DVD PLAYER PLATINA DVD LECTEUR DVD XD-DV480 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS MANUAL DE INSTRUCCIONES MODE D’EMPLOI (English) (Español) (Français) 8B-AVD-906-01 010518AMK-H-L...
ENGLISH WARNING 4 Ventilation — The unit should be situated with adequate TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR space around it so that proper heat ventilation is assured. Allow a clearance of 10 cm from the rear and the top of ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS the unit, and 5 cm from each side.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Displaying and changing subtitles ....... 33 Playing back an MP3 disc ........34 Introduction Notes on MP3 discs ......... 34 Glossary ............34 Precautions ............... 2 Playing back an MP3 disc ....... 35 Before Use ..............4 Programmed playback ........
BEFORE USE Please read the following before operating the unit. Note on DTS-encoded CDs When playing DTS-encoded CDs, excessive noise will be Supported disc formats exhibited from the analogue stereo outputs. To avoid possible damage to the audio system, turn down the volume before playing back such discs, adjust the volume gradually, This unit can play discs with the following marks only.
Cleaning discs Handling the unit Fingerprints and dust on the disc can cause poor picture When shipping the unit quality and sound distortion. Before playing, clean the disc The original shipping carton and packing materials come with a clean cloth. Wipe the disc from the centre out. in handy.
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 6STANDBY/ON indicator g/t button •...
Remote control c PLAY button Press to start playback. g/f SEARCH button • Hold down g to fast forward a disc. & • Hold down f to fast reverse a disc. s STOP button Press to stop playing back a disc. a PAUSE/STEP button •...
PARTS AND CONTROLS (CONTINUED) Display window This unit shows On Screen Display messages on the screen of the TV connected to the unit, as well as the display window of the unit. The On-Screen Display of each operation makes operation simple and easy, especially when playing DVDs or video CDs. They appear when you press the DISPLAY button on the remote control.
CONNECTIONS Before connecting, identify your type of audio equipment or TV referring to the following chart. Then, decide the connection and the setup procedure accordingly. NOTES • The unit cannot be connected to a TV which is not equipped with a video input connector. •...
CONNECTIONS (CONTINUED) A Connecting to a TV only Rear of the TV 21 pin scart connector 21 pin scart cable (not supplied) Rear of the unit to 21 pin scart connector DIGITAL AUDIO COAXIAL DIGITAL S-VIDEO SCART AUTO VIDEO S-VIDEO VIDEO OPTICAL NTSC...
B Connecting to a TV and an amplifier with a Digital In jack Use either a commercially available optical cord or a 75 ohm coaxial cord when connecting the unit to an AV amplifier with a Digital In jack. The supplied video cord is also available instead of a coaxial cord. TV set to 21 pin scart connector...
CONNECTIONS (CONTINUED) C Connecting to a TV and an audio system TV set to 21 pin scart connector 21 pin scart cable (not supplied) to 21 pin scart connector Rear of the unit DIGITAL AUDIO COAXIAL DIGITAL S-VIDEO SCART AUTO VIDEO S-VIDEO VIDEO...
D Connecting to a TV and an AV receiver equipped with a Dolby Digital (AC-3) decoder Use either a commercially available optical cord or a 75 ohm coaxial cord when connecting this unit to an AV receiver with a Digital In jack. The supplied video cord is also available instead of a coaxial cord. to 21 pin scart connector 21 pin scart cable (not supplied)
CONNECTIONS (CONTINUED) E Connecting to a TV and an AV receiver equipped with a DTS decoder Use either a commercially available optical cord or a 75 ohm coaxial cord when connecting the unit to an AV receiver with a Digital In jack. The supplied video cord is also available instead of a coaxial cord. to 21 pin scart connector 21 pin scart cable (not supplied)
F Connecting to a TV and an AV receiver with the Dolby Pro Logic Surround system to 21 pin scart connector 21 pin scart cable (not supplied) TV set to 21 pin scart connector Rear of the unit DIGITAL AUDIO COAXIAL DIGITAL S-VIDEO...
CONNECTIONS (CONTINUED) Connecting to a TV equipped with an S-video jack Rear of TV set S-video input connector (S1, S2) S-video cord (not supplied) Set the VIDEO OUTPUT switch to S-VIDEO to S-VIDEO OUT connector Rear of the unit DIGITAL AUDIO COAXIAL DIGITAL...
Connecting to a TV or monitor with a composite video connector Rear of the TV to the video input jack (yellow) yellow Video cord (supplied) yellow to VIDEO OUT jack (yellow) Rear of the unit DIGITAL AUDIO COAXIAL DIGITAL S-VIDEO SCART AUTO VIDEO...
REMOTE CONTROL ABOUT SYMBOLS Installing batteries Although this unit can play DVDs, video CDs, audio CDs or MP3 discs, some of the functions are restricted dependent Detach the battery cover on the rear of the remote control, on the type of disc. and insert two R03 (size AAA) batteries with 0 and 9 The following symbols are used to make distinction.
PLAYBACK Getting ready to play • Turn on the TV, and set its video source (Video 1, Video 2, Video 3, etc.) to the one connected to the unit. • Turn on the audio equipment connected to the unit. Set 1 3 2,4 its input source to the one connected to the unit.
PLAYBACK (CONTINUED) When the menu screen is displayed Still (Pause) The menu screen may be displayed first after loading a DVD or video CD which contains a menu. Press a during playback. To return to normal playback Use the i/k/j/l buttons to select the title/chapter you Press c.
Skipping Fast Forward and Reverse Press r or t. Press g or f on the remote control during playback. To skip to the next chapter or track: t The disc position advances one chapter or track each time Each time you press the button, the playback speed the button is pressed.
PLAYBACK (CONTINUED) On Screen Display (OSD) menu The general playback status can be displayed on the TV Press DISPLAY during playback. screen. Some items can be changed on the menu. Press i/k to select the desired item. The currently selected item is indicated by a yellow frame on its OSD menu.
Detailed description of each OSD menu Each item shows its current status and can be changed on the OSD menu. For details of the functions or optional settings, refer to the page in parentheses. Items Show the current selected item Function Title number Skip to the desired title...
SEARCH Title search/Track search Press DISPLAY during playback or in stop mode. DISPLAY If in DVD stop mode continue to step 3. Press i/k to select “T (title/track)”. i/k/j/l/ ENTER Press j/l to enter the desired title Number buttons or track number. CLEAR •...
Chapter search Time search When the elapsed time is displayed during DVD playback, Press DISPLAY during playback. you can specify a time on the disc to locate the desired position. Press i/k to select “C (chapter)”. Press DISPLAY during playback. Press i/k to select TIME icon.
SEARCH (CONTINUED) Press M-SEARCH during playback or in stop mode. The marked pictures are displayed. MARKED MARKED MARKED i/k/j/l/ PICTURE 1 PICTURE 2 PICTURE 3 ENTER M-SEARCH MARK MARKED MARKED PRESENT PICTURE 4 PICTURE 5 PICTURE *The picture currently playing. CLEAR Press i /k /j /l to select the desired marked picture.
ZOOMING AND CHANGING THE ANGLE Changing the angle When playing a DVD with multi-angles recorded ANGLE (photographed from several different angles), you can select the angle you want to view. ZOOM When a multi-angle scene comes on during playback, “ ”...
RANDOM AND REPEAT PLAYBACK Repeat playback Press REPEAT during playback. Repeat mode will change each time you press REPEAT. RANDOM REPEAT CHAPTER: Repeats the chapter currently being played. CHAPT TITLE: Repeats the title currently being played. TITLE OFF: Cancels repeat playback. (Normal playback) Random playback KARAOKE Press RANDOM during playback or in stop...
Repeating a portion between two specified points (A-B Repeat) TRACK: Repeats the track currently being played. You can select a portion of a track to be repeated. The portion to be repeated cannot span a track boundary, but must be within a single track. TRACK During playback, press A-B at the starting point (A) of the section you...
PROGRAMMED PLAYBACK Press the number buttons to select the desired track number. Program Step Total Time 03:58 REPEAT 3,4,5 Clear All Press the l right cursor button and the number buttons to select the next track number. 2,3,4 Program Step Total Time 08:32 CLEAR...
CREATING A 3D SURROUND EFFECT The unit can produce a 3D Surround effect, which simulates multi-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 theatre system.
CHANGING THE AUDIO TRACK Some discs have more than one audio track, such as soundtracks with different languages. While playing such a disc, the audio track can be changed to play the different soundtracks. You can also change the soundtrack using the i/k/j/l buttons after displaying the OSD menu (page 22).
DISPLAYING AND CHANGING SUBTITLES When playing DVD discs which contain subtitles, you can display the subtitles on the screen or change the language of the subtitles. You can also change the subtitle language using the i/k/j/l buttons after displaying the OSD menu (page 22).
PLAYING BACK AN MP3 DISC Notes on creating MP3 discs The unit can play back MP3s recorded on CD-ROM, CD-R or CD-RW discs. • When converting audio data to MP3 Before playing back an MP3 disc, read the following notes. Create MP3 files with a sampling frequency of 44.1 kHz and a fixed bit rate of 128 kbps.
Press i /k to select the album containing the track you want to play. Program MP3-1 MP3-2 MENU TOP MENU MP3-3 2,3,4 MP3-4 MP3-5 MP3-6 vRETURN MP3-7 MP3-8 MP3-9 Clear All To return to the previous MP3 menu Press vRETURN. To move to the first MP3 menu Press MENU.
PLAYING BACK AN MP3 DISC (CONTINUED) Press PROGRAM to list the selected track on the MP3 Program list. Repeat steps 1 and 2 to select tracks within the album or select a track from another album. REPEAT Program MP3-1 TOP MENU TRACK_2 Program TRACK_7...
To clear the programs one by one To play back a programmed track repeatedly Press i/k in step 4 to the left to delete the track from the Press REPEAT once during programmed playback. MP3 program list, then press CLEAR. The current track will be played back repeatedly.
CHANGING SETUP VALUES Press i/k to select the item to be changed, then press the l right cursor button or ENTER. Disc Audio* Sets the audio soundtrack language. Disc Subtitle* i/k/j/l/ ENTER Sets the subtitle language. vRETURN SETUP Disc Menu* Sets the language used in the DVD menu screen.
Disc Audio Disc Subtitle The audio soundtrack language on a DVD disc can be The subtitle language on a DVD disc can be changed. changed. If the selected language is not available on If the selected language is not available on the disc, the disc, the original language for the disc is selected.
CHANGING SETUP VALUES (CONTINUED) Press i/k to select the desired restriction level and press ENTER. 8 Blocked Disc Audio Disc Subtitle 7 Blocked Disc Menu Rating Password TV Aspect Menu Language i/k/j/l/ ENTER Digital Audio Output Unlock Others You cannot play DVD discs rated higher than the level you select unless you cancel the parental lock function.
The password is set. Password Change Disc Audio A 4-digit password can be set to prevent playing discs with Clear Disc Subtitle higher ratings. Disc Menu Rating Password Press i/k to select “Password” on TV Aspect Menu Language the setup menu and press the l right Digital Audio Output cursor button.
CHANGING SETUP VALUES (CONTINUED) 4:3 Panscan : TV Aspect Select this when playing media that contains pan-scan encoding. Media recorded in wide (16:9) format will be Select the appropriate screen type of your TV: played at the full screen height, with the left and right conventional size screen (4:3) or wide-screen (16:9).
Menu Language Digital Audio Output The language used in this setup menu can be changed. Each DVD disc has a variety of audio output options. Set the Digital Audio Output of the unit according to the type of audio system you use. Press i /k to select “Menu Language”...
CHANGING SETUP VALUES (CONTINUED) DOLBY DIGITAL/PCM: Press i /k to select the desired Select this when connecting to an AV receiver or other items and press ENTER. equipment equipped with a Dolby Digital (AC-3) decoder or a Dolby Pro Logic Surround decoder. Each time you press ENTER, the setting turns “On”...
Language codes Code Language Code Language Code Language 6565 Afar 7285 Hungarian 8084 Portuguese 6566 Abkhazian 7289 Armenian 8185 Quechua 6570 Afrikaans 7365 Interlingua 8277 Rhaeto-Romance 6577 Amharic 7378 Indonesian 8279 Romanian 6582 Arabic 7383 Icelandic 8285 Russian 6583 Assamese 7384 Italian 8365...
TROUBLESHOOTING If something seems to be wrong with your DVD player, first check the items in the table below. Symptom Check See page The power does not come on. • Is the power cord plugged firmly into a live outlet? The disc does not play.
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