Yamaha DVD-S550 - Manuals

3 English Functional Overview * Press button for about two seconds. Caution: Do not touch the inner pins of the jacks on the rear panel.Electrostatic discharge may cause permanent damage to the unit. Front and Rear Panels STANDBY/ON – turns on this unit or sets it to the standby mode Disc tray / OPE...

4 Functional Overview * Press and hold button for about two seconds. Remote Control MENU SETUP ENTER OK S T O P A N G L E A B PAUSE P L AY 2 3 5 4 6 8 0 7 9 1 TOP MENU RETURN ON SCREEN DVD Z O O M A U D I O M U T E S C A N SUBTITLE REPEAT B / | – turn this unit ON or go to standby-on mode 0-9 numeri...

5 English Preparation 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 unit. Possible connections are shown in the following drawings. • Please refer to the manuals of other equipment as neces...

6 Preparation If your AV receiver has video output jacks, connect your receiver (and then to your TV) so that you can use one TV for several different video sources (LD, VCR etc.) by simply switching the input source selector of your receiver.The player has three types of video output jacks. Use one...

7 English Getting Started 1 Open the battery compartment. 2 Insert two batteries type R06 or AA, following the indications (+ –) inside the compartment. 3 Close the cover. Using the remote control Handling the remote control • Do not spill water or other liquids on the remote control. • Do not drop ...

8 Getting Started 4 Press 34 to highlight one of the options below: PAL Select this if the connected TV is PAL system. It will change the video signal of a NTSC disc and output in PAL format. NTSC Select this if the connected TV is NTSC system. It will change the video signal of a PAL disc (VCD only...

9 English Getting Started Setting the Audio, Subtitle and Disc menu language 1 Press STOP 9 twice, then press SETUP . 2 Press 2 repeatedly to select {PREFERENCE PAGE}. 3 Press 34 to highlight one of the options below at a time, then press 2 . – ‘Audio’ (disc’s soundtrack)– ‘Subtitle’ (disc’s subtitl...

10 Disc Operations IMPORTANT!– If the inhibit icon ( or X) appears on the TV screen when a button is pressed, it means the function is not available on the current disc or at the current time. – Depending on the DVD or VIDEO CD, some operations may be different or restricted. – Do not push on the di...

11 English Disc Operations Repeat and Shuffle • While playing a disc, press REPEAT continuously to choose a ‘Play Mode’. DVD ➔ RPT ONE (repeat chapter) ➔ RPT TT (repeat title) ➔ SHUFFLE (shuffle) ➔ RPT SHF (shuffle repeat) ➔ RPT OFF (repeat off) VCD/SVCD/CD ➔ RPT ONE (repeat track) ➔ RPT ALL (repeat...

12 Disc Operations On-Screen Display (OSD) OSD menu shows the disc playback information (for example, title or chapter number, elapsed playing time, audio/subtitle language), a number of operations can be done without interrupting disc playback. 1 During playback, press ON SCREEN . ➜ A list of avail...

14 Disc Operations TRACK DIGEST This function will minimize the picture of every track in order to display every six of these tracks on the screen to help you know the content of every track on the disc. DISC INTERVAL This function is used to divide a disc into six parts by regular intervals and dis...

15 English Disc Operations Selecting a folder and track/file 1 Press 34 to select the folder and press ENTER/OK to open the folder. 2 Press 34 to select a track/file. 3 Press ENTER/OK to confirm. ➜ Playback will start from the selected file to the end of the folder. Repeat and Shuffle When the Pictu...

16 Disc Operations Zoom picture 1 During playback, press ZOOM repeatedly to display the picture with different scales. 2 Use 1 234 to view the zoomed picture. Playback with multi-angles • During playback, press 1 234 to rotate the picture on the TV screen. 1 : rotate the picture anti-clockwise 2 : r...

17 English Setup Menu The setup is carried out via the TV, enabling you to customize the DVD Player to suit your particular requirements. 1 Press SETUP . 2 Press 1 2 to select ‘General Setup’ icon. 3 Press ENTER/OK to confirm. Locking/Unlocking the disc for viewing Not all discs are rated or coded b...

18 Setup Menu To input your favorite tracks/chapter 3 Use the numeric keypad (0-9) to enter a valid track/chapter number. 4 Use 1 234 to move the cursor to the next position. ➜ If the track number is more than ten, press T to open the next page and proceed with programming or, ➜ Use 1 234 to highlig...

19 English Setup Menu DivX ® VOD registration code Yamaha provide you with the DivX ® VOD (Video On Demand) registration code that allows you to rent and purchase videos using the DivX ® VOD service. For more information, visit at www.divx.com/vod. 1 In ‘GENERAL SETUP PAGE’, press 34 to highlight {D...

20 Setup Menu Setting the Digital output The options included in Digital Audio are: ‘Digital Output’ and ‘LPCM Output’. 1 In ‘AUDIO SETUP PAGE’, press 34 to highlight {DIGITAL AUDIO}, then press 2 . 2 Press the 34 to highlight an option. 3 Enter its submenu by pressing 2 . 4 Move the cursor by press...

21 English Setup Menu Night Mode In this mode, the high volume outputs are softened and low volume outputs are brought upward to an audible level. It is useful for watching your favorite action movie without disturbing others at night. 1 In ‘AUDIO SETUP PAGE’, press 34 to highlight {NIGHT MODE}, the...

22 Setup Menu Progressive This feature is only applicable if you have connected this DVD Player to a Progressive Scan TV through the Y Pb Pr jacks (see page 6). 1 In ‘VIDEO SETUP PAGE’, press 34 to highlight {PROGRESSIVE}, then press 2 . OFF To disable Progressive Scan function. ON To enable Progres...

23 English Setup Menu 4 Press 34 to highlight one of the following options. BRIGHTNESS Increase the value will brighten the picture or vice versa. Choose zero (0) for average setting. CONTRAST Increase the value will sharpen the picture or vice versa. Choose zero (0) to balance the contrast. TINT In...

24 Setup Menu 1 Press STOP 9 twice to stop playback (if any), then press SETUP . 2 Press 1 2 to select the ‘Preference Setup’ icon. 3 Press ENTER/OK to confirm. Audio, Subtitle, Disc Menu These menus contain various language options for audio, subtitle and disc menu which may be recorded on the DVD....

25 English Setup Menu MP3/JPEG Menu MP3/JPEG Navigator can be set only if the disc is recorded with menu. It allows you to select different display menus for easy navigation. 1 In ‘PREFERENCE PAGE’, press 34 to highlight {MP3/JPEG NAV}, then press 2 . WITHOUT MENU Select this to display all the file...

26 Language Code These pages can be used to select other languages.This does not affect the options in “AUDIO”, “SUBTITLE” or “DISC MENU”. Abkhazian 6566 German 6869 Afar 6565 Gikuyu; Kikuyu 7573 Afrikaans 6570 Greek, 6976 Albanian 8381 Guarani 7178 Amharic 6577 Gujarati 7185 Arabic 6582 Hausa 7265 ...

28 Troubleshooting Refer to the chart below when this unit does not function properly. If the problem you are experiencing is not listed below or if the instruction below does not help, set this unit to the standby mode, disconnect the power cord, and contact the nearest authorized YAMAHA dealer or ...

29 English Troubleshooting Player does not respond to some operating commands during playback. – Operations may not be permitted by the disc. Refer to the instructions of the disc jacket. DVD Player cannot read CDs/DVDs – Use a commonly available cleaning CD/DVD to clean the lens before sending the ...

30 Glossary Analog: Sound that has not been turned into num- bers. Analog sound varies, while digital sound has specific numerical values. These jacks send audio through two channels, the left and right. Aspect ratio: The ratio of vertical and horizontal sizes of a displayed image. The horizontal vs...

31 English Specifications PLAYBACK SYSTEM DVD Video Video CD & SVCD CD PICTURE CD CD-R, CD-RW DVD+R, DVD+RW DVD-R, DVD-RW VIDEO PERFORMANCE Video (CVBS) Output 1 Vpp into 75 ohm S-Video output Y: 1 Vpp into 75 ohm C: 0.3 Vpp into 75 ohm RGB (SCART) output 0.7 Vpp into 75 ohm Component video outp...