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TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE  33

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

• Standby pressed within 4 seconds 

• Press the Standby Switch at least 4 seconds after the 

after Main Power Switch

unit has been turned on by the Main Power Switch

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 22

No picture

• Intermittent connections

• Check all video connections

• Wrong Input

• Check input selection of TV or receiver.

• Progressive Scan output selected.

• Use progressive scan mode only with compatible TV.

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 23

”

” 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 18

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

34 DVD LANGUAGE CODES

The availability of specific languages for the main audio track or subtitles is dependent on the choices made by a disc’s producer. You should always 
consult the disc’s jacket for information on languages for any disc. In the case of some languages, you may be required to enter a code from the list below to
access that language. See page 19 for more information on entering language codes.

Abkhazian 6566
Afar

6565

Afrikaans 6570
Albanian

8381

Ameharic

6577

Arabic

6582

Armenian

7289

Assamese

6583

Aymara 6588
Azerbaijani 6590
Bashkir

6665

Basque

6985

Bengali; Bangla 6678
Bhutani 6890
Bihari 6672
Bislama 6673
Breton 6682
Bulgarian 6671
Burmese

7789

Byelorussian 6669
Cambodian 7577
Catalan 6765
Chinese

9072

Corsican 6779
Croatian 7282
Czech 6783
Danish

6865

Dutch 7876
English 6978
Esperanto 6979
Estonian 6984
Faroese 7079
Fiji 7074
Finnish 7073
French

7082

Frisian 7089
Galician

7176

Georgian 7565
German 6869
Greek 6976
Greenlandic

7576

Guarani 7178
Gujarati 7185
Hausa 7265
Hebrew 7387
Hindi 7273

Hungarian 7285
Icelandic 7383
Indonesian 7378
Interlingua 7365
Interlingue 7369
Iunpiak 7375
Irish 7165
Italian

7384

Japanese

7465

Javanese

7487

Kannada 7578
Kashmiri 7583
Kazakh 7575
Kinyarwanda 8287
Kirghiz 7589
Kirundi 8278
Korean 7579
Kurdish 7585
Laothian 7679
Latin 7665
Latvian, Lettish 7686
Lingala 7678
Lithuanian 7684
Macedonian 7775
Malagsy 7771
Malay 7783
Malayalam 7776
Maltese 7784
Maori  

7773

Marathi  

7782

Moldavian 7779
Mongolian 7778
Naru 7865
Nepali 7869
Norwegian 7879
Occitan 7967
Oriya 7982
Oromo (Afan) 

7977

Panjabi 8065
Pashto, Pushto 8083
Persian 7065
Polish 8076
Portuguese 8084
Quechua 8185
Rhaero-Romance 8277
Romanian 8279

Russian 8285
Samoan

8377

Sangho 8371
Sanskrit 8365
Scots Gaelic 

7168

Serbian 8382
Servo-Groatian 8372
Sesotho 8384
Setswana 8478
Shona 8378
Sindhi 8368
Singhalese 8373
Siswati 8383
Slovak 8375
Slovenian 8376
Somali 8379
Spanish 6983
Sundanese 8385
Swahili 8387
Swedish 8386
Tagalog 8476
Tajik 8471
Tamil 8465
Tatar 8484
Telugu 8469
Thai 8472
Tibetan 6679
Tigrinya 8473
Tonga 8479
Tsonga 8483
Turkish 8482
Turkmen 8475
Twi 8487
Ukrainian 8575
Urdu 8582
Uzbek 8590
Vietnamese 8673
Volapuk 8679
Welsh 6789
Wolof 8779
Xhosa 8872
Yiddish 7473
Yoruba 8979
Zulu 9085

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS  35

Disc formats: 5 inch (12 cm) or 3 inch (8 cm) DVD-Audio and Video, Standard conforming DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD-R and 
DVD-RW, VCD, CD, CD-R, MP3, WMA, JPEG 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: DVD-Audio, Linear PCM, MPEG, MLP/CPPM, 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

Y: 1Vp-p/75 Ohms, sync negative polarity

Cr: 0.7Vp-p/75 Ohms

Cb: 0.7Vp-p/75 Ohms

2 Vrms max

DVD-Audio (2-channel): 2 Hz - 96 kHz +0/-0.5 dB
(5 channel):

2 Hz - 48 kHz +0/-0.5 dB

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-Audio: 115 dB (24 Bit)
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

4 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, MLP Lossless, 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.
Microsoft, Windows and WMA are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

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.

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