User manual ARCAM DV27

[. . . ] Progressive scan DVD player DV27 Lecteur de DVD à balayage progressif DV27 DVD-Spieler mit progressiver Abtastung DV27 2 Welcome to the DV27 DVD player English This handbook has been designed to give you all the information you need to install, connect, set up and use the Arcam FMJ DV27. The remote control handset supplied with the equipment is also described. It may be that the DV27 has been installed and set up as part of your Hi-Fi installation by a qualified Arcam dealer. In this case, you may wish to skip the sections of this handbook dealing with installation and setting up the unit. [. . . ] Fast playback is not available for MP3 discs. SKIPPING CHAPTERS/TRACKS FRONT PANEL CONTROLS SWITCHING ON Switch the unit on by pressing the POWER button. The status LED glows green when the unit is powered up and red when in standby mode (standby is operated from the remote control). Note that the remote control sensor is located behind the FMJ badge on the front panel. Do not obstruct this or the remote will not work. To skip chapters (or tracks on a CD), press or . When skipping back, the first button press takes you to the beginning of the current chapter. Pressing the button again takes you to the start of the previous chapter. Note that it is common for Video CDs to have only one track. PAUSING PLAYBACK Press PAUSE on the front panel or on the remote control to pause playback. To resume playback, press PLAY on the front panel or on the handset. HDCD INDICATOR This LED is located below the FMJ badge and lights green to indicate when HDCD (High Definition Compatible Digital) material is playing from suitably recorded audio CDs. STOPPING PLAYBACK Press the STOP button on the front panel or to stop playback. on the remote control When playing a DVD, pressing STOP once performs a `resume stop'. If you now press PLAY, playback resumes from the point it was stopped. If you press STOP twice, this is a `complete stop', and playback resumes from the beginning of the disc. PLAYING A DISC LOADING A DISC Press LOAD on the front panel (or OPEN on the handset) and place the disc on the tray, with the playback side facing down. Some discs are double sided, in which case the side labelled `side A' should face up, to access side A. The disc loads after a pause of a few seconds. FRONT PANEL MENU NAVIGATION Should you need to navigate a disc or title menu from the front panel, use PAUSE for `up', STOP for `down' , for `right', for `left' and PLAY for `OK'. PLAYING A DISC Most DVDs begin playing automatically, but some titles begin by displaying a menu. Select the menu item `Play movie' (or similar) using the cursor pad, then press OK to start playback. For discs that do not play automatically (including CDs and VCDs), press PLAY. Note that when playing DVDs, the drive mechanism operates at much higher speeds compared with CDs and so may produce more noise when loading and playing initial chapters. This is normal. 11 English Using the remote control CD/DVD Ensure that DVD mode is selected using the CD/DVD toggle button. The `DVD' LED above the CD/DVD button is lit briefly when DVD mode is selected. 0­9 keypad This allows direct access to individual tracks on audio CDs. To select a track, press the corresponding keypad button followed by OK. For example, to play track 15, press 1, then 5, then OK. DISP (display) Dims or turns the DV27's display on or off. Turning the display off generally gives a slight improvement in sound quality. To restore the display to full brightness, press DISP a third time. CD DVD Standby CD/DVD REMOTE Press STANDBY to toggle the standby state of the DVD player. Note that Arcam CD players are not controlled by this button. CD DVD 1 4 7 CLEAR 2 5 8 0 3 6 9 PROG CLEAR Use CLEAR within the `Program' and `Bookmark' menus to clear a numeric field (see pages 14­15). A­B This button enables you to repeat a selected section from the disc (see page 14). DISP A-B PROG (program) You can program a selection of up to 20 chapters/tracks from a disc to play in any order. Press PROG to access the 'Programme' menu (see pages 15 and 17). RPT (repeat) Press RPT to cycle through the repeat play options. RPT Fast play and Skip chapter/tracks Play fast ( ) and Skip ( directions (see page 11). [. . . ] Many films are in 1:2. 35 format, which will not completely fill a 16:9 screen. `HQ video' is set incorrectly in `Setup' menu Component or RGB video leads are crossed `TV system' is set incorrectly in `Setup' menu Enter the `Setup' menu and check the `HQ video' setting (see page 7) Check wiring between the DV27 and the TV monitor Enter the `Setup' menu and check the `TV system' setting (see page 7) If your television can handle both NTSC- and PAL-format video, then enter the `Setup' menu and change the `TV system' setting (on the `Video' page) to `Auto'. Picture is `jerky' or shimmers This occurs when NTSC discs (such as those from the USA) are played in a machine where the output is set to PAL (such as those sold in Europe), or vice-versa This is caused by the player changing layers on a two-layer disc The disc is dirty or damaged The picture freezes for a moment approximately half way through a film The picture freezes for a moment at random points in a film There is no fault. Further information about disc layer changes can often be found on the rear cover of the disc packaging. A damaged or dirty disc may cause audio and/or video drop-outs to occur (and may be accompanied by increased drive noise). [. . . ]