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Additional Information
Learning More about This System
Introduction
(see pages 1 and 2)
Playable Disc Types:
• If you play back an NTSC disc with the video output
selector set to “PAL,” you can watch the playback pictures
(the disc will be reproduced using “PAL 60” format), but
the TV screen may roll over upward and downward
rapidly.
• If you play back a PAL disc with the video output selector
set to “NTSC,” you can watch the playback pictures, but
the following symptoms may occur:
– The items on the disc menu will be blurred, and be shown
slightly shifted when highlighted.
– The aspect ratio of the picture may differ from the
original aspect ratio.
– The picture movement is not smooth.
• About audio format
–
Linear PCM:
Uncompressed digital audio, the same
format used for CDs and most studio masters.
–
MLP:
Compressed digital audio which enables lossless
compression of DVD Audio.
–
Dolby Digital:
Compressed digital audio, developed by
Dolby Laboratories, which enables multi-channel
encode to create the realistic surround sound.
–
DTS (Digital Theater Systems):
Compressed digital
audio, developed by Digital Theater Systems, Inc.,
which enables multi-channel like Dolby Digital. As the
compression ratio is lower than for Dolby Digital, it
provides wider dynamic range and better separation.
Daily Operations—Playback
(see pages 8 to 12)
Listening to the Radio:
• If you store a new station into an occupied preset number,
the previously stored station in that number will be erased.
• When you unplug the AC power cord or if a power failure
occurs, the preset stations will be erased in a few days. If
this happens, preset the stations again.
Playing Back a Disc:
• On some DVD, SVCD, or VCD discs, the actual
operations may be different from what is explained in this
manual, due to the programming and disc structure; such
differences are not a malfunction of this System.
• MX-JE5 only: Some DVD Audios prohibit downmix.
When you play back such a disc, “LR ONLY” appears on
the display and the System plays back the left front and
right front signals.
• MX-JE5 only: When playing back a DVD Audio disc
recorded in MLP (Meridian Lossless Packing; a lossless
audio compression system that can completely recreate the
PCM signals), the signals are recognized as the linear PCM
signals, however, no indicator lights up in the display
window.
• For MP3/WMA playback...
– MP3 discs are required a longer readout time than regular
CDs. (It depends on the complexity of the group/file
configuration.)
– Some MP3/WMA files cannot be played back and will
be skipped. This results from their recording processes
and conditions.
– When making MP3/WMA discs, use ISO 9660 Level 1
or Level 2 for the disc format.
– This system can play back MP3/WMA files with the
extension code <.mp3> or <.wma> (regardless of the
letter case—upper/lower).
– It is recommended that you make each MP3/WMA file
at a sampling rate of 44.1 kHz and at bit rate of 128 kbps.
This System cannot play back files made at bit rate of
less than 64 kbps.
Playing Back a Tape:
• In Relay Play, if the playing time of the tape in deck A is
less than 12 seconds, the System rewinds the tape and plays
back again.
Daily Operations—Sound&Other Adjustments
(see pages 13 to 16)
Creating Your Own Sound Modes—User Mode:
• When you unplug the AC power cord or if a power failure
occurs, the User Mode settings will be erased in a few days.
If this happens, set the User Mode again.
Creating 3-dimensional Sound Field—3D Phonic:
• While you use the headphones, 3D Phonic mode is
canceled temporary.
• When you activate the mic mixing, 3D Phonic mode is
canceled temporary.
• 3D Phonic setting is also applied to the optical digital
output signals through the OPTICAL DIGITAL OUTPUT
terminal.
Changing the Scanning Mode (MX-JE5 only):
• Do not change the progressive scanning mode in the
following cases:
– When your TV does not support the progressive video
input.
– When you have not connected your TV to the unit using
a component video cord.
• When you play back an NTSC disc in progressive scanning
mode, the System output the NTSC signal regardless of
color system settings.
Setting the Clock:
• “0:00” will flash on the display until you set the clock.
• The clock may gain or lose 1 to 2 minutes per month. If this
happens, reset the clock.