Onkyo DV-SP503E manual

E n Super A udio CD & D VD A udio/V ideo player D V -SP503E Instruction Manual Thank you for purchasing the Onkyo D V - SP503E Super Audio CD & D VD Audio/V ideo player . Read this manual carefully before using your ne w D VD Player . A good understanding of its features and operation will allo w you to achie ve optimum performance and enjo[...]

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 [...]

3 Precautions This unit contains a semiconductor laser system and is classi fi ed 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. T o prev ent being exposed to the laser beam, do not try to open the enclosu[...]

4 Precautions —Continued F or Canadian model NO TE: This class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. For models ha ving a power cord with a polarized plug: CA UTION: TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK, MA TCH WIDE BLADE OF PLUG T O WIDE SLO T , FULL Y INSER T . Modèle pour les Canadien REMARQUE: Cet appareil num é rique de la classe B est[...]

5 Precautions —Continued 5. Ne ver T ouc h this Unit with W et Hands Nev er handle this unit or its po wer cord while your hands are wet or damp. If water or any other liquid gets inside this unit, hav e it checked by your Onkyo dealer . 6. Installing this Unit • Install this unit in a well-ventilated location. Ensure that there ’ s adequate [...]

6 T ab le of Contents Basic Operation Overview Important Safety Instructions .............................. 2 Precautions ........................................................ 3 Introduction ......................................................... 7 DV-SP503E Features ..................................... 7 Supplied Accessories ................[...]

7 T able of Contents —Continued Miscellaneous information Additional information ....................................... 54 Screen sizes and disc formats ...................... 54 Setting the TV system (Not North American model) ....................... 54 Resetting the player ...................................... 55 Titles, chapters and tracks .[...]

8 Introduction —Continued Make sure you ha ve the follo wing accessories: Supplied Accessories Remote controller & 2 batteries (AA) A V cable (RCA) (1.5 m) S Video cable (1.5 m) cable (0.8 m) This cable is used to connect the D V -SP503E to other -compatible Onkyo components for (Remote Interactiv e) control. T o use , in addition to an conne[...]

9 Introduction —Continued Supported Discs The D V -SP503E supports the following discs. • Some audio CDs feature copy protection that doesn ’ t conform to the of fi cial CD standard. Since these are nonstandard discs, they may not play properly in the D V -SP503E. • The D V -SP503E supports CD-R and CD-R W discs recorded in V ideo CD forma[...]

10 Introduction —Continued About WMA WMA is an acronym for W indo ws Media Audio and refers to an audio compression technology dev eloped by Microsoft Corporation. WMA content can be encoded by using W indo ws Media ® Player version 7, 7.1, W in- dows Media ® Player for W indo ws ® XP , or W indo ws Media ® Player 9 Series. JPEG file compati[...]

11 Bef ore Using the D V -SP503E Notes: • The supplied batteries should last for about six months, although this will vary with usage. • If the remote controller doesn ’ t w ork reliably , try replacing both batteries. • Don ’ t mix ne w and old batteries, or dif ferent types of batteries. • If you intend not to use the remote controlle[...]

12 Fr ont & Rear P anels For detailed information, refer to the pages in brackets. A ST ANDBY/ON button [24, 26] This button is used to set the D V -SP503E to On or Standby . B ST ANDBY indicator [24] This indicator lights up when the D V -SP503E is in Standby . C DISPLA Y button [39] This button is used to display information about the current[...]

13 Front & Rear P anels —Continued 1 D indicator This indicator appears when playing Dolby Digital material. 2 Disc type indicators These indicators show the type of disc loaded. 3 TITLE indicator While stopped, the total number of titles on the cur- rent D VD-V ideo disc is displayed here. During playback, the number of the current title is [...]

14 Front & Rear P anels —Continued ■ Not European model See page 15 for the Eur opean model. A A UDIO OUTPUT [22–23] These jacks output analog audio. The FR ONT/ D.MIX jacks can be connected to the stereo input on a TV , hi- fi amp, or other component. The 1 and 2 jacks output the same signals so you can use either . D VDs with 5.1-chann[...]

15 Front & Rear P anels —Continued ■ European Model A A UDIO OUTPUT [22 – 23] These jacks output analog audio. The FR ONT/ D.MIX jacks can be connected to the stereo input on a TV , hi- fi amp, or other component. The 1 and 2 jacks output the same signals so you can use either . D VDs with 5.1-channel audio are do wnmixed into two channe[...]

16 Front & Rear P anels —Continued ■ North American models ■ Other models Remote Controller ST ANDBY ON OPEN / CLOSE PLA Y MODE DISPLA Y DIMMER TOP MENU MENU RETURN SETUP AUDIO ANGLE ZOOM SUBTITLE TV CONTROL TV/ VIDEO CHANNEL VOLUME ON / ST ANDBY RC-582D V 1 2 3 4 5 6 789 0 CLEAR ENTER 3 4 6 7 9 J K 8 5 2 1 L M N O Q P R S T U X V W Y ON [...]

17 Front & Rear P anels —Continued A ST ANDBY button [24] This button is used to set the D V -SP503E to Standby . B ON button [24] This button is used to turn on the D V -SP503E. Don ’ t turn on the D V -SP503E until you ’ ve com- pleted, and double checked all connections (pages 18 – 23). C Number buttons [27 – 29, 37, 50] These butt[...]

18 Connecting the D V -SP503E • 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 V -SP503E ’ s optical digital connectors hav e a shut- ter-type co ver that opens when an optical plug is inserted, and closes when it[...]

19 Connecting the D V -SP503E —Continued The setup described here is a basic setup that allows you to play discs using just the cables supplied with the player . In this setup, stereo audio is played through the speakers in your TV . • This player is equipped with copy protection technol- ogy . Do not connect this player to your TV via a VCR us[...]

20 Connecting the D V -SP503E —Continued • Connect the D V -SP503E to the TV directly . If you connect the D V -SP503E to a VCR, TV/VCR combina- tion, or video selector , the playback picture may be distorted as D VD videos are copy protected. Using S Video If your TV (or other equipment) has an S V ideo input, you can use this instead of the s[...]

21 Connecting the D V -SP503E —Continued Switching the video output to interlace using the front 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. Compatibility of this play er with progressive-scan and high-definition TVs This player is com[...]

22 Connecting the D V -SP503E —Continued Y ou can connect this player to your A V receiv er using the multichannel analog outputs or one of the digital out- puts. In addition to these connections, you should also connect the 2 channel analog outputs for compatibility with all discs. Y ou ’ ll probably also want to connect a video output to your[...]

23 Connecting the D V -SP503E —Continued Connecting the Multichannel Analog Outputs If your A V receiv er has 5.1 channel analog inputs, we recommend connecting this player to it using the multi- channel analog outputs. Doing this will ensure that you can enjoy all kinds of disc, including Dolby Digital and DTS D VD-V ideo discs, as well as high [...]

24 Connecting the P ower/T urning on the D V -SP503E Befor e 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 off function. If the player is stopped and no b utton is pressed for fi ve minutes, the screen sa ver s[...]

25 Getting Star ted For ease of use, this player makes e xtensi ve use of graph- ical on-screen displays (OSDs). All the screens are navigated in basically the same w ay , using the cursor buttons (///) t o change the highlighted item and pressing ENTER to select it. Note: • From her e on in this manual, the word “select” generally means use [...]

26 Getting Started —Continued This sets the language of this system ’ s on-screen dis- plays. The basic playback controls for playing D VD, CD, SA CD, V ideo CD and MP3/WMA discs are cov ered here. Further functions are detailed in the next chapter . For details on playing JPEG picture discs, see “ V iewing a JPEG slideshow ” on page 31. Im[...]

27 Getting Started —Continued Note: • Y ou may fi nd with some DVD discs that some play- back controls don ’ t w ork in certain parts of the disc. This is not a malfunction. The table below sho ws the basic controls on the remote for playing discs. The follo wing chapter cov ers other playback features in more detail. 3 Load a disc. Load a d[...]

28 Getting Started —Continued W ith the exception of D VD-Audio and SACD discs, when you stop playback of a disc, RESUME is shown in the display indicating that you can resume playback again from that point. If the disc tray is not opened, the next time you start play- back the display shows RESUME and playback resumes from the resume point. (If [...]

29 Getting Started —Continued Some V ideo CD hav e menus from which you can choose what you want to watch. These are called PBC (Playback control) menus. Y ou can play a PBC V ideo CD without having to na vi- gate the PBC menu by starting playback using a number button to select a track, rather than the (play) button. Video CD PBC menus Button Wh[...]

30 Pla ying discs Notes: • Many of the functions co vered in this chapter apply to D VD and SA CD discs, V ideo CDs, CDs and WMA/ MP3 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 parts of the disc. T[...]

31 Playing discs —Continued Y ou can advance or back up D VD-V ideo and DVD-R/ R W discs frame-by-frame. W ith V ideo CD you can only use frame advance. Note: • Backward frame-by-frame playback does not work with V ideo CD. After loading a CD/CD-R/R W containing JPEG picture fi les, press (play) to start a slideshow from the fi rst folder/pic[...]

32 Playing discs —Continued Use the Disc Navigator to bro wse through the contents of a D VD-V ideo, DVD-R W or V ideo CD disc to fi nd 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 fi nd a particular place on a disc is to use one of the search modes. See “[...]

33 Playing discs —Continued Use the Disc Navigator to fi nd a particular fi le or folder by fi lename. Tip: • T o play the contents of the whole disc rather than just the current folder , exit the Disc Na vigator and start playback using the (play) button. Bro wsing WMA, MP3 and JPEG fi les with the Disc Navigator 1 Press SETUP and select ?[...]

34 Playing discs —Continued The A-B Repeat function allo ws you to specify two points (A and B) within a track (CD, V ideo CD) or title (D VD-V ideo and DVD-R W) that form a loop which is played ov er and over . • Y ou can ’ t use A-B Repeat with D VD-Audio, SACD, and V ideo CD in PBC mode, or WMA /MP3 fi les. There are various repeat play o[...]

35 Playing discs —Continued Use the random play function to play titles or chapters (D VD-V ideo), Groups (DVD-Audio), or tracks (D VD- Audio, SA CD, 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 remain[...]

36 Playing 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 W discs, V ideo CD playing in PBC mode, WMA/MP3 discs, or while a D VD disc menu is being displayed. Tip: Use the follo wing controls during pr ogram play: Creating a p[...]

37 Playing 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 , but does not erase the program list • Program Delete – Erases the program list and turns off program play Y ou can sear[...]

38 Playing discs —Continued Some D VD-V ideo discs have subtitles in one or more languages; the disc box will usually tell you which sub- title languages are av ailable. Y ou can switch subtitle lan- guage during playback. When playing a D VD-V ideo disc recorded with dialog in two or more languages, you can switch audio language during playback.[...]

39 Playing discs —Continued Using the zoom feature you can magnify a part of the screen by a factor of 2 or 4, while watching a D VD or V ideo CD or playing a JPEG disc. Note: • If you are displaying subtitles, these will disappear when the screen is zoomed. The y will reappear when you return the screen to normal. Some D VD discs feature scene[...]

40 DivX ® video playbac k on the D V -SP503E (not Nor th American model) DivX is a compressed digital video format created by the DivX ® video codec from Di vXNetworks, Inc. This player can play DivX video fi les b urned on CD-R/R W/ R OM discs. K eeping the same terminology as D VD- V ideo, individual DivX video fi les are called “ T itles. [...]

41 DivX ® video pla ybac k on the D V -SP503E (not North American model) — Continued Bro wsing DivX video titles using the Disc Navigator Use the Disc Navigator to bro wse the contents of a disc. Note that if there are other types of fi les on the same disc, these will not be displayed in the Disc Navigator . Tip: • T o play the contents of t[...]

42 DivX ® video pla ybac k on the D V -SP503E (not North American model) — Continued In order to play DivX V OD (video on demand) content on this player , you fi rst need to register the player with your DivX V OD content provider . Y ou do this by gener - ating a DivX V OD registration code, which you submit to your provider . Important: • D[...]

43 A udio Settings and Video Adjust menus The Audio Settings menu of fers features for adjusting the way discs sound. • Settings: High, Medium, Low , Of f (default) When watching Dolby Digital D VDs at lo w v olume, it ’ s easy to lose the quieter sounds completely — including some of the dialog. Switching Audio DRC (Dynamic Range Control) to[...]

44 A udio Settings and Video Adjust menus —Continued From the V ideo Adjust screen you can adjust v arious set- tings that affect ho w 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, lower the brightness. Video Adjust menu 1 Press SETUP and select ?[...]

45 Initial Settings menu The Initial Settings menu provides audio and video out- put 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 disc is playing. Stop the disc, then change the setting. Notes: • In the table on ne[...]

46 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. Note that there is no digital output when playing SA CDs and some D VD-Audio discs regardless of this setting. Off No digital audio output. Dolby Digital Out Dolby Digital Dolby Digital enc[...]

47 Initial Settings menu —Contin ued Language settings Setting Option What it means Audio Langua ge *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 ?[...]

48 Initial Settings menu —Contin ued Options settings Setting Option What it means Parental Loc k – See “Parental Loc k” on page 50. D VD Playbac k Mode D VD-A udio All material on a D VD-Audio disc is pla yab le. D VD-Video Only the D VD-Video par t of a D VD-Audio disc is pla yab le. SA CD Playbac k 2ch Area Selects the 2 channel (strereo[...]

49 Initial Settings menu —Contin ued The table below sho ws ho w the audio settings you make in the Initial Settings menu (see page 46) affect the output from the 2 channel and the 5.1 channel analog outputs, and from the digital outputs with various types of disc. About the audio output settings Disc audio format Player setting Fr ont L/R ana- l[...]

50 Initial Settings menu —Contin ued • Default le vel: Of f; Default passw ord: none; Default Country code: us (2119) T o giv e you some control ov er what your children watch on your D V -SP503E, some DVD-V ideo discs feature a Parental Lock le vel. If your player is set to a lo wer le vel than the disc, the disc won ’ t play . Some discs al[...]

51 Initial Settings menu —Contin ued Y ou can fi nd the Country code list in the adjacent col- umn. Setting/changing the Country code 1 Select “ Country Code ” . 2 Use number b uttons to enter your passw ord, then press ENTER. 3 Select a Country code and press ENTER. There are two ways you can do this: • Select by code letter: Use / (cur- [...]

52 Initial Settings menu —Contin ued Default setting: STEREO If you ’ v e selected DTS > PCM in DTS Out on page 46 or 2 Channel in Audio Output Mode belo w section, you can choose the way the signal is do wnmixed to PCM audio. Stereo will downmix the DTS signal to 2-channel stereo, whereas Lt/Rt will downmix to a 2-channel sig- nal compatibl[...]

53 Initial Settings menu —Contin ued Y ou only need to make this setting if you connected this player to your ampli fi er using the 5.1 channel analog outputs. These settings do not affect an y digital audio output. T o get the best surround sound from your system, you should set up the speaker distances from your listening position. Note: • D[...]

54 Additional inf ormation D VD-V ideo discs come in several dif ferent screen aspect ratios, ranging from TV programs, which are generally 4:3, to Cinema- Scope 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 [...]

55 Additional inf ormation —Continued Use this procedure to reset all the player ’ s settings to the factory default. D VD discs are generally di vided into one or more titles. T itles may be further subdivided into chapters. SA CDs, CDs and V ideo CDs are divided into tracks. CD-R OMs contain folders and fi les. MP3 and WMA fi les are referr[...]

56 Additional inf ormation —Continued Some of the language options (such as “ D VD Language ” in the Setup Navigator) allo w you to set your prefered language from any of the 136 languages listed in the lan- guage code list on page 57. Selecting languages using the language code list 1 Select “ Other Language ” . 2 Use the / (cursor left/[...]

57 Additional inf ormation —Continued Language code list Language Language code letter Language code Japanese ja 1001 English en 0514 F rench fr 0618 German de 0405 Italian it 0920 Spanish es 0519 Chinese zh 2608 Dutch nl 1412 P ortuguese pt 1620 Swedish sv 1922 Russian ru 1821 K orean ko 1115 Greek el 0512 Afar aa 0101 Abkhazian ab 0102 Afrikaan[...]

58 Using the Remote contr oller with Other Brand ’ s TVs (Nor th American model only) Learning a pre-programming code Y ou can make RC-582DV remote controller to operate a TV from other brand than Onkyo by storing the pre-pro- gramming code of the brand in the RC-582D V . Notes: • W ith some brand ’ s components, some buttons may not work cor[...]

59 Using the Remote controller with Other Brand ’ s TVs (Nor th American model only) —Contin ued Pre-programming Code List Brand Code AIW A 100. 101 AKAI 102, 103, 104 A UDIO SONIC 105 BELL&HOWELL 106 BLA UPUNKT 107 BRIONVEGA 108, 109 CENTURION 110 COL TINA 111, 112, 113 CORONAD 114 CRO WN 115, 116 D AEWOO 117, 118, 119, 120, 121 DU AL 122 [...]

60 DivX Titles Onkyo has tested and v eri fi ed on the D V -SP503E the correct playback of Di vX titles that consist of one of the follo wing combinations of video and audio data. Video Audio resolution color code frame rate audio code sampling frequency channel bit rate 640x272 24Bit DivX 5.1 23.98fps MPEG1-La y erIII 44.10kHz 2ch 128kbps 640x304[...]

61 DivX Titles —Continued Note: • Set the interleav e to fi ve seconds or shorter . Video Audio resolution color code frame rate audio code sampling frequency channel bit rate 640x272 24Bit DivX 5.0.5 23.98fps MPEG1Audio 48.00kHz 2ch 192kbps 640x352 24Bit DivX 5.0.5 23.98fps Dolby A C-3 48.00kHz 5ch 448kbps 640x352 24Bit DivX 5.0.5 23.98fps PC[...]

62 Glossary Analog audio Direct representation of sound by an electrical signal. See also Digital audio. Aspect ratio The width of a TV screen relati ve to its height. Con ven- tional TVs are 4:3; widescreen models are 16:9. Bonus Group (D VD-Audio only) An “ extra ” group on some D VD-Audio discs that requires a key number to access. Bro wsabl[...]

63 FA Q My D V -SP503E switc hes on but there is nothing displa yed on m y TV . • Make sure that the TV is set to the correct video input (not a TV channel). F or example, if you connected this player to the VIDEO 1 inputs on your TV , switch your TV to VIDEO 1. After I load a D VD disc, it ejects automaticall y after a few seconds! • Most like[...]

64 T r oubleshooting If you hav e any trouble using your D V -SP503E, check the following table for possible causes and remedies. If you still can ’ t resolv e the issue yourself, please contact your Onkyo dealer . The disc won ’ t pla y or is automatically ejected after loading. • Make sure the disc is free from dirt and dust and is not dama[...]

65 T roubleshooting —Contin ued The analog audio is OK, but there appear s to be no digital audio signal. • Make sure that the Digital Out setting is set to On (page 46). • Check that the Dolby Digital, DTS and MPEG out settings (page 46) are suitable for your ampli fi er/receiv er/check the instruction manual that came with your ampli fi e[...]

66 T roubleshooting —Contin ued Buttons on the D V -SP503E work OK b ut those on the remote contr oller don ’ t? • There are no batteries in the remote controller . Install new batteries (page 11). • The batteries are fl at. Replace with new batteries (page 11). • The batteries are installed incorrectly . Check the batteries and correct [...]

67 Speci fi cations ■ General Speci fi cations and features subject to change without notice. Signal System Nor th American model: NTSC European model: P AL/NTSC Asian model: P AL/NTSC Composite Video Output/Impedance 1.0 V (p-p)/75 Ω negative sync, RCA S Video Output/Impedance Y : 1.0 V (p-p)/75 Ω negativ e sync, 4-pin mini DIN C: 0.286 V [...]

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