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Owner’s Manual
CDP-300
DVD Player
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WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN C A UTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. NOTICE All of us at Classé take extreme care to ensure that your purchase will remain a prized investment. We are proud to inform you that all Classé components have been officially approved for the Eur
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Important Safety Instructions 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water. If a liquid does enter your component, immediately disconnect it from the AC mains and take it to your Classé dealer for a thorough checkup 6. Clean only with dry cloth. 7. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. 8. Do not install near any heat sources s
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Contents Welcome to the Classé family ..........................................................................6 a word about installation .......................................................................... 6 Unpacking and Placement ...............................................................................7 unpacking your player .............................................................................. 7 placement .................................................................
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The Menu System ..........................................................................................26 main menu system ................................................................................. 26 system setup .................................................................................... 26 teach IR ........................................................................................... 26 display setup ......................................................................
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Welcome to the Classé family Congratulations on your purchase of a Classé product. It is the result of many years of continuous refinement, and we are sure that you will enjoy it for many years to come. We value our relationship with our customers. Please allow us to stay in touch with you by returning your warranty card now, before you pack up the shipping carton of your new product and forget all about it. Doing so will enable us to let you know about any possible future upgrades or update
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Unpacking and Placement unpacking your player Carefully unpack your DVD player according to the supplied instructions, and remove all accessories from the carton. Important! Keep all packing materials for future transport of your Classé product. Shipping your new component in anything other than its purpose-designed packing material may result in damage that is not covered by the warranty. placement The CDP-300 has been designed to operate optimally on any stable and level surface. Incorpo
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serial number The serial number for your DVD player is found on the rear of the unit. Please note and record this number on the page entitled Important Safety Instructions for your future reference. register your purchase! Having found the serial number, now would be a good time to fill out the registration card. Please register your purchase so we can advise you of updates and other items of interest. It will take only a minute or so. Please complete the card now, before you forget. operatin
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warm up/break-in period Your new Classé DVD player will deliver outstanding performance immediately. However, you should expect to hear it improve somewhat as it reaches its normal operating temperatures and its various components “break-in.” It has been our experience that the greatest changes occur within the first 300 hours, as the player reaches thermal equilibrium and the capacitors fully form. After this initial break-in period, the performance of your new product should remain quite
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Special Design Features flexible GUI The LCD touchscreen on the front panel of your new component supports an extremely flexible and versatile graphical user interface (GUI) while maintaining a clean, uncluttered appearance. The CDP-300 provides a range of controls that might otherwise require dozens of buttons and knobs on the front panel. Despite this power and flexibility, it remains simple to operate in day-to-day use. highly refined Classé products are designed to deliver consistent, state
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���� MEN U ����� LOAD � CDP-300 ������� Front Panel 1 Standby button & LED indicator The front panel Standby button will toggle the player between its fully operational status and a standby mode that leaves the player off, yet ready to respond to system commands via any of the supported control options (e.g. IR input, DC trigger, CAN Bus, or RS-232). The current state of the player is indicated by the LED on the Standby button on the front panel. When the unit is powered and switched on, th
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2 Menu button Pressing the front panel Menu button will call up the menu system, replacing the normal status display in the LCD touchscreen of the CDP-300. 3 LCD touchscreen Most of your interaction with the CDP-300 will be with the front panel LCD touchscreen (and with the CDP-300’s supplied remote control). It will usually display the information you are accustomed to seeing on the front of most CD and DVD players (track number, time, etc.), as well as the basic transport controls. In ad
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Rear Panel 1 Analog Outputs In most installations, you will want to use both the analog and the digital outputs of the CDP-300. Doing so will allow you to take full advantage of high resolution multichannel formats such as DVD-Audio, while also passing the multichannel digital output to your A/V preamplifier when that is more appropriate. The front left and right channels are supported with both balanced analog outputs on XLR connectors and single-ended analog outputs on RCA connectors. usi
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For this reason, we strongly recommend using the balanced analog interconnections between your Classé components wherever possible. The pin assignments of these XLR-type female output connectors are: Pin 1: Signal ground Pin 2: Signal + (non-inverting) Pin 3: Signal – (inverting) Connector ground lug: chassis ground These pin assignments are consistent with the standards adopted by the Audio Engineering Society. using the single-ended All six output channels of the CDP-300 are provided i
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For this reason, you are advised to use component video connections whenever possible. This advice holds especially true for the CDP-300, since it incorporates sophisticated video processing circuitry that can convert the standard definition DVDs you play to high definition rates that are most compatible with today’s best video displays. The Component video output of the CDP-300 can be set to 480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p, or 1080i (based on the best match to your display). All three analog
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4 Digital Outputs The CDP-300 has three digital outputs, all of which carry the same information. You may use whichever connection you prefer, consistent with the available connections on your A/V preamplifier/processor. Only one of the three connections is needed. coaxial digital output The coaxial digital output provides a digital audio signal via a 75 Ω coaxial cable equipped with RCA-type connectors. Connect this output to a corresponding coaxial digital input on your preamplifier/process
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Note: Many IR repeater systems do not yet support the stripped-carrier signal format required by your DVD player. If yours does not, a Delta IR Interface may be required to ensure compatibility between your IR repeater system and your Delta-series Classé equipment. Your dealer can assist you in designing an effective IR repeater system. The player is designed to respond to IR commands of 5VDC, with the tip of the mono mini-jacks defined to be “positive” relative to the shank of the pl
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8 RS-232 Control Port This port has two purposes: • downloading new operating software into your player (should new features ever be added, for example) • external control of your preamplifier by systems such as ™ ® ™ i-Command , AMX and Crestron For more information, please contact your dealer and ask about home automation systems. 9 AC Mains Power Switch The main power switch for the CDP-300 is located at the right side of the rear panel. The player should be in standby mode before being sw
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The Remote Control Your new DVD player comes with a versatile remote control which can control both the CDP-300 itself and several aspects of the rest of a Classé-based system. �� ����� The keys are arranged in logical groups according to their functions. ���� ������ � ���� ����� � ���� � � � � � � � � 1 Basic Functions � � � This section along the top of the remote control includes two groups of � �� four functions that control your basic interactions with the CDP-300. The � � � ���� genera
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• Time cycles through the four time display modes: time elapsed on track time elapsed on disc time remaining on track time remaining on disc • Prog (for Program) allows you to quickly and easily create a programmed sequence of tracks (or chapters) to be played on the current disc. Pressing Prog will take you directly to the program page of the menu system, regardless of where you might be. Once on the program page, you can change the highlighted track using the Up and Down buttons,
