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1 Before You Start Features What’s in the box Confirm that the following accessories are in the box • Superlative audio performance with when you open it. Dolby Digital* and DTS** software • Remote control The XV–HTD50/ XV–HTD5 delivers breathtaking sound • AA/R6P dry cell batteries x2 quality with Dolby Digital and DTS discs. • AM loop antenna • Graphical Setup Navigator • FM antenna Setting up your home theater is easy using the • Video cord (yellow) graphical Setup Navigator. Answer the ques
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Before You Start 1 Contents 6 Using Surround Sound 11 DVD Setup Menu 1 Before You Start Adjusting the bass and treble 23 Using the DVD Setup menu 38 Features 4 Using P.Bass 23 Video settings 38 What’s in the box 4 Using sound modes 23 TV Screen 38 Using this manual 4 Listening to surround-sound Picture Quality 38 Putting the batteries in sources 23 S-Video Out 39 the remote control 6 Listening to other sources with Still Picture 39 Using the remote control 6 room effects 24 On Screen Display 39
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1 Before You Start Using the remote control Putting the batteries in the remote Keep in mind the following when using the remote control control: 1 Open the battery compartment cover on • Make sure that there are no obstacles between the the back of the remote control. remote control and the remote sensor on the unit. • Use within 7 meters of the remote sensor and at an angle of less than 30º. • Remote operation may become unreliable if strong sunlight or fluorescent light is shining on the unit
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Before You Start 1 ✗ Use on a thick rug or carpet, or cover with cloth— Special note about particular formats or software follows this may prevent proper cooling of the unit. below: ✗ Place on an unstable surface, or one that is not large CD-R/RW Compatibility • This unit will play CD-R and CD-RW discs recorded enough to support all four of the unit’s feet. in CD Audio or Video CD format. However, any other content may cause the disc not to play, or create Avoiding problems with condensation noi
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2 Connecting Up Before making or changing any rear panel connections, make sure that all the components are switched off and unplugged from the power supply. Connecting the speakers Subwoofer Front right Center Front left Red Surround right Purple AC INLET FRONT SUB- CENTER SURROUND R L WOOFER R L UNBAL FM 75Ω S-VIDEO VIDEO DIGITAL AUX TV/VCR Green OUT OUT IN OUT IN IN LOOP AM ANTENNA COAX H FRONT SUB- CENTER SURROUND R L WOOFER R L White Gray S-VIDEO OUT Blue Surround left Connect each speaker
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5 mm Connecting Up 2 The front and center speakers supplied with this system Do not connect any of the supplied speakers to any are magnetically shielded. However, placing them other amplifier. This may result in malfunction or fire. extremely close to a television may result in color This DVD receiver has been designed for best perfor- distortion on the screen. If this happens, move the mance when connected to the supplied speakers. We do speakers a little further away and switch off the not,
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2 Connecting Up Connecting external antennas External AM antenna Use 5–6 meters of vinyl-insulated wire and set up either indoors or outdoors. Leave the supplied AM loop antenna connected. External FM antenna Except European model : Use 75Ω coaxial cable to hook up an external FM antenna. Do not leave the supplied FM wire antenna attached. European model : Use 75Ω coaxial cable with a PAL connector to hook up an external FM antenna. European model Outdoor AM antenna PAL connector Indoor FM AM an
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3 Controls & Displays 15 ENTER Remote control 16 Cursor right Use for navigating menus and on-screen displays. 17 MENU Page 20 TOP MENU Page 20 DVD TUNER TV STANDBY /CD /BAND /AUX /ON 1234 18 Cursor down Use for navigating menus and on-screen TEST TONE SURROUND MUTE CH LEVEL MODE DSP displays. 5678 19 SOUND Page 23, 25 VOLUME —+ 9 10 DVD SETUP SYSTEM SETUP 207 Page 19 5 12 11 1 3 213/8 Page 19 ENTER 2 3 14 15 16 TOP MENU 22 RETURN Page 20 MENU SOUND ∞ 17 18 1 9 234 / –PREV Pages 19-20 RETURN
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4 Setting Up Switching on and setting the clock Setting up for surround sound This system has a built-in clock, which needs to be set You can use this system right out of the box for to be able to use the timer features. surround sound with just the default settings. However, for really great surround sound, we recommend that you spend a few minutes making some settings that match this system to your listening room. Unless you STANDBY /ON change the layout of your speakers or main listening posi
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Setting Up 4 4 Press 3 to move on to the CENTER speaker setting. It may not be possible to accurately adjust the subwoofer level using this method. You may prefer to 5 Use the 5 and ∞ buttons to set the leave it on its default setting and adjust it to your liking distance from your main listening posi- later when playing surround-sound sources. tion to the center speaker. The default setting is 3m. You can adjust the range • You cannot change the DSP mode when Record from 0.3m to 9.0m in steps
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4 Setting Up 3 Select START. Using the Setup Navigator • If you decide not to use the Setup Navigator, select Before playing any discs, we strongly recommend using Auto Start Off here instead. the Setup Navigator. This makes all the basic DVD system settings for you. 4 Choose an OSD menu language. Video Language General Setup Navigator Language English OSD Language français Español Select the On Screen Language Move ENTER Select SETUP Exit DVD SETUP 5 ENTER 2 3 ∞ 7 • The language options shown i
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Getting Started 5 • Do not place discs in the two partially accessible disc Playing DVDs, CDs and Video CDs spaces, as it’s easy to misalign them. Use only the front- The basic controls for playing discs are covered here. most space. Further functions are detailed in the chapter 7. • When using the DISC SKIP button, wait until the disc tray has come to a complete stop before loading a disc; the player may malfunction if a disc is caught in DVD STANDBY /CD /ON DSP the disc tray mechanism. —+ VOLU
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5 Getting Started Numbers If the disc is stopped, playback starts from Navigating DVD disc menus the selected track or title number. If the Some DVD discs contain menus. Sometimes these are disc is playing, playback jumps to the start displayed automatically when you start playback; others of the selected track or chapter number. only appear when you press menu or top menu. >10 Selects tracks/titles/chapters 11 and over. (For example, for 24, press >10 , 2, 4.) Button What it does TOP MENU Displ
