Kenwood DVF-5400 manual

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    DV D/ VC D/ CD P L A YE R DV F - 5 4 0 0 INST RU CTION MA NU A L © B60 -5683- 0 8/00 (K , E, X) K W[...]

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    2 English Before apply ing po w er Caution: Read this page carefully to ensure safe oper ation. Units are designed f or operation as follo ws. The marking of products using lasers CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT The marking this product has been classifi ed as Class 1. It means that there is no danger of hazardous ra- diation outside the product. Location: [...]

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    English 3 12. Se r vicing – Do not attempt to service this pr oduct yourself as opening or removing cov ers may expose you to danger ous voltage or other hazards . Refer all servicing to qualifi ed ser vice personnel. 13. Damage Requiring Service – Unplug this product from the wall outlet and ref er servicing to qualified service personnel und[...]

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    4 English Audi o cor d (Re d, W hit e) (x 1 ) Vid eo c ord ( Y el low) (x 1 ) Coa xia l ca ble (B lac k) (x 1 ) Re mot e cont ro l un it (RC- D031 4 x 1 ) Re mot e cont ro l bat te ri es (R03 x 2) Before ap plying power Accessories Check t hat all acce ssori es are p rese nt in the p acka ge. If an y a cc esso ries are mis sing, or i f th e un it i[...]

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    English 5 Co n t e n t s Befo re appl ying power ................................... 2 IMPO RT ANT SAFETY I NSTRUC TIO NS ............ 3 Accessories ................................................................................ 4 Special feat ures ....................................................................... 5 Contents .................[...]

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    6 English Please refer to pa ge 8 for th e CD -R , CD -R W , DVD - R, an d DVD - RW fil e format s which c an be p layed b ack by this unit . • * This uni t can play S VCDs, bu t some f unc ti ons will not wo rk . • A Dual Dis c is a tw o- sided dis c combining a DV D side according to the DV D st andard and a music si de. Th e vide o content r[...]

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    English 7 Region C odes Ever y p layer of t his mo de l has a cer t ain re gio n code ass ign ed to it b ase d on th e countr y w her e the pl ayer is u sed . Whe n the p la yer is use d to play b ack DV D VID EO dis cs , it ca n onl y play t he DVD V IDE O disc s ca rr yi ng the r egi on co des ma tching t he reg ion co de o f t he play er . The r[...]

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    8 English P lay able f iles with this unit Fi l e Sp e c i f i ca t i o ns Category / Item Ex tension Detail (Audio ) Media MOVI E [fi le siz e : 4G B (Max .)] CD -R OM CD -R CD -R W DVD - ROM DVD - R DVD +R DVD - RW DVD +RW (Se e pa g e 6 .) MPEG 1 .M PG, . MPEG Vid eo res oluti on : 720 x 57 6 (Max.) Bit Rate : 5M bps (Max .) Mpe g 1 L ayer 1 &am[...]

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    English 9 The T V pic t ure dis play a nd dis c sig nal s yste ms can b e di vid ed roug hly into t wo T V form ats (NT SC an d P AL). They a re var iab le de pen din g on cou ntrie s and ar eas. This u nit has a f unc ti on fo r chang ing the v ide o for mat acco rd- ing to th e T V t yp e. Ple ase con f irm th e t yp e of you r T V . T o select T[...]

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    10 English F or Y our Informatio n Care an d Storage Care and S torage Care and storage of mai n unit 7 Do no t pl ace i n the f ol lowi ng lo cat io ns . ÷ Place e xp osed to d irec t sun light . ÷ Place sub jec te d to excessi ve humi dit y or di r t. ÷ Pl a ce e x p o s e d to d i re c t h ea t f r o m he a ti n g e q u ip - ment. 7 Be c are [...]

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    Prepar ations English 11 INPUT AUDIO VIDEO R L S VIDEO Co n n e c t i o n s Caut ion f or co nne ct ion D o no t p l ug t h e p ow e r co r d in to t h e p ow e r o ut l e t un t il a l l othe r conn ec ti ons are co mp lete d. B efo re unp lu ggin g a con - nec te d cord or c abl e, be sur e to set th e power key to O FF and unpl ug the p ower co [...]

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    Prepar ations 12 English INPUT DIGIT AL INPUT AUD IO VIDEO R L COAXIAL OPTICAL C onnecting to a T V with Component input terminal C onnecti ng to a TV wit h Component input ter minal Audi o cord Rea r pan el e xa mpl e (for Eu rop e) Ampli fie r equi ppe d with 2- c hannel analo g stere o or Dolby Pro Lo gic II / Pro Lo gic: Conn ec t the l ef t an[...]

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    Prepar ations English 13 C onnecting to a T V with H DMI input terminal C onnecti ng to a TV wit h HDM I input terminal HDM I (High D ef in itio n Mul time dia I nter fa ce) suppo r ts b oth v ide o and a udio o n a sin gle di git al con nec ti on fo r use w ith DVD Pl aye rs and othe r A V dev ices . If you h ave an HDM I T V or a m onito r , you [...]

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    Prepar ations 14 English RESOLUTION 5 1 36 8 2 4 7 Co n t r o l s a n d I n d i c a t o r s Display • DVD vid eo: Elapsed time of the title being pla yed • Aud io CD, VCD, Di vX, M P3: Elapsed ti me of the t rack (or fil e) being played • At th e ti me of a udi o CD s top m ode : "0: 00 :0 0" displaye d 1 Powe r key (See p age 16.) [...]

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    Prepar ations English 15 Loading batteries Loadin g batteries 1 Re move t h e cove r. 2 Insert batteries. • Inser t t wo R03 bat teries foll owing the p olari t y indicatio ns. 3 Close t he cover. O peration Ope ra ti on Plug th e powe r cord of th e sys tem to a p ower ou tle t and pr ess th e p ow er k ey o n th e re m ot e co nt ro l un i t to[...]

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    Prepar ations 16 English Prepar ation for Set Up POWER POWER 1 Press t he [POW ER] key to powe r on . 2 Set V ide o Form at accor din g to t he con nec te d T V t ype . (Ref er to " T o sel ec t T V T ype" o n page 9.) • I f the vid eo for mats of t he disc and T V do not match, press an d hold [ 8 ] key for m ore than 5 se conds to be [...]

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    Prepar ations English 17 LA N G U A GE Menu Language Sel ec t a la ngua ge fo r the Se tup me nu an d on -scr een d ispl ay . Disc A udio/ Disc Subtitle/ Disc Menu Sel ec t the l angu age yo u pre fer fo r the au dio Track (disc aud io), subtit les, a nd the d isc men u Origin al: Re fer s to the or igi nal lan gua ge in wh ich th e disc w as recor[...]

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    Prepar ations 18 English DRC (Dyn amic Range Contr ol) Wit h the DV D for mat, yo u ca n hear a p rog ram's so undt rac k in the mo st accu rate and r ealis tic p rese ntatio n poss ibl e, thank s to digi tal au dio te chno log y. However , you may wi sh to comp ress the dy nam ic ran ge of t he aud io ou tput (th e dif f eren ce be twe en the[...]

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    Prepar ations English 19 OTH E R S PBC Set Pl ayba ck Contro l (PBC) to O n or O f f. On: Vi deo CD s wit h PBC are p laye d accord ing to th e PBC . Off: PBC is switch ed of f a nd no rmal p lay back is m ade. B.L . E . (Black Lev el Expansion) T o sel ec t the b lack l evel o f play back p ic tur es. Set yo ur pre fer ence an d mon itor ’s abil[...]

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    Prepar ations 20 English Set Up func tions Hier archic al stru cture of V CD menus ( P . B . C . funct ion ) W h e n a n i t e m i s s e l ec t ed o n t h e m e n u s c r ee n d u r i n g p l a y b a c k o f a P . B .C .- co m p a ti b l e V CD, a n o th e r m e n u w it h m o r e de t a i l s items m ay be dis playe d. Wh en a nu mbe r of me nus a[...]

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    Prepar ations English 21 Language Code gg Abkhazian 6566 Af ar 6565 Afrik aans 657 0 Albanian 838 1 Ameharic 6577 Arabic 658 2 Armenian 7289 Assam ese 65 8 3 Ay ma r a 65 88 y Az er b ai ja ni 65 90 j Bash kir 666 5 Basque 6 985 q Bengal i; Ba ngla 667 8 gg Bhutani 6890 Bihari 66 72 Breton 6682 Bulgarian 66 71 g Burmese 778 9 Byelo russ ian 6669 y [...]

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    Operations 22 English On scr een displ ay The o n- scre en B anne r Disp lay cont ains ma ny play back f eature s. T o se e th e Ba nn er D isp lay, pr ess t he [O N SCR EEN ] key w hil e a di s c i s p la y i ng . U s e th e C ur s o r u p/d o wn [ 5 / ∞ ] k ey s t o mo ve throu gh the di f fere nt featur es in the B anne r Disp lay . Each f ea-[...]

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    Operations English 23 T o sta rt playback of audio CD, Div X, T o start playback of audio CD, D iv X , MP3, W MA or JPEG files MP 3, WMA or JPEG files It is not p ossi ble to p lay ba ck fold er s and f il es that e xceed t he max imum l imit atio ns of the m edi a. A cer t ain am ount o f time i s req uire d fo r the pl ayer to co nf irm th e me d[...]

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    Operations 24 English Disc playback featur es Notes : • Y o u wo n't h ear t he s o un d (au di o) on t h e DV D, VCD a nd D i vX wh en y ou'r e usi ng t h e Sk ip , Se arc h, Ste p or S lo w mo ti o n fea - tures. • Playback feat ures are not availa b le during th e openin g credit s of a movi e. To s t o p p l a y b a c k Pres s the[...]

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    Operations English 25 A-B Repeat p lay T h e A - B r e p e a t f u n c t i o n l e t s yo u m a r k a s e g m e n t t o r e p e a t bet we en th e be ginn ing "A " an d the en d "B " of the s egm ent you want to re pl ay . A-B 1 Press t he [A- B] key when you w ant to c hoos e a sce ne (soun d) as th e beg inn ing p oint . Rep e[...]

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    Operations 26 English T o repeat program play T o repeat program play Dur ing p rog ram pl ayback , pre ss th e [REPE A T] key. Eac h pre ss sw itch es th e sel ec ti on . 1 " TR ACK" : re pea ts th e cur rent t rac k or f il e. 2 "ALL " : rep eat s all t he tr ack s (f il es) on p rog ram me d lis t. 3 Go es of f (repe at of f [...]

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    Operations English 27 At the ti me of VCD playbac k Pres s the n ume ric keys, t he n pre ss t he [ £ ] key . T o se lec t t rac k No. 23: 2 , 3 and £ Note : P . B . C . on m o d e o f V CD, t h e S e l e c t i n g a Tra c k f u n c t i o n ma y n ot work . (See p age 20.) Select Audio Language If th e disc w as create d with d if fe rent la ngua[...]

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    Operations 28 English Select Camer a angle S o m e d i s c c o n ta i n s m u l t i pl e an g le s p a r t ic u la r s c en e o r s e- que nce. If th e disc o nly has o ne ang le, this f eature wo n’t wor k. Whe n you ar e play ing a DV D disc co nta ins scen es re cord ed di f- fe ren t ca me ra a ng le s, t he a ngl e in di ca tor w il l bl in [...]

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    Operations English 29 Time Search T o star t p lay ing at any cho sen ti me on th e disc . CLEAR ENTER ON SCREEN 1 Duri ng p laybac k , pr ess t he [ON SCR E EN] key. 2 Press Cur sor u p/ dow n [ 5 / ∞ ] keys to s ele c t th e time cl ock ico n. • "--:- -:- -" appears . 3 Press N ume ric keys to i npu t th e req uir ed st ar t tim e i[...]

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    Operations 30 English Music disc play back ON SCREEN RANDOM AUDIO REPEAT U s i n g t h e T V s c r e e n t o s t a r t playback Once yo u inse r t an au dio CD , MP3 or WM A disc a m enu ap pe ars on the T V scre en . Audi o CD men u MP3 / WMA menu Pres s the Cur sor u p/ dow n [ 5 / ∞ ] keys to sele c t a trac k the n pr ess t he [ £ ] or [ENT [...]

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    Operations English 31 P hoto files playback ( JPEG files only ) ZOOM RETURN ENTER To s t a r t p l a y b a c k Once yo u inse r t an aud io JPEG di sc a me nu app ear s on th e T V screen. 1 Press t he Cur sor up/down [ 5 / ∞ ] keys to se le ct a fol de r the n pr ess t he [EN TER] key. 2 A list o f fi le s in th e fol de r app ear s. I f you ar [...]

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    Knowledge 32 English Tr o u b l e s h o o t i n g T roubl es are n ot alway s due to mal fun c tion o r fai lure of th e sys tem . In cas e of a trou ble, ch eck th e foll owin g tal es be fore c al ling for ser- vice. Sym p to m R e me d y The s yst em c ann ot be s wi tch ed O N. • W he n th e p ow er co r d is p lu g ge d , wa it f or s ev er [...]

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    Knowledge English 33 Sym p to m R e me d y The v oice or subtitle language selected in t he in it ial s et t ing i s not p laye d. • Use a DV D disc co ntai nin g the re cordi ng of th e se lec te d voice o r subti tle la ngua ge. • Press th e [SUBTI TLE ] or th e [A UDI O] key on the re mote an d sel ec t the l angu age. • T h e DV D s p e c[...]

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    Knowledge 34 English Specif ications [T ype ] Syste m ................................................................... DVD v id eo p layer La ser ................................................................ S em ico ndu ct or l as er [A u d i o B l o c k ] Frequency response S amp li ng fr eq ue nc y ; 4 4.1 kHz............................ 8[...]

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    For your records Re cord the s eri al num ber, foun d on th e back o f the uni t, in th e spa ces de sig na ted o n th e wa rr an t y ca rd , and i n th e sp ace p rov i de d be l ow. Ref er to the m ode l and s eri al numb er s when ever you c all up on yo ur deal er fo r info rmati on or se r vice o n this p rodu ct . Model Serial Number[...]