User manual ARCAM DV135

[. . . ] H A N DBOOK DV135 Arcam DV135 DVD player English Safety guidelines CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN ATTENTION RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR CAUTION: To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove cover (or back). 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 of uninsulated `dangerous voltage' within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the product. [. . . ] The tabs on the left side of the screen show the pages available, indicating the nature of the items on each page. To change between pages, move the menu highlight to the appropriate tab and press E. To change an item first use the UP/DOWN controls to highlight the item, then press OK to open the list of options for the menu item. The UP/DOWN controls can be used then to select the new option and pressing OK confirms the new selection and closes the option list. (If the item to be changed is controlled by a slider, press OK to activate the slider and OK again when the desired value has been selected. ) Note that items that are not applicable currently (for example, `HDMI Resolution' when Main Video Output is set to `Analogue') are shown `greyed out', and cannot be highlighted or changed. The Display set-up menu For optimum video performance it is necessary to configure your display for the video source ­ your DVD player, in this case. A series of test patterns generated by your DVD player will allow you to optimise colour balance, contrast, brightness and to centre your picture. Full instructions for each test pattern are displayed on the screen before the test pattern is shown. To enter the Display set-up menu, move the menu highlight to the `Display' button, then press OK. Press SETUP for a second time when you have finished. DV135 E-10 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. 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 subtitles displayed on your TV (although note that some discs may force the subtitles to be displayed regardless of how this item is set). Off On Closed Caption No Subtitles. Closed-caption information from the disc (where available) is sent to your TV. The default setting for Subtitle is `Off'. Note that not all discs will have your preferred language available as a subtitle. Some discs will require you to chose your preferred subtitle language from the disc menu and some discs may force the subtitles to be displayed regardless of how this item is set. Closed-caption information is available only on discs produced for the US and Canadian markets and will be displayed only by TVs that support NTSC-format signals. Auto power off This setting can be used to put your player into stand-by mode automatically if the player is left unused. Off 30 minutes The player will not enter stand-by mode automatically. The player will enter stand-by mode automatically after 30 minutes disuse. DVD Audio priority Many DVD-Audio discs are actually dual DVD-Audio/DVD-Video discs. To decide which part is selected for playing, you can set the priority with this control. DVD-Audio DVD-Video The DVD-Audio part is played The DVD-Video part is played SACD priority Many SACD discs are actually hybrid SACD/CDs. To decide which layer is selected for playing, you can set the priority with this control. SACD CD The SACD layer is played The CD layer is played DivX subtitles If you use DivX subtitles, choose the appropriate language group from the list. The factory setting is `Western European'. DivX registration DivX Video-On-Demand (VOD) is a digital video delivery service that lets you copy video content from your computer to a CD or DVD for playback on your DV135. To register for this service, a playergenerated registration code is required. This code can be seen by selecting the `DivX registration' button. For more information on this service, please visit www. divx. com/vod. DV135 E-11 E nglish On Pop-up messages are enabled. Video set-up If your display device is HDMI-compliant, the DV135 can read the capabilities of the display device directly; the information allows the DV135 to configure its output automatically and optimally for the attached device. See page 18 for more information about connecting to HDMI devices. Main video output This setting is to tell the DV135 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. HDMI Select this item if you are connecting the DV135 to an HDMI-compliant device, and you are happy for the DV135 to configure itself automatically for the device it is attached to. [. . . ] Incompatibility may be due to a number of possibilities, including the type of disc used and the recording method. DV135 E-20 CD-R/RW and DVD-R/RW compatibility < < < < < < < < This unit will play CD-R and CD-RW discs recorded in CD Audio or Video CD/Super VCD format, or as a CD-ROM containing the audio and video file types listed above. Other content may cause the disc not to play, or to create noise/distortion in the output. This unit will play DVD-R/RW discs that are recorded using the DVD Video format, or as a DVDROM containing the audio and video file types listed above. This player is compatible with multi-session discs, but plays only sessions that are closed. [. . . ]