McIntosh MVP881 manual

McIntosh Laboratory , Inc. 2 Chambers Street Binghamton, New Y ork 13903-2699 Phone: 607-723-3512 www .mcintoshlabs.com MVP881BR Au dio Vid eo Pl a y er Owner ’ s Manual[...]

2 The lightning ash with arrowhead, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s en - closure that may be of sufcient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to al[...]

3 17. The mains plug of the power supply cord shall remain readily operable. 18. Do not expose batteries to excessive heat such as sunshine, re or the like. 19. Connect mains power supply cord only to a mains socket outlet with a protective earthing connection. 20. W arning: The Ethernet connector of this equipment must not be directly connected[...]

4 T radema rk and License Information T radema rk and License Information The McIntosh MV P88 1 BR incor por ates copy r ight protect ion technolo g y th at is protected by U .S. pat- ents a nd other i ntellect ual prop er t y r ights. U se of this copyr ight protect ion tech nol ogy must be aut hori zed by Macrovisi on, a nd is inte nded for h ome[...]

5 T able of Contents Thank Y ou Y ou r decision to o w n t his McIntosh MV P88 1 BR Audio V ideo P lay er r an ks you at the v er y top among disc r im i nat i ng musi c list ener s. Y ou now ha ve “The Best. ” The McIntosh dedication to “Qu alit y , ” is a ssu r - ance t hat yo u w ill re ceiv e ma ny y ea rs of visu al and musical en jo y[...]

6 General Infor mation 1 . F or add itional con nection in for mation, refer to the owner’ s ma nual( s ) for any component( s ) conne cted to the M V P88 1 BR A udio Vi deo Play e r . 2. If the M V P88 1 BR will be con nected to a T V / Monitor using the Component Vi deo con ne ctions, pl ease r ef er to “ Set up Mode” on page 2 3 for ad- di[...]

7 X LR Connectors Bel ow is the Pin con f i g u r ation fo r t he XLR Bala nced Out put Con nect ors on the M V P88 1 BR. Re fer to the diag r am for conne ction: P I N 1 : Shield/Grou nd P I N 2: + Out put P I N 3 : - Out put P ow er Con trol Connector The M V P88 1 BR P ower Control Input/Out put Jacks receiv e/ send Po wer O n /Off Si g nals whe[...]

8 M V P88 1B R also has C omponent V ideo, S- Vi deo a nd Composite V ideo Out puts for a var iety of applica t ions. • Ad vanced Video Circuit r y The M V P88 1 BR uses the HQ V Realta P rocessor f rom Silicon Opti x for video deinterlacing, proce ssing and scali ng. Di g ital Noise R educt ion and 1 4/1 2Bi t Digital to A nalog Vi deo Conv er s[...]

9 Dimensions The fo llowing d imen sions can assist i n deter mi n- ing t he best location f or yo u r M V P88 1 BR. There is add itional in form ation on the next page per t ai n ing to in st alli ng t he MV P8 8 1B R i nto cabinet s. 17- 1/2 " 44.45cm 6" 15.24cm Front V iew of the MVP881BR 5- 3/8 " 13.69cm 4- 5/8 " 1 1.75cm 13[...]

10 Installation Installation The M V P88 1 BR can be placed upr ight on a table or she lf, st a ndi ng on its fo u r feet. It also can be custom in st alled i n a pi ece of f u r n it u re or cabinet of y ou r cho ice. The fo u r feet may be remo ved f rom the bot- tom o f t he M V P88 1B R when it is custom in sta lled as outlined b el ow . T he f[...]

11 Rear P anel Connector s Con ne ct t he M V P88 1B R power cord to a l ive A C outlet. Refer to in for mat ion on t he back pa nel of your M V P88 1BR to deter mi ne the cor rec t vo lta ge for y ou r u nit OPTICAL a nd CO A XI A L DI GIT A L A U DIO O U T - PUTS send sig nal s to a Cont rol Cente r wit h a D/ A Conver te r or a dec ode r Y OUTPU[...]

12 Making Connections Making Connections The M V P88 1 BR has the abilit y to be re motel y switched On /O f f f rom a Mc I ntosh Prea mplif ier or A / V Cont rol Center v ia the P ow er Cont rol connec - tion. The M V P88 1 BR Data P or t Con ne ction allow s fo r t he remote oper ation o f basic f u nctions usi ng the A / V Cont rol Center Remote[...]

13 Notes[...]

14 Remote Control P ush- But tons Note : Pu sh- bu tto ns wh ose f unc tio n is not i de nt if ie d above a re for use w ith othe r McIntosh Com pone nt s Use to Clear the last programmed track Use to access the Setup Menu Move forward to the next chapter or track, also use to set the Still V ideo Image step rate Return to the previous setup menu s[...]

15 How to use the Remote Control How to use the Remote Control The Remote Control is capabl e of perfor mi ng both basic Oper ati ng Funct ions and Set up O ptions for the M V P88 1B R Audio V ideo Disc Pl ayer . Notes: R efer to th e “H ow to O pera te ” an d “H ow to Ope rate S et up Mo de ” S ect ion s of thi s man ual for add itio nal i[...]

16 Sta ndby Po wer On Ind icator IR Se ns or receives com ma nd s f rom a Remote Cont rol Disc T r ay open s to load a nd u nloa d a di sc Front P anel In for m ation Disp lay ST A N DB Y /O N P ush -but to n switche s the M VP88 1BR O N or OFF ( Sta ndby ) Op en s a nd Closes the d isc t r ay for load ing or u n - load ing d iscs Sta r t s playbac[...]

17 Indicates when the two digits below are displaying the T rack or Chapter Number Indicates when the disc con- tains multiple viewing angles Indicates the type of media loaded; BD, SD Card, CD, DVD, DVD-Audio, or DVD- V ideo Indicates either two or multi-channel sound playback Indicates when the Pause Mode is active Indicates when the Play Mode is[...]

18 Y ou r Mc I ntosh M V P88 1B R has be en fact or y con f i g- u red for de fault operat i ng set ti ngs th at wil l allow y ou to i m med iatel y enjo y super b video a nd high f ide lit y audio f rom a D V D - Vi deo. I t also reproduce s D V D - Audio , SA C Ds and CDs w ith u npa ral le led sonic pu- r ity . If you wish to ma ke c ha nges to [...]

19 3 . Pres s the R ight  Di rect ional Pu sh-butt on fo l- lo wed by m ultiple presses o f t he Down  D ire c- tional P ush-but ton u ntil t he BD Data Utilit y Menu item appea rs at t he top of the menu in a rect a ng u- lar box. Re fer to f ig u re 5 . 4. Press the R ight  Di rect ional Pu sh-but ton and a new menu will app ea r . Ref e[...]

20 BD DA TA UTILITY Do not perform this operation when an SD card containing MP3 or JPEG data is inserted. ► Initialize SD Card No Ye s Initialize SD Card Please Wait... Fi g u r e 12 1 0. Press t he SE LECT Pu sh-but ton to begi n I n itial- iz ing t he card. Ref er t o f ig u re 12. 1 1 . Using the Di rect ional Pu sh-butt ons ret u r n to t he[...]

21 Default Settings MENU SELECTION SETTING ADJUST MENT SETTING PAG E La ng u ag e Set u p A HDMI Dia log Or igi n a l 22 Subt itle Off 22 Dis c Men us Engli sh 22 GU I La ng u a ge Engli sh 22 H DMI S et u p A HDMI Auto For m at Ma x Res . 22 Color Sp ac e H DMI 1 YC b C r 22 H DMI 2 YC b C r 22 De ep C olor H DMI 1 Aut o 22 H DMI 2 Aut o 22 Aud io[...]

22 MAIN MENU SUB MENU SELECTION OPTION(S) DESCRIPTION La ng u ag e Set u p A HDMI Dia log ● Original Original, English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Italian, Swedish, Dutch, Russian, Chinese, Korean, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Hungarian, Roma- nian, T urkish, Greek, Irish, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Others Th [...]

23 Setup Mode, con’t MAIN MENU SUB MENU SELECTION OPTION(S) DESCRIPTION H DMI S et u p A HDMI SA-CD Audio Out ● On Off On, the MVP881BR converts the SACD Disc native DSD (Direct Stream Digital) signal to multichannel or 2CH PCM via the HDMI Output. Off, sends no audio signal via the HDMI Output. HDMI Control Control ● Off, HDMI 1 On, HDMI 2 O[...]

24 1 The 7.1 ch Audio Out Menu Selection will be “grayed out” until the HMDI Setup, Audio Setup, Menu Selection is set to “Mute”. MAIN MENU SUB MENU SELECTION OPTION(S) DESCRIPTION Audio Setup A HDMI Focus Position Distance between the Loudspeakers and the Microphone Focus Position Figure 13 7.1ch Audio Out 1 ● Multi Channel 2 Channel The[...]

25 MAIN MENU SUB MENU SELECTION OPTION(S) DESCRIPTION Audio Setup A HDMI Subwoofer Mode ● LFE LFE+Main LFE setting allows the low frequency signal from the channels with Speaker Conguration set to Small to be sent to the Subwoofer . The LFE+Main set - ting allows the low frequency signal from all of the channels to be sent to the Subwoofer reg[...]

26 MAIN MENU SUB MENU SELECTION OPTION(S) DESCRIPTION Ratings A HDMI Password Change Enter a new password The default password is 0000 BD Rating Level ● No Limit Level 0 thru Level 254 No Limit, setting allows anyone to view the Blu-ray Disc. Level 0 thru Level 254, settings allow parents to restrict the viewing of Blu-ray on the basis of age. DV[...]

27 Setup Mode, con’t MAIN MENU SUB MENU SELECTION OPTION(S) DESCRIPTION Other Setup A HDMI Auto Power Mode ● Off On Off, the MVP881BR will stay on until switched Of f. On, will automatically switch power Off about 30 minutes after disc playback has ended, a disc is not loaded or when disc playback is stopped. Power Saving ● Power Saving Stand[...]

28 How to Operate the MVP881BR Y ou r Mc I ntosh M V P88 1B R has be en con f ig u red fo r default operat ing set t i ngs that w ill al lo w yo u to im me diately enj oy superb video a nd high f ide lit y audio f rom a wide var iety of discs. If you wish to ma ke c ha nges to the default sett i ngs, a Set up featu re is provided to custom iz e the[...]

29 Note: Whe n a Blu-ra y, D V D Video or Aud io Di sc is f ir st star te d, th e Di sc ’ s On- Scre en Men u will us ually ap pea r allowing for the choic e of selec - tio ns a nd va rio u s Audio/ Video Playbac k Param- ete rs. Ho w to Play a S A CD Disc Wi t h a disc al re ady loaded into t he M V P88 1B R, pr ess t he  (Play ) P u sh-butt [...]

30 How to Operate the MVP881BR, con’t 7 ti mes nor m al spee d. T o ret u r n to nor m al pla yback press t he  (Pla y ) P u sh-butt on. Stop Mode Pre ss the < ( Stop ) Pu sh-but ton once to stop d isc pla y - back, k nown a s Resu me Stop . Pr ess  (Play ) a nd t he disc w ill st a r t playing agai n f rom t he disc t i me where Stop wa[...]

31 How to Operate the MVP881BR, con’t N U M ER IC Pu sh-butt on( s ) to ente r the desi red T r ack N u m b e r. Note: The de sired di sc T ra ck s ma y als o be selec ted b y using th e On- Scr een Ico n. P res s the SEA RCH Push- b ut ton on th e Remote Co nt rol an d then N U - MER IC Push - but ton s. D V D - Video Repeat Th is al lo ws repe [...]

32 How to Operate the MVP881BR, con’t Note : It is pos sible to ente r a Prog ram u sing just the Front Panel Alphanu me ric D ispla y ; h oweve r the On - Sc ree n Icon Dis play allows vie wing of the whole prog ram at on e tim e. 2. U sing the Numer ic Push-button s enter t he desired T ra ck Se lection f or the f ir st Progr am Ste p . Note : [...]

33 How to Operate the MVP881BR, con’t MP 3/W MA Audio Playb ack The M V P88 1 BR will d ispla y t he F older Str uct u re and T r ack s f rom a CD Disc with M P3 for mat to ma ke the song sel ect ion process ea sier . T o pla y a M P3 disc per for m the fo llowing ste ps : 1 . Loa d a M P3 / W M A Dis c into t he M V P88 1B R, about 5 to 20 secon[...]

34 H DMI Set t i ngs The H DMI MOD E allo ws match ing t he requi re ments o f a w ide var iety of Digital Audio and V ideo Com- ponents con nect ed to t he M V P88 1 B R. T he H DMI MO DE Push-but ton sw itches bet ween the var ious HDMI set ti ngs. Re fer to the char t belo w a lon g w ith f ig u res 50 and 5 1 . Note: Whe n cha nges are m ade to[...]

35 The re are four tee n dif ferent video a djustment possibl e fo r ea ch o f the f iv e memor y locations. Re fer to t he f ol- lo wi ng char t fo r ad ditional i nfor mat ion : Video Adjustment Description Adjustment Range DNR Dynamically reduces the noises in the picture 0 - +3 MVP881BR Video/Audio Settings and Adjustments Figu re 52 Figu re 53[...]

36 Figu re 57 Figu re 56 Figu re 55 Figu re 54 4. T o exit the Second a r y Video (PIP ) Mode Se lection press t he MO DE Push-but ton. Au d io Set t i ngs The BD F or m at allo ws for a new o ptional feat u re not previousl y availabl e on D V D dis cs, k nown as P ict u re- in-Pict u re. Ref er to f igu re 5 5 . W h ile the movie is p lay- ing a [...]

37 On ma ny discs t he sound t r ack is availab le in sev er al d if ferent ty pes ( e. g. Dol by T r ue HD, Do lby Digital 5 . 1 , etc. ). The M V P88 1B R allow s selection f rom the availab le t y pe s while the d isc is pla y ing. T o chn age the sound t r ack t y pe p er form t he fo llowing: 1 . Pre ss the A U D IO Pu sh-button. Ref er t o f [...]

38 P u r p o s e: T o Update t he M V P88 1B R F i r mware. Re q u i re m e nt s: 1 . A f u nct ioning M V P88 1 BR A udio/ Video P layer . 2. A n Ether net Connec tion bet ween the M V P88 1 BR ETH ER N ET R J4 5 con nect or ( u sing a C A T5 or C A T6 cab le ) to a Computer Network with router providing Broadba nd Inter net Access or di rectly to[...]

39 Fi g u r e 84 OTHER SETUP Firmware Update Set other items. a ▲ ▼ HDMI ► Check for Update Start CHECK FOR UPDA TE The firmware is use is the most recent version. Result Update Firmware Not available Firmware is up to date. Return Fi g u r e 86 CHECK FOR UPDA TE Please Wait... Fi g u r e 85 CHECK FOR UPDA TE The firmware is use is not the mo[...]

40 CHECK FOR UPDA TE Result Update Firmware Not available Firmware is up to date. Return Firmware Update Execute update. Do not turn power off until update is finished. After starting update, note that GUI will shutdown Download firmware... 15% Remain time 24min Fi g u r e 9 1 Firmware Update , con’t FIRMWARE UPDA TE Firmware Update Set other ite[...]

41 Notes[...]

42 N umber of Channels 2 and 7 . 1 Output Lev el 4. 0V r m s Balanced (2 c ha n nel Out put ) 2.0 V r ms Unbalanced ( 2 chan ne l O ut put and 7 . 1 Ch an nels ) Output Impedance 600 oh ms Bala nced (2 c ha n nel Out put ) 600 oh ms Unbalanced (2 c ha n nel Out put and 5 . 1 Cha n nels ) Au d io Frequen cy Response ( Blu-ray-D V D ) 4Hz to 22,00 0H[...]

43 Packing Instructions Packing Instructions In t he event i t is necessa r y to repa ck the equipment for shipment, the equ ipment must be packed exactly as sho w n belo w . It is v er y impor ta nt that t he fo u r plas- tic feet are at t ached to t he bot tom o f t he equipment. Th is w ill e nsu re t he proper e quipment location on the bott om[...]

The continuous improvement of its products is the policy of McIntosh Laboratory Incorporated who reserve the right to improve design without notice. Printed in the U.S.A. McIntosh Laboratory , Inc. 2 Chambers Street Binghamton, NY 13903 www .mcintoshlabs.com McIntosh Part No. 041 15100[...]