Page 2 - Important Safety Instructions; AVIS
2 Important Safety Instructions 1. Read these instructions.2. Keep these instructions.3. Heed all warnings.4. Follow all instructions.5. Do not use this apparatus near water.6. Clean only with dry cloth.7. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructi...
Page 3 - Precautions; For American model
3 Precautions 1. Recording Copyright —Unless it’s for personal use only, recording copyrighted material is illegal with-out the permission of the copyright holder. 2. AC Fuse —The AC fuse inside the unit is not user- serviceable. If you cannot turn on the unit, contact your Onkyo dealer. 3. Care —Oc...
Page 4 - —Continued; —The DVD standard uses region; About this Manual; —This manual explains how to; WARNING; FCC Information for User; • Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit dif-
4 Precautions —Continued 10. Region Numbers —The DVD standard uses region numbers to control how discs can be played around the world, the world being divided into six regions. This unit will only play DVD discs that match its region number, which can be found on its rear panel (e.g., , ). 11. About...
Page 5 - For Canadian Models; THIS CLASS B DIGITAL APPARATUS; Modèle pour les Canadien; CET APPAREIL NUMÉRIQUE DE; For British models; IMPORTANT; For European Models; Declaration of Conformity
5 Precautions —Continued For Canadian Models NOTE: THIS CLASS B DIGITAL APPARATUS COMPLIES WITH CANADIAN ICES-003.For models having a power cord with a polarized plug: CAUTION: TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK, MATCH WIDE BLADE OF PLUG TO WIDE SLOT, FULLY INSERT. Modèle pour les Canadien REMARQUE: CET APPA...
Page 6 - Table of Contents; Basic Operation; Advanced Operation
6 Table of Contents Basic Operation Overview Important Safety Instructions...............................2Precautions .........................................................3Introduction..........................................................7 Supplied Accessories ..................................
Page 7 - Introduction; Audio/Video Processing; Supplied Accessories; Coaxial cable; Features
7 Introduction Make sure you have the following accessories: The letter displayed at the end of the product name found in catalogs and on package represents the color of the DV-SP405 DVD player. Though the color varies, the specifications and operations are the same. Audio/Video Processing • Dolby *...
Page 8 - Supported Discs; The DV-SP405 supports the following discs.; Function Support; Disc Notes
8 Introduction —Continued Supported Discs The DV-SP405 supports the following discs. • Some audio CDs feature copy protection that doesn’t conform to the official CD standard. Since these are nonstandard discs, they may not play properly in the DV-SP405. • The DV-SP405 supports CD-R and CD-RW discs ...
Page 9 - About DualDisc playback; Compressed audio compatibility; may not play, or filenames may display incor-; About WMA; Player for Windows
9 Introduction —Continued About DualDisc playback A DualDisc is a new two -sided disc, one side of which con-tains DVD content video, audio, etc. while the other side contains non-DVD content such as digital audio material.The non-DVD, audio side of the disc is not compliant with the CD Audio specif...
Page 10 - About DivX
10 Introduction —Continued About DivX DivX is a compressed digital video format created by the DivX ® video codec from DivX, Inc. This player can play DivX video files burned on CD-R/RW/ROM discs. Keeping the same terminology as DVD-Video, individ-ual DivX video files are called “Titles”. When namin...
Page 11 - PC-created disc compatibility
11 Introduction —Continued PC-created disc compatibility Discs recorded using a personal computer may not be playable in this unit due to the setting of the application software used to create the disc. In these particular instances, check with the software publisher for more detailed information.Di...
Page 12 - Before Using the DV-SP405; Installing the Batteries; Close the battery compartment.; Using the Remote Controller
12 Before Using the DV-SP405 Notes: • If the remote controller doesn’t work reliably, try replacing both batteries. • Don’t mix new and old batteries, or different types of batteries. • If you intend not to use the remote controller for a long time, remove the batteries to prevent possible leakage a...
Page 13 - Front Panel
13 Front & Rear Panels For detailed information, refer to the pages in brackets. North American model Oceanian and European models STANDBY/ON button [24, 27] This button is used to set the DV-SP405 to On or Standby. HDMI indicator Lights when the DV-SP405 is recognized by another HDMI or DVI/HDC...
Page 14 - This indicator appears when playback is paused.; Display
14 Front & Rear Panels —Continued Pause indicator This indicator appears when playback is paused. Play indicator This indicator is shown during playback. CHP indicator This indicator appears while the number of the cur-rent chapter is being displayed. TITLE indicator This indicator appears while...
Page 15 - North American model; Rear Panel
15 Front & Rear Panels —Continued North American model Oceanian model European model HDMI OUT [22] This connector can be used to connect a TV or pro-jector with an HDMI input. This connector outputs digital audio and digital video. COMPONENT VIDEO OUTPUT [21] These sockets output component video...
Page 16 - This button is used to set the DV-SP405 to Standby.; Cursor; These buttons are used to navigate onscreen menus.; Stop; This button is used to stop playback.; Fast Reverse; Remote Controller
16 Front & Rear Panels —Continued STANDBY button [24] This button is used to set the DV-SP405 to Standby. ON button [24] This button is used to turn on the DV-SP405.Don’t turn on the DV-SP405 until you’ve com-pleted, and double checked all connections (pages 18–23). Number buttons [28–29, 38, 48...
Page 17 - Fast Forward; This button is used to open and close the disc tray.; Pause; This button is used to pause playback.; buttons; This button is used to start playback.
17 Front & Rear Panels —Continued (2 Fast Forward /( ) button [28, 31, 32] This button is used for fast forward, slow motion, and frame-by-frame playback. (3 USB/DVD button [41] (not North American model) This button is used to select the playback media. Press to change between DVD mode and USB ...
Page 18 - Connecting the DV-SP405; all audio and video connections.; Optical Digital Output (Oceanian model only); • Push each plug in all the way to; Before Making Any Connections
18 Connecting the DV-SP405 • Read the manuals supplied with your AV components.• Don’t connect the power cord until you’ve completed all audio and video connections. Optical Digital Output (Oceanian model only) The optical digital connector is fitted with protective cap. Before connecting a cable, r...
Page 19 - • This player is equipped with copy protection technol-; Connect the VIDEO OUTPUT and ANALOG; • Before unplugging the player from the power outlet,; Basic Setup
19 Connecting the DV-SP405 —Continued The setup described here is a basic setup that allows you to play discs using just the supplied AV cable (RCA). In this setup, stereo audio is played through the speakers in your TV. Important: • This player is equipped with copy protection technol- ogy. Do not ...
Page 20 - to
20 Connecting the DV-SP405 —Continued Switching the video output to interlace using the front panel controls Switch the player to standby then, using the front panel controls, press STANDBY/ON while pressing to switch the player back to “Interlace”.• If the player is connected using HDMI, disconnect...
Page 21 - • Connect the DVD Player to the TV directly. If you; Using Component Video; • To set up the player for use with a progressive scan; Connecting Your TV
21 Connecting the DV-SP405 —Continued • Connect the DVD Player to the TV directly. If you connect the DVD Player to a VCR, TV/VCR combi-nation, or video selector, the playback picture may be distorted as DVD videos are copy protected. Using S-Video (not European model) If your TV (or other equipment...
Page 22 - Using HDMI; • The arrow on the cable connector body should be face; About HDMI
22 Connecting the DV-SP405 —Continued Using HDMI If you have a HDMI equipped monitor or display, you can connect it to this player using a commercially avail-able HDMI cable.The HDMI connector outputs uncompressed digital video, as well as almost every kind of digital audio that the player is compat...
Page 23 - Before connecting; • When you connect the DVD Player to the amplifier, be; Connect the DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT jack on; • North American and European models have only; Connect the AV receiver’s video output to a video; • You usually have to connect the same kind of video; Connecting to an AV Receiver
23 Connecting the DV-SP405 —Continued Although you can reproduce the DVD Player’s sound from the TV speakers with the connections on page 19, connecting with an amplifier provides you high quality dynamic sounds.To reproduce Dolby Digital surround and DTS surround sound, you need to connect to an am...
Page 24 - Connecting the Power/Turning on the DV-SP405; • Make sure that all the connections on pages 18–23 are; • Do not use a power cord other than the
24 Connecting the Power/Turning on the DV-SP405 Before connecting • Make sure that all the connections on pages 18–23 are complete (the connection to a TV is required). Note: • This player features a screen saver and an auto power off function. If the player is stopped and no button is pressed for f...
Page 25 - Getting Started; highlighted item and pressing ENTER to select it.; Using the on-screen displays; Button; Setting up the player for your TV; • When the HDMI connection is not in; HOME MENU
25 Getting Started For ease of use, this player makes extensive use of graph-ical on-screen displays (OSDs). All the screens are navigated in basically the same way, using the / / / (cursor) buttons to change the highlighted item and pressing ENTER to select it. Note: • From here on in this manual, ...
Page 27 - • You may find with some DVD discs that some play-; Playing discs; Press
27 Getting Started —Continued The basic playback controls for playing DVD, CD, Video CD, DivX Video/WMV and MP3/WMA/MPEG-4 AAC discs are covered here. Further functions are detailed in the next chapter.For details on playing JPEG picture discs, see “Viewing a JPEG slideshow” on page 32. Notes: • You...
Page 28 - • The Last Memory function doesn’t work with VR for-; Basic playback controls; Numbers; Resume and Last Memory
28 Getting Started —Continued The table below shows the basic controls on the remote for playing discs. The following chapter covers other playback features in more detail. When you stop playback of a disc, RESUME is shown in the display indicating that you can resume playback again from that point....
Page 29 - Video CD PBC menus
29 Getting Started —Continued Many DVD-Video discs feature menus from which you can select what you want to watch. They may also give access to additional features, such as subtitle and audio language selection, or special features such as slide-shows. See the disc packaging for details.Sometimes DV...
Page 30 - • After I load a DVD disc, it ejects automatically after a
30 Getting Started —Continued Hint: • After I load a DVD disc, it ejects automatically after a few seconds! o Most likely, the disc is the wrong region for your player. The region number should be printed on the disc; check it against the region number of the player (which you can find on the rear p...
Page 31 - Scanning discs
31 Playing discs Notes: • Many of the functions covered in this chapter apply to DVD discs, Video CDs, CDs, DivX Video/WMV and MP3/WMA/MPEG-4 AAC/JPEG discs, although the exact operation of some varies slightly with the kind of disc loaded. • Some DVDs restrict the use of some functions (ran- dom or...
Page 32 - • Backward frame-by-frame playback does not work; While the slideshow is running:; • The time it takes for the player to load a file increases; Frame advance/frame reverse; Viewing a JPEG slideshow; ZOOM; MENU
32 Playing discs —Continued You can advance or back up DVD discs frame-by-frame. With Video CD you can only use frame advance. Note: • Backward frame-by-frame playback does not work with Video CD. After loading a CD/CD-R/RW containing JPEG picture files, press (play) to start a slideshow from the fi...
Page 33 - Select a view option.
33 Playing discs —Continued Use the “Disc Navigator” to browse through the contents of a DVD or Video CD disc to find the part you want to play. Important: • You can’t use the “Disc Navigator” with Video CD in PBC mode. Tip: • Another way to find a particular place on a disc is to use one of the sea...
Page 34 - • To play the contents of the whole disc rather than just; Use the
34 Playing discs —Continued Use the “Disc Navigator” to find a particular file or folder by filename. Note that if there are other types of files on the same disc, these will not be displayed in the “Disc Navigator”. Tip: • To play the contents of the whole disc rather than just the current folder, ...
Page 35 - • You can’t use repeat play with Video CD in PBC; Looping a section of a disc; Using repeat play; Select a repeat play option.; • For CDs and Video CD, select “Disc; PLAY MODE
35 Playing discs —Continued The “A-B Repeat” function allows you to specify two points (A and B) within a track (CD, Video CD) or title (DVD) that form a loop which is played over and over.• You can’t use “A-B Repeat” with Video CD in PBC mode, or MP3/WMA/MPEG-4 AAC/DivX Video/WMV files. There are v...
Page 36 - • Random play remains in effect until you select “Ran-; Using random play; Select a random play option.; • For CDs and Video CD, select “On” or
36 Playing discs —Continued Use the random play function to play titles or chapters (DVD-Video) or tracks (CD, Video CD) at random. (Note that the same track/title/chapter may play more than once.)You can set the random play option when a disc is play-ing or stopped. Important: • Random play remains...
Page 37 - • You can’t use Program play with VR format DVD-R/; Creating a program list; • For a CD or Video CD, select a track to; To play the program list, press
37 Playing discs —Continued This feature lets you program the play order of titles/chapters/tracks on a disc. Important: • You can’t use Program play with VR format DVD-R/ -RW discs, Video CD playing in PBC mode, MP3/WMA/MPEG-4 AAC discs, DivX Video/WMV discs, or while a DVD disc menu is being displ...
Page 38 - Searching a disc; Select a search mode.; Press ENTER to start playback.
38 Playing discs —Continued There are a number of other options in the “Program” menu in addition to “Create/Edit”.• Playback Start – Starts playback of a saved program list • Playback Stop – Turns off program play, but does not erase the program list • Program Delete – Erases the program list and t...
Page 39 - Switching subtitles; Switching audio language/channels; AUDIO
39 Playing discs —Continued Some DVD or DivX Video discs have subtitles in one or more languages; the disc box will usually tell you which subtitle languages are available. You can switch subtitle language during playback. • See “Displaying DivX subtitle files” on page 10 for more on DivX subtitle. ...
Page 40 - icon appears; Zooming the screen; Switching camera angles; tion appears at the top of the screen.; DISPLAY
40 Playing discs —Continued Using the zoom feature you can magnify a part of the screen by a factor of 2 or 4, while watching a DVD, DivX Video/WMV title or Video CD, or playing a JPEG disc. Some DVD discs feature scenes shot from two or more angles—check the disc box for details.When a multi-angle ...
Page 41 - USB playback; Using the USB interface; Connect your USB device.
41 USB playback (Not North American model) Note: Onkyo cannot guarantee compatibility (operation and/or bus power) with all USB mass storage devices and assumes no responsibility for any loss of data that may occur when connected to this unit. It is possible to listen to two-channel audio and watch ...
Page 42 - Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus; Equalizer; Audio Settings menu
42 Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus The “Audio Settings” menu offers features for adjusting the way discs sound. Equalizer • Settings: “Off (default)”, “Rock”, “Pop”, “Live”, “Dance”, “Techno”, “Classic”, “Soft” The various preset EQ curves are designed to suit vari-ous styles of music. Note: •...
Page 43 - Video Adjust menu; Make settings using the
43 Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus —Continued From the “Video Adjust” screen you can adjust various settings that affect how the picture is presented. Note: • Depending on your TV, the picture may appear dis- torted if the brightness is set too high. If this happens, lower the brightness. Vide...
Page 44 - Initial Settings menu; • In the table on next pages, the default setting is shown; Using the Initial Settings menu
44 Initial Settings menu The “Initial Settings” menu provides audio and video output settings, parental lock settings, and display set-tings, among others.If an option is grayed out it means that it cannot be changed at the current time. This is usually because a disc is playing. Stop the disc, then...
Page 45 - Digital Audio Out settings
45 Initial Settings menu —Continued Digital Audio Out settings Setting Option What it means Digital Out On Digital audio is output from the digital outputs. Off No digital audio output. Dolby Digital Out Dolby Digital Dolby Digital encoded digital audio is output when playing a Dolby Digital DVD dis...
Page 46 - Video Output settings
46 Initial Settings menu —Continued Video Output settings Setting Option What it means TV Screen *1 (This setting effective for analog and HDMI video output. See also “Screen sizes and disc formats” on page 52.) *1 When connected to a 16:9 television: when either “16:9 (Wide)” or “16:9 (Compressed)”...
Page 47 - Language settings; Display settings
47 Initial Settings menu —Continued Language settings Setting Option What it means Audio Language *1 *1 This setting is your preferred audio language for DVD discs. You can switch between the languages recorded on a DVD disc during playback using the AUDIO button.Some DVD discs set the audio languag...
Page 48 - • Not all discs use “Parental Lock”, and will play with-; Registering a new password; Options settings; Parental Lock
48 Initial Settings menu —Continued • Default level: “Off”; Default password: none; Default Country/Area code: us (2119) To give you some control over what your children watch on your DVD player, some DVD-Video discs feature a “Parental Lock” level. If your player is set to a lower level than the di...
Page 49 - Changing your password; • Press the; Select “Country Code”.; • Select by code number: Press the
49 Initial Settings menu —Continued Changing your password To change your password, confirm your existing pass-word then enter a new one. Setting/changing the Parental Lock Setting/changing the Country/Area code You can find the Country/Area code list in the adjacent column. 1 Select “Password Chang...
Page 50 - • Default setting: “STEREO”; Country/Area code list
50 Initial Settings menu —Continued • Default setting: “STEREO” If you’ve selected “DTS > PCM” in “DTS Out” on page 45, you can choose the way the signal is down-mixed to PCM audio. “STEREO” will downmix the DTS signal to 2-channel stereo, whereas “Lt/Rt” will downmix to a 2-channel signal compat...
Page 51 - Your 8-digit registration code is displayed.; Playing DivX
51 Initial Settings menu —Continued Some DivX VOD content may only be playable a fixed number of times. When you load a disc containing this type of DivX VOD content, the remaining number of plays is shown on-screen and you then have the option of playing the disc (thereby using up one of the remain...
Page 52 - Additional information; Widescreen TV users; Screen sizes and disc formats; Switch the player into standby.; All the player’s settings are now reset.; then press; The TV system changes as follows:
52 Additional information DVD-Video discs come in several different screen aspect ratios, ranging from TV programs, which are generally 4:3, to CinemaScope widescreen movies, with an aspect ratio of up to about 7:3.Televisions, too, come in different aspect ratios; “stan-dard” 4:3 and widescreen 16:...
Page 53 - • You have to switch the player into standby (press; Titles, chapters and tracks; Select “Other Language”.
53 Additional information —Continued Note: • You have to switch the player into standby (press STANDBY/ON) before each change. DVD discs are generally divided into one or more titles. Titles may be further subdivided into chapters. CDs and Video CDs are divided into tracks. CD-ROMs contain folders a...
Page 54 - Language code list
54 Additional information —Continued Language code list Language Language codeletter Language code Japanese ja 1001 English en 0514 French fr 0618 German de 0405 Italian it 0920 Spanish es 0519 Chinese zh 2608 Dutch nl 1412 Portuguese pt 1620 Swedish sv 1922 Russian ru 1821 Korean ko 1115 Greek el 0...
Page 55 - Glossary
55 Glossary Analog audio An electrical signal that directly represents sound. Com-pare this to digital audio which can be an electrical sig-nal, but is an indirect representation of sound. See also “Digital audio”. Aspect ratio The width of a TV screen relative to its height. Conven-tional TVs are 4...
Page 56 - Progressive scan video; WMV
56 Glossary —Continued Progressive scan video All the lines that make up a video picture are updated in one pass (compared to interlace which takes two passes to update the whole picture). Regions (DVD-Video only) These associate discs and players with particular areas of the world. This unit will o...
Page 57 - Troubleshooting; Symptoms; Can’t start playback?; Settings are not saved?
57 Troubleshooting If you have any trouble using your DV-SP405, check the following table for possible causes and remedies. If you still can’t resolve the issue yourself, please contact your Onkyo dealer. Symptoms Causes Remedies DV D P la y e r Can’t turn on the DV-SP405? The power cord is not conn...
Page 60 - HDMI troubleshooting; Problem; No HDMI video output
60 Troubleshooting —Continued HDMI troubleshooting Incorrect operation is often mistaken for trouble or malfunction. If you think that there is something wrong with this component, check the points below. Sometimes the trouble may lie in another component. Inspect the other components and electrical...
Page 61 - USB troubleshooting (Not North American model)
61 Troubleshooting —Continued USB troubleshooting (Not North American model) Note: • Static electricity or other external influences may cause malfunctioning of this unit. In this case, unplug the power cord and then plug back in. This will usually reset the unit for proper operation. If this does n...
Page 62 - Specifications; General; Specifications and features subject to change without notice.
62 Specifications ■ General Specifications and features subject to change without notice. Signal System NTSC (North American model)PAL/NTSC (Oceanian and European models) Composite Video Output/Impedance 1.0 V (p-p)/75 : negative sync, RCA S-Video Output/Impedance (not European model) Y: 1.0 V (p-p)...
Page 63 - MEMO
Page 64 - Printed in Japan
64 Printed in Japan Y0705-1 (C) Copyright 2007 ONKYO CORPORATION Japan. All rights reserved. http://www.onkyo.com/ HOMEPAGE SN 29344511 Sales & Product Planning Div. : 2-1, Nisshin-cho, Neyagawa-shi, OSAKA 572-8540, JAPANTel: 072-831-8023 Fax: 072-831-8124 ONKYO U.S.A. CORPORATION 18 Park Way, U...