Contents DVD Player Overview ..............................................2 DV-SP403E Instruction Manual Connections ......................................17 Getting Started and Setting up ........23 Basic Playback ..................................24 Thank you for purchasing the Onkyo DVSP403E DVD Player. Read this manual carefully before using your new DVD Player. A good understanding of its features and operation will allow you to achieve optimum performance and enjoyment.
WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPARATUS TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. CAUTION AVIS RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.
Important Safety Instructions—Continued A. When the power-supply cord or plug is damaged, B. If liquid has been spilled, or objects have fallen into the appliance, C. If the appliance has been exposed to rain or water, D. If the appliance does not operate normally by following the operating instructions.
Precautions—Continued • Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. • Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. • Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from • that to which the receiver is connected. • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. For Canadian model NOTE: This class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.
Precautions—Continued 5. Never Touch this Unit with Wet Hands 9. To Obtain a Clear Picture Never handle this unit or its power cord while your hands are wet or damp. If water or any other liquid gets inside this unit, have it checked by your Onkyo dealer. This unit is a high-tech, precision device. If the lens on the optical pickup, or the disc drive mechanism becomes dirty or worn, the picture quality may be affected.
Table of Contents Basic Operation Advanced Operation Overview Playback Techniques Important Safety Instructions.............................. 2 Precautions ........................................................ 3 Introduction......................................................... 7 Supplied Accessories ..................................... 7 DV-SP403E Features ..................................... 7 Disc Notes ...................................................... 8 Before Using the DV-SP403E ......
Introduction Supplied Accessories Make sure you have the following accessories: RC-616DV Remote controller & 2 batteries (AA) DV-SP403E Features Highlights • Dolby*1 Digital and DTS*2 • DVD-Video / Video CD / Audio CD playback • CD-R, CD-RW (Video CD, audio CD, MP3/WMA*3/ JPEG/DivX Video) • DVD-R (DVD-Video) • DVD-RW (DVD-Video, VR format) Video AV cable (RCA/phono) • • • • • • • • • • • • Advanced 54 MHz/10-bit video D/A converter Component video output S-Video and composite video outputs Frame-by-fr
Introduction—Continued Disc Notes Supported Discs The DV-SP403E supports the following discs. Disc DVD-Video Logo Format or file type See page 47 for region information. DVD-Video DVD-R DVD-RW DVD-Video, VR format Including PBC Video CD Discs Made on Personal Computers Discs made on personal computers, including those of a compatible format, may not work properly in the DV-SP403E because of incorrect settings in the disc burning software.
Introduction—Continued About WMA WMA is an acronym for Windows Media Audio and refers to an audio compression technology developed by Microsoft Corporation. WMA content can be encoded by using Windows Media® Player version 7, 7.1, Windows Media® Player for Windows® XP, or Windows Media® Player 9 Series. Microsoft, Windows Media, and the Windows logo are trademarks, or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
Introduction—Continued Handling Discs Storing Discs • Never touch the underside of a disc. Always hold discs by the edge, as shown. • Don’t store discs in places subject to direct sunlight, or near heat sources. • Don’t store discs in places subject to moisture or dust, such as in a bathroom or near a humidifier. • Always store discs in their cases and vertically. Stacking, or putting objects on unprotected discs may cause warping, scratches, or other damage.
Before Using the DV-SP403E Installing the Batteries 1 Open the battery compartment, as shown. Using the Remote Controller To use the remote controller, point it at the DV-SP403E’s remote control sensor, as shown below. Remote control sensor DV-SP403E STANDBY /ON OPEN/CLO SE PLAY 2 3 Insert the two supplied batteries (AA) in accordance with the polarity diagram inside the battery compartment. Close the battery compartment.
Front & Rear Panels For detailed information, refer to the pages in brackets. Front Panel 1 23 4 5 6 7 OPEN/CLOSE 8 PLAY STANDBY/ON A STANDBY/ON button [22, 24] 12 E Disc tray [24] This button is used to set the DV-SP403E to On or Standby. Discs are loaded here. F B (pause) button [25] This button is used to pause playback. G Remote control sensor [11] C (stop) button [25] This button is used to stop playback.
Front & Rear Panels—Continued Display 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 Pause indicator This indicator appears when playback is paused. 2 Play indicator This indicator is shown during playback. 3 CHP indicator This indicator appears while the number of the current chapter is being displayed. 4 TITLE indicator While stopped, the total number of titles on the current DVD-Video disc is displayed here. During playback, the number of the current title is displayed.
Front & Rear Panels—Continued Rear Panel 1 2 345 A COAXIAL DIGITAL AUDIO OUT [21] This coaxial digital audio output can be connected to a coaxial digital audio input on a hi-fi amp, AV receiver, or surround sound decoder (Dolby Digital, DTS). B S VIDEO VIDEO OUT[20] This connector can be used to connect a TV or projector with an S-Video input. C COMPONENT VIDEO OUT [20] These sockets output component video and can be connected to an component video input on a TV or projector.
Front & Rear Panels—Continued Remote Controller 1 2 ON L STANDBY OPEN/ CLOSE PLAY MODE 1 2 3 DISPLAY 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CLEAR O MENU TOP MENU 4 5 6 7 8 9 J K P Q ENTER RETURN AUDIO M N SETUP ANGLE SUBTITLE ZOOM R S T U V W RC-616DV A STANDBY button [22] This button is used to set the DV-SP403E to Standby. B ON button [22] This button is used to turn on the DV-SP403E. Don’t turn on the DV-SP403E until you’ve completed, and double checked all connections (pages 17–21).
Front & Rear Panels—Continued K Fast Forward /( ) button [25, 28, 29] This button is used for fast forward, slow motion, and frame-by-frame playback. L OPEN/CLOSE button [24] This button is used to open and close the disc tray. M PLAY MODE button [32–35] This button is used to open and close the Play Mode menu. N DISPLAY button [37] This button is used to display information about the current disc, title, chapter, or track, including the elapsed time, remaining time, total time, and so on.
Connecting the DV-SP403E Before Making Any Connections • Read the manuals supplied with your AV components. • Don’t connect the power cord until you’ve completed all audio and video connections. Analog audio Right (red) Right (red) Left (white) Left (white) Composite video RCA/phono AV Connection Color Coding RCA/phono AV connections are usually color coded: red, white, and yellow. Use red plugs to connect rightchannel audio inputs and outputs (typically labeled “R”).
Connecting the DV-SP403E—Continued Basic Setup The setup described here is a basic setup that allows you to play discs using just the cables supplied with the player. In this setup, stereo audio is played through the speakers in your TV. VIDEO IN TV L R ANALOG INPUT To power outlet • This player is equipped with copy protection technology. Do not connect this player to your TV via a VCR using AV cables, as the picture from this player will not appear properly on your TV.
Connecting the DV-SP403E—Continued Switching the video output to interlace using the front panel controls Switch the player to standby then, using the front panel controls, press STANDBY/ON while pressing to switch the player back to Interlace. STANDBY/ON STANDBY/ON Compatibility of this player with progressive-scan and high-definition TVs This player is compatible with progressive video Macro Vision System Copy Guard.
Connecting the DV-SP403E—Continued Connecting Your TV • Connect the DVD Player to the TV directly. If you connect the DVD Player to a VCR, TV/VCR combination, or video selector, the playback picture may be distorted as DVD videos are copy protected. Note: • To set up the player for use with a progressive scan TV, see “Video Out settings – Component Out” on page 41.
Connecting the DV-SP403E—Continued Connecting to an AV Receiver Although you can reproduce the DVD Player’s sound from the TV speakers with the connections on page 18, connecting with an amplifier provides you high quality dynamic sounds. To reproduce Dolby Digital surround and DTS surround sound, you need to connect to an amplifier with a Dolby Digital and DTS decoder respectively.
Connecting the Power/Turning on the DV-SP403E Before connecting • Make sure that all the connections on pages 17 – 21 are complete (the connection to a TV is required). 1 Plug the supplied power cord into the AC INLET and then into the power outlet on the wall. • Do not use a power cord other than the one supplied with the DV-SP403E. The power cord supplied is designed for use with the DV-SP403E and should not be used with any other device.
Getting Started Using the on-screen displays Setting up the player for your TV For ease of use, this player makes extensive use of graphical on-screen displays (OSDs). All the screens are navigated in basically the same way, using the cursor buttons ( / / / ) to change the highlighted item and pressing ENTER to select it. ON If you have a widescreen (16:9) TV, you should setup the player so that the picture will be presented correctly.
Getting Started—Continued Setting the language of this player’s on-screen displays This sets the language of this system’s on-screen displays. ON Playing discs The basic playback controls for playing DVD, CD, Video CD, DivX Video and MP3/WMA discs are covered here. Further functions are detailed in the next chapter. For details on playing JPEG picture discs, see “Viewing a JPEG slideshow” on page 29.
Getting Started—Continued 3 Load a disc. Load a disc with the label side facing up, using the disc tray guide to align the disc (if you’re loading a double-sided DVD disc, load it with the side you want to play face down). Basic playback controls The table below shows the basic controls on the remote for playing discs. The following chapter covers other playback features in more detail.
Getting Started—Continued Resume and Last Memory When you stop playback of a disc, RESUME is shown in the display indicating that you can resume playback again from that point. If the disc tray is not opened, the next time you start playback the display shows RESUME and playback resumes from the resume point. With DVDs and Video CDs, if you take the disc out of the player, the play position is stored in memory. If the next disc you load is the same one, the display shows LAST MEM and playback will resume.
Getting Started—Continued Video CD PBC menus Some Video CD have menus from which you can choose what you want to watch. These are called PBC (Playback control) menus. You can play a PBC Video CD without having to navigate the PBC menu by starting playback using a number button to select a track, rather than the (play) button.
Playing discs Notes: • Many of the functions covered in this chapter apply to DVD discs, Video CDs, CDs, DivX Video and MP3/ JPEG discs, although the exact operation of some varies slightly with the kind of disc loaded. • Some DVDs restrict the use of some functions (random or repeat, for example) in some or all parts of the disc. This is not a malfunction. • When playing Video CD, some of the functions are not available during PBC playback.
Playing discs—Continued Frame advance/frame reverse Viewing a JPEG slideshow You can advance or back up DVD discs frame-by-frame. With Video CD and DivX Video you can only use frame advance. ON STANDBY OPEN/ CLOSE PLAY MODE 1 2 3 DISPLAY 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CLEAR After loading a CD/CD-R/RW containing JPEG picture files, press (play) to start a slideshow from the first folder/picture on the disc. The player displays the pictures in each folder in alphabetical order.
Playing discs—Continued Browsing video content with the Disc Navigator • Playlist: Title – Playlist titles from a VR mode DVD-RW disc. • Original: Time – Thumbnails from the Original content at 10 minute intervals. • Playlist: Time – Thumbnails from the Playlist at 10 minute intervals. The screen shows up to six moving thumbnail images displayed one after another.
Playing discs—Continued Browsing WMA, MP3, DivX Video and JPEG files with the Disc Navigator Use the Disc Navigator to find a particular file or folder by filename. ON STANDBY OPEN/ CLOSE PLAY MODE 1 2 3 DISPLAY 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CLEAR / / / MENU TOP MENU ENTER ENTER SETUP RETURN SETUP AUDIO 1 SETUP 3 ENTER To play the highlighted track or DivX Video file, or to display the highlighted JPEG file, press ENTER.
Playing discs—Continued Looping a section of a disc Using repeat play The A-B Repeat function allows you to specify two points (A and B) within a track (CD, Video CD) or title (DVD) that form a loop which is played over and over. • You can’t use A-B Repeat with Video CD in PBC mode, or WMA /MP3/DivX Video files. ON There are various repeat play options, depending on the kind of disc loaded.
Playing discs—Continued Using random play 1 Use the random play function to play titles or chapters (DVD-Video) or tracks (CD, Video CD) at random. (Note that the same track/title/chapter may play more than once.) You can set the random play option when a disc is playing or stopped. Important: • Random play remains in effect until you select Random Off from the random play menu options.
Playing discs—Continued Creating a program list 3 Use the cursor buttons and ENTER to select a title, chapter or track for the current step in the program list. For a DVD disc, you can add a title or a chapter to the program list. This feature lets you program the play order of titles/ chapters/tracks on a disc. Important: • You can’t use Program play with VR format DVD-RW discs, Video CD playing in PBC mode, WMA/MP3 discs, or while a DVD disc menu is being displayed.
Playing discs—Continued Other functions available from the program menu There are a number of other options in the program menu in addition to Create/Edit. • Playback Start – Starts playback of a saved program list • Playback Stop – Turns off program play, but does not erase the program list • Program Delete – Erases the program list and turns off program play 2 Select a search mode. • The disc must be playing in order to use time search.
Playing discs—Continued Switching subtitles Switching audio language/channel Some DVD or DivX Video discs have subtitles in one or more languages; the disc box will usually tell you which subtitle languages are available. You can switch subtitle language during playback. ON When playing a DVD or DivX Video disc recorded with dialog in two or more languages, you can switch audio language during playback.
Playing discs—Continued Zooming the screen Switching camera angles Using the zoom feature you can magnify a part of the screen by a factor of 2 or 4, while watching a DVD, DivX Video title or Video CD, or playing a JPEG disc. MODE 1 2 3 DISPLAY 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CLEAR MENU TOP MENU / Some DVD discs feature scenes shot from two or more angles—check the disc box for details.
Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus Audio Settings menu Audio DRC The Audio Settings menu offers features for adjusting the way discs sound. ON STANDBY OPEN/ CLOSE PLAY MODE 1 2 3 DISPLAY 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CLEAR / / / MENU TOP MENU ENTER SETUP RETURN SETUP AUDIO 1 SETUP ANGLE SUBTITLE ZOOM Press SETUP and select “Audio Settings” from the on-screen display. Audio Settings 2 Select and change settings using the / / / (cursor) buttons, and ENTER.
Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus—Continued Video Adjust menu 2 Make settings using the / / / (cursor) buttons, and ENTER. From the Video Adjust screen you can adjust various settings that affect how the picture is presented.
Initial Settings menu Using the Initial Settings menu The Initial Settings menu provides audio and video output settings, parental lock settings, and display settings, among others. If an option is grayed out it means that it cannot be changed at the current time. This is usually because a disc is playing. Stop the disc, then change the setting.
Initial Settings menu—Continued Digital Audio Out settings Setting Digital Out Dolby Digital Out DTS Out 96 kHz PCM Out MPEG Out Option What it means On Digital audio is output from the digital outputs. Off No digital audio output. Dolby Digital Dolby Digital encoded digital audio is output when playing a Dolby Digital DVD disc. Dolby Digital > PCM Dolby Digital audio is converted to PCM audio before being output. DTS DTS encoded digital audio is output when playing a DTS disc.
Initial Settings menu—Continued Language settings Setting Audio Language*1 Subtitle Language*2 DVD Menu Language*3 Option What it means English If there is an English soundtrack on the disc then it will be played. Languages as displayed If there is the language selected on the disc, then it will be played. Other Language Select to choose a language other than the ones displayed (see page 48). English If there is are English subtitles on the disc then they will be displayed.
Initial Settings menu—Continued Parental Lock Changing your password • Default level: Off; Default password: none; Default Country code: us (2119) To give you some control over what your children watch on your DVD player, some DVD-Video discs feature a Parental Lock level. If your player is set to a lower level than the disc, the disc won’t play. Some discs also support the Country Code feature. The player does not play certain scenes on these discs, depending on the Country Code you set.
Initial Settings menu—Continued Setting/changing the Country code You can find the Country code list in the adjacent column. 1 Select “Country Code”. 2 1 Use number buttons to enter your password, then press ENTER.
Initial Settings menu—Continued About DivX® VOD content Playing DivX® VOD content In order to play DivX VOD (video on demand) content on this player, you first need to register the player with your DivX VOD content provider. You do this by generating a DivX VOD registration code, which you submit to your provider. Important: • DivX VOD content is protected by a DRM (Digital Rights Management) system. This restricts playback of content to specific, registered devices.
Additional information Screen sizes and disc formats DVD-Video discs come in several different screen aspect ratios, ranging from TV programs, which are generally 4:3, to Cinema- Scope widescreen movies, with an aspect ratio of up to about 7:3. Televisions, too, come in different aspect ratios; “standard” 4:3 and widescreen 16:9. Resetting the player Use this procedure to reset all the player’s settings to the factory default. 1 Switch the player into standby.
Additional information—Continued Setting the TV system Titles, chapters and tracks The default setting of this player is “AUTO”, and unless you notice that the picture is distorted when playing some discs, you should leave it set to “AUTO”. If you experience picture distortion with some discs, set the TV system to match your country or region’s system. Doing this, however, may restrict the kinds of disc you can watch.
Additional information—Continued Selecting languages using the language code list Some of the language options (such as “DVD Language” in the Setup Navigator) allow you to set your prefered language from any of the 136 languages listed in the language code list on page 49. ON STANDBY OPEN/ CLOSE PLAY MODE 1 2 3 DISPLAY 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CLEAR MENU TOP MENU / ENTER RETURN AUDIO / / SETUP ANGLE SUBTITLE ZOOM 1 Select “Other Language”.
Additional information—Continued Language code list Language code letter Language code Language Language code letter Japanese ja 1001 Hungarian hu 0821 Sangho sg 1907 English en 0514 Armenian hy 0825 sh 1908 French fr 0618 Interlingua ia 0901 SerboCroatian German de 0405 Interlingue ie 0905 Sinhalese si 1909 0911 Slovak sk 1911 0914 Slovenian sl 1912 0919 Samoan sm 1913 sn 1914 Language Italian Spanish Chinese it es zh 0920 0519 2608 Inupiak Indonesian
Glossary Analog audio JPEG An electrical signal that directly represents sound. Compare this to digital audio which can be an electrical signal, but is an indirect representation of sound. See also “Digital audio”. A file format used for still images, such as photographs and illustrations. JPEG files are identified by the file extension “.jpg” or “.JPG”. Most digital cameras use this format. Aspect ratio MP3 The width of a TV screen relative to its height.
Troubleshooting If you have any trouble using your DV-SP403E, check the following table for possible causes and remedies. If you still can’t resolve the issue yourself, please contact your Onkyo dealer. Symptoms Can’t turn on the DV-SP403E? The disc tray won’t close properly? Causes The power cord is not connected. External interference is affecting the DV-SP403E’s digital circuitry. Turn off the DV-SP403E, wait five seconds, then try turning it on again.
Troubleshooting—Continued No sound? DVD Player The picture appears stretched or the wrong shape? The 96 kHz PCM Out setting is set to “96 kHz.” Change the 96 kHz PCM Out setting to “96 kHz > 48 kHz,” or use analog connections (page 41). The Digital Out setting is set to “Off.” Change the Digital Out setting to “On” (page 41). The wrong input source is selected on your TV, hi-fi amp, or AV receiver. On your TV, hi-fi amp, or AV receiver, select the input to which the DV-SP403E is connected.
Troubleshooting—Continued DVD Player Can’t play MP3/WMA/ JPEG discs? Can’t select MP3 files? Can’t play WMA files? Remote Controller Can’t view JPEG files? Buttons on the DV-SP403E work OK but those on the remote controller don’t? The disc is not ISO 9660 Level 1 or 2 format. Correct format should be used when recording is ISO 9660 and closed session (page 8). The disc has not been finalized. Finalize the disc (page 8). MP3 files without a “.mp3” or “.MP3” filename extension are not recognized.
Specifications Signal System PAL/AUTO Composite Video Output/Impedance 1.0 V (p-p)/75 Ω negative sync, RCA/phono S-Video Output/Impedance Y: 1.0 V (p-p)/75 Ω negative sync, 4-pin mini DIN C: 0.286 V (p-p)/75 Ω Component Video Output/Impedance Y: 1.0 V (p-p)/75 Ω PB/PR: 0.7 V (p-p)/75 Ω RCA/ phono AV Connector 1.0 V (p-p)/75 Ω, Scart Frequency response DVD Linear Sound 4 Hz–44 kHz (96 kHz) 4 Hz–22 kHz (48 kHz) Audio CD 4 Hz–20 kHz (44.
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