Onkyo DV DV-SP405 manual

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    E n DV D P l a y e r D V-SP405 Instruction Manual Thank you for purchasing an Onk yo D VD Player . Read this manual carefully before using your ne w D VD Player . A good unde rstanding of its features and operation will allo w you to achie ve optimum performance and enjo yment. K eep this manual for future reference. Contents Overview .............[...]

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    2 Impor tant Saf ety Instructions 1. Read these instructions. 2. K eep these instru ctions. 3. Heed all warnings . 4. F ollow all instructi ons. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water . 6. Clean only with dr y cloth. 7. Do not block an y ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufact urer’ s instructions. 8. Do not install near an[...]

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    3 Precautions 1. Recording Copyright —Unless it’ s for personal use only , recording cop yrighted materia l is illeg al with- out the permission of the copyright holder . 2. A C Fuse —The A C fuse inside the unit is not user- serviceable. If you cannot turn on the unit, contact your Onk yo dealer . 3. Care —Occasionally you should dust the [...]

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    4 Precautions —Continued 10. Region Numbers —The D VD standard uses re gion numbers to control how di scs can be played around the world, the w orld being di vided into six re gions. This unit will only play D VD discs that match its region number , which can be found on its rear panel (e.g., , ). 11. About this Manual —This manual explains h[...]

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    5 Precautions —Contin ued F or Canadian Models NO TE: THIS CLASS B DIGIT AL APP ARA TUS COMPLIES WITH CAN ADIAN ICES-003. For models ha ving a po wer cord with a polarized plug: CA UTION: TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK , MA TCH WIDE BLADE OF PLUG TO WIDE SLOT , FULL Y INSER T . Modèle pour les Canadien REMARQ UE: CET APP AREIL NUMÉRIQUE DE LA CLASSE[...]

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    6 T able of Contents Basic Operation Overvie w Important Safety Instructions ............................... 2 Precautions .................................................... ..... 3 Introduction ..................................................... ..... 7 Supplied Accessories ...................................... 7 Features ....................[...]

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    7 Intr oduction Make sure you hav e the following accessories: The letter displayed at the end of the product name found in catalogs and on package represents the color of the D V-SP405 D VD player . Though the color v aries, the specifications and operations are the same. A udio/Video Pro cessing •D o l b y *1 Digital and DTS *2 Digital Outputs [...]

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    8 Introduction —Continued Supported Discs The D V-SP405 supports the follo wing discs. • Some audio CDs feature copy protection that doesn’ t conform to the off icial CD standa rd. Since these are nonstandard discs, they may not play properly in the D V-SP405. • The D V-SP405 supports CD-R and CD-R W discs recorded in V ideo CD format, audi[...]

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    9 Intr oduction —Continued About DualDisc pla yback A DualDisc is a new two -sided disc, one side of which con- tains D VD content vi deo, audio, etc. while the other sid e contains non-DVD content such as digital audio material . The non-D VD, audio side of the disc is not compliant with the CD Audi o specification and theref ore may no t play .[...]

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    10 Introduction —Continued About DivX DivX is a compressed digital video format created by the DivX ® video codec from DivX, I nc. This player can play DivX video files b urned on CD-R/R W/ROM discs. K eeping the same termi nology as D V D-V ideo, individ- ual Di vX video files are call ed “T itles”. When naming files/titles on a CD-R/R W di[...]

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    11 Intr oduction —Continued PC-created disc compatibility Discs recorded using a personal computer may not be playable in this unit due to the setting of th e application software used to create the disc. In these particular instances, check with the software publisher for more detailed information . Discs recorded in pack et write mode (UDF form[...]

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    12 Bef ore Using the D V-SP405 Notes: • If the remote control ler doesn’t w ork reliably , try replacing both batteries. • Don’t mix ne w and old batteries, or different types of batteries. • If you intend not to use the remote controller for a long time, remove the batterie s to prev ent pos sible leaka ge and corrosion. • Flat batteri[...]

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    13 Fr ont & Rear P anels For detailed informat ion, refer to the pages in brackets. North American model Oceanian and European models  ST ANDBY/ON b utton [24, 27] This butto n is used to set the D V-SP405 to On or Standby .  HDMI indicator Lights when the D V-SP405 is recognized by another HDMI or D VI/HDCP compatible compo- nent.  Di[...]

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    14 Front & Rear P anels —Continued  Pause indicato r This indicator appears when playback is paused.  Play indicator This indicator is sho wn during playback.  CHP indicator This indica tor appears while the nu mber of the cur- rent chapter is being d isplayed.  TITLE indicato r This indica tor appears while the nu mber of the cur[...]

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    15 Fr ont & Rear P anels —Continued North American model Oceanian model Europe an model  HDMI OUT [22] This connector can be used to connect a TV or pro- jector with an HDMI input. This connector outputs digital audio and digital video.  COMPONENT VIDEO OUTPUT [21] These sockets output component video and can be connected to an componen[...]

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    16 Front & Rear P anels —Continued  ST ANDBY button [24] This b utton is used to set the D V-SP405 to Standb y .  ON but ton [24] This b utton is used to turn on the D V-SP405. Don’t turn on the D V-SP405 until you’ ve com- pleted, and double checked all connections (pages 18–23).  Number buttons [28–29, 38, 48–49] These b [...]

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    17 Fr ont & Rear P anels —Continued (2 Fa st Forward /( ) button [28, 31, 32] This butto n is used for fast forward, slow motion, and frame-by-frame playback. (3 USB/D VD button [41] (not North American model) This butto n is used to select the playback media. Press to change between D VD mode and USB mode. (4 OPEN/CLOSE but ton [27] This but[...]

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    18 Connecting the D V-SP405 • Read the manuals supplied with your A V components. • Don’t connect the po wer cord until you’ ve completed all audio and video connections. Optical Digital Output (Oceanian model only) The optical digital connector is fitted with protecti ve cap. Before connecting a cable, remo ve the cap and k eep it safely .[...]

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    19 Connecting the D V -SP405 —Continued The setup described here is a basic setup that allows you to play discs using just the supplied A V cable (RCA). In this setup, stereo audio is played throu gh the speakers in your TV . Important: • This player is equipped with cop y protection technol- ogy . Do not connect this player to your TV via a VC[...]

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    20 Connecting the D V-SP405 —Contin ued Switching the video out put to interlace using the f ront panel contr ols Switch the player to standby then, using the front panel controls, press ST ANDBY/ON while pressing to switch the player back to “Interlace”. • If the player is connected using HDMI, disconnect the HDMI cable before resetting th[...]

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    21 Connecting the D V -SP405 —Continued • Connect the D VD Player to the TV directly . If you connect the D VD Player to a VCR, TV/VCR combi- nation, or video selector , the playback picture may be distorted as D VD videos are copy protected. Using S-Video (not Eur opean model) If your TV (or other equipment) has an S-V ideo input, you can use [...]

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    22 Connecting the D V-SP405 —Contin ued Using HDMI If you hav e a HDMI equipped monitor or display , you can connect it to this player using a commercially av ail- able HDMI cable. The HDMI connector outputs uncompressed digital video, as well as almost e very kind of digital audio that the player is compatible with, including D VD-V ideo, V ideo[...]

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    23 Connecting the D V -SP405 —Continued Although you can reproduce the D VD Player’ s sound from the TV speakers with the connections on page 19, connecting with an amplifier pro vides you high quality dynamic sounds. T o reproduce Dolby Digital surround and DTS su rround sound, you need to connect to an amplifier with a Dolb y Digital and DTS [...]

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    24 Connecting the P o wer/T urning on the D V-SP405 Bef ore connecting • Make sure that all the connections on pages 18–23 are complete (the connection to a TV is required). Note: • This player features a screen sav er and an auto power of f function. If the player is stopped and no button is pressed for fi v e minutes, the screen sav er star[...]

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    25 Getting Star ted For ease of use, this player makes extensi ve use of graph- ical on-screen displays (OSDs). All the screens are navigate d in basically the same w ay , u s i n g t h e /// ( c u r s o r ) b u t t o n s t o c h a n g e t h e highlighted item and pressing ENTER to select it. Note: • From here on in this manual, the word “selec[...]

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    26 Getting Star ted —Continued This sets the language o f this system’ s on-screen dis- plays. Setting the language of this pla yer’ s on-screen displa ys 1 Press HOME MENU and select “Initial Settings”. 2 Select “OSD Language” fr om the “Display” settings. 3 Select a lang uage. The on-screen language will change according to your[...]

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    27 Getting Started —Continued The basic playback controls for playing D VD, CD, V ideo CD, DivX V ideo/WMV and MP3/WMA/MPEG- 4 AA C discs are cov ered here. Further functions are detailed in the ne xt chapter . For details on playing JPEG picture discs, see “V ie wing a JPEG slidesho w” on page 32. Notes: • Y ou may find with some D VD disc[...]

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    28 Getting Star ted —Continued The table belo w sho ws the basic controls on the remote for playing discs. The following ch apter covers other playback features in more detail. When you stop playback of a disc, RESUME is sho wn in the display indicating that you can resume playback again from that point. If the disc tray is not opened, the next t[...]

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    29 Getting Started —Continued Many D VD-V ideo discs feature menus from which you can select what you want to watch. They may also gi ve access to additional fe atures, such as subtitle and audio language selection, or special features su ch as slide- sho ws. See the disc packaging for details. Sometimes D VD-V ideo menus are displayed automati- [...]

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    30 Getting Star ted —Continued Hint: • After I load a D VD disc, it ejects automatically after a fe w seconds! o Most likely , the disc is the wrong region for y our player . The re gion number should be printed on the disc; check it against the region number of the player (which you can find on the rear panel). See also “D VD-V ideo regions?[...]

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    31 Pla ying discs Notes: • Many of the functions covered in this chapter apply to D VD discs, V ideo CDs, CDs, DivX V ideo/WMV and MP3/WMA/MPEG-4 AA C/JPEG discs, although the exact operation of some varies slightly with the kind of disc loaded. • Some D VDs restrict the use of some functions (ran- dom or repeat, for example) in some or all par[...]

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    32 Pla ying discs —Continued Y ou can advance or back up D VD discs frame-by-frame. W ith V ideo CD you can only use frame adv ance. Note: • Backward frame-b y-frame pla yback does not work with V ideo CD. After loading a CD/CD-R/R W containing JPEG picture files, press (play) to start a slideshow from the f irst folder/picture on the disc. The[...]

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    33 Pla ying discs —Continued Use the “Disc Navigator ” to browse through the contents of a D VD or V ideo CD disc to f ind the part you want to play . Important: • Y ou can’t use the “Disc Navigator” with V ideo CD in PBC mode. Tip : • Another way to f ind a particular place on a disc is to use one of the search modes. See “Search[...]

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    34 Pla ying discs —Continued Use the “Disc Navigator” to f ind a particular fi le or folder by f ilename. Note that if there are other types of files on the same disc , these will not be displayed in the “Disc Navigator”. Tip : • T o play the contents of th e whole disc rather than just the current folder , e xit the “Disc Navigator?[...]

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    35 Pla ying discs —Continued The “A-B Repeat” function allows you to specify two points (A and B) within a track (CD, V ideo CD) or title (D VD) that form a loop which is played ov er and ov er . • Y ou can’t use “A-B Repeat” with V ideo CD in PBC mode, or MP3/WMA/MPEG-4 AA C/DivX V ideo/ WMV files. There are v arious repeat play opti[...]

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    36 Pla ying discs —Continued Use the random play function to play titles or chapters (D VD-V ideo) or tracks (CD, V ideo CD) at random. (Note that the same track/ title/chapter may play more than once.) Y ou can set the random play option when a disc is play- ing or stopped. Important: • Random play remains in ef fect until you select “Ran- d[...]

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    37 Pla ying discs —Continued This feature lets you program the play order of titles/ chapters/tracks on a disc. Important: • Y ou can’t use Program play with VR format D VD-R/ -R W discs, V ideo CD playing in PBC mode, MP3/ WMA/MPEG-4 AA C discs, Di vX V ideo/WMV discs, or while a D VD disc menu is being displayed. Tip : • Use the f ollowin[...]

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    38 Pla ying discs —Continued There are a number of other options in the “Program” menu in addition to “Create/Edit”. • Playback Start – Starts playback of a sav ed program list • Playback Stop – T urns of f program play , b ut does not erase the program list • Program Delete – Erases the program list and turns of f program pla[...]

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    39 Pla ying discs —Continued Some D VD or Di vX V ideo discs have subtitles in one or more languages; the disc box will usu ally tell you which subtitle languages are a vailable. Y ou can switch subtitle language during playback. • See “Displaying Di vX subtitle files” on page 10 for more on DivX subtit le. When playing a D VD or DivX V ide[...]

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    40 Pla ying discs —Continued Using the zoom feature you can magnify a part of the screen by a factor of 2 or 4, while w atching a D VD, Di vX V ideo/WMV title or V ideo CD, or playing a JPEG disc. Some D VD discs feature scen es shot from two or more angles—check the disc box for details. When a multi-angle scene is playing, a icon appears on s[...]

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    41 USB pla ybac k (Not Nor th Am erican model) Note: Onkyo cannot guarantee compatibility (operation and/or bus po wer) with all USB mass storage de vices and assumes no responsibility for any loss of data that may occur when connected to this unit. It is possible to listen to two-channel audio and watch JPEG f iles using the USB interfa ce on the [...]

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    42 A udio Settings and Video Adjust menus The “Audio Settings” menu of fers features for adjusting the way discs sound. Equalizer • Settings: “Of f (defaul t)”, “Rock”, “Pop”, “Li ve”, “Dance”, “T echno”, “Clas sic”, “Soft” The v arious preset EQ curves are designed to suit vari- ous styles of music. Note: • [...]

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    43 A udio Settings and Video Adjust menus —Contin ued From the “V ideo Adjust” screen you can adjust various settings that af fect how the picture is presented. Note: • Depending on your TV , the picture may appear dis- torted if the brightness is set too high. If this happens, lo wer the brightness. Video Adjust menu 1 Press HOME MENU and [...]

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    44 Initial Settings menu The “Initial Settings” menu provides audio and video output settings, parental lock sett ings, and display set- tings, among others. If an option is grayed out it means that it cannot be changed at the current time. This is usually because a disc is playing. Stop the disc, then change the setting. Notes: • In the tabl[...]

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    45 Initial Settings menu —Contin ued Digital A udio Out settings Setting Option What it means Digital Out On Digital audio is output from the digital outputs. Off No digital audio output. Dolby Digital Out Dolby Digital Dolby Digital encoded digital audio is output when playing a Dolb y Digita l D VD disc. Dolby Digital > PCM Dolby Digital aud[...]

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    46 Initial Settings menu —Continued Video Output settings Setting Option What it mean s TV Screen *1 (This setting effective for analog and HDMI video output. See also “Screen sizes and di sc formats” on page 52.) *1 When connected to a 16:9 television: when either “16:9 (Wide)” or “16:9 (C ompressed)” is selected and the television s[...]

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    47 Initial Settings menu —Contin ued Language settings Setting Option What it means A udio Lan guage *1 *1 This setting is your preferred audio language for DVD discs. You can switch between the languages recorded on a DVD disc during playback using the AUDIO button. Some DVD discs set the audio language automatically when loaded, overriding the [...]

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    48 Initial Settings menu —Continued • Default lev el: “Off”; Default password: none; Default Country/Area code: us (2119) T o gi ve you some control o ver what your children w atch on your D VD player , some D VD-V ideo discs feature a “Pare ntal Lock” le vel. If your player is set t o a lo wer lev el than t he disc, the disc won’t pl[...]

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    49 Initial Settings menu —Contin ued Changing y our pass wor d T o change your password, conf irm your existing pass- word then enter a ne w one. Setting/changing the P arental Loc k Setting/changing the Country/Area code Y ou can find th e Country/Area code list in the adjacent column. 1 Select “P assw ord Change”. 2 Use the number b uttons [...]

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    50 Initial Settings menu —Continued • Def ault setting: “STEREO” If you’ v e selected “DTS > PCM” in “DTS Out” on page 45, you can choose the way the signal is down- mixed to PCM audio. “STEREO” will downmix the DTS signal to 2-channel stereo, wherea s “Lt/Rt” will do wnmix to a 2-channel signal compat ible with Dolby s[...]

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    51 Initial Settings menu —Contin ued Some DivX V OD content may only be playable a fix ed number of times. When you load a disc containing this type of Div X V OD content, the remaining number of plays is shown on-screen and you then ha ve the option of playing the disc (thereby using up one of the remaining plays), or stopping. If you load a dis[...]

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    52 Additional inf ormation D VD-V ideo discs come in sev eral different screen aspect ratios, ranging from TV p rograms, which are generally 4:3, to CinemaScope widescreen movies, with an aspect ratio of up to about 7:3. T elevisions, too, come in dif ferent aspect ratios; “stan- dard” 4:3 and widescreen 16:9. Widescreen TV users If you hav e a[...]

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    53 Additional inf ormation —Continued Note: • Y ou have to switch the player into standby (press ST ANDBY/ON) before each cha nge. D VD discs are generally di vided into one or more titles. T itles may be further subdivided into chapters. CDs and V ideo CDs are divided into tracks. CD-R OMs contain folders and files. MP3, WMA and MPEG-4 AA C f [...]

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    54 Additional inf ormation —Continued Language code list Language Language code letter Language code Japanese ja 1001 English en 0514 F rench fr 061 8 German de 0405 Italian it 0920 Spanish es 0519 Chinese zh 260 8 Dutch nl 1412 P or tuguese pt 1620 Swedish sv 1922 Russian ru 1821 K orean ko 1115 Greek el 0512 Afa r aa 0101 Abkhazian ab 0102 Afri[...]

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    55 Glossary Analog audio An electrical signal that directly represents sound. Com- pare this to digital audio which can be an electrical sig- nal, b ut is an indirect representation of sound. See also “Digital audio”. Aspect ratio The width of a TV screen relati ve to its h eight. Con ven- tional TVs are 4:3 (in other wo rds, the screen is almo[...]

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    56 Glossary —Continued Progressive scan video All the lines that make up a video picture are updated in one pass (compared to interlace which takes two passes to update the whole picture). Regions (DVD-Video onl y) These associate disc s and players with particular are as of the world. This unit will only play discs that ha ve com- patible region[...]

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    57 T r oubleshooting If you ha ve any trouble using your D V-SP405, check the follo wing table for possible causes and remedies. If you still can’t resolv e the issue yourself, please contact yo ur Onkyo dealer . Symptoms Causes Remedies DV D P l a y e r Can’t turn on th e D V-SP405? The power cord is not connected. Connect the power cord to a [...]

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    58 T roubleshooting —Continued Symptoms Causes Remedies DV D P l ay e r Brightness is unstable or the picture is noisy? The D V-SP405 is connected to your TV via a VCR or other video equipment and a copy-protection system is affecting the picture. Connect the DV-SP405 directly to your TV (page 19). Y our TV doesn’t support pro gressiv e scannin[...]

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    59 T roubleshooting —Contin ued Symptoms Causes Remedies DV D P l ay e r Some MP3 fi les don’t play? MP3 files without a “.mp 3” or “.MP3 ” filename e xtension are not recognized. Use the correct filename e xtension (page 9). The MP3 disc is a multisession disc. The D V-SP405 doesn’t fully support multisession discs. Only files in the[...]

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    60 T roubleshooting —Continued HDMI tr oubleshooting Incorrect operation is often mistak en for trouble or malfunction. If you think that there is something wrong with this component, check the points belo w . Sometimes the trouble may lie in another component. Inspect the other components and electrical appliances being used . If the trouble can[...]

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    61 T roubleshooting —Contin ued USB tr oubleshooting (Not North American model) Note: • Static electricity or other external influences may cause malfunctioning of this unit. In this case, unplug the po wer cord and then plug back in. This will usually reset the unit for pr oper operation. If this does not correct the problem, please consult yo[...]

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    62 Specifications ■ General Specification s and features subject to change without notice. Signal Sy stem NTSC (Nor th Amer ican model) P AL/NTSC (Oceanian and European models) Composite Video Outp ut/Impedance 1.0 V (p-p)/75 : negative sync, RCA S-Video Output /Impedance (not European model) Y : 1.0 V (p-p)/75 : negative sync, 4-pin mini DIN C: [...]

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    63 MEMO[...]

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    64 Printed in Japan Y0705-1 (C) Copyright 2007 ONKY O CORPORA TION J apan. All rights reser ved. http://www .onkyo.com/ HOMEP A GE SN 29344511 Sales & Product Planning Div. : 2-1, Nisshin-cho, Neyagawa-shi, OSAKA 572-8540, JAPAN Tel: 072-831-8023 Fax: 072-831-8124 ONKYO U.S.A. CORPORATION 18 Park Way, Upper Saddle River, N.J. 07458, U.S.A. Tel:[...]