Oppo DV-970HD User manual

DVD PLAYER
DV-970HD
ADVANCED
SETUP GUIDE
ASUPPLEMENTTO THE
USERMANUAL

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents................................................................................1
HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE...................................................................2
Using the DVD Setup Menu System .............................................................................................. 3
SETTING UP THE PLAYER: BASICS....................................................4
Use the Best Available Video Connection .................................................................................... 4
Determine Your Display Type........................................................................................................ 4
Use the Best Available Audio Connection .................................................................................... 6
Connections for Most CD or DVD Playback..................................................................................................................6
But, Wait – I Have HDMI!..............................................................................................................................................7
Connections for Non-Dolby Digital/DTS Receivers, DVD-Audio and SACD.................................................................8
SETTING UP THE PLAYER: ADVANCED..............................................9
Setup Menu Options....................................................................................................................... 9
Entering the Setup Menu System..................................................................................................................................9
General Setup Page ..................................................................................................................... 10
Speaker Setup Page..................................................................................................................... 11
Audio Setup Page......................................................................................................................... 14
Video Setup Page......................................................................................................................... 16
Preference Page........................................................................................................................... 18

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HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE
This guide is written in a very procedural manner. Unlike
most User Manuals which read like dictionaries and are only
slightly less interesting, OPPO was kind enough to allow us
to contribute to a “kindler and gentler” Setup Guide that
takes you through the setup process the way we do it –
almost every week of our lives.
So, forget what you know. If you want to learn how to point a
remote control, put in batteries, or find out that it’s bad to
leave a DVD player out in the rain, read the standard User
Manual. If you want to explore the DV-970HD and get it up
and running on your system in the best way possible… read
on.
- Clint DeBoer
Editor-in-Chief, Audioholics.com
Tech Note
Watch out for these tech notes along the way to help you get the most out of
your DVD player purchase. Following these notes can mean the difference
between a good picture and a GREAT picture!

HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE
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Using the DVD Setup Menu System
In many places of this guide, the DVD player’s Setup Menu needs to be adjusted to match your specific
audio/video configuration. To access the DVD player’s Setup Menu simply press the SETUP button on the
remote control when the disc is stopped. When asking you to make menu adjustments, we will use the following
terminology to indicate the location of the desired function:
Setup Menu Name > Menu Item > Submenu Item (or Selection)
Setup Menu Name is the actual name of the uppermost setup menu level. With the OPPO DV-970HD there
are exactly five (5) Setup Menu pages or sections, each represented by an icon on the top of the Setup Menu
screen. They are: General Setup Page, Speaker Setup Page, Audio Setup Page, Video Setup Page, and
Preference Page.
Menu Item is the parameter to be adjusted which appears below the Top Menu Name. It is the list of items on
the left of the current Setup screen.
Submenu Item (or the selection) is the actual numeric or descriptive element that represents the change
being made to the selected parameter. It is the item located to the immediate right of its corresponding Menu
Item.
This diagram should give a good description of the various elements and their context. In this screen we could,
for example, instruct you to set the Rear Speaker parameter to Small in the Speaker Setup Page. To indicate
where we were, you would see the following: Speaker Setup Page > Rear Speaker > Small.
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Setup Menu Name
Menu Item Submenu Item