AIWA XD-SPM823 - Manuals

6 ENGLISH Before Use Supported disc formats This unit can play discs with the following marks. DVD(8-cm and 12-cm discs) Audio CD(8-cm and 12-cm discs) In addition, the unit can play DVD-R and DVD-RW discsrecorded in Video mode, and CD-R and CD-RW discs thatcontain audio titles or MP3 files. NOTES •...

ENGLISH 7 INTRODUCTION En Region code of the DVD player and DVDs This DVD player is designed and manufactured for playbackof region "1" encoded DVD software. The region code onthe labels of some DVD discs indicates which type of playercan play those discs. This unit can play only DVD discsla...

8 ENGLISH Cleaning discs Fingerprints and dust on the disc can cause poor picturequality and sound distortion. Before playing, clean the discwith a clean cloth. Wipe the disc from the center out. Do not use strong solvents such as alcohol, benzine,thinner, commercially available cleaners, or anti-st...

ENGLISH 9 INTRODUCTION En General information on progressive scan This unit includes a progressive scan conversion circuit. This generates high-resolution progressive scan video, with a lowerflicker rate, allowing you to see the movie at its original quality. What is a progressive scan? The conventi...

10 ENGLISH Parts and Controls Front panel 1 POWER buttonPress to turn on and off the unit. 2 6 STANDBY/ON indicator • Lights in red when the unit is in power-off standby mode. • Lights in green when the unit is turned on. 3 RANDOM button Press to play in random order. 4 REPEAT buttonPress to repeat ...

12 ENGLISH Display window The unit shows on-screen display menus and messages on the TV screen, and LCD indications in the unit's display window.They make operations simple and easy, especially when playing DVDs.The instructions in this manual refer mainly to the on-screen display on the TV screen. ...

ENGLISH 13 PREP ARA TIONS En Notes on connecting to a TV • If picture noise appears while playing copy-protected DVDs, connect the unit directly to a TV. Do not connectthrough a VCR, TV/VCR or AV selector. • The unit cannot be connected to a TV which is not equipped with a video input connector. • U...

14 ENGLISH Connections (continued) Connecting to audio equipment Audio equipment to be connected to the unit None (only a TV is connected) • Amplifier• Stereo system • Dolby Digital decoder• AV receiver equipped with a Dolby Digital or Dolby Pro Logic decoder • DTS decoder• AV receiver equipped with...

ENGLISH 15 PREP ARA TIONS En S-VIDEO OUT DIGITAL OUT AUDIO OUT1 DIGITAL OUT VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT S-VIDEO COMPONENT/ PROGRESSIVE SCAN COAXIAL OPTICAL L R AUDIO OUT2 L R Y P R /C R P B /C B COMPONENT VIDEO OUT/ PROGRESSIVE SCAN A -1 Connecting to a TV Set the setup menu correctly afterconnecting Set th...

16 ENGLISH Connections (continued) S-VIDEO OUT DIGITAL OUT AUDIO OUT1 DIGITAL OUT VIDEO OUT S-VIDEO COMPONENT/ PROGRESSIVE SCAN COAXIAL OPTICAL L R AUDIO OUT2 L R Y COMPONENT VIDEO OUT/ PROGRESSIVE SCAN VIDEO OUT P R /C R P B /C B S-video input connector (S1, S2) S-video cord (not supplied) to S-VID...

18 ENGLISH Connections (continued) S-VIDEO OUT DIGITAL OUT AUDIO OUT1 DIGITAL OUT VIDEO OUT S-VIDEO COMPONENT/ PROGRESSIVE SCAN COAXIAL OPTICAL L R AUDIO OUT2 L R Y COMPONENT VIDEO OUT/ PROGRESSIVE SCAN VIDEO OUT P R /C R P B /C B B Connecting to a TV and an amplifier with a digital input jack Set t...

ENGLISH 19 PREP ARA TIONS En S-VIDEO OUT DIGITAL OUT AUDIO OUT1 DIGITAL OUT VIDEO OUT S-VIDEO COMPONENT/ PROGRESSIVE SCAN COAXIAL OPTICAL L R AUDIO OUT2 L R Y COMPONENT VIDEO OUT/ PROGRESSIVE SCAN VIDEO OUT P R /C R P B /C B C Connecting to a TV and a stereo system Set the setup menu correctly after...

ENGLISH 21 PREP ARA TIONS En S-VIDEO OUT DIGITAL OUT AUDIO OUT1 DIGITAL OUT VIDEO OUT S-VIDEO COMPONENT/ PROGRESSIVE SCAN COAXIAL OPTICAL L R AUDIO OUT2 L R Y COMPONENT VIDEO OUT/ PROGRESSIVE SCAN VIDEO OUT P R /C R P B /C B E Connecting to a TV and an AV receiver equipped with a DTS decoder Set the...

ENGLISH 23 BASIC OPERA TIONS En Getting ready to play • Turn on the TV, and set its video source (Video 1, Video 2, Video 3, etc.) to the one connected to the unit. • Turn on the audio equipment connected to the unit. Set its input source to the one connected to the unit. Loading discs 1 Press POWER...

24 ENGLISH Playback (continued) s TOP MENU MENU POWER POWER DISC SKIP DISC CHANGE DISC DIRECTPLAY (1-5) ENTER c i / k / j / l i / k / j / l SELECT/ENTER DISC SKIP z OPEN/CLOSE z OPEN/ CLOSE c s Starting playback After loading discs, you can start playback by either one ofthe following ways; A or B. ...

26 ENGLISH Playback (continued) Still (pause) Press a during playback. To return to normal playback Press c . You can also press a to return to normal playback. Frame advance Press a during pause. Each time you press the button, the picture advances oneframe.There is no audio during frame advance pl...

ENGLISH 27 BASIC OPERA TIONS En Fast forward and fast reverse Press and hold r (/ f ) or ( g /) t for about 2 seconds during playback. Each time you press and hold the button, the play speedchanges as shown below. × 4 × 2 × 16 × 100 There is no audio during fast forward or fast reverseplayback of a ...

28 ENGLISH Playback (continued) 1 Press DISPLAY during playback. 2 Press i / k to select a desired menu item. A yellow frame in the OSD menu indicates the currentlyselected item. 3 Press j / l to change the setting of the selected menu item. The number buttons can also be used for entering numbers(f...

ENGLISH 29 BASIC OPERA TIONS En Description of each OSD menu item Each menu item shows its current status/setting which can be changed on the OSD menu. For details of the functions oroptional settings, refer to the page in parentheses. Menu item Current status/setting Title number/total number of ti...

30 ENGLISH This unit provides 5 disc search functions. Title search When a disc has more than one title, you can select adesired title to start playback. Track search You can specify a desired track number. Chapter search When a title on a disc has more than one chapter, you canselect a desired chap...

ENGLISH 31 MORE FEA TURES En Chapter search 1 Press DISPLAY during playback. 2 Press i / k to select "C" (chapter). 1/8 3 P r e s s j / l t o s e l e c t a d e s i r e d chapter number. 3/8 You can also use the number buttons to enter a desiredchapter number.Example: To play chapter number 1...

32 ENGLISH Search (continued) Mark search You can start playback from a desired marked point. Up to9 points can be marked on the same disc. To mark a desired point D u r i n g p l a y b a c k , p r e s s M A R K a t a p o s i t i o n t o b ememorized as marked point. 1/9 Marked point 1 is memorized....

ENGLISH 33 MORE FEA TURES En Changing the angle W h e n p l a y i n g a D V D w i t h m u l t i - a n g l e s c e n e s(photographed from several different angles), you can selectthe angle you want to view. When a multi-angle scene comes on during playback, " " will blink in the display wind...

34 ENGLISH OFF TITLE CHAPT Random playback Press RANDOM during playback or in stopmode. The unit starts random playback and the RANDOM indicatorlights up in the display window. To skip to another title or track duringrandom playback Press ( g /) t . The unit selects another title or track and resume...

ENGLISH 35 MORE FEA TURES En TRACK:Repeats the track currently being played. TRACK ALL OFF DISC DISC:Repeats all tracks on the disc. ALL:Repeats all discs loaded in the unit or on theprogram list. NOTES • Track repeat playback is canceled when you change the track by pressing r or t . • Only track r...

36 ENGLISH You can select up to 20 tracks out of 5 discs, and playthem in programmed order. 1 Press PROGRAM in stop mode. The program menu screen appears on the TV screen andthe PROG. indicator appears in the display window. Step 1 Program Clear All • To turn off the menu screen, press PROGRAM again...

ENGLISH 37 MORE FEA TURES En 7 Press c to start playback. The selected tracks are memorized and playback beginsin the programmed order.If a disc does not exist in the disc tray you programmed,the programmed playback of the disc is canceled, andplayback skips to the next program. To repeat the progra...

38 ENGLISH The unit can produce a 3D surround effect, which simulatesmulti-channel audio playback with two conventional stereospeakers, instead of five or more speakers usually requiredto listen to multi-channel audio of a home theater system. NOTES • Turn off other surround effects of the TV and co...

ENGLISH 39 MORE FEA TURES En • When playing a DVD with soundtracks in multiple languages, the audio will automatically be played inthe designated language set in the setup menu (page47). If that language is not on the disc, the originallanguage for the disc is selected. • The audio track can only be...

40 ENGLISH • The subtitle is displayed in the designated language set in the setup menu (page 48). If that language isnot available on the disc, the original language forthe disc is selected. • Subtitles can only be changed with discs which contain more than one set of subtitles. • The number of sub...

ENGLISH 41 MORE FEA TURES En The unit can play MP3 audio recorded on CD-ROM, CD-Ror CD-RW discs.Before playing an MP3 disc, read the following notes. Notes on MP3 discs An MP3 file stores audio data compressed using MPEG 1,the audio layer-3 file-coding scheme.In this manual, we refer to what, in PC ...

42 ENGLISH Playing an MP3 Disc (continued) Unlike audio CD operations, the following functions andplay modes are not available when playing an MP3 disc.• Fast forward, fast reverse, random and A-B repeat playback • 3D surround and audio track selection Basic operations of MP3 playback 1 Load an MP3 ...

44 ENGLISH Playing an MP3 Disc (continued) Programmed playback You can select up to 60 tracks and play them in theprogrammed order. 1 Press PROGRAM during playback orin stop mode to enter program editmode. The " E " mark appears on the upper right of the program list and the PROG. indicator ...

ENGLISH 45 MORE FEA TURES En To return to normal playback Press and hold PROGRAM for about 3 seconds.Alternatively, press the j left cursor button and i / k to select a track, then press c or SELECT/ENTER. The PROG. indicator disappears from the display window. To delete a track from the program lis...

46 ENGLISH All the basic settings of the unit are properly preset atthe factory.Check that "TV Aspect", "Progressive Scan" and "DigitalAudio Output" in the setup menu are correctly set accordingto the type of equipment connected to the unit. For detailson the setting, refer t...

ENGLISH 47 AS NECESSAR Y En CONTINUE Disc Audio The soundtrack language on a DVD can be changed. If theselected language is not available on the disc, the originallanguage for the disc is selected. 1 Press i / k to select "Disc Audio" in the setup menu and press the l right cursor button. Or...

48 ENGLISH Disc Subtitle The subtitle language on a DVD can be changed. If theselected language is not available on the disc, the originallanguage for the disc is selected. 1 Press i / k to select "Disc Subtitle" in the setup menu and press the l right cursor button. Original Spanish English...

ENGLISH 49 AS NECESSAR Y En Rating Some DVDs contain parental control information thatapplies to the complete disc or certain scenes on the disc.By using the parental control feature of the unit, you canspecify the restriction level to prevent the unit from playingscenes not suitable for children (f...

50 ENGLISH Country Code After specifying the restriction level in the previous "Rating"section, set the country code so that the set restriction levelis adjusted to the cinema rating system of the country wherethe DVD disc was produced. 1 Press i / k to select "Country Code" in the s...

ENGLISH 51 AS NECESSAR Y En CONTINUE 4:3 Letterbox:Select this when a conventional TV is connected. Titlesrecorded in wide-screen (16:9) format will be played inletterbox mode, with black bands at the top and bottom ofthe screen. 4:3 Letterbox * 4:3 Panscan:Select this to play titles that include pa...

52 ENGLISH Changing Setup Values (continued) Progressive Scan When connecting the unit to a progressive-scan compatibleTV, you can take advantage of the unit's progressive scanoutput enabling high quality video playback with lessflickers. CAUTION DO NOT set the "Progressive Scan" to "On&...

ENGLISH 53 AS NECESSAR Y En 3 Press i / k to select the sample frequency and press SELECT/ENTER. DOLBYDIGITAL /PCM Stream/PCM PCM Sample Freq. 48KHz 96KHz Disc Subtitle Disc Menu Rating TV Aspect Menu Language Digital Audio Output Disc Audio Others Country Code Progressive Scan 96KHz:Select this if ...

54 ENGLISH Changing Setup Values (continued) Country codes AD Andorra AE United Arab Emirates AF Afghanistan AG Antigua and Barbuda AI Anguilla AL Albania AM Armenia AN Netherlands Antilles AO Angola AQ Antarctica AR Argentina AS American Samoa AT Austria AU Australia AW Aruba AZ Azerbaidjan BA Bosn...

56 ENGLISH Changing Setup Values (continued) Language codes 6565 Afar 6566 Abkhazian 6570 Afrikaans 6577 Amharic 6582 Arabic 6583 Assamese 6588 Aymara 6590 Azerbaijani 6665 Bashkir 6669 Byelorussian 6671 Bulgarian 6672 Bihari 6678 Bengali; Bangla 6679 Tibetan 6682 Breton 6765 Catala 6779 Corsican 67...

ENGLISH 57 AS NECESSAR Y En If something seems to be wrong with your DVD player, first check the items in the table below. Symptom The power does not come on. The disc does not play.Playback stops almostimmediately. No picture The picture quality is poor. No sound The remote control does notwork at ...

58 ENGLISH Specifications NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply withthe limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to providereasonable protection against harmful interference in aresidential installation.This equipment gener...

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