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Glossary
DVD: Digital Versatile Disc
A type of disc which contains recording of
audio/video packaged media with high video and
audio quality, such as a movie, featuring large
recording capacity and digital signal processing
capability.
VCD: VIDEO CD
A type of CD which contains the recording of
moving images. It compresses image information
by about 1/120 and audio information by about 1/6
and accommodates up to 74 minutes of recording
in a disc with the same diameter as ordinary
music CD of 12 cm.
Some VCDs do not have the P.B.C. compatibility
and are capable of playback only, while some are
P.B.C.-compatible and are capable of various
special playback control operations. This player
can play both of these VCDs.
MPEG: Moving Picture Expert Group (DVD, VCD)
This is an international standard for digital video
and audio compression and decompression in
media.
Dolby Digital
This is a digital audio compression technology
developed by Dolby Laboratories. It is compatible
with 5.1-channel surround audio as well as normal
stereo (2-channel) audio and can accommodate a
large amount of audio data efficiently in a disc.
DTS
Name of a digital surround system developed by
Digital Theater Systems, Inc.
Dolby Pro Logic II
The matrix decoding technologies that have been
evolved from the conventional Dolby Pro Logic
system and that is based on the latest digital
matrix technologies.
It recognizes the excellent 5.1-channel sound
playback of Dolby Surround and ordinary CD
stereo sounds.
You can enjoy surround channels as full-band
sounds (from 20 Hz to 20 kHz) and stereo sources
as real 5.1-channel sounds.
The Movie mode, Music mode, or Matrix mode
can be selected according to the playback source.
When the Dolby Pro Logic II mode is selected,
the sound level is slightly dropped due to its
characteristics.
Top menu/menu (DVD)
Some DVDs display more than one title in a
screen. This screen is referred to as the top
menu.
The menu is the item display (menu screen) for
use in setting operations. The menu can be
recalled any time during playback to perform
settings according to the current software,
including the audio switching between Dolby
Digital and PCM, switching of language used in
the subtitles and spoken voice.
Title number (DVD)
The title is the largest unit of video and audio
recorded in a DVD. It usually corresponds to a
single movie of video software or an album
(sometimes a piece of music) of music software.
The numbers assigned to individual titles are
referred to as the title numbers.
Chapter number (DVD)
The chapter is a section of video and audio
recorded in a DVD. A title is composed of several
chapters. The numbers assigned to individual
chapters are referred to as the chapter numbers.
Subtitles (DVD)
Some DVD discs contains the recording of more
than one subtitle language. This player allow you
to select one of the recorded subtitle languages
during playback.
Track number (CD, VCD)
A track is also a section of video and audio
recorded in a disc. The numbers assigned to
individual tracks are referred to as the track
numbers.
With most of music CDs, a track is assigned to a
piece of music. However, with a VCD, the
sections of the contents do not always
correspond to the assigned tracks.
As (special) playback functions such as skipping
and programming of ordinary CDs are based on
track number data, such playback functions are
sometimes impossible with some VCDs.
P.B.C.: Play-Back Control (VCD)
When a VIDEO CD carries "Play Back Control
capable" or similar message on the disc or jacket,
desired scenes and information can be played
back in an interactive manner using a hierarchical
structure while viewing the menu screens
displayed on the TV screen.
Troubleshooting Guide
Some system functions are limited to control depending on your setup.
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Zone cannot be set.
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The "Rear Bass Boost" of SFC Adjust cannot be set.
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The rear speakers of DTA cannot be set.
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The "Position Fine Control" of rear speakers cannot be set.
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The "Channel Level" of rear speakers cannot be set.
The rear speakers have been set to
"NONE" on the Speaker Set Up
screen (page 62).
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The subwoofer of DTA cannot be set.
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The "Position Fine Control" of the subwoofer cannot be set.
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The "Channel Level" of the subwoofer cannot be set.
The subwoofer has been set to
"NONE" on the Speaker Set Up
screen (page 62).
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The SFC Adjust cannot be set.
The SFC (Sound Field) (page 88) has
been set to "Bypass" or
"Bypass+Center".
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The SFC (Sound Field) cannot be set to "Dolby PL II".
The center and rear speakers have
been set to "NONE" on the Speaker
Set Up screen (page 62).
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The SFC (Sound Field) cannot be set to "Bypass+Center".
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The "Center Level" of SFC Adjust cannot be set.
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The "Center Width Control" of SFC Adjust cannot be set.
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The center speaker for DTA cannot be set.
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The "Position Fine Control" of the center speaker cannot be set.
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The "Channel Level" of the center speaker cannot be set.
The center speaker has been set to
"NONE" on the Speaker Set Up
screen (page 62).
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No SFC (Sound Field) can be set.
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No signals can be set.
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The "Parametric Equalizer" cannot be set.
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The "Position (Position Fine Control)" cannot be set.
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The "Car Type Setup" value cannot be set.
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The "Speaker Setup" value cannot be set.
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No crossover frequency can be set.
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The "Channel Level" (test signal output) cannot be set.
The Zone Control has been turned
On (page 94).