User manual HARMAN KARDON C100 OWNERS GUIDE

[. . . ] If there is any other Region Code on a disc, that disc will not play on the DVD. 2 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Thank you for choosing the Harman Kardon DVD The C100 is a state-of-the-art optical disc player that can play almost every music, movie and still-image disc in your library with the highest fidelity available today. Along with conventional Video and CD audio discs, the C100 lets you enjoy the latest high-resolution DVD-Audio discs, with HDMITM (High-Definition Multimedia InterfaceTM) output of pure, uncompressed digital audio and video as well as DivX® and VCD discs. To enable you to get the maximum quality from DVDs, the DVD is equipped with the latest in design techniques, including advanced 10-bit video digital-to-analog converters (DAC) and Video (composite), S-Video and RGB video (RGB via SCART) outputs, to ensure that you get all the quality inherent in today's DVD medium. For optimum playback of NTSC and PAL DVD with compatible high-definition display devices, DVD is equipped with progressive component video outputs. [. . . ] General Functionality of the OSD Menu The complete setup and control of the C100 takes place in an advanced user-guided On Screen Display (OSD) menu system. The OSD can be activated by pressing the SETUP button on the remote control. Pressing this button again deactivates the OSD. The main menu consists of a PLAYER INFORMATION Menu and a SET-UP Menu. The PLAYER INFORMATION Menu will show all information and options available for the disc currently playing. The SET-UP Menu will help you configure all audio and video settings which are normally only made once. These submenus are shown as icons on the left side of the menu. They can be highlighted by a white square around the icon by moving the cursor with the ARROW buttons. Icons can be activated by pressing ENTER as soon as an icon is highlighted. When ENTER has been pressed, the color of the icon will change to dark blue and you will see that the Actual Settings of this submenu will appear on the right side of the menu. Although each Menu has various Submenus and Settings, navigating through menus, submenus and settings goes the same way. Select the O N setting to activate the C100's closed captioning decoder so that these messages may be viewed. In that case all audio signals will be output with their original format. If your system only includes stereo and/or Dolby Pro Logic, select PCM. Then all audio signals will be output in PCM format only (DTS will output no signal). PCM Limit: The C100 is compatible with both 48 kHz and 96 kHz sampling, but some early A/V receivers and surround processors are not. If your A/V receiver or surround processor is NOT capable of handling 96 kHz signals, select the 48 kHz option. If your A/V receiver or surround processor IS capable of handling 96kHz signals, select the 96 kHz option to achieve the greatest audio fidelity available. Note: Due to copyright restrictions, the C100 will not output an uncompressed signal in the PCM format from a disc recorded with 96 kHz/24-bit resolution, such as some DTS audio CDs. If the Digital Output setting in the AUDIO SETUP submenu is set to PCM, and the PCM Limit setting is set to 96KHZ, no audio will be outputted, and the message CGMS MUTE will appear in the Main Information Display. "CGMS" stands for "Copy General Management System. " Should this message appear, change the PCM Limit setting to 48KHZ to hear the audio at a lower resolution. Dynamic Range: This setting allows you to take advantage of the programming present on some Dolby Digital recordings to reduce the volume of louder passages while maintaining intelligibility of quieter passages. [. . . ] Unplug the cable and select another audio and video connection (see pages 11 through 12). · Intermittent connections · Incorrect digital audio selection · DVD disc is in fast or slow mode · Surround receiver not compatible with 96kHz PCM audio · DVD Audio disc is loaded without using analog audio connection · MPEG-2 decoding · Function not permitted at this time · Check all audio connections. · There is no audio playback on DVD discs during fast or slow modes. · Use 6-Channel Audio Outputs B or Analog Audio Outputs 9. [. . . ]