OPPO Digital DV-983H manual

® DVD PLAYER DV-983H USER MANUAL R E A D C A R E F U L L Y B E F O R E O P E R A T I O N[...]

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i Table of Contents Important Information ............................................................... 1 Important Safety Instr uctio ns .................................................................................... 2 Additional Safety Instr uctio ns .................................................................................... 2 Cau[...]

ii Volume C ontro l ......................................................................................................... 28 Mute ........................................................................................................................... 28 Audio Language/Channel Selection ........................................................[...]

iii Specificat ions ............................................................................................................ 61 Language Code List .................................................................................................. 62 LIMITED WARRANTY ............................................................... 63 OPPO Digital,[...]

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1 Impor tant Infor mation CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. DO NOT OPEN. CAUTION: TO PREVENT ELECTRICAL SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE THE COVER. NO USER-SER VICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIE D SERVICE PERSONNEL. WARNING: TO PREVENT DAMAGE WHICH MAY RESULT IN FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. The lightning[...]

IMPORTANT INFORMATION 2 Impor tant Safety Instr uctions 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 manufa cturer’s instructions. 8) Do not in[...]

IMPORTANT INFORMATION 3 13) When smoke, abnormal smell or sound appears from the pro duct, please cut off power immediately and contact your dealer or servi ce center. 14) Never insert any metal object into the cabinet. It may create danger of electric sho ck. 15) After service and maintenance, please let the service person do sa fety check to ensu[...]

IMPORTANT INFORMATION 4 Copyright Protection This product inco rporates copyright protection technology t hat is protected by U.S. patents and other intellectual pr operty rights . Use of this copyright pro tection tech nology must be authorized b y Macrovision Corporation, a nd is intended for home an d other limited viewi ng uses only unles s oth[...]

5 INST ALLA TION F r ont Panel Controls 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1. POWER Button 2. Resolution Indi cators 3. Disc Tray 4. OPEN/CLOSE Button 5. IR Remote Sensor 6. Display Wind ow 7. HDMI Button 8. STOP Button 9. PLAY/PAUSE Button F r ont Panel Display W indow 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1. Disc Type Indi cation – Indicate s the currently playing disc typ e 2.[...]

INSTALLATION 6 R ear Panel Connector s 1 7 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 1. HDMI Output 2. USB 2.0 Port 3. Coaxial and Opti cal Digital Audio Output 4. Component Video Output 5. Composite Video Out put 6. S-Video Output 7. 7.1CH Audio Out put 8. IR IN and OUT Port s 9. RS-2 32 Port In addition to the abov e connectors, the AC power inl et is also located on the re[...]

INSTALLATION 7 R emote Contr ol 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 DV-983H 1. POWER Button: Toggle p ower STANDBY and ON 2. DVD/US B Button: Select DVD or USB device as content source 3. ON Button: Turn power ON 4. OFF Button: Turn power OFF 5. AUDIO O NLY Button: Turn off/on video [...]

INSTALLATION 8 Battery Installation 1. Remove the batt ery compartment cov er 2. Insert batteries 3. Replace the batte ry compartment cov er Using the Remote Control When using the re mote control, the front wi ndow of the re mote control should be point ed to the infrared sensor on the front panel within an angle of ±30° and a range of about 26 [...]

INSTALLATION 9 Making the Vi deo Connection HDMI Connection HDMI Cable Composite Video Cable S-Video Cable (Optional) (Included, Optional) S-Video HDMI In Video In Rear Panel Method 1 – HDMI Connection Directly to TV • If your TV has an HDMI (High-Definition Multim edia Interface) input, you can use the included HDMI cable to connect the DVD pl[...]

INSTALLATION 10 DVI Connection HDMI - DVI Cable Composite Video Cable S-Video Cable (Optional) (Included, Optional) S-Video DVI Video In Rear Panel DVI Audio Audio Cable Method 2 – DVI Connection to TV • If your TV has a DVI input that supports HDCP, you can purchase an HDMI-DVI adapter cabl e to connect the DVD player to the TV. This c onnecti[...]

INSTALLATION 11 Component Video Connection Component Video Cable Composite Video Cable S-Video Cable (Optional) (Included, Optional) S-Video Video In Rear Panel Audio Cable Component Vide o Audio Y Pb/Cb Pr/Cr L R Method 3 – Component Video Connection to TV • If your TV has no digital video input but has compone nt video inputs, please use a se[...]

INSTALLATION 12 Connecting to an Audio System Connecting to a Receiver/Amplif ier with HDMI Input/Output HDMI Cable HDMI Cable HDMI In Rear Panel HDMI In HDMI Out AUD IO/VI D EO M U L TI- CHANN EL R E C EIVE R Method 4 – HDMI Connection to Receiver and TV • HDMI can transmit both audio and video signals over a single cable . If you have an HDMI[...]

INSTALLATION 13 Connecting to a Receiver/Amplif ier with 7.1c h Audio Input Audio Interconnect Cable Rear Panel AUD IO/VI D EO M U L TI- CHANN EL R E C EIVE R Receiver/Amplifier with 7.1ch Audio Input FRONT SURROUND SUBWOOFER S. BACK L R L R L R CENTER Method 5 – 7.1ch Analo g Audio Connection • Please use 8 RCA-style audio intercon nect cables[...]

INSTALLATION 14 Connecting to a Receiver/Amplif ier with 5.1c h Audio Input Audio Interconnect Cable Rear Panel AUD IO/VI D EO M U L TI- CHANN EL R E C EIVE R Receiver/Amplifier with 5.1ch Audio Input FRONT SURROUND SUBWOOFER L R L R CENTER Method 6 – 5.1ch Analo g Audio Connection • Please use 6 RCA-style audio intercon nect cables to connect [...]

INSTALLATION 15 Connecting to a Receiver/Amplifier wi th Dolby Digita l or DTS Decoder Coaxial Digital Audio Cable Rear Panel AUD IO/VI D EO M U L TI- CHANN EL R E C EIVE R Receiver/Amplifier with Dolby Digital or DTS Decoder Coaxial In Optical In Optical Digital Audio Cable Connect one of these cables Method 7 – Digital Audi o Connection • Ple[...]

INSTALLATION 16 Connecting to a Stereo or Surround Audio System Audio Interconnect Cable Rear Panel AUD IO/VI D EO M U L TI- CHANN EL R E C EIVE R Stereo or Surround Audio System AUDIO IN L R Method 8 – Stereo Anal og Audio Connecti on • If your audio system only offers stereo audio inputs, you can connect it to the FRONT/MIXED L/R audio output[...]

INSTALLATION 17 Custom Installation Options Infrared Remote (IR) Installation The DV-983 H features an IR IN and IR O UT ports on its back panel. If the DVD player is to be instal led in an equipment cabin et where direct line -of-sight is not ava ilable for remote control, you r custom home theater installer can p urchase an External I R Remote Se[...]

INSTALLATION 18 Setting Up the Player - Initial Setup Use the Setup Menu System In many places of this guide, the DVD play er’s Setup Menu needs to be adju sted to match your specifi c audio/video configur ation. When asking you to make me nu adjustm ents, we will use the foll owing terminology to indicate the location of the desired function: Se[...]

INSTALLATION 19 To access the DVD player’s Setup Menu simply pr ess the SETUP button on the remote control. Since some setup menu o ptions can be come inaccessi ble when the play er is playing a di sc, it is recomm ended that you operate the setup menu when playback is fully stop ped or when there i s no disc in the player. 1. Press the SETUP but[...]

INSTALLATION 20 T V Display Border Level Screen Saver Background Dimmer Control OSD Mode Angle Mark SACD Priority -- General Setup Page -- 4:3 Letterbox 0 On Default On Normal Off Multi-Channel 5. To exit the SETUP menu, pre ss the SETUP button on the remote control. Determine Your Display Type Widescreen, or 16: 9 TV Standard Definition, or 4:3 TV[...]

INSTALLATION 21 change the brightness lev el of the bars. If you se t it to 3 or 4, the bars become grey instead of black. This setting allows the phosphor in the ba r area to be moderately used, and can alleviate the burn-in problem. If you have a 4:3 or stan dard definition screen a s pi ctured on the rig ht, select one of the se options: • 4:3[...]

INSTALLATION 22 HDMI Button 3. Turn on the DVD player with no disc in its tray, or if the DVD player is already on, make sure that playback is com pletely stopped. 4. Press the HDMI button to show the current output resolution. Each subsequent press of the HDMI button swit ches the output resolution in the following se quence: NTSC output via HDMI:[...]

INSTALLATION 23 Set up Audio Options Depending on your specifi c audio/video connection method, the audio options of the DVD player may need to be adjusted to match yo ur configuration. Plea se re fer to the vide o and audio co nnection methods de scribed previously in this guide and the following audi o setup guidelines. Audio Connection Directly [...]

INSTALLATION 24 -- Speaker Setup Page -- Down-mix Front Speaker Center Speaker Surround Speaker S. Back Speaker Subwoofer Channel Delay Channel T rim 5.1 CH Large Large Large Large On -- Audio Setup Page -- HDMI Audio Digital Outupt LPCM Rate EQ Type Sound Field Audio T one Pro Logic II Dolby Digital Setup Auto Raw 48K None Off 00 In this configura[...]

INSTALLATION 25 • Set the Audio Setup Page > Digital Output to “Ra w” . This will ensure the original Dolby Digital and DTS audio stream will be sent to the re ceiv er for decoding. Stereo audio content will also be sent in digital format. -- Audio Setup Page -- HDMI Audio Digital Outupt LPCM Rate EQ Type Sound Field Audio T one Pro Logic [...]

26 B ASIC OPERA TIONS Disc Playback DVD-A SACD POWER EJEC T STOP PLA Y 1 ． Press the POWER button to turn on the DVD player. 2 ． Press the OPEN/CLOSE ( EJECT ) button to eject the disc tray. 3 ． Place the disc with the label side facing up and the recorded side facing down. 4 ． Press the OPEN/CLOSE ( EJECT ) button again to retract the tray[...]

BASIC OPERATIONS 27 Pause Playbac k DVD-A SACD PLA Y P AUSE 1. During playb ack, press the PAUSE button to temporarily pause th e program. • In the PAUSE status, the TV screen displays: 2. Press the PLAY button to resume playback. NOTE If the screen saver is set to “ON” (please refer to page 45 for details), after pausi ng for 2 minutes the p[...]

BASIC OPERATIONS 28 V olume Control DVD-A SACD VOL - VOL + 1. For regular audio volume adjustment, it is recommended that you use the volume control on your TV or receiver/amplifier. 2. The VOL +/- buttons on the DVD remote control is provided a s an alternative way of controlling the audio volume. It is recommended that you use this control to mak[...]

BASIC OPERATIONS 29 Audio Language/Channel Selection DVD-A SACD AUDIO To select the audio language or channel, press the AUDIO button on the remote control during p layback. • For DVD or video programs that are en coded with multipl e audio languages or channels, you m ay select the desire d language or channel. Audio 1/2: English Audio 2/2: Fren[...]

BASIC OPERATIONS 30 Angle Selectio n ANGLE 1. When playing DVD discs, a n angle mark will be displayed on the screen when the player det ects scenes recorded with multiple angles: The angle mark is also presente d on the front panel display. 2. Press the ANGLE button on the remote control to select the de sired playing angle. 3. To resume n ormal p[...]

31 AD V ANCED OPERA TIONS TV System Selection P/N While you will want to set the video output system (NTS C/PAL) to the sa me as that supported by your TV, realiz e that the DVD player will c onvert any content that i s not in the format your TV u nderstands. The def ault output is NTSC for No rth America. Press the P/N button on the remote control[...]

ADVANCED OPERATIONS 32 The available zoom level depends o n the “ TV Display ” setting in the setup menu and the aspect ratio of the DVD disc. The following zoom level s may be useful for some special appli cations: 1) Playing 16:9 DVD when “ TV Display ” is set to “ 16:9 Wide ” or “ 16:9 Wide/Auto ” • Stretch – The image is ver[...]

ADVANCED OPERATIONS 33 3) Playing 4:3 DVD when “ TV Display ” is set to “ 16:9 Wide/Auto ” • 1:1 – The player maintains the correct 4:3 as pect ratio and adds bo rders to the left and right sides of the image. The brightness leve l of the borders can be set by the “ Border Lev el ” setting in the “ Video Setup Page ” of the setu[...]

ADVANCED OPERATIONS 34 5) Playing 16:9 DVD when “ TV Display ” is set to “ 4:3 Letterbox ” • 1:1 - The player maintains t he correct 16:9 as pect ratio and adds borders to the top and bottom of the image. The brightness level of the borders ca n be set by the “ Border Level ” setting in the “ Video Setup Page ” of the setup menu. [...]

ADVANCED OPERATIONS 35 F a st Playback DVD-A SACD REV FWD You may fast forward or reve rse to search for a cert ain point during play back. 1. Press the FWD button on the remote control and the player sta rts fast forward playback. Each press of the FWD button swit ches the playback speed in the following se quence: 2. Press the REV button on the r[...]

ADVANCED OPERATIONS 36 CD disc: Shuffle Random All T rack Repeat Off SACD disc: Shuffle Random Single Folder (Normal) Repeat Folder Repeat One NOTE In normal playback mode, each track is played back in sequential ord er. As the name implies, the random playback mode randomly sele cts a track to play. The shuffle mode also plays back the tracks in r[...]

ADVANCED OPERATIONS 37 Playback by T r ack Number SACD CD discs NUMBERS PLA Y SELECT Insert disc. After the player begins reading the disc, press the NUM BER buttons on the remote control to select the track for playback. • Press the NUMBER buttons 1-9 to directly select the corresponding chapter/track if the chapter/t rack num ber is below 10. F[...]

ADVANCED OPERATIONS 38 • Enter the title number 6 . The cursor moves to the “Chapter” lo cation and the TV screen displays: T itle 06/30 Chapter /02 • Enter the chapter number 2 . The TV screen displays: T itle 06/30 Chapter 02/02 • Playback starts from the specified title and chapter. NOTE To enter a number greater than 9, use th e +10 b[...]

ADVANCED OPERATIONS 39 Bookmar ks DVD-A This function lets you bookmark positions of a disc so you can quickly return to them at a later time. BOOKMAR K PLA Y ARROW SELECT RETURN 1. Press the BOOKMARK button on the remote control to show the bookmark select ion box: 2. Press the ARROW buttons to highlight an unused bookmark positio n. 3. When playb[...]

ADVANCED OPERATIONS 40 Vi ewing Static Pictur es on D VD-Audi o Discs DVD-A NEXT P AGE PREV P AGE Some DVD-Audio discs contain static pi cture s, such as photos of the band or narration of the album. When a DVD-Audio tra ck is playing, you may use the PREV PAGE button (same as the SUBTITLE button) to select the previous picture or the NEXT PAGE but[...]

ADVANCED OPERATIONS 41 Playing Digital Vi deo, A udio and Pictur e Files The DVD player prese nts a disc navigation menu fo r SACD discs and data di scs containing digital video (such as XviD), digital audio (such as WMA) or digital picture files. The disc na vigation menu contains the following components: 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Status Window – Di splay[...]

ADVANCED OPERATIONS 42 Digital Music Pl ay Operations When playing digital music files, t he following operations are availa ble: • Repeat, Shuffle or Random Playback – Press the REPEAT button on the remote cont rol to switch the playback mode. • Skip – While a song is playing, the SKIP PREV and SKIP NEXT buttons can be used to skip to the [...]

ADVANCED OPERATIONS 43 • Press the ARROW buttons to rotate or flip the picture: o UP: Invert o DOWN: Mirror o LEFT: Rotate counter-clo ckwise o RIGHT: Rotat e clockwise Playing a Disc with Both Di gital Audio and Picture Files If the disc contains both digital audio an d picture files, you can enjoy both of them simultaneously. First navigate to [...]

ADVANCED OPERATIONS 44 • Supported USB drives must be formatted with the FAT (File Allocation Table) or FAT32 file system. Drives formatted with NTFS file system are not supported. • The play can index approximately 600 file and folder names. Disks containing more than 600 files and folders may not play properly. It may take the player longer t[...]

45 SETUP MENU OPTIONS The Setup Menu of the DVD player pre sents many set up and configuration optio ns. For most users, the default configuration works well eno ugh and there is no need to change the settings. However if you need to configure the DVD player to perfectly match your home the ater settings and viewing preferen ce, please refer to the[...]

SETUP MENU OPTIONS 46 4. Backgrou nd : To select what background screen the DV D player shows when it is not playing a disc. The available options are: • Default – Show the factory-installed ba ckground screen. • Captured – Use the custo mer-captured image as the background screen. 5. Dimmer Con trol : To control the display intensity of th[...]

SETUP MENU OPTIONS 47 mode is turned off, the player will wait for the user to st art playback by pressing the PLAY or SELECT button. 13. Alt RC Code (on/off): To turn on or off the DVD player’s response to a set of alternative remo te control code. The alternative remote control code enables users to prog ram their universal remote controls that[...]

SETUP MENU OPTIONS 48 Speak er Setup Page Down-mix Front Speaker Center Speaker Surround Speaker S. Back Speaker Subwoofer Channel Delay Channel T rim -- Speaker Setup Page -- 7.1 CH Large Small Small Small Off 1. Do w n-mix Mode: To set the audio down-mix mode for convertin g multi-channel audio into two- channel output. This setting affects the a[...]

SETUP MENU OPTIONS 49 • Small – Choose if the surround speakers are sma ll. Bass frequen cies are not passed to the surround speakers to reduce po ssible distortion. • Off – Choose if there are no surround speakers. 5. S. Back Speaker : To set the sound filtering control for the surroun d back speakers. The sound filtering control for the s[...]

SETUP MENU OPTIONS 50 For example, in the above diagram, measure the distance (in feet) from the p rimary listening position to the Front Left or Front Right Speak er. Your Front Right and Left speakers should measure the same distance. If they do not, please ad just them if possible. Enter the distance o f the Front Speakers ( n in the above pictu[...]

SETUP MENU OPTIONS 51 8. Channel Trim: To set the volume of each individ ual channel. 0.0dB • Press the left/right ARROW buttons to select the channel to be adjusted. • Press the up/down ARROW buttons to raise or lower the volume of the selected chan nel in 0.5dB increments. • Press the SELECT button to confirm the settings and return to the [...]

SETUP MENU OPTIONS 52 Audio Setup Page -- Audio Setup Page -- HDMI Audio Digital Outupt LPCM Rate EQ Type Sound Field Audio T one Pro Logic II Dolby Digital Setup LPCM Raw 48K None Off 00 1. HDMI Audio : To select dig ital audio output from the HDMI port. The options are: • LPCM – Digital audio output via HDMI will be multi-channel Linea r PCM [...]

SETUP MENU OPTIONS 53 3. LPCM Rate: To set the maximum Linear PCM output frequency. The options are: • 48K – Supported by most equipment. • 96K – Allows a higher sam pling rate and frequency respo nse. It can result in better audio quality. Ensure that the receiver/amplifier can su pport it. • 192K – Allows the highest sampling rate and[...]

SETUP MENU OPTIONS 54 C. Panorama (Music mode only) : Turns on/off panorama mode. When turned on, the front stereo audio is partially fed into the surround chan nels for an enveloping effect. D. Dimension (Music mode only) : Allows gradual adj ustment of the sound field either towards the front or towards the rear. This is u seful in setting a more[...]

SETUP MENU OPTIONS 55 Vi deo Setup Page Primary Output Sharpness Brightness Contrast Hue Saturation Gamma Noise Reduction -- Video Setup Page -- HDMI 00 00 00 00 00 Off Off 1. Primary Output : To sel ect the primary video output port. The options are: • HDMI – Use HDMI as the primary video output por t. This setting will ensure that the HDMI ou[...]

SETUP MENU OPTIONS 56 3. Brightness : To adju st the brightness (black level) of the video output. 4. Contras t : To adjust the contrast (white level) of the video output. NOTE The ability to set brightness and contrast is no small thing. If you do n ot have the correct black and white levels then your images can ap pear wash ed out or you won’t [...]

SETUP MENU OPTIONS 57 11. De-interlacing Mode : To select the type of de-interlaci ng algorithm that the DVD player should use to convert interlaced video on the DVD dis cs to progressive o utput. The DV-983H utilizes the Precision De-interlacin g™ technology from VRS™ by Anchor Bay (Video Reference Series) for its HDMI output. A proper de-inte[...]

SETUP MENU OPTIONS 58 Pr eference Page T V Ty p e PBC Audio Subtitle Disc Menu Parental C ontrol Passwor d Default -- Preference Page -- NTSC On English Off English Off The Preference Page can only be acce ssed when play back is completely stopped, or wh en there is no disc in the DVD player. 1. TV Type: To set the output video system (PAL/NTSC) to[...]

SETUP MENU OPTIONS 59 5. Disc Menu : To set the preferred lan guage for displayi ng DVD disc menus. If a disc m enu of the selected language is available, the menu will be shown instead of the default disc menu. NOTE If your preferred language is not listed in the Audio, Subtitle or Disc Menu o ptions, select “Other” and enter the Lang uage Cod[...]

60 REFERENCES Useful No tes • In order to prolong the service life of your DVD player, it is reco mmended to wait at least 30 seconds before you turn it on again after switching it off. • Remove disc and turn power off after operation. • Some functions of the player may not be applicable to certain di scs. • Some discs with special features[...]

REFERENCES 61 Scratched or damaged disc is used Replace the disc. 26 Some functions are not available during playback Stop playback completely, then try again. 26 Temporary function failure Interference from other devices Identify interference by turning off other devices, and then relocate or replace the offending device 3 Some setup menu items ar[...]

REFERENCES 62 Language Code List Code Language Name 6565 Afar 6566 Abkhazian 6570 Afrikaans 6577 Ameharic 6582 Arabic 6583 Assamese 6588 Aymara 6590 Azerbaijani 6665 Bashkir 6669 Byelorussian 6671 Bulgarian 6672 Bihari 6678 Bengali, Bangla 6679 Tibetan 6682 Breton 6765 Catalan 6779 Corsican 6783 Czech 6789 Welsh 6865 Danish 6869 German 6890 Bhutani[...]

63 LIMITED WARRANTY OPPO Digital, I nc. Limi ted One Y ear W ar r anty Your OPPO product has been manufactu red to prec ise standards, and with rigid quality control through every process of manufacturing. It is warrant ed by OPPO DIGITAL, INC. against defective workmanship or materials f or one (1) full year from the original date of purcha se. Th[...]

LIMITED WARRANTY 64 • If it is determined that your product ne eds serv ice, a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA ) number will be issued to you along with return instru ctions and address of an OPPO service center. • Pack the product securely, preferably in t he original packagi ng, with your assigned RMA number marked clearly on the outsid[...]