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DVD / VIDEO CD / CD PLAYER DVD-S510 OWNER’S MANUAL PLAY NATURAL SOUND DVD PLAYER STANDBY POWER T ruSurround OPEN CLOSE PAUSE STOP DVD / VIDEO CD / CD...
CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. This symbol warns the user that uninsulated voltage within the unit may have sufficient magnitude to cause electric shock.
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- and, most importantly, without affecting your sensitive hearing. Since hearing damage from loud sounds is often undetectable until it is too late, YAMAHA and the Electronic Industries Association's Consumer Electronics Group recommend you to avoid prolonged exposure from excessive...
LASER SAFETY This unit employs a laser. Due to possible eye injury, only a qualified service person should remove the cover or attempt to service this device. USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS RADIATION EXPOSURE.
The region code for this set is 1. Since it is usual for DVD movies to be released at different times in different regions of the world, all players have region codes and discs can have an optional region code. If you load a disc of a different region code to your player, you will see the region code notice on the screen.
Introduction Entertainment for the new millennium Video was never like this before! Digital video discs provide perfect digital, studio-quality pictures; three dimensional digital, multi-channel audio; story sequences screened from your choice of camera angle; sound tracks in as many as eight languages;...
9 Only voltage specified on this unit must be used. Using this unit with a higher voltage than specified is dangerous and may result in fire or other accidents. YAMAHA will not be held responsible for any damage resulting from the use of this unit with a voltage other than that specified.
Functional overview Front panel POWER - switches the player to on or off STANDBY indicator - lights red when the player is in Standby mode Display - shows the current status of the player - Next title/chapter/track PLAY - starts video/audio play - Previous title/chapter/track PLAY NATURAL SOUND DVD PLAYER...
Rear panel MAINS (AC) power jack - connect to the power source Caution : Do not use other AC power cords than the one provided. DIGITAL OUT DIGITAL MPEG DTS OPTICAL COAXIAL Caution: Do not touch the inner pins of the jacks on the rear panel connectors.
CHAPTER TITLE FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW Display TITLE CHAPTER TRACK TIME TRACK TOTAL TRACK SHUFFLE REPEAT CHAPTER TITLE REPEAT CHAPTER/TITLE/TRACK active REPEAT SHUFFLE DVD inserted Video CD or Audio CD inserted Indicates current player function: Play, Pause, Search, etc. DVD TITLE number DVD CHAPTER number VCD/CD TRACK number TIME in hours, minutes and seconds...
numerical key pad ENTER / OK - acknowledge menu selection - (left/right/up/down) cursor movement ON SCREEN - access or remove the menu bar display - bit rate indicator RETURN - go back to previous menu - search backward / previous chapter or track - search forward / next chapter or track REPEAT...
On screen display information ON SCREEN DISPLAY INFORMATION Menu bar/Status window Personal Preferences Title/Track Chapter/Index Audio Subtitle language Angle Zoom Video Program Sound e Picture by Picture Status window icons The status window displays the current status of the player and appears with the first part of the menu bar.
Temporary Feedback Field icons Repeat All Repeat Title Repeat Track Repeat Chapter Shuffle Shuffle Repeat Repeat A to end Repeat A-B Angle Child Lock On Child Safe Resume Action prohibited ON SCREEN DISPLAY INFORMATION...
Preparation AV receiver Center speaker Left main Right main speaker speaker Left rear speaker Karaoke vocal PREPARATION General notes - Depending on the equipment you wish to connect, there are various ways you could connect the player. Possible connections are shown in the following drawings.
DIGITAL OUT AUDIO OUT DIGITAL MPEG DTS OPTICAL COAXIAL VIDEO 1 CD/DVD AV receiver AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT VIDEO S VIDEO COMPONENT VIDEO <C> <A> <B> VIDEO COMPONENT S VIDEO VIDEO IN INPUT AV receiver COMPONENT S VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO OUT COMPONENT S VIDEO VIDEO...
PREPARATION Connecting the power cord After completing all connections, connect the AC power cord to an AC power outlet Note: When the player is in the “STANDBY” mode, it is still consuming some power. If you wish to disconnect your player completely from the power, press the POWER button.
General explanation About this manual This manual gives the basic instructions for operating this DVD player. Some DVDs require specific operation or allow only limited operation during playback. In these cases, the player may not respond to all operating commands. When this occurs, please refer to the instructions contained with the DVD.
Menu language * Menu items vary between models Initial Setup Subtitle language Audio language English Español Français Português Italiano * Menu items vary between models PREPARATION Turning On the power NATURAL S Switch on the TV and select the video input channel for your DVD-Video STANDBY player.
ON SCREEN RETURN REPEAT A–B MENU ENTER ON SCREEN Country Select your country. This also is used as input for the ‘Parental Control’ feature (see ‘Access Control’). Note: All these items may have to be set during ‘Initial Setup’. After that, they can always be changed in the Personal Preferences Menu.
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PREPARATION Sound - Digital output Factory setting: ALL. This means that both coaxial and optical outputs are switched on. If you are not connecting equipment with a digital input, change the setting to OFF. If your equipment doesn't include a digital multi-channel decoder, set the digital output to PCM only.
Choose 'Play always' to remove the disk from the child-safe list Access control; child lock (DVD and VCD) Activating/deactivating the child lock When disc playback is stopped, select Access Control in the features menu using the w/v keys. Enter a 4-digit code of your own choice. Enter the code a second time.
Low Pawer Standby Low Pawer Standby PREPARATION Access control; Parental control (DVD-Video only) Movies on DVDs may contain scenes not suitable for children. Therefore, disc may contain ‘Parental Control’ information which applies to the complete disc or to certain scenes on the disc. These scenes are rated from 1 to 8, and alternative, more suitable scenes are available on the disc.
DVD player, certain aspects of the technical standards had not been settled between set makers and the disc industries. On this basis YAMAHA cannot guarantee functioning of the PARENTAL CONTROL system and denies any liability associated with unintended watching of disc content.
Operation OPERATION Loading discs Press OPEN/CLOSE on the front of the player. The disc tray opens. Load your chosen disc in the tray, label side up (also when a double sided OPEN CLOSE DVD is inserted). Make sure it is sitting properly in the correct recess. Press OPEN/CLOSE, to close the tray.
SUBTITLE AUDIO ANGLE ON SCREEN MENU TITLE/CHP REPEAT SKIP/SEARCH ENTER ON SCREEN REPEAT SKIP/SEARCH Playing a Video CD Playing a disc - After inserting the disc and closing the tray, playback starts automatically and the status window and the player display show the type of disc loaded, as well as information about the disc’s contents and playing time.
OPERATION Still Picture and Frame-by-frame playback Select e (picture by picture) in the menu bar. MENU TITLE/CHP Use the w key to enter the picture by picture menu. ENTER The player will now go into PAUSE mode. Use the cursor keys t u to select the previous or next picture frame. ON SCREEN RETURN To exit Picture by picture mode, press 2.
To exit the sequence, press REPEAT A-B. Note: This function is not available with video CD’s version 2.0 when PBC under Personal Preferences is set to ON. Shuffle DVD-Video discs POWER This shuffles the playing order of chapters within a title, if the title has more SHUFFLE than one.
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OPERATION FTS (Favorite Track Selection) -Video - The FTS-Video function allows you to store your favorite titles and chapters (DVD) and favorite tracks and indexes (VCD) for a particular disc in the player memory. - Each FTS program can contain 20 items (titles, chapters). - The selections can be called up and played at any time.
SUBTITLE AUDIO MENU ENTER SUBTITLE AUDIO ANGLE SUBTITLE AUDIO MENU TITLE/CHP MENU ENTER ENTER 1 e n 1 e n Special DVD features Checking the contents of DVD-Video discs: Menus For titles and chapters, selection menus may be included on the disc. The DVD’s menu feature allows you to make selections from these menus.
OPERATION Special VCD-Features Playback Control (PBC) Load a Video CD with PBC and press 2. Go through the menu with the keys indicated on the TV screen until your chosen passage starts to play. If a PBC menu consists of a list of titles, you can select a title directly.
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Shuffle POWER Press SHUFFLE during play. SHUFFLE The order of the tracks is changed. ZOOM To return to normal play, press SHUFFLE again. SUBT T E AUD O ANG E Repeat track/disc ON SCREEN RETURN REPEAT A–B To repeat the track currently playing , press REPEAT. SKIP/SEARCH REPEAT TRACK To repeat the entire disc, press REPEAT a second time.
OPERATION FTS (Favorite Track Selection) Program - FTS Program allows you to store your favorite tracks for a particular disc in the player memory. - Each FTS Program can contain 20 tracks. Storing an FTS Program Load a disc and stop playback. Use w to go to the list of available tracks.
Before requesting service Symptom No power No picture Distorted picture Completely distorted picture or no color with player menu. Distorted or Black/White picture with DVD or Video CD. No sound Distorted sound from HiFi amplifier. No audio at digital output. Disc can’t be played.
BEFORE REQUESTING SERVICE Cleaning discs Some problems occur because the disc inside the player is dirty. To avoid these problems clean your discs regularly, in the following way: When a disc becomes dirty, clean it with a cleaning cloth. Wipe the disc from the center out.
Specifications PLAYBACK SYSTEM DVD-Video Video CD CD (CD-R and CD-RW) OPTICAL READOUT SYSTEM Lasertype Semiconductor AlGaAs Numerical Aperture 0.60 (DVD) 0.45 (VCD/CD) Wavelength 650 nm (DVD) 780 nm (VCD/CD) DVD DISC FORMAT Medium Optical Disc Diameter 12cm (8cm) Playing time One layer (12cm) Dual layer...
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