ENG Electric UNIDISK SC PLAYER manual

English Es p añol Nederlands Owner's Manual UNIDISK SC PLA YER Uni SC ENG part 1 for japan 9/28/05 12:40 PM Page 1[...]

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i Important Saf e t y In f ormation English UNIDISK SC PLA YER Owner’ s Manual Impor t ant Saf et y Instructions Explanation of s ymbols used in this manual or on the rear / underside of the appar atus: This s ymbol is intended to alert the user t o the pr esenc e of uninsulated dangerous v oltages within the enclosur e of sufficient magnitude t [...]

CE Declar ation of C onf ormit y Linn Products L td declare that this pr oduct is in conformanc e with the Lo w V oltage Directiv e 73 / 23 /EEC and Electromagnetic C ompatibility 89 /33 6/EE C as amended by 92 /3 1/EE C and 93 / 68/EE C. The con formity of the designat ed product with the pro visions of Dir ective number 7 3/ 23/EE C (L VD) is pro[...]

C opyright and A cknowledgements Cop yright © 2004 Linn Pr oducts L td. Firs t edition April 2004 . Linn Product s Limited, Glas gow R oad, W aterfoot, E aglesham, Glasgow , G7 6 OEQ , Scotland, Unit ed Kingdom. All rights r eserv ed. No part of this publication may be r eproduced, s tor ed in a retrie val sy stem, or tr ansmitted, in an y form or[...]

Co n te n t s Introduction 1 Disc t ypes 1 Audio outputs 1 Cleaning 1 C onnecting 2 Unpacking 2 V oltage selection 2 Po sitioning 2 Back panel - SC ART ver sion 3 Back panel - Phono v ersion 4 F ront P anel and Handset 5 F ront p anel 5 Handset 6 Handset mode s 6 St andby mode 7 Video Output 7 Set up Menus 7 About the set up menus 7 Gener al Setup [...]

Intr oduction The UNIDISK SC pla yer is a pr ecision-engineered, high-fidelit y audio and video sour ce component with int egrated surr ound-sound proc essing and contr ol, designed to f acilitate acc ess t o all of the lates t high-definition, high-quality music and mo vie formats and deliver superb multi-channel pla yback. The UNIDISK SC pla yer [...]

C onnecting This chapt er e xplains how t o install the UNIDISK SC play er into your hi-fi/ A V sy stem. Note: In this manual, ‘displa y device ’ refer s to plasma scr eens, project ors , projection TV s, monitor s, LCD TV s and tele visions. Unpacking The UNIDISK SC is supplied with the f ollowing acce ssorie s: ● luminesc ent handset with b[...]

Back panel - SCAR T ver sion MAIN IN, ROOM 1-4 F or linking products in a KNEK T sy stem. ROOM RX T X Indicat e signals being transmitt ed between pr oducts in a KNEKT syste m. Line output connect ors Line outputs f or connection t o a power amplifier and subw oof er . TV OUT Line (fixed) le vel for c onnection to a display de vice with v olume con[...]

C onnecting Back panel - Phono ver sion ROOM RX T X Indicat e signals being transmitt ed between pr oducts in a KNEKT s yst em. Line output connect ors Line outputs f or connection t o a pow er amplifier and subw oof er . TV OUT Line (fixed) le vel for c onnection to a display de vice with v olume controls or to an e xternal pre- amplifier . A UX 1[...]

F r ont P anel and Handset F ront panel F r ont P anel and Handset Disc dr awer F ront panel displa y Opens/ closes the disc dr awer . , Skips/ searches b ack w ards, na vigate s left in a menu, decre ases v olume. , Skips/ searches f orwar ds, navigat es right in a menu, incr ease s volume . , SELE CT S tarts pla yback, selects an it em in a menu,[...]

Handset LEDs Indicat e when a signal is being transmitt ed from the handset. DISP ( display ) Changes the time display on the fr ont panel when playing discs and s elects the video output f ormat. GO T O F or jumping to a particular chapter , tr ack, title or time on a disc. SURR ( surround) Selects surr ound sound formats . ADJUS T Acc ess es the [...]

S t andb y mode T o toggle bet ween s tandb y mode and operation mode: Using the handse t ● Pre ss the k ey . Using the front p anel ● Pre ss and hold the ke y . Note: Pr essing any k ey on the fr ont panel will bring the unit out of s tandb y V ideo Output In order t o set up your UNIDISK SC y ou must first ensure that the unit is output ting [...]

T o acces s the set up menus: Ensure y our display devic e is on and tuned to the UNIDISK SC’ s video output signal ● Pre ss SETUP on the handset. Y our display de vice scr een show s the Setup Menu – Main P age. T o navigat e the setup menus and mak e a selection: ● Use the / / / ke ys on the front p anel or handset t o move ar ound the me[...]

Gener al Setup OSD Language ( on-screen displa y language) Def ault set ting: English Choose the language y ou want on-scr een information and menus display ed in. Aspect R atio Def ault set ting: 16:9 Choose the option that mat ches your display de vice; either 4: 3 , Lette rbox or 16:9 . Video S tandard If you ha ve already s elected the video si[...]

C olour Le vel ( applies t o the YPrPb outputs on the Phono ver sion, only) Def ault set ting: Standard The C olour Le vel option adjusts the amount of c olour inf ormation sent to your displa y device . If you w ant the UNIDISK SC to det ermine the setting based on the video f ormat of the disc being play ed, set to Auto . If your displa y device [...]

Set up Menus Surr ound Def ault set ting: Large Choose the option that be st suits the speak ers in y our sy stem: Lar ge surround spe aker s (full-r ange frequency re sponse ), set t o Large . Small surround spe aker s (limited bass r esponse ), set to Small. No surround spe aker , s et t o Off . Subwoofer Def ault set ting: On If you ha ve connec[...]

HDMI Set up Note – this menu will only t ak e eff ect when H H D D M M I I has been select ed as the P P r r i i m m a a r r y y D D i i s s p p l l a a y y D D e e v v i i c c e e in the General S etup Menu ( see page 9). HDMI A udio Def ault set ting: On If you ar e using the display devic e’ s inbuilt loudspeak ers f or audio playback, set t[...]

Set up Menus EDID (Extended Displa y Identification Dat a) Def ault set ting: Enabled Identifies the pictur e resolutions that ar e supported by the displa y devic e. Data supplied b y the display devic e allows the UNIDISK SC t o automatic ally output the best r esolution that the devic e suppor ts. It has how ever been kno wn for s ome display de[...]

Set up Menus UNIDISK SC PLA YER Owner’ s Manual English 14 A udio Setup SPDIF Out (Digital outputs only ) Def ault set ting: Off If you ar e not using the UNIDISK SC’ s digital audio outputs, s et to Of f . If any o f the UNIDISK SC’ s digital outputs ar e connected to a Linn s yst em contr oller , other external audio decoder or other de vic[...]

Set up Menus English UNIDISK SC PLA YER Owner’ s Manual 15 Dolby PL II Mode ( Analogue outputs only ) Def ault set ting: Movie This menu is suit able for us e if your UNIDISK SC is connect ed to front, plus c entre and/ or surround speak ers . Dolby Pr o Logic II creat es five output channels fr om any int ernal or auxiliary two-channel sour ce, [...]

Set up Menus UNIDISK SC PLA YER Owner’ s Manual English 16 Pref erenc es This c ategory c annot be acces sed if ther e is a disc pla ying in the unit. A udio* Def ault set ting: English Set t o your pref erred audio language . F or languages other than the ones sho wn, highlight Others and pr ess ‘e nt er ’ . Using the digit key s on the hand[...]

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Pla ying Discs This chapt er describe s how t o play discs on the UNIDISK SC and e xplains various fe atur es and user functions . Fir st o f all 1. T urn on your displa y device and tune it t o the UNIDISK SC’ s video output signal.* 2. Mute an y audio output from y our display devic e. 3. P ress DV D on the handset. This put s the handset int o[...]

Basic oper ation Ensure y our UNIDISK SC is in Disc mode ( see First of all at the beginning of this chapter ). T o play a disc: ● Pre ss on the handse t or on the front p anel. ● Insert a disc with the playb ack side f acing down. ● Pre ss on the handse t or on the front p anel. The disc dr aw er close s and playback begins aut omatically . [...]

Pla ying Super A udio CDs SA CDs can cont ain up to thr ee separ ate ar eas, each of which f eature s a diff er ent audio format . The thr ee formats, in or der of audio quality fr om highest to lo west, ar e SA CD Multi (5. 1 channels of high qualit y audio), S ACD St ereo (2 channels of high qualit y audio) and CD St er eo (2 channels of st andar[...]

Playing Dis cs Next and pr evious chapt er / tr ack selection T o skip forw ards or back wards thr ough the chapter s/tr acks of a disc: ● T o skip forw ards, r epeatedly pr ess on the handset or fr ont panel. ● T o skip back w ar ds, r epeatedly pr ess . Direct chapt er /tr ack selection T o directly acce ss a specific chapt er /tr ack on a DV[...]

Playing Dis cs Locating a p articular point on a disc F ast s ear ch f orw ards and b ackw ards T o fast se arch f or w ards or f ast search back wards while a dis c is playing: ● T o fas t search f orwar ds, hold on the handse t or on the fr ont panel. ● T o fas t search back war ds, hold on the handset or on the fr ont panel. F ast s can forw[...]

Playing Dis cs Direct time s election T o directly acce ss a specific point on a D VD- Video /D VD- Audio while a chapt er /tr ack is playing: ● Pre ss GOT O on the handset. On y our display devic e the digits sho wing the current chapter /tr ack ar e highlighted. ● Pre ss GOT O again. ● Enter the de sired time using the digit k eys . The tim[...]

Playing Dis cs R epeat chapt er / tr ack T o repeat a specific chapter /tr ack: ● While the chos en chapter /tr ack is playing, pres s SHIFT on the handset then pr ess ONE (‘2’ ke y) within t wo seconds . The fr ont panel display show s ONE . When the chapt er /tr ack is finished playing it will automatic ally play repeat edly . T o cancel re[...]

Playing Dis cs 4. Repeat s teps 2 and 3 for all tr acks y ou wish to s elect. 5. Pres s to stor e the progr am and start playback o f the select ed tr acks. T o clear a stor ed program or cancel include pr ogram mode: ● Pre ss SHIFT on the handset, then pr ess INCL UDE within tw o seconds. Note: Up to 99 pr ogram st eps can be st ored. Ex clude p[...]

F u rther playback options f or D VD- Videos and D VD- Audio s Language or audio str eam selection T o cycle thr ough the available language or audio s tream options . ● Repe atedly pr ess A UDIO on the handset. Subtitles T o acces s av ailable subtitles or remo ve them fr om the scr een: ● Repe atedly pr ess SUB- T on the handse t. Angle selec[...]

Additional in formation on V ideo CDs and Super V CDs Video CDs and Super V CDs may f eatur e PBC (Playback Contr ol). PBC allow s additional contr ol over pla yback functionality . PBC can be turned on or o ff t o suit y our requir ements. If PBC is on, y ou will be able to pause the disc and skip f orwar ds or back war ds through tr acks . Additi[...]

Note: If Disc Nav in the s etup menus is s et t o No Menu , a data disc ins erted int o the UNIDISK SC will play fr om the first item o f the first folder when y ou pres s ‘en te r ’ . The , , k eys will function as abo ve. R epla y file T o replay an MP3 file: ● While the file is playing, pr ess SHIFT on the handset , then pre ss ONE (‘2?[...]

Surr ound Sound and A udio Modes English UNIDISK SC PLA YER Owner’ s Manual 29 Surr ound Sound and A udio Modes Most D VD- Videos hav e more than one surround s ound format c ontained on the disc. The most c ommon formats are D TS , Dolby Digital and Dolb y Digital S ter eo. Once y ou have select ed a surround sound f ormat via the D VD- Video ?[...]

Pr e-amplifier UNIDISK SC PLA YER Owner’ s Manual English 30 Pr e- amplifier This chapt er describe s how t o operat e the UNIDISK SC’ s pre- amplifier . V olume and muting V olume adjustment The v olume r ange is from 0 to 100 . IMPORT ANT : Please not e that exc essive v olume can damage y our hearing and your audio equipment. T o adjust the [...]

Pr e-amplifier English UNIDISK SC PLA YER Owner’ s Manual 31 Subw oof er trim If you us e a subw oofer speak er as part of your A V sy stem, you ma y find that you w ant to adjust the volume le vel of the sub woo fer without aff ecting any o f the other speakers . This is achie ved by adjusting the sub woof er trim. Subw oofer trim r ange is -10 [...]

User Options UNIDISK SC PLA YER Owner’ s Manual English 32 T able of us er options The f ollowing table show s the UNIDISK SC’s us er options, describes them and list s the av ailable settings f or each. Def ault settings ar e shown in bold ( and are marked with a ‘ * ’ on the front p anel display ). Option Description Settings DISPLA Y BRI[...]

User Options English UNIDISK SC PLA YER Owner’ s Manual T able of us er options ( continued) Option Description S ettings x Option Description Set tings PLA Y COMMAND ST OP COMMAND REPEA T COMMAND HI-RES S ACD /D VD- A AUDIO SCROLL S ACD TEX T PLA Y ONL Y PLA Y / P A USE ST OP ONL Y ST OP / EJECT REPEA T ALL REPEA T A -B / ALL DIREC T NORMAL ONCE[...]

T echnical Specific ation UNIDISK SC PLA YER Owner’ s Manual English 34 T echnical Specification Po wer c onsumption 40 W appr ox Phy sical W eight 4 .3 kg Dimensions 380 (W) x 360 (D ) x 80 (H) mm Video outputs T ype Connect or Le vel Impedance Not es SCAR T version Component SCAR T RGB + C omposite: 75 Ω 1 V p-p Composit e SCART 1 Vp-p 7 5 ?[...]

35 Guar antee and S ervice English UNIDISK SC PLA YER Owner’ s Manual Guar antee and S er vice This pr oduct is guarant eed under the conditions that apply in the c ountry of pur chase and your s tatut ory rights are not limit ed. In addition to an y statut ory rights y ou may hav e , Linn undertak e to r eplace any parts that ha ve failed due t [...]

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