Arcam Blu-Ray Disc Player BDP300 - Manual (Page 3)

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welcome
Thank you and congratulations for purchasing your Arcam FMJ Blu-ray Disc player.
Arcam has been producing specialist hi-fi and home cinema products of remarkable quality
for over three decades and the BDP300 – which plays Blu-ray Discs, DVD-Video discs and
Audio CDs – is the latest in a long line of award winning home cinema equipment. The design
of the FMJ range draws upon all of Arcam’s experience as one of the UK’s most respected audio
companies and is built to give you years of trouble-free listening enjoyment.
This handbook has been designed to give you all the information you need to install, connect
and use the Arcam BDP300 Blu-ray Disc player. The CR104 remote control handset supplied
with this equipment is also described. Use the contents list shown on this page to guide you to
the section of interest.
We hope that your FMJ Blu-ray Disc player will give you years of trouble-free operation. In the
unlikely event of any fault, or if you simply require further information about Arcam products,
our network of dealers will be happy to help you. Further information can also be found on the
Arcam website at www.arcam.co.uk .
The FMJ development team
Contents
safety guidelines .......................................E-2
Important safety instructions........................... E-2
Safety compliance ................................................ E-2
welcome ......................................................E-3
installation .................................................E-4
Placing the unit ..................................................... E-4
Power ......................................................................... E-4
The remote control and trigger inputs ......... E-4
Interconnect cables.............................................. E-4
Making video connections ................................ E-6
Making audio connections ............................... E-6
The HDMI interface .............................................. E-7
Troubleshooting HDMI ....................................... E-7
disc & file formats .....................................E-8
Playable discs ......................................................... E-8
Video file requirements (USB/Disc) ................ E-8
MP3/WMA audio file requirements (USB/Disc)
...................................................................................... E-8
Photo file requirements (USB/Disc) ............... E-8
Region coding ........................................................ E-8
Network connection ............................................ E-9
basic operation ....................................... E-10
remote control ........................................ E-11
The CR104 remote ..............................................E-12
remote control ........................................ E-12
Playback and advanced controls ..................E-13
Useful information ..............................................E-14
Device Mode / Source keys .............................E-14
Controlling other devices ...............................E-14
Code blink-back ...................................................E-15
advanced operation .............................. E-16
Disc information ..................................................E-16
Search ......................................................................E-16
Menus ......................................................................E-16
Soundtrack selection .........................................E-16
Subtitles ..................................................................E-16
Bonusview and BD-Live ....................................E-16
Playing media files ..............................................E-17
Advanced playback controls ..........................E-18
settings menus ....................................... E-19
Display .....................................................................E-19
Audio .......................................................................E-20
Language ...............................................................E-21
Network ..................................................................E-21
System .....................................................................E-22
Security/Parental Control ................................E-22
trouble shooting ..................................... E-24
Audio output format .........................................E-25
audio & video output formats ............. E-25
customising the CR104 ......................... E-26
Code learning .......................................................E-26
Creating Macros ..................................................E-27
Volume punch-through ...................................E-27
Key mover ..............................................................E-27
Mode mover .........................................................E-28
Locking/unlocking a specific Device Mode E-28
Mode key IR punch-through ..........................E-29
Resetting the CR104 ..........................................E-29
Command summary ..........................................E-29
Device codes .........................................................E-29
specifications .......................................... E-30
Radio interference ..............................................E-30
Laser radiation......................................................E-30
software licencing ................................. E-31
product guarantee ................................ E-33
device code tables ................................. E-34