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TABLE OF CONTENTS Important Safety Instructions .............................................................. 2 Welcome Thank You ................................................................................................... Product Features .......................................................................................... Unpacking and Installation .......................................................................... Format Playback Compatibility .........................................
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of un-insulated dangerous voltage within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. CAUTION: To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove the cover.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 14. LIGHTNING: For added protection for the unit during a lightning storm, or when it is left unattended and unused for long periods of time, unplug it from the wall outlet and disconnect the antenna or cable system. This will prevent damage to the unit due to lightning and power line surges. 15.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 26. FCC INFORMATION FOR USER: CAUTION: ANY changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
WELCOME THANK YOU Dear Cary Audio Customer: We would like to thank you for your decision to buy a Cinema Series DVD 8 player. The DVD 8 offers superb audio quality playback of your CDs and DVDs, and has a fantastic picture to match. Whether you are enjoying listening to your favorite artists through your CD and SACD collection, or jumping out of your seat during an action movie with your family and friends, the DVD 8 is sure to perform at the highest level.
WELCOME UNPACKING AND INSTALLATION This section describes the unpacking and installation procedures for your new component. Unpacking All Cary Audio Design shipping cartons have been specially designed to protect their contents and special care has been taken to prevent damage under normal shipping conditions. Mishandling should be evident upon inspection of the shipping container. If shipping damage is found after visual inspection, take care not to destroy the evidence.
SPECIFICATIONS Operating the DVD 8 player is a simple procedure. It is designed for long term stability in virtually any home operating environment. However, if the unit is operated outside the parameters outlined in this owner's manual, damage may result. Please read this manual carefully before putting your new DVD 8 player into operation. The following section describes the DVD 8 players’ basic specifications. The specifications are subject to change without notice or obligation. VIDEO SPECIFICATIONS ..
SPECIFICATIONS DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................................................................................................... Coaxial Digital Dolby Digital / DTS / LPCM 200 mV rms. @ 75 Ohms ...........................................................................................................................................................................
MAKING CONNECTIONS To accommodate a wide range of home entertainment systems, this player features numerous types of connections for both audio and video. Please continue reading this section for help determining the best possible connections for your system. BEFORE CONNECTING Read the instruction manuals of any component that you plan to connect to the DVD 8 player. For all components, turn the power off and unplug them from the wall outlet before making any connections.
MAKING CONNECTIONS HDMI cables are available from your dealer and should not be more than 15’ (4.5 m) in length without having special signal repeaters ‘in line’ to make the signal go further. HDMI to DVI-D connectors will possibly work with the HDMI connector on the DVD 8 but they must provide the ‘digital handshake’ to the DVD 8 before it will offer an output signal from the HDMI connector. For DVD Audio or SACD disk playback the 5.
MAKING CONNECTIONS playback then the 5.1 analog outputs will need to be connected to the 5.1 analog bypass inputs of the companion surround sound preamplifier, processor or AV receiver. Please make sure you have the correct channels plugged into the Front Left, Front Right, Center, Left and Right Surrounds and the Sub Woofer connections on the DVD 8 and the companion surround sound component.
CONTROLS AND DISPLAYS FRONT PANEL 1. POWER • Press once to turn the power ON. • Press again to turn the power OFF. The DVD 8 will enter into STANDBY and the blue POWER LED will light. 2. DISC LOADER TRAY • Load discs here. 3. OPEN • Press this button to open and close the disc loader tray. 4. PLAY • Press this button to start playback. 5. STOP • Press this button to stop playback. 6. ALPHANUMERIC Display A multi-character display providing information on the operation of the DVD 8 player. 7.
CONTROLS AND DISPLAYS REAR PANEL 1. POWER INPUT (AC IN) • Connect to an AC power supply using the included power supply cord. Aftermarket AC power cables may also be used. Consult your dealer for advice. 2. HDMI OUTPUT JACK • Use HDMI to connect to a compatible TV, Video Monitor, surround preamplifier or AV receiver that has an HDMI input. This can be set to 480i, 480p, 576p, 720p or 1080i in resolution in the Set Up menu.
CONTROLS AND DISPLAYS 8. COAXIAL DIGITAL AUDIO JACK • Connect this to your compatible surround sound preamplifier, processor or AV receiver. Use only one of the digital audio connections, either the optical video output or the coaxial (RCA) digital output. This connection offers the digital audio signal to your associated surround sound component. 9. OPTICAL DIGITAL AUDIO JACK • Connect this to your compatible surround sound preamplifier, processor or AV receiver.
CONTROLS AND DISPLAYS REMOTE CONTROL This section explains how best to use the remote control to set up and operate the DVD 8 player. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
GETTING STARTED SWITCHING ON After making sure that everything is connected properly and that the player is plugged in, press the POWER button on the front panel to turn the player on. Turn on your TV and make sure that it is set to the correct input for the DVD 8. The video display should be ON first if you are using the HDMI connection so that the HDCP copy protection “handshake” happens with the DVD 8. The front panel POWER button switches the player ON and OFF.
GETTING STARTED screen. Pan and Scan selects the center of the scene of widescreen material to make it fit the NORMAL screen (so even though the image looks larger on the screen, you're actually seeing less of the complete picture). Press ENTER to save the setting. 3. Select the desired display option. The options are: • 4:3 Pan/Scan – 4:3 TV Pan and Scan. Choose when the display is 4:3. Both sides of widescreen image are clipped. • 4:3 Letterbox – 4:3 TV Letterbox. Choose when the display is 4:3.
CHANGING THE DEFAULT SETTINGS CHOOSE THE SETUP MENU The SETUP menu allows you to make alterations to the video, audio, disc, progressive and AV Sync settings. Use the UP , DOWN , LEFT , and RIGHT cursors buttons to select the desired setting. Press ENTER to save changes in settings. Press the SETUP button and the following options appear across the top of the screen: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
CHANGING THE DEFAULT SETTINGS ........................................................................................................................................................................... ANGLE MARK Use this to set the MULTI-ANGLE camera scenes on some DVD Discs. The options are: • ON – Offers multi-angle camera scenes on some DVD discs. • OFF (default) - Turns off the angle mark on screen. .......................................................................................................
CHANGING THE DEFAULT SETTINGS output will be stereo. For multi-channel content only the left front and right front channels will be re-produced. • Stereo (default) - This mode down-mixes decoded multi-channel (5.1ch) audio to 2channel stereo output. For stereo content the output will be stereo. For multi-channel content the surround and center channels will be mixed with the left and right front channels. Recommended for use with TV sets or stereo receiver/amplifiers. • V. Surround - Virtual Surround.
CHANGING THE DEFAULT SETTINGS • Press the LEFT/RIGHT ARROW buttons to set the distance difference. • Press the SELECT button to confirm the settings and return to the Speaker Setup Page. • The channel delay is the difference between the distance from the listener to the front speakers and the distance from the listener to the speaker to be configured. • The distance between the surround speakers and the listener must be less than or equal to the distance from the front speakers and the listener. ...........
CHANGING THE DEFAULT SETTINGS The DVD 8 will automatically set the digital to analog converter (DAC) sample rate to match the data rate of any CD, DVD-Audio or DVD disk it is playing (48, 96, 192 kHz) when you have the audio turned ON for the HDMI section. If you wish to control the sample rate manually you need to first set the HDMI audio to OFF. Then the LPCM setting will be highlighted and it will become adjustable for the analog outputs sample rate.
CHANGING THE DEFAULT SETTINGS • L-Mono – Left channel output to both Left and Right speakers. • R-Mono – Right channel output to both Left and Right speakers. • Mix Mono – Left and Right channels mixed to both Left and Right speakers. B. Dynamic: 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.
CHANGING THE DEFAULT SETTINGS ........................................................................................................................................................................... Brightness (Default: 00) Use this to adjust the brightness (black level) of the video output. • Press the SELECT button to show the Brightness scale, and then use the LEFT/RIGHT ARROW buttons to adjust the brightness. • Press the SELECT button to confirm the new setting. .....................................
CHANGING THE DEFAULT SETTINGS PREFERENCE SETUP OPTIONS: ........................................................................................................................................................................... TV TYPE Use this to set the output video system (PAL/NTSC) to match the type of TV. The options are: • Auto – No system conversion is performed. The output video system is the same as that encoded on the disc. Requires that you’re TV that supports multi-systems.
CHANGING THE DEFAULT SETTINGS ........................................................................................................................................................................... DISC MENU Use this to set the language of the menus recorded on the disc (top menu, etc.) ENGLISH (default) - Select if you want the menus in English. FRENCH - Select if you want the menus in French. SPANISH - Select if you want the menus in Spanish. GERMAN - Select if you want the menus in German.
CHANGING THE DEFAULT SETTINGS PG – Parental Guidance Parental Guidance means the movie may contain some contents such as mild violence, some brief nudity, and strong language. The contents are not deemed intense. PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned Parents with children under 13 are cautioned that the content of movies with this rating may include more explicit sexual, language, and violence content than movies rated PG.
PLAYBACK STARTING A DISC 1. Turn on the Power. • Press the power button, the power turns ON and the standby indicator lights turns OFF. • When in standby mode, press the POWER button on remote control unit to turn the player ON. 2. Press the OPEN button to open the disc tray. 3. Place the disc in the disc tray. 4. Press the OPEN button a second time to close the disc tray. • For many interactive DVDs and video CDs with playback control, a menu screen appears.
PLAYBACK PAUSING PLAYBACK During playback, press the PAUSE button on the remote control to pause playback. Press the PAUSE button a second time or press the PLAY button to resume normal playback. FORWARD/REVERSE SEARCHING During playback, press one of the REW/FF buttons on the remote control unit. : Reverse direction : Forward direction When pressed again, the search speed increases (in four steps).
SERVICE AND CARE CARE AND CLEANING The cabinet housing and front panel of the DVD 8 may be cleaned with a soft cloth and Windex or a window cleaner. The frequency of cleaning will be governed by how many hours the DVD 8 is operated and by the cleanliness of the operating environment. FACTORY SERVICE Careful consideration has been given to the design of your DVD 8 player to keep maintenance problems to a minimum.
UNITED STATES LIMITED WARRANTY Cary Audio Design warrants to the original United States purchaser for use in the United States that Cary Audio Design vacuum tube or solid state power amplifiers, surround sound processors or preamplifiers shall be free from defects in parts or workmanship for three (3) years from the date of the original purchase.
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