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Cambridge Audio DVD99 User Manual

Cambridge Audio DVD99 User Manual

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  • Page 1 DVD99 DVD player User’s manual...

  • Page 2: Important Safety Instructions

    Important safety instructions For your own safety please read the following important safety instructions carefully before attempting to connect this unit to the mains power supply. They will also enable you to get the best performance and prolong the life of the unit: 1.

  • Page 3: Limited Warranty

    To obtain warranty service, please contact the Cambridge Audio authorised dealer from which you purchased this product. If your dealer is not equipped to perform the repair of your Cambridge Audio product, it can be returned by your dealer to Cambridge Audio or an authorised Cambridge Audio service agent.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    TV screen for the very best picture quality currently available. Your DVD99 can only be as good as the system it is connected to. Please do not compromise on your partnering equipment. Naturally we...

  • Page 5: Rear Panel Connections

    S/P DIF Co-Axial Digital - Use a high quality 75 ohm digital RCA/Phono interconnect cable designed specifically for digital audio use. If Down-mix is set to '7.1 CH' in the Speaker Setup page of the DVD99’s Setup menus, these sockets provide 7.1 output from the DVD99's built in Dolby Digital decoder.

  • Page 6: Front Panel Controls

    Used to display the DVD99’s functions and playback state etc. Allows you to open and close the disc tray for loading of discs. Pressing Play will also close the tray and start playing a disc if one is loaded.
  • Page 7 Press to go to a DVD disc’s own setup menu. Press to enter the DVD99's Setup menu. Please refer to the 'DVD player setup' section of this manual for more information. Press to return to the previous operation in any setup menu.

  • Page 8: Audio Connections

    The digital audio outputs should be used to decode the surround-sound soundtracks of DVDs with an external AV Receiver (Note: Digital output must be set to 'RAW' in the Audio setup page). The DVD99 sends an undecoded audio bitstream to the AV Receiver for decoding into 5.1/7.1 etc.

  • Page 9: Analog Video Connections

    Analog video connections The DVD99 can output video in both fully digital (HDMI) and analog (Composite, S-Video, RGB/SCART and Component) formats. If your TV set supports HDMI then this is the preferred format (see next section). If your TV set supports only analog video the preferred connection is (in declining order of quality) Component, then RGB/SCART, S-Video and finally Composite.

  • Page 10: Dvd Player Setup

    DVD player setup Press the Setup button on the remote to enter the Setup menus, Two menu options will be displayed, common and professional: Select the common setup to setup basic functions, or professional setup for more advanced settings. Running along the top of the screen are five icons that represent the five...
  • Page 11 Use to select the subtitle font size for DivX video. There are three font sizes available. This setting applies only to DivX video files with a text subtitle. DivX video files with a graphic subtitle do not use the DVD99’s built-in font, so the font size cannot be adjusted.

  • Page 12: Speaker Setup Page

    80-100Hz to 16-20kHz (small stand-mounted, bookshelf or satellite speakers). Setting each speaker allows the DVD99 to perform what is called Bass Management and to direct low frequency bass from music and the Low Frequency Effects channel of surround sound material away from speakers not able to reproduce it and to the subwoofer channel instead.
  • Page 13 The DVD99 uses this to calculate and use the correct delay time for each channel so that each channel reaches the listener at the same moment. Use to set the volume of each individual channel.

  • Page 14: Audio Setup Menu

    CD, Dolby Digital and DTS audio signals. For high resolution stereo or multichannel audio contents such as DVD- Audio and Super Audio CD, the DVD player will send multi-channel PCM audio signals with the highest available sample frequency and bit numbers.
  • Page 15 Use to set the Dynamic Range Compression (DRC). DRC can smooth out the sonic peaks and valleys common with wide-range digital audio. Increasing DRC may make low level audio more audible during low-level listening. Decreasing or turning off DRC restores the sonic energy present in the original recording. DVD99...

  • Page 16: Video Setup Menu

    Guide to Home Theater or Digital Video Essentials and setting your display for the best possible picture. Once that is done, see if changing the DVD player settings can get you even closer to the optimal picture. Use to adjust the hue (tint) of the video output.

  • Page 17: Preference Menu

    Go To Preference Page The Preferences menus are used to set the default language tracks the DVD99 will use for Soundtrack, Subtitles and Disc Menu if they are available on the disc. The DVD99 will automatically select the appropriate language from those available on the disc where possible.

  • Page 18: Basic Operating Instructions

    Basic operating instructions Turn on the power of the TV, amplifier/AV receiver and any other components which are connected to the DVD player. Make sure the TV and the audio receiver are set to the correct input channel. 1. Press the Open/Close button to open the disc tray.
  • Page 19 Dolby Digital sound in up to 5.1 channels. To utilise SACD or DVD-Audio* you will also need to connect six (6) analogue RCA-style cables from the DVD99 to your receiver’s multi- channel analogue inputs. These multi-channel outputs will also support playback of DVD-Audio, Dolby Digital and stereo sources.

  • Page 20: Language Code List

    Language code list 6565 Afar 6566 Abkhazian 6570 Afrikaans 6577 Ameharic 6582 Arabic 6583 Assamese 6588 Aymara 6590 Azerbaijani 6665 Bashkir 6669 Byelorussian 6671 Bulgarian 6672 Bihari 6678 Bengali, Bangla 6679 Tibetan 6682 Breton 6765 Catalan 6779 Corsican 6783 Czech 6789 Welsh 6865...

  • Page 21: Technical Specifications

    Note: Cables which run over 5m may cause sync or grounding issues. For more frequently asked questions (FAQ’s), technical advice and information on getting the most out of your DVD99, please visit the Support section on Cambridge Audio’s website: www.cambridgeaudio.com/support.php...
  • Page 22 Cambridge Audio is a brand of Audio Partnership Plc Registered Office: Gallery Court, Hankey Place, London, SE1 4BB, United Kingdom Registered in England No. 2953313 www.cambridge-audio.com © 2007 Cambridge Audio Ltd...

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