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USER MANUAL

GOLDMUND EIDOS 19 Universal Player

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Page 3: ...fferent stages Goldmund will never adopt a technology before it is sufficiently developed to satisfy the high quality standards we set This is why Goldmund has often rejected mainstream technologies and developed its own I N T R O D U C T I O N The GOLDMUND EIDOS 19 Universal Player User manual GOLDMUND EIDOS 19 Universal Player Congratulations Thank you for purchasing the Goldmund Eidos 19 You ha...

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Page 5: ...t be performed according to the following instructions to avoid impairing of the player Nevertheless if the instructions are carried out in full you will notice that using the GOLDMUND EIDOS 19 Player is quite simple and convenient IMPORTANT PLEASE DO NOT CONNECT ANY CABLES OR MOVE ANY PART BEFORE READING THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS W A R N I N G User manual GOLDMUND EIDOS 19 Universal Player Eidos...

Page 6: ...ng the on screen displays p 15 Setting up with the Set up navigator p 16 17 Playing discs p 18 Basic playback controls p 19 Front panel controls p 19 DVD disc menus p 20 Video CD PBC menus p 20 3 6 Playing Discs p 21 31 Introduction p 21 Using the Disc Navigator to browse the contents of a disc p 21 Scanning discs p 22 Playing in slow motion p 22 Frame advance frame reverse p 23 Loading a section ...

Page 7: ...nd p 32 Channel Level p 33 3 8 The Video settings menu p 34 Video Adjust p 34 Creating your own presets p 34 3 9 The Initial settings menu p 35 44 Using the Initial settings menu p 35 Digital audio Out settings p 35 36 Video Output settings p 37 Language settings p 38 39 Display settings p 39 40 Options p 40 41 Bonus Group p 41 Auto Disc Menu p 41 Group Playback p 42 DVD Playback p 42 SACD Playbac...

Page 8: ...O CD 12 and 8 cm size single sided Audio CD 12 and 8 cm size single sided CD R RW DVD R RW DVD Audio SACD MP3 CD A S S O C I A T E D E Q U I P M E N T If you are a technician musician or a user who demands the very best in sound transcription we strongly recommend the use of one of our separate D A converters the Goldmund Mimesis 20M Mimesis 21 or SRDA2 The built in D A converters are not up to th...

Page 9: ... MUST BE SHIPPED IN THE ORIGINAL PACKAGING THIS PACKAGING HAS BEEN DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO PROTECT YOUR GOLDMUND EIDOS 19 UNIVERSAL PLAYER USE OF ALTERNATIVE PACKAGING MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE INVALIDATING WARRANTY COVER POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGE SELECTION The power supply of your unit has been adjusted to operate with the AC voltage of your area Check on the back panel of the unit if in any doubt If you ...

Page 10: ...want to totally avoid air coupling between the speakers and the player Locate the support so the transport has the most rigid possible connection to the floor Solid coupling is essential and if your support is standing on a suspended floor the support must have at least one foot over a supporting beam or be located close to a supporting wall POWER CONNECTION Plug the AC power cord to the back of t...

Page 11: ... connectors DVI Digital Video Output Depending on your specific installation you may choose one of the above video outputs Always use high quality cables to get the best picture The best results will be achieved by using high quality DVI cable from the Digital Video Output Always experiment to find the best selection readjusting the color and hue accordingly User manual GOLDMUND EIDOS 19 Universal...

Page 12: ...st care is taken when selecting the cable linking the player to the D A converter or digital preamplifier The very accurate signal provided by the Eidos 19 can easily be ruined by an imperfect connection Use a Goldmund LinealTM cable from the coaxial output if you want to reach the most accurate jitter free connection for CD playback In addition there are the following analog Audio Outputs 2 x RCA...

Page 13: ...election will start back at the exact location where it was interrupted STOP Press to stop playback Pressing once enables playback to resume from a point shortly before the location where it stopped Pressing twice causes the disc to return to the beginning of the disc if playback starts again Press to advance to chapters tracks Press and hold to perform fast forward scanning Press to go back to pr...

Page 14: ... showing a DVD Audio group number 6 TITLE Indicates that the character display is showing a DVD Video title number 7 Lights when Dolby V TruSurround is active see below 8 TRK Indicates that the character display is showing a track number 9 CHP Indicates that the character display is showing a DVD chapter number 10 REMAIN Lights when the character display is showing the time or number of tracks tit...

Page 15: ...t to the Play Mode menu by pressing SETUP and selecting Play Mode 13 SURROUND Press to activate switch off Dolby V TruSurround 14 OPEN CLOSE Press to open or close the disc tray 15 ANGLE Press to change the camera angle during DVD multi angle scene playback see below 16 CLEAR Press to clear a numeric entry 17 ENTER Use to select menu options etc works exactly the same as the ENTER button in 6 abov...

Page 16: ...ayer s display shows the new setting DISC PLAYER SETTING Type Format NTSC PAL AUTO DVD NTSC NTSC MOD PAL NTSC PAL PAL PAL Video CD NTSC NTSC MOD PAL NTSC PAL NTSC PAL PAL CD no disc NTSC PAL NTSC or PAL Watching NTSC on a PAL TV Most models of the newly developed countdown PAL TV system detect 50 Hz PAL 60 Hz NTSC and automatically switch vertical amplitude resulting in a display without vertical ...

Page 17: ...first time you should see a welcome screen displayed on your TV From here you can set up the language and the kind of TV you have then either use the Setup Navigator to make more settings or jump right in and start playing some discs Before continuing make sure that you ve loaded the batteries in the remote control GUIDE RETURN ENTER 1 Use the cursor up down buttons to choose a language then press...

Page 18: ...r buttons to change the highlighted item and pressing ENTER to select it Button What it does SETUP Display exit the on screen display Navigation Arrows Changes the highlighted menu item ENTER Selects the highlighted menu item both ENTER buttons work in exactly the same way RETURN Returns to the previous menu without saving changes Note Throughout this manual Select means use the cursor buttons to ...

Page 19: ...ed or Not Connected 7 Did you connect a digital output to your AV receiver or Processor Select Connected or Not Connected Press ENTER to leave the Setup Navigator If you selected Connected in step 6 then answer the following questions about the speakers in your system otherwise jump to step 11 8 Do you have a center speaker connected to your AV Receiver Processor Select Connected or Not Connected ...

Page 20: ... t Know 12 Is your AV receiver Processor DTS compatible Select Compatible Not Compatible or Don t Know 13 Is your AV receiver Processor compatible with 96kHz Linear PCM audio Select Compatible Not Compatible or Don t Know 14 Is your AV receiver Processor MPEG compatible Select Compatible Not Compatible or Don t Know 15 Press ENTER to complete the setup or press SETUP to quit the Setup Navigator wi...

Page 21: ...on If you re playing a DVD or Video CD also turn on your TV or Video display and make sure that it is set to the correct video input 2 Press OPEN CLOSE to open the disc tray 3 Load a disc Load a disc with the label side facing up using the disc tray guide to align the disc Never load more than one disc at a time 4 Press play to start playback If you re playing a DVD or Video CD a menu may appear S...

Page 22: ...s to the start of the current track or chapter then to previous tracks chapters NEXT Skips to the next track or chapter Numbers Use to enter a title group track number Press ENTER to select or wait a few seconds FRONT PANEL CONTROLS The play stop and pause buttons on the front panel work in exactly the same way as their remote control equivalents The combined scan skip buttons on the front panel w...

Page 23: ... On some DVD Audio discs featuring browsable pictures press to display the browser screen Numbers Highlights a numbered menu option some discs only Press ENTER to select or wait a few seconds VIDEO CD PBC MENUS Some Video CDs have menus from which you can choose what you want to watch These are called PBC Playback control menus You can play a PBC Video CD without having to navigate the PBC menu by...

Page 24: ...ress MENU which takes you straight to the Disc Navigator 2 Select what you want to play Depending on the type of disc you have loaded the Disc Navigator looks slightly different For DVD Video discs select a title or a chapter within a title For DVD Audio discs select a group or a track within a group For MP3 discs select a folder or a track within a folder Note that if a folder or track name conta...

Page 25: ...n be heard while scanning audio CDs and MP3 discs There is no sound while scanning DVD Videos and Video CDs and no subtitles while scanning DVD Video Depending on the disc normal playback may automatically resume when a new chapter is reached on a DVD Video disc Note MP3s can only be scanned at one speed The scanning speed is shown on screen Note The slow motion speed is shown onscreen There is no...

Page 26: ...left 2 Press ENTER on A Start Point to set the loop start point 3 Press ENTER on B End Point to set the loop end point After pressing ENTER playback jumps back to the start point and plays the loop 4 To resume normal playback press CLEAR or select Off from the menu Note The picture quality when using frame reverse is not as good as frame advance Depending on the disc normal playback may automatica...

Page 27: ...at Off DVD Audio discs Group Repeat Track Repeat Repeat Off SACD CD and Video CD discs Disc Repeat Track Repeat Repeat Off MP3 discs Disc Repeat Folder Repeat Track Repeat Repeat Off 3 3 6 Note Repeat play is not available with Video CDs in PBC mode or while a DVD disc menu is being displayed Note If you ve made a program list the Program Repeat option also appears as a repeat option To stop the d...

Page 28: ...om Off DVD Audio discs Random Group Random Track Random Off MP3 CD and Video CD discs On Off 3 3 6 Note You can t use random play with SACDs DVD RWs Video CDs playing in PBC mode or while a DVD disc menu is being displayed Note To stop the disc and cancel random play press stop You can also cancel random playback without stopping the disc by pressing CLEAR The disc will play to the end then stop D...

Page 29: ... disc you can add a whole title or a chapter within a title to the program list To add a title select the title To add a chapter first highlight the title then press cursor right and select a chapter from the list For a DVD Audio disc you can add a whole group or a track within a group to the program list To add a group select the group To add a track first highlight the group then press cursor ri...

Page 30: ...f functions on the left 2 Select Create Edit from the list of program options 3 To clear a step highlight the step number and press CLEAR 4 To insert a step in the middle of the program list highlight the step where you want the new step to appear then select a title group chapter folder track to add After pressing ENTER the new step is inserted into the list 5 To add a step to the end of the prog...

Page 31: ...f the program list Playback Stop Turns off program play but does not erase the program list Program Delete Erases the program list and turns off program play Program Memory DVD Video only Select On to save the program list for the disc loaded Select Off to cancel the program memory for the disc loaded 3 3 6 Note After saving a program list using the Program Memory feature whenever you load that di...

Page 32: ... subtitle option 3 3 6 Note You can only use time search with DVD Video and Video CD discs The disc must be playing in order to use time search Search functions are not available with Video CDs in PBC mode start non PBC playback by stopping playback then pressing Next then Play You can often select what you want to watch from a DVD disc menu Note While the above display is showing you can also use...

Page 33: ...dio channel option When you change the audio channel playback restarts from the beginning of the current track SWITCHING CD MP3 VIDEO CD AUDIO CHANNEL Switching CD MP3 Video CD audio channel You can switch between stereo just the left channel or just the right channel of a CD MP3 Video CD To change the audio channel of a CD it must be playing 1 Press AUDIO repeatly to select an audio channel optio...

Page 34: ...DISPLAYING DISC INFORMATION Various track chapter and title information as well as the video transmission rate for DVD discs can be displayed on screen 1 During playback press DISPLAY to show switch the information displayed Keep pressing DISPLAY to change the displayed information 3 3 6 Note Playback pauses when the screen is zoomed Note Since DVD Video DVD Audio and Video CD have a fixed resolut...

Page 35: ...Dolby Digital which uses TruSurround technology from SRS produces a 3D Soundspace from a pair of stereo speakers 1 Press SETUP and select Audio Settings from the on screen display 2 Highlight TruSurround then use the cursor left right to change to V TruSurround or Off as required 3 Press ENTER to make the setting and exit the Audio Settings screen 3 3 7 Note Audio DRC is only effective with Dolby ...

Page 36: ...proceed to the next screen 4 Variable setting only Set the channel levels for each speaker Use the cursor up down to select a speaker Use the cursor left right to adjust the channel level for that speaker Channel levels can be set from 6 dB to 6 dB in 0 5 dB increments 5 Press ENTER to make the settings and exit the audio settings screen 3 3 7 Note You can t adjust the channel level for any speake...

Page 37: ...rrent setting Press DISPLAY to switch between full and single view You can change the preset number from the Recall Settings menu item You can adjust any or all of the following picture quality settings Fine Focus Switch On to reveal greater detail high resolution in the picture Contrast Adjusts the contrast between light and dark elements in the picture Sharpness Adjusts the sharpness of the mid ...

Page 38: ...ise leave it On Dolby Digital Out Default setting Dolby Digital You only need to make this setting if you connected this system to a processor using one of the digital outputs If your processor is Dolby Digital compatible set to Dolby Digital otherwise set to Dolby Digital PCM DTS Out Default setting DTS PCM You only need to make this setting if you connected this system to a processor using one o...

Page 39: ... setting MPEG PCM You only need to make this setting if you connected this system to a processor using one of the digital outputs If your processor is compatible with MPEG audio set this to MPEG otherwise set it to MPEG PCM MPEG audio is converted to more compatible PCM audio Check the manual that came with the other component if you re unsure whether it is MPEG audio compatible 3 3 9 Note Even wh...

Page 40: ...om of the screen Pan Scan chops the sides off widescreen material to make it fit the 4 3 screen so even though the image looks larger on the screen you re actually seeing less of the picture S video Out Default setting S2 You only need to make this setting if you connected this player to your TV using an S video cord If you find that the picture is stretched or distorted on the default S2 setting ...

Page 41: ... to something different In other words movies in your native language won t have any subtitles while foreign language movies will be shown with subtitles Set to Off to have the player play discs strictly according to your Audio Language and Subtitle Language settings For Auto Language to work the Audio Language and Subtitle Language settings must be the same 3 3 9 Note You can switch between the l...

Page 42: ...ecorded on to some DVD discs Set to Off to switch subtitles off altogether DISPLAY SETTINGS OSD Language Default setting English This sets the language of this player s onscreen displays On Screen Display Default setting On This sets whether operation displays are shown on screen Play Resume Scan and so on Angle Indicator Default setting On If you prefer not to see the camera icon onscreen during ...

Page 43: ... can change the Parental Lock level or enter a country code 1 Select Password 2 Use the number buttons to enter a 4 digit password The numbers you enter show up as asterisks on screen 3 Press ENTER to register the password and return to the Options menu screen If you forget your password you can reset the system then register a new one Changing Password To change your password confirm your existin...

Page 44: ...to set the new country code and return to the Options menu screen Bonus Group Some DVD Audio discs have an extra bonus group that requires a 4 digit key number to access See the disc packaging for details and the key number When you play a DVD Audio disc that has a bonus group the key number input screen appears automatically Select Bonus Group to access the same screen Auto Disc Menu Default sett...

Page 45: ... 2ch Area multi channel audio Multi ch Area and for hybrid SACDs standard CD audio CD Area Select which you want to listen to CD Playback Default setting PCM Playback When set to PCM Playback playback is optimized for standard audio CDs You can also play DTS CDs however you may notice some noise when a DTS CD starts playing This is not a malfunction When set to DTS CD Playback playback is optimize...

Page 46: ...et to 5 1 Channel only the front left right channels are output from the AUDIO OUT 2ch jacks Change to 2 Channel if you want to listen to downmixed stereo audio for example because you are listening through the TV s built in speakers When set to 5 1 Channel there is no digital output when playing DVD Audio If you set to 2 Channel Dolby Digital DTS and MPEG audio is mixed down to two channels so yo...

Page 47: ...our usual listening position Automatic Select Auto to start the test tone output As the test tone plays through each speaker in turn it is highlighted on screen Use the cursor up down buttons to adjust the channel output level of the current speaker Note that the test tone is not output from the subwoofer Press cursor left to exit the test tone sequence or ENTER to save the settings and exit the c...

Page 48: ... front panel metal parts always use a clean soft damp cloth Dampen with water or a mild detergent solution Avoid abrasive or harsh cleansers eg products containing sodium carbonate MAINTENANCE The Goldmund EIDOS 19 player does not require any specific maintenance 3 3 10 3 11 P 45 User manual GOLDMUND EIDOS 19 Universal Player ...

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