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Owner’s Manual
RDV-1040
DVD Player
COVER GRAPHIC PLACEHOLDER
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2 RDV-1040 DVD Player Important Safety Instructions CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK WARNING: There are no user serviceable parts inside. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. DO NOT OPEN WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose the unit to CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO moisture or water. Do not allow foreign objects to get into the enclosure. If the NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE unit is exposed to moisture, or a fo
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3 English Figure 1: RR-DV96 Remote Control 15 Infrared output window 1 TV/DVD switch 1 TV / DVD switch Switches the RDV-1040 between TV control mode and the DVD player control mode. 16 DVD POWER button 2 OPEN/CLOSE button 17 TV POWER button 2 OPEN/CLOSE button Opens and closes the disc tray. 18 RETURN button 3 REPEAT button 3 Repeat button 19 DIMMER button Switches the RDV-1040 among “no repeat” mode, “repeat 1” mode and to “repeat all” mode. 20 VSS button Numeric buttons 4 4 Numeric buttons In
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4 RDV-1040 DVD Player Figure 2: Front Panel Controls 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 STANDBY button Disc tray OPN/CLS (OPEN/CLOSE) button Turns the unit on or off (standby). Used to load discs. Opens and closes the disc tray. STANDBY indicator Display Window ■ (STOP) button Shows various indicators and information about Lights when the power cord is connected and the Stops playback. the operation of the RDV-1040 unit is on standby. When the unit is turned on, Also used to erase all programmed tracks f
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5 English Contents About Rotel About the RDV-1040 Important Safety Instructions ................ 2 A family whose passionate interest in music Thank you for purchasing the Rotel RDV-1040. Contents ............................................... 5 led them to manufacture high fidelity compo- It will provide years of enjoyment when used nents of uncompromising quality founded Rotel in a high-quality home theater system. About Rotel .......................................... 5 over 40 years ago. Th
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6 RDV-1040 DVD Player Placement NTSC/PAL Output Signal Precautions Selector Switch Place the RDV-1040 on a surface that is level, dry and neither too hot nor too cold (between Set to NTSC for televsion sets in North America. Please read this manual carefully, particularly 5˚C and 35˚C, 41˚F and 95˚F). Do not place Set to PAL for televsion sets in Europe. the Caution information on page 2. In addi- the unit where it will be exposed to direct sun- tion to basic installation and operating instruc-
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7 English Composite Input TV Connection THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES. OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS (1) THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE AND (2) THIS DEVICE MUST ACCEPT ANY Connect the COMPOSITE VIDEO output CLASS 1 INTERFERENCE RECEIVED INCLUDING INTERFERENCE THAT MAY CAUSE UNDESIRED OPERATION. LASER PRODUCT PRODUCT COMPLIES WITH DHHS RULES Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. "Dolby" and the double-D 21 CFR SUBCHAPTE
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8 RDV-1040 DVD Player Connecting to Audio Optical Connection Equipment with a Digital Input THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES. OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS (1) THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE AND (2) THIS DEVICE MUST ACCEPT ANY CLASS 1 INTERFERENCE RECEIVED INCLUDING INTERFERENCE THAT MAY CAUSE UNDESIRED OPERATION. You can enhance the sound quality by connect- LASER PRODUCT Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. "Dolby" and
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9 English 2 Place two R6P (SUM-3)/ 4 Test the program setting by pressing the TV Connecting the Power Cord 17 AA(15F) batteries in the re- POWER button to see if it turns your mote control according to set on. If there is more than one code listed the polarity markings (“+” for the manufacturer of your TV, try them AC Input and “–”) inside the com- one by one until you succeed. Your RDV-1040 is configured at the factory for partment and on the bat- Manufacturer No. Manufacturer No. the proper
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10 RDV-1040 DVD Player NOTE: With some DVD and Video CD discs, Playable Discs Disc Care and Handling you may not be able to control them accord- ing to the instructions described in this This unit can play the following types of discs: Proper handling and storage of discs is very manual, because of the contents of the disc. important. If a disc gets dirty, dusty, scratched DVD Video or warped, playback, sound and picture will This RDV-1040 accommodates the PAL system, be adversely affected. and
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11 English 34 5 Press ENTER . The third page is shown. Getting Started Initial Setup The pull-down menu of the DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT is already open. When you turn on the RDV-1040 for the first Turning On the RDV-1040 time, the following message appears on the 1 With the TV/DVD switch set to DVD press TV screen. 16 the DVD POWER button on the RR-DV96. EXECUTE DVD PLAYER SETUP? Or press the STANDBY button on the front BASIC PICTURE/AUDIO SETTING panel. The STANDBY/ON indicator on the front YES
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12 RDV-1040 DVD Player On Screen Icons Basic Disc Play Resuming Playback During disc playback, you may see icons dis- played over the picture. These have the follow- The RDV-1040 can remember the position on ing meanings. a disc where you interrupt playback and re- 1 Press the OPN/CLS button on the front sume playback from that position later. There – Is displayed at the beginning of a scene 2 panel or the OPEN/CLOSE button on are three resume modes; ON, OFF and DISC recorded from multipl
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13 English To Resume Playback To Play Disc in Slow Motion Various Speed Playback When the resume mode is ON While the disc that you interrupted playback To Rapidly Advance or You can select from 1/32 times, 1/16 times, of is still on the disc tray, press (PLAY) Reverse Playback 1/4 times and 1/2 times normal speed. 28 . The RDV-1040 resumes playback from 27 the position where playback was interrupted. During playback, press (PAUSE) , then II 29 The TV screen shows RESUME PLAY. press (
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14 RDV-1040 DVD Player 28 Using the Numeric Buttons 1 In stop mode, press (PLAY) or TOP Advanced Operations 11 MENU . A disc menu appears on the For DVD VIDEO/Audio CD: During playback TV screen. or while in stop mode – 1 Make sure that the TV/DVD switch on the 4 2 Press the numeric buttons to select the remote control is set to “DVD” when using the For SVCD/Video CD: During playback with- desired item. , numeric and TV/VIDEO - CANCEL out PBC function or while in stop mode – buttons for c
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15 English 2 Press / to move to , then press NOTE: During program playback, you Changing Playback Order ENTER. The pull-down menu for entering time cannot edit the program contents. appears. To Check the Program Contents Playing Tracks in a Specific Screen example for DVD VIDEO 9 During playback, press ■ (STOP) . Play- Order (Program Play) 8.5Mbps TITLE 33 CHAP 33 TOTAL 1:25:58 back stops and the program table is shown. OFF CHAP. 1/3 1/5 1/3 By programming tracks, you can play up to TIME _:_
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16 RDV-1040 DVD Player NOTES: When the program playback mode Repeat Playback Changing the Language, is active with an SVCD, Video CD or Audio CD, the repeat mode changes in the same Sound and Scene Angle manner. To Repeat the Current Note, however, that in the mode the Selection or All Tracks RDV-1040 repeats all the programmed Selecting the Subtitle tracks instead of all tracks on the disc. Language (SUBTITLE) The repeat playback may not work with For DVD VIDEO: During playback – some di
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17 English 23 1 During playback, press AUDIO . The 2 Press / or ANGLE to select the desired To Adjust the Picture Quality audio selection window appears on the TV angle. Each time you press / or ANGLE, (VFP) screen. the angle changes. 34 3 Press ENTER . The VFP (Video Fine Processor) function allows You will see the picture from the selected angle. you to adjust the picture quality according to The angle selection window disappears. the type of programming, picture tone or per- 2 Press /
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18 RDV-1040 DVD Player SATURATION: Adjust this if the picture is 3 Press / to adjust the effect level. You Basic Operation Procedure whitish or blackish. Available range: –16 can set the effect level from 1 to 5. The higher 1 Press / to select the icon you want to (blackest) to +16 (whitest). value enhances the effect. work with. The selected icon is indicated by . 20 TINT: Adjust this if the appearance of flesh To turn off the VSS window press VSS . tones is unnatural. Available range: –16
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19 English Audio Selection Time Search • The RDV-1040 recognizes up to 150 tracks During playback, selects the audio language Specifies a time from the beginning of the disc per group, and up to 99 groups per disc. If or sound track. as the point from which to begin playback. there are files other than MP3/WMA files, they also count in the 150-file total. PROG. 1. Open the pull-down window. Program Playback 2. Press / to select a desired audio lan- While stopped, specifies the playback order
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20 RDV-1040 DVD Player Repeat Playback NOTES: 2 Press / to move the bar to a desired The RDV-1040 does not support “packet group. On the right column, tracks in the During playback or while stopped, press RE- writing (UDF format)” discs. selected group are shown. 3 PEAT . Each time you press REPEAT, the The RDV-1040 does not support the ID3 8 26 3 Press or to select a de- repeat mode changes as follows. tag. 34 sired track, then press ENTER or The RDV-1040 supports discs recorded 28 (PLAY
