Table Of Contents; Dew Warning; Avoid The Hazards Of Electrical Shock And Fire - Denon DVD-1720 Operating Instructions Manual

PRECAUTIONS

Dew Warning

Moisture condensation may occur inside the unit when it is
moved from a cold place to a warm place, or after heating a
cold room or under conditions of high humidity. Do not use the
DVD Player at least for 2 hours until its inside is dry.

Avoid the Hazards of Electrical Shock and Fire

• Do not handle the power cord with wet hands.
• Do not pull on the power cord when disconnecting it from
AC wall outlet. Grasp it by the plug.
• If, by accident, water is spilled on this unit, unplug the
power cord immediately and take the unit to our Authorized
Service Center for servicing.
Caution
1) Do not attempt to open the cabinet. There are no parts
you can service inside. Refer all servicing to qualified ser-
vice personnel.
2) Slot and openings in the cabinet and at the side or bottom
are provided for ventilation. To ensure reliable operation
and to protect the unit from overheating these opening
must not be blocked or covered. Avoid enclosed spaces
such as book cases unless proper ventilation is provided.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
I PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Laser Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Important . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Warning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Installation Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Cautions on Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Dew Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Avoid the Hazards of Electrical Shock and Fire . . . . . . . 4
Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
I INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
About Copyright. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Notice for the Progressive Scan Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Supplied Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Symbols Used in this Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
I ABOUT THE DISCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Playable Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
I FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
I FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
FRONT PANEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
REMOTE CONTROL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Tour of the Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Front Panel Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Displays During Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Loading the Batteries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
I CONNECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Description - Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connection to an Audio System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connection to a TV (for video) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
I DISC PLAYBACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Basic Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Brightness of the Front Panel Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
General Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Disc Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Title Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
CALLING UP A MENU SCREEN DURING
PLAYBACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Still / Pause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Resume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Fast Forward / Reverse Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Slow Forward / Slow Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3) Keep the unit away from the radiator heat sources.
4) Avoid using near strong magnetic fields.
5) Do not push objects of any kind into this through the cabi-
net slot as they could touch current carrying parts or
short circuit parts resulting in a fire or electric shock.
6) Never spill liquid of any kind on this unit.
If liquid is spilled into the unit, consult qualified service
engineer.
7) Use this unit in a horizontal (flat) position only.
8) This equipment is in Stand-by mode when it turns off
whilst the power cord is connected.
9) Keep the set free from moisture,water and dust.
10) Handle the power cord carefully. Hold the plug when
unplugging the code.
11) All the safety cautions and operating instructions should
be read before the DVD player is operated.
12) Use caution not to pinch your finger in the disc slot.
13) Do not put heavy objects on the AC power cord.
14) Keep the AC power cord away from heat appliances.
15) Be sure to remove a disc and unplug the AC power cord
from the outlet before carrying the DVD player.
16) Do not put any pressure to the DVD player when carrying.
17) Do not use the DVD player outdoors.
Step by Step Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Zoom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Title / Chapter Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
By using the SEARCH MODE button . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
By using the SKIP buttons H G . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Track Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
By using the SEARCH MODE button . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
By using the SKIP buttons H G . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Time Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Marker Setup Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
REPEAT TITLE / CHAPTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
REPEAT TRACK / GROUP / ALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
A-B REPEAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Program Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Random Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
MP3 / JPEG / WMA Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Changing the On-Screen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Slide Show Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Dialog Speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Audio Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Subtitle Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Camera Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Picture Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Stereo Sound Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Virtual Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Black Level Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
I DVD SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Language Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Display Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Audio Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Ratings Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
RATING LEVEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
IF YOU FORGET THE PASSWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
CONTROL LEVELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Others Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Reset to the Default settings
(except for Ratings Control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Language Code List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
I TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
I SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
I MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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