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E MP 1 B a l a n c e d Mu l t i f o r ma t P l a y e r Ow n e r ’ s Ma n u a l E NG...
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Verify line voltage before use. Do not remove cover. No user serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personal. The warranty is void if non-authorized personnel tamper with the product. Use only authorized Electrocompaniet service center.
“The 2 Channel Audio Power Amplifier.” from audio amplifiers. Svein Erik Børja The final approval came in 1976 when the brought the AES papers to Electrocompaniet, American ‘bible’, The Audio Critic magazine, and asked if we could make an amplifier tested the amplifier and wrote: “Audio freaks...
192kHz). After this the High Qualities DAC the EMP-1 is to read this information. The converted the digital information to an analog EMP-1 have a buffer that reads from the CD signal. with a higher speed than necessary. If there is...
Intro 3. General Information 4. Patent Information Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. Notes About Discs “Dolbv”,“Pro Logic” and the • This player is designed for use with double-D symbol are trade- the following discs: Super Audio CD marks of Dolby Laboratories. (SA-CD), DVD-Video, Video CD, SuperVideo CD, Audio CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD-R...
72 included a standard IR controller. hours. The easiest way to burn in your EMP 1 is to put a disc in REPEAT mode with the rest of your system turned off.
When not using the EMP 1 for a long period, nect the Center, Sub woofer, and Surround turn the main switch off and disconnect the left/right if you want to use the EMP 1 in a unit from the mains outlet. surround setup.
Functional Overview 7. Remote Control S. MODE • Turns this player into the • Selects a sound mode: standby mode. Stereo, Virtual Surround or Multi-channel. • Changes the SA-CD play 0-9 numeric keypad • Selects numbered items in the back area currently displayed menu TOP MENU •...
Getting Started 8. Remote Control, Inserting batteries 9. Turning on the Power Connect the AC power cord to an AC outlet. Turn on your TV and AV receiver. Select the appropriate input source at the AV receiver that was used to connect to chis player.
Getting Started Press ▲▼ to highlight one of the options 11. Setting Language Preference below: You can select your own preferred language settings. This player will automatically switch Select this if the connected TV is a PAL to your preferred language for you whenever system TV.
Getting Started 12. Setting the menu language 13. Setting Speaker Channels You can adjust the delay times (for center and surround speakers only) and the volume level for individual speakers. These adjustment let you optimize the sound of your system to best PREFERENCE PAGE suit your surroundings and setup.
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Getting Started Select the corresponding setup that fit to [SPEAKERS DELAY] your installation for the Front, Center and surround speakers. Delay time settings in relation to the listen- ing position distance for center and surround speakers (0 MS~1S MS). (Only for CENTER and SURROUND speakers) Select when no Center speakers are connected AUDIO SETUP PAGE...
Disc Operation - General 14. Basic Playback 15. General Operation Unless otherwise stated, all operations Press any button at the front panel to described here are carried out using the wake up the unit remote control for this player. On the front panel, press and hold ▼ for Pausing playback two second to open the disc loading tray.
Repeat/Shuffle Disc Operation - Repeat Function Shuffle Repeat (DVD-V) Each time you press REPEAT, the front dis- (Except DVD/VCD/SVCD) play changes is follows: With the Shuffle function, you can play tracks in random order. Each time you press SHUF- RPT CHAP: repeats the current chapter FLE, the front display changes is follows: ↓...
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Disc Operation - Video Playback Using the disc menu On-Screen Display (OSD) Depending on the disc, a menu may appear on The OSD menu shows disc playback informa- the TV screen once you load the disc. tion (e.g., the ride or chapter number, elapsed playing time or audio/ subtitle language).
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Disc Operation - Video Playback Time Search (DVD/VCD) Title/Group selection and time search Press ▲▼ to select [TT TIME] or (DVD-Audio) [CHTIME] (DVD) or [TRACKTIME] or [DISCTIME] (VCD). Each time you press ON SCREEN, the • [TT TIME] refers to the total time front display changes as follows: of the current title, and the [CH TIME] Display Example...
Disc Operation- Special DVD Features 16. Special DVD Features Playing by title Press MENU • The disc title menu appears on the TV screen. Use ◄►▲▼ or the numeric keypad (0-9) to select a play option. Press ENTER/OK to confirm. Camera angle Press ANGLE repeatedly to select the desired angle.
Disc Operation - Special VCD and SVCD features 17. Special VCD and SVCD Features DISC INTERVAL Playback control (PBC) This function is used to divide a disc into For VCD with Playback control (PBC) six parts at regular intervals, and display feature (version 2.0 only) them on one page to help you preview the •...
5. Disc Operation - Super Audio Cd (SA-CD) 18. SA-CDs (Super Audio CDs) Playing discs Load the disc. The SA-CD standard is based on Direct Playback starts automatically. Stream Digital (DSD) technology. This new • The TV screen displays the current direct-stream digital format comprises a 1-bit playing status and track list for the system that has a digital sampling frequency...
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5. Disc Operation - Audio CD / Picture CD Playing discs During playback, you can: Load the disc. • Press 9 : to select another track/file in • Playback starts automatically. the current folder. • The TV screen displays the number of •...
5. Disc Operation - Audio CD / Picture CD 20. Preview Function (JPEG) This function displays the content of the cur- Playback with multi-angles During playback, press ◄►▲▼ to rotate the rent folder or the entire disc. picture on the TV screen. ◄...
Setup Menu - General 21. General Setup menu Locking/Unlocking the disc for viewing Not all discs are rated or coded by the manu- Press SETUP facturer of the disc. You can prevent playback Press ◄ ► to select the ‘General Setup’ of a specific disc by locking the disc.
Setup Menu - General 23. To input your favorite tracks/chapt. To input your favorite discs Use the numeric keypad (0-9) to enter a Use the numeric keypad (0-9) to enter a valid disc number. valid track/chapter number. Use ◄►▲▼ to move the cursor to the Use ◄►▲▼...
Setup Menu - General 24. OSD Language 26. DivX®VOD registration code This menu contains various language options Yamaha provides you with the DivX ® for the screen’s display language. (Video On Demand) registration code that allows you to rent and purchase videos using the DivX VOD service.
Setup Menu - Audio 27. Audio Setup Menu 29. Setting the digital output The options included in Digital Audio are: Press SETUP ‘Digital Output’ and ‘LPCM Output’. Press ◄► to select the ‘Audio Setup’ icon. In ‘AUDIO SETUP PAGE’, press ▲▼ Press ENTER/OK to confirm to highlight [DIGITAL AUDIO], then press►.
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Setup Menu - Audio 30. Setting the HDMI audio If you are not using the HDMI audio output, CD Upsampling In AUDIO SETUPPAGE press ▲▼ to you should set this to [Off]. If the highlight [CD UPSAMPLING], then monitor/receiver connected to this player press OK using HDMI does not support HDMI audio signal input, set this to [Off].
Setup Menu - Video 31. Video Setup Menu 4:3 LETTER BOX Select this if you have a normal TV. In this case, a wide picture with black binds Press SETUP on the upper and lower portions of the TV Press ◄► to select ‘Video Setup’ icon, screen will be displayed.
Setup Menu - Video 34. Closed Caption SOFT Select this to make the TV picture softer. Closed captions are data hidden in the video signals of specific discs, and are invisible without the use of a special decoder. The dif- PERSONAL Select this to personalize your picture ference between subtitles and captions is that...
Setup Menu - Video COLOR GAMMA Increase the value to enhance the color Enables you to adjust the intensity of the in your picture or vice versa. Zero (0) is picture non-linearly. A positive value the average color setting value. enables you to bring out low level detail in dark scenes, while a negative value Press ◄►...
Setup Menu - Video 37. HDMI VIDEO Setting Examples Enables you to adjust the resolution Playback disc depending on the monitor you are using. Squeezed 4:3 Monitor You can use this function only when the 16:9 video HDMI output terminal is connected to a HDMI Monitor PSCAN...
Setup Menu - Preference 38. Preference Setup Menu Press STOP to stop playback then press In PREFERENCE PAGE, press▲▼ to SETUP. highlight [PARENTAL], then press OK Press ◄► to select the Preference Setup icon. Press OK to confirm. PREFERANCE PAGE AUDIO 1 KID SAFE SUBTITLES...
Setup Menu - Preference Press OK to enter the password 40. MP3/JPEG menu change page MP3/JPEG Navigator can be set only if the disc has recorded with a menu. It allows you to select different display menus for easy navigation. OLD PASSWORD NEW PASSWORD CONFIRM PWD...
44. Glossary Analog: Sound that has not been turned Into numbers. Multichannel: DVD is specified to have each sound track Analog sound varies, while digital sound has specific constitute one sound field. Multichannel refers to a structure numerical values. These jacks send audio through two of sound tracks having three or more channels channels,the left and right.
Contents 1. The story of Electrocompaniet 3 2. The Design Concept 3. General Information 5. Unpacking the EMP 1 6 6. Connectors on the rear side 7. Remote Control 8. Remote Control, Inserting batteries 9. Turning on the Power 9 10.
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