DVP4420S - DVD player AKAI - Free user manual and instructions

USER MANUAL DVP4420S AKAI

Getting.starte ds Dear customers: May we take this opportunity to thank you for purchasing this DVD player. We strongly recommend that you carefully study the operating instructions before operating the unit. are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential Unpublished Works. ©1992-1997 Dolby Laboratories, Inc. All rights reserved. Main Features © Fully compatible with DVD, MP3,CD, CD-R, CD-RW and KODAK PICTURE CD disc. © Compatible with full DVD playback functions: multi-angle, mult-language, multi-story, parental control, etc. © Advanced 10-bit/27MHz video D/A converter with over 500 lines of horizontal resolution. © Video output: Normal video output, S-video output, 21 pin scart, © Audio output: Dolby Digital 2ch output, MPEG-II Audio output, Coaxial and optical digital output Linear PCM decoding output. © 24-bit96kHz audio D/A converter. © 3:step zoom/smooth scan. © NTSC/PAL TV system compatible. UFeatures of playback specificationsa © This product complies the MPEG I! standardization law. -720X 480 30Hz -720X576 25Hz PAL and NTSC ing the player, please ensure that the local AC voltage Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. "Dolby" and the double-D symbol | This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U.S. patents and other intellectual 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. UFeatures of audio specifications = © Dolby Digital 2ch decoding output © MPEG-II Audio output © Linear PCM audio decoding output © MP3 audio decoding output © Programmable playback Playback features © Skipping ahead and skipping back © Multi-speed slow motion playback © Time search © 3-step zooming playback © 3-way repeat playback © Numeric selection

-Never use benzine, thinner, cleaning fluid, static electricity prevention liquids or any other solvent. Dirty disc may cause bad picture. 2 Definition of terms P18

Bsafety precautions É WARNING à To avoid electrical shock, do not open the cabinet, refer servicing to qualified personnel only.

f ATTENTION à If smoke, malodor or noises are emitted from the unit, turn off the power and disconnect the AC power cord. WARNING Keep the unit away from flower vases, tubs, sinks, etc... Ifliquids are spilled into the unit, serious damage could occur.

Do not expose this equipment to rain or moisture.

ATTENTION Touching the unit is dangerous, If thunder. When left unused for a long period of time, the unit should be unplugged from the household AC outlet. Ne J \ D, Do not block ventilation holes of the unit so that air can circulate freely.

ATTENTION Be sure to turn the unit off and dis- connect the AC power cord before cleaning the unit surface . Ifthe surface is dirty, wipe clean with a cloth which has been dipped in a weak soap-and -water solution and wrung out thoroughly, and then wipe À, again with a dry cloth. ) Notes: This unit is a class 1 laser product and uses a visible laser beam which could cause hazardous radiation exposure if directed. Be sure to operate it correctly as instructed. Q The above items are true oi t only this unit but also most of the

© Point remote control unit no more than 8m from the remote Do not attempt to recharge, short-circuit, disassemble, heat or throw cor 2 ï sensor and within about 60° of the front of the unit. the batteries into the fire. --Do not mix old and new batteries. Q Weak batteries can leak and severely damage the remote control unit. 4

USystem connection White Yellow

from keep AC cord pulled Turn off the power a S-video cord (optional) To stereo TV or other audio equipments

To TV (Scart Input) connector e outlet when connecting the system

REPEAT INDICATOR Q Most of the functions can be controlled by remote control unit. G

BStarting playback EN Function buttons mu | £ x: TT | = I ai TT LT: | [2] E PLAY and PAUSE button: Press PLAY 1 Press POWER button to turn on power. button to start playback. Press PAUSE button to pause playback. Press POWER button once, the unit is on standby mode. Press it again,then it is on. 2 Numeric buttons(0-9): © You can select desired titles(DVD) by pressing these buttons directly only if the title or track number is less than 10. © Ifthe title or track number is over 10. For instance, if "28" is wanted, press "10+" twice, and then press the 2-digit number "8: Press OPEN/CLOSE button to load disc on disc tray. se To place disc on label side © Hold the disc without touching either of its surf- aces, position it with the printed title side facing up, align it with the guides, and place it in its pr- oper position. © In case of interactive DVDs with playback control, a menu appears on the TV screen.

STOP button: When this button is pres- sed once, the unit records the stopped point, from where playback will resume (resume function) if RESUME is pressed afterwards. But if STOP button is pressed again instead of PLAY button, there will be no resume function. iscs possess super interactive function. Please normally use ei and " ENTER "keys in operati

(Searching function buttons En | other buttons mn | © [ ET I Numeric buttons(0-9): LC … Le These buttons can function with GO TO button . E GO TO button: 2] E PREV button and NEXT button: Press this button to go to desired posi- 1 Press these buttons to go to the previous/ tion. The player provides 3 search mode next chapter(DVD) or track(CD). (= TA \ of DVD disc, but it provides 3 search ®@52® 9500 mode 3000 SLOW button: 20 0 ©! || Fraucmremell mes lever d9 © © Press this button to select slow-motion GO © O! 0 © © playback in forward and reverse direction = © © d© & © at 1/2, 1/4, 1/8,1/16 normal speed without (æ)] OKCAS. 8 sound(DVD). 6.4.6 [DVD only] [DVD only] [DVD only] ro) © Q. @ Press PLAY button to return to normal playback. n Q. PSCGoro RE TRAGK GOTOREEI = IAA 2.9 0 = STEP button: You can enjoy picture ETS) frame by frame by pressing this button. eIeJere] (œIe]Ie=]e) [CD only] Sieiste, œieiete) © When the above items are showed on TV screen, OCT D FR and FF button: These buttons allow dc > you can input numbers to locate desired sector and œIeI— skipping ahead/back at 5-level speeds. | ee] es commence play. \T TT / © The number you input is invalid if it is beyond @ Press PLAY button to return to normal playback. the track's capcity.

appears while a button 1g operated, it means that the corresponding operation is prohibited by the player or the

ll MP3 operations im MP3 is a kind of audio compacted format adopted the third audio-compa- cted layer mode in the international standard MPEG. Utilizing MP3 format, the 2 "LC" & ENTER buttons: compress rate can reach 12 to 1 high. Therefore, only one MP3 compact disc Their functions is to choose the previous or next song to be played. can hold music over six hundred minutes or more than one hundred and fifty songs. Moreover, it's audio quality almost reaches the CD standard. EL)

Numeric buttons: Pressing number buttons on your remote controller, you can directly select the song a) which you want to enjoy to (OI=I=10) be played. For example, if 50 © © you want to enjoy listening © © © to the eighteenth song, À press ne OPENCLOSE button. 80 © © please press"1} once, Put in MP3 disc on label side, 20 and then press "8". now system begins searching ô 86 information on disc. Completing QE X searching, the menu screen a <= STOP button: appears, now you canuse "4,»" h ï and PLAY buttons to selectsong mel the button will stop to play, or you can select desired u song to play by pressing numeric buttons directly.

MP3.LJPEG. 0 per ations ns | JPEG operations | | JPEG operations | © Press OPEN/CLOSE: mode 11: compress to center h Put KODAK JPEG disc properly, the system will search automatically. mode 12: compress to center v After sear-ching, the direction arrows and PLAY button can be used to choose the option desired by the user. Also the numeric buttons can be k used to select directly. Press NEXT/PREV/STOP buttons to control. mode 14: window v © Optional Play Modes: mode 15: wipe from edge to center mode 16: random mode 13: window h FOLDER - Play the catalog. mode 17: no SINGLE - Play the selected song or JPEG picture once and © Image transformation stop. There are four modes of transformation: "Invert", "Mirror","Left" and REP-ONE - Play the same song or JPEG picture over and over. “Right”. The arrow keys are used to select. FOLDERR - Repeat Play the catalog. Up -_Invert/Normal RANDOM - Randomly play each song or JPEG picture in the Down = Mirror/Normal current directory. Left - Turn left © Twelve slideshow transition modes are provided, use "PROGRAM" button Right = Tum right to select: © Zoom mode 1: wipe top Press ZOOM button to enter ZOOM mode. Then press'FR and FF" mode 2: wipe botton button zoom in/out. mode 3: wipe left Note: during ZOOM function, slide show transition and image trans- mode 4: wipe right formation are disabled. mode 5: diagonal wipe left top © Stop mode 6: diagonal wipe right top The "Stop" key is used to enable KODAK JPEG digest mode when in stop mode 7: diagonal wipe left botton state. After it is enabled, up to 12 scaled down jpeg pictures will be a . : displayed on the screen. The "Prev & Next" keys can be used to mode 8: diagonal wipe right botton display the next/prev tweleve pictures. Bypressing DIRECTION and ENTER mode 9: extend from center h key the corresponding picture will be enlarged to fill screen, and the digest mode 10: extend from center v mode will be can-celled.

BRepeat playback mode buttons M7 Minteractive function buttons mn | The repeat functions that you can enjoy are dependent on the disc types AUDIO button: To press this button, you can ch- played. 1 ange the audio language from the one selected at DVD: title repeat, chapter repeat and given portion repeat. the initial settings to a different language, if ava- CD: all tracks repeat, single track repeat and given portion repeat. ilable. REPEAT button: To press this button: SUBTITLE button: To press this button, you can © You can repeatedly play a title (DVD) or all tracks ETS) capes pengage re me ne sele- © n " stats ts) cted at the initial settings to a different language, (CD) when "ALL €_) “appears on VFD. Ke DRASS f available. ro) © You can repeatedly play a chapter (DVD) or a single © track (CD) when " €_D" appears on VFD. o ANGLE button: ® © You can cancel repeat functions when no "€_) " Some DVDs may contain scenes which have = appears on VFD. been shot simultaneously from a number of Q different angles. For these discs, the same 2] un | lE2 = = scene can be viewed from each of these Q REP A-B button: Î different angles by using the ANGLE button. ë © You can repeatedly play a given portion by operating = ee) ina: œIeIeI—] EE as following: 5 : : DEC RESUME button: When you press STOP button, Er To press this button once to define the portion head . etes! : : : : . : the player can memorize the stopped point from na To press this button again to define the portion toe. ——— : x : . which play will go on when you press RESUME And then the portion will be played repeatedly. button © To press this button again to return to normal playback. nl \ / 5 TITLE button: ZOOM button: 419 © © DVD disc: © Press this button during normal, zoom in or zoom out [=(ORTES) Press TITLE button, then the DVD menu or titles ayailable . . : Q 5 on the disc will be displayed. Then you can use " 4,» "and playback mode. This player can magnify a picture at 3 ENTER b) : ne utton to select programs. levels. Press this button to magnify picture and at zoom ®] for in mode uss direction buttons " Le ‘to select desired . Ô À Ô X The buttons mentioned in 1-3 can work only when the disc played supports part of the zoomed picture. the corresponding functions. 1 1 hen this unit is not used, please turn off the power and leave no disc insidi

Mother function buttons mn | PDisplay Em | 1 SYSTEM button: Press this button to select PAL, NTSC or MULTI. OSD button: Press this button once to show main playback information on TV screen and press it again to show playback time. Press this button at the fifth time, and then the display will be canceled. RANDOM button: Random mode allows you to play tracks randomly by pressing this button, pressing again will cancel random playback. (=) © © © onnecting headphones sooel| LE g headpi ne | 2 2 è 1 Connect the headphones. FUNCTION button: ou es h Press to select volume, pitch. Then press en Ô Headphones with a 6.3 mm stereo plug can be connected. "+" or "-" button for adjustment. E @ Ô 1 MUTE button: LD € & ©) Press this button to turn on/off the sound. œisi=le [œJe) L/R button: Press this button consecutively and the audio output will change as following: DONNE] V7 2 Adjust the volume. Avoid listening to sound as levels which may be harmful to your ears.

Menu function buttons © MENU button: Press this button, disc menu available on the disc will be displayed. 3 You can press CLEAR button to cancel and input again if you mis-input track numbers. Æ Now you can press " (ai "and "ENTER" button to select "START" option and enjoy the desired tracks. © If playing some DVD discs, press this button back to root menu screen. © If playing DVDs you can use the functions of MENU, PROGRAM and RANDOM. [Program functions En | © When you want to play only partial tracks/chapters of a disc (DVDs) or to arrange the tracks/chapters playback order, you need program functions. Do as following: 1 Press PROGRAM button. Then "PROGRAM" O Ke © will appear on TV screen 2 Press the track number in the order you e] e] ED want. DOC For example, if the track numbers you want to play are 1, 3 and 8, just input in the order of 1-3-8.

Initial settings Common procedures of initial settings © Press SETUP button to get the setup menu. Use direction buttons " (ei "to select the preferred item and press ENTER button to confirm. After finishing settings, press SETUP again to leave the setup menu main page to the TV display.

SETUP MENU-MAIN PAGE

© Setup menu main page GENERAL SETUP

Ÿ or Once the initial settings have been completed, the pl in the memory even after turning the power off untill ettings are changed. The following menu items can be changed: TV DISPLAY: selects the aspect ratio of the playback picture. 4:3/PANSCAN: pan & scan display. 4:3/ILETTERBOX: letterbox display. 16:9: widescreen display. ANGLE MARK: viewing angles change option(if available). See chan- ging the angles on page 11. OSD LANG: selects a language for on screen display. DIGITAL OUTPUT: select audio output :SPDIFOFF, ALL, PCM ONLY. CLOSED CAPTIONS: this is to turn on/off captions. SCR SAVER: this is to turn on/off screen saver. Analog audio setup page bei] DIGITAL

ANALOG AUDIO SETUP PAGE. DOWN MIX This page is for setup speaker output. DOWN MIX LT/RT.__ 2ch output, main channel with surround. STEREO: 2ch output, main right channel with right surround; main left channel with left surround. can always be operated under the same conditions(especially with DVD discs). The settings will be retained

= F-MONO DYNAMIC. GE = 114 — OFF D | MIX-MONO = | -12 The following menu items can be changed: DUAL MONO: Reproduction mode, used only when the input consists of two independent audio channels(1/1 mode). Possible selections are: STEREO: Reproduce both channels as is. L-MONO: Reproduce the left channel only. R-MONO: Reproduce the right channel only. MIX-MONO: Mix both channels. The default is STEREO. DYNAMIC: Dynamic range compression. Video setup page (4), oem

SCART CvBS Ÿ RGB The following menu items can be changed: SCART: Selects CVBS or RGB video output of scart. Once the initial settings have been completed, the player can always be operated under the saï in the memory even after tuning the power off until the settings are changed. Preference setup page Sierrar PREFERENCES PAGE TV TYPE En MULTI SUD) ENGLISH FRENCH

Ÿ 6R DANISH TNC-17 8 ADULT OFF The following menu items can be changed: TV TYPE: selects the type of television. MULTI: automatic-self-selecting television sets. NTSC PAL AUDIO: Selects a language for audio(if available). SUBTITLE: Selects a language for subtitles(if available). no subtitles are display after selecting OFF. DISC MENU: Selects a language for title menus or DVD menus(if available). PARENTAL[DVD only]: This is to disable the playing of specified DVDs which are unsuitable for children. Some DVDs are encoded with specific rating level. If the rating level of the disc is higher than that preset in the setup operation, playback of the disc will be prohi- bited. After selecting one of the PARENTAL items the screen will change to the PASSWORD VERIFY page. PASSWORDI[DVD only]: Selects the menu setup PASSWORD CHANGE PAGE. conditions(especially with DVD dis: he settings will be retained

Troubleshooting-tips Troubleshooting tips [Common] Before calling for service, you can check the following items on symptoms and solutions: No sound or distorted sound: Ensure that the equipment is connected properly. Ensure that the input settings for the TV and stereo system are proper. Adjust the volume using the OSD for player information. No picture: Ensure that the equipment is connected properly. Ensure that the input setting for the TV is "video". No play: Condensation has formed : wait about 1 to 2 hours to allow the player to dry out. This player can't play discs other than DVDs, MP3s and CDs. The disc may be dirty and require cleaning . Ensure that the disc is installed with the label side up. No remote control: Check the batteries are installed with the correct polarities(+&-). The batteries are depleted: replace them with new ones. Point the remote control unit at the remote control sensor and operate. Remove the obstacles between the remote control unit and the remote control sensor. Operate the remote control unit at a distance of not more than 8 meters from the remote control sensor. No key operation(by the unit and/or the remote control) is effective: Turn the unit off and then back to on. Altematively, turn off the unit, disconnect the AC power cord and the re-connect it (The player may not be operating properly due to lightning, static electricity or some other external factor.) Troubleshooting tips [DVD] Play does not commence even when title is selected: Confirm the "Rating" settings. Audio soundtrack and/or subtitle language is not the one selected at the initial settings: If the audio soundtrack and/or subtitle language does not exist on the disc, the language selected at the initial setting will not be seen/ heard. No subtitles: Subtitles appear only with discs which contain them. Alternative audio soundtrack(or subtitle) language fail to be selected: @ An alternative language is not selected with discs which do not contain more than one language. © in the case of some discs, the alternative language cannot be selected by operating the AUDIO or SUBTITLE button. Try selecting it from the DVD menu if one is available. Angle cannot be changed: This function is dependent on software availability. Even if a disc has a number of angles recorded, these angles may be recorded for specific scenes only.

Definition of terms Angle Recorded onto some DVD discs are scenes which have been simult- aneously shot from a number of different angles(the same scene is shot from the front, front the left side, from the right side, etc.). With such discs, the ANGLE button can be used to view the scene from different angles. DVD This refers to a high-density optical disc on which high-quality pictures and sound have been recorded by means of digital signals. Incorpor- ating a new video compression technology(MPEG Il) and high-density recording technology, DVD enables esthetically pleasing full-motion video to be recorded over long periods of time(for instance, a whole movie can be recorded). DVD has a structure consisting of two 0.6mm thin discs which are ad- hered to each other. Since the thinner the disc, the higher the density at which the information can be recorded, a DVD disc has a greater capacity than a single 1.2mm thick disc. Since the two thin discs are adhered to each other, there is the potential to achieve double-sided play sometime in the future for even longer duration play. Chapter number These numbers are recorded on DVD discs. Atitle is subdivided into many sections, each of which is numbered, and specific parts of video presentations can be searched quickly using these numbers. Subtitles These are the printed lines appearing at the bottom of the screen which translate or transcribe the dialogue. They are recorded on DVD discs. Definition of terms Track number These numbers are assigned to the tracks which are recorded on Cds. They enable specific tracks to be located quickly. Time number This indicates the play time which has elapsed from the start of a disc or a title. lt can be used to find a specific scene quickly. (It may not work with some discs.) lRegion management information The Region number for this DVD player is 2. (é)