR COMPONENT VIDEO OUT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 5 1. Disc tray 2. OPEN/CLOSE button 3. Dis[...]

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    8 Introduction  Remote contr ol No. Item Description 1 ASPECT Press to adjust aspect ratio in full stop mode. 2 OPEN/CLOSE Press to open or close the disc tra y . 3 SETTING Press to display the settings in home menu. 4 HOME MENU Press to display the Connected in home menu. 5 BO[...]

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    9 Introduction 13 Number buttons •Inplaybackmode,press GO TO , then press the number buttons to enter a title, chapter , trac k, time or file number . • In menu mode, press to enter the parental code passw ord. 14 GO TO Press to displa y the search menu. 15 ON/ST ANDBY Press to turn on the unit, or to tur[...]

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    10 Introduction 1080ip D V D CD TR K 2 c h MU L T I HD MI 720p 576ip 480ip Operating with the remote contr ol Fr ont Panel Displa y P oint the remote control at the remote sensor and press the buttons. * Do not e xpose the remo te sen sor of the Blu-r ay dis c pla ye r to a strong light source such as direct sunlight or other illumination. If y ou [...]

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    11 Connections 1. Choose the appropriate connection, then proceed to the corresponding instruction (A, B or C) on the next page. Best (Supports up to 1080i/1080p, 1080p/24F resolution.) Better (Supports up to 1080i resolution.) Basic (Supports only 480i resolution.)  Connect the Blu-ra y play er[...]

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    12 Connections 2. Connect the cables by f ollowing the illustrations below . Connecting a TV using an HDMI cable (Best) Connecting a TV using a component video cable (Better) Connecting a TV using an A/V cable (Good) A HDMI IN HDM I cable Your TV HDMI OUT AC IN LAN RL USB YP B P R HDMI OUT SBL CS LF L SBR SW SR FR MULTI CHANNEL AUDIO OUTPUT BITSTRE[...]

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    13 Connections When you change the connections , all devices should be turned off. • Ref er to the manual accompanying e xter nal devices f or more inf or mation. •   Via 2-Channel Analog A udio Output Via Digital A udio Output Via HDMI A udio Output co[...]

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    14 Connections   LAN WAN LAN 1 2 3 4 5 LAN Internet LAN cable LAN cable Hub or broadband route r Networking equipment (modem, etc.) AC IN LAN USB HDMI OUT RL YP B P R SBL CS LF L SBR SW SR FR MU LT I CHANNEL AUDIO OUTPUT BITSTREAM / PCM OPTICAL AU DIO OUT VIDEO OUT COMPONENT VI[...]

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    15 Connections Notes: This unit is compatible with TOSHIBA’ s Wireless LAN Adapter only . • Model name: WLM-10UB1 Y ou must use a wireless IP sharer that suppor ts IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n. (n is recommended for stable operation of • the wireless network.) Wireless LAN, in its nature, may cause interference, depending on the use condition (A[...]

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    16 Connections   AC IN LAN USB HDMI OUT R L Y P B P R SBL C S LF L SBR SW SR FR MULTI CHANNEL AUDIO OUTPUT BITSTREAM / PCM OPTICAL AU DIO OUT VIDEO OUT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT SBL C S L F L SBR SW SR FR MUL TI CHA[...]

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    17 Connections How y ou set up your speakers can aff ect the bass and the sound field. Note the following points: Place speakers on flat secure bases . • Placing speakers too close to floors, walls, and cor ners can result in e xcessive bass. Cov er walls and windows with • thick curtains. K eep your speak ers at least 10 mm awa y from[...]

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    18 Pla yback  Before you star t playing back a disc, read the following information. This unit is compatible to play back the follo wing discs / files. T o pla y back a disc / file, make sure that it meets the requirements for region codes and color systems as described below . [...]

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    19 Pla yback Color Systems Region Codes Structure of Disc/SD Card Contents BD-video and D VD-video are recorded in diff erent color systems throughout the world. The most common color system is NTSC (which is used pr imarily in the United States and Canada). This unit has been designed to play back BD-video with region “A” and D VD-video with r[...]

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    20 Pla yback Press the ON/ST ANDBY button. The Blu-ra y disc play er tur ns on. Press OPEN/CLOSE. The disc tra y opens. Place the disc on the disc tray . With the pla yback side down Press OPEN/CLOSE to close the disc tra y . Pla yback star ts.  This section shows y ou the basics on how to play a disc. CA U[...]

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    21 Pla yback Normally , Blu-ray discs and D VDs are divided into titles, and the titles are sub-divided into chapters. Audio CDs are divided into tracks . Y ou can quickly locate any specific title , chapter, or tr ack.  Press POPUP/T OP MENU . The top menu appears on[...]

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    22 Pla yback Locating a specific chapter or trac k Note: Some titles may not displa y chapter numbers. Press or repeatedly to access the chapter or trac k number you want. Playbac k star ts from the selected chapter or track. T o locate succeeding chapters or tracks. Pla yback star ts from the beginning of the cur rent chapt er or tr ack . When yo[...]

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    23 Pla yback Notes: •  The repeat setting will be cancelled when you stop  playbac k. • The chapter , title or track repeat will be cleared when moving to another chapter , title, trac k / file or folder . •  Repeat playback does not function during A-B[...]

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    24 Pla yback Press BONUSVIEW during playback to turn PIP mode on. Press 2nd A UDIO to turn the audio for the video in the PinP window on or off . Press 2nd SUBTITLE to turn the subtitle for the video in the PinP window on or off.   Some Blu-ray discs hav e the PIP function which e[...]

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    25 Pla yback  Y ou can check inf or mation about the current disc by pressing . On-Screen displa y Disc format On-Screen Display Title 1 Chapter 1/25 0:02:00 1:57:35 BD-ROM Play Off Title 1 Chapter 1/18 0:02:00 1:57:35 DVD Play Off Track 1/12 0:00:20 0:0[...]

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    26 Pla yback Music Optical Disc 10 item(s) Main Menu Play Files Browse Pictures Now Playing Playlist File Information    Pla ying files on a data disc Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc tray , place a disc that contains video/ MP3/JPEG Files. A selection[...]

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    27 Pla yback Pictures Optical Disc 30 item(s) Media Menu Star t Slide Show Browse Music Now Pla ying File: 13/30 Thumbnail Main Menu Settings This unit suppor ts the use of a Secure Digital (SD) card (not included).  Inser ting an SD car d If no USB device or optical disc containing music or pictur[...]

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    28 Pla yback  Y ou can play video , MP3 or JPEG files that have been stored on USB de vices on the Blu-ra y disc play er . Operating a USB device If no optical disc or SD card containing music or pictures is inser ted, the system will directly load the data on the USB de vice. Otherwise, it wil[...]

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    29 Function setup General Operations 1. Press / to select Settings in home menu while in full stop mode, the Settings menu appears . 2. Press button, then use / button to select the setting options. 3. Press OK button. 4. Press or RETURN button to retur n to the previous menu. 1. Press / to select Network in stop mode, the network connection menu a[...]

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    30 Function setup  1. In the main menu of Settings , press button to select Display , and then press OK to confirm. Displa y Setting HDMI Status: This option displays the HDMI status. If an HDMI TV is connected, Connected appears. If an HDMI TV is no[...]

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    31 Function setup  PCM Downsampling: If y ou don ’t hav e a surr ound soun d rec eive r con nec ted to the BD play er , you should lea ve the PCM downsampling to 48 Khz , and proceed to the ne xt setup menu item. This is true regardless of whether t[...]

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    32 Function setup  Speaker Setting Onc e the spea ke rs are conn ecte d to the sys tem and prop erly configured, you can check to verify that the connections to the speakers are correct by running an audio speaker test. T o r un this test, follo w th[...]

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    33 Function setup  1. In the main menu of Settings , press / to select Language , and then press OK . 1. In the main menu of Settings , press , then press / to select P arental , and then press OK . Language Setting P arental Control 2. Press / to sel[...]

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    34 Function setup BD-Live Storage: This option is used to tell the BD play er whether or not to use an inser ted SD card or USB device to store BD-Live content (movie trailers , additional scenes, etc.). F or detailed operation, please refer to “ Using BD-Live TM Features ” on page 38. Erase Blu-ray Stora ge: If you choose OK to erase Blu-ray s[...]

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    35 Function setup  Actions Response Restore factor y settings and deactivate all connected applications All settings (including Parental P assword) will be restored to the factory def aults and all connected applications will be deactivated. Restore f[...]

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    36 Function setup   Some play ers are equipped with the capability to watch movies over the inter net (from Blockbuster , Netflix or V udu), or to listen to P andora internet radio. W atchingMovieswithNetix™ T o use Netfix service, connec[...]

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    37 Function setup W atching Movies with BLOCKB USTER ®   This Blu-ra y Disc Play er enables y ou to use the following services provided b y Blockbuster . 1. In Home Menu, press / to select Connected . 2. Press , then press / to highlight Bloc kbuster , [...]

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    38 Function setup Using BD-Live ™ Features Some (but not all) BD disks contain additional features that are made av ailable to play ers that are connected to the inter net, and hav e additional memor y added. These additional f eatures ma y include things like: •theabilitytodownloadne wmovietrailers •[...]

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    39 Others Others   Prob lem Solution No power - Check if the A C cord is properly connected. - Unplug the AC cord once , and wait f or 5-10 seconds and then plug it in again. No sound or picture - Check if the connected TV is tur ned on. - Check if the connection[...]

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    40 Others   Prob lem Solution The passw ord for rating le vel has been forgotten - If you f orget your pass word, reset your pla yer to the f actor y def aults and your forgotten pass word will be cleared. For more inf or mation, see “Restore factory defaults?[...]

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    41 Others Others  Analog A udio An electr ical signal that directly represents sound. Compare this to digital audio which can be an electrical signal, but is an indirect representation of sound. Aspect Ratio The width of a TV screen relative to its height. Conv entional TVs are 4:3 (in other words, the TV screen is almost sq[...]

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    42 Others Local Storage A storage area of sub contents for playing virtual packages on BD-video . MP3 (MPEG audio lay er 3) MP3 is a method of compressing files. Y ou can copy MP3 files on BD-RE/-R, D VD-R W/-R, CD-RW/-R or SD Memor y Card from the computer and play bac k the files on this unit. PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) The most common system[...]

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    43 Others Others  Note: • The specifications and design of this product are subject to change without notice. General Signal system NTSC color P ower requirements 120 V AC , 60 Hz P ower consumption 23 W Dimensions (width x height x depth) 430 x 58.5 x 209.7 mm Weight 1.7 kg Operating temperature 41°F ([...]

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    44 Others Limited United States W arranty Digital A udio Video (“DA V”) Product - Exchange Warranty T oshiba America Consumer Products , L.L.C . (“T ACP”) makes the f ollowing limited warranties to original consumers in the United States. THESE LIMITED W ARRANTIES EXTEND TO THE ORIGINAL CONSUMER PURCHASER OR ANY PERSON RECEIVING THIS DA V P[...]

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    45 Others Others Disclaimer BDX2500 requires a wireless adapter - sold separately . Up-conv ersion of D VD content will result in near HD picture quality . 1080p capable display required f or viewing in 1080p. Feature performance may vary and may also require an alwa ys-on broadband inter net connection. Fir mware update and additional bandwidth ma[...]

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    46 Others Open-Source Third-party Software Included in the BD-Play er (as of Feb 2010): Software License (*= source must be distributed on request) A copy of the GPL2.0 license is pro vided in Appendix K A copy of the LGPL2.1 license is pro vided in Appendix L *backtrace GPL2 (Included in D VD 3.x [7630 systems] only) *directfb-extra GPL2 *cairo LG[...]

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    47 Others Others *mtd-utils mtd-utils-20090511 GPL 2.0 *ntfs-3g ntfs-3g 2009.4.4 GPL 2.0 *passwd TinyLogin-0.80 GPL 2.0 *ps sysutils GPL 2.0 *route net-tools-1.52 GPL 2.0 *sfdisk sfdisk-3.07 GPL 2.0 *shutdown sysutils GPL 2.0 *tinylogin TinyLogin-0.80 GPL 2.0 *hotplug hotplug-1.8 GPL 2.0 *utelnetd utelnetd-0.1.3 GPL 2.0 *procps procps-3.2.8 GPL 2.0[...]

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    48 Others Appendix A - CURL license COPYRIGHT AND PERMISSION NO TICE Copyright (c) 1996 - 2009, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>. All rights reser ved. P er mission to use , cop y , modify , and distr ibute this software for any purpose with or without f ee is hereb y granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission noti[...]

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    49 Others Others 1. The origin of this source code must not be misrepresented; y ou must not claim that you wrote the original software. 2. Altered versions must be plainly marked as such and m ust not be misrepresented as being the or iginal source. 3. This Copyright notice may not be remo ved or altered from any source or altered source distribut[...]

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    50 Others 50 Appendix G – Freetype License The FreeT ype Project LICENSE ---------------------------- 2006-Jan-27 Copyright 1996-2002, 2006 by David T ur ner , Rober t Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg Introduction ============ The F reeT ype Project is distributed in se veral archiv e packages; some of them ma y contain, in addition to the F reeT ype [...]

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    51 Others Others These conditions apply to any software derived from or based on the F reeT ype Project, not just the unmodified files. If you use our work, you must ackno wledge us. Howe ver , no f ee need be paid to us. 3. Advertising -------------- Neither the F reeT ype authors and contr ibutors nor you shall use the name of the other for com[...]

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    52 Others Original SSLeay License ----------------------- /* Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Eric Y oung (eay@cryptsoft.com) All rights reser ved. This package is an SSL implementation written by Eric Y oung (eay@cryptsoft.com). The implementation was written so as to conform with Netscapes SSL. This library is free for commercial and non-commercial use as[...]

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    53 Others Others Appendix K – GNU GPL 2.0 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE V ersion 2, June 1991 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 F ree Software F oundation, Inc. 51 F ranklin Street, Fifth Floor , Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute v erbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. Preamble The lice[...]

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    54 Others c) Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer to distr ibute corresponding source code. (This alternative is allowed only f or noncommercial distribution and only if you received the program in object code or ex ecutable form with such an offer , in accord with Subsection b abov e.) The source code for a work means the[...]

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    55 Others Others Appendix L – GNU LGPL 2.1 GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE V ersion 2.1, Februar y 1999 Copyright (C) 1991, 1999 F ree Software F oundation, Inc. 59 T emple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute v erbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. [This is [...]

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