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English
welcome

ank you and congratulations for purchasing your Arcam FMJ Blu-ray Disc player.

Arcam has been producing specialist hi- and home cinema products of remarkable quality

for over three decades and the BDP300 – which plays Blu-ray Discs, DVD-Video discs and

Audio CDs – is the latest in a long line of award winning home cinema equipment. e design

of the FMJ range draws upon all of Arcam’s experience as one of the UK’s most respected audio

companies and is built to give you years of trouble-free listening enjoyment.

is handbook has been designed to give you all the information you need to install, connect

and use the Arcam BDP300 Blu-ray Disc player. e CR104 remote control handset supplied

with this equipment is also described. Use the contents list shown on this page to guide you to

the section of interest.

We hope that your FMJ Blu-ray Disc player will give you years of trouble-free operation. In the

unlikely event of any fault, or if you simply require further information about Arcam products,

our network of dealers will be happy to help you. Further information can also be found on the

Arcam website at www.arcam.co.uk.

e FMJ development team

Contents

safety guidelines .......................................E-2
Important safety instructions...........................E-2
Safety compliance ................................................E-2
welcome ......................................................E-3
installation .................................................E-4
Placing the unit .....................................................E-4
Power .........................................................................E-4
The remote control and trigger inputs .........E-4
Interconnect cables..............................................E-4
Making video connections ................................E-6
Making audio connections ...............................E-6
The HDMI interface ..............................................E-7
Troubleshooting HDMI .......................................E-7
disc & file formats .....................................E-8
Playable discs .........................................................E-8
Video le requirements (USB/Disc) ................E-8
MP3/WMA audio le requirements (USB/Disc)
......................................................................................E-8
Photo le requirements (USB/Disc) ...............E-8
Region coding ........................................................E-8
Network connection ............................................E-9
basic operation .......................................E-10
remote control ........................................E-11
The CR104 remote ..............................................E-12
remote control ........................................E-12
Playback and advanced controls ..................E-13
Useful information ..............................................E-14
Device Mode / Source keys .............................E-14
Controlling other devices ...............................E-14
Code blink-back ...................................................E-15
advanced operation ..............................E-16
Disc information ..................................................E-16
Search ......................................................................E-16
Menus ......................................................................E-16
Soundtrack selection .........................................E-16
Subtitles ..................................................................E-16
Bonusview and BD-Live ....................................E-16
Playing media les ..............................................E-17
Advanced playback controls ..........................E-18
settings menus .......................................E-19
Display .....................................................................E-19
Audio .......................................................................E-20
Language ...............................................................E-21
Network ..................................................................E-21
System .....................................................................E-22
Security/Parental Control ................................E-22
trouble shooting .....................................E-24
Audio output format .........................................E-25
audio & video output formats .............E-25
customising the CR104 .........................E-26
Code learning .......................................................E-26
Creating Macros ..................................................E-27
Volume punch-through ...................................E-27
Key mover ..............................................................E-27
Mode mover .........................................................E-28
Locking/unlocking a specic Device Mode E-28
Mode key IR punch-through ..........................E-29
Resetting the CR104 ..........................................E-29
Command summary ..........................................E-29
Device codes .........................................................E-29
specications ..........................................E-30
Radio interference ..............................................E-30
Laser radiation......................................................E-30
software licencing .................................E-31
product guarantee ................................E-33
device code tables .................................E-34