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    E n D VD PLA YER DV -SP406 Instruction Manual Thank you for purchasing an Onkyo D VD Player . Please read this manual thoroughly before making connections and plugging in the unit. F ollo wing the instructions in this manual will enable you to obtain optimum performance and listening enjoyment from your ne w D VD Player . Please retain this manual [...]

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    2 Important Safety Instructions 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follo w all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water . 6. Clean only with dry cloth. 7. Do not block any v entilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’ s instructions. 8. Do not install near an y heat [...]

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    3 Precautions 1. Recording Copyright —Unless it’ s for personal use only , recording copyrighted material is illegal with- out the permission of the copyright holder . 2. A C Fuse —The AC fuse inside the unit is not user - serviceable. If you cannot turn on the unit, contact your Onkyo dealer . 3. Care —Occasionally you should dust the unit[...]

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    4 Precautions —Continued This unit contains a semiconductor laser system and is classified as a “CLASS 1 LASER PR ODUCT”. So, to use this model properly , read this Instruction Manual carefully . In case of any trouble, please contact the store where you purchased the unit. To prev ent being exposed to the laser beam, do not try to open the [...]

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    5 Precautions —Continued F or British models Replacement and mounting of an AC plug on the po wer supply cord of this unit should be performed only by qualified service personnel. IMPOR T ANT The wires in the mains lead are coloured in accordance with the following code: Blue: Neutral Brown: Li ve As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of[...]

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    6 Features A udio / Video Processing • Dolby *1 Digital and DTS *2 Digital Outputs • 192 kHz/24-Bit Audio D/A Conv erter • MP3 / WMA *3 Playback with Onscreen Display • Progressiv e Scan V ideo Output • 108 MHz/14-Bit V ideo D/A Conv erter Connections • HDMI *4 output with 1080p Upscaling • Component V ideo, S-V ideo and Composite V i[...]

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    7 Contents Important Safety Instructions ........................... 2 Precautions ......................................................... 3 Supplied Accessories ........................................ 5 Features .............................................................. 6 Types of Playable Discs .................................... 8 Before[...]

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    8 T ypes of Play able Discs • The D VD player does not support D VD-VR discs that use CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media). • Some audio CDs feature copy protection that doesn’ t conform to the official CD standard. Since these are nonstandard discs, they may not play properly in the D VD player . • The D VD player does not suppo[...]

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    9 T ypes of Play able Discs —Continued Handling Discs •N ev er touch the underside of a disc. Always hold discs by the edge, as shown. •N ev er attach adhesi ve tape or sticky labels to discs. Cleaning Discs •F or best results, keep your discs clean. Fingerprints and dust can affect the sound and picture quality and should be remov ed as fo[...]

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    10 Bef ore Using the D VD pla yer Notes: • If the remote controller 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, remov e the batteries to prev ent possible leakage and corrosion. • Flat batteri[...]

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    11 Fr ont & Rear P anels For detailed information, refer to the pages in parentheses. ■ North American model ■ European & Other models A ON/ST ANDBY button (20) Sets the D VD player to On or Standby . B Disc T ray Discs are loaded here. C [] (open/close) b utton (24) This button is used to open and close the disc tray . D Display windo [...]

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    12 Front & Rear P anels —Continued ■ North American and Oceanian models ■ European model A HDMI OUT This connector can be used to connect a TV , projec- tor , or A V receiv er with an HDMI input. This con- nector outputs digital audio and digital video. B CO AXIAL DIGIT AL A UDIO OUT This coaxial digital audio output can be connected to a[...]

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    13 Remote contr ol For detailed information, refer to the pages in paren- theses. A ON/ST ANDBY [ ] button (20) Sets the D VD player to On or Standby . B OPEN/CLOSE [ ] button (24, 27, 28, 30) Opens and closes the disc tray . C Number buttons (26) Enters title, chapter , and track numbers and to enter times for locating specific points in time. D [...]

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    14 Remote control —Continued S [] (Stop) button (24, 27, 28, 30, 32) Stops playback. T MENU button (24, 26) Access the disc’ s title menu, if available. U ENTER button (21–23, 26, 30, 32) Starts playback of the selected title, chapter , or track, and to confirm settings. V RETURN button (32) Exits the onscreen setup. W DISPLA Y button (23, 2[...]

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    15 Connecting the D VD pla yer • 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 Outputs The D VD player’ s optical digital connectors have a shut- ter-type co ver that opens when an optical plug is inserted, and closes when it’ [...]

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    16 Connecting the D VD player —Continued Connect the VIDEO OUT and A UDIO OUTPUT AN ALOG L/R jacks to a set of A/V inputs on your TV . The D VD player’ s audio/video jacks are colored coded (yellow for video, red for right channel, white for left channel). ■ North American and Oceanian models ■ European model A udio and Video Connection 1 4[...]

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    17 Connecting the D VD player —Continued Hooking up the D VD play er - more you can do A S-Video connection (not European model) Connect the S-VIDEO OUTPUT jack on the unit to the corresponding input jacks on your TV using a S- V ideo cable. Y ou will still need to connect the left and right audio cables to the TV , or digital audio cable to your[...]

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    18 Connecting the D VD player —Continued Connecting to an A V Receiver Step 1: Audio Connection Y ou can connect the D VD player to your A V receiv er using the 2-channel analog audio output or one of the digital audio outputs. D Digital A udio Output Connection Connect one of the D VD player’ s DIGIT AL A UDIO OUTPUT (OPTICAL or CO AXIAL) jack[...]

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    19 Connecting the D VD player —Continued Connect the HDMI OUTPUT jack on the unit to the HDMI input jack on an HDMI compatible TV using an HDMI cable. Hooking up the D VD play er - more you can do ■ Resolution Setting Y ou can change the resolution for HDMI output. Press RESOLUTION repeatedly to select the desired resolu- tion - 480i, 480p, 720[...]

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    20 Connecting the P o wer/T urning on the D VD play er Befor e connecting • Make sure that all the connections on pages 15–19 are complete (the connection to a TV is required). If you experience picture distortion with some discs, or a picture is black, set the TV system to match your country or region’ s system. Notes: • Settings changed w[...]

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    21 Adjust the settings Note: • Settings changed while the unit is On are sav ed to memory when the unit is set to Standby . If the unit’ s power cord is unplugged while the unit is still On, an y changed settings will not be sav ed. Be aware of this when the unit is connected to a switched AC outlet on another component. If the language selecti[...]

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    22 Adjust the settings —Continued If you selected 16:9, you’ll need to define ho w you would like widescreen programs and films to be dis- played on your TV screen. [16:9 Widescr een]: Choose this option if you hav e a widescreen TV (16:9 aspect ratio). Depends on TV , the picture appears stretched when watching programs in 4:3 format. [16:9 [...]

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    23 Displa ying Disc Inf ormation Y ou can select an item by pressing [ ]/[ ] and change or select the setting by pressing [ ]/[ ]. Note: •F or D VD, VCD, and DivX discs, the follo wing win- dow appears. Depending on the disc, not all of the items may be displayed. For MP3 and WMA discs, the ID3 tag changes. Symbol Used in this Manual 1 Press DISP[...]

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    24 Pla ying a Disc Stops the playbac k The D V -SP406 records the stopped point depending on the disc. “ ” appears on the screen briefly . Press [ ] to resume playback (from the scene point). If you press [ ] again or unload the disc (“ ” appears on the screen), the unit will clear the stopped point. ( =Resume Stop, =Complete Stop) The res[...]

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    25 Playing a Disc —Continued Frame-by-Frame pla yback Press [ ] repeatedly to play Frame-by-Frame playback. Fast f orward or fast re verse Press [ ] or [ ] to play fast forward or fast re verse during playback. Y ou can change the various playback speed by pressing [] or [ ] repeatedly . Press [ ] to continue play at normal speed. F or D VD and D[...]

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    26 Playing a Disc —Continued W atching an enlar ged video image Viewing the title men u Press MENU to display the disc’ s title menu, if avail- able. Viewing the D VD menu Press T OP MENU to display the disc menu, if av ailable. Marking a fav orite scene Starting play from selected time Last Scene Memory This unit memorizes last scene from the [...]

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    27 Pla ying a DivX mo vie file DivX file requirement DivX file compatibility with this player is limited as fol- lows: •A v ailable resolution size: 720x576 (W x H) pixel • The file names of DivX and subtitle are limited to 56 characters. •D i vX file extensions: “.avi”, “.mpg”, “.mpe g” • Playable Codec format: “DIVX3.xx[...]

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    28 Listening to Music Disc or files Creating y our own program Y ou can play the contents of a disc in the order you want by arranging the order of the musics on the disc. 1 Open the disc tray: OPEN/ CLOSE 2 Insert a disc: - 3 Close the disc tray: OPEN/ CLOSE 4 Select a music fr om the menu: [ ]/[ ], T OP MENU 5 Start playback: 6 To stop playbac k[...]

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    29 Listening to Music Disc or files —Continued Displaying file inf ormation (ID3 T A G) While playing a MP3 file containing file information, you can display the information by pressing DISPLA Y repeatedly . MP3/WMA music file requirement MP3/WMA compatibility with this unit is limited as fol- lows: • Discs must be finalized. • The D VD[...]

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    30 Vie wing photo files Viewing photo files as a slide sho w Use [ ]/[ ]/[ ]/[ ] to highlight ( ) icon then press ENTER to start slide show . Y ou can change slide show speed using [ ]/[ ] when () icon is highlighted. Skip to the next/pre vious photo Press [ ] or [ ] to view the pre vious/next photo. Rotate a photo Use [ ]/[ ] to rotate the photo[...]

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    31 Viewing photo files —Continued W atching an enlar ged photo image While viewing a photo in full screen, press ZOOM repeatedly to select zoom mode. Y ou can mov e through the zoomed photo using [ ]/[ ]/[ ]/[ ] buttons. Press CLEAR to exit. Photo file requirement JPEG file compatibility with this unit is limited as fol- lows: • Discs must b[...]

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    32 Using an USB Flash Drive (Eur opean & Other models onl y) Y ou can play MP3/WMA/JPEG/DivX files in the USB Flash Dri ve with v ersion 1.1. Notes an USB Flash Drive •Y ou can switch USB and DISC mode by pressing RETURN only in stop mode. • Do not extract the USB de vice in operating. • Aback up demands to prev ent a data damage. • If[...]

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    33 Language Codes Use this list to input your desired language for the following initial settings: Disc Audio, Disc Subtitle, Disc Menu. Area Codes Choose a area code from this list. Language Code Afar 6565 Afrikaans 6570 Albanian 8381 Ameharic 6577 Arabic 6582 Armenian 7289 Assamese 6583 A ymara 6588 Azerbaijani 6590 Bashkir 6665 Basque 6985 Benga[...]

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    34 Glossary Analog audio An electrical signal that directly represents sound. Com- pare this to digital audio which can be an electrical signal, but is an indirect representation of sound. See also “Digital audio”. Aspect ratio The width of a TV screen relati ve to its height. Con ven- tional TVs are 4:3 (in other w ords, the screen is almost s[...]

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    35 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 (D VD-Video only) These associate discs and players with particular areas of the world. This unit will only play discs that have com- patible region co[...]

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    36 Tr oubleshooting If you hav e any trouble using the D VD player , look for a solution in this section. If you can’t resolv e the issue yourself, contact your Onkyo dealer . Symptom Cause Correction No power . The power cord is disconnected. Plug the power cord into the wall outlet securely . The power is on, b ut the unit does not work. No dis[...]

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    37 Tr oubleshooting —Continued Symptom Cause Correction Can’t play WMA files? WMA files without a “.wma” or “.WMA” filename extension are not recognized. Use the correct filename extension. The WMA file’ s copyright option is on. Don’t use the copyright option. Can’t view JPEG files? JPEG files without a “.jpg” or “.J[...]

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    38 Specifications ■ General Specifications and features subject to change without notice. Signal System Nor th American Model: NTSC European and Oceanian models: P AL/NTSC Composite Video Output/Impedance 1.0 V (p-p)/75 Ω negative sync , RCA/phono S-Video Output/Impedance (not European model) Y: 1.0 V (p-p)/75 Ω negative sync , 4-pin mini D[...]

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    39 Memo DV-SP406_En.book Page 39 Friday, May 9, 2008 12:00 PM[...]

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    40 SN 29344852 I0804-1 Sales & Product Planning Div. : 2-1, Nisshin-cho, Neyagawa-shi, OSAKA 572-8540, JAPAN Tel: 072-831-8023 Fax: 072-831-8163 ONKYO U.S.A. CORPORATION 18 Park Way, Upper Saddle River, N.J. 07458, U.S.A. Tel: 201-785-2600 Fax: 201-785-2650 http://www.us.onkyo.com/ ONKYO EUROPE ELECTRONICS GmbH Liegnitzerstrasse 6, 82194 Groebe[...]