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English

1

During playback, press AUDIO 

23

. The

audio selection window appears on the TV
screen.

2

Press 

/

 or AUDIO to select the desired

audio. Each time you press 

/

  or

 AUDIO, the audio changes.

For DVD VIDEO (example)

For SVCD

For Video CD

3

Press ENTER 

34

. The selected audio is heard

and the audio selection window disappears.

NOTES:

The audio selection window will

automatically disappear if you do not
change the audio within several seconds.

For DVD VIDEO, the selected language

may be abbreviated on the TV screen. See
“Appendix B: Table of languages and their
abbreviations”.

Selecting a Scene Angle
(ANGLE)

You can view a variety of scene angles if the
DVD VIDEO disc contains “multi-angle” parts,
where multiple cameras were used to shoot the
same scene from different angles. At the be-
ginning of a “multi-angle” part, 

 appears

on the TV screen (except when the ON SCREEN
GUIDE preference is set to OFF).

1

During playback, press ANGLE 

6

. The

angle selection window appears on the TV
screen.

2

Press 

/

 or ANGLE to select the desired

angle. Each time you press 

/

 or ANGLE,

the angle changes.

3

Press ENTER 

34

.

You will see the picture from the selected angle.
The angle selection window disappears.

NOTE:

 The angle selection window will au-

tomatically disappear if you do not change
the angle for several seconds.

Special Picture/Sound
Effects

To Zoom In On Pictures

 

 

1

During playback or while paused, press
ZOOM 

24

. Pressing ZOOM causes the

RDV-1040 to zoom in on the image. At the
top left of the screen, the information for the
current magnification appears for about 5
seconds. Each time you press ZOOM, the
magnification is doubled (1.8, 4, 8, 16, 32
and 64 times).

When a picture of a DVD VIDEO disc is
viewed on a normal TV screen (4:3, Letter
Box), black bars may appear at the top and
bottom of the screen. In this case, if you select
the “ZOOM x1.8” mode, the black bars be-
come almost invisible. When a 1:2.35 or
1:1.85 DVD VIDEO source is played back,
however, the black bars are visible on the
screen.

2

Press 

/

/

/

 to move the zoomed po-

sition.

To  return to the normal playback press
ENTER 

34

.

NOTE:

 When you are zoomed in on a pic-

ture the image may look coarse.

To Adjust the Picture Quality
(VFP)

 

 

The VFP (Video Fine Processor) function allows
you to adjust the picture quality according to
the type of programming, picture tone or per-
sonal preferences.

1

During playback, press VFP 

25

. The VFP

mode selection window appears on the TV
screen.

2

Press 

/

 to select the desired preset. Each

time you press the button, the VFP mode
changes as follows. Set the video type most
suitable to the current program or the room
conditions.

USER 1

BRIGHTNESS

GAMMA

CONTRAST

SATURATION

TINT

SHARPNESS

Y DELAY

+  4

+  4

+13

+13

+13

+  3

+  2

Selected preset

Parameter

NORMAL:

 for watching TV in a general room.

CINEMA:

 for watching a movie in a room with

suppressed light.

USER 1 USER 2:

 you can adjust parameters

that affect the picture character and store the
settings as a user preset. See the next step.

3

To define a user setting, press 

/

 to se-

lect a parameter to be edited from the fol-
lowing.

GAMMA:

 Adjust this if the neutral color is

bright or dark. The brightness of dark and bright
portion is maintained. Available range: –4
(darkest) to +4 (brightest).

BRIGHTNESS:

 Adjust this if the picture is

bright or dark on the whole. Available range:
–16 (darkest) to +16 (brightest).

CONTRAST:

 Adjust this if the far and near

position is unnatural. Available range: –16 to
+16.

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Summary of Contents for RDV-1040

Page 1: ...Owner s Manual RDV 1040 DVD Player COVER GRAPHIC PLACEHOLDER...

Page 2: ...nsion cords Do not route the power cord where it will be crushed pinched bent at severe angles exposed to heat or damaged in any way Pay particular attention to the power cord at the plug and where it...

Page 3: ...n screen display or to change the setting of an item in the on screen display 14 CHOICE button Displays the DVD set up menu Is also used when selecting parental lock settings 15 Infrared signal output...

Page 4: ...hts in RED for Video source and GREEN for Film source Disc tray Used to load discs Display Window Shows various indicators and information about the operation of the RDV 1040 Remote sensor Receives th...

Page 5: ...d the world in order to make that product the best they can You are likely to find capaci tors from the United Kingdom and Germany semi conductors from Japan or the United States while toroidal power...

Page 6: ...only when the RDV 1040 is turned off The Progressive mode can be used only when the Output Signal switch is set to NTSC and the Component Output connec tions are used Some progressive scan TV sets and...

Page 7: ...u will get better video performance by using the COMPONENT VIDEO output jacks of the RDV 1040 The required cable is not provided Be sure to connect the Y out put to the Y input PB output to the PB inp...

Page 8: ...ignal connection If this preference set ting is not done correctly loud noise may be generated which can damage the speakers Before using the RDV 1040 with a digital signal connection be sure the prop...

Page 9: ...teries and dispose of them properly Never leave dead batteries lying around Do not take them apart mix them with other refuse or throw them into an incinerator Never touch liquid that has leaked out o...

Page 10: ...V 1040 Digital Audio Formats The RDV 1040 supports the following digital audio formats see the Glossary for descrip tions of each audio format Linear PCM MPEG Multichannel Dolby Digital DTS Digital Th...

Page 11: ...n EXECUTE DVD PLAYER SETUP BASIC PICTURE AUDIO SETTING YES PRESS ENTER NO CANCEL You can set the display language TV monitor type and digital output before using the RDV 1040 by using the following pr...

Page 12: ...r Press STOP 9 to stop playback then press PLAY 28 To Check Playback Status Press ON SCREEN 33 to see the current se lection number the title chapter number for DVD VIDEO or track number for SVCD Vide...

Page 13: ...upted Various Speed Playback To Rapidly Advance or Reverse Playback During playback press 29 or 10 on the remote control unit You can select from 1 5 times 5 times 20 times and 60 times nor mal speed...

Page 14: ...m The MENU button does not work while stopped NOTES Some DVD VIDEO discs may also have a different menu which appears when MENU is pressed See the instructions of each DVD VIDEO disc for its particula...

Page 15: ...0 10 then 3 To select 40 press 10 10 10 then 10 To correct the program press to move to the track to be corrected then press TV VIDEO CANCEL 22 The track is erased and the subsequent programmed tracks...

Page 16: ...ull down menu for repeat mode selection appears 3 Press to select A B 4 Press ENTER at the beginning of the part you want to repeat point A The pull down menu disappears The repeat icon A shows 5 Pres...

Page 17: ...ation is doubled 1 8 4 8 16 32 and 64 times When a picture of a DVD VIDEO disc is viewed on a normal TV screen 4 3 Letter Box black bars may appear at the top and bottom of the screen In this case if...

Page 18: ...OUT jack When the VSS function is active the ANALOG DOWN MIX setting in the AUDIO setting display is not available Menu Bar Functions To Display a Menu Bar 1 With a disc is loaded press ON SCREEN 33 A...

Page 19: ...Open the pull down window 2 Press to select a desired subtitle 3 Press ENTER 34 to begin playback with the selected subtitle Basic MP3 Operations Make sure that the TV DVD switch 1 on the remote contr...

Page 20: ...MA file name in cludes any 2 byte character the RDV 1040 cannot show the file name correctly Only MP3 WMA files are shown on the MP3 WMA CONTROL display The order of groups tracks shown in the MP3 WMA...

Page 21: ...ack The RDV 1040 only can play back files with the following file extensions jpg jpeg JPG JPEG and any other combination of upper case and lower case letters such as Jpg If a JPEG file name includes a...

Page 22: ...ars on the TV screen 3 Press to select the item you want to edit The color of the selected item changes 4 Press ENTER 34 A pull down menu ap pears over the selected item 5 Press to select from the opt...

Page 23: ...selecting an appropriate option Setting options AUTO FILM VIDEO NOR MAL VIDEO ACTIVE AUTO select when playing back a disc con taining both video and film source materials The RDV 1040 recognizes the...

Page 24: ...f the last 30 discs played The RDV 1040 retains a memory of the inter rupted positions of the last 30 discs played even though they have been removed from the disc tray ON SCREEN GUIDE The RDV 1040 ca...

Page 25: ...040 starts playback If you enter a wrong password WRONG RETRY appears on the TV screen Enter the correct password NOTE When you enter the wrong pass word 3 times at step 2 above moves to NOT RELEASE a...

Page 26: ...Digital discs contain six 5 1 channels of information Dolby Surround Dolby Pro Logic Dolby Surround records four channels of front and rear audio in two channels in a way that allows a decoder to rec...

Page 27: ...CD DA MP3 WMA format JPEG CD R RW CD DA SVCD Video CD MP3 WMA format JPEG Video Format NTSC 480i Interlaced scan 480p Progressive scan selectable PAL 576i only Other Power Requirements AC 120 V 240 V...

Page 28: ...and Nevis KP Korea Democratic People s Republic of KR Korea Republic of KW Kuwait KY Cayman Islands KZ Kazakhstan LA Lao People s Democratic Republic LB Lebanon LC Saint Lucia LI Liechtenstein LK Sri...

Page 29: ...n HU Hungarian HY Armenian IA Interlingua IE Interlingue IK Inupiak IN Indonesian IS Icelandic IW Hebrew JI Yiddish JW Javanese KA Georgian KK Kazakh KL Greenlandic KM Cambodian KN Kannada KO Korean K...

Page 30: ...America 54 Concord Street North Reading MA 01864 2699 USA Phone 1 978 664 3820 Fax 1 978 664 4109 Rotel Europe Dale Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 2BH England Phone 44 0 1903 221 600 Fax 44 0 1903 221...

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