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DVD-S557
G
DVD PLAYER
LECTEUR DE DVD
DVD-S557
OWNER’S MANUAL
MODE D’EMPLOI
BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG
BRUKSANVISNING
MANUALE DI ISTRUZIONI
MANUAL DE INSTRUCCIONES
GEBRUIKSAANWIJZING
DIGITAL VIDEO
©2005 All rights reserved.
YAMAHA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, USA 6660 ORANGETHORPE AVE., BUENA PARK, CALIF. 90620, U.S.A.
YAMAHA CANADA MUSIC LTD. 135 MILNER AVE., SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO M1S 3R1, CANADA
YAMAHA ELECTRONIK EUROPA G.m.b.H. SIEMENSSTR. 22-34, 25462 RELLINGEN BEI HAMBURG,
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01_EN_intro_DVD-S557_G.fm Page iii Monday, January 31, 2005 12:49 PM CAUTION: READ THIS BEFORE OPERATING YOUR UNIT. 1 To assure the finest performance, please read this 14 Do not attempt to modify or fix this unit. Contact manual carefully. Keep it in a safe place for future qualified YAMAHA service personnel when any reference. service is needed. The cabinet should never be 2 Install this sound system in a well ventilated, cool, opened for any r
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English 02_EN_body_DVD-S557_G.fm Page 1 Thursday, February 3, 2005 3:22 PM Contents Special VCD & SVCD Features.................................. 13 Introduction Playback Control (PBC) ....................................................... 13 Region Codes....................................................................2 Preview Function...................................................................... 13 Supplied accessories..............
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02_EN_body_DVD-S557_G.fm Page 2 Monday, January 31, 2005 12:52 PM Introduction Thank you for purchasing this unit. This – Do not use disc with tape, stickers, or Owner’s Manual explains the basic paste on it. Doing so may damage the operation of this unit. unit. – Do not use a disc which has been printed on its surface by a commercially Region Codes available label printer. DVD discs must be labeled for ALL regions or Region 2 in ALL Cleaning discs order to play on this Player
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English 02_EN_body_DVD-S557_G.fm Page 3 Monday, January 31, 2005 12:52 PM Functional Overview Front and Rear Panels STANDBY/ON 9 STOP – turns on this unit or sets it to the – stops playback standby mode ; PAUSE Disc tray – pauses playback / OPEN/CLOSE B PLAY – opens or closes the disc tray – starts playback PROGRESSIVE indicator Front panel display – lights up when the unit enters – shows information about the Progressive mode operational status of the unit * Press button for about
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02_EN_body_DVD-S557_G.fm Page 4 Monday, January 31, 2005 12:52 PM Functional Overview Remote Control | TOP MENU/RETURN B/ – display the top-level disc menu – turn this unit ON or go to (DVD) / go back to previous standby-on mode 1 23 menu (VCD) 46 5 numeric buttons MENU – select numbered items in a 79 8 TOP MENU RETURN ON SCREEN – access menu of a disc (DVD) / menu 0 switch PBC on/off (VCD) MENU SETUP ON SCREEN 1 2 3 4 ENTER – access or remove player's On – (left/right/up/down) sel
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English 02_EN_body_DVD-S557_G.fm Page 5 Monday, January 31, 2005 12:52 PM Preparation Note: General Notes on connections – If the audio format of the digital output does not match the capabilities of your Never make or change connections with receiver, the receiver will produce a strong, the power switched on. distorted sound or no sound at all. Make • Depending on the equipment you wish sure to select the appropriate audio format to connect, there are various ways you at
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02_EN_body_DVD-S557_G.fm Page 6 Monday, January 31, 2005 12:52 PM Preparation S-Video terminal Video Connections S (separate) video connection achieves a If your AV receiver has video output jacks, clearer picture than composite video connect your receiver (and then to your connection by separating color and TV) so that you can use one TV for several luminance when transmitting signals. Use different video sources (LD, VCR, etc.) by commercially available S-video
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English 30° 02_EN_body_DVD-S557_G.fm Page 7 Monday, January 31, 2005 12:52 PM Getting Started Step1: Inserting batteries Step2: Turning on the power into the Remote Control 1 Connect the AC power cord to the power outlet. 2 Turn on the TV and your AV receiver. 3 3 Select the appropriate input source at the 1 AV receiver that was used to connect to 2 2 this unit. Refer to the equipment owner’s manual for details. 4 Turn this unit on. 1 Open the ba
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02_EN_body_DVD-S557_G.fm Page 8 Monday, January 31, 2005 12:52 PM Getting Started 4 Press 34 to highlight one of the options Step4: Setting language below: preference PAL Select this if the connected TV is PAL You can select your own preferred system. It will change the video signal of an language settings.This DVD Player will NTSC disc and output in PAL format. automatically switch to the language for you whenever you load a disc. If the NTSC langu
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English 02_EN_body_DVD-S557_G.fm Page 9 Thursday, February 3, 2005 3:23 PM Getting Started Setting the Audio, Subtitle and Disc menu language PREFERENCE PAGE AUDIO ENGLISH SUBTITLE CHINESE (SIMP) DISC MENU FRENCH PARENTAL SPANISH PBC PORTUGUESE MP3/JPEG NAV POLISH VR LIST ITALIAN PASSWORD TURKISH 1 Press STOP ( 9 ) twice, then press SETUP. 2 Press 2 repeatedly to select [PREFERENCE PAGE]. 3 Press 34 to highlight one of the options below at a tim
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02_EN_body_DVD-S557_G.fm Page 10 Monday, January 31, 2005 12:52 PM Disc Operations IMPORTANT! General Operation – If the inhibit icon ( or X) appears on the TV screen when a button is Unless otherwise stated, all operations pressed, it means the function is described are based on Remote Control not available on the current disc or use. at the current time. – Depending on the DVD or VIDEO Pausing playback CD, some operations may be 1 During playback, press PAUSE ( ; ). different or restr
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English 02_EN_body_DVD-S557_G.fm Page 11 Monday, January 31, 2005 12:52 PM Disc Operations Selecting various repeat/shuffle Operations for video playback functions (DVD/VCD/SVCD) Repeat and Shuffle Using the Disc Menu • While playing a disc, press REPEAT Depending on the disc, a menu may appear continuously to choose a ‘Play Mode’. on the TV screen once you load in the disc. DVD To select a playback feature or item ➔ RPT ONE (repeat chapter) • Use 1 234 or numeric buttons on ➔ RPT TT (rep
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02_EN_body_DVD-S557_G.fm Page 12 Monday, January 31, 2005 12:52 PM Disc Operations Time Search (DVD/VCD) On-Screen Display (OSD) 1 Press 34 to select [TT TIME] or [CH OSD menu shows the disc playback TIME] (DVD) or [TRACK TIME] or [DISC information (for example, title or chapter TIME] (VCD). number, elapsed playing time, audio/ ➜ [TT TIME] refers to the total time of the subtitle language), a number of operations current title, and the [CH TIME] refers can be done without interrupting
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English 02_EN_body_DVD-S557_G.fm Page 13 Monday, January 31, 2005 12:52 PM Disc Operations Special DVD Features Special VCD & SVCD Features Playing a Title Playback Control (PBC) 1 Press MENU. For VCD with Playback Control ➜ The disc title menu appears on the TV (PBC) feature (version 2.0 only) screen. • Press MENU to toggle between ‘PBC 2 Use 1 234 or numeric buttons to ON’ and ‘PBC OFF’. select a play option. ➜ If you select ‘PBC ON’, the disc menu (if available) will appear on the TV.
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02_EN_body_DVD-S557_G.fm Page 14 Monday, January 31, 2005 12:52 PM Disc Operations TRACK DIGEST Playing MP3/DivX/JPEG/Kodak This function will minimize the picture of Picture CD every track in order to display every six of these tracks on the screen to help you know the content of every track on the General Operation disc. 1 Load a disc. DISC INTERVAL ➜ The disc reading time may exceed 30 This function is used to divide a disc into seconds due to the complexity of the six parts by reg
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English 02_EN_body_DVD-S557_G.fm Page 15 Monday, January 31, 2005 12:52 PM Disc Operations Selecting a folder and track/file Special picture disc features 1 Press 34 to select the folder and press 1 Load a Picture disc (Kodak Picture CD, ENTER/OK to open the folder. JPEG). 2 Press 34 to select a track/file. ➜ For Kodak disc, the slide show will begin. 3 Press ENTER/OK to confirm. ➜ For JPEG disc, the picture menu appears ➜ Playback will start from the selected file on the TV screen. to t
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02_EN_body_DVD-S557_G.fm Page 16 Monday, January 31, 2005 12:52 PM Disc Operations Zoom picture Playing MP3 music and JPEG picture simultaneously 1 During playback, press ZOOM repeatedly to display the picture with different scales. 1 Load a disc that contains music and pictures. 2 Use 1 234 to view the zoomed picture. ➜ The disc menu appears on the TV screen. Playback with multi-angles 2 Select an MP3 track. • During playback, press 1 234 to rotate the picture on the TV screen. 3 During
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English 02_EN_body_DVD-S557_G.fm Page 17 Monday, January 31, 2005 12:52 PM Setup Menu The setup is carried out via the TV, Dimming player’s front panel enabling you to customize the DVD Player display to suit your particular requirements. You can select different levels of brightness for the front panel display. General Setup Menu 1 In ‘GENERAL SETUP PAGE’, press 34 to 1 Press SETUP. highlight [DISPLAY DIM], then press 2. 2 Press 1 2 to select ‘General Setup’ icon. 100% 3 Press ENTER/OK
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02_EN_body_DVD-S557_G.fm Page 18 Monday, January 31, 2005 12:52 PM Setup Menu 4 Use 1 234 to move the cursor to the ON next position. Select this if you wish to turn off the TV ➜ If the track number is more than ten, screen when disc playback is stopped or press T to open the next page and paused for more than 15 minutes. proceed with programming or, OFF ➜ Use 1 234 to highlight [NEXT] on the Select this to disable the screen saver program menu, then press ENTER/ function. OK. 2 Press 3
