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Primare BD32 Mk2 User Manual

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  • Page 1 BD32 MkII AuDIophIle unIversAl Blu-rAy plAyer User Guide...

  • Page 2: Using The Remote Control

    usIng the reMote Control This page explains how to use the C24 remote control to operate the BD32 MkII, and how to fit the batteries into the remote control. When using the remote control, the front window of the remote control should Switch on/off be pointed to the infrared sensor on the front panel within an angle of ±30°...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Using the Remote Control Advanced Operations Fitting the batteries Output Resolution Zooming and Aspect Ratio Control Safety Instructions and Trademarks Subtitle Shift Repeat Playback Installation Shuffle and Random Playback Front panel controls Playback by Chapter or Track Number Display Playback from a Specific Location Back panel connections Memory and Automatic Resume...

  • Page 4: Safety Instructions And Trademarks

    sAfety InstruCtIons AnD trADeMArks I M P O R T A N T I N F O R M A T I O N Important Information Precautions CAUTION: CAUTION DANGER OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS INCORRECTLY Before connecting the AC power cord to the appliance, To ensure proper ventilation around this product, do not RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK.
  • Page 5 I M P O R T A N T I N F O R M A T I O N I M P O R T A N T I N F O R M A T I O N Trademarks Discs that cannot be played BDs with cartridge...
  • Page 6 I M P O R T A N T I N F O R M A T I O N Gracenote Notice Music and Video recognition technology and related data are provided by Gracenote . Gracenote is the industry standard in music ®...

  • Page 7: Installation

    InstAllAtIon Front panel controls Power Display indicator Back Play Next (see below) Power Eject Disc tray Pause Stop Display RPT ALL Repeat indicator Chapter/track Source Pause indicator Time display M.CH Media: Format: M.CH DVD-A SVCD SACD 2CH SACD M.CH Installation...

  • Page 8: Back Panel Connections

    Back panel connections 2-channel 2-channel Trigger balanced outputs outputs Multichannel audio outputs in/out in/out On/off Network HDMI Coax Optical HDMI out RS232 Power Digital outputs Unpack the BD32 MkII Phase Your BD32 MkII comes with: The phase of the AC supply can make a significant difference to the sound. •...

  • Page 9: Common Connection Methods

    Common Connection Methods • There are two HDMI output terminals (HDMI 1 OUT and HDMI 2 OUT) on the rear panel of BD32 MkII, both of which can be connected to your TV. We recommend using HDMI 1 OUT since it Connecting to an A/V Receiver via HDMI benefits from the dedicated Marvell QDEO video processor.

  • Page 10: Alternate Audio Connections

    • Plug one end of a network cable (Category 5/5E straight Ethernet cable) into the LAN port on the back of the Primare Blu-ray Disc player. • Please use either a 75-Ohm coaxial digital audio cable with RCA-style connectors or an S/PDIF optical digital audio cable to connect one of the digital audio outputs to the corresponding input •...
  • Page 11 The IR port on the BD32 MkII is NOT compatible with the prior generation of external IR Remote Sensor (IR-ES1) which is used on BD32. Primare cannot guarantee that the IR IN port will be compatible with devices that are not manufactured by Primare. Connecting the IR IN port to an incompatible device may result in damage to the connected device or the player.

  • Page 12: Quick Start Guide

    Within a few seconds, the player will load the factory default settings and you will see the Home Menu with a Primare logo. The player is now ready for use. Enjoy your new Primare Blu-ray Disc Player! Please follow the rest of the user manual for information on basic and advanced operations.

  • Page 13: Basic Operations

    BAsIC operAtIons Disc Playback with multiple angles. Press the O button to turn on the player. Within Photo File playback: Press the å button to eject the disc tray. • Zoom: Displays the image at different zoom levels. Place the disc with the label side facing up and the recorded side facing down. •...

  • Page 14: Blu-Ray Disc Menu Playback

    On-Screen Display following sequence: The on-screen display may contain the following information about the content currently playing: 1/16 • Playback status: an icon indicating play, pause, and fast forward/reverse status. • Bit rate meter: an indication of the bit rate of the audio and video stream. 3.

  • Page 15: Bd-Live

    BD-Live Some Blu-ray Disc titles are released with the BD-Live feature. BD-Live offers extra downloadable contents and additional online interactive programs. The available BD-Live contents vary by discs and studios, and may include additional subtitles, commentaries, preview trailers, games, and online chat. The player needs to be connected to the Internet in order to play BD-Live contents (see page 10).

  • Page 16: Advanced Operations

    Output Resolution Zoom Levels for HDMI Output The Primare BD32 MkII Blu-ray Disc Player supports multiple output resolutions. For detailed discussion The available zoom levels depend on the TV Aspect Ratio setting in the Setup Menu and the encoded on how to choose the best output resolution, please refer to “Select the Best Output Resolution” on page aspect ratio on the BD/DVD Disc: 12 of this manual.

  • Page 17: Subtitle Shift

    appears on the screen. “Compress” Zoom “Full Screen” Zoom 3. Wait until some subtitle text is shown on the screen. Use the A and V buttons to move the subtitle text to the desired position. 4. Press the SELECT button to set the subtitle display position. Once the “Subtitle Shift”...

  • Page 18: Playback From A Specific Location

    NOTE CD and SACD discs • Certain DVD-Audio and Blu-ray Discs may not allow for direct chapter selection. You may specify a point to start playback by entering the disc elapsed time, track elapsed time or track number directly. When playing CD and SACD discs, the on-screen display automatically shows on the Playback from a Specific Location TV screen: DVD and Blu-ray Discs...

  • Page 19: Pure Audio Mode

    Pure Audio Mode You can enjoy higher quality audio by turning off the video processing and output. The Pure Audio mode reduces any potential interference between the video and audio signals. 1. Press and hold the AUDIO button on the remote control to turn off video and enter Pure Audio mode. Video output will cease, the power light will dim and the front panel displays will turn off.

  • Page 20: Media File Playback

    Both HDMI INPUT ports are HDMI v1.4 compatible and can accept up to 1080p high-definition video signal, however, due to internal bandwidth limits, the audio signal is up to 6ch/192kHz or MeDIA fIle plAyBACk 8ch/96kHz PCM, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, and DTS. To utilize the MHL capability of the front HDMI input port, the source device needs to be MHL enabled and a MHL cable/adaptor is required.

  • Page 21: Internet Streaming On Home Menu

    YouTube provides an uninterrupted stream of HD videos from YouTube as though you were SMB (Server Message Block) or CIFS (Common Internet File System) is mostly known as SMB (Server Message Block) or CIFS (Common Internet File System) is mostly known as watching a normal television channel.

  • Page 22: Viewing Photo Files

    menu contains the following choices: Source – Allows you to switch between different connected storage devices. The first step is to select the Data Disc or USB device View – Allows you to switch between List View and Folder View modes. that contains the movie files.
  • Page 23 Press and hold the DISP button to access features like sort order. Press the MENU button to move the cursor to the category menu in the top of the screen. When a photo file is highlighted by the cursor, press the SELECT or PLAY button to play back the photos as a full screen slideshow.

  • Page 24: Setup Menu Options

    setup Menu optIons SETUP MENU OPTIONS S E T U P M E N U O P T I O N S The Setup Menu of the BD32 MkII presents many setup and configuration options. For most users, the NOTE default configuration will be sufficient and you will not require any changes to the settings.

  • Page 25: Playback Setup

    S E T U P M E N U O P T I O N S S E T U P M E N U O P T I O N S Playback Setup 4. To select a value from the list of available settings, press the UP/DOWN ARROW The Playback Setup section is designed to configure playback preferences.

  • Page 26: Video Setup

    S E T U P M E N U O P T I O N S S E T U P M E N U O P T I O N S Video Setup selected rating and below will be allowed, and any rating above will be blocked. If Off is selected, all discs are allowed to play.
  • Page 27 S E T U P M E N U O P T I O N S S E T U P M E N U O P T I O N S properly supports 1080p 24Hz, smoother motion can be achieved by enabling 1080p24 Output 4.
  • Page 28 S E T U P M E N U O P T I O N S S E T U P M E N U O P T I O N S Angle Mark (On/Off) – Turns on/off the display of the angle icon when a DVD or Blu-ray Disc with multiple angles is played.
  • Page 29 6. Sharpness: Allows you to set the sharpness of video output. Sharpness (also called Detail/Edge Enhancement in previous Primare players) is a video processing function that can control the 8. Color Enhancement: Allows you to adjust the color enhancement level on the video output.

  • Page 30: Audio Format Setup

    S E T U P M E N U O P T I O N S S E T U P M E N U O P T I O N S 30 Bits (Dithered) – Uses the 30-bit per pixel Deep Color mode with dithering technique. Audio Format Setup 30 Bits –...
  • Page 31 S E T U P M E N U O P T I O N S S E T U P M E N U O P T I O N S 48kHz). If you play high resolution audio content at the 480p/576p resolution, you may get NOTE reduced audio resolution, incomplete audio channels, or even no audio/video output at all.

  • Page 32: Audio Signal Reference Chart

    S E T U P M E N U O P T I O N S S E T U P M E N U O P T I O N S Recommended Audio Format Options Audio Signal Reference Chart Depending on your specific audio/video connection method, the audio format options of the BD32 MkII may Blu-ray Discs may contain many types of audio signal formats, some of which are high resolution types such as need to be adjusted to match your configuration.

  • Page 33: Audio Processing Setup

    S E T U P M E N U O P T I O N S S E T U P M E N U O P T I O N S Audio Processing Setup HDCD Decoding: Coaxial Optical Output: (any –...
  • Page 34 S E T U P M E N U O P T I O N S S E T U P M E N U O P T I O N S Down Mix Mode Speaker Settings Downmixing is the process of converting multi-channel audio to a lesser number of channels. For You can set the size, distance and trim level for each speaker by using the LEFT/RIGHT ARROW example, converting a 5.1ch source to stereo or converting a 7.1ch source to 5.1ch.
  • Page 35 Variable –Volume on the BD32 MkII is FIXED at all time. VOL + and - on the Increasing the Trim Level above 0dB may result in distortion if the original audio level is C24 are for the Primare AMP, PRE or PROC. already high. When this occurs the waveform becomes clipped and audible distortion can be heard.

  • Page 36: Device Setup

    Device Setup players. Since each brand of remote control may have several sets of codes, you may need to try several times using different codes to find a working code. The Device Setup section of the Setup Menu system allows you to configure additional player options related to the hardware and control functions.

  • Page 37: Network Setup

    Standard (default) – The VFD window and theOPEN/CLOSE tray button backlight are at full brightness. Dim – The VFD window and theOPEN/CLOSE tray button backlight are at reduced brightness. Off – The VFD window and the OPEN/CLOSE tray button backlight are turned off. In this S E T U P M E N U O P T I O N S...
  • Page 38 S E T U P M E N U O P T I O N S S E T U P M E N U O P T I O N S 5. Internet Connection: Allows you to select the internet connection type. Manual –...
  • Page 39 S E T U P M E N U O P T I O N S Subnet Mask: Each IP address has an associated subnet mask. It is used by the player to decide whether to route network traffic through the router or directly to another device on the same network.

  • Page 40: References

    Some setup options cannot be Some Setup changed while a disc is playing. problem still exists, please follow the troubleshooting instructions or contact an Primare service Fully stop playback, eject the disc and try the Setup Menu items are Some setup options may be center.

  • Page 41: Specifications

    User Manual Updates Online The latest manual will be available from: www.primare.net/Hometheatre/BD32mk2/downloads. Occasional updates are needed to reflect new features added to the player since the User Manual was printed.

  • Page 42: Gracenote Terms Of Use

    Gracenote Terms of Use This application or device contains software from Gracenote, Inc. of Emeryville, California (“Gracenote”). The software from Gracenote (the “Gracenote Software”) enables this application to do disc or file identification and obtain music-related information, including name, artist, track, and title information (“Gracenote Data”) from online servers or embedded databases (collectively, “Gracenote Servers”) and to perform other functions.
  • Page 43 references...
  • Page 44 P R I M A R E A B L I M S T E N S G ATA N 7 S E - 2 1 6 1 6 L I M H A M N S W E D E N P R I M A R E .

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