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    Arc am DV 29 DVD pl a ye r Lec teu r d e DVD Ar cam DV2 9 DVD - Sp iel er Arc am DV2 9 Arc am DV2 9 DVD -sp ele r[...]

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    DV29 E-2 English DV29 E-3 RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE P AS OUVRIR A TTENTION CA UTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: To reduce t he risk of electric s hock, do no t remove co ver (or ba ck). No use r serviceab le parts in side. Refer servicing to quali ed service personnel. WARNING: To reduce t he risk of re or ele ctric shock ,[...]

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    DV29 E-2 English DV29 E-3 Safety g uidelines ........ ......... .......... ......... ......... .. E-2 Importan t safety instruct ions ............... ......... .... E-2 Safety complianc e ........... ......... .......... ......... .... E-2 Before y ou start! ........ ......... ......... .......... ......... ... E-4 Using th is handbo ok ........ ..[...]

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    DV29 E-4 English DV29 E-5 Befo re y ou star t ! Using this handbook This han dbook has been des igned to g ive y ou all the informat ion you need to i nstall, c onnect, se t-up and use the Arcam FMJ DV29. Th e remote control ha ndset sup plied wit h the equi pment is also desc ribed. It may be that the DV29 h as been i nstalled and set -up as p art[...]

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    DV29 E-4 English DV29 E-5 Disc types supported The ARCA M DV29 DV D-play er play s a ra nge of di sc types. Discs en tered int o the DV29 should b ear one of the l ogos show n on the right. The se disc t ypes inc lude: n DVD -video (single region, se t at fact ory); n DVD -audio; n CDDA (‘normal ’ audio-C Ds) inclu ding HDCD decoding, CD-R, an [...]

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    DV29 E-6 English DV29 E-7 Positioning the unit Place th e DV29 on a leve l,  rm surface a nd ensure that ther e is adeq uate ve ntilation for the u nit. Connecting the video output T o view t he pictur es from t he DVD pl ayer y ou need to connec t one of its video outputs t o your display device (TV , monitor , pro jector , etc.) . The DV2 9 ha[...]

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    DV29 E-6 English DV29 E-7 If you are usin g a SCAR T co nnection t o your TV , and you do not w ish to lis ten to th e audio through it, then it is bes t to mute your TV ’s speaker s as SCAR T al so carrie s stereo a udio sign als; muting the TV wil l preve nt this a udio being heard. Note tha t the SCA RT output has a contro l signal that switc [...]

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    DV29 E-8 English DV29 E-9 Bas i c us e of y ou r D VD pl a y er Introduction ‘Basic operat ion’ expla ins how t o play a DVD , CD or o ther typ e of disc . Note tha t it ma y be nece ssary to con g ure you r play er correct ly for y our syst em before optimum – or any – playb ack can b e achiev ed. Play er con gurat ion is des cribed [...]

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    DV29 E-8 English DV29 E-9 The H D M I i n ter fa ce If you have a HDMI - or DVI -equipp ed monitor or displ ay , you ca n connect it to the DV29 usi ng a HDMI cable. T he HDMI c onnector carries un compresse d digital video, as well as digita l audio . About HDMI HDMI (H igh Denit ion Multi media Int erface) su pports bo th video and audio on a [...]

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    DV29 E-10 English DV29 E-11 If the player does not respond consistently to the remote control, ensure that the player is con gured to respond to the correct remote control type; this is done via the player set-up menu. See page 12 for further details. If the remote control receiver (located on the right of the front- panel window) is not ‘visi[...]

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    DV29 E-10 English DV29 E-11 P MODE Press P MODE to to ggle r andom pla yback P MODE ST A T US SRCH ZOOM ANGLE SUBT PL AUDIO TRIM TITLE RTN MEM SRCH (se arch) It is po ssible to get acce ss to an y point o n the dis c directly using th e ‘Search ’ menu. Press SR CH to acc ess the ‘S earch’ me nu. RTN (ret urn) Press RT N to mov e back throug[...]

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    DV29 E-12 English DV29 E-13 Con  g u ri n g y ou r D VD pl a y er Introduction This sec tion of t he docume nt descri bes the us e of the ‘Set- up’ menu, which is used to c on gur e your play er for y our syste m and yo ur person al prefer ences. Obtaining a picture T o view t he Set -up menu for the i nitial co n gur ation, w e recomm[...]

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    DV29 E-12 E n g l i s h DV29 E-13 Operational set-up OSD Language This set ting cont rols the language o f the mes sages dis played on the On -Screen Displa y (OSD). The defau lt langua ge is Engl ish, with three ot her langu ages supporte d. Note tha t this se tting doe s not chan ge the la nguage of any inf ormation display ed on the front pane l[...]

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    DV29 E-14 English DV29 E-15 Video set-up If you r displa y device is HDMI -complia nt, the D V29 can re ad the ca pabilitie s of the dis play dev ice direct ly; the i nformatio n allows the DV29 to con gure its output automati cally and optimall y for the attached device. T his is kn own as ‘p lug and play’ . The DV2 9 can be c on gur ed [...]

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    DV29 E-14 English DV29 E-15 Analogue Video This set ting cont rols the type of video giv en out o n the Comp onent and SCAR T video outputs. It is set at the factory to be appro priate fo r the typ e of disp lay devi ce used i n your c ountry , so it is best n ot to chan ge it. If it gets set incorr ectly the n the pic ture shown on the d isplay d [...]

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    DV29 E-16 English DV29 E-17 Down-sample This nee ds to be set corre ctly if y ou are u sing an e xternal au dio decod er , receive r or D- A con verter connecte d to the co-axia l or optic al digita l audio o utput. Max 96K Choose th is option i f your ex ternal aud io decoder is able to process dig ital audio with a sa mple ra te of up to 96kHz, o[...]

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    DV29 E-16 E n g l i s h DV29 E-17 Speaker set-up This men u screen allows y ou to sp ecify the speake r con g urati on that is connecte d either t o the ana logue oup uts of y our DVD player , or to you r HDMI re ceiver w hen the HDM I link is carrying multi-cha nnel unco mpressed a udio. ( If you are using the coa xial or op tical aud io output[...]

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    DV29 E-18 English DV29 E-19 Video post-processing (lip-sync.) Delay (NTSC/PAL) Modern d isplays and vide o scalers often emp loy digi tal video processin g that ca n introdu ce a signi cant vid eo delay . The ‘Dela y’ menu i tems allow correcti on of thi s effect b y delay ing the a udio soundtr ack up to 150 mi lli sec onds. The amount of c[...]

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    DV29 E-18 E n g l i s h DV29 E-19 A d v a n ced D VD a nd V C D f ea t u res This sec tion expl ains the more sophi sticated DVD and V CD featur es, such as special playbac k modes. The oper ation s describe d here ar e not exac tly the s ame for D VDs and V CDs, but are simil ar enough to make it approp riate to g roup them together . Note tha t m[...]

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    DV29 E-20 English DV29 E-21 Programmed playback (DVD-video) Press PR OG on the remote co ntrol to open the ‘Progr amme’ men u. Note t hat playba ck must b e stopped  rst. The bott om of the screen s hows the n umber of titles pr esent on t he disc, together with the number o f chapter s in the title sele cted curr ently (or the  r st titl[...]

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    DV29 E-20 English DV29 E-21 A d v a n ced M P 3/W MA / J P EG a n d a u d i o - CD fe a tu r es The DV2 9 DVD pla yer ha s the abi lity to h andle MP3 , WMA and JPEG  les, when these are burned o n to a CD-R or CD-RW disc. Pict ure/Photo CDs are a lso pla yable. These  le typ es may b e mixed together , if desired. This sec tion expl ains the[...]

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    DV29 E-22 English DV29 E-23 Browsin g the di sc (Brow se mode) By defa ult, the d isc nav igator is in ‘Brows e’ mode. In this m ode, the user can navigat e around t he disc (using the cursor pad for direction and ‘OK’ to select an option ). When a  le/tr ack i s highligh ted, the tag informat ion for t hat  l e (if av ailab le) is di[...]

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    DV29 E-22 English DV29 E-23 Shufe and Repeat Note tha t this se ction is valid for audio -CDs only . Repeat Press t he RPT but ton on th e remote c ontrol to cycle t hrought t he repeat options. ‘T rack’ or ‘Disc’ (i.e. a ll) repeat are av ailabl e. When a track repeat is selected, the loop symbol on the fron t panel di splay i s illumin[...]

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    DV29 E-24 English DV29 E-25 R em o te - con t rol cod es Power c ommands Command Decimal Code Pow er toggle 25–12 Pow er-on 25– 123 Pow er-off 25 –124 Playback control commands Command Decimal Code T rack n umber ‘n’ , (e.g. , 1) 25–n (e. g. , 25 –1) T rack f orward 25–32 T rack b ack 25–33 F ast fo rward 25–52 F ast re wind 25?[...]

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    DV29 E-24 English DV29 E-25 T echn ica l sp eci cat i o ns General Pow er R equirement s 100/115V or 230V AC, set by voltage selector switch on rear pane l Pow er consum ption < 35 V A Dimensi ons 430mm x 85mm x 34 5mm W eight net: 6. 7kg; pack ed: 11.0 kg Video o utputs Composit e video 1 x gold plated p hono. 1V pk -pk in 75Ω S-V ideo 1 x[...]

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    DV29 E-26 English DV29 E-27 Gu ara nt ee Worldwide Guarantee This ent itles y ou to ha ve the u nit repai red free of charge , during the rst t wo year s after p urchase, a t any au thorised Arcam dis tributor p rovided that it w as orig inally pur chased fr om an aut horised A rcam dealer or distrib utor . The ma nufacturer can tak e no res pon[...]

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    DV29 E-26 English DV29 E-27 Ap pen d i x : Seri a l p rog ra m mi ng i nt er face Introduction This sec tion of t he docume nt descri bes the re mote cont rol proto col for c ontrolling the DV29 via the RS232 in terface. Conventions n The remote co ntroller is referre d to as t he ‘RC’ , with the DV 29 called the ‘DV2 9’ . n All value s in [...]

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    DV29 E-28 English DV29 E-29 Status codes The fol lowing sta tus codes are dene d: MSB CODES: n Stand- by ‘0’ (0x 30): The DV2 9 is in st and-by st ate. n Disc l oading ‘1’ (0x 31): A disc i s being l oaded by the DV29. n Tray o pen ‘2’ (0x 32): The disc tra y is open . n No dis c ‘3’ (0x 33): There is n o disc in the DV29 . n Sto[...]

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    DV29 E-28 English DV29 E-29 Command Specications / Spécications des commandes / Befehlsspezikationen / Opdrachtspecicaties Power / Aliment ation / Betriebs bereitsc haft / St room Change the stand -by state of the D V29. Pe rmet de m odier l’é tat de v eille du DV29. Ändern des Stand -by- Zustand s des DV2 9. De sta ndby- status[...]

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    DV29 E-30 English DV29 E-31 Request disc ti me / Dem ande de durée du disque / Spielda uer abfr agen / S chijftij d aanvrag en Re quests th e current playbac k time of the disc. Pe rmet de d emander la durée de lecture actuelle du disque. Fra gt die ak tuelle Spi elzeit d es Datent rägers ab . Hiermee kan de h uidige af speeltijd van d e schijf [...]

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    DV29 E-30 English DV29 E-31 Request title–g roup inf ormation / Deman de de nu méro de groupe–t itre / Titel-/ Gruppeni nformati onen abf ragen / Gegevens titels–g roepen a anvragen This re quests th e current title/gro up inform ation of the disc. Pe rmet de d emander le numéro d e groupe/t itre en c ours du d isque. Fra gt die ak tuelle T[...]

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    DV29 E-32 English DV29 E-33 Request chapter –track i nformati on / Dem ande de numéro d e chapitr e/piste / Kapitel -/Titeli nformati onen abf ragen / Gegevens hoofdst uk–track aanvrag en :Re quests th e current chapter/t rack i nformatio n of the disc. Pe rmet de d emander le numéro d e chapitre /piste en cours du disque. Fra gt die ak tuell[...]

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    DV29 E-32 English DV29 E-33 Status triggers / Décle ncheurs d’état / Zustands -Trigger / Statu strigger s Aktivie rt/deakti viert V ol lduplex -Zus tandsaktu alisierung en vom DV29. Pe rmettent d’active r/désacti ver les mises à j our d’éta t en duple x intégr al à partir du DV29 . Aktivie rt/deakti viert V ol lduplex -Zus tandsaktu al[...]

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    DV29 E-34 English DV29 E-35 Basic c ontrol / Command es de ba se / Gru ndlegend e Steuer ung / Bas isfuncti es Basic control co mmands fo r playin g a disc. Comman des de bas e pour li re un disq ue. Grundle gende Ste uerbefehl e zum Absp ielen ein es Datentr ägers Opdr achten v an bas isfunctie s voor h et afspel en va n een schi jf . Example / E[...]

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    DV29 E-34 English DV29 E-35 COMMAND: Byte: Desc ription: CC ‘ A ’ (0x41 ) (Command code) P1 Direct ion code: ‘0’ (0x3 0) – Backw ards ‘1’ (0x3 1) – F orwards ‘Q’ (0x5 1) – Re quest curr ent slow/fa st status P2 Speed code: ‘0’ (0x3 0) – Slow ‘1’ (0x3 1) – F ast else (for status re quest): ‘~’ (0x7 E) – (R ese[...]

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    DV29 E-36 English DV29 E-37 Audio / Audio / Audio / Geluid This co mmand cha nges the audio stre am select ion for a DVD disc . Pe rmet de m odier la sélection de ux a udio pour un disqu e DVD . Dieser Befehl än dert die Audio-Da tenstromau swahl f ür eine D VD. Deze opdrac ht wijzig t de gelui dsstream voor een DVD-schi jf . Audio fo rmat[...]

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    DV29 E-36 English DV29 E-37 Page / Page / S eite / P agina Change to the ne xt/previo us displa y page. Pe rmet de p asser à la page d’a fchage s uivan te/précéde nte. Auf n ächste/v orherige Seite umsc halten. Naar de volgen de/vorig e displa ypagina g aan. Notes n This command is va lid only f or DVD- audio dis cs. n The page numb er ret[...]

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    DV29 E-38 English DV29 E-39 Subtitl e / Sous -titre / Unterti tel / On dertitel ing This co mmand cha nges the subtitle s election for a DVD disc. Pe rmet de m odier la sélection de sous- titre pour un disqu e DVD . Dieser Befehl än dert die Untertite leinstellu ng für ei ne DVD . Deze opdrac ht wijzig t de onder titelings selectie voor een D[...]

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    DV29 E-38 English DV29 E-39 Angle / Angle / Winkel / Hoek This co mmand cha nges the angle sele ction for a DVD di sc. Pe rmet de m odier la sélection d’angle pour un d isque DVD . Dieser Befehl än dert die Winkele instellung für eine DVD . Deze opdrac ht wijzig t de hoeks electie v oor een DVD-schi jf . Angle co des: Code: Angle : Code: An[...]

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    DV29 E-40 English DV29 E-41 Number / Nombre / Zahl / Nummer Send a number to the DVD player . Pe rmet d’en voy er un nom bre au le cteur DVD Senden einer Z ahl an den DVD- Spieler . Een num mer naar de DVD-sp eler ve rsturen. Note n Mult i-digit n umbers ha ve to be sent d igit-b y-dig it to the DV29. Remarqu e n Il f aut env oyer les nomb res ch[...]

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    DV29 E-40 English DV29 E-41 Top men u / Menu princip al / Haup tmenü / Hoofdmen u Play the top-l evel dis c menu. Pe rmet de l ire le men u de disq ue princi pal. Ruft das Haupt menü des Datenträge rs auf . Het bo venste schijfmen u afspele n. Note n This command is va lid only f or DVDs. Remarqu e n Cett e command e ne conc erne que l es DVD . [...]

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    DV29 E-42 Return / Retour / Zurüc k / Teru g This co mmand ret urns to t he previou s-level disc menu screen. Pe rmet de r evenir à l’écr an de men u de disq ue précéd ent. Dieser Befehl ru ft das v orherige Menü des Datenträg ers auf . Met de ze opdr acht gaa t u terug naar het scherm m et een eer der niv eau van het schij fmenu. Note n T[...]