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DVD99
DVD player
User’s manual
2
ENGLISH
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Important safety instructions For your own safety please read the following important safety CAUTION AVIS ACHTUNG instructions carefully before attempting to connect this unit to the mains Risk of electric Risque de choc Vorm öffnen power supply. They will also enable you to get the best performance and shock. electrique. des gerätes. prolong the life of the unit: Do not open. Ne pas ouvrir. Netzstecker ziehen. 1. Read these instructions. The lightning flash with the arrowhead symbol within an e
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DVD99 Limited warranty Cambridge Audio warrants this product to be free from defects in Ventilation materials and workmanship (subject to the terms set forth below). IMPORTANT - The unit will become hot when in use. Do not stack Cambridge Audio will repair or replace (at Cambridge Audio's option) this multiple units on top of each other. Do not place in an enclosed area product or any defective parts in this product. Warranty periods may vary such as a bookcase or in a cabinet without sufficient
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Contents Introduction Important safety instructions ....................................................................2 Thank you for purchasing this Cambridge Audio DVD player. We hope that you enjoy many years of pleasure from it. Limited warranty..........................................................................................3 The DVD99 is a 'universal' player that supports DVD-Audio (DVD-A) and Introduction .........................................................................
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DVD99 Rear panel connections 6 Digital This product complies with DHHS rules 21 CFR, Composite Component L / Mixed SL C SBL Chapter 1, Subchapter J, Part 1040 at date of Class 1 Laser Product Outputs manufacture. Luokan 1 Laserplaite Y PCM/DTS/ Apparatus claims of US patent nos. 4,631,603; Klass 1 Laserapparat Cb 4,577,216; 4,819,098 and 4,907,093 licensed for Dolby Digital 5 / limited viewing only. Designed in London, England Pb “DTS” and “DTS Digital Out” is a trademark of Digital Thea
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Front panel controls 1080p 2 3 4 1 1080i 720p 480/576 USB 2.0 CD/SACD/DVD-Audio Player Power 10 1080p Upscale HDMI with USB 9 Open/Close Play/Pause Stop Upscale 5 6 7 8 1 10 Power Resolution indicators Switches the unit on and off. Indicates which HDMI resolution is in use: 1080p - Upscaled at 1080 lines progressive 2 Disc tray DVD/Compact Disc tray. Use the Open/Close button to activate. 1080i - Upscaled at 1080 lines interlaced 720p - Upscaled at 720 lines progressive 3 IR sensor 480/576 - Nat
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DVD99 Audio Repeat Press to access alternate audio soundtracks on the DVD (if available on Press to repeatedly play a single chapter/title on a DVD video or a single the DVD disc). track/entire disc on a CD. The first press selects chapter/track repeat, the second press selects title/disc repeat, the third press selects all repeat. Subtitle Press to enable/disable Subtitles (if available on the DVD disc). A-B Press to mark a segment between A and B for repeated playback. The Angle first press m
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Audio connections Do not plug in the mains power lead or turn the unit on until all 1 Analog Stereo connections have been made. Digital Audio 2 Three types of audio connection can be made between the DVD99 and 3 Analog 5.1/7.1 your stereo/AV system: In AV receiver In 2 1 OR Phono cable (2RCA-2RCA) Digital This product complies with DHHS rules 21 CFR, Chapter 1, Subchapter J, Part 1040 at date of Class 1 Laser Product Composite Component L / Mixed SL C SBL Outputs manufacture. Luokan 1 Laserp
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DVD99 Analog video connections 1 The DVD99 can output video in both fully digital (HDMI) and analog Component - Connect with 75 ohm Component video cables (3RCA- (Composite, S-Video, RGB/SCART and Component) formats. If your TV 3RCA). set supports HDMI then this is the preferred format (see next section). 2 SCART/RGB - Connect with a dedicated SCART Audio/Video cable. If your TV set supports only analog video the preferred connection is (in 3 S-Video - Connect with S-Video cable. declining order
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DVD player setup General setup page Press the Setup button on the remote to enter the Setup menus, Two menu options will be displayed, common and professional: - - General Setup Page - - TV Display 16:9 Wide Screen Saver On Scart YCbCr Setup SACD Priority Multi-Channel Component Mode P-Scan DVD-Audio Mode DVD-Audio Subtitle Font Font 1 Auto Play Mode On Go To General Setup Page With the General setup page selected, use the and buttons to move up/down to the desired sub-menu. Use the navigati
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DVD99 TV Display Component Mode Use to select the screen format to fit your TV screen. Use to select between the following display modes for the Component Video output: 4:3 PanScan - You can select this screen when connected to a normal TV set. The Progressive (P-Scan) - Is a method for displaying, storing or transmitting widescreen picture will display on the full moving images in which all the lines of each frame are drawn in screen, but some parts of the video sequence. picture will be cut
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Speaker setup page Down-mix Use this option to set the audio down-mix mode for converting multi- channel audio into two-channel output. This setting affects the analog - - Speaker Setup Page - - and HDMI audio outputs. The options are: Down-mix Stereo LT/RT – Dolby Pro Logic II Left Total/Right Total. This mode is intended Front Speaker Large for use with two-channel Dolby Pro Logic II receivers. The center and Centre Speaker Small surround channels are mixed into the two front channels accordin
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DVD99 Channel Delay For best surround-sound effects it is desirable to adjust the channel delay so that sounds from each speaker arrive at the listener at the same time. This is done by measuring the distance from the listening position to the Left or Right Front speaker (which should be equidistant from the listener), distance from the listening position to the Centre Speaker and similarly to the Right Rear Speaker, Left Rear Speaker and Subwoofer. See diagram below: 1 2 1 = Front Left & Right
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Audio setup page EQ Type Use to set the equalization pattern type. Available options are: None, Rock, Pop, Live, Dance, Techno, Classic and Soft. - - Audio Setup Page - - EQ Type None Sound Field Off Sound Field Digital Output Raw Use to set the sound field effect. Available options are: Off, Concert, LPCM Rate 48K Living Room, Hall, Bathroom, Cave, Arena and Church. HDMI Audio LPCM SACD over HDMI PCM Dolby Digital Setup Digital Output Use to set the bit stream type of the digital audio output f
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DVD99 To get the best possible audio via HDMI, you may need to set the following options on the DVD99s setup menu, depending on your HDMI- capable receiver/display configuration: • No Surround Speakers (such as a TV): If the receiver or TV does not have surround speakers, please set the Speaker Setup Page > Down- mix to "Stereo" or "V. Surround". Also set the Audio Setup Page > HDMI Audio to "Multi-Channel". Alternatively, you may set Audio Setup Page > HDMI Audio to "SPDIF" and Audio Setup Page
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Video setup page Sharpness Use to set the sharpness of video output: - - Video Setup Page - - Sharp – Enable edge enhancement. Video details are the sharper. May cause slight white line etching around objects. Sharpness Off Brightness 00 Soft – Soften edges. Video appears to be smoother but may cause slight loss of details. Contrast 00 Hue 00 Off (Recommended) – Turn off edge enhancement completely. Saturation 00 Note: Sharpness (edge enhancement) is an artificial video processing Gamma Off func
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DVD99 Preference page Parental Control 1 Kid 2 G 3 PG - - Preference Page - - 4 PG 13 5 PG R TV Type Auto 6 R Audio English 7 NC 17 Subtitle Off 8 Adult Disc Menu English Off Parental Control Off Password Password Change Default Default Reset Go To Preference Page Note: To access the Preference menu, the disc tray drawer must be open or when the disc is completely stopped . TV Type Use to set the output video system (PAL/NTSC) to match the type of TV: The Preferences menus are used to set the de
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Basic operating instructions Getting started Repeat Turn on the power of the TV, amplifier/AV receiver and any other Note: The Repeat function is available only during playback. components which are connected to the DVD player. Make sure the TV Press the Repeat button on the remote to repeatedly play a single and the audio receiver are set to the correct input channel. chapter/title on a DVD video or a single track/entire disc on a CD. 1. Press the Open/Close button to open the disc tray. The f
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DVD99 MPEG4 Playback DVD Audio The MPEG4 is the standard publicised by MPEG4 (Moving Picture Using MLP lossless from Dolby Laboratories. DVD-Audio discs can store up to six channels of 24-bit/96 kHz audio, including a separate low- Experts Group). MPEG4 allows video and audio to be compressed to a frequency bass channel. Compare that to two channels of 16-bit/44.1 fraction of its original size. kHz sound from CD’s! For stereo buffs, a DVD-Audio disc can With a scalable bitstream, it can be adapt
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Language code list Code Language name Code Language name Code Language name 6565 Afar 7285 Hungarian 8084 Portuguese 6566 Abkhazian 7289 Armenian 8185 Quechua 6570 Afrikaans 7365 Interlingua 8277 Rhaeto-Romance 6577 Ameharic 7378 Indonesian 8279 Romanian 6582 Arabic 7383 Icelandic 8285 Russian 6583 Assamese 7384 Italian 8365 Sanskrit 6588 Aymara 7387 Hebrew 8368 Sindhi 6590 Azerbaijani 7465 Japanese 8372 Serbo-Croatian 6665 Bashkir 7473 Yiddish 8373 Singhalese 6669 Byelorussian 7487 Javanese 837
