Marantz VC5400/PMD970 - Manuals

5 INTRODUCTION Before Use (Continued) Precautions Handling the unit When shipping the unit The original shipping carton and packing materialscome in handy. For maximum protection, re-pack theunit as it was originally packed at the factory. When setting up the unit The picture and sound of a nearby T...

6 Front Panel and Display Window Disc Tray Insert a disc here. Forward Skip/Scan ( T T / R R ) Go to NEXT chapter/track. Press and hold for two seconds for a fast forward search. Reverse Skip/Scan ( Q Q / S S ) Go to beginning of current chapter/track or to PREVIOUS chap- ter/track. Press and hold f...

7 INTRODUCTION Remote Control Remote control battery installation Detach the battery cover on the rear ofthe remote control, and insert two R03(size AAA) batteries with and aligned correctly. Caution Do not mix old and new batteries. Never mix differenttypes of batteries (standard, alkaline, etc.). ...

8 Rear Panel Do not touch the inner pins of the jacks on the rear panel. Electrostatic discharge may cause permanentdamage to the unit. COAXIAL (Digital audio out jack) Connect to digital (coaxial) audio equipment. OPTICAL (Digital audio out jack) Connect to digital (optical) audio equipment. AUDIO ...

Connections Tips Depending on your TV and other equipment you wishto connect, there are various ways you could connectthe player. Use only one of the connectionsdescribed below. Please refer to the manuals of your TV, VCR, StereoSystem or other devices as necessary to make thebest connections. For b...

Connections (Continued) Connecting to Optional Equipment Connecting to an amplifier equipped with twochannel analog stereo or Dolby Pro Logic ll/Pro Logic Connect the Left and Right AUDIO OUT jacks on theDVD Player to the audio left and right in jacks on youramplifier, receiver, or stereo system, us...

Before Operation Caution: Before using the remote control, press the DVD or TV button to select the device to be operated. General Explanation This manual gives basic instructions for operating theDVD Player. Some DVDs require specific operation orallow only limited operation during playback. When t...

Before Operation (Continued) 12 DVD-A Items Track Number Time Audio Channel Sound Function (Press 3 3 / 4 4 to select desired item) Shows the current track number, total number of tracksand PBC On mode, and skip to the desired track number. Shows the elapsed playing time (Display only) Shows the aud...

PREP ARA TION 13 Before Operation (Continued) Initial Settings You can set your own Personal Preferences on theplayer. Initial Settings General Operation 11 Press SETUP. The setup menu appears. 2 2 Press 3 3 / 4 4 to select the desired item. The screen will show the current setting for theselected i...

Before Operation (Continued) Sound Digital Audio Output Each DVD disc has a variety of audio output options.Set the player’s Digital Audio Output according to thetype of audio system you use. DOLBY DIGITAL/PCM: Select “DOLBY DIGITAL/PCM” if you connected the DVD Player’s DIGITAL OUT jack toa Dolby D...

PREP ARA TION 15 Before Operation (Continued) Parental Control Rating Movies on DVDs may contain scenes not suitable forchildren. Therefore, discs may contain Parental Controlinformation that applies to the complete disc or to certain scenes on the disc. These scenes are ratedfrom 1 to 8, and altern...

Operation with DVD and Video CD Playing a DVD and Video CD Playback Setup Turn on the TV and select the video input source con-nected to the DVD player. Audio system: Turn on the audio system and selectthe input source connected to the DVD player. 11 Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc tray. 2 2 Load ...

OPERA TION 17 Operation with DVD and Video CD General Features Note Unless stated otherwise, all operations described usethe remote control. Some features may also be available on the Setup menu. Moving to another TITLE When a disc has more than one title, you can move toanother title as follows: Pr...

Operation with DVD and Video CD General Features (continued) Repeat A-B To repeat a sequence in a title or group: 1 Press A-B at your chosen starting point. “ A * ” appears briefly on the TV screen. 2 Press A-B again at your chosen end point. “A B” appears briefly on the TV screen, and the repeatseq...

OPERA TION 19 Operation with DVD and Video CD General Features (continued) Marker Search You can start playback from a memorized point. Up tonine points can be memorized.To enter a mark, follow these steps. 1 During disc playback, press MARKER when playback reaches the spot that you want to memorize...

Operation with DVD and Video CD DVD Audio Discs DVD Audio is a new disc format building on the successof DVD to provide high quality, uncompressed, multi-channel audio for a new experience in audio quality. ADVD Audio disc can be identified by the DVD audio logoon the disc jacket or on the disc itse...

OPERA TION 21 Operation with Audio CD and MP3/WMA Disc Playing an Audio CD and MP3/WMA Disc The DVD Player can play MP3/WMA formatted record-ings on CD-ROM, CD-R or CD-RW discs.Before playing MP3/WMA recordings, read the notes onMP3/WMA Recordings on right. 11 Insert a disc and close the tray.Audio ...

OPERA TION 23 Viewing a JPEG disc This DVD Player can play discs with JPEG files andKodak picture CD. Before playing JPEG recordings,read the notes on JPEG Recordings on right. 11 Insert a disc and close the tray. The MP3/WMA-JPEG choice menu appears on theTV screen. 2 2 Press 3 3 / 4 4 to select th...

24 Programmed Playback WMA MP3 VCD1.1 VCD2.0 CD Programmed Playback with Audio CDand MP3/WMA Disc The Program function enables you to store your favoritetracks from any disc in the player memory. Program can contain 30 tracks. 11 Press PROGRAM during playback or in the stopmode to enter the Program ...

25 OPERA TION Additional Information Screen Saver The screen saver picture appears when you leave theDVD Player in stop mode for about five minutes. After the Screen Saver has been engaged for about fiveminutes, the DVD Player will automatically turn itself off. Video Mode Setting With certain discs...

26 Troubleshooting Check the following guide for the possible cause of a problem before contacting service. Symptom No power. The power is on, butthe DVD player doesnot work. No picture. No sound. The playback picture ispoor. The DVD player doesnot start playback. The remote controldoes not work pro...

27 OPERA TION Speaker Settings Make the following settings for the built-in 5.1 channelsurround decoder. 11 Select “5.1 Speaker Setup” using the 3 3 / 4 4 but- tons on the setup menu. 2 2 While “5.1 Speaker Setup” is selected, press 2 button. 3 3 Press 1 1 / 2 2 buttons to select the desired speaker...

28 Language Code List Enter the appropriate code number for the initial settings “Disc Audio”, “Disc Subtitle” and/or “Disc Menu” (See page 13). Code Language 6566 Abkhazian 6565 Afar 6570 Afrikaans 8381 Albanian 6577 Ameharic 6582 Arabic 7289 Armenian 6583 Assamese 6588 Aymara 6590 Azerbaijani 6665...

OPERA TION 29 Code Country 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 Bosnia-Herzegovina BB Barbados BD Ba...

Specifications General Power requirements AC 230V , 50 Hz Power consumption 16W Dimensions (approx.) 430 X 80 X 410 mm (w x h x d) Mass (approx.) 7.7 lbs (3.5 kg) Operating temperature 5˚C to 35˚C (41˚F to 95˚F) Operating humidity 5 % to 90 % System Laser Semiconductor laser, wavelength 650 nm Signa...

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