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DISC PLAYBACK

 

 

Basic Playback

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pure Direct Mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press the PURE DIRECT button on the front panel to

 

 

 

DVD-V

 

DVD-A

 

CD

 

 

Audio CD

 

 

MP3

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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output an analog audio signal only (no analog video

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JPEG

 

 

WMA

 

 

DivX®

 

 

and HDMI signals will be output and the display will be

Getting started

 

 

 

 

 

 

turned off). The higher quality sound will be achieved.

• Turn on the power of the TV, amplifier and any other com-

NOTES:

 

ponents which are connected to the DVD player.

 

 

 

• When the buttons below are pressed, the pure direct mode

• Make sure the TV and audio receiver (commercially avail-

 

 

will be released.

 

able) are set to the correct channel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPEN/CLOSE button (on both the remote and the front panel),

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SETUP or DISPLAY button (on the remote), ON/STANDBY or

 

1

Press the POWER ON button.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PURE DIRECT button (on the front panel).

 

 

“P-ON” will appear briefly on the display panel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• The PURE DIRECT button will not function while displaying

 

2

Press the OPEN/CLOSE button

 

 

 

 

 

 

the setup menu.

 

 

to open disc loading tray.

 

 

 

 

 

 

• If you turn on the pure direct mode while selecting HDMI

 

3

Place the disc in the tray, with the

 

 

 

 

 

 

mode, both video and audio signals will not be output.

 

 

label facing up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brightness of the Front Panel Display

 

4

Press the PLAY button.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

English

The tray will close automatically, then playback will start from the first

chapter or track of the disc. If the playback does not start automatically, press the PLAY button.

When you play back the DVD with a title menu, it may appear on the screen. In this case, refer to “Title menu” on page 18.

5Press the STOP button to stop playback.

NOTES:

A “prohibited icon” may appear at the top-right corner on the TV screen during operation, warning that a prohibited operation has been encountered by the DVD player or the disc.

With DVDs that use some titles for playback

program signals, playback may start from the second title, or it may skip these titles.

During the playback of two layered disc, pictures may stop for a moment. This happens when the 1st layer switches to the 2nd layer. This is not a malfunction.

The operation may vary when you play back DVDs with disc menu or DivX® video files. Refer to the manual accom- panying the disc for details.

1Press the DIMMER NTSC/PAL button on the front panel to select the desired brightness of the front panel display. (BRIGHT, DIMMER or OFF)

The default setting is BRIGHT.

NOTES:

The brightness of the front panel display can be adjusted from the setup menu. Details are on page 31.

When you turn on the power next time, the brightness of the front panel display will be as set in setup menu.

TV TYPE

Select a suitable video system according to the format of the TV you connected.

1Stop playback.

2Press the DIMMER NTSC/PAL button on the front panel more than 3 seconds. The video system will be displayed on the front panel display and TV screen.

MULTI

NTSC

PAL

HDMI Setup

1Press the HDMI button on the front panel to select the HDMI output mode.

The output mode changes as follows every time the HDMI button is pressed.

The HDMI indicator on the front panel lights up when HDMI output mode is on.

480P/576P

720P

1080

1080P

OFF

480P/576P (Default):

Video output from the HDMI OUT jack at 480p/576p. 720P: Video output from the HDMI OUT jack at 720p. 1080: Video output from the HDMI OUT jack at 1080i. 1080P: Video output from the HDMI OUT jack at 1080p. OFF: No video output from the HDMI OUT connector.

NOTES:

Video and audio signals may distorted temporarily when switching to/from the HDMI output mode.

Use a display equipment with an HDMI-compatible port.

The HDMI indicator on the front panel flashes when you select the HDMI output mode but there is no HDMI cable.

If you turn on the pure direct mode, both video and audio signals thru the HDMI output will be cut off (press the PURE DIRECT button again to recover).

You can check the HDMI connection status by pressing the DISPLAY button during playback with the HDMI output mode (refer to page 25).

If the TV is not compatible with newly selected HDMI output mode, the actual output mode will be kept the one before changing the selection. When this occurs, the newly select- ed mode will appear on the front panel display (see page 11) while the actual output resolution will be indicated by performing the on-screen display as described in NOTE OFR HDMI DISPLAY on page 25.

Actual output signals for each HDMI mode vary with DVD the compatibility of the connected display device.

You cannot select the HDMI output mode when the setup menu is on the TV screen.

3Press the DIMMER NTSC/PAL button on the front panel more than 3 seconds. The video system will be displayed on the front panel display and TV screen.

MULTI

NTSC

PAL

If it is left untouched for more than 5 seconds or any other buttons are pressed, the unit will switch back to the normal status.

NOTES:

If the video system setting does not fit to the TV you con- nected, the picture will be distorted.

If you turn off the unit, the video system will go back to the one set for the TV TYPE on the display menu (refer to page 28).

General Features

DVD-V DVD-A DivX®

DVD and DivX® video file may contain menus to navigate the disc and access special features. Press the appropriate Numeric buttons or use the Cursor buttons (K / L/

s/ B) to highlight your selection in the DVD main menu and press the ENTER button to confirm.

NOTES:

Unless otherwise stated, all operations described in this manual are based on remote control use. Some operations can be carried out using the menu bar on the TV screen.

The Numeric buttons are invalid in menu of DivX® video file.

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