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USER MANUAL 

 

GOLDMUND EIDOS 36U 

Universal Player 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for EIDOS 36U+

Page 1: ...USER MANUAL GOLDMUND EIDOS 36U Universal Player...

Page 2: ...on of sound and image At Goldmund we strive to lead in the creation development and manufacture of the industry s most advanced technologies including audio and video systems home networking and music...

Page 3: ...OMPATIBILITY 5 2 UNPACKING 6 3 POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGE SELECTION 7 4 CHOICE OF PLAYER LOCATION 7 5 POWER CONNECTION 8 6 BACK PANEL CABLE CONNECTIONS 8 7 BASIC OPERATIONS 11 8 SETTINGS 20 9 CLEANING 32 10...

Page 4: ...ul installation and use can provide the satisfaction you are expecting The installation instructions must be carried out in full and the mentioned precautions taken to get the expected result and to a...

Page 5: ...ges or Picture in Picture functions to be used Discs supporting BD Live BD ROM version 2 Profile 2 that provides interactive features when the player is connected to the Internet High quality movie an...

Page 6: ...obtain the best quality out of your system we recommend using one of the Goldmund acoustic processors Mimesis 32 or Mimesis 16HD 2 UNPACKING You will find in the Eidos 36U Box The universal player it...

Page 7: ...r 60 Hz mains 4 CHOICE OF PLAYER LOCATION Thanks to the specific quality of the Goldmund Mechanical Grounding and the Goldmund Magnetic Damping construction the choice of the player location is not cr...

Page 8: ...Unplug the power cord if you are not going to use the player for an extended period of time Hold the power plug when unplugging Do not pull on the cord 6 BACK PANEL CABLE CONNECTIONS 6 1 VIDEO CONNEC...

Page 9: ...u of the Eidos 36U Setup Audio Format Setup HDMI Audio LPCM PCM connection Connecting to a Receiver Amplifier in PCM or Digital 7 1 5 1 multichannel Goldmund recommends that the greatest care is taken...

Page 10: ...r If the A V receiver or amplifier only has 5 1ch audio input the REAR L Surround Back Left and REAR R Surround Back Right terminals do not need to be connected Goldmund recommends using a Goldmund In...

Page 11: ...8 To turn off the player press the POWER button NOTE During DVD and some Blu ray Disc playback pressing the STOP button for the first time brings the player to a pre stop mode You can resume playback...

Page 12: ...press of the FWD button switches the playback speed in the following sequence 2 Press the REV button on the remote control and the player starts fast reverse playback Each press of the REV button swit...

Page 13: ...ase use the following steps 1 Press the PAUSE button on the remote control to pause the playback first 2 Press the FWD button to select a forward slow playback speed Each press of the FWD button switc...

Page 14: ...avigate the menu using the ARROW buttons and then press the ENTER button to make the selection 4 Some menus make use of the COLOR buttons You can select menu functions by pressing the corresponding CO...

Page 15: ...panel will remain in the selected format The following display formats are available DVD and Blu ray Disc CD and SACD Note In addition to the playback time the on screen display may also contain the...

Page 16: ...tput The TV screen displays a mute icon The front panel MUTE indicator will also light up 2 Press the MUTE button again to resume audio output Audio Language Track Selection 1 To select the audio lang...

Page 17: ...utton until the subtitle is turned off Angle Selection 1 When playing a DVD or Blu ray Disc an angle mark will be displayed on the screen when the player detects scenes recorded with multiple angles T...

Page 18: ...ndary video Picture in Picture or PIP and secondary audio This feature is often called BONUSVIEW When such a disc is played a Picture in Picture mark PIP Mark and a Secondary Audio Program mark SAP Ma...

Page 19: ...ng standard disc based formats such as Blu ray Disc DVD CD and SACD the Goldmund Eidos 36U Universal player can play media files You can enjoy digital music movies and photos stored on an optical disc...

Page 20: ...ion the list of Menu Items and their current value are displayed in a box Selection is the actual numeric or descriptive element that represents the change being made to the selected parameter It is t...

Page 21: ...it indicates that there are more menu items that can be accessed by scrolling with the UP DOWN ARROW buttons For example in the Playback Setup section you may use the UP DOWN ARROW buttons to select...

Page 22: ...of the selected language is available on the disc the audio track will be played back Subtitle Language To choose the preferred subtitle language for DVD If a subtitle of the selected language is avai...

Page 23: ...action from normal movie watching SACD Priority To select which audio layer to play for SACD Super Audio CD The options are Multi Channel Play the multi channel surround audio layer Stereo Play the 2...

Page 24: ...onent Use component video as the primary video output port This setting will ensure that the component output will always be available and displays proper video signals With this configuration the vid...

Page 25: ...system conversion is performed PAL encoded contents are converted to NTSC output Blu ray Discs encoded with 24Hz frame rate are converted to 60Hz frame rate if neither 1080p24 Output nor Source Direc...

Page 26: ...ate will be output as 1080p 24Hz without regard to whether the TV can support the 1080p24 signal or not This is useful if the TV can actually support 1080p24 but does not properly state its capability...

Page 27: ...have a burn in issue Energy Saver Video output will be turned off after 3 minutes of inactivity Many projectors and LCD TVs will go into a standby or sleep mode and turn off their projection lamp or...

Page 28: ...o fields into a video frame Use this setting if you are certain the disc is made from footage originally shot with a video camera and not with a film camera 2 2 Even This mode should be used when you...

Page 29: ...ff No Chroma filtering is applied Use this setting if the disc does not have Chroma errors Color Space To select the color space for the HDMI output The available options are Auto Recommended The play...

Page 30: ...oother color transitions and better gradients The available options are 30 Bits Use the 30 bit per pixel Deep Color mode 36 Bits Use the 36 bit per pixel Deep Color mode Off default Do not use Deep Co...

Page 31: ...lect region A for Blu ray Press DIMMER DIMMER DIMMER MUTE 2 to select region B for Blu ray Press DIMMER DIMMER DIMMER MUTE 3 to select region C for Blu ray Now turn OFF the player and turn it back ON...

Page 32: ...E The Goldmund Eidos 36U player does not require any specific maintenance WARNING Always turn the power off before cleaning your player There are no user serviceable parts inside the Eidos 36U Unautho...

Page 33: ...oaxial Optical HDMI Audio Stereo up to 7 1ch high resolution PCM up to 5 1ch DSD bitstream or LPCM conversion of Dolby Digital Dolby Digital Plus Dolby TrueHD DTS DTS HD High Resolution Audio and DTS...

Page 34: ...60Hz AC Power Consumption 35W 0 5W Standby SIZE AND WEIGHT 440 W x 370 H x 130 D mm 12 kg WARRANTY 3 years parts and labor Information and product specifications contained in this manual are subject...

Page 35: ...TE The remote control supports one of three remote codes The default is Code 1 To check the selection code open the battery compartment cover of the remote control and then use a ball point pen to fli...

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