Getting Started

Features
■ Highlights that Set the DV-C501
■ Audio Features

•Dolby* Digital Audio Output

•5-Disc playback

•DTS** Compatibility

•Video CD playback

•Full 96-kHz/24-bit resolution with 96-kHz/24-bit discs

•Direct digital path for signal purity (U.S. & Canadian models only)

•Audiophile-Class Audio Performance

•Direct Digital Path (U.S. & Canadian models only)

•Full 96-kHz/24-Bit Audio Resolution

•Digital Audio Output (coaxial)

•Optical Digital Audio Output

•1 Pair of Analog Outputs (RCA)

•Enhanced black-level setting

•Next Selection

■Video Features

•DTS Compatibility means the DV-C501 can pass a DTS- encoded digital signal from discs with DTS soundtracks to an external processor or receiver with a DTS decoder

•Advanced 10-Bit 27 MHz Video D/A Conversion for four times the accuracy of conventional 8-bit, 13.5 MHz systems

•3-Mode Picture Magnification enables you to “zoom” in and enlarge in three steps 25 selected areas of the picture

•Enhanced Black-Level Control lets you set the reference black threshold cutoff-especially useful for picture calibra- tion on TVs

•Passes PLUGE Signals to make it easier for you to set the brightness of your monitor when using DVD test discs

•Video CD Playback for enjoying the wide selection of inexpensive Video-CD software, which has the same high audio quality as MiniDiscs, and picture quality comparable to VHS video cassettes

•High Resolution Onscreen Display

•S-Video Output

•Full-Time Active Video Outputs to make using the DVD changer with both the main home-theater television and the display in the bedroom much easier

•4-Mode Search (title, DVD chapter, CD track, and time)

•Still Frame to view single frames

•Frame Advance

•Slow Motion for DVD playback without sound at 1/2, 1/4, or 1/8th the normal speed

•Fast Forward/Reverse (x2, x8, x30)

•Last Memory Play function for both DVDs and CDs- resumes play from where last stopped, even if the power was turned off

•6-Mode Repeat allows you to repeat titles, chapters, tracks, all tracks, memory, and a user-selected A-B section on DVDs and CDs

•Programmed Memory Playback

•Random Playback

•Multi-Aspect Ratio

•8-Language Soundtrack Capability

•32 Subtitle Languages

•Multi-Camera Angle

•Parental Viewing Control

•Screen Saver

■Other Features You’ll Enjoy

•4-Disc Exchange

•CD Mode (DVD Skip) Control

•Next Selection

•Direct Disc Access

•Separate indicators for Each Disc (1 to 5)

•Dual-Focus Optical Pickup

•Dynamic Range Control

•Large, Bright, Universal Fluorescent Display

•2-Mode Display Dimmer (normal, dim)

•Anti-Resonant, Heavy-Gauge, Reinforced-Steel Chassis

•Large Anti-Resonant Feet

•Inlet type AC Cord

•Brushed Aluminum Front Panel

•53-Key Full-Function Remote Control

*Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories.

“Dolby” and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential Unpublished Works. ©1992-1997 Dolby Laboratories, Inc. All rights reserved.

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

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