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Introduction

 

Thank you for purchasing this unit. This 
Owner’s Manual explains the basic 
operation of this unit.

DVD discs must be labeled for 
ALL regions or Region 2 in 
order to play on this Player. You 
cannot play discs that are labeled 
for other regions.

– Remote control 
– Batteries (two AA size) for remote 

control

– Audio pin cable
– Video pin cable
– Owner’s Manual

– This unit is designed for use with DVD 

video, Video CD, Super video CD, 
Audio CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+RW, 
DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD-
RW (VR format).

This unit can play:
– MP3, picture (Kodak, JPEG) files on CD-

R(W).
– JPEG/ISO 9660 format
– Maximum 30 characters display.

– DivX

 

®

 

 disc on CD-R[W]/DVD+R[W]/

DVD-R[W] (3.11, 4.x and 5.x)

– Dual layer DVDs
– CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/

RW and DVD-RW (VR format) cannot 
be played unless finalized.

– Some discs cannot be played depending 

on the recording conditions such as PC 
environment and application software. 
The characteristics and condition of the 
discs; materials, scratches, curvature, 
etc., may result in failure.

– Be sure to use only CD-R and CD-RW 

discs made by reliable manufacturers.

– Do not use any non standard shaped 

discs (heart, etc.).

– Do not use disc with tape, stickers, or 

paste on it. Doing so may damage the 
unit.

– Do not use a disc which has been 

printed on its surface by a commercially 
available label printer.

• When a disc becomes dirty, clean it 

with a cleaning cloth. Wipe the disc 
from the center out. Do not wipe in a 
circular motion.

• Do not use solvents such as benzine, 

thinner, commercially available cleaners, 
or antistatic spray intended for analog 
records.

 

Manufactured under license from 
Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby” and 
the double-D symbol are 
trademarks of Dolby 
Laboratories.

”DTS” and “DTS Digital Out” are 
trademarks of Digital Theater 
Systems, Inc.

DivX, DivX Certified, and 
associated logos are trademarks 
of DivXNetworks, Inc and are 
used under license.

 

Region Codes

Supplied accessories

Notes about discs

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Cleaning discs

Patent information

 

This product incorporates copyright protection 
technology that is protected by method claims of 
certain U.S. patents and other intellectual property 
rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and 
other rights owners. Use of this copyright 
protection technology must be authorized by 
Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home 
and other limited viewing uses only unless 
otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. 
Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited.

 

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Summary of Contents for DVD-S557

Page 1: ...DVD PLAYER LECTEUR DE DVD DVD S557 OWNER S MANUAL MODE D EMPLOI BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG BRUKSANVISNING GEBRUIKSAANWIJZING G DVD S557 DIGITAL VIDEO MANUALE DI ISTRUZIONI MANUAL DE INSTRUCCIONES ...

Page 2: ...utlet grasp the plug do not pull the cord 11 Do not clean this unit with chemical solvents this might damage the finish Use a clean dry cloth 12 Use only the voltage specified on this unit Using this unit with a higher voltage than specified is dangerous and may cause fire damage to this unit and or personal injury YAMAHA will not be held responsible for any damage resulting from use of this unit ...

Page 3: ...last stopped point 11 On Screen Display OSD 12 Special DVD Features 13 Playing a Title 13 Camera Angle 13 Audio 13 Subtitles 13 Special VCD SVCD Features 13 Playback Control PBC 13 Preview Function 13 Playing MP3 DivX JPEG Kodak Picture CD 14 General Operation 14 Selecting a folder and track file 15 Repeat and Shuffle 15 Special picture disc features 15 Preview Function JPEG 15 Zoom picture 16 Pla...

Page 4: ...s heart etc Do not use disc with tape stickers or paste on it Doing so may damage the unit Do not use a disc which has been printed on its surface by a commercially available label printer When a disc becomes dirty clean it with a cleaning cloth Wipe the disc from the center out Do not wipe in a circular motion Do not use solvents such as benzine thinner commercially available cleaners or antistat...

Page 5: ...Front panel display shows information about the operational status of the unit AC Power Cord connects to a standard AC outlet COAXIAL digital audio output connects to a digital coaxial input of your AV receiver or stereo system OPTICAL digital audio output connects to a digital optical input of your AV receiver or stereo system VIDEO output composite video out connects to a video input on your AV ...

Page 6: ...lect DVD camera angle ZOOM enlarge video image AUDIO audio language and format selector TOP MENU RETURN display the top level disc menu DVD go back to previous menu VCD MENU access menu of a disc DVD switch PBC on off VCD 1 2 3 4 left right up down select an item in the menu ENTER OK acknowledge menu selection S search backward go to a previous chapter or track STOP 9 stop playback PLAY B start pl...

Page 7: ...l output to ALL see page 19 DIGITAL OUTPUT Note If the audio format of the digital output does not match the capabilities of your receiver the receiver will produce a strong distorted sound or no sound at all Make sure to select the appropriate audio format at menu screen included on the disc Pressing AUDIO once or more may change not only audio languages but also audio formats and the selected fo...

Page 8: ...etter performance than S video connection separating video signal into luminance Y terminal color coded as green and color difference Pb blue Pr red Use commercially available coaxial cables Receiver and TV with component input is required Observe the color of each jack when connecting If your receiver does not have component output jacks connecting the player s component output directly to your T...

Page 9: ...er that was used to connect to this unit Refer to the equipment owner s manual for details 4 Turn this unit on 5 Set the TV to the correct Video IN channel eg EXT1 EXT2 AV1 AV2 AUDIO VIDEO etc Refer to your TV owner s manual for details The front display lights up and the default screen appears on the TV This DVD Player is compatible with both NTSC and PAL Select the color system that matches your...

Page 10: ... select your own preferred language settings This DVD Player will automatically switch to the language for you whenever you load a disc If the language selected is not available on the disc the disc s default language will be used instead The OSD language in the system menu will remain once selected Setting the OSD Language 1 Press SETUP 2 Press 1 2 to select GENERAL SETUP PAGE 3 Press 34 to highl...

Page 11: ...ress 34 to select a language and press ENTER OK If the language you want is not in the list then select OTHERS then use the numeric buttons on the remote to enter the 4 digit language code see page 26 Language Codes and press ENTER OK 5 Repeat steps 3 4 for other options settings PREFERENCE PAGE AUDIO ENGLISH SUBTITLE CHINESE SIMP DISC MENU FRENCH PARENTAL SPANISH PBC PORTUGUESE MP3 JPEG NAV POLIS...

Page 12: ...cally If you press PLAY B when the tray is open this unit closes the tray and starts playback Unless otherwise stated all operations described are based on Remote Control use Pausing playback 1 During playback press PAUSE Playback will pause and sound will be muted 2 Press PAUSE again to select the next picture frame 3 To resume normal playback press PLAY B Selecting track chapter Press S T or use...

Page 13: ... once you load in the disc To select a playback feature or item Use 1 234 or numeric buttons on the remote then press ENTER OK to start playback To access or remove the menu Press MENU on the remote Zooming in This function allows you to enlarge the picture on the TV screen and to pan through the enlarged picture 1 During playback press ZOOM repeatedly to display the picture with different scales ...

Page 14: ... refers to the total time of the current title and the CH TIME refers to the total time of the current chapter 2 Press ENTER OK 3 Enter hours minutes and seconds from left to right using the numeric buttons e g 0 34 27 Audio Subtitle Angle DVD You can change AUDIO SUBTITLE or ANGLE if it is available on the disc you are playing 1 Press 34 to select AUDIO SUBTITLE or ANGLE 2 Press ENTER OK 3 For Au...

Page 15: ...BC ON the disc menu if available will appear on the TV Use the S T or the numeric buttons to select a play option During playback pressing TOP MENU RETURN will return to the menu screen if PBC is on If you want to skip the index menu and playback directly from the beginning Press MENU on the remote control to switch to PBC off Preview Function 1 Press SCAN 2 Press 34 to highlight TRACK DIGEST DISC...

Page 16: ...To return to preview menu Use 1 234 to highlight MENU and press ENTER OK to confirm For CD At stop mode press SCAN on the remote control Each track will be played for a few seconds General Operation 1 Load a disc The disc reading time may exceed 30 seconds due to the complexity of the directory file configuration The data disc menu appears on the TV screen 2 Playback will start automatically if no...

Page 17: ... disc Kodak Picture CD JPEG For Kodak disc the slide show will begin For JPEG disc the picture menu appears on the TV screen 2 Press PLAY B to start the slide show playback Preview Function JPEG This function shows the content of the current folder or the whole disc 1 Press STOP 9 during playback 12 thumbnail pictures will appear on the TV screen 2 Press S T to display the other pictures on the pr...

Page 18: ...top left hand corner on the TV screen Playing MP3 music and JPEG picture simultaneously 1 Load a disc that contains music and pictures The disc menu appears on the TV screen 2 Select an MP3 track 3 During MP3 music playback select a picture from the TV screen and press PLAY B The picture files will be played back one after another until end of the folder 4 To quit simultaneous playback press MENU ...

Page 19: ...mming player s front panel display You can select different levels of brightness for the front panel display 1 In GENERAL SETUP PAGE press 34 to highlight DISPLAY DIM then press 2 100 Select this for full brightness 70 Select this for medium brightness 40 Select this for dimming the display 2 Press 34 to select a setting then press ENTER OK to confirm your selection Programming disc tracks not for...

Page 20: ...r off 1 In GENERAL SETUP PAGE press 34 to highlight SCREEN SAVER then press 2 ON Select this if you wish to turn off the TV screen when disc playback is stopped or paused for more than 15 minutes OFF Select this to disable the screen saver function 2 Press 34 to select a setting then press ENTER OK to confirm your selection Sleep Timer This feature automatically sets the DVD player in standby mode...

Page 21: ...lect a setting then press ENTER OK to confirm your selection Setting the Digital output The options included in Digital Audio are Digital Output and LPCM Output 1 In AUDIO SETUP PAGE press 34 to highlight DIGITAL AUDIO then press 2 2 Press the 34 to highlight an option 3 Enter its submenu by pressing 2 4 Move the cursor by pressing the 34 to highlight the selected item DIGITAL OUTPUT Set the Digit...

Page 22: ...ng rate of the CDs four times higher than the original 2 Press 34 to select a setting then press ENTER OK to confirm your selection Note This setting is only applicable for the signals output from the analog jacks Night Mode In this mode the high volume outputs are softened and low volume outputs are brought upward to an audible level It is useful for watching your favorite action movie without di...

Page 23: ...applicable if you have connected this DVD Player to a Progressive Scan TV through the Y Pb Pr jacks see page 6 1 In VIDEO SETUP PAGE press 34 to highlight PROGRESSIVE then press 2 OFF To disable Progressive Scan function ON To enable Progressive Scan function 2 Press 34 to select a setting then press ENTER OK to confirm your selection Notes on activating Progressive Ensure that your TV has progres...

Page 24: ...ersa Choose zero 0 for average setting CONTRAST Increase the value will sharpen the picture or vice versa Choose zero 0 to balance the contrast TINT Increase the value will darken the picture or vice versa Choose zero 0 for average setting COLOR Increase the value will enhance the color in your picture or vice versa Choose zero 0 to balance the color 5 Press 1 2 to adjust the setting that best sui...

Page 25: ...ENTER OK To disable Parental controls and have all Discs play select 8 ADULT 3 Use the numeric buttons to enter the six digit password see page 25 Changing the Password DVDs that are rated above the level you selected will not play unless you enter your six digit password Notes VCD SVCD CD have no level indication so parental control function has no effect on these types of discs This applies to m...

Page 26: ...hen a play list has been created 3 Press 34 to highlight a setting 4 Press ENTER OK to confirm your selection To play back a disc in VR format 5 Press SETUP to close the setup menu 6 Press PLAY The setting you selected will begin to play Previewing VR format 7 During playback press SCAN 8 Press 34 to highlight either TITLE DIGEST or TITLE INTERVAL 9 Press ENTER OK to select the function TITLE DIGE...

Page 27: ...s to enter your old six digit password When doing this for the first time key in 000 000 If you forget your old six digit password key in 000 000 4 Enter the new six digit password 5 Enter the new six digit password a second time to confirm 6 Press ENTER OK to confirm The new six digit password will now take effect Restoring to original settings Setting the DEFAULT function will reset all options ...

Page 28: ... Javanese 7486 Castilian Spanish 6983 Kalaallisut 7576 Catalan 6765 Kannada 7578 Chamorro 6772 Kashmiri 7583 Chechen 6769 Kazakh 7575 Chewa Chichewa Nyanja 7889 Khmer 7577 Chichewa Chewa Nyanja 7889 Kikuyu Gikuyu 7573 Chinese 9072 Kinyarwanda 8287 Chuang Zhuang 9065 Kirghiz 7589 Church Slavic Slavonic 6785 Komi 7586 Church Slavonic Church 6785 Korean 7579 Chuvash 6786 Kuanyama Kwanyama 7574 Cornis...

Page 29: ...k 7878 Tonga Tonga Islands 8479 Nyanja Chichewa Chewa 7889 Tsonga 8483 Nynorsk Norwegian 7878 Tswana 8478 Occitan post 1500 Proven 7967 Turkish 8482 Old Bulgarian Old Slavonic 6785 Turkmen 8475 Old Church Slavonic Old 6785 Twi 8487 Old Slavonic Church 6785 Uighur 8571 Oriya 7982 Ukrainian 8575 Oromo 7977 Urdu 8582 Ossetian Ossetic 7983 Uzbek 8590 Ossetic Ossetian 7983 Vietnamese 8673 Pali 8073 Vol...

Page 30: ...atible with the DVD Player Ensure that the DVD Player s TV Type is set to match that of the disc and your TV No sound or distorted sound Adjust the volume Check that the speakers are connected correctly No audio at digital output Check the digital connections Check if your receiver can decode MPEG 2 or DTS and if not please make sure the digital output is set to PCM ONLY Check if the audio format ...

Page 31: ...g playback Operations may not be permitted by the disc Refer to the instructions of the disc jacket DVD Player cannot read CDs DVDs Use a commonly available cleaning CD DVD to clean the lens before sending the DVD Player for repair Menu items cannot be selected Press STOP twice before selecting System Menu Depending on the disc availability some menu items cannot be selected Unable to play DivX mo...

Page 32: ... decrease in image quality in spite of its high compression ratio MP3 A file format with a sound data compression system MP3 is the abbreviation of Motion Picture Experts Group 1 or MPEG 1 Audio Layer 3 By using MP3 format one CD R or CD RW can con tain about 10 times as much data volume as a regu lar CD can Parental Control A function of the DVD to limit playback of the disc by the age of the use...

Page 33: ...mW VCD CD Beam divergence 60 degree AUDIO PERFORMANCE DA Converter 24 bit Signal Noise 1 kHz 105 dB Dynamic range 1 kHz 100 dB DVD fs 96 kHz 2 Hz 44 kHz fs 48 kHz 2 Hz 22 kHz SVCD fs 48 kHz 2 Hz 22 kHz fs 44 1 kHz 2 Hz 20 kHz CD VCD fs 44 1 kHz 2 Hz 20 kHz Distortion and Noise 1 kHz 0 003 TV STANDARD PAL 50 Hz NTSC 60 Hz Number of lines 625 525 Playback Multistandard PAL NTSC CONNECTIONS SCART Eur...

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