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HANDBOOK DV137
English
Arcam DV137 DVD player
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Safety guidelines CAUTION ATTENTION RISK OF ELECTRIC RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE SHOCK DO NOT OPEN NE PAS OUVRIR CAUTION: To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove cover (or back). No user serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel. WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture. The lightning flash with an arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence
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Contents Safety guidelines ............................................... E-2 Important safety instructions ............................E-2 Safety compliance ...........................................E-2 Installation ........................................................ E-4 Positioning the unit ..........................................E-4 Making video connections .................................E-4 Making audio connections .................................E-5 The remote-control and trigge
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SCART output The SCART connector is common on European A/V equipment and provides a convenient connection method between your DVD player and display device, carrying both video and stereo audio. If you are using a SCART connection and you do not wish to listen to the audio through your TV, then it is best to mute your TV’s speakers; muting the TV will prevent this audio being heard. Note that the SCART output has a control signal that switches your TV to its SCART input when the DV137 is turn
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The remote-control and trigger inputs The remote control The REMOTE IN input can be used to pass RC5 codes to the DV137 if it is installed in a position (or input requires a mono system) where infrared cannot be used. If this is required, please contact your dealer for further 3.5mm jack, with the information. tip active and the sleeve The TRIGGER IN input can be used to switch the DV137 in and out of stand-by. Connecting the grounded. trigger output of your Arcam amplifier (or other
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Basic use of your DVD player ���������������� ����� �� ����� ���� ���� ���� ���� ����� ��� ����� ����� Introduction ‘Basic operation’ explains how to play a DVD, CD or other type of disc. Note that it may be necessary to configure your player correctly for your system before optimum – or any – playback can be achieved. Player configuration is described beginning on page 12. More sophisticated features – such as special playback modes and programming jumps and playback sequences – are describe
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Using the CR-515 remote control DISP (display) Standby Dims or turns the DV137’s display on or off. Press Standby to toggle the standby state of the DVD Turning the display off generally gives a slight player. improvement in sound quality. Pressing DISP once turns the display off; twice HDMI dims the display. To restore the display to full brightness, press DISP a third time. Selects the picture resolution for HDMI output. CLEAR * Use CLEAR to clear a numeric field. Reserve
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Advanced controls (CR-515) SUBT (subtitle) Press SUBT on the remote control to cycle through the available subtitle languages, including ‘OFF’. Some discs MODE force subtitles on, overriding any set up preferences. This button brings up a menu very similar to the ‘Audio’ page of the Set-up menu (as described on page 17) and allows the Dolby Pro Logic II settings to be changed TITLE while the disc is being played. Press TITLE to access the DVD’s ‘Title’ menu. Note that this feature applies
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Using the CR-415 remote control 0–9 keypad This allows direct access to individual tracks on audio OPEN CDs. To select a track, press the corresponding keypad button followed by OK. For tracks greater than 9, enter Opens and closes the disc tray the digits in sequence. For example, to play track 15, press 1, then 5, then OK. DISP (display) Dims or turns the DV137’s display on or off. DVD Turning the display off generally gives a slight improvement in sound quality. Standby Pressing DISP o
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Advanced controls (CR-415) SUBT (subtitle) Press SUBT on the remote control to cycle through the available subtitle languages, including ‘OFF’. Some discs force subtitles on, overriding any set up preferences. TRIM This button brings up a menu very similar to the ‘Trims’ page in the Set-up menu (as described on page 19). It allows on-the-fly changes to the relative volume of each TITLE speaker in your system, while a disc is being played. Press TITLE to access the DVD’s ‘Title’ menu. Note
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Configuring your DVD player Introduction This section of the document describes the use of the ‘Set-up’ menu, which is used to configure your player for your system and your personal preferences. Obtaining a picture To view the Set-up menu for the initial configuration, we recommend the use of the composite video output to connect to your display device. This is because the high quality video output has several display modes and may be incompatible with your display device in its default con
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Operational set-up Preferred language This settings allows you to specify your preferred language. The default language is English, but three other languages (French, German and Dutch) are supported. Status messages This setting controls the ‘pop up’ messages that appear on screen. On Pop-up messages are enabled. Off No pop-up messages, only menus when required. Certain messages, such as ‘No Disc’ are always shown regardless of how this is set. Subtitle display This setting controls which subti
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Video set-up If your display device is HDMI-compliant, the DV137 can read the capabilities of the display device directly; the information allows the DV137 to configure its output automatically and optimally for the attached device. See page 22 for more information about connecting to HDMI devices. Main video output This setting is to tell the DV137 which of the available video outputs is the ‘main’ output, i.e., in the event of a conflict between video outputs, which output has priority. HDM
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HDMI colour space This setting controls the type of video (the colour space) given out over the HDMI connection. Auto The colour space will be set appropriately for the connected display. This is the recommended setting if you are connecting the DV137 to an HDMI- or DVI-compliant device. YUV The HDMI connection carries Y, Pb, Pr (YUV) component video. RGB (video) The HDMI connection carries RGB video with standard video levels. RGB (PC) The HDMI connection carries RGB video with PC (0–255) vide
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Audio set-up This section allows you to configure the analogue, digital and HDMI audio outputs. In particular, the digital output type needs to be set correctly if you are using an external audio decoder, receiver or D-A converter. Digital audio output This setting configures the digital audio output – coaxial, optical and HDMI. S/PDIF When the ‘Stereo PCM’ digital output is selected, all audio material played is stereo PCM down-mixed to stereo and output as stereo PCM. Use this setting if yo
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Dolby Pro Logic II Dolby Pro Logic II decoding is designed to produce a 5-channel analogue output from two-channel source material. Set this item to one of the following. Due to the different recording methods used for movies and music, it is recommended that the correct decoding mode for your source material is used to obtain the best results. Off No Dolby Pro Logic decoding is performed. Dolby Pro Logic decoding is performed. Dolby Pro Logic decoding is a legacy mode, Dolby and we recommen
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Speaker set-up This menu screen allows you to specify the speaker configuration that is connected to the analogue ouputs of your DVD player. (If you are using the HDMI or SPDIF audio outputs, this speaker configuration should be performed in your surround-sound receiver.) It is important that this configuration reflects accurately the actual situation, otherwise audio quality may be severely compromised. The speakers are indicated as follows: Front L/R This is the setting for the ‘Front’ spe
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Video post-processing (lip-sync.) Delay (NTSC/PAL) Modern displays and video scalers often employ digital video processing that can introduce a significant video delay. The ‘Delay’ menu items allow correction of this effect by delaying the audio soundtrack up to 150 milliseconds. The amount of correction required in a given system is best determined by experimentation. If the interlaced video outputs of the DV137 are in use and the display is converting the signal to < progressive scan then
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DVD/VCD special playback modes This section explains the special playback modes for DVDs and VCDs. The operations described here are not exactly the same for DVDs and VCDs, but very similar. Note that many VCDs have a single track, so some operations involving tracks will not be relevant. Jumping to a particular point Press the SRCH button on the remote control to open the ‘Search’ menu: If the disc is playing, then the elapsed and total times on the disc are shown in the top right of the page
