T+a Dvd 1230 r User manual

V4.0 Bestell Nummer 9103 – 0284

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USER MANUAL

DVD 1230 R

Welcome.

We are delighted that you have decided to purchase a  product. With your ew DVD 1230 R you have acquired a

top-quality piece of equipme t which has bee desig ed a d developed with the wishes of the audiophile music lover as

absolute top priority.

Our i ovative approach to solvi g problems, the solid, carefully thought-out co structio a d the high-quality materials

e sure that this u it will satisfy your highest dema ds a d requireme ts over a period of ma y years.

Thorough quality checki g of all materials, pai staki g productio by highly qualified staff, a d a fully automatic,

computer-co trolled fi al quality co trol process guara tee a product of high quality which meets the specificatio i full.

I our productio system we avoid the use of all e viro me tally harmful a d pote tially i jurious substa ces, such as

chlori e-based solve ts a d CFCs.

Moreover we avoid the use of plastics (especially PVC) as a co structio al eleme t wherever possible. I stead we rely

upo metals a d other o -harmful materials which o the o e ha d are recyclable a d o the other offer very good

electrical shieldi g characteristics.

Our i siste ce o solid all-metal cases elimi ates the problem of adverse effects o sou d quality caused by exter al

sources of i terfere ce. This also e sures that the electro-mag etic radiatio (electro-smog) caused by our equipme t

is effectively shielded, reduci g it to a absolute mi imum.

Your DVD video player is a playback device for digital audio a d video media which meet the u iversal DVD video

sta dard. The u it is capable of playi g ci ema films i true ci ema picture quality, a d also provides stereo or multi-

cha el sou d, depe di g o medium a d playback system.

All the u ique features of DVD video are available, such as selecti g the sou d cha el a d sub-title la guage, a d

choosi g differe t a gles of view (also depe di g o DVD type). The u it also i cludes a child security system which

allows you to determi e which DVDs your childre are permitted to view.

You will soo discover that this player is amazi gly easy to operate tha ks to the O-Scree Display fu ctio , which

shows me us o the TV scree , the clear, comprehe sible i tegral scree a d the remote co trol ha dset.

I additio to DVDs the machi e ca also play video CDs (VCD) a d audio CDs. The media which ca be played are

marked with o e or more of the followi g logos o the disc packagi g.

The u it features digital audio outputs for co ectio to

) a d MPEG multi-cha el decoders.

A ra ge of high-quality cables a d co ectors is available as accessories for this u it, as well as specially desig ed

fur iture matchi g the player‘s desig .

Please accept our tha ks for your faith i us; we wish you ma y hours of pleasure with your DVD 1230 R.

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All compo e ts used i this device satisfy the curre tly valid Germa a d Europea safety orms a d

sta dards. I the i terests of your ow safety please read right through these operati g i structio s, payi g

particular atte tio to the safety otes a d the i structio s for setti g up a d operati g the equipme t.

1) Ma ufactured u der lice ce to Dolby Laboratories. „Dolby“ a d the double-D symbol are registered

rights reserved.

2) „DTS“ is a registered trademark of Digital Theater Systems, I c.

This product complies with the Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC), EMV Directives (89/336/EEC, 92/31/EEC) a d CE

Marki g Directive (93/68/EEC).

IMPORTANT! CAUTION!

This product co tai s a laser diode of higher class tha 1. To e sure co ti ued safety, do ot remove a y covers or

attempt to gai access to the i side of the product.

Refer all servici g to qualified perso el.

The following caution la el appear on your device:

Rear pa el

CLASS 1

LASER PRODUCT

O the i er protective housi g of the DVD mecha ism

CAUTION:

VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN.

AVOID EXPOSURE TO BEAM

VORSICHT:

SICHTBARE UND UNSICHTBARE LASERSTRAHLUNG,

WENN ABDECKUNG GEÖFFNET NICHT DEM STRAHL AUSSETZEN

ATTENTION:

RAYONNEMENT LASER VISIBLE ET INVISIBLE EN CAS

D'OUVERTURE EXPOSITION DANGEREUSE AU FAISCEAU

DANGER:

VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN.

AVOID DIRECT EXPOSURE TO BEAM

Contents

Operating the unit

Fro t pa el co trols .................................................................................................... 6

Operating the DVD 1230 R ........................................................................................ 8

Switchi g o ................................................................................................................ 8

I serti g a CD / DVD / VCD ........................................................................................ 8

Starti g playback ........................................................................................................ 8

Stoppi g playback ....................................................................................................... 8

Resumi g playback ..................................................................................................... 8

Selecti g a Chapter or Title ......................................................................................... 8

Search ......................................................................................................................... 9

Repeat ........................................................................................................................ 9

Shuffle (ra dom playback) .......................................................................................... 9

Sca ............................................................................................................................ 9

F12 remote co trol ha dset ....................................................................................... 10

F1 remote co trol ha dset ......................................................................................... 11

O -scree co trol bar ................................................................................................ 12

Play ack program .................................................................................................... 13

Creati g a DVD playback program ............................................................................ 13

Expa di g a playback program .................................................................................. 13

Erasi g i dividual titles or chapters from a playback program ................................... 13

Disabli g a playback program .....................................................................................13

Erasi g a playback program ...................................................................................... 13

Creati g a CD playback program ............................................................................... 13

DVD / VCD special functions ................................................................................... 14

Me u fu ctio ............................................................................................................. 14

Calli g up a d operati g the DISC me u ................................................................... 14

Ma ual cursor co trol ................................................................................................. 14

Static a d si gle frames ............................................................................................. 15

Slow motio ................................................................................................................ 15

Camera a gle ............................................................................................................ 15

Switchi g audio cha els .......................................................................................... 16

Sub-titles: selecti g the la guage .............................................................................. 16

Playi g MP3 CDs ....................................................................................................... 16

Child security ............................................................................................................. 17

Expla atio of terms, useful i formatio .................................................................... 18

Technical description

Oversampli g ............................................................................................................. 20

• Sta dard FIR filter ................................................................................................ 20

• Filter 1 (short FIR filter) ........................................................................................ 20

• Filter 2 (Bezier i terpolator plus IIR filter) ............................................................. 20

• Filter 3 (Bezier i terpolator plus Noise-Shapi g) .................................................. 21

• Filter 4 (poor Bezier i terpolator) .......................................................................... 21

Installation, using the unit for the first time

Back pa el co ectio s ............................................................................................. 24

Setti g up the DVD player .......................................................................................... 26

Wiri g ......................................................................................................................... 27

Wiri g diagrams

• DVD 1230 R with digital surrou d decoder a d i tegrated amplifier .................... 28

• DVD 1230 R with a alogue surrou d decoder a d i tegrated amplifier .............. 29

• DVD 1230 R i a o -  system ...................................................................... 30

Adjustme ts at the TV set .......................................................................................... 31

Basic device setti gs (SETUP menu) ........................................................................ 32

Safety otes ............................................................................................................... 34

Approved usage ......................................................................................................... 35

Care a d mai te a ce ............................................................................................... 35

Device approval a d co formity with EC directives ................................................... 35

Care of the DVD player .............................................................................................. 35

FCC I formatio to the user ....................................................................................... 35

Miscellaneous

Trouble-shooti g ........................................................................................................ 36

Specificatio ............................................................................................................... 39

Front panel controls













O / Off switch.

The gree LED glows whe the u it is switched o a d

ready to use.

Note:

If the DVD 1230 R is co ected to a pre-amplifier,

i tegrated amplifier or receiver withi a 'R' system, it

ca be switched off, with the whole system, by pressi g

the 



butto o the remote co trol ha dset.

Note:

The mai s butto is ot a isolatio switch. Some parts

of the circuit are still live whe the u it is switched off.







CD drawer

The drawer of the DVD 1230 R co sists of a combi atio

of a special plastic with good dampi g qualities, a d

solid, precisio -machi ed treated alumi ium. Its floati g,

flexible suspe sio system elimi ates the tra sfer of

mecha ical vibratio to the disc, which ca have a

adverse effect o the sou d.













Butto for ope i g a d closi g the drawer.













A short press o this butto starts playback, or resumes

playback after a Pause.

A lo g press switches to cursor co trol (see 'Manual

cursor control').

It is also used as the select / co firm butto withi the

me u co trol system.













A short press o this butto switches the u it to Pause /

static picture. Press the 



-butto to resume

playback.

Duri g DVD playback repeated short presses of the





 butto move o to the ext si gle frame of the

film.

Repeated long presses (arou d 2 seco ds) duri g DVD

playback switch to differe t slow motio speeds. Press

the 



-butto to stop slow motio .













The 



 butto e ds playback.













Repeated brief presses o the 



 butto before or

duri g playback causes the sectio , item, title or whole

CD or DVD to be repeated, depe di g o the medium i

use.

















 / 





These butto s are used to select the previous / ext title,

sectio or music track duri g playback, or select a MP3

track withi a album directory. *)

















 / 





Fast-forward a d rewi d to search for a particular

passage, or to select a album directory o a MP3-CD.

To e d the fast-forward or rewi d process press the





- butto to resume ormal playback. *)

*) Note:

I the Select me u the butto s are used to move

arou d the me u, as show below:





 



 



 





dow left right up













A short press ope s the Disc me u (see 'Menu

functions').

A long press switches o the o -scree co trol bar.













A short press o this butto switches o the 'Shuffle'

fu ctio (= playback i ra dom order).

A long press (arou d 2 seco ds) switches the 'Scan'

fu ctio o . This mea s that every track o the disc is

played (sampled) for about te seco ds.

To co ti ue playback of the curre t track either press the





-butto agai , or press the 



-butto .













DVD mode: sound track and camera angle

A short press o the 



butto switches to differe t

sound tracks, if prese t o the DVD.

A lo g press (arou d 2 seco ds) o the 



butto

duri g DVD playback ca be used to select differe t

camera angles, assumi g that the curre tly playi g DVD

co tai s alter ative camera perspectives.

CD mode: A / B sequence repeat

A brief press o this butto duri g CD playback switches

to A / B sequence repeat.

Whe you reach the start of the seque ce to be

repeated, press the 



 butto to set the A marker.

The e d marker B is also set by pressi g the 





butto .

O ce you have set the E d marker, the machi e repeats

the marked seque ce u til you press the 



 butto

agai to termi ate the repeat process.













Pressi g this butto repeatedly switches to each of the

DVD 1230 R’s five digital filters i tur .

For more i formatio o filters please refer to the Sectio

'Technical description of digital filters'.













This butto toggles betwee ormal a d i verse absolute

phase of the sig al.







Adjusting screen rightness

The bright ess of the DVD 1230 R’s i tegral scree ca

be set to a y of three stages to suit your perso al

prefere ce. This is do e by pressi g the 



 butto .

The followi g bright ess levels are available:

1. Normal setting:

good legibility, eve i bright co ditio s a d su light.

2. Su dued:

Subdued setti g, for dark locatio s.

3. Display off:

the scree is switched off completely. The scree

lights up for a few seco ds whe ever a comma d is

se t to the u it, so that you ca see the ew setti g.

Note:

Whe you switch the u it o , the scree lights up brightly

for a short period so that you ca see the curre t mode

of operatio . It the reverts to the state (bright / subdued

/ off) which you selected before you last switched off.







Screen window

All the scree eleme ts of the DVD 1230 R are displayed

i a clearly laid-out wi dow o the i tegral scree :

a) At this positio the active digital filter is i dicated by a

glowi g code umber (1 … 4). If o umber is lit, the

sta dard FIR filter is curre tly active.

b) FTS active (playback program)

c) SHUFFLE active (ra dom seque ce)

d) PAUSE active

e) SCAN active

f) REPEAT / CHAPTER / TITLE / TRACK mode active

g) TOTAL, total playi g time / TRACK TIME,

track duratio i hours, mi utes a d seco ds

h) (V)CD i serted

i) DVD i serted

k) CHAPTER umber (sectio - DVD o ly)

l) TRACK / TITLE umber

m) The  symbol glows if the i verse output sig al has

bee selected.

Operating the DVD 1230 R

Switching on

Press the 



 butto o the fro t pa el of the u it.

The gree i dicator LED above the butto lights up, as

does the i tegral scree . The u it is ow ready for use.

Switch o the Hi-Fi system for stereo sou d, a d select

the i put for the CD/DVD player.

To play DVD video with multi-cha el (surrou d) sou d,

switch o the home ci ema system a d select the digital

source i put for the DVD video player. Switch o the TV

set a d select the video i put for the DVD player.

Inserting a CD / DVD / VCD

1. Press the 



 butto o the fro t pa el to ope

the drawer.

2. Place the disc i the centre of the circular recess i

the drawer, with the side to e played facing down.

3. Press the 



 butto o the fro t pa el to close

the drawer.

Starting play ack

The machi e features a AUTOPLAY fu ctio : playback

starts automatically whe you close the drawer.

Note:

Some DVDs disable automatic start. I stead they

prese t a o -scree select me u, or force a STOP.

I such cases please follow the i structio s i the

me u, or start playback ma ually by pressi g the





-butto o the fro t pa el, or the 



 butto o

the remote co trol ha dset.

Stopping play ack

You ca stop playback at a y time by pressi g the





 butto .

Resuming play ack

You ca resume playback of a stopped CD / DVD / VCD

by pressi g the 



- butto o the fro t pa el, or the





 or 



 butto o the remote co trol ha dset.

RESUME fu ctio (DVD / VCD playback o ly)

To resume playback of a DVD / VCD at the exact poi t at

which you i terrupted the film, press the 



 or





 butto a seco d time, provided that the

RESUME butto

is superimposed o the scree .

Note:

The RESUME fu ctio ot o ly works with the DVD

curre tly i the player, but also with the four DVDs which

you last played. Simply i sert the DVD agai , a d press

the 



 or 



 butto as soo as the RESUME

symbol appears o the scree .

Selecting a Chapter or Title

1.) Selecting using a skip utton

You ca i itially select CD tracks, DVD titles or chapters

by pressi g the skip forward butto 



 or the skip back

butto 



 repeatedly u til you reach the desired poi t.

Note regarding DVD:

If the last chapter of a title is reached, the machi e

skips automatically to the previous or followi g track.

2.) Selecting using the DVD disc menu

Most DVDs feature a Select me u for titles a d sce es i

a film. O ce you i sert a DVD this me u usually appears

automatically. Duri g playback the me u ca be called

up at a y time by pressi g the blue 



 butto (F1:

blue 



 rocker). Select the desired sce e from the

me u, a d co firm your selectio by pressi g the





 butto . Playback ow jumps straight to the

selected sce e.

3.) Selecting chapter and track - direct numeric input

It is also possible to select a DVD chapter or CD track by

e teri g the umber of the sectio usi g the umeric

butto s (



 . . . 



) o the remote co trol

ha dset.

Note:

If the umber has more tha o e digit, press the digits

quickly i seque ce.

4.) Selecting chapter and track using the control ar

A other alter ative for selecti g the CD track or chapter

is the co trol bar (see 'On-screen control ar').

I the co trol bar you ca select from the poi ts

= DVD title / CD track

= DVD chapter

the title or chapter you wish to play.

The sta dard search takes place at quadruple speed,

a d is started by pressi g the fro t pa el butto s





 / 



 or the remote co trol butto s





 / 



. Press the search butto agai to i crease the

search speed. The search ca be stopped at a y time by

pressi g the 



 butto .

The sou d is muted duri g the search process.

Search using the control ar (DVD / VCD only):

I DVD mode a search ca also be i itiated u der the

poi t usi g the co trol bar. I this case the speeds 4x, 8x

a d 32x are available.

REPEAT

The machi e features three REPEAT modes, for

repeati g chapters, titles or the e tire disc.

REPEAT mode Screen display OSD

Sym ol

Chapter

(DVD o ly)

REPEAT CHAPTER

Title REPEAT TITLE

Complete disc REPEAT

To switch o a d select a REPEAT mode press the





 butto o the fro t pa el repeatedly u til the

desired mode is displayed.

REPEAT using the F1 remote control handset

• The REPEAT modes ca also be selected usi g the





 butto o the F1 ha dset.

SHUFFLE

(random play ack)

This fu ctio provides a mea s of playi g back chapters

or tracks i a ra dom seque ce.

Switching SHUFFLE mode on and off

Briefly press the 



-butto o the fro t pa el

duri g playback. Shuffle mode is displayed o the

scree .

Press the 



- butto agai to e d Shuffle mode.

SHUFFLE using the F1 remote control handset

• Shuffle mode ca also be i itiated by pressi g the





 butto o the F1 ha dset.

SCAN

This is the procedure for playi g the first 10 seco ds of

each track o a CD or chapter o a DVD:

• Hold the 



-butto o the fro t pa el pressed i

for about 2 seco ds.

• To co ti ue playback of the selected track hold the





- butto pressed i agai , or press the 





butto briefly.

SCAN using the F1 remote control handset

• Hold the 



 butto pressed i for about

2 seconds.

• To co ti ue playback of the selected track hold the





 butto pressed i agai for 2 seconds, or

press the 



 or 



 butto briefly.

Remote control of the DVD 1230 R

Introduction

The machi e is supplied complete with the F12 remote

co trol ha dset, which provides remote co trol of all the

player’s most importa t fu ctio s.

I the illustratio s those butto s which are required to

operate the DVD player are marked "



". No e of

the other butto s has a y effect o the DVD player.



Switches DVD player to sta d-by





Switches DVD player o ,

selects DVD as program source



I STOP mode: Starts play ack (PLAY)

Duri g playback: Selects ext title

MP3-CD: Select the ext track withi a album

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