Page 2 - Contents; Make sure you register your purchase.
2 Contents Introduction..................................................................................................3 Important safety instructions......................................................................4 Limited warranty ..............................................................
Page 3 - azur; Introduction
3 650BD azur ENGLISH Introduction Thank you for purchasing this Cambridge Audio Azur Blu-ray Player. Likeall Cambridge Audio products, the 650BD adheres to three coreprinciples – stunning performance, ease of use and incredible value. The 650BD features almost universal disc compatibility and can pl...
Page 4 - Important safety instructions; WEEE symbol
4 Important safety instructions For your own safety please read the following impor tant safetyinstructions carefully before attempting to connect this unit to the mainspower supply. They will also enable you to get the best performance fromand prolong the life of the unit: 1. Read these instruction...
Page 6 - Compatible disc types; Super Audio CD; Discs that cannot be played
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...
Page 7 - Disc care and handling
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 ...
Page 8 - Rear panel connections
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...
Page 9 - Front panel
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...
Page 10 - Remote control
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...
Page 11 - Connecting to the Internet
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...
Page 12 - Audio connections
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...
Page 13 - Analogue video connections
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...
Page 14 - Setting up the player; Accessing the Easy Setup Wizard; Choose the primary video output
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...
Page 15 - Select the audio setting
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...
Page 16 - Operating instructions
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...
Page 17 - Subtitle selection
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...
Page 19 - Connecting a USB Drive; Other media playback
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...
Page 21 - Setup Menu; Using the Setup Menu System
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...
Page 22 - Setup menu continued; Playback Setup
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...
Page 23 - Picture Adjustment; PBC – Play Back Control; Video Setup
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...
Page 24 - Audio Format Setup
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...
Page 26 - Audio signal reference chart
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...
Page 27 - Recommended audio format 0ptions; Audio connection directly to TV; Audio Processing setup
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...
Page 28 - Down Mix Mode; Speaker Settings
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...
Page 29 - Other Audio Processing Settings; Dynamic Range Control; Device Setup; Firmware Information
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...
Page 30 - Network Setup
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 ...
Page 31 - Picture Adjustment
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 ...
Page 32 - Appendix - language code list
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...
Page 33 - Technical specifications
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...
