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Amplifier or Receiver

AUDIO

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THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES. OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TWO

CONDITIONS (1) THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE AND (2) THIS DEVICE MUST ACCEPT ANY

INTERFERENCE RECEIVED INCLUDING INTERFERENCE THAT MAY CAUSE UNDESIRED OPERATION.

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5,974,380, 5,978,762, and other world-wide

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VIDEO OUTDIGITAL OUT

AUDIO OUT

COMPONENT

VIDEO

S-VIDEO

PCM/STREAM

COAXIAL

OPTICAL

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Apparatus Claims of U.S.

Patent Nos.4,631,603,

4,577,216, 4,819,098 and

4,907,093 licensed for

limited viewing uses only.

CLASS 1

LASER PRODUCT

Audio Cable

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Connecting to an Audio

Amplifier or Receiver

You will get better sound quality if you con-

nect the audio outputs of the RDV-1040 to a

high quality amplifier or receiver and use com-

ponent loudspeakers, rather than those built

into the television.

Connect the AUDIO OUTPUTS

of the

RDV-1040 to any high level input (such as AUX,

DVD, CD, etc.) of an amplifier or receiver.

Connecting to Audio

Equipment with a Digital Input

You can enhance the sound quality by connect-

ing the OPTICAL DIGITAL OUTPUT

or CO-

AXIAL DIGITAL OUTPUT

of the RDV-1040

to the digital input of an amplifier, DAT or MD

by using an optional digital cable. The digi-

tal stereo audio signal from a disc is directly

transferred. If you connect the unit to a Dolby

Digital or DTS decoder or an amplifier with

built-in decoder by using an optional digital

cable, you can enjoy high-quality surround

sound.

When you make the digital connection, also

make the analog connection, because, depend-

ing on the disc type, no audio may be repro-

duced from the DIGITAL OUTPUT.

With the digital connection, the Preference

menu settings for COMPRESSION and DOWN

MIX are disabled. Settings for these items must

be made from the decoder.

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT

DIGITAL SIGNAL CONNECTION:

The Digital Audio Output setting in the Au-

dio Preferences on screen display must be

properly set for the type of output being

used when using an optical or coaxial digi-

tal signal connection. If this preference set-

ting is not done correctly, loud noise may be

generated which can damage the speakers.

Before using the RDV-1040 with a digital

signal connection be sure the proper type of

Digital Audio Output has been selected. See

the Audio Menu information in the Prefer-

ences Setting section of this manual.

Optical Connection

Coaxial Connection

Digital equipment

COAXIAL

DIGITAL

AUDIO

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LEFT

THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES. OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TWO

CONDITIONS (1) THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE AND (2) THIS DEVICE MUST ACCEPT ANY

INTERFERENCE RECEIVED INCLUDING INTERFERENCE THAT MAY CAUSE UNDESIRED OPERATION.

Manufacured under license from Digital Theater Systems, Inc. US Pat. No 5,451,942, 5,956,674,

5,974,380, 5,978,762, and other world-wide

atents issued and

endin

. "DTS" is a re

istered

hts Reserve

MPLIE

WITH DHH

HAPTER

IN EFFE

T AT DATE

F MAN

Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. "Dolby" and the double-D

symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential Unpublished Works.

VIDEO OUTDIGITAL OUT

AUDIO OUT

COMPONENT

VIDEO

S-VIDEO

PCM/STREAM

COAXIAL

OPTICAL

LEFT

RIGHT

Apparatus Claims of U.S.

Patent Nos.4,631,603,

4,577,216, 4,819,098 and

4,907,093 licensed for

limited viewing uses only.

CLASS 1

LASER PRODUCT

Optical Digital Cable

Audio Cable

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Red

White

THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES. OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TWO

CONDITIONS (1) THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE AND (2) THIS DEVICE MUST ACCEPT ANY

INTERFERENCE RECEIVED INCLUDING INTERFERENCE THAT MAY CAUSE UNDESIRED OPERATION.

Manufacured under license from Digital Theater Systems, Inc. US Pat. No 5,451,942, 5,956,674,

5,974,380, 5,978,762, and other world-wide

atents issued and

endin

. "DTS" is a re

istered

hts Reserve

MPLIE

WITH DHH

HAPTER

IN EFFE

T AT DATE

F MAN

Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. "Dolby" and the double-D

symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential Unpublished Works.

VIDEO OUTDIGITAL OUT

AUDIO OUT

COMPONENT

VIDEO

S-VIDEO

PCM/STREAM

COAXIAL

OPTICAL

LEFT

RIGHT

Apparatus Claims of U.S.

Patent Nos.4,631,603,

4,577,216, 4,819,098 and

4,907,093 licensed for

limited viewing uses only.

CLASS 1

LASER PRODUCT

Digital equipment

COAXIAL

DIGITAL

AUDIO

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Coaxial Digital Cable

Audio Cable

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NOTE: If you want to change the password

at step 8, do it before pressing ENTER.

To Change the Settings

You can change the parental lock settings at

any time.

1 Bring up the OTHERS menu.

2 Press / to move

to select PAREN-

TAL LOCK and press ENTER

. The pa-

rental lock on-screen display appears on the

TV screen.

3 While

is pointing to PASSWORD, press

the numeric buttons

to enter your cur-

rent 4- digit password then press ENTER

moves to COUNTRY CODE if you enter

the correct password. If you enter a wrong

password, “WRONG! RETRY...” appears on

the TV screen, and you cannot go to the next

step. If you forget your password, enter

“8888.” The current password is deleted and

you can set a new password.

4 To change the COUNTRY CODE or SET

LEVEL, press ENTER

to bring up the

associated pull-down menu when

pointing to the desired item.

5 Press / to select the desired option then

press ENTER

. If you change the coun-

try code, you must reselect the parental lock

level.

6 While

is pointing to PASSWORD, press

the numeric buttons to enter a 4-digit pass-

word. The password entered in this step be-

comes the new password. If you want to keep

the same password as before, enter the same

password.

7 Press ENTER

. moves to EXIT. Press-

ing ENTER again returns to the OTHERS

menu of the preference display.

NOTE: If you enter the wrong password

more than 3 times in step 3 above,

moves to EXIT automatically and





not work.

To Temporarily Release the

Parental Lock

If the parental level is set to a strict value, some

discs may not play at all. When you insert such

a disc and try to play it, the following paren-

tal lock on-screen display appears on the TV

screen, asking you whether you want the pa-

rental lock to be temporarily released or not.

1 Press / to move to TEMPORARY RE-

LEASE, then press ENTER.

2 Press the numeric buttons (0 to 9)

to enter

your 4-digit password. The parental lock is

released, and the RDV-1040 starts playback.

If you enter a wrong password, “WRONG!

RETRY...” appears on the TV screen. Enter

the correct password.

NOTE: When you enter the wrong pass-

word 3 times at step 2 above,

moves to

NOT RELEASE automatically and





not work.

Troubleshooting

Power

Power does not come on.

• Power plug is not inserted securely. Plug in

securely.

Operation

“REGION CODE ERROR!” is shown

on the TV screen.

• Region code of the inserted disc does not

match the RDV-1040. Check the region code

of the disc printed on the disc jacket.

The RDV-1040 does not work.

• Microcomputer malfunction due to lightning

or static electricity. Turn off the power and

unplug the power cord, then connect the

power cord again.

•Moisture condensation caused by a sudden

change of temperature or humidity. Turn off

the power, then turn it on a few hours later.

• The disc does not allow the operation, or

an unplayable disc is inserted. Check and

replace the disc. See the Playable Discs

section.

LOCK appears in the display window

and the disc tray does not open.

• When you press

(OPN/CLS) while

pressing down ■ (STOP)

when the

RDV-1040 in standby mode, the tray lock

function is activated. The disc tray cannot

be opened or closed in this state. To release

the LOCK, press

while pressing down ■

when the RDV-1040 is in standby mode.

Picture

Picture is noisy.

• The RDV-1040 is connected to a VCR di-

rectly and the copyguard function is acti-

vated. Connect the RDV-1040 directly to the

TV.

• With some discs, the picture may be blurred

when PICTURE SOURCE is set to FILM or

AUTO. Set PICTURE SOURCE to VIDEO

(NORMAL) or VIDEO (ACTIVE).

Picture is distorted when using

COMPONENT VIDEO OUT or S-

VIDEO output jack(s).

• There are connections to both the compo-

nent and S-video outputs. Disconnect the un-

used one.

No picture is displayed on the TV

screen or the screen is blurred or

divided into two parts.

• The RDV-1040 is in the progressive scan-

ning mode but is connected to a TV via the

VIDEO or S-VIDEO jack. Set the VIDEO

SIGNAL SELECTOR

on the rear panel

to “480i,” or set it to “REMOTE” and make

the Progressive scanning mode inactive by

using the VFP - PROGRESSIVE SCAN but-

ton

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