NAD L 53 manual

L 53 DVD Receiver ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS Owner’ s Manual Manuel d’Installation Bedienungsanleitung Gebruikershandleiding ® L53 IM english v3.qxd 7/20/2005 3:03 PM Page 1[...]

2 Introduction ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS ESP AÑOL IT ALIANO PORTUGUÊS SVENSKA IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. CAUTION TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK, MA TCH WIDE BLADE OF PLUG TO WIDE SLOT , FULL Y INSERT . CAUTION This Digital Video Disc Pl[...]

3 Introduction ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS ESP AÑOL IT ALIANO PORTUGUÊS SVENSKA WARNING TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. THE LIGHTNING FLASH WITH ARROWHEAD SYMBOL, WITHIN AN EQUILA TERAL TRIANGLE, IS INTENDED T O ALERT THE USER TO THE PRESENCE OF UNINSULA TED "DANGEROUS VOL T AGE&quo[...]

4 Introduction ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS ESP AÑOL IT ALIANO PORTUGUÊS SVENSKA CAUTION THIS DVD PLA YER EMPLOYS A LASER SYSTEM. TO ENSURE PROPER USE OF THIS PRODUCT , PLEASE READ THIS OWNER’S MANUAL CAREFULL Y AND RET AIN FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. SHOULD THE UNIT REQUIRE MAINTENANCE, CONT ACT AN AUTHORISED SERVICE LOCA TION. USE OF CONTRO[...]

5 Introduction ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS ESP AÑOL IT ALIANO PORTUGUÊS SVENSKA NTRODUCTION Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-4 W arning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

6 Introduction ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS ESP AÑOL IT ALIANO PORTUGUÊS SVENSKA UNP ACKING AND SETUP WHA T’S IN THE BOX Packed with your L53 receiver you will find: • An AM loop antenna • An FM ribbon-wire antenna with balun • The HTR L53 remote contr ol with 4 (four) AAA batteries • This owner’ s manual SA VE THE P ACKAGING [...]

7 Introduction ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS ESP AÑOL IT ALIANO PORTUGUÊS SVENSKA EASE OF USE Despite the effort NAD has invested in the L53 r eceiver’ s sonic performance, we expended no less in making it powerfully easy to use. Its design is uniquely simple for so sophisticated a component, and the HTR L53 universal remote contr ol is [...]

8 ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS ESP AÑOL IT ALIANO PORTUGUÊS SVENSKA FRONT P ANEL Identification of controls © N AD 2004 L53 DIGITAL CHAPTER TRACK DVD Receiver L53 FM MUTE/ MODE SETUP/ MEMORY TIMER ON/OFF AUDIO MODE PLAY / PAUSE INPUT SELECT STOP/ OPEN S-VIDEO PHONES VIDEO 4 INPUT L R (MONO) AUDIO VIDEO SCAN/TUNE SKIP/PRESET VOLUME (SETUP[...]

9 ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS ESP AÑOL IT ALIANO PORTUGUÊS SVENSKA FRONT P ANEL Identification of controls 8 DISC TRA Y W ith the DISC TRA Y open insert DVD, VCD, and CD media face down onto the tray . 9 PLA Y/P AUSE : Press this button to toggle between Play and Pause of a DVD/VCD/CD. 10 STOP/OPEN : Press this button to open and close t[...]

10 ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS ESP AÑOL IT ALIANO PORTUGUÊS SVENSKA A TTENTION! Please make all connections to your L53 receiver with the unit unplugged. (It is also advisable to power -down or unplug all associated components while making or breaking any signal or AC power connections.) EUROPEAN 240 VOL T VERSION ONL Y EUROPEAN 240 VOL [...]

11 ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS ESP AÑOL IT ALIANO PORTUGUÊS SVENSKA 6I R I N : This input is connected to the output of an IR (infrared) repeater (Xantech or similar), or the IR output of another component to allow control of the L53 fr om a remote location. Ask your dealer or custom installer for further details. 7 OPTICAL & COAXIAL[...]

12 ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS ESP AÑOL IT ALIANO PORTUGUÊS SVENSKA GETTING ST ARTED Before you make the first connection to your L53, you should have the arrangement of your listening room/home theatr e components and furniture mapped out, at least initially . Unfortunately , a discussion of the vital questions of loudspeaker placement [...]

13 ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS ESP AÑOL IT ALIANO PORTUGUÊS SVENSKA ABOUT THE ON-SCREEN DISPLA YS (OSD) AND FRONT -P ANEL READOUT The L53 receiver employs a self-explanatory on-scr een display “menu” for the internal DVD player . This “menu” will appear on the connected video monitor/TV and is requir ed during the setup process ([...]

14 ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS ESP AÑOL IT ALIANO PORTUGUÊS SVENSKA SRS SURROUND MODE From the fr ont panel or HTR L53 remote, select “AUDIO MODE”. T oggle through to SRS ON/OFF . T oggle the SRS to on or of f via the L53’ s volume knob or the HTR L53 volume arrows LEFT & RIGHT (BALANCE ADJUST) SETUP Adjusting the relative bala[...]

15 ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS ESP AÑOL IT ALIANO PORTUGUÊS SVENSKA Y ou may operate the L53 DVD Stereo Receiver from its fr ont panel or via the HTR L53 remote contr ol. Since the remote will be the primary contr oller for most cases, we will focus on remote-contr olled operations. Be sure also to r ead the section, “Front Panel”. A[...]

16 ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS ESP AÑOL IT ALIANO PORTUGUÊS SVENSKA PRESS “OPEN/CLOSE”; THE DISC TRA Y OPENS. • Y ou can open the disc tray by pressing this button even if the L53 is in standby mode. The power indicator will turn from blue to dark. Place a disc on the disc tray with the playback side down. • There ar e two differ[...]

17 ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS ESP AÑOL IT ALIANO PORTUGUÊS SVENSKA TITLE AND MENU BUTTONS Both these buttons are only found on the HTR L53. Both “TITLE” and “MENU” buttons ar e used to display via OSD, the title headings and menus of the DVD and MP3 CD media when available. Some movie discs may contain two or more titles. If the[...]

18 ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS ESP AÑOL IT ALIANO PORTUGUÊS SVENSKA DISC VIDEO OSD T o select the appropriate screen type according to your TV set, one selects the “SETUP/MEMOR Y” button from the L53’ s front panel. Choose “DISC VIDEO” and select choices that best fit your TV set. FORMA T Select between Letter Box 4:3, Pan Scan[...]

19 P ARENT AL CONTROL P ASSWORD Select P ASSWORD to change a four digit password, using the numeric buttons on the HTR L53’ s remote control. The first time you input a passwor d, use the factory default password 1234. RA TING LEVEL Select between 1 to 8 or “Unlock” to limit the viewing of DVD media only , by using the “ENTER” button to s[...]

20 PLA YING MP3 WMA AND JPEG CD-R/CD-RW Load CD. The OSD will display the folders or files as a list. For each file type; MP3, WMA, and JPEG, the L53’ s VFD will display the file type. Y ou may mix any of the file types on the CD. When playing the media, the HTR-L53’ s “DISP” button toggles the time display between “Chapter Elapsed”, ?[...]

21 ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS ESP AÑOL IT ALIANO PORTUGUÊS SVENSKA The L53’ s inter nal AM/FM tuner offers very high quality sound fr om radio broadcasts. Note that reception and sound quality will always be dependent to a degree on the type of antenna(s) used, as well as proximity to the br oadcast origin, geography , and weather con[...]

22 ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS ESP AÑOL IT ALIANO PORTUGUÊS SVENSKA CHOOSING THE FM MUTE / MODE The front-panel “FM MUTE / MODE” button is a dual-purpose contr ol. First, it “toggles” the L53 between stereo mute and unmuted mono r eception (assuming that a multiplex-stereo station of suf ficient strength is tuned). FM Mute elimin[...]

23 ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS ESP AÑOL IT ALIANO PORTUGUÊS SVENSKA SPECIFICA TIONS • Controls up to 8 devices • 44 function buttons • Learns up to 352 commands • Records up to 44 macr os with a maximum of 64 commands each • Configurable punch-through • Button illumination with programmable timeout • Upgradable • Contains[...]

24 ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS ESP AÑOL IT ALIANO PORTUGUÊS SVENSKA LEARNING CODES FROM OTHER REMOTES Begin by positioning the HTR L53 “nose-to-nose” with the source r emote so the two devices’ infrared windows are about 2 inches apart. • Enter Learning Mode: On the HTR L53, simultaneously press-and-hold for 3 seconds both a Devi[...]

25 ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS ESP AÑOL IT ALIANO PORTUGUÊS SVENSKA COPY A COMMAND FROM ANOTHER BUTTON Y ou may copy a command from any HTR L53 button to any other . T o copy a button function, after entering the Learning Mode, and pressing the desired button to be copied to, simply pr ess the device button from which you wish to copy , [...]

26 ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS ESP AÑOL IT ALIANO PORTUGUÊS SVENSKA EXECUTING MACROS T o execute a macro, press and release “MACRO”; its button illumination lights for 5 seconds. While it remains lit, pr ess an HTR L53 button to which a macro has pr eviously been stored. The corr esponding macro will run; as each step executes, its ?[...]

27 ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS ESP AÑOL IT ALIANO PORTUGUÊS SVENSKA DELETE MODE The HTR L53 can store learned, copied, and “default library” commands on any single button. (The default library commands are the pr e-programmed NAD codes, such as the native L53 commands on the “AMP” “page.”) Y ou can delete commands by layers b[...]

28 ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS ESP AÑOL IT ALIANO PORTUGUÊS SVENSKA SEARCH MODE If none of the codes from the table turn off the component, and if you ar e quite sure you have followed the above procedur e completely and carefully , you may want to try the “search” method as follows: Enter Library Mode by simultaneously pressing-and-[...]

29 ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS ESP AÑOL IT ALIANO PORTUGUÊS SVENSKA Operation NOTES L53 IM english v3.qxd 7/20/2005 3:06 PM Page 29[...]

30 ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS ESP AÑOL IT ALIANO PORTUGUÊS SVENSKA Reference CONDITION POSSIBLE CAUSE(S) POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS(S) NO SOUND FROM ALL CHANNELS • AC power unplugged • Power not switched on • Outlet is unpowered • Check AC cable, connection, and outlet NO SOUND FROM SOME CHANNELS • Faulty/missing cables; • “AUDIO [...]

31 ENGLISH FRANÇAIS DEUTSCH NEDERLANDS ESP AÑOL IT ALIANO PORTUGUÊS SVENSKA Reference AMPLIFIER SECTION Power output Stereo Mode 1 2 x 50W T otal harmonic distortion at rated power 0.08% IM distortion at rated power 0.08% Damping factor 8 ohms > 60 Frequency response 20 to 20,000 Hz ±0.5 dB Signal/noise ratio 2 >99 dB Signal/noise ratio 3[...]

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