Yamaha DVD-C940 - Manuals

1 English Introduction Supplied accessories ..................................................2Notes about discs ......................................................2 Cleaning discs..........................................................................2 Symbols Used in this Manual ................

2 Thank you for purchasing this YAMAHA DVD/SACD player. This Owner’s Manual explains the basic operation of this player. Supplied accessories – Remote control – Batteries (two AA size) for remote control– Audio/Video cable– Owner’s Manual Notes about discs – This unit is designed for use with Super ...

3 English Reality reproduced: Super Audio CD The future in digital sound reproduction is no longer limited to a close simulation of reality. The new audio standard IS reality! The human ear is no longer capable of distinguishing audible reality from digital reproduction. This Super Audio CD player c...

4 Front Panel * Press button for about two seconds. STANDBY ON NATURAL SOUND DVD SACD PLAYER SACD MULTI CH REPEAT DISC PLAY CHANGE 2 3 5 4 1 STANDBY/ON – to switch the player to standby mode or ON Disc Tray – load up to 5 discs on the disc tr ay / OPEN/CLOSE – to open/close the disc tr ay DISPLAY – ...

5 English Rear Panel Caution: Do not touch the inner pins of the jacks on the rear panel. Electrostatic discharge may cause permanent damage to the player. V I D E O 6 C H D I S C R E T E VIDEO OUT DIGITAL OUT AUDIO OUT C O A X I A L C O M P O N E N T O P T I C A L S V I D E O P C M DTS DIGITAL 4 8 ...

6 Remote Control * Press and hold button for about two seconds. D I S C S K I P S O U N D M O D E T C D I M M E R 2 3 1 5 4 6 8 7 9 0 RETURN RESUME CD TEXT BIT RATE MENU ON SCREEN ENTER OK S T O P PAUSE P L AY A N G L E Z O O M A U D I O SUBTITLE A B S C A N REPEAT SHUFFLE DISC SKIP – to select anot...

7 English General Notes on connections Never make or change connections with the power switched on. ● Depending on the equipment you wish to connect, there are various ways you could connect this player. Possible connections are shown in the following drawings. ● Please refer to the manuals of other...

8 MIXED 2CH jacks Use audio/video cable supplied with this player to connect the L (left) and R (right) jacks to corresponding input jacks of your audio equipment such as Stereo amplifier. You can connect a subwoofer to the SUBWOOFER jack. Video Connections If your AV receiver has video output jacks...

10 Inserting batteries into the Remote Control 1 Open the battery cover. 2 Insert batteries (AA size) with the correct polarity as indicated by the + and - symbols inside the battery compartment. 3 Close the cover. CAUTION!– Remove batteries if they are exhausted or not to be used for a long time.– ...

11 English Menu Bars on TV Screen ● Operations can be carried out directly via the multiple menu bars on the TV screen. ● The following functions are available via the menu bars. Pressing ON SCREEN repeatedly will toggle through menu bar 1, menu bar 2, menu bar 3 and menu bar OFF: Menu bar 1 From th...

12 Picture – TV Shape Select the aspect ratio of the TV to be connected. 16:9 ➜ when you connect a wide-screen TV to this player. 4:3 LETTER BOX ➜ when you connect a normal TV to this player. Displays a wide picture with black bands displayed on the upper and lower portions of the TV screen. 4:3 PAN...

13 English – Adv. Picture Options (on COMPO-NENT 480p VIDEO OUT only) ● DCDi - can be set to On (Y) or Off (N). ● True Life - produces a more dynamic picture by increasing the picture contrast and the color intensity. – P-Scan Aspect Ratio (on COMPO-NENT 480p VIDEO OUT only) No linear stretch : for ...

14 Notes:– Multichannel output and downmixed stereo output are not available simultaneously.– When multichannel is selected as analog output. The MIXED 2CH (Left/Right) will deliver the Center channel data and not the downmixed Left/Right. In some cases, the sound volume will be reduced. Dolby Surro...

15 English – Speaker settings Allows you to select speaker settings, volume balance and delay time, and to test the speaker settings.Speaker settings are only active on the Multi-Channel Audio Out outputs for both DVD and SACD. Speaker settings will not be used during playback in the SACD Stereo mod...

16 Delay times The DVD player is set to reproduce correctly synchronized Digital Surround Sound in a listening area where the surround speakers are about 150cm nearer to the listening position than the front speakers, and the center speaker is in line with the front speakers. To adjust for other lis...

17 English Features – Access Control Access Control contains the following features:Child Lock - When Child Lock is set to ON, a 4-digit code needs to be entered in order to playback discs.Parental control - Allows the conditional presentation of DVDs containing Parental Control information (see ‘Ac...

18 Basic Playback 1 Press STANDBY/ON on the front panel. 2 Press OPEN/CLOSE / on the front panel to open disc loading tray. 3 Place the chosen discs in the tray, with the label facing up. 4 Press PLAY B . ➜ The disc tray closes and playback starts automatically with all the loaded discs on the tray ...

19 English Video CD and Super Video CD The current VCD 2.0 and Super Video CD 1.0 standard features are: Support following VCD and SVCD formats: Following formats can’t be supported in VCD: – HQ-VCD is encoded at 2.4Mbps or 2.6Mbps– XVCD (eXtended VCD) with higher resolution and data rate. ● Video C...

20 1 Press STOP to stop the playback. 2 Press SOUND MODE to toggle between SACD multi channel, SACD stereo and CD layers (depending on availability of the mode on the disc). ➜ The mode change will be indicated on the player front display. Playing an Audio CD ● Audio CDs contain only TRACKS. ● They c...

21 English Special VCD & SVCD Features Playback Control (PBC) Playback control is a feature on some Video CDs / Super Video CDs that enables interactive use.Video CD discs with Playback Control features enables user to access a selected track directly from the menu. 1 Load a Video CD with PBC an...

23 English Shuffle Across All Discs Shuffle feature plays all tracks on all loaded discs on the disc tray in random sequence. 1 Press SHUFFLE repeatedly during playback. ➜ SHUFFLE, SHF ALL DSC, SHUFFLE OFF appears continuously on the front display for about 3 seconds. Notes:– DVD Discs will not be i...

24 Storing album/title 1 Press 4 to select ALBUM/TRACK. Albums are for MP3 discs and Tracks for S(VCD). 2 Use 2 and 1 to select the require Album/Track. 3 Press ENTER/OK to store the entire selected Album/Track. ➜ The Album/Track. number will be added to the program list. Storing track/chapter 1 Pre...

25 English MP3 Disc Features Support following MP3-CD formats (Joliet format): ● Max. 64 characters (file names or directory) ● Max. nested directory is 8 levels ● The max. album (directory) number is 100 ● Supported VBR bit-rate ● Supported sampling frequencies for MP3 disc are: 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 4...

26 Child Lock Activating/deactivating the Child Lock 1 When disc playback is stopped, select ACCESS CONTROL in the Personal Preferences menu using 3 / 4 . 2 Enter a 4-digit code of your own choice twice. 3 Move to “CHILD LOCK” using 3 / 4 . 4 Move to Ç / É using 2 . 5 Select Ç using 3 . 6 Press ENTE...

27 English Activating/Deactivating Parental Control 1 When disc playback is stopped, select ACCESS CONTROL in the Personal Preferences menu using 3 / 4 . 2 Enter your 4-digit code. If necessary, enter the code a second time. 3 Move to Parental Control using 3 / 4 . 4 Move to value adjustment (‘– –’ ...

28 WARNINGUnder no circumstances should you try to repair the system yourself, as this will invalidate the warranty. Do not open the system as there is a risk of electric shock. If a fault occurs, first check the points listed below before taking the system for repair. Problem Solution No power – Ch...

29 English PLAYBACK SYSTEM DVD VideoSACD multichannel and SACD stereoDVD+RWDVD+RVideo CD and SVCDCD (CD-R and CD-RW)MP3 CD TV STANDARD (PAL/50Hz) (NTSC/60Hz) Number of lines 625 525 Playback Multistandard (PAL/NTSC) VIDEO PERFORMANCE YUV output Y: 1Vpp into 75 ohmPr/Cr Pb/Cb: 0.7Vpp into 75 ohm S-Vi...

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