Aiwa XD-DV370 Operating Instructions Manual

Aiwa XD-DV370 Operating Instructions Manual

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DVD PLAYER
XD-DV370
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
8A-AV4-906-11
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000731BMK-Y-L

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  • Page 1 DVD PLAYER XD-DV370 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS 8A-AV4-906-11 000731BMK-Y-L...
  • Page 2: Introduction Precautions

    If you should lose the fuse cover, please contact your nearest AIWA dealer. Do not cut off the plug from this appliance If the plug fitted is not suitable for the power points in your...
  • Page 3: Important Safety

    IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read the Operating Instructions carefully and completely before operating the unit. Be sure to keep the Operating Instructions for future reference. All warnings and cautions in the Operating Instructions and on the unit should be strictly followed, as well as the safety suggestions below. Installation 1 Water and moisture —...
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Precautions ... 2 Before Use ... 5 Supported disc formats ... 5 Disc-related terms ... 5 Types of video CDs ... 5 Handling the unit ... 6 Handling discs ... 6 Cleaning the unit ... 6 Cleaning discs ...
  • Page 5: Before Use

    BEFORE USE Please read the following before operating the DVD player. Supported disc formats This DVD player can play discs with the following marks only. DVDs (8 cm disc/12 cm disc) Video CDs (VCDs) (8 cm disc/12 cm disc) Audio CDs (8 cm disc/12 cm disc) In addition, this unit can play back a CD-R or CD-RW that contains audio titles or MP3 files.
  • Page 6: Handling The Unit

    Regular inspection and maintenance are recommended after every 1,000 hours of use. (This depends on the operating environment.) For details, please contact your Aiwa dealer. Cleaning discs Fingerprints and dust on the disc can cause poor picture quality and sound distortion. Before playing, clean the disc with a clean cloth.
  • Page 7: Parts And Controls

    PARTS AND CONTROLS The instructions in this manual refer mainly to the buttons on the remote control. Buttons on the main unit with the same names as those on the remote control can be used as well. Front panel POWER button Press to turn on and off the unit.
  • Page 8: Remote Control

    PARTS AND CONTROLS (CONTINUED) Remote control POWER button Press to turn on and off the unit. ON SCREEN DISPLAY ON/OFF button Press to display the On Screen Display information. a button Press to pause a playback. v RETURN button • Press to display the title menu on the video CD that supports PBC (Playback Control).
  • Page 9: Display Window

    Display window This player shows On-Screen Display messages on the screen of the TV set to which the DVD player is connected, as well as those on the display window of the unit. The On-Screen Display messages, which accompany each operation of the unit, make operation simple and easy especially when playing DVDs or video CDs.
  • Page 10: Connections

    CONNECTIONS At first, decide the outline of the connection among this unit, your TV set and the amplifier, etc. It is necessary to set the setup menu of this unit according to the connection. Before connection, identify the type of your audio equipment or of the TV set referring to the following chart. Then decide the connection and the setup menu according to the types.
  • Page 11: A Connecting To A Tv Set Only

    A Connecting to a TV set only to 21 pin scart connector DIGITAL OPTICAL When your TV set is equipped with an S-video input terminal, see page 17. Set the setup menu correctly after connecting! According to the audio equipment and TV set to which the unit is connected, set the “TV Aspect”...
  • Page 12: B Connecting To A Tv Set And An Amplifier With A Digital In Jack

    CONNECTIONS (CONTINUED) B Connecting to a TV set and an amplifier with a Digital In jack Use either the commercially available optical cord or 75 ohm coaxial cord when connecting this unit to an AV amplifier with a Digital In jack. The supplied video cord is also available instead of the coaxial cord. 21 pin scart cable (not supplied) to 21 pin scart connector...
  • Page 13: System

    C Connecting to a TV set and an audio system 21 pin scart cable (not supplied) to 21 pin scart connector DIGITAL OPTICAL When your TV set is equipped with an S-video input terminal, see page 17. Set the setup menu correctly after connecting! According to the audio equipment and TV set to which the unit is connected, set the “TV Aspect”...
  • Page 14: D Connecting To An Av Amplifier Equipped With A Dolby Digital (Ac-3) Decoder

    CONNECTIONS (CONTINUED) D Connecting to an AV amplifier equipped with a Dolby Digital (AC-3) decoder Use either the commercially available optical cord or 75 ohm coaxial cord when connecting this unit to an AV amplifier with a Digital In jack. The supplied video cord is also available instead of the coaxial cord. 21 pin scart cable (not supplied) to 21 pin scart connector DIGITAL...
  • Page 15: E Connecting To An Av Amplifier Equipped With A Dts Decoder

    E Connecting to an AV amplifier equipped with a DTS decoder Use either the commercially available optical cord or 75 ohm coaxial cord when connecting this unit to an AV amplifier with a Digital In jack. The supplied video cord is also available instead of the coaxial cord. 21 pin scart cable (not supplied) to 21 pin scart connector DIGITAL...
  • Page 16: With The Dolby Pro Logic Surround System

    CONNECTIONS (CONTINUED) F Connecting to a TV set and an AV amplifier with the Dolby Pro Logic Surround system 21 pin scart cable (not supplied) Rear of the unit DIGITAL OPTICAL Amplifier equipped with Dolby Pro Logic Surround Front speaker (L) Surround speaker (L) When your TV set is equipped with an S-video input terminal, see page 17.
  • Page 17: Connecting To A Tv Set Equipped With S-Video Jack

    Connecting to a TV set equipped with S-video jack DIGITAL OPTICAL Set the setup menu correctly after connecting! Set the "TV Output Select" and "TV Aspect" of the setup menu correctly referring to the following below. See "CHANGING SETUP VALUE" on page 39 in detail. TV Output Select S-Video TV Aspect...
  • Page 18: Connecting To A Tv Set Or Monitor With Video Input Connector

    CONNECTIONS (CONTINUED) Connecting to a TV set or monitor with video input connector Rear of the unit DIGITAL OPTICAL Set the setup menu correctly after connecting! Set the "TV Aspect" of the setup menu correctly referring to the following below. See "CHANGING SETUP VALUE"...
  • Page 19: Remote Control

    REMOTE CONTROL Installing batteries Detach the battery cover on the rear of the remote control, and insert two R6 (size AA) batteries with 0 and 9 aligned correctly. When to replace the batteries The maximum operational distance between the remote control and the sensor of the units should be approximately 7 meters.
  • Page 20: Playback

    PLAYBACK 3 2,4 Numbered buttons TOP MENU i/k/j/l/ENTER vRETURN About the symbol display • The symbol will be displayed on the screen if you press a button which cannot be used or enter an incorrect number. • Some DVD discs may have places where they do not allow pressing of the STOP, SKIP, or other buttons.
  • Page 21: Still (Pause)

    Video CD with PBC: TITLE CHP/TRK CD/Video CD without PBC: TITLE CHP/TRK “CD” is displayed when loading a CD. When the menu screen is displayed The menu screen may be displayed first after loading a DVD or VCD which contains a menu. DVD: Use ikjl to select the program you would like to view, then press ENTER to begin playback.
  • Page 22: Fast Forward, Reverse

    PLAYBACK (CONTINUED) Fast Forward, Reverse Press g or f on the remote control during playback. Each time you press the button, the playback speed becomes faster as shown below. DVD: Video CD: The playback speed is fixed to 2 during playback of CDs. To return to normal playback Press c .
  • Page 23: On Screen Display (Osd) Menu

    On Screen Display (OSD) menu General playback status can be displayed on the TV screen. Some items only show the indicated information. Other items allow the settings to be changed. Examples of On Screen Display (OSD) menu (The OSD menu may differ depending on the disc contents.) DVD: 0:16:57 1 ENG...
  • Page 24: Detailed Description Of Each Osd Menu

    PLAYBACK (CONTINUED) Detailed description of each OSD menu Function (Press i/k to select desired item) To show the current title No. and to skip to the desired title No. To show the current chapter No. and to skip to the desired chapter No. To show the elapsed time and directly select scenes by the elapsed time.
  • Page 25: Search

    SEARCH Numbered buttons CLEAR This DVD player provides three types of DVD searches. Title search Specify a title number. To use this feature with Video CDs that support PBC, turn off PBC first. (See"CHANGING SETUP VALUE" on page 39.) Chapter search Specify a chapter number.
  • Page 26: Chapter Search (Dvd)

    SEARCH (CONTINUED) Chapter search (DVD) Press ON SCREEN DISPLAY ON/OFF during playback. Press i or k to select “CHAPTER”. Press j or l to enter the desired chapter number. • Numbered button is also available to select the desired chapter number. How to enter numbers Example: to play chapter number 17...
  • Page 27: Mark Search (Dvd)

    MARK MARK SEARCH CLEAR i/k/j/l/ ENTER NOTES • Mark search may not work on multi-angle scenes or subtitles recorded portions. • All the marked pictures are cleared when the power is turned off or the disc is removed. • When skipping or changing to an other title number, all of the memorized points are cleared.
  • Page 28: Zooming And Changing The Angle

    ZOOMING AND CHANGING THE ANGLE i/k/j/l/ ENTER Zoom function (DVD) This function allows you to Zoom-in and enlarge the picture to either 4 times or 16 times. Press ZOOM during playback or Still playback. The zoom area changes each time the button is pressed, as shown below.
  • Page 29: Random And Repeat Playback

    RANDOM AND REPEAT PLAYBACK Random playback (Karaoke DVD/CD ) NOTES • This function only works with DVD Karaoke discs and audio CDs. • Video CDs that are not equipped with PBC only allow Random playback as well as audio CDs. To turn off the PBC, see page 39.
  • Page 30: Repeat Playback (Vcd Without Pbc/Cd)

    RANDOM AND REPEAT PLAYBACK (CONTINUED) Repeat playback (VCD without PBC/CD) Press REPEAT during playback. The repeat mode will change each time you press REPEAT. TRACK: Repeat of the track being played. TRACK ALL: Repeat of all tracks on a disc being played. OFF: Cancel repeat mode.
  • Page 31: Programmed Playback

    PROGRAMMED PLAYBACK 2,3,4 3,4,5 With video and audio CDs, you can select the tracks you would like to play, and play them in any order. You can specify up to 20 tracks. To use this feature with Video CDs that support PBC, turn off PBC first.
  • Page 32: Creating A 3D Surround Effect

    CREATING A 3D SURROUND EFFECT The DVD player can produce a 3D Surround effect, using Spatializer channel audio playback from two conventional stereo speakers, instead of the five or more speakers normally required to listen to multi-channel audio from a home theater system.
  • Page 33: Changing The Audio Track

    CHANGING THE AUDIO TRACK AUDIO SELECT • When playing a DVD with soundtracks in multiple languages, the audio will automatically be played in the language which was selected when the DVD player was set up. If there is not a soundtrack in that language on the disc, the disc will determine which audio track is played.
  • Page 34: Displaying And Changing Subtitles

    DISPLAYING AND CHANGING SUBTITLES • The symbol will be displayed if you try to show subtitles with a disc which does not contain them. • The first subtitles displayed will be in the subtitle language selected with the subtitle setting (see page 39).
  • Page 35: Playing Back An Mp3 Disc

    PLAYING BACK AN MP3 DISC The DVD player can play back MP3 recorded on a CD- ROM, CD-R or CD-RW discs. Before playing back an MP3 disc, read the following notes. Notes on MP3 disc About MP3 • An MP3 file is audio data compressed by using MPEG1, the audio layer-3 file-coding scheme.
  • Page 36: Playing Back With Mp3

    PLAYING BACK AN MP3 DISC (CONTINUED) TOP MENU vRETURN From the following explanations, we refer to what are called "MP3 file" and "folder" in PC terminology as "track" and "album", respectively. Playing back with MP3 Load an MP3 disc. The MP3 menu is displayed. Program MP3-1 MP3-2...
  • Page 37: Programmed Playback With Mp3

    CLEAR TOP MENU NOTE Comparing with Audio CD operations , the following playback and functions do not work when playing back an MP3 disc. • Fast forward g, Fast reverse f, Random and A-B Repeat playback. • OSD menu, Resume, Surround and Selecting audio track function.
  • Page 38: Repeat Playback With Mp3

    PLAYING BACK AN MP3 DISC (CONTINUED) Repeat playback with MP3 To play back a track repeatedly Press REPEAT once during playback. The current track will be played back repeatedly. Program MP3-1 TRACK_1 TRACK_2 TRACK_3 TRACK_4 TRACK_5 TRACK_6 TRACK_7 TRACK_8 Clear All To play back an entire album repeatedly Press REPEAT twice during playback.
  • Page 39: Changing Setup Values

    CHANGING SETUP VALUES vRETURN Your DVD player comes from the factory with all the basic items set properly. • Check the “Digital Audio Output” and “TV Aspect” settings to make sure they are correct for the type of equipment connected to your DVD player. For more information, please refer to the “Connections”...
  • Page 40: Disc Audio

    CHANGING SETUP VALUES (CONTINUED) Numbered buttons i/k/j/l/ ENTER Disc Audio The audio sound track language on a DVD disc can be changed. If the language selected is not available on the disc, the original language designated by each disc will be selected. At the SETUP menu, press i/k to select “Disc Audio”...
  • Page 41: Disc Subtitle

    Disc Subtitle The subtitle language on a DVD disc can be changed. If the language selected is not available on the disc, the original language designated by each disc will be selected. At the SETUP menu, press i/k to select “Disc Subtitle” and press l. Original Disc Audio Disc Subtitle...
  • Page 42: Password

    CHANGING SETUP VALUES (CONTINUED) Password A 4-digit password can be set to prevent playback of discs with higher ratings. At the SETUP menu, press i/k to select “Password” and press l. Disc Audio Disc Subtitle – – – – Disc Menu Rating Password TV Aspect...
  • Page 43: Tv Aspect

    TV Aspect Select the appropriate screen type according to your TV set; conventional size screen (4:3) or wide-screen (16:9). At the SETUP menu, press i/k to select “TV Aspect” and press l. Disc Audio 4:3 Letterbox Disc Subtitle 4:3 Panscan Disc Menu 16:9 Wide Rating...
  • Page 44: Menu Language

    CHANGING SETUP VALUES (CONTINUED) i/k/j/l/ ENTER Menu Language The language used in this SETUP menu can be changed. At the SETUP menu, press i/k to select “Menu Language” and press Disc Audio Disc Subtitle Disc Menu SETUP Rating Password TV Aspect Menu Language TV Output Select Others...
  • Page 45: Tv Output Select

    TV Output Select Select “S-Video” when connecting to a TV set with an S-Video cord. CAUTION Do not select "S-Video" when connecting to the TV set with the 21pin scart cable. Video signals are not output from the 21pin scart connector of this unit.
  • Page 46: Digital Audio Output

    CHANGING SETUP VALUES (CONTINUED) Digital Audio Output Each DVD disc has a variety of audio output options. Set the player’s Digital Audio Output according to the type of audio system you use. CAUTION If the AV amplifier is not equipped with a Dolby Digital decoder or DTS decoder, do not select “DOLBY DIGITAL/PCM or Stream/PCM”...
  • Page 47: Language Codes

    Language codes Code Language 6565 Afar 6566 Abkhazian 6570 Afrikaans 6577 Amharic 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...
  • Page 48: Troubleshooting

    TROUBLESHOOTING If something seems to be wrong with your DVD player, first check the items in the table below. Symptom The power does not come on. A disc does not play. Playback stops almost immediately. No picture The picture is bad. No sound The remote control does not work, or does not work correctly.
  • Page 49: Specifications

    SPECIFICATIONS Power supply 230 V AC, 50 Hz Power consumption 16 W Weight 3.2 kg External dimensions 430 245 mm (w Laser Semiconductor laser, wave length 650/750 nm Signal format PAL/NTSC Supported discs DVD video discs 12 cm (single-sided single-layer, single-sided double-layer, double-sided double-layer) 8 cm (single-sided single-layer,...

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