Esoteric UX-1 manual

D00816600A DVD/DVD-A/SACD/CD PLA YER OWNER’S MANUAL ............... 2 MANUEL DU PROPRIÉT AIRE ... 46[...]

2 CAUTION < DO NOT REMOVE THE EXTERNAL CASES OR CABINETS TO EXPOSE THE ELECTRONICS. NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS ARE WITHIN! < IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THIS PRODUCT, CONTACT TEAC FOR A SERVICE REFERRAL. DO NOT USE THE PRODUCT UNTIL IT HAS BEEN REPAIRED. < USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES OTHER THAN THOS[...]

3 ENGLISH IMPORT ANT (for U.K.Customers) DO NOT cut off the mains plug from this equipment. If the plug fitted is not suitable for the power points in your home or the cable is too short to reach a power point, then obtain an appropriate safety approved extension lead or consult your dealer. If nonetheless the mains plug is cut off, remove the fuse[...]

4 Contents Thank you for choosing TEAC. Read this manual carefully to get the best performance from this unit. Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Before Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

5 ENGLISH The world’ s first VRDS mechanism for DVD and SACD players, incorporating a magnesium turntable and a SS400 bridge The VDRS mechanism completely eliminates any vibration of the disc itself, thanks to the full-diameter clamp, which clamps the disc securely to the turntable. In addition, warping and other defects of the disc are eliminate[...]

6 What’ s in the box Please confirm that the following accessories are in the box when you open it. Remote control unit x 1 Batteries (AA, R6, SUM-3) x 2 Felt sheet x 3 Power cord x 1 Owner’s manual x 1 Warranty card x 1 Conventions about This Manual < Instructions in this manual describe the controls on the remote control. You can also use [...]

7 ENGLISH Restoring factory settings If you have made a lot of changes to the setup, and want to restart from a known set of options, restore the unit to the factory settings as follows: 1 . With the unit turned off, press and hold down the STOP button. 2 . While holding down the STOP button, press the POWER switch. All memories are erased, and the[...]

8 DVD Video: • Single-sided or double-sided discs • Single layer or dual layer discs • Dolby Digital, DTS, MPEG or Linear PCM digital audio • MPEG-2 digital video • This unit can play DVD-R discs recorded in DVD video format. • This unit can play DVD-RW discs recorded in DVD video format or DVD video recording format. Discs are generall[...]

9 ENGLISH Following discs cannot be played with this unit: • CD-G, Data part of CD-EXTRA, PHOTO CD, CD-ROM and DVD-ROM discs • discs recorded in a color system other than PAL or NTSC • illegally produced discs • scratched discs • discs that are dusty, soiled or marked with fingerprints Warning: If you attempt to play back such discs, ther[...]

10 Connection to a TV CAUTION: < Switch off the power to all equipment before making connections. < Read the instructions of each component you intend to use with this unit. < Be sure to insert each plug securely. To prevent hum and noise, avoid bundling the signal interconnection cables together with the AC power cord or speaker cables. A[...]

11 ENGLISH Component video output terminals Use commercially available BNC coaxial cables to connect the unit to the component video inputs of a suitably- equipped television or monitor to enjoy a high-quality picture. Use these terminals in preference to S-Video or composite video connections. < Note that these terminals cannot be connected to [...]

12 Connections to an amplifier , etc. I J L K AUDIO IN WORD SYNC OUT RL 5.1CH AUDIO IN DIGIT AL IN (COAXIAL) DIGIT AL IN (OPTICAL) L R L R FRONT SURROUND SUBWOOFER CENTER G G F F H CAUTION: < Switch off the power to all equipment before making connections. < Read the instructions of each component you intend to use with this unit. < Be sur[...]

13 ENGLISH Analog audio output terminals Use either the XLR or RCA (pin) FRONT terminals for analog stereo output. If your amplifier has balanced XLR analog audio inputs, connect the XLR jacks on the unit to the amplifier’s XLR jacks, otherwise use the RCA (pin) connections. For surround (5.1) amplifiers with analog inputs, also use the RCA (pin)[...]

14 Front panel featur es The equipment draws nominal non-operating power from the AC outlet with its POWER switch in the OFF position. A B C D E G H I J F POWER Use this to turn the unit on and off. When the unit is on, the ring surrounding the button lights up. CLOCK MODE Use this to select an external word sync source connected to the WORD SYNC c[...]

15 ENGLISH Front panel display Disc type indicator Shows the type of disc currently loaded. GROUP indicator Indicates that the group number of a DVD audio disc is being shown. TITLE indicator Indicates that the title of a DVD disc is being shown. CHAPTER indicator Indicates that the chapter of a DVD disc is being shown. TRACK indicator Indicates th[...]

16 Understanding the remote contr ol unit Number buttons Use these for selecting tracks by number, etc. DVI ON/OFF Use this to turn DVI video output on and off. VIDEO ON/OFF Use this to turn all video on and off. 2CH/MULTI Use this to switch between two-channel (stereo) and multi- channel surround audio output. PLAY AREA Use this with DVD audio and[...]

17 ENGLISH DISPLAY Use this button to change the display mode. FL DIMMER button Use this button to change the brightness of the front panel display. REPEAT Use this button to set the repeat playback mode. PROGRAM Use this button when programming playback order. GROUP/TITLE Use these buttons to skip back or forward by one group or title. SKIP ( . / [...]

18 DVD VCD CD SACD DVD-A Playback 1 5 2 4 3 Turn on the power using the POWER button on the main unit. 1 The button and the display light. Press the OPEN/CLOSE button. 2 The tray opens after a second or two (this delay is due to the movement of the internal mechanism of the unit before opening). Insert the disc label side uppermost. 3 < In the c[...]

19 ENGLISH When the STOP button is pressed with a video DVD or video CD, playback is stopped, and the display shows “RESUME”. Pressing PLAY continues playback. Pressing any of the following buttons cancels resume mode: STOP, OPEN/CLOSE, POWER. Opening and closing the tray Playback control (with PBC enabled) video CDs With these discs, the numbe[...]

20 DVD DVD-A Selecting groups and titles Use the remote control unit’s GROUP/TITLE buttons ( / ) to change titles and groups on DVD media. If pressed during playback, these buttons start playback at the selected group/title. If pressed during pause or stop mode, playback is paused at the start of the selected group/title. Note that some discs may[...]

21 ENGLISH Fast scanning When playing back, use the SCAN button ( m or , ) to move backwards and forwards (sound is muted for DVD video and video CD discs). Press PLAY to restart playback at normal speed at the desired location. Repeated presses of the SCAN buttons changes the scanning speeds. There are three speeds: Fast (1) q Fast (2) q Fast (3) [...]

22 CD SACD DVD-A Programmed playback Programmed playback allows up to 30 tracks to be played back in the order you decide. Note that programmed playback is not possible for DVD video and video CD discs. Press the PROGRAM button (either when playing back or stopped). The program screen appears. If a track is currently playing back (or paused in the [...]

23 ENGLISH Clearing the last track from the list Push the CLEAR button to clear the last track from the list. Adding tracks to the list Use the number buttons to add tracks to the list. Clearing the whole program Press the PROGRAM button to clear the program (playback continues from the current point). The OPEN/CLOSE or the POWER button also clears[...]

24 DVD VCD Slow motion/frame advance Slow motion During playback, press either of the SLOW buttons ( / ) to slow playback in either direction. Pressing PLAY resumes normal speed playback. Repeated presses of the SLOW buttons change the slow playback speed: : 1/8 q 1/4 q 1/2 q normal speed :1/20 q 1/16 q 1/12 q playback at normal speed Frame advance[...]

25 ENGLISH Selecting subtitles DVD Use the SUBTITLE button to select DVD subtitles. Repeated presses of this button cycle through available languages on a disc until OFF is reached (no subtitle). < Subtitles do not always appear immediately after the language has been selected. It may be necessary to wait a few seconds until the subtitles appear[...]

26 DVD VCD DVI output The DVI ON/OFF button turns output from the DVI output on and off. In order to use this output, a DVI/HDCP-compliant television must be used. < If the display is not HDCP-compliant, video playback may not occur. < When this DVI output is turned on, even if progressive scan has been selected for the component video output[...]

27 ENGLISH T ur ning video on and off DVD VCD CD SACD DVD-A Use the VIDEO ON/OFF button to turn video output to the television (monitor) on and off. It is not necessary to turn video off, but you may notice a slight improvement in audio quality if you turn off the video when playing back SACD discs and CDs without video images. Note that this setti[...]

28 DVD VCD CD SACD DVD-A Changing the display mode Elapsed time of current title Currently-playing title Currently-playing chapter Time remaining for current title Elapsed time of current chapter Time remaining for current chapter Chapter 03/37 Title 01 T otal Elapsed 1 0:53 T otal Remain 1 40:17 Chapter 03/37 Title 01 Elapsed 0:03 Remain 3:39 Audi[...]

29 ENGLISH Elapsed time of current trac k Currently playing track Time remaining for current track T otal elapsed time (disc) T otal time remaining (disc) T rac k 02/36 Elapsed 0 0:09 Remain 03:51 T rac k 02/36 T otal Elapsed 03:09 T otal Remain 56:51 T rac k 02/36 T otal Elapsed 03:09 T otal T ime 60:0 0 (no display) Number of tracks on disc Elaps[...]

30 Settings (introduction) Turn on the main unit, and the television (monitor). 1 Press the SETUP button. 2 The following appears on screen. < Factory settings are marked with an asterisk “*”. < Exit the setup mode by pressing SETUP once again. < Although it is possible to enter the setup screen while playback is continuing (or in resu[...]

31 ENGLISH Settings (Audio) Analog output settings [AUDIO q Analog Out] 2ch * Outputs audio from the FRONT L and R terminals. If the source is multi-channel surround, this is downmixed into 2 channels. Use this setting when you have no multi-channel analog connections. Multi Channel Use this when the unit is connected to an AV amplifier with 5.1 su[...]

32 Settings (Audio) Group playback mode (DVD audio) [AUDIO q Group Playback] Continue Plays all groups. Moving between groups is not possible when the menu screen is displayed. Single * Plays the group selected using the menu. Fast forward, track skip, etc. cannot be used to move between groups. Downmix [AUDIO q 2ch Down Mix] Lo/Ro * Usual stereo m[...]

33 ENGLISH Settings (Video) Video adjustment [VIDEO q Video Adjust] Highlight the Video Adjust menu item and press the ENTER button. 1 Near the bottom of the display, a row of four options appears: Reference, and three memory settings (Reference contains the factory default settings and the three memories can be used to make video settings for diff[...]

34 Settings (Language) Audio language selection [LANGUAGE q Audio Language] This provides an alternative to the AUDIO button for selecting alternative soundtracks. The default setting is English* but you can also select Japanese, or a number of other different languages as the audio track to be played from a multi-lingual disc. To select a language[...]

35 ENGLISH 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) 0512 Afar (aa) 0101 Abkhazian (ab) 0102 Afrikaans (af) 0106 Amharic (am) 0113 Arabic (ar) 0118 Assa[...]

36 Settings (General/Speaker setup) Use these speaker setup menus when connecting an AV amplifier with analog outputs, using the 5.1 multi-channel setting (there is no need for this setup when not using multi- channel analog connections). When “Direct” is chosen as the CD playback option (see page 31), the settings made here are ignored. These [...]

37 ENGLISH Speaker levels [GENERAL q Speaker Setting q Level] Use this to set the relative levels of the speakers. You can set the L/R pair together, and the center, and surround rear pair independently, as well as the subwoofer. The maximum value you can set here is +6dB and the minimum is -12dB, with settings made in 0.5dB increments. The default[...]

38 Settings (General/Video Out) This menu item contains a number of different options, all concerned with the video output from the unit. TV screen [GENERAL q Video Out q TV Screen] Because the shape of the television or monitor may not match the shape of the movie frame, you may need to change the way in which the image is displayed to avoid disto[...]

39 ENGLISH Component video output [GENERAL q Video Out q Comp. Video] This setting allows the selection of interlaced (Interlace*) or progressive-scan (Progressive) video from the component video outputs. Progressive-scan video provides a better, clearer picture. However, it is not supported by every television or monitor, and you should ensure tha[...]

40 Settings (General/Display) On-screen display [GENERAL q Video Out q On Screen Display] When a button is pressed and this setting is ON* , the screen shows that button’s name and/or icon, etc. Turn this OFF if you do not need this kind of on-screen display. Angle indication [GENERAL q Video Out q Angle Indicator] For discs which support differe[...]

41 ENGLISH As well as the level, you can change the country to which the level applies. Select the Country code option, enter the 4-digit country code and press ENTER. The two-letter country code changes. Playing a controlled disc If you then attempt to play a disc whose level is greater than the level you have set, the disc shows a screen which ex[...]

42 T roubleshooting In case you experience any problem with this unit, please take the time to look through this chart and see if you can solve the problem yourself before you call your dealer or a TEAC service center. No power e Check the connection to the AC power supply. Check and make sure the AC source is not a switched outlet and that, if it [...]

43 ENGLISH No DTS audio output. e When your amplifier is not equipped with DTS decoder, set the DTS setting to “PCM”. Or press the AUDIO button to select any other audio (see page 37, 24). e When playing back a DTS-CD, set the CD Digital Direct setting to “Normal” (see page 31). e Check the setting of your amplifier. Noticeable difference i[...]

44 Specifications General System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, DVD-R/RW, Video-CD, SACD, and CD Power supply Europe model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 230 V, 50 Hz U.S.A./Canada model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 120 V, 60 Hz Korea model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 220 V, 60 Hz Power consu[...]

45 ENGLISH Block Diagram SACD CD ･VCD DVD SACD VRDS UNIT FRONT PANEL CD DVD Spindle Motor Front End DSP SACD Decoder PCM Converter Digital Filter D/A Converter – – + + Balanced Front L ch Balanced Front R ch Front L ch AUDIO OUT (2ch) AUDIO OUT (5.1ch) VIDEO OUT Component Video DIGIT AL OUT Front R ch Surround L ch Surround R ch Center Subwoo[...]

0604 . MA-0891A Z This appliance has a serial number located on the rear panel. Please record the model number and serial number and retain them for your records. Model number Serial number TEAC CORPORATION 3-7-3, Nakacho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8550, Japan Phone: (0422) 52-5081 TEAC AMERICA, INC. 7733 Telegraph Road, Montebello, California 90640[...]