Cambridge Audio 80 Series: 85/86/89 DVD player

85/86/89 DVD player

CONNECTION TO A PROGRESSIVE SCAN TV/DISPLAY

Some televisions and monitors are equipped with component video

inputs and are capable of reproducing a progressively scanned video

signal. Connecting to these inputs allows you to view higher quality

pictures with less flicker.

To enable progressive scan via the component output please refer to

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PPrr

PPbb

page 13 under general setup to explain how to access this in the menu.

Rear

Panel

If you find that you have no display but are

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TV set with progressive-scan

getting sound from your speakers, you have set

video input

the DVD player to progressive scan mode.

Audio In

Simply press the I-Scan button on your remote

control.

Audio Cord

If your progressive scan TV has Y, Pb Pr video inputs you can use the

players Y, Cb/Pb, Cr/Pr outputs . Press the P-Scan button to switch the

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l

ayer to the progressive scan video output mode.

If this player’s audio outputs are also connected to the TV, the L/R

channels of 2-CH OUT should be connected to the TV’s AUDIO IN

terminals.

It is imperative that you use high quality component video cables to

ensure the best possible performance.

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DISPLAY SETTINGS

Screen

sizes

and

disc

formats

Set to 4:3 (Letter Box) widescreen discs are shown with black bars top

and bottom.

DVD-Video discs come in several different screen aspect ratios, ranging

from TV programs, which are generally 4:3, to CinemaScope widescreen

movies, with an aspect ratio of up to about 7:3. Televisions, too, come in

different aspect ratios; ‘standard’ 4:3 and widescreen 16:9.

Widescreen

TV

users

If you have a widescreen TV, the TV Screen setting of this player should

be set to 16:9 (Wide)

When you watch discs recorded in 4:3 format, you can use the TV

controls to select how the picture is presented. Your TV may offer various

Set to 4:3 (Pan&Scan) widescreen discs are shown with the left and

zoom and stretch options; see the instructions that came with your TV

right sides cropped. Although the picture looks larger, you don’t actually

for details.

see the whole picture.

Please note that some movie aspect ratios are wider than 16:9, so even

though you have a widescreen TV, these discs will still play in a ‘letter

box’ style with black bars at the top and bottom of the screen.

Standard

TV

users

If you have a standard TV, the TV Screen setting of this player should be

set to 4:3 (Letter Box) or 4:3 (Pan&Scan) depending on which you prefer.

Please note that many widescreen discs override the player’s settings so

that the disc is shown in letter box format regardless of the setting.

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