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USER MANUAL  

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GOLDMUND  EIDOS 36 

UNIVERSAL PLAYER 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for EIDOS 36

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Page 3: ...OCATION 6 5 POWER CONNECTION 6 6 BACK PANEL CABLE CONNECTIONS 7 7 KEYBOARD CONTROLS 8 8 REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS 11 9 SETTING THE DISPLAY SYSTEM 12 10 SWITCHING ON 12 11 FIRST CONNECTION 13 12 PLAYING...

Page 4: ...he satisfaction you are expecting All handling must be performed according to the following instructions to avoid to damaging the player Nevertheless if the instructions are perfectly carried out you...

Page 5: ...and 8 cm size single sided CD R RW DVD R RW DVD Audio Super VCD SACD MP3 CD Associated Equipment For technicians musicians or users who demands the very best in sound transcription you may decide the...

Page 6: ...voltage of your area The unit can operate at 50 or 60 Hz mains 4 CHOICE OF THE UNIVERSAL PLAYER LOCATION Due to the specific quality of its Goldmund Mechanical Grounding construction the Goldmund Eid...

Page 7: ...color and hue accordingly If you use the Progressive Output move the top left switch on the rear panel to analogue Video If you use the DVI Digital Video Output move the top left switch on the rear p...

Page 8: ...by pressing the Start key the selection 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...

Page 9: ...amera Lights during multi angle scenes on a DVD disc see below 4 GUI Graphical User Interface Lights when a menu is displayed on screen 5 GRP Indicates that the character display is showing a DVD Audi...

Page 10: ...hapter number 10 REMAIN Lights when the character display is showing the time or number of tracks titles chapters remaining 11 Character display 12 Pause Lights when a disc is paused 13 Play Lights wh...

Page 11: ...U Press to display the top menu of a DVD disc ENTER cursor control buttons Use to navigate on screen displays and menus Press ENTER to select an option or execute a command MENU Press to display a DVD...

Page 12: ...stops rolling On some TVs the picture may shrink vertically leaving black bands at the top and bottom of the screen This is not a malfunction it is caused by the NTSC to PAL conversion 10 SWITCHING O...

Page 13: ...en displays For ease of use this player makes extensive use of graphical on screen displays OSDs You should get used to the way these work as you ll need to use them when setting up the player using s...

Page 14: ...menus soundtracks and subtitles in several languages Set your preferred language here Note that the language you choose here may not be available on all discs If you want to select a language other t...

Page 15: ...ress ENTER to leave the Setup Navigator Questions 11 through 14 are concerned with the digital decoding capabilities of your AV receiver or Multi channel processor 12 Is your AV receiver Processor Dol...

Page 16: ...file structure Basic playback controls The controls on the remote for playing discs are listed below The following chapter covers playback features in more detail PLAY Starts playback DVD and Video C...

Page 17: ...d which you can find on the disc s packaging See below for more information TOP MENU Displays the top menu of a disc this varies with the disc MENU Displays a disc menu This varies with the disc and m...

Page 18: ...or stopped Note It s not possible to use the Disc Navigator hen playing a Video CD in PBC mode or when a DVD disc menu is displayed 1 Press HOME MENU and select Disc Navigator from the on screen displ...

Page 19: ...ent speeds using the remote 1 During playback press Forward or Reverse to start scanning 2 Press repeatedly to increase the scanning speed Note MP3s can only be scanned at one speed The scanning speed...

Page 20: ...yed onscreen 4 To resume normal playback press play Notes Video CD only supports forward slow motion playback The picture quality during slow motion playback is not as good as during normal playback D...

Page 21: ...and over Note A B Repeat is not available with SACDs MP3s Super VCDs Video CD in PBC mode or while a DVD disc menu is displayed 1 During playback press PLAY MODE and select A B Repeat from the list o...

Page 22: ...D CD and Video CD Super VCD discs Disc Repeat Track Repeat Repeat Off MP3 discs Disc Repeat Folder Repeat Track Repeat Repeat Off Notes If you ve made a program list the Program Repeat option also app...

Page 23: ...on the type of disc loaded The screen below appears when a DVD Video disc is loaded DVD Video discs Random Title Random Chapter Random Off DVD Audio discs Random Group Random Track Random Off MP3 CD...

Page 24: ...step in the program list For a DVD Video 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...

Page 25: ...e 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...

Page 26: ...Press PLAY MODE and select Search Mode from the list of functions on the left The search options that appear depend on the kind of disc loaded The screen below shows the DVD Video search options 2 Sel...

Page 27: ...Language Switching DVD Video audio language When playing a DVD Video disc recorded with dialog in two or more languages you can switch audio language during playback 1 Press AUDIO repeatedly to selec...

Page 28: ...IO repeatedly to select an audio channel option Switching camera angles Some DVD Video discs feature scenes shot from two or more angles Check the disc box for details When a multi angle scene is play...

Page 29: ...the setting and exit the Audio Settings screen Notes Audio DRC is only effective with Dolby Digital audio sources Audio DRC is only effective through digital output when Digital Out is set On and Dol...

Page 30: ...r left right to change to Fix or Variable as required Fix Channel levels are fixed Variable You can specify variable channel levels as well as speaker distance 3 If you chose Variable press cursor dow...

Page 31: ...essional Optimized for a professional video monitor Memory 1 3 Use for making your own presets see below 3 Press ENTER to make the setting and exit the Video Adjust screen Note Depending on the disc a...

Page 32: ...ct the floating black color for better 3 dimentional realism Gamma Adjusts the brightness of darker images Hue Adjusts the overall colour balance between red and green This is only effective when the...

Page 33: ...settings Digital Out Default setting On You only need to make this setting if you connected this system to a processor using one of the digital outputs If at any time you need to switch off the digita...

Page 34: ...analog outputs High sampling rate DVD Audio discs 192kHz or 176 2kHz automatically output down sampled audio through the digital outputs MPEG Out Default setting MPEG PCM You only need to make this s...

Page 35: ...an compatible to take advantage of this feature The RGB setting in AV Connector Out below will automatically be switched off when the component video outputs are set to output progressive scan video S...

Page 36: ...Language if you want to specify a language other than those listed See also Selecting languages using the language code list chapter Notes You can change or switch off the subtitles on a DVD disc duri...

Page 37: ...ra assistive subtitles recorded 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 onscree...

Page 38: ...er inappropriate for your children use the Parental Lock feature These discs will always play without requiring the password first If you forget your password you ll need to reset the player to it s f...

Page 39: ...g the country code 1 Select Country Code 2 Use number buttons to enter your password then press ENTER 3 Select a country code There are two ways you can do this Select by code letter Use cursor up dow...

Page 40: ...ttons in this mode Set to All if you want to play all the groups on a disc consecutively Note Even if the player is set to All but you select a group to play from the disc menu only that group will pl...

Page 41: ...has Dolby Pro Logic capability Note If you have selected DTS PCM in DTS Out and 5 1 Channel in Audio Output Mode below DTS Downmix setting will automatically be set to Stereo Speakers Audio Output Mod...

Page 42: ...selected speaker 3 Use the cursor up down buttons to change the current setting Notes You can see the effect of your changes in the room graphic on the right of the screen Except for the subwoofer yo...

Page 43: ...nalog outputs is fixed Choose Variable if you want to adjust the relative levels to balance the surround sound better for your listening room You can set the individual channel levels between 6dB and...

Page 44: ...wall socket before cleaning your universal player To clean the front panel metal parts always use a very soft clean damp cloth to avoid scratching the surface 17 MAINTENANCE The Goldmund Eidos 36 uni...

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