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English INDEX 5 English ___________________________________________________6 Français ________________________________________________xx Español _________________________________________________xx xxx xxx[...]
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English TRUSURROUND, S S R R S S , and symbol are trademarks of SRS Labs,Inc. TRUSURROUND technology is manufactured under license from SRS Labs, Inc. Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby”, “Pro Logic” and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential Unpublished Works. ©1992-1997 Dolby Labora[...]
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English Contents Introduction The entertainment medium of the new millennium ________________8 Your DVD-Video player ______________________________________8 New exciting features ________________________________________8 Unpacking ________________________________________________10 Placement ________________________________________________10 Functio[...]
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English 8 INTRODUCTION Introduction The entertainment medium of the new millennium Video was never before like this! Perfect digital studio-quality pictures with truly 3-dimensional digital multi-channel audio. Story sequences screened from your own choice of camera angle. Language barriers broken down by sound tracks in as many as eight languages,[...]
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English INTRODUCTION 9 In addition to DVD-Video discs, you will also be able to play all Video CDs and audio CDs (including CDR and CDRW). DVD-Video You will recognize DVD-Video discs by the logo. Depending on the material on the disc (a movie, video clips, a drama series, etc.) these discs may have one or more Titles, and each Title may have one o[...]
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English 10 INTRODUCTION Unpacking First check and identify the contents of your DVD-Video player package, as listed below: - DVD-Video player - Remote Control Handset with separately-packed batteries - 2-core power cord - Euroconnector cable (Europe only) or YUV cable (outside Europe) - Audio cable - Video cable - User Manual - Warranty - Digital c[...]
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Front of player English FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW ON/OFF VIDEO MODE DNM STOP PLA Y P AUSE OPEN/CLOSE DIGITAL OUT TruSurround with SRS D I G I T A L V I D E O SACD SVCD CHAPTER TRACK TITLE SCAN INDEX CHAPTER TRACK ALBUM TITLE HDCD VIDEO AUDIO PIC DTS PCM MCH 3 D SUR SPOTLIGHT ALL A-B REPEAT GROUP MCH CD STEREO SHUFFLE TOTAL REM TRACK TIME F S T VGA DIGITA[...]
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Rear of player English 12 FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW II AUX-VCR I TV-OUT STEREO OUT DIGITAL AUDIO OUT PCM - MPEG2 - DOLBY DIGITAL - DTS ANALOG OUT COAX OUT OPTICAL OUT OPTICAL LEFT RIGHT (Y-Cr-Cb) VIDEO OUT (CVBS) VIDEO OUT (Y/C) S-VIDEO OUT Y C B C R MAINS Audio connections 2 x analog L/R audio outputs - connection to an amplifier, receiver or stereo sys[...]
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Display English FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW 13 F S T VGA DIGITAL NATURAL MOTION SA CD SVCD CD STEREO MCH CHAPTER TRACK TITLE SCAN INDEX CHAPTER TRACK ALBUM TITLE HDCD VIDEO AUDIO PIC DTS PCM MCH 3 D SUR SPOTLIGHT ALL A-B REPEAT GROUP SHUFFLE TOTAL REM TRACK TIME Video CD inserted Super Video CD inserted Compact disc inserted DVD video disc inserted DVD tit[...]
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Remote control English 14 FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW TV POWER DVD POWER VIDEO MODE PLAY STOP REVERSE PAUSE SLOW FORWARD PREVIOUS RESUME NEXT ZOOM VOL CH DNM ANGLE TITLE FTS SHUFFLE SUBTITLE AUDIO DIM REPEAT REPEAT SCAN CHAPTER TC MUTE TV POWER 9 - stop VIDEO MODE - Active Control on/off 2 - play Q - search backward ; - pause H - slow motion R - search for[...]
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English ON SCREEN DISPLAY INFORMATION 15 On screen display information Menu bar/Status window V User preference f Slow motion W Title/Track g Fast motion X Chapter/Index h Time search Y Audio language Z Subtitle language } Angle a Zoom b Colour setting c Video Program d Sound e Picture by Picture Status window icons The status window displays the c[...]
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English 16 ON SCREEN DISPLAY INFORMATION Temporary Feedback Field icons Repeat All Repeat Title Repeat Track Repeat Chapter Shuffle Shuffle Repeat Repeat A to end Repeat A-B Angle Disc Lock On Child Safe Resume Action prohibited Digital Natural Motion On Digital Natural Motion Off Active Control On Active Control Off AC AC[...]
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English PREPARATION 17 Preparation General notes - Depending on your TV and other equipment you wish to connect, there are various ways you could connect the player. These are shown in the drawing below. Please refer to your TV, VCR, Stereo System and any other User Manual(s) as necessary to make the optimal connections. - Do not connect your DVD-p[...]
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English 18 PREPARATION Connect to optional equipment Connecting to an amplifier equipped with two channel analog stereo ● Connect the audio Left and Right output sockets to the corresponding sockets on your amplifier, receiver or stereo system. For this use the audio cable (6) supplied. Connecting to an amplifier equipped with two channel digital[...]
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English PREPARATION 19 Connecting to an amplifier equipped with Dolby Surround( TM ) Dolby Surround sound ● Connect the player to the TV and connect the player’s audio Left and Right output sockets to the corresponding inputs on the Dolby Surround( TM ) Audio/Video receiver, using the audio cable supplied (6) . If your amplifier is equipped wit[...]
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English 20 PREPARATION Using a second DVD player next to the DVD1010 To operate the DVD1010 via the remote control without responce of a second player to the remote control commands, you can switch the remote and player to use a second set of remote control codes. The default system code is Code 1. Programming the DVD1010 to respond to different RC[...]
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English PREPARATION 21 PAL/NTSC settings You can switch the PAL/NTSC setting of the player to match the video signal of your TV in order to allow the On Screen Display to appear in the correct format on your screen. ● To change the NTSC/PAL setting, turn the player OFF. ● Simultaneously press the STOP 9 and DNM buttons while you turn the payer [...]
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English 22 PREPARATION General explanation About this manual This manual gives the basic instructions for operating this DVD player. Some DVD discs however are produced in a way that requires specific operation or allows only limited operation during playback. In these cases the player may not respond to all operating commands. When this occurs, pl[...]
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English PREPARATION 23 Switching on 1 Switch on the TV and select the video input for your DVD-Video player. 2 Press POWER ON/OFF . ➤ The player display lights up and the ‘Virgin Mode Screen’ appears. The ‘Virgin Mode’ will only occur after the very first start up of the player. In ‘Virgin Mode’ you may have to set your personal prefe[...]
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English 24 PREPARATION The following items may have to be set in Virgin Mode: Menu language The On Screen Menus will be displayed in the language you choose. You can choose from 8 different languages. Audio language The sound will be in the language you choose provided this is available on the disc in play. If not, speech will revert to the first s[...]
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English PREPARATION 25 Personal preferences In this mode you can set your personal preferences for some of the player’s features. General operation ● Press MENU SYSTEM on the remote control. ● Select V in the menu bar and press w . ➤ The Personal Preferences menu appears. ● Use the tuwv keys to toggle through the menus, sub menus and subm[...]
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English 26 PREPARATION Important: The ‘Colour settings’ and ‘Personal colour’ settings are only active when the video mode ‘Active control’ is switched ON or/and the ‘Digital Natural Motion’ (DNM) feature is switched ON. See below table 1. Video Mode Digital Natural Motion Colour settings/ (Active Control) Personal colour ON OFF Ava[...]
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English PREPARATION 27 Digital and Analog output Settings Connected audio system Digital out Analog out Amplifier or TV with two-channel analog stereo Off Stereo or 3D sound Amplifier or TV with Dolby Surround Off Dolby Surround Amplifier with two-channel digital stereo PCM only Stereo or 3D sound A/V receiver with multi-channel decoder All Stereo [...]
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English 28 PREPARATION Digital Natural Motion (DNM) (not for CVBS and S-Video) ● To select the default DNM setting on your player, select the Feature icon s from the Personal Preferences menu then select Digital Natural Motion. ● Using the v w buttons on the remote control, switch Digital Natural Motion ON or OFF. ● Press OK to confirm and re[...]
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English PREPARATION 29 Access control; Disc Lock (DVD and VCD) Activating/deactivating the Disc Lock 1 In Stop mode, select ACCESS CONTROL in the FEATURES menu using the w / v keys and press u . 2 Enter a 4-digit PIN code of your own choice. 3 Enter the code a second time. 4 Move to Child Lock using the w / v keys. 5 Move to Ç / É using the u key[...]
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English 30 PRERATION Access control; Parental control (DVD- Video only) Movies on DVD discs may contain scenes not suitable for children. Therefore discs may contain ‘Parental Control’ information which applies to the complete disc or to certain scenes on the disc. These scenes are rated from 1 to 8 and alternative, more suitable scenes are ava[...]
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English OPERATION 31 Operation Loading discs 1 Press OPEN/CLOSE on the front of the player. The disc-loading tray opens. 2 Lay your chosen disc in the tray, label side up (also when a double sided DVD disc is inserted). Make sure it is sitting properly in the correct recess. 3 Gently push the tray, or press OPEN/CLOSE , to close the tray. ➤ READI[...]
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English 32 OPERATION Playing a DVD-video disc Playing a title ➤ After inserting the disc and closing the tray, playback starts automatically and the status window and the player display show the type of disc loaded as well as information about the disc’s contents. The disc may invite you to select an item from a menu. If the selec- tions are nu[...]
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English OPERATION 33 General features Note: Unless stated otherwise, all operations described are based on remote control operation. A number of operations can also be carried out via the menu bar on the screen. (see ‘Menu bar operation’) Moving to another title/track When a disc has more than one title or track (which you can see from both the[...]
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English 34 OPERATION Search ● Select g (Fast Motion) in the menu bar. ● Use the w keys to enter the Fast Motion menu. ● Use the tu keys to select the required speed: -32, -8 or -4 (backward); 4, 8, 32 (forward). ● Select 1 to play at normal speed again. ● To exit Fast Motion mode, press 2 or v . To search forward or backward through diffe[...]
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English OPERATION 35 Shuffle DVD-Video discs This shuffles the playing order of chapters within a title if the title has more than one. ● Press SHUFFLE during play. ➤ The SHUFFLE icon appears on the screen for about 2 seconds. ● To return to normal play, press SHUFFLE again. Video CDs This shuffles the playing order of the tracks if the disc [...]
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English 36 OPERATION FTS-Video - The FTS-Video function allows you to store your favourite titles and chapters (DVD) and favourite tracks and indexes (VCD) for a particular disc in the player memory. - Each FTS program can contain 20 items (titles, chapters). - Each time an FTS program is played it will be placed on top of the list. When the list i[...]
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English OPERATION 37 Special DVD-features Checking the contents of DVD-Video discs: Menus. For titles and chapters, selection menus may be included on the disc. The DVD’s menu feature allows you to make selections from these menus. Press the appropriate numerical key; or use the w , v , u , t keys to highlight your selection, and press OK . Title[...]
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English 38 OPERATION Bit-rate indicator When activated, the bit-rate for video and audio as well as the total bit rate is displayed. This is only applicable during playback of DVD and SVCD discs. ● To activate or de-activate the bit-rate indicator, hold down MENU SYSTEM for 1.5 seconds. Special VCD-Features Playback Control (PBC) ● If you want [...]
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English OPERATION 39 Moving to another track ● Press P briefly during play to step forward to the next track. ● Press O briefly during play to return to the beginning of the current track. Press O briefly again to step back to the previous track. ● To go directly to any track, enter the track number using the numerical keys (0-9) . Shuffle ?[...]
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English 40 OPERATION FTS (Favourite Track Selection) - The FTS feature allows you to store your favourite tracks for a particular disc in the player memory. - Each FTS program can contain 20 tracks. - Each time an FTS program is played it will be placed on top of the list. When the list is full and a new program is added, the last program in the li[...]
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English BEFORE REQUESTING SERVICE 41 Before requesting service If it appears that the DVD-Video player is faulty, first consult this checklist. It may be that something has been overlooked. Under no circumstances attempt to repair the system yourself; this will invalidate the warranty. Look for the specific symptom(s). Then perform only the actions[...]
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English 42 BEFORE REQUESTING SERVICE No audio at digital output Check the digital connections. Check the settings menu to make sure that the digital output is set to on. Check if the audio format of the selected audio language matches your receiver capabilities. Buttons do not work Reset by switching the player OFF then ON again. Player does not re[...]
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English NOTES 43 Notes[...]