ONKYO DV-SP305 User Manual

EnDVD PlayerDV-SP305Instruction ManualThank you for purchasing an Onkyo DVD Player. Read this manual carefully before using your new DVD Player. A goo

10Before Using the DV-SP305Notes:• If the remote controller doesn’t work reliably, try replacing both batteries.• Don’t mix new and old batteries, or

11Front & Rear PanelsFor detailed information, refer to the pages in brackets. STANDBY/ON button [21, 24]This button is used to set the DV-SP305

12Front & Rear Panels—Continued Pause indicatorThis indicator appears when playback is paused. Play indicatorThis indicator is shown during pl

13Front & Rear Panels—Continued COAXIAL DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT [20]This coaxial digital audio output can be connected to a coaxial digital audio in

14Front & Rear Panels—Continued STANDBY button [21]This button is used to set the DV-SP305 to Standby. ON button [21]This button is used to turn

15Front & Rear Panels—Continued(2 Fast Forward /( ) button [25, 28, 29]This button is used for fast forward, slow motion, and frame-by-frame play

16Connecting the DV-SP305• Read the manuals supplied with your AV components.• Don’t connect the power cord until you’ve completed all audio and video

17Connecting the DV-SP305—ContinuedThe setup described here is a basic setup that allows you to play discs using just the supplied AV cable (RCA). In

18Connecting the DV-SP305—ContinuedSwitching the video output to interlace using the front panel controlsSwitch the player to standby then, using the

19Connecting the DV-SP305—Continued• Connect the DVD Player to the TV directly. If you connect the DVD Player to a VCR, TV/VCR combi-nation, or video

2Important Safety Instructions1. Read these instructions.2. Keep these instructions.3. Heed all warnings.4. Follow all instructions.5. Do not use this

20Connecting the DV-SP305—ContinuedAlthough you can reproduce the DVD Player’s sound from the TV speakers with the connections on page 17, connecting

21Connecting the Power/Turning on the DV-SP305Before connecting• Make sure that all the connections on pages 16–20 are complete (the connection to a T

22Getting StartedFor ease of use, this player makes extensive use of graph-ical on-screen displays (OSDs). All the screens are navigated in basically

23Getting Started—ContinuedThis sets the language of this system’s on-screen dis-plays.Setting the language of this player’s on-screen displays1Press

24Getting Started—ContinuedThe basic playback controls for playing DVD, CD, Video CD, DivX Video and MP3/WMA discs are cov-ered here. Further function

25Getting Started—ContinuedThe table below shows the basic controls on the remote for playing discs. The following chapter covers other playback featu

26Getting Started—ContinuedMany DVD-Video discs feature menus from which you can select what you want to watch. They may also give access to additiona

27Getting Started—ContinuedHint:• After I load a DVD disc, it ejects automatically after a few seconds!o Most likely, the disc is the wrong region for

28Playing discsNotes:• Many of the functions covered in this chapter apply to DVD discs, Video CDs, CDs, DivX Video and MP3/WMA/JPEG discs, although t

29Playing discs—ContinuedYou can advance or back up DVD discs frame-by-frame. With Video CD you can only use frame advance.Note:• Backward frame-by-fr

3Precautions1. Recording Copyright—Unless it’s for personal use only, recording copyrighted material is illegal with-out the permission of the copyrig

30Playing discs—ContinuedUse the “Disc Navigator” to browse through the contents of a DVD or Video CD disc to find the part you want to play.Important

31Playing discs—Continued Use the “Disc Navigator” to find a particular file or folder by filename. Note that if there are other types of files on t

32Playing discs—ContinuedThe “A-B Repeat” function allows you to specify two points (A and B) within a track (CD, Video CD) or title (DVD) that form a

33Playing discs—ContinuedUse the random play function to play titles or chapters (DVD-Video) or tracks (CD, Video CD) at random. (Note that the same t

34Playing discs—ContinuedThis feature lets you program the play order of titles/chapters/tracks on a disc.Important:• You can’t use Program play with

35Playing discs—ContinuedThere are a number of other options in the “Program” menu in addition to “Create/Edit”.• Playback Start – Starts playback of

36Playing discs—ContinuedSome DVD or DivX Video discs have subtitles in one or more languages; the disc box will usually tell you which subtitle langu

37Playing discs—Continued Using the zoom feature you can magnify a part of the screen by a factor of 2 or 4, while watching a DVD, DivX Video title

38Audio Settings and Video Adjust menusThe “Audio Settings” menu offers features for adjusting the way discs sound.• Settings: “Rock”, “Pop”, “Live”,

39Audio Settings and Video Adjust menus—ContinuedFrom the “Video Adjust” screen you can adjust various settings that affect how the picture is present

4Precautions—ContinuedThis unit contains a semiconductor laser system and is classified as a “CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT”. So, to use this model properly,

40Initial Settings menuThe “Initial Settings” menu provides audio and video output settings, parental lock settings, and display set-tings, among othe

41Initial Settings menu—ContinuedDigital Audio Out settingsSetting Option What it meansDigital OutOn Digital audio is output from the digital outputs.

42Initial Settings menu—ContinuedVideo Output settingsSetting Option What it meansTV Screen(See also “Screen sizes and disc formats” on page 47.)4:3 (

43Initial Settings menu—ContinuedLanguage settingsSetting Option What it meansAudio Language*1*1 This setting is your preferred audio language for DVD

44Initial Settings menu—Continued• Default level: “Off”; Default password: none; Default Country/Area code: us (2119) To give you some control over wh

45Initial Settings menu—ContinuedYou can find the Country/Area code list in the adjacent column.Setting/changing the Country/Area code1Select “Country

46Initial Settings menu—ContinuedIn order to play DivX VOD (video on demand) content on this player, you first need to register the player with your D

47Additional informationDVD-Video discs come in several different screen aspect ratios, ranging from TV programs, which are generally 4:3, to CinemaSc

48Additional information—ContinuedNote:• You have to switch the player into standby (pressSTANDBY/ON) before each change.DVD discs are generally divid

49Additional information—ContinuedLanguage code listLanguageLanguage codeletterLanguage codeJapanese ja 1001English en 0514French fr 0618German de 040

5Table of ContentsBasic OperationOverviewImportant Safety Instructions ... 2Precautions ...

50GlossaryAnalog audioAn electrical signal that directly represents sound. Com-pare this to digital audio which can be an electrical sig-nal, but is a

51Glossary—ContinuedProgressive scan videoAll the lines that make up a video picture are updated in one pass (compared to interlace which takes two pa

52TroubleshootingIf you have any trouble using your DV-SP305, check the following table for possible causes and remedies. If you still can’t resolve t

53Troubleshooting—ContinuedDVD PlayerNo sound?The “96 kHz PCM Out” setting is set to “96kHz”.Change the “96 kHz PCM Out” setting to “96kHz > 48kHz”

54Troubleshooting—ContinuedNote:• Static electricity or other external influences may cause malfunctioning of this unit. In this case, unplug the powe

55Specifications GeneralSpecifications and features subject to change without notice.Signal System PAL /NT SCComposite Video Output/Impedance 1.0 V (

56Printed in JapanY0703-1(C) Copyright 2007 ONKYO CORPORATION Japan. All rights reserved.http://www.onkyo.com/HOMEPAGESN 29344508Sales & Product P

6IntroductionMake sure you have the following accessories:The letter displayed at the end of the product name found in catalogs and on package represe

7Introduction—ContinuedSupported DiscsThe DV-SP305 supports the following discs.• Some audio CDs feature copy protection that doesn’t conform to the o

8Introduction—ContinuedDVD-R/RW compatibility• Compatible formats: DVD-Video, Video Recording (VR)** Edit points may not play exactly as edited; scree

9Introduction—ContinuedJPEG file compatibility• Compatible formats: Baseline JPEG and EXIF 2.2* still image files up to a resolution of 3072 x 2048.*