Yamaha DVD-C940 Owner's Manual

Yamaha DVD-C940 Owner's Manual

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DVD / SACD CHANGER
LECTEUR DE DVD / SACD CHANGEUR
DVD-C940
OWNER'S MANUAL
MODE D'EMPLOI
NATURAL SOUND DVD SACD PLAYER
STANDBY
ON
SACD
MULTI CH
1
REPEAT
DISC
2
3
4
5
U
PLAY
CHANGE

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  • Page 1 DVD / SACD CHANGER LECTEUR DE DVD / SACD CHANGEUR DVD-C940 OWNER’S MANUAL MODE D’EMPLOI NATURAL SOUND DVD SACD PLAYER STANDBY SACD DISC MULTI CH REPEAT PLAY CHANGE...
  • Page 2: Important Safety Instructions

    CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. This symbol warns the user that uninsulated voltage within the unit may have sufficient magnitude to cause electric shock.
  • Page 3 - and, most importantly, without affecting your sensitive hearing. Since hearing damage from loud sounds is often undetectable until it is too late, YAMAHA and the Electronic Industries Association's Consumer Electronics Group recommend you to avoid prolonged exposure from excessive volume levels.
  • Page 4 YAMAHA will not be held responsible for any damage resulting from use of this unit with a voltage other than as specified.
  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Introduction Supplied accessories ...2 Notes about discs ...2 Cleaning discs...2 Symbols Used in this Manual ...2 Reality reproduced: Super Audio CD ...3 The next standard: hybrid disc ...3 SACD: reality in sound...and vision...3 Super Audio CD...3 Functional Overview Front Panel ...4 Rear Panel ...5 Remote Control...6 Preparation...
  • Page 6: Introduction

    Introduction Thank you for purchasing this YAMAHA DVD/ SACD player. This Owner’s Manual explains the basic operation of this player. Supplied accessories – Remote control – Batteries (two AA size) for remote control – Audio/Video cable – Owner’s Manual Notes about discs –...
  • Page 7: Reality Reproduced: Super Audio Cd

    Reality reproduced: Super Audio The future in digital sound reproduction is no longer limited to a close simulation of reality. The new audio standard IS reality! The human ear is no longer capable of distinguishing audible reality from digital reproduction. This Super Audio CD player combines superior sound quality with the possibility of playing almost all existing audio and video formats with a single player.
  • Page 8: Functional Overview

    Functional Overview Front Panel STANDBY/ON – to switch the player to standby mode or ON Disc Tray – load up to 5 discs on the disc tray NATURAL SOUND DVD SACD PLAYER STANDBY SACD DISC MULTI CH REPEAT DISPLAY – shows the current status of the player DISC (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)/LEDs –...
  • Page 9: Rear Panel

    Rear Panel VIDEO OUT - COMPONENT (480p) – outputs progressive scan signals. connect to COMPONENT VIDEO inputs of your AV receiver VIDEO OUT - COMPONENT(480i) – outputs interlace signals. connect to COMPONENT VIDEO inputs of your AV receiver VIDEO OUT - VIDEO –...
  • Page 10: Remote Control

    Functional Overview Remote Control DISC SKIP – to select another disc DIMMER – to select 4 different brightnesses for the display – select title/chapter SOUND MODE – selects required sound mode • for SACD: CD, Stereo or Multi-channel (if available) •...
  • Page 11: Preparation

    General Notes on connections Never make or change connections with the power switched on. Depending on the equipment you wish to connect, there are various ways you could connect this player. Possible connections are shown in the following drawings. Please refer to the manuals of other equipment as necessary to make the best connections.
  • Page 12: Mixed 2Ch Jacks

    DEFINITION” OUTPUT. IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS REGARDING OUR VIDEO MONITOR COMPATIBILITY WITH THIS MODEL 525P DVD PLAYER, PLEASE CONTACT OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER. This unit is compatible with the complete line of YAMAHA projectors, including the DPX-1, LPX- 500, PDM-1 and DPX-1000.
  • Page 13: Composite Video Jacks

    Use commercially available coaxial cables. Receiver (and TV) with component input is required. Observe the color of each jack when connecting. If your receiver does not have component output jacks, connecting the player’s component output directly to your TV’s component input can reproduce better video image.
  • Page 14: Inserting Batteries Into The Remote Control

    Preparation Inserting batteries into the Remote Control 1 Open the battery cover. 2 Insert batteries (AA size) with the correct polarity as indicated by the + and - symbols inside the battery compartment. 3 Close the cover. CAUTION! – Remove batteries if they are exhausted or not to be used for a long time.
  • Page 15: Menu Bars On Tv Screen

    Menu Bars on TV Screen Operations can be carried out directly via the multiple menu bars on the TV screen. The following functions are available via the menu bars. Pressing ON SCREEN repeatedly will toggle through menu bar 1, menu bar 2, menu bar 3 and menu bar OFF: Menu bar 1 From the left,...
  • Page 16: Picture

    Preparation Picture – TV Shape Select the aspect ratio of the TV to be connected. 16:9 when you connect a wide-screen TV to this player. 4:3 LETTER BOX when you connect a normal TV to this player. Displays a wide picture with black bands displayed on the upper and lower portions of the TV screen.
  • Page 17: Sound

    – Adv. Picture Options (on COMPO- NENT 480p VIDEO OUT only) DCDi - can be set to On (Y) or Off (N). True Life - produces a more dynamic picture by increasing the picture contrast and the color intensity. – P-Scan Aspect Ratio (on COMPO- NENT 480p VIDEO OUT only) No linear stretch: for display of 4:3 image on 16:9 TV with non-linear stretching (center portion of...
  • Page 18 Preparation Notes: – Multichannel output and downmixed stereo output are not available simultaneously. – When multichannel is selected as analog output. The MIXED 2CH (Left/Right) will deliver the Center channel data and not the downmixed Left/Right. In some cases, the sound volume will be reduced. Dolby Surround-compatible: Select this setting when using an equipment with a Dolby Surround Pro Logic decoder.
  • Page 19: Channel Settings

    – Speaker settings Allows you to select speaker settings, volume balance and delay time, and to test the speaker settings. Speaker settings are only active on the Multi- Channel Audio Out outputs for both DVD and SACD. Speaker settings will not be used during playback in the SACD Stereo mode.
  • Page 20: Delay Times

    Preparation Delay times The DVD player is set to reproduce correctly synchronized Digital Surround Sound in a listening area where the surround speakers are about 150cm nearer to the listening position than the front speakers, and the center speaker is in line with the front speakers.
  • Page 21: Features

    Features – Access Control Access Control contains the following features: Child Lock - When Child Lock is set to ON, a 4- digit code needs to be entered in order to playback discs. Parental control - Allows the conditional presentation of DVDs containing Parental Control information (see ‘Access Control’...
  • Page 22: Operation

    Operation Basic Playback 1 Press STANDBY/ON on the front panel. 2 Press OPEN/CLOSE / on the front panel to open disc loading tray. 3 Place the chosen discs in the tray, with the label facing up. 4 Press PLAY B. The disc tray closes and playback starts automatically with all the loaded discs on the tray in sequence.
  • Page 23: Video Cd And Super Video Cd

    Video CD and Super Video CD The current VCD 2.0 and Super Video CD 1.0 standard features are: Support following VCD and SVCD formats: Features Video CDs 2.0 Video MPEG-1 bit rate constant 1,150 Kbps resolution NTSC 352x240, 29.97Hz resolution PAL 352x288, 25Hz Still picture (photo) MPEG-1...
  • Page 24: Playing An Audio Cd

    Operation 1 Press STOP to stop the playback. 2 Press SOUND MODE to toggle between SACD multi channel, SACD stereo and CD layers (depending on availability of the mode on the disc). The mode change will be indicated on the player front display.
  • Page 25: Special Vcd & Svcd Features

    Special VCD & SVCD Features Playback Control (PBC) Playback control is a feature on some Video CDs / Super Video CDs that enables interactive use. Video CD discs with Playback Control features enables user to access a selected track directly from the menu.
  • Page 26: Slow Motion

    Operation Slow Motion 1 Select in the menu bar and press 4. Playback will pause. 2 Use 1/2 to select the required speed: –1, –1/2, –1/4 or –1/8 (backward), or +1/8, +1/4, +1/2 or +1 (forward). 3 Select 1 to play the disc at normal speed again. 4 If ;...
  • Page 27: Shuffle Across All Discs

    Shuffle Across All Discs Shuffle feature plays all tracks on all loaded discs on the disc tray in random sequence. 1 Press SHUFFLE repeatedly during playback. SHUFFLE, SHF ALL DSC, SHUFFLE OFF appears continuously on the front display for about 3 seconds. Notes: –...
  • Page 28: Fts For A Single Disc

    Operation Storing album/title 1 Press 4 to select ALBUM/TRACK. Albums are for MP3 discs and Tracks for S(VCD). 2 Use 2 and 1 to select the require Album/Track. 3 Press ENTER/OK to store the entire selected Album/Track. The Album/Track. number will be added to the program list.
  • Page 29: Mp3 Disc Features

    MP3 Disc Features Support following MP3-CD formats (Joliet format): Max. 64 characters (file names or directory) Max. nested directory is 8 levels The max. album (directory) number is 100 Supported VBR bit-rate Supported sampling frequencies for MP3 disc are: 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz Supported Bit-rates of MP3 disc are: 32, 64, 96, 128, 192, 256 (kbps) Following formats can’t be supported...
  • Page 30: Access Control

    Access Control Child Lock Activating/deactivating the Child Lock 1 When disc playback is stopped, select ACCESS CONTROL in the Personal Preferences menu using 3/4. 2 Enter a 4-digit code of your own choice twice. 3 Move to “CHILD LOCK” using 3/4. 4 Move to Ç...
  • Page 31: Activating/Deactivating Parental Control

    Also note that at the time of release of this player, certain aspects of the technical standards had not been settled between set makers and the disc industries. On this basis, YAMAHA cannot guarantee the Child lock Parental level functioning of the PARENTAL CONTROL...
  • Page 32: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting WARNING Under no circumstances should you try to repair the system yourself, as this will invalidate the warranty. Do not open the system as there is a risk of electric shock. If a fault occurs, first check the points listed below before taking the system for repair. Problem No power No picture...
  • Page 33: Specifications

    PLAYBACK SYSTEM DVD Video SACD multichannel and SACD stereo DVD+RW DVD+R Video CD and SVCD CD (CD-R and CD-RW) MP3 CD TV STANDARD (PAL/50Hz) (NTSC/60Hz) Number of lines Playback Multistandard VIDEO PERFORMANCE YUV output Y: 1Vpp into 75 ohm Pr/Cr Pb/Cb: 0.7Vpp into 75 ohm S-Video output Y: 1Vpp into 75 ohm C: 0.3Vpp into 75 ohm...
  • Page 34 YAMAHA ELECTRONIQUE FRANCE S.A. RUE AMBROISE CROIZAT BP70 CROISSY-BEAUBOURG 77312 MARNE-LA-VALLEE CEDEX02, FRANCE YAMAHA ELECTRONICS (UK) LTD. YAMAHA HOUSE, 200 RICKMANSWORTH ROAD WATFORD, HERTS WD1 7JS, ENGLAND YAMAHA SCANDINAVIA A.B. J A WETTERGRENS GATA 1, BOX 30053, 400 43 VÄSTRA FRÖLUNDA, SWEDEN YAMAHA CORPORATION YAMAHA MUSIC AUSTRALIA PTY, LTD.

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