Page 2 - PREPARATION; Do not cut off the plug from this appliance; IMPORTANT; BLUE; WARNING
2 PREPARATION WARNING(FOR USE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM) This appliance is supplied with a fitted three pin mains plug.A 13 amp fuse is fitted in the plug.Should the fuse need to be replaced, use a 13 amp fuseapproved by ASTA or BSI to BS 1362. When replacing thefuse, you must ensure that any removable ...
Page 4 - TABLE OF CONTENTS; Introduction; Features; Accessory checklist
4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Precautions ............................................................... 2Before Use ................................................................. 5 Supported disc formats .................................... 5Disc-related terms ..................................
Page 5 - Supported disc formats; Types of video CDs; BEFORE USE
5 INTR ODUCTION Please read the following before operating the DVD player. Supported disc formats This DVD player can play discs with the following marksonly. DVDs(8 cm disc/12 cm disc) Video CDs (VCDs)(8 cm disc/12 cm disc) Audio CDs(8 cm disc/12 cm disc) In addition, this unit can play back a CD-R...
Page 7 - PARTS AND CONTROLS; Front panel
7 INTR ODUCTION PARTS AND CONTROLS The instructions in this manual refer mainly to the buttons on the remote control. Buttons on the main unit with the samenames as those on the remote control can be used as well. Front panel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ! @ 1 POWER buttonPress to turn on and off the unit. 2...
Page 8 - Remote control
8 Remote control 6 7 8 9 0 ! @ # $ % ^ & * = () 5 - 2 3 1 4 \ ] [ ' ; , . / 1 POWER buttonPress to turn on and off the unit. 2 ON SCREEN DISPLAY ON/OFF buttonPress to display the On Screen Display information. 3 a button Press to pause a playback. 4 v RETURN button • Press to display the title m...
Page 9 - Display window
9 INTR ODUCTION Display window 1 Operating status indicatorRotates when loading and playing back a disc. 2 VCD indicatorLights when a Video CD is loaded. 3 CD indicatorLights when a CD is loaded. 4 DVD indicatorLights when a DVD is loaded. 5 TITLE indicatorThe title number indicates the number of th...
Page 10 - CONNECTIONS
10 Input jack of equipment to beconnected to the DVD player Digital input jack Analog audio input jacks (L/R) Digital input jack Analog audio input jacks (L/R) Digital input jack CONNECTIONS Before making connections • Connect the AC cords of the unit and external equipment at the end, after finishi...
Page 11 - Connecting to a TV set only
PREP ARA TIONS 11 NOTE When the picture noise appears while copy-protected DVDsare played, connect the unit directly to a TV set. Do notconnect through a VCR, TV/VCR or AV selector. A Connecting to a TV set only When your TV set is equipped with an S-video input terminal, see page 17. Set the setup ...
Page 12 - Connecting to a TV set and an amplifier with a Digital In jack
12 CONNECTIONS (CONTINUED) AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT S-VIDEO DIGITAL OUT OUT COAXIAL L R NTSC PAL AUTO OPTICAL DIGITAL OUT B Connecting to a TV set and an amplifier with a Digital In jack Use either the commercially available optical cord or 75 ohm coaxial cord when connecting this unit to an AV amplifier...
Page 13 - Connecting to a TV set and an audio system
PREP ARA TIONS 13 C Connecting to a TV set and an audio system When your TV set is equipped with an S-video input terminal, see page 17. Set the setup menu correctly after connecting! According to the audio equipment and TV set to which theunit is connected, set the “TV Aspect” of the setup menucorr...
Page 15 - Connecting to an AV amplifier equipped with a DTS decoder
PREP ARA TIONS 15 E Connecting to an AV amplifier equipped with a DTS decoder Use either the commercially available optical cord or 75 ohm coaxial cord when connecting this unit to an AV amplifier witha Digital In jack. The supplied video cord is also available instead of the coaxial cord. NOTE When...
Page 17 - Connecting to a TV set equipped with S-video jack
PREP ARA TIONS 17 AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT S-VIDEO DIGITAL OUT OUT COAXIAL L R NTSC PAL AUTO OPTICAL DIGITAL OUT Connecting to a TV set equipped with S-video jack Rear of TV set S-video input connector(S1, S2) S-video cord(not supplied) Rear of the unit to S-VIDEO OUT connector Set the setup menu correct...
Page 18 - Connecting to a TV set or monitor with video input connector
18 AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT S-VIDEO DIGITAL OUT OUT COAXIAL L R NTSC PAL AUTO OPTICAL DIGITAL OUT Connecting to a TV set or monitor with video input connector TV set or monitor Video cord (supplied) Audio cord (supplied) to a video input jacks(yellow) Rear of the unit to AUDIO OUT L (white)/ R (red) jack...
Page 19 - REMOTE CONTROL
PREP ARA TIONS 19 Installing batteries Detach the battery cover on the rear of the remote control,and inser t two R6 (size AA) batteries with 0 and 9 aligned correctly. When to replace the batteries The maximum operational distance between the remotecontrol and the sensor of the units should be appr...
Page 20 - Press; PLAYBACK
20 Getting ready to play • Turn on the television, and set its video source (Video 1, Video 2, Video 3, etc.) to the one connected to the DVDplayer. • Turn on the audio device connected to the DVD player. Set its input source to the one connected to the DVDplayer. 1 Press POWER. The power comes on, ...
Page 21 - Tips; ASIC OPERA
21 Still (Pause) Press a during playback. To return to normal playbackPress c . Frame Advance (DVD, VCD) Press a while the disc is paused. Each time you press the button, the program advances oneframe. There is no audio when doing Frame Advance. To return to normal playbackPress c . Stopping playbac...
Page 22 - Fast Forward, Reverse; Skipping
22 Slow Playback (DVD/VCD) Press F.SLOW or B.SLOW during playback. The playback speed changes each time the button ispressed, as shown below. DVD Slow Playback Video CD Slow Playback- F.SLOW - To return to normal playback Press c . NOTES • The B.SLOW playback does not work during VCDs playback. • Th...
Page 23 - To clear the OSD Menu
23 On Screen Display (OSD) menu General playback status can be displayed on the TVscreen. Some items only show the indicated information.Other items allow the settings to be changed. 1 Press ON SCREEN DISPLAY ON/OFFduring playback. 2 Press i / k to select the desired item. The currently selected ite...
Page 24 - Detailed description of each OSD menu; DVD OSD
24 Selection method j / l , or Number ENTER j / l , or Number ENTER r / t NumberENTER j / l , AUDIO SELECT j / l , SUBTITLE SELECT j / l , ANGLE j / l , SURROUND Detailed description of each OSD menu Function (Press i / k to select desired item) To show the current title No.and to skip to the desire...
Page 25 - SEARCH; MORE FEA
25 SEARCH This DVD player provides three types of DVD searches. Title search Specify a title number.To use this feature with Video CDs that suppor t PBC, turnoff PBC first. (See"CHANGING SETUP VALUE" on page39.) Chapter search Specify a chapter number. Time search Specify the elapsed time of...
Page 27 - P r e s s
27 MARK MARK SEARCH CLEAR i / k / j / l / ENTER c Mark search (DVD) Playback can restar t from a memorized point. Up to 5 points can be memorized within the same titlenumber. To memorize a desired point, press MARK duringplayback. “Marker 1/5” is displayed and memorized. Each time you press MARK, th...
Page 28 - Press ANGLE during playback.; ZOOMING AND CHANGING THE ANGLE
28 Changing the angle (DVD) When playing a DVD which has been recorded in multi-angle (photographed from several different angles), you canselect which angle you would like to view the action from. When a multi-angle scene comes on during playback,“ANGLE” will blink in the display window to let you ...
Page 29 - RANDOM AND REPEAT PLAYBACK; Press REPEAT during playback.; CHAPT
MORE FEA TURES 29 RANDOM AND REPEAT PLAYBACK Repeat playback (DVD) Press REPEAT during playback. The repeat mode will change each time you press REPEAT. CHAPTER:Repeat of the chapter being played. TITLE: Repeat of the title being played. OFF: Cancel repeat mode. (Normal playback) REPEAT A-B CHAPT TI...
Page 30 - A B; TRACK; OFF
30 R e p e a t i n g a p o r t i o n b e t w e e n t w ospecified points (A-B Repeat) Allows you to select a por tion of a track to be repeated.The por tion to be repeated may not span a track boundary,but must be within a single track. 1 During playback, press A-B at thestarting point of the sectio...
Page 31 - PROGRAMMED PLAYBACK
MORE FEA TURES 31 PROGRAMMED PLAYBACK CLEAR With video and audio CDs, you can select the tracks youwould like to play, and play them in any order. You canspecify up to 20 tracks.To use this feature with Video CDs that support PBC, turnoff PBC first. (See"CHANGING SETUP VALUE" on page39.) 1 P...
Page 32 - CREATING A 3D SURROUND EFFECT; Press SURROUND during playback.
32 CREATING A 3D SURROUND EFFECT The DVD player can produce a 3D Surround effect, usingSpatializer TM N-2-2 TM technology, which simulates multi- channel audio playback from two conventional stereospeakers, instead of the five or more speakers normallyrequired to listen to multi-channel audio from a...
Page 33 - Press AUDIO SELECT during playback.; LEFT; CHANGING THE AUDIO TRACK
MORE FEA TURES 33 Some discs have more than one audio track, such assoundtracks with different languages. While playing sucha disc, the audio track can be changed to hear the differentsoundtracks. • When playing a DVD with soundtracks in multiple languages, the audio will automatically be played int...
Page 34 - DISPLAYING AND CHANGING SUBTITLES
34 DISPLAYING AND CHANGING SUBTITLES When playing DVD discs which contain subtitles, you candisplay the subtitles on the screen or change the languageof the subtitles. SUBTITLESELECT • The symbol will be displayed if you try to show subtitles with a disc which does not contain them. • The first subt...
Page 35 - PLAYING BACK AN MP3 DISC; Notes on MP3 disc; Tips on recording MP3; Glossary
35 PLAYING BACK AN MP3 DISC The DVD player can play back MP3 recorded on a CD-ROM, CD-R or CD-RW discs.Before playing back an MP3 disc, read the following notes. Notes on MP3 disc About MP3 • An MP3 file is audio data compressed by using MPEG1, the audio layer-3 file-coding scheme. We call files whi...
Page 36 - Playing back with MP3
36 PLAYING BACK AN MP3 DISC (CONTINUED) Playing back with MP3 1 Load an MP3 disc. The MP3 menu is displayed. NOTES • It may take over 30 seconds to read the MP3 files, depending on the complexity of the folder tree. • If you press v RETURN, MENU or TOP MENU during playback, the playback stops. Progr...
Page 38 - Repeat playback with MP3
38 Repeat playback with MP3 To play back a track repeatedly Press REPEAT once during playback.The current track will be played back repeatedly. To play back an entire album repeatedly Press REPEAT twice during playback.All of the tracks wihtin the album will be playedback repeatedly. To play back a ...
Page 39 - CHANGING SETUP VALUES; Basic operations; AS NECESSAR
39 CHANGING SETUP VALUES Basic operations 1 Press SETUP either while playing orwhen stopped. The setup menu is displayed. v RETURN Disc Subtitle Disc Menu Rating Password TV Aspect Menu Language TV Output Select Digital Audio Output Disc Audio Original Spanish English Chinese Polish Hungarian Russia...
Page 40 - Disc Audio
40 CHANGING SETUP VALUES (CONTINUED) Disc Audio The audio sound track language on a DVD disc can bechanged. If the language selected is not available onthe disc, the original language designated by eachdisc will be selected. 1 At the SETUP menu, press i / k to select “Disc Audio” and press l . 2 Pre...
Page 44 - Menu Language
44 CHANGING SETUP VALUES (CONTINUED) Menu Language The language used in this SETUP menu can be changed. 1 At the SETUP menu, press i / k to select “Menu Language” and press l . 2 Press i / k to select the desired language and press ENTER. English : The setup menu is displayed in English.Spanish : Th...
Page 45 - TV Output Select
45 Others (Pseudo PAL/PBC) The Pseudo PAL and Playback Control settings(PBC)can be changed. 1 At the SETUP menu, press i / k to select “Others” and press l . 2 Press i / k to select the desired items and press ENTER. Pseudo PAL settings Pseudo PAL On:A NTSC DVD disc can be played back with the PAL c...
Page 46 - Digital Audio Output; At the SETUP menu, press
46 Digital Audio Output Each DVD disc has a variety of audio output options. Setthe player’s Digital Audio Output according to the type ofaudio system you use. CAUTION If the AV amplifier is not equipped with a DolbyDigital decoder or DTS decoder, do not select“DOLBY DIGITAL/PCM or Stream/PCM” in th...
Page 47 - Language codes
En AS NECESSAR Y 47 Language codes Code Language Code Language Code Language 6565 Afar 7285 Hungarian 8084 Por tuguese 6566 Abkhazian 7289 Armenian 8185 Quechua 6570 Afrikaans 7365 Interlingua 8277 Rhaeto-Romance 6577 Amharic 7378 Indonesian 8279 Romanian 6582 Arabic 7383 Icelandic 8285 Russian 6583...
Page 48 - TROUBLESHOOTING
48 TROUBLESHOOTING If something seems to be wrong with your DVD player, first check the items in the table below. Symptom Check See page The power does not come on. A disc does not play.Playback stops almostimmediately. No picture The picture is bad. No sound T h e r e m o t e c o n t ro l d o e s n...
Page 49 - SPECIFICATIONS
AS NECESSAR Y 49 SPECIFICATIONS Power supply 230 V AC, 50 Hz Power consumption 16 W Weight 3.2 kg External dimensions 430 × 88 × 245 mm (w × h × d) Laser Semiconductor laser,wave length 650/750 nm Signal format PAL/NTSC Suppor ted discs DVD video discs 12 cm (single-sided single-layer,single-sided d...
