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5 DVD COMPATIBILITY & TERMINOLOGY

The DVD 5 is more than a DVD player; it will
play the following disc formats:

■ Both 5-inch (12cm) and 3-inch (8cm) discs

■ CD audio discs

■ DTS audio discs

■ CD-RW audio discs

■ DVD movie discs

However, it will NOT play the following:

■ DVD discs with a Region Code other than

the one the player is set for.

■ DVD discs with PAL format video

■ DVD-ROM data discs

■ DVD-RAM discs

■ VCD discs

■ CD-R discs

■ CD-I discs

■ CD-G discs

■ SVCD discs

■ Photo CD discs

■ MP3 Audio Discs

NOTE: Due to differences in the format of 
certain discs, it is possible that some discs may
include a mix of features that are not compati-
ble with the DVD 5. Similarly, although the
DVD 5 is capable of a wide range of features,
not all discs include every capability of the DVD
system. For example, although the DVD 5 is
compatible with multi-angle discs, that feature
is only possible when the disc is specially
encoded for multiple-angle play. In addition, the
DVD 5 is capable of playing back both Dolby
Digital and DTS soundtracks, but the number
and types of tracks available will vary from disc
to disc. To make certain that a specific feature
or soundtrack option is available, please check
the options noted on the disc jacket.

■ Playback of DTS audio discs requires connec-

tion to a processor or receiver with a DTS
decoder.

■ Playback capability for CD-RW discs may

vary due to variations in the quality of the
CD-RW disc and the recorder used to create
the disc.

Since they share some of the characteristics and
technology of CD players, many of the terms
and operational concepts used in a DVD player
are similar to what you may be familiar with
from CD players and changers, or older video
disc formats such as Laser Disc. However, if this
is your first DVD product, some of the terms
used to describe the features of a DVD player
may be unfamiliar. The following explanations
should solve some of the mysteries of DVD, and
help you to enjoy all the power and flexibility of
the DVD format and the DVD 5.

Aspect Ratio: This is a description of the
width of a video image in relation to its height.
A conventional video screen is four units wide
for every three units of height, making it almost
square. Newer wide aspect ratio video displays
are 16 units wide for every nine units of height,
making them more like the screen in a movie
theater. The program material on a DVD may be
recorded in either format and, in addition, you
may configure the DVD 5 to play back in either
format, depending on the features recorded on
a disc.

Chapter: DVD programs are divided into chap-
ters and titles. Chapters are the sub-sections
programmed into a single title on a disc.
Chapters may be compared to the individual
tracks on an audio CD. Press the Menu button
to see a listing of the chapters on a disc.

Component Video: This is a new form of
video signal that eliminates many of the arti-
facts of traditional composite video signals by
splitting the signal into a separate luminance
channel and two color difference signals. With a
component video connection you will see
greater picture resolution and eliminate many
picture imperfections such as the moiré pat-
terns often seen on checked patterned cloths.
However, in order to benefit from component
video you must have a video display with
Y/Pr/Pb component video inputs. Do not 
connect the component video outputs of the
DVD 5 to the standard composite or S-Video
inputs of a TV or recorder.

Title: For a DVD, a title is defined as an entire
movie or program. There may have as many
chapters within a title as the producers decide
to include. Most discs include only one title, but
some may have more than one, to give you a
“Double Feature” presentation. Press the Title
button to see a listing of the titles on a disc.
When a disc has only one title, pressing the title
button may show a list of the chapters.

Multiple Angle: DVDs have the capability to
show up to four different views of the same
scene in a program. When a disc is encoded
with multiple-angle information, pressing the
Angle button will enable you to switch between
these different views. Note that at present, few
discs take advantage of this capability and,
when they do, the multiple-angle technology
may only be present for short periods of time
within the disc. Producers will usually insert
some sort of icon or graphic in the picture to
alert you to the availability of multiple-angle
scenes.

Reading: This is a message that you will see
when you first press the Play button. It refers to
the fact that the player must first examine the
contents of the disc to see if it is a CD or DVD,
and then extract the information about the type
of material on the disc, such as languages,
aspect ratios, subtitles, number of titles and
more. The slight delay while the contents of the
disc are read is normal.

Resume: The operation of the Stop Button on
the DVD 5 works differently from what you are
used to on CD or CD players. On a traditional
CD player, when you press the Stop button, the
unit does just that: it stops playback. On a CD
player, when you press the start button again,
the disc starts from the beginning. With the
DVD 5, however, you have two options when
playing DVD discs. Pressing Stop once will stop
the playback, but it actually puts the unit in the
Resume mode. This means that you can turn
the machine off and, when you press play the
next time, the disc will resume or continue from
the point on the disc where the Stop button
was pressed. This is helpful if you are watching
a movie and must interrupt your viewing ses-
sion but wish to pick up where you left off.
Pressing the Stop button twice will stop the
machine in a traditional manner and, when 
the disc is played again, it will start from the
beginning.

6 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS

1 Master Power Switch: Press this switch
to apply power to the DVD 5. When the unit is
first turned on, the Status Indicator 3 will
turn green. Once the unit has been turned on
with this switch, it may be operated from either
the front panel or remote control. Press the
switch again to turn the unit completely off.

2 Standby Switch: Press the button once to
turn the DVD 5 on, press it again to put the
unit in the Standby mode. Note that in order for
this switch to operate, the Main Power Switch
1 must be pressed in so that it is in the 
ON position.

3 Status Indicator: When the DVD 5 is in
the On mode, this indicator will glow green.
When the unit has been placed in the Standby
mode by pressing the Power-Off button
on the remote, the indicator will glow amber,
indicating that the unit is still connected to the
AC main supply and is ready to be turned on
from the remote control.

4 Headphone Jack: Connect standard head-
phones to this jack for private listening.

5 Headphone Level Control: Turn this 
control to adjust the volume level to the head-
phones. Note that the use of this control will
not change the analog output levels at the rear
panel audio outputs.

6 Disc Tray: This tray holds as many as five
DVD or CD discs that can be played one at a
time in the DVD 5.

7 Disc Skip: Press this button to change the
disc being played. Each press of the button will
move the tray forward to the next occupied
position in the tray. Note that the unit will skip
over the empty disc positions.

8 Search Forward/Reverse: Press this but-
ton to move forward or backward through a CD
or DVD at one of four speeds. Each press and
release will increase the search speed, as indi-
cated in the on-screen display. Once you have
selected the desired speed, release the button
and the disc will continue to search at fast
speed. To resume normal playback speed, press
the play button.

9 Open/Close Button: Press this button to
open or close the Disc Tray 6.

) Skip Forward/Reverse: Press this button
to move forward or backward through the
music tracks on a CD disc or the chapters on a
DVD disc.

! Stop: Press this button once to place the
disc in the Resume mode, which means that
playback will stop, but as long as the tray is not
opened or the disc changed, DVD playback will
continue from the same point on the disc when
the Play Button is pressed again. Resume will

also work if the unit was turned off. To stop a
disc and have play start from the beginning,
press the button twice.

@ Play/Pause: Press this button to momen-
tarily pause playback. To resume playback,
press the button again. If a DVD is playing,
action will freeze and a still picture will be 
displayed when the button is pressed.

# Direct Access Buttons: Press one of
these buttons to play any of up to five discs
loaded in the Disc Tray.

$ Information Display: This display con-
tains a variety of indicators that provide infor-
mation about the status of the DVD 5 and the
disc currently playing.

% Display Dim: Press this button to adjust
the brightness of the Information Display by
50% or to turn the display off completely in the
following order: FULL BRIGHTNESS ➔ HALF
BRIGHTNESS ➔ OFF ➔ FULL BRIGHTNESS.

^ Remote Sensor: The sensor that receives
the infrared commands from the remote control
is behind this area. Do not cover or obscure this
part of the front panel in order to avoid a mal-
function with the remote.

1 Master Power Switch
2 Standby Switch
3 Status Indicator
4 Headphone Jack

5 Headphone Level Control
6 Disc Tray
7 Disc Skip
8 Search Forward/Reverse

9 Open/Close Button
) Skip Forward/Reverse
! Stop
@ Play/Pause

# Direct Access Buttons
$ Information Display
% Display Dim
^ Remote Sensor

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1 2 3

4 5

6

7

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7 FRONT PANEL INFORMATION DISPLAY

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A

B

C

D

E

F

L

K

J

I

H

G

A Disc Type Indicators
B Disc-Number Indicators
C Title Indicators
D Chapter/Track Number Indicators
E Program Time Indicators

F Intro Indicator
G Program Indicator
H Repeat Indicators
I Random Indicator
J Resume Indicator

K Playback-Mode Indicators
L Parental Lock Indicator

A Disc Type Indicators: The DVD or CD
indicator will illuminate to show the type of
disc currently being played.

B Disc-Number Indicators: When the
DVD 5 has sensed that a disc is loaded in one
or more of the tray positions, the number inside
the corresponding disc icon will illuminate. The
disc position that is currently playing will flash.
Note that if a disc is added to, or removed
from, the tray while a disc is playing, the 
indicator will not show the change until all
discs are cycled.

C Title Indicators: These two positions in
the display will show the current title number
when a DVD disc is playing.

D Chapter/Track Number Indicators:
When a DVD disc is playing, these two posi-
tions in the display will show the current chap-
ter. When a CD disc is playing they will show
the current track number.

E Program Time Indicators: These posi-
tions in the indicator will show the running
time of a DVD in play. When a CD is playing,
these indicators will show the current track
time, time remaining in the current track, or the
total remaining time on the disc.

NOTE: The Program Time Indicators will also
display text messages about the DVD 5’s status,
including Reading when a disc is loading,
Bye when the unit is turned off, and Disc
Error when a disc not compatible with the
DVD 5 is put into the play position.

F Intro Indicator: This indicator lights when
the Intro Scan function is active.

G Program Indicator: This indicator lights
when the programming functions are in use.

H Repeat Indicators: These indicators light
when any of the Repeat functions are in use.

I Random Indicator: This indicator lights
when the unit is in the Random Play mode.

J Resume Indicator: This indicator lights
when the Stop button has been pressed once
to put the unit in the Resume mode.

K Playback-Mode Indicators: These indica-
tors light to show the current playback mode:

› Lights when a disc is playing in the normal
mode

›› Lights when the disc is in the Fast Search
Forward mode. For DVDs, When both triangles
glow steadily, the disc plays at 2x normal
speed. When the right triangle is flashing, the
disc plays at 4x normal speed. When the left 
triangle is flashing, the disc plays at 8x normal
speed. When both triangles are flashing, the
disc plays at 16x normal speed. For CDs, only
the first three Fast Search modes are available.

›± Lights when the disc is paused

‹‹ Lights when the disc is in the Fast Search
Reverse mode. For DVDs, When both triangles
glow steadily, the disc plays at 2x normal
speed. When the left triangle is flashing, the
disc plays at 4x normal speed. When the right
triangle is playing, the disc plays at 8x normal
speed. When both triangles are flashing, the
disc plays at 16x normal speed. For CDs, only
the first three Fast Search modes are available.

L Parental Lock Indicator: This indicator
lights when the parental-lock system is
engaged in order to prevent anyone from
changing the rating level without a code.

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¡ Optical Digital Output
™ Coaxial Digital Output
£ Analog Audio Outputs

¢ Composite Video Output
∞ S-Video Output
§ Component Video Outputs

¶ Remote Control Output
• Remote Control Input
ª AC Power Cord

8 REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS

¡ Optical Digital Output: Connect this jack
to the optical digital input of an A/V receiver or
surround processor for Dolby Digital, DTS or
PCM audio playback.

™ Coaxial Digital Output: Connect this jack
to the coaxial digital input of an A/V receiver or
surround processor for Dolby Digital, DTS or
PCM audio playback.

NOTE: The coaxial digital output should only be
connected to a digital input. Even though it is
the same RCA-type connector as standard ana-
log audio connections, DO NOT connect it to a
conventional analog input jack.

£ Analog Audio Outputs: Connect these
jacks to an audio input on an A/V receiver or
surround processor for analog audio playback.

¢ Composite Video Output: Connect this
jack to the video input on a television or video
projector, or to a video input on an A/V receiver
or processor if you are using that type of device
for video input switching.

∞ S-Video Output: Connect this jack to the
S-Video input on a television or video projector,
or to an S-Video input on an A/V receiver or
processor if you are using that type of device
for S-Video input switching.

§ Component Video Outputs: If your TV or
video projector has component video inputs,
you may connect these output jacks to the set
for the highest video quality available. Note
that the component video inputs may be
labeled as Y/Pr/Pb or Y/Cr/Cb but, for connec-
tion purposes, they are the same. The outputs
of these jacks should NOT be connected to a
standard composite video input.

¶ Remote Control Output: Connect this
jack to the infrared (IR) input jack of another
compatible Harman Kardon remote controlled
product to have the built-in Remote Sensor ^
on the DVD 5 provide IR signals to other 
compatible products.

• Remote Control Input: Connect the out-
put of a remote infrared sensor, or the remote
control output of another compatible Harman
Kardon product, to this jack. This will enable
the remote control to operate even when the
front panel Remote Sensor ^ is blocked. This
jack may also be used with compatible IR
remote control-based automation systems.

ª AC Power Cord: Connect this plug to an
AC outlet. If the outlet is controlled by a switch,
make certain that it is in the ON position.