User's Manual

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Table of Contents
Introduction
❏ Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
❏ Table of Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
❏ IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . 4-5
❏ Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
❏ Notes on Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
❏ Identification of Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
Front Panel/Display Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Preparing the Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Operating with the Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connections
❏ Connecting to Surround Sound System. . . . . 12-14
Enjoying Dolby Digital Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Enjoying Dolby Pro Logic Surround Sound . . . . . . . . 13
Enjoying 2 Channel Digital Stereo Sound. . . . . . . . . . 14
Enjoying DTS Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
❏ Connecting to a Stereo System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
❏ Connecting to a TV equipped with component
video inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
❏ Connecting to a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Initial Settings
❏ Selection of Initial Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
❏ Selecting Disc Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
❏ Selecting Parental Control Rating Level and
Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-21
❏ Selecting TV Aspect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
❏ Selecting Menu Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
❏ Selecting Progressive Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
❏ Selecting Digital Audio Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
❏ Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
❏ Table of Languages and Their Abbreviations . . . 27
Basic Operations
❏ Basic Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-31
Stopping Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Resume Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Last Scene Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Screen Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Skipping Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Exchanging the Disc and Starting Playback . . . . 31
❏ Special Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-33
Still Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Frame Advance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Skipping Chapters and Tracks Forward or Back . 32
HDCD Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
To Scan at Fast Forward or Fast Reverse Playback . 33
Playing in Slow-Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Operation Using GUI (Graphical User
Interface) Menu Icons
❏ General Information about GUI Menu Icons . . . . 34
❏ Detailed Description of each GUI Menu Icon . . . 35
Advanced Operation
❏ Using a Title Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
❏ Using a DVD Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
❏ Changing Subtitle Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
❏ Changing Audio Soundtrack Language. . . . . . . . 37
❏ Viewing from another Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
❏ Producing a 3D Surround Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
❏ Repeat Play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
❏ Storing Markers in Memory to be Viewed
(Listened to) again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
❏ Zoom Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
❏ Random Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
❏ Program Play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
❏ Playback with MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43-44
Reference
❏ Disc Requirements/Copyright Information. . . . . . 45
❏ Before Calling Service Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
❏ Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47