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Playing Discs

Depending on the DVD or VIDEO CD, some
operations may be different or restricted.
Refer to the instructions supplied with your disc.

Turn on your TV.

Turn on the TV and select the video input so that you
can view the pictures from this player.

When using a receiver (amplifier)

Turn on the receiver (amplifier) and select the
appropriate position so that you can listen to the
sound from this player.

Press

to place the player in standby mode.

The player enters standby mode and the power
indicator lights up in red.

Press

on the remote to turn on the player.

The power indicator lights up in green.

Press

The player starts playback. Adjust the volume on the
TV or the receiver (amplifier).

To change the disc

Press DISC CHANGE to turn the indicator on. Then turn
the

–/

+ dial until the desired disc number

appears on the front panel display.
Press the

–/

+ dial to start playback.

Playing Discs

This chapter describes how to play a
DVD/CD/VIDEO CD.

Power indicator

DISC CHANGE

ALL

DVD

EDIT

FLIP

MEGA

SORT

FILE

–/

+ dial

Summary of Contents for DVP-CX870D - Cd/dvd Player

Page 1: ...CD DVD Player CD DVD Player 2000 Sony Corporation DVP CX870D 3 064 300 11 1 Operating Instructions ...

Page 2: ...ar of the unit Record the serial number in the space provided below Refer to them whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product Model No DVP CX870D Serial No ______________ CAUTION You are cautioned that any change or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this equipment NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with ...

Page 3: ...nd Remaining Time 41 Selecting a Starting Point Using the Time Code 42 Viewing the Disc Information 43 Changing the Sound 43 Displaying the Subtitles 45 Changing the Angles 46 Digital Cinema Sound Settings 47 Checking the Play Information 50 Locking Discs Custom Parental Control 51 Selecting the Disc Mode 1 Disc or All Discs 53 Creating Your Own Program Program Play 53 Playing in Random Order Shuf...

Page 4: ...DVDs and VIDEO CDs according to the disc contents the software producers designed some playback features may not be available Also refer to the instructions supplied with the DVDs or VIDEO CDs About This Manual Conventions Instructions in this manual describe the controls on the player You can also use the controls on the remote if they have the same or similar names as those on the player The ico...

Page 5: ...tputs To avoid possible damage to the audio system the consumer should take proper precautions when the analog stereo outputs of the DVD player are connected to an amplification system To enjoy DTS Digital Surround playback an external 5 1 channel DTS Digital Surround decoder system must be connected to the digital output of the DVD player This product incorporates copyright protection technology ...

Page 6: ...justing volume Do not turn up the volume while listening to a section with very low level inputs or no audio signals If you do the speakers may be damaged when a peak level section is played On cleaning Clean the cabinet panel and controls with a soft cloth slightly moistened with a mild detergent solution Do not use any type of abrasive pad scouring powder or solvent such as alcohol or benzine If...

Page 7: ...the player z You can control TVs and AV receivers amplifiers using the supplied remote See page 78 Notes Do not leave the remote in an extremely hot or humid place Do not drop any foreign object into the remote casing particularly when replacing the batteries Do not expose the remote sensor to direct sunlight or lighting apparatuses Doing so may cause a malfunction If you do not use the remote for...

Page 8: ...see page 47 Required cords Audio video connecting cord supplied 1 S link control S cord supplied 1 S video cord supplied 1 When connecting the cords be sure to match the color coded cord to the appropriate jacks on the components Yellow video to Yellow Red right to Red and White left to White Be sure to make connections firmly to avoid hum and noise If your TV has an S LINK CONTROL S connector you...

Page 9: ...If your TV has an S link control S connector You can control the player from the TV Connect the TV via the S LINK CONTROL S IN connector using the S link control S cord supplied Refer to the instructions supplied with the TV to be connected S link control S cord supplied 1 Setups for the player Some setup adjustments are necessary for the player depending on the TV or other components to be connec...

Page 10: ...yer To AUDIO OUT R L TV To audio input Signal flow Receiver Amplifier To an AC outlet To S VIDEO OUTPUT To DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL Take off the cap To DIGITAL OUT COAXIAL or or To optical digital input To coaxial digital input Receiver Amplifier with a digital connector MD deck DAT deck etc When connecting the cords be sure to match the color coded cord to the appropriate jacks on the components Red r...

Page 11: ... in multichannel surround format using an MD deck or DAT deck If you have an audio component with a built in Dolby Digital decoder or DTS decoder When you connect an audio component with a built in Dolby Digital decoder A Set DIGITAL OUT in AUDIO SETUP to ON and then set DOLBY DIGITAL to DOLBY DIGITAL in the setup display page 74 When you connect an audio component with a built in DTS decoder B Se...

Page 12: ...2 For the 5 1 CH OUTPUT FRONT and REAR jacks Monaural audio cords not supplied 2 For 5 1 CH OUTPUT CENTER and WOOFER jacks S video cord supplied 1 For the S VIDEO OUTPUT jack When connecting the cords be sure to match the color coded cord to the appropriate jacks on the components Red right to Red and White left to White Be sure to make connections firmly to avoid hum and noise White L Red R White...

Page 13: ...T MD DAT IN OPT CTRL A1 AC OUTLET L R WOOFER FRONT B REAR A FRONT REAR 5 1 INPUT CENTER TV LD S VIDEO IN VIDEO AUDIO IN S LINK SPEAKERS INPUT 5 1 CH OUTPUT AUDIO OUT DIGITAL OUT AUDIO IN L FRONT REAR 1 2 CENTER OPTICAL COAXIAL PCM DTS DOLBY DIGITAL CONTROL S IN 1 Y PB PR 2 1 2 WOOFER MEGA CONTROL S LINK S VIDEO OUTPUT VIDEO OUTPUT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT R L R L R Front speaker L Front speaker R Rear ...

Page 14: ...ENTER 4 Select OSD using M m then press or ENTER The languages you can select are displayed 5 Select the desired language using M m then press ENTER 6 Press DISPLAY The setup display disappears 7 Press DISPLAY repeatedly to turn off the on screen menu LANGUAGE SETUP OSD DVD MENU AUDIO SUBTITLE To set press then ENGLISH FRENCH SPANISH PORTUGUESE ENTER ENGLISH To quit press DISPLAY CHOIX DE LA LANGU...

Page 15: ...ights up in green 2 Press OPEN CLOSE to open the front cover 3 Press and hold X on the player for more than three seconds You will hear one beep and the Sound Feedback function is turned on To turn off the Sound Feedback Function When the front cover is open press and hold X on the player for more than three seconds You will hear two beeps and the Sound Feedback function is turned off X To return ...

Page 16: ...le turns and the disc slot at the loading position is set to the playing position z You can select a disc slot number by skipping by 10 slots When you select the disc slot number in Step 4 press DISC SKIP on the remote Ten disc slots each before and after from the current disc slot number will be skipped Notes When you insert an 8 cm 3 inch CD be sure to attach a Sony CD single adaptor not supplie...

Page 17: ...he EASY PLAY slot comes to the loading position and the front cover opens EASY PLAY EASY PLAY slot 2 Insert the disc 3 Press EASY PLAY again The front cover closes and playback of the EASY PLAY disc starts If you press EASY PLAY when there is a disc in the EASY PLAY slot The player loads the disc information and starts playback of the disc z EZ appears in the front panel display when the EASY PLAY...

Page 18: ... slot 5 Press AEJECT on the player The loading guide rises so that you can remove the disc easily 6 Remove the disc 7 Repeat Steps 4 to 6 to remove other discs 8 Close the front cover by pressing OPEN CLOSE Loading guide If you replace a disc in Step 6 The loading guide automatically goes down after few seconds If you want to place another disc in the same slot wait until the loading guide goes do...

Page 19: ... player in standby mode The player enters standby mode and the power indicator lights up in red 3 Press 1 on the remote to turn on the player The power indicator lights up in green 4 Press H The player starts playback Adjust the volume on the TV or the receiver amplifier To change the disc Press DISC CHANGE to turn the indicator on Then turn the dial until the desired disc number appears on the fr...

Page 20: ...r The player outputs the DTS signal via the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors even if DTS in AUDIO SETUP is set to D PCM in the setup display and may affect your ears or cause your speakers to be damaged Set the sound to STEREO when you play DTS sound tracks on a CD See Changing the Sound on page 43 If you set the sound to 1 L or 2 R no sound will come from the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL and COA...

Page 21: ... remote Press x Press X Press X or H On the player Press DIRECT SEARCH to turn it on and turn the dial clockwise On the remote Press On the player Press DIRECT SEARCH to turn it on and turn the dial counterclockwise On the remote Press On the player Press OPEN CLOSE followed by AEJECT On the remote Press Z followed by AEJECT on the player FLIP FLIP Playing Side B FLIP You can play side B without e...

Page 22: ... do some of the operations described Using the click shuttle and the JOG button indicator you can play back a DVD CD VIDEO CD at various speeds or frame by frame Each time you press JOG it changes between shuttle mode and jog mode To change the playback speed Shuttle mode Turn the click shuttle The playback speed changes depending on the turning direction and angle as follows When you play back a ...

Page 23: ...urns to shuttle mode On the player it stays in jog mode The player remembers the point where you stopped the disc and when RESUME appears on the front panel display you can resume playback from that point Resume Play will work even if the player enters standby mode by pressing 1 on the remote 1 While playing a disc press x to stop playback RESUME appears on the front panel display and Disc will re...

Page 24: ...e to select the title On some DVDs a title menu may simply be called a menu or title in the instructions supplied with the disc Press ENTER may also be expressed as Press SELECT Using the DVD s Menu TITLE M m ENTER M m TITLE ENTER Notes Resume Play may not be available on some DVDs Resume Play is not available in Shuffle or Program Play mode Depending on where you stopped the disc the player may r...

Page 25: ... DVD MENU M m DVD MENU ENTER Playing VIDEO CDs with PBC Functions PBC Playback When playing VIDEO CDs with PBC Play Back Control functions Ver 2 0 discs you can enjoy simple interactive operations search functions and other such operations PBC Playback allows you to play VIDEO CDs interactively by following the menu on the TV screen On this player you can use the number buttons ENTER M m and ORETU...

Page 26: ...teractive operations Refer to the instructions supplied with the disc as the operating procedure may differ according to the VIDEO CD To go back to the menu Press ORETURN or zTo cancel PBC playback of a VIDEO CD with PBC functions and play the disc in continuous play mode There are two ways Before you start playing select the track you want using or then press ENTER or H Before you start playing s...

Page 27: ...y or Program Play the playing time of the title and the remaining time of the title are not displayed Text or Disc Memo When playing back a CD VIDEO CD Displaying information while playing a disc zWhen playing VIDEO CDs with PBC functions The current scene number is displayed instead of the current track number and the current index number In this case the front panel display does not change when ...

Page 28: ...yer The player reads and loads all the disc information After loading is complete the player returns to the standby mode LOAD Checking the remaining time Press TIME TEXT Each time you press TIME TEXT while playing a disc the display changes as shown in the following chart Note While you are doing Shuffle Play or Program Play the playing time of the disc and the remaining time of the disc are not d...

Page 29: ...re picture recorded in the memory of the player is displayed when you select the genre Text information DVD TEXT CD TEXT or Disc Memo The text information DVD TEXT or CD TEXT recorded on the disc appears automatically If no text information is recorded you can store the text information Disc Memo yourself page 32 Genre You can select the genre of the disc yourself page 34 Disc type The disc type a...

Page 30: ...D CD A B C D FILE 1 Super Car Chase Skiing the World Music Madness 2 3 4 5 Action Classical DVD CD Action DVD CD VIDEO CD Select Cancel ENTER RETURN Notes If you press a FOLDER button during playback the playback stops and the Disc Explorer appears In this case the Resume Play is not available Even if you have removed the disc from the player the disc information of the disc remains on the Disc Ex...

Page 31: ...the disc using the number buttons then press ENTER You can also use M m DISC SKIP on the remote Or you can press the DISC CHANGE button followed by turning and pressing the dial 4 Press ENTER To file more than one disc repeat Steps 3 and 4 5 Press FOLDER A FILE disappears from the Disc Explorer Then the Disc Explorer for Folder A containing the selected discs appears To cancel the file mode Press ...

Page 32: ...h D with a title of 3 characters The Disc Memo can be anything you like such as a title musician s name category or date of purchase You can also assign a genre label to the disc This will help you keep your discs organized Labeling a disc or folder 1 Select the disc or folder you want to label To label a disc Select the disc on the Disc Explorer then press EDIT to enter the edit mode The selected...

Page 33: ...ssical Cancel ENTER RETURN 5 Repeat Steps 3 and 4 to input other characters 6 When you have entered all the characters for the Disc Memo or folder name press EDIT The DISC MEMO INPUT display or the FOLDER NAME INPUT display disappears and the Disc Memo or folder name is stored To cancel the edit mode Press ORETURN EDIT disappears from the Disc Explorer To correct the characters You can correct the...

Page 34: ...EMO INPUT or FOLDER NAME INPUT display Power consumption must be 120 mA or less KEYBOARD jack 1 Connect a keyboard to the KEYBOARD jack on the front panel when the power of the player is not on 2 Turn on the player 3 Do Steps 1 and 2 of Labeling a disc or folder to display the DISC MEMO INPUT or FOLDER NAME INPUT display 4 Input the characters on the keyboard 5 Press ENTER on the keyboard to store...

Page 35: ...the discs in the folder by disc slot number text information DVD TEXT CD TEXT Disc Memo or genre The text information is sorted alphabetically In case of the genre the selected genre comes first 1 Select the folder you want to sort using the FOLDER buttons 2 If you want to sort by text information or genre select the disc which has the desired text information or the genre by pressing M m 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 36: ...mode The selected disc only is highlighted and SORT appears at the right bottom corner 4 Select the item you want to sort by pressing You can select the disc number text information or genre The sorting item indicator moves to the selected item 5 Press ENTER The discs are sorted and re displayed The sorted order remains even if the power of the player is turned off z The disc order in the same gen...

Page 37: ...angles make Digital Cinema Sound settings and other such operations The possible operations are different depending on the kind of disc For details on each Control Menu display item see pages 39 to 62 1 Select the desired folder 2 Press DISPLAY to show the Control Menu display on the TV screen DISPLAY ENTER M m DISPLAY ENTER M m ORETURN ORETURN Current item PLAY DVD 1 8 3 4 1 2 2 7 C 0 1 3 2 5 5 S...

Page 38: ...nding on the disc zYou can select some items directly Some items can be selected by pressing the corresponding button on the remote or on the player In this case only the item you selected is displayed For instructions on using the buttons see the pages of each relevant item For a list of available buttons on the player and remote see pages 90 to 93 Note Some Control Menu display items require ope...

Page 39: ...annel Dolby Digital DVDs with only 2 or 4 speakers When you connect only 2 front speakers Virtual Enhanced Surround VES and VIRTUAL SEMI MULTI DIMENSION let you enjoy 3D sound by using 3D sound imaging to create virtual rear speakers from the sound of the front speakers L R without using actual rear speakers When you connect 2 front speakers and 2 rear speakers you can use this function s 3D sound...

Page 40: ...nes PLAY DVD 1 8 3 4 1 2 2 7 C 0 1 3 2 5 5 1 2 3 ALL Select CHAPTER ENTER 1 8 3 4 1 2 2 7 PLAY DVD 1 2 3 ALL C 0 1 3 2 5 5 Select TITLE ENTER REPEAT page 57 You can play all of the titles tracks on a disc or all of the discs or a single title chapter track repeatedly A B REPEAT page 58 You can play a specific portion of a title chapter or track repeatedly VIDEO EQUALIZER DVD VIDEO CD only page 59 ...

Page 41: ... Number buttons Cancel CHAPTER ENTER 3 4 1 2 3 ALL RETURN Checking the Playing Time and Remaining Time You can check the playing time and remaining time of the current title chapter or track and the total playing time or remaining time of the disc Press DISPLAY Then press TIME TEXT to change the time information You can also check the DVD TEXT CD TEXT or Disc Memo page 43 When playing a DVD x TIME...

Page 42: ...e code changes to T 3 Input the time code using the number buttons then press ENTER The player starts playback at the selected time code To cancel the number press CLEAR before pressing ENTER To cancel while making a selection Press ORETURN Note When you input the time code input the playing time of the title not the chapter or track time Selecting a Starting Point Using the Time Code Z PLAY DVD 1...

Page 43: ... L The sound of the left channel monaural 2 R The sound of the right channel monaural Changing the Sound PLAY DVD AUDIO 2 ENGLISH 3 FRENCH 1 ENGLISH 1 8 3 4 1 2 2 7 C 0 1 3 2 5 5 L R C DOLBY DIGITAL 3 2 1 PROGRAM FORMAT LFE LS RS 1 ENGLISH 1 2 3 ALL Select Cancel ENTER RETURN PLAY DVD 1 8 3 4 1 2 2 7 C 0 1 3 2 5 5 TIME MEMO BRAHMS SYMPHONY NO 4 1 2 3 ALL Disc Memo or DVD CD TEXT Viewing the Disc I...

Page 44: ...olby Surround processed stereo signal and the Dolby Digital signal LFE LFE Low Frequency Effect Front component 2 Center component 1 Rear component 2 LFE Low Frequency Effect component 1 Current audio format Current playing program format DOLBY DIGITAL 3 2 1 PLAY DVD AUDIO 1 ENGLISH 1 8 3 4 1 2 2 7 C 0 1 3 2 5 5 L R C DOLBY DIGITAL 3 2 1 PROGRAM FORMAT LFE LS RS Select ENTER 1 2 3 ALL zYou can sel...

Page 45: ...ect are different depending on the DVD When 4 digits are displayed they indicate the language code Select the language code from the list on page 89 zYou can select SUBTITLE directly Press SUBTITLE on the remote Each time you press the button the item changes Notes When playing a DVD on which no subtitles are recorded no subtitles appear Depending on the DVD you may not be able to turn the subtitl...

Page 46: ...e Angles Z 1 8 3 4 1 2 2 7 C 0 1 3 2 5 5 PLAY DVD 1 2 3 ALL 1 9 Select ANGLE ENTER Indicator 3 Select the angle number using the number buttons or M m then press ENTER The angle is changed to the selected angle zYou can select the angle directly Press ANGLE on the remote Each time you press the button the angle changes zYou can display different angles simultaneously ANGLE VIEWER You can display a...

Page 47: ... Enhanced Surround A Uses 3D sound imaging to create virtual rear speakers from the sound of the front speakers L R without using actual rear speakers The virtual speakers are reproduced as shown in the illustration below Digital Cinema Sound Settings You can enjoy 3D surround sounds while playing discs including Dolby Digital and DTS DVDs even if you only have 2 or 4 speakers Select the surround ...

Page 48: ...el signals for the stereo sound of a CD or the Dolby Digital and DTS sounds of the DVD When you connect fewer than 6 speakers the player appropriately distributes the output signal for the missing speaker to other speakers NORMAL SURROUND Software with 2 channel audio signals is decoded with Dolby Surround Pro Logic to create surround effects The rear speakers will emit identical monaural sounds I...

Page 49: ...s the 3D surround effects may be difficult to hear When you connect a center speaker and a subwoofer you can also hear the sound from the center speaker and the subwoofer However when you select VES TV VES A VES B or VIRTUAL SEMI MULTI DIMENSION the player does not output the sound from the center speaker When you select one of the VIRTUAL 3D SURROUND modes set the surround setting of the connecte...

Page 50: ...n 1 8 3 4 1 2 2 7 C 0 1 3 2 5 5 PLAY DVD 1 2 3 ALL BIT RATE Select ADVANCED ENTER BIT RATE 0 5 10 384 kbps Mbps Displays of each item By pressing DISPLAY repeatedly you can display either BIT RATE or LAYER whichever was selected in ADVANCED BIT RATE Bit rate refers to the amount of video audio data per second in a disc The higher the bit rate the larger the amount of data When the bit rate level i...

Page 51: ... 5 STOP DVD 1 2 3 ALL OFF PASSWORD CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL Select Cancel ENTER RETURN ON CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL Enter a new 4 digit password then press To return press RETURN ENTER Locking Discs Custom Parental Control Z CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL Enter password then press To return press RETURN ENTER CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL To confirm enter password again then press To return press RETURN ENTER 3 S...

Page 52: ...using the number buttons then press ENTER 5 To confirm your password re enter it using the number buttons then press ENTER CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL Custom parental control is already set To play enter your password and press ENTER Playing the disc for which the Custom Parental Control is set 1 Select the disc The CUSTOM PARENTAL CONTROL display appears 2 Enter your 4 digit password using the number...

Page 53: ...ALL DISCS 1 DISC 1 8 3 4 1 2 2 7 PLAY DVD 1 2 3 ALL 1 ALL DISCS Select Cancel ENTER RETURN 1 8 3 4 1 2 2 7 PLAY DVD 1 2 3 ALL OFF OFF SET ON PROGRAM Select Cancel ENTER RETURN Indicator You can play the contents of the disc s in the order you want by arranging the order of the titles chapters or tracks on the disc s and create your own program One program can be stored in the player and contain up...

Page 54: ...3 4 5 6 0 0 3 DVD ALL T ALL PROGRAM 1 3D T01 C01 ALL CLEAR 2 3 4 5 6 ALL ENTER RETURN PLAY PROGRAM Set Return Quit Start T PROGRAM ALL CLEAR 0 0 2 VCD ALL ALL 01 02 03 04 05 06 1 3D T01 C01 2 3 4 5 6 Creating the program 1 Select SET in PROGRAM The programming display appears and 1 is highlighted 2 Press ENTER It is ready to set the first disc of a title or track for Program Play 3 Select the disc...

Page 55: ...e disc information Press LOAD when the player is in standby or stop mode so that the player reads and loads the disc information zDisc types are abbreviated on screen as follows DVD D VCD V CD C P02 T P01 T03 2 P01 T 2 P01 T P01 T zYou can select discs titles chapters and tracks for the program by looking at the front panel display You can program by looking at the front panel display instead of u...

Page 56: ...iscs in the folder and play them in a random order TRACK has the player shuffle tracks in the folder and play them in a random order When playing a VIDEO CD CD or DVD when Program Play is set to ON OFF does not play the disc s in random order ON has the player shuffle titles or tracks selected in Program Play and play them in a random order Appears only when you select ALL DISCS in 1 ALL DISCS 1 8...

Page 57: ...ALL DISCS and repeats all titles in all discs in the folder when you select ALL DISCS TITLE repeats the current title on a disc CHAPTER repeats the current chapter When playing a VIDEO CD CD and when Program Play and Shuffle Play are set to OFF OFF does not play repeatedly DISC repeats all tracks on the selected disc when you select 1 DISC in 1 ALL DISCS and repeats all tracks in all discs in the ...

Page 58: ...Program Play are canceled You may not be able to set A B Repeat for some DVD or VIDEO CD scenes You cannot set the start point point A on one disc and ending point point B on other disc Repeating a Specific Portion A B Repeat You can play a specific portion of a title chapter or track repeatedly This function is useful when you want to do such things as memorize lyrics During PBC Playback of VIDEO...

Page 59: ...R PICTURE Select Cancel ENTER BRIGHTNESS COLOR HUE RESET RETURN You can adjust the video output of the DVD or VIDEO CD from the player not from the TV to obtain the picture quality you want Choose the video mode that suits the program you are watching When you select MEMORY you can make further adjustments to each element of the picture color brightness etc Select VIDEO EQUALIZER after pressing DI...

Page 60: ...ending on the DVD VIDEO CD disc or the scene being played noise found in the disc may become more apparent If this happens reduce the Digital Video Enhancer level The Digital Video Enhancer adjustment can be made to side B but the settings will not be stored in Playback Memory 1 8 3 4 1 2 2 7 PLAY DVD 1 2 3 ALL OFF 3 2 1 OFF Select Cancel ENTER RETURN DIGITAL VIDEO ENHANCER Indicator Enhancing the...

Page 61: ...h with the strobe play function The sound is muted when using this function 1 4 7 2 5 8 3 6 9 Cancel ENTER RETURN Scanning the title chapter or track You can check the first picture of titles chapters or tracks of the disc and start playback from the chosen title chapter or track When playing a DVD select TITLE VIEWER or CHAPTER VIEWER in VIEWER and press ENTER When playing a VIDEO CD select TRACK...

Page 62: ...VD you may not be able to set the bookmark Do not turn off the player by pressing Doing so may cancel the settings When you turn off the player press x first to stop playback and then press 1 on the remote After the power indicator lights up in red and the player enters standby mode press on the player The sound is muted when using this function BOOKMARK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A B C D ALL DVD EDIT FL...

Page 63: ...tup display you can do the initial setup adjust the picture and sound and set the various outputs You can also set a language for the subtitles and the setup display limit playback by children and so on For details on each setup display item see pages 66 to 77 Note You can display the setup display only when the player is in stop mode 1 Press DISPLAY and select SETUP using M m STOP DVD 1 2 3 ALL 1...

Page 64: ...LETTER BOX ON JACKET PICTURE STARTUP SCREEN STANDARD ENTER DISPLAY SCREEN SETUP TV TYPE SCREEN SAVER BACKGROUND To set press then To quit press 4 3 LETTER BOX 4 3 LETTER BOX 4 3 PAN SCAN STARTUP SCREEN 16 9 4 3 WIDE MODE ENTER DISPLAY SCREEN SETUP TV TYPE SCREEN SAVER BACKGROUND To set press then To quit press ON JACKET PICTURE STARTUP SCREEN STANDARD ENTER DISPLAY 16 9 4 3 WIDE MODE Using the Set...

Page 65: ...73 CUSTOM SETUP page 68 AUTO PLAY OFF TIMER DEMO1 DEMO2 DIMMER BRIGHT DARK OFF PAUSE MODE AUTO FRAME PARENTAL CONTROL BOOKMARK RESET 4 3 PAN SCAN 16 9 4 3 WIDE MODE 4 3 LETTER BOX TV TYPE SIZE FRONT CENTER DISTANCE FRONT CENTER REAR TEST TONE OFF ON REAR REAR SIDE SUBWOOFER BALANCE FRONT REAR LEVEL CENTER REAR SUBWOOFER SPEAKER SETUP page 75 CENTER SPEAKER EQ FLAT ENHANCED SOFT PLAYBACK MEMORY ON ...

Page 66: ... using the number buttons page 89 After you have made a selection the language code 4 digits is displayed LANGUAGE SETUP OSD DVD MENU AUDIO SUBTITLE To set press then To quit press ENGLISH ENGLISH ORIGINAL AUDIO FOLLOW ENTER DISPLAY x AUDIO Selects the language for the sound track ORIGINAL the language given priority in the disc ENGLISH FRENCH SPANISH PORTUGUESE GERMAN ITALIAN DUTCH CHINESE JAPANE...

Page 67: ...e or stop mode for 15 minutes or when you play back a CD for more than 15 minutes The screen saver will help prevent your display device from becoming damaged ON turns on the screen saver OFF turns off the screen saver x BACKGROUND Selects the background color or picture on the TV screen in stop mode or while playing a CD JACKET PICTURE The jacket picture appears in the background but only when th...

Page 68: ... jitter Normally select this position FRAME A picture including subjects that do not move dynamically is output with high resolution x BOOKMARK RESET Select BOOKMARK RESET The BOOKMARK RESET display appears And then press ENTER to reset all bookmarks Custom Settings CUSTOM SETUP CUSTOM SETUP AUTO PLAY DIMMER PAUSE MODE To set press then To quit press OFF BRIGHT AUTO TRACK SELECTION OFF ON ENTER PA...

Page 69: ... by Children Parental Control Playback of some DVDs can be limited depending on the age of the users The Parental Control function allows you to set a playback limitation level Select CUSTOM SETUP in the setup display 1 Select PARENTAL CONTROL using M m then press ENTER CUSTOM SETUP AUTO PLAY DIMMER PAUSE MODE To set press then To quit press OFF BRIGHT AUTO TRACK SELECTION OFF ON ENTER PARENTAL CO...

Page 70: ...pears 4 Select STANDARD using M m then press 5 Select a geographic area as the playback limitation level standard using M m then press ENTER When you select OTHERS select and enter the standard code in the table on the next page using the number buttons CUSTOM SETUP PARENTAL CONTROL LEVEL OFF STANDARD CHANGE PASSWORD USA To set press then To quit press ENTER DISPLAY 6 Select LEVEL using M m then p...

Page 71: ...t have the Parental Control function playback cannot be limited on this player If you do not set a password you cannot change the settings for playback limitation Depending on the DVD you may be asked to change the Parental Control level while playing the disc In this case enter your password then change the level When you stop playing the DVD the level returns to the original level The same passw...

Page 72: ...you turn off the player press x first to stop playback and then press 1 on the remote After the power indicator lights up in red and the player enters standby mode press on the player Custom Settings CUSTOM SETUP x TRACK SELECTION Gives the sound track which contains the highest number of channels priority when you play a DVD on which multiple audio formats PCM DTS or Dolby Digital format are reco...

Page 73: ...tting these items see Setting the Digital Output Signal OFF when the player does not output the sound signals via the DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL and COAXIAL connectors the influence of the digital circuit upon the analog circuit is at a minimum Note When you select OFF you cannot set DOLBY DIGITAL DTS and 48kHz 96kHz PCM AUDIO SETUP allows you to set the sound according to the playback conditions The def...

Page 74: ...O OUT connectors are not affected by this setting and keep their original sampling frequency level Settings for the Sound AUDIO SETUP Setting the Digital Output Signal Switches the methods of outputting audio signals when you connect 1 a digital component such as a receiver amplifier having a digital connector 2 an audio component having a built in decoder Dolby Digital or DTS 3 a DAT or MD via th...

Page 75: ...either of these according to the rear speaker s position This activates the Dolby Digital bass redirection circuitry and outputs the bass frequencies of the rear speaker from other speakers Settings for the Speakers SPEAKER SETUP SPEAKER SETUP SIZE DISTANCE BALANCE LEVEL OFF TEST TONE FRONT CENTER YES LARGE REAR LARGE LARGE REAR SUBWOOFER To set press then To quit press ENTER SETUP DISPLAY SUBWOOF...

Page 76: ...t tone is emitted from both left and right speakers simultaneously Note When you adjust the speaker settings the sound cuts off for a moment Settings for the Speakers SPEAKER SETUP x DISTANCE The default distance setting for the speakers in relation to the listening position is shown below You can vary the distance of each speaker as follows The default adjustments are in parentheses Be sure to ch...

Page 77: ... tone from each speaker in sequence 3 From your listening position select BALANCE or LEVEL and adjust the value of BALANCE using and LEVEL using M m The test tone is emitted from both left and right speakers simultaneously 4 Select TEST TONE and set TEST TONE to OFF to turn off the test tone To adjust the volume of all the speakers at one time Use the receiver s amplifier s volume control ...

Page 78: ...04 17 Hitachi 02 03 J C Penney 04 12 JVC 09 KMC 03 Magnavox 03 08 12 Marantz 04 13 MGA Mitsubishi 04 12 13 17 NEC 04 12 Manufacturer Code number Panasonic 06 19 Philco 03 04 Philips 08 Pioneer 16 Portland 03 Quasar 06 18 Radio Shack 05 14 RCA 04 10 Sampo 12 Sanyo 11 Scott 12 Sears 07 10 11 Sharp 03 05 18 Sylvania 08 12 Teknika 03 08 14 Toshiba 07 Wards 03 04 12 Yorx 12 Zenith 15 Notes If you enter...

Page 79: ... control your AV receiver amplifier VOL Controlling the TV When you set the TV DISC EXPLORER DVD switch to TV you can control your TV using the buttons below By pressing 1 TV VIDEO VOL CH WIDE MODE Number buttons and ENTER Note Depending on the TV you may not be able to control your TV or to use some of the buttons above Controlling AV receivers amplifiers with the remote 1 Slide the TV DISC EXPLO...

Page 80: ...D switch on the remote to DISC EXPLORER or DVD 3 Turn on the player and the CD changer 4 Press MEGA CONTROL on the player or MEGA on the remote The MEGA CONTROL button on the front panel lights up and the display shows the current disc number in the CD changer 5 Select the play mode you want on the CD changer 6 Press H on the player to start playing Playback starts and the display shows the curren...

Page 81: ...r when the MEGA CONTROL button on the front panel is lit The player will not enter Resume Play after the MEGA CONTROL button on the front panel has been turned on and off You cannot control the CD changer right after turning on the player or connecting the CD changer Wait a few seconds until the player recognizes the CDs When the MEGA CONTROL button is lit you cannot use the Control Menu and Disc ...

Page 82: ...o input connector on the TV page 8 Make sure you turn on the TV Make sure you select the video input on the TV so that you can view the pictures from the player Picture noise appears Clean the disc If the video signal from your DVD player has to go through your VCR to get to your TV the copy protection applied to some DVD programs could affect picture quality If you still experience problems after...

Page 83: ...l Menu display page 43 Make sure you connect the player correctly pages 8 10 12 The surround effect is difficult to hear when you are playing a Dolby Digital or DTS sound track Check the speaker connections and setting pages 12 75 Refer to the operating manual of your receiver amplifier Depending on the DVD the output signal may not be the entire 5 1 channels It may be monaural or stereo even if t...

Page 84: ...recorded on the DVD Changing the language for the track is prohibited on the DVD The subtitle language cannot be changed when you play a DVD Multilingual subtitles are not recorded on the DVD Changing the language for the subtitles is prohibited on the DVD The subtitles cannot be turned off when you play a DVD Depending on the DVD you may not be able to turn the subtitles off The angles cannot be ...

Page 85: ...n the disc with a cleaning cloth page 6 The disc is not facing the correct direction Place the disc in the slot so that the playing side is facing left The front cover will not open or close all the way Remove any objects that may be blocking the movement of the front cover To prevent a malfunction the player has performed the self diagnosis function The front cover automatically opens and the pla...

Page 86: ...racteristics Frequency response DVD PCM 96 kHz 2 Hz to 44 kHz 0 5 dB DVD PCM 48 kHz 2 Hz to 22 kHz 0 5 dB CD 2 Hz to 20 kHz 0 5 dB Signal to noise ratio More than 115 dB AUDIO OUT connectors only Harmonic distortion Less than 0 0025 Dynamic range More than 100 dB DVD More than 98 dB CD Wow and flutter Less than detected value 0 001 W PEAK Outputs Inputs AUDIO OUT 1 2 DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL DIGITAL OU...

Page 87: ...fer channel in this format DTS provides the same 5 1 discrete channels of high quality digital audio Good channel separation is realized because all of the channel data is recorded discretely and processed in digital Glossary DVD page 4 A disc that contains up to 8 hours of moving pictures even though its diameter is the same as a CD The data capacity of a single layer and single sided DVD is 4 7 ...

Page 88: ... compressed to about 1 140 of its original size Consequently a 12 cm VIDEO CD can contain up to 74 minutes of moving pictures VIDEO CDs also contain compact audio data Sounds outside the range of human hearing are compressed while the sounds we can hear are not compressed VIDEO CDs can hold 6 times the audio information of conventional audio CDs There are 2 versions of VIDEO CDs Version 1 1 You ca...

Page 89: ...h 1150 Estonian 1151 Basque 1157 Persian 1165 Finnish 1166 Fiji 1171 Faroese 1174 French 1181 Frisian 1183 Irish 1186 Scots Gaelic 1194 Galician 1196 Guarani 1203 Gujarati 1209 Hausa 1217 Hindi 1226 Croatian 1229 Hungarian 1233 Armenian 1235 Interlingua 1239 Interlingue 1245 Inupiak 1248 Indonesian 1253 Icelandic 1254 Italian 1257 Hebrew 1261 Japanese 1269 Yiddish 1283 Javanese 1287 Georgian 1297 ...

Page 90: ...from the disc slot 8 DIRECT SEARCH button and indicator 20 Press to use the dial to locate the chapter or track 9 OPEN CLOSE button 16 Opens or closes the front cover q DISC CHANGE button and indicator 16 19 Press to use the dial to rotate the disc slots or select disc qa EASY PLAY button and indicator 17 Press to play the EASY PLAY disc or bring the EASY PLAY slot to the loading position qs MEGA ...

Page 91: ...lays the Control Menu display on the TV screen to set or adjust the Control Menu items wk ORETURN button 26 29 38 Press to return to the previously selected screen etc wl TITLE button 24 Displays the title menu on the TV screen e DVD MENU button 25 Displays the DVD menu on the TV screen ea Click shuttle 22 Changes the playback speed es M m ENTER button Selects and executes the items or settings 1 ...

Page 92: ...lace it in standby mode after power is connected by pressing on the player qd VOL buttons 79 When 1 is set to DVD or DISC EXPLORER controls the AV receiver amplifier volume When 1 is set to TV controls the TV volume qf CH DISC SKIP buttons 20 79 When 1 is set to DISC EXPLORER or DVD searches the discs in the folder DISC SKIP When 1 is set to TV changes the TV channel CH qg TV VIDEO FLIP button 21 ...

Page 93: ...6 41 43 Displays the playing time of the disc etc on the front panel display e SUBTITLE EDIT button 32 45 When 1 is set to DVD or TV displays the SUBTITLE display on the TV screen SUBTITLE When 1 is set to DISC EXPLORER enters the EDIT mode to label the disc EDIT ea 1 ALL DISCS LOAD button 28 53 When 1 is set to DVD or TV selects 1 DISC or ALL DISCS play mode 1 ALL DISCS When 1 is set to DISC EXPL...

Page 94: ...DISTANCE 76 DOLBY DIGITAL 11 74 DOWNMIX 73 DTS 11 74 DVD 19 DVD menu 24 DVD MEMU 66 E EASY PLAY 17 EDIT 32 F Fast Forward 22 Fast Rewind 22 FILE 30 Folder 29 30 Front panel display 26 G GENRE 34 H Handling discs 6 Hooking up 8 10 12 I Index 5 40 INDEX 40 J Jacket Picture 29 67 K Keyboard 34 L LANGUAGE SETUP 66 LETTER BOX 67 LEVEL 76 Locating a specific point 22 by watching the TV screen 22 M N MEG...

Page 95: ... TIME MEMO 41 42 43 TIME TEXT 41 42 43 Title 5 40 87 TITLE 40 Title menu 24 TITLE VIEWER 61 Track 5 40 88 TRACK 40 TRACK SELECTION 72 TRACK VIEWER 61 Troubleshooting 82 TV TYPE 67 U Usable discs 4 V W X Y Z VIDEO CD 4 19 VIDEO EQUALIZER 59 VIEWER 61 VIRTUAL 3D SURROUND 47 ...

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