Yamaha DVD-S657 manual

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    DVD AUDIO/VIDEO SA-CD PLAYER LECTEUR DE DVD AUDIO/VIDEO SA-CD DVD-S657 OWNER’S MANUAL MODE D’EMPLOI BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG BRUKSANVISNING GEBRUIKSAANWIJZING G D VD-S657 © 2005 All rights reserved. YAMAHA ELECTRONICS CORPORATIO N, USA 6660 ORANGETHORPE AVE., BUENA PARK, CALIF. 90620, U.S.A. YAMAHA CANADA MUSIC LTD. 135 MILNER AVE., SCARBOROUGH, ON[...]

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    iii CAUTION: READ THIS BEFORE OPERATING YOUR UNIT. 1 To assure the finest performance, please read this manual carefully. Keep it in a safe place for future reference. 2 Install this sound system in a well ventilated, cool, dry, clean place — away from direct sunlight, heat sources, vibration, dust, moisture, or cold. In a cabinet, allow about 2.[...]

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    1 English Contents Introduction Region Codes ..............................................................3 Supplied accessories ..................................................3 Notes about discs ......................................................3 Cleaning discs ..............................................................3 Patent informat[...]

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    2 Contents Setup Menu General Setup Menu ............................................... 23 Selecting DVD-Audio/Video mode ........................ 23 Locking/Unlocking the disc for viewing ................. 23 Dimming player’s front panel display ..................... 23 Programming disc tracks (not for Picture CD/MP3) ..........................[...]

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    3 English Introduction Thank you for purchasing this unit. This Owner’s Manual explains the basic operation of this unit. DVD discs must be labeled for ALL regions or Region 2 in order to play on this Player. You cannot play discs that are labeled for other regions. – Remote control – Batteries (two AA size) for remote control – Audio pin c[...]

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    4 Functional Overview Front Panel A.DRCT ML.CH D.MIX STANDBY/ON – turns on this unit or sets it to the standby mode Disc tray B PLAY – starts playback / OPEN/CLOSE – opens or closes the disc tray 9 STOP – stops playback ; PAUSE – pauses playback DVD-AUDIO indicator – lights up when the player detects DVD-Audio signals SA-CD indicator ?[...]

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    5 English Functional Overview Caution: Do not touch the inner pins of the jacks on the rear panel. Electrostatic discharge may cause permanent damage to the unit. Rear Panel[...]

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    6 Functional Overview * Press and hold button for about two seconds. Remote Control B / | – turns on this player or sets it to the standby mode numeric buttons – selects numbered items in the currently displayed menu ON SCREEN – accesses or clears the player’s On Screen Display menu SETUP – accesses or clears the player’s setup menu T ?[...]

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    7 English Preparation Never make or change connections with the power switched on. • Depending on the equipment you wish to connect, there are various ways you could connect this unit. Possible connections are shown in the following drawings. • Please refer to the manuals of other equipment as necessary to make the best connections. • Do not [...]

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    8 Preparation This player has two types of analog output jacks. 6ch discrete jacks To reproduce multi-channel Super Audio CD and DVD-Audio, connect these jacks to your AV receiver’s multi channel input jacks using commercially available audio pin cables. MIXED 2CH jacks Use the audio/video cable supplied with this player to connect the L (left) a[...]

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    9 English Preparation If your AV receiver has video output jacks, connect your receiver (and then to your TV) so that you can use one TV for several different video sources (LD, VCR, etc.) by simply switching the input source selector of your receiver. The player has four types of video output jacks. Use one of them in accordance with the input jac[...]

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    10 Getting Started 1 Open the battery compartment. 2 Insert the supplied two batteries type R06 or AA, following the indications (+ –) inside the compartment. 3 Close the cover. Using the remote control Handling the remote control • Do not spill water or other liquids on the remote control. • Do not drop the remote control. • Do not leave o[...]

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    11 English Getting Started 4 Press 34 to highlight one of the options below: PAL Select this if the connected TV is PAL system. It will change the video signal of an NTSC disc and output in PAL format. NTSC Select this if the connected TV is NTSC system. It will change the video signal of a PAL disc and output in NTSC format. MULTI Select this if t[...]

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    12 Getting Started Setting the Audio, Subtitle and Disc menu language 1 Press STOP ( 9 ) twice, then press SETUP . 2 Press 2 repeatedly to select [PREFERENCE PAGE]. 3 Press 34 to highlight one of the options below at a time, then press 2 . – ‘AUDIO’ (disc’s soundtrack) – ‘SUBTITLE’ (disc’s subtitles) – ‘DISC MENU’ (disc’s me[...]

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    13 English Getting Started [FRONT SPEAKER, CENTER SPEAKER, SURROUND SP] OFF (only for CENTER and SURROUND speakers) Select when no speakers are connected. LARGE Select if the connected speakers can reproduce low frequency signals below 120 Hz. SMALL Select if the connected speakers cannot reproduce low frequency signals below 120 Hz. [SUBWOOFER] ON[...]

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    14 Disc Operations IMPORTANT! – If the inhibit icon ( or X) appears on the TV screen when a button is pressed, it means the function is not available on the current disc or at the current time. – Depending on the DVD or VIDEO CD, some operations may be different or restricted. – Do not push on the disc tray or put any objects other than disc [...]

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    15 English Disc Operations Repeat • While playing a disc, press REPEAT continuously to choose a ‘Play Mode’. DVD-V/DVD-A ➔ RPT ONE (repeat chapter) ➔ RPT TT/GRP (repeat title/group) ➔ RPT ALL (repeat disc) ➔ RPT OFF (repeat off) VCD/SVCD/CD ➔ RPT ONE (repeat track) ➔ RPT ALL (repeat disc) ➔ RPT OFF (repeat off) MP3/DivX/SA-CD ?[...]

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    16 Disc Operations Zooming in This function allows you to enlarge the picture on the TV screen and to pan through the enlarged picture. 1 During playback, press ZOOM repeatedly to display the picture with different scales. ➜ Use 1 234 to pan through the enlarged picture. ➜ Playback will continue. 2 Press ZOOM repeatedly to return to the origina[...]

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    17 English Disc Operations Time Search (DVD/VCD) 1 Press 34 to select [TT TIME] or [CH TIME] (DVD) or [TRACK TIME] or [DISC TIME] (VCD). ➜ [TT TIME] refers to the total time of the current title, and the [CH TIME] refers to the total time of the current chapter. 2 Press ENTER/OK . 3 Enter hours, minutes and seconds from left to right using the nu[...]

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    18 Disc Operations Playback Control (PBC) For VCD with Playback Control (PBC) feature (version 2.0 only) • Press MENU to toggle between ‘PBC ON’ and ‘PBC OFF’. ➜ If you select ‘PBC ON’, the disc menu (if available) will appear on the TV. ➜ Use the S / T or the numeric buttons to select a play option. • During playback, pressing [...]

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    19 English Disc Operations DVD-Audio has developed for the sole purpose of creating high quality pure sound with Linear PCM and Packed PCM (lossless coding) in up to six audio- channels. Sampling frequencies of 192 kHz/ 24 bits are supported. Moreover, many DVD-Audio discs offer slide show and page turn capabilities. • When you play a down mix pr[...]

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    20 Disc Operations The SA-CD standard is based on Direct Stream Digital (DSD) technology. This new direct-stream digital format comprises a 1-bit system that has a digital sampling frequency 64 times higher than that of conventional audio CD. There are three types of SA-CD discs: single layer, dual layer and hybrid. Each type contains a High Densit[...]

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    21 English Disc Operations General Operation 1 Load a disc. ➜ The disc reading time may exceed 30 seconds due to the complexity of the directory/file configuration. ➜ The data disc menu appears on the TV screen. 2 Playback will start automatically, if not press PLAY ( B ) . During playback, you can; • Press S / T to select another track/file [...]

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    22 Disc Operations 1 Load a Picture disc (Kodak Picture CD, JPEG). ➜ For Kodak disc, the slide show will begin. ➜ For JPEG disc, the picture menu appears on the TV screen. 2 Press PLAY ( B ) to start the slide-show playback. Preview Function (JPEG) This function shows the content of the current folder or the whole disc. 1 Press STOP ( 9 ) durin[...]

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    23 English Setup Menu The setup is carried out via the TV, enabling you to customize the DVD Player to suit your particular requirements. 1 Press SETUP . 2 Press 1 2 to select ‘General Setup’ icon. 3 Press ENTER/OK to confirm. Selecting DVD-Audio/Video mode 1 In ‘GENERAL SETUP PAGE’, press 34 to highlight [DVD-AUDIO], then press 2 . DVD-AUD[...]

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    24 Setup Menu Programming disc tracks (not for Picture CD/MP3) You can play the contents of the disc in the order you want by programming the tracks to be played. Up to 20 tracks can be stored. 1 In ‘GENERAL SETUP PAGE’, press 34 to highlight [PROGRAM], then press 2 to select [INPUT MENU]. 2 Press ENTER/OK to confirm. To input your favorite tra[...]

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    25 English Setup Menu Sleep Timer This feature automatically sets the DVD player in standby mode after the amount of time you have set. 1 In ‘GENERAL SETUP PAGE’, press 34 to highlight [SLEEP], then press 2 . 2 Press 34 to select a setting. ➜ You can select from 15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes. Select [OFF] to cancel the sleep timer function. 3 Pre[...]

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    26 Setup Menu Setting the Digital output The options included in Digital Audio are: ‘Digital Output’ and ‘LPCM Output’. 1 In ‘AUDIO SETUP PAGE’, press 34 to highlight [DIGITAL AUDIO], then press 2 . 2 Press the 34 to highlight an option. 3 Enter its submenu by pressing 2 . 4 Move the cursor by pressing the 34 to highlight the selected i[...]

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    27 English Setup Menu Night Mode In this mode, the high volume outputs are softened and low volume outputs are brought upward to an audible level. It is useful for watching your favorite action movie without disturbing others at night. 1 In ‘AUDIO SETUP PAGE’, press 34 to highlight [NIGHT MODE], then press 2 . ON Select this to level out the vo[...]

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    28 Setup Menu Progressive This feature is only applicable if you have connected this DVD Player to a Progressive Scan TV through the Y Pb Pr jacks (see page 9). 1 In ‘VIDEO SETUP PAGE’, press 34 to highlight [PROGRESSIVE], then press 2 . OFF To disable Progressive Scan function. ON To enable Progressive Scan function. 2 Press 34 to select a set[...]

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    29 English Setup Menu BRIGHTNESS Increase the value will brighten the picture or vice versa. Choose zero (0) for average setting. CONTRAST Increase the value will sharpen the picture or vice versa. Choose zero (0) to balance the contrast. TINT Increase the value will darken the picture or vice versa. Choose zero (0) for average setting. COLOR Incre[...]

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    30 Setup Menu 1 In ‘PREFERENCE PAGE’, press 34 to highlight [PARENTAL], then press 2 . 2 Press 34 to highlight a rating level for the disc inserted and press ENTER/OK . ➜ To disable Parental controls and have all Discs play, select [8 ADULT]. 3 Use the numeric buttons to enter the six-digit password (see page 32 “Changing the Password”). [...]

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    31 English Setup Menu To play back a disc in VR format 5 Press SETUP to close the setup menu. 6 Press PLAY. The setting you selected will begin to play. Previewing VR format 7 During playback, press SCAN . 8 Press 34 to highlight either [TITLE DIGEST] or [TITLE INTERVAL]. 9 Press ENTER/OK to select the function. TITLE DIGEST This function will disp[...]

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    32 Setup Menu Changing the Password The same password is used for both Parental Control and Disc Lock. Enter your six-digit password when prompted on the screen. The default password is 000 000. 1 In ‘PREFERENCE PAGE’, press 34 to highlight [PASSWORD], then press 2 to select [CHANGE]. 2 Press ENTER/OK to enter the ‘Password Change Page’. 3 [...]

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    33 English Language Codes These pages can be used to select other languages.This does not affect the options in “AUDIO”, “SUBTITLE” or “DISC MENU”. Abkhazian 6566 German 6869 Afar 6565 Gikuyu; Kikuyu 7573 Afrikaans 6570 Greek, 6976 Albanian 8381 Guarani 7178 Amharic 6577 Gujarati 7185 Arabic 6582 Hausa 7265 Armenian 7289 Hebrew 7269 Ass[...]

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    34 Language Codes These pages can be used to select other languages.This does not affect the options in “AUDIO”, “SUBTITLE” or “DISC MENU”. Maori 7773 Sotho, Southem 8384 Marathi 7782 South Ndebele 7882 Marshallese 7772 Spanish; Castilian 6983 Moldavian 7779 Sundanese 8385 Mongolian 7778 Swahili 8387 Nauru 7865 Swati 8383 Navaho, Navajo[...]

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    35 English Troubleshooting Refer to the chart below when this unit does not function properly. If the problem you are experiencing is not listed below or if the instruction below does not help, set this unit to the standby mode, disconnect the power cord, and contact the nearest authorized YAMAHA dealer or service center. Problem Solution No power [...]

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    36 Troubleshooting Problem Solution Disc can’t be played – The CD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW and DVD-RW (VR format) must be finalized. – Ensure the disc label is facing up. – Check if the disc is defective by trying another disc. – If you have recorded a Picture CD or MP3 CD yourself, ensure that your disc contains at least 10 pictures or 5[...]

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    37 English Glossary Analog: Sound that has not been turned into numbers. Analog sound varies, while digital sound has specific numerical values. These jacks send audio through tw o channels, the left and right. Aspect ratio: The ratio of vertical and hori- zontal sizes of a displa yed image. The horizontal vs. vertical ratio of conventional TVs. i[...]

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    38 Glossary Pro gressiv e Scan: I.t displa ys all the horizontal lines of a picture at one time, as a signal frame . This system can conv ert the interlaced video from D VD into progr essive format f or connec- tion to a progr essive displa y . It dramatically increases the v ertical resolution. Region code: A system for allowing discs to be pla ye[...]

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    39 English Specifications PLAYBACK SYSTEM DVD Video DVD-Audio SA-CD multi-channel and SA-CD stereo Video CD & SVCD CD PICTURE CD CD-R, CD-RW DVD+R, DVD+RW DVD-R, DVD-RW VIDEO PERFORMANCE Video (CVBS) Output 1 Vpp into 75 ohm S-Video output Y: 1 Vpp into 75 ohm C: 0.3 Vpp into 75 ohm RGB (SCART) output 0.7 Vpp into 75 ohm Component video output [...]

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    i Important notes for users in the U.K. Mains plug This apparatus is fitted with an approved 13 Amp plug. To change a fuse in this type of plug proceed as follows: 1 Remove fuse cover and fuse. 2 Fix new fuse which should be a BS1362 5 Amp, A.S.T.A. or BSI approved type. 3 Refit the fuse cover. If the fitted plug is not suitable for your jack outle[...]

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    ii CAUTION Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure. ATTENTION L’emploi de commandes, de réglages ou un choix de procédures différents des spécifications de cette brochure peut entraîner une exposition à d’éventuelles radiations pouvant être [...]