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. [. . . ] 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. Press LOAD on the front panel to close the tray. 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 tracks greater than 9, enter the digits in sequence. 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. Pressing DISP once turns the display off; twice dims the display. 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. [. . . ] Possible cause Incorrect input selected on audio device (decoder, receiver, amplifier, etc. ) Bad audio connection (analogue or digital) from DV27 to audio device No sound from the centre/rear speakers A two-channel source, such as a CD, is being played The `Audio' is set incorrectly in the `Setup' menu Bad connection between the DV27 and the amplifier/receiver or the amplifier/ receiver and the speakers Solution English Select the appropriate input on the audio device (consult that product's handbook) Check connections at both ends and, if necessary, try an alternative cable There is no fault Enter the `Setup' menu and change the `Audio' setting to `Bitstream/6ch. ' (see page 8) Check connections at both end and, if necessary, try alternative cables PROBLEMS WITH DISC PLAYABILITY Problem Player loads disc but does not play, or play-back halts unexpectedly (perhaps with the message `Invalid Region' being displayed) Possible cause Not all discs play automatically when loaded There is a fault in the manufacturing of the disc Solution Press PLAY Some discs are manufactured incorrectly, and are known to cause problems on ARCAM (and other) DVD players. Naturally, we aim to support all discs; from time-to-time we issue software upgrades for the player that fixes new problems of which we are aware. Please contact ARCAM customer support for further details. DVD discs are designed to be played only in the region that they are sold in (for example, discs from the USA are `Region 1' and discs from Europe are `Region 2'). [. . . ]