Arcam BDP300 manual

BDP300 HANDBOOK B l u - r ay D i s c p l ay e r UL TRA HIGH PERFORMANCE 24-BIT DAC POWER English[...]

E-2 safe t y guide lines Impor tant safety instructions 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparat us near water . 6. Clean only with dr y cloth. 7. Do not block any vent ilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacture r’ s instructions. 8. Do n[...]

E-3 English we lco me an k you a nd con gra tula tio ns for p urc hasi ng yo ur A rc am FMJ Bl u-ra y Disc pla yer . A rca m has been p rod ucin g specia list h i- and h ome ci nema pr oducts o f rema rka ble q ual ity for o ver th ree d ecades a nd th e BDP300 – wh ich pla ys Bl u-ra y Discs, D VD-V ideo discs and A udio CDs – is t he la[...]

E-4 installation A rca m ’ s BDP300 pr ovides cl ass-lead in g sound q ual ity fro m Blu-r a y Discs, DVD-V ideo discs and c ompa ct discs. e BDP300 h as a sta te-of-t he-art Delt a-Sigm a DA C (Digit al-to- A nalogue Con ver ter) whic h pr ovides a udiop hil e sound q ual ity fo r video and a udi o discs. e BDP300 is su ppl ied with t he C[...]

E-5 English VIDEO OUT / AUDIO OUT VIDEO Y Cb/Pb Cr/Pr L USB R Coaxial digital output U se this socket if you ar e using an A V receiver with a coaxial digital input. Connect to the digital inpu t using a suitab le 75 Ω screened cable. CA U TION: N ever connect the dig ital outp ut socket to a convent ional audio input. Composite video output Conn[...]

E-6 Making video connections T o vie w the pictures fro m the BD player y ou need to connect one o f its video out puts to yo ur display device (TV , monit or , projector , etc.) or A V receiver (such as the Arca m A VR600). e BDP300 has three video ou tput o ptions, described below . Y ou need only use one type of video from the li st; choose a[...]

E-7 English The HDMI int er face If yo u have a HD MI- or DVI-equi pped monito r or display , you can connect it to the BD P300 using a HDMI cable. e HD MI connector carries uncom pres sed digital video, as we ll as digital audio . About HDMI HDMI (High Denitio n Mul timedia Interface) su pports both video and audio o n a single digital conne[...]

E-8 Region coding Blu-ra y Disc players a nd Blu-ra y or DVD V ideo dis cs are assigned r egion codes according t o the region in which they are sold. I f the region codes do not ma tch, the disc will not play . Blu-ra y Disc region code Area A No rth America, C entral America, South America, Ko rea, Ja pan, T aiwan, Ho ng Ko ng and South East A si[...]

E-9 English Network c onnection BD-Live discs can enab le the downloading of extra cont ent from the I nternet. T o enjoy o n-line con tent, connect the Netw ork socket of the BDP300 t o a LAN port on your netw ork rou ter using an E thernet patch cable (ava ilable from a com pu ter supplies r etailer). A local network with In ternet connection is [...]

E-10 basic op erati on Introduction ‘Basic operatio n ’ explains how t o play a Blu-ra y Disc (BD), DVD , CD or other type of disc. Note tha t it ma y be necessary to congure your pla yer correctly fo r your system befor e optimum – o r an y – playback can be achieved. Play er conguration i s describe d beginning on page E-19. Mo re s[...]

E-11 English e BDP300 ma y be supplied with the CR104 univ ersal remot e contro l. Using the remote c ontrol Please keep in mind the followin g when using the remot e contro l: < Ensure ther e are no obstacles between the remot e contro l and the remo te sensor on the fron t panel. e remo te has a rang e of about 7 metres. (If the r emote [...]

E-12 CR104 SHIFT CANCEL TV AV RND CH STA TUS iPOD HDMI NET RPT BD CD AV TUN PVR VCR S AT AMP MODE MENU RTN BASS EFFECT EQ DIRECT TRIM TREBLE ANGLE/SUB SYNC SRCH SETUP TITLE AUDIO SUBT INFO FAV + FAV - HOME DISP remote con trol The CR104 remot e e CR104 is a sophistica ted ‘uni versal’ r emote con trol that can co ntrol u p to eight devices ?[...]

E-13 English CR104 SHIFT CANCEL TV AV RND CH ST A TUS iPOD HDMI NET RPT BD CD AV TUN PVR VCR S AT AMP MODE MENU RT N BASS EFFECT EQ DIRECT TRIM TREBLE ANGLE/SUB SYNC SRCH SETUP TITLE AUDIO SUBT INFO FAV + FAV - HOME DISP SETUP Ensure no di sc is playing and p ress SETUP to access the ‘Settings ’ menu. NO TE Man y of these con trols ar e labelle[...]

E-14 In AV mode 0 issues the T V ‘ channel down ’ command. e CR104 remain s in the last selected Dev ice Mode so it is not necessary to pres s a Device Mode key before every command key if all you are do ing is pla ying or skipp ing tracks on a CD , fo r example . Navigation k eys e Na vigation k eys steer the cursor in Setup menu s or on[...]

E-15 English 9. Im portant! W rite your device code down o n the right hand side o f the page so you can rem ember it if you ever r eset the CR104. What if I still can ’t c ontrol m y device? < If yo ur device doesn ’ t respond , repeat the abov e steps until o ne of the device codes listed for yo ur brand w orks. < If none of the codes l[...]

E-16 Bonusview and BD-Live Bonusview and BD-Live a re feat ures of the Bl u-ray Disc for mat . Bonusview pro vides Picture in P icture and V ir tual Packa ge functions for co mpatib le discs. BD-Live discs additionally pr ovide a variety of f eatures via the I nternet. V irtual Packag e/BD-LIVE data mu st be saved to a USB memo r y device connected[...]

E-17 English Picture in Picture (secondary video) Some Blu-ra y discs include secondary video screens that can be pla yed back as a small video overlaid in the corner of the screen. Pr ess the M but ton on the r emote contr ol to displa y the PiP menu: Press > to enter the PiP m enu. Select a secondary vide o stream using the r emote con trol cu[...]

E-18 Adv anced playback c ontrols e followin g advanced con trols ar e available d uring disc or le playback (depending on m edia type): Slow playback Press S followed b y & to activate slo w motion playback. Pr ess this butt on comb ination aga in to chang e the playback speed. Speeds of / , /  and / are availab le. Rap[...]

E-19 English se t ti ngs menu s e Settings menus allo w you to congur e all aspects of your B DP300. e next few pages will go thro ugh the menu i tems and explain their function. e Settings menus ma y look daun ting if you ar e new to setting up home cinema, b ut the majo rity of them need only be congured o nce when you rst ins t[...]

E-20 Use cursor keys to highlight menu and OK key to select Auto 1080p 1080i 720p 576p 576i 4 3 Display Audio Language Network System Security RTN SETUP Exit TV Aspect Ratio Resolution TV System HDMI Color Space HDMI Deep Color HDMI 1080p 24Hz 6 5 Resolution – Set the video resolution o f the HDMI and COMPONENT VIDEO outputs . < A uto: Sets th[...]

E-21 English Language Use cursor keys to highlight menu and OK key to select OSD Disc Menu Disc Audio Disc Subtitle English Auto Auto None 4 Display Audio Language Network System Security RTN SETUP Exit Use cursor keys to highlight menu and OK key to select English Français Español Nederlands Deutsch 4 3 Display Audio Language Network System Secu[...]

E-22 Sy stem Use cursor keys to highlight menu and OK key to select Screen Saver Disc Auto Playback CEC Firmware Update Load Defaults System Information 5 Minutes On Off Network Load More… 4 Display Audio Language Network System Security RTN SETUP Exit Screen Saver –sets the duration o f a static image disp lay before the screen sa ver is shown[...]

E-23 English Parental Control – Set whether P aren tal C ontr ol is ‘ On ’ or ‘ O ’ . < O: All discs are pla yed back. < On: Disc playback is res tricted according to the Par ental Level set in the following men u item. Parental L evel – Set the degree of disc restriction. e lower the value , the stricter the limitation. [...]

E-24 Prob lem Possi ble cause Reme dy No po wer < e A C inpu t cord is disconnected. < P oor connection at A C wall outlet or the o utlet is inactive. < Connect cord securely . < Check the outlet using a la mp or an other ap pliance. No p layback < e disc is loaded upside down. < e disc is not pla yable. < e disc is[...]

E-25 English aud io & vid eo output formats Audio output f ormat e audio o utpu t forma t available fro m the digital audio out puts depends on the sound track forma t being played, the audio ou tput in u se and the Digital Output setting in t he Audi o se t t i ngs menu : se e ‘ Aud io’ on pa ge E-20. U se the owch art on this page t[...]

E-26 Code learning e CR104 comes with a co mplete lib rary of prep rogrammed codes. Aer you h ave set up the CR104 for your device, you ma y nd that there a re one o r more functions on yo ur original remote which do no t have a place on the CR104 keypad. F or con venience, the CR104 oers a Code Learning featur e that allows y ou to cop[...]

E-27 English Example: T o deassign the M acro associated with the h key 1. Press a nd hold S until the pow er LED blinks twice: * * . 2. Press 9 9 5 . 3. Press h . 4. Press a nd hold S until the pow er LED blinks twice: * * . V olume punch-through V olume punch-thro ugh means that, no ma tter which Device Mode is selected, the CR104 contr ols the A[...]

E-28 Mode mover If yo ur home en tertainment setup co ntains devices of the same type (e.g. two TVs, p erhaps fro m dieren t manufact urers) you ca n still control bo th those de vices with the CR104. Y ou simp ly need to reassign an unuse d Device Mode key . NO TE Before using M ode Mo ver , make sure both the source and destina tion Device Mod[...]

E-29 English Dev i ce co d es e tables that begin on pag e E-29 (in the nal sect ion of this H andbook) list the four -gure codes for di erent manufact urers ’ devices. U se these when setting your CR104 up t o contro l your devices, as describe d in Method 1 (see page E-14). If mo re than one code n umber is listed, try the rst nu[...]

E-30 Continual impr ovement policy Arcam has a policy of co ntinual im pro vement f or its products. is mean s that designs and s pecications are sub ject to change wi thout notice. sp eci c atio ns Analogue Audio Outpu t Digital to Analogue con version 24-bit 192kH z Delta-Sigma D AC Signal to noise ra tio 110dB CCIR Ha rmonic distortion [...]

E-31 English sof t ware licencing GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENS E V ersion 2, J une 1991 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Fr ee Soware Fo undation, In c. 51 Franklin Street, Fih Floor , B oston, MA 02110-1301, USA Everyone is permitt ed to copy and dis tribute verba tim copies of this license document, but ch anging it is no t allowed. Preamble e lice[...]

E-32 the rights granted her ein. Y ou are not r esponsible fo r enforcing comp liance by third parties to this License. 7. If, as a co nsequence of a court judgmen t or allegation of paten t infringement or fo r any o ther reason (not limit ed to paten t issues), conditio ns are im posed on you (whether by court order , agreement or o ther wise) th[...]

E-33 English pro duc t guarantee W orldwide Guarantee is entitles yo u to hav e the unit repair ed free of charge , during the rst two yea rs aer purch ase, pro vided that it was originally pur chased from an a uthorised Arcam dealer . e Arcam dealer is res ponsible fo r all aer-sales service. e manufacturer ca n take no responsi [...]

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C-2 Ferguson 0067 0139 0655 0365 0373 0590 0586 0065 0683 0138 0578 0473 1067 Fidelity 0193 0246 0542 0067 0586 0294 Fils ai 0247 Finlandia 0238 0376 0578 0193 0373 Finlux 0067 0135 0100 0586 0744 0376 0247 0193 0745 0661 0522 0510 0503 0448 0636 0838 1278 Firstar 0039 Firstline 0039 0067 0586 0246 0247 0404 0698 0744 0193 1939 0238 1067 1221 0838 [...]

C-3 Nor fol k 0193 Normerel 0067 0586 Nova k 0067 0586 Nova tronic 0067 0135 0404 0586 Nurnberg 0193 NU-TEC 0485 0728 0850 0067 0586 0736 0294 O.K.Line 1067 Oceanic 0193 0238 0503 0578 0510 Ode on 0294 Okano 0400 0067 0586 0294 0039 OKI 1067 Olidata 1406 Omega 0294 Omni 0810 0921 0728 Onida 0683 Onn 1179 0586 Onwa 0632 0463 Opera 0067 0586 0744 Opt[...]

C-4 Ultr avox 0404 0246 0193 0067 0586 U nic Line 0067 0586 0503 0485 Un it e d 0744 0067 0745 0586 1067 0617 U niversal 0744 0067 0586 U niversum 0838 1067 0067 0104 1193 0294 0376 0400 0698 0135 0510 0225 0503 1179 0542 0522 0230 0448 0100 0193 0586 0357 1535 0247 0139 0661 0039 0200 0648 Un iv o x 0067 0586 0193 Ut ax 0193 V7 V ideoseven 1785 02[...]

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C-7 So ny 0563 0802 0894 1100 2011 1663 1463 Sound Color 1263 Soundmaster 0798 1182 Soundmax 0798 1182 Soundwave 1560 Spectra 0902 Standard 0681 1182 0798 0818 0861 0928 Star Clusters 0798 1257 1182 StarLogic 1035 Starm edia 0848 1254 1035 Str ato 1412 1182 Strong 0743 Sunfly 0887 Sunkai 0800 0880 Sunstech 0861 1301 Sun wood 0818 SuperDigital 1217 [...]

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