Magnavox MDV455 manuel d'utilisation

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Contents 3 Getting Started Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-5 Introduct[...]

Safety Pr ecautions W arning: To pre vent fire or shock hazar d, do not expose this equipment to rain or moisture. F ederal Communications Commission (FCC) W arning: Any unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment void the user’ s authority to operate it. Laser Safety This unit employs a laser . Only a qualified service person should [...]

Safety Information (cont’ d) 5 IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS 1. Read instructions. Read all the safety and operating instructions before operating the pr oduct. 2. Retain instructions. K eep the safety and operating instructions for future r eference. 3. Heed warnings. Adhere to all warnings on the pr oduct and in the operating instructions. 4[...]

6 Intr oduction W elcome! This Digital Video Disc Pla yer will allow y ou to enjoy better picture quality , clearer sound, and endless pla yback features on Digital Video Discs (D VDs). Expanding technolog y allows y ou to add options to your viewing - watch a dir ector’ s cut of a movie, listen to the producer’ s comments, or play y our fav or[...]

Play able Discs 7 Region Codes and Color Systems D VDs must meet the requir ements for Region Codes and Color Systems before y ou can use them with the D VD Pla yer . D VDs must be labeled for ALL r egions or for Region 1 in order to pla y on this D VD Play er . Y ou cannot play Discs that ar e labeled for other regions. These symbols must appear o[...]

8 Gener al Information Batter y Installation 1 Remo ve the battery compar tment lid on the rear of the r emote contr ol by pressing in the tab, then lifting off the lid. 2 Place two AA batteries inside the battery compar tment with their + and – ends aligned as indicated. Do not mix old and new batteries or differ ent types of batteries (standard[...]

Hookups 9 Determining the best possible connection... The capabilities of y our existing equipment, especially y our TV , will determine your connection possibilities. How ever , the follo wing guidelines describe which options provide the best pictur e and sound quality .  Component Video pro vides the best picture quality . Details ar[...]

Before you begin, make sure you have an RF modulator and e xtra RF coaxial cables. These are not supplied with the Player , but are available fr om Magnavo x or most consumer electronics r etailer s. 1 Connect the supplied video cable (which has yello w markings) to the Play er’ s yello w VIDEO jack. Connect the other end of the cable to the VIDE[...]

Hookups (cont’ d) 11 Connecting to a TV Only TV has a yello w Video In jack 1 Connect the yello w VIDEO jack of the DVD Pla yer to the corr esponding VIDEO IN jack on your TV . Use the supplied video cable, which has yellow markings. 2 Connect the supplied audio cable to the white and red Audio L/R (left and right) jacks on the D VD Pla yer and t[...]

1 Connect an S-Video cable (not supplied) to the S-VIDEO jack of the D VD Pla yer and to the TV’ s S-VIDEO In jack. 2 Connect the supplied audio cable to the white and red Audio L/R (left and right) jacks on the D VD Pla yer and to the left/right AUDIO IN jacks on the TV . Match the cable colors to the jack colors. 3 Plug the pow er cords of the [...]

Hookups (cont’ d) 13 Connecting to a TV Only TV has Component Video In J acks (red, green, and blue) 1 Connect the D VD Pla yer’ s Y Pb/Cb Pr/Cr jacks to the corr esponding Component Video In jacks on your TV . On y our TV , y ou ma y ha ve Component Video In jacks that are label Pr ogressiv e Scan. If you use instead, set TV Mode to P-scan YPb[...]

14 Hookups (cont’ d) Connecting to a TV and a Receiver with and without Dolb y Pr o Logic decoding 1 Connect the supplied video cable to the yello w Video jack of the D VD Pla yer and to the TV’ s Video In jack. The supplied video cable has yello w markings. 2 Connect the supplied audio cable to the white and red Audio L/R (left and right) jack[...]

Hookups (cont’ d) 15 Connecting to a TV and a Stereo (Stereo has Dolb y Digital TM or MPEG2) 1 Connect the Coaxial jack of the D VD Pla yer to the Coaxial Digital Audio In jack on your Ster eo. Use an appr opriate digital audio cable (not supplied). See your electr onics retailer for details and a vailability . 2 Connect the supplied video cable [...]

16 Quick Disc Playback There ar e many pla yback features and options a vailable on Discs. After familiarising yourself with the D VD Pla yer as described on pag es 17-19, see pag es 20 and following to try additional pla yback featur es. 1 Press ST ANDBY -ON y y or PO WER y y to turn on the D VD Pla yer . T urn on your TV . Set it to the correct V[...]

Remote Contr ol Buttons 17 NUMBER Buttons Press to select n umbered items in a menu. During playback, press the Number buttons to select a Chapter (within the curr ent Title) or T rack f or pla yback. Details are on page 20. RETURN/TITLE Button Press to g o back to a previous menu. Press during D VD playback to r eturn to the Disc’ s Title men u.[...]

18 F ront P anel PA USE 8 button Press during pla yback to pause pla y . PLA Y 2 button Press to pla y a Disc. ST OP 7 button Press once to stop Disc pla yback. Pla y will resume from the same point the next time you start pla yback. Details are on page 16. Or press ST OP 7 twice to stop Disc pla yback. Play will r esume from the beginning of the D[...]

Rear P anel 19 Video jack Connect the supplied video cable (yello w) here and to the TV’ s Video In jack. Details ar e on page 11. Or , connect this jack to an RF modulator (not supplied) if your TV does not ha ve a Video In jack. Details ar e on page 10. S-video jack Use an S-video cable (not supplied) to connect this jack to the S- Video In jac[...]

20 Title/Disc Men us , Chapter/T rack Selection Title/Disc menus 1 Press DISC MENU during D VD playback. The main Disc menu (or Root menu) will a ppear . The menu ma y list f eatur es available on the Disc. There menus vary among D VDs, and not all Discs ha ve the same features. Or , if the curr ent Title has a specific Title menu, press the RETURN[...]

F ast F orward and F ast Rev erse 1 To fast forward a D VD or Video CD , press 2 r epeatedly to select two , four , eight, 16, or 32 times the normal speed. Sound will be mute. Or , pr ess 1 r epeatedly to pla y the D VD or Video CD backward at two , four , eight, 16, or 32 times the normal speed. The sound will be mute. To fast forward an Audio CD[...]

22 Still Picture/F r ame-b y-Fr ame Playback, Time Search Still Picture/F rame-by-F rame Pla yback 1 To pause a D VD or Video CD picture, press P AUSE 8 on the r emote contr ol during playback. 2 Press P A USE 8 r epeatedly to advance the still picture one frame at a time. 3 Press PLA Y 2 to resume regular pla yback. DV D VIDEO CD 1, 2 3 Time Sear [...]

Zoom/Reduce , Camer a Angle 23 Zoom/Reduce Y ou can reduce or enlarge the video image during pla yback. 1 Press ZOOM r epeatedly during Disc pla yback to make the picture two , three, or four times larger . Or , k eep pressing ZOOM to reduce the picture to 1/2, 1/3, or 1/4 its normal size. 2 Press 341 2 to move ar ound in the enlarged picture. 3 To[...]

24 Repeat, Repeat A-B Repeat Y ou ma y play a Chapter , T rack, Title or entire Disc r epeatedly . 1 During Disc pla yback, press REPEA T to choose a Repeat option. Depending on the type of Disc, you ma y choose to play the Cha pter , T rack, Title , or Disc (ALL) r epeatedly . 2 To cancel repeat pla yback, press REPEA T until all the repeat modes [...]

D VD Audio Language 25 Some D VDs are r ecorded in multiple languages; some ma y hav e extra audio options such as a director’ s commentary or a music soundtrack. Y ou can choose the language or the soundtrack that you want to hear b y adjusting Audio in the Pref erence Page. T o do so, follow the steps belo w . The easiest wa y to choose a diffe[...]

26 D VD Subtitle Language Some D VDs include subtitles. Choose the language you want for a vailable subtitles by adjusting Subtitle in the Pr eference Page. T o do so, follow the steps below . Or , the easiest wa y to choose subtitles is to press the SUBTITLE button on the remote r epeatedly during D VD playback. The subtitles will appear in the la[...]

D VD Disc Men u Language 27 D VDs hav e a Disc menu that allows y ou to choose options such as Audio Language, Subtitles, or other special features. Featur es var y among D VDs, so the menus ar e different for ev er y D VD . Some menus ma y be available in m ultiple languages. T o choose a language f or a Disc menu using the Pr eference Page, follo[...]

28 P arental P asswor d The Parental f eature limits viewing of D VDs. Y ou need a password to change the Parental settings or to pla y Lock ed Discs. T o set your pass word, follo w the steps below . To adjust the Pa r ental level so D VDs cannot pla y if they exceed that lev el, see page 29. To pre vent specific D VDs from pla ying, regar dless o[...]

Pa r ental Lev els 29 Y ou can set the Pla yer to block or allow pla yback according to the D VD movie rating. If someone tries to pla y a D VD whose rating exceeds the lev el you selected, P ARENT AL VIOLA TION ma y appear on the TV screen. Some D VDs ma y give you the option of entering y our password to allo w pla yback. If not, change the Paren[...]

30 Pr ogr am (not for Picture CD/MP3) Y ou ma y play T racks or Chapters in an order you specify instead of normal order (1, 2, 3, etc.). The order you set is a Pr ogram. For example, if you want to set up an Audio CD so T rack 12 will pla y first, put T rack 12 in Program position n umber one (1). To set up a Program, follow these steps. 1 Press S[...]

Pre view 31 Some Video CDs or Super Video CDs ma y contain previe w or introductory information. If you ar e not sure of the contents of a Video CD or its T racks, use the Pre view features to see the content of the T racks. Not all Video CDs contain this information. See your Disc case f or details. 1 Press the PREVIEW button to see the Pr eview m[...]

32 JPEG and MP3 F eatures General Information on CD-R and CD-R Ws ● When you mak e Picture CDs or MP3 CDs to pla y on this D VD Pla yer , the Disc should ha ve at least 6-10 pictures or 2-3 MP3 m usic files. Make sur e there is at least 3 MB (thr ee megabytes) of information on the Disc. The maximum files per folder is 500. ● JPEG file names sh[...]

•D VDs only play in the format in which they were recorded. F or example, if the D VD case says the D VD is recorded in Letterbox or Widescr een f ormat, you may play the D VD only with the black bar s showing at the top and bottom of the widened picture. Even if you set TV Display to 4:3 P ANSC AN, the picture will show in the widened f ormat. ?[...]

34 Video Setup J ust as y ou can adjust your picture on y our TV , you can adjust some pictur e elements at the D VD Pla yer . Choose a picture setting that best displa ys the Disc y ou ar e playing. 1 Press SYSTEM MENU . 2 Press 2 to select the Video Setup Page. Press OK or 4 . 3 Press 3 or 4 to select Brightness, Contrast, or Sharpness, then pres[...]

TV T ype D VDs are recor ded according to a color system, the most common of which are NTSC and P AL. NTSC is the most common in the United States.Y our TV also operates according to a color system. This D VD Pla yer is compatible with NTSC and P AL. How ever , in order for a D VD to play on this D VD Play er , the color system of the D VD , the TV[...]

36 Do wnmix, Dual Mono Do wnmix Use the Speak er Setup Page to adjust some of the play er’ s audio settings. Adjust Downmix according to ho w you connected the Pla yer to your TV and/or Stereo . 1 Press SYSTEM MENU . 2 Press 2 to select the Speak er Setup Page, then press OK or 4 . 3 Downmix will be selected. Press 2 . 4 Press 3 or 4 t o select L[...]

If you connected the D VD Pla yer to a Stereo using the CO AXIAL jack as shown on page 15, you need to adjust the SPDIF OUTPUT (digital audio) setting as described below . If you are not using the CO AXIAL jack, no adjustment is necessar y . 1 Press SY STEM MENU. 2 The General Setup Page will be selected. Press OK or 4 . 3 Press 4 r epeatedly to se[...]

38 Equaliz er (EQ) T ype , Rev erb Mode Equalizer (EQ) T ype Select the EQ T ype that matches the type of music y ou play most often. These preset EQ T ype adjust the frequency bands of the audio to enhance y our fa vorite music style. Of course, if you var y y our music style frequently , the EQ T ype is easy to adjust. 1 Press SYSTEM MENU . 2 Pre[...]

Display Language , Closed Captions 39 Displa y Language Y ou can set the D VD Play er’ s Setup menus and on-screen messages to a ppear in English or Spanish. These are the only two languages a vailable . This language selection will not affect the languages of D VD Disc or Title menus or any audio , subtitle , or Closed Caption languages. T o cha[...]

40 Screen Sav er , Angle Mark Screen Sa ver The Screen Sa ver is the moving D VD logo that appears on your TV screen when pla yback is stopped. It pre vents damage to your TV screen caused by lea ving a still image on the TV too long. 1 Press SYSTEM MENU . 2 The General Setup Page will be selected. Press OK or 4 . 3 Press 4 to select Scr een Sav er[...]

D VD Pla yer Defaults To r estore the original settings of the D VD Play er , follow the steps below . 1 Press ST OP 7 twice to stop Disc pla yback completely . 2 Press SYSTEM MENU . 3 Press 2 to select the Prefer ence Page , then pr ess OK or 4 . 4 Press 4 to select Default. Pr ess 2 to select RESET , then pr ess OK. The original settings of the D[...]

42 Helpful Hints If you ar e having pr oblems with your pr oduct, check this list of problems and possible solutions before r equesting service . Y ou ma y be able to solve the pr oblem yourself. If you need to call a customer service repr esentative, please know the model number and serial n umber of y our product before y ou call. This informatio[...]

Helpful Hints (cont'd) 43 Disc will not pla y . • Mak e sure the Disc label is facing up. If you are pla ying a two-sided Disc, make sur e the label of the side you want to pla y is facing up . Details are on page 16. • Check the Parental Contr ols. Details are on pages 28-29. • Check the Region Code of the D VD . The D VD must be coded [...]

Analog: Sound that has not been turned into numbers. Analog sound varies, while digital sound has specific n umerical values. Analog sound is available when y ou use the red and white audio jacks on y our equipment. These jacks send audio through tw o channels, the left and right. A UDIO OUT Jacks: Jacks on the rear of the D VD Play er that send au[...]

Specifications , Language Codes 45 PLA Y ABLE DISCS D VD-Video Audio CD Video CD Super Video CD Picture CD MP3-CD CD Recordable (CD-R) CD Rewritable (CD-R W) D VD Recordable (D VD+R) D VD Rewritable (D VD+R W) TV ST AND ARD P AL/50Hz NTSC/60Hz Number of lines 625 525 Pla yback Multistandard (P AL/NTSC) VIDEO PERFORMANCE VIDEO OUT 1Vpp---75 Ω S-VI[...]

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