Denon DVD-558 Operating Instructions Manual

Also see for DVD 1740: Specifications Dimensions Operating instructions Operating instructions

– 15 – ENEnglishGetting started• Turn on the power of the TV, amplifier and any other com-ponents which are connected to the DVD player.• Make sure the TV and audio receiver (commercially avail-able) are set to the correct channel.Press the POWER ON button.• “P-ON” will appear briefly on the display panel.Press the OPEN/CLOSE button toopen disc loading tray.Place the disc in the tray, with the labelfacing up.Press the PLAY button.• The tray will close automatically,then playback will start from the firstchapter or track of the disc. If the playback does notstart automatically, press the PLAY button.• When you play back the DVD with a title menu, it may appearon the screen. In this case, refer to “Title Menu” on this page.Press the STOP button to stop playback.NOTES:• A “prohibited icon” may appear at thetop-right corner on the TV screen duringoperation, warning that a prohibitedoperation has been encountered by theDVD player or the disc.• With DVDs that use some titles for playback programsignals, playback may start from the second title, or itmay skip these titles.• During the playback of two layered disc, pictures maystop for a moment. This happens when the 1st layerswitches to the 2nd layer. This is not a malfunction.• The operation may vary when you play back DVDs withdisc menu. Refer to the manual accompanying the discfor details.54321WMAJPEGMP3CDDVDPress the MENU button.• The DVD main menu will appear.If the feature is not available, symbol may appearon the TV screen.If disc menu is available on the disc, audio language,subtitle options, chapters for the title and other optionswill appear for selection.Press the Cursor buttons (K / L / s / B) to select an item,and the ENTER button to confirm the selection.4321 DVDDISC PLAYBACKBasic PlaybackDisc MenuDVD may contain menus to navigate the disc and access spe-cial features. Press the appropriate Numeric buttons or use theCursor buttons (K / L / s / B) to highlight your selection in theDVD main menu and press the ENTER button to confirm.NOTE:• Unless otherwise stated, all operations described in this manualare based on remote control use. Some operations can be car-ried out using the menu bar on the TV screen.DVDGeneral FeaturesPress the TOP MENU button.• The title menu will appear.If the feature is not available, symbol may appearon the TV screen.Press the Cursor buttons (K / L / s / B) to select an item,and the ENTER button to confirm the selection.• Playback will begin at the selected title.321 DVDTitle Menu• Press the MENU button to call up the DVD main menu.• Press the TOP MENU button to call up the title menu.NOTE:• Contents of menus and corresponding menu opera-tions may vary among discs. Refer to the manualaccompanying the disc for details.DVDCALLING UP A MENU SCREEN DURING PLAYBACKPress the DIMMER NTSC/PAL button on the front panelto select the desired brightness of the front panel display.(BRIGHT, DIMMER or OFF)• The default setting is BRIGHT.NOTES:• The brightness of the front panel display can be adjustedfrom the setup menu. Details are on page 25.• When you turn on the power next time, the brightness ofthe front panel display will be as set in setup menu.1Select a suitable video system according to the format of theTV you connected.Stop playback.Press the DIMMER NTSC/PAL button on the front panelmore than 3 seconds. The video system will be displayedon the front panel display and TV screen.Press the DIMMER NTSC/PAL button, and select the desiredvideo system. The video system will be changed as followsevery time the DIMMER NTSC/PAL button is pressed.• If it is left untouched for more than 5 seconds or any other but-tons are pressed, the unit will switch back to the normal status.NOTES:• If the video system setting does not fit to the TV you con-nected, the picture will be distorted.• If you turn off the unit, the video system will go back tothe one set for the TV TYPE on the display menu (referto page 23).321Brightness of the Front Panel DisplayHDMI SetupPress the HDMI button on the front panel to select theHDMI output mode.The output mode changes as follows every time theHDMI button is pressed.• The HDMI indicator on the front panel lights up whenHDMI output mode is on.480P/576P (Default):Video output from the HDMI OUT jack at 480p/576p.720P : Video output from the HDMI OUT jack at 720p.1080 : Video output from the HDMI OUT jack at 1080i.1080P : Video output from the HDMI OUT jack at 1080p.OFF : No video output from the HDMI OUT connector.NOTES:• Video and audio signals may distorted temporarilywhen switching to/from the HDMI output mode.• Use a display equipment with an HDMI-compatible port.• The HDMI indicator on the front panel flashes when youselect the HDMI output mode but there is no HDMI cable.• You can check the HDMI connection status by pressingthe DISPLAY button during playback with the HDMIoutput mode (refer to page 20).• If the TV is not compatible with newly selected HDMI outputmode, the actual output mode will be kept the one beforechanging the selection. When this occurs, the newly select-ed mode will appear on the front panel display (see page10) while the actual output resolution will be indicated byperforming the on-screen display as described on page 20.• Actual output signals for each HDMI mode vary withthe compatibility of the connected display device.• You cannot select the HDMI output mode when thesetup menu is on the TV screen.1NTSC PALMULTITV TYPEMULTI PALNTSC720P 1080P1080 OFF480P/576P