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    DVD / VIDEO CD / CD PLA YER DVD-S510 OWNER’S MANUAL POWER NATURAL SOUND DVD PLAYER STANDBY PLAY STOP PAUSE DVD / VIDEO CD / CD CLOSE OPEN TruSurround by SRS U[...]

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    This symbol warns the user that uninsulated voltage within the unit may have sufficient magnitude to cause electric shock. Therefore, it is dangerous to make any kind of contact with any inside part of this unit. This symbol alerts the user that important literature concerning the operation and maintenance of this unit has been included. Therefore,[...]

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    FCC INFORMA TION (for US customers only) 1. IMPORT ANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modifications not expressly approved by Y amaha may void your authority , granted by the FCC, to use the product. 2. IMPORT ANT : When connecting this[...]

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    This unit employs a laser . Due to possible ey e injury , only a qualified service person should remov e the cov er or attempt to ser vice this device. LASER SAFETY F or Customer Use: Read carefull y the information located at the bottom of your D VD-VIDEO pla yer and enter belo w the Serial No. Retain this information for futur e ref- erence. Mode[...]

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    5 Contents INDEX Intr oduction ......................................................... 6 Entertainment for the new millennium ...................................................... 6 Intr oduction ...................................................................................................... 6 Unpacking ....................................[...]

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    6 Entertainment for the new millennium Video was nev er like this befor e! Digital video discs provide perfect digital, studio-quality pictures; thr ee dimensional digital, multi-channel audio; story sequences screened from y our choice of camera angle; sound tracks in as many as eight languages; and up to 32 subtitles (if a vailable on disc). Whet[...]

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    7 INTR ODUCTION Unpacking First check and identify the contents of your D VD-Video play er package. Y ou should hav e the following items. - D VD-Video play er - Remote Control with batteries - A C power cor d - Audio/Video cable - Owner’ s manual If any item is damaged or missing, contact y our retailer . K eep the packaging materials; you ma y [...]

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    8 F r ont panel Functional o ver view FUNCTIONAL O VER VIEW POWER NATURAL SOUND DVD PLA YER STANDBY PLAY STOP PAUSE DVD / VIDEO CD / CD CLOSE OPEN T ruSurround by SRS POWER - switches the player to on or off STANDBY indicator - lights red when the player is in Standby mode Display - shows the current status of the player - Next title/chapter/track [...]

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    9 Rear panel FUNCTIONAL O VER VIEW S VIDEO COMPONENT VIDEO DIGITAL OUT P R 2 1 2 1 VIDEO COAXIAL PCM DIGITAL MPEG DTS OPTICAL Y P B RL AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT MAINS (A C) power jack - connect to the pow er source Caution : Do not use other AC po wer cor ds than the one pro vided. DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL - connect to digital (optical) equipment DIGITAL OUT [...]

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    10 Displa y D VD inser ted Video CD or Audio CD inser ted Indicates curr ent pla yer function: Play , Pause , Search, etc . D VD TITLE number D VD CHAPTER number VCD/CD TRA CK number TIME in hours, minutes and seconds (TRA CK/T O T AL) REPEA T CHAPTER/TITLE/TRACK activ e Remote contr ol active (flashing) FTS active REPEA T A-B active REPEA T active[...]

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    11 Remote contr ol FUNCTIONAL O VER VIEW * Press k ey for about 2 seconds 2 3 POWER ZOOM SHUFFLE ANGLE SUBTITLE AUDIO ENTER RETURN DVD REPEA T A–B OK MENU TITLE / CHP ON SCREEN SKIP/SEARCH 1 8 9 7 0 5 6 4 0-9 numerical key pad ENTER / OK - acknowledge menu selection - (left/right/up/down) cursor movement ON SCREEN - access or remove the menu bar [...]

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    12 Menu bar/Status windo w V P ersonal Prefer ences f Slow motion W Title/T rack g Fast motion X Chapter/Index h Time sear ch Y Audio Z Subtitle language } Angle a Zoom c Video Pr ogram d Sound e Picture b y Picture Status windo w icons The status window displa ys the curr ent status of the play er and appears with the first part of the menu bar . [...]

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    13 T emporary Feedback Field icons Repeat All Repeat Title Repeat T rack Repeat Chapter Shuffle Shuffle Repeat Repeat A to end Repeat A-B Angle Child Lock On Child Safe Resume Action prohibited ON SCREEN DISPLA Y INFORMA TION[...]

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    14 General notes - Depending on the equipment you wish to connect, there ar e various ways you could connect the pla yer . Possible connections are sho wn in the follo wing drawings. - Please ref er to the manuals of other equipment as necessar y to mak e the best connections. - Do not connect your D VD-play er via your VCR. The video quality could[...]

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    15 Analog Connections Connect AUDIO OUT L (left) and R (right) jacks of this D VD play er to corr esponding input jacks of your audio equipment such as A V receiv er . Video Connections If your A V receiver has video output jacks, connect y our receiv er (and then to your TV) so that you can use one TV for several diff erent video sour ces (LD , VC[...]

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    16 Connecting the po wer cor d After completing all connections, connect the AC po wer cord to an AC pow er outlet Note: When the player is in the “ST ANDBY” mode, it is still consuming some power. If you wish to disconnect your player completely from the power , press the PO WER button. Caution: Only qualified ser vice personnel should r emo v[...]

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    17 General explanation About this manual This manual giv es the basic instructions for operating this D VD pla yer . Some D VDs require specific operation or allo w only limited operation during pla yback. In these cases, the play er may not r espond to all operating commands. When this occurs, please refer to the instructions contained with the D [...]

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    18 T urning On the po w er 1 Switch on the TV and select the video input channel for y our D VD-Video pla yer . 2 Pr ess PO WER button. Initial Setup General In ‘Initial Setup’ you ma y hav e to set your pr efer ences for some of the pla yer’ s featur es. (not applicable for all models) Operation After switching on the pla yer for the v er y [...]

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    19 Countr y Select y our countr y . This also is used as input for the ‘Par ental Control’ featur e (see ‘Access Control’). Note: All these items may have to be set dur ing ‘Initial Setup’. After that, they can always be changed in the P er sonal Pref erences Menu. P ersonal Pref erences Y ou can set your personal pref erences f or some[...]

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    20 Sound - Digital output Factor y setting: ALL. This means that both coaxial and optical outputs ar e switched on. If you ar e not connecting equipment with a digital input, change the setting to OFF . If y our equipment doesn't include a digital multi-channel decoder , set the digital output to PCM only . Both coaxial and optical outputs are[...]

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    21 Access contr ol; child lock (D VD and VCD) Activating/deactivating the child lock 1 When disc pla yback is stopped, select Access Control in the featur es menu using the w / v k eys. 2 Enter a 4-digit code of your o wn choice. 3 Enter the code a second time. 4 Mov e to Child Lock using the w / v k eys. 5 Mov e to LOCK/UNLOCK using the u key . 6 [...]

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    22 Access contr ol; P arental contr ol (D VD-Video only) Movies on D VDs may contain scenes not suitable f or children. Ther efore, disc ma y contain ‘Parental Contr ol’ information which applies to the complete disc or to certain scenes on the disc . These scenes are rated fr om 1 to 8, and alternativ e , more suitable scenes ar e a vailable o[...]

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    23 Changing the 4-digit code 1 When disc pla yback is stopped, select Access Control in the featur es menu using the w / v k eys. 2 Enter the old code. 3 Mov e to Change Code using the w key . 4 Press the u key . 5 Enter the new 4-digit code. 6 Enter the code a second time and reconfirm b y pressing OK. 7 Press t to exit the men u. Note: If you for[...]

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    24 Loading discs 1 Pr ess OPEN/CLOSE on the front of the pla yer . The disc tra y opens. 2 Load your chosen disc in the tra y , label side up (also when a double sided D VD is inser ted). Mak e sure it is sitting pr operly in the correct r ecess. 3 Pr ess OPEN/CLOSE , to close the tra y . ➤ READ appears in the status window and on the pla yer dis[...]

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    25 Pla ying a Video CD Pla ying a disc - After inser ting the disc and closing the tra y , pla yback star ts automatically and the status window and the pla yer displa y show the type of disc loaded, as well as inf ormation about the disc’ s contents and pla ying time . - The disc ma y invite y ou to select an item from a men u. If the selections[...]

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    26 Still Picture and F rame-by-frame pla yback ● Select e (pictur e by pictur e) in the menu bar . ● Use the w k ey to enter the pictur e by pictur e menu. ➤ The pla yer will now go into P AUSE mode. ● Use the cursor k eys t u to select the pr evious or next pictur e frame . ● T o exit Picture b y picture mode, press 2 . Y ou can also ste[...]

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    27 ● T o exit the sequence, press REPEA T A-B . Note: This function is not available with video CD’ s ver sion 2.0 when PBC under P er sonal Preferences is set to ON. Shuffle D VD-Video discs This shuffles the pla ying order of chapters within a title, if the title has more than one. ● Press SHUFFLE during pla y . ➤ SHUFFLE appears on the s[...]

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    28 FTS (Fa vorite T rack Selection) -Video - The FTS-Video function allows you to store y our fa vorite titles and chapters (D VD) and fa vorite tracks and index es (VCD) for a particular disc in the pla yer memor y . - Each FTS program can contain 20 items (titles, chapters). - The selections can be called up and play ed at any time. Storing a FTS[...]

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    29 Special D VD featur es Checking the contents of D VD-Video discs: Menus For titles and cha pters, selection menus ma y be included on the disc . The D VD’ s menu featur e allows you to mak e selections from these menus. Pr ess the appr opriate numerical k ey; or use the w , v , u , t keys to highlight y our selection, then press OK . Title men[...]

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    30 Special VCD-F eatures Pla yback Control (PBC) ● Load a Video CD with PBC and press 2 . ● Go thr ough the menu with the k eys indicated on the TV screen until your chosen passage starts to pla y . If a PBC menu consists of a list of titles, you can select a title directly . ● Enter your choice with the n umerical k eys (0-9). ● Pr ess RET[...]

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    31 Shuffle ● Press SHUFFLE during pla y . ➤ The order of the tracks is changed. ● T o return to normal pla y , press SHUFFLE again. Repeat track/disc ● T o repeat the track curr ently pla ying , press REPEA T . ➤ REPEA T TRA CK appears on the displa y . ● T o repeat the entir e disc, press REPEAT a second time. ➤ REPEA T appears on th[...]

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    32 FTS (F a vorite T rack Selection) Pro gram - FTS Pr ogram allows you to stor e your fa vorite tracks for a particular disc in the pla yer memor y . - Each FTS Program can contain 20 tracks. Storing an FTS Pr ogram 1 Load a disc and stop pla yback. 2 Use w to go to the list of a vailable tracks. 3 Use t or u to select tracks from the list. T o go[...]

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    33 Symptom Remedy No po wer Mak e sure the mains cor d (A C) is properly connected. Check if there is po wer at the AC outlet b y plugging in another appliance. No picture Check if the TV is switched on. Check the video connection. Distor ted pictur e Check the disc for fingerprints and clean with a soft cloth, wiping from center to edge. Sometimes[...]

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    34 Cleaning discs Some pr oblems occur because the disc inside the pla yer is dirty . T o a void these pr oblems clean your discs regularl y , in the following wa y: ● When a disc becomes dirty , clean it with a cleaning cloth. Wipe the disc fr om the center out. Caution: Do not use solvents such as benzine, thinner , commer cially a vailable cle[...]

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    35 Specifications SPECIFICA TIONS PLA YBA CK SYSTEM D VD-Video Video CD CD (CD-R and CD-R W) OPTICAL READOUT SY STEM Lasertype Semiconductor AlGaAs Numerical Aperture 0.60 (DVD) 0.45 (VCD/CD) W av elength 650 nm (D VD) 780 nm (VCD/CD) D VD DISC FORMA T Medium Optical Disc Diameter 12cm (8cm) Playing time One la yer 2.15 h* (12cm) Dual la yer 4 h* T[...]

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    Y AMAHA ELECTRONICS CORPORA TION, USA 6660 ORANGETHORPE AVE., BUENA PARK, CALIF . 90620, U.S.A. Y AMAHA CANADA MUSIC L TD. 135 MILNER A VE., SCARBOROUGH, ONT ARIO M1S 3R1, CANADA Y AMAHA ELECTRONIK EUROP A G.m.b.H. SIEMENSSTR. 22-34, 25462 RELLINGEN BEI HAMBURG, F .R. OF GERMANY Y AMAHA ELECTRONIQUE FRANCE S.A. RUE AMBROISE CROIZAT BP70 CROISSY -BE[...]