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DV588A KU_Mid.book Page 1 Monday, April 18, 2005 8:54 PM
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DV588A KU_Mid.book Page 2 Monday, April 18, 2005 8:54 PM CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The lightning flash with arrowhead, within CAUTION: The exclamation point within an equilateral an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert TO PREVENT THE RISK OF ELECTRIC triangle is intended to alert the user to the 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). NO USER-SERVICEABLE P
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DV588A KU_Mid.book Page 3 Monday, April 18, 2005 8:54 PM READ INSTRUCTIONS — All the safety and GROUNDING OR POLARIZATION OBJECT AND LIQUID ENTRY — Never push operating instructions should be read before the If this product is equipped with a polarized objects of any kind into this product through product is operated. alternating current line plug (a plug having one openings as they may touch dangerous voltage RETAIN INSTRUCTIONS — The safety and blade wider than the other), it will fit int
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DV588A KU_Mid.book Page 4 Monday, April 18, 2005 8:54 PM For U.S. and Australia Model POWER-CORD CAUTION Handle the power cord by the plug. Do not pull out the plug by tugging the cord and never touch the power 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 cord. Never make a knot in the cord or tie it with other C67-7-3_En cords. The power cords should be routed such tha
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DV588A KU_Mid.book Page 5 Monday, April 18, 2005 8:54 PM Contents Contents Creating a program list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 01 Before you start Searching a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Switching subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 What’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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DV588A KU_Mid.book Page 6 Monday, April 18, 2005 8:54 PM 01 Before you start Chapter 1 Before you start • DSP effects for enhanced playback Features See Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus on • DVD-Audio and SACD compatible page 33. Experience the super high-quality audio perfor- • Picture zoom mance of DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD See Zooming the screen on page 31. (SACD). • MP3 and WMA compatibility • 24-bit/192kHz compatible DAC See Compressed
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DV588A KU_Mid.book Page 7 Monday, April 18, 2005 8:54 PM Before you start 01 What’s in the box Hints on installation Please confirm that the following accessories We want you to enjoy using this product for are in the box when you open it. years to come, so please use the following guidelines when choosing a suitable location: Remote control AA/R6P dry cell batteries x2 Do... Audio/video cable (red/white/yellow plugs) Use in a well-ventilated room. Operating instr
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DV588A KU_Mid.book Page 8 Monday, April 18, 2005 8:54 PM 01 Before you start About DualDisc playback Disc / content format playback A DualDisc is a new two -sided disc, one compatibility side of which contains DVD content video, This player is compatible with a wide range of audio, etc. while the other side contains disc types (media) and formats. Playable discs non-DVD content such as digital audio will generally feature one of the following logos material. on the disc
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DV588A KU_Mid.book Page 9 Monday, April 18, 2005 8:54 PM Before you start 01 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 th
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DV588A KU_Mid.book Page 10 Monday, April 18, 2005 8:54 PM 01 Before you start 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 more
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DV588A KU_Mid.book Page 11 Monday, April 18, 2005 8:54 PM Connecting up 02 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 SL C PB VIDEO OUT L L R OPTICAL COAXIAL AUDIO OUT R SR SW PR Y DIGITAL AUDIO OUT (2ch) S-VIDEO OUT AUDIO OUT (5.1ch) COMPONENT VIDEO OUT Red Yellow To power outlet
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DV588A KU_Mid.book Page 12 Monday, April 18, 2005 8:54 PM 02 Connecting up 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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DV588A KU_Mid.book Page 13 Monday, April 18, 2005 8:54 PM Connecting up 02 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 hi
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DV588A KU_Mid.book Page 14 Monday, April 18, 2005 8:54 PM 02 Connecting up 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 ensur
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DV588A KU_Mid.book Page 15 Monday, April 18, 2005 8:54 PM Connecting up 02 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 35 and refer to the operating instructions that came with yo
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DV588A KU_Mid.book Page 16 Monday, April 18, 2005 8:54 PM 03 Controls and displays 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 18) 9 MENU (page 22) 2 and (page 21, 23) 10 ENTER & cursor buttons (page 18) 3 (page 21) 11 TOP MENU (page 22) 4 (page 21) 12 Display 5 (page 21) 13 OPEN/CLOSE (page 20) 6 RW Compatible (page 8) 14 Disc tray 7 HOME MENU (page 18) 15 Remote control sensor (page 1
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DV588A KU_Mid.book Page 17 Monday, April 18, 2005 8:54 PM Controls and displays 03 11 (page 21) Remote control 12 PLAY MODE (page 27) 13 SURROUND (page 33) STANDBY/ON OPEN/CLOSE 14 OPEN/CLOSE (page 20) 1 14 15 ANGLE (page 32) AUDIO SUBTITLE ANGLE 2 15 16 CLEAR (page 29) 3 CLEAR 1 23 4 16 17 ENTER (page 18) ENTER 4 5 6 17 18 MENU (page 22) 0 78 9 19 RETURN (page 18) TOP MENU MENU 5 18 20
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DV588A KU_Mid.book Page 18 Monday, April 18, 2005 8:54 PM 04 Getting started 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 wa
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DV588A KU_Mid.book Page 19 Monday, April 18, 2005 8:54 PM Getting started 04 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 (16:9) T
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DV588A KU_Mid.book Page 20 Monday, April 18, 2005 8:54 PM 04 Getting started 2 Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc Playing discs tray. The basic playback controls for playing DVD, CD, SACD, Video CD, DivX video and MP3/ 3 Load a disc. WMA discs are covered here. Further functions Load a disc with the label side facing up, using are detailed in the next chapter. the disc tray guide to align the disc (if you’re loading a double-sided DVD disc, load it with
