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TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents Page 1 General Information: General Info. & Safety Precautions Page 2-5 Before You Start: Features, Disc Compatibility Page 6-8 Front Panel: Front Panel Controls and Functions Page 9 Rear Panel: Controls and Connections Page 10 Remote Control/Display: Description and Functions Page 11-13 Getting Started: On-screen Displays, Setup Navigator Page 14-16 Playing Discs Page 17-19 FA
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CONGRATULATIONS You have just acquired the finest player available for the playback of digitally encoded source material for both audio and video formats. IMPORTANT Save all packaging in a dry place away from fire hazards. Your Bel Canto player is a precision electronic instrument and should be properly packaged any time shipment is made. In the unlikely event that you have to return your unit to the factory for service, or if you send it to us for updating, the original packaging will
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IMPORTANT CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The lightning flash with arrowhead CAUTION: The exclamation point within an symbol, within an equilateral TO PREVENT THE RISK OF ELECTRIC equilateral triangle is intended to triangle, is intended to alert the SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER alert the user to the presence of user to the presence of uninsulated (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE important operating and “dangerous voltage” within the PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICINGmaintenance (servicing)
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POWER-CORD PROTECTION — Power-supply DAMAGE REQUIRING SERVICE — Unplug this cords should be routed so that they are not product from the wall outlet and refer servicing likely to be walked on or pinched by items to qualified service personnel under the placed upon or against them, paying particular following conditions: attention to cords at plugs, convenience • When the power-supply cord or plug is receptacles, and the point where they exit from damaged. the product. • If liquid has been spille
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ADDITIONAL SAFTEY REQUIREMENTS Please carefully read each item of the operating instructions and safety precautions before using this product. Use extra care to follow the warnings written on the product itself and/or in the operating instructions. Keep the operating instructions and safety precautions for future reference. Caution: to reduce the risk of electrical shock, do not remove any of the cover panels. No user-serviceable parts inside. Refer all servicing to qualified service pe
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01 Before You Start Super Fine Focus digital filter Features This improves the quality of the video output DVD-Audio and SACD compatible by reducing video noise and increasing the Experience the super high-quality audio horizonatal resolution to 540 lines. performance of DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD (SACD). MP3 compatibility The on-board 24-bit/192kHz DAC means that This player is compatible with CD-R, CD-RW this player is fully compatible with high and CD-ROM
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01 Before You Start CD-R/RW Compatibility Disc / Content Format Play- • This unit will play CD-R and CD-RW back Compatibility discs recorded in CD Audio, Video CD, or MP3 audio formatting. However, any General Disc Compatibility other content may cause the disc not to • This player was designed and engi- play, or create noise/distortion in the neered to be compatible with software output. containing one or more of the following • This unit cannot record CD-R or
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Before You Start 01 • This player is compatible with multi- DVD-Audio discs are divided into one or session discs, but only plays sessions more groups that can each contain a that are closed. number of tracks. • Use CD-R or CD-RW media for record- ing your MP3 files. Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 • This player can recognize a maximum of 250 folders or 250 tracks. Discs contain- Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 1 Track 1 Track 2 ing more than 250 folders or 250 tracks will
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03 Controls and Displays Display 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 16 15 14 13 12 1 5.1CH 9 TRK Lights when analog 5.1 channel output is Indicates that the character display is selected. showing a track number 2V-PART 10 CHP Lights when playing a video part of a DVD Indicates that the character display is disc showing a DVD chapter number 3 PRGSVE 11 REMAIN This indicator is not used on this player. Lights when the character display is showing See Section for
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Controls and Displays 03 5 ENTER & Joystick Remote control Use to navigate on-screen displays and menus. Press ENTER to select an option or execute a command • Buttons 6 thru 9 and 20 thu 22 glow slightly in the dark for ease of use. 6 (RETURN) Press to return to a previous menu screen 13 7 V.ADJ (VIDEO ADJUST ) OPEN / 1 CLOSE Press to display the Video Adjust menu. 14 DISPLAY AUDIO SUBTITLE ANGLE 2 15 SETUP TOP MENU 16 3 MENU 4 – MULTI SPEED + 17 8 7 Press to stop the disc (you can resume pla
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03 Controls and Displays 18 MULTI DIAL 28 TV Use for scanning and slow motion control. Press TV to turn the TV’s power on or put in to standby 19 Jog indcator Setting up the Remote Control to Lights when multi dial is in jog mode . TV This most be set to use buttons 27 and 28. 20 JOG (JOG MODE) 1. Input the Manufacturer code. Press to put switch jog mode on/off. When While holiding down the CLEAR button, on, use the MULTI DIAL to advance or input the two digit code from the table next reverse f
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Getting Started 04 Using the on-screen displays For ease of use, this player makes extensive • Information at the bottom of every OSD use of graphical on-screen displays (OSDs). screen explains the currently selected You should get used to the way these work as menu item and shows which buttons you’ll need to use them when setting up the can be used for that screen. player, using some of the playback features, such as program play, and when making more advanced settings for audio and video. Sett
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04 Getting Started 4 Select a DVD language. 7 Did you connect a digital output to Some DVD discs feature on-screen menus, your AV receiver? soundtracks and subtitles in several lan- Select Connected or Not Connected. guages. Set your preferred language here. Setup Navigator Setup Navigator Language Settings AV Receiver Connected Language Settings DVD Language English Audio Out Settings 5.1ch Audio Out Not Connected Audio Out Settings French German Speaker Settings Digital Audio Out Speaker Setti
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Getting Started 04 10 Do you have a sub-woofer connected 13 Is your AV receiver compatible with to your AV receiver? 96kHz Linear PCM audio? Select Connected or Not Connected. Select Compatible, Not Compatible or Don’t Know. Setup Navigator Language Settings Center Speaker Connected Setup Navigator Audio Out Settings Surround Speakers Not Connected Speaker Settings Sub-woofer Language Settings Dolby Digital Compatible AV Receiver Func. Audio Out Settings DTS Not Compatible Don't Know Speaker Set
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04 Getting Started 1 If the player isn’t already on, press Playing discs STANDBY/ON to switch it on. The basic playback controls for playing DVD, If you’re playing a DVD or Video CD, also turn CD, SACD, Video CD and MP3 discs are on your TV and make sure that it is set to the covered here. Further functions are detailed correct video input. in the next chapter. 2 Press 0 OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc tray. Throughout this manual, the term ‘DVD’ 3 Load a disc. means DVD-Video, DVD-Audio and Load a
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Getting Started 04 Button What it does Front panel controls The 3 (play), 7 (stop), and 8 (pause) buttons 3 Starts playback. DVD and Video CD: if the on the front panel work in exactly the same way as their remote control equivalents. The display shows RESUME, combined scan/skip buttons on the front playback starts from the resume point. panel (4 1 and ¡ ¢) work slightly differently from the remote buttons. 8 Pauses a disc that’s playing, or restarts a paused disc. OPEN/CLOSE 0 3 PLAY 41 ¡¢ 7
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04 Getting Started Video CD PBC menus Some Video CDs have menus from which • Some DVD-Audio discs feature a ‘bonus you can choose what you want to watch. group’. To access this group you have to These are called PBC (Playback control) input a password, which you can find on menus. the disc’s packaging. You can play a PBC Video CD/Super VCD without having to navigate the PBC menu by SETUP TOP MENU starting playback using a number button or MENU – MULTI SPEED + track skip button (¢) to select a
