Additional Information
Troubleshooting
Incorrect operation is often mistaken for trouble or malfunction. If you think that there is some- thing wrong with this unit, check the points below. Sometimes the trouble may lie in another component. Inspect the other components and electrical appliances being used. If the trouble cannot be rectified after checking the items below, ask your nearest MARANTZ authorized service center or your dealer to carry out repair work.
The disc is ejected automatically after loading.
• Dirty or damaged disc.
See page 60 for disc care information.
•Disc not seated properly in the disc guide. Align the disc properly.
•Incompatible region number.
If the region number on a
• Condensation inside the player.
Allow time for condensation to evaporate. Avoid using the player near an
Playback is not possible.
• Disc is loaded upside down.
Reload the disc with the label side
Cannot play DVD-RW disc.
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DVD-Audio playback stops.
• The disc may have been illegally copied.
mark appears on screen.
•The operation is prohibited by the player.
•The selected function does not operate for that disc.
Picture playback stops and the operation buttons cannot be used.
•Press 7 (STOP), then start playback again 3 (PLAY).
•Switch the power off once using the front panel POWER ON/OFF and then switch on again using the front panel
POWER ON/OFF.
New settings made in the Setup screen menus while a disc is playing are ineffective.
•Some settings can be changed while a disc is playing, but are not effective until the disc is stopped then restarted. This is not a malfunction.
Make the same setting when the player is stopped.
Press 7 (STOP), then restart playback 3 (PLAY). Note that making settings in the Setup screen menus may cancel the RESUME function.
Settings are canceled.
•When the power is cut due to power failure or by unplugging the power cord, settings will be canceled.
Before unplugging the power cord, press the POWER button on the remote control and check that STANDBY indicator on the front panel is lit, then press POWER ON/OFF on the front panel to turn the player off.
No picture/No color.
• Incorrect video connections.
Check that connections are correct and that plugs are inserted fully.
• TV/monitor or AV amplifier settings are incorrect.
Check the instruction manual of the connected equipment.
•The Components Out menu is set to Progressive but your TV/monitor is not compatible with progressive scan.
Reconnect the player to your TV using a composite or
•Check the VIDEO ON/OFF button on the remote control (page 15).
Screen is stretched or aspect does not change.
• The TV Screen setting in the Setup menu is incorrect.
Set the TV Screen option to match the TV/monitor you're using (page 45).
Picture disturbance during playback or dark.
•This player is compatible with
•Discs respond differently to particular player functions. This may result in the screen becoming black for a brief instant or shaking slightly when the function is executed.
These problems are largely due to differences between discs and disc content and are not malfunctions of this player.
• When using
If your TV is connected using the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks, set the Components Out menu to Interlace (page 47).
When recorded on a VCR or passed through an AV selector, there is disturbance in the playback picture.
•Due to the player’s copy protection circuits, connection of this device through a VCR or an AV selector may prevent recording or cause picture problems. This is not a malfunction.
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