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DVD 21  Digital Versatile Disc Player

SERVICE MANUAL

Power for the Digital Revolution™

®

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS  

Disc formats: 5 inch (12 cm) or 3 inch (8 cm) DVD-Movie, Standard conforming DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD-R and DVD-RW,
VCD, CD, CD-R, MP3 or CD-RW discs,
Regio code: DVD Movie disc with Code 2 or 0 only.
DVD-Layers: Single Side/Single Layer, Single Side/Dual Layer, Dual Side/Single Layer, Dual Side/Dual Layer
Audio formats: Linear PCM, MPEG, Dolby Digital or DTS

PAL /NTSC

1 V p-p/75 Ohms, sync negative polarity

Y/Luminance: 1 V p-p/75 Ohms, sync negative polarity
C/Chrominance: 0.286 V p-p

2 Vrms max

DVD (Linear PCM):

2 Hz - 22 kHz +0/-0.5 dB (48 kHz sampling)
2 Hz - 44 kHz +0/-0.5 dB (96 kHz sampling)

CD:

2 Hz - 20 kHz +0/-0.5 dB

113 dB (A-weighted)

DVD: 100 dB (18 Bit) / 105 dB (20 Bit)
CD/DVD: 96 dB (16 Bit)

DVD/CD: 0.0025 %

Below Measurable Limits

110 - 240 V/ 50 - 60 Hz

12 Watts (On)/20 Watts (Max)

440 x 87 x 305 mm

7 Kg

Depth measurement includes knobs and connectors.

Height measurement includes feet and chassis.

All specifications subject to change without notice.

Harman Kardon and Power for the digital revolution are trademarks of Harman Kardon, Inc.
Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. Dolby, AC-3, ProLogic and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential.
Unpublished Work. © 1992-1997 Dolby Laboratories, Inc. All rights reserved.
DTS is a trade mark of Digital Theater Systems, Inc.

This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights
owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation and
is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or diassembly is 
prohibited.

TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE  

Unit does not turn on 

• Main Power Switch 

 turned Off

• Press in Main Power Switch 

• No AC power

• Check AC power plug and make certain any switched

outlet is turned on

Disc does not play

• Disc loaded improperly

• Load disc label-side up, note to align the disc with the guides 

and place it in its proper position.

• Incorrect disc type

• Check to see that disc is CD, CD-R, CD-RW, VCD, DVD+RW,

DVD+R, DVD-R and DVD-RW (standard conforming) or 

DVD-Movie; other types will not play

• Invalid Region Code

• Use Region 2 disc only 

• Rating is above parental preset

• Enter password to override or change rating settings,

see page 18

No picture

• Intermittent connections

• Check all video connections

• Wrong Input

• Check input selection of TV or receiver.

No sound

• Intermittent connections

• Check all audio connections

• Incorrect digital audio selection

• Check digital audio settings

• DVD disc is in fast or slow mode

• There is no audio playback on DVD discs during fast or slow modes

• Surround receiver not compatible 

• Use analog audio outputs.

with 96 kHz PCM audio

Picture is distorted or jumps during

• MPEG-2 decoding

• It is a normal artifact of DVD playback for pictures

fast forward or reverse play

to jump or show some distortion during rapid play

Some remote buttons do not operate

• Function not permitted at this time

• With most DVDs some functions are not permitted at certain 

during DVD play, Prohibited symbol ”

”

times (e.g. Track Skip) or not at all (e.g. direct Audio track 

appears (see below)

selection).

The OSD menu is in a foreign language

• Incorrect Display language

• Change Display language selection, see page 19

”

” Symbol Appears

• Requested function not available at 

• Certain functions may be disabled by the DVD itself during 

this time

passages of a disc

Picture is displayed in the

• Incorrect match of aspect ratio settings

• Change Aspect Ratio settings, see page 17

wrong Aspect Ratio

to disc

• Unit is not connected to TV with a Scart 

• To make TVs turn  automatically to 16:9 mode they must 

connector.

be conneted to the player via Scart.

Remote control inoperative

• Weak batteries

• Change both batteries

• Sensor is blocked

• Clear path to sensor or use remote sensor

Disc will not copy to VCR

• Macrovision protection

• Many DVDs are encoded with Macrovision

to prevent copying to VCR

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