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DV686A ASIA_Mid.book Page 1 Friday, April 22, 2005 3:18 PM
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DV686A ASIA_Mid.book Page 2 Friday, April 22, 2005 3:18 PM 01 IMPORTANT CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, CAUTION: The exclamation point within an equilateral within an equilateral triangle, is intended to TO PREVENT THE RISK OF ELECTRIC triangle is intended to alert the user to the alert the user to the presence of uninsulated SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR presence of important operating and "dangerous voltage" within the product's BACK
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DV686A ASIA_Mid.book Page 3 Friday, April 22, 2005 3:18 PM WARNING POWER-CORD CAUTION Handle the power cord by the plug. Do not pull out the To prevent a fire hazard, do not place any naked flame sources (such as a lighted candle) on the plug by tugging the cord and never touch the power equipment. D3-4-2-1-7a_A_En cord when your hands are wet as this could cause a short circuit or electric shock. Do not place the unit, a piece of furniture, etc., on the power cord, or pinch the This pro
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DV686A ASIA_Mid.book Page 4 Friday, April 22, 2005 3:18 PM Contents Contents Creating a program list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 01 Before you start Searching a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Switching subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 What’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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DV686A ASIA_Mid.book Page 5 Friday, April 22, 2005 3:18 PM Before you start 01 Chapter 1 Before you start New Disc Navigator with moving Features pictures DVD-Audio and SACD compatible The new Disc Navigator enables you play the Experience the super high-quality audio perfor- first few seconds of each title or chapter in a mance of DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD thumbnail image on screen. (SACD). DSP effects for enhanced playback Super VCD
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DV686A ASIA_Mid.book Page 6 Friday, April 22, 2005 3:18 PM 01 Before you start Make sure that the plus and minus ends of What’s in the box each battery match the indications in the Please confirm that the following accessories battery compartment. are in the box when you open it. Remove batteries from equipment that Remote control isn’t going to be used for a month or more. AA/R6P dry cell batteries x2 When disposing of used batteries, please Audio/vide
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DV686A ASIA_Mid.book Page 7 Friday, April 22, 2005 3:18 PM Before you start 01 Place on an unstable surface, or one that is This player supports the IEC’s Super VCD stan- not large enough to support all four of the dard. Compared to the Video CD standard, unit’s feet. Super VCD offers superior picture quality, and allows two stereo soundtracks to be recorded. Super VCD also supports the widescreen size. Disc / content format playback compatibility This player is compatib
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DV686A ASIA_Mid.book Page 8 Friday, April 22, 2005 3:18 PM 01 Before you start Compressed audio compatibility About DivX Compatible formats: MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 DivX is a compressed digital video format ® (MP3), Windows Media Audio (WMA) created by the DivX video codec from DivXNetworks, Inc. This player can play DivX Sampling rates: 32, 44.1 or 48kHz video files burned on CD-R/RW/ROM discs. Bit-rates: Any (128Kbps or higher Keeping
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DV686A ASIA_Mid.book Page 9 Friday, April 22, 2005 3:18 PM Before you start 01 The number of external subtitle files which PC-created disc compatibility can be switched for the same movie file is Discs recorded using a personal computer limited to a maximum of 10. may not be playable in this unit due to the setting of the application software used to create the disc. In these particular instances, DivX video compatibility check with the software publisher for mor
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DV686A ASIA_Mid.book Page 10 Friday, April 22, 2005 3:18 PM 02 Connecting up Chapter 2 Connecting up Easy connections 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. A/V IN TV White VIDEO OUT SL C PB L AC IN L R OPTICAL COAXIAL R SR SW PR Y AUDIO OUT DIGITAL AUDIO OUT (2ch) AUDIO OUT (5.1ch) COMPONENT VIDEO OUT S-VIDEO OUT Red Yellow To power
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DV686A ASIA_Mid.book Page 11 Friday, April 22, 2005 3:18 PM Connecting up 02 1 Connect the VIDEO OUT and AUDIO OUT (2ch) jacks to a set of A/V inputs on your TV. S-VIDEO IN Use the supplied audio/video cable, connecting the red and white plugs to the TV audio outputs and the yellow plug to the video output. Make sure you match up the left and VIDEO OUT SL C PB L right audio outputs with their corresponding L inputs for correct stereo sound. R R SR SW PR Y AUDIO OUT (2
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DV686A ASIA_Mid.book Page 12 Friday, April 22, 2005 3:18 PM 02 Connecting up Compatibility of this player with Watching progressive scan video progressive-scan and high-definition TVs from the component video outputs This player is compatible with progressive This player can output progressive scan video video Macro Vision System Copy Guard. from the component video output. Compared to interlace video, progressive scan video Consumers should note that not all
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DV686A ASIA_Mid.book Page 13 Friday, April 22, 2005 3:18 PM Connecting up 02 Connecting the multichannel analog Connecting to an AV receiver outputs You can connect this player to your AV receiver using the multichannel analog outputs or one If your AV receiver has 5.1 channel analog of the digital outputs. inputs, we recommend connecting this player to it using the multichannel analog outputs. In addition to these connections, you should Doing this will ens
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DV686A ASIA_Mid.book Page 14 Friday, April 22, 2005 3:18 PM 02 Connecting up Connecting the digital output This player has both optical and coaxial-type digital audio outputs for connection to an AV receiver. Connect whichever is convenient. Depending on the capabilities of your AV receiver, you might have to set up this player to output only digital audio in a compatible format. See Digital Audio Out settings on page 34 and refer to the operating instructions that came with
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DV686A ASIA_Mid.book Page 15 Friday, April 22, 2005 3:18 PM Controls and displays 03 Chapter 3 Controls and displays Front panel 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 STANDBY/ON (page 17) 9 MENU (page 21) 2 and (page 20, 22) 10 ENTER & cursor buttons (page 17) 3 (page 20) 11 TOP MENU (page 21) 4 (page 20) 12 Display 5 (page 20) 13 OPEN/CLOSE (page 19) 6 RW Compatible (page 7) 14 Disc tray 7 HOME MENU (page 17) 15 Remote control sensor (page
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DV686A ASIA_Mid.book Page 16 Friday, April 22, 2005 3:18 PM 03 Controls and displays 11 (page 20) Remote control 12 PLAY MODE (page 26) 13 SURROUND (page 32) STANDBY/ON OPEN/CLOSE 14 OPEN/CLOSE (page 19) 1 14 15 ANGLE (page 31) AUDIO SUBTITLE ANGLE 2 15 16 CLEAR (page 28) 3 CLEAR 1 23 4 16 17 ENTER (page 17) ENTER 4 5 6 17 18 MENU (page 21) 0 78 9 19 RETURN (page 17) TOP MENU MENU 5 18 20
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DV686A ASIA_Mid.book Page 17 Friday, April 22, 2005 3:18 PM Getting started 04 Chapter 4 Getting started Switching on Using the on-screen displays After making sure that everything is connected For ease of use, this player makes extensive properly and that the player is plugged in, use of graphical on-screen displays (OSDs). press STANDBY/ON on the front panel or All the screens are navigated in basically the remote control to switch the player on. same
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DV686A ASIA_Mid.book Page 18 Friday, April 22, 2005 3:18 PM 04 Getting started Setting the language of this Note player’s on-screen displays From here on in this manual, the word This sets the language of the player’s on- ‘select’ generally means use the cursor screen displays. buttons to highlight an item on-screen, then press ENTER. 1 Press HOME MENU and select ‘Initial Settings’. Setting up the player for your Initial Settings TV If you have a widescreen (16
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DV686A ASIA_Mid.book Page 19 Friday, April 22, 2005 3:18 PM Getting started 04 2 Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc Playing discs tray. The basic playback controls for playing DVD, CD, SACD, Video CD/Super VCD, DivX video 3 Load a disc. and MP3/WMA discs are covered here. Further Load a disc with the label side facing up, using functions are detailed in the next chapter. the disc tray guide to align the disc (if you’re loading a double-sided DVD disc, load i
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DV686A ASIA_Mid.book Page 20 Friday, April 22, 2005 3:18 PM 04 Getting started Basic playback controls Button What it does The table below shows the basic controls on Numbers Use to enter a title/chapter/track the remote for playing discs. The following (remote number. Press ENTER to select. chapter covers other playback features in more only) If the disc is stopped, playback detail. starts from the selected title (for DVD), group (for
