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DV-L55_En.book Page 1 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM
DVD Player
DV-L55
Instruction Manual
Thank you for purchasing the Onkyo DV-L55
DVD Player. Read this manual carefully before
using your new DVD Player. A good understand-
ing of its features and operation will allow you to
achieve optimum performance and enjoyment.
Keep this manual for future reference.
Contents
Introduction .........................................6
Connecting the DV-L55 .....................16
Getting Started ..................................23
Playing discs .....................................28
menus ..............................................38
Initial Settings menu .........................40
Additional information ......................45
Glossary.............................................49
Troubleshooting ....................................... 50
Specifications....................................53
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    DV-L55_En.book Page 1 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM DVD Player DV-L55 Instruction Manual Thank you for purchasing the Onkyo DV-L55 DVD Player. Read this manual carefully before using your new DVD Player. A good understand- ing of its features and operation will allow you to achieve optimum performance and enjoyment.

  • Page 2: Important Safety Instructions

    DV-L55_En.book Page 2 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPARATUS TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.

  • Page 3: Precautions

    (e.g., AC 100–240 V, 50/60 Hz). Setting the [STANDBY/ON] switch to STANDBY does not fully shutdown the DV-L55. If you do not intend to use the DV-L55 for an extended period, remove the power cord from the AC outlet.
  • Page 4 To maintain the best picture quality, we recom- mend regular inspection and maintenance (cleaning or worn part replacement) every 1,000 hours of use depending on the operating environment. Contact your Onkyo dealer for details. 10. Moisture Condensation Moisture condensation may damage this unit. Read the following carefully: When you take a glass containing a cold drink outside on a summer’s day, drops of water, called condensation,...
  • Page 5 Precautions ... 3 Introduction ... 6 Supplied Accessories... 6 DV-L55 Features... 7 Disc Notes... 7 Before Using the DV-L55 ... 10 Installing the Batteries... 10 Using the Remote Controller... 10 Front & Rear Panels ... 11 Front Panel... 11 Display ... 12 Rear Panel ...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    (not supplied with European model) Coaxial cable (1 m) Power-plug adapter Only supplied in certain countries. cable (0.8 m) Cable used for system connections to an Onkyo compo- nent with an jack. (The components will not function as a system with only connections.

  • Page 7: Dv-L55 Features

    • Adjustable display brightness • Full-function remote controller The letter displayed at the end of the product name found in catalogs and on package represents the color of the DV-L55 DVD player. Though the color varies, the specifications and operations are the same.
  • Page 8 • Don’t use discs that have residue from adhesive tape, rental discs with peeling labels, or discs with custom- made labels or stickers. Doing so may damage the DV-L55 and you may not be able to remove the disc properly. Discs Made on Personal Computers...
  • Page 9 DV-L55_En.book Page 9 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Introduction —Continued Handling Discs • Never touch the underside of a disc. Always hold discs by the edge, as shown. Underside • Never attach adhesive tape or sticky labels to discs. Cleaning Discs •...

  • Page 10: Before Using The Dv-L55

    • Flat batteries should be removed as soon as possible to prevent possible leakage and corrosion. Using the Remote Controller To use the remote controller, point it at the DV-L55’s remote control sensor, as shown below. Remote control sensor DV-L55...

  • Page 11: Front & Rear Panels

    For detailed information, refer to the pages in brackets. Front Panel STANDBY / ON STANDBY DISPLAY STANDBY/ON button [22, 24] This button is used to set the DV-L55 to On or Standby. STANDBY indicator [22] This indicator lights up when the DV-L55 is in Standby. DISPLAY button [37]...

  • Page 12: Display

    DV-L55_En.book Page 12 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Front & Rear Panels —Continued Display TITLE DVD V CD PRGSV D indicator This indicator appears when playing Dolby Digital material. Disc type indicators These indicators show the type of disc loaded. TITLE indicator While stopped, the total number of titles on the cur- rent DVD-Video disc is displayed here.

  • Page 13: Rear Panel

    ANALOG jack [21] These (Remote Interactive) connectors can be connected to the Onkyo AV components for interactive control. Connecting an system operational. You must also connect the audio cables as well. AV CONNECTOR (European model only) [19] This SCART output can be connected to a TV or projector with a SCART input by using the supplied SCART cable.

  • Page 14: Remote Controller

    Front & Rear Panels —Continued Remote Controller STANDBY button [22] This button is used to set the DV-L55 to Standby. ON button [22] This button is used to turn on the DV-L55. Don’t turn on the DV-L55 until you’ve completed, and double checked all connections (pages 16–21).
  • Page 15 DV-L55_En.book Page 15 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Front & Rear Panels —Continued Fast Forward ) button [25, 28, This button is used for fast forward, slow motion, and frame-by-frame playback. OPEN/CLOSE button [24] This button is used to open and close the disc tray. PLAY MODE button [32–35] This button is used to open and close the Play Mode menu.

  • Page 16: Connecting The Dv-L55

    • Don’t connect the power cord until you’ve completed all audio and video connections. Optical Digital Inputs The DV-L55’s optical digital connectors have a shutter- type cover that opens when an optical plug is inserted, and closes when it’s removed. Push the plug in all the way.

  • Page 17: Basic Setup

    DV-L55_En.book Page 17 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Connecting the DV-L55 —Continued Basic Setup The setup described here is a basic setup that allows you to play discs using just the cables supplied with the player. In this setup, stereo audio is played through the speakers in your TV.
  • Page 18 DV-L55_En.book Page 18 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Connecting the DV-L55 —Continued Switching the video output to interlace from progressive Switch the player to standby then, using the front panel controls, press STANDBY/ON while pressing switch the player back to Interlace.

  • Page 19: Connecting Your Tv

    DV-L55_En.book Page 19 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Connecting the DV-L55 —Continued Connecting Your TV • Connect the DVD Player to the TV directly. If you connect the DVD Player to a VCR, TV/VCR combina- tion, or video selector, the playback picture may be distorted as DVD videos are copy protected.

  • Page 20: Connecting To An Av Receiver

    CDR recorder that’s connected to the AV receiver, and when your AV receiver has Zone2, you must connect the DV-L55’s analog audio outputs to the AV receiver. You’ll probably also want to connect a video output to your AV receiver. You can use any of the video outputs available on this player (the illustration shows a standard (composite) connection).

  • Page 21: Connecting -Compatible Components

    VIDEO OUTPUT AUDIO OUTPUT ANALOG AV receiver • The remote controller supplied with Onkyo AV receiver or amplifiers can be used to control the DV-L55. • The function of the upper and lower the same. Connect to either one. • Connecting an cable only does not make the sys- tem operational.

  • Page 22: Connecting The Power/Turning On The Dv-L55

    • Do not use a power cord other than the one supplied with the DV-L55. The power cord supplied is designed for use with the DV-L55 and should not be used with any other device. • Never have the power cord discon-...

  • Page 23: Getting Started

    DV-L55_En.book Page 23 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Getting Started Using the on-screen displays For ease of use, this player makes extensive use of graph- ical on-screen displays (OSDs). All the screens are navigated in basically the same way, using the cursor buttons ( highlighted item and pressing ENTER to select it.

  • Page 24: Setting The Language Of This Player's On-Screen Displays

    DV-L55_En.book Page 24 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Getting Started —Continued Setting the language of this player’s on-screen displays This sets the language of this system’s on-screen dis- plays. STANDBY OPEN/ CLOSE PLAY MODE DISPLAY DIMMER CLEAR TOP MENU MENU ENTER RETURN...

  • Page 25: Basic Playback Controls

    DV-L55_En.book Page 25 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Getting Started —Continued Load a disc. Load a disc with the label side facing up, using the disc tray guide to align the disc (if you’re loading a double-sided DVD disc, load it with the side you want to play face down).

  • Page 26: Resume And Last Memory

    DV-L55_En.book Page 26 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Getting Started —Continued Resume and Last Memory When you stop playback of a disc, RESUME is shown in the display indicating that you can resume playback again from that point. If the disc tray is not opened, the next time you start play- back the display shows RESUME and playback resumes from the resume point.

  • Page 27: Video Cd Pbc Menus

    DV-L55_En.book Page 27 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Getting Started —Continued Video CD PBC menus Some Video CD have menus from which you can choose what you want to watch. These are called PBC (Playback control) menus. You can play a PBC Video CD without having to navi- gate the PBC menu by starting playback using a number button to select a track, rather than the STANDBY...

  • Page 28: Playing Discs

    DV-L55_En.book Page 28 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Playing discs Notes: • Many of the functions covered in this chapter apply to DVD discs, Video CDs, CDs and MP3/JPEG discs, although the exact operation of some varies slightly with the kind of disc loaded. •...

  • Page 29: Frame Advance/Frame Reverse

    DV-L55_En.book Page 29 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Playing discs —Continued Frame advance/frame reverse You can advance or back up DVD discs frame-by-frame. With Video CD you can only use frame advance. STANDBY OPEN/ CLOSE PLAY MODE DISPLAY DIMMER CLEAR TOP MENU MENU...

  • Page 30: Browsing Video Content With The Disc Navigator

    DV-L55_En.book Page 30 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Playing discs —Continued Browsing video content with the Disc Navigator Use the Disc Navigator to browse through the contents of a DVD or Video CD disc to find the part you want to play.

  • Page 31: Browsing Wma, Mp3 And Jpeg Files With The Disc Navigator

    DV-L55_En.book Page 31 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Playing discs —Continued Browsing WMA, MP3 and JPEG files with the Disc Navigator Use the Disc Navigator to find a particular file or folder by filename. STANDBY OPEN/ CLOSE PLAY MODE DISPLAY DIMMER CLEAR...

  • Page 32: Looping A Section Of A Disc

    DV-L55_En.book Page 32 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Playing discs —Continued Looping a section of a disc The A-B Repeat function allows you to specify two points (A and B) within a track (CD, Video CD) or title (DVD) that form a loop which is played over and over. •...

  • Page 33: Using Random Play

    DV-L55_En.book Page 33 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Playing discs —Continued Using random play Use the random play function to play titles or chapters (DVD-Video) or tracks (CD, Video CD) at random. (Note that the same track/title/chapter may play more than once.) You can set the random play option when a disc is play- ing or stopped.

  • Page 34: Creating A Program List

    DV-L55_En.book Page 34 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Playing discs —Continued Creating a program list This feature lets you program the play order of titles/ chapters/tracks on a disc. Important: • You can’t use Program play with VR format DVD-RW discs, Video CD playing in PBC mode, WMA/MP3/ JPEG discs, or while a DVD disc menu is being dis- played.

  • Page 35: Other Functions Available From The Program Menu

    DV-L55_En.book Page 35 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Playing discs —Continued Other functions available from the program menu There are a number of other options in the program menu in addition to Create/Edit. • Playback Start – Starts playback of a saved program list •...

  • Page 36: Switching Subtitles

    DV-L55_En.book Page 36 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Playing discs —Continued Switching subtitles Some DVD discs have subtitles in one or more lan- guages; the disc box will usually tell you which subtitle languages are available. You can switch subtitle lan- guage during playback.

  • Page 37: Zooming The Screen

    DV-L55_En.book Page 37 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Playing discs —Continued Zooming the screen Using the zoom feature you can magnify a part of the screen by a factor of 2 or 4, while watching a DVD or Video CD or playing a JPEG disc. MODE DISPLAY DIMMER...

  • Page 38: Audio Settings And Video Adjust Menus

    DV-L55_En.book Page 38 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus Audio Settings menu The Audio Settings menu offers features for adjusting the way discs sound. STANDBY OPEN/ CLOSE PLAY MODE DISPLAY DIMMER CLEAR TOP MENU MENU ENTER RETURN...

  • Page 39: Video Adjust Menu

    DV-L55_En.book Page 39 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus —Continued Video Adjust menu From the Video Adjust screen you can adjust various set- tings that affect how the picture is presented. STANDBY OPEN/ CLOSE PLAY MODE DISPLAY...

  • Page 40: Initial Settings Menu

    DV-L55_En.book Page 40 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Initial Settings menu Using the Initial Settings menu The Initial Settings menu provides audio and video out- put settings, parental lock settings, and display settings, among others. If an option is grayed out it means that it cannot be changed at the current time.

  • Page 41: Digital Audio Out Settings

    DV-L55_En.book Page 41 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Initial Settings menu —Continued Digital Audio Out settings Setting Digital Out Dolby Digital Dolby Digital Out Dolby Digital > PCM DTS Out 96kHz > 48kHz 96 kHz PCM Out 96kHz MPEG MPEG Out MPEG >...

  • Page 42: Language Settings

    DV-L55_En.book Page 42 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Initial Settings menu —Continued Language settings Setting English Languages as displayed Audio Language Other Language English Languages as displayed Subtitle Language Other Language w/Subtitle Lang. Languages as displayed DVD Menu Language Other Language Subtitle Display *1 (The default settings may be different depending on where you purchased the unit.)

  • Page 43: Parental Lock

    Country code: us (2119) To give you some control over what your children watch on your DVD player, some DVD-Video discs feature a Parental Lock level. If your player is set to a lower level than the disc, the disc won’t play.

  • Page 44: Setting/Changing The Country Code

    DV-L55_En.book Page 44 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Initial Settings menu —Continued Setting/changing the Country code You can find the Country code list in the adjacent col- umn. Select “Country Code”. Use number buttons to enter your password, then press ENTER. Select a Country code and press ENTER.

  • Page 45: Additional Information

    DV-L55_En.book Page 45 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Additional information Screen sizes and disc formats DVD-Video discs come in several different screen aspect ratios, ranging from TV programs, which are generally 4:3, to Cinema- Scope widescreen movies, with an aspect ratio of up to about 7:3.

  • Page 46: Setting The Tv System

    All DVD-Video discs carry a region mark on the case somewhere that indicates which region(s) of the world the disc is compatible with. Your DVD player also has a region mark, which you can find on the rear panel. Discs from incompatible regions will not play in this player.

  • Page 47: Selecting Languages Using The Language Code List

    DV-L55_En.book Page 47 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Additional information —Continued Selecting languages using the language code list Some of the language options (such as “DVD Language” in the Setup Navigator) allow you to set your prefered language from any of the 136 languages listed in the lan- guage code list on page 48.

  • Page 48: Language Code List

    DV-L55_En.book Page 48 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Additional information —Continued Language code list Language Language Language code code letter Japanese 1001 English 0514 French 0618 German 0405 Italian 0920 Spanish 0519 Chinese 2608 Dutch 1412 Portuguese 1620 Swedish 1922 Russian 1821...

  • Page 49: Glossary

    DV-L55_En.book Page 49 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Glossary Analog audio An electrical signal that directly represents sound. Com- pare this to digital audio which can be an electrical sig- nal, but is an indirect representation of sound. See also “Digital audio”.

  • Page 50: Troubleshooting

    DV-L55_En.book Page 50 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Troubleshooting If you have any trouble using your DV-L55, check the following table for possible causes and remedies. If you still can’t resolve the issue yourself, please contact your Onkyo dealer.
  • Page 51 648 folders and files combined. play? The MP3 disc is a multisession disc. Turn off the DV-L55, wait five seconds, then turn it on again. If that doesn’t resolve the issue, dis- connect the power cord from the wall outlet, wait five seconds, reconnect it, then try again.
  • Page 52 The DV-L55 contains a microcomputer for signal processing and control functions. In very rare situations, severe inter- ference, noise from an external source, or static electricity may cause it to lockup. In the unlikely even that this should happen, unplug the power cord from the wall outlet, wait at least five seconds, and then plug it back in again.

  • Page 53: Specifications

    DV-L55_En.book Page 53 Friday, May 28, 2004 12:02 PM Specifications Signal System Composite Video Output/Impedance S-Video Output/Impedance Component Video Output/Impedance AV Connector (European model only) Component Video Frequency response DVD Linear Sound Frequency response Audio CD S/N Ratio Audio Dynamic Range THD (Total Harmonic Distortion) Wow and Flutter Audio Output (Digital/Optical)
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  • Page 56 Tel: +49-8142-4401-0 Fax: +49-8142-4401-555 http://www.onkyo.net ONKYO CHINA LIMITED Units 2102-2107, Metroplaza Tower I, 223 Hing Fong Road, Kwai Chung, N.T., HONG KONG Tel: 852-2429-3118 Fax: 852-2428-9039 SN 29343727 (C) Copyright 2004 ONKYO CORPORATION Japan. All rights reserved. HOMEPAGE http://www.onkyo.com/ Printed in Japan I0406-1...

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