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Calypso DVD - Video, Video CD, CD, MP3 - CD, CD - R/RW, DVD - R/+RW Transport & Player ___________________________________________________________________________ Owner’s Manual ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player Table of Contents Congrat ulations ..................................................... 3 Introduction .......................................................... 4 Unpacking and Warnings ......................................... 5 Installation Tips ..................................................... 6 Rear Pan ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player Congratulations! Thank you for selecting the MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player as a part of your home - theater system. This DVD Transport / Player has been designed to offer state - of - the - art high - e nd performance in an elegant package, while retaining all the sonic hallmarks on which Simaudio has made ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player Introduction Your MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player incorporates many significa nt design features to achieve its “world class” level of performance. This is an abbreviated list of the more important features: Dual toroidal transformer power supply dedicated to digital (SDI, DVI, DAC) and analog (audio & ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player Unpacking and Warning! The MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player should be removed from its box with care. The following accessories should be included inside the box with your DVD Transport / Player: ü AC power cable ü 2 removeable vertically mounted silver aluminum removeable cheeks that cover the faceplate rac ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transp ort / Player Installation Tips The MOON Calypso DVD Transport/ Player should be placed on a rigid surface to prevent any accidents such as falling over. It is highly recommended that it sit on its own dedicated shelf. You should never place another co mponent on top of this DVD Transport / Player. As well, y ou should avoid ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player Rear Panel Connections I G H D C B A F E Figure 1: Rear panel of the MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player (full equipped version shown) There are a variety of ways to connect your MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Pla yer to other audio and video components. Your choices will depend on both your needs, and the connecti ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player Standard Video Connections There ar e three ways to connect the MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player to your video equipment using standard video connections. They are presented here in order of increasing quality. Remember that whatever connection type you decide to use, don’t hesitate to u se high quality vide ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player Progressive / Digital Video Connections There are three ways to connect the MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player to your video equipment using progressive or digital connections. For better image quality, we suggest that you connect your Calypso directly to your TV or video projection unit. Certain home theater in ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player Audio Connections You can use either the analog audio outputs (if equipped), the digital audio outputs, or both depending on your system requirements. If y ou are using a digital surround processor, such as the MOON Stargate , it is recommended that you to use a digital audio connection. If you want to use your M ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player Front Panel Controls Figure 2: Front panel of MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player Once you have completed all the necessary audio and video connections, and connected your MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player to an AC wall outlet, you can power up the unit by pressing the rocker switch, located on the back panel d ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player Remote Control Operation 1. Generic buttons POWER ............................................ Standby / On ANGLE ............................... Select DVD camera angle SUBTITLE ............. Subtitle on / off and language select 1 AUD IO ............... Select the language of the audio tracks SETUP ....... Sele ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player DVD Player Operation The On - Screen Status Window The on - screen “Status Window” (figure 4) reports the current operating condition of the MOON Calypso and appears in the upper left portion of your TV/video projection screen. When a disc is playing, the function, title, chapter or track, as well as the elap ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player DVD Player Operation (Cont’d) DVD - Video and Video CD Functions “REPEAT” Button (front panel and remote control) is used for repeating a title or chapter, or the entire disc: REPEAT CHAPTER Press once to repeat the chapter currently playing REPEAT TITLE Pre ss twice to repeat all chapters in current title ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player DVD Player Operation (Cont’d) Playing an Audio CD Press the power button on the front panel or remote control. The blue LED on the front panel will illuminate. Press the “OPEN/CLOSE” button on the front panel or the p button on the remote control to open the disc drawer. Place the disc on the drawer. Close ...
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MOON Caly pso DVD Transport / Player DVD Player Operation (Cont’d) “NEXT” and “PREV” buttons (front panel and remote control) are used to jump to another track or go back to the start of the current track. To jump to the next track, quickly press the “NEXT” b utton on the front panel or : on the remote control while the disc is playin ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player DVD Player Operation (Cont’d) The MOON Calypso will not support: WMA, AAC, DLF, M3U and PLS file formats Open - session discs Discs recorded using UDF format IMPORTANT: D ue to compression, you may experience an occasional skip when playing MP3 encoded discs. As a result of SDMI compliance, the digital output i ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player DVD Player Operation (Cont’d) MP3 Disc Functions “PLAY” ( u ), “STOP” ( ¢ ) and “PAUSE” ( ; ) operate in exactly the same way for MP3 - audio discs as they do for both DVD Video discs and audio discs. “REPEAT” Button (front panel and remote control) is used for repeating a track, album or the e ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player DVD Player Operation (Cont’d) Temporary Feedback Symbols Temporary Feedback Symbols will appear in the on - screen status window located in upper left portion of the television screen. They display important information concerning the stat us of the disc currently loaded in the MOON Calypso . When the setup men ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Pla yer Setup Menu Overview The MOON Calypso Setup Menu is made up of the following four (4) components: The multiple - toolbar at the top of the screen A series of toolbar symbols, each having a unique set of functions Sub - menus for each function The hel p text bar at the bottom of the screen The setup menu features ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player Setup Menu (Cont’d) Accessing the Setup Menu Ensure th at your MOON Calypso is properly connected to your audio - video system and that it is fully operational. Press either the “STOP” ( ¢ ) or “PAUSE” ( ; ) button if there is a disc currently loaded in the player. The on - screen status window (figure ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player Setup Menu (Co nt’d) Navigating the Setup Menu Menu Color The color of the text indicates the status of the selection in the setup menu. Three colors are available. Black is for an active menu item; Blue is for other available menu items; White is for unavailable me nu items (some of the unavailable items will ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Playe r Setup Menu (Cont’d) On - Screen Display (OSD) Menus Once you access the MOON Calypso’s setup menu, navigate to the OSD multiple - toolbar symbol. Press the down navigation button ( $ ) on the remote control and the OSD main menu (figure 10) will appe ar. Disc playback will automatically pause when you access ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player Setup Menu (Cont’d) TV category settings are used for adjusting the picture on your TV/Video monitor: “TV SHAPE” adjusts the video output aspect ratio to match your video mon itor. There are three (3) options: LETTERBOX Widescreen picture with black horizontal bars on the top and bottom of the screen (for u ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player Setup Menu (Cont’d) Audio Mode category settings are used for selecting the language interface : “AUDIO LANGUAGE” allow s you to c hoose a language from the list provided by the Calypso . When playing a DVD - Video disc, if the language you chose is available on the disc, the audio portion of the disc will ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Play er Setup Menu (Cont’d) Example on how to use the OSD menu – Changing the TV SHAPE setting OSD Symbol Cursor arrows at TV Category Figure 11: MOON Calypso Setup Example: (OSD) main menu Using the remote control, enter the setu p menu by pressing the “SETUP” button. Then p ress the down navigation button ( $ ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player Setup Menu (Cont’d) Multiple - Toolbar - Menus and Symbols Found at the top of your TV scr een, the horizontal multiple - tool bar (figure 8 on page 21) appears in the setup menu. It uses a set of symbols to access and modify settings , provided that the DVD - Video (or Video CD) disc you are playing has been p ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player Setup Menu (Cont’d) Toolbar - Menu - 1 AUDIO OSD SUBTITLE LANGUAGE COLOR SOUND Fig ure 13: MOON Calypso Multiple - Tollbar - Menu - 1 “OSD” (On - Screen Display) menu provides access to th e user preferences settings in the setup menu. It allows you to make adjustments to the picture, sound, language and va ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player Setup Menu (Cont’d) “ SLOW MOTION” allows you to v iew a DVD - Video or Video CD, forwards or backwards, in slow motion. Press the down navigation button ( $ ) on the remote control to access the slow motion settings window. The available speeds are - 1/8, - 1/2, - 1/4, 0, 1/4, 1/2, and 1/8 where “ - ” ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player Special Operations (Cont’d) Writing a Title/Chapter Program for a DVD - Video or Video CD using FTS Start off by navigating to the Favorite Track Selection (FTS) check - box symbol at the far right of the Toolbar - Menu - 3. Either “ ON” or “ OFF” will appear directly below the symbol. “ON” indicate ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player Special Operations (Cont’d) Writing a Track Program for an Audio CD using FTS The FTS program allows you to store up to 20 tracks from a partic ular audio CD into the Calypso’s memory. The following steps describe how to create an audio CD program: (i) Place an audio CD in the disc transport and press either ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player Special Operations (Cont’d) Creating the 4 - digit Access Control Code You will need to create a 4 - digit code to use any of the four (4) functions available through the “Access Control” menu that are described on the following pages. Since the Calypso’s remote control k eypad doesn’t have any numbered ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player Special Operations (Cont’d) Child Lock/Unlock When child lock is inactive, the “ Child Safe” temporary feedback symbol appears in the upper left corner of the TV screen at the start of disc playback. When child lock is active, the “ Child Lock Enabled” tem porary feedback symbol will appear instead at t ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player Special O perations (Cont’d) Authorizing a Disc When the “Child Lock” feature is active, the child protection dialog window (figure 19) appears on your TV screen each time a new DVD - Video or Video CD is played . Figure 19: MOON Calypso Child Protection Dia log Window You have two options: (i) “Play Once ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player Special Operations (Cont’d) Parental Control Activation/Deactivation The “ Parental Level” feature allows you to prevent DVD - Videos from being played by children or to have certain discs played wit h alternative scenes. As a result, a DVD - Video can be programmed to contain parental control information f ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player Special Operations (Cont’d) Changing the 4 - digit Access Control Code (i) While the loaded disc is stopped, navigate to the OSD symbol on Multiple - Toolbar - 1 and press the down navigation button ( $ ) on the remote control. The OSD main menu will appear on the TV screen. Go to the “Access Control” menu ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player Specifications Media Formats ................................................ DVD (video), CD Audio (CD - DA), VCD, ................................................ MP3 - CD, CD - R/RW, and DVD - R/+RW Video Formats ................................................. NTSC and PAL Audio Formats ..................... ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player Specifications (cont’d) Video Specifications Horizontal Scan Frequency ................................. 31.5kHz (Progressive Scan) Video Frequency Re sponse ................................ ± 0.5dB to 5.5MHz Video Signal - To - Noise Ratio ............................... > - 60dB Video Differential Phase . ...
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MOON Calypso DVD Transport / Player Service and Warranty (U.S.A and Canada only) Please take the time to complete and mail the warranty card supplied with your MOON Cal ypso DVD Transport/Player . This card is necessary to activate your full warranty, as well as allowing you to receive information on new products and services. Alternatively, you ma ...
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