Table of Contents

Welcome! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Playable discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Getting Started

Resetting the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 DEMO mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Detaching the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Inserting the disc in the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Location of controls and basic

operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Menu displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Player

Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Resuming playback

— Resume play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Viewing the disc information

— Time/text information . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Searching a specific point on a disc

— Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Using the menus on DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Using PBC functions

— PBC (Playback control) . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Playing in various modes— Repeat play/Shuffle play/Search play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Various DVD operations

Changing the audio channels. . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Changing the angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Displaying the subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Magnifying pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Changing the picture quality

— Picture EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Locking discs— Parental control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Settings and Adjustments

Using the Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Setting the display language or sound track

— Language setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Setting the screen— Screen setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Custom settings— Custom setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Audio settings— Audio setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Radio

Storing automatically

— BTM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Storing manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Receiving the stored stations . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Tuning automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Receiving a station through a list

— list-up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Other functions

Adjusting the sound characteristics . . . . . . 34 Adjusting the equalizer curve

— EQ7 Tune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Labelling a station/disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Adjusting unit menu items

— SYSTEM MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Using optional equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Switching the front/rear output

— Zone × Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Additional Information

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Removing the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Notes on discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 About MP3 files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Note on wireless transmission

(MEX-R5 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Error displays/Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Language code list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

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