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USB Blu-ray Disc Player BD-S673 Owner’s Manual U[...]
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Caution-i En The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to al ert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is [...]
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Caution-ii En We Want You Listening For A Lifetime Yamaha and the Electronic Indu stries Association’s Consumer El ectronics Group want you to get the most out of your equipment by playing it at a safe level. One that lets the sound come through loud and clear without annoying blaring or distortion - and, most importantly, without aff ecting you [...]
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Caution-iii En LASER SAFETY This unit employs a laser. Due to possible eye injury, only a qualified service person s hould remove the cover or attempt to se rvice this dev ice. D ANGER This unit emits visible la ser radiation when open. Avoid direct eye exposure to beam. When this unit is plugged into the wall outlet, do n ot place your eyes close [...]
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Caution-iv En 1 To assure the fine st performan ce, please read this manual carefully. Keep it in a safe place for future reference. 2 Install this sound system in a well ventilated, cool, dry, clean place-away from direct sunlight, heat sour ces, vibration, dust, moisture, and/or cold. For proper ventilation, allow the following minimum clearances[...]
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1 En 1 2 3 4 5 What you can do with this Playe r ..................... 2 Supplied parts .................................................... 2 About discs and files ......................................... 3 Types of discs /files that can be used with this Player .... 3 Loading a disc ....... ...................... ............................ ...[...]
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2 En INTRODUCTION * For details on playable disc s and formats, see page 3. ** Network setting is needed to use this function. Make sure the following accessor ies are provided with the product. What you can do with this Player Easy setting for language , resolution, screen aspect ratio p. 18 You can perform languag e and TV settings. Play back c[...]
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3 En Introduction 1 ■ Types of discs/files that can be used with this Player – 12 cm (5”) and 8 cm (3”) d i scs can be played back in this Player. Do not use an 8 cm (3”) to 12 cm (5”) adapter. – Use discs that conform to compatib le standards as indicated by the presence of official logos on the disc label. Playback of discs not comp[...]
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4 En About discs and files ■ Loading a disc – Insert the disc with the labe l facing up. – In case of the disc recorded on both sides, face down the side to play back. – Playback may begin automa tically, depending on the disc and setting of this Player. – The menu may be displayed first, dep ending on the disc. – The disc load time may[...]
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5 En Introduction 1 ■ Front panel 1 p (On/Standb y) T urns this Player on/Sets to standby mode. Press and hold p on the front panel for more than 5 seconds, and release to reset this Player (s ystem reset). 2 USB connector (p. 16) 3 Front panel di splay Displays variou s information for operational status. 4 Disc tray door 5 (Eject) Opens/Closes [...]
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6 En Controls and functions ■ Remote control – will appear on the top left corner of the screen when the pressed button is not available. 1 Infrared signal transmitter: Outputs infrared signal. Aim this windo w to the remote control sensor (p. 9). 2 MARKER : Sets Bookmark (p. 25) at a specif ied point of a movie. After Bookmark is set, to selec[...]
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7 En Controls and functions Introduction 1 G SUBTITLE : Changes subtitle languages (p. 42) if av ailable. Y ou can also select this item from On Screen menu (p. 23). H ANGLE : Changes the camera angle if video is recorded with multiple angles. The Angle Mark ( ) is displayed on the screen when this function is av ailable. Y ou can also sel ect this[...]
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8 En Controls and functions N TOP MENU : Displays the top menu screen if the disc contains a menu. Se lect the desired item using 5 / a / 2 / 3 and ENTER . – Specific operations may be different depending on the disc. Follow the instructions of each menu screen. O Cursor buttons ( 5 / a / 2 / 3 ): Moves the focus in the menu screen. ENTER: Select[...]
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9 En Controls and functions Introduction 1 ID function You can change the remote control ID to prevent unwanted operation of the o ther Yamaha player such as DVD player. If you have change d the remote control ID, make sure that you select the sa me ID for the main unit. The default se tting is ID1. 1 Remote control setting To change the ID from ID[...]
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10 En CONNECTION Find the corresponding connection method on your video/audio e quipmen t. We recommend that you use the HDMI terminal which provides high qua lity digital audio and video on a single connection. If you us e the other terminals/jack s, connect the video first. Then connect the audio. ■ Rear panel Introduction to connections Yes No[...]
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11 En Connection 2 1 VIDEO (p. 13) 2 COMPONENT (p. 13) 3 HDMI (p. 12) 4 OPTICAL (p. 14) 5 USB (p. 16) 6 AUDIO OUT (L/R) (p. 15) 7 REMOTE CONTROL (OUT/IN) (p. 17) 8 AC IN (p. 17) 9 NETWORK (p. 16) 0 COAXIAL (p. 14) Video connection Connect audio to A V receiver . Video connection to TV Connect audio to TV . HDMI (p. 12) A Video and audio conn ection[...]
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12 En ■ Connecting to the HDMI terminal – You can enjoy high quality digital picture and sound through the HDMI terminal. – Firmly connect an HDMI cable (com mercially available) to the HDMI terminals. – See page 35 for informatio n on the audio/video output fo rmats. – Use HIGH SPEED HDM I cables that have the HDMI l ogo (as shown on the[...]
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13 En Connection 2 ■ Connecting to the component/video jack – You can enjoy accurate color reproduction and hi gh quality images through the component jacks. – Firmly connect a component video cabl e (commercially available) or a vide o pin cable to th e COMPONENT jacks/ VIDEO j ack. – See page 36 for information on the video output formats[...]
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14 En ■ Connecting to the digital audio jack/terminal – You can connect audio equipment or the TV to the COAXIAL jack /OPTICAL terminal. – Firmly connect a Coaxial digital audio cable (commercially available) or optic al cable (commercially av ailable) to the coaxial digita l audi o jack or optical di gi tal audio term inal. – See page 35 f[...]
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15 En Audio connections Connection 2 ■ Connecting to the audio jacks – You can connect audio equipment or the TV to the AUDIO OUT L/R jacks. – Firmly connect an Audio/ Video cable (supplied) to the AUDIO OUT L/R jack. – See page 35 for information on the audio output formats. Caution! Do not connect the power cable of this Pl aye r until al[...]
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16 En ■ Connecting to the NETWORK terminal – PC contents can be played back by c onnecting this Player to the network. – You can enjoy a variety of contents with interactive func tions by connecting to the inte rnet when playing BD-Live compatible discs. Refe r to page 26 regarding further in formation on BD-Live functions. – Firmly connect[...]
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17 En Connection 2 ■ Connecting to the REMOTE CONTROL jacks – You can transmit and receive the remot e control signals by connecting to the REMOTE CONTROL (OUT/IN) jacks. – Firmly connect monaural 3.5 mm mini plug cables (commercially avail able) to the REMOTE CONTROL (OUT/IN) jacks. – If your AV receiver is a Yamaha product and has the cap[...]
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18 En PLAYBACK ■ Setting with the Initia l Wizard/Easy Setup Initial Wizard/E asy Setup allows you to set language, resolution, and screen aspect ratio easily. Initial Wizard screen is displayed when you turn this Player on for the first time after pur chase. Same setting can be performed from SETUP menu = System = Easy Setup. 1 When Easy Setup s[...]
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19 En HOME/MEDIA m enu Pl ay ba ck 3 Common operations for playing back files in a selected folder Example: Selecting a movie file on a USB memory device – Stop the playback of the video before you move to MEDIA menu screen. 1 Press HOME to move to HOME menu screen. – The HOME menu screen may differ dep ending on the model. 2 Press 2 / 3 / 5 / [...]
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20 En HOME/MEDIA menu 6 Select the file you want to play back, then press ENTER . When a video file is se lected, playback star ts. When a music fil e is sele cted, status screen is displa yed and playback starts. When a photo file is sele cted, slide show starts. – To enjoy slide show with music, press HOME to return to the HO ME menu screen whi[...]
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21 En Pl ay ba ck 3 You can instantly watch the videos that the following networ k services provide. – YouTube – Picasa (p. 22) – Netflix (p. 22) – Access to content p rovided by third parties requires a hi gh speed internet connection an d may also require account registration and a paid subscription. – Third party content services may b[...]
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22 En You can watch photos from Picasa Web Album over the internet using this Player. The service may be ch anged without notice. 1 Register your user name and password on the computer before you use Pi casa Web Album. 2 Press HOME to display HOME menu screen. Press 2 / 3 / 5 / a to select Pica sa, then press ENTER . – The HOME menu screen may di[...]
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23 En Pl ay ba ck 3 This chapter ex plains playback of comme rcially available Blu-ray Discs, DVDs, CDs, and recorded DVD-RW/R discs. – For the basic playback operation, see page 6. ■ On Screen menu To display On Screen menu, press ON SCREEN . After that, press 5 / a / 2 / 3 to select an item, then press ENTER to operate the desired function. O[...]
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24 En Advanced playback operation ■ Status menu This shows various settings, such as subtitles, angle settings and th e title/chapter/track n umber currently played back. To displa y status menu, press STATUS . Status menu contains following menus. Example : Icons when playing a Blu-ray Disc 1 (Playback status) 2 (Disc type/vid eo file icon) 3 (T[...]
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25 En Advanced playback operation Pl ay ba ck 3 ■ Using Bookmark This allows you to set Bookmark at the specified point of the video. After Bookmark is set, you can move to the point you set using this function. You can set up to 12 Bookmarks. 1 Press MARKER during playing back the movie to set Bookmark. Bookmark number, and the status are displa[...]
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26 En Advanced playback operation ■ Enjoying BONUSVIEW™ and BD- Live™ This Player supports BONUSVIEW (p. 41) (BD-ROM Profile 1 Version 1.1) and BD-Live (p. 41) (BD-ROM Profile 2) playback functions. – Functions and playback method vary depending on the disc. See the gui dance on the disc or the supplied user’s manual. ■ Using Picture in[...]
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27 En Settings 4 SETTINGS The SETUP menu enables various audio/vi sual settings and adju stme nts for functions using the remote control unit. SETUP menu Menu/Submenu Item Function Pa g e General Sett ing System Screen Saver Sets screen sa ver on/off. 30 Disc Auto Pl ayback Sets this Pl ayer to start di sc playback automatica lly. 30 HDMI Control S[...]
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28 En SETUP menu Display Sett ing TV 3D Output Selects 3D or 2D videos. 32 TV Screen Sets th e screen as pect ratio of t he connected TV, and adjust the video o utput. 32 Video Out Sele ct Sele cts the resolu tion of video out put. 33 TV System Selects t he TV System fr om NTSC/PAL/Mu lti. 33 Color Spac e Selects C olor Space fr om YCbCr 4:4:4/ YCb[...]
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29 En SETUP menu Settings 4 ■ Example of SETUP menu operation You need to call up the SETUP menu screen to perform settings for this Pla yer. The following is the explanation for basic operations of the SETUP menu. Example: Setting Parental Control – Some items cannot be set during playback. In this case, press twice to st op playback completel[...]
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30 En SETUP menu ■ General Setting The default settings are marked with “ * ”. System Screen Saver You can set the screen saver to on/off. When set to on, this Player will switch to sc reen saver mode if there is no operation fo r 3 minutes. After that, this Player will turn to standby mode when there is no operation for 27 minutes. On * , Of[...]
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31 En SETUP menu Settings 4 Audio You can prioritize the audio language for Blu-ray Disc/ DVD playback. For details on setting items, see “Menu” (p. 30). Subtitle You can prioritize the language for Subtitle. English, , , , , , , Portuguese, Da nish, , Finnish, Norwegian, , Korean, Japanese, More, Off (The default set tings in [Language] diffe [...]
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32 En SETUP menu Information You can display network info rmation screen. On this screen, you can view the in f ormation of Interface (Ethernet), Address Type, IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, and DNS. Connection Test You can perform an internet c onnection test. If the test is failed, plea se check “IP Setting” (p. 32) and perform the[...]
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33 En SETUP menu Settings 4 Video Out Select You can select the video output resolution from HDMI, COMPONENT, and VIDEO . Fo r more details on output formats, refer to “About the vi deo output formats” (p. 36). – To output HD audio (Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD Master Audio) from HDMI termi nal, set Video Out Select to Auto or more than 720p. – I[...]
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34 En SETUP menu Color Adjust You can adjust Brightness/Sat uration/Hue for each color (Red/Green/Blue/Yel low/Cyan/Magenta). To use this function, set Video Mode to Custom. For details on the setting items, see “Vi deo Mode” (p. 33). The default se ttings are 0. Noise Reduction You can set the Noise Reduction to a level of 0 to 3. 0 is off, an[...]
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35 En SETUP menu Settings 4 ■ About the audio output formats * “SA” is a Secondary Audio. ** “BCS” is a button click sound, the sound eff e ct for pop-up menus, etc. – When Coaxial / Optical or HDMI is set to Bits tream, secondary audio is not output. (p. 34) – To output HD audio (Dolby Tr ueHD or DTS-HD Master Audi o) from HDMI termi[...]
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36 En SETUP menu ■ About the video output formats When TV System is set to NTSC When TV System is set to PAL *1 Resolution will be set to the maximum resolution supporte d by the connected TV. For example, when the maximum resolution supported by the conne cted TV is 1080p, the reso lution will be set to 1080p. *2 Video might not be output be cau[...]
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37 En Settings 4 Some of the newly released Blu-ray Disc s cannot be played back unless you upgrade this Player software to the latest version. We recommend upgrading th e software of this Player with software upgrade so that th is Player is operated based on the latest software. To check for the availability of a software upgrade, visit http://dow[...]
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38 En ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Refer to the table below when this Play er does not fu nction properly. If the probl em you are experiencing is not listed below or if the instruction be low does not help, turn off this Player, disco nnect the power cable, and contact the nearest authorized Yamaha dealer or servi ce center. ■ Power ■ Basic operatio[...]
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39 En Troubleshooting Additional information 5 ■ Picture ■ Sound ■ Network Problem P ossible causes and so lutions No picture. – Make sure th at the cables are connecte d correctly. (p. 10) – Make sure th at the connec ted TV or the AV receiver i s set to the correct input. (p. 10) – With no disc inserted, o r playback st opped, press a[...]
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40 En Troubleshooting ■ Messages on the screen – The following messages appear on the TV screen in case the disc you tried to play back is not appropriate or the operation is not correc t. Cannot download BD-Live con tents. – Verify tha t this Player can connec t to the Int ernet normal ly. Refer to “Connection T est”. (p. 32) – Co nnec[...]
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41 En Additional information 5 AVCHD AVCHD is a new format (stan dard) for high def inition video cameras that can be used to record and play high- resolution HD images. BD-Live™ BD-Live is a Blu-ray Disc standard that utili zes a network con nection, enablin g this Player to go onlin e to download promoti onal videos and other data. BDMV BDMV (B[...]
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Glossary 42 En FLAC FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Co dec) is an open file format for lossless audi o data compression. W hile inferior in compression rat e to other lossy compresse d audio formats, it can often provide high er audio quality . HDMI HDMI (H igh-Definitio n Multimedia Interface) is an interface that supports both video and audio on a sing[...]
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43 En Specifications Additional information 5 ■ Copyright – Audio-visual material ma y consist of copyrighted works which must not be recorded without the authority of the owner of the copyright. Refer to relevant laws in your country. – This item incorporates copy protection technology that is protected by U. S. patents and other intellectua[...]
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44 En ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ■ Numerics 2ch Downmix, SETUP menu ............... 34 2ND AUDIO, remote control ... ............. 6 3D Output, SETUP menu ..... ............... 32 3D Playback Message, SETUP menu ........... ................... ................ ........... 30 ■ A A/B, remote control ..... ................... ....... 7 Angle Mark, SE[...]
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i Information about software This product uses the following software. For information (copyright, etc) about each software, read the original sentences stated below. ■ About Linu x, Busybox, Squash FS, LIRC, U-boot, gdb, mtd- utils GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 51 Franklin[...]
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ii It is not the purpose of this section to induce you to infringe any patents or other property right claims or to contest validity of any such claims; this sec tion has the sole purpose of protecting the integrity of the fr ee software distributio n system, which is implemented by public license practices . Many people have made generous contribu[...]
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iii In other cases, permission to use a particular library in non-free programs enables a greater number of people to use a large body of free software. For example, permission to use the GNU C Library in non-free programs enables many more people to use the whole GNU operating system, as well as its variant, the GNU/Linux operating system. Althoug[...]
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iv b) Give prominent notice with the combined lib rary of the fact that part of it is a work based on the Library, and explaining where to find the accompanying uncombined form of the same work. 8. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, link with, or distribute the Library except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt otherwise to cop[...]
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v THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE OpenSSL PROJECT “AS IS” AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDI NG, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DIS CLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE OpenSSL PROJECT OR ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY D IRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EX[...]
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vi o freetype@nongnu.org Discusses general use and app lications of FreeType, as well as future and wanted additions to the library and distribution. If you are looking for support, start in this list if you haven’t found anything to help you in the documentation. o freetype-devel@nongnu.org Discusses bugs, as well as engine internals, design iss[...]
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vii Greg Roelofs Tom Tanner libpng versions 0.5, May 1995, through 0.88, January 1996, are Copyright (C) 1995, 1996 Guy Eric Schalnat, Group 42, Inc. For the purposes of this copyright and license , “C ontributing Authors” is defined as the following set of individuals: Andreas Dilger Dave Martindale Guy Eric Schalnat Paul Schmidt Tim Wegner Th[...]
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viii Contributor represents that, except as disclosed pursuant to Section 3.4(a) above, Contributor believes that Contributor’s Modifications are Contributor’s original creation(s) and/or Contributor has sufficient rights to gr ant the rights conveyed by this License. 3.5. Required Notices. You must duplicate the notice in Exhibit A in each fil[...]
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ix Portions created by gSOAP are Copyright (C) 2001-2009 Robert A. van Engelen, Genivia inc. All Rights Reserved. TH E SOFTWARE IN THIS PRODUCT WAS IN PART PROVIDED BY GENIVIA INC AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITN ESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN N[...]
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x You may convey verbatim copies of the Program’s source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropr iately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice; keep intact all notices stating that this License and any non-permissive terms added in accord with sec tion 7 apply to the code; keep intact all n[...]
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xi Additional terms, permissive or non-per missive, may be stated in the form of a separately written licen se, or stated as exceptions; the above requirements apply either way. 8. Termination. You may not propagate or modify a cove red work e xcept as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt otherwise to propagate or modify it is void, a[...]
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xii IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIG HT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR CONVEYS THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT N[...]
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xiii THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS “AS IS” AND ANY EX PRESS OR IMPL IE D WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FO R A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR A NY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCID[...]
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© 2012 Ya maha Corp oration Printed in Chin a BD-S673/U[...]