Harman Kardon DMC 1000 - Manuals

6 FEATURES High quality video • High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) for a single wire, digital connection to your HD-Ready screen. • Advanced sophisticated 10-bit MPEG-2 video decoding circuits. • Direct RGB output via SCART (selectable) for optimum video performance. SCART connectoralso con...

FEATURES 7 ENGLISH Features Playback capability for CD-R, CD-RW, WMA,JPEG, MP3, VCD/SVCD, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs may vary due to variations in the quality of the disc and therecorder used to create the disc. The DMC 1000 is compatible with most discsrecorded with files encoded using M...

8 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS IMPORTANT NOTE: The DMC 1000’s front- panel controls use advanced touch-sensitivetechnology. To use the front panel, place a fingerover any of the illuminated icons. A gentle tap isall that is necessary. Wait a few seconds for theDMC 1000 to process each command. Toremove fing...

10 FRONT PANEL INFORMATION DISPLAY Front Panel Information Display A A L B C D E F G H P I J K M N O DMC DVD SVCD USB 1 USB 2 CARD 1 CARD 2 AUX LAN 1A-BALL 420ip 720ip 1080ip TITLE V.OFF TRACK CHAP DOLBY DTS HOUR MIN SEC RAND REP L AB G D F K C E N M J H I A Source/Disc Type Indicators B Playback-Mo...

FRONT PANEL INFORMATION DISPLAY 11 ENGLISH Front Panel Information Display L Video Output Indicators: Either the 576i or 576p indicator will light to indicate whetherthe Component Video Outputs are in progressivescan mode. When the Composite or S-VideoOutputs are in use, this indicator will alwaysin...

12 REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS Remote Control Functions Q N O 8 H 9 7 F B J I M G 6 C K 0 5 L P A E 4 D 3 1 2 0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ POWER ON POWER OFF SUBTITLE TITLE ANGLE AUDIO ENTER OPEN/CLOSE SETUP ARROWS INFO DISC MENU PAUSE STATUS SKIP/STEP (PREVIOUS) SKIP/STEP (NEXT) PLAY SEARCH/SLOW REVERS...

REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS 13 ENGLISH Remote Control Functions B DISC MENU: Displays the actual DVD Disc Menu on the TV screen in play mode. Whenplaying discs with JPEG images, pressing thisbutton will access the thumbnails. C PAUSE: Freezes a picture (with DVD/VCD) and pauses the playback signal (CD)...

14 REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS Rear Panel Connections Manufactured under license under U.S. Patent #’s: 5,451,942; 5,956,674; 5,974,380; 5,978,762; 6,487,535 & other U.S. and worldwide patents issued & pending. DTS is a registered trademark & the DTS logos and Symbol are trademarks of DTS, In...

16 SETUP AND CONNECTIONS Setup and Connections Before connecting your DMC 1000,please: Ensure that the power switch of this unit andother equipment to be connected is set to offbefore commencing connection. Do not block ventilation holes of any of theequipment and arrange them so that air cancircula...

REMOTE CONTROL 17 ENGLISH Remote Control Battery installation Insert the batteries supplied while observing thecorrect (+) and (–) polarities. Service life of batteries The batteries normally last for about one year,although this depends on how often, and forwhat operations, the remote control is us...

18 DIGITAL AUDIO CONNECTIONS Digital Audio Connections Audio output from the unit’s optical/coaxial digital audio output connector Gently push the cable plug through the built-inshutter that covers the optical digital audio output and connect the cable firmly so that theconfigurations of both the ca...

PLAYBACK BASICS 19 ENGLISH Playback Basics Basic Play Preparation 1. Switch the TV ON and select its video input connected to the DMC 1000. 2. Press POWER to turn on the unit, the DMC 1000 harman/kardon logo should appearnow on the screen. If that logo appears distorted on the screen or without any ...

20 SYSTEM SETUP System Setup Turn On the DMC 1000 The DMC 1000 has four power states, eachdesigned to minimize unnecessary power con-sumption. The description of each mode and the DMC1000’s response to the power controls is shownin Table A7 in the Appendix. IMPORTANT NOTE: When the HDMI Output is us...

SYSTEM SETUP 21 ENGLISH System Setup DVD Player Setup Figure 4 The DVD Player Setup menu (shown in Figure 4)contains settings that affect DVD playback. Theother media sources are not affected by thesesettings. The DMC 1000’s Setup menu screens follow thesame basic format.Select a menu by highlightin...

22 SYSTEM SETUP Audio Setup Each setting applies to a certain type of audiooutput, but only for Zone 1. The audio output toZones 2, 3 and 4 is always full-range, 2-channelanalog line level. Figure 5 – Audio Setup Menu Speaker Setup: A dialog box appears, allowing you to program the Speaker Size sett...

SYSTEM SETUP 23 ENGLISH System Setup Output Resolution: This setting may be used to change the video output resolution. It affects theComponent Video Outputs and the HDMI Output,but with different allowed settings dependingupon whether the HDMI Output is in use. Thissetting may also be changed by pr...

24 DMC BASICS DMC Basics Turning On the DMC 1000 The DMC 1000 has four power states, eachdesigned to minimize unnecessary power con-sumption. • Full-Off Mode (Dim Blue) – The DMC 1000, including its hard-disc drive, is fully powereddown, but is ready to be turned on using thefront panel or remote co...

DMC BASICS 25 ENGLISH DMC Basics Notes: Playback features may not be available during the opening credits of a movie. This isintended by the disc author and is not a failure ofthe DMC 1000. Playback of a DVD with 96kHz/24-bit audiorequires the use of circuitry normally used forother features. Accord...

26 OPERATION Genres: Displays your library organized into genres. Select a genre and press the Enter Buttonto view all artists tagged with that genre. Navigate to the desired sorting option and pressthe Enter Button to view the Media Library (seeFigure 15). Figure 15 – Media Library The Media Librar...

OPERATION 27 ENGLISH Operation • Edit Info: This command is available for tracks and albums only. A dialog box appears,allowing you to edit the identifying informa-tion, including renaming tracks. See Figure 18.The box is slightly different when the MediaLibrary is sorted by tracks. A character-entr...

28 OPERATION Operation To view the play queue, press the Menu Buttonto display the Main Menu, and navigate to thePlay Queue line. Press the Enter Button. The PlayQueue is preserved unless the DMC 1000 ispowered down to Full-Off mode (by pressingand holding the Power Off Button on the remoteso that t...

OPERATION 29 ENGLISH Operation Undock iPod: This command ends play of any content on the iPod and returns to the MediaLibrary view of the Main Menu. The iPod’s ownmenu appears on its screen. To resume playback,physically undock the iPod from The Bridge andredock it. Press the Back Button to return t...

30 OPERATION Operation NOTE: The DMC 1000 does not detect the pres- ence or absence of an audio signal at theAuxiliary Inputs. When you are ready to begin the recording,select the Start Recording option and begin play-back of the analog device. You may experiment by making several recordings and del...

OPERATION 31 ENGLISH Operation Multizone Operation The DMC 1000 is capable of streaming audio toup to four independent zones simultaneously,allowing users in different areas of the home toenjoy unique programs. The zones may easily belinked or unlinked to each other, to play the sameprogram in more ...

32 TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE Troubleshooting Guide TroubleShooting Guide Symptom Possible Cause Solution Unit does not turn on • No AC power • Check AC power plug and make certain any switched outlet is turned on. • Make sure Master Power Switch on rear panel is turned on to the “1” position. • If DMC 1...

34 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Technical Specifications Applicable Disc: Disc formats: 5 inch (12 cm) or 3 inch (8 cm) DVD Video, Standard conforming DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD, CD, CD-R, MP3, WMA, JPEG or CD-RW discs,Region code: DVD Movie disc with Code 2 or 0 only.DVD-Layers: Single Side/Sing...

APPENDIX 35 ENGLISH Appendix Appendix – Default settings and worksheets Table A1 – Media Library Setup Menu Setting Default Your Settings Auto Disc Insert Preferences Play & Record Audio Encoding Quality MP3 192kbps (Medium) Table A2 – DVD Player Setup Menu Setting Default Your Settings Preferre...

36 APPENDIX Table A6 – Advanced Setup Menu Setting Purpose Your Settings Backup Backs up hard-disc drive as a After your custom installer transfers your precaution. music collection to the Media Library, he or she should back it up as a precaution. Restore In case the hard-disc drive is replaced, Ke...

EULA 37 ENGLISH 1. Grant of License. Subject to the restrictions defined in this Agreement, You are permitted to use theSoftware solely as a part of and in connection withyour use of the Product for personal entertainmentand enjoyment purposes. 2. License Restrictions. You will not, or assist or dir...