RDV03.indd, Spread 1 of 18 - Pages (36, 1) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM Owner’s manual The Rotel Co. Ltd. 10-10 Shinsen-Cho Shibuya-Ku Tokyo 150-0045 Japan Phone: +81 3-5458-5325 Fax: +81 3-5458-5310 Rotel of America 54 Concord Street North Reading, MA 01864-2699 USA Phone: +1 978-664-3820 Fax: +1 978-664-4109 Rotel Europe Dale Road Worthing, West Sussex BN11 2BH England Phone: +44 (0)1903 221600 Fax: +44 (0)1903 221525 Rotel Deutschland Kleine Heide 12 D-33790 Halle/Westf.
RDV03.indd, Spread 2 of 18 - Pages (2, 35) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 This symbol means that this unit is double insulated. An earth or ground connection is not required.
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RDV03.indd, Spread 4 of 18 - Pages (4, 33) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 4 1: Controls and Connections � � 1 � � � � TROUBLESHOOTING Picture MP3/WMA Picture is noisy. No sound. Power • MP3/WMA disc is recorded with the packet writing (UDF file) and cannot be played. Operation • The player is connected to a VCR directly and the copy guard function is activated. Connect the player directly to the TV. • With some discs, the picture may be blurred when the PICTURE SOURCE setting is FILM or AUTO.
RDV03.indd, Spread 5 of 18 - Pages (32, 5) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 DVD Player Parental Lock The RDV-03 has a Parental Lock feature to prevent children from watching inappropriate DVD Video discs. The feature relies on ratings systems (specific to each country) that set a rating level for discs starting from material suitable for viewing by children and increasing as the subject matter becomes more inappropriate. The Parental Lock feature sets the restriction anywhere from Level 1 to Level 8.
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RDV03.indd, Spread 7 of 18 - Pages (30, 7) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 DVD Player • 16:9 AUTO (Wide Screen) Select this option for a wide-screen TV that senses and adjusts the aspect ratio. All stretch modes are handled by the TV. 4:3 aspect ratio programs may be displayed with black bars on the sides, depending on the setting of the TV’s stretch mode. NOTE: This is the typical setting for use with wide screen TV monitor with stretch modes.
RDV03.indd, Spread 8 of 18 - Pages (8, 29) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 8 7: Country/Language Codes 5. Press the ENTER button and a pop-up window appears with the available settings for the item.
RDV03.indd, Spread 9 of 18 - Pages (28, 9) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 DVD Player 28 Control Menu Slide Show Whenever a disc with JPEG files is inserted in the RDV-03 or when the PLAY button is pressed, the CONTROL menu appears. Press PLAY to begin a slide show, displaying each JPEG photo for 3 seconds. You can pause the slide show by pressing the PAUSE button. Stop the slide show and return to the Control Menu by pressing he STOP or the MENU button.
RDV03.indd, Spread 10 of 18 - Pages (10, 27) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 DVD Player 10 Contents Boxed numbers refer to RDV-03 illustration. Boxed letters refer to RR-DV97 illustration. Important Safety Instructions .................. 3 1: Controls and Connections .................................4 2: RR-DV97 Remote Control .................................5 3: Analog Audio Connections ................................6 4: Digital Audio Connections.................................6 5: Video Connections........
RDV03.indd, Spread 11 of 18 - Pages (26, 11) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 DVD Player 26 From the status bar menus: Random Play You can also activate the REPEAT modes from the status bar menus: The Random Play feature is available for Audio CD, Video CD, and SVCD discs. The feature plays all of the tracks on the disc once in random order. 1. Press the ON SCREEN button on the remote twice. A display window appears on the TV screen. 2. Press the CURSOR the REPEAT field. buttons to select 3.
RDV03.indd, Spread 12 of 18 - Pages (12, 25) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 DVD Player 12 About Rotel Getting Started A family whose passionate interest in music led them to manufacture high fidelity components of uncompromising quality founded Rotel 40 years ago. Through the years that passion has remained undiminished and the family goal of providing exceptional value for audiophiles and music lovers regardless of their budget, is shared by all Rotel employees. Thank you for purchasing the Rotel RDV-03 DVD.
RDV03.indd, Spread 13 of 18 - Pages (24, 13) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 DVD Player To change picture settings: 1. Repeat steps above, selecting either USER 1 or USER 2 modes to modify. buttons to select 2. Use the CURSOR the parameter you wish to adjust. Press the ENTER button. A pop-up window for that parameter appears. 24 4. Press the CURSOR buttons to adjust the intensity of the surround effect on the right side of the pop-up menu. A setting of 1 is the most subtle effect.
RDV03.indd, Spread 14 of 18 - Pages (14, 23) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 DVD Player Connect the ANALOG L output to the left audio input of the TV or receiver and the ANALOG R output to the right audio input using the red and white connectors of the supplied combination audio/video cable. NOTE: On the Euro version of the RDV-03, you do not need to make these audio connections when using a SCART cable. Typically, the STEREO outputs send a matrix encoded stereo signal to the surround processor.
RDV03.indd, Spread 15 of 18 - Pages (22, 15) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 DVD Player Advanced Features The RDV-03 provides several advanced features for controlling the audio/video content displayed during playback. These include progressive scan, zooming, changing the scene angle on DVD-Video discs, selecting alternate languages for the audio portion of DVD programs, and selecting subtitle languages on DVD programs.
RDV03.indd, Spread 16 of 18 - Pages (16, 21) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 DVD Player OVERVIEW Basic controls for the RDV-03 are on the front panel. These controls are duplicated on the remote control along with many more. To guide you through the operation of the RDV-03, this section of the manual starts with explaining the basic layout and function of the front panel and the remote control. In the following section, Using the RDV-03, we explain the features of the unit and how to operate them.
RDV03.indd, Spread 17 of 18 - Pages (20, 17) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 DVD Player Digital Audio Formats DVD and CD discs can be encoded with several different digital audio formats. Generally, the type of digital audio encoding is indicated on the disc packaging. • Dolby Digital. A digital surround format that may contain as many as five discrete audio channels plus an LFE (low frequency effects) channel (referred to as 5.1 channel surround).
RDV03.indd, Spread 18 of 18 - Pages (18, 19) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 DVD Player NOTE: An inhibit symbol on screen indicates that this feature is not available on the current disc. ZOOM Button Press the ZOOM button to magnify the image on the TV. Each press of the ZOOM button changes the size of the picture: 1.8x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x, 64x, and back to normal size. While zoomed, video image can be moved up, down, left, or right by pressing the CURSOR buttons on the remote.
RDV03.indd, Spread 18 of 18 - Pages (18, 19) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 DVD Player NOTE: An inhibit symbol on screen indicates that this feature is not available on the current disc. ZOOM Button Press the ZOOM button to magnify the image on the TV. Each press of the ZOOM button changes the size of the picture: 1.8x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x, 64x, and back to normal size. While zoomed, video image can be moved up, down, left, or right by pressing the CURSOR buttons on the remote.
RDV03.indd, Spread 17 of 18 - Pages (20, 17) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 DVD Player Digital Audio Formats DVD and CD discs can be encoded with several different digital audio formats. Generally, the type of digital audio encoding is indicated on the disc packaging. • Dolby Digital. A digital surround format that may contain as many as five discrete audio channels plus an LFE (low frequency effects) channel (referred to as 5.1 channel surround).
RDV03.indd, Spread 16 of 18 - Pages (16, 21) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 DVD Player OVERVIEW Basic controls for the RDV-03 are on the front panel. These controls are duplicated on the remote control along with many more. To guide you through the operation of the RDV-03, this section of the manual starts with explaining the basic layout and function of the front panel and the remote control. In the following section, Using the RDV-03, we explain the features of the unit and how to operate them.
RDV03.indd, Spread 15 of 18 - Pages (22, 15) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 DVD Player Advanced Features The RDV-03 provides several advanced features for controlling the audio/video content displayed during playback. These include progressive scan, zooming, changing the scene angle on DVD-Video discs, selecting alternate languages for the audio portion of DVD programs, and selecting subtitle languages on DVD programs.
RDV03.indd, Spread 14 of 18 - Pages (14, 23) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 DVD Player Connect the ANALOG L output to the left audio input of the TV or receiver and the ANALOG R output to the right audio input using the red and white connectors of the supplied combination audio/video cable. NOTE: On the Euro version of the RDV-03, you do not need to make these audio connections when using a SCART cable. Typically, the STEREO outputs send a matrix encoded stereo signal to the surround processor.
RDV03.indd, Spread 13 of 18 - Pages (24, 13) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 DVD Player To change picture settings: 1. Repeat steps above, selecting either USER 1 or USER 2 modes to modify. buttons to select 2. Use the CURSOR the parameter you wish to adjust. Press the ENTER button. A pop-up window for that parameter appears. 24 4. Press the CURSOR buttons to adjust the intensity of the surround effect on the right side of the pop-up menu. A setting of 1 is the most subtle effect.
RDV03.indd, Spread 12 of 18 - Pages (12, 25) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 DVD Player 12 About Rotel Getting Started A family whose passionate interest in music led them to manufacture high fidelity components of uncompromising quality founded Rotel 40 years ago. Through the years that passion has remained undiminished and the family goal of providing exceptional value for audiophiles and music lovers regardless of their budget, is shared by all Rotel employees. Thank you for purchasing the Rotel RDV-03 DVD.
RDV03.indd, Spread 11 of 18 - Pages (26, 11) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 DVD Player 26 From the status bar menus: Random Play You can also activate the REPEAT modes from the status bar menus: The Random Play feature is available for Audio CD, Video CD, and SVCD discs. The feature plays all of the tracks on the disc once in random order. 1. Press the ON SCREEN button on the remote twice. A display window appears on the TV screen. 2. Press the CURSOR the REPEAT field. buttons to select 3.
RDV03.indd, Spread 10 of 18 - Pages (10, 27) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 DVD Player 10 Contents Boxed numbers refer to RDV-03 illustration. Boxed letters refer to RR-DV97 illustration. Important Safety Instructions .................. 3 1: Controls and Connections .................................4 2: RR-DV97 Remote Control .................................5 3: Analog Audio Connections ................................6 4: Digital Audio Connections.................................6 5: Video Connections........
RDV03.indd, Spread 9 of 18 - Pages (28, 9) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 DVD Player 28 Control Menu Slide Show Whenever a disc with JPEG files is inserted in the RDV-03 or when the PLAY button is pressed, the CONTROL menu appears. Press PLAY to begin a slide show, displaying each JPEG photo for 3 seconds. You can pause the slide show by pressing the PAUSE button. Stop the slide show and return to the Control Menu by pressing he STOP or the MENU button.
RDV03.indd, Spread 8 of 18 - Pages (8, 29) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 8 7: Country/Language Codes 5. Press the ENTER button and a pop-up window appears with the available settings for the item.
RDV03.indd, Spread 7 of 18 - Pages (30, 7) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 DVD Player • 16:9 AUTO (Wide Screen) Select this option for a wide-screen TV that senses and adjusts the aspect ratio. All stretch modes are handled by the TV. 4:3 aspect ratio programs may be displayed with black bars on the sides, depending on the setting of the TV’s stretch mode. NOTE: This is the typical setting for use with wide screen TV monitor with stretch modes.
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RDV03.indd, Spread 5 of 18 - Pages (32, 5) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 DVD Player Parental Lock The RDV-03 has a Parental Lock feature to prevent children from watching inappropriate DVD Video discs. The feature relies on ratings systems (specific to each country) that set a rating level for discs starting from material suitable for viewing by children and increasing as the subject matter becomes more inappropriate. The Parental Lock feature sets the restriction anywhere from Level 1 to Level 8.
RDV03.indd, Spread 4 of 18 - Pages (4, 33) 4/6/2005 6:05 PM RDV-03 4 1: Controls and Connections � � 1 � � � � TROUBLESHOOTING Picture MP3/WMA Picture is noisy. No sound. Power • MP3/WMA disc is recorded with the packet writing (UDF file) and cannot be played. Operation • The player is connected to a VCR directly and the copy guard function is activated. Connect the player directly to the TV. • With some discs, the picture may be blurred when the PICTURE SOURCE setting is FILM or AUTO.
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