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OWNER’S GUIDE
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DVD280 OM 7/12/04 4:41 PM Page 2 read first! Important Safety Precautions! 13. Unplug this apparatus during light- 18. An outside antenna system should CAUTION ning storms or when unused for long not be located in the vicinity of over- periods of time. head power lines or other electric light RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK 14. Refer all servicing to qualified or power circuits, or where it can fall DO NOT OPEN service personnel. Servicing is into such power lines or circuits. CAUTION: To reduce the r
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DVD280 OM 7/12/04 4:41 PM Page 3 DVD280 DVD/CD PLAYER 4 Introduction 5 Safety Information 7 Features & DVD Compatibility 8 Packing List 9 Terminology 11 Front-Panel Controls 12 Front-Panel Information Display 13 Remote Control Functions 16 Rear-Panel Connections 17 Setup and Connections 18 Connecting to a TV Only 19 Connecting to a Receiver/Amplifier With Dolby Digital or DTS Decoder 20 Remote Control Operation 21 Digital Audio 22 System Setup 22 On-Screen Menu System 22 Configuring the DVD
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DVD280 OM 7/12/04 4:41 PM Page 4 INTRODUCTION ® Thank you for choosing the JBL DVD players are among the fastest ■ Plays a Wide Range of Video and DVD280, a multipurpose DVD player growing consumer electronics prod- Audio Formats, Including DVD- that delivers the highest level of play- ucts ever brought to market, so this Movie Discs, VCD, Standard CD back quality from a wide range of may be the first DVD player you’ve Audio Discs, CD-R/RW Audio optical media formats. Along with owned. Altho
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DVD280 OM 7/12/04 4:41 PM Page 5 SAFETY INFORMATION Installation Location Unpacking Verify Line Voltage Before Use The carton and shipping materials Your DVD280 has been designed for ■ To ensure proper operation, and to used to protect your new DVD player use with 230-volt AC current and the avoid the potential for safety haz- during shipment were specially plugs are specifically designed for ards, place the unit on a firm and designed to cushion it from shock 230-volt applications. Connectio
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DVD280 OM 7/12/04 4:41 PM Page 6 Moving the Unit NOTE: Changes or modifications may Before moving the unit, be certain to cause this unit to fail to comply with disconnect any interconnection cords Part 15 of the FCC Rules and may void with other components, and make the user’s authority to operate the certain that you disconnect the unit equipment. from the AC outlet. CAUTION: The DVD280 uses a laser IMPORTANT NOTE: To avoid damage system. To prevent direct exposure to to the DVD280 that ma
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DVD280 OM 7/12/04 4:41 PM Page 7 FEATURES & DVD COMPATIBILITY • Multiple options for dialogue lan- High-Quality Video Disc Formats Supported by guage and soundtrack selection This Player • Advanced pixel-by-pixel processing (limited to DVDs recorded with using 10-bit MPEG-2 video decoding The unit can play the following types multiple dialogue languages or circuits. of discs: soundtracks). • Test-screen signal for testing video • Parental lock settings to prevent performance and setup. play
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DVD280 OM 7/12/04 4:41 PM Page 8 Audio CD Compatibility NOTE: Due to differences in the for- Upgradeability via Internet matting of certain discs, it is possible The “firmware” controlling the func- • 8cm (3") or 12cm (5") discs that some discs may include features tionality of the JBL DVD280 is fully • Linear PCM digital audio that are not compatible with the upgradeable. In the event of future • Audio CDs are divided into tracks DVD280. Similarly, although the improvements to its operation
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DVD280 OM 7/12/04 4:41 PM Page 9 TERMINOLOGY Since they share some of the charac- JPEG Files: JPEG stands for the Joint Progressive Scan: The DVD280 offers teristics and technology of CD play- Photographic Experts Group, which progressive scan video outputs for ers, many of the terms and opera- developed a standard for compress- use with compatible high-resolution tional concepts used in a DVD player ing still images, such as photographs. televisions and projectors. Before are similar to what
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DVD280 OM 7/12/04 4:41 PM Page 10 Reading: This is a message that you Title: For a DVD, a title is defined as will see when you first press the Play an entire movie or program. There Button 5B. It refers to the fact may be as many chapters within a that the player must first examine the title as the producers decide to contents of the disc to see whether it include. Most discs include only one is a CD or DVD, and then extract the title, but some may have more than information about the type o
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DVD280 OM 7/12/04 4:41 PM Page 11 FRONT-PANEL CONTROLS DVD280 High Performance DVD/CD Player JPEG MP3 PROG RANDOM REPEAT 1 ALL A-B V.OFF TEST P.SCAN TITLE TRACK CHAPTER PBC HOUR MIN SEC VCD DVD VIDEO WMA Dimmer Test Power Standby 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ) !@# Main Power On/Off 5 Play ! Dimmer 1 Power On/Off (Standby) 6 Pause B Test 2 Power Indicator 7 Stop # Mai
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DVD280 OM 7/12/04 4:41 PM Page 12 FRONT-PANEL INFORMATION DISPLAY Q P O N M L F I F H G F KJ JPEG MP3 PROG RANDOM REPEAT 1 ALL A-B V.OFF TEST P.SCAN TITLE TRACK CHAPTER PBC HOUR MIN SEC VCD DVD WMA A B C D E A Disc-Type Indicators H Parental Lock Indicator O Repeat Indicators B Playback-Mode Indicators I Angle Indicator P Random Indicator C Title Number Indi
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DVD280 OM 7/12/04 4:41 PM Page 13 REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS 0 Power On 1 Repeat 2 Playlist 3 Audio a 4 Eject b c ⁄ ¤ 5 Navigation / Buttons 6 Info d 7 Navigation ‹/› Buttons 8 Enter e 9 Pause f A Skip/Step (Previous) g B Play h h i C Search/Slow Reverse D Stop j E Video Off f F Display Dimmer ` G Clear k l H Title I Numeric Keys m z J Light n K A-B Repeat L Zoom M Angle o N Pic – O Pic + p y P Search/Slow Forward q Q Skip/Step (Next) x Status r w Disc Menu v Setup S
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DVD280 OM 7/12/04 4:41 PM Page 14 REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS 0 Power On: Turns on the player C Search/Slow (Reverse): Allows H Title: Press this button while a when it is in Standby mode (the JBL you to search in reverse through a disc is playing to display the current logo appears on-screen). disc while it is in Play mode. Each title number. Press it again to jump to time you press this button while a the next numbered title on the disc. 1 Repeat: Press to go to the Repeat DVD is playing, the
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DVD280 OM 7/12/04 4:41 PM Page 15 P Search/Slow (Forward): Allows Disc Menu: Displays the DVD you to search forward through a disc disc menu on-screen in Play mode. while it is in Play mode. Each time Setup: Press to access the you press this button while a DVD is DVD280‘s on-screen menu system. playing, the search speed changes Subtitle: When a DVD is playing, as below: press to select a subtitle language or F. SEARCH 2x ➜ F. SEARCH 16x ➜ F. to turn subtitles off. SEARCH 64x ➜ F. SEAR
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DVD280 OM 7/12/04 4:41 PM Page 16 REAR-PANEL CONNECTIONS AC INPUT DIGITAL ANALOG VIDEO OUT SCART REMOTE MODEL NO. DVD280 Maunfactured under license from Dolby Laboratories, 100-240V~50/60Hz AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT CONTROL "Dolby",and the double-D symbol are trademarks of 20W Dolby Laboratories, Confidential unpublished works, 1992-1997 Dolby c OPTICAL COAXIAL L Y/Y/G VIDEO Laboratories. All rights reserved. CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT KLASSE 1 LASER PRODUKT NORTHRIDGE,CA, USA IN DTS a
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DVD280 OM 7/12/04 4:41 PM Page 17 SETUP AND CONNECTIONS • Ensure that the power switch of this • The component video outputs fur- IMPORTANT NOTES ON SCART AND unit (and of other equipment to be ther separate the color components RGB FORMAT: connected) is set to “Off” before of the video signal, optimizing the • Your DVD280 is equipped with a commencing connection. DVD280’s video performance. Com- SCART connector for direct connec- ponent video connections are pre- tion to a compatible TV. • D
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DVD280 OM 7/12/04 4:41 PM Page 18 Connecting to a TV Only When using the DVD280 with a televi- sion but no audio receiver or proces- sor, connect it as follows. Either make only the SCART connection å from the DVD280 to the TV, or make the analog audio connection ≠ and one of the video connections (S-video ∫, composite video ç or component video ∂). Remember to plug in the power cord. To Y (green)/ TV Pb (blue)/Pr (red) component video connectors To SCART To S-video input connector connect
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DVD280 OM 7/12/04 4:41 PM Page 19 SETUP AND CONNECTIONS Connecting to a Receiver/Amplifier With a Dolby Digital or DTS Decoder When DVDs encoded in Dolby Digital NOTE FOR ANALOG AUDIO: The con- Connecting to a Receiver or DTS are played, the Dolby Digital or nection from the Analog Audio Output When using the DVD280 with an DTS bitstream is outputted from the £ to the TV is optional. If you plan audio receiver or processor, connect player’s optical or coaxial digital audio on using your DVD2
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DVD280 OM 7/12/04 4:41 PM Page 20 REMOTE CONTROL OPERATION Battery Installation Remote Control Operation Range Insert the batteries supplied while observing the correct (+) and (–) Point the remote control unit from polarities. no more than about 20 feet from the remote control sensor and within about 60 degrees of the front of the unit. DVD280 High Performance DVD/CD Player MP3 PROG RANDOM REPEAT 1 ALL A-B V.OFF TEST
