Yamakawa DVD-208, User Manual

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Page 2: ... property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited Manufactured under license from Dolby laboratories Dolby and the double...

Page 3: ...allation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by...

Page 4: ...11 System LEDs 11 Configuration SETUP 12 DVD Player Content of the DVD function part 17 Description of the functions 18 MP3 Player Content of the MP3 function part 26 Description of the functions 26 CD Player Content of the CD function part 30 Description of the functions 30 VCD Player Content of the VCD function part 33 Description of the functions 33 Technical Data 35 Warranty and Service Inform...

Page 5: ... check the contents of your DVD Player carton User manual 1 pc Remote Control 1 pc Battery 2 pcs for remote control size AA R6P Power Cord 1 pc Video cable 1 pc Audio cable 1 pc DVD 218 288 298 contain 3 audio cables S Video cable 1 pc ...

Page 6: ...discs Hold discs always at their edges Fingerprints dirt scratches may cause distortions Do not write on any side of the disc Do not use any anti static cleaning liquid Do not let the discs fall down and do not bend them Do not put more than one disc into the drive of the player Do not close the drive if the disc is not positioned correctly Keep the disc always in a separate box Cleaning Wipe the ...

Page 7: ...ts playback select in menu system 4 Tray key open close the drive 5 Tray part of the drive where the disc has to be put 6 NTSC PAL changing TV System NTSC to PAL 7 Dimm key for 4 levels of display brightness 8 Multi function display shows status of player 9 Skip back key Beginning of current chapter track 10 Skip forward key Beginning of next chapter track NTSC PAL DIMM ...

Page 8: ...ing 2 Audio Output right 3 Audio Output left 4 Digital Coaxial Output you can f e use the red connectors of the normal audio cable 5 Video output AV 6 S Video output 7 Component Output Y Cb Cr 8 Master Power switch only if power switch is not in the front side to switch on players with master power switch in the back turn the switch to 1 or On 9 power cord connector 1 Optical Right Left Coax Video...

Page 9: ...he antenna you are not using any receiver or decoder you should connect the DVD Player directly to the TV set via component output S Video or AV Video composite TV set with indirect connection to antenna f e Decoder SAT Receiver If your TV set is connected to the antenna via a Decoder SAT Receiver you can either directly connect your DVD Player to the TV or you can connect the DVD Player to the De...

Page 10: ...nectors allow to connect the DVD Player via its digital coaxial output Only if the DVD player is connected through a digital audio connection audio signals can be transmitted as Dolby Digital 5 1 or DTS If there is no possibility of an digital connection you can use the analog outputs to connect to your stereo equipment Analog audio connections can output audio signals in Dolby ProLogic or Dolby S...

Page 11: ...Intro Play CD MP3 8 Chapter time search 9 Display Info time 10 Language setting 11 Angle Shuffle 12 Mute 13 Subtitle 14 Zoom 15 Volume 16 FR 17 FF 18 Skip back 19 Skip forward 20 Pause 21 Cursor keys 22 PLAY 23 STOP 24 PBC 25 Repeat loop 26 Repeat Scene Film 27 Program Mode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Remote Control Resume Memo Display ...

Page 12: ...ber of title System LEDs only model DVD 208 Underneath the power key there are two LED on the front bezel These LED show the different operational modes Left Right Status Off Off Player is switched off Blinking Off Player is in standby mode Blinking Blinking Problem with Regional Code On Off Normal playback for all disc types On On Playback of DVDs with Dolby 5 1 Signal Off Blinking Disc is loaded...

Page 13: ...ain menu of the DVD Player Normally these settings only have to be made once before the first time you use the player in order to match your player to the TV set and the audio equipment Later on during using your player changes in the SETUP are rather unlikely To change in between the items AUDIO VIDEO and OTHER where various settings can be made use the cursor keys When starting the SETUP you alr...

Page 14: ...l still be working The factory setting is DOLBY DRC Here you can set the Dynamic Range Control This function will not allow loud noises in a film f e explosions to exceed a certain value even if the noise in the film is supposed to be louder The factory setting is ON VIDEO If you change to the item VIDEO in the setup the following settings can be made TV screen TV system Subtitle With the vertical...

Page 15: ...O and your TV Set will automatically match to the playback mode of your DVD Player By this you can watch PAL and NTSC films check the region code setting of your DVD Player first without making any other settings Factory setting is NTSC Subtitle Depending on the film it is possible to generally determine the subtitle definition Subtitles will be always switched on after starting a film then please...

Page 16: ...EL If you entered the right password you may also change the factory set password and replace it with your own The factory set password is 8888 LEVEL Some DVD movies have electronic parental control function which will work together with the settings in this menu item This electronic security code is common on US DVDs The following levels can be chosen ADULT KIDSAFE 2 3 4 5 THEAT or 7 The factory ...

Page 17: ...setting of this language has nothing to do with the playback of a DVD If you like to keep the english menu which is factory set you do not need to change anything DISPLAY DIMM On the models DVD 268 278 with VFD Display on the front side you can control the brightness of the display in 4 levels ...

Page 18: ...rol 24 Bookmark 19 Menusystem of the DVD 19 Pause 24 Cursor keys 25 FR 24 Skip backward 24 Setup DVD Player 19 Language of movie 22 Standby Mode 18 Stop 25 Mute 22 Subtitle 23 FF 24 Skip forward 24 PLAY 25 Repeat loop 25 Repeat Chapter or Film 25 Angle setting 22 Time display 21 Slow motion 19 Time search 20 Zoom 23 Resume ...

Page 19: ...ined in the sections MP3 Player CD Player and VCD Player With the Standby key on your remote control you can switch on and off the standby mode If you want to switch off your player for a longer time f e several hours you should switch off the player using the power switch front side DVD 208 backside DVD 268 278 On of the blue LED on the front side of the DVD 208 is blinking during standby mode Th...

Page 20: ...r and make it match to your TV set and home stereo equipment In the SETUP you use the cursor keys for navigation and the PLAY key for selection If you press Setup again you confirm the settings you made and playback will continue The Slow key activates the slow motion function By pressing several times you can select between five speed levels which are displayed on the screen Slow 1 2 to Slow 1 6 ...

Page 21: ... the selection and the playback of the disc starting from the selected bookmark begins NOTE Opening the tray or switching off the player wih the power switch will automatically delete the bookmark memory The Search key offers different functions Pressing the key for the first time will activate the chapter scene search menu Pressing the key a second time will activate the time search menu After pr...

Page 22: ...ctly enter hours minutes and seconds to jump to a specific point on the disc By pressing the Info or Display key information about the disc inserted current playback status and detailed time info will be shown on the TV screen Pressing the key several times these 6 info screens will be shown one after the other ...

Page 23: ...s needed to select your desired audio track This setting will be activated shortly after The angle key lets you choose between different angles of the camera Films that offer this special function are specially marked By pressing the angle key you can see a certain scene from the different view angles provided by the disc A short info on the screen tells you how many different angles can be select...

Page 24: ...your choice of available subtitle language One of the options is always to also deactivate the subtitles Once you have made your selection the setting will be active shortly after The Zoom key lets you enlarge the picture Pressing the Zoom key during playback the left upper corner of the screen will be enlarged and playback continues Two zoom levels are available x1 and x2 being shown on the upper...

Page 25: ...e skip back and skip forward keys you can jump to the beginning of the previous chapter scene or to the beginning of the next chapter scene The playback is continued automatically The number of chapter and title to which you are jumping is shown on the TV screen The Pause key interrupts playback of the disc Playback continues by pressing the play key The word PAUSE will be displayed on the screen ...

Page 26: ...inue watching the film where you pressed the stop key by perssing the Resume Memo key The A B key lets you define an area of any disc DVD CD MP3 or VCD as a repeat loop At the point where the repetition should start you need to press the A B key once On the screen you will see REPEAT A At the point where the repetition should end you need to press the A B key again Now you will see REPEAT A B on t...

Page 27: ...of the inserted MP3 disc the directory structure The playback starts automatically with the first track of the first directory on the disc Similar to a computer s hard disc you can define directories on a MP3 CD to better sort different type of music f e Jazz Rock etc These directories may contain other directories so called sub directories f e for different artists During playback you can browse ...

Page 28: ...the cursor You will also find information about the track currently played Example shows the directories of the CD left and contents of the directory T right The display key offers four different tables to show on the TV screen One is the MP3 Directory Menu which you already know others are the table with the inserted disc type and playback mode Play Shuffle or Random and the time information abou...

Page 29: ...back order can be stored with the Program key After pressing the key the Program Menu appears on the TV screen The title selection for the program is done by entering the number of the title into the yellow three digit field at the beginning of the program list Once you enter a title number you need to confirm with the play key This will enter the title into the program list 10 of your selected ti...

Page 30: ...e keys several times will change the speed of rewinding or forwarding in 5 levels x2 x3 x4 x5 x6 The Skip back or Skip forward keys can be used to jump to the beginning of the previous track or to the beginning of the next track Playback will continue automatically On the TV screen you will see the number of the track to which you skipped With the numeric keys you can select any title on the MP3 d...

Page 31: ...right LED flash This makes operation without a TV set easier Description of the functions In CD mode you will permanently see the Yamakawa start logo on your TV set Once an audio CD is inserted the playback will automatically start from the first track on the disc The table with the inserted disc will be shown on the TV With the Display key you can display five different tables on the screen These...

Page 32: ...e automatically The A B key lets you define an area of any disc DVD CD MP3 or VCD as a repeat loop At the point where the repetition should start you need to press the A B key once On the screen you will see REPEAT A At the point where the repetition should end you need to press the A B key again Now you will see REPEAT A B on the screen Now playback of the selected area of the disc determined by ...

Page 33: ...directly select a title on the CD and start the playback Tracks with double digit numbers can be entered by pressing the 10 key once or several times plus the second digit You can also enter the number directly as a double digit number ...

Page 34: ...ion forward or backward and the playback speed in 5 different levels x2 x3 x4 x5 x6 You will see equivalent symbols on the TV screen To continue with normal playback just press the PLAY key Video CDs to not have a chapter structure scenes like DVD discs Therefore pressing the skip backward or forward key will not effect a jump to the beginning of the current scene or the beginning of the next scen...

Page 35: ...able for VCD mode With the cursor keys you can decide which part of the screen should be enlarged Red markings will tell you which part of the normal screen you are currently enlarging With the Title key you can activate the discview function This function will display the content of the disc in small still pictures on the screen With the cursor keys you can move a cursor onto a certain scene and ...

Page 36: ...mat NTSC PAL Screen format Pan Scan Letterbox 16 9 Widescreen Trickmode Slow Rapid Motion Zoom Sub Picture independant Sub Picture Decoder OSD 8bit On Screen Display Audio System Dolby Digital AC 3 5 1 Digital output 2 channel downmix for all Dolby programs Dts Digital output Digital Ausgang coaxial optical only with DVD 268 278 Audio Format 96 KHz 24bit Audio DAC 96 KHz 24bit Power supply 100VAC ...

Page 37: ...amakawa de you will find warranty service and support information in the service section If needed you can also use our enduser helpline You will also find the telefon number of this helpline in the service section of our homepage www yamakawa de ...