BRSS10 Owner’s Handbook Blu-ray disc player
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION CAUTION! RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK) This symbol indicates that there are important operating and maintenance instructions in the literature accompanying this unit. This symbol indicates that dangerous voltage constituting a risk of electric shock is present within this unit. Read these instructions. Keep these instructions. Heed all warnings. Follow all instructions.
INDEX Important safety information...................................................1 Introduction....................................................................................2 Player features................................................................................2 Disc region codes..........................................................................3 Film ratings......................................................................................3 Controls and connections.............
DISC REGION CODES Blu-ray and DVD discs and players are covered by a worldwide agreement which limits playback of discs to specific regions as determined by the software manufacturer. Most discs come marked with a region coding. A disc specified as playable in one region may not play on a player designed for a different region. A disc specified as universal or with no region coding may be played in any region.
CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS FRONT VIEW 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Disc loading tray Open/close button Play/pause button Stop button Standby/On button USB dock (under cover) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
REMOTE CONTROL FITTING BATTERIES When replacing the batteries in the remote control, refer to the diagram above. 1. Press the catch on the battery cover. 1. Open/close button 2. Numeric keypad 3. Return button 4. Previous button 5. Next button 6. Play/pause button 7. Step button 8. Repeat A-B button 9. Subtitle button 10. Angle button 11. Popup/Title menu button 12. Up cursor button 13. Right cursor button 14. Down cursor button 15. Volume down button 16. Volume up button 17. Yellow (C) button 18.
CONNECTING HDMI DIGITAL VIDEO AND AUDIO TO A TV AND (OPTIONAL) SURROUND-SOUND DECODER HDMI CONNECTION TO A TV CAUTION: Always Your Blu-ray player includes different connection options. Digital HDMI connection is recommended for the highest quality video and audio performance. If your TV includes HDMI digital connections, connect an HDMI cable (not supplied) as shown for the highest quality of picture and sound from your TV.
CONNECTING ANALOGUE VIDEO, AUDIO AND SCART White plug ANALOGUE AUDIO AND VIDEO If your TV doesn’t include a digital HDMI connection, it may have separate composite video (CVBS) and stereo audio connection. The input jacks for these connections are normally coloured yellow (composite video), white (left audio) and red (right audio). To connect to composite video and stereo audio you will need a 3-way AV phono cable (not supplied).
DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT USING THE DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT CAUTION: Always Your player also includes a co-axial digital audio output. You can use this jack to connect digital audio to a surround-sound decoder that doesn’t have HDMI connections. Connect a single digital audio phono interconnect between the digital audio output of the player and a free digital audio input of the decoder. NOTE: Video may be connected to the TV via HDMI or CVBS (Composite) analogue video out.
CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET NETWORK CONNECTION CAUTION: Always An RJ45 socket is provided on the rear panel of the player for optional connection to the Internet via your home network. This connection is not essential, but if you connect your player to the Internet you can retrieve additional bonus information when you are playing a Blu-ray disc that features ‘BD-Live’. You can also check through the settings menu if there are any updates for your player.
GETTING STARTED PLACEMENT SWITCHING ON FOR THE FIRST TIME LOADING A DISC Place the player on a level surface where it is unlikely to be knocked over or fall and where the connecting leads do not constitute a cause of danger. The means of disconnection from the mains supply is via the mains plug on the power cord. This must not be obstructed and be readily operable at all times. • • Press the button to open the disc tray. • Place the disc label side up on the disc tray.
PLAYING A BLU-RAY OR DVD-VIDEO DISC The instructions for playing Blu-ray and DVD-Video discs are the same. Blu-ray discs do include some more advanced features. These are listed in a later section ‘Bluray disc special features’. • Load the disc. After a short delay while the disc reads, the initial disc ‘root’ menu will be displayed on the TV screen. This menu resides on the disc so the features of the menu are dependant entirely on the disc content.
PLAYING A BLU-RAY OR DVD-VIDEO DISC Repeat play: NOTE: Repeat features may not be available on some Bluray discs. There are two repeat modes. • Press the REPEAT button repeatedly to step through the two repeat modes. The repeat mode selected will be displayed on the TV screen. On-Screen status display: When a Blu-ray or DVD-Video disc is playing you can open the On-Screen status display to show information about the disc that is currently playing. • Press the OSD button.
PLAYING A BLU-RAY OR DVD-VIDEO DISC Audio selection: Some discs will include multiple soundtracks in different languages or using different encoding methods. To change the audio soundtrack • Press the AUDIO button. The Audio flyout menu will open. • Press the M or N button to scroll through the options available. • Press the ENTER button to choose an option. Play will now resume with your choice of audio soundtrack. After a short delay, the flyout will close.
BLU-RAY DISC SPECIAL FEATURES The special features in this section apply to Blu-ray discs only. NOTE: Not all Blu-ray discs will support these features. Blu-ray disc Popup Menu Some Blu-ray discs feature a Pop-up Menu. This enables you to view the Disc Menu to change settings or jump to scenes (chapters) without stopping playback. • Press the POPUP MENU button. The Popup Menu will be displayed. Blu-ray picture in picture (bonus view): Some Blu-ray discs may include secondary video.
BD-LIVE BD-Live content via the Internet: Some Blu-ray discs include access to BD-Live content. BD-Live content is provided via the Internet by the disc producer. To access BD-Live content • Check that your player is connected to the Internet. • Load a blank USB drive to the USB port on the front panel. The drive capacity should be between 2GB and 16GB. NOTE: The USB memory is not optional. BD-Live will only function when a USB drive memory is installed.
PLAYING A CD AUDIO DISC • Load the disc After a short delay while the disc reads, the disc will start to play from track 1. The track and elapsed time will be displayed on the front panel and the TV will show the CD playback status display. Total tracks When a CD is playing. Play/pause: • Press the /, button. PAUSE will be displayed on the TV screen status display. • Track playing Elapsed Elapsed time time bargraph PLAYBACK CONTROL Repeat/random play: There are three repeat/random modes.
VIEWING JPEG PHOTO FILES Playing photos from a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM: • Load the disc. Playing photos from a USB Flash drive: • Dock the USB drive into the USB port located under the protective cover on the front panel. You will now see the Main Menu selection options. The options available will depend on the content of your disc/ drive. In the example below, the drive contains music, photos and videos. The thumbnail view will appear.
VIEWING JPEG PHOTO FILES Zoom and pan (during a slideshow): • Press the /, button. The slideshow will pause at the picture displayed. • Press the ZOOM button repeatedly to select the zoom level you want from the options of Zoom off, zoom x 2, zoom x 4. The view will zoom to the top left corner of the picture and a zoom icon is shown on the screen. Photo information banner: • Press the OSD button while a photo is displayed to open the photo information banner. The photo information banner will open.
PLAYING WMA MUSIC FILES Playing WMA music files from a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM: • Load the disc. Playing WMA music files from a USB Flash drive: • Dock the USB drive into the USB port located under the protective cover on the front panel. You will now see the Main Menu selection options. The options available will depend on the content of your disc/ drive. In the example below, the drive contains music, photos and videos. Playing music: You should now see a track list in the centre pane.
PLAYING WMA MUSIC FILES PLAYBACK CONTROL Play/pause: • Press the /, button to pause play. PAUSE will be displayed on the front panel and on the TV screen status display. • Repeat/random play: There are three repeat/random modes. • Press the REPEAT button repeatedly to step through the three repeat modes. Press the /, button to resume play. Navigating tracks (music files): • Press the } or { button to jump forward or backward through the tracks.
PLAYING MPEG VIDEO FILES Playing MPEG video files from a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM: • Load the disc Playing MPEG video files from a USB Flash drive: • Dock the USB drive into the USB port located under the protective cover on the front panel. You will now see the Main Menu selection options. The options available will depend on the content of your disc/ drive. In the example below, the drive contains music, photos and videos. Playing videos: You should now see a list of video files in the centre pane.
PLAYING MPEG VIDEO FILES PLAYBACK CONTROL Play/pause: • Press the /, button to pause play. PAUSE will be displayed on the front panel and a still frame will be displayed on the TV screen. • Repeat/random play: There are three repeat/random modes. • Press the REPEAT button repeatedly to step through the three repeat modes. Press the /, button to resume play. Navigating video files: • Press the } or { button to jump forward or backward through the files in the folder.
SYSTEM SETTINGS - OVERVIEW AND NAVIGATION This section includes instructions for configuring your player to best match your system and also to customise the player to your requirements. The current settings in this category will be displayed in the right pane (display settings in the example below). Menu Settings pane categories THE SETTINGS MENU Settings display All configuration and customisation settings are made through the Settings Menu.
SYSTEM SETTINGS - SYSTEM CATEGORY The system category includes the following settings - Optical Disc AutoPlay: When Optical Disc AutoPlay is set ‘On’ (the factory setting) the player will automatically start to play any disc that is inserted. If Optical Disc AutoPlay is set to ‘Off’ it will be necessary to press the /, button to start an audio/video/ photo disc playing after loading the disc. BD Live Internet Access: There are 3 settings available • Limit access.
SYSTEM SETTINGS - NETWORK CATEGORY Why connect your player to a network?: It is only necessary to connect your player to a network if you plan to use the BD Live feature or if you want to check on-line for updates for your player.
SYSTEM SETTINGS - NETWORK CATEGORY Configuring manual IP settings: Do not attempt to change any of these settings unless you have experience with Home Network configuration. If you are in any doubt, consult an IT professional. Before attempting to enter manual network settings,. you will need to know the following • A free IP address on your network. • A valid Subnet Mask number for your network. • The IP address of your network gateway. • Primary and secondary DNS settings for your network.
SYSTEM SETTINGS - DISPLAY CATEGORY The display category settings change the way in which the player is set up to work with your TV. To check the current display settings: • Navigate to the Display category of the Settings Menu. A window will open which will display the current display settings. Current display settings • To change settings in the display category, press the P button. The display settings edit window will open. TV type: You can select either PAL or NTSC video signals.
SYSTEM SETTINGS - AUDIO CATEGORY The audio category settings change the way in which the sound of your player is set up. To check the current audio settings: • Navigate to the Audio category of the Settings Menu. A window will open which will display the current audio settings. • To change settings in the audio category, press the P button. The audio settings edit window will open. You can now edit the audio settings.
SYSTEM SETTINGS - LANGUAGE CATEGORY The language category settings enable you to set up the language interface with your player and the discs you play. OSD: Changing the OSD language will change the language for the On-Screen Displays on your player. To check the current language settings: • Navigate to the Language category of the Settings Menu. A window will open which will display the current language settings. Menu: Changing the Menu language will change the default language for the Disc Menus.
SYSTEM SETTINGS - PARENTAL CATEGORY The parental category settings enable you to restrict the playback of discs with a particular rating. You may want to activate parental control settings if you want to restrict accessibility to movies above a certain censorship rating. If parental control has been activated, it will be necessary to enter a four digit (user defined) password before playing a movie with a rating over the censorship limit you have set.
TROUBLESHOOTING No power: Check that power is connected. No picture after changing display resolution settings: 1. If you have inadvertantly changed the resolution setting and lost a stable picture, the correct setting can be recovered by stepping through all the available resolution settings • Press the RESOLUTION button twice on the remote control. • This will change the resolution setting once. • Wait for 10 seconds. • Press the RESOLUTION button once.
CARE AND CLEANING All care and cleaning operations should be carried out with the unit unplugged from the mains power. The surface of the unit can be cleaned with a barely damp cloth and then dried carefully. Never use abrasives, abrasive cloths or chemical solvents .
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