Table of contents

Getting started

Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Disc information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Disc handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Control reference guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Connecting an AV amplifier with a built-in decoder . . . . . . . . . 9 Connection to digital audio equipment without a decoder . . . . 9 Connecting an AV amplifier with 5.1-channel audio input

terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Analog connection to a 2-channel amplifier or system

component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Connections using the S video or component video

terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Recording to MDs or cassette tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Basic operationsBasic play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Resume function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Starting play from a selected program, title, or track . . . . . . . . 13 Skipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Frame-by-frame viewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Fast forward and rewind—SEARCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Slow-motion play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Selecting still pictures—Page Skip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Selecting groups to play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 To enjoy even higher quality sound—VIDEO OFF . . . . . . . . . 15 To enjoy even higher quality picture—PROGRESSIVE ON . . 15

Advanced operations

Marking places to play again—MARKER . . . . . 16 Changing the play sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

All group play/Random play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Program play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Playing the programs on DVD-RAM . . . . . . . . . . 19

Selecting programs to play—DIRECT NAVIGATOR . . . . . . . . 19 Using the play list menu to play specific scenes . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Repeat play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Repeat play/A-B repeat play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Increasing your enjoyment of movies andmusic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Enjoying virtual surround effects with 2 speakers or headphones (VIRTUAL SURROUND (V.S.S.)) . . . . . . . . . . 22

Using headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Changing soundtracks, subtitle languages

and angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Using On-Screen Menu Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Icons for disc information/Shuttle screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Icons for unit information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Changing settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Common procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Summary of settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Entering a password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Television settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Speaker setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Digital output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Reference

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Getting started

Accessories

Please check and identify the supplied accessories.
¸ Remote control . . . . . . . .1 ¸ Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 ¸ AC power supply¸ Audio/Video cable . . . . . .

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for remote controlcord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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NoteThe included AC power supply cord is for use with this unit only.Be sure to use the included AC power supply cord with this unit.

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