Harman Kardon DVD 25 - Manual

FEATURES & DVD COMPATIBILITY High-Quality Video • Advanced sophisticated 10-bit MPEG-2 video decoding circuits. • Test-screen signal for testing video performance and setup. • Progressive Scan component video outputs. High-Quality Digital Audio • By connecting a digital processor or receiver, yo...

DVD TERMINOLOGY Since they share some of the characteristics and tech-nology of CD players, many of the terms and opera-tional concepts used in a DVD player are similar towhat you may be familiar with from CD players andchangers, or older video disc formats such as LaserDisc. However, if this is you...

FRONT-PANEL CONTROLS 7 FRONT-PANEL CONTROLS Main Power On/Off: Press this switch to apply power to the DVD 25. Once the unit has been turnedon with this switch, it may be operated from either thefront panel or remote control. Press the switch again toturn the unit completely off. 1 Power On/Off (Sta...

8 FRONT-PANEL INFORMATION DISPLAY FRONT-PANEL INFORMATION DISPLAY VCD PROGRESSIVE SCANDVD CD 96kHz/24bitMP3 TEST V OFF TITLE REPEAT TRACK 1 ALL CHAPTER PBC RANDOM HOUR A-B MIN PROG SEC D E G H I J K L M B N P C O A F A Disc-Type Indicators B Playback-Mode Indicators C 96kHz/24-Bit Indicator D Parent...

REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS 9 REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS 0 Power On 1 Power Off 2 Subtitle 3 Title 4 Angle 5 Audio 6 Test 7 Eject 8 Setup 9 Navigation Buttons A Info B Menu C Pause D EzMenu E Skip (Previous) F Skip (Next) G Play H Search Reverse I Stop J Search Forward K Dimmer L Slow Forward M Zoom N Sl...

REAR-PANEL CONNECTIONS VIDEO OUT/COMPONENT ¡ ™ £ ¢ ∞ § • ª ¶ CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT KLASSE 1 LASER PRODUKTLUOKAN 1 LASER LAITEKLASS 1 LASER APPARAT 20 Y / Y Pb/ Cb Pr/ Cr 120V/ 60Hz 1 ¡ Optical Digital Output ™ Coaxial Digital Output £ Analog Audio Outputs ¢ Composite Video Output ∞ S-Video Output § ...

12 SETUP AND CONNECTIONS SETUP AND CONNECTIONS • Ensure that the power switch of this unit (and of other equipment to be connected) is set to “Off”before commencing connection. • Do not block the ventilation holes of any of the equipment and arrange them so that air can circulate freely. • Read thro...

SETUP AND CONNECTIONS 13 SETUP AND CONNECTIONS When DVDs encoded in Dolby Digital or DTS areplayed, the Dolby Digital or DTS bitstream is outputtedfrom the player’s optical or coaxial digital audio output.When the player is connected to a Dolby Digital orDTS decoder, you can enjoy theater-quality au...

REMOTE CONTROL OPERATION 15 REMOTE CONTROL OPERATION Battery Installation Insert the batteries supplied while observing the correct(+) and (–) polarities. Service Life of Batteries • The batteries normally last for about one year, although this depends on how often, and for whatoperations, the remot...

DIGITAL AUDIO CONNECTIONS 16 DIGITAL AUDIO CONNECTIONS Optical Digital Audio Connection Notes • Remove the dust protection cap from the optical digital audio output and connect the cable firmly sothat the configurations of both the cable and theconnector match. • Keep the dust protection cap and alw...

SYSTEM SETUP System Defaults The final step of the installation is to establish the sys-tem’s defaults. It is helpful to take a few minutes tofamiliarize yourself with these settings, as they mayrequire change before the first use and later from time to time. Main Menu The first step in checking or ...

Audio Menu In the Main menu, use the K / L Navigation Buttons 9 to highlight the Audio menu; press the N Navigation Button 9 or Enter Button 9 to access the Audio submenu. The left column shows theitems in the Audio menu. The right column shows thecurrent setting for each item. Dynamic Range Select ...

Player Setup Menu The Player Setup menu contains a number of setupparameters that are normally adjusted only once toestablish basic operational settings for the DVD 25. From the Main menu, use the K / L Navigation Buttons 9 to select the Player menu, then press the N Navigation Button 9 or Enter But...

Menu Language The Menu Language menu allows you to select thelanguage that will be used to display the menus gen-erated by the DVD that is being played. Note thatalthough this menu permits you to select a langauge,in order for that language to appear it must be presenton the disc. Before making a ch...

DVD is one of the highest quality sources ever madeavailable for in-home playback of prerecorded picturesand sound. In order to make certain that your hometheater system is fully optimized to take advantage ofDVD’s superb picture quality, the DVD 25 offers abuilt-in video test signal that makes it e...

22 PLAYBACK BASICS FOR ALL FORMATS Loading Discs To load discs in the DVD 25, first turn the DVD 25 onby pressing in the Main Power On/Off Switch and then pressing the Power On Button 1 0 . Note that the LED indicator surrounding the Power On Button 1 will turn amber when the power is first applied ...

DVD PLAYBACK 23 Using a DVD’s Menu One of the unique features of the DVD system is that it offers a producer the opportunity to include a widerange of features on a disc, including multiple-language tracks; subtitles in a variety of languages;special information such as movie trailers and castinform...

PLAYING DVDs Using the On-Screen Banner Display The On-Screen Banner Display Menu, or “EzMenu”,contains many playback features. To see the On-ScreenBanner Display, press the EzMenu Button D on the remote while a disc is playing. Use the ⁄ / ¤ / ‹ / › Navigation Buttons 9 on the remote to move throug...

PLAYING DVDs Changing the Audio Track Please remember you can only access the variousAudio Track, Subtitle, Angle and Repeat Displays whenplaying a disc. Also, each Banner Display feature isonly available if the disc was created with that particu-lar feature (i.e., if you select the Subtitle icon, y...

26 PLAYING DVDs PLAYING DVDs A-B Repeat Play The Repeat A-B function allows you to select any por-tion of a DVD and have it repeat continually until theunit is manually stopped. To initiate a Repeat A-B playback sequence, followthese steps while a disc is playing: 1. While a disc is playing, press t...

PROGRAMMED PLAY WITH DVD Program Play Programmed play allows you to select any track, titleor chapter from a DVD in the DVD 25 for playback ina specific order. This type of programming is particu-larly useful for parties or other situations where youwant continuous playback of specific selections fo...

28 CD PLAYBACK CD PLAYBACK Audio CD Playback Features When playing audio CDs, your DVD player has thesame features as a CD player, including track skip,repeat play and programmed playback. The on-screenInfo Display, appearing when the Repeat Button or Random Button O is pressed (see page 29), and th...

CD PLAYBACK 3. When the TIME section is highlighted, press the K Navigation Button 9 to view the time remain- ing on the track (T-REMAIN). Press again to viewelapsed time of the disc (D-ELAPSED). Press again to view the time remaining for the disc (D-REMAIN). 4. If you press the Enter Button 9 while...

30 PROGRAMMED PLAY WITH CD PROGRAMMED PLAY WITH CD Program Play Programmed play allows you to select any track froma CD for playback in a specific order. This type of pro-gramming is particularly useful for parties or other situ-ations where you want continuous playback of specificselections for a l...

MP3 PLAYBACK 31 MP3 PLAYBACK The DVD 25 is rare among DVD players in that it isable to play back discs recorded with MP3 files. Thismeans that you may enjoy the latest music using discscreated in your computer through the high-qualityaudio components in your home theater system. Asthe way that MP3 f...

VCD PLAYBACK VCD Playback VCD, a format that predates DVD, is based on a different compression format than DVD and a recordingmethod that is similar to CD. Although the DVD has, forthe most part, replaced VCD as a format, the DVD 25offers VCD playback so that you may play your existinglibrary of VCD...

DVD LANGUAGE CODES DVD LANGUAGE CODES 33 The availability of specific languages for the main audio track or subtitles is dependent on the choices made by a disc’s producer. You should always consult the disc’s jacket for information on languages for any disc. In the case of some languages, you may b...

TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE SYMPTOM POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION Unit does not turn on • Main Power Switch turned off • Press in Main Power Switch . • No AC power • Check AC power plug and make certain any switched outlet is turned on. Disc does not play • Disc loaded improperly • Load di...

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 35 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Applicable Disc: Disc formats: 5-inch (12cm) or 3-inch (8cm) DVD-Movie, Standard conforming DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW,VCD, CD, CD-R, MP3 or CD-RW discsRegion code: DVD Movie disc with Code 1 onlyDVD-Layers: Single Side /Single Layer, Single Sid...