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D00905500A

Universal Player

Owner’s Manual

Summary of Contents for Esoteric UZ-1

Page 1: ...D00905500A Universal Player Owner s Manual...

Page 2: ...zed or grounding type plug A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong The wide blade or the third prong are provided...

Page 3: ...k 16 Selecting a chapter or track 18 Skipping playback 18 Selecting the playback area 18 Selecting groups and titles 18 Repeat mode 19 Fast scanning 19 Slow motion frame advance 20 Changing camera ang...

Page 4: ...Do not place the unit on the amplifier receiver Do not open the cabinet as this might result in damage to the circuitry or electrical shock If a foreign object should get into the unit contact your d...

Page 5: ...nd providing low noise and high linearity without the loss of information that is often associated with analog filtering systems Noise Shaped Video and NSV are registered trademarks of Analog Devices...

Page 6: ...mber of DVD Video discs DVD players and discs are designed with region numbers that dictate the regions in which a disc can be played If the region number on the disc you want to play does not match t...

Page 7: ...ver use such chemicals as record sprays antistatic sprays or fluid benzine or thinner to clean the discs Such chemicals will do irreparable damage to the disc s plastic surface Discs should be returne...

Page 8: ...ly To prevent hum and noise avoid bundling the signal interconnection cables together with the AC power cord or speaker cables If you are not using an audio amplifier and if you are not using HDMI ter...

Page 9: ...e unit to a HDMI compatible television or monitor HDMI video output formats 480i NTSC or 576i PAL 480p NTSC or 576p PAL 720p 1080i See pages 25 27 for further details on HDMI video output formats If t...

Page 10: ...ch plug securely To prevent hum and noise avoid bundling the signal interconnection cables together with the AC power cord or speaker cables i LINK cable RCA coaxial cable optical digital cable BNC co...

Page 11: ...6kHz 88 2kHz or 48kHz 44 1kHz However there may be some occasions when digital audio cannot be output by the unit from such a disc Analog audio output terminals Connect these terminals to a stereo amp...

Page 12: ...s stopped use this to open and close the disc tray During playback use this to stop playback Remote control sensor Receives signals from the remote control unit Point the remote control unit at this s...

Page 13: ...t a multi channel source has been downmixed to 2 channels DOLBY DIGITAL indicator Lights to show that Dolby Digital audio is being played back MULTI indicator Lights when the Analog Out setting is set...

Page 14: ...playback SCAN m Use these for fast scanning during playback STOP Use this to stop playback PLAY Use this to start playback MENU Use this button with menu enabled DVD discs to bring up the DVD menu Cu...

Page 15: ...se batteries of the same type Never use different types of batteries together Rechargeable or non rechargeable batteries can be used but not mixed together Refer to the precautions on their labels Whe...

Page 16: ...may show such a menu see the next section On screen menu An on screen menu is shown when a DVD or video CD with playback control PBC content is loaded The way in which the menu works may differ from d...

Page 17: ...is frozen Press PLAY or PAUSE to restart playback If the still picture appears blurred or noisy reconfigure the still mode to field see page 37 Caution do not leave player in the pause mode for exten...

Page 18: ...ithin one second from the start of the track playback returns to the start of the previous track or chapter so pressing the button twice in quick succession will skip back two tracks etc If tracks or...

Page 19: ...playback starts from the start of that track Notes on video CD non PBC playback audio CD and Super Audio CD Scanning can be carried out across track boundaries If backward scanning reaches the start...

Page 20: ...g playback press either of the SLOW buttons to slow playback in either direction Pressing PLAY resumes normal speed playback Repeated presses of the SLOW buttons change the slow playback speed 1 8 q 1...

Page 21: ...o subtitle Subtitles do not always appear immediately after the language has been selected It may be necessary to wait a few seconds until the subtitles appear Some captions on some discs cannot be re...

Page 22: ...setting to PCM see page 35 22 DVD VCD CD SA CD DVD A DVD VCD CD SA CD DVD A Turning video on and off Use the VIDEO ON OFF button to turn video output to the television monitor on and off It is not ne...

Page 23: ...ecorded Audio format Current Audio channels Language of audio format Number of subtitles available Currently selected subtitle TotalTitle 12 no display Total number of titles on disc During playback i...

Page 24: ...lapsed 05 50 Total Remain 38 00 Audio 1 1 PPCM 5 1ch 96kHz 24bit no display Current group Elapsed time of current track Currently playing track Total number of tracks on disc Time remaining for curren...

Page 25: ...HDMI video output format Select Auto when the unit is connected to a device with an HDMI terminal The format recommended by the receiving side is automatically selected The format is automatically set...

Page 26: ...ect PCM Some amplifiers may regard this signal as DVD Audio DSD signal is output during playback of a Super Audio CD disc and linear PCM digital signal during playback of a DVD Audio disc OFF Select t...

Page 27: ...select the EXPAND option When the HDMI output is selected and the format is visible on the front panel s display use the right cursor button to select between EXPAND or NORMAL HDMI output aspect ratio...

Page 28: ...e made but it is easier to use the on screen display to make these settings remember that video output must be turned on Move Analog Out Digital Out CD Digital Direct Audio DRC Group Playback 2ch Down...

Page 29: ...t from the HDMI terminal ON Audio is output from the i LINK AUDIO terminal the DIGITAL OUT terminals and the HDMI terminal OFF Audio is not output from the i LINK AUDIO terminal the DIGITAL OUT termin...

Page 30: ...ixed in the Lo Ro mode automatically Audio DRC Dynamic Range Controlling AUDIO q Audio DRC ON Applies dynamic range control to Dolby Digital material reducing the volume of loud sounds and increasing...

Page 31: ...f the picture to assist in the 3D look of some scenes Normally this setting should be 0 IRE Change it only if really necessary Progressive scan setting VIDEO q Progressive Setting The progressive scan...

Page 32: ...tling ON or OFF Note that the captions on some disks cannot be turned off On screen display language LANGUAGE q OSD Language There are two choices here English and Japanese NOTE If the unit is set to...

Page 33: ...ka 1101 Kazakh kk 1111 Greenlandic kl 1112 Cambodian km 1113 Kannada kn 1114 Kashmiri ks 1119 Kurdish ku 1121 Kirghiz ky 1125 Latin la 1201 Lingala ln 1214 Laothian lo 1215 Lithuanian lt 1220 Latvian...

Page 34: ...et Dolby Digital DTS and MPEG Audio of Audio Digital Out setting to PCM see page 35 and play DVD Video or DVD Audio discs Ideally the speakers should be placed so that they are all the same distance f...

Page 35: ...dts compatible equipment MPEG Audio Select either Stream for connection to an MPEG compatible amplifier or PCM for use with more general equipment Down Sample Enable ON or disable OFF downsampling Th...

Page 36: ...ly 16 9 images are visible at their full width but a blank area is left at the top and bottom of the screen 4 3PS Pan Scan This mode is used with 4 3 televisions 4 3 images are displayed normally When...

Page 37: ...ATIBILITY WITH THIS MODEL 525p AND 625p DVD PLAYER PLEASE CONTACT OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER PAL NTSC conversion GENERAL q Video Out q PL NT Conv This allows you to play back and show NTSC discs on P...

Page 38: ...n be played back on the unit it is necessary to enter a password which temporarily changes the level to a more relaxed value These different levels of protection also allow you to change the levels of...

Page 39: ...L 0218 br CANADA 0301 ca CHILE 0312 cl CHINA 0314 cn DENMARK 0411 dk FINLAND 0609 fi FRANCE 0618 fr GERMANY 0405 de HONG KONG 0811 hk INDIA 0914 in INDONESIA 0904 id ITALY 0920 it JAPAN 1016 jp KOREA...

Page 40: ...ible NOTES Among the i LINK formats there are MPEG 2 TS for BS digital source and DV for digital video for DVD recorders as well as the i LINK AUDIO A M Protocol Never connect devices that are not rea...

Page 41: ...DMI output Jack HDMI 19 pin version 1 1 Audio output Analog Audio Jacks RCA jacks 2 channel x 2 Maximum Output level 1 kHz full scale 2 2 Vrms 0 1V 10k Frequency response 5Hz 88 kHz DVD Audio Signal t...

Page 42: ...ot work within menus Sound skips e Place the unit on a stable place to avoid vibration and shock e If the disc is dirty clean the surface of the disc e Don t use scratched damaged or warped discs Ther...

Page 43: ...set the output signal to S1 see page 36 The aspect ratio of the screen cannot be changed e The aspect ratio might be fixed by the disc Screen is suddenly stretched when the Setup screen is opened e If...

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