Onkyo DV-C503 manual

DVD Changer DV -C503 Instruction Manual Thank you for purchasing the Onkyo DVD Changer . Please read this manual thoroughly before making connections and turning on the power . Following the instructions in this manual will enable you to obtain optimum performance and listening enjoyment from your new DVD Changer . Please retain this manual for fut[...]

2 Impor tant Saf eguar ds WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equila[...]

3 Precautions For Canadian model This class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. For models having a power cord with a polarized plug: CA UTION: TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK, MA TCH WIDE BLADE OF PLUG T O WIDE SLOT , FULL Y INSER T . Modèle pour les Canadien Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Ca[...]

4 Precautions 1. Regional Restriction Codes (Region Number) Regional restriction codes are built into DVD Changers and DVD-V ideo media for each sales region. If the regional code of the DVD Changer does not match one of the regional codes on the DVD-V ideo, playback is not possible. The regional number can be found on the rear panel of the DVD Cha[...]

5 T ab le of Contents Important Safeguards / Precautions / T able of Contents ............................ 2 - 5 Getting Started Notes on Discs .................................................................................................... 6 Playable Discs / The Structure of the Disc Content / About Video CDs / MP3 compatibility information / [...]

6 About Video CDs This DVD Changer supports V ideo CDs equipped with the PBC (V ersion 2.0) function. (PBC is the abbreviation of Playback Control.) Y ou can enjoy two playback variations depending on the type of disc. • Video CD not equipped with PBC function (V ersion 1.1) Sound and movies can be played on this DVD Changer in the same way as a [...]

7 Handling Discs • Do not touch the playback side of the disc. • Do not attach paper or tape to discs. Cleaning Discs • Fingerprints and dust on the disc cause picture and sound deterioration. W ipe the disc from the center outwards with a soft cloth. Always keep the disc clean. • If you cannot wipe off the dust with a soft cloth, wipe the [...]

8 Features/Supplied Accessories Batteries (size AAA/R3) [2] Remote controller (RC-469D V) [1] * 1 “ DTS ” and “ DTS Digital Out ” are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. * 2 Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “ Dolby ” and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential Unpublished W orks.[...]

9 Preparing the Remote Contr oller 1 Remove the battery compartment cover b y pressing the tab and lifting up the cover . 2 Insert the two batteries (size AAA/R3). Be sure to match the + and – ends of the batteries with the diagram inside the battery compartment. 3 Replace the battery compartment cover . Notes • Do not mix new batteries with ol[...]

10 Front Panel 1 PO WER button [17] Turns on the main power supply . 2 ST ANDBY indicator [17] Lights in the standby mode. 3 ST ANDBY/ON button [17] T oggle for standby on and off. 4 CD PLA Y button [26] Press to use the DVD Changer as CD player . 5 Front panel displa y [12] 6 DISC SKIP button [18] Press to select a disc. When the DISC SKIP button [...]

11 Rear Panel For operational instructions, see the page indicated in brackets [ ]. 1 VIDEO OUTPUT COMPONENT (P R /P B /Y) jac ks [15] If your TV has component inputs, you can connect a component video cable to your TV and to your DVD Changer for ideal video quality . The component video cable only carries the video signal; remember to connect the [...]

12 DVD TITLE CHAPTER MIN SEC VCD TRACK MIN SEC CD TRACK MIN SEC Display 1 Inserted disc indicators Indicate the type of current disc that is loaded. 2 Play/P ause indicators Illuminate in play or pause mode. 3 P arental Lock indicator Illuminates in parental lock mode. 4 TITLE indicator Illuminates to indicate the current title number . 5 RESUME in[...]

13 Remote Controller 1 ST ANDBY ON b utton [17] T oggle for standby on and off. 2 DISC SKIP button [18] Press to skip a disc. 3 RANDOM button [25] Press to do random playback. 4 REPEA T button [26] Press to go to the Repeat menu. Y ou can repeat a title, chapter , track or one or entire discs. 5 A-B button [26] Press to play section A-B repeatedly [...]

14 MODEL NO. DV-C503 DVD CHANGER OPTICAL COMPONENT VIDEO OUTPUT AUDIO OUTPUT DIGIT AL OUTPUT VIDEO S VIDEO P B P R Y L R COAXIAL Making Connections T o accommodate a wide range of home entertainment systems, this player features numerous connection types for both audio and video. Please refer to the instructions on this and the following pages to d[...]

15 Optional Video Connections V isible improvements in DVD-V ideo quality can be achieved by making either S-video or component video connections to a TV or monitor compatible with these types of connections. Note When either S-video or component video connection is made, it is not necessary to make composite video connections using the yellow cord[...]

16 MODEL NO. DV-C503 DVD CHANGER OPTICAL COMPONENT VIDEO OUTPUT AUDIO OUTPUT DIGIT AL OUTPUT VIDEO S VIDEO P B P R Y L R COAXIAL Optional Audio Connections This DVD Changer provides numerous ways to take full advantage of the digital multi-channel sound recorded on DVD and some CD media. Be sure to set Digital A udio Out after connection using the [...]

17 Connecting the POWER The DV -C503 is shipped with the main power (POWER) switch in the on position ( ON). When the power cord is plugged in for the first time, the DV -C503 will automatically enter the standby mode and the ST ANDBY indicator will light (same condition after step 2 below). T urning on 2 Press PO WER to switc h on the main power .[...]

18 ■ T o stop playbac k Press ST OP 7 . When you press PLA Y/P A USE £ / 8 to restart playback, playback starts from the location where you stopped playback because the location index is stored in memory . Note The location where playback resumes may vary depending on the disc or the scene where you stopped. Resuming playbac k from the beginning[...]

19 Notes • Do not move the DVD Changer during playback. Doing so may damage the disc. • Use 0 on the remote controller or DVD Changer to open and close the disc tray . Do not touch the disc tray while it is moving. Doing so may cause the DVD Changer to malfunction. • Do not press down on the disc tray or put any objects other than playable di[...]

20 Using the on-screen Banner Display The on-screen Banner Display contains many playback features. T o see the Banner Display , press ON SCREEN on the remote controller while a disc is playing. Use 2 / 3 to move through the different features in the Banner Display . Each feature is illustrated with an icon. During pla yback, press ON SCREEN. The B[...]

21 1 2 3 DVD Selecting a Title Some discs contain more than one title. For example, there might be four movies on one disc (each movie might be considered a title). Press ON SCREEN. Press 2 / 3 until the TITLE icon is highlighted. Press ENTER. “ T – – ” appears. Press the numeric b uttons to enter the title number . When you enter a one-dig[...]

22 Good evening! Bon soir! ¡ Buenas tardes! Changing the Subtitle Language Y ou can display subtitles on the TV screen and select a subtitle language from those included on the DVD-V ideo. Press On SCREEN during pla ybac k. Press 2 / 3 until the SUBTITLE icon is highlighted. Press ENTER. The subtitle menu appears. Press ENTER to select the subtitl[...]

23 Changing the Camera Angle If the scene was recorded from multiple angles, you can easily change the camera angle of the scene you are watching. Press On SCREEN during playbac k. Press 2 / 3 until the Angle icon is highlighted. Press ENTER. The angle menu appears. Press ENTER to select the angle. Each time you press ENTER , the angle changes. T o[...]

24 Using a bookmark The bookmark feature lets you mark a point on the disc that you can go to quickly . Y ou can store up to 9 bookmarks. Marking a scene Press ON SCREEN during playbac k. Press 2 / 3 until the bookmark icon is highlighted and press ENTER The bookmark menu appears. When y ou reach the scene you want to mark, press ENTER. The bookmar[...]

25 Other Operations Random pla y The chapters or tracks of the disc are played in random order . Press RANDOM. The random playback starts. The Random Play display appears on the screen. T o turn off the Random Play displa y Press ON SCREEN or CLEAR . The menu is switched off when no operation is performed for about 5 seconds. Note When playing a DV[...]

26 VCD CD DVD Other operations Repeat pla y Desired disc or title can be played back repeatedly . There are five repeat options: • All Discs Repeat all discs. • 1 Disc Repeat the disc that is playing. • T itle Repeat the title that is playing. • Chapter Repeat the chapter that is playing. • T rack Repeat the track that is playing. Press R[...]

27 1 2 Memory Play The DVD Changer automatically plays discs, titles, chapters, or tracks in the order you program. Press MEMOR Y during stop mode. The MEMOR Y EDIT display appears and the MEM. indicator lights. Press 5 / ∞ or numeric b uttons to select specific disc/title/chapter or track. Press ENTER. Select Add b utton on the screen to registe[...]

28 Pla ying back MP3 The DVD Changer can play back MP3 files recorded on CD-R or CD-R W . Press £ . When you insert MP3 media, playback will start automatically . MP3 On-screen display appears. T o stop playbac k Press 7 . T o skip files Press 4 / ¢ . Notes • It is not possible to play back folders and files (up to 223) that exceed the maximum [...]

29 MP3 Function Selecting MP3 files Y ou can select the files to be played back directly . Press 5 / ∞ to select the folder , then press ENTER Press 5 / ∞ to select the file, then press ENTER. Playback will start from selected file. Files in the next folder will be played back when no files exsit in the selected folder . T o mo ve to the upper [...]

30 1 2 3 4 5 Making Adjustments to Setting Press MENU during stop mode. Current setup menu display appears. Press 5 / ∞ to select the item y ou want to change, then press ENTER. Press 5 / ∞ to c hange the setting, then press ENTER. Further steps may be needed depending on the item or setting. Follow the steps described in the explanation of eac[...]

31 Audio Language DVD This sets the language to be used when playing a disc. If a disc does not contain the selected language, it is played in the priority language set for each disc. English: T o play sound tracks in English. Spanish T o play sound tracks in Spanish. French: T o play sound tracks in French. Others: T o make a further choice. Follo[...]

32 T o input passwor d 1 Select “ Set Password ” . 2 Press the numeric buttons to enter password. 3 Select OK button and press ENTER . Confirm Password display appears below Enter Password display . 4 Press the numeric buttons to enter password. 5 Select OK button and press ENTER . Note Be sure not to forget your password. If you should for get[...]

33 T o change passwor d 1 Press the numeric buttons to enter password. 2 Select OK button and press ENTER . Password setup menu appears. 3 Select “ Change Password ” . Enter Password menu appears. 4 Press the numeric buttons to enter new password. 5 Select OK button and press ENTER . Confirm Password display appears below Enter Password display[...]

34 Dynamic Range DVD Dynamic Range setting allows you to “ compress ” the dynamic range of a DVD ’ s sound track, so that you can lower the volume without losing extremely soft signals. This is especially useful when you are watching a movie late at night. Off: Full dynamic range is maintained. On: Dynamic range is reduced. Notes • This fun[...]

35 Digital Audio Out VCD CD DVD This sets the type of audio output from the digital audio output jack. PCM : Select when connected to a 2 channel digital stereo amplifier (see page 16). The DVD Changer outputs sounds in the PCM format when you play a DVD-V ideo disc recorded on the Dolby Digital. The DVD Changer does not output sounds in the PCM fo[...]

36 T able of Languages and Their Code No. T able of Langua ges Code No. Language Abkhazian Afar Afrikaans Albanian Ameharic Arabic Armenian Assamese A ymara Azerbaijani Bashkir Basque Bengali; Bangla Bhutani Bihari Bislama Breton Bulgarian Burmese Byelorussian Cambodian Catalan Chinese Corsican Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Esperanto Estonian[...]

37 Causes • The power cord is disconnected. • The main power is set to OFF . • There is external noise in the computer circuits of the DVD Changer . • The AC fuse is blown. • No disc is inserted. • The region number of the disc does not match that of the DVD Changer . • An unplayable disc is inserted. • The disc is placed upside dow[...]

38 Specifications Specifications and features are subject to change without notice. D VD Changer Power supply AC 120 V , 60 Hz Power consumption 20 W W eight 15.0 lbs External dimensions 17 1 / 8 " x 5 1 / 16 " x 16 15 / 16 " (W/H/D) Signal system NTSC Frequency range (digital audio) 48 kHz sampling 4 Hz to 22 kHz 96 kHz sampling 4 H[...]

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