Onkyo DV-C501 manual

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    DVD Changer DV -C501 Instruction Manual Thank you for purchasing the Onkyo DVD Changer . Please read this manual thoroughly before making connections and turning on the power . Following the instructions in this manual will enable you to obtain optimum performance and listening enjoyment from your new DVD Changer . Please retain this manual for fut[...]

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    2 1. Read Instructions – All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the appliance is operated. 2. Retain Instructions – The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. 3. Heed W arnings – All warnings on the appliance and in the operating instructions should be adhered to. 4. Follow Instruct[...]

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    3 CA UTION: VISIBLE LASER RADIA TION WHEN OPEN AND INTERLOCK F AILED OR DEFEA TED. DO NOT ST ARE INT O BEAM. CA UTION: THIS PRODUCT UTILIZES A LASER. USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MA Y RESUL T IN HAZARDOUS RADIA TION EXPOSURE. For Eur opean model This unit contains a semiconductor lase[...]

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    4 1. Regional restriction codes (region number) Regional restriction codes are built-in to DVD changers and DVD discs for each sales region. If the regional code of the DVD changer does not match one of the regional codes of the DVD disc, playback is not possible. The region number can be found on the rear panel of the DVD player . (ex: Region 1) 2[...]

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    5 T able of Contents Important Safeguards/Precautions/T able of Contents ............................................................................. ....................... 2–5 Handling Discs .......................................................... 9 Cleaning Discs .......................................................... 9 Storing Discs ...[...]

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    6 Getting Started Featur es ■ Highlights that Set the DV -C501 • Dolby * Digital Audio Output • 5-Disc playback • DTS** Compatibility • V ideo CD playback • Full 96-kHz/24-bit resolution with 96-kHz/24-bit discs • Direct digital path for signal purity (U.S. & Canadian models only) • Enhanced black-level setting • Next Selectio[...]

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    7 Getting Star ted Connections Function Setup Ad vanced Playbac k Others Basic Playbac k Supplied Accessories After unpacking, check whether the box contains all items listed below . If anything is missing, contact the ONKYO dealer where you bought the DVD Changer . The number of accessories is indicated in brackets. Declaration of Conformity We, O[...]

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    8 Installing the remote controller batteries 1. Remove the battery compartment cover by pressing and sliding it away from the remote controller unit. 2. Insert two AA (R6- or UM-3)-size batteries into the battery compartment. Carefully follow the polarity diagram (positive (+) and negative (–) symbols) inside the battery compartment. 3. After bat[...]

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    9 Getting Star ted Connections Function Setup Ad vanced Playbac k Others Basic Playbac k Notes on the Discs Y ou Can Use with this Unit Discs Y ou can Use Y our DVD Changer can play back the following discs: • Y ou cannot play back discs other than those listed above. • Y ou cannot play back discs such as CD-R, CD-RW , CD- ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW [...]

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    10 Connecting the DV -C501 to a TV Here is how to connect your DVD Changer to your TV set. In this case, both the video and audio signals will be played back by your TV set. Connecting the DV -C501 to a TV 1. Switch off the DVD Changer and the TV set. 2. Connect the DV -C501 to your TV set as shown in the illustration. ■ Selecting the audio outpu[...]

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    11 Getting Star ted Connections Function Setup Ad vanced Playbac k Others Basic Playbac k Connecting to an Audio System and TV with COMPONENT VIDEO Inputs ■ It is also possible to “split” the audio and video signals by sending the video signal to your TV set and the audio signal to an amplifier . Doing so has the advantage that you can: • L[...]

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    12 R L COMPONENT Y P B P R VIDEO S VIDEO OPTICAL COAXIAL DIGITAL OUTPUT VIDEO OUTPUT ANALOG OUTPUT AC INLET TV Signal flow Connection e xample T o audio input Front speaker (right) Front speaker (left) Audio cable Amplifier equipped with Dolby Pro Logic surround Surround speaker Center speaker Other Audio Playback Options ■ Y ou can enjoy high-qu[...]

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    13 Getting Star ted Connections Function Setup Ad vanced Playbac k Others Basic Playbac k R L COMPONENT Y P B P R VIDEO S VIDEO OPTICAL COAXIAL DIGITAL OUTPUT VIDEO OUTPUT ANALOG OUTPUT AC INLET TV Signal flow Connection example T o COAXIAL type digital audio input Front speaker (right) Front speaker (left) Optical digital cable Amplifier equipped [...]

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    14 1 2 3 POWER STANDBY / ON or OPEN/CLOSE or POWER POWER OPEN/ CLOSE CAUTION Keep your fingers clear of the disc drawer as it is closing to avoid personal injury . DVD / VIDEO CD / CD CHANGER DV- C 501 DISC SKIP 12345 PLAY STOP PAUSE SKIP NEXT SELECTION CD PLAY DISPLAY DIMMER DISC SELECT ON OFF POWER POWER STANDBY / ON OPEN/CLOSE POWER 2 3 DISC 1?[...]

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    15 Getting Star ted Connections Function Setup Ad vanced Playbac k Others Basic Playbac k DVD VCD CD 1 23 56 7 8 9 +10 0 4 REMOTE CONTROLLER RC - 417 DV MENU ENTER TOP MENU PAUSE STOP PLAY OPEN/CLOSE POWER DISC + / — / / / FIRST SETUP TV Shape 4:3LB Thank you for your purchase of our DVD-Video Player. Please make a selection for On-Screen Languag[...]

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    16 DVD VCD CD 2 8 Play Last Fast forward Fast reverse Motion Slow- 30 1 23 56 7 8 9 +10 0 4 REMOTE CONTROLLER RC - 417 DV PAUSE/STEP FR PLAY FF OPEN/CLOSE STOP / / / , ENTER RC - 417 DV FR FF PLAY DVD VCD FR FF Playing back Discs (continued) Direct Playback, Stop and Pause ■ Direct Playback via the On-Screen Menu 1. Switch on your TV set. 2. Sele[...]

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    17 Getting Star ted Connections Function Setup Ad vanced Playbac k Others Basic Playbac k DVD VCD DVD VCD CD 2 1 SLOW SLOW PLAY STOP PLAY PLAY STOP 1 23 56 7 8 9 +10 0 4 REMOTE CONTROLLER RC - 417 DV SLOW PLAY PAUSE/STEP 1 23 56 7 8 9 +10 0 4 REMOTE CONTROLLER RC - 417 DV STOP PLAY Slow-Motion Playback DVD video discs can be played back in slow mot[...]

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    18 Normally , DVD video discs are divided into “titles”, while the titles are themselves sub-divided into “chapters”. VIDEO CDs and audio CDs are divided into “tracks”. Y ou can quickly locate any specific title, chapter , or track. DVD DVD 3 2 1 1 2 3 ENTER ENTER SEARCH PLAY 1 23 56 7 8 9 +10 0 4 Locating a Title Using the T itle Menu [...]

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    19 Getting Star ted Connections Function Setup Ad vanced Playbac k Others Basic Playbac k Selecting Chapters or T racks ■ Direct Selection using the Numeric Buttons The DV -C501 also allows you to directly select a Chapter of a T itle (DVD video discs) or a T rack (Video or audio CD). Note: Steps 1 and 2 are only necessary for DVD video discs. St[...]

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    20 1 2 DVD VCD CD 3 SEARCH 1 23 56 7 8 9 0 4 PLAY 1 23 56 7 8 9 +10 0 4 REMOTE CONTROLLER RC - 417 DV PLAY Numeric buttons SEARCH Selecting a Pr ecise Scene or Audio Passage It is also possible to directly select a given location and to start playback from there. This may come in handy when you want to view a given scene (DVD video discs/Video CDs)[...]

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    21 Getting Star ted Connections Function Setup Ad vanced Playbac k Others Basic Playbac k 1 DVD VCD CD CLEAR 1 23 56 7 8 9 +10 0 4 REMOTE CONTROLLER RC - 417 DV A-B CLEAR REPEAT REPEAT Repeat Functions Y our DVD Changer allows you to repeat a given Title, Chapter/track or disc indefinitely . It is also possible to repeat a given scene or audio pass[...]

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    22 2 1 MEMORY DVD VCD CD Title : 2 Chapter : 25 Chapter : 25 Title : 2 Chapter : 25 Title : 2 Chapter : 12 Chapter : 12 Title : 2 Chapter : 12 Title : 1 Chapter : 1 Chapter : 1 Title : 1 Chapter : 1 1 23 56 7 8 9 +10 0 4 REMOTE CONTROLLER RC - 417 DV / / / CLEAR RETURN DISPLAY Numeric buttons MEMORY ENTER PLAY Setting the Desir ed Playback Order Y [...]

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    23 Getting Star ted Connections Function Setup Ad vanced Playbac k Others Basic Playbac k DVD VCD CD Here are a few programming examples: Chapters 25 and 12 of T itle # 2 on disc #3 (two steps): 2 2 3 ENTER 5 Memory 1 Memory 2 Disc number Title number Chapter number 1 2 ENTER All chapters of Title #1 on disc #1: 1 1 ENTER Memory 3 Disc number Title[...]

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    24 Additional Playback Functions 2 1 3 NEXT SELECTION DISC 1 DISC 2 DISC 3 DISC 4 DISC 5 Next Selection: Preparing the next Audio T rack During playback of an audio CD, you can already prepare the next track that will be played as soon as the current one is finished. The difference with direct selection of a track or disc is that playback of the pr[...]

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    25 Getting Star ted Connections Function Setup Ad vanced Playbac k Others Basic Playbac k Using the DVD Changer as CD player Since your DV -C501 allows you to insert up to five discs in any combination (DVD video discs, V ideo CDs, audio CDs), there may be times when you only want to listen to music and avoid having to press the DISC SKIP / or DISC[...]

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    26 2 1 PLAY 1 PLAY RANDOM Additional Playback Functions (continued) Title : 2 Chapter : 2 Chapter : 2 Title : 2 Chapter : 2 Title : 3 Chapter : 1 Chapter : 1 Title : 2 Chapter : 2 TITLE : 1 CHAPTER : 3 CHAPTER : 3 Title : 1 Chapter : 3 Title : 3 Chapter : 1 1 23 56 7 8 9 +10 0 4 PLAY UP RANDOM CLEAR Numeric buttons SEARCH The DV -C501’s Random pl[...]

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    27 Getting Star ted Connections Function Setup Ad vanced Playbac k Others Basic Playbac k 1 ANGLE ANGLE RETURN CLEAR ZOOM DVD V ideo Disc Functions Zooming in The Zoom function allows you to magnify a portion of a picture. Feel free to select the area to be magnified. Press the ZOOM button during normal or slow (see page 17) playback or while playb[...]

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    28 Press the AUDIO button during play- back of a DVD video disc. The current Audio settings are displayed for about 3 seconds. Audio : Audio Out Select : Bitstream ENG PCM 2CH 1 Audio channel Recording system Output sound format Language Position number See page 39 for a list of abbreviations of the available languages and their mean- ing. Press th[...]

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    29 Getting Star ted Connections Function Setup Ad vanced Playbac k Others Basic Playbac k Notes: • Some discs allow you to change Audio settings only via the disc menu. In that case, press the MENU button and choose the desired language. • The Audio settings are not saved internally . When you switch of f the DVD Changer or open the disc tray ,[...]

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    30 DVD V ideo Disc Functions (continued) Good evening! Bon soir! ¡Buenas tardes! Some DVD video discs also contain subtitles – sometimes even in several languages. Here is how to display them and select the language (if several languages are available). Using the Subtitle Feature 1 23 56 7 8 9 +10 0 4 REMOTE CONTROLLER RC - 417 DV CLEAR SUBTITLE[...]

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    31 Getting Star ted Connections Function Setup Ad vanced Playbac k Others Basic Playbac k 1 23 56 7 8 9 +10 0 4 REMOTE CONTROLLER RC - 417 DV DISPLAY Using The On-Scr een Display Functions Information about a disc and its operational status can be monitored on your TV screen. If you want to take advantage of this feature for audio CDs, please remem[...]

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    32 3 ENTER ENTER 4 5 6 SETUP 1 SETUP ENTER 2 1 23 56 7 8 9 +10 0 4 REMOTE CONTROLLER RC - 417 DV ENTER SETUP RETURN / / / Advanced Settings The DV -C501 contains a lot more functions than have been covered so far . Most of these functions can only be accessed via the on-screen menu. Please note that not all available functions apply to all disc typ[...]

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    33 Getting Star ted Connections Function Setup Ad vanced Playbac k Others Basic Playbac k DVD VCD CD DVD DVD DVD DVD DVD VCD DVD VCD CD DVD DVD DVD DVD VCD CD DVD VCD CD DVD DVD VCD DVD DVD DVD Setting Details Page On-Screen Language Allows you to select the language of the on-screen displays. Disc Menu Language Allows you to select the language to[...]

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    34 Advanced Settings (continued) LANGUAGE Functions On-Screen Language DVD VCD CD This function allows you to select the language for the on- screen displays. U.S. & Canadian models Other area models • English • English • French • French • Spanish • German • Spanish • Italian Disc Menu Language DVD This function allows you to se[...]

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    35 Getting Star ted Connections Function Setup Ad vanced Playbac k Others Basic Playbac k PICTURE Black Level Nrml PAL/AUTO PAL TV Shape 4:3LB PICTURE Settings TV Shape DVD This is where you can specify the shape of your TV screen. This is important for determining whether you would like to see the whole picture, or a slightly bigger version. 4:3 L[...]

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    36 Advanced Settings (continued) AUDIO Dynamic Range Control On Karaoke Vocal Off Extended Audio Feature Off Audio Out Select Bitstream AUDIO Settings Audio Out Select DVD VCD CD This function allows you to select the outputs and format for audio playback. Always select the setting that best matches your amplifier’s capabilities and input connect[...]

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    37 Getting Star ted Connections Function Setup Ad vanced Playbac k Others Basic Playbac k DISPLAY OSD Background Color Gray Extended Subtitle Features Off Screen Saver On On-Screen Displays On OPERATION Parental Lock Off On Title Stop PBC Off Pause/Still Auto DISPLA Y Settings On-Screen Displays DVD VCD CD This function allows you to activate or su[...]

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    38 Advanced Settings (continued) OPERA TION Settings (continued) ■ Changing the Parental Lock level Perform steps 2 – 4 above. ■ Changing the 4-digit Code a) After selecting a level or “Off,” press the ST OP button four times, followed by the ENTER button. STOP STOP STOP STOP ENTER The current 4-digit code is cleared. b) Press the numeric[...]

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    39 Getting Star ted Connections Function Setup Ad vanced Playbac k Others Basic Playbac k Abbreviation of the Language Language ––– No alternate language CHI (ZH) Chinese DUT (NL) Dutch ENG (EN) English FRE (FR) French GER (DE) German IT A (IT) Italian JPN (JA) Japanese KOR (KO) Korean MA Y (MS) Malay SP A (ES) Spanish AA Afar AB Abkhazian AF[...]

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    40 Symptom No power . No picture. No sound. The picture occasionally distorts. Unstable brightness or picture noise. The DV -C501 won’t start playback. Y ou hear a voice that describes the action. The buttons do not work. The remote controller does not work properly . T r oubleshooting If your DV -C501 does not seem to work as expected, check the[...]

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    41 Getting Star ted Connections Function Setup Ad vanced Playbac k Others Basic Playbac k Identification of Controls See the pages in [ ] for details. Front Panel DVD / VIDEO CD / CD CHANGER DV- C 501 DISC SKIP 12345 PLAY STOP PAUSE SKIP NEXT SELECTION CD PLAY DISPLAY DIMMER DISC SELECT ON OFF POWER POWER STANDBY / ON OPEN/CLOSE PAUSE button [16] N[...]

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    42 Operating status indicator Chapter number indicator Group number indicator Title number indicator NEXT DISC indicator Track number indicator DVD indicator Total playing time/remaining time/ Memory indicators A-B REPEAT indicator CD indicator Angle icon indicator VCD/CD indicator Disc indicator * • Pressing of the DIMMER button changes the brig[...]

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    43 Getting Star ted Connections Function Setup Ad vanced Playbac k Others Basic Playbac k Most steps in this manual need to be performed using the supplied remote controller . That is why the functions of the remote controller ’ s buttons are explained in the relative chapters and sections. See the pages in [ ] for details. Remote Controller POWE[...]

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    Specifications DVD Changer/Outputs DVD Changer Power supply AC 120 V , 60 Hz (U.S. & Canadian models) AC 100 – 240 V , 50/60 Hz (Other area models) Power consumption 19 W Weight 6.6 kg, 14.6 lbs External dimensions (W/H/D) 435 X 121 X 400 mm, 17-1/8" X 4-3/4" X 15-3/4" Signal system Standard NTSC (U.S. & Canadian models) P [...]