6
Getting Started
Features
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Highlights that Set the DV-C501
• Dolby* Digital Audio Output
• 5-Disc playback
• DTS** Compatibility
• Video CD playback
• Full 96-kHz/24-bit resolution with 96-kHz/24-bit discs
• Direct digital path for signal purity (U.S. & Canadian
models only)
• Enhanced black-level setting
• Next Selection
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Video Features
• DTS Compatibility means the DV-C501 can pass a DTS-
encoded digital signal from discs with DTS soundtracks to
an external processor or receiver with a DTS decoder
• Advanced 10-Bit 27 MHz Video D/A Conversion for four
times the accuracy of conventional 8-bit, 13.5 MHz systems
• 3-Mode Picture Magnification enables you to “zoom” in
and enlarge in three steps 25 selected areas of the picture
• Enhanced Black-Level Control lets you set the reference
black threshold cutoff-especially useful for picture calibra-
tion on TVs
• Passes PLUGE Signals to make it easier for you to set the
brightness of your monitor when using DVD test discs
• Video CD Playback for enjoying the wide selection of
inexpensive Video-CD software, which has the same high
audio quality as MiniDiscs, and picture quality comparable
to VHS video cassettes
• High Resolution Onscreen Display
• S-Video Output
• Full-Time Active Video Outputs to make using the DVD
changer with both the main home-theater television and
the display in the bedroom much easier
• 4-Mode Search (title, DVD chapter, CD track, and time)
• Still Frame to view single frames
• Frame Advance
• Slow Motion for DVD playback without sound at 1/2, 1/4,
or 1/8th the normal speed
• Fast Forward/Reverse (x2, x8, x30)
• Last Memory Play function for both DVDs and CDs-
resumes play from where last stopped, even if the power
was turned off
• 6-Mode Repeat allows you to repeat titles, chapters,
tracks, all tracks, memory, and a user-selected A-B
section on DVDs and CDs
• Programmed Memory Playback
• Random Playback
• Multi-Aspect Ratio
• 8-Language Soundtrack Capability
• 32 Subtitle Languages
• Multi-Camera Angle
• Parental Viewing Control
• Screen Saver
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Audio Features
• Audiophile-Class Audio Performance
• Direct Digital Path (U.S. & Canadian models only)
• Full 96-kHz/24-Bit Audio Resolution
• Digital Audio Output (coaxial)
• Optical Digital Audio Output
• 1 Pair of Analog Outputs (RCA)
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Other Features You’ll Enjoy
• 4-Disc Exchange
• CD Mode (DVD Skip) Control
• Next Selection
• Direct Disc Access
• Separate indicators for Each Disc (1 to 5)
• Dual-Focus Optical Pickup
• Dynamic Range Control
• Large, Bright, Universal Fluorescent Display
• 2-Mode Display Dimmer (normal, dim)
• Anti-Resonant, Heavy-Gauge, Reinforced-Steel Chassis
• Large Anti-Resonant Feet
• Inlet type AC Cord
• Brushed Aluminum Front Panel
• 53-Key Full-Function Remote Control
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Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories.
“Dolby” and the double-D symbol
are trademarks of Dolby
Laboratories. Confidential Unpublished Works. ©1992-1997
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. All rights reserved.
** “DTS” and “DTS Digital Surround” are trademarks of Digital
Theater Systems, Inc.
