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    USER MANUAL GOLDMUND EIDOS 20DVD CD/SACD/DVD Player[...]

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    Thank you for purchasing the GOLDMUND EIDOS 20DVD CD/SACD/DV D player. Please take some time to read this manual. It will provide you with useful information to make your pleasure of using the EIDO S 20DVD Player even higher. INTRODUCTION GOLDMUND EIDOS 20DV D - CD/SACD/DV D Player Goldmund was founded in 1978 and has ever since been dedicated t o [...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 20DVD – CD/S ACD/DVD Player- 3 Table of Contents 1 FEATURES & COMPATIBILITY 5 2 UNPACKING 6 3 POWER SUPPLY VOLTA GE SELECTION 6 4 CHOICE OF THE PLAYER LOCATION 7 5 POWER CONNECTION 7 6 BACK PANEL CABLE CONNECTIONS 8 7 KEYBOARD CONTROLS 10 8 REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS 11 9 SETTING THE DISPLAY SYSTEM 13 10 SWITCHING ON 14 11 FIRST [...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 20DVD – CD/S ACD/DVD Player- 4 W A R N I N G ! THIS HIGH QUALITY PLAYER POSSESSES TECHNICAL FEATURES WHICH ARE NECESSARY FOR ACCURATE TRACKING OF TODAY'S BEST DVDS AND CDS. ONLY CAREFUL USE CAN PROVIDE ALL THE SATISFACTION YOU ARE EX PECTING. ALL HANDLING MUST BE PERFORMED ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS TO AVOID TO DA[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 20DVD – CD/S ACD/DVD Player- 5 1 FEATURES & COMPATIBILITY 1.1 COMPATIBILITY Please note that the Goldmund EIDOS 20DVD is compatible with the following formats: - DVD Video 12 and 8 cm size, one or two layers, single-sided or double-sided. - VIDEO CD/SUPERVCD 12 and 8 cm size , single-sided . - Audio CD 12 and 8 cm size, single-[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 20DVD – CD/S ACD/DVD Player- 6 2 UNPACKING You will find in the packaging (see note): - The player and remote control, - The power cord. - This user manual. NB: If you need to return the player to the factory or to your local representative for a warranty repair, please note that it must be repackaged in the original packing. This [...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 20DVD – CD/S ACD/DVD Player- 7 4 CHOICE OF THE PLAYER LOCATION Due to the specific quality of its Gold mund "Mechanical Grounding" construction, the Goldmund EIDOS 20DVD Player is less critical than other designs in placement selection. Feedback is mostly so low that no special prec aution is required. Nevertheless, posit[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 20DVD – CD/S ACD/DVD Player- 8 6 BACK PANEL CABLE CONNECTIONS 6.1 VIDEO CONNECTIONS The EIDOS 20DVD offers 4 different types of Video signal outputs: o S-Video Output connector. o 3 x 75 Ohms RCA coaxial Component Video O utput connectors. o 5 x 75 Ohms BNC RGB progressive Output o DVI Digital Video Output Always use high quality c[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 20DVD – CD/S ACD/DVD Player- 9 6 BACK PANEL CABLE CONNECTIONS (Ctd.) 6.2 AUDIO CONNECTIONS The EIDOS 20DVD is equipped with the followi ng stereo output connectors to connect your player to a D/A conv erter or digital preamplifier: o Coaxial Digital output. o Optical Digital audio output o Multi-channel analog output o HDMI cable G[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 10 7 KEYBOARD CONTROLS 7.1 FRONT PANEL DISPLAY 9 – OPEN : Located near the disc drawer openi ng, this button opens the tray to load the CD or DVD. The same button closes the tray when it is open. When loading a disc, place discs in the disc tray with the label side facing up. 10 - PLAY : This key is[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 11 8 REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS PLAY Press to start or resume playback PAUSE Press to pause playback; press again to restart. BACK/FORWARD Press to jump to the start of the previous/next chapter/track STOP Press to stop the disc (you can re sume playback by pressing play) FAST FORWARD/REVERSE Use for re[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 12 8 REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS (Ctd.) ANGLE Press to change the camera angle during DV D multi-angle scene playback (see below) VIDEO ADJUST Press to display the Video Adjust menu PLAY MODE Press to display the Play Mode menu (see belo w) (a lso access ible by pressing HOME MENU and selecting Play Mode[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 13 9 SETTING THE DISPLAY SYSTEM The default setting of this player is AU TO , and unless you notice that the picture is distorted when playing some discs, you should leav e it set to AUTO . 9.1 WATCHING NTSC ON A PAL TV/DISPLAY Most models of the newly developed countdown PAL TV system detect 50 Hz (P[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 14 10 SWITCHING ON After making sure that everything is connecte d properly and that the player is plugged in, press STANDBY on the remote control or any key on the keyboard of the EIDOS 20DVD to switch the player on. Also, switch on your TV, Display or Projection system and make sure that it is set t[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 15 11 FIRST CONNECTION When you switch on the player for the fi rst time, you should see a welcome screen displayed on your TV. From here you can set up language preference and TV format, then either use the Setup Navigator to make more settings, or jump in and start playing discs. Before continuing, [...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 16 12 BASIC OPERATIONS 12.1 PLAYING DISCS The basic playba ck controls for pl aying DVD, CD, SACD, Vi deo CD/SuperVCD and DivX video and MP3/WMA di scs are cove red here. Fu rther fun ctions are de tailed in the next chap ter. Throughout this manua l, the term ‘DVD’ m eans DVD-Video , DVD-Audio an[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 17 12 BASIC OPERATIONS (Ctd.) PLAY : Starts playback. If the di s play shows RESUME or LAST MEM , playback starts from the resu me or last memory point. PAUSE : Pauses a disc that’ s playing, o r restarts a p aused disc. STOP : Stops playback. See al so Resume and Las t Memory . FAST REVERSE : Press[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 18 12 BASIC OPERATIONS (Ctd.) 12.3 DVD AND DIVX DISC MENUS Some DivX media files and many DVD-Video and DVD-Audio discs feature menus from which you can select what you want to watc h. They may also give access to additional features, such as subtitle and audio language se lection, or special features[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 19 13 PLAYING DISCS 13.1 INTRODUCTION Many of the functions covered in this chapter apply to DVD and SACD discs, Video CD/Super VCDs, CDs and MP3 discs, although the exact operation of some varies slightly with the kind of disc loaded. Some DVD discs restrict the use of some functions (random or repea[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 20 13 PLAYING DISCS (Ctd.) 13.3 PLAYING IN SLOW MOTION You can play DVD-Videos and DVD-R/RW at f our different forward slow motion speeds, and DVD-Videos, DVD-R/RW also at two re verse speeds, forwards and backwards. Video CD/Super VCDs and DivX video can be played at four different forward slow motio[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 21 13 PLAYING DISCS (Ctd.) 13.5 Browsing DVD or Video CD/ Super VCD di sc with the disc navigator Use the Disc Navigator to browse through the contents of a DVD-Video, DVD-RW or Video CD/Super VCD disc to find the part you want to play . 1 – During playback, press HOME MENU and select `Disc Navigato[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 22 13 PLAYING DISCS (Ctd.) 13.6 Browsing WMA, MP3, DivX video and JPEG fi les with the disc navigator Use the Disc Navigator to find a pa rticular file or folder by filename. Note that if there are other types of files on the same disc, these will not be displayed in the Disc Navigator. 1 – Press HO[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 23 13 PLAYING DISCS (Ctd.) 13.8 USING REPEAT P LAY There are various repeat play options, depending on the kind of disc loaded. It’s also possible to use repeat play together with prog ram play to repeat the tracks/chapters in the program list (see Creating a program list below ). Note: Repeat play [...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 24 13 PLAYING DISCS (Ctd.) 13.9 USING RANDOM PLAY Use the random play function to play titles or chapters (DVD-Video), groups or tracks (DVD-Audio), or tracks (CD, Video CD/Super VCD and MP3 discs) in a random order. You can set the random play option wh en a disc is playing or stopped. Note: You can?[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 25 13 PLAYING DISCS (Ctd.) 13.10 CREATING A PROGRAM LIST This feature lets you program the play order of titles/group/chapters /folders/tracks on a disc. Note: Program play is not available with VR format DVD-RWs, Video CD/Super VCDs playing in PBC mode, WMA/MP3 discs, DivX video discs, or while a DVD[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 26 13 PLAYING DISCS (Ctd.) 13.11 SEARCHING A DISC You can search: • DVD-Video discs by title or chapter nu mber, or by time • DVD-Audio dis cs can be searc he d by group or track number • SACDs by track number or time • CDs and Video CD/Super VCDs by track number or tim e • DivX vide o discs[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 27 13 PLAYING DISCS (Ctd.) 13.12 SWITCHING SUBTITLES Some DVD-Video discs have subtitles in one or more languages; the disc box will usually tell you which subtitle languages are avail able. You can switch subtitle language during playback. Press SUBTITLE repeatedly to select a subtitle option. Notes:[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 28 13 PLAYING DISCS (Ctd.) 13.14 ZOOMING THE SCREEN Using the zoom feature you can magnify a part of the screen by a factor of 2 or 4, while watching a DVD, DivX video title or Video CD/Super V CD or playing a JPEG disc. 1 – During playback, use the ZOOM button to select the zoom factor (Normal, 2x [...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 29 14 AUDIO SETTINGS & VIDEO ADJUST MENUS 14.1 AUDIO SET TING MENU The Audio Settings menu offers featur es for adjusting the way discs sound. AUDIO DRC • Default setting: O ff When watching Dolby Digital DVDs at low volume, it’s easy to lose the qui eter s ounds completely, inc luding some of[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 30 14 AUDIO SETTINGS & VIDEO ADJUST MENUS (Ctd.) 1 - Press HOME MENU and select ‘Audio Se ttings’ from the on-screen display . 2 - Highlight Virtual Surround, then use the cursor left/right to change to ‘V/TruSurround’ or ‘Off’, as required. 3 - Press ENTER to make the setting and exit[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 31 14 AUDIO SETTINGS & VIDEO ADJUST MENUS (Ctd.) 14.2 VIDEO ADJUST MENU VIDEO ADJUST From the Video Adjust screen you can adjust various s ettings that affect how the picture is presented. 1 - Press HOME MENU and select ‘Video Adju st’ from the on-screen display. 2 – Make set tings usin g th[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 32 15 INITIAL SETTINGS MENU 15.1 USING THE INITIAL SETTINGS MENU The Initial Settings menu provides audio and video output settings, parental lock settings, and display settings, among others. If an option is grayed out, it means that it cannot be changed at the current time. This is usually because a[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 33 15 INITIAL SETTINGS MENU (Ctd.) 15.3 LINEAR PCM OU T • Default setting: D own Sample On You only ne ed to make thi s setting if you co nnected th is system to a processor u sing one of the digital outputs. 50 If your processo r is compatible with hi gh sampling rates ( 96 kHz), set this to Down S[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 34 15 INITIAL SETTINGS MENU (Ctd.) 15.5 VIDEO OUTPU T SETTINGS TV SCREEN • Default setting: 4:3 (Letter box) If you have a widesc reen TV, select the 16:9 (W i de) sett in g—wi des c reen DVD soft ware is then shown using the fu ll screen area. Whe n pl aying software recorded in conventional (4:3[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 35 15 INITIAL SETTINGS MENU (Ctd.) 15.6 LANGUAGE SETTINGS AUDIO LA NG UAGE • Default setting: En glish This setting i s your preferred audio language f or DVD-Video discs . If the languag e you specify here i s recorded on a d isc, the s yst em automat ic ally plays the d isc in that l anguage. The [...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 36 15 INITIAL SETTINGS MENU (Ctd.) 15.7 DISPLAY SETTINGS OSD LANGUAGE • Default setting: English This sets the language of this player’s onscreen displays. ANGLE INDICATOR • Default setting: On If you prefer not to see the camera icon onscreen during multi-angle scenes on DVD discs, change this [...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 37 15 INITIAL SETTINGS MENU (Ctd.) REGISTERING A NEW PASSWORD You must regist er a password before you can c hange the Parental Lock level or enter a country code. 1 - Select ‘Options’, then ‘Password’. 2 - Use the n umber buttons to enter a 4- digit p assword. 3 - Press ENTER to register the [...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 38 15 INITIAL SETTINGS MENU (Ctd.) DVD PLAYBACK MODE • Default setting: D VD-Audio Some DVD-Au dio discs con tain DVD-Video content in addition to the DVD-Audio. Se t to DVD-Video to play a DVD-Audio disc as i f it were a DVD-Video dis c. Note that in th is case only the DVD-Video p art of the disc [...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 39 15 INITIAL SETTINGS MENU (Ctd.) 15.9 HDMI SETTINGS You only need to make this setting if you connected th is pl ayer to an HDMI-comp atible component using the HDM I connect or. After selectin g HDMI from the Initial Settings menu, the HDMI settings menu appears. RESOLUTION Since HDMI has the capac[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 40 15 INITIAL SETTINGS MENU (Ctd.) 15.10 SPEAKERS AUDIO OUTPUT MODE • Set in Setup Navigator (Def ault: 2 Channel ) If you connected th is player to a proces sor using the 6 c hannel analog outputs , set this t o 5.1 Channe l ; this will enabl e you to enjoy multicha nnel sound. If you connected on [...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 41 15 INITIAL SETTINGS MENU (Ctd.) Notes : You can see the effec t of changes in the ro om graphic on the right o f the screen. - Except for the subwoofer, you c an s et speaker size to Large or Small . If the main speaker cone in the speaker is 12cm or more, set to Large , otherwise se t to Small (or[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 42 15 INITIAL SETTINGS MENU (Ctd.) Notes : You can see the effec t of changes in the ro om graphic on the right o f the screen. - Except for the subwoofer, you c an s et speaker size to Large or Small . If the main speaker cone in the speaker is 12cm or more, set to Large , otherwise se t to Small (or[...]

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    GOLDMUND EIDOS 2 0DVD – CD/SACD / DVD Player- 43 16 CLEANING Always disconnect the power cord from the wall socket before cleaning your player. To clean the front panel metal parts, always use a very soft, clean damp cloth to avoid scratching the surface. Avoid the use of proprietary cleaning products. 17 MAINTENANCE The Goldmu nd EIDOS 20DVD pla[...]