Onkyo DV-SP501 manual

E n D VD Player DV -SP501 Instruction Manual Thank you for purchasing the Onkyo D V -SP501 D VD Player . Read this manual carefully before using your ne w D VD Player . A good understand- ing of its features and operation will allo w you to achie ve optimum performance and enjoyment. K eep this manual for future reference. Contents Important Safety[...]

2 Impor tant 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 ventilation 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 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 enclosure. D [...]

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 TO WIDE SLO T , FULL Y INSER T . Modèle pour les Canadien REMARQUE: Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est co[...]

5 Precautions —Continued 5. Never T ouch this Unit with W et Hands Nev er handle this unit or its power 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 vent[...]

6 Ta b le of Contents Basic Operation Overview Important Safety Instructions ...............................2 Precautions .........................................................3 Introduction ..........................................................7 Supplied Accessories ...................................... 7 DV-SP501 Features ................[...]

7 Intr oduction Make sure you ha ve the following accessories: Highlights • Dolby *1 Digital and DTS *2 •D VD-V ideo / V ideo CD / Audio CD playback • CD-R, CD-R W (V ideo CD, audio CD, MP3/WMA *3 / JPEG) •D VD-R (D VD-V ideo) •D VD-R W (D VD-V ideo, VR format) •V ector Linear Shaping Circuitry Video • Advanced 54 MHz/10-bit video D/A[...]

8 Introduction —Continued Supported Discs The D V -SP501 supports the following discs. • 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 DV -SP501. • The D V -SP501 supports CD-R and CD-R W discs recorded in V ideo CD format, audi[...]

9 Introduction —Continued MP3/WMA Compatibility • This unit will play CD-R, and CD-R W discs contain- ing files sav ed in the MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 (MP3) or Windo ws Media Audio (WMA) format with a sam- pling rate of 32*, 44.1 or 48 kHz. Incompatible files will not play and the message “Can’t play this format” will be displayed (“NO PL[...]

10 Introduction —Continued Handling Discs •N ev er touch the underside of a disc. Always hold discs by the edge, as shown. •N ev er attach adhesiv e 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 follows. Using[...]

11 Bef ore Using the D V -SP501 Notes: • The supplied batteries should last for about six months, although this will vary with usage. • If the remote controller doesn’t work 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[...]

12 Fr ont & Rear P anels For detailed information, refer to the pages in brackets. A PO WER switch [23] This is the main power switch. When set to OFF , the DV -SP501 is completely shutdown. When set to ON, the D V -SP501 can be set to On or Standby . Don’t turn on the po wer until you’ ve completed, and double checked all connections (page[...]

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 A OPTICAL DIGIT AL A UDIO OUTPUT [21] This optical digital audio output can be connected to an optical digital audio input on a hi-fi amp, A V receiv er , or surround sound decoder (Dolby Digital, DTS). B CO AXIAL DIGIT AL A UDIO OUTPUT [21] This coaxial digital audio output can be connected to a coaxial di[...]

15 Front & Rear P anels —Continued A OPTICAL DIGIT AL A UDIO OUTPUT [21] This optical digital audio output can be connected to an optical digital audio input on a hi-fi amp, A V receiv er , or surround sound decoder (Dolby Digital, DTS). B CO AXIAL DIGIT AL A UDIO OUTPUT [21] This coaxial digital audio output can be connected to a coaxial di[...]

16 Front & Rear P anels —Continued A ST ANDBY button [23] This button is used to set the D V -SP501 to Standby . B ON button [23] This button is used to turn on the D V -SP501. Don’t turn on the D V -SP501 until you’ ve com- pleted, and double checked all connections (pages 18–22). C REPEA T button [32] This button is used to set the re[...]

17 Front & Rear P anels —Continued K Stop button [27] This button is used to stop playback. L Fast Re verse / ( ) button [27, 30, 31] This button is used for f ast reverse, re verse slo w motion, and rev erse frame-by-frame playback. M Fast Forwar d / ( ) button [27, 30, 31] This button is used for f ast forward, slow motion, and frame-by-fra[...]

18 Connecting the D V -SP501 • 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 Inputs The D V -SP501’ s optical digital connectors have a shut- ter-type co ver that opens when an optical plug is inserted, and closes when it’ s re[...]

19 Connecting the D V -SP501 —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 usi[...]

20 Connecting the D V -SP501 —Continued • Connect the D VD Player to the TV directly . If you connect the D VD Player 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 st[...]

21 Connecting the D V -SP501 —Continued Although you can reproduce the D VD Player’ s sound from the TV speak ers with the connections on page 19, connecting with an amplifier provides you high quality dynamic sounds. To reproduce Dolby Digital surround and DTS surround sound, you need to connect to an amplifier with a Dolby Digital and DTS d[...]

22 Connecting the D V -SP501 —Continued • The remote controller supplied with Onkyo A V receiv er or amplifiers can be used to control the DV -SP501. • The function of the upper and lower connectors are the same. Connect to either one. • Connecting an cable only does not make the sys- tem operational. Y ou must also connect the audio cable[...]

23 Connecting the P ower/T urning on the D V -SP501 Befor e connecting • The D V -SP501 is shipped with the POWER switch in the on position ( ON). When the power cord is plugged in for the first time, the D V -SP501 will auto- matically enter the standby state and the ST ANDBY indicator will light (same condition after step 2 below). • Make su[...]

24 Getting Star ted F or ease of use, this player makes e xtensiv e use of graph- ical on-screen displays (OSDs). Make sure that you select the input on the TV (by using the TV remote) to vie w the on-screen displays. Y ou should get used to the way these work as you’ ll need to use them when setting up the player , using some of the playback fea[...]

25 Getting Started —Continued The av ailable languages vary between models. • North American and European models: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Other Language. • Australian, Asian and South American models: English, French, Spanish, Chinese (traditional), Other Language. • Chinese model: English, Chinese (simpli- fied), Other [...]

26 Getting Started —Continued The basic playback controls for playing D VD, CD, V ideo CD and WMA/MP3/JEPG discs are cov ered here. Playing discs 1 If the play er isn’t already on, press D VD player’ s ST ANDBY/ON or the remote controller’ s ON to switch it on. If you’ re playing a D VD or V ideo CD, also turn on your TV and mak e sure th[...]

27 Getting Started —Continued The table below sho ws the basic controls on the remote controller for playing discs. Front panel contr ols The PLA Y , STOP , and P A USE buttons on the front panel work in exactly the same w ay as their remote control equiv alents. The combined / b uttons on the front panel work slightly dif ferently from the remot[...]

28 Getting Started —Continued Many D VD-V ideo discs contain menus from which you can select what you want to watch. They may gi ve access to additional features, such as subtitle and audio lan- guage selection, or special features such as slideshows. See the disc packaging for details. Sometimes D VD-V ideo menus are displayed automati- cally wh[...]

29 Pla ying discs Introduction Most of the features described in this chapter make use of on-screen displays. For an e xplanation of how to nav- igate these, see “Using the on-screen displays” on page 24. Many of the functions co vered in this chapter apply to D VD discs, V ideo CDs, CDs and WMA/MP3/JPEG discs, although the exact operation of s[...]

30 Playing discs —Continued Y ou can fast-scan discs forward or backw ard at various different speeds. Y ou can play D VDs and V ideo CDs at four different for - w ard slo w motion speeds. DVD-V ideo discs can also be played at two re verse speeds. (W ith V ideo CDs and VR format D VD-R Ws, you can only use forward slo w motion playback.) Scannin[...]

31 Playing discs —Continued Y ou can advance or back up a D VD disc frame-by- frame. With V ideo CDs and VR format D VD-R Ws, you can only use frame advance. The A-B Repeat function allo ws you to specify two points (A and B) within a track (CD and V ideo CD) or title (D VD) that form a loop which is played over and over. Note: •Y ou can’t us[...]

32 Playing discs —Continued Using the A-B button W ith the A-B button you can qucikly set the A-B Repeat function. Simply press the A-B button to set the A point. “ A” appears on the display . Pres the A-B button again to set the B point. “B” appears on the display and A-B repeat playback starts. T o cancel A-B repeat playback, press the [...]

33 Playing discs —Continued Use the random play function to play titles or chapters (D VD-V ideo) or tracks (CD, V ideo CD and WMA/MP3 discs) in a random order . Y ou can set the random play option when a disc is play- ing or stopped. •Y ou can’t use random play with VR format DVD-R W discs, V ideo CDs playing in PBC mode, or while a D VD dis[...]

34 Playing discs —Continued This feature lets you program the play order of titles/ chapters/folders/tracks on a disc. •Y ou can’t use Program play with VR format DVD-R W discs, V ideo CDs playing in PBC mode, or while a D VD disc menu is being displayed. Creating a program list 1 Press PLA Y MODE and select “Program” from the list of fun[...]

35 Playing discs —Continued Tips: •T o sav e your program list and exit the program edit screen without starting playback, press PLA Y MODE or SETUP . (Don’t press RETURN—your program list won’ t be saved.) • During program play , press to skip to the next program step; press to go back to the previous program step. • Press CLEAR duri[...]

36 Playing discs —Continued As well as creating and editing a program list, you can start program play , cancel program play , erase the pro- gram list, and memorize a program list from the Play Mode menu. Notes: • Program lists are sav ed for the DVD disc loaded. When you load a disc with a sav ed program list, pro- gram play is automatically [...]

37 Playing discs —Continued Notes: • The disc must be playing in order to use time search. • Search functions are not av ailable with V ideo CDs in PBC mode, or unfinalized CD-R/R W discs. Some D VD discs have subtitles in one or more lan- guages; the disc box will usually tell you which subtitle languages are av ailable. Y ou can switch sub[...]

38 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. Notes: •W e do not recommend using D VD disc menus when the screen is zoomed as menu options will not be high- lighted. • If you are displaying subtitles, these will disappear when the screen is zo[...]

39 Playing discs —Continued V arious track, chapter and title information, as well as the video transmission rate for D VD discs, can be dis- played on-screen while a disc is playing. Note: •Y ou can see disc information (number of titles/chap- ters, tracks, folders and so on) from the Disc Navigator screen. See “Using the Disc Navigator to b[...]

40 Vie wing JPEG discs After loading a CD/CD-R/R W containing JPEG pic- tures, press to start a slideshow from the first folder/ picture on the disc. The player displays the pictures in each folder in alphabetical order . Pictures are automatically adjusted so that they fill as much of the screen as possible (if the aspect ratio of the picture is[...]

41 Viewing JPEG discs —Continued The Photo Browser displays nine thumbnail images at a time from the current folder . Using the zoom feature you can magnify a part of the screen by a factor of 2 or 4, while vie wing pictures from a JPEG disc. Using the Photo Bro wser 1 From the Disc Na vigator screen, highlight a folder to displa y then press ENT[...]

42 A udio Settings menu ■ Default setting: Off When watching Dolby Digital D VDs at low v olume, it’ s easy to lose the quieter sounds completely—including some of the dialog. Switching Audio DRC (Dynamic Range Control) to On can help by bringing up the quieter sounds, while con- trolling loud peaks. How much of a dif ference you hear depends[...]

43 Video Adjust menu ■ Default setting: Standard From the V ideo Adjust screen you can select the standard video presentation or define presets of your own. Video Adjust 1 Press SETUP and select “Video Adjust” from the on-screen dis- play . 2 Use the / (cursor left/right) buttons to select a preset. •W ith the Standard option, the def ault[...]

44 Initial Settings menu The Initial Settings menu giv es you complete control in setting up your D VD player , including audio, and video output settings, audience limitation settings, among oth- ers. 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 ch[...]

45 Initial Settings menu —Continued MPEG Out Y ou only need to make this setting if you connected this player to an A V receiv er (or other component) using one of the digital outputs. ■ Default setting: MPEG > PCM If your A V receiv er (or other connected component) is compatible with MPEG audio, set this to “MPEG”, oth- erwise set it t[...]

46 Initial Settings menu —Continued Compatibility of this unit with progr essive-scan TVs. This player is compatible with progressiv e video Macro V ision System Copy Guard. CONSUMERS SHOULD NO TE THA T NOT ALL HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION SETS ARE FULL Y COMP A TIBLE WITH THIS PRODUCT AND MA Y CA USE AR TIF ACTS TO BE DISPLA YED IN THE PICTURE. IN[...]

47 Initial Settings menu —Continued The av ailable languages vary between models. • North American and European models: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Other Language. • Australian, Asian and South American models: English, French, Spanish, Chinese (traditional), Other Language. • Chinese model: English, Chinese (simplified), Ot[...]

48 Initial Settings menu —Continued P arental Lock ■ Default level: Off ■ Default passw ord: none ■ Default Country code: us (2119) Some D VD-V ideo discs feature a Parental Lock le vel. If your player is set to a lower le vel than the disc, the disc w on’ t play . This gi ves you some control about what your children watch on your D VD p[...]

49 Initial Settings menu —Continued Setting/changing the P arental Lock level Setting/changing the Country code Y ou may also want to refer to the “Country code list” on page 52. Note: • Changing the Country code does not take ef fect until the next disc is loaded (or the current disc is reloaded). ■ Default setting: On This setting is im[...]

50 Additional inf ormation D VD-V ideo discs come in sev eral different 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 e [...]

51 Additional inf ormation —Continued D VD discs are generally divided into one or more titles. T itles may be further subdivided into chapters. CDs and V ideo CDs are divided into tracks. CD-R OMs contain folders and files. MP3 and WMA files are referred to as tracks. Folders may contain further folders. All D VD-V ideo discs carry a region ma[...]

52 Additional inf ormation —Continued Country code list Country Country code Countr y code letter Argentina 0118 ar Austr alia 0121 au Austria 0120 at Belgium 0205 be Brazil 0218 br Canada 0301 ca Chile 0312 cl China 0314 cn Denmark 0411 dk Finland 0609 fi Fr ance 0618 fr Germany 0405 de Hong K ong 0811 hk India 0914 in Indonesia 0904 id Italy 0[...]

53 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 Po r tuguese pt 1620 Swedish sv 1922 Russian ru 1821 K orean ko 1115 Greek el 0512 Afar aa 0101 Abkhazian ab 0102 Afrikaa[...]

54 Using the RC-524D V Remote contr oller with TVs fr om Other Manufacturer s (Nor th American model onl y) Learning a pre-programming code Y ou can make RC-524D V remote controller to operate a TV from other brand than Onkyo by storing the pre-pro- gramming code of the brand in the RC-524D V . Notes: •W ith some brand’ s components, some butto[...]

55 Using the RC-524D V Remote contr oller with TVs from Other Man ufacturers (North American model only) —Continued 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, 12[...]

56 Glossary Analog audio An electrical signal that directly represents sound. Com- pare this to digital audio which can be an electrical sig- nal, 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[...]

57 Tr oubleshooting If you hav e any trouble using your D V -SP501, check the following table for possible causes and remedies. If you still can’t resolv e the issue yourself, please contact your Onkyo dealer . Symptoms Causes Remedies D VD Player Can ’t turn on the DV -SP501? The power c ord is not connect ed. Co nnect the power cord t o a sui[...]

58 Tr oubleshooting —Continued D VD Player Bu ttons on the DV -SP501 and remote controller don ’t wor k? Po we r supply voltage fluctuations and other anomalies, suc h as static electr icity , can interfere with normal operation. Tu rn off the DV -SP501, wait five sec onds, then turn it on again. I f that doesn’ t resolve the issue, disconn[...]

59 Tr oubleshooting —Continued The D V -SP501 contains a microcomputer for signal processing and control functions. In very rare situations, sev ere interference, noise from an external source, or static electricity may cause it to lockup. In the unlikely e ven that this should happen, unplug the power cord from the w all outlet, wait at least ?[...]

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