ENGLISH54 FEATURES1. Slim body (80 mm wide) and halfmirror/aluminum panel (ADV-500SD)The slim, neat body just 80 mm wide and halfmirror/aluminum panel make for an elegant designthat further enhances your interior decor.2. Stylish 5.1-channel surround AV speakersystem (SYS-500SD)Satellite speaker equipped with a super tweeterunit capable of reproducing a wide frequencyrange of up to 90 kHz, plus a passive subwooferproducing clear, firm bass sound.3. Remote control unit with pre-memory functionThis unit comes with a remote control unit equippedwith a pre-memory function. The remote controlcommand codes for video decks and TVs of majormanufacturers are prestored in the memory.4. Progressive Scan functionThe ADV-500SD is equipped with a progressive scanfunction achieving playback with high picture quality.Movies and other DVD software can be recreatedwith a picture quality near that of the original.5. Dolby DigitalUsing advanced digital processing algorithms,Dolby Digital provides up to 5.1 channels of wide-range, high fidelity surround sound. Dolby Digitalis the default digital audio delivery system for DVDand North American DTV.6. DOLBY PRO LOGIC IIx compatibilityDOLBY PRO LOGIC IIx furthers the matrixdecoding technology of DOLBY PRO LOGIC II todecode audio signals recorded on two channelsinto up to 7.1 playback channels, including thesurround back channel. DOLBY PRO LOGIC IIxalso allows 5.1-channel sources to be played in upto 7.1 channels.The mode can be selected according to the source.The Music mode is best suited for playing music,theCinema mode for playing movies, and the Gamemode for playing games. The Game mode can onlybe used with 2-channel audio sources.7. DOLBY PRO LOGIC IIGame modecompatibilityIn addition to the previously offered Music andCinema modes, the ADV-500SD also offers aGame mode optimum for games.8. DTS (Digital Theater Systems)DTS provides up to 5.1 channels of wide-range,high fidelity surround sound, from sources such aslaser disc, DVD and specially-encoded music discs.9. DTS-ES Extended Surround and DTS Neo:6The ADV-500SD can be decoded with DTS-ESExtended Surround, a multi-channel formatdeveloped by Digital Theater Systems Inc.The ADV-500SD can be also decoded with DTSNeo:6, a surround mode allowing 6.1 channelsplayback of regular stereo sources.10. DTS 96/24 compatibilityThe ADV-500SD can be decoded with sourcesrecorded in DTS 96/24, a multi-channel digitalsignal format developed by Digital TheaterSystems Inc.DTS 96/24 sources can be played in the multi-channel mode on the ADV-500SD with high soundquality of 96 kHz/24 bits or 88.2 kHz/24 bits.11. Auto Surround ModeThis function stores the surround mode last usedfor an input signal in the memory andautomatically sets that surround mode the nexttime that signal is input.12. Multiple functions(1) Picture CD ,MP3, Windows Media-formatted fileplayback function (NOTE 1)Kodak Picture CDs can be played on the ADV-500SD.MP3, Windows Media-formatted file and Stillimages stored in JPEG format on CD-R/RWs canalso be played.(2) GUI (Graphical User Interface) functionThe display button on the remote control unit canbe used to display player and disc information onthe TV screen.(3) Playback disable functionThis function can be used to disable playback ofDVDs you do not want children to watch.NOTE1: KODAK is s trademark of Eastman KodakCompany. Manufactured under license from DolbyLaboratories.Dolby and the double-D symbol are trademarks ofDolby Laboratories. DTS, DTS-ES, Neo:6 and DTS 96/24 aretrademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc.5 DISCS The types of discs listed on the table below can beused on the ADV-500SD.The marks are indicated on the disc labels orjackets.2 The following types of discs cannot be playedon the ADV-500SD: DVDs with region numbers other than 2 orALL DVD-ROM/RAMs SACD CD-ROMs CDVs (Only the audio part can be played.) CD-Gs (Only the audio is output.) Photo CDs Playback control (video CDs)Video CDs including the words playback controlon the disc or jacket are equipped with a functionfor displaying menus on the TV screen forselecting the desired position, displayinginformation, etc., in dialog fashion.In this manual, playing video CDs using suchmenus is referred to menu playback.Video CDs with playback control can be used onthe ADV-500SD.NOTE:This DVD player is designed and manufacturedto respond to the Region ManagementInformation that is recorded on a DVD disc.If the Region number described on the DVD discdoes not correspond to the Region number ofthis DVD player, this DVD player cannot play thisdisc.The Region number for this DVDplayer is 2.2 Disc terminology Titles and chapters (DVD-videos)DVD-videos are divided into several large sectionscalled titles and smaller sections calledchapters.Numbers are allotted to these sections. Thesenumbers are called title numbers and chapternumbers.For example:Title 1Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3Chapter 1 Chapter 2Title 2Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5UsablediscsMark (logo)RecordedsignalsDiscsizeDVD video(NOTE 1)Digital audio+digital video(MPEG2)12 cm12 cm12 cm8 cm8 cm8 cmDigital audio+digital video(MPEG1)Digital audioMP3WMADigital picture(JPEG)Video CD(NOTE 1)CDCD-RCD-RW(NOTE 2)RecordableReWritableFor example:12 cmJPEGPicture CDNOTE 1: Some, DVD video and video CD discs do notoperate as described in this manual due tothe intentions of the discs producers.NOTE 2: According to recording quality, some CD-R/RW cannot be played. Tracks (video and music CDs)Video and music CDs are divided into sectionscalled tracks.Numbers are allotted to these sections. Thesenumbers are called track numbers.2