Cambridge Audio 650BD - Manuals

6 Compatible disc types BD-Video High Definition Blu-ray movie and music discs in BD-ROM, BD-RE and BD-R formats. Blu-ray Discs with virtual packages or Picture-in- Picture functions. Blu-ray Discs with interactive features when the player is connected tothe Internet. DVD-Video DVD movie discs in DVD...

7 650BD azur ENGLISH Disc care and handling BD-ROM compatibility • To keep the disc clean from scratches or fingerprints, handle the disc by its edge. Do not touch the recording surface. • Blu-ray Discs record data in very high density and the record layer is very close to the disc surface. For this ...

8 Rear panel connections Digital outputs Optical and Coaxial digital audio outputs, normally used to connect to asuitable Audio/Video Receiver for surround sound decoding (output mustbe set for " Bitstream " - refer to the " Audio setup " section). These outputs can also be used to c...

9 650BD azur ENGLISH Front panel Front panel display Standby/On Switches the unit between Standby mode (indicated by a dim power LED)and On (indicated by a bright power LED). Standby is a low power modewhere the power consumption is less than 1 watt. The unit should be leftin Standby mode when not i...

10 Remote control The Azur 650BD is supplied with a remote control. Insertthe 3 supplied AAA batteries to activate. For further detailsof the various adjustment functions available, refer to thelater sections of this manual. Opens and closes the disc tray. Switches the unit between On and Standby mo...

11 650BD azur ENGLISH Connecting to the Internet The 650BD supports the BD-Live feature offered on some Blu-ray Disctitles. BD-Live offers extra downloadable content and additional onlineinteractive programs. The available BD-Live content varies by discs andstudios, and may include additional subtit...

12 Analogue stereo The analogue stereo outputs should be used for play back of CDs, DVDsetc in stereo through a conventional amplifier or AV receiver with analoguestereo inputs. Analogue stereo is also usually the best connection method for listeningto CDs and other stereo discs for best possible sou...

13 650BD azur ENGLISH Analogue video connections HDMI connections The 650BD can output video in both fully digital (HDMI) and analogue(Composite, S-Video and Component) formats. If your TV set supportsHDMI then this is the preferred format (see next section). If your TV set supports only analogue vi...

14 Setting up the player Accessing the Easy Setup Wizard When the player is turned on for the first time, an Easy Setup Wizardscreen will appear. This is a series of guided instructions designed toconfigure the basic settings for the unit. Note: If the Easy Setup Wizard has previously been completed o...

15 650BD azur ENGLISH Select the audio setting The Blu-ray disc format brings not only high resolution video, but also highbit rate audio such as Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD HighResolution and DTS-HD Master Audio. Blu-ray Discs may also includeadditional audio features such as menu clic...

16 Operating instructions Getting started Turn on the power of the 650BD, TV, amplifier/AV receiver and any othercomponents which are connected to the 650BD. Make sure the TV andthe audio receiver are set to the correct input channel. 1. Press the Open/Close button to open the disc tray. 2. Place the...

17 650BD azur ENGLISH Audio language (soundtrack) selection 1. To select the audio language, press and hold the Audio/Subtitle button on the remote control during playback. 2. Repeatedly pressing the Audio/Subtitle button cycles through all available audio soundtracks on the disc. Note: The availabi...

Note: Via USB, the 650BD can play WMA and MP3 files only. The 650BDcannot play AAC files. In the music browser, you can perform the following operations: Press the buttons or Page buttons to move the cursor and select music files. When a music file is highlighted by the cursor, press the Enter or / butt...

21 650BD azur ENGLISH Setup Menu To access the player’s Setup Menu simply press the Setup button on theremote control. Since some Setup Menu options can becomeinaccessible when the player is playing a disc, it is recommended thatyou operate the Setup Menu when playback is fully stopped or when there...

22 2. Auto Play Mode (on/off) To select whether the player willl star t playing an audio CD or SACDautomatically. When auto play mode is turn on, these discs will star tplaying upon insertion into the player. When auto play mode is turned off,the player will wait for the user to start playback by pr...

1. Picture Adjustment This is used to adjust picture control parameters. The 650BD provides awide array of picture controls. Please refer to the " Picture Adjustment " section of this manual for details of each control. 2. Primary Output To select the primary video output method. The options...

24 Setup menu continued 8. Screen Saver To turn on/off the screen saver function. The screen saver is designed tominimize burn-in concerns for plasma and CRT display devices. Theavailable options are: On – After about 3 minutes of inactivity, the player will show an animated Cambridge Audio logo mov...

26 Audio signal reference chart Blu-ray Discs may contain many types of audio signal formats, some ofthose are of the high resolution lossless types such as Dolby TrueHD andDTS-HD Master Audio. Blu-ray Discs also have many optional audio components such as the Secondary Audio Program and the menu cl...

27 650BD azur ENGLISH Recommended audio format 0ptions Depending on your specific audio/video connection method, the audioformat options of the 650BD may need to be adjusted to match yourconfiguration. Please refer to the video and audio connection methodsdescribed previously in this guide and the fol...

28 Down Mix Mode Down mix is the process of converting multi-channel audio to a lessernumber of channels. For example, converting a 5.1ch source to stereo orconverting a 7.1ch source to 5.1ch. Down mixing allows the audio outputfrom the player to match the exact number of speakers available in yourh...

29 650BD azur ENGLISH 3. Trim The speaker trim level parameters sets the volume of each individualchannel. For most accurate results, it is recommended that you use testtones from a calibration disc, such as Digital Video Essentials HD Basics,and a SPL (Sound Pressure Level) meter. The trim level ca...

30 5. Dimmer Control To control the display intensity of the front panel Vacuum FluorescentDisplay (VFD) information window. In case you feel that the displaybecomes a distraction to your enjoyment of the video, this option allowsyou to dim it or turn it off. The available options are: On - The VFD ...

31 650BD azur ENGLISH 5. DNS 1 The IP address of the first (primary) DNS (Domain Name System) server.DNS is the mechanism to translate human-readable addresses tonumeric IP addresses. When " IP Configuration " is set to " Auto (DHCP) " , the value displayed here is obtained using DHCP ...

32 Appendix - language code list Code Language Name 6565 Afar 6566 Abkhazian 6570 Afrikaans 6577 Ameharic 6582 Arabic 6583 Assamese 6588 Aymara 6590 Azerbaijani 6665 Bashkir 6669 Byelorussian 6671 Bulgarian 6672 Bihari 6678 Bengali, Bangla 6679 Tibetan 6682 Breton 6765 Catalan 6779 Corsican 6783 Cze...

33 650BD azur ENGLISH Technical specifications Disc types Blur-ray (BD), DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, AVCHD, SACD, CD, HDCD, Kodak Picture CD, CD-R/RW, DVD±R/RW, DVD±R DL, BD-R/RE BD Profile BD-ROM Version 2 Profile 2 (also compatible with Profile 1 Version 1.0and 1.1) Architecture Mediatek MTK8520/MTK8575 Int...