Denon La-3500 User manual

DEN

Hi-Fi

Multi

Laser

Disc

Player

SERVICE MANUAL

MODEL

LA-3500

MULTI LASER DISC PLAYER

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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 -

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EXPLODED VIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 -79

DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY

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ADJUSTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 -

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FRONT PANEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

PICKUP AND SERVO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 -40 TRAY I DRIVE UNIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

VIDEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

41

PICK BASE I TRAVERSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 , 79

SEMICONDUCTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 -57 CIRCUIT BLOCK DIAGRAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 -84

P.W.B. ASS'Y PARTS LIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 -68 SERVO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

2U-2570

MAIN

UNIT

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. 59 -62 AUDIO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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2U-2571

SUB

UNIR

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2U-2759 TRANSFORMER UNIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 CONTROL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

2U-2572

SWITCH

UNIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 SPINDLE SERVO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

PRINTED WIRING BOARD

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EXPLODED VIEW OF PARTS LIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 WIRING DIAGRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

PACKING & ACCESSORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 -92

NI

PP

ON

COLUMBIA

CO.,

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LTD.

IMPORTANT

TO

SAFETY

WARNING

:

TO PREVENT

FIR

E OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO

NOT

EXPOSE THIS

APPLIANCE TO

RAIN

OR MOISTURE.

Please,

record

and

retain

the

Model

name

and

se

rial

number

ol

your

set

s

hown on

th

e

rating

label

.

M

odel

No.

LA

-3500 Serial N

o.-------

2

RISK

Of

ELECTRI

C

SHOCK

DO

NOT Of'EN

CAUTION:

TO

REDUCE

THE

RI

SK OF

ELECTR

IC SHOCK,

DO

NOT REMOVE COVER {OR BACK) . NO U

SER

SERVICEABLE

PARTS INSIDE.

REFER

SERVICING

TO

QUALIFIED

SERV

ICE

PERSONNEL.

The

lightning

flash wi th

arrowhead

symbol

within

an

equilate1al triang le is intended 10 alert the user ol the

presence of uninsulated "dangerous

voltage"

within

the

product's

enc

l

osure

thal

may

be of

suff

1

c1en

1

magn11ude

10

cons1ltu1e a risk of elect1ic shock

to

persons.

The exclarnelion

point

within

an equilateral

triangle

is

in1ended 10 alert the user

of

the

pro

senco

of

im

ponant

opera1ing and

maintenance

!servic

ing)

ins1ruc1ion

in

!he

literature

accompanying

the ap-

pliance.

CAUTION

TO PREVENT

ELECTRIC

SHOCK

DO

NOT

USE

TH

IS (POLA·

RIZEDI PLUG WITH AN EXTENSI

ON

CORO.

RECEPTACLE

OR

OTHER OUT

LET

UNLESS

THE

BLADES CAN

BE

FULLY

IN

SERT~O

TO PREVENT BLADE EXPOSURE.

ATTENTION

POUR

PREVEN

IR

LES

CHOCS E

LE

CTRIOUES

NE

PAS UTILI·

SER

CETTE

FICHE

POLAAISEE

AVEC

UN

PAOLONGATEUA

UNE

PRISE

OE

COURA

NT

OU UNE AUTRE SORTIE

OE

COURANT. SAUF SI

LES

LAMES PEUVENT

ETRE

INSEAEES A

FOND SANS

EN

LAISSER AUCUNE PARTIE A DECOUVEAT.

NOTE:

This

Multi

Laser Disk p layer

t1ses

the

semiconductor

lase1. To

allow

you to

enjoy

music

at

a slable ope1at1on, it

is

re<:ommended

to

u

se

this

ma

r

oom

of

5°C

(4

1°

F)

-

3S

"C (95°

F)

,

LABELS

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CAUTION.

USE OF

CO

NTROLS OR

ADJUSTMENTS

OR

RE

FOR

MAN

CE

OF

PROCE

-

DURES OT

HE

R THAN THOSE S

PE

C

IF

I

ED

H

ERE

IN

MAY

RESULT IN

HAZARDOUS RADIATION EXPOSURE.

THE

CO

MPA

CT

DISC PLAYER SHOULD NOT

BE

ADJUSTED OR R

EPA

IR

ED

BY

ANYONE

EX

CE

PT

PR

OPERLY QUALIFIED

SE

RV

I

CE

PER

SO

NN

EL.

NOTE :

This

unit

may

cause ln terforence

10

radio and

telev

is

ion

reception if

you do

no1

operate

11

in st1icl accordance

w11h

1hls OPERATING

INSTRUCTIONS.

Th

is

uni

t

comp

lios

with

Class B

computing

devic

e rules in accor-

dance

with

the specifica11ons in Sub-part J

or

Part

15

of

1h

e

FCC

Rules.

wh

ich

ere

designed

10

provide

reasonable

pro1oc11on

11g11ins1

such interference in a residential installat

ion

.

lf

the

unit

does cause

interference to any radio

or

tel

evision

reception,

try

to redu

ce

it

by

one

or

more

of

the

following

means:

a)

Turn

the

other

unit

10

improve

reception

b)

Move

this

unit

c)

Move

this

unit

away

from

others

di

Plug

this

unit

respectively

into

a

different

AC

o

uilet

•This

is

no

t e

in

eccord an

ce

with

Section

15.838 of

the

FCC

Rules.

)

IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS

3.

4 .

Read lns1ruc

11

ons

-All the

satcty

and

operating

ms

1wc

11ons

should

be read before

1he

appliance is operated.

Retain I

nstructions

-

Th

e

sa

lety and

operating

inatruct1ons

should

be r

etomcd

for

futu1e reference.

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ap1Jlia11i'f nd m the

operating

Follow

lns

11u

ctions -All

operating

and uso

instru

ctions

should

bu

followed

5.

Cleaning -

Unp

lug

this

video

producl

rrdtn

1he

wall

outlet

before

cleaning. Do

not

use

liquid

cleaners

or

aaco1ol cl

ea

ners. Use a

damp

cloth fo r cleaning .

6. Attachmen1s -Do

not

use anachment.s

no1

recommended

by tho

video

product

manulac1urcr

as

they

ay

cause hazards.

7 . Water

and

Moi

sture -Do

not

use

this.vweo

product

near water -

for

example, near a both tub, wash

bowl,

fr:1tchen

smk,

or

laundry

tub. in

a

wet

basement.

or

near a

swimm

in

g

1>001.

and

the like.

Accessories -Do not place

this

video

product

on an

unstable

cart,

stand,

tripod

, bracket,

or

table..,

Ttic

video

product

may fall. causing

se1ious

injury

to

a

child

OQt-aduh

. and serious darnagc

to

tho

appliance.

Us

e

only

w11h

a

c1111.

stund

, 1ripod, hrackcl ,

01

table

1o

commended

by

lhe

manulBcturer.

or

sold

with

the

video

product

.

Any

mounting

of

the

appliarte

should

follow

the

manufacturer's

instructions,

and should lllie a

mourlllng

accessory

recommended

by the

manufacturer

.

SA.

An

appliance

and

cart

combination

should

be

moved

with

care.

Quick s

tops

, excessive

for

ce.

and

uneven

surfaces

may

cause the

appliance and car1

combination

to

overturn

9. Venti

lation

-Slots and

openings

in

the cabinet are pro'Jided for

ven

1il

at1on

and

10 ensure

reliab

le

ope

1ation o f the

video

product

and

to

protecl

ii

fr

om

ove

rh

eati

ng

. and these

openings

must

not

be

blocked

or

cove

re

d. The

ope

nings shou ld never be blocked

by

placing

1he

video

product

on

a bed, sofa, rug or 01hcr

simitar

surface. This

video

product

should

ncvur be placed

near

or

over

a

radia101

or

heat register. This

video

producl

should

no1

be placed In

a bull1-in lnstall al

ion

such as a bookcase or rack

unless

proper

ventilation is p1ovided or tho

manu

fa

c

1u

rer's instruc1ions have been

adho1e

to

.

10

. Power Sources -This video

product

sh

ould

be operated

only

from

the

typ

e

of

power

source

Indicated

on

the rna1kmg label.

If

you are

not s

um

ol

the

typ

e

of

power

supply

to

your

home.

consuh

your

appliance dealer or loca l

power

compan

y. For

video

products

intended

10

operate

from

ba11t

Hy

power

.

or

other

sou

rces, refor

to

the

operating

instructions

11

.

Grounding

or

Polamation

- l

h1

s v

id

eo

product

is eQulpped

whh

a

polar

iled

alternacing·current

lino

plug

fa

plug

havmg

one blade

wider

than tho other).

This

plug

will

fit

into

the

power

ou tlet

on

ly

one

way. This

1s

a

sa

fety f

eature

.

If

you arc

unable

IO

in sert the ptug

fully

m10

the

ou1le1.

try

reversing rhe

plug

. If the

plug

shou

ld

s1itl fail

to

111

, contact

your

electrician

to

replace

your

obso

lete

ou

ll

et

. Do

nol

defeal

lhe

sa

fe

ty

purpose

of

the polarized

plug

.

12 Power-Cord Protec1ion -

Power

·

Supp

ly

cords

should

be routed so

that

they

are

not

li kely

to

be

walked

on

or

pmched

by

items

pieced

upon

or

againsl

th

em,

paying

panicular

auent

ion

to

cords

at

plugs,

convenience receptacles, and the

point

where

they

exit

frorn the

appliance.

flGURE A

EX>Ml'lE

Of

ANTENNA

CAOUHOING

ASPCll

NAnQHAl

CUClAICAl

COOE

)

14. Ou1doo1

Antenna

Grounding

-If en

outside

an1enna

or

cable

system is connectec

ll

o the video

product,

be su1e the an1enna

or

c

able

system is

grounded

so

as

to

pr

ovide

some

protection

againsl

voltage surges and

built

-up sl alic charg

es

. Sect i

on

810 o f the

National

Electrical Code.

ANSlfNFPA

No. 7()-1984,

provides

in-

forma

t

ion

wilh

resp

ec

\

to

propei

g1oundmg o f the

mast

and

supporting

s

1r

u<;,1u

r

e,

grounding

of

the lead-

in

wire

to

an antenna

discharge

unit,

size

ol

g r

ounding

conductors. location

of

antonna

-

di

sc

horge

unit,

connec

tion

10

grounding

elect rodes. and require-

ments

101

ihe

groundmg

electrode. See Figure A.

I S. L1gh1ning -For added protec

ti

on

101

this

vi

deo

producl

receiver

during

a lig

htning

storm, or

when

it

ts

left unaUended

and

unused

for

long

periods

of

time

,

unp

lug it

from

!he

wall

ou \let and

disconnect

the antenna

or

cable system This

will

prevent

damage

to th e

video

product

due

to

l

ightning

and

power

-

lin

e

surge

s.

16

Power

Lines

-An

outside

antenna syst

em

should

not

be l

ocated

in

th

e

vicinity

of

overh

ead

power

lines

or

o

th

er

electric

light

or

power

circui

t

s.

o r

where

it can tall

into

such

power

linos

or

circuits.

When

installing

an ou1side

antenna

system.

ex

lf

eme

care

should

be taken

to

keep f

rom

1ouchi

ng

such powo1 Imes

or

circ

uil

s

as

contact wi1h

them

m1gh1

be

lata

l.

17

Overl

oadiny

-Do

not

uvc1load

wall

outlets and extension

cords

as

this

can result in a ro

sk

of hre

01

electric shock .

18

. Object

and

Liquid

Entry

- Never push ob1ecls o f

any

kind

in

l o thi s

video

produ

c1

through

openings

as

!hoy

may

touch

dallgerous

voltage

points

o r short-out parts that

could

resu

lt

in

a fire

or

electric

shock Never

spill

liquid

of

any

kind

of

th

e

video

produ

ct

19.

Servicing

-Do not a

lt

empt

to

service tins vi

deo

p1oduc1

yoursell

as

opening

or

removing

covers

may

expose you

to

dangerous

voltag

e

or

o

th

er hazards Reier all servicmg lo

qua

lified service

personnel.

20

Damage

Requiring

Service -

Unplug

lhis

video

p1oduc1 h orn the

wall

outle

1 and refer s

ervicing

to

quelil1od service personnel under

the f

ollowmg

cond1t1ons :

a. When the

powcr

·

supply

co

rd

or

plug is

damaged

.

b. If

liquid

has been

sp

ill

ed,

or

objects h

ave

fallen into the

video

product

.

c. !I th e

video

produc

t has been exposed

lo

ram

or

water.

d If the v id eo

product

does

no

l operate

nor

mally

by

following

the

operat

mg

instruct

ions

.

Adjus

t

only

those

conirols

th

at

arc

covered

by

lho

operating

instruc

tion

s

as

an

improper

adjust-

ment

of

ot her

conuols

may

result in

damage

and

wilt

often

rcquuu

ox1

ens1'Je

work

by a qua

lified

tec

hni

cian to restore

th

o

video

produ

ct I O 11s

norma

l opera t

ion

.

e. If

lh

e

video

product

h

as

been

dropped

or

the cabinel has been

damaged

f. When th e

video

nroducl

ex

hibit

s a

dislinct

change ln

perform·

ance -

this

Ind

icates a need

101

service.

21

. Replacement

Pans

-

Wheu

replacemenl

pans

ere required, be sure

the service

tochr11cmn

h

as

used replacemen!

parts

specified

by

th

e

ma11ufacturer

or

have !he same charac teri stics

as

the

original

pan

.

Unauthorbed

substi

tutions may 1

es

ul1

in fire, elec

iric

shock

or

other

hazards.

22

.

Sa

fety Check -

Upon

comple

t

ion

o l any

se

rvic e or repairs

to

this

video

product. ask

1he

service tec

hni

cian

to

perform

sa

fety ch

ec

ks

to

determine

that th e

video

product

is

in

prop

e1

operating

condi

1

io11

3

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w

en

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-TABLE

OF

CONTENTS -

ITJ

M a

in

Features

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0

ITl

[II

Not

es

on Install ation

..

Notes on U

se

.

Before Using

..

Abou

t Discs ....

Connections .

Part Names and Functions

10

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III

IIl

ill

[jQ]

Opening a

nd

Closi ng th e Disc Table and Loading Discs ............... ...................................................... 15

Remote Con

tr

ol

Unit

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On-Sc reen Display

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Reg

ular

Playback

..

Findi

ng

Specific Sections .

Other

Pl

ayback Modes

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IDl

[ill

@I

~

[ill

Programmed

Playback ...................................................................... ... ...................

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Repeal Pl ayback .... . ... ............ 36

Swi

tchi

ng

1h

e

Audio

Channel .................................................

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Troubleshoo

1ing . .

.....

39

Main

Speci

fi

cations

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Check

that

the

following

parts are included in th e package aside

from

th

e

main

unit

:

(1) Operating

Instructions

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1

12)

Audio

cord . . ......................................... 1

(3) Video cord ............................................................................. 1

(4)

S-

Vi

deo

cord

...

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........ ................................. 1

(5) R

emote

co n1rol

unit

(R

C-520)

.....

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(6) A

SP

(AA)

ba11e

ries

..

...... 2

17)

Warranly

card

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[TI

MAIN

FEATURES

1.

Double

Super

linear

Converter

The use of D

enon's

unique

sys1

em

and DIA

conver

ters

with

excellent resolution to

prevent

ze

ro c ross

distortion,

th e main

cause of reduced

sound

quality

in the

PC

M playback

sys

tem,

make for so

un

d fi eld reproduct ion

with

ri ch musical expres·

sion.

2. Real

20-bit

This

together

with

real 20-

bit

DIA co

nv

ert ers

of

fe

ring

excellent resol

ution

gr

ea

1l

y

improves

musi

c

reproducibi

lity,

part icu l

ar

ly at l

ow

vo

lum

e level

s.

3. Full

digital

video

proce

ss

in

g syst

em

Digital circu

it

ry

is used f

or

the

TB

C,

3-

lin

e Y /C separa t

ion

and

FNR

{Field Noise Reduction),

ac

hieving

high pict ure

qual

ity .

(I] NOTES ON INSTALLATION

The sou

nd

or

pic

tur

e

of

the

tune

r or

TV

may

be affected w hen

usi

ng

this digital audio

componen

t

or

an elec1ronic

device

eq

uipped

with

a

microproc

essor

simu

ltaneously

wi

th a tuner

or

TV

.

• Install the LA·3500

as

far

as

possi ble

from

the tun

er

or

TV

.

4

• Keep th e

tuner

and TV's antenna

cor

ds

as

far

as

possib

le

from

!he LA·3500's

power

cord

and

input

/o

utput

connection cord

s.

• Interference is especi

ally

likely

when

us

i

ng

a 300

ohm

feeder

wiro

for

an

indoor

antenna. We

recommend

u

si

ng an

outdoor

ontonna and 75

ohm

coaxial cab l

es.

4.

Digital

se

rv

o

for

high

playability

Th e LA·3500 uses

digita

l

servo

circu

itry

and a d

igi

t

al

se

r

vo

processor

which

makes the

optimu

m adjusl

ment

accordin g to

the cond

it

ion of each in

dividua

l disc,

for

high

p1e

cision co

ntrol

of th e servo sec

tion

.

This

provid

es high tracing

ca

paci ti

es

(pl

ayab

ility) and reduces

access ti

me

.

5.

CD

·G (CD·

graphi

cs)

comp

a

tibl

e

6.

Num

erous fun

ctio

ns

•

Jog/s

huttl e f

unctions

• S

trob

e,

still & sou

nd

and art play

functions

• Random, auto edit and

intr

o-scan funct ions

300

ohm

f

eeder

wi

re 75 ohm

coa111a

l

cab

le

NOTE ON USE

Be

cueful

of

high

temp

e

ratures

• Do

not

place the set in a

lo

cation

wh

ere it

will

be exposed to

dir

ect

s

unli

ght o r n

ea

r a heating ap·

p

li

ance.

Caution

on ra

ck/cabi

net

installation

•

Avoid

installi

ng

the

se

t in a closed·

1ype rack.

• Wh en ins

talling

ln

a

ra

ck

or

cabinet,

provide

a sufficientl y large

ventilation

ope

nin

g

to

promote

h

ea

t radiat

ion

.

Do

not

allow

foreign

matter

Into

the

equipment

• Be

es

pecia

lly

ca reful

of

needl

es,

hair

s,

and coins

getting

I

nt

o the

se

t.

Caution

on

humidity

,

water

, and

dust

• Do not place the set in a loc

ation

where

there is

hi

gh

humidity

or a

l

ot of

dust

Flower

vases

or

oth er

items

con-

taining

w ater s

hou

ld

not

be placed

on t

op

of the se t.

Care

of

the

case

•

Avo

id the use of pestic

id

es near

th e

se

t

as

well

as

wiping

1he case

wi

th benzine, th

inner

or

oiher

sol·

ven1s since they m ay cau

se

a

change

in

quality

or

co

lor

. U

se

a

s

oh

cloth

when

wip

ing

away

d i

rt

a

nd

fo

ll

ow

the instruc1

ions

ca

reful·

ty

when

using che

mi

c

ally

tr

ea

ted

cloths

.

Care

with

the

power

cord

•

When

rem

oving

th e

plug

fr

om

the

rece ptacle,

do

not

pull

the

power

cord ; be sure

to

h

ol

d

the

plug

when

r

emoving

it.

Do

not

ope

n

the

case

•

Opening

the

top

cover

or

th e b ot·

t om

plat

e

of

1h

e case and in

se

rting

your

hand is

dangerous

. Do

no1

open

the case.

If

some tro

ub

le arises

wi

th

th e

performance

of the

se

t,

remove

the

power

p

lu

g soon and co

nt

ac

t th e

sto re where the

se

1

was

pur

chased

or

a n

ea

rby

deale

r.

During

your

ab sence

•

Wh

en

not

using the set

for

an

extended p

eriod

such as w hen tak -

in g a

tr

ip, be sure to

di

sconnect 1he

plug

from the receptacle.

Fo

r sets w i th ventilation holes

Do

not

block

the

ventilation

holes

of

the

set

• Blocki ng

of

!he ve

nt

ilation

holes

wi

ll

lead to

damag

e

of

the

se

t.

• The ventilation holes ero very Im-

portant

for

h

oo

t rudlotlon

from

wit

hin tho sot.

Ct

iro must

bo

tnkun

slnco pl

ac

lng M objoc1 nonln11 tho

halo

s

wlll

rt111ull

In tll1

6M

lr

l}mt1

filO

of tompt'llnturo

whhln

tile 101.

5

~

ii>

UI

0

I

6

(!]

BEFORE

USING

Check

the

following

point

s b

efo

re

u

sing

th

e

LA

-3500:

• Before

turning

on

th

e

power

Be

sure

the

POWER

button

is

off

when

connecting

or

disconnec

t

ing

con

n

ection

co rd

s.

Check again

th

at all

connec

-

lions

are

proper

and

that

!her

e are

no

problems

with

the

co

nnecti

on

co

rd

s.

• M

ov

ing

th e set

Remov

e discs

before

moving

the

set

To prevent

shor

t -

ci rcu

iting

or

damage

to

connection

cords,

always

unplug

the

power

cord

and

di

sconnect

all

cords

co

nn

ec

tin

g

th

e LA-3500

to

other

audio

componen

t s

before

moving

the set.

Keep these opera

ting

instructions

After

reading these operating in

structions,

store th

em

in

a safe

place along

with

the

warranty

. A lso fill in

1h

e necessary

11

ems

on

the back

cove

r

fo

r

future

reference.

LO

players u

se

sem i

conductor

lasers. To ensure stable opera-

tion, !he pl

ayer

should

be used at a

room

temperature

between

5"C

(41

°

F)

and

35"C (95

"'

F)

.

T

he

illus

tr

ations

used

f

or

ex

planati

ons

in

1h

ese i

nstruc

t

io

ns

may

differ

sl

ightly

from

the actual set.

•

Wa

it

until

"S

TANDBY

"

appears

on the

disp

lay before

unplug-

ging

the

power

cord.

.----

-----~

[

Cautions

on

Handling

[

Be

sure

to

r

ea

d

thi

s

se

ction

before

using

the

LA

-35

00

.

If

stripes

appear

on

the

TV

scree

n

Depending

on

the

reception

condi

tions

of

TV

programs,

stripes

may

appea

r

on

the

TV

screen

when

watching

a

pr

og

r

am

wi

th 1

he

player's

power

turned

on. This is

not

a

ma

lfun

ct

ion

of

lh

e

player

or

TV.

Tu rn

off

the

player's

powe1

when

watching

TV

programs

.

Condensa

tion

Condensation

or

dew

may

form

on

the oper

ation

sections

or

len s

if

the

player

is

brought

into

a

warm

room

from

the

co

ld

ou

t

doors

or

if the

temperature

in the

room

Increases

sudden

ly. If

1hi

s

happens

, the laser

beam

w i

ll

not

be

able

to

read signals

and

di

scs

will

not

play

.

Depending

on

how

heavy

the

dew

is, leave the

powe

r

on

for

one

or

t

wo

hours

to

let

the

player

get

accustom

ed

to

th

e t

emperature

in

the

room

. The

dew

will

evaporate

and

playback

wi

ll

be

possible

.

Dew

may

also

form

in

the

summe

r

if

the pl

ayer

is

exposed

to

th e

direc

t ai rfl

ow

fr

om

an

air

condi

ti

oner

.

If

so, move

the

player

out

o f

the

airflow

.

m ABOUT DISCS

I

Handling

Discs I

Holding

Di

scs

Avoid

1

ouching

the surface

of

the

disc

when

l

oading

or

unloading

it.

Holding

La

ser

Di

scs

•

Wh

en

holding

with

both

h•nd

s:

Ho ld the disc along the

edges.

•

Wh

en

holding

with

one

h•nd

:

Hold the disc with

one

!Inger

in

the

hole

In

lhe

middle

and

another

along

the

edge

.

®®

Figure

A F

igur

e B

Ho

lding

Compac

t Discs and

Compac

t Discs

with

video

iCDVs)

Hold

th

e disc al

ong

!he edges

as

s

hown

111

Figure C.

Figure C

~

NOTE

:

~not use cracked

or

warped

discs.

• The disc

ro

1ates

at

high

speed

inside

the player

during

playback.

Do

not

used

cracked,

chipped

or s

trongly

warped

di

scs.

they

may

damage

the

player.

Cleaning

Fi

ngerprin

ts

and

dirt

do

not

direc

tly

affect the signals

recorded

on

the disc,

bu

l

may

reduce

the

ligh

t reflected

from

the

signal

sur

face

and red uce the sou

nd

or

pictu

re

quality

. Clean the disc

if

it is

dirty

.

To clean a disc.

apply

some

water

to a

soh

clot

h,

wring

out

well

,

wipe

of

f the dirt, then

wipe

the disc

with

a dry clo

th

.

Wipe

th e

disc

from

t

he

inner

si

de

towards

the

outer

side.

:;",";

,·

"~po

~

~~0'

W•pogonttv hom

th

em

ne<

side

towards

the

outer

si

d e

Do

not

use rec

ord

spray

or anti-static

materials

Also.

never

use

benzene,

thinner,

or

other

volatil e

chemicals

.

The pict

ure

may

be

in

-

te

rrupt

ed if

th

e disc is

extremely

dirty.

lf this

happens

,

clean

th

e

dis

c.

7

I

~

t.J

en

0

c.n

I

Type

s

of

Discs

Usabl

e

on

the

LA

-

3500

I

The LA -3500 is a

multi

disc player.

The 9 types

of

disc !isted

below

can be played.

• The marks are

included

on

the disc's label

or

jacket.

Mark

Disc Size

rillo~©

CD

(Compact Oise) Single

Bern

DIGlfAL AUOtO

CD

(Compact Disc)

12cm

rillo~©

CD

Graphics Single

Bern

DIGITAL

AUDIO

I

GRAP

H

ICS

I

CD

Graphics 12cm

~

C

DV

COV

Video Single

CO

VIDEO

V

I

DEO

~

12cm

0'

S

IN

GLE

DISC

e CDV

(CO

Video) 12cm

USEROISC

«

Ji'>

LD

20cm

Single

C O V I

DEO

LO

with

TOC (CD

Video

LO)

CD

VIDEO

20cm

e

o,

e

~

LO

{Laser Disc)

tASER"'5C

--

The LA-3500 is a player con

forming

to NT

SC

s1anda rds.

Discs

for

ot

her

TV

format

s (PAL

or

SECAMI cannot be used

on

th e LA-3500.

JOcm

Side(s)

Audio

Video

Others

recorded recording

format

recording

format

One side

Digital

-TOC

1·11

One side

Digital

-TOC

One side

Digital

CD-G

1"51

TOC

One side O

igi

ial CD-G TOC

Digi1al

One side CLV

1"31

roe

(max. 5

minutes)

!max. 5 minutes)

One side

Digital

CLV

1"31

TOC

(max

. 20

minutes)

!max

. 5 minutes)

One side CAV 1"

21

Digital/Anal

og

CLV TOC

Bo

th

sides

Digital

/Analog

(•4 )

or

CAV,

CLV

-

One side analog

only

I

Termi

n o l

ogy

I

LO

Terminology

Chapter

number

s

The chap ter

numbers

are

number

s given to

different

sections

of

the disc, so m e

thing

like chapters

in

a book . If ch apter

numb

ers

are recorded on the disc, you

ca

n use them fo r such oper ations

as

chapter sea rch

for

finding

certain sections quickly.

•

Some

discs do

not

include

chapter

numbers

.

Frame

nu

m

ber

s

These are

numbers

recorded

for

each frame

of

CAV discs. Use

th

em

for

such

operations

as frame search

for

finding

a ceriain

scene

using

the

fram

e

number

s.

Time

number

s

The

time

number

s

indi

ca

te the elapsed playing

tim

e fro m the

beginning

of

the

di

sc, and are recorded on

CLV

discs. They make

it

possible

lo

use such operations

as

tim

e

number

search for

finding

a certain scene

using

the

time

numbers

.

8

CD/CDV

/CD-G

Terminology

Tr

ade

numbers

Track

numbers

are

numbers

given

to the

difierenl

sections

of

the

disc. CDV discs co

ntain

track

numbe

rs

for

both

the

audio

and

video

part. U

se

the track

number

s

for

such operations

as

track

sea rch f

or

finding th e

des

ire

d section

of

th e disc quic kly.

TOC 1•1)

Aside

from

the

audio

signals, all

CD,

CDV and

CD

-G discs contain

da1a

ca

lled

1h

e HTOC" (Table Of Conte

n1

s)

at the beginni

ng

of

the

disc. As the

name

impli

es, 1his is

lik

e the table of co ntent s

in

a

book, and

includ

es

inf

or

malion

on

the

number

of tracks and the

playing times.

•

Some

LO

discs also Include TOCs .

LDs

(laser

Discs )

Discs inc

ludin

g the marks

shown

at the

right

can be used

on the LA-3500.

Th ese are s1

andard

laser disc marks Players and discs

including

these laser

disc

marks

are

com

patible, as long as

they

are

designed

fo r

the

same

TV

syst

em

. Th ere

are

tw

o

types

of

laser

discs,

depending

on

th e

way

the signals are

recorded

: standa

1d

discs fCAV)

1·21

and

extended-play

discs (CLV) 1• J).

Standard

Discs (CAV discs (*2))

These discs include th e

words

"Standard

Disc/CAV"

or

"Stan

-

dard

play"

on

the jacket

or

label. They include one picture

per

re

vol

ution

and

play

at a constant speed

of

1800

rpm

(CAV =

Consta

nl

Angular

Velocity). They

offer

special playback features

such as still frame playback o r

multi

-speed playback. Th e

maximum

playing

time

is 30 minu1

es

per

side

(for

30cm discs).

with

a

maximum

o f 54,000 frames, each rrame

including

a

frame

numb

er

between

1 and 54.000.

• The playing t

ime

depends

on the con ien ls of th e disc.

Extended-play Di scs (CLV discs

('3))

These discs

include

!he

words

"fa

tendcd

·play

Oi

sc/CAVH o r

..

Ex

1e

nd

ed

play

..

on

t

he

1acket or label. The signals are recorded at

a constan l linear speed (CLV

=Constan

t Linear

Ve

locity), a

nd

the

playing speed changes

gradually

from

1800

rpm

al the

innermost

seclion l o 600

rpm

a1 the

outermos

l section. Because o f th is.

they

offer

a l

onger

playing

time

than standard discs - a

maximum

of

60 minut

es

per side

(for

30cm discsl. C

LV

discs include ti

me

numbers

cor

responding

to the elapsed t

ime

fr

om

th e

beginning

of

the disc.

• The playing

lime

depends

on th e

contents

of

1he

disc.

La

ser

Di

scs

with

Digit

a l

Sound

(*4)

These discs include

one

of

!he

marks sh

own

at the

righl

on

th e

Jacket

or

label.

In

addition

to conven1iona l analog audio signals, the

se

discs also

contain

digital

audio

signal

s.

They

offe

r

1he

enjoyment

of

both

the

high

quali

ty pictures o f lase r discs plus

digital

sound

. The

digita

l

and ana l

og

audio

signals are recorded

on

the disc using

differen

t

frequency bands.

Multi-Audio

La

se

r

Discs

with

Digital

and

Analog

Sound

These discs

include

one

of

the marks

shown

at the ri

gl11

on

the iacket

or

label.

The

se

discs also

include

both

digi

lal and analog audio signal

s.

but t

he

contents

of

the t

wo

are

di

ll

eren1 You can

sw

itch

betwee

n

the

digi

tal and analog

sound

to

double

your

enjoyment

.

Compact

Discs

with

Video (CDVs)

These are

CDs

including

a video

pan

. They

have

a playing t

ime

of

25

minutes.

20

minutes

conlaining the same

digital

audio

signals

as

regular

CDs

!the

audio

part

),

1h

e

remaining

5

minutes

con1aining video signals and digi1at

audio

signals

(1he

video

part

).

N

orma

lly

t

he

video part is

played

fi rst,

followed

by the

audio

par

t

• V

ideo

Singles

contain

a

maximum

of

5

minutes

of video a

nd

digital

audio

signals.

CD Gra

phi

cs

Discs

(C

D-Gs) (

•5

)

CD

-

Gs

contain

sti

ll

pictures and charac1er

informa

1ion in

addition

to the

regular

CO

audio

signals.

9

~

w

UI

0

I

0 CONNECTIONS

Using

a

TV

(or

projector)

with

video

and

audio

input

jacks

10

VHF an1

enna

UHFantonoa~

~

TV

Video

outpu

l jack

Plug the

power

cord

in

to

S·vtdeo

ou

tput jack

Audio

output

jacks a

power

out

let aher a

lt

connections have been made.

S-VlOEO

IN

Included

o~"~~d

I

Digilal

OU

IPUI

ja

ck

(OP

TI

CAL)

~-

i=l=J=J.==J=G

In

c

lud

ed

audio

co1d

I

DIGITA

L

IN

PUT

Optic;al

fiber

cord

I

~

<[}-

__

_

(~

~u~d~

_

__

J

Connection

s

©Connect

th

e LA-

JSOO's

VIDEO

OUT

or

S-VIOEO OUT jack

10

the

video

or

S·

video

inpu

t jack

on

the

TV

(or

projector)

.

If

the

TV

includes

an S-video i

nput

jack,

we

r

ecommend

using

ii

for

even

more

vivid

pic

1

ures.

<2)

Co

nn

ect the LA·3500's AUDIO OUT jacks 10 the slereo

amptilier's

AUX

or

CO

inpul ;acks. !NEVER connect

them

10

the

PHONO jacks).

•

It

is

also possible to connect the AUDIO

OUT

jacks

to

the

TV's

audio

input

1a

cks and play

1h

e

sound

over

the TV's

speakers, but

we

reco

mm

end connecting them to a stereo

amp

lifi

er

for

bett

er CD and

Lp

sound.

(J) Connecti ng the OPTICAL

DI

GIT

AL

0UT

jack

II the s

tereo

amp

lif

ie1

include

s a digital

input

jack !OPTICAL

),

connect the LA -3500' s

OP

TI

CAL DIGITAL OUT jack to !he

amp

lifier's

digilal

input

jack (OPTICAL) using

an

optical fiber

cord. available in stores.

The DIG IT

AL

OUT

jack can

only

be used

for

co

nn

ection

with

an

optica

l 1ransmis

sion/

r

eccption

module

of th e same

type

as the

LA-3500. Also use !

he

prope

r type of optical fiber cord.

NOTE

o

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This jack is for use

exclus

ively fo1

digi

1al

audio

signal

s,

and

cannot ou

tput

analog

audio

signals, The audio c

hann

el

cannot be swi tched

with

the AUDIO MONITOR

button

.

@P

l

ug

the

power

cord

in

lo a powe1 outlet.

• Leave the

antennas

a

nd

video

deck

al

ready

connected

to

the TV as they ar

e.

NOTE

:

~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~

The LA-3500 can

only

be connecled 10 TVs

equipped

with

video

input jacks.

[

Using

an

AV

amplifi

er [

01gi1

al

output jack

Video

outpui

Jack

UHF anlcnna

!OPTICAL)

Plug the powc1 cord

mto

Aurlio a

power

outlc• alter all

VHF

antenna

ou

1pu1

jacks connections have been made.

AV

amplifier

Connecting

to

the

AV

amplifier

(D Connecl the LA-3500's VI

DEO

OUT

or S-VI

DEO

OUT

jack

to

the

AV a

mplif

ier's

inp

ut

jack.

(2:)

Connect lhe LA·3500's AUDIO OUT jacks to

th

e

AV

amp

li fier's

inpu

t jacks.

(j) Con n

ec

1 1

he

speakers to th e AV

amplifier's

speaker 1

ermina

ls.

r>=l=l=l-==l-=~

Included

audio

co rd

@Connec

ting the OPTICAL OlGITAL OUT jack

Refer

to

step

Ci)

on

Page 10.

@Pll

19

th e

power

cord

into

a

power

outl e

t.

11

r

~

Ll

m

0

[II

PART

NAMES

AND

FUNCTIONS

I

Front

Panel I

08

l=-

··

•"""

--i-

t~=~

(;)

0

~

4D4D

@

41)

~

0

Door

I

Di

sc

tabl

e

The disc tab le

opens

when

th

e disc table

open/close

button

is pressed .

Load

the

disc

in the table.

f)

Headphones

ja

ck !PHONES)

Use

this

jack

to

listen to th e

sound

over

headphones

.

(Headphones

are sold separately.)

@

Headphones

volume

co

n

tro

l (LEVEL)

Use

this

to

adjust the

volume

of

the

headphones.

0

Di

sp

l

ay

window

This

displays

the cha p

ter

numbers,

track

numbers.

frame

numbers,

time

numbers.

etc.

For· details, refer 10 Page 14.

0 Play /pause

button

(

~/II

)

12

When

pressed after a

disc

is set

on

the disc table.

th

e disc

table

is

d

rawn

in and playback

begins

.

When

pressed in th e

stop

mode,

playback

begins

.

Also press

to

begin

prog

r

ammed

playback (chapter

prog

·

ram

play).

Th e pause

mode

is set

when

this

button

is

pressed

during

playback. Press the

button

again 10 r

esume

playback

fr

om

the

po

int

at

which

th e

disc

stopped.

(}

Stop

button

I • )

Press th is

button

to

st

op

the

operation

during

the play,

pause, and s

till

frame

play

modes,

when

switching

be·

tween

sides A and B and

when

searching

.

f)

Ois

e

table

open

I

close

button

(

~

)

When

pressed

while

1he

disc table is closed. the disc table

opens

.

When

pressed

while

th e

disc

table is

opened,

the disc table

closes.

@ Re

mot

e

co

ntr

ol

sensor

0

Power

button

(POWER)

Press

this

to

turn

the

power

on

and

off.

If pressed

during

playback

or

other

operations,

the

power

does

not

turn

off

immediate

ly. "OFF" first appears

on

lh

e

display, then

"S

T

ANDBY"

appears

and

th

e

power

turns

off

.

Caution

:--------------

Whenever

the

power

switch

is in the

OFF

state, the

apparatus

is

stilt

con

nected

on

AC line voltage.

Please be su re

to

unplug

the

cord

when

you

leave

home

fo r, say, a

vacation

.

fl!)

Digital

FNR (Field

Noi

se Re

duction)

button/

indicator

(DIGIT

AL

FNR)

U

se

this to select th e

digital

FNA

mode.

The digital

FNR

system

is

on

when

the

indicator

is lit.

For details.

refer

to Page

33

.

ti)

CO-G

channel

mode

se

lector

button

ICDG CH

MOD

Ei

4E)

Jog

dial

(JOG)

During

th e play

or

s

li1

1 fram e

modes

with

LD

s and

th

e

video

part of CDVs,

turn

the

dia

l c

lockwise

to

mov

e s

tep

-

by

-

step

in the

forward

d 1rect1on,

counterc

l

ockwise

to

move

step-

by

·

step in the r

everse

direction

.

When

tu

med

during

playback,

th e still

frame

mode

is sel.

For details.

refer

to

Page 24.

Use

this

to selecl the CD-G

graphics

channel.

When

pressed,

the

se

lection

mode

is set.

Selec1

1h

e

graphics

channe

l with

the

skip

buttons

(

1'411

and

11+1

)

~

,

th

en

press

th

e

CD

-G CH MODE selector

bu11on

to

se1

the selected

channel. Press

th

e

button

again

to

cancel the

selection

mode.

For

details, refer to Page

28

.

4tl

Side

A

/B

buttons

!SIDE A /

B)

Shuttl

e

ring

ISHUITLE)

Turn

the ring clockwise

for

sl

ow

or

fast

scanning

In the

forward

direction,

counterclockwise

for

slow

or

fast scan -

~

ning in

the

reverse

direction.

When

turned

during

playback,

the

disc

is scanned

quickly

in

th~

forward

or

reverse

direclion

.

Slow

and

fast

forward

and reverse

scanning

are

o

nly

possible

during

the

pause

and

sti ll

frame

modes

wi1h

LDs and the

video

part

of

CDVs. Fast forwa1d

and

reverse

scanning

is

not

possible

when

playing

CD

-Gs.

For details.

re

f

er

to

Pag

e 24 .

S-video

output

jack

Connect

this

ja

ck

to

th

e S·

video

input

jack

on

a

TV

or

projector

.

I Rear Pan el J

Vid

eo

o

utput

j

ac

k

Co

nn

ect these jacks t o

1he

video

input

jacks

on

a TV

or

projec

t

or

.

Use

1he

se

to

select the side of the

LO

to be

played

.

Fo1

details.

ref

er

to

Page

23

.

Skip

buttons

I I~

,

~I

)

Press these

during

playback

to skip

to

the

beginning

of

1he

chapter/track

co

rresponding

t o the

number

of

times

the

button

is pressed. Press the

1'+41

button

to

skip

backwards.

the

...

I bu11on to

skip

forwards

. These

buttons

fun

ct

ion

as

channel

selector

buuons

when

!he

CO

·G

CH

MODE selec

tor

bunon

is pressed

and

the

CO

-G

graphics

channel

se

l

ec

r

ion

mode

is set.

For detai ls. refer

to

Pag

e 25 .

Po w e r

outlet

Power

cord

Pl

ug

the

power

cord

into a

power

outle

t af-

ter all conn

ections

have

been

made

.

Audio o

utput

jacks

Digit

al

output

jack !OPTICAL)

Connect these

to

the

audio

input

jacks

on

a

TV

or

amp

lifier. The

outpu

1 level

from

th

ese

jacks is

fixed.

Connec

t

thi

s jack

with

the digit -

al

input

jack (OPTICAL)

on

an

amp

lifi

er.

13

~

{J

en

0

I

CXl

14

I

Display

Wind

ow I

Disc side

indic

ator

This indicates

lh

e side

of

the disc.

Chapter

/

tr

ack

numb

er

display

Digital

so

und

indicator

CD·G

channel

se

lection

mode

indicator

This l

ights

when

in

!he

CO-G

channel selec-

tion

mode

.

Th

is

displays the chapter

or

track

number

.

Thi

s li

ghts

when

playing discs

with

digital

audio signals and

when

playing

The

digital

audio

signals

of

LDs.

Remote

control

indicator

This

li

ghts

when

sig nals are received

from

the

remote

con

ir

ol unit.

~tandby

indicator R

andom

play

indicator

This

li

gh

ts

when

the

power

cord

is This

lights

when

in

plugged

into a

the

random

play

power

outlet.

mode

.

~--------'

Intro scan

indicator

Th is

lights

when

in

!he

intro

scan

mode.

Auto

space

ind

ica

tor

This

lights

when

in the

auto space

mode.

Frame/time

numb

er /

m

essa

ge

display

Thi s

displays

the elapsed

playing

time

or

rema

ining

time

on the disc, the

fram

e

number

and such messages

as

"OPEN", "CLOSE",

"PLAY''.

HA··

·

BH.

"B

···

A",

"OFF",

etc.

R

epeat

ind

icators

LO

, CD-G,

CD

an

d

COV

indicator

s

These indicate the

type

of disc

se

t on

the disc table.

These indicate the repeat

mode

Chapterftrack

repeat : O

Side repeat: SIDE o

All

side

repea1

:

ALL

SIDE

c:.i

A·B repeat : A o B

Play

indicator

Single

play

indicator

Music

calendar

di

s

play

1-

---

This

lights

when

in the

play

mode.

Auto

edit

indicator

Thi s lights

when

in the au

to

e

dit

mode.

When

playback starts,

the

"PROGH

in·

dicator

lights.

This lights

when

in the single play

mode.

Program

indicator

This

lights

when

in

the

programmed

playback mode.

The

numbers

of

all the chapters

or

tracks

on

the disc

light.

• For discs

with

TOCs, bars

light

above and

below

all the

numbers

of the

chapters

or

!racks on the disc, then turn

ofl

once

the

chapter

or

track has been

played

.

•For LDs

without

TO

Cs,

bars

tight

above

and

below

the

number

of

the

chapter

currently

playing

.

•

During

programmed

' playback on

two

·

sided LOs

with

TOCs, the

upper

bar

ind

i·

ca

t

es

programmed

chapters on side A

while

the l

ower

bar indicates

programmed

chapters on side

8.

Pau

se

indicator

Chapter

and

track

indicators

I

Channel

indicators

I

This ligh t s

when

in th e

pause mode.

Th ese indicate

whether

the display is I These indicate the

audio

output

c

hann

els. I

show

ing chapter

or

track

numbers

. -

Calendar

over

indi

cato

r

> lights

when

there are

more

than

16

chapters

or

tra

cks,

and P

ligh

ts

when

a c

hapter

or

track

with

a

number

of

over

16

is

playing

ex

indicator

I

I This lights

when

a disc

recorded

with

the

CX

system is set . I

[I) OPENING

AND

CLOSING THE DISC TABLE

AND

LOADING

DISCS

•

Opening

and

Closing

the

Disc

Table

(The disc table

will

no!

open

or close

wh

en

the

power

is

off.I

(])Press

the

POWER

button

to

turn

the

power

on

.

Ci)

Press the

open/close

button

to open the disc table

•

Setting

Di

scs

• Set the disc

with

the label

for

the side

to

be

played

facing

up

.

• Disc

sile

Set

the disc

properly

in the

position

shown

on the

above

diagram

.

The disc

will

not play

if it

is

not

properly

set.

• N

otes

on

Setting

Disc

s

• Only one disc

ca

n be

se

t a l a t

ime

. Setting

tw

o discs in the

disc

tab

le

can resu lt

in

damage

or

scra tch the discs.

• Set Bern

CD

singles

directly

in the disc table

wi

t

ho:.Jt

using

an

adaptor

.

Be

sure to

se

t

them

securely in the disc guide.

If not, th e disc

may

move

out

o f place and th e disc table

may

no

longer

open.

•

Be

carefu l

no!

to touch the signal surface (the side

which

shines in

rainbow

colors).

•

Be

sure to set CDs. CDVs.

CD

·Gs and

LO

singles (20cm)

with

the labelled side facing up.

• For single·sided LDs, be sure to place the side on

which

the chapter names are

written

facing

up

• Set

LD

singles 120cm)

directly

in the disc table

without

using

an

adaptor

.

•

Note

s

on

the

Di

sc

Table

Use the

button

on the

main

unit

or

the remote

contro

l

uni1

to open

and

clo

se

the disc table.

Do not

move

the

unit

during

playback. D

oing

so can

scratch

lh

e disc.

• Do not

move

the

unit

while

a disc i s loaded.

•

Applying

force

to

th e disc tabl e or placing heavy objects

on

it

can result in

damage

.

•

Be

carelul not 10 get

your

fingers caught in

The

disc

1abl

e

when

it

is

drawn

in.

15

r

~

I

[aJ

m

0

Th

e

following

can

result

in

dam

age:

Applyi

ng force to the disc table

Pressing the disc table

forcibly

Setting one disc

on

top

of

another

16

<O

(!]

REMOTE CONTROL

UNIT

• Inserting Batteri

es

NOTES

:---

---------

--~

• Use

ASP

!AAl

batteries in this

remote

contro

l

unit

.

Rep lace the batteries after approximately

one

year.

though

thi s

depends

on

the

frequency

with

which

lhe

remote

control

unit

is used.

• If. even

before

one

year is up, the LA-3500

does

not

operate

when

t

he

remote

control

unit

is

operated

close

to it, replace the batteries

with

new

ones

.

• Be su

re

to

insert

the batteries in the pr

oper

direc tion,

follow

i

ng

the

'"+"

and

..

_

..

marks

on

the battery

compartment.

• Rem ove the batteries

when

you

do

not

plan to use the

remote

control

unit

for

an ex1ended

period

of

time.

• To prevent

damage

and leakage :

• Never

mix

ol d batteries

with

new

ones

.

• Never use

different

types

of

batteries

together

.

• Do

not

s

hort

-circ

uit.

take apart, heat.

or

dispose

of

batteries in flames.

• If the batteries should leak, car e

fully

wip

e

off

!he battery

fl

uid

f

rom

the

ba

nery compartmen1 and

insert

new

batteries.

CD

Remove

the rea r l

id

of

the r

emote

co

ntr

ol unit.

<i:>

l

nsen

two

ASP

(AA) ba

lt

eries

into

the

baue

ry

compartment,

following

!he

w+"

and

..

_

..

marks.

(J) Set the r

ea1

lid back in pl

ace

.

I

Using

the

remote

control

unit

I

NOTE

:

------------------------------------

~

• The remote con

tro

l

unit

may

not

ope

rate

prope

rly

if

t

he

r

emote

control sensor is exposed to direct sun light or

strong

light

ing,

or

if th ere is an obstacle be tween the

remo

te con

tr

ol un

it

and th e

remo

te

contro

l sensor.

• Do not press buttons on the

main

uni

t and t he r

emo

te

cont

rol

unit

si

mu

lt

aneousl y. Doing so may result

in

malfu

nc

tion.

30'

Im

[!fl

30'

Remote

control unit

Point the

remote

con1rol

unit

at

the

remo

te

control

sensor

when

oper

ating

it, as

shown

on

the

diagram

.

The r

emo

te

control

unit

will

operate

with

in a direct

dis

tance

of

approxima

t

ely

6

meters

. This distance

wi

ll be

shortened

if

obstacles are present

or

if

operated

from

an ang l

e.

The

remote

control

uni

t can be operated

within

an angle

of

30 °

10

eithe

r side

of

the

remote

control sensor.

17

~

LJ

m

0

I

....

0

18

Buttons

not

exp

l

ained

on

this

page

ope

rate 1n the same

way

as

t

he

co

nespond1ng

bu

n o ns

on

th e player Reier

to

th e

sec

11

o n

on

th

e

tronl

panel (Pages

12

an d 1

3)

.

c::::::::J

:

Buttons

marked

in

thi

s

way

have

functions

which

are only

ope

rable horn the

remot

e co

r111

ol

unit.

~

--

P_o_w_e_r_b_u_tt_o_n

_

IP_o_w_ER_l_~I

-

.--

-

-j

j Side A I B

button

s (SIDE A and S

IDE

Bl

·'

Pro~ra

,

~

i°'

bu1;ton

(PRqGRAM) Open I close

button

( OPEN I

CLOSE

.!: )

Use 1his to

se

lect th e

progr

am rnput

mode

.

(See

Page

34.)

Search

mode

button

(SEARCH

MODE)

J

Us

e

this

10

find

specific sec ti

ons

on LDs

(S

ee

Pa

11e

27

.) I

Tt-5

..

. Jt3

a]~

~

,

~

------------

----.--=Fiw

rTi

DD

D

~-----------~

I

CAL~

RN<DOo.I

• s &

. Call

button

(CALL) 1

-'-

I

~

£!

Cl

l

-

---

~---1

I

:

~,

0

'

CS

,,'

CJ

0 0

~

,

Use

thi

s

when

ch angi

ng

program

se

t

-·

tings.

[5

[:5

CJ

r

~

-'

-~

"

~

LL-'-

·'

(See Page

35

.)

.-

~·

~

n

~

Fill

I

E5p

::::i""

acs

-El

c::::iot5

'

'2l

This insert s blank spaces

of

approx

-

ima

te

ly

4 seconds b e

tw

een

chapters

or

tr

ac

ks.

(See Page 32 .)

Use

this

to select

the

aud

io si

gnals

(digi

tal

or

analog) to

be

ou

tput

wh

en

playing

lase r discs

including

digital

au -

dio

s

ignals

.

Use

!h

is

when

the CX

nois

e

reduc

ti

on

syst

em

does

no 1

turn

on

automatically

when

playing

the an al

og

au

dio

signa

ls

.

(See Page

38

.I

When

pressed, the sin

gle

play

mode

is set,

and

the

disc is

se

l to the

pause

mode

alter

each

chap

t

er/

track

is

played

. Press

th

is but1on again

to

cancel

th

e

sing

le

stop

mode

.

(See Page

29

.1

•

I

· : Nuriiber

buttonS

IO

to

9 and +

10)

U

se

th

ese

for

se

l

ec

1

ing

ch

apters

and

11a

t:

k

s,

i

nputting

fr

ame

and

tirne

r

iurn

-

be1s, CIC.

Clear

button

(CLEAR)

U

se

this

bu

tt on in th e

foll

ow

ing

cases;

• To

correc

t

number

s i

npul

wi

th the

numb

er

bunons

.

• To re t

urn

to the

previou

s st ep

wh

en

inpuuing

or

changing

pr

og

r

ams

.

Skip

buttons

(

~

and I+! I

Play

/pa

use

button

I PLAY

..

I II PAU

SE

I

Stop

button

( •

STOP

)

U

se

these

for

fast forward or fast re-

verse scan n i

ng.

•These

buttons

do

not

function

when

playing

CO-

Gs

.

(See Page 25.)

Sh

uttl

e

ring

Jo

g

di

al

Random play

button

(RANDOM)

Art

button

(ART)

U

se

this f

or

rand

om

playba

ck.

(See Page 31.)

Use

thi

s 10 achieve a s

pe

cial p a

mting

-like effect on the

p1

c1

ur

e.

tSee Pnge

33

.l

·

Auto

edit

button

(AUTO

EDIT)

II

Digital

FNR

(Field

Noi

se

Reduction)

butt

o n

(DIGIT

AL

FNR)

U

se

thi s f

or

e

dit

i

ng

acco

1d111g

10

1h

e

length

of

the 1ape

(See Page 31.f

'---------

Fluorescent display

dimmer

button

·

(FL

DIMMER)

U

se

thi

s

to

switch

the tJrightness o f th e

disp

lay

window

.

ISee

Pag

e

33

.)

. Intro

scan

button

(INTRO SCAN)

U

se

this

to

p

lay

th e beg1nnmg (a

pprox

·

im

ately 8 seco nds]

of

th e ch a

p1

crs

or

tracks .

!Sec

Page

27.1

--1-1

-

-1--r--

~

SIC

~

SU6~~1(

Cl

ICDCDD

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cno

I

o "

E3

::o

co

o

•

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~

~g,'o

~b

Lb D

____.!_~

E!:J

-h

rh

a

[_

__________

_

_,

I ' '"""

OIG

M 0

'<

I I

~ri~

r'h~

·M,

r'fi

~

••

F'i

~

:

""

- .

Audio monitor

button

~

-

~

1--'-

--

'

-

A

_

U

_

Dl

~

O

_M_

O

_

N

_

IT

_

O

_

R

_

l

--

+'

E5

r.-i~

··

~

On

-screen

di~pliy

button

(ON

SCREEN)

Use th is to

turn

th

e d is play

on

1h

e

TV

sc

reeri

on

and o

ff

and !O

switch

the

il

ems

displa

yed

.

(See Page 20.)

Stillistep

buttons

(~II

and

II•)

The s

till

fram

e

mode

is

se

l

when

ei t

her

of the

se

buttons

is pressed whil e

play

-

ing

an LO

or

th

e

video

part

of

a CDV.

Next.

press

th

e

IO

button

to

move

st ep

-b

y-step

forward,

the

'411

buu

on

to

move

step-by-st

ep

backward.

(See Page

30

.1

· Multi-speea

~uttons

U

se

thi

s to swi1ch

th

e

audio

channel.

The stereo

mode

(ST

ERE

O) is set

wh

en

th e

power

is

turn

ed

on

.

The

channel

switches

as

follows

each t

ime

the

but

-

t

on

is pressed:

1/L

-2/R -

STE

REO

-

-El

D

r-••

"'""iill'---'=l-' +

7-

-+---

'

'--

·M_U_L_

T_1

_·s_P_E_E_D

_c

.

·

-

~

an

_

d

_

..

_ l --l

~

a

~

a

:~

~n/taying

an LO

or

th

e

video

part

of

1/L

..

!See Page 38.)

U

se

this f

or

s

tr

obe

playback

.

U

se

the + and -

buttons

10

se

t

th

e

speed .

(See Pag e 32.)

••

·.'

-·

•••

'.·

••

1

••.

-.

:

··

St

!ll .& sound play ·

button

·

. ,,

..

;

'·

.\,

(STILL .& SOUll!Dl

When

thi s

bu

tton is pressed, th e

pic

t

ur

e t

s

top

s

and

a s1ill

frame

is

displayed

but

I

the so und is pl ayed no

rmally

.

(S

ee

Pag

e

33

.)

DENON fo--®-s

..,•1LE

~

~~;~:r~h:t

~h

ebpu~~~:

t

t~p:~:~

l~he

e

:

i:~

RC -

520

L...--=--

play

th

e disc bac

kward

.

No

sound

is

produced,

accept

when

playing

forward

at a speed o f

..

x. 1". U

se

the 1

and

-

buttons

to set the speed .

(See Page 30.1

·

Speed

setti~g

buttons

· · (

+a

nd

- ) ·

U

se

1h

ese

bu

tt

ons

l o

se

t the

speed

for

.___

_____

__

_ , m

ulti

-speed

and

s

tr

obe

playback.

RePeat 8nd. A

-B

repeat

butto

ns

.

.,,,,

:·.

(REi>EAT

and A- Bl

Use

these

to

play

dis

cs

re

p

ea

ted

ly .

(See

Pag

e 36.)

Unles

s the STRO BE

bunon

h

as

been

pressed, !hese

buttons

set the

speed

for

mu

lti-speed

playbac

k.

(See Pages

30

and

32

.)

19

~

(iJ

en

0

[I2I

ON-SCREEN DISPLA y

l

es

of

On

-scre

en

Di

splays

(These

are described in

the

text.)

(1)

E

xa

mp

other

on

-screen

disp

lays

as

wel

l.

There

ar

e

many

D

r

sEA

RCl1

CHAP IER 1 I

Whe

n

disc

tab

le is

open

When

disc table is being closed

When

disc's.

TO

C is

~e~:~

~~s~

CDVs, CDs and

CD

·

Gs

• This is displayed

with

TOCs are loaded.

Sea rc

hing

for

chapter 1

on

an

LO

ON

SCREEN

butt

on

- closed and

when

in 1hes1op an on

CD

-Gs. ell

as

during

th e play

d pause

modes

,

as

w

..______

hen

lhe

di

sc

!able is o pe

ned

angOVs and

during

the search m o

,"c,'

Thescreen

turn s blue w CDs and lhe

a~dio

part

_s

of

from

side A to side B of an .

and search

modes

onk hen

automat

i

ca

ll

y

changing

The screen turns blac w

Displays

in

th

e

Sto

p Mo

de

er

s/tracks

on the d i

sc,

the tot

al

playing

time,

(2 ) total

number

of

chapl and

CO

-Gs.

In the

stop

mode.

th~

ly

disp

layed

for

CDs, CDVs the type

of

disc. etc

.,

are displayed .

20

LDs

with

T

OCs

The

music

calendar "

on

CO

CDVs co

-G

'S

10E

·A

II

27

;

0~

SI

OE

·S

-

N

othing

is displayed

for

LDs

without

TOCs.

After

sides A and B are

played, t

he

total

num~~

~

of

chapters and.

I

~

playing

time

. are

dtspla~

·

ed

for

both

s1des

A and .

"UOIO

~IOEO

'"

Music

c

al

endar

' .

"

..,uo

10 r

Total playing time

Total

number of tr

acks

-

Checking

During

Pla

yback

h

ON

SCREEN

bu\1on on the remo

(3)

shown

below

each ' 'me t e c

The

display

changes

~1~er

according to the type of

dis

The

items

displayed

te co ntrol

unit

is pres

se

d

•

fo

r LD s

CAV discs

CD

[J

'"'

"

frame

number

Chap1er

number

CLV

di

scs

Tim~

numbe1

Chapter

number

'

I

---

_ j

-

Fo r both CAV and C

LV

discs.

1he

disc

typ

e

di

splay turn s

~

.

ff

.

The

diagram

sh

ows

!he i

s·

play

for

CAV di scs.

Ev

erything

turns

off.

NOT

ES

: . no t displayed fo1 discs on

whi

ch

The chapter

number

is d d

the chapters are

not

r~c~:

:d

·

for

CLV discs on

whi

ch

Only the

minu

tes are d1sp J d

the seconds are not

re

cor e .

j

(ZJ

D'

!1

:

10

The disc

type

display and

music ca

lendar

turn

ott

.

l

·o I

Remaining

time

per

tr

ack .I

j

I Total

remaining

time

I

·o Th e t

ota

l

remaining

tim

e on

the disc is displayed . .

• T

his

is

not

d1sp'layed

during

ran

·

dom

playback~em11inin9

time

of

j •

~~;

;~~~·~:~on

l

y

is di

sp

layed

.

·o

'·~·"···

....

,.

NOTES: ction is used to

insert

4-seco~d

When

the auto space f

un

h. ti

me

is

not

included in

blank spaces between

~racks,

t

ts

the

remaining

t

ime

d1spla.

y.

ing

time

disp

lay may

not

In

some

cases, the remaindisc is

played

to the end.

reach "O" even

when

the

21

~

6J

m

0

I

ID)

REGULAR PLAYBACK

Power

button

(POWER)

Open/

close

bu11on

OPEN/ClOSEI I

r,.t;;--==----'

L_

Si

de

AIB

bull

ons

!SI

DE

A

and

S

IDE

Bl

Pia I

Stop

but1on (S

TO

P)

y pause hu1ton /PLAY /PAU

SE)

~;~~~~t~s~~

11

on

Pow

er

bunon

!POWER I Side AI B buttons (SIDE AI

B)

(1)

Basic Oper

ation

Press the POWER

button.

•T

o

stop

playback

te

Press the

pla

/

mporarily

:

~re

ss

the

p!ay~p~:

~:e

b

button

.

es

um

e

playba

ck.

utton

again to D

2 Press th e

open/close

button

.

• To

cancel

playback

.

Press the st

op

button

. .

3

Set

the

disc

on

th

.

Be

sure

the

disc

i:

sd~ls~

table.

in

th

e

proper

disc guide.

F

or

LD

s

D

'°"

Press

th

e

play/pause

button

.

NOTES :

• Do

not

open

the d.

Use

th

e

bu

tto isc table

doo

r b h

unit

to o p en

:no

dn

th e

main

uni

t

or

ih

e and.

Do

not

push

on

th

ee

!

;."

th e disc tab l e

'°m

ote co

ntr

ol

damage

it. isc !

able

to clos : .

e it. D

omg

so

may

• For CDVs, playback start s f

rom

the v i

deo

pa

r!.

22

)

121

Pl

a

ying

Two

-si

ded

• T

Di

scs

(LD

s)

o

watch

sid e A:

Pre

ss

the 1

•

-~

IDE

:.a:~~=~:e

bu u

on

window

. s

on

the

disp

lay

• Play.back

of

side B .

ma

t1

ca

lly once sid begins auio·

T~e

screen

turn

s

b~

A is

played

.

disc is

sw

it

ch d ack

while

the

side B. e f

rom

sid e A

10

• To

watch

side B:

D

Press the

SIDE

B

•

~

A

---

B H and

··s

1

~~n~~

·

• the

display

wind

ow . appear

on

D

10E

..

~a

Once t

he

end o f

or

if

playba

ck

side A is r

ea

ched

midd

le

of

side

1

~

s

:~~

p~d

in

lh

e

~urn

s

to s

id

e A

an'

pickup

re

-

1s set. d

1h

e s

top

mode

• S

witching

to th

Pre

ss

th e S

ID

E e o

th

er

side in

th

e

middl

fr

om

side A to

~idl~uuon

to s

witch

e

of

th

e

disc

Press

th

e SI

DE

B.

from

side B to

~d~u~~n

10

switch

NOTES

:---

• Side A refers

to

the .

the disc table, si d e

Bs

1de

f

ac

i~

g

up

when

th .

on

h

ow

th e disc i to •.he side facing d e

LO

"

se

t

on

A sid e

indi

ca

ted s set. side A

may

not

/wn

.

Depending

If

the

buuon

f

o•

~~

th e

dis

~.

o•,.spond

to

th

e

pause

mode

lh

e

oppos

ite side .

To

se

t the

~aus:

~use

mode

is

ca~s,:,:essed

in the

atte1 pressi

ng

lhe

s

·

~de.

press the pl

ay/

ped.

____

_..:__

' ::e . .

button

. ause

button

(3)

Last

M

emor

For

y

Function

(LDs)

LDs

only

the .

playback is

s;o

p

pe~o

.

s111on

at

which

memory,

so

when

th

ts

stored

in the

~

esse

d

again

wlul:

pil~y

butlon

is

.

ode

,

playba

ck b . the

stop

JUSI

before

1h e

eg1~~

from

a

poinl

~l

aybac

k

was

sto~~~~o

n

at

which

The

la

s!

mem

.

no1

work

du~~y

function

does

pl

aybac

k,

r

ando~

prog

ra

mmed

edit

playback

playba

ck,

auto

back.

and

repeat

play

·

Di

sc

D

Remov

e

the

disc

from

th

e d.

ISC table.

Press

the

ope

n

/close

bun

on . D

• Do

not

leave

th

.

Do

not

turn

off

~h~1sc

table open .

Be

sure

to

remo

power

w ith

the

.

ve1

ticalfy in

11

~e

th e

disc

fr

om

th

1'sc

table.

s 1acket

or

case. e

payer

and

store

it

23

~

CJ

UI

0

~

FINDING

SPECIFIC

SECTIONS

Skip bu

ll

ons

t

l+c

and

..

11

Play/pause

button

IPLA't'IPAUSEI

.....

( 1)

Jog

Dial (LD

s,

CDs

and

CD

Vs)

Use

1he

JOG dial to wa1ch

1h

e

piclures

one frame at a t

ime

(for

LDs and the

video

part

of

CDVsl

or

10

find

lh

e

beginning

of

chapters

or

tracks

with

grea1er precision.

~

Tum

the JOG dial

dudng

playback.

The

s1i

ll

frame

mode

is set

when

1he

dial is turned

during

playback. (For

CDs

and the

audio

part of

COVs,

the

sou

nd

is

paused.)

•

Turn

the dial clockwise to

move

in the forward direction,

cou

nt

erclockwise

10

move

in the reverse direction.

•

When

the dial

is

turned

slowly,

the picture

moves

one

frame at a time, and

when

t

urned

approximately

5

times

per second, the picture

moves

(in the

forward

or

reverse

direc1ion) at the same speed

as

during

regular playback.

NOTE

:-------------

--

The JOG

dial

does

nol

function

wh

en playing

CD

·Gs.

• To

return

to

normal

playback

:

Press

lhe

play/pause

button

.

24

• On-screen

di

s

play

CLV LDs and the

video

parl

of

CDVs

do

nol

have

numb

ers

for

individual

frames

(frame

numbers),

as

do

CAV

LDs .

The LA-3500

divides

each

second

of

CLV LD s and the

video

part

of

CDVs

into

30 frames so

that

st

ill

frame

and

sl ep-by-step playback are

possib

le.

When

1he

JOG

dial

is

turned

with

CLV LDs. a

number

from

MOON

to

M29"

is

displayed

after

the

minutes

and seco

nds

{when

the

ON

SCREEN

button

is pressed).

D

CLV

LD

s

•

This

is

not

displayed for the video part

of

COVs

.

(2)

Shuttle

Ring

(LD

s, CDs

and

CDVs)

Slow

or

fast

forward

or

reverse scanning can be selected at

will

simply

by

turning

the SHUTTLE ring .

Turn

the SHUTT

LE

ring

during

play-

back.

•

When

released,

1he

SHUTTLE ring

relurns

10 the cen1er

position.

• For

LD

s

and

video

part

of

CDVs

The operation

differs

depending

on whe1her th e

SH

UTILE

ring

is

turn

ed

durin

g playback

or

during

the pa u

se

or

still

frame

mode.

• During pla

yba

ck

Sound is

only

produced

during

normal

playback.

• In

th

e pause or

st

ill

frame

mod

e:

NOTE

:---------------

No sou

nd

is produced, eve n at

the

normal

pl ayback

position

.

• For CDs

and

th

e

audio

part

of

CDVs

When

turned

during

playbac

k.

the

play

mode

is se t

when

1he

SHUTTLE ring is

returned

to the center po

si

tion.

When

turn

ed

during

lh

e pause mode. the pause

mode

is set

when

the S

HUTILE

ring is

returned

to th e cente r

position

.

No sound is

produced

during

the fast

forward

and reverse

scanning

operations

from

the pause

mode

.

NOTE

:---------------

The SHUTTLE ring does

not

func1ion

when

playing

CD

-Gs.

(3) Fast

Forward

and

Fast Reverse

(LDs, CDs

and

CDVs)

Th e disc

is

scanned

in

the

forward

direction when !he fast

forward

scan

button

is pressed

during

playback, in the reverse

direction

when

!he fast reverse scan

button

is pressed.

Aemo1e

control unit

• The disc is scanned al l

ow

speed f

or

the first 2.5 seconds

after

t~e

bu\\on

is pressed, then at

high

speed.

• The

sound

is

not

produced

f

or

LDs

and the video part of

CDVs.

For

CDs

and the

audio

part

Qf

CDVs. the

vo

lum

e decreases

during

scanning

from

the play

mode,

and

only

a

litlle

so

und

ts

p1oduced

when

scanning

from

lhe

pause

mode

NOTE

:--------------~

The fast

forward

and

1evcrse scanning function does

not w o

rk

when

playing

CD

·Gs.

(4)

Finding

the

Beginning

of

Chapte

rs

or

Tracks

(Chapt

er / track skip)

Press one

of

the skip

buttons

during

M.

playback.

• Press th

ese

to skip to the

beginning

of the

chapter/track

corres

ponding

to the

number

of

times

the

bul\on

is

presse d .

Playback

on

chapte1

6

i--[j]--1

rn

Beginning

ol

chapter 6 Beginning

ol

chapter 7

..

...............

Aevers~

o o

~l

ion

• Remember

thal

when

the reverse skip

button

is

pressed,

lhe

chapter/track

currently

playing

is

coun1ed

as

one.

N

OTE:---

-----------

When

skipping on LDs

without

TOCs ,

if

you

skip

10

a

numbe1 greater lhan the

number

of chapters

included

on the disc. playback

begins

from

a

point

jus1before 1

he

end

of

the disc.

25

~

w

UI

0

I

Intro

scan

button

(INTRO SCAN)

Play/pause button (PLAV/PAUSEI

Side

AIB button !SIDE AIBI

(5)

Selecting

a

Specific

Chapter

or

Track

Directlv

Direct

Search

(Chapter/track

search)

Press the

numb

er

buuon

corresponding

to the desired

chapter/irack

.

for

chapter

3

If

the above is

not

displayed

011

1he

sc

reen for

LOs,

fir

st

press the SEARCH MODE

button

to

display "CHAPTER'

',

the press the desired

number

button.

• For

chapters/

tracks

wi

th

numbers

of

10

or grea1er, use the

"i

10~

and

~o"

buuons

.

Examples:

For chapter/ track 10: Press

"+

1

0"

and

~a~

.

For chapter/ tra ck 2 1:

Press"

i

10

" t

wice

!h

en

~ ,

~.

•

To

search

for

a chapter

number

on side B, firs t press the

SIDE

B

button.

!hen press the desired

number

b

utt

on.

26

NOTE

:-------------

-

~

The skip and search

functions

do

not

work

for

discs on

which

the chapters are

not

recorded. •

NOTE

:---------------

•

When

sea rch ing

on

LDs

without

TOC

s,

if

you

specify a

number

greater

than the

number

of

chapters inc

lud

ed

on

the disc, playback

begins

from

a poin1 jusl uefore the

end

of

the disc.

• For discs (LDs. CD-Gs,

CDs

and CDVsl

with

TOCs,

if

a

chapter/track

number

not

included

on

the disc is

specified, "ERROR" flashes on the screen for

approx-

imately

10 seconds and the search

operation

is not

performed.

lR"CI(

HI

ER

ROA

For

CDs

(6)

Selecting

a

Specific

Section

Using

the

Frame

Numb

er

Fr

a

me

Search {CAV LDs)

2

3

Press the SEARCH MODE

button

during

playback.

• This step can be

skipped

f

or

discs

without

c

hapl

er

numbers

.

Use th e

number

bullons

to

specify th e

numb

er

of

the

desired

frame

.

For frame

number

102:

Pre

ss

"1".

lhen

"O",

then

"2"

.

•

If

you press the

wrong

D

numbe1. press the CLEAR

bu11on

then press

the

right

number.

Press the

play/pause

bunon

.

• If th is is

done

in

1l1

e still

frame

mode,

th e sti

ll

fra

me

mode is set once the

speci fied

frame

is found .

• To search

for

another

frame

from

this point,

just press the

number

buttons.

SE"RCll

rA"l.I(

102

For

lr

•me

number 102

• The search

mode

switches

as

follows

each 1ime the

SEARCH MODE

buuon

is pressed :

Frame search

--

Chap1c1 searc h

NOTE

S:---

------------

For

tw

o·sided

di

scs, to

specify

a frame

numbe

r on the

side

opposite

the one

currently

playing,

fir

st press the

SI

DE

A

or

SIDE

B

button

!1he

bulton

for

the

opposite

side), then specify the

fram

e

number

aher

playback

begins on the

opposite

sid

e.

•

If

a frame

number

not recorded

on

the disc is specified,

playback begins

from

a

point

just

before

the end

of

the

disc.

(7)

Selecting

a

Specific

Section

Using

the

Time

Number

Time

Search {CLV LDs)

2

Press the SEARCH MODE

button

during

playback.

• This step can be

skipped

for

discs

without

chapter

numbers

.

Use the

number

buttons

to

specify the desired

time

number.

For

time

number

9

minutes,

10

seconds:

Press

"9".

then " 1

".

then.

"O".

D

• If you pr

ess

the

wrong

number,

press the CLEAR

button then press the

right

number

.

Press the

play/pause

button

.

•

To

search for

another

3

time

number

from

this

point.

just press the

number

button

s.

NOTES:

-----------

- - - -

• For discs on

which

th

e t

ime

numbers

are

on

ly in

units

of

minutes. playback

will

begin

from

the

beginning

of the

specified

minute,

even

if

the seconds are specified.

• For

two

-sided discs,

10

specify a t

ime

number

on

t

he

side

opposite

the one

current

ly

playing,

lirsl press the

SI

DE

A or

SIDE

B bu

l!on

(the

buuon

for

the

oppos

it

e

side). then spec

ify

the t

ime

number

after playback

begins

on

1he

opposite

side.

•

If

a t

ime

number

not incl

uded

on

the disc is pecified,

playback begins

from

a

pomt

1u

st

before the end of l

he

di

sc

.

• The search

mode

switches

as

f

ollows

each

time

lhe

SEARCH MODE

bunon

is pressed :

r===:

Timesearch

Chapter search

===i

(8)

Looking

for

a

Specific

Chapter

or

Track

Intro

Scan

When

the INTRO SCAN

bunon

1s

pressed,

1h

e first 8 seconds

(approximately)

o f each chapt

er/

tr

ack is

played

.

D

I

NTRO

re

• For

two

-sided LOs,

intro

scan

begins

fr

om

side A.

• Once the

beginnings

of

all chapters /tracks have been

played,

normal

playback resumes

from

the first

chapter/

track For

LO

singles on

ly

, the stop

mode

is

set

once the

beginnings

of

all chapters have been played.

• Cance

lling

Intro

Scan

Press the

play/pause

button

.

Normal

playback resumes from that

poinl.

NOTES:

---

-

------

·

----

• Th e intro scan func t

ion

does no t

work

for LDs on

which

no

chapt

er

numbe

rs are recorded .

•

If

the INTRO SCAN

bunon

is pressed

during

prog

-

rammed

playback,

random

playback,

or

au

lo edit

playback.

programmed

playback,

random

playback.

or

auto

edit playback is cancelled .

•

Intro

scan is cancelled

if

the

fa

st

forward

.

fas1

reverse, RANDOM,

AUTO

EDIT or PROGRAM

buuon

is pressed and

if

the

SHUTILE

ring is turn ed.

• Th e AUTO SPACE, REPEAT, SEARCH MODE and

SIN

GLE

buttons

do

not

function

during

the intro scan

operation

.

2 7

~

w

U1

0

01

~

OTHER PLAYBACK MODES

Skip buttons (

1-..

and

11+1

l

Pl

ay/pause

bu11on

fPLAY/PAUSEl

CD

·G channel

mode

selector

button

(COG

CH

MODE

)

~~~~~Lf!av

button_TI::'.

.O:

=--::o;;;;:,:;;i.i.-:c_

r~0..':,a~~~:Eul

110

n

Skip

bu

tlo n s (

l.+11

and

11+1

I

(1)

Changing

the

CD-G

Graphics

Channel (CD -Gs)

CD

·Gs i

nclud

e

16

graphics channel

s,

fr

om

0

to

15.

28

The data outp

ut

to the screen

!th

e pic1

urel

can be

se

lected

by

se

lecting

1he

graphics c

hann

el. (The

number

of cha

nn

els co nt

ai

ning da ta

differs from di sc to disc.)

• The

graphics

ch

an

nel is set to 0

or

1

when

the

power

is

turned

on.

• Onty change th e graphics c ha

nn

el

if

there are

instructions

on the di sc's jac ket o r in the

picture

it se

lf

. Do

not

change th e graphics

channel unle

ss

so

instr

ucted. If this is done, the

proper

graphics wil1

not

be di sp layed.

2

Press the

COG

CH

MOOE

button.

• The

graphics

channel

se

lect

ion

mode is set.

Press the skip

button

.

• The channel changes by a

number

corresponding

to the

number

of

times

the b

utt

on

is pressed.

Lower

channe

l Higher channel

COG CHANNELS

oO

01

[ H

02oFF

E

xample:

To select channel

7,

press th e

forward

sk

ip

butt

on (

t+I

I 5 times.

• "

Or

flashes.

Oi1pl•y

wln

OO

w

3

4

5

Press the

CD

·G CH M

ODE

bunon

.

Channel 7 is

se

lected .

• To

se

lect

another

channel

from

this point, repeat

from

step 2.

• To cancel the cha

nn

el selection

mode,

pro

ceed to

step

6.

Clearing a

channe

l

Press the skip

button

10

set the channel

to

be cleared.

Example:

To

clear channel 1,

pr

ess the reverse skip

button

(

I~

)&tim

es

• " 01" flash es.

Pre

ss

1he

CD-G

CH

MODE

button

.

Channel 1 is cleared.

COG

CHAH"I

ELS

COG

G

~Ar.I

N

H

S

00

1i.~t

COG

CHANN

~LS

..

[H

01

on

Display

window

I

rH

~

r'i'

'

f

~

I

L ,

f-1,

,,,

on

[H

0

loFF

To return to the

normal

mode,

press the

COG

CH MODE

bu11on

again.

•

Returning

to

the

normal

mode

without

adding

or

clearing

graphics

channel

s

(after

checking

the

graphics

channels)

Press the

CD

·G

CH

M

OOE

bunon

aga in.

NOTE

,---

-------------------------------

--~

LDGs

(lDs

with

th e s

ame

graphic

s f

un

ctio ns as

CO

·Gs) can be played as

normal

LOs

on

the LA·3500G.

but

the

ir

graphics

func

ti

ons

wi

ll

not

work

.

(2)

Setting

the

Single

Play

Mode

U

se

thi

s

for

example

for

karaoke. In the

si

ng le play

mode,

the

disc is

se

l to th e pause

mode

afl er eac h chapt

er/t

rack is

played.

Pr

ess the SINGLE

buuon

.

•

"S

IN G

LE

"

appear

s on th e I SINGLE

main

unit's

display

window

.

~.

------~

2

Se

lect

the

chapte

r

/t

rack .

• Use the

number

buttons

.

• The

stop

mode

is set

automatically

4 minu1es ahe r the di

sc

is set to the pause

mode

.

•

Cancelling

the

pause

mode

Press the pla

y/pause

button

to

resume

normal

playback.

•

Cancelling

the

single

stop

mode

Press the SING

LE

bu

tt

on again.

NOTES

,

-------

~

• Th e s

ingle

play

function

does

not

work

d

urin

g the A·B

repeat

mode

.

• If you

move

ou

t of the

cur

rent ch

apter/

track

using

the

SHUITLE

ring

or

the scan buttons

whil

e in

lh

e single

stop

mode,

the pause

mode

is set

at

the po

in

l where

scanning

stops

.

(3) Playing a

Still

Frame

(LDs and CDVs

(video

part))

Press one of the st

il

l

/step

bu tl

ons

during

playback.

• The still frame

mode

is se1 regardless of

which

button

is

pressed.

•

Resuming

normal

playback

Press the pl

ay/pause

bulton

.

NOTE

:

-

-------------

~

W hen playing discs

containing

special

automatic

picture

st

op

codes,

th

e st ill fram e m ode is set

automatically

at

the

frame specified

with

this cod

e.

29

~

Ll

UI

0

I

Random play

bul!on

!AANDQM)-o+-~-1

•

Auto edit buuon (AUTO

EDITf-rlia..-:11'.

L.-'-.

N u

mber

liuHons

(0 t o 9

and

~

10)

/:.::1-.l-LJ-JJ.,:IJ;,i!,j....''--

S111l/s1ep

but1ons j

•II

and

IU•

I

Speed

sening

bunons

It

and

-1-

!.jlld,\

,.l..

.. L Multi·speed

buttons

!MULTI

SPEED

-41

and • )

Skip buttons O

+il

and

.+

II-.;+;~~§~~

(4) Ch a

nging

th

e Frame

St

ep-

by

-S

te

p

(LDs and CDVs (video part))

Reverse

Fo1wa1d

d1re

c

tio11

d~

~

··-

DQD

Press one

of

the sl i

lll

step

buttons

during

playback.

• The

piclure

moves

one

fr

ame

forward

(or

backward)

each

t

ime

the

button

is

pre

ssed

.

If

pre

sse

d

for

over

2 seconds, the p ic

tur

e

automatically

moves

forward !backward) step·b\'

·S

tep.

• R

es

uming

no

rm

al playback

Pre

ss

the

play/pause

buuon

.

(5)

Mul

t i-s

pe

ed

Pl

a

yback

(LDs a

nd

CDVs (video partJI

(i)

Press

the

speed

sett

ing

bu

tto

ns I+ and - l d

ur

ing playback

to

ch ange t he speed

of

playback.

30

W

hen

t h e

•+·

bunon

pressed

Fast<?r

Slower D

• The speed

of

playback changes each t

ime

the

button

is

pressed.

• The

sound

is

on

ly

produced

when

se1

to the same speed as

regu l

ar

playback.

NOTE

:

W hen 1

he

STROBE bu tton

is

pressed, the speed setting

buttons

l + and - ) change the speed

of

!he strobe effect.

'-;:

!="-

~

~-Play

/pause

bunon

(PLAY

/

PAUSE)

Stop

bull

on

(STOP!

On-screen Speed of playback

display

When

XJ 3

tim

es

normal

speed

power

X2 2 ti

me

s

normal

speed

turned

on

X l Same speed

as

norma

l speed

112 1

/2

normal

speed

114 1 / 4

normal

speed

118 1

18

normal

speed

1/

16

1/

16

norma

l speed

1'30

1 frame

per

seco

nd

1160 1 frame every 2 seconds

1/90

1 frame every 3 seconds

(2)

To

chan

ge

th

e

dir

ect

ion

of p layback :

Hever

se

Forward

direction direction

--MULTI

SPPE-U

--

El

Pre

ss

the

MUL

Tl SPEED

'4

or

..

button

during

playback.

Rever

se

dir

ec

tion

(

'4

l Forward

dire

ct

io

n I

...

I

DD

• U sing the speed setting

buttons

in step (j), the speed

of

playback can be changed

in

10

steps

for

both

the forward

and reverse

directions

.

• T

he

sound

is

only

produced

when

set to the same speed

as

regul

ar

playback.

• Res

uming

no

rm al pl

ayb

a

ck

Press the

play/pau

se

button

.

(6

) Ra

nd

om Playba

ck

Press the RANDOM

button

in the play

or

st

op

mode

.

The

chapters/tracks

are

automatically

played in

random

order.

• Once all the

chapters/tracks

are played. the

stop

mode

is

set and the

random

mode

is cancelled .

• For

two

-s

ided

LDs, the

random

play

fun

ction only

works

for

one side.

To

play

the

chapters

on

s

id

e B

in

random

order,

first set to the playback

mode

on

side

B,

then p1ess the

RANDOM

button

.

• Res

um

i

ng

n

or

m al

pl

a

yb

ack

Pr

ess the RANDOM

buuon

again.

N

OTES

:-------

---------,

• The

random

play

function

does not work for LDs

wi

thout TOC s.

• Chapter

numb

er "O" is

not

played in th e r andom play

mode

,

(7

)

Auto

Edit

Function

When

recording

onto

a cassette tape, the

auto

edit fu

nction

can be u

se

d l o s

pecify

the casselte tape 's recordi

ng

time

and

automatically

prog

r

am

the

chap

ter

s/

tracks to be recorded o n

sides A

and

B

of

1

he

tape

.

2

3

Press the AUTO EDIT

button

in

the

play

or

stop

mode

.

• The

number

of

the 1st

chapl

er/track

can be

changed

with

the skip

buttons

.

• The pause mode

is

set

if

the

AUTO

EDIT

button

is

pressed in the play

mode

.

Use the

number

bu

tt

ons to

input

the

length

of

the tape

ft

he

total

of

sides A and

Bl

.

For example,

for

a 46-

minute

tape :

Press " 4" then

"6M.

•

Programming

star

ts

""'

f1"

:~:?

Numb

e1

o f

1s

t

chapt

er/

tr

ac

k

au t

oma

l

ically

once

two

digils

are

inpu

t.

• Once p r

ogramming

is

completed

, the

to

tal

number

of

tracks and 101al

play

i

ng

lime

for

sides A and B are

:::~

: ::

!!

::

:~:,

0

disp

l

ayed

on

t

he

screen, and

PAOOA"

"'

information

fo

r sides A

and

B

~

2

is displayed alternately

on

1he

main

un

i

t's

display

window

.

For

C01

Press the pl

ay/pause

button

.

• The pause

mode

is set once the

chapters/t

racks

prog rammed fo r side A

of

the tape

ar

e played.

Press the

play/pause

button

to play the

chapters/

tracks

programmed

for

side B

of

the tape.

• Clearing st

eps

from

th

e

prog

ram

Individual steps can be cleared

from

the

program

.

P1ess

the CALL

button

repeatedly until the

number

to be

cleared is flashing, then press the CLEAR

bunon.

• Ad

ding

to

th

e p

ro

gr

am

Press the

number

buttons

to add

10

the

program

.

The

corresponding

c

hapter/

1rack is added at the end

of

lhe

program

.

• Cance

lling

the

auto

e

dit

function

Press the AUTO

EOll

button

again.

If the tape 1ime has already been

inpu

t, set 1he stop

mode

and

press the STOP

button

.

• A ut o edi ti ng

on

si

de

B of a

tw

o-sided

LD

For

two

-sided LDs, au to

editing only

functions for one side a t a

time

. To auto edl\

on

side B.

se

t to

th

e play mode

on

side B,

then press

th

e AUTO EDIT

bun

on.

N

O

T

ES

:

--------------~

• Th e auto edit

flinction

doe

s

not

wo

rk

for

LO

s

without

TOC

s.

• The

maximum

tape

tim

e

whi

ch

ca

n be

input

is 99

minutes, th e

minimum

10

minutes

.

•

Only

19 chap t

ers/trac

ks can be edi1ed

with

the

auto

ed

it

func1ion, even f

or

discs

with

20

or

more

!racks .

• The

au

to ed

il

function does not

work

for

discs

only

containing one c

hap

t

er/track

.

• Chapter

number

HO"

is no1

programmed

.

•

Some

chapt

ers/

tr

acks

will

no1

be pr

og

rammed

if

lhe

disc's 10

1at

playing

t

ime

is

longer

than the tape t i

me

.

•

II

the AUTO EDIT bu1ton i s pressed during Intro sca n.

programmed

playback

or

random

playback,

intro

scan,

programmed

playback 01 random playback is cancelled.

• If chapters/tracks are cleared

from

or

added to the

program,

the total

tim

e f

or

sides A and B

may

no

long

er

match the ti

me

first

input

3 1

~

i.>

UI

0

Play/pause button

(PLAYIPAUSE

)

Digital

FNA

(Field

Noise

A

educ1

1on)

bu

u

on

!DIGITAL

FNAI

(8)

Auto

Space

Function

(CDs. CDVs (audio

part)

and

CD-Gs)

When

recordi ng o

nl

o a cassette dec

k.

the

au10

space fu

nc

1ion

can be used 10 a

u1

omatically

insert the bl ank sec1ions be1ween

se

lections necessa ry for

automa

tic searching on the rnpe.

A blank space of abo

ut

4 seco

nd

s is inserted be1ween

se

lection

s.

AU

TO

~

Pr

ess the AUTO S

PA

CE

button

dur

-

ing

playback.

I A

.S

PACE

Display window

• The pause

mod

e is set for

approximately

4 seconds at the

end

of

each !rack. then p layback resumes.

•

Cancelling

the

auto

space

function

Press the AUTO

SPACE

button

aga

in

.

32

NOTE

'---------------

The

auto

space function does

not

work

for LDs and the

video

part of

COVs

.

(9)

Strobe

Playback

(LDs

and

CD

Vs

(video

part))

With

this fu nction, the so

und

1s pl ayed

normally,

but

the

pic

t

ure

is a succession

of

s

till

frame

s.

(Strobe eU

ec

t)

1 Press the STROBE

button

D

during

playback.

Use the speed

se

tting

buttons

(+ and - l to

se

t

the de sired speed.

Display Speed

1±1

1/

2 15 frames per second

I

1/4

About

8 fr ames

per

second

2 1/ B

About

4

fr

ames pe r second

1

/16

Ab

.

out

2 fr

ames

per second

1/30

1

frame

per

second

El

1

/60

1

frame

every 2 seconds

1190 1

frame

eve

ry

3 seconds

•

Resuming

normal

playback

Pre

ss

1h

e

ptay/pause

bun

on.

• N

ormal

playback also

resumes

if

th e SHUTTLE ri ng is

turned

.

NOTE

,---------------

The speed

se

tting

buttons

wi

ll

only

change the

st

robe

playback speed after the STROBE bu

lt

on

h

as

been

pr

esse d.

If

they

are presse d

during

normal

playback

without

pr

ess-

ing

the STROBE

button.

they

chang e th e speed for

multi-speed

playback.

(101

Still

&

Sound

Pl

a

yb

ack

(LDs

and

CDVs

(vid

eo part))

With

this

funct

ion.

the

sound

is played

normally

,

but

th e

picture is stopped.

STILL&

~

Press the STILL & SOU

ND

button

at the picture you

want

to sl

op

dur

i

ng

playback.

• The

pi

c

tur

e

is

stilt

bu!

1he so

und

is played

norma

lly.

•

Resuming

normal

playback

Press the STILL & SOUND

button

aga

in

.

•

Normal

playback

also r

es

um

es

if

the S

HUTILE

ri ng is

turned

.

NOTE

,---------------~

This fun

ct

ion

wil

l on

ly

work

for

1he

c

urr

en

tly

playing s

id

e of

LDs and the

video

part

of

CDVs.

(11)

Art

Pl

ayback

ILDs

and

CDVs

(video

'

part))

With

this func

1i

on ,

1h

e p lc1ure is p1ocessed

d1g1

1ally to cr

ea

1e a

special

paint

ing

-like c

ll

ec

t.

Press the ART

bullon

during

play

·

back.

• A specially processe d pi c

tur

e

appea r

s.

•

Changing

the

strength

of

the

effect

PresS

the ART

button

aga

in

.

[S

1a

nda

r

d(noellect)--t-Weakeflect

Med1umellect

Suonge

flect

]

Th e

ef

f

ec

t changes each t

ime

the

AR

T bunon is pressed.

• Th e

muhi

·speed, slep-by·

step

(reverse). sti

ll

&

sound

and

strobe play functi

ons

can also be used duri

ng

art playback,

NOTE

,------

---------~

The strobe,

still

&

sound

and ar t play

mo

d

es

are

only

se

t

for

one side

of

the disc.

Th ese functio

ns

are cancelled if you

swi

tch f

rom

side A

10

side B

for

vice versa).

(12)

Digital

FNR (Field

Noi

se

Reduction)

ILDs and CDVs (video

part))

Use this fun c

tion

wh

en th ere is noise in the picture.

for

examp

le for movies

or

live performances. The

digit

al FNR

system

reduces picture

noise

and

color

blotching,

making

1he

picture

easier to see .

Press th e DIGITAL

FNR

button

.

DIGITAL

~

D

DIGITAL DIGITAL DIGITAL DIGITAL

NROFF

--

•

NAl

_,.

NR2

_,.

N

R3

(when

powe

r

1urned on )

Le

ss

noise

The

mode

chang

es

each

tim

e

lhe

button

is pressed.

N

or

mally

th e

mode

is

se

t to

NAl

(standard). If there is a lot of

noise

in the picture, press the DIGITAL

FNR

bu tton to

se

t

the

mode

to

NA

2

or

NAJ and

imp

rove the pictu re. If there is l

ittle

noise,

se

t to

lh

e NA

OFF

mode f

or

an even dearer

pic

ture.

• The indicator light s

when

the

digi

t

al

F

NR

function

is

on

(

NR

l.

NR

2

or

NAJI

(13)

Fluore

sce

nt

Di

sp

l

ay

Dimmer

Fun

ction

The

brightn

ess

of

th

e

display

window

ca

n be changed in I hrce

steps according to the s

urrounding

lig

ht

ing

conditions

.

FL

~

Press the

Fl

DIMMER button.

The

brightn

ess of th e

display

win

dow

cha

ng

es.

Standard

--

•M

ode 1

--Mode2

!when

power

turned

on

)

Darker

The brighrness changes each l

ime

the

butlon

is pressed.

N

or

m ally

1h

e

brightn

ess

is

set

to

the standard (brigh1est)

pos

it

ion.

Pr

ess

the

FL

DIMMER b

utton

to

m a

ke

the

disp

lay

window

darker, M

ode

2 is the darkest.

33

~

{,)

UI

0

I

~

PROGRAMMED

PLAYBACK

Program

bullon

IPROGAAMI

Ca

ll

button

/CALLI

(1)

Normal

Programmed

Playback

With

this

funct

ion ,

the

chapte

r

s/tracks

on

lhe

disc

can

be

prog

r

ammed

to

be p l

ayed

in

any

order

.

Pr

og

r

amming

is

done

in

u

nits

o f

chapte

rs

or

tracks

.

Example

:

Programming

chapters

III,

[i]

and

[!]

on

an

LO

Press th e PROGRAM butt

on

in

the

play

or

sto

p

mode

.

Press

number

bu

non

[fil.

• For

lDs.

t

he

disc side,

A

or

B.

is automatically

indi

cated be fo re the

2 chapter

number

.

•

If

you press the

wrong

numb

er, press the

CLEAR

button

1h

en press the

right

number.

Now press[]] ,

then[])

.

3 • Up

to

20

st

eps

ca n be

programmed

.

[[]

-

4

Side A and Side 8

bu!lons

(SIDE A

and

SIDE

8)

Number

bunons

(0

10 9

and

+ 1

0)

Press the pl

ay/pause

butt

on.

•

~

PROG

"

appears

on

the

main

unit

's

display

window

and

programmed

playback

begins.

• Once all the pr

ogrammed

chapters/ tracks have

played, the stop

mode

is

se

t and th e

program

screen is displayed.

•

Stopping

programmed

playback

Press the STOP button.

• Playing

the

program

again

Pr

ess the pl

ay/pause

bu

tt

on again .

•

Resuming

normal

playback

Press the PROGRAM

button

during

programmed

playbac k.

NOTES

o~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

• II

you

attempt

10

program

a 21st step,

~FU

LL

~

flashes

on

the screen and that step

is

not

se

t in the

program

.

• For LDs

with

out

TOCs, c

hapt

ers not included on the disc

can be

se

t

in

1he

program

but

are skipped

during

programmed

playback.

(2)

Programming

Chapter

s

on

Both

Sid

es

of

the

Oi

se

(LDs)

Example:

Programming

chapter

m

on

s

id

e A,

chapte

r III on side

B and ch

apter

[[]

on side A

2

3

4

5

Press the PROGRAM

buno

n

in the play

or

stop

mode

.

Press

1h

e SI

DE

A

butlon,

I hen

press

number

bunon

m.

•

11

you

press the

wrong

number,

press the CLEAR

button

then

press the

right

number

.

Press the

SIDE

B

button,

then

press

number

button

ill

•

Be

sure to

pr

ess the side

buuon

before

specify

ing

the chap

ter

number.

Press the

SIDE

A butt on,

then

press

number

bu

tton

[fil .

Press the

play/pause

button

.

•

Programmed

playback

begins.

• Once all the

programmed

chapters have played.

the

stop

mode

is set

and

the

program

screen is

displayed

.

[[]

-

PROGRAM

~3

62

PROGRAM

A3

81

SE4ACH PnOOAAM

NOTES

o~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~

~

For one

-s

ided

LO

s,

nothing

happens

ii

chapters

on

the

non-recorded side

of

the disc are specified.

• The sides are indicated on the music calendar

on

th e

main

unit's

disp

lay

window

by

bars above !he

numbers

for

chapter

numbers

programmed

for side A,

below

the

numbers

f

or

chapter

numbers

programmed

for

B.

(3) Clearing

and

Adding

St

eps

to

the

Progr

am

a

nd

Clearing

the

Entire

Program

• Clearing

steps

from

the

program

Individual steps can be cleared

from

the

program

.

2

Press the CALL

button

repeatedly

until

the

number

lo

be cleared is flashing.

Eicample:

Press the CLEAR

buuon

.

• Chapter

number

2

on

side

B is cleared

from

the

program

.

To cl

ear

chapter number 2

on

side

B

NOTE

o

--------------~

The chapt

er/track

curren1ly pl

aying

canno

t be cleared.

• Adding

steps

to

the

program

P1ess

the numbe1

buttons

to add to the progr

am

.

The

corresponding

chapter/track

is added

al

the

end

of

the

program

.

• Clearing

the

entire

program

Press the STOP

button

white

in the stop

mode

.

• The entire

program

is also cleared

when

l he

power

is

turned

off

and

when

the disc

tab1

e is opened.

(4)

Skipping

During

Programmed

Playback

Reverse

direc1ion

Forward

direction

Press one of the SKIP

but

·

tons ( l+t

or

111+1

).

• Remember that

when

the reverse skip bu tt on is pressed,

the chapter

/track

currently

playing

is counted

as

one.

NOTE

o--

---

---------

--

When

chapters on

both

sides

of

an

LD

are

programmed,

skipping is

not

possible

when

NA-

·-B"

or

"B·

··

A"

is

di

sp layed on the

main

unil's

display

window

.

35

1

~

w

UI

0

~

REPEAT

PLAYBACK

Program

button

(PROGRAM\

Repe al

bulton

(REPEAT]

A-8 i epeal buUon

IA

-

BJ

(1

I

Chapter

/Track

R

All

Side

Repeat

epeat,

Side

Repeat

and

Press th e REPEAT b

I

GJR

'

~

~'

"'j

'""•

·-~·

The

display

chan

at the right each tlges as

shown

!s

pressed, and th

me

1he

bunon

ing repeat modee

~:rrespon

d



on

-screen di splay

turn

sset. The

approximately 5

secon:!~

after

• Playin,9

the

current

ch

Chapter

Repeat {LDs)

apter

repeatedly

• Playing

the

current

tra

Track Repeat {CD

ck

repeatedly

s,

CDVs

and

CD-Gs)

•

P~aying

the

current

sid

Sode

Repeat {LD e

repeatedly

s.

CDs, CDVs

and

CD-Gs)

• Playing

both

sides

of

th

.

All

Side

Repeat {LDs) e

dose

repeatedly

36

s o r

tw

o-sided

LD

s.

This

only

work

f

NOTE:

For

LDs

on

w:h:;c=h~th~e:--c-:-h_a

____

___

_ _

1he

side repeat m .

pter

numbers

are n

p•essed. The cha

ode

•s

se

t when the

REPE:~

•

eco

•ded.

pter repeat mode cannot be

s:~tlon

is

Random

button

!RANDOM)

• LDs

. D

·-r::

=~::u

·T

1

•

s;de

rnpeat 1

• Side repeat

D

1

• All side repeat

• Repeat

off

(2) A-8 R

epeat

(3)

Program

Re

peat

{LDs. CDs

and

CDVs) Press !he

REPEAT

bulton

durin

•

:i~h

this

funct ion, a section

betw

be

played

repeatedly. een

tw

o specified points

~~~i~~

playback, press t

he

which

tton

at the

point

from

repeatrnog~

want

10

start

• Repeat start

point

A .

stored

In the

memor~

s

lol

.......

~

...

-.

OLLI

For

instruc

tions 0 n p

rog

rammed

pla b

Y ack. see Page

34

.

2

PresstheA

·B

butto

o·B

f\fPE""

'

point

at

which

o n at the

repeating. y u

wan!

to end

• A -B repeat starts.

•

Cancelling

A-B

repeat

Press the

AB

.. A-8

OFFH

-

button

10

di

splay

• A-B rep.

ea

t ·

when

the

ST~Palso

cancelled

button

is

press:~

.

open/clos

e

NOTES

:

~~==-=-=

----------

-

• F?r COVs, A·B repeat is no .

;~~e~D~a~:s°°;n1

B.

;n

th.'

:~:~b~ea~

po;n1 A ;s

;n

t

he

on

diff~rent

~~~eat

is

not

possible

if

p~in1s

A

Fm

CLV

LDs

on

es.

of

the d;sc. and

B""

rep .

wh

ich the second

A-Beat

,.

o_nly poss;ble

;n

un;1

s

"e

not <eco•ded, A-8

repeat is

not

possibl

d . s

of

minutes

.

med

playback e

urmg

random

and

•

If

the

A·B

,.~eat

.

pmg,am

-

repeat 'd

mode

is se t d ·

mode

·;:' e <epeat

o'

a

ll

s;de <epeat

",~ng

ch~pte

•

""ck

The

A·B

~:~~=:l~~nan

_

d

A-B <epea;

;:

1

evoouHepeat

ct1on

does

not

work

for

CD-Gs.

• Ca

ncelling

program

repeat

Press

the

PROGRAM

blltton

.

{4)

Random

Repeat

Press !he RANDOM

bunon

.

•

Can

ce

lling

rand

om

rep

e

at

Press the RANDOM bu tt

on

.

NOTES

:

• Random

~,e:p:ea~t~

-

~::--

----------

U the RANDOM is

not

possible

on

LDs .

pmg••mm

ed I button ;s P•essed

d,.;~•t~out

TOCs.

scan.

P•OQ"m':nae~back

o• auto ed;ted

pl:

~ntm

~can.

cance

ll

ed

. playback

o'

auto

edhe/

pl:c:ba~:'.~

37

~

I

w

(JI

0

I

(\.)

0

~

SWITCHING THE AUDIO CHANNEL

Audio

monitor

button

(AUDIO MONITOR)

Digi1al/anatog/CX button

(D!GITAL

/ANALOG/CX)

(1)

Stereo

and

Bilingual Discs

Press the AUDIO MONITOR button.

• The

audio

mode

changes as fo

llows

when

the AUDIO

MONITOR

buuon

is pressed.

Stereo discs

When

power

,---+

turned

on

1/L

2/R

Stereo

(stereo)

I

l/L

Left channel

I

j

2/A

Right channel

• Display

Ma

in

unit

display

window

1

/L

2/A I

l/

L

2/R I

38

Bilingual discs

Main audio pan from

left channel

Sub

audio

part

from

right

channe

l

Main

audio

part

Sub

audio

pan

D

(2) Discs

with

Digital

Sound

(LDs)

LD

s

with

digital

sound

include

both

ana log and digital

audio

signals. Press th e DI

GITALIANALOG/CX

button

to

swi1ch

between the

digi

tal

and

analog

sound

.

D - D

• The I DIGITAL SOU ND l

indicator

on th e

main

unit's

display

window

when

the

digita

l signa ls are

se

lected.

• The

digital

signals are

se

lected

when

the

power

is turned

NOTE

:--------------~

On s

ome

LDs

wi

th digi1al

sound

, the level

of

the digital and

analog signal s is

different,

so the

volume

will

change

when

th e

audio

signals are

swi

tched.

(3)

Di

scs

With

the

CX

Mark

(LDs)

For

most

discs

with

the

C9

mark, the CX noise r

eduction

sys1em is ru rne d

on

automatically,

providing

powerful

sound

with

litt

le

noise

.

For

some

discs

with

the

Cll

mark, the CX noise r

eduction

system is not

turned

on

automalically

.

In

this case, press th e

DIG

ITAL/ANAL

OG/CX

button

so that

..

CX

ON~

appears on 1

he

screen.

D =D

NOTE

:~-------------

~

The

sound

quality

will

be

poor

if the

CX

noise reduction

system

is

turned on

when

playing

discs wi1h

no

CX

mark.

CD is a registered

irademark

of

CBS.

The LA -3500

conforms

to t

he

expanded

CX specifications.

Im

TROUBLESHOOTING

Check

again

before

requesting

servicing

.

• Are all

conne

ct

ions

proper

7

•

Is

the

set

being

operated

according to

the

operating

instructions 7

If the

se

t does

nol

seem

to

be

operating

properly,

check the

poin

1s on the table

below

. II

none

of

the

items

on

lh

e table apply.

lh

e set

may

be

malfunctioning

.

Turn

off

the

power

immediately

and contact

your

store of purchase.

Symptom

1.

~sTANDBr

does

not

appear

when

power

cord

is

plugged

in

.

2.

Power

turns

on

by

no

sound

is

produced

.

3. Disc table does not open .

4 . Disc

does

n

ot

play

when

direct

search

bunons

or

play/pause

buuon

is pressed.

5.

When

switched

to the

TV,

the picture

is

worse

than befo re the

player

was

connected

or

there are stripes

on

the

picture.

6.

Remote

control

un

it

does

not

work

.

7.

TV

malfunclions

when

lhe

remote

control

unit

is opera ted.

B.

Oise turns bu t picture

does

not

appear

!or

picture

quality

is bad).

(Only

when

playing

on

a TV)

9. Vertical

synchronizalion

is

off

!pic-

tur

e rolls).

Cause Measures

Power

plug

is not

plugged

in

or

is not •

Make

sure the

power

plug

is

plugged

thoroughly

inserted . in

thoroughly

.

•

Rea1

panel connection cords are

not

• Refer

to

the

manual

and connect the

properly

connec

1ed .

cords

properly

.

•

Power

is

not

on. Plug th e

power

cord

into

the out let

and press th e POWER

button

to turn

on

the

power

.

Disc is

extreme

ly

dirty

. • Clean the disc.

~

...

Use a

dis

c cleaning kit (availabl e in

s

tore

s)

.

• Disc is

upside

·

down

. Set the disc

with

the label led side

fa

ci

ng

up

.

• Oise is

not

properly

se

t in disc table. • Set the disc

properly

.

• The

re

is

dew

in the player. Remove the disc and let the player sit

for

one

or

two

hour

s wi1h the

power

on so that th e

dew

evaporates.

• Depending on the

TV

signal reception

co

nditions

,

st

ripes may appear

when

watching

the

TV

wh

ile the player is on.

This

is

not

a

problem

with

the

player

.

•

Unit

is

too

far

from

the player,

or

is

at

too s

trong

an angle.

• Ba11eries are

worn

out

.

• There is an obstacle between the

sensor on the player and the

remote

contro

l unit.

• This

remote

con1rol

unit

may

cause

some

TVs

equipped

for

wireless re·

mole

cont

rol to malfunction.

• TV's

!or

color

monitor's)

power

is

not

turned on.

•

Co

nne

c

tion

s are

wrong

.

• Connection

plugs

are disconnected

!or

not

fully

inserted).

• TV

's

input

se

l

ec

t

or

is set to the

TV

mode.

• The picture

may

ro

ll

temporarily

when

the pic1ure switches

from

a

dark

scene

10 a

bright

scene, but this is

not

a

malfunction.

Turn

the player's

pow

er

off

.

t..;>

II

the

problem

persists, check the

antenna,

or

use a b

oos

ter !available

in

s1ores).

• Operate the remote co

ntr

ol

unit

fr

om

within

an angle

or

about

30 ° and a

distance

of

about 6

meters

.

c::>

Replace the baueries

if

the range

from

which

the

remote

control

unit

opera

tes becomes

exlremely

Ii·

mited

.

• Rep lace the batleries.

t::>

Replace both batteries

with

new

ones.

• Remove the obstac le

or

move

the

remote

conlrol

unit.

•

Move

the TV away

from

the

player

or

cover

the TV's

remote

cont

rol sensor

when

operating the

remote

control

unit.

•

Turn

on

the TV's

power

.

• Connect

properly

.

CJt

-(I)i::=

• Insert securely.

"4-

•

Se

1 the TV's

or

monitor's

input

selec·

tor to the

video

input

mode

when

playing

discs.

•

Ad

just the

TV

's vertical synchroniza·

tion

.

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~

w

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Denon LA-3500 User manual

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