AKG DVD Player DVD47 DVD47 User Manual

INTRODUCTION  3

Thank you for choosing the 
Harman Kardon DVD
The DVD 47 is a state-of-the-art optical disc play-
er that can play almost every music, movie and
still-image disc in your library with the highest
fidelity available today. Along with conventional
Video and CD audio discs, the DVD 47 lets you
enjoy the latest high-resolution DVD-Audio and
SACD

™

discs, with HDMI

™

(High-Definition

Multimedia Interface

™

) output of pure, uncom-

pressed digital audio and video as well as DivX

®

and VCD discs.

To enable you to get the maximum quality from
DVDs, the DVD is equipped with the latest in
design techniques, including advanced 10-bit
video digital-to-analog converters (DAC) and
Video (composite), S-Video and RGB video (RGB
via SCART) outputs, to ensure that you get all the
quality inherent in today’s DVD medium.
For optimum playback of NTSC and PAL DVD
with compatible high-definition display devices,
DVD is equipped with progressive component
video outputs.

When used with an HDMI-compatible
audio/video receiver and video display, the pro-
gram quality is preserved.
By passing an uncompressed signal, degradation
is virtually nonexistent. And the single-cable
connection eliminates the problem of wire
management.

If you have not yet upgraded to an HDMI video
display, you may still enjoy pristine picture quality
with the DVD 47’s precision video DACs, which
output a Y/Pr/Pb progressive-scan component
signal and composite and S-video. Thus, no mat-
ter what type of video display used, you will see
images that are the closest thing to the original
film or performance this side of your local
theater. To further fine-tune the video output, a
built-in test pattern may be used in conjunction
with either the controls on your display, or the
video output adjustments on the DVD 47.

In addition, Harman Kardon’s audio heritage
continues into the digital video era with
audiophile-grade DACs to ensure that the audio
quality matches the superb video. Of course, both
coaxial and optical digital audio outputs are
available for direct connection to A/V receivers or
processors so that you may take advantage of
Dolby Digital* and DTS

®

soundtracks. The analog

outputs for down-mixed stereo or DVD-Audio
and SACD playback use audiophile-grade digital-
to-analog converters for crystal-clear outputs.
When playing audio CDs, the playback quality is
state-of-the-art, matching that of the finest play-
ers available.

A wide range of programming features makes it
easy to program an evening’s worth of entertain-
ment. When playing DVDs, easy-to-understand
on-screen menus and icons make it simple to
change languages, soundtracks, subtitles or
aspect ratio.

DVD players are among the fastest growing
consumer electronics products ever brought to
market, but this may, nevertheless, be the first
DVD player you’ve owned. Although many of the
features of the DVD resemble those of standard
CD players, there are a number of functions that
you may be unfamiliar with. To ensure that you
are able to take advantage of all the power and
flexibility the DVD has to offer, we encourage you
to review this quick setup manual. That small
investment of your time will pay major dividends
in the enjoyment you will get from proper use of
the DVD.

If you have additional questions about this 
product or its installation or operation that are
not answered in this manual, please contact your
dealer, as he is your best source of local infor-
mation.
■ Plays a Wide Range of Video and Audio

■ HDMI

■ High-quality video reproduction with

■ Simultaneous composite and

■ Complete bass management for 

■ High-Quality Video Playback 10-Bit

■ Dolby Digital and DTS Data Signal

■ Audiophile-Grade Output DACs for the

■ Easy-to-Use On-Screen Navigation

■ Playback of MP3 and Windows

■ Parental Lock Controls Prevent

■ Playback of DivX compressed video files
■ Extensive Programming Capability for

■ Multiple Options for Language,

■ Multiple-Angle Capabilities With

■ Backlit, Ergonomically Designed 

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.

DVD Audio: With the arrival of DVD, disc data
capacity has increased dramatically. On a DVD
Video disc most of this capacity is taken up by
MPEG 2 video and the multichannel movie
soundtrack in Dolby Digital and/or DTS. This
information is compressed.

But with DVD Audio, most of this capacity is
available for music only, without any compres-
sion. This allows us to put the audio information
on the disc in the same quality as the original
mastering in the studio, in PCM up to 
24 bit/192 kHz.
DVD-Audio's 24-bit system provides substantially
improved resolution of fine detail, because it
describes a specific point in the musical informa-
tion using a 24-digit long string of one's and
zero's with 16,777,216 possible combinations,
while CD's primitive 16-bit system offers only
65,536 options. The 192 kHz frequency allows us
to have fast changes in music made audible,
which results in more dynamism, and also allows
us to obtain a higher bandwidth, up to 96 kHz.
Although that is far beyond the human audible
spectrum, it still improves the musical realism.

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, that’s why the ratio is
called ”4:3”. 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 to play
back in either format, depending on the features
recorded on a disc.

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