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Arcam DV139 DVD player
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Safety guidelines CAUTION ATTENTION RISK OF ELECTRIC RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE SHOCK DO NOT OPEN NE PAS OUVRIR CAUTION: To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove cover (or back). No user serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel. WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture. The lightning flash with an arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence
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Contents Thank you for purchasing the Arcam DV139 DVD player. Safety guidelines ............................................... E-2 Designed to reproduce the highest quality digital sound and Important safety instructions ............................E-2 vision, the DV139 uses the class leading ABT1010 Scaler. Safety compliance ...........................................E-2 With true 10-bit vertical and horizontal scaling, full picture Installation .............................................
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SCART output The SCART connector is common on European A/V equipment and provides a convenient connection method between your DVD player and display device, carrying both video and stereo audio. If you are using a SCART connection and you do not wish to listen to the audio through your TV, then it is best to mute your TV’s speakers; muting the TV will prevent this audio being heard. Note that the SCART output has a control signal that switches your TV to its SCART input when the DV139 is turn
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The remote-control and trigger inputs The remote control The REMOTE IN input can be used to pass RC5 codes to the DV139 if it is installed in a position (or input requires a mono system) where infrared cannot be used. If this is required, please contact your dealer for further 3.5mm jack, with the information. tip active and the sleeve The TRIGGER IN input can be used to switch the DV139 in and out of stand-by. Connecting the grounded. trigger output of your Arcam amplifier (or other
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Basic use of your DVD player ���������������� ����� �� ���� � ���� ��������� ���� ���� ���� ����� ��� ����� Introduction ‘Basic use’ explains how to play a DVD, CD or other type of disc. Note that it may be necessary to configure your player correctly for your system before optimum – or any – playback can be achieved. Player configuration is described beginning on page 12. More sophisticated features – such as special playback modes and programming jumps and playback sequences – are described
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CR100 Universal remote control The CR100 remote control is a multi-function unit that controls the Device selection DV139 and up to seven other devices. The instructions on this page IMPORTANT: Press the ‘DVD’ button first to only refer to the control of the Arcam DV139. operate the DV139. For information on using the remote control for other devices, and a full list of features, see the instruction booklet supplied with the CR100. On/Stand-by Source selection and handset configuration This
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CR-515 remote control The CR-515 is a remote control designed for use On/Standby with Arcam DVD players. Some owners may wish to This allows the DV139 to be put into and taken out use a dedicated remote in preference to a Universal of stand-by remotely. remote control. HDMI DISP (display) Selects the picture resolution for HDMI output. Press to cycle through the front panel display’s brightness options (dim to bright, off). CLEAR Use CLEAR to clear a numeric field. Page Up/Down (DVD-audio
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Advanced controls (CR-515) TRIM This button brings up a menu very similar to the ‘Trims’ page in the Set-up menu (as described on page 19). It allows on-the-fly changes to the relative volume of each speaker in your system, while a disc is being played. ZOOM Press ZOOM to enlarge a particular area TITLE of the picture. Each press of the ZOOM Press TITLE to access the DVD’s ‘Title’ button increases the zoom. Pressing menu (a feature that only applies to ZOOM when the maximum enlargement m
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Configuring your DVD player Introduction This section of the document describes the use of the ‘Set-up’ menu, which is used to configure your player for your system and your personal preferences. Obtaining a picture To view the Set-up menu for the initial configuration, we recommend the use of the composite video output to connect to your display device. This is because the high quality video output has several display modes and may be incompatible with your display device in its default con
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Operational set-up Preferred language This settings allows you to specify your preferred language. The default language is English, but three other languages (French, German and Dutch) are supported. Status messages This setting controls the ‘pop up’ messages that appear on screen. On Pop-up messages are enabled. Off No pop-up messages, only menus when required. Certain messages, such as ‘No Disc’ are always shown regardless of how this is set. Subtitle display This setting controls which subt
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Video set-up If your display device is HDMI-compliant, the DV139 can read the capabilities of the display device directly; the information allows the DV139 to configure its output automatically and optimally for the attached device. See page 22 for more information about connecting to HDMI devices. Main video output This setting is to tell the DV139 which of the available video outputs is the ‘main’ output, i.e., in the event of a conflict between video outputs, which output has priority. H
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HDMI colour space This setting controls the type of video (the colour space) given out over the HDMI connection. Auto The colour space will be set appropriately for the connected display. This is the recommended setting if you are connecting the DV139 to an HDMI- or DVI-compliant device. YUV The HDMI connection carries Y, Pb, Pr (YUV) component video. RGB (video) The HDMI connection carries RGB video with standard video levels. RGB (PC) The HDMI connection carries RGB video with PC (0–255) vide
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Audio set-up This section allows you to configure the analogue, digital and HDMI audio outputs. In particular, the digital output type needs to be set correctly if you are using an external audio decoder, receiver or D-A converter. Digital audio output This setting configures the digital audio output – coaxial, optical and HDMI. S/PDIF When the ‘Stereo PCM’ digital output is selected, all audio material played is stereo PCM down-mixed to stereo and output as stereo PCM. Use this setting if
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Dolby Pro Logic II Dolby Pro Logic II decoding is designed to produce a 5-channel analogue output from two-channel source material. Set this item to one of the following. Due to the different recording methods used for movies and music, it is recommended that the correct decoding mode for your source material is used to obtain the best results. Off No Dolby Pro Logic decoding is performed. Dolby Pro Logic decoding is performed. Dolby Pro Logic decoding is a legacy mode, Dolby and we recommen
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Speaker set-up This menu screen allows you to specify the speaker configuration that is connected to the analogue ouputs of your DVD player. (If you are using the HDMI or SPDIF audio outputs, this speaker configuration should be performed in your surround-sound receiver.) It is important that this configuration reflects accurately the actual situation, otherwise audio quality may be severely compromised. The speakers are indicated as follows: Front L/R This is the setting for the ‘Front’ sp
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Video post-processing (lip-sync.) Delay (NTSC/PAL) Modern displays and video scalers often employ digital video processing that can introduce a significant video delay. The ‘Delay’ menu items allow correction of this effect by delaying the audio soundtrack up to 150 milliseconds. The amount of correction required in a given system is best determined by experimentation. If the interlaced video outputs of the DV139 are in use and the display is converting the signal to < progressive scan then
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DVD/VCD special playback modes This section explains the special playback modes for DVDs and VCDs. The operations described here are not exactly the same for DVDs and VCDs, but very similar. Note that many VCDs have a single track, so some operations involving tracks will not be relevant. Jumping to a particular point Press the SRCH button on the remote control to open the ‘Search’ menu: If the disc is playing, then the elapsed and total times on the disc are shown. With a DVD, Title, Chapter
