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Cancel

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Screen Saver Duration 

5 Minutes

Press the ENTER key. The following screen will appear: 

Use the left/right arrow keys(     ) to choose “OK”, then press the ENTER key. Once you press “OK”, all 

bookmarks and BD-live content saved in memory will be deleted. 

5.6.5 Screen Saver Duration 

The BD player has a ‘screen saver’ capability which will cause the TV screen to go ‘blank’ after a certain 

period of time during music playback, or when a setup menu or disc title menu is being displayed on the 

TV.

This option is used to tell the BD player how long to wait before the screen saver is activated. To control 

how long to wait before the screen saver is invoked, from the System menu, press the right arrow key(   ). 
Then, use the up/down arrow keys(    ), if necessary, until  “Screen Saver Duration” is highlighted, as shown 

below:

Press the ENTER key. The following screen will appear: 

Please choose a new Screen Saver Duration

Off

5 Minutes

10 Minutes

20 Minutes

30 Minutes

Use the up/down arrow keys (    ) to choose: 
During music playback, or while displaying a setup menu or disc title menu, invoke the screen saver after: 

5 Minutes:
10 Minutes:
20 Minutes:
30 Minutes:
Off:

 (Do not invoke the screen saver )

Once your choice has been highlighted, press the ENTER key to save your selection. The circled checkmark
( ) will move to the highlighted choice. You can then move to another menu item by pressing the left arrow

key (    ). 

Summary of Contents for BDP3959

Page 1: ...facturer for the required programming code Before operating the unit please read this manual thoroughly BDP3959 IF CONTACT WITH CUSTOMER SERVICE IS REQUIRED PLEASE HAVE THE MODEL NUMBER READY PRIOR TO...

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Page 4: ...4 FCC Declaration of Conformity Compliance Statement Part15...

Page 5: ...y smudged Discs use a soft damp clean cloth then dry completely before placing in this or any other player Do not use any solvents such as alcohol gas analog recorder special cleaners static preventat...

Page 6: ...6 2 Safety INTRODUCTION PLAYABLE...

Page 7: ...7 54 62 65 65 66 69 69 Back cover...

Page 8: ...iscs DVD RW DVD R Only DVD RW R recorded with UDFor ISO9660 format can be played back The discs must be finalized RW R mode only Playback may not work for some types of discs or when specific operatio...

Page 9: ...The front panel display is used to show the status of the disc being played back The items which appear on the display are shown in the figure below 720P 1080i 1080P BD DVD CD Title Shows Resolution...

Page 10: ...ing BD DVD playback If the disc has more than one subtitle language it can also be used to cycle through the subtitle languages Note Not all discs have subtitles 5 EJECT Press this button to open clos...

Page 11: ...ry Picture in picture audio and video 13 PIP On BD discs this button is used to turn the video portion of the director s commentary picture in picture on and off Note Director s commentary must have b...

Page 12: ...the video to play back at speed Pressing the button a third time will cause the video to play back at 1 8 speed Pressing play during slow play will resume playback at normal speed 21 19 20 19 STOP Thi...

Page 13: ...Press to confirm or select menu items 28 PLAY Press to start or resume playback 29 SKIP NEXT CHAPTER 30 SKIP PREVIOUS CHAPTER When the disc is playing normally press the SKIP button once to jump to th...

Page 14: ...TORS Since the rear panel contains multiple video and audio outputs a brief description of the capabilities of each of the outputs is described below in order to help you choose the appropriate output...

Page 15: ...MI digital input you should use this connection and leave the component video outputs of the player disconnected NOTE The component video output has a maximum resolution of 1080i It is further limited...

Page 16: ...input outlet NOTE To play back a BD or DVD disc when connected to the TV via HDMI the TV must support the HDCP copyright protection system If your TV does not support HDCP the TV picture will not be v...

Page 17: ...HOME THEATRE SYSTEM Highest fidelity audio and video setup can only be achieved using HDMI HDMI is BDP3959 s only output capable of 1080p video and the only output capable of high definition audio co...

Page 18: ...using the TV remote control select the input on the TV that is connected to the BD player HDMI component etc 3 Press OPEN CLOSE on the front panel of the BD player to open the tray OR Press the EJECT...

Page 19: ...nt panel will display the elapsed time of playback chapter number etc On many BD Discs Chapter 1 of Title 1 is an advertisement or preview of upcoming releases If you wish you may press the DISC MENU...

Page 20: ...press the STOP button on the remote control 10 To remove the disc press OPEN CLOSE on the front panel of the BD player to open the tray OR To remove the disc press the EJECT button on the BD player re...

Page 21: ...ll be x2 fast reverse x4 fast reverse x8 fast reverse x16 fast reverse then back to play To resume normal playback press the PLAY button on the remote 4 2 3 Slow Forward Playback When the disc is play...

Page 22: ...n press the skip backwards button again to skip to the beginning of the previous chapter The previous chapter will start playing back from the beginning automatically 4 3 4 Displaying Chapter Title In...

Page 23: ...TE do not have this feature NOTE Not all Blu Ray discs have director s commentaries NOTE Blu Ray discs that have director s commentaries may not have director s commentaries on all titles and all chap...

Page 24: ...y will be highlighted and the saved settings for that category will appear In the example above the Display menu category is highlighted The saved settings for the Display menu category are shown on t...

Page 25: ...utputs correctly press the up down arrow keys on the remote until the Display menu category is highlighted on the setup menu screen A screen showing the current settings will be displayed Press the ri...

Page 26: ...e to set the aspect ratio The circled checkmark will then briefly move to the highlighted aspect ratio You can then move to another Setup menu item by pressing the left arrow key on the remote until t...

Page 27: ...n SD 4 3 television episodes Episode will be stretched horizontally to fit entire screen Episode will be shown in center of screen vertical bars will appear on sides of screen No effect Episode will f...

Page 28: ...output disc content recorded at 24 frames seconddirectly without converting it to30 or 60 frames second If your TV is not connected to the BD player or surround receiver via HDMI this menu item does n...

Page 29: ...player s digital audio outputs HDMI or COAXIAL The Audio setup menu only applies to the digital audio outputs HDMI or COAXIAL shown above To set the digital and analog audio outputs correctly press th...

Page 30: ...tion some surround sound receivers can play back PCM data but the data must be sent to the receiver at a slower rate than what is stored on the Blu Ray disc Because of this an understanding of your su...

Page 31: ...layer Set the PCM downsampling to 48 kHz and proceed to the next setup menu item If you have a surround sound receiver connected to the BD player via COAXIAL set this menu item to the maximum PCM samp...

Page 32: ...right arrow key on the remote to make the Digital Audio Options Menu appear Press the up down arrow keys on the remote until the Digital Output choice is highlighted The up down arrow keys on the remo...

Page 33: ...Auto option turns on the Dynamic range control for allBD movie soundtracks except Dolby TrueHD If you have selected a TrueHD track on the BD disc the auto selection tells the BD player to only turn o...

Page 34: ...ge To set the language that will be displayed for the BD player s setup menus the menus you are currently reading about make sure that the Language setup menu item is highlighted Audio Parental Info N...

Page 35: ...efly to that language You can then move to another menu item by pressing the left arrow key on the remote until the Language icon in the setup menu is highlighted 5 4 2 Menu Language To set the langua...

Page 36: ...n the BD or DVD disc NOTE Not all languages are available on all discs Most discs only have one menu language available You can now move to another menu item by pressing the left arrow key on the remo...

Page 37: ...ilable Language Subtitle None NOTE Some discs might not allow the user to select the audio language from the BD player setup menu In this case the audio language can only be selected from the BD or DV...

Page 38: ...languages available NOTE Some discs might not allow the user to select the audio language from the BD player setup menu In this case the audio language can only be selected from the BD or DVD disc s s...

Page 39: ...Parental Parental Country USA Parental Control Off Parental Level 1 Kid Safe Parental Password Please enter parental control password Password Cancel Ok The first time this screen appears you should...

Page 40: ...before being allowed to change this setting NOTE Not all discs support multiple parental Countries Use the up or down arrow keys on the remote to highlight one of the countries and press the ENTER ke...

Page 41: ...own arrow keys can then be used to move to a different Parental Setup menu item 5 5 3 Parental Level Use this menu item to restrict playback of discs encoded with a rating level equal to or higher tha...

Page 42: ...d To change the parental control password from the parental menu press the right arrow key on the remote until the Parental Password menu option is highlighted as shown below Press the right arrow key...

Page 43: ...is highlighted as shown below Optical Disc AutoPlay On System Options Menu You will now be able to change a few other properties of the BD player described below 5 6 1 Optical Disc AutoPlay This optio...

Page 44: ...e menu will appear Use the up or down arrow keys to highlight your desired choice Then once the choice has been highlighted press the ENTER key to save your selection The circled checkmark will move t...

Page 45: ...rs additional scenes etc To control whether a Blu Ray disc s BD Live content is saved on an external USB stick from the System menu press the right arrow key Then use the up down arrow keys if necessa...

Page 46: ...activated To control how long to wait before the screen saver is invoked from the System menu press the right arrow key Then use the up down arrow keys if necessary until Screen Saver Duration is hig...

Page 47: ...following screen will appear Use the arrow keys to choose Ok then press the ENTER key Once you press Ok all previously changed settings from other menus will go back to the original factory settings...

Page 48: ...0 Gateway 0 0 0 0 Primary DNS 0 0 0 0 Secondary DNS 0 0 0 0 IP Mode Dynamic The third item is a display of the MAC address of the ethernet port Your ISP may ask for this number in order to assign you...

Page 49: ...then manually enter your IP address and other settings Please enter a new IP Address Valid range of each segment is 0 to 255 Current value 0 0 0 0 New Value Cancel Ok If you are not sure what values...

Page 50: ...onto a disc or USB memory stick 6 2 FEATURES SUPPORTED FOR DIGITAL AUDIO AND PHOTO PLAY BACK The following features are supported by the media player Audio Player Music Pause Stop Fast Forward Rewind...

Page 51: ...ory stick 6 4 1 Using a Computer to Prepare a Data Disc for Music Photo Playback A Data disc is a disc that has been burned on a computer Disc playback is supported for the following types of discs bu...

Page 52: ...BD Player for Music Photo Playback If you will be viewing photos and or listening to music burned onto a data disc open the tray and insert the disc If you will be viewing photos and or listening to m...

Page 53: ...iles are on an inserted data disc and or USB memory stick this icon will appear File Type Selector You must choose one of the file types Music or Pictures before starting playback NOTE Even if a data...

Page 54: ...o choose a device data disc or USB memory stick to use for audio playback Use the arrow keys to navigate to the USB or disc icons and then press the ENTER key A list of the folders and supported audio...

Page 55: ...all songs on the USB memory stick or data disc that are currently displayed in the file browser Once a song starts playing playback status will appear showing the title artist album art and album nam...

Page 56: ...les To play individual songs on the USB stick or data disc navigate through the files and folders using the arrow keys highlight the file you wish to play then press ENTER key A screen as shown below...

Page 57: ...t and then press ENTER key 6 5 4 Creating an Audio Playlist Settings Music Pictures 1 From the File Type Selector window choose Music Main Menu Music 3 item s Play Files USB Playlist CD 2 Choose Optic...

Page 58: ...e park mp3 Graduation Beach wma File1 mp3 5 Use the arrow keys to navigate the disc or USB stick and choose the next file to be added to the playlist Then press ENTER key Add all to playlist Previous...

Page 59: ...es to be added to the playlist will be highlighted NOTE Do NOT navigate back to the main menu containing the setup icon If you do the playlist will be cleared Do NOT remove USB memory stick or data di...

Page 60: ...Folder on the right hand side of the screen then press ENTER key 10 Choose Playlist from the Audio Media Selector Remove from playlist Previous Folder File1 mp3 Picnic in the park mp3 Play Files 11 A...

Page 61: ...All Repeat All 12 A box will appear showing several options Choose Play All and the audio files in the playlist will begin to play After the last audio file in the playlist has finished playback will...

Page 62: ...photographs after inserting the data disc or USB memory stick you should see a menu File Type Selector Use the arrow keys on the remote to highlight Pictures and then press ENTER key A new menu the P...

Page 63: ...r when browsing songs or pictures during music playback Picture Browser Screen Once the Picture Browser Screen appears you can choose to playback all files or playback a single file 6 6 2 Viewing Mult...

Page 64: ...Optical disc or USB from the Pictures Media Selector and then press ENTER key 3 Once you have chosen to browse picture files from an optical disc or USB memory stick you can add audio files to a playl...

Page 65: ...the USB memory stick into the USB slot on the player 7 2 SETTING UP THE PLAYER FOR BD LIVE INTERNET ACCESS In order to set the player up for BD Live Internet Access perform the following steps i In th...

Page 66: ...n If picture is still frozen unplug the unit from the wall wait a few minutes and replug the unit Unit does not operate in extremely cold region Please comply with the required temperature range when...

Page 67: ...nect the HDMI cable then reconnect the cable securely Failure to turn the unit off before proceeding may result in the picture not being displayed Turn BD player back on by pressing the POWER button o...

Page 68: ...e TV will cause distortion due to the disc s copy protection encoded on the disc Even if you are not utilizing the second devices recording feature the disc protect its content from the possibility of...

Page 69: ...of Dolby Laboratories DTS HD Advanced Digital Out are registered trademarks of DTS Inc This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by U S patents and other intellectual...

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Page 74: ...n published by the Free Software Foundation If the Program does not specify a version number of this License you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software Foundation 10 If you wish to...

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